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IHBnMHBaiaBOKmBBaBMnaau THE ANCIENT MINER'S STORY' BY WILL CARI.ETOX. Ch, yes, I'm fixed as solid, sir, as most of folks you see; At least the coyote Poverty had cea-ed to eniiT at me; That mine is worth a million down?that is, it is to-dau: What it might cost tomorrow, though, I couldn't exactly say. A boy in eld Connecticut?this dream I used to hold: What if the cellar of our house >lioii!d spring a leak with gold, And I from there at any time a shining lump could brinjtf? I've pot a cellar in this rock that's just that >ort o thing. The sum my father slaved hi nself for twenty years to pay I've taken out of pa* there hole in les> than half a day; If I could lead him up yon path, I'd make him smile, at least; But his old labor-hardened hands are molderinj; in the East. I'd pack my mother up this hill, and open to luf view Enouph to give a benefit to all the poor ?-he kn< w; I'd pan a heap o' happiness out of her dear old f.-iec; But mother's struck a lead of <;<>!d in quite :i diflVrf?r?t nlnno with a curious, icy gaze, as I went to ami fro. "Hush!" I said, suddenly, to myself, with a tin tube of ultra-marine in my hand, "there are footsfbps down stairs. } Somebody is moving about there.'' j 1 knew it wasn't ghosts. Aunt Battersley to the contrary, notwithstanding. I ! did not believe it was burglars. At the j same time, however. I wanted to get out of tho house as <|iiicfc as possible, for dusk was deepening into night, and I | knew that the tide, rising swiftly over the marshes, would roar like a wild wolf around my path, if I did not make haste. Most probably the heir-at-law had arI rived. Well, let him come! I Silently as a shadow, I glided down the back stairway to the little side-door, which was my usual mode of egress and ingress; but, to my amazement, there was a pile of trunks heaped up against it. which I could no more stir than I could shake the foundation of the tower of Babel. i And to reach the front door I should ! have to cross the great hall, with its waxed j lloor. which was already illumined by the glow of a gipsy tire built in the monster i fireplace in the sitting-room. "No," said I to myself, with a hasty survey of the tightly-shuttered windows, whose bolts and bars were tightened by a year's corroding rust, "I must just* go back to the garret and hide there." In the midst of my perplexity, a sense of the ridiculousness of my position dawned upon me. I laughed all to myself as I trlidcd noiselessly up the stairs, groping my way in the dark. "Cousin Batterslev,''I said to myself, "you don't know how near you arc to one of your relations. The chimney smokes, does it ? Well. I only wish it would smoke you out! Damp down there, is it? I only hope it won't ^ive your old boues a new lease of rheumatism!" It was so dark up in tl^e garret now, that I could not even tell whether my I i ? 1 uMt/diinrr mo My girl? Well, mavbe tins is M)ft; but >iuce the question's put (I wouldn't toll this to any one except "a tender* foot"). We used to rlimb those Eastern hills (.-he was a charming witchi, And prospect on what we would do when 1 had "struck it rich." But her old father hadn't the heart io !et u* marry poor, And so I shook off Yankee dust and took a Western tour. My trip it lasted several year1'. The old man 1 grieved, no doubt. I swore I never would come back till I could buy him out. You don't know what it is to hunt and dig from day to day, To strike a vein that almost shows, then dodges clean away. You do? Well, yes; but have you starved, and bi gged, and almost died, With treasures that you couldn't find heaped up on every side ? And then her letters wandered, like; then tapered to an end; I wondered on it for a while, then wrote a schoolboy friend; And just as 1 had struck this mine, and my old heart beat high, There came a letter up the gulch?it was my friend s jejjly. "She's bten a-wandering in her mind: the other afternoon She went within the asylum walls, as crazy as a loon/' A rush across the barren plain-, a snalis'u railroad ride, And I was in the asylum too, a-l;iu-eling at her side. I thought she knew me, jast at first; but soon she shrank away, And never looked at me again, whatever I might say. She wanders round, or crouches in a western win dow niche, And says, "My love will come to me when he has 'struck it rich.'" Xo word or look for me. 01:, but the Eastern hills were cold I And something seemed to always -ay, "Go back and love your cold! And I came back; and in this hut my purpose is to stay? A miser, with his treasure bright already stowed away. I'm President, Cashier, and Board or quite a wealthy bank, With none except myself to please?and no one else to thank; But nothing makes my heart belt fast?and I am growing old, With not a thing to love or leave except this pile of gold. But I have learned a thing or two ; I know a9 sure as fate, When we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late; And that I'm poorer now than through those happy days In which I owned a heart, and did not know that I Ua-.l struck it rich! Boulder, Colorado. ?Harper's Weekly. A FAMILY FEL'D. "There!" said I, '-how do you like the way I have rendered that red autuyin leaf?*' "It's capital!" said Simon, absently. Now, I can always lull my brother gg^ftftWf^one exactly whether lie is at tending or not. Ami this time lie was not! W c were up in the garret of the old Battersley house, where I still kept my easel and paints, and lav-figures and things, although it was more than a year since the agent had warned us that Hattersley was no longer our property, and compelled us to move into the little cottage on the salt marshes. "I wonder at your lack of spirit, child," mamma had said, plaintively. "Oh, what is the use of having spirit?" I retorted, recklessly. "I must have a 6tudio? And there isn't a room in this little beehive that has a good north light! T l>Arn onrl litvinn-lil mi ;if liiittcrs 1 I -ley? And why shouldn't I keep my studio in the garret, as long as there is nobody t Is there but the rats and ghosts? I tell you. mamma, one gets inspirations in an old house like that! And I'm going to redeem all the family fortunes with my pencil before I get through!"' * But mamma only sighed. Since the disastrous law-suit had been decided against us, she had fallen into the way of sitting aimlessly l?y tin* fire, as if there was nothing else left to do or think of in life. But I cared nothing for the judges of the supreme court, nor for the distant heir-at-law, who had turned us out of Battersley. I came there every day to dream and to'work; ami to build up those castles in the air which reared their ethereal pinnacles iu the morning, and dissolved nightly into the thin, gray mist, through which I walked to the little sea-iuarsh cottage. And this morning Simon had climbed up the steep, garret stairs, with a hunch of the silver tresses of the "Grandfather Graybeard." which was now ripening about the edges of the woods, and ventured to pass an opinion on mv work without ever looking at it. "Simon." said I. "you don't know what you are saying." "You are right, iiaby: ' lie saui. **i wasn't thinking of the picture. Do you know. Baby, you've got to turn out of this?" "What for";"' said I. calmly sorting over the clusters of 'Grandfather (Iravbeard,' to get the silkiest plumes. "I've heard that before. I am not to be frightened away by mere shadows/' "But it's a substance this time,'' said my bro'her. "Our dear cousin is here. L He is coining to Battersley." l "IIow do you Know/' I questioned. "Jones, the steward, told me. lie landed in the Barataria on Saturday." "And this is Tuesday, oh. he won't rush out to his new possessions the very first thing!" said I. cavalierly. When he comos I'll go!"' "What sort of a man is he. said Simon, thoughtfully. "What does it matter to us.'" I retorted. "Why, I suppose he has some sort of a right to Battersley. or ttie supreme r>nnrt wouldn't liav? adiudifcd it to him," said Simon. "Pshaw!''said I. "Law isn't always equity. lie's a selfish, abominable old usurper, that's what he is!" "Well, have it your own way," said Simon. "I'm going over to 1 law ley on the pony to-day. Don't you want to come?" "I should like to," said T, wistfully, "but if that picture is to go in the autumn exhibition there's no time to lose." So I settled to my work after Simon had whistled his dogs away and clattered down the stairs. * . TBe morning had been clear and S olden-bright, but at noon, when I sat own in the deep sill of the old garret window to read an odd volume of "Anne of Geierstein," and eat my lunch, I noticed that dark clouds had swept over the sky, and an uneasy wind was rilling the dead-gold of the hickory houghs. And lone before it was night the gath cring gloom warned mo that it was timeto desist from my labors. I began to put away my thing* in a leisurely way. I did uot dislike the old garret at twilight. I enjoyed the eerie shadows that peopled its dim recesses, the elm boughs against the windowpanes, the creaking groans which .seemed, ever and anon, to thrill through the old chimney-stack without any apparent cause; theskurry of the bright-eyed mice across the floor. There was a portrait of my great-greatgrand-aunt Battersley behind the big red chest?a hard favored old dame, whose ' canvas had been rent apart by some tinp toward accident, nobody knew how, j L- many years ago, thereby banishing it to j this unfrequented region. And i used j E to fancy that she looked at me by times, I ^ruitl-^niliu-auui >tU's ntlt nauuiug I??v! or not. ! There was just a "glimmering square" where the hall window was, a moaning rustle of dry leaves against the mossy, shingled roof, and a herd of mice pattering across the floor. I sat at the head of the stairs and listened. with my chin in my hands. "Ho is sending his servant to the inn for something in the shape of supper," I i thought. "Ah: he don't know that the inn is three good miles olT. He hasn't a had voice?it is low and pleasant. I'm not sure but that he speaks with a slight foreign accent. That I don't like. In my mind, Americans should be Americans. Now he's making coffee. And it smells delicious! Dear me, I didn't know before how hungry I was!"' Here I descended two or three steps. "I wonder what he is like?" I thought. "I've a great mind to slip down and peep through the crack of the door. Mi- mi? wlvit would mamma say r And Simon? IIow good that coffee docs smell! And the chimney don't smoke any more now." Softly I crept down. Goblin-like I glided across the hall and peeped around the big mahogany door, which stood conveniently ajar. The old room was all in a glow of ruddy li^ht. Close to the hearth, whose blazing logs cast so bright an illumination around, a wooden chair was drawn up. and there sat a young, handsome man. leaning thoughtfully back, as if his dark, Spanish eyes saw far beyond the leap of the Haines or the columns of blue smoke. "lie isn't Old Crab Battersley at all," said I to myself. "He's like the hero of a novel." And then I took a second look. "Then who is he?" I asked myself? "and what business has he here?" All of a sudden tne trcmoung conee pot. which was placed on a bed of coals, boiled over. The hero of romance stooped to remove it, and in the change i of position his eyes unexpectedly met mine. I took refuge in instantaneous flight, I but I was toj late. He had seen me, and sprang to his feet. But the hall was only lighted by the red stream of brilliance from the blazing logs, and I had the advantage of being thoroughly acquainted with the premises. If I could once hide away behind my great-greatgrand-aunt's picture in the garret? ' Hut even as this possibility flashed across my mind, I slipped on the lower stair, a sharp, needle-like pang of pain shot through my ankle, and I sank helpless to the floor. My captor hastened to the rescue. ''Are you hurt?" said he, with solici4.wl? '.UUl'. Yes!" I cried out, sharply. "I'havi sprained my ankle." "But?I beg your pardon!" he said. "I?I don't cpiite know who you are, noi how you came here!" "I am Barbara Battcrsley!" said I, defiantly. "My cousin?" with a sudden brightness in his face. "Yes, I suppose so!" I ungraciously admitted. "What can I do for you?" he quesione l, earnestly. "You can let me alone!" I cricd, contracting my brows, as a fresh spasm of pain thrilled my nerves. lie looked at me, half smiling. "I could I suppose," said he; "but don't you think I had better help you I in by the tire, and then go for the nearest doctor, if you will kindly direct me to one?" I lis manner was kindly, although a little satirical. I was heartily ashamed of myself. "I beg your pardon!'' I said. "You couldn't help my clumsiness, and you cannot prevent the pain. But?" At this moment there came a vollev of thundering knocks at the door. It was Simon, come to see what on earth had become of me. It'.-, raining like the deluge," said he, 'and the tide is up, and?hello! who is this??and why arc you so pale? Is anyi thing the matter?"' 1 don't know what happened just then. ' I believe I fainted. When 1 came to my senses, mamma was there, and the doctor, and cousin I l'attersley's Italian servant, who knew j exactly what to do in every emergency. And my ankle was bandaged up, and they had made an impromptu couch for | me with two old packing-boxes and a scarlet uiush railway rug. i And mamma was crying and declaring that she did not know what she should ; have done if it had not been for Rudolph j Batterslcy's kindness and presence of mind. We stayed there all night, because of i the rain and the rising tide. We stayed : there during the next week, because liu ; dolph declared that he never could get seti tied without my taste and woman's ad} vice, and Simon's help. And we concluded to remain there forI ever, because Rudolph?who was only the grandson of the cross old old kinsman I who had sued us and was since dcud?assured us that he saw our shadow of right ! in his grandfather's claim, supreme court j <?r no supreme court: ami that he should ! return at once to Switzerland, if we didn't j agree to live on there, just as if there never j had been any lawsuit. ' There!'" cried Simon, laughing: | "Ualiy has always been sighing for a hero | of nonumcf, ami 1 guess she lias found j him at last." j Hut when Cousin Kudolpli told me, i just >ix months afterward, that he could j not be happy unless 1 would promise to become his wife, I could scarcely credit I my own ears. "It's because you want to settle the j family dissensions," said I, almost inI clined to cry. { "No, it isn't,''said lie; "it's because I . love you, Baby." 'But how can you possibly care for I mef said I, with a sudden burst of hu' mility. lie turned me gently toward the mirror which hung close by. ' Look in the glass, Baby,'' said lie, "and sec?"' So we are to be married, and my wedding i< to put an end to the quarrels which have rent the Battersley family for more than a generation.?IIde>i Forrest Grates. Love for a Mother. [ Next to the love of her husband, noth' ing so crowns a woman's life with honor I as the devotion of a son to her. We never ' knew a boy to turn out badly who began i by falling in love with his mother. Any ' man may fall in love with a fresh-faced I ?:_i ..?,i ?i.a rrollnnt tn the J gin, tlliu lliv; lutiu nuv 10 ] <jirl may cruelly neglect the poor, weary j wife in after years. But the big boy j who is a lover of his mother, at middle j age is a true knight, who will love his | wife in the sere leaf of autumn as he did I in the daisied spring. There is nothing I so beautifully chivalrous as the love of a | bi:r boy for his mother. ? Cottage Il&rth. A great mau commonly disappoints those who visit him. They are on the i look out for his thundering and lightning, and he speaks about common things | much like other people; nav, sometimes he may even be seen laughing. THE PRINCE OF GAMBLERS. ENDING HZS EVENTFUL CABEEE BY BECOMING A MONK. A 7Ian Wlio Invaded European ( ambling Dens Willi Wonderful Sucrcss?.Heeling1 Hi* AVatcrloo. To follow Garcia, the prince of tram biers, who has become a Trappist monk, in his trips through Germany, spoken o] at the time by all the European press, tc relate all the victories he there gained would be an impossibility. Garcii niarchei from success to success in al til.. l?nnL-< of fiornviiiv i'rntll Ilolllhlirt to Weisbaden; from Weisbaden to Badei it was one series of triumphs. The banl at llomb.trg, which was then the mos powerful, changed its rules in honor o Garcia, raising the limit of the stake fron $2,400 to $12,000. This was the begin ning of a desperate contest between th< bank and Garcia, who replied to thi.challenge bv each time staking the linii of $12,000.* In a few days Garcia won from tin bank $400,000. Such a success had no been seen since the establishment of tin German banks. Until then it was a ran tiling for a batik to break: it wasphenom enal if it occurred once in a year. Thrci days successively >1. Garcia broke th< bank at Homlmrg, the richest and mos solid in all Germany. These triumphs s< rapidly obtained caused a great sensation The shareholders of the bank hastih called a meeting, and voted ail iiumcdiati increase of capital. The bankers and capitalists of Frank fort speculated in the shares, which fo the first time fell twenty per cent, in oni day. The late M. Blanc, the well-knowi capitalist who was afterward the propric tor of the gambling dens at Monaco, wa at that time the manager of the bank a Homburg. He raised several millioi francs to continue the contest with Gar cia. This gigantic struggle went on wit! an unexampled perseverance and intensi ty. Garcia attacked the bank with grea vigor. He played with drafts for ?'.2,401 on the Bank of France which M. Blani had had expressly sent him from Paris t< facilitate the payments. The winning and losings in the course of a day fright ened even those who had no pecuniar interest in them. The parlors of the kur saal were thronged with thousands of peo pie coming from Frankfort and all other cit ies on purpose to see Garcia play and to ad mire his coolness. As to the sharehold ers, who for the most part were bankers they abandoned their otlices to go to tin kursaal. For the first time they experi enccd emotions as if they themselves wen gambling, and not without good reasoi ?the shares more and more declined ii value. One day Garcia had been playing against the bank for several hours. Luci turned against him to such u degree tha he lost a very large sum and was on tin point of succumbing. He suddenly Ief the parlor. They thought he had goni for good, vanquished, and the share holders were congratulating themselves It was only a skillful maneuver on hi: part. He hacl gone to Frankfort to as! for reinforcements. lie telegraphed t( Paris, received $40,000, and with then returned to the charge. It was already night when he re-entered the gamin< hall. The play was to stop at 11 o'clock At that hour Garcia had not only woi back his losses but had gained $20,00< more. The next day Garcia began tin attack on the bank at an early hour. A noon nothing was left of it; he had cap tured all, and the servants of the kursaal in full livery, marched behind him, car rying the sacks of money which a sliori time ago had belonged to the bank, ant of which Garcia was now the owner When he left the parlors a great crowd awaited him and gave liini an ovation. While these triumphs were taking placi at llomburg, Wiesbaden, jealous of he) rival, and wishing to attract the sensa tion which reigned in that city, suddenly raised the limit of her stakes. The news papers pompously announced that tin banks at Wiesbaden could not be broken, and that it would permit any kind o; play. It was a sort of challenge tlirowr at Garcia's head. It was not to reniair unanswered. One day when it was least expectec Garcia appeared in the kursaal at Wies baden with an enormous capital, and it a few hours broke the bank, winning $100,000 in a single sitting. This occur rcnce produced an extraordinary excite ment among the shareholders, and a sori of riot was imminent. They met ant bitterly reproached the management foi having changed the rules of the bank, and thus cast an imprudent challenge ai this redoubtable champion. The dangei had to be removed at any price; the} parleyed .with Garcia, surrendered, ant signed a treaty of peace with condition' humiliating to the management. Garcia was then at the apogee of his fame and fortune. The thousand voice: ?< tl./. "'""mil fiSc n-imrt flirniurh t)l< Ui L11U |;iVM >3^1t.uv( aio MUU*V v... v-q two hemispheres. By an irony ol' fate, it was at the very moment when every body called him Garcia, the invincible, that he was to fali. His star was eclipsed at Baden. II< had gone to that city in the month ol September, at the brilliant time of th< races; he had no intention of playinj there. The rules of the bank, the low limit of the stakes, had always kept bin away from the kursaal of that city. Duk< dc Moray happened to be in Baden. Lik< a great lord, eager for an excitement, h< wanted to get himself the pleasure o seeing the bank broke. lie urged Garci; to play; all the persons in his retiniu joined their request to his. Garcia re sisted for some days, but finally con sented at the persuasions of so many illustrious personages. He played, but tin vein was exhausted. Luck, his protect ing goddess, abandoned him, and with i smile on his lips, he lost the millions Ik had so off-handed ly gained. Thus fell Garcia. Baden was lii Waterloo. ? New York World. A lVoman Soldier. In conversation with Mr. Joseph X Allen, of Brooklyn, a veteran of the war who was a member cf company I, Scconc regiment Michigan infantry, concerning the petition of Mrs. S. E. See ley, o Iowa, for a pension for disabilities re suiting from service during the war, lu related the following curious and inter esting story concerning the lady and hei claim : "Among those enlisting in company F of my regiment at the first call fo: troops in lbGl, was a dclicatc-lookin< youth, answering to the name of Frank lin Thompson, who was mustered inti the United States service for three years After serving two years, and doing al the duties of an enlisted man. goin< through the different battles of Firs Hull Run and in the advance 01 Richmond in 18(52 under McClellan it was discovered that Thompson was ; woman. AVheu Thompson lirst appliec to Captain W. R. Morse, who was recruit ing company Fl'or the Second regiment t( serve for three months.under the lirst cal for troops in 18(51,he was rejected bccausi he did not reach the requisite height, Later, however, when the three months men returned and were asked to re-enlis for three years, many dropped out. A\'< were then rendezvoused at Fort Wayne Detroit, and volunteers were asked for Among the lirst to respond was Frank who was accepted. He was faithful am brave and gained all hearts by his cheer fill, obliging activity and good senseHe and 1 became comrades and warn frieuds. lie stood guard, did polie work and fatigue duty and drilled witl the rest of us, but was never an ex per with the musket, lie said his father wa a New Brunswick fanner, a mixture o Scotch and Irish, and his mother ai English woman. In 18G2 Colonel Foe who commanded the regiment, detailei Frank as mail carrier, in which positioi he remained until he left the regiment After leaving the regiment Thompsoi resumed leminine attire and enterei Oberlin college and stuaiea lor a nine and then married a Mr. Seeley, who hut known h'-r from infancy, and is now ; resident of Iowa. This bill before Con gress is to ( -runt. her, in her marric< name, .Mrs. S. E. Seeley, formerly Frank lin Thompson, private, of Company F. second Michigan inl.mtry, a pension fo disabilities, resulting from service dur ing the years she was my comrade aw friend in the army. I need hardly ad( that I was the most i-r(->riscd of all ti learn thut she was a worn..:-, for I neve suspected it. Mrs. Seeljy is also th authoress of the book 'X irse and Spy, which is an account of I er adventure while a soldier." Never Got Over It. "Think my conversational powers hav< improved any?" he asked, simpering lik< a chimpanzee. ' I don't know, I'm sure," she said wearily. "Well, you know, when I was a child I talked like a child, and?" "You never got over it!" yelled hi.' father, who occupied the seat behind them. The youth hid himself behind his collar and shut up like a patent coupler. ?Brake's Magazine. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Thus far soapstone is proving itself an excellent substitute for firc-bricks. It stands very high temperatures, and it does not glaze, and it has several other [ desirable properties which render it very useful in the house and the foundry. Lime slaked with a solution of salt in , water and then properly thinned with f skim milk from which all the cream has > been taken makes a permanent white, wash for outdoor work and, it is said, i renders the wood incombustible. It is 1 an excellent wash for preserving wood, r and for all farm purposes. 1 An interesting experiment is to be * made by I)r. Zintgraff, who, in company 1 with I)r. Chavanne, is about to visit the f Congo and the interior of Africa. lie 1 takes with him a phonograph wherewith to lix tlie spcech and melodies of hitherto 3 unknown tribes, which, thus received by 5 the instrument, will be forwarded to t scientilic men in Germany. M. Pasteur has communicated to the J; Academic des .Sciences the results of his experiments with rabies. The most intercsting of his statements is that he can y render dogs insusceptible to infection by inoculating them with a modified virus. [ Hydrophobia is, however, declining in ^ Paris. According to a recent report there were but six cases of it in human 5 beings in 1883, while in 1882 there were eleven, and in 18S1 the number reached [ seventeen. Among the animals there 2 were C15 cases in 1881, 27(5 in 1882, and 182 in 18813. r At one of the Glasgow steel works, . there is in progress an immense anvil j block, which will eventually contain about 103 tons of metal, and which is s intended for use with twelve-ton steam t hammers, of which there are several now - L HTKifl mnnetnr nnvil j ill WUI1V JU OHMiaim, Au.uiuvuw.v. block is designed in two pieces, the l larger one being of about 100 tons weight. It was cast in a mold occupyj inij tlic position intended for the block 3 itself. The mixture employed in the ? production of these huge anvil-blocks j was about one-fourth No. 3 Gartsherrie s and three-fourths sc. ..p iron. The manufacture of ieatherboard" as ; a substitute for real leather for shoe stif fenings is an important industry in - Maine. The peculiar thing about leath erboard is that to a certain extent the name is a misnomer. "While the product - has the color and quite the appearance o , leather, yet the best qualities have no 2 leather in their composition, but arecom posed, instead, of hemp, flax and simi; lar materials ground up and pressed into i sheets by a somewhat similar process to i that of the manufacture of paper. The manufacture affords a convenient npporr tunity for the disposal of old sails, cord; ajje and other worn-out materials into t. which the required ingredients have en* nml ns in the manufacture of t paper, the product bears little apparent i relation to any of its constituent parts. The Bad Boy. - "What does the doctor say about your ) pa ?" said the grocerman to the bad boy. x "Will he pull through ?" "Pa is better, thanks to careful nursr ing. You see pa began finding fault with me again because I didn't play more ! jokes on him. I told him that people ) were getting an idea that I was mean as ? pusley, because I played jokes on him, t and I had quit. Pa said 'never mind . what people say. I am your father, and it pleases me to have you practice on 1 me. I think if more men allowed the t natural exuberance of youth to have its I fun at home, there would be less deviltry done away from home. Now, if you I don't make your pa walk turkey in less than twenty-four hours, I'll take you ; across my knee, you hear. The fun I . have at home is what braces me up . for a political campaign.' Well, when pa said that I felt that it was an unduti. ful son that would go back on his parent, j and deprive him of the excitement his nature demanded, so I went to work to f think of something to make pa remem, ber old times. That evening at the supt per table, we got to talking of spinal meningetis, and pa said some of our best I I citizens were having it. He said it was . an aristocratic disease, anil it was a comi pliment to a man's standing in society to r have it. I asked him what the first symp! toms were, and he said he understood it . was a cold feeling along the spine. The t next morning 1 took about two quarts of [ pounded ice, and filled the two pistol r pockets of pa's pants with it, and the tail pockets of hiscoat, and lie put on his things l and t ome down to breakfast. lie said the r dining-room was cold, and he rubbed his t hands, and occasionally looked sort of [ scared, but he sat down to breakfast. He 3 had not sat there more than a minute before lie told ma he didn't want any j breakfast, and he went and lay down on j the lounge. I told ma what I done, and . she lafled, and pretty soon pa began to call for ma. She went to him and told . him he looked sick. Pa said he was. He said he had got the aristocratic disease, and didn't care who knew it. He > kept getting cold, and finally concluded f to send for a doctor, and I went after > him, but I didn't hurry back. Ma, she r had a quiet talk with pa on his con dition, and made him believe he nv(>r -worked, and made him j promise to let politics alone, and ? try to lead a different life. Pa got beti ter before long, and sat up, and when he f lound his coat and pants all damp from i the pounded ice, he said he guessed he ; had sweat the disease entirely out of his . system, and he changed his clothes and . eat a late breakfast, but I guess he found . some ice in his pockets, for when I came > in, he said: 'You're a nice boy, ain't you, . to try and play freeze-out on your poor i old pa! Don't let it occur again.' Queer, . am i It. that a man will yearn to have jokes p.ayed on him, and order them as 3 you would groceries, and when they comc he has to /jet huffy. Well, I must go spearing suckers," and the boy went oir.?PecVx Sun. Jerry Greening's Wisdom. [ Avarice?A flea want in' t' swailow a r sawmill. [ j Bakers?People as is allers a s'ellin' . I what they knead. . I Corkscrews?Opposition candidates t' . cork-jackets. r Dueling?Folly flirting with murder. Egotism?Talkiif by th' yard an' t thinkin' by th' inch. r Fame?Th' greased pig at a country r fair. ! (Jold?Th' kind o' dust that alters ) blinds all eyes. Hotels?Great inn-conveniences. [ Insanity?Th' bunghole o' Crime's bnrr rel. t Justice?A scale where gold too often , weighs heavier than principles. Kisses?A cllse where ''fair exchange t is no robbery." I Lawsuits?A swimming pool filled . with sharks. ) Money?A composition fee tnkeu' th' 1 stains out o' ch'racter. L. Novels?Brains preserved in printer" ink. Organists?Men as play when they I work an' work when they play. Poverty?Man's best friend; it sticks f to him when all other friends desert him. Quinine?Like dogs; a bark worse than bite' People buy it, however. 1 I'epentance?Bread made in ol' age . (nit o" th' wild oats .-owed in youth. Speech?Flowers from th' garden o' i thought, c Temperance?Th' anchor to th' ship o' i self-respect. t Undertakers?Men us thrive olT o' th' s misfortunes o' their feller men. f Veracity?Th' safety-valve t' th' ii human stcam-injun. -J* < i..1--: ? j ? Jlgl'S?in swuiM dii mill iuuin.<m;^ I j til' whole machinery o' th* world. II I Youth?A period "twixt hay an' grass; . I a chap bein' neither child nor man. :i Zealots?Energetic folks with a fur1 I long o' imagination to each inch o1 corn. I mon sense. ij n j Arctic Artillery. ' I Miss II. Maria George, in the 67. Nirho* j las, relates the following original method * | employed by the Empress Anna of Rus' ! sia to guard her great plaything. the r j lirst ice-palace ever erected: "The empress ordered six cannon and | ' two mortars to be set up on each side of 1 ! the front gateway. It makes us shake J | our heads when we read that these canr ! nnn nnrl mortars were likewise of ice. 1 I And even her councillors and wise men j said one to another: 'What will our eyes s be asked to see next?" Hut the empress laughed, for she knew that so long as the sun kept to his old path in the heavens, her palace would he secure. But to prove ' j to her friends that the work was good, j she bade them place a quarter of a pound of powder and an iron cannon ball , weighing five pounds in one of the ice cannon. Every one tremblingly waited 1 for a terrible explosion, but none came. The cannon remained intact, and the ball 3 was thrown to some distance, passing [ i through a board two inches thick, placed about sixty paces off." Ml The average daily consumption of gun powder in the United States is 100 tons . i THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED. I HOW CEBTAXZT MEW AGQT7IBE A POWEB OVER SEBPEHTTS. Snake Charming, as Explained by* Those Who Prarllco it?How Snakes are Caught and Trained^ To the majority of people the power possessed by snake-charmers is so mysterious as to partake plainly of the "black rat." Part of this credulity has its origin in the Instinctive human fear of a ?,,rl o1icir>L-in<r frnm its toilcll. For JMIUJYU tlllU investigation goes to show that the snake-charmers' "magic" is. even in its most remarkable manifestations, a very simple matter. It should be remembered in tiie first placc that a very large class of snakes arc perfectly harmless. They seldom bite, and even when they do the wound inflicted is as innocent as one made by the milk teeth of a babe. But there is unquestioned testimony to show that tho snake-charmers of India and Egypt and other Oriental countries do perform with serpents of the most venomous class. In our own country, too, we have had the rattlesnake on exhibition, perfectly tame, and obedient to every word and motion of its keeper. The rattlesnake, be it remembered, is one of the great deadly snakes of the world, being classed with the coral snake of Central America, the homer asp oml flic rnhrR rli eanello of >(1 ? ? t India* The question is, whether these dangerous reptiles are not by some means rendered innocuous before their "charmers" attempt to take their usual liberties with them. There is reason to believe that this is generally the case. If many persons would be found unable to desrribe a snake's method of locomotion, a still larger number would be wholly at sea in defining its mode of inflicting its deadly wound, or "sting," as it is usually called. A few persons may be found in Chicago to-day who suppose that a snake's '-sting" is in its tail. This is the survival of a very old belief, founded no doubt on the fact that many snakes have tails terminating in a pointed, horny spine. A still larger class of persons believe the snake's agent of mischief to be his forked tongue. For tnis misiaK.cn men the poets and artists are largely responsible. The references to the "venomed tongue" of serpents in literature arc innumerable, and almost all pictures of venomous snakes portray them with open mouth and long, protruding tongue thrust out like a pitchfork to wound any rash individual that may approach within its range. The snake, however, usually stows away its tontrue in a clothed sheath in the lower part of its mouth when it distends its jaws. This organ is its hand, its sense of touch, and is guarded from every possible injury. "Were you to watch a snake gliding through the grass you would see its thin, parted tongue protruding about an inch and a half from a slit in its closed lips and moving from side to side with the utmost quickness, feeling every part of the way as the rep tile glided on. This tongue serves the same purpose of protoetion to its owner that her whiskers do to a cat, or its antenme to an insect. It is of soft flesh, tapering to two points as fine as hair, and, says a writer on ophiology, "no more vennmous than a ladr'fl tonjjue, perhaps even less so." The snake does not sting. It bites; and this with a pair of very sharp teeth, called fangs. These fangs are situated at the front extremity of the upper jaw, and fold back upon the jaw like a claspknife. When the snake opens its mouth widely to strike, the action lifts the teeth in a convenient position to bite with. The fanes are hollow, and through them is forced by the muscular act of biting a drop or two of the deadly poison which is sccreted by the salivary glands in the back part of the jaw. Before snakes were used for the purposes of charmers these fangs are removed. To be sure they grow again immediately, as nature provides much more carefully for the preservation of the lower than the higher species, and in three weeks the reptile is as dangerous as ever. This renders necessary a periodical removal of the fangs, which is not a difficult operation, as, holding the snake firmly by the loose skin at the back of the head, the jaws are forced open, and the venomous teeth can be extracted in an instant, with a pair of pliers. It also makes necessary a taming of the reptile, so as to make it amenable to its keeper's voice and touch. Snakes are possessed of a very low grade of intelligence, but they can be tamed, and when their instinctive fear of injury from the presence of man is removed, they manifest no tendency to injure him; for the disposition of a snake to bite is its instinct of self-preservation only, so inherent that a viper just hatched from the egg, will resent a rude touch with a snap of its small jaws. The snake is a most timid creature, too, and, unless trodden upon or otherwise hurt or frightened, will never attack man or other animal, but hurriedly escapes from their presence. In tropical and newly-settled countries where they abound they will often seek the abodes of men, it is true, but this is always in search of food or warmth, or perhaps from a curiosity to learn the nature of these intruders upon their hitherto lonely haunts. If unmolested, they will depart without harming anyone. This is proved by universal testimony. But they are so timid that noise, or nny movement, on the part of one near them, is taken as a threatened attnek, and <|tiick as lightning comes the defensive blow of the deadly fangs. An Arab who some twenty years ago showed some remarkable feats of charming with the snakes in the zoological garden in London, made a very frank statement to Dr. Woods of his methods, admitting that there was no magic in them, only courage and a thorough understanding of snake nature. The method of catching the snakes was to draw them by the music of a pipe, or a low whistling sound, from their retreats. Though snakes have no outside ears, and those under their skins arc but imperfectly developed, they have a distinct perception of sound, and some species, especially the cobra, are very susceptible to music. The whistling is confessedly an attempt to imitate a sound made by the snake itself, which is thought to be a call to its mate. The reptile thus allured forth from its retreat advances toward the r-Wmer drawing its bodv half erect and J O ' swaying it from side to side, presumably from an instinct of curiosity to test the nature of the strange sound, or from a desire to strike at the disturber of its peace. It is this movement which is usually de scribed as the snakes "dancing" to the music. The musician does not remain in one spot but moves about rapidly, thus accelerating the dancing movement of the reptile. In the meantime the charmer's assistant advances cautiously and quickly from behind, and, seizing the snake by the tail, or by the back of the head, thrusts it into a bag, and it is taken away to have its teeth pulled and be put through a course of training as a tame snake. In India thebe professional charmers are employed to clear houses and gardens of reptiles. A number of instances arc given in books of Indian life wherein the "charmer'' performance Jias been found to be pure imposture, being simply the catching of tame snakes with which he himself Jmil "suited" the premises. The caught reptiles were marked, and thus recognized in different localities. Hut notwithstanding these cases of fraud, there are a sufficient number of attested cases to prove that the charmers do capture the untamed reptiles, and instances wherein, like the Arab mentioned, the performer has frankly explained his modus operandi?without the least attempt to claim the magical powers in which th ignorant Hindoos so firmly believe." It is the courage and dexterity of these men which is marvelous. Theij absolute fearlessness, combined with quickness and gentleness, does give them an immunity from peril that would be impossible to one less trained. The keepers of snakes in museums often acquire the same power, but none know better than they in what peril they use it, although the creatures in their care are obliged to submit to a pcriodi Oal tOOHl-pillling. iwuoi inu ai. the London zoological gardens, coming in one morning pretty drunk, thought that, "just for a lark,'' they would move the cobras into another cage. They had safely transferred nearly all of them, habit inducing them to exercise that carefulness that their boozy condition might cause them to forget, when one of them, finding a large cobra unusually torpid, shook it violently. In an instant, the sham fangs were buried in his check, and the "poor man?now sober enough? said to his companion, "I'm a dead man, Bill." lie was taken as quickly as possible to the hospital, but in an hour was a livid corpsc.?Inter- Ocean. There is a postmaster in Texas who has been in three wars and has lived under five governments, says a news item. If he has been married live times we can't imagine why he has been in only three wars.?Hoosier. *'a How Oysters Are Caught Only two ways of catching oysters are practiced in Maryland, namely, "dredging " and " tonging." Dredged are bags made of iron rings linked together, forming meshes similar to those of an ordnary seine, the mouth being held opqn by an iron frame, from the four corners of which project four iron bars converging to a point at a distance of a few feet from the mouth; to this point a small chain is attached, and joined to the chain is a long rope, which winds around a windlass on board of the oyster vessel. Projecting downward from the bar attached to the lower edge of the mouth are iron teeth, which, as the dredge is drawn over the bottom, scrape up the oysters and guide them into the bag. Every vessel is supplied with two dredges and two windlasses, the latter so arranged that each is worked by four men at the same time. When the boat reaches dredging ground the dregdes are thrown overboard and the vessel continues on her course until it is supposed that the dredge, which usually holds two or three bushels, in full, and then it is hauled up, and its contents, consisting of oysters, stones, shells, crabs, fish, etc., are emptied on the deck. If the vessel has passed across the bar, she tacks and recrossos the ground, and continues sailing over the same bar for hours. If dredging is done in the daytime the oysters arc at once "culled," but when working at night it is deferred until morning. "Culling" consists in separating the oysters from the other things brought up by the dredge and throwing the latter overboard, while the former arc placcd in the hold of the vessel. In this manner the work continues until the vessel is loaded, when she at once proceeds to market. A trip will generally take about twelve or thirteen days. "Tonging" is a method of taking oysters extensively practiced. In Maryland it employs fewer men and less capital than dredging, but it is probably of greater value to the State, as the men employed in it arc of a better class. The tonging interests of Virginia arc far more extensive than the same interests in Maryland. Something of an idea of flic "tongs" may be got by supposing two garden rakes, with very long handles, with the tooth sides of the rakes facing each other; let the handles be secured by a loose rivit two or three feet from the teeth, so Viof Ki. .tunrofinrr tli/> t>vtrPHK! Cllds of """ "J the handles the whole contrivance shall act as a pair of tongs. The instrument is so constructed that when the tonghandlcs or "stales" arc held perpendicular to the bottom the teeth arc at an angle of forty-live degrees, and by working the upper end of the stoles together above the water, at the same time pressing the teeth against the bottom, the oysters are raked together and may be hoisted to the surface and emptied into the boat. Wooden-headed are better than iron-headed tongs, because they dig into the sand less, and are easier to work. Tongs arc used of from seven to twenty-four feet in length, and the latter, worked in twenty-one to twenty-two feet of water, require not only considerable skill but a good allowance of strength to handle with success. These tongs are a very ancient contrivance in America, for Charlevoix, in the middle of the seventeenth ccutury, found them on the coast of Acadia. Tonging necessitates a very great exposure to the cold, but, however, no more severe than dredging. The injury to health is so great that few oyster-men ever reach old age. IN or does oystertonging give returns in proportion to the labor expended. The clement of chance is a large one. A clear, smooth water permits the gathering in one day of what may not be realized by a week's exertion in tempestuous weather. On some of the shoals in the James river it would be impossible to find a space as large as a pair of tongs will cover without oysters on it.?St. Jaw is Globe-Democrat. Successful Artifice in Discovering a Secret. Mr. P. J. R. Carnlla, general manager of the Landore Siemens Steel works, recently delivered a lecture on "The Steel Age," in which he referred to the experiments of Huntsman, the Doncnster clockmakcr, who perfected the process of melting blister steel in crucibles, and producing a homogeneous ingot, about 1740. Huntsman endeavored to keep his process secret, with the following result: One cold winter's night, while the snow was falling in heavy flakes, and the manufactory threw its red glare of light over the neighborhood, a person of the most abject appearance presented himself at the entrance, praying for permission to shaie the warmth and shelter which it afforded. The humane workmen found the appeal irresistible, and the apparent beggar was permitted to take up his quarters in a warm corner of the building. A careful scrutiny would have discovered little real sleep in the drowsiness which seemed to overtake the stranger,for he eagerly watched every movement of the workmen while they went through the operations of the newly discovered process. lie observed first of all that bars of blistered steel were broken into small pieces two or three inches in length, and placed in crucibles of lire clay. When nearly full, a little green glass broken into fragments was spread over the top, and the whole covered over with a closely fitting cover. After a lapse of from three to four hours, during which the crucibles were examined Trom time to time to sec that the metal was thoroughly melted and incorporated,the workmen 4/x KO +h/? from it"? JJIUUIXUUU 11/ IIA.V iAj/ bill/ VIIIV*M>V..V... -v.. place on the furnace by means of tongs, and its molten contents, blazing and sparkling, were poured into a mold of cast iron previously prepared; here it was suffered to cool, while the crucibles were again filled and the process repeated. When cool the mold was unscrewed and a bar of east steel presented itself, which only required the aid of the hammerman to form a finished bar of cast steel. How the unauthorized spectator of these operations effected his escape without detection tradition does not say, but it tells us that before many months laid passed the Huntsman manufactory was not the only one where cast steel was procuccd." Chinese Trees. Among the trees of China that are most likely to raise the envy of strangers, are the four following: The first is the varnish-tree, which is of a small size, and has a leaf resembling the wild cherry. A gum distils from it drop by drop, like the tears of the turpentinetree; and if an incision be made in it, it yields a greater quantity of liquor, but then it soon destroys the tree. The varnish is much used, and is greatly esteemed by the artificers. It takes all colors alike, and if it be well managed, neither loses its luster by the changes of the air, nor the age of the wood to which it is applied. There is another tree from which a liquor is obtained, that differs Init little from the varnish. Another is termed the tallow-tree. This is ns larire as a hiirli cherry-tree. The leaves arc of u lively red, ami the shape of a heart. Fruit is contained in the rind, which, when ripe, open in the middle like a chestnut. It consists of white kerncis of the size of a hazel-nut, whose pulp has the proycrty of tallow, and of which candles are made. The white wax tree is no less extraordinary. Its not so tall as the tallow-tree; it has longer leaves and a whiter bark. A small kind of worm fixes itself to the leaves, and forms a sort of comb much smaller than a honey-comb, the wax of which is very hard and shining, and of far greater value than the common beeswax. They have most kinds of wood that are to be found in Europe, and several (ithers, among which is tse-tam, or rosewood, which is of a reddish-black, and full of fine veins, th.it seem painted. This wood is accordingly tit for the finest sort of joiner's work. Lines Increase Height. A fact which has a great influence upon the appearanec (as regards si/.et which an object presents, is the presenre of lines on it. Ladies understand this, and by the judicious employment of stripes influence their apparent figure to a remarkable degree. The annexed illustration shows very clearly the iutluencc of lines on the apparent size of an object. The figure shows a square space, divided horizontally by a series of lines. The height and width of this space are precisely equal, as may be proven by measuring them with a pair of con passes, but to the eye they appear very unequal: REMINISCENCES OF ROCHESTER. Thei Fall* 01 the <<eLe.ee ana nuiu riucu n i Fatal r,enp~-One of Jin Bimlneas House* anil Ifii Great Magnitude* The present floods, which are either devastating or threatening the country in every direction, are justly cause for apprehension. No matter whether they come suddenly or by slow degrees, they are, in either ease, a great evil and much to be dreaded, and yet America will always be troubled by these spring overflows. Probably one of the most disas trous that was ever known, occurred in Rochester, N. Y., about twenty yea# ago. The Genesee river, just above the falls, where Sam Patch made his final and fatal leap, l>ecame completely blockaded by ice, fanning an impassible dam, and the water coming down the Genesee river overflowed the principal portion of the city of Rochester. This catastrophe would have been related the present year had not the energy and foresight of the city authorities prevented it. The writer hapiiened to be in Rochester at that time, and was greatly interested in the manner in which this great catastrophe was averted. Every few moments a roar like the ]teals of thunder or the booming of cannon would be heard, and in order to see this ice blasting process, the writer went to the top of the new Warner building, which overlooks the Genesee river. From here lie was not only enabled to see the process uninterruptedly, but also the magnificent building which has just been completed. This is unquestionably the finest building devoted to business and manufacturing purposes in America, being entirely fireproof, eight stories high, and containing over four and a quarter acres of flooring. Mr. Warner treated your correspondent very courteously, and in xno course 01 uie conversation saiu. " Wo are doing a tremendous business and are far behind in our orders. This is the season of the year when people, no matter how strong their constitution may be, feel, more or less, the pain and indisposition, the hi"1 aches, colds, neuralgia, rheumatism, dull pains, sore throats, coughs?all the 1,001 ills that flesh is heir to come this time of the year, if at all. It is natural, therefore, that we should be very busy. This is specially true of our Safe Rheumatic Cure, and it is crowding us very sharply for a new remedy. " Singular, but I had forgotten that you do not advertise to cure all diseases from one bottle, as is done generally bv many other medicine men, but I supposed Warner's Safe Cure was for the cure or rheumatism." " And so it has been until our remedy which was especially for rheumatism aud neuralgia, was introduced. We have l)een three years perfecting this new remedy. Study first taught us there were certain powerful elements in Warner's Safe cure, better known as Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, that made wonderful cures in chronic and acute rheumatism, but during our investigation, we learned of a remarkable cure at a celebrated springs, and put experts to investigate and found that the springs did not contain any valuable properties, but the course of treatment that was b?ng given there was performing all the benefit. By carefully combining the active principles of this remedy with our Safe cure, we have produced our Safe Rheumatic Cure, and the cures it Is effecting are simply wonderful, and I do not doubt it will become as jwpular as our Safe Cure." "You seem to talk freely in regard to your remedies and appear to have no secrets, Mr. Warner." " None whatever. The physician with his hundred calls and one hundred diseases, is necessarily compelled to guess at a great deal. We are enabled to follow up and perfect, wniie pnysiciuns can uuiv u.vpci nuvnt their hundred diseases. With the ordinary physician, the code binds him down, so that if lie makes a discovery, he is bound to give it to the other physicians, which, of course, discourages investigation, to a great extent. This Is why the great discoveries in medical science of late years have been made by chemists and scientists and not by physicians, and it in a measure accounts for the great value of our remedies, also for the remarkable success of all those doctors who make a specialty of one or two diseases." "And you find that you are curing as great a number of people as ever before "Yes, a far greater number. We never sold so much of our medicine as now and never knew of so many remarkable cures." The writer departed after the above interview, but was greatly impressed, not only by the sincerity of Mr. Warner, but by the vastness of all lie saw. Mr. Warner's medicines are used throughout the entire length and breadth of the land, and we doubt not the result they are effecting are really as wonderful as they are related to be. HUMOR OFTHE DAY. Organizers?Italians. Many ''heavy swells" float on the billowes of credit. A prairie farmer reports that a late wind-storm lifted about everything from his lands except the mortgage. ? Cincinnati Commercial- Gazette. "I aim to tell the truth." "Yes," interrupted an acquaintance, "and you arc probably the worst shot in America."? Cincinnati Saturday Night. "Father?"I never imagined that your studies would cost me so much money." Student?"Yes, and I don't study much, - .?.1? M mi:? eiuier.?l' ucijeiu.iv jjuiugi . "Laugh, and the world laughs with you," Miss Wheeler says. Yes, and slip, and the world laughs at you. At least that has been our experience.?Buffalo Repress. "Will you have a small piece of the light meat or a small piece of the dark?" asked Bob's uncle, as he carved the turkey at dinner. "I'll have a large piece of both," said Bob. "Were you ever caught in a sudden squall V asked an old yachtsman of a worthy citizen. "Well, I guess so!" responded the old man. "I have helped to bring up eight babies!"?Rurlinyton Free Press. It may bo a little late in the season, but avc want to give our gardening friends a brand-new and strictly reliable method of making a hot bed in a short space of time. This is the way: Apply a lighted match to the straw ticking.? Derrick. It's a fortunate thing for the male sex that malaria is prevalent about the time that spring house-cleaning arrives. It enables a man to pretend that he is very sick, to escape the torture of putting down the carpets.?Philadelphia C/ironicte Telegram. Mrs. Mary L. Booth, editor of Harper's Bruar, deplores the deficiency woman sutfer in being deprived of pockets. She does not consider that they have the plethoric pockets of their fathers, husbands, brothers and cousins to draw from.?New York World. "Why do they call it leap-year, pa? Is it because it comes along just about the time when hops arc most prolific?" " Guess not, child. Most likely it is because it keeps men on the jump to keep out of the way of embarrassing situations."? Yonlers Gazette. To yo i over have ncutc pain in ycur left breast extending to joir arms, d> you ever li ive sufFo : t g feolug< in n g on o: your Heart.' li so you have lioait nisei s \ "Use I r. Gr iv.s H.'Lr? Uc^u atjr, a sure: p .'ciflc. $1 per bct.le. Wyoming Territory has but eight organ* ized counties. Thors nls t st y to t ie merits of Dr. Graves' heart lit gulator as a cure tor heart rlH tas-' n . ill forms. It is ki o.vnfro'ii Maine t > C il'*o n a. Give it a trial for tl o ? dis uvs.; d ie.-iings. Fi'i.ton market, New York, sells 40,000,000 pounds of fish annually. T}t'l>t?uted requests have induced the propritt irs of Lydia K. Pinkhani's Vegetable Compound tj send by mail to various lady correspondents, large mounted portraits ot Hi's, i'inkham; and now many a household wall is adorned by the familiar, motherly face of the Massachusetts woman who has done so much for all women. A Texas ranch property has been sold in England for .VH),OOP. Me sn. Ely Bros., druggists, Cw.go. X. Y. ?Knciosed please fi id money for four bottles oi C.vam lialin. 1 tii.il it on a mm who c mid i o smell at all. After usiiuyoi r balm or mx i ays could snie.l i vorytli lig ?J. L". In. t ieivs, .Salem, N. C. LPrice ;">0 eents.] l.iV's Cream Balm eunu in<5 of lataThof ! is any \ e irs si an ling?: e o eil my en e o' I ni I. ' hirc.di li t ie lie d it v o ,.s iki!i:i;;ie.?K.ll.Si er . ojd >a i na t te U; n;, ' ! . i uibetli, .Y J._ [Lasy t > use. : e ad..J | M'oiuins h'.'f be, ut/ishirsk'n. Sainrr'.tan j X. r. 'n . li: r : t :u e i: r u to all t: patrons. Is: a .1 w 1 i o i igton. Kv..says: 'Sarnaitm N. rv.ne < u \ d uicof a: th iiaandseio.'ula. ? rrH:ii,iin Sidney Ourchundro, of Pittsburg. Penn.. writes: "I lmvo used Dr. Win. Hall's Palsaui for tho Lungs many years with the most gratifying results. The relieving iniluence ! of Hall's Balsam is wonderful. The | aia and rack of the body, incidental to a tight cough, soon disappear by the use of a s],oo!it'ul according to directions. My wifo frequently fends for Hall's Hal-am instead of a physician, and health is s|>o.dily restored by its use." Mkxsman's Peptonized jieek toxic, the only preparation of beef containing its vnt!r.' tvt'ri I Hons proper I irs. Jt contains blood-making' force generating and life-sustaining properties; invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and nil forms of general debility; also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether tho result of exhaustion, nervous prostration,over work or acute disease, particularly if resulting f/otn pulmonary complaints. (5 .swell. Hazard & Co.. Proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists. IJiiltor IliiyerM everywhere are refusing t > mke white, lardy looking butter except at "grease" prices. Con.-timers want nothing but gilt-edged butter. .... i i.... 11.i'.mum>iul their i>;itrons I i keep a uniform color throughout tlie year l.y using Hit* improved But - r C dor mad- by I Wells. Richardson iV Co.. Burlington. Vt. !t I i.> lhe only color that ran berelied on t >never injur.1 the butter, and to always give the perI irL-t color. Hold by druggists and merchants. The Conlrnnt. As t ho sable is to ermine: as smut to flower: as con! to alabaster; as soot to driven snow, so is C.irboline, the perfection of all hair re newei-s, to all other preparations. J RHKi'MATisjf.?"Wilson's Wonder" euros | in * hours, or money returned. Sent on receipt of .Medicine depot. Park street, Y. Phoenix Pectoral cur&s cold and cough. 25. CamphorMiik curesaches and pains. 25. Piso's Cure for Consumption dries not dryup a cough; it removes the cause. * , Purify Yoi When the weather grow winnar, mtX extreme ttred feelinc, want of appetite, dolloMt, languor ?ud lwl. tx lude. iAllot almost the entire human family, ud ecrof- T nla and other dlaeaaaa eansed by hum on, maalfeit ai themselree with many. It la impoesible to throw off bi thia debility and expel hnmon from the blood without *i the aid of a reliable medicine like Hood'i Sarsaparilla. 41 ''I wai seTeraly afflicted with scrofula, and for orer a year had two running sores on my neck. Took fire 01 bottles of Hood'i Saraaparllla, and consider myaeU en- 01 tlrely eared."-0. E. Lotxjot, Lowell, Maea. N Tone up the 8ystem , v "I have naed Hood'a Saraaparllla for aome time, and tl hire derived benefit therefrom. It (irea me an appetite and strengthens the whole (yitem. I can ehe?r- , fully recommend it to all who need a regulator of the ^ bowel* or a building up md strengthening meaiewe." tl ?JoaiAH W, Coox, President Cunbrtdge Mutual Fir* I'm. Co., Cambridge, Mui. j '' Hood's S?r*?parilla Is the best blood purifier."??. a s. Phelps, Worcester, Mui. w Hood's Sa Sold by all druggists, 91; *1> to* $8. Made only I S by 0.1. Hood k Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mm*. t IOO Doses One Dollar. ? | Is "Woodman, Spare That Tree" a Aagiarisni?" It i3 a pity to raise such a question, but is ''Woodman, Spare That Tree," the poem upon which the reputation of George P. Morris largely depends, a plagiarism? Did Mr. Morris know any more Chinese than he found on teachests? Did ho know the lovely ode "Kan-tang?" This ode can be found among the odes and songs collected by Wan Wang and Duke Chan at the beginning of the Chan dynasty (B. C. 1126). The dates of collection, says Dr. Wells Williams, in his great-book on The Middle Kingdom, extends from B. C. 1719 tn nnt lator than B. C'. 080. There is no telling how a Chinese compiler could include in his collection in B. C. 1120 a poem not perhaps composed till centuries after, but it is enough to say that Mr. Williams refers the oae "Kan-tang," or "The Sweet Pear-Tree," to the time of Wan Wang, a contemporary of Saul. Here it is: 1. Oh, fell not that sweet pear-tree! See ho'v its branches spread. Spoil not its shade, For Shao's chief laid Beneath it his weary head. 2. Oh, clip not that sweet pear-tree! Each twrig and leaflet spare? 'Tis sacred now, Since the lord of Shao, When weary, rested there. 3. Oh, touch not that sweet pear-tree! Bend not a twig of it now; There long ago, As the stories show, Oft. halted the chief of Shao. What is this but the umuese way 01 saying: Woodman, spare that tree; Touch not a single bough. In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. ?Editor's Drawer, in Harpers. His Revenge. Jones?"That man Jinks did me a mean trick, but I have had my revenge/' Smith?''In what way ?" Jones?"By fixing things so that he will be driven crazy in three months." Smith?"Gracious ! How did you do it ?'' Jones?"I got a family with twin babies to move into the house next door." ' A Great Deal in Her. "I don't see how you can endure that PlifTy girl, Jack?" said his sister. " I'm sure there's nothing in her." "Nothing in her, indeed I 1 just wish you'd been with us to supper after the theatre to night," and he dropped a tear over his buried salary.?San Francisco Post. Matrimony.?All responsible parties desiringCorrespondents for amusement or Matrimony send address for copy of "Wedding Bella" to P.O. Box 2i2a, Boston, Mass. theywere^rigRT I When the Doctors Called It Gravel,) and Mr. Washington .Monroe, of Catskill, Green 'l'o.? X Y.i was Fortunate In Using Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy.which Entirely ltemoved the Disease?The Wisdo in of" Following a Wife's Advice. "Fur many years I had suffered from a complaint which the physicians called Gravel. I hid employed :omo of the most noted doctors without obtaining any permanent relief, and for a long time my case was regarded as hopeless. All who knew the circumstances said I must die. Finally, my wife induced me to try a bottle of DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVOR ITE REMEDY, which she ifed somewhere heard of or neon advertised. Without the slightest faith in it, butsolely to gratify her, I bought a bottle of a druggist in our village. I used that and two or three bottles more, and?to mak > a long story short?I am now as healthy a man as there is in the county. Since then I hare recommended DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY to others whom I knew to have suffered from Kidney and Liver complaints; and. I a as i re the public, that the FAVORITE REMEDY has dons its work with a sirai. lar c )inplotene33 In every single instance, and I trust some other sick and discouraged mortal may hear of it and try the FAVORITE REMEDY, as I did." KY N U?16 Atn pin ?Jaa The kidney* act a* jf OSTjnEM? ?pf SilEBBATID tjong ,r# interfered e-rnuaru 49 other ailment*. ' Uso jt wjth jeTiiliritjr. f-v? g'^BBira P? Eur F t ?alB by -U Drug!<^STT?R^ Dealer8 CREAM BALM Causes no Pain. |f$^MG icr 01 FHAYFEVER?^ 0nce- Thorough |jfc^ Treatment will t?_ Cure. N'otaLiqi uid or Snuff. Apu,s^, | ply with Finger. HAY"FEVER Give it~a Trial. Co cen's.it Druggist*. 6 > en:? by m?ll registered. Ni?nd fur circular. _ KLY KKUS., 1 r Onregi>, N. Y. Consumption Can Be Cured! ' Hill'S HM. By n Kafa V LUNGS.BALSAM Cure* CoiiMiiiiiption, Cold.*, Pneumonia* InrliH'iizii, Krone-Mini IMlllculties, llronrniti?, lluiirnriii'M, .Wbmn, Croup, Wlioopinc Couirli, a ml nil Dincaxt'H ol" ilio Breathing OiKiin*. II Mootlii'N ami licnli tlio .Heuibraue ol ilit- I.iiiium, i 11IIninc>?l and poiaoued by tlie di?eane, hiiiT prevents tlie niulit awcatii and I tiulitiic-M acroHH tlie client ivlilcb accompany I it. t'oiiMiimiiiioii in not un iucurnble uiiuiidy. ; IIAI.I.'S iiAliS.t.)! will cure you, vr?a tIioiimli pr?lc*Munul aid luilu. -IT -y'TTiTaarrfH-igiM imtm? ii?ibiii lATCIIIIC CHICKENS!! i Ixjntt lo?>k<-d for?come at Pacific incubator * 'V?J will hatch eW*b,tt,r than a ' W/ lien. Simple! compact! rt1AJSj liable! and cheap! Sole 3?S5f'"?y .Hnntif?telure?"M east of ,|*flrrrS the Hoi-ky Mountains. rttt&tzSfSS&fiSK IIKMDKKSO.N ?t /*E_ -< - STOI TKNHOKOKJII, Mannf'n and JobberH of llmiMi Furnishing l,oods, liniatineil and Hotel Ware. Pearl St.. noar Fulton, | N.'V. City. .Send Ntainii nl onre for IIIiih? tinted Cirriilur ?n in? fjiH imrtiriilarw. m ?% n HD INFORMATIONIX REUAHD TO rn rr cheap land rntt Excursion Rates to Texas, Arkansas and California. Pamphlets, eto., describing Imdi fors?le can bnhid by addivssini; J. .1. FOWL Kit, East. Pass. Ag't.Utica, N. Y.: J. D. McKKATH. N. E. PaM. Ag't, Boston; U. W JANOWlTA S. E. P;m. Ag't, Baltimore. Md. II. Il.ilIcCCErXAN. Oen. East.Pass. Ag'tMu.Pac.R.R .243 B'dwy,N. Y. "TO SPECULATORS. R? LINDBLOM & CO., N. G. MILLER&C0. 6 4 7 Chamber of 46 Broadway, Commt-rcn, Chicago. Now York. GRAIN & PROVISION BROKERS | York. Chicago, St. Loma and Milwaukee. \\ liavp ricliisivo private Laleorrapti wire between CMja^o and New York. Will ex^cuto ordrra on ourjndg. lient wli.n fqilf'tod. bend for circular* oontainlnf particulars. ltUHT. LIMJllLuil & CO., Chicago. \V A \'TKI>?LADIES TO TAKE OUR NEW Y7 Fancy work at their homes, in city or country, .' ml earn $0 to$12 |?t week, making goods for our Sjii iik" nii.t Summer trade. Send lor. for sample an 1 P r. :o.! 1.1 rt?. 11 ltd win .Mfg. (Jo., Sixth Ave., N. Y. CiJJSiT Ci'liTritl'.Si Pa;ra, Ciiromo, and copy , rnUJI ,.- n-r PAPER, m.il'd tree. (JRKEN'H 1 l'-|tl ?T<;itll\\ li:it,KocliP>ti;rt V. | rsi() .1IAKI-: .1IONKY MMScttla'n ins'.ock*. fglOand 1 nii var l. Pittmid rails. Explanatory circular b.d; true. NAT ION A1. STOC K CO., liJ liroidway.N.Y. j SKNI? I'OR l.AIUiF. CATALDtiUE Corn I Planters, Drills, Tlire*hiiK Machine*, Steam Engines. Saw Mill*. ptr. \. l\. Far<|iil?nr>Yok, Pa. ^^pTSYS c % r;."*v- " " -? ii i | Easy to line. A certain cure. Not expensive. Three I mnntLs' treatment In one package. Good for Cold ! in the Head, Headache. Dizziness, Hay Fever, Ac. i Fifty cents. By all Druggists, or by mall. K. T. IIAZELTiyE. Warren, Pa. y ^ "^1 ^^ y;- *s?!7*EHf : ur Blood At no ether tlx* 1* th* lyrtec so wioeptttt* to Cv* incflcial *ffeota of reliable tonlo an4 blood pari**.] . | be Impart (tat* of the Mood, the d*rang*d die Mil as,! fc 4 sd the weak condition of tb* bod/, caused b/ 1 talon? ittle with the cold, wintry blaata, all call for th* Tiring, regulating and restoring influenoei to happily ' id effectively coablnod in Hood'a Sarsaparilla. i "I tried a dozen artiolei to cUanse ray blood, bat srer foand anything that did me any good till I began ing Hood'a Sartaparilla."?W. H. Posa, BochwtW 7^ . Y * ? JI^T Beware of Scrofula ~ w.ti. . _i??, i??if |n th. Spring, wh**1 rrnoa U UftUte w ... 10 blood Is la a low and impure condition. - " ( "I ?u lerorely afflicted with scrofula, aud for orm' year had two rjnn:njr sorw on my neck. Took flr?( otties of Hood's Sarsaparill i, and consider myself enrely cured."?C. E. LOVEJOY, Lowell, Mais. G. W. Manley, Canton, O., says: "I hare n?ed food's Barsapirilln, and find it all you advertise It for, nd I cheerfully recommend it to persons who wo m 'ant of a food blood purifior." rsaparilla (old by all druggists, fl; six for $3. Prepared othy iy C. L Hood <t Co., Apothecaries,-Lowoll, Mass. 1 ^Auaa Onr> Dollar. * LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND; IS A POSITIVE CCREFOB \&M A11 t'">s0 PaInfa^ Complaint! * am' Weaknesses so common , *?* ? lo onr bent ?? * FEMALE ropuLATioy.* . / PrlM (1 Is Uijttld, pill tr lo?ng?fom. Its purpose is so'.el-i for the legitimate healing of dU:i3- and the rellrf of jitiitt, and thai it dor* all it claims to do, thousands of ladies can gladly testify. * It will euro entirely all Ovarian tronblc", Inflamma-' tionancl deration. Kalllnff nnd Displace ncnts. and consequent Spinal weakness, and Is particularly adapt* . cd to ine Cliaa :o of Lite. ? It removes Faintness.Flatuleney, destroys all craving for stimulant*. and relievos Weakness of tho Stomach. It cures ninitinar. Headaches, Nervous I*rostratlon, General Debility, Sl^eplcs^ne^s, Depression and Indi (TC'tlon. Tliat feellnprof bearing down, causing pain, and baclca'.-hc, 11 always permanently curcd byita use. Send sram-i tol.vnn, Mns<., for pamphlet. Letter* of inquiry confidentially answered. For satent druggists. ?? ? *? * ??*? ??????? ?? - a oncninn rntf ^IMAK Til. a ortuinu run Epilepsy, w <^EVER MILS^- \ Spasms, Convul6ions> Falling INP 5iU'"m's-VIt Dance, Alcohd* \ ftTHE GREIT?lS svpTw?!', ? Scrofula, -EmjJ III E D II C I UglyBlood ' El C II V C | Diseases, Djspep* mm 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -i <&* Nervousness v Jfervoua Weakness, Brain Worry, Blood Sorts, Biliousness, Costiveness, Nervous Prostration, Kidney Troubles and Irregidarities. $L50. Sample Tcsti'monlnJ*. ? "Samaritan Ncrvino is doing wonders. ; ; Dr. J. 0. McLcmoln, Alexander City, Alv "I feel it mydnty to recommend it." _ Dr. D. P. Langhlin. Clyde, Kansas, "It cured where phynicians failed." < : . Kev. J. A. Edlc, Beaver, Pa. $3" Correspondence freely answered. -?| v > The Or. S.A. Richmond Med. Co^SL Joseph, Mo. For testimonials and circulars send sump. CO It Druggists. 0. N. Crlttenton, Agent, K. t> jjggagmasg THE SURE CURE ??" FOE ' mmmmrnmm KIDNEY DISEASES, LIVER COMPLAINTS, CONSTIPATION, PILES, AND BLOOD DISEASES. PHYSICIANS ENDORSE IT HEARTILY. "Kidney-Wort la the moat suoceasflil remedy I ever used." Dr. P. C. Ballou, Monk ton, Vt.^ "Kidney-Wort la always reliable." Dr. E. N. Clark, 80. Hero, Vt. "Kidney-Worthaecurod my wlfj after two ye?r? offering." Dr. C. M. Bummerlin, Sun Hill, Ga. IN THOUSAND8 OF CA8E8 It has cured where all elaeJiftd^fiiled^^JtUjnlld, Butemcient, tfU'iAU jl-i xxo ahiv.i, out harmless in all caeca. . > ETIt cleanses the Blood and Strengthens atd ' I<tu New Life to all the Important organa of thi> body. The natural action of the Kidnsya la restored. The Liver la oleonaed of all disease, and the Bowels move freely and heal thirdly. In thla way the wont diseases are eradicated from the system. ' g . PEICX, n.00 UQCTD OB DBT, SOLD BT DBTCCH8T8. Dry can be sent by mail. WELLS,' RICHARD SOX 4 CO. Barlla*to? Vt. ? i?nyMaL?BLi?2iiH^ This porous plaster Is 1^ absolutely the bat ever B"fl ^ maac, i-uaiuiuuj? mu i ^ virtues of hops with ?9 |_ A C T ET D gums, balsams and ex- i " ?? B ?5i ? ^ tract* ltd power la wonderful la curing diseases where other plasters simply relieve. Crick in tbo Back and Neck, Pain In the Side or Limbs, Still Joints and tfuscles, Kidney Troubles, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Soro Chest, Affections of the Heart and Liver, and all pains or ache* in any part cured Instantly by the Bop Plaster. 13" Try m m f it. Prlco25 ccnts or five for |LOOl 8 ?k IWV P" Hailed on receipt of prico. Sold by ""* ?~ all druggists and country stores. BS A #1% mr Hop Floater Companv, * D f\ W TV ? Proprietors, Boston, Hon. ? GTFor constipation. lea of appetite ccdd leasee of the bowels take Hawley's S:om?'u and L!rcr Pills. Si cents. Walnut leal Hair Restorer. 4mm?$r , It is entirely different from all others, and as its n^ac indicates is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It will knmedittely free the bead from all dandruff, restore gray tair to its natural color, and produce a new nr.iwth where it has fallen off. It does not affect the health, which bulphnr,su(f?rof lead and nitrate of silver prepar. itions have done. It will change licbt or faded hair in a Tew days to a beautiful glossy brown. Ask your druggist for it. Each bottle is warranted. Smith, Kl ne A Co., Wholesale Ag'ts, Phila.,Pa.,jnJ C'.N'.Cnttenton.N.Y. an BAYS' TRIAL .* n> n HV BYESllI I (BtKoufi.) (AFT1U1.J Til LECTRO-VOLTAIC BELT and other Electric j Appmakcer nr.' g fnt oa m Day*' Trial TO MEX ONLY, YOUNG Oil OLD, who nro 3 ilfennic from Neuvocb Deiiuty. Lost Vitalitv, Wastino Weaknesres, and all kindio 1 dise*??-?. Speedy relief an 1 compbtH r >st<>ration to Health, Viaon and Manhood Guaranteed. Send at once (or Illustrated Pamphlet free. Adlr. ss Voltaio Belt Co,, Marshall, Mich, Paynes' Automatic Engines and Saw-Mill. OUR LEADER. We offer an 8 ti In H. P. mounted Engine prith Mill, L ": n'ff ^ mnlpffl 60-in. solid haw, au it. dh.iuik. waui-nuv^, for operation, on cars, hnjrrae on ski In. fill0 less. 8.'nJ for circular (B). B. W. PAYNE d* HON8* Manufacturers of all styles Automatic hn? Sluca, from 'J to 3.U H. P.: also Pulleys, Hangers and baling. Elmira, N. Y. Box 1850. mwtm ?P6l ^ London Phya* SIHlBaSl ician establishes aa ! B ref CCicoiu Nctr York I Ji P^LEPTjpVrrc.Dr. Ab. Mescrolo (lato of I-ondon), who makes a epo? elaltjr of Epilepsy, ha.? without doubt treated am! cr.rcd more cue* than any other It vine physician. II ia ancecw has simply bean astonishing; wo novo her.rd of cuoa of over 10 years' atandlng aucvpsafiilty ctlrcd by him. II? has published a wort on this dlseaso. wnleh bo senda with a largo bottlo of his wonderful euro freo to any sufferer who may send their express and P. O. Ad-rc>*. V? *Ivjs? anv 0110 wlshlni; n euro to address Vt. AH. Mj^xUiULfl, No. cj Julia St, New Toik. _ f?nnn nnnrtn onri Phiwmno. FJDOi Ufli uo aiiu uuiuiiuir We will Mid free by mail a simnie got of our larsi German, F.en:h and American C.iromo Cards, ob n tinted and jtoM grunt!*, with a pjuo list of oyer CO* .liifieviit d-ni,-non toj 'i|i". of a stamp for pistag*.-. We w:ll a'.si send fr.M liy miil *? samplei, ten of out ?^ IwiiKi ul C'iiro.11 on r-ce n* of t.-n cimiih to pay foi ivickin; and p s'v.'c; a'so inc'osa a confidential price list of our larjw oil chromos. Agents wanted. Addr?si K. (W.K'ASoN ct Co.. ii Suium *r street, Bojton, ESTABLISHED 1878. UA A A|-||TC SAVE AGENTS' Bill AllM I Oprofits! New Sewing Machines for $20 Guaranteed ponitifely new and thoroughly flrst-o Vf iu every particular. \Varrnt;tP?I for five yeant. CM lie returned at our expense it n it as represented. Freights paid by mu to all points. A.C.J0HNSON, 37 North Pearl St., Albany.N. Y D? FOOTE'8 Original 3IETH0DS fll fl FYFQ Made .New without dcc- OF ULU LI LO tors.niLiticuieorKlassc.sTTA Iffl RUPTURE or cucomfortabietrties." " " PHIMOSIS Fl! NERVOUS am! lateral tirafiiient. f ^ CHRONIC JII2R -'nr" ra'Sic." 55SS& Address Dr. K. B. FOOTK, Box 7SS, Y. City. MMG^OD NEW3 ' ?Ml2 LAPSES! x Cireatei-t inducements ever of?2n fered. Now'a jour t:m to K>'t up V?QrniL, order* for our celetntod Teas V^CMOn and I'oflcr*,and secure a beautiJul Gold linnil or Muss Kos- Chin* BWftW Ti'o Set, nr Handsome Uecorsted Gold Bund Mom Hose Winner Set, ortiold Band Mo8* Decorated Trilet Set. K< r mil particular* address Till: (illEAT AMKHICAN TKA CO.. P. O. Boi 289. 81 and 33 Vessey St., New \orlt. CONSUMPTION. I hare a posltlvo remedy f. r tho aWo disease; by tea ma thousands of eases of tho ?or>t kind nnd of long BUndlng havo been cured, Iiiden.l.sogtrontf Is rev falta lu Iti etflcary, that I will sond TWO UOCTl.Ks KKKE, together with a VAI.UABI.K Ti!E.1T1?i: on this disease,to any sufferer. Glvo Expiva and r. O. wMre?% DR. T. A. SLOCl'JI, 1st IVarldu, SewYork. fsi (e>;5Pi * ?? * * -> ~ ui4 f.:...: i" V? f.c ys ?f sn'ii iT aYo." 3i?. i'liau'n*. m. a M PAYS for * I.ifa Sohi>l?r?l]lpin tbo 5 Jf? HD ('oU'lllUII ltllMtnC** OollCjrP. 9 t! N"wnrk. K> w .ler-t-y. PiXHti'>n?_ for III "^IS- ^rnijuatej. Nutional nitron.iff". Writo W " lor Circulars tu H. CULKMAX A CO. - _ ! > s ! i?r- \ ill-: h .St1:: I cumin i"@338E9HS :.,v;:v XUi.'K ("AMI'lirn Mii.K i*? t!n* ! tmnnvil. Prim .5 eotitK. 4 pent* \Vnt;t<"<t i!i" fit--t nr. I I'l'ti^t-sMling t\ Piit .ri:<) look-ati:l HMs. Pti.vj ro iii.'.M X3 Ml :oiit. Xaiional I'cuLi.iiisn Co., r.'iil icl.-lp'iia, P.v Piracy I?: P.tCTOHAI. will c:i ej ur ocll^il. Price iio, ft A TPillTC s,',lll ?' ,!nl' '''"'U' Nut BinVoa rfl a 9* re i Si p-tfii!.-. i' ni.vunAM. p.?fc I H i ! iI I V nt ijmyr. W.-.thlngUm. b. 0. /nilUP MPM .T'pny lifio an.I un will lUUrlU rlCn y.iu rt. i .1 >t <>n. Cimil ir> lroo, fAI.ENTINE BltO*., Juue-viilc, Wi?. /