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: ' * ; ' * THAT AWFUL COWBOY. He wore bat one suspender, And with neither coatnor vest; He was on a high old bender In a peaceful town out West; His muddy homespun trousers Were in his boot-legs stack, And his yells at times, old rousers, He said were "just for luck." He had a big horse-pistol, And he stated he could smash A small-sized watch's crystal At a hundred yards, for cash. He wore no tie or collar, And his shirt, not over fine, Cost just one-half a dollar In the days of " Auld Lang Syne." He scorned the town officials, Unmindful of their stirs, And carved unconth initials On the village liquor bars. He seemed to have no money, And whene'er he took a drink fie called the landlord "sonny," And paid him with a wink. With noisy song and whistle He on a horseblock sat. And fired his old horse-pistol At the mayor's bee-gum hat. He paled the ladies' faces With his loud, sardonic laugh, And made uncouth grimaces At the constable and staft. But a fellow met this cowboy And caught him by the ear, And said, quite coolly, " Now. boy, 'Tis time you get from here!" Then he shook up his digestion In a way that raised a laugh, And proved beyond a question That the cowboy was a calf. A PRESENTDIEXT. If then* was anything "in the heavens above, in the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth," that Mrs. William l'erkins was afraid of. it was a burglar! When a mere child, htr father's house had been broken into and robbed, and the remembrance of the excitement of that time was too strong to be ever effaced. And ever since she had had a house of her own, she had been expecting a similar occurrence. Not a night passed that she didn't look in the closet or under the bed, and her husband jokingly declared that she even examined the soap dish and match-safe in the expectation of beholding a fierce robber concealed therein! She was indeed a timid little body, starting nervously at the slightest sound, always on the lookout for "signs," and now and then, when "blue" and depressed, declaring that " she had a presentiment." "I believe something is going to happen to-night, William," she said, late one summer evening, as she sat on the edge ol' the bed and unbuttoned j her shoe. "1 have had such a heavy, weighed-down feeling all the afternoon." "You coop yourself up too much, my dear. A run over the hills or a call at a neighbor's would tone you up wonderfully. His wife looked injured. "I thought you didn't approve of women gadding about," she said, with A MA.U t? |?uui. "Not {ridding, my dear, of course not. I only meant taking necessary exercise. But," anxious to avoid a storm, "what makes you blue tonight?" " I don't know, I'm sure, unless it's . . thinking about burglars. Did you know that the Millers, who live up on ? the creek road, had their house en"" "tered-last week? The thieves got a watch, a pair of earrings and quite a sum of money. I truly believe they'll pay us a visit before long," and Mrs. Perkins shuddered as she tied her nightcap strings. '"Well, let them come!" said her husband, coolly, iis he laid his tired head on the pillow. "They've been coming ever since we've been married and kept house, and that's?let me see ?nine years in ,june. lanes em a long while?hey, Betty V" " You needn't laugh. It's no joking matter. And I tell you what," impressively, "I know that something is going to happen?I feel it in my bones." About 12 o'clock that night Mr. Perkins was awakened by two cold hands clasping his neck, while his wife, with chattering teeth, whispered: " William!?William ! "Wake up! Somebody is stealing your Plymouth i Rocks!" * This was enough to fully arouse t - him, for he was something of a poultry fancier, and the Plymouth Bock fowls, being at that time a very rare breed, had been purchased by him at an extravagant price. He sprang out of bed, seized his revolver, and hurried downstairs and out &T. at the back door. It was a warm summer night, .vm! he experienced no discomfort in his light and airy attire. Just as lie approached the hennery the thief ran from it. Xo human burglar, indeed, but instead a small black and white animal, a weasel or a cat?which, Mr. Perkins could not tell. But the anirnai, whatever it was, had one of his joung Plymouth Bock chickens in its mouth. "The pesky thing," muttered Mr. Perkins, "i wonder if I can catch it." And away he started in pursuit. Down the garden walk went the thief?out under the front gate and across the road. Begardless of the stones and mud, and of his own scant attire, Mr. Perkins followed. There was a rush?then a scramble, a sprawl ?a spiteful sc ratching ;ind spitting? and the next instant Mr. Perkins had the struggling, furry body in his grasp. Fortunately, the culprit proved to be only a cat. Its victim was limp and lifeless. Angry and disappointed, Mr. Perkins bestowed a parting kick on the murderous feline, and then, holding the poor little Plymouth liock in his hand, he turned to retrace his steps to the house. 13ut just at this instant, around a curve in the road, nut more than a <lozen rods away, was heard the sound of horse's hoofs and carriage wheels. The moon threw a broad, white light upon the road, and Mr. Perkins knew that he could not recross without being seen by the occupants of the approaching vehicle. Accordingly, he 'f* darted behind a clump of elder bushes, and, crouching down, waited in breathless anxiety. ".Jerusalem!" he muttered to himself. " This a pretty pickle for a deacon of the church to be in !" Nearer and nearer came the carriage, the horse jogging along at a funereal rate?evidently the driver was in no hurry. There were two persons in the carriage. The moonlight fell full on their faces, and Mr. Perkins, peering through the bushes, recognized Henry Martin, a likely young farmer of the vicinity. and Dora Sanders, his sweetheart. It . . - i , i.i__ may Deweii to staie just. nere umi me two were returning from a party at which, for a wunder, fair Dora had been so unusually gracious that young Martin, hitherto a very timid lover, had courageously made up his mind to go through the trying ordeal of " popping the question" on their homeward journey. Indeed, by the time they had reached the Perkins' domain, he had actually gotten so far as to say in stammering tone: "And now, Dora, you know, just as well as I do, that I would do anything for you. Because ? because ? you know I lo?" " Oh, oh, oh !" screamed Dora, for just at this instant, the horse, being endowed with the short- sightedness of animals in general, had suddenly seen M something white in the bushes?in fact, nothing less than a gleam of Mr. Perkins' flowing drapery?and, much frightened, shied to the other side of t.hn rnarl Coaxing, commands and even the whip availed nothing. Balky and determined, he would not pass the unknown object. "Blast the creature! What ails 1 him? He's never acted so before," Martin exclaimed. 1 " Don't whip him again ! He's ' frightened. He sees something in the ] bushe3. I know he does?I see it my- ' self?it's- something white." Kv.; ' "A garment blown from a clothesSryline. Or, maybe it's a newspaper. I'll go and see." v - ] "No! Don't leave thaiKJlBe! He's i too nerrous. Just see h% h? fc.em- 1 bles. You hold him by the bridle and I'll go and see what it is," and with a nimble bound, Dora sprang from the carriage and walked toward the bushes. Now Mr. Perkins was not a nervous man, but his predicament at this particular minute was not very pleasant. The thought of his scant attire filled him with consternation. And there she?a fine, modest young lady!?was every moment drawing nearer and nearer. A mortifying discovery was inevitable! The only alternative was to take refuge in flight. The next instant young Martin and Miss Dora were startled at seeing a tall, white figure spring from behind the clump of bushes, dart across the road, and, half-lost among the shadows, creep along the side of the fence. The horse, rendered frantic by this sudden apparition, gave a violent plunge, and, breaking loose from his master's hold, rushed madly down the road. "Oh, Henry! "What is it? A ghost?I'm sure it is! You know that a peddler was found murdered just about here years ago. And I've heard the place is haunted : un, it's a ghost!?it's a ghost!" "Nonsense! Ten chances to one it's a burglar up to some deviltry. I'm going to shoot at bim- -that's what I am!" For, knowing that he would have to ride five miles over a lonely road, and having his mind somewhat exercised by the reports of there being burglars about, Ilarry Martin had that evening taken the precaution to bring a revolver with him. Drawing this out now, he cried, excitedly: "Speak, or I'll shoot!" Unfortunately, Mr. Perkins was a little bit deaf, and. in his trepidation, did not hear what was said. His only desire was to get within the shelter of his own house. For several yards along the fence there grew a row of brier-roses, and here he lloundered, the sharp thorns clinging to his garment and lacerating his tiesh, as he vainly strove to find some opening through which he might climb over. .lust as he put one foot on the lower rail in the act of leaping over, he heard the report of the pistol and felt a shot stinging in the fleshy pare 01 nis ieg. Groaning with pain, lie sank upon the grass. "Good heavens, Dora! Jt's Mr. IVrkins himself!" young Martin exclaimed, overcome with horror and dismay. The confusion of the next hour may be easily imagined. Dora rushed up to the house. She was met at the door by Mrs. l'erkins, whose alarm at the long absence of her husband had been increased by the report ot the pistol. Fortunately, the little woman acted like many other nervous persons, who, weak at imaginary dangers, are strong in time of real trouble; and, n-pressing hiT emotion, she calmly assisted Mr. Martin and Dora in bringing in the helpless body of her husband. But an hour later, when Mr. Perkins | lay comfortably in bed. rejoicing in the assurance that the wound was trifling, his wife could not help saying as she sank into an easy-chair beside him: " I knew that something would happen to night! What do you think of my presentiment now, Mr. Perkins?" Lee's Surrender. General P. II. Sheridan, describing in the North American Jb cie/n events whifh nr>r>nrrp(l in the Virginia cam-1 paign between April 4, 1805, and the scene at Appomattox Court-House on April 9. Of the actual surrender of General Lee, negotiations looking to which had been going on for a day and a night, General Sheridan says: In the meantime General Lee came over to McLean's house in the village of Appomattox Court-1 louse. I am not certain whether General Babcock, of General Grant's staff, who had arrived in advance of the gene; al,! ad gone over to see him or not. "We had waited some hours, and, I think, about 12 or 1 o'clock General Ord arrived. General Ord, myself and many officers were in the main road leading through the town, at a point where Lee's army was visible. Gtneral Grant rode up and greeted me with "Sheridan, how are you?" I replied, "I am very well, thank you." lie tlun said, "Where is Lee?" I replied, "There is his army down in that valley; he is over in that house (pointing out McLean's) waiting to surrender to you." General Grant, still without dismounting, said," Come, let us go over." He then made the same request to (ieneral Ord, and we all went to McLean's house. Those who entered with General (Jrant were, : as nearly as I can recollect, Ord, Haw- j lins, Seth "Williams, ingalls, Iiabcock, Parker and myself; the staff oflicers, or those who accompanied, remaining ' outside on the porch steps and in the yard. On entering the parlor we found 1 General Lee standing in company with Colonel Marshall, his aide-de-camp. ' The first greeting was to General Seth I Williams, who had been Lee's adjutant when he was superintendent of the military academy. General Lee was then presented to General Grant, and all present were introduced. General , Lee was dressed in a new gray uniform, evidently put on for the occasion, *( and wore a handsome sword. He had j on his face the expression of relief from a heavy burden. General Grant's , uniform was soiled with mud and service and he wore no sword. After a few words had been spoken by those who knew General Lee, ( all the otlieers retired, except, | j perhaps, one stall' officer of General I ( Grant's and the one who was with ! General Lee. We had not been absent ( from the room longer th;:n five min- j utes wlien General Habcock came to the j door and said, "The surrender has taken place?you can come in again." j When we re-entered General Grant was , writing on a little wooden, elliptical- J shaped table (purchased by ine from . Mr. McLean, and presented to Mrs. <;. A. Custer) thec.mditions of thesurren- . der. General Leo was sitting, his hand , noting on the hilt of his sword, to the j left of GeneralGrant, with his back to a small marble-topped table, on which j ; many books were piled. * * * About j ' one hour was occupied in drawing up ' and signing the terms, when (icncral ' Lee retired from the hous?* with a cordial shake of the hand with Central Grant, mounted his chunky, gray horse, and lifting his hat passed through the gate, and rode over the | crest of the hill to his army. On his arrival there, we heard wild cheering, whi h seemed to be taken up progressively by his troops, either lor him' or because of satisfaction with his last official act as a soldier. Of Interest to Mum ("hewers, "IIow many really different kinds of gum have you ?" "There are only three or four different bases from which gum is made. Tolu, spruce and paraffine are the principal ones." " Which of tlieni is ine most popu- i lar ?" "Tola in the West and spruce in the East. Parafline is a very cheap gum, and is used as a giveaway a great deal." " What about the materials of which the different kinds are made?" " Well, tolu is the gum of the balsam tree of South America, and paraffine is a product of petroleum. It is j made in immense quantities at the oil refineries in Pennsylvania and the i East. Spruce gum is fiom the spruce < tree, and until recently it was made 1 almost exclusively at Portland, Me." 1 " What other kinds of gum have < you ?" j "The rubber or snapping gum, which ( is the product of a tree in Mexico, j 1 The bases of some of these different (s kinds are sometimes mixed, making j ( other varieties. In the manufacture | s of all these varieties, sugar and some j t other ingredients are used." i t "Is there much gum sold?" j i " Tons of it. There are twenty-five i or thirty Victories in the United States j s in the exclusive manufacture, and it is j 1 quite probable that their sales do not 1 fall short of two millions per annum, t perhaps more. We sell from five to ( ten thousand boxes a month.?8f. i Louis Pout-Dispatch. t ? i Teachers in the public schools of J Nashville raise silk cocoons, and make 1 noney by selling them to Northern s juyers. < A REMARKABLE SUICIDE. K SELF-MURDERER WHO CARRIES OUT A QUEER CONTRACT. Killing IliniNOlf Tor ItrnsniiH Which lie StntoM innlirltpr?Tin' Compact Which He .llnilc Willi n Frieiul. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch publishes the account ol' the suicide of a young man who gave his name as Itui'us II. Eaton lie blew out his brains at Delhi, Iowa. There was nothing on the body to identify it save the following remarkable letter, without date or signature: " I am going to take my own life, having made up my mind to do so more than a year .ago. Although I do not think that any one cares a pin about my reasons, yet it will give ine some satisfaction to state them, and anybody who finds this paper need not read it if he does not wish to do so. I am twenty-seven years of age, a lawyer by profession, but not very much so as far as practice is concerned. I was born in Baltimore, and I suppose that is more my home than anywhere pIsp. although I have traveled all the o - ? way from Denver to New Orleans. I have always been an unlucky devil, and the only thing that has kept me from suicide long ago was the lingering fear that the might be a hereafter. I have arrived at the conclusion, however, that there is not anything worse than what 1 have gone through, and I'll chance the future state. Hut I'll not preach. Two years ago I met a young lady. It don't matter where, nor what her name was. She was pretty. 1 was, as usual, a fool. 1 It id the education of a gentleman, but not the means to live up to my desires. I had run through considerable money, and had not the industry to make a livelihood at my calling. Well, of course, 1 fell over head and ears in love with this girl. She liked me, 1 think, but she had sense, and she never let her sentiment run away with her prospects. I drank some, and gambled some, and was as wild as a young* fellow usually is. Though I generally wore good clothes, my pocketbook was usually very Hat. Well, when her parents saw that my visits to the daughter were growing frequent, they immediately interfered. You know my child has been tenderly raised,' said her father, 'and she cannot marry a man who cannot properly support her. I like you, but you see how it is. A man should not marry unless he can propuminnrt 1, W wif?v' The lllfltllCr VII J ol.rl.v,.v ..... wits just as stern, and the daughter was persuaded to fall in with their plans. I have laughed many a time at a fellow who was fool enough to kill himself for a girl. But that was before 1 was in love myself. I see it all now. Hut love stories have been told so often that there is little intenst in them. The girl jilted me. The last time I saw her she cried a little, and even let me put my arm around her waist. She loved me, she said, ' but her parents wanted her to marry a middle-aged gentleman, and she eould not disobey.' If she had told the truth she would have said that she loved the, middle-aged gentleman's carriage and pair and his bank account better than she did me, and much better than she did him. I begged and pleaded, and got the same answer all the time. You know what I did then. " I went to drinking harder than ever. 1 became a nuisance, if I had not been before. One day I was talk- I ing over matters with a friend of mine named Jim Anderson, who always had more money and sense than I had. J told Jim I was going to kill myself, lie laughed and sneered. 4 I'll tell you what I'll do,' 1 said, ' I'll insure my life for $15,000 in different companies, and make the policies over to you. You pay me $2,000 for two years, let me have j a little hurrah for that time, and when ; it's over I'll a^rcj to kill myself and : you will get the money. In thai way you make if10,000, and I have some fun. Jim laughed, but I insisted, and finally we drew up an agreement to that effect. I got out policies in the different life insurance companies, lie holds them and the agreement. He paid me $200 a month during the last fifteen months, although 1 don't I believe that he ever thought of holding j me to the agreement. But he was of a speculative turn of mind anyhow, i and although lie hardly believed I would kill myself, he knew that if I I had the money I would soon drink j myself to death, and he was willing to j take the chances. Thetiineisnotupyet, j but I guess I'll let him make the extra money. He'll he surprised and not at ! [ill sorry. Nobody else cares, for the girl 1 mentioned has since married the bank account, the carriage and the middle-aged gentleman. This is no case of temporary insanity. I have as much sense as anybody. I make a contract and I'm carrying it out. Bury me wherever you like. There is ?35 in mv vest pocket, and that will pay expenses and my bill so far." The (iiant Planet. Jupiter is still a splendid phenomc- j ~? in. l.nHi! <m/1 iiMiiatnri.nl ! mm. Ill"> iw* j clouds, and the constantly changing : ispect of his satellite system, never i lease to be interesting, antl whoever has | <een them once is sure to wish to see them again as often as he can. One I :>f the great charms of a telescopic j view of .Jupiter is the visible motion | if the planet ami his moons. In a single evening one can see the huge globe roll half-way over on its axis, the time )f a whole rotation being only ten 1 [lours, and can witness the passage of the round black shadow of one of the I moons across the face of the planet, or I the disappearance of another moon as ! it goes behind the planet or is eclipsed j in the great cone of sha low which .lupitcr throws far away into space behind him. It is difficult for one not accustomed to astronomical observations to comprehend the fact that these little shining globes which he sees moving so silently and smoothly in I their oibits are actually worlds in size, I iind that they are removed hundreds | i)f thousands of miles from the great j planet around which they circle. If, j :is most astronomers believe, Jupiter | lias not yet cooled down into a hauituble globe, lie is, in some respects, all j the more interesting to us on that ac- j count; for if lie were an inhabited ! globe, no telescope, man can make j would be able to reveal his inhabitants or their works to us, and the very fact that lie was in such a condition as to support inhabitants would preclude the possibility of any physical changes which could hi' seen at the distance of four or live hundred million miles. But, on the other hand, if. as is believed, .Jupiter is yet in a very early stage of world growth, then the inhabitants of this earth can continue to watch with their telescopes, as they have been doing for the last )0 years, the changes of appearance which he undergoes. In other words, they can behold part of the geological development of a distant world, and, if the human race could exist long enough, j and could hand down its records unbroken from age to age, it might at last have a complete history, based on actual observations, of the growth of Jupiter from a globe of gaseous or tluid h\ ? ccili/1 rirwl lull lit nlilo vvnrlrl I like our own.?New York Sun. A (iood Grocery Clerk. As to what constitutes a good salesman in tho grocery business, a leading New York wholesale dealer in groceries is quoted by a correspondent as saving: "Firstly, he should be a better judge of quality than are his cus- j xmiers, and he should use his knowledge honestly. He should always recommend goods that lie knows to lie I )f full value, and yet n>>t overpraise j ;hem. Above all, if he is in the whole-; sale trade, he should not urge upon his ;ustoiners more, than ;i convenient? itock. Drummers on the road are apt ;o make that mistake, and thereby ;empt the retailer to buy more than he ,vill be able to pay for. A clerk in ;i retail store has an iwlvantage if he posiesses some knowledge of cookery, so ;hat he c:in tell how articles may be aest prepared for the table. Hints of his kind are valuable even to experienced housekeepers, especially as to lew goods. Such a man acquires inluence. But he mustn't lie impertilent or obtrusive with his advice. Polite attention is the one thing need ?ul in a salesman, and young men ihouldn't forget it if they mean to suc:eed behind the counter/' - ::'a SELECT SIFTIN6S. r South Carolina has a blind man who is a carver in wood. Indian cotton cloth is mentioned by Herodotus, was known to the Arabians . in the time of Mohammed, and was brought into Europe by his followers. One of the English governors of New York, Lord Cornbury, used to amuse himself by dressing like a woman and promenading around the Battery. A gigantic floating fish cannery, which was built at Victoria, B. C., has went to sea. It will follow the runs of fish from river to river, and all the work will lie done on board. A noted caterer says : If green peas arc shelled and then are put in dry open-mouthed bottles, and are shaken together so as to occupy as little space as possible, then are corked tightly ? 1 ill AK art; Kcaiuu, wiry win nccp umct four months. They must, however, he buried in dry earth in the cellar. Saxony has some very curious laws concerning servant girls. For instance, the mistress is required to allow the servant one. pound of butter and one pound of coilee per month, or the equivalent in money. If the servant furnish her own bedding, she receives one and one-half cents extra per night for so doing. Seventy-live cents per month is allowed the servant for her washing, and she receives five per cent, on all purchases she makes. She must give a month's notice before leaving her place, and must keep a book for recommendations, in which, upon leaving lu-r place, her mistress is compelled to state the cause of the servant's leaving and also what is her character. liussin, in the time of Peter the Great, had several large iron manufactories; some of these he visited with great assiduity, and learned the business of a blacksmith. lie succeeded so well in that trade that in one day he forged alone eighteen poods of iron, equal to 720 pounds weight, and put his own peculiar mark on each bar. This was performed at the forges in Istia, ninety versts from Moscow. One of these liars, authenticated by Peter's mark, is still shown in the same forge at Istia. Another, forged silsn with the czar's own hands, is shown in the Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg; but this last was forged at Olonet-z, on October 12, just before his death, which happened in 1725. J This bar weighs 120 pounds. Peter, on the receipt of one of his day's wages, I went directly to a shop and purchased a pair of shoes, which he took great pleasure in showing on his feet, saying to those who were present: "I have earned them well, by the sweat of my brow, with hammer and anvil." The czar once passed a month at Istia, and I when he worked at the forges the noblemen of his suit were obliged to How the bellows, to stir and clean the fire, to carry coals and perform all the ollices of a blacksmith's helper. ' A Cremation at the Court of Slant. The remains of her eminence, the J foreign minister's mother, were yesterI day burned at the temple with impos; ing ceremonies. The procession was a long one. The priest was borne on in advance of the young children and the casket, and the^e went round the temporary building erected for the cremation t.lirpp. times, after which the re j mains were placed in position on the | stand in the center of the cremation building. The lloral decorations were very beautiful; and, instead of natural llowers, which need changing every day, they were artistic imitations,which will remain along time as a memento of the occasion. On the north side of the temple was a hall for the Cochin Chinese priests, where natives could obtain refreshments gratuitously. On the southwest corner was a well-furnished hall, replete witli refreshments for the dVingirshrd personages who would visit or take part in the e. remonies. Alter the casket containing the corpse had been borne around the temple thrice, it was placed in position in the center of the building where two large halls meet eacli other at right angles. The elegant urn and its surroundings were visible to the countless persons who day and night visited the temple. The concluding ceremonies, when his majesty the king ignited the fuse communicating with the remains,were attended by a very great company. The European community generally were present, and were provided with flowers made of the fragrant cedar to give to the (lames which were to reduce to ashes the remains of his eminence's mother. At the close of the cremation the minister presented his foreign friends with beautiful gold and silver ilowers as mementos, invited them to dine, and after dinner closed the evening with fireworks.?Sin in Advertiser. How to Learn to Swim. Wade out until the water is up to your breast, then turn your face * ^ ?.wl 44-* toward lilt; axiurts <uiu njr tu o>> 1111 toward it. You knew that the water between you and the shore is not over your depth, as you have just waded through it; this will give you confidence to strike out. Confidence is a great help in learning. The chief use of the various aids in learning?the .swimming-plank, corks or the presence of an older person?is to give the learner confidence. A plank a few feet long, on which the beginner can place one or both hands, is sometimes 1 of use. Corks or life-preservers of ' any kind that are fastened to the ! body we do not think much of. One needs but very little aid?in fact, no | aid?in order to keep his head above , water, if lie only has confidence. 1/an , older brother or other friend will hold ' his hand in such a manner that you ( can rest your chin upon it, you can soon J learn the proper movement of the , arms and legs. Another method is to . have a strap or band of webbing or ; other material around the chest, just , under the arms. A few fe< t of stout i coril has one end attached to the band J and the other end attached to a light, , stout pole. In this manner a stout person can help the learner while stamling on the land. The chief use of this contrivance is to give the be- ' ginner conlidence. Those who under- ' take to aid a boy in learning to swim , should resist all temptation to play tricks. No matter how slight a duck- 1 ing may be given, it startles the . learner, and he is thereafter fearful it may lie repeated.?American Ayrknl- (' turt.sf. Cahokia. ! St. Louis, as a city, lies^in-an atmo- ! sphere ol' poetic legend* and story. Within three miles from the business j center, on the Illinois side of the old French town of Cahokia, generations ] are born, live and die who do not speak ! the Knglish language. The people are ' provincial in the extreme and jealous ' of their French origin, customs and ' language. The Parisian accent is by [ no means preserved in its purity, however, and a native Frenchman might 1 experience a slight dilliculty in comprehending the local vernacular, but j in this mongrel mixture is the pride of 1 the foreign descendants sustained. 1 For live miles back from the river banks there is a scene of desolate life f that surprises the tourist. The soil is ( ii Vurht snnd. The trees are low and " scrubby." The houses are built on J a stone foundation from six to ten feet 1 high. It is not a basement - has neither J windows nor doors, but is simply the j foundation on which the house proper 1 r<sls. And why? On account of what in native parlance is known as f the "spring rise." The river governs :1 all and determines all the conditions A of life. In its annual flood tide of spring?usually occurring in May?it 1 rises to the level of the houses above ^ the stone walls, and people go about | in canoes. Malaria abounds, and the . resources of these 'provincial house- J holds consists largely in the quinine _ bottle and a last year's almanac. !l r A Florida Orange Nursery. The Starke (Fla.) Tehyraph says: One of the finest sights in America in c the way of an orange nursery may now 11 be seen at Temple's Mill. The nursery i r contains over one hundred thousand \ young orange trees, all in a thrifty and 1; growing condition. This nursery, the I1 property of Mr. W. C. Temple, is now I worth, at the lowest calculation, over t $5,000, and is well worth a visit to ? see. , Is i THE BAD BOY if MOURNING. ffE TELLS ABOUT A FUVEBAX. AT HIS HOUSE. An Intcrr?t1nff Skctrli ol tlio 1>car Dcpnrtecl'n'Fmiilly AfTnlr??Tlic Grocery >Inn Obtninn a View of Ihc Dcceiwd. ' " "Why don't you take an ice pick and clean the dirt out from under your finger nails," said the grocery man to the bad boy, as he came in the store and stroked the cat the wrong way as she lay in the sun on the counter, on a quire of manila paper. " Can't remove the dirt for thirty days. It is an emblem of mourning. Had a funeral at our house yesterday," and the boy took a pickle out of a tub and put it in the cat's mouth, and then went to the show case, while the grocery man, whose back had been turned during the pickle exercise, thought by the way the eat jumped into the dried apple barrel and began to paw and scratch with all four of her feet, and yowl, that she was going to have a fit. " I hadn't heard about it," said the grocery man, as he took the cat by the neck and tossed her out in the back ; ~ Vvav fnll nf HI It'll IU'iU ctll U1U u>nun uuaiuu dust, with a parting injunction that if she was going to have fits she better go out where there was plenty of fresh air. " Death is always a sad thing to contemplate. One clay we are full of health and joy and cold victuals, and the next wo are screwed down in a box, a few words are said over our remains, a few tears are shed, and there is a race to see who shall get back from the cemetery first, and though we may think we are an important factor in the world's progress, and sometimes feel as though it would be unable to put up margins and have to stop the deal, the world goes right along, and it must annoy people who die to realize that they don't count for game. The greatest man in the world is only a nine-spot when he is dead, because somebody else takes the tricks the dead man ought to have taken. But, say. who is dead at your house?" "Our rooster. Take care, don't you hit me with that canvased ham," said the boy, as the grocery man looked mad to learn that there was nobody dead but a rooster, when he had preached such a sermon on the subject. "Yes, how soon we are forgotten when we are gone. Now, you would have thought that rooster's hen would have remained faithful to him for a week at least. I have watched thorn all the spring, and I never saw a more perfect picture of devotion than that between the bantam rooster and his hen. They were constantly together, and there was nothing too good for her. He would dig up angle worms and call her, and when she came up on a gallop and saw tne great nig wunii uu uic ground, she would look so proud of her rooster, and lie would straighten lip and look as though he was saying to her, 'I'm a daisy,' and then she would look at him as if she would like to kiss him, and just as she was going to pick up the worm he would snatch it and swallow it himself, and chuckle and walkaround and be full of business, as though wondering why she didn't take the worm after he had dug it for her, and then the hen would look disappointed at first, and then she would look resigned as much as to say, ' AVorms are too rich for my blood anyway, and the poor, dear roosterneeds them more than I do, because he has to do all the crowing,' and she would go off and find a grasshopper and eat it on the sly for fear he would see her and complain because she didn't divide. Oh, I have never seen anything that seemed to me so human as the relations between that rooster and lun. He seemed to try to to everything for her. But I was disgusted with him when the poor hen was setting. The first week that she sat on the eggs he seemed to get alon? first rate, because lie had a couple of flower beds to dig up, winch a press or business had caused him to neglect before, and a couple of neighbor's gardens to destroy, so he seemed to be glad to have his hen retire to her boudoir and set, but after he had been shooed out of the gardens and flower beds he seemed to be nervous, and evidently wanted to be petted, and he would go near the hen and she would seem to tell him to go and take a walk around the block, because she hadn't time to leave her business, and if she didn't attend to it they-would have a lot of spoiled eggs on their hand, and no family to bring up. He would scold, and seem to tell her that it was all foolishness, that for his part he didn't want to hear a lot of chickens squawking around. He would seem to argue with her that a brood of chickens would be a dead give-away on them both, and they would at once be classed as old folks, while if they were alone in the world they would be spring chickens, and could go in young society, but the hen would scold back, and tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself to talk that way, and he would go ofT mad, and sulk around a spell, and then go to a neighbor's hen-house and /.AtvinCmr.a l,o wnllllln't". flnmfi llflflf till nuillt/l Ilia.) tl\j ||UU?UM W vv,.MV the next day. The lien would be sorry she had spolten so cross, and would seem pained at his going away and would look anxiously for his return, and when he came hack after being out in the rain all night, she would be solicitous after his health, and tell him he ought j to wrap something around him, but he acted as though he didn't care for his health, and he would go out again and get chille.l through. Finally the hen come off the nest with ten chickens, and the rooster seemed very proud, and when anybody came out to look at them he would crow, and seem to say they were all his chickens, though the ben was a long time hatching them, iind if it had been him that was setting an them he could have hatched them jut in a week, or died a trying. Uut the exposure told on him, and he went into a decline, and one morning we found him dead. Do you know, I never see a hen that seemed to reidize a calamity as she did. She looked pale, md her eyes looked reu, and she seemed to be utterly crushed. If the chickens, which were so young they could not realize that they were little orpnans, became noisy anu gui u> [)iilling anil hauling over a worm, and conducted themselves in an unseemly manner, she would talk to them In hen language, with tears in her eyes, and it was a picture of woe. JJut the next lay a neighboring rooster got to looking through the fence from the alley, und trying to flirt with her. At lirst she was indignant, and seemed to tell liim he ought to go about his business, ind leave her alone, but the dude kept clucking, anil pretty soon the widowed :ien <!<lged up toward the fence, and isked him to come in, but the hole in the fence was too small for him, and then the chickens went out in the alley uul the lien followed them out. I shall ilways think she told the chickens to jo out, so she would have aD excuse to ;o after them, and llirt with the rooster, and I think it is a perfect shame, she is out in the alley half the time, ind 1 could cuff her. It seems t<> me wrong to so soon forget a deceased rooster, but I suppose a hen can't be iny more than human. Say, you don't ivant to buy a good dead booster, do ,'ouV You could pick it anu sell it to somebody that owes you, for a spring ;hicken." " No, J don't want any deceased joultrv. that died of grief, and you | jetter go home and watch your hen, or rou will l>e bereaved some more," and he grocery man went out in the shed 0 see if the cat was over its lit, and vhen he came back the boy was gone, ind al ter a while the grocery man saw 1 crowd in front of the store, and lie vent out and found the dead rooster ying on the vegetable stand, with a >aper pinned on its breast, on which vas a sign, " This raster did of colix. for sale cheep to hording house only." le touk the dead rooster and threw it n the street, and looked up and down he street for the b;ul boy, and went in tnd hid a raw hide where he could each it handy.?Peck's titiu. A young man, dressed in the height f fashion, and with a poetic turn of nind, was driving along a country oad, and, upon gazing at the pond vhich skirted the highway, said: "Oh, iow I would like to lave my heated lead in those cooling waters 1" An rishman, overhearing the exclamaion, immediately replied: "Bedad, you night lave it there and it wouldn't ink,"?Pretzel's Weekly," i SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. The report comes from Europe that the gladiolus is fast "running out." The bulbs are losing their vitality and the stalks produce fewer blossoms, which are of smaller size. One of the latest foreign inventions is that of the manufacture of bottles, etc., from cast iron, containing some twelve per cent, of silicum, a compound which is said to resist the action of th<3 strongest acids. The Jersey cow Ella Lee, owned by Horatio H. Curran, of Whitestown, N. Y., is attracting much attention. Seventeen pounds of her milk produces a pound of butter, which is so yellow that many who see it think it is artifically colored. A paper was recently read before the Society of Engineers, at Leeds, on "Deep-Sea Lighthouses,"by Mr. C. Anderson. These he proposes chiefly as * L .. meteorological stations 10 ue uuwiwicu out at sea, so that thirty-six hours' notice of approaching storms could be given to vessels instead of twelve. They would also be used as postal and telegraph stations. A highly interesting invention has been patented by Engineer Alexis Kohl, of Copenhagen, consisting of an apparatus for cipher writing, especially adapted for diplomatic and military purposes. This apparatus, similar to Mailing's writing globe, contains fortyone signs, with a corresponding number of tangents or keys, which the person using it strikes, thereby causing the letters or signs to appear on the periphery. The apparatus can be so arranged that two correspondents, agreeing upon a given key-word, may communicate with each other in a text absolutely undecipherable to persons unitiated. The inventor has given the name of cryptograph to his apparatus, the succession of letters in which is entirely arbitrary and may be varied ad libitum. Two apparatuses, exactly alike, and once arranged according to agreement, will enable the respective possessors to cipher and decipher readily and with very little loss of time. The Champion Wrestler. Probably the meanest trick ever played upon a guileless stranger was /?Anonmmnfrt/l 'it \f 111/1 Ann 'a trnininrr l^UllOUIUUlUUtJll ClU iuuiuuvy** .j wutH4?^ quarters, Stagg's Lake Merced resort, the otlier day. While a party of visitors to the wrestler were sitting on the porch, a hack drove up containing ex-Governor Perkins, JJishop Kip, and two just arrived English tourists of distinction, one of whom was a dude of the most pronounced and unmistakable type. As soon as this rara avis descended from his carriage for refreshments, Senator McCarthy at once concocted a fell scheme, into which he initiated the other bold bad men at his side. He immediately sought Muldoon in his room, and told him that a noted English wrestler had just arrived on the Australian steamer, and that the boys had put up a job to the effect that the new man was to be introduced to the champion as a simple traveler; that he was to wait his opportunity, seize Muldoon when off his guard, and down him "juSt for a flyer." "So that is the scheme, eh?" s:iid Muldoon, grimly. " Well, I'll see if I can't give our Australian friend a little surprise party." Mctarxny men mmuiey umununi the formidable stranger, who, he said, could bo particularly distinguished by an eyeglass and a white rose in his buttonhole. A few minutes afterward the new arrivals were introduced to the wrestler, and were chatting pleasantly together, the conspirators being much amused by the sidelong glances with which the champion kept measuring every movement of the unsuspecting object of their plo!\ Bishop Kip was just finishing a disquisition upon the general .merits of muscular Christianity, when, with one of those panther-like springs that so disconcerted Donald Dinnie, Muldoon seized the dude, who stood placidly sucking the knob of his cane, and with a powerful twist Hung him clear over his shoulder through the air, the astonished Englishman alighting on the back of his neck, in a rosebush, a dozen feet off. "Put up a job on me, will youV" said Muldoon, with a chuckle. The uproar that followed was past description. The dude screamed for the police. Governor Perkins rushed ..iif tolnrrmnh for t.lip. militia, while """ - , the venerable bishop hastily mounted a chicken coop, under the impression that lie was th?i victim of a Pliu-nix park plot lor his personal assassination. It was at least ton minutes before the matter was explained by the mysterious disappearance of the senator and his friends, who had incontinently left for the city early in the difliculty. The matter was finally compromised, and the victim sent home in a hack with a liberal supply of arnica, but still expressing his determination to write to the British minister at "Washington regarding the outrage. "We will be in big luck if an international imbroglio or something else expensive does not come of the matter yet. Meanwhile, McCarthy is hiding somewhere in the foothills until Muldoon signs an agreement not to knock him out in one round.? San Francisco Post. "Holding On." Three or four years ago a farmer I living near Indianapolis who had raised about forty bushels of corn to sell, but who was not satisfied with ruling prices, determined to hold on. lie nailed up his corn-crib and sat down with a determination to let the country go to ruin unless buyers came to his figures. To his great chagrin and disappointment everything went on as usual for several months, when one diiy a man from Chicago came along. "What's corn worth?" asked the farmer. "Twenty-eight cents," was the reply. " Why, I was offered thirty-five for mine last fall!" " Yes, but you seethe corner brokea few days ago. and 7,000,000 bushels were let loose on the market." "Sevenmillvon bushels!" g.'Spedthe old man. "Well, I swan ! Why, I've kept forty bushels locked up here since last fall, thinking I had the country right by the nose, and now you tell me that seven millyon Dusneis was it-noose in a bunch ! Why, drat my buttons ! I don't believe I could have scart anybody even if I'd held on to my three barrels of pork and six bushels of beans beside!"?Wall Street iVc/rs. Money Not Thrown Away. "Your daughter graduates this month, Mr. Thistlepod?" "Yes, she'll be home about the 20th, I reckon." "And your son graduates, also?'' "Oh. yes; he'll come home about the same time." " And what are they going to do?" 1 " Well, said the old man, thought < fully, "I don't just exactly know what they do want to drive at, but Marthy , she writes that she wants to continue , her art studies on the continent, so 1 i ' ' j - f FOR SOMEBODY'S SAKE. As over life's mountains and vales Onr pilgrimage journey we take, We add to our trouble and care, And heavier burdens we bear For somebody's sake. Though deeply we're wounded by grief, Though the heart may continue to ache, Our sorrows we keep out of sight, And our faces aro smiling and bright For somebody's sake. We labor nttd toil all the day, And many a sacrifice make, And at night may be weary and worn With the trials we've cheerfully borne For .somebody's sake. What wonderful tasks wo achieve! What wonderful deeds undertake! And how .sweet is the victory won, When all we've accomplished wasdono For somebody's sako! The struggle that's only for self No joy among angels may wake, But the brightest of crowns will be given To those who have suffered*;uid striven For somebody's sake. ?Cimjrcijdtionalist. HUMOR OF THE HAY. The farmer's inquiry?"Ilay?" Noah was never afraid of starvation during the llood. lie always had a I lain in the ark. Directions for resudtating a halfdrowned individual: If it's a girl whisper ice cream in Her ear. When a woman wants to be pretty she hangs her hair, and when she wants to he ugly she bangs the door. AVomen do not suffer as much as they used to, in old .times, from contraction of the chest. Just look jit the size of tlx! Saratoga trunks.?Texas SifLillys. A case is on record where a barber .in/1 li'o vif tim wi.ru lmt.h liiinnv Thp ,?.?*? ".g ,??.? fi-j- former talked on without interruption and the latter was deaf.?Toledo American. The man who wrote a little pamph-4 let entitled " IIow to Get On in the "World," was put olT a street car the other day because he hadn't money enough to pay his fare.?NorrUitown Herald. " Ma, is Long Branch an awful dirty place?" "Why, no, my child?what made you think so?" "Why, here is an advertisement that says it is washed by the lide twice a day."?Burlington Free Press. " My big brother can ride on a bicycle with two wheels," said one small boy to another. "Good golly, that's nothing!" replied the other. "Why, iny little brother can ride on one with three wheels."?Kentucky Utate Journal. Making him feel at home: Enfant Terrible?" Oh, papa, do ask Mr. Gobemouche to swallow his napkin." Guest (smilingly)?" Why do you wish me to do that, Miss Alice?" Alice, (earnestly)? "Oh, because mamma says you will swallow anything." He slipped quietly in at the door, but catching sight of an inquiring face over the stair-rail, said: "Sorry so late, my dear, couldn't get a car before." " So the cars were full too," said the lady; and further remarks were unnecessary.?Georgia Major. The man who lias a country cousin with a desirable farm residence is now busy trying to explain how it happened that, during the winter season the c. c. visited the town, he was never able to find his fashionable relative at home or get admission to the house.? Fall Nicer Advance. "An American young lady singer went to Europe bearing the name of Mary Jane Hoggs, and her cognomen is now Miss Lina Lafonti." Well, if the residents of the school .district where she lived before she took her European tour are unable to recognize her under her assumed name, they will probably have no difficulty in recognizing her voice.?Peck's Sun. WHO? Who visits us in summer's heat? Who bores us often on the street? Who frequently at homo we meet? Who sails around on pinions fleet? Who takes in every free-lunch treat? Who dines with poor and the elite? Who always gorges on fresh meat? Who never deigns to take a treat? But always stands upon his feet Whenover lie's inclined to eat? Who should it be but that petite Little biter, with the sweet Name, Mosquit? ?Boston Courier. A country merchant visited the city and purchased from a dollar store a table caster, which he took home with him, and after putting a tag on it marked $14, made a present of it to a Methodist preacher, whose church his family attended. The reverend gentleman took the package home, opened it and examined the contents. The /lnv Vn? fAAb flto (vi'ifli tlia IlCAb UHJ liC UUVA viwvv/i ^ ?* ivii vuv tag attached) back to the groceryman, anil said to him: " I am too poor in this world's goods to afford to display so valuable a caster on my table, and if you have no objection, T should like to return it and take $14 worth of groceries in its st'-ad." The merchant could do nothing but acquiesce, but fancy his feelings. The Petroleum Fields of the World. The relative importance of the oil fields of the world are succinctly stated as follows in the Centur,</ l?y E. T Smalley, in his graphic and fully illustrated article on "Striking Oil:" Nearly all the petroleum that goes into the world's commerce is produced in a district of country about 150 miles long, with a varying breadth of from one to twenty miles, lying mainly in the State of Pennsylvania, but lapping think I'll just send her to (ireece in the dairy and let her do a little plain , modeling in butter, and .Sam he says | he's got to go abroad and polish up ;i t little, and as good luck will have it, he'll be home jti>t in time to spread himself on the grindstone and put an edge on the cradle blades against the i wheat harvest." And the old man smiled to think that he hadn't thrown money away when he sent his children to school. The fashionable New York stores \ employ l'rom 100 to 500 clerks, to I whom are added dressmakers and " other attaches, which add three-fold to J thenumber. Such employment cannot be considered healthy, since the air is close anu unwholesome, but there is a pressure to obtain it, and at present there are a hundred applicants for each "s vacancy. Salesmen receive from $7 to $12 a week, while "heads of stock" rate from $18 to $20. These " heads" r have charge of specialties, and are re- c sponsible for their management. Ericsson, the inventor of the Moni- 1 tor, still works twelve hours a day, though he is eighty years old. In n summer he bathes with crushed ice. u over a little on Its northern edge into the State of New York. This region yielded, in 1881,20,950,816 barrels, and in 1882, 31,398,750 barrels. A little petroleum is obtained in West Virginia. a little at various isolated points in Ohio, and a little in the Canadian province of Ontario. There is also a small lielil in Germany, a larger one, scantily developed, in Southern Kmsia, and one still larger, perhaps, in India. The total production of all the lields, outside of the region here described, is but a small fraction in the general account, however, an:l has scarcely an appreciable influence upon the market. Furthermore, the oil of these minor lields, whether in America or the Old World, is of an inferior quality, and so long as the great Pennsylvania reservoir holds out, can only supply a loc.il demand in the vicinity of the wells. A tourist leaning out of a nook, Fell on his head near a brook, The hurt he received St. Jarobs Oil relieved, And he says it cured " like a book." (ireat oaks from little acorns spring, Great aches the little toe-corns bring; l.ut for every corn That ever was born St. .lavobs Oil is just the thing. Transparent bonnets for midsummer wear are made of gauze and trimmed with aigrettes or Mowers. The inside < if the brim is finished with plaitings if soft lace. Our <5rninlinnthcr? n.u.rlit their <1 iiiuliteM that "a sti'cli 111 time , !im*s uire." A pill in time saves i ol only ] | line, Imt ofttimes an incalculable amount of I mUVrintr as well. An occasional close of Dr. I I'iorec's Pellets (Little Snu'ar-Coated I'ills), o cleanse the stomach and bowels, not only rovents diseases Imt often breaks up sudden ; ittncks when taken in time. Hy druggists. i A i-'iituin of butter weighs fifty-six pounds | ( Liver disease, headaclio and constipation, i , aused by bad digestion, quickly cured by I Jrown's Iron Hitters. ' A ii \ iiukl of pork weighs '.0") pounds. Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" pere-ll.vand permanently cures those diseases leeuliar to females. It is tonic and nervine, ' ffeetually allaying and curing those sicken- ^ tig setis-itions that affect the stomach and 1 \ iea;t thmutfh rel'cK action. The back nehe | ^ .nil "dragaiiiu down" sensations all disnj - | < >e ir under the strengthening elle.'tn of this I treat restorative. Hy dniLft;i'ls. j A h.vukei, of Hour weighs l'.ji; pound s. J (r.win'-'.i.D, 1own.?Dr. A. T. Henak says: ' ' Mince u?ing Hr iwn's Iron Hitlers proves its I upcr.ority over all other tonic preparations.5' j A iiii'Li: b ill mo\e? 1,000 miles por hour. , i | ( IIow can you remain a sufferer from dys. | ' lepsia when worse cases than yours are being ' jj ured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Try it. i 4'alnrrh ofihi* IMmhlcr. | Stinging irritation, inflammation, Kidney, I Jrinary complaints,cured by Biichupaibn. ?1. ( iiHtrinr. j A 1 :dy says: " When I feel at all distressed ,ftor eating, a table^poonful of <?astkini: fives ;no almost instaut relief." Drugglats. ? ' ' ' ,y\t Walk More and Sleep 8<ranAly. Mr. John W. Cole, Principal of the Gale School, Troy, N. Y., writes us: "Tbot, N. Y., April 7,1883. "Having been afflicted for several years past with illness, the cause of which was unknown to me for a long time, and my continued disability getting to be of so serious and distressing a character as to cause great anxiety with my family and friends, I became satisfied upon close investigation that the cause of my sickness was the diseased condition of my kidneys and liver. At this time by accident a friend, who had similar symptoms to mine, informed me of the great improvement in his health by taking Hunt's Remedy, and persuaded me to try it. I immediately commenced taking it, and from the first bottle began to improve, and ita continued uso affords very encouraging reFults. I can sleep soundly, walk better, am free from pains, and the severe attacks of headache from which I suffered so much have disappeared, nnd I cheerfully recommend Hunt's Remedy for all purposes for which it is advertised. I will add iu closing that my tm'fn hnn nsfld it very successfully for pre venting the attacks of sick headache with which Bhe had been afflicted from youth." AluiONt Disheartened. A promineut citizen sends us the following statement: For several years I have been very seriously afflicted with a severe pain in my back, which I long supposed to be lumbago or rheumatism of the back. More recently the pains lmd become more severe, so much so (lint it was with difficulty.that I was able to yet oat of bed in the morning. I had tried various remedies without any apparent relief. By tho earnest solicitation of a friend I commenced Hunt's Remedy, about three weeks auo, and its instantaneous benefits are wonderful, for I have had no pains in my back since taking the firet three doses; and am relieved from the pains, aches and exhaustive weakness, the painful symptoms that usually accompany disease of the kidneyB. And I confidently expect to be completely and permanently cured by the use of it. I most clicerfuliy recommend Hunt's Remedy to all who are afflicted with nny kidney or liver disease. WILLIAM G. ARNOLD, Walnut Street Providence, R. L March 29, 1883. A hand (horse measure) is fonr inches. For weak lungs, spitting of blood, weak stomach, night-sweats, and the early stages of consumption, "Golden Medical Discovery" is specific. By druggists. An acre contains 4,840 square yards. Lewis, Iowa.?Dr. M. J. Davis says: " Brown's Iron Bitters give the best of satisfaction to those who use it." Slow rivers flow five miles per hour. Health first, riches afterward. All forms cf heart disease, including palpitation, iheumntism, spasms, bony formation, enlargement, val\u'ar derangemen s, acute pains in left breast, etc., yield to the use of Dr. Graves' Ha art Regulator. $1 per bottle at druggists. A squabe mile contains G40 acres. ? It Ktandn to IleaAon mat an oil devoid or ail irritating properties, that never becomes rancid, should make an excellent Hair Dressing. Such is Carboline. Made from pnre petroleum; all druggists. A New Departube.?Une good result of the hard times is an article in proprietary mcdicine which gives to every purchaser a full equivalent for his money. The rule of this class of medicines is from 10 to 25 doi-63 for $1, the best only reaching40. Messrs. Hoodie Co. take a new departure, and in Hood's Sarsaparilla they give 100 do?es for $1. These facts deserve the consideration of the sick, also the well, for tfcoy are liable to be sick. "Jtniigii on Corns." Ask forWells'"Kough on Corns." 15c. Quick relief: completecnre. Corns, warts, bunions. Chrolithion collars are made in difleretit styles, both standing and turn down. Tho cuffs are reversible. Purest and best ooihuyeboil, from selected livers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard A Co., N.Y. Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians declare it superior to all other oils. Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, mado by Caswell, Hazard A Co., New York. Tlint Ilunbnnd of Mine , Is three times the man he was before using Wells' Health Renewer. $1. Druggists. Walking made easy with Lyon's Heel Stiffeners; they kcop your boots and shoee straight. FIVE REASON!* Whythepublio preferenco is, and should b?, fivento Hood's Sarsaparilla. Bemuse tho superior strenjth of well chosen inirrtd. lents in & combination peculiar to itself and possessed by no other preparation, with the skilled pharmacy used In ltd manufacture, make Hood's Sarsaparilla the best medicine in tho market for purifying the blood. Because Hood's Sarsaparilla has, in numerous well known and verified Instances, eradicated Scr>fula, cleansed the blood of Humora, and restored weakened invalids to health, in which condition they remain. Because Hood's Sarsaparilla has really and trulj cured cases of Dyspepsia, long standing and chronic, of Indigestion, of General Debility, of Salt Rheum, Catarrh and all Humors whioh riot in the blood and break the skin in festers, pustules, pimples and boils. Bernnne Hood's Sarsaparilla has been found to be the best medicine for ailments proluced by the season or climate, wonderfully sharpening the appetite and markedly toning up the system against debility and nervousness. Brcnusc Hood's Sarsaparilla is everybody's medv cine. No one is so poor that be cannot pay $1 for a bottll of Hood's Sarsaparilla?100 doses?or 1 cent each dottt and none aro so rich and lofty as to be beyond its benefit. Hood'* .Snmnparilla Sold by Druggists. SI; six for $5. Prepared only bj C. I. HOOD i, CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. Very Well Put< Why do you defer till to-raorrow what we should do to-day? Why do wo neglect a coux'h till it throws uh into consumption, and consumption brink's us to tho grave ? Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam is sure to euro if taken in season. It has never been known to fail. Use it thoroughly according to directions. Persevere till tho disease Li conquered, as it is certain to be, even if it should require a dozen bottles. Thero is no better medicino for Pulmonary disorders. Sold everywhere. Baker's Pain Panacea Is one of tho best Liniments put up. It is a real pain killer, and destroys pain, whether internal or external, whenever used. It has been a standard remedy for tho post thirty or forty years. mTiMnnfl mvv 3B geSS FOB. PAIN. CURES, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, ^ure Tbromt, Nirelllnfi, Mprnl na, II raises, Burnt, Nrnldi, Frost l)lte?, AND ALL OTHER UODILY Pil.\8 ASD i 111 19. Sold hj Drujgliu anil Dealer*everywhere. Fifty Castai botUt Dlrrciiom la 11 Lau|ui|ei. 13 THE CIIAJILE8 A. VOOELER CO. CSmmuti 14 A. V(XJ?L?R k CO.) Qalllaorr, M4* C.f* % H If YN U?gw " No tim0 ?hould b? 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M tK Ia 6QA per day at home. Samples worth $5 free. I 33 10 $&U Address Stinbon A Co., Portland, Me. MiEXTS WANTKI). A HARK CHANCE TO MAF NEW YORK, BY SUNLK Showing up the Xew York of TO-DAY. with its palaces, ill ts countless sights. its romance, its inj.tery, its dark crin very phase of life in the Rre.it city. Don't waste time sellir if contents, terms to agents, etc. Prospectus now ready, a lW)I<; J.A.S.N HHOS., 53 N LECTROTYPE 1 "7 1 1 1 PRINTIN OST] STEREOTYPE ^ AMOVED BUrUWflTLED VfOWUkt, [Trw*Hh*Bast<? OtoftsJ Uftrrt. Zdffort r? Theaboreisa good Mkeness of Mm. tydia2. Plnli ham, of Lynn, Mass., who abore all other human being* may be truthfully called the "Dear Friend of Woman," aa tome of her correspondents loro to call her. 81tf Is zealously deroted to her work, which la the outooml of a life-study, and Is obliged to keep tlx lady assistants, to help her answer the large correspondence which dally pours In upon her, each bearing Its special burden of suffering, or Joy at release from it Bar Vegetable Compound la a medicine for good acd not rll purposes. I haro personally lnrestlgated it and am satisfied of the truth of this. On account of its proren merits, it Is recommended and prescribed by the best physicians In the country. One aays: "It works like a charm and aares audi pain. It wQl core entirely tho worst form or railing Of the uterus, Leucorrhcea, Irregular and painful Menstruation, all Ovarian Troubles, Inflammation and Ulceration, Flooding*, all Displacements and the oosb sequent spinal weakness, and Is especially adapted to the Change of Life." (* It permeates every portion of the system, and gives new life and vigor. It removes falntness, ftatulencj, destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves weakcess of the stomach. It cures Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Bleeplessnsss, Depression and Indigestion. That feeling of hearing down, causing pain, weight and backache, is always permanently cored by its use. It will at all times, and under all circumstances, act !n harmony with the law that governs the female system. It costs only $L per bottleor sir for 98., and is sold by druggists. Any advice required as to special cases, and the names of man; who have been restored to perfect health by the use of the Vegetable Compound, can be obtained by addressing Mrs. P., with stamp for reply, at her home In Lynn, Mass. For Kidney Complaint of tWier sex this compound if unsurpassed as abundant testimonial show. "Mrs. Plnkham's liver Pills," says one writer, "art the but is ttu world tor the euro of Ccsittlfrtfm, Biliousness and Torpidity of the liver. Her Blood Purifier works wonders In Its special line and bids tab to equal the Compound In its popularity. All must respect her as an Angel of Hercy whose sols ambition is to do good to others. Pa. CD Mrs. A. M. D. SIGNIFICANT SPBING. y * A Dissertation upon Its advent,and its effect upon mankind. "The green leaf of the new corns Spring. "?Shak. Everybody recognizes spring, when it 1* once upon na, but many persons are not familiar with the exact date o) its appearance. Webster, the world-renovrned lexi cograpner. gives os a definition which may not be map> propnate here. '' Spring," says he, '' ia the season oi the year when plants begin to vegetate and rise; th? vernal season, comprehending the months of March, April and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator." Thomson, in his "Seasons." and SSwiee. peare in many of his works, have pert;p? no peer* ia describing it, and yet "ethareal spring" is freighted with malaria, "that lnsidiousfoe, lurking unseen inth* very air we breathe." It spreads over the fairest pot. tions of our land; brings death and disease to thoaaands cuts off scores upon scores of our children and youth, as well its those in advsnced life. A pestilence is regarded with little less apprehension, and people evet-ywnere an , I asking, "Whatisit!" " Where does it ccme from!" " What ifill cure it?" KlDMEY-WOBT A8 A 8PRIMO MrDICIW*. When you begin to Iom appetitehave a headache, a pain in your side, back and shoulders;?to toss about at night in restless dreams;?woke in the morning with a foal mouth and furred tong<?;?feel disinclined to ga about your work, heavy in body and oppressed in mind have a fit of the blue*;?when your urtne get*scanty or high colored;?to suffer with constipation, diarrhoea or Indigestion;?have a pasty, sallow faoa, dull eye*, and a blotched skin -.?one or all q/ thw common complaint* will onrtalnly be evidences that your liver is disordered, torpid, or perhaps diseased. A bottle of Kidaey-Wort is, under such circjynstances.. a priceleas boon to inch a person. Bare assertions of proprietors have come to poms* less force than ther frequently merit. The causa of this condition of popular skepticism is, in the main, to be found in the fact that charlatanism cover* oar broad land. Meritorious articlee are too frequently foond in bad company. The proprietors of Kidney-Wort always provt all iMr nttrriiont touching the merits of their preparation*. When we affirm, therefore, that Kidney-Wort ia specific for just such disorders ss Itavd been mentioned in this article, the proof, too, belong* to and ?h?lj fellow this statement. A Physician's Expedience. Dr. R. K. Clark, a regular physician of extenaive practice in Grand Isle County, ana a worthy deacon of the Congregational Church at South Hero, Vt., haa used Kidney-Wort forreveral years in hla practioe, and before the present [.ripnetors purchased an interact ia it he had given his unbiased opinion in its favor. *l*M? opinion has not changed. "It ha4 don4 btlttr tiin1 amy 01 hrr rmt'dii I Aar? trer uted," ;ay? the Doctor; ana further on ne write*: " I do not recollect an instance where the patient to whom I have given it haa failed to receive benefit from it* use, and in lome severe oases * .A ? THaaa it wa atrrtro- w>rHa ThuvtM rauib UVUIUDUJJ ov. . from a representative, conscientious, ever-approachable 6ublic citizcn, however, and ?better still?unrntiu. lidney-Wort will bear ill the encomiums lavished npcm_. it byits friends-snd theirnamelslegion. "Iteilltwtar 1 by Kidney-Wort all tbs time," writes Mr. J. B? Kaofl. , man, of Lancaster, Pa. We will supplement this tar J asserting, as a matter of fact, ana one oapable oj ~ demonstration, that nil honeit patron* of 1M1 remedy art j it* friend* and adzoccUei. TinPIAMOND" *** ?^V Best Dyes Ever Mads. O-FOB BILK. "WOOL, OK COTTON. DRE88E8, COAT8, SCARFS, HOOD8, YARN, STOCKINGS, CARPET RAQt* ^ RIBBON8, FEATHER8, or any fabrio at fancy article easily and perfectly colored to ny hade. Black, Brown, Green, Blse, Scarlet, Cardinal Red, Sary Bine, Seal Brown, Olive Green, Terrs Cetta and 20 other best oolars. Warranted last and Durable. Bach package wiD oeJoroae to four lbe. of goods. If you have never used Dyes try these onee. 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Speedv relief and complete restoration of Health, vioor and Manhood Guaranteed. The grandest discovery of the Nineteenth Century. Send at once for Illustrated Pamphlet free. Address _?^ ^ VOLTAIC BELT CO., MARSHALL, MICH. .".HALL'S lungsBALSAM 1'iircfl Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia, InHurnzn, Bronchial Difficulties, Bronchitis, Ilonrseitcss, Asthma, Croup, Whooping 1'ougb, nnd nil Discusc* of the Breuiiiiti* Organs. It soothes nnd heals (be .11 e nib ran o oi' the lutings, intlnmcd nnd poisoned by the disease, nniT prevents tbe night sweats una tightness across tbe client which accompany It. Consumption Is not an incurable malady. HAU.'S iiAL.sA.U will cure you. even though professional aid ^ Pay nc Rohablc, Durable and Economical, trill /urniiX a | or?4 potter trim S Iru fiul awl voter than any olhsr 4 '.nyine built, not tittcd with ao AatomaticCut-off. So ad or 111ustr>itc(i Catalogue "J." tor Information and 'rice*. B. W. Payne A Sons. Box sou, Corning, N.Y. 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