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THE WISDOM OF AGE.
" "WouMst thou have back thy life again''
I asked an a^ed man;
"Coulds-t thou not grander ends attain, |
And better life's whole plan;"'
" No, son," he said: " I rest content,
And calmly wait the end.
One life alone to man is lent.
To waste or wisely spend.
"If with the knowledge years bestow
We started in the race.
All plans might meet with overthrow
And shamo ns wlih disgrace.
" No combination man can make
Insures complete success:
The lucky winner takes the prize
He won by random guess.
" I would not say chance rules below?
And nature shows design;
Life is not.like the dice's throw,
Luck follows laws divine.
" Some men are bom to grace a throne,
Some to a lepers doom;
Yet equal light for l>oth hath shone
Their spirits to illume.
" My life has run through light and shade?
The end is drawing i.ear:
I long for rest all undismayed.
And ask not back one year."
ft.
AN OCEAN CHASE.
BY A DETECTIVE.
"Aha! Burleigh, here's a job for you
?one that's got game in it, and a long
chase, perhaps."
It was the chief of the Scotland Yard
detective force who spoke, as he stepped
into the private office. A knot of "hale
fellows well met.'' and I. an American,
among the number, were engaged in a
game of whist. I threw down my cards.
The chief hande d me a telegram, which
read as follows:
Reading. ? Charles Burton, the infant
h$ir of Beenham lod^e, was stolen from the
lodge last niyht, it is suspected, by the nurse,
in whose charge it was placed. She has dis
appeareu. one i? um; u:uiiuo nun, u?uv?
eyes; graceful ami easy in her manners, ami
wears a plain, dark costume. Large reward
for her capture, and the recovery of the
child. Edward Pokdage.
."Where is Hccnham lodge!'' I inquired,
as soon I had glanced at the dispatch.
"Near Reading."
''The nurse will come to London with
the child."
"That is not so certain. This is doubtless
a scheme to remove the heir to the
Beenham estate by some person or persons
who arc itching to obtain possession
after Sir Edward Pordage's death."
"Then you think they will not run the
hazard of bringing the child here?"
"Certainly not."
With a flash my mind was made up.
I started out of the office, and in a few
minutes was in a train that was bearing
me at a rapid rate toward Heading.
Upon my arrival I secured a private
conveyance, and, after a drive of a few
miles, was landed at the entrance to the
lodge. I was met by a gentleman, who
received me with much warmth and
withal agitation when 1 informed him
that I had been placed on the case.
"The object of my hasty visit is to
glean some of the facts hi the case, and
to follow up any intelligent clew, if there
be any. Was this your child that was
stolen. Sir Edward ?"
"Bless you, no! I am a bachelor?
never was married. Charles Burton was
the child of ray sister. I am his uncle,
and by will have made him the lineal
male heir to the Beenham estates."
"Have? you any other relatives, Sir
Edward ?"
"Yes; another sister, a spinster, Miss
Applebee Lowage, lives with me, and
has been my housekeeper for many years.
She has also managed much of my business
affairs of late, as I feel the weight
of years increasing upon me." i
"Who was the nurse, and what was
her name?"
"My spinster sister's waiting maid.
Her name is Percy?Miss Jane Percy. A
more docile, winning, and obedient servant
we have never had in our employ.
Charles Burton's mother died soon after
Charles was born, and we took the helpless
littie infant to our home and nursed
it with the tenderest care. Miss Percy
took such an interest in the child that
DilU V>OA ^1 t til lilt 3UU tllill^tfailU ^ttiLIV.Vl
to love it with a mothers love. Oh. I
trust no harm has befallen it, wherever it
has been taken!"
"What is its age?"
"About a year."
"What motive, think you, was there
for the abduction of the child?"
"None that I can see, unless the expectation
of securing a large reward for
its return."
' Then you do not suspect that a plot
has been formed among some branch of
your relatives for the removal of the
_ child?"'
Sir Edward stopped for a moment, as
if a flash of new light had entered his
mind; but he stamped his ponderous
cane on the floor and indignantly re
jiuuu;
''My relatives steal that poor, helpless
babe! No, perish the very thought of it.
Not one could so dishonor the name of
Applebee or Pordage."
As I arose to depart, an elderly lady of
the genuine spinster type walked gravely
into the room and glanced furtively at
me as she advanced.
" This is Mr.?Mr."?
"Burleigh," I interjected, to help the
old man's memory.
"He's a detective sent down from
London to discover our poor lost child,
and he wants to get all the information
he can. Sister, give him all you can.
You know what Miss Percy wore and
what clothing the child had on."
"I presume. Sir Edward, you can do
that," she replied, rather tartly, and
seeming to shrink from having anything
to communicate.
"Without wishing to force the matter,
and making an apology lor haste, I took
my departure, and I was soon back in
London. I went at once to my room,
and picking up a go'>d-sized gripsack,
threw in some of my clothing, with the
expectation that I migh; be required to
make a long journey. Going out into
the street, I ordered J cab and was driven
to the Inman lin^ of steamers, where I
ascertained the City of Richmond was
expected to leave Liverpool early the
next morning.
"You have your passenger list, 1 presume
?" I inquired of the clerk.
' Certainly."
"Will you please allow me to look at
it?"
"With pleasure."
I glanced along the list of names, but
could not see the one for which 1 was
searching. 1 handed the paper back and
was about turning away, when the
thought occurred to me that it would do
no harm to question the official a little
further.
"Do you sell the London passage tickets?"
"Yes, sir"?somewhat sharply.
"Do you recollect selling a ticket
' to a tall lady with blue eyes, blonde
hair, and attired in a dark costume ?"
"Very distinctly. 1 was attracted by
her beauty. She's a lovely woman."
"And she purchased a ticket
"Two tickets."
"Two tickets!" I ejaculated with some
surprise, which drew the attention of the
clerk. For once I had been thrown oil
my guard.
"And she had a child with her?in her
arms ?"
"I saw no child. I took her to be a
young lady who might not object to a
good husband."
"Strange!"
"No, I don't think so. She never was
a mother."
"Perhaps not; but then"?
"Then what ?"
" She might have some one else's
child, you knowand I hastened out of
the office and went to the railroad station,
where I had the good fortune to
catch the night express for Liverpool.
So sure was 1 that I had got upon the
trail of the child abductor, that I felt
annoyed at every little delay along the
route. My mind was in a glow of excitement.
The game was big, but shy
And cunning. Nothing less than the
bird in the hand would make me feel any
certainty of success. I must reach Liverpool
before the City of Richmond took
ner departure. If not, the pursuit would
be longer, and?iight end in failure even
then. When half the journey had been
made, and the train was whirling through
t.hft darkn(>?i{ nt, u tremendous speed,
there was a sudden stoppage that foreboded
no good. We came to a dead
stop. One of the drivers of the engine
haa broken down. The situation was
interesting and rather exasperating to
me. Some of the passengers slept on,
oblivious to their surroundings. Not so
with me. I fretted and chafed with disappointment.
Two hours wore on. When at kng.h
the injury had been repaired, and the
train started on its course, I had the satisfaction
of knowing* that I could not
reach Liverpool before the steamer sailed.
I resolved to take the chances, and so I
curled myself up within my own thoughts.
Just as I had feared, the steamer had
sailed upon my arrival in Liverpool.
My next thought was to cable to New
York, giving a description of the woman
and child, and have the former arrested.
( This would bring others into the case.
I wanted the honor and reward myself.
Beside, after careful reflection, I thought
I might be on the wrong scent. The
personal description seemed to tally.
The two tickets, no babe in the
woman's charge, and other circumstances
led me to think that, after all, I
might be mistaken.
The thought of defeat drove me to
devising every scheme for pursuit.
A new idea noimed into mv head. I
rushed to tin* otHce of the Guion lint*.
''When does your first steamer sail?*'
I inquired of the clerk.
''To-morrow afternoon."
' What's her name?*'
"The 'Alaska.'"
''The 'Alaska,' eh?"
"Yes."
' She's a quick one?"
'"Fastest vessel afloat."
' Do you think she can reach New
York before the Inman's 'City of Richmond,"
which sailed this morning?"
' I should think so?will probably distance
her by a day."
"That would make a difference of over
two days.
"What of that, barring accidents?"
Thrusting my hand into my pocket, I
said:
"1 want a cabin passage to New York."
' Your name, sir?"
"James Burleigh, an American detective,
anxious to cross the ditch and
get hack home."
With :i somewhat contented spirit I
went to a hotel and waited for the hour
of the "Alaska's" departure. I felt thai
1 was still in the race, hut my competitor
having such a start, while I was left
practically at the post, I was not so confident
of winning, after all.
Anyway, 1 was glad to sail for the land
of my birth. The novelty of having been
sent to England and the Continent in
quest of some noted criminals who were
wanted in the States had worn away,
and I longed to see my friends once
more.
Nothing of special note occurred during
the passage across. The noble vessel
seemed as fleet as the wind. Day by day
I studied with eagerness the log of the
vessel to learn our rate of speed. Good
fortune favored us with fair weather and
sea.
Upon our arrival at quarantine we
learned that the "City of Richmond"
had not yet reached port?in fact, was
not expected till the next day. 1 came
up to the city, engaged mv rooms at the
hotel, ami made wnat preparations were
needed for the execution of my plans.
Lest the steamer might arrive at
night, I stayed that night at Staten
Island, to be near at hand. The precaution
was unnecessary, as she did" not arrive
till the next day.
Accompanied by the health officers and
others, I was soon on board, and walked
through the saloon cabin with the nonchalent
air of a person who had no
other business than to hum a tune or
twirl a cane. There was the usual bustle
for disembarking. My eye could not
catch the object of my search. Perhaps
she was in her state-room. I would wait
and sec.
The vessel was rounding into her pier,
but still no person who could by any
stretch of the imagination be said to resemble
the one I wanted.
I rambled backward and forward, and
then ascended to the aft of the steamer.
There stood a tall, shapely woman, with
her back turned toward me. She was
twirling her sunshade and seemed absorbed
in gazing at the many sights that
commanded her view.
I ventured to approach the rail. My I
presence attracted her attention; she |
turned her face toward me, there were
momentary mutual glances. "What a
a handsome face! What a charming
figure!
Stepping nearer, 1 ventured, in the
most polite manner, to speak:
"Glad to get back from your foreign
tour. I presume. Miss "
" Benson is my name/'
' Miss Benson, I took you to be an
American lady. I am an American, returning,
after a long absence, to my native
land."
' I am so tired of this ship. How
glad I will be when I step on shore
a^ain! It won't be lorn; now?will it,
sir?"
" But a few minutes."
"Pshaw! I've made a mistake,"
thought I. "This lady hasn't blonde
hair. Her eyes arc more a steel gray
than blue. Her costume is a steel-gray
traveling suit. Then she is alone."
But I thought I detected a decidedly
English accent in her conversation.
If she were Miss Jane Percy, where
could the child be? If she had a companion.
male or female, where was that
mysterious personuge? I must not be
foiled at this stage of the game. Once
on land and swallowed up in the maelstrom
of the masses, the child-stealer and
tne child might soon lose their identity,
I must act quickly.
Confronting the fair woman, I said, in
a stern voice:
" Your name is not Benson. You are
Miss Jane Percy, the abductor of the
nephew of Sir Edward Pordage, of Been
nam, luigianu. i am a ueiecuve. i uu
are mv prisoner."
The woman stood transfixed. Her
form trembled?her cheeks blanchcd at
tliis sudden encounter. Although capable
of calm self-possess!oil, she was
thrown otF her guard. Woman-like, her
emotions overcome her, and she fell at
my feet.
".Where is the child V
She hesitated, and faltcringlv moaned:
"Inthe steerage."
She conducted me there, when my eyes
fell upon the heir of tteenham Lodge,
crowing fn the arms of a fat Irish nurse.
I saw that my beautiful prisoner was
comfortably provided for till the sailing
i of the next steamer, and had the pleasure
of placing the young hiir in the arms of
old Sir Edward. The spinster sister,
I stung at the action of her brother in
making the line of the IUirtons. instead
of the Applebees, the successors of his
large estates, hud concocted this plot to
abduct the child.
True to his promise, Sir Edward bestowed
upon me such a handsome reward
that, with ordinary caution, the wolf
need never howl at my door.
Didn't Care for Her Own Book.
i
j Shortly after Miss A Icon's ''Little
| Women" was published, says the New
York Tribune. a quiet-looking lady entered
a Boston circulating library and
asked a lady clerk to pick her out a
"good book that would rest and amuse
her." Naturally " Little Women " was
offered?and declined. " It's very nice;
you'd like it," urged the clerk. ' I
should not care to read it," said the
other. " But at least look at it." "No."
came the answer, (irmly and with an odd
smile; "it is not a book that 1 should
care too read." Then the clerk, pretty
angry, walked away to the chief librarian
and cried " There's a woman down
there wants a book, and if you want her
waited on someone else must do it: I
won't." " Why. why not?" "Why,
she says ' Little Women' isn't good
enough for her to read." " Do you
know who that lady is "No, and I
don't care." " Well, I'll tell you. That
is Louisa M. Alcott. Now go and
get her a book."
The Secret of Longevity.
A French medical man who has just
j died at the age <>f 1U7, pledged his word
I to reveal the secret of his longevity, when
I no more, for the benefit of others. It was
I stipulated, however, that the precious cnI
v.dope containing the recipe for Lng life
j was not to be opened until he had been
| buried. The doctor's prescription, now
made known, is simple enough, and easy j
j to follow: but whether it is as valuable us
I he pretends is extremely doubtful. He
tells his fellow-men that if they wish to
live for a century or more they have but I
to pay attention to the position of their j
beds.* "Let the head of the bed be j
placed to the north, the foot to the south,
j and the electric current, which is strong- I
! er during th>- night in the direction of i
I the north, will work wonders on tlicir j
j constitutions, insure them healthful rest,
i strengthen their nervous system, and pio- J
long their days." It is, he adds, to J
| scrupulous attention to the position of his
i bed that he ascribes his longevity, the en|
joymcnt of perfcct health, and the a
j sence of infirmity.
j Abe, aged four, wanted his mother to
, let him make a lunch-bag for himself,
j She gave him the necessary material, and
! when it was finished found he had left
! several small holes in the bottom of the
j bag. When asked the reason of this Abe
I replied: "It's to let the crumbs froo.
It's such a bover to turn the bag inside
out every time, and now they will tumble
out themselves."?Harpers Bazar.
TAtES OF THE HUMORISTS. I
WAOGZSH STOBXES TOLD BY THB r
rUNNY MEN OF THE PBESB. j
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A Seriou* Case?All Improved Oppor- ^
tuuity? All Hustle?rrocccdingN of (
the l.iiuekilu Club?Topnoody.
A SEKIOl'S CASE. 1
A violent ringnt the door aiul the docT*?o
Anf /^f on nimnr win
iui j?v/av,u ?io uvuu \f\Au v* ?? * >?..
(low and demanded:
"What's wanted?"
"For pity's sake make haste," came
back the answer. "It's a case of life
and death. I'm Mr. Simpson, and yon
are wanted at tin* house immediately."
The doctor closed the window, and in
about fifteen minutes later sauntered
leisurely out of the front door and
said:
"Ah, Simpson, your wife has another
fainting spell. I suppose?"
"No, no; worse than that; it's her little
doi;, her pet poodle, lie's all rolled
up with cramps."
"What!" shouted the now alarmed
physician, "her pet poodle sick? This is
indeed serious. If he should die your
wife wouldn't live a week."
And the two men dashed madly \ip the
street.?Philadelphia Call.
AN I.MI'KOVKI) OI'I'OKTCNtTY.
On Washington street, the other afternoon,
the mass of snow upon the roof of
a high building began to slide, and fell
in a white and smothering cascade upon
me crowueu sjucwiik. xjuv uiiiuiuiiiuii- i
inan was caught by il and completely ,
buried from sight. Immediately the people
who had avoided a share in his misfortune
rushed to his assistance. One
man groped in the snow and caught him
by the leg; another got a purchase on Lis
arm, and others gripping him by clothing
and body, in due time ho was brought '
to his feet again. He presented a sorrowful
spectacle, however. His hat 1
looked like a half-inflated concertina, his '
coat was torn, and his collar hung only
by the button on the back of his shirt, ^
and wherever he disclosed a lodgingplace
for the snow in his raiment or per- J
son. there the chilling element had established
itself. He was apparently lifeless, .
also, and a great crowd collected, with
every manifestation of sympathy. The 1
stranger soon revived, he sighed and
opened his eyes, the flush of life returned
to his ashen cheek. lie saw the con- j
course about him and smiled, opened his ,
mouth to speak, and as the people
crowded around to hear him, said: '!
''All?h! that was a narrow escape for !
me. The perils of winter, even in this j
temperate zone, are indeed fearful. But
how much more; terrible are they in the '
frozen regions of the Pole! I have here'1
?and he opened a satchel which had sur- 1
vived the shock?"the new book describ- (
ing the sufferings and death of the Dc j
I (innr lnirtv fnr whirh T .'HTl tilkinrr sub
scriptions, and which I shoiddbe pleased
to sell you at"?but here somebody yelled [
that another snow-slide was coming "
and the crowd vanished like smoke.-- 1
Boxt'in Journal.
AM. ltl'STI.K AND ?
CoIoik 1 Percy Verger called last week J
on the widow Flapjack to negotiate for *
temporary board during the season of the ^
Texas legislature, and upon entering her (
residence he found everything in a state 1
of disorder, preparatory to the expected '
influx of poker experts and statesman- 1
ship. I
"I see. madam," said Colonel Verger, 1
"that you are all bustle?" 1
"Sir!" interrupted the widow Flap- f
jack, "what do you mean
"1 notice that at the present moment '
you are all bustle?*'
"Colonel Verger!" shrieked the indig- '
nant woman, "why do you seek to wrong '
and insult a lone widow who depends on f
her own wits and the generous patronage 1
of her boarders for a living? This is, in- *
deed, cruel. Oh, Potipher Flapjack! Why 1
did you die and leave me to be taunted *
by the pitiless world on my infirmities of
dress and personal appearance?" 1
"Madam," said Colonel Percy Verger,
"believe me, nothing was further from *
my intentions. I was merely remarking
on the common, everyday fact that you 1
were all bustle, and?" 1
"There you go again?insult after in- 1
suit! Get out of my house, you monster.
I may lie young and unsophisticated, but ^
I can avenge myself. Git!"
"All right," said Colonel Yerger, back- 1
ing down the steps, and falling over a
slop-pail. "You may be young arid tender
as a spring chicken, but I assure you,
madam, that for all that you arc all bustle
und confusion, and I don't want to
board in such a demoralized place, any- t
way."?Texas Si/tings. t
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TIIK LIMEKILN CLUB. >
Brother Ilamiltonian Smith arose to t
make an inquiry. He had often been r
asked if it was forbidden in the consti- ?
tution or by-laws of the Limekiln club for 1
a member to hold a position under the 1
State or United States government. 1
" I should reckon it wasn't-!" replied f
the president as Smith sat down. "J)e \
members of dis club kin hold any sort o' i
posishun dcy kin git, from sellin' red s
lemonade in de big gircus tent to con- c
ductin' de pension buro at Washington. 1
n<> nnlv nn dp. Kiibieek am to for- J
bid de club, as a club, frjm.giv.in1 bonds t
fur de honesty of any member hold in' a r
posishun whar' he kin do any stcalin.' " t
Major Chapultcpec Green secured the a
tloor to inquire if the president intended r
to be understood as doubting the honesty ^
of members of the club ? That is, if s
Waydown Bebec, for instance, was a i
clerk in the city treasurer's office and had r
a chance to lav his hands upon $10,000, r
would he do it ? n
"He probably would, sail! I)at is, dar' i
am so many probabilities dat he would f
pocket de money an" skip fur Yurrup dat t
de club wouldn't go on his bond. When 11
white men all ober de kentrv am daily \
sellin' out deir reputation fur honesty t
fur a few hundred dollars apiece, it r
wouldn't be safe to leave a black man 1
alone wid a package countin' up into t
de thousands.A n
Lai:d Officer Baker, chairman of the 1
comin ttee on ways and means, reported r
that after four months of investigation c
and correspondence his committee had e
finally secured the services of a weather i
prophet for the club. They had sent a
him a dollar bill for a sample of his i
predictions, and he had promptly re- i
turned the following: c
"February will be soft and mild, and |
robins and bluebirds will be in great de- f
maud. You can take oil" your under- f
shirts and sell the balance of your coal." <
" March will come in early and prove
eminently satisfactory. Hurry up your
plowing and plant your peas and cucumbers.
llouse-rent will fall at least <
this month, and the season for getting 1
trusted at the grocers' will open ten days (
earlier than usu;:l. ' n
The chairman > .' d that the name of 1
the prophet was I nele l'ayson St tilths, <
and that he would bind himself to pre- }
diet solely for the Limekiln club at a ?
salary of $1 per month. t
On motion of Bombazine llowclls the |
ofTer was accepted, and it was ordered '
that all the lines collected for spilling on .
the stove should be turned into tin- |
weather prophet fund. /'We /'/>??. I
TO|'.\OOI>Y. |
Mr. Topnooily was buttoning up hi>. '
coat to go downtown Monday night, and 1
as he closcd in with the lire, lie remarked J
to his wife:
"My dear, this is :i terribly cold '
night."
" Yes, Topuoody, quite cn|i| cnoiif/li I
for a seal-skin sack."'
" But, my dear, I don't think it will 1
last," lie continued, not recognizing lhe
hint or the interruption. ;
" No. I don't think it will. In fact,
Topnoody, I feel quite sure that by next
July there won't be enough frost in the
ground to kill a potato-bug."
" My dear, you are getting to bo real J
funny, ain't you?"
"Oh, yes, I've been reading the funny 1
newspapers, and I have to do something
to dispel the gloom."
"I think, my dear, that this is the
coldest weather I ever experienced."
' Possibly, Topnoody. but that is not
my experience."
"Xo? Why, my dear, we have always '
lived in tiiis neighborhood, and 1 cer- 1
tainly would remember any colder 1
weather than this."
"I don't care what you remember; I 1
know what I know."
"You were never any farmer nortn,
were you?"
"No."
' Then, ray dear, I am sure you arc <
mistaken. I have kept a record of the i
weather, and I know the temperature of i
every day for the past thirty years, and i
none is colder than this.' i
"There is one day you haven'*'- re- ]
corded, Topijuody, but i've trot it down i
in my mind and have had it thffre fresher i
every hour since its occurrence." ]
"And are you sure that it was a colder l
day than this?" t
"Yes, 1 know it." <
ir
"Well, I'd like to know, what day it J
vas so I can make a note of it."
"It was the day, Topnoody, that I s
narried you, aud the more I think of it
md of you,the more I am convinced that
t was the coldest in mv life, and you ^
enow me well enough to know that it is
)nly on a very cold day?"
"Good evening," said Topnoody, makng
a break for the door.?Merchant- }j
Trawler. * 0
s:
Her Last Request. t!
"I do not doubt you." C
Esmcrelda W. Pike spoke these words b
n clear, rinjrinsr tones, but beneath the fi
esonancc of her voice there was a faint pi
juivering?the mere suggestion of a sob 'I
?that would have told an obscrvauf o
istcner the old, old story of a love that i>
a-as shattered forever, of a beautiful ait C
astlc in whose halls stalked only thr a
'rim spectres of desolation and woe, and
from whose turrets a great sorrow kept i'
silent vigil over a world that could never d
igain seem bright or joyous. Be ii girl v
jverso proud in spirit, be her nature even c
if the stoical, unyielding kind that can c
bear disappointment and adversity with- ?
jut a tremor of the muscles or a quiver of 'i
the nerves, there is yet one time in her J
life, one moment of supreme horror and v
<rrief, when the sunlight of happiness ?
ieems to have faded forever from the hori- "
ion of her existence, and the black pall i
r t<
Jl till IUUUUl ? lian <11/ i?tr?v become
a terrible reality, falls \ipon the u
ghastly corpse of a dead love?a love c
uruelly murdered by the one who above }'
ill others should have chcrished and pro- 1
tectcd it?che man at whose bidding it 'j
has grown and expanded like a beautiful !>
[lower that needs only care and attention f
to be forever a thine of joy.
It is a solemn thing for any man to ^
ivin the love of a pure and trusting girl? ?
x love that knows no boundaries, that ?
exists only for the one man in all the t
ivide, wide world, at whose heart it is t
ilTered up as from an eternal incense, v
tnd that when turned aside from the ob- 1<
ject of its adoration burns with even p
licrccr llame than before, and leaves C
behind it only blackened ashes and the t
harred corpsc of a dead and gone alloc- ^
tion. s
George W. Simpson knew this, lie t
knew that Esmerelda's love for him was (1
not an ephemeral fancy, but a strong, n
unwavering, you - can - chew - my - gum - 11
ivhile-I-am-reciting passion that would r
[rather intensitv and force as the years s
went by, and that when the autumn of s
life had come would, like the ripening
i^rain, be even more beautiful and endur- v
ing than in the days of its lusty youth, '
[t was this knowledge that made the v
'ask of parting forever trom Ksmerelda s
such a hard one. But in spite of his a
tight pants George \V. Simpson was a c
nan in whose nature there was a strong *'
dement of duty, and he felt that, no r'
matter what present sorrow might arise a
from such action, it was best that the a
:ic which bound them together?the r'
solemn tie of a plighted troth?should be n
sundered, rather than that a greater n
jricf, a more biighting misfortune. I1
should fall upon them later in life. And s
so when he had told Esmerelda? v
whispered the words to her softly as they
stood there beneath the linden trees that 81
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sou, uuuimmu evening, iiic signing wimi j
hat wafted subtle aroma of corned beef
'rom the next house kissing the fair 11
heck of the girl and toying with the 0
nass of golden hair that sat upon her
lead like a crown?there had been in his 11
,'oice a certain something that told the c
jirl more plainly than could a.iy words b
hat behind the studied calm of his dc- r
ncanor, far back in the woodshed of his ?
>oul, there was a secret?a dark, fly-in- 11
he-cream-pitcher secret, of which she c
enew notliing. t
"What is this terrible mystery that 8
nshrouds your action, darling?" asked r
he girl, looking up to him in the dumb 8
igony of an awful grief. "Even though 1
,ve are to be separated forever, it seems M
o me that I have yet a right to know t<
vhat it is that has desolated our lives.
?an you not grant this, my last request?" 8
"No," he says, in a voice that is hoarse
vith agony, "I date not tell you." h
"Hut I demand an answer to my ques- ?
ion," she says, imperiously. 8
He regards her a moment in silence, a
ind then, just as he turns to go, she t
: I asps his arms and looks up to him with d
t pitiful pleading in her brown eyes. ^
"For the sake of our dead love," she ^
vhisptrs, "tell me." "
Bending over the frail form, George v
vhispers in her ear one little word: v
"Chilblains."?Chicago Tribune. 81
Vegetarian Restaurants.
It is a somewhat rem irkable fact that s
he London restaurants which one is j,
nost likely to lind overcrowded at the
lsual luncheon hour arc precisely those n
vhich supply the public with only vegeable
articles of diet, or, at least, with a
lothing that has involved the taking r
iway of animal life. There arc now at 0
east four such restaurants in London. (
Snter any one of them about middav, or 0
)etwecn 1 and 2, and you will probably t;
ind that you will have to look well about a
rott before you can find place at a table. ](
.'erhaps you may even have to stand for ]j
ome minutes waiting your turn for one ti
>f the places already in occupation, p
iVhat does this mean? Docs it imply that v
iondon is rapidly getting converted to v
he principles of vegetarianism? Is it a v
egard for the sacredness of animal life 0
hat induces so many to satisfy t liemseives a
vitha vegetarian luncheon? Oris it a f(
espcct for any of the other arguments n
vhich vegetarians so fervently adduce in v
iipport of their principles? We suspect
lot. "We can hardly believe that an inlovntion
of this nature is making such
lipid way merely on the strength of high
ibstract principles. If the matter were c
nquired into, it would no doubt be n
bund that but a small proportion of b
hose who comic for vegetarian luncheons 0
ire strict vegetarians, or even have strong n
egctarian leanings. Beyond the attrac- b
iveness of name in which vegetarian c
estaurant keepers vie with the vender of tl
icefsteak in striving to allure customers,
here must be other attractions which en- s;
ible them to be so successful as they are. ii
'"irst among those attractions must be ti
eckoned, as we are bound to acknowl- |,
idge. the wonderful, varied, palatable, u
md even appetizing nature of the diet b
tself. In a vegetarian bill of fare a be- g
vildering variety of vegetables appears in t
i still more bewildering variety of dis- t
[iiises. There art! soups of a quite novel h
icscription; there are salads and savories; }|
mddings and other sweets, cold and hot: tl
ruits cooked and uncooked, and various t
arinaceous and other addenda.?London li
'//ohc. - fi
To Wear Uniforms. a
On and after May 1 the male employes e
)f the United States Lighthouse Kstab- tl
ishment, including about twelve bun- a
Ired lighthouse keepers and the keepers '
md crews of lightships and tenders, will tl
>e obliged to wear a regulation uniform ti
>f blue, with cap or heinlet and brass v
mttons. Many ot these men are stationed 11
m remote headlands and islands along c
In- coast and do not visit the haunts of ri
ih-ii from one year's end to another. Ii
I'liese will not he able to display their tl
^orifcoiisni'SH save to the observant water- si
owl und contemplative clam, hut the tl
ij/ht house hoard, which has ordered the a
iiiil'iiiniii;', believes the men will he nl 1 c
In belter for il. The de|iartineiit is tin- I
l?-i ,1 :-|,ecicn of military discipline, and a
Military clothcM, it thinks, will enhance v
hi-fjirii ili ntr/iM of the organization. |i
I'll' men will lie furnished with their uni- n
forum at $17 each for llannel and $'il for ii
ken,ey aiI. The regulation Imttons o
will lie oniamejiletl with the monogram u
"I . S." lllld I lie I e 11 el's "L. II. K.''sig- |:
aifyin;/ li<>litli'iiine establishment. V
< 'aptitin (ieor^e N. Brown, l.'nitcd s
State!" Navy I.i|/hthoii.se. inspector of the s
Third district, which embraces the terri- r
lory between the .Massachusetts lint; and
Harne^al, also the Hudson river and t
bake <'hamplaiii, said that all the :{()(> men
under him were pleased at the order, f
Tlicy could x< t a lirst rate suit of clothes '
at a much lower price than in any other t
way. Caplaiu JJrown thought it would ' ii
bo well for the government to ]?rovide n
uniforms free of charge, as the men in the a
department <lo not receive very high pay. n
Ida Lewis and her sister lighthouse t<
keepers, of whom there are a few in the y
service, will not share in the privileges I
ar penalties connected with the uniform /
rule, nor will those holding acting appointments
or working as substitutes be
permitted to don the blue and brass.?
New York llcrnld.
c
"" t,
Treatiug Dyspepsia with Sand. s,
T^r CI TCnrlnu nrnrnpc frnm tho f?r?ta nf 7?
comparative physiology, that fine sand is Ii
\ good thing for dyspeptics to take with y
their food. Herbivorous animals all eat t;
x little dirt with their regular food, and h
it makes it more "porous." Fowls and tl
birds of all kinds also take sand with d
their meals. "Why not, therefore, man? n
says Dr. Kerlus. Putting this brilliant n
[jiece of inductive reasoning into prac- v
:icc, he has administered linclv ground C'
and with the food of his patients, and u
)f course reports cures. S
JFE AMONG THE LEPERS.
AO SCENES AMONG THE SANDWICH
ISLANDERS.
'akiiijf Dinner at the Leper Settle*
ment of the Kingdom of Hawaii
?Daily Life of the Leper*.
A correspondent of the Chicago Aeics
as been describing the leper settlement
f the Sandwich Islands at Kalawao. He
ive tlir> loi>cr? wfrc rnllnd to dinner "bv
lit* ringing of a bell, to whose rope a
hinaman attached himself and swnng
ackward and forward for about ten or
fteen minutes. The cook-house and
uting-room arc under the same roof,
'here was a long range, a simple outfit
f pots and pans and other utensils, and
i charge of it all there was an austere
'hinaman, who ruled his subordinates
nd scullions with a ladle of iron.
"The cook was an atrophical leper, as
i contradistinction to one suffering unci
the tuberculc form of the disease,
, hich is by far the most revolting up to a
ertain last conditi on. Then the atrophial
form twists and turns its victim in all
orts ot shapes, i i is extremities fall crumbing
awav, and every limb loses its shape,
ohn had not yet succumbed to these
rorst phases of the malady, but it was
vident that lie would soon have to give
ver the active me uc naci occn ioiiowug.
He shambled over to the tuba
ontaining poi, tlie national dish, and
Irew back the clean white cloths that
ovcred them. I don't know whether
on have ever seen poi or not. but it is as
ike incited lard in appearance as possiile,
and contains the element of lood
nd drink. It is a little sour and is made
rom a tuber called kara, resembling a
otato. The natives cat. it with their
ngers, fetching it to their mouths by a
;raccfnl gesture,which the whites in vain
ttcmpt to follow. I remember the first
imc I saw poi eaten was at a na
ivc feast. My particular companion
i-as a dark-haired, dark-faccd_ woman,
mown as the Princess Like Like, but
irefcrring to be called Mrs. Archibald
Jleghorn, because she married a man of
hat name. She dressed from Paris and
ad a new hat from Regent street, and
he wore gloves of at least twenty batons'
length. The Kanaka women can
rcss, and do, when they have the
loncy. After the roast pi<j and cocoaiut
milk came poi. When the tub
cached my companion she stripjx?d her
hapely arm, and, making a kind of
poon-shape form with her fingers, dipped
uto the tub and swung her elbow outran!
and brought the contents of her
st in a sweeping curve to her lips. It
ras nearly a teacupful of the food, but
he swallowed it at a gulp without spilling
drop or leaving on her red lips a partile
of the food. I glanced around; the
oreigners were watching me. I made a
esolve; down went my list, up came
bout a teaspoonful, dripping everywhere
nd flying olT the tangent of my hand it
cached No, I beg your pardon,
ot my mouth, but. in equal quantities,
ly shirt-front and the lady's cheek. The
cople yelled with delight, and I made
liift to clean myself from the plight I
ras in. Ah. well! it was a happy accient,
for after that the lady fed me herelf,
and with such an attendant I would
?viir lnnrn to Pflt for mvsfilf.
v' *v"" *" "V
"But from this pleasant recollection I
lust turn to the sixty or seventy gallons
f poi which forms a part of the lepere'
inner. It is in good preservation, und
11 very clean tubs. Then there is a great
opper of salted lish which has been
ioiled and boiled till it has no longer any
(. semblance to fish except by the presence
f bone and skin, which don't increase
Is palatiibleness. The bread is from
oarsc flour, but is tolerably sweet. All
liese having been put upon the oilcloth
pend out upon the floor, the Chinaman
ings the bell in the manner I have decribed,
and the lepers come hopping in.
'here is not room for all of them, and
;rcat numbers come to carry away food
0 places where they may eat it at their
jisure, but nearly four hundred lind
lielter in the mess-room, the women havug
one end, the men the other. The
sh and the poi was swept into their
louths the same way, there being neither
poons nor knives and forks. They all
tc out of the tubs together. One might
hink that the more virulent types of the
isease would be disseminated, but if such
1 irnlced the case there is no doctor to lind
t out, or way to check it. "Wheu they
ad'finished Father Dainen said grace
iff krw.flv iiml thf?v (lisivrsi'd. Some I
rent one way to get in the shade, others
cooted ofT to their cottages to sleep, and
few went to work in their gardens.
5ut they took little interest in their work,
i fact, they soon joined the indolent
mjority and lay blinking in the sun and
hade, apathetic, hopeless, but patient,
>st to the world already and half the
rials of death already overcome, but
ine the happier for that reason.
Not a laugh did I hear, nor a jest, nor
happy word. Occasionally a smile, in
esponse to a kind word, would struggle
ut from the leathern-colored faces, but
he sparkle in the eyes would soon die
ut and the shriveled lips fall back to
tieir places. At ."> o'clock tea was given,
nd after that came sick call. Kverv
jper attended that. Thev brought
ottles in which were given them soluions
of iodide of patassium. Then they
asscd in line, displaying their sores,
rhich are rarely bandaged, and upon
;hich the attendant plastered, with a
oodeii spoon, great chunks of mercurial
*- i ti...
mtinent. n was a sun procession ui mi
fllictcd, a more pitiful sight than I care
a describe, probably more sad than the
lost morbidlv inclined of my readers
;ould care to know of."
Taken In.
Derrick I)odd tells in the San Franisco
7W how a crew of amateur oarslen
were taken in and done for. The
ovs were waiting for a belated member
f the crew when a well dressed and
lodcst young stranger strolled into the
oat-house and began to inspect the
quipments with great interest. This is
lie way it turned out:
"I'll tell you what we'll do, fellows,"
lid the stroke. '"As No. 4 isn't comig,
suppose we coax that dude there to
ike a row and bust him all up?" The
cnctration of this time-honored joke
pon a ''softy" was received with appro
ation, and tlu* newcomer was, with a
rand show of hospitality, invited to take
lie vacant oar. "Well, I don't knowgenIcmen,"'
said the young man, looking at
is watch doubtfully. " I'm a stranger
ere. I do need a little exercise,
hough." "Oh, get in," said number
wo, winking at his companions; "a
ittle spin will do you good," and they
nally persuaded "the victim of their
imlly scheme to take oil his coat and
ssuinc a club cap. "Now keep your
ye on me and try to keep time," said
lie captain. "You'll never, never make
n oarsman unless you watch the stroke."
I'll do llie host I can. irentlemen.*' said
Ik* guest, meekly. " I'm always willing
improve." The boat went down toward
Hunter's point a couple of miles at
11 easy three-quarter stroke, the ncwonier
pulling away manfully with llie
L'st, and when they eased oil to turn
ack they were surprised to observe that
lie stranger did not appear to be quite
i) much blown as they expected. ,l Now.
lien, young feller," said the stroke, with
grin, "try to keep up with the proession.
Hit her up, boys. Hard all!"
tut, somehow, the stranger scratched
long with the rest., ami, though the pace
,as something like forty-six when they
asscd Butchertown. the victim serenely
awed away and the bowman even
magined that lie splashed less than any
ar in the boat. When they finally drew
pto the llojit, nnd while the crew were
anting for wind, spitting rut ton and
nping their <Irippin^c faces, the " pasenger''
looked around, with :i childlike
mile upon his uulhishcd face, and softly
( marked:
" Why didn't you spurt her?" "Spurt
he dickens" panted the striker; "why
?er what the or?1 say, young
oiler, where did you come from?''
'From New York, gontlemen," replied
he stranger, modestly, as he slipped 011
lis coat and started up the wharf. "My
iamc is Hanlan?and I hope to see you
11 at Yallejo on Thursday. (Jood
norning." And since then all you have
0 do to got fourteen stretchers tired nt
011, is to stick your head into the
'ioneer club house and veil, " Hard
ill !"
The Youngest Soldier.
The smallest, shortest, and youngest
nlisted soldier in the Union army is said
t> have been John II. Nichols, of Madirtn,
Wis., a drummer in the band of the
Seventh Wisconsin infantry, and now
iving in Madison. lie was fourteen
cars old when lie enlisted, weighed sixI'-tive
pounds, and was just four feet
igh. So far as youth is concerned in
(lis matter priority seems to be pretty
ctinitely settled in favor of "Little.Johny"
Clem, the "drummer boy of Chicalauga,"
who was only nine years old
hen he entered the army. Captain
lem, who is also below the average statre,
is now in command of the United
tates Schuylkill arsenal.?Troy Timea.
FORTRESS AND GUNBOAT.
A FEDERAL CBUISEB'S ADVEUTUHE
EST POBTtTOUESE wateks.
The Fortrcs* Which Protect* l,ii*b?n
Harbor Hardy E?caplnK DctitrucHon?A
Story of tlic I,ate War.
The story of how the little fortress of
Helena, .which protects Lisbon harbor,
was nearly destroyed by an American
cruiser appears in the Philadelphia
m- iA... i_r i. t.?:? ir~..
i lilies^ us juiuniiaut uuni^ tuu uv/u.
James K. Harvey, American minister to
Portugal under Lincoln, from whose lips
the narration was heard.
" Yes," said Mr. Harvey, " the Portuguese
arc a very trying people to have
diplomatic dealings with. You have to
be exceedingly firm with them and it is
only by a strong insistance upon your
point that you can carry it. Twice during
the time I was at Lisbon I had' fully
made up my mind to demand my passport.
Nothing but my evident determination
to suspend diplomatic relations
unless my demands were complied with
brought the Portuguese ministry to
terms. The first occasion was when the
Confederate cruiser Stonewall came into
Lisbon for coal and provisions. I
said very plainly to the minister
of foreign affairs tliat either the Stonewall
must go in a certain time or I would
go. The minister hemmed und hawed
and tried to get out of it. But finally he
agreed to my demand, and it was settled
the Stonewall would go at once. Before
she got away a new trouble arose from
the United States frigate Niagara crossing
the bar in pursuit of the Stonewall.
Before his vessel anchored I consulted
Captain Craven as to whether he could
whip the Stonewall or not. lie said he
was perfectly willing to fight if I wished
him to, but he thought it would simply
be throwing away his vessel and the lives
of his men, the Niagara being an old
wooden frigate, though heavily armed,
and the Stonewall an ironclad. Under
the circumstances it was concluded not
to make the light, but to let the Stonewall
depart in peace.
" At the urgent request of the Portu...i.
^ / r..i
guese ministry, who wuri; iiiiiuu ui <m
engagement taking place in their waters
should the vessels anchor near each other,
I directed Captain Craven to anchor near
the fortress of Belem, some two or three
miles down the river, until the Stonewall
had put to sea. As soou as she had
gone he was to come up and anchor opposite
the city, where the Confederate
was then lyin^. I had promised the
Portuguese ministry that,in accordance
with international law, the Niagara
would not, of course, leave the harbor
until the Stonewall had had twenty-four
hours' start. But the ministry, not altogether
trusting either my assurances or
Captain Craven's pledged word, had
given the officer in charge of the garrison
at Belem orders to fire upon the Niagara
should she attempt to leave the
harbor soon after the Stonewall. Of
this instruction I knew nothing." Within
the appointed time the Stonewall
steamed slowly past the Niagara,
which vessel, with steam up and
guns loaded, lay ready to show a good
light were any insult offered to"the (lag.
Nothing of the kind being attempted,
when the Stonewall was well over the
bar the Niagara bc??an leisurely to get
under way. in order to proceed up to the
city. She had hardly started when bang!
went a gun at her, tired from Belem, fol
lowed by anotner and anotner. At nrst
all on aboard was amazement, followed
by more amazement, and then indignation,
with a desire speedily to return shot
for shot. The hoys, disappointed in
having had no brush with the Stonewall,
soon became not ill-pleased at this
chance to have a shot at somebody. The
eleven-inch guns were trained on the
little bird-cage of a fort; the prize marksmen
took a good sight, every gunner
seized his string, and in twenty seconds
more Belem, the beautiful Belcm; Bclcm,
the choicest work of Emanuel the Great;
Bclcm, sacred to the mighty Yasco di
Gama?in twenty seconds more Belcm
would have been knocked into a cocked
hat. But the command to tire was delayed
and delayed until the men thought
Captain Craven must have lost his wits.
Not so. He had ideas as to what was the
tine cause of his vessel being fired on,
and wished, if possible, to restrain the
men until it could be shown his idea was
correct.
'Suddenly the tiring ceased. Every
man waited to hear another shot, but 110
more camc. Then; was huge disappointment
on board the Niagara at thus a
second time being balked of a fight and
much grumbling, but no disobedience.
The vessel anchored opposite the city
without further adventure.''
Mr. Ilarvcy speedily asked from the
Portuguese Ministry the meaning of this
(apparent) gross insult to our nag. ine
ministry were all apologies. It was a
mistake. The officer in charge at Helena
when he saw the Niagara heading out to
sea thought she was pursuing the Stonewall
and fired at her, per instructions,
lie did not realize that the Niagara, being
a long vessel, had to make a
circuit before she could turn her bow
up stream. As soon as the vessel,
which steadily proceeded to describe
the necessary semi-circle, began
to head up toward the city the officer
perceived his mistake and ceased firing.
This was all the explanation the ministry
proposed to make, and doubtless it was
the true one. Hut .Mr. Harvey knew very
well that unless a more ample and public
apology were made the insult to our fiag
would be telegraphed all over Europe,
the explanation would not be considered
.sufficient, the Confederates would laugh
at us and the national honor would suffer,
lie therefore insisted upon two things:
1. That the officer who had ordered the
firing at Belem bo dismissed. 2. That
our fiag be publicly saluted. To the first
of these demands the Portuguese gov"? ?
1 1 A.\ .1 4.X
crnmcnt reauuy aeceueu; uie sixuiiu mcv
strenuously resisted. It was only when
Mr. Ilarvey threatened a secou'i time to
demand his passport that they finally
gave way. Accordingly, the next day
the American flag was hoisted at the
fort and saluted with twenty-one guns;
the Niagara replied by hoisting the Portuguese
Hag at her mainmast and similarly
saluting it, when all was peace and
harmony once more.
Monsters of the Deep.
A thrasher shark caught oil the New
England coast recently measured over
fifteen feet in length. It stove in a
plank of the dory, nearly upsetting the
boat, and destroyed a net valued at $.>00.
A costly catch.
The shell of a fossil turtle of a tertiary
time unearthed in India and placed in
the British museum, was nearly nine feet
in length and twenty-seven in width. Its
feet were as large as those of a rhinoceros,
and when alive the animal must have
been over twenty feet long and have
weighed several ton?.
The largest living animal is the rorqual
whale, one hundred and two feet in
length: the smallest, the amoeboid forms.
Whales and elephants live to the greatest
age. 15J0: May flies the shortest, only a
few hours. The most intelligent of the
lower animals, ahead even of the Australian
bushiucn and others, are the ants.
The contents of a shark caught at Virginia,
Flu., show that these animals are
valuable scavengers. The items were as
follows: one complete horn of an ox.
with part of skull attached, three hoofs.
)wo tomato cans, a quantity of old rope,
twenty-seven crawfish, and the remains
of apart of ahorse. A slaughterhouse!
in thevicinitv was the explanation.
Aniony the deeit sea fishes one has
been found, the Uathyophis ferox. living
oil the Australian roast, at a depth of
three and a half miles. It was totally
blind, but provided with oval luminous
spots along its lower surface, and on the
head. These are supposed by some naturalists
to have as much the functions of
eyes as those of the mollusks.
Large fishes are nearly always accompanied
by the rcmora, a fish that has a
sucking disk upon its head. When tired
they turn over on their backs and attach
themselves, and are thus carried along !?v
the fish. The remora of the sword-fish is
remoropsis braehyptcrus, that of the
spear-fish is rhombochirus osteochir;
other kinds are found upon sharks, turtles,
ami even on the sheepshcad.
What the English Tlirono Is Made Of.
The throne of England, so splendid
when covered with silk velvet and gold,
is, in fact, only an ''old oak chair,"
over 800 years in use for the same purpose.
Its existence has been traced back
to the days of Edward I. The wood is
very hard and solid. The back and sides
were formerly painted in various colors,
and the seat is made of a rough-looking
sandstone twenty-six inches in length,
seventeen inches in breadth and nineteen
and a half in thickness, and in this stone
lies the grand peculiarity of tin; chair.
Numberless legends are told in connection
with it, the truth probably being
that it was originally taken from Ireland
to Scotland, and served at the coronation
of the early Scottish kings. -Xer
York Ncicn,
LOVE'S REQUEST.
Dear heart, when I am dead,
And o'ver my grave the lowly grasses creep;
When birds unhreJed sing above my head,
And fail to wake mo from my dreamless
sleepI
would not have ynu sorrow o'er my rest,
And mourn with hopeless passion in your
breast.
When joyful Spring returns
With myriad buds and blossoms in her train;
When o'er the fields the lilies' watchflre
burns,
And violets blossom, wet with April rain;
I would not from your eyes have tears to
fall,
Because, dear one, I cannot see it alL
And when the birds again
With music gladden all the summer day,
As if their little hearts ne'er felt a pain;
When all the earth with life and song is gay;
I would not have your young heart sorrowing
Because I cannot hear the glad birds sing.
I would not have the earth?
This beautiful, bright earth, where for us
two
So many joys have had their happy birth,
So much of beauty drifted to our viewLose
for thy heart one charm it held of old,
Because my heart is passionless and cold.
Dear friend, I would not ask
That thoughts of me forever fill your mind,
I would not on your life impose the task,
'Mid all earth's brightness and ita joy, to
find
Onlv rlnrk shndnvvs. sorrowing and Woe?
Ah! no, dear one, I would not have so.
But when tho day Is done.
And nil its heart-aches and its care* laid by;
When from the west slow sinks the setting
sun,
And evening's early stars are in the sky;
Should you look upward to the world of air,
And breathe my name in some half-whispered
prayer?
Or, when your feet were free
To wander to the low mound where I sleep,
If you should come and calmly think of me
It seems that in my slumber.? cold and deep,
I'd know that you were standing by my side,
And in my inmost soul bo satisfied.
?J. S. Cutler, in Boston Transcript.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Miss Alcott says "she has fallen in love
with a great many pretty girls in her
life, but never once the least bit with a
man." Just so with us.?Boston Post.
"When in society never talk of yourself,"
is the injunction of an authority on
etiquette. That is, of course, you should
t,alk about other people.?towell Citizen.
A young lady of this city, who has a
girl in Warren, and one in Corry, and
another in Mcadville, may be said to be
already conducting a circuit court.?
Derrick.
"Dig graves for old follies and errors,"
says Ella Wheeler. That's the way to
do, dear Ella; but where can you get
enough cemetery room for all the corpses?
Courier- Journal.
An exchange gravely propounds the
following conundrum: "Why are mules
said to be stubborn?" The only reason
we can think of is because they are.?
Burlington Free Press.
.Mrs. Alexander Hamilton is credited
with being the first to introduce icecream
into American history. We rather
surmised there was a woman at the bottom
of it.?Sttitesmnn.
Zadkicl's almanac for 1884 contains no
ominous events for the United States.
Zaukiel evidently thinks that American
leap-year privileges will bring trouble
enough for one country. ?Philadelphia
Press.
"Freddie, did you go to school today?''
"Yes'm." "Did you learn anything
new?" "Yes'm." "What was it,
my boy?" "I got on to a sure way of
gcttin' out for an hour by snuffin' red ink
up my nose."?Hartford Journal.
The pen may be mightier than the
sword, but the limberger cheese is
stronger than both of them put together.
We have been told of a piece of liml>erger
which was thrown in the river, and
which calmly turned around and began
to swim up stream.?Blizzard.
A leap-vear society, for the protection
-r :.
UI JUUIlg IIIUIIJ IS iiuu ut IU UC
Many a young man whose mother would
not board himself and a wife will this
year be lassoed by some ardent young
woman and dragged down to matrimony.
The society cannot get to work a moment
too soon.?Courier-Journal.
We sat beside the glowing lire,
The hour was growing late,
I turned and to my heart's desire
Said: "How you fascinate."
And then she said, with smile benign:
"With flattery nave done:
I cannot ftiscinati,?or?nine?
But I can fascinate one."
?Evansville Argus.
Fox Worship.
Among the Japanese, it is said, is a
mythical person called Uza. Uza was
deified, and honors supposed due him are
daily offered to his accredited servants,
tnc loxes. 1 ms auoraupn is acuunicu m
the belief that Uza (sometimes called
Inari) discovered and cultivated the rice
plant, and all through Japan may be
seen shrines or temples for fox worship.
It is one of the prevailing superstitions,
Jind the priests of fox temples bring offerings
every morning to the two foxes
or badgers dwelling securely underneath
the small building.
At the shrines are two gilded foxes.
Before them is placed a tray, upon which
are small bowls of rice, and foxes molded
in sugar, all supposed to be most gratefully
received.
Penetrated to the Bone.
Alderman John Baxter, Toronto, Can_
3 - il.i c?i. r r\:i :n
aaa, avers mat oi. uaeuus u? win pi_-uetrate
to the bono to drive out paiu. 1
know it, for I have tried it; it hits the
mark every time.
Hop-growing is an important industry
in Washington Territory, where the
average yield per acre is claimed to be
1,800 pounds by one correspondent.
Gooil Npwii Frifin Texns.
Mr. Thomas A. Howard, of Honey Grove,
Fanuin county, Texas, under date ot' Aprils,
188:1, writ s as follows:
I have been suffering during several yeara
from severe illness, and a general breaking
down of my physical system, and have tried !
the treatment and prescriptions of many doctors
far and near, and traveled to the Hot
Springs and otlvr mineral springs famous
for their remedial qualities, drinking the
waters and bathing systematically in their
i? i-? j?iu . u..*. ^n 4.^ ;i r
iieaiiii? ut'pui^, uuu an vu nu avau, ao *.
I steadily failed m health; and although inl
formed by my physicians that my ailments
ami weaknesses were the result "of kidney
disease of a danger <us character, they could
give nie nothing to cure me. During the
past two years my sull'eritigs at times were
dreadful, and 1 had the most indescribable
pains in the regions about the kidneys, the
paroxysms of which were so severe as to
render it impossible for me to sleep. While
in this deplorable and discouraged condition
1 was persuaded to try Hunt's Heme ly, and
after using less than half a bottle my great
sufferings and j aroxysms of pain were entirely
relieved, and 1 could sleep better and
longer than I had in two years before, and
although I am now on my third bottle only
my improvement is very remarkable, and I
regret that I did not know of the wonderful
I curative powers of Hunt's Remedy before,
! as it would have saved me years of suffering.
| 1 heartily recommend it to all alllicted with
any kidney disease or disease of the urinary
i organs."
"llit .My Cane Kxaclly."
Please allow me to s|>eak in the highest
terms of "Hunt's Remedy," for it hit my
I case exactly.. I had kidney and urinary
; trouble iiretty bad. I was recommended
Hunt's Heme 1}'. 1 took one teaspoontul as
| directo 1. I felt a decided change at the first
I dose. 1 took two bottles, and have felt like
! a new mau ever since. Please receive tho
sincere thanks of myself for tho benefits
' which I sought vainly for arid found only in
Hunt's Remedy.
I will chetrtully give this same opinion of
i Hunt's Remedy toanv one who wishes it, by
| addressing KUliERT 1). ARCHER,
MI Linuard street, Philadelphia.
March 14, 18S3.
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' it may bo enjoyed by every one who keepi
Kidney-Wort in the house and takes a few
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I Malaria, Rheumatism, Biliousness^ Jaundic<
or any all'iction of tho Liver, lvidneys 01
Bowels. It is a purely vegetable compound
of roots, leaves and fierries known to hav<
I special value in kiduoy troubles. Added tc
j tnese are remedies acting directly on the
Liver and Bowels. It removes tho causa ol
' disease and fortifies the system against now
attacks.
j Thekk arc :;i.viis t.?ual;<'i-s in Indiana.
! When wo say Samaritan Nervine cures
rheumatism, wo mean it.?Frisco Journal.
Dr. B. F. Laughlm, Clide, Kan., writes:
j "Samaritan Nerviiie cures fits.
Ilrrlinc of .linn.
Weakness, 1 yspejisia, Impotence, Sexual
: Debility,cured by Well's Health Renewer. ?1.
The of ilie Ten.
Oh, the orator's voice is a mighty power,
As it echoes along the green,
But the fearless | on 1ms more sway o'er men.
To sound tho praises of Carbolino.
! Pretty as a picture. Twenty-four beautifu
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; perfect success. < Jet at once at your drug*
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I Dr. Snnford's Liver Tnvlgorator-vegetable.
| Try it^when gentle cathartic action L> needed.
HYPOCHONDRIA.
The Afyateriona Element In the MM tlx
Arouse* Vague Apprehension*?What Act
nnlly Cnuteii It.
The narrative below by a prominent scientist
touches a subject of universal importance.
Few. people are free from the distressing
evib which hypochondria brinzs,
ITiey co me at all times and are fed by tht
very flame which they themselves start
Tlieyare a dread of coming derangement
caused by present disorder and bring about
more suicides than any other one thing.
m' a ? aliAnM Ka pofttfnlii
ineir ursu apjji uaun wvum
guarded.
Editors Herald:
It is seldom I appear in print and I should
not do so now did I not believe myself in
possession of truths, the revelation of which
will prove of inestimable value to many who
may see these lines. Mine has been a trying
experience. For many years I was conscious
of a want of nerve tone. My
mind seemed sluggish and I felt a certain
falling off in my natural condition of intellectual
acutene8S, activity and vigor. I
presume this is the same way in whicti an innumerable
number of oti'er people feel, who
like myself are physically below par, but like
thousands of otners I paid no attention to
these annoying troubles, attributing them to
overwork, and resorting to a glass of b?er or
a milk punch, whicn would for the time invigorate
and relieve my weariness.
After awhile the stimulants commenced to
disagree with my stomach, my weariness increased,
and I was compelled to resort to
other means to find relief. If a physician is
suffering he invariably calls another physician
to prescribe for him, as he cannot see
himself as he sees others: so I called a physician
and he advised me to try a little chemical
food, or a bottle of hypophosphates. I
took two or three bottles of the chemical
food with no apparent benefit. My
lassitude and indisposition seemed to
increase, my food distressed me. I suffered
from neuralgic pains in different parts of my
body, my muscles became sore, my bowels
were constipated, and my prospects for recovery
were not very flattering. I stated my
case to another physician, and he advifed me
to take five to ten drops of Magende's solution
of morphine, two or three times a day, for the
weakness and distress in my stomach, and a
blue pill every other night to relieve the constipation.
The morphine produced such a
deathly nausea that 1 could not take it, and
tbe blue pill failed to relieve my constipation.
In this condition I passed nearly a year,
wholly unfit for business, while the effort to
think was irksome and painful. My blood
became impoverished, and I suffered from
incapacity with an appalling sense of misery
and general apprehension of coming eviL I
pa-ssed sleepless nights and was troubled with
irregular action of the heart, a constantly
feverish condition and the most excruciating
tortures in my stomach, living for days on
rice water and gruel, and, indeed, the digestive
functions seeniei to l>e entirely destroyed.
It was natural that while in this condition
I should become hypochondrical and fearful
suggestions of self-destruction occasionally
presented themselves. I experienced an insatiable
desire for sleep, but on retirine
would lie awake for a long time tormented
with troubled reflections, and when at last I
did fall into an uneasy slumber of short duration,
it was disturbed by horrid dreama In
this condition I determined to take a trip to
Europe, but in spite of all the attent ona of
physicians and change of scone and climate,
1 did not improve and so returned home with
no earthly hope of ever again being able to
leave the house.
Among the numerous friends that called
on me was one who had been afflicted somewhat
similarly to myself, but who had been
restored to perfect health. Upon bis earnest
recommendation I began the same treatment
he had employed, but with little hope of
being benefited. At first I experienced little,
if any, relief, except that it aid not distress
my stomach as other remedies or even food
had done. I continued its use, however, and
after the third bottle could see a marked
change for the better, and now after
the fifteenth bottle I am happy to state
that I am again able to attend to my profesfessional
duties. I sleep well, nothing distresses
me that I eat, I go from day to day
without a feeling of weariness or pain, indeed,
I am a well man, and wholly through
the influence of H. H. Warner & Co.'s Tippe
canoe. I consider this remedy as taking the
highest possib'e rank in the treatment of
all diseases marked by debility, loss of appetite,
and all other symptoms of stomach and
digestive disorders. It is overwhelmingly
superior to the tones, bitters,
and dyspepsia cures of the day, and is certain
to be so acknowledged by the public universally.
Thousands of people to-day are going
to premature graves with these serious diseases,
that I have above described, and to all
such I would say: "Do not let your good
judgment be governed by your prejudices,
but give the above named remedy a fair and
Eatient trial, and I believe you will not .only
e rewarded by a perfect restoration to
health, but you will also be convinced that
the medical profession do s not poesess all
the knowledge there is embraced in medical
science." A. G. Richards, M. D.,
468 Tremont street, Boston, Mass.
There are eleven ex-governors in the
United State; Senate.
A Dead Shot
may be taken at liver and bilious disorders
with Dr. R. V. Pieroe's "Pleasant Purgative
Pellets.'' Mild yet certain in operation; and
there is none of the reaction consequent upon
takirg severe and drastic cathartics. By
druggists.
There are 2,1)21 telegraph poles and 917
miles of wire in Washington.
Dr.Graves' Heart Regulator cures all forms
of Heart Disease, nervousness, sleeplejsness.
A Chinese joint house, or sacred temple,
is to be erected in Denver, Col.
"Woman and her Disease*"
is the title of an interesting treatise (96 pages)
gent, postpaid, for three stamps. Aadress,
World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
N. Y. L
A train of 140 teams recently arrived in
Palouse valley, Wyoming, from Texas.
Young men, or middle aged ones, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred weaknesses
should seud three stamps for Fart VII of
World's Dispensary Dime Series of books.
Address World's Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Ohio lias fifteen and three-tenth per cent
of the railway mileage of the country.
You have tried everything for your Heart
Disease? No, sir. Allow me to show you Dr.
Graves' Heart Regulator, been in market
thirty years, great many good testimonials
irom lis use. umy 91 per DOiue at aruggiaie.
The Crow Indians are estimated to be
worth $2,500 each in land. _
That Terrible Tragedy!
osi or thz chxzt caubm or sudddt xxajuan
nxurnuTxs.
As details ot the Rathbone wife murder are
received they add to its horror. Colonel
Rathbone, ttie murderer, was with President
Lincoln when Booth shot him, and was himself
stabbed by the assassin. The event was
followed by nervous prostration, which
caused, says Senator Harris, of Albnnv,
painful dyspepsia, which growing constantly
worse in the last ten years finally produced
"blues" and periodical brain disorders.
Dyspepsia made this man a monster I
Experts tell us that tha brain is the soundest
or all organs, and they credit the alarming
increaso of insanity to derangements of the
stomach. WLat the stomach Is the.blood will
be, and bad blood has an especially evil effect
upon the brain. Dyspepsia is a dangerous
disorder, and yet it is far too often neglected
when it might be checked or cured. H. S.
Benedict, for thirtv-flve years express agent
up in Troy, has often related how for a long
time his life was an unbearable burden.
He says he would ratber die than go
through his old dyspeptic experiences. And
John Kiting, the widely-known Odd Fellow
of Hudson, informs us that what began in
sour stomach, heartburn, lumpy sensations,
and occasional constipation, resulted in confirmed
dyspepsia, intense heat and distress in
the stomach, belcbing of wind, hard and
bloated bowels, loss of appetite, constant conI
stipation, sick lieadacho?and a despondent,
irritable condition of mind.
These gentlemen can realize, as can thous
anas 01 (linen, tv wuau viuiouvo muuiinu
dyspepsia may drive a man! Happily for
them they escaped mental frenzy by the
timely use of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y.; a pure vegetable,
non-alcoholic preparation which In the
past twenty years has cured in 90 per cent,
of cases. It has a very large sale and is regarded
by physicians as most valuable for
stomach, "malarial, liver, kidney, urinary, female,
and blood disorders.
If we would escape the full penalties of dyspepsia,
we mast arrest it before it becomes
chronic and sets the blood and brain on lira.
?Kingston (N. Y.) Freeman.
Walnnt Leaf Ilalr Restorer.
It is entirely different from all others. It
is as cleat- as water, and as its name indicates
is a jwrfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It will
immediately free the head from all dandruff,
restore gray hair to its natural color, and produce
a new growth where it has fallen off. It
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Each bottle is warranted. Smith, Klini &
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and C. N. Crittenton, New York.
I cheerfully add my testimony to the value
of Ely's Cream Balm as a specific in the case
of one in our family, who has been seriously
debilitated with Catarrh for the past eight
years, having tried ineffectually other medicines
and several specialty doctors in Boston.
She improved at once under this discovery,
and has gained ber health and hairing,which
has been considered incurable.--Robert W.
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Physicians declare it superior to all other oils.
Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough
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Thp terrible prostration which follows Diphtheria,
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ire marked features. Tno power of Hood's SarsapaR1LI.A
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Lowf.ll, Mass., Feb. 9, 1888.
Messrs. C. I. Hoon A Co.?Gentleman: My littla
girl, Hattie Bums, had the Diphtheria and cot well ol
It. After that she was powerful sick in her Bowels and
had toarinl hurting* in the Mnall ot her back. She wat
in grant pain ami distress. We called the doctor, who i
fave her pi wders. Upon my word, the child grew worse,
frr.t a neigltb >r's bnv torn hottl" of Hood 8 harsapa
rim. a, and that night I give tho little girl the first dose
and again in th? morning. Bofore tho day was out she
was pliying around tlio honse. Her pains were gone.
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recovered. Her llei.li has crme bark, she is fat as ever,
and as mirthful nnd li.ely as before she was siok?full o) j
spirits, to the delight of us all.
Mrs. Jamkh Burns,
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remedy in all cases of lung diseases. Iteora . i
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New Sewing Machines for $20
Guaranteed positively new and thorouhly flnt-elaM
in every particular. Warranted for tire year*. Oh
be returned at our expense if rnt aa represented.
Freights paid by me to mil point*.
A. C.JOHNSON, 37 North Pearl St, Albaay.N. V
|k yip INFORMATION IN REGARD TO
FREE EXCURSION
Rates to Texas, Arkansas and California.
Pamphlet*, eta,, describing land* for sale can be had
by addreasinjf J.J. FOWLER, East. Pass. Af't, Utioa,
N. Y.; J. D. MoBEATH, N. E. Pa**. Ag't, Boston;
D. W. JA-NOW1TZ, S. iJ. Pass. Ag't, Baltimore. Md.
H. B. McCLELLAN.
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30 DAYS' TRIAL
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ELECTRO-VOLTAIC BELT and other EUOTXZO
Appliances are lent on :fu Days' Trial TO MEN
ONLY, YOUNG OR OLD, who are suffering from
Nsbvocb Debility. IvOst Vitality, Wirrrsa
I Weakness?.*, and all kindred disease*. Speedy re.
lief and complete restoration to Health, Vigor and
; Manhood Guaranteed. Send at once for Illustrated
Pamphlet free. Address
Yoltaio Belt Co,, Marshall, Mich.'
CONSUMPTION.
I I&ato poult I ve rrroedy for the Above dlietM; bylta
um thousands of cnsos of the wont kind ud of loaf
tAndlnjt bare been cured. Indeed.aoitronr la my faltS
In 1U efficacy, that I will iicnd TWO BOTTLES PRES. together
wltb a VALUABLE TREATISE on this dlaoAM, M
nj JMCrtr. 01 v? Expri-** and P. O. address.
DR. T. A. bLOCl'M, 181 rear! 8t., N?w York,
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A M PAYS for a I.ife Scholarship in tin
V Jm Ku Coleman Hunlneen College,
I I Newark, New Jersey. Poajtlona fat
ill gTAduAtes. National patrona?. VTrtU
W m ^ lor CircaiAn to H. OOLKMAH A OO.
PBOCNix Pectobal win cure your couun. Price J6c,
| A srntM Wanted for the Best And Fwteet-selUnf
jfx Pictorial hook* and Bibles. Prices reduced 33 per
cent. National Puiilikhinij Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
Camphor Milk is tn.- beat I,imm>-nt. Pru-e25oenu.
agents wanted ^?=aed^ethref8s^
salable article ever offered to the trad# or public.
ALT A CO., Boston, .Ilium.
SHORT HAND l.\S I II UTE. Ithaca, N. Y.
Situati. nsprocured. Stenographers supplied,without
choree. St^n'larilTjpe-WritersandsuppliaB.
So " Cal g .Ipl.a." Address. w. Q. WYCKOTT.
ETXtTKSION PAKTIEtftoEl'KOPE. ComPi
lorl anil Economy. Circulars ?ent free. American
Bl'iiEAf of Foreign Travel, Albany, n. y. 4
VnilUfi IIEli I-cani telouraphy hero and we will
I uunu men give you a situation. Circular* fr?e.
VAL EXT INK BHOHh JnneHvllle, Win.
farm 8ssaaisi?a:?0 acres
MIHllHENRY HAY, Weehawto-n P. O.. N. J.
r-^fplSO^SREMEDY FOR CATARRH Ji\
nili ii 1 liiti'W^ MiWWWiMlj
Eftsv louse. A certain cure. Not expensive. TtalM
monihs' treatment 111 one package. Good for Gold
In the Hi nd, lleailnche, Dizziness, llay Fever, Ac.
Fiflv cent*. By all Druggista. or by mail.
iL T. HAZkl^IXS, Warna) Fa.