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IN COMING HOURS. Tn coming hours, when all we say, Makes fullness of our bliss to-day Has faded, as from summer sky The sunset glories slowly die. From gold and rose to dreary gray. And I must learn as bfest I may To watch it, as it fades away; I think I will not moan or cry In coming hours. I think I will not utter " nay,*' Knowing that all things must decay; Nor even weep, or question why, But o'er our d-.-ad dream, tenderly, For blessings for my darling pray, In coining hours. ?All the Year Hound. DEVOTED FRIENDS. CHAPTER I. , Ralph Archer and Louis Plover were held so closely together by the interlacings of friendship that they were rarely ever seen apart from each other. They were employed in the same department of the Arkansaw State government; thev occupied the same room, read the same books, and, at the restaurant, as Archer once declared, always ate off the same table-cloth. Roth Archer and Plover were much given to study. The war having come on just in time to spoil the chances of a professional course at college. the two young men after the giant struggle had ceased, found themselves almost on a financial level with the demonstrative old Southern governor, who, when asked if he could not aid in the construction of a railway, replied, ''You, gentlemen, may not believe it, but I haven't a blamed ccnt." Archer's parents v. ere dead; Plover's father, mother and sister lived a short distance from town, in an old red brick house, where the two friends often spent much of their leisure time. Young Plover was especially devoted to his sister, a tall young women who wore short hair. She possessed a soft, winning voice, but her eyes were cat like; she was easy of manner, but her w ords of greeting echo -d with the hollowness of insincerity. Vain and envious, spiteful and jealous, the keen perception of young Archer told him that nat ure had not grantcd.to herthat rich generositv with which her brother had been wuuu?vu. "Ella," Plover one day said to his sister, "what do you think of my friend ?" "Mr. Archer?" "Yes, you kuow I always speak of him as my friend." "Oh, I like him because he is your friend." "And for no other rea?on, Ella?" "You mustn't ask me that, Lu." "Well, but I want to know, sis." "Arc you afraid that I will marry hira?" \ "Afraid! Why, I would give anything if you should. He is a noble fellow, and quite worthy of you. In fact, he is the only man I would like to see you marry. Tell me, now, don't you love him?" "Lu, you must be crazy. Do you suppose that 1 am going to tell you that I love a mau before I find out that the man loves me? Tell me. Lu, did he ever say anything about me?" "Oh, it is hardly time yet, for you have been home but a short time. Do you know that I cannot bear the idea of your being a governess any longer? I couldn't stand it, that's all." "You are getting off the subject, Bud. Are you sure you never heard hira say anything about me?" "Quite sure. I have never asked him, and he is not the mau to tell me unless I should." "I tell you one thing I've noticed. Every time he comes home.withyou?no, I won't say it." "Yes, vou must. What were you going to say?" "Xo, it is better to leave it unsaid. It would sound selfish." ' Womcmlior rrirl that: vou are talkin? to your brother. What were you going to say?" ''That while down here he always goes over to Gladrow's." "What of that?"' "He goe9 to see Eva Gladrow. That's I what there is of it." "I think not. I have never heard him speak of her." "But have you asked him? You said just now that he was not a man to tell you such things unless you' should ask him. I declare the friendship existing between you two men is peculiar. You never confide your secri-ts toeach other." "Because we have none, doubtless." "No, it is because you don't know how to be friends. You make a pretense of thinking much of each other, bnt I just know it wouldn't take anything hardly to * make you fight." "If he should insult me I would fight him. of course: but understanding each other so well, there is no likelihood of a quarrel. Believe I'll take a stroll. Want to ?0. pet?" "No. Say, Lu, sometime I wish you would nsk hiir." "Ask him what?" "Don't \ou remember? Oh, pshaw, your recollection is not as long as my finger. Ask him what he thinks of me." CIIAPTEK II. Young Archer sat in the Gladrow uarlor. Beside him sat a girl with sunny hair, glowing cheeks, and eyes expressive of tenderest love. " So you had no idea that I loved you. little girl?" taking her hand. "I had hope;! so, but I thought you must love your friend's sister.'' "I don't see what put that into your head.'' " Becausc she is so intelligent, I suppose." "Nonsense, little woman. If she were the only being in the world I could not love her." "Tel! me, Mr. Archer." she anxiously """ nske.l, "arc you quite sure that you really love me* If you should ever discover that you had made a mistake, how awful it would be." "Such a time will never come," he replied, arising, leaning over and kissin? her. " I could love no one else, for I believe that we were created for each other. I know that such words must have an old sound, but they are true, Eva, aud o!d truths are the truest truths that exist." "Are you going so sojgi? "Yes. The Plovers'will keep dinner waiting. Good-bye, sweet girl," putting his arm around her. " I shall see you again soon."' She accompanied him to the door and kissed him. CHAPTER III. "Hello!" cried Plover as Archer was passing through the orchard. "Which way?" "Just coinir to the house," stopping and joining his friend. "I didn't want them to keep dinner waiting.'' "Where have you been roaming around?" "1 am not much ot a roamer, you know. With an easy place to sit and an entertaining book I can content myself without killing time by muscular force." "Have you been reading a book, Archer?" asked Plover, looking slyly at his friend. "Yes, a book of beautiful poems. Shall we return to town this evening?" "Just as you say. I am willing at any time. Father complained this morning because we do not come down oftener. He is growing old and I must humor him. Ella shall not go out again as governess. It makes me mad everv T 1in.?'i blLUG M1.1L X lllllirw OUC lltio UCCil iisuijnjiiuu to work for a living. It shall not occur ajain. Tell me, Archer, what do you think of her i" "How could I think otherwise than well of my friend's sister? I am astonished that you should ask such a question, old boy." "I am rather astonished myself, but it was anxiety. Archer, for it would be a grievous disappointment to know that you did not like her. There's the dinner bell now. We are just in time.'' CHAPTER IV. Mr. and Mrs. Plover were quite old people. They looked as though their spirits, once cay and vigorous had been broken. The empty row of cabins falling into decay; the once rich land now fluted with innumerable gulliesthe black stumps where the boughs of the walnut grove once whispered in luxuriant drowse; the falling roof of the gin house?all may have bad much to do with throwing the shadow of sadness on the faces of the old man and his wife. After dinner the family assembled in the parlor. One by one they went away until Archer found himself and Ella t<> bo the only occupants of-the room. "We are much gratified with your visits. Mr. Archcr," said the young lady, " and we hope that you will accompany brother every time he comes home." "I warmly appreciate the kindness ' you have all shown me, Miss Ella. This place reminds me so much of my own old home, whose smile was blighted by the frown of war, that 1 never tire of contemplating its surroundings." "I hope the inmates, too, receive a share of your attention." "Oh, yes. To the inmates, I think, belong the especial charm." "Thank you. I did not think you ! could be so gallant." "You are mistaking mere truth for gallantry." " I)o you know that I once thought that yonr conversation was surely as musty as the old books you read? Yes, and I could in imagination see you raking the cobwebs from your voice." "An inconsistent conceit, Miss Ella, for in the first place I do not read musty books. Some of them may be old? which makes them all the better?but they are not musty. Mustincss docs not necessarily accompany age. If so, old wine would be no longer sought. Where did Louis go? It was our intention to return this evening." "If you arc not entertained I will call him?'' He looked up quickly, and studying her face, to discover whether the remark were in jest, replied: "Another inconsistent conceit. You must think that I am beyond the range of entertainment." "Oh, no, Mr. Archer. I know that I am dull. I know there are persons with j whom you can find keener enjoyment." I Archer began to grow nervous and j long for a chance of escape. Iler face was Hushed, and with a stare almost brazen, she gazed into his eyes. "You would rather talk to Eva Gladrow, and I vou can't deny it. Oh, I know I am dull." "You are certainly peculiar, Miss Plover." An adroit admission. Peculiar people are always dull. Shall I call ray brother?" "If you please." I.ouis and his father were standing in the yard. She went to the window and called. A moment later Louis entered the room. "Your friend is very restless," she said. "You'd better take him back to town." " Ready any time, Arch. The horses arc at the gate. Good-bye, sis. We'll be down again pretty soon." "Good evening, Miss Plover." "Good-evening, sir." Louis looked in astonishment. "What makes you so silent?" asked Plover to his friend, when they had ridden some distance toward town. "Your own silence, Louis, mu9t have suggested the remark. You have not spoken since wc left the house." " I was thinking of sister." "So was I," Archer could not help but rejoin. "She is a dear girl, Arch, but I fear that you do not understand her." "Rather strange, I think." "How strange?" Louis eagerly asked. "Oh, I don't know." "Of course not. If you knew, she would not be strange. Mystery ceases when we understand it, and the fact that you do not undersjand her, makes her strange. Don't you think she is like my mother?" "No." "Like ray father, eh?" "No, she is unlike any one I have ever seen." "You are not in a very good humor, Aich. I don't believe I eve'r before found you to be so gloomy." CHAPTER V. Archer went down into the country the next day, but instead ol stopping at Plover's, he went direct to Gladrow's. A negro girl met him at the door. "Can I see Miss Eva'f" "But for a moment, sir," replied the young lady, appearing in the hall. Archer advauced, not without perturbation, and extended his hand. The girl drew back. "What on earth is the matter?" he asked. "I don't wish to see you again, sir. You are unworthy of any one's confidence. I do not care to hear an explanation. Oh, you are a villain," bursting into a flood of tears. "Leave this house or I'll call my father. Go, I tell you!" Archer was stunned. Mounting his I horse he rode away. He could not understand the cause of the treatment he had received. He had not proceeded far when he met a young lady with whom he was acquainted?a friend of Miss Gladrow. "Did you sec Eva?" asked the voung lady. "Yes, but she?" "I understand, and have tried to reason with her, but her heart is most broken." "Great heaven, what is the cause of all this?" "I will tell you, but you must not allow ray name to be mentioned. Late yesterday evening Ella Plover, in whom Eva has great confidence, came over, very much excited, and told Eva that she had just rejected your oiler of marriage. 'I told him.' said she, 'that I thought he was in love with you, but he laughed derisively, and replied that you were a weak little thing, credulous and without force of character.' That's the cause, put please don't say I told you." Archer did not go to his room until late at night. The thought of meeting Louis made him shudder. When he entered the room, Louis was lying on the bed, reading. "Ilellow, Arch; been down in the country, eh? Did you sec sister?" "See the dickens!" Louis sprang up. "What do you mean?" "I beg your pardon, Louis. I did not intend to speak so harshly. Your sister has ruined me. "Ruined you!" "Yes. She told Eva Gladrow that I had proposed to her, that?oh, she made me out a wretch, and?" "I don't believe a word of it?" "Well." "Aud more than that, you shall not speak in that manner of my sister."' "You have heard what I said." "Yes, and you shall hear what I say. You have a friend handy, I supnose?" "I am not altogether friendless." "Very well," getting up and putting ? i.:- u \t.. ,..;ii ?.,n Ull 11J3 UlUlilUS. *fl% 11 itUU vwii vuii wu you, sir. Good night." C1IA1TEK VI. An hour afterward arrangements for a duel were completed. The young men were to meet in the country, not far from the Plover residence. Louis ha:i expressed this wish, so that one or both of them, as the case might be, could be conveyed to the old house. The sun had just risen when the parties met in a little Held surrounded by woods. ''Louis." said Archer, "even though we fight, let us remain friends. I cannot bear to think that the long time we have spent together was wasted. The j word friendship was not to be blotted from the page of human intercourse." "Arther," replied Plover, "as a man my heart warms toward you, but as a brother I can shoot you." " Gentlemen,"said one of the seconds, "can't we somehow arrange this unfortunate affair so that blood will not be spilled {" " I am afraid not." Archer replied. "It can be,'' exclaimed Plover. "Tell me from whom you got your information. Then we can investigate," "I canuot." "Then sir. I am readv."' " I don't see any haim in telling him," said Plover's second. " Kven though you were to violate a proinifc you could find cousolation in the thought that you had saved human life." " Your remarks are kind, but unavailing," rejoined Archer. " I believe that my informant told the truth." "I am ready," remarked Plover. "Who is that climbing the fence*'" asked Archer's second. "Your father, Plover. Yes, and he's cot a gun." The old man slowly approached. Taking his gun from his shoulder aud cocking it, he said: " I've got fifteen buckshot in each barrel, and I will kill the fl-st man that says anything about fighting. Oh. I heard all about it. You are a fine lot of fools. Going to shoot each other, eh? Louis, Archer is right. Louis dropped his pistol. "Ella confessed it to me. She and Eva have made friends, and, Archer, she is at my house, wailing for you." Archer dropped his pistol. " Wouldn't this have been a fine come off?" continued the old man. "I am a great mind to take a stick and beat all of you. Let ns go to the house. Breakfast is about ready." Louis and Archcr embraced each other. ? * * * * " I never saw Eva look so happy," remarked old man Gladrow to his wife. "Well she maybe, David, for she's got a good husband, and what more could & girl ask, Pd like to know?"? Arkansaw Traveler. The average salary of college professors in the United States is about $1,000. 1 KING OF THE SUGAR TRADE. CXiAUS SPHECXELS, AND THE POWEB HE WIELDS. IIoiv From Selling: Cheese and Crackers In XowYork sprcckclw Rccauie the blaster of .Tlillioua. A San Francisco letter to the St. Louis (flobe-Democrat thus details the career of a great sugar monopolist: Claus Spreckels, commonly known as the "Sugar King of the Sandwich Islands," wields a power more democratic, if not greater, than than that of any other monopolist in the world. lie is i sometimes more than a Warwick, be! cause he has not remained content with I making the king, but has guided all bis J movements like a puppet, so that he is l actually the ruler of the pigmy realm { and its financial ministry, llis dream is j to exercise equal sway on the coast. Spreckels is a South German, born in" Hanover, a man of small education, who I rami" to this country about lSIJO, and | started in the retail grocery business in Church street, New York. He made | the impression on those who knew him there as a man of great shrewdness and of the thrift which is proverbial of his race. He came to California soon after the gold fever broke out, and at once engaged in the grocery business in this city, preferring it to the hazards and hardships of mining. Every thing which lie touched seemed to turn to gold, lie made large profits in his business. Combining with several of his brothers who had come out to the coast, he bought a quarter interest in the Albany Brewery, in this city, for i?40,000. This was the foundation of his present lar<:e fortune and commercial importance- After running the brewery a few years, h>s keen business instincts saw in sugar-refining a far more I profitable field of enterprise. Tie story of his conquest of the Sandwich Islands in a nutshell, is that he took advantage of the ignorance of a king who wanted money, and that he works his coolics to death. Of Spreckels1 wealth it is impossible to form any accurate estimate, because much of his property is mortgaged, and it is understood the greater part of his fortune is embarked in the sugar business, which is apt to depreciate. lie makes daily, the year round, however, 1530 bar-..lo r.,w,or nnntninfmr 9T."i TlOUnds of 'tl3 l --- -' sugar each, worth an average of $30 a barrel. This makes a business of $18,000 a day, or $0,570,000a year. Ilemakcsa clear profit of $10 a barrel, or $0,000 a day, which amounts to <2,11)0,000 a year, lie controls the entire sugar trade of the coast, which represents $10,000,000 a year. Down at Honululu he puts on more the airs of an autocrat, and his course there lately has put him into disfavor with both the native and foreign population. Last January he loaned the king $1,000, 000. Among his employes Spreckels is probably more popular than any other millionaire on the coast, because he has always treated his people well. He is of medium height, compactly built and dresses neatly. He has the face of a typical German, with the high cheek-bones, fair skin and blue eyes of the Fatherland. His eye is as clcar as that of a young man, and his skin though browned by exposure, is also clean and healthy. His round head is covered with a thick growth of hair, rapidly changing from gray to white. This is the only indication of his years. He has the alert look and movement of a man of thirty, auc in his steel-blue eyes is a look which goes far to reveal his character. He married years ago, when he was a poor man, a comely German girl, who was then employed as a domestic in the family of a large Eastern sugar refiner, | and she has proved a good wife and ?Y.o*i,r.r TVi?v )mvn four sons and one dmghter. The father and the three elder sons, among whom is Adolph, who shot De Young, are members of the Pacific club, in this city, where the sons are general favorites. They arc all finelooking men, of polished address, and have traveled much in Europe. Mr, Sprecklcs is an easy man to got access to, but it is another matter entirely to draw any information out of htm. "When told of the object of the visit he said: "You may put it down that I know what is always good for Claus Spreckles, and never fail to turn this knowledge to account." The Latest Fashionable Folly. "Bleeding is becoming fashionable among young society swells of both sexi's, but is mostly practiced by young men," said a physicicn." " By bleeding persons naturally become a little pale, and this gives them a kind of aristocratic or distinguished appearance. .For instance, if a young man has been rejected by the lady who has upset his reason he can play upon her sympathies by having himself bled. The loss of blood would make him pale and interesting, and he could lounge around nome for a few days and send out a report that he was dying of a broken heart. Ilis paleness would show that something was the matter with him, and it might excite the lady's sympathy, if she had that element in litr icy fashi'm J nble composition. The face could not I be powdered or painted so as to reprej sent illness. The ladies understand that I artifice too well; and a great many are adopting the bleeding process. It is not that they wish to convey the impression that they arc dying by inches from grief. They don't do that now. But occasional bleeding makes them naturally pale, and their pretty faces are more easily colored in consequence. With a white background, or rather face, the face is colored without the preliminary trouble of washing it with a white compound before coloring is put on. The colors stick better, the paint does not show so plainly, does not close the pores of the skin so hermetically; a smoother appearance generally. Then, again, it is not the correct thing in fashionable society to appear too rosy and healthful. It would look as if they followed some occupation for a living. School girls, you know, eat pickles and slate-pencils under the impression that it will make them thin by drying up the blood. Bleaching is the latest device in fashionable society, and is resorted to by both sexes for opposite purposes. During the summer ladies are bleached, or bled, under the impression that the reduction of blood prevents an excess of perspiration?and nothing is considered more unfashionable than to perspire. That is why so many ladies look so cool and icy chilling in the red-hot months of summer. 1 do not know that the young men drink salt water after being bled like the other calves that arc bleached for the m irket by cruel butchers, but no doubt salt water will soon become a fashionable craze in connection with the bleeding process."?Chicago Tribune. The Horse-Trader and the Horse. The habitual horse trader is not always a bad man and neighbor; but he is always supposed to need especial watch ing. lie, certainly, is a double moralist except where he sometimes merges his fin villi; uuuu miu ins uiuuiui uiiu wiiuiiy. j For, the horse, which is among the noblest of animals really, is somehow, practically, a corrupting institution. He contains in himsell pretty nearly all possibilities of the good and the bad. His I scale of developments is of immense i reach; and the worst of it all is, that I his qualities are oniy to be known, within any moderate approximation, by an ex pert. It is hardly credible that under j the visage which seems so guileless there can be hidden so much deception. But j we know, to our sorrow, thai it docs hide there. We generally lind out the day after an unfortunate purchase that the animal driven up so proudly before us yesterday is not the one that now .'imps and wheezes. The real entity was marvclously concealed. It is a wonder that the head of the mythical sphvnx was not mounted upon a horse. If it had been, (Kdipus would have been worse bathed to unravel the mystery. The slipperiness, therefore, of the horse trader, is easily accounted for. lie cannot very well help it. It is altogether probable that he is half the time cheated himself. That he has more virtue than he is credited with is evident from the fact that he is rarely, if ever, known to be rich, and is never a millionaire.?JVeic York Hour. A Bushy Head or Hair. Abundant hair, says the London Lancet, is not a sign of bodily or mental strength, the story of Samson having ftiv-en rise to the notion that hairy men are strong physically, while the fact is that the Chinese, who are the most enduring of all races, are nearly bald; and, as to the supposition that long and thick hair is a sign or token of intellectuality. all antiquity, all madhouses, and all common observations are against it. The easily wheedled Esau was hairy; the mighty Caesar was bald. Longhaired men are generally weak and fanatical, and men with scant hair arc the philosophers and soldiers and statesmen of the world. NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Gloves aro very long, reaching almost to the elbow. Skirts with six or seven tucks are fashionable for young people. It is regarded as vulgar for Mexican ladies to ride on horseback. Tho sleeves of all babies' dresses for all occasions are derigucur long. The navy blue blouse suits for little girls is revived for spring wear. Black, brown, plum-color and gray are the favorite colors for elderly people. Silver pins for the hair have large cubes or balls set with Rhine stones. The linings of cloaks arc of plain satin; quilting is no longer fashionable. Miss Mollie Garfield, daughter of the late President, has entered Yassar college. Accordeon plaits aro much worn. Skirts made with them wear exceedingly well. The uueen of Holland walks about in the street daily, attended only by a single woman. It is said that a woman can travel from one end of Japan to the other unattended, without fear of molestation. Two ladies were baptized in a millpond at Gagetown, Mich., recently, with the mercury twenty degrees below zero. A lady in a Denver theatre the other night wore in her hair six tiny humming birds which formed a half wreath about her head, The prettiest way to finish the cloth basque for a young girl, is to lay double box plaits down the front, entirely concealing the buttons. Skating-bags arc made of dark brown, cardinal or blue velveteen, with the monoirram of the owner ombroidcied iu old-gold on the back. Long dark tan-colored gloves, high buttoned shoes, a red cloth Balmoral skirt, and black, dark brown, or blue hosiery, add to the skater's costume. Felt Langtry turbans, used when skating, arc trimmed with a handkerchief of gay Scotch plaid satin, adjusted to have the four corners point upward like wings. Ladies1 felt hats are now ventilated, like those for gentlemen, the perforations being ingeniously concealed beneath the loops of ribbon or velvet used for the trimming. Ostrich feather fans were never more elegant than now. Long soft tips ~re arranged on both mother-of-pearl and tortoise-shell mounts, the price of these runging from twenty to seventy-five dollars. rw miflwintpr wcildinors uncut velvet is the rich material chosen for the bride's dress, unless she is very young, when heavily repped silk or the traditional bridal dress of satin is preferred. Velvet, gros grain, satin, and brocaded silks or satin, are the materials with which the modistes are busy for the elaborate toilettes used from now until Lent at full-dress entertainments. Carlotta, ex-empress of Mexico, spends only a few thousands a year in her madhouse, and the accumulated interest of her immense fortune has become enormous. Her heirs will be her brothers. The newest caps for babies are of white Surah, embroidered all over, or of piece net, embroidered, and lined with Surah. The ruche around the face is double, one row in shell ruching back of a fluted ruche next to the face. The new plaidcd flannels for children arc in charming shades of red, blue, green, brown, and beige, with dashes of yellow and black, all the combinations of color so arranged as to produce the most delightful harmony with the contrasts. Chicago has a woman dentist. An admirer expatiates on her quiet, gentle mannerof approaching the chair, and the firm but careful handling of the instruments that "cannot fail to encourage the timid and convince tbe skeptical of her proficiency and skill as an operator/' Spring garments for little children arc ingeniously arranged so as do to duty both as suit and wrap by the superimposed draperies, pleatings, and paremcnts on of the princess form, and a small coachman's collar or cape; with pleated or fluted epaulette sleeves of the material, to give the high-shouldered effect. An Explanation of Many Accidents to Railway Bridges. For fourteen years State Goologist Collett of Indianaplis, Ind., has been experimenting upon a belief that the best of iron, when subjected to continuous strain, would undergo changes in its structure, which would, after a time, render its use dangerous, and that in these structural changes was the explanation of many otherwise unexplained accidentsTparticularly to railway bridges, lie has lately undertaken a systematic investigation, which has resulted in a confirmation of his theory. For experiment he took from the Wabash dam at Dclphia a number of bolts and spikes, which were, when the dam was constructed, the best quality of malable bar iron, ae is shown by the battering of the heads when they were put into the structures. He found that 10 per cent, of the whole number were as weak as cast-iron, while 90 per cent of those which were near tne Douorn 01 the dam were worthless. Of those which were rotten the tips, when broken, showed polished ends to the connectng fibers, indicating that the continued vibrations of many years had polished aud rounded the points of fibrous structure. A similar eiTect is found in the "partings" or "horseback" in coal mines, which become polished and striated by the continuous quiver and motion of the crust of the earth. Dr. Collet says that all car axles, after a reasonable run, become crystallized two-thirds of the length from the hub, and one-third from the outside extremity, rendering them worthies?. On one Indiana railway bridge he found that the bottom parts of the vertical strain pieces were crystalized from two to four feet in length, and, as a precaution against what would inevitably have caused a great catastrophe, they were replaced. The matter is one of great interest to railways, and the specimens which Dr. Collet has collected in his experiments arc to be sent to Stephens' Technological Institute, where an investigation of the subject has been in progress for several years by a scientist connected with the institute. A Voice From the Dead. A circumstance of rcccnt origin,which is vouched for by people of Christian character and high social standing in this community, confirms this strange story of biological conditions. A couple of years ago Willie Lord, a young man well known and well liked in Pontine and Detroit, lost his life in Washington. There was no preliminary sickness, as his death was caused by drowning. At the time he died, a lady, the member of a family who were all intimate friends of the young man, was living in New Mexico. She was formerly Miss Virginia Palmer, of Pontiac, and is now, I think, 31 rs. Anderson. Tins muy who, m common with her family, regarded Willie as a dear friend, was sitting in her room in New Mexico with open windows, when she heard a well-known whistle?a snatch from a b.ir of music, with which young I.ord always announced his coming. Her first thought was one of mingled pleasure and surprise; pleasure at seeing her friend and surprise that he should be in that far distant part of the country. But there was no mistaking the repeated strain of the signal-whistle. She ran to the windows; he was not there. To ihe doors. No one had seen any person. The event so impressed her that she sat down and wrote to Mrs. Lord, and the bereaved mother answered that at that time her son was dead. Was it then the music of the spheres that had been conveying an unintelligible message to earth-bound ears??Detroit Free 1'resi. A Mania for Policy. "I guess that old man must have spent ever $(50,000 on policy," said a gentleman to a reporter, pointing to a gray whiskered, stoop-shouldered, troubled faced looking person, who had just emerged from a suspicious-looking "exchange otlicc" on the Bowery, New York, "1 knew him in New Orleans," lie continued, "when he was in business for himself pnd was worth at least $40,000. To-day he is not worth a cent. He makes a precarious living as a copyist. and never gets hold of a dollar but what bo will invest a portion of it in policy. In his palmy days he would invest hundreds of dollars in lottery tickets; now he often plays a 'gig ' for two cents, and upward. He never patronizes a gaming table, but policy playing his been a mania with him for the past thirty years, and of the thousands he has squandered I do not believe he ever received one per cent, in return. I have often given him a dime or a quarter. I tell you, this gambling business?any way you may fix it?is worse on a man than drink."?Neva York TeUgram. STORIES ABOUT A SCOUT. THE LIVELY CA&EBB, 07 " LIVME ATI WO JOBVSOH." Kp I nodes in the Campaign Agaln?t Chief Joseph?How the Scout Got Hiw Name?Scared Soldiers* "The first time I inct Liver-Eating Johnson, the scout," said an officer of the Seventh Ilorse, "was in 1877, when we were out after the Nez Perces. It was nrcttv lively campaigning that sum- | incr and what with Howard, Miles and Sturgis in the field, trying to capture Chief Joseph, good scouts were in demand, for every small party detached from either of these three columns operating against the Indians must have a guide; and he must be one who knew his business, able to detect the faintest signs of Indians, and quick and sure on the trail. Joljnson came to us from the Crow agency at Stillwater, where ho spent most of his time when not engaged in trapping. A tall, burly fellow, standing more than six feet in his moccasins and weighing over two hundred pounds, his strong, well-knit, muscular frame and his face, framed in amplitude of flowing board and curly locks, would have made him conspicuous in a crowd anywhere. "lie was a first-class scout, bold and quick to scent danger. You sec he had lived so long among the Indians that he was up to all their tricks. But Liver Eating's forte was telling stories of frontier life, and he had a good stock of them at his tongue's end. There was hardly a night during thatcampaign that a group of officers did not gather at the camp-fire to listen to him. So admirable a reconteur was he that the thought often niviirrrd tome?and. I nresume. to oth ers?that, with proper education, he might have made his mark in the world. Of course, like many a frontiersman, especially wb.en speaking of his own exploits, he was greatly given to exaggeration?lying, we call it in Montana?but his stories, whether truthful or lyine, were, as I have said, always entertaining, and never failed to draw a full house. If I remember rightly, he said, he had spent the summer of '7(5 (the year of the Custer fight) In Whoop-Up country. That's the country north of Benton and near the international boundary line. It is the paradise of smugglers and horse thieves, where the traders have their houses built right on the line?half on American and half on British soil. They have revolving or reversible bars, so that when they see the mounted police coming to hunt for contraband whisky they transfer the stock to the American side of the shanty and keep on dealing out their villainous 'rotgut.' "But, with all his keenness while scouting. I noticed Johnson generally took mighty few chances himself, and ran no risks that could be avoided. Coming across some very fresh signs of bear while hunting, I asked him to go in the brake with me and see if wo could find the game. With a perfectly sober face, he said: 'Well, Lieutenant, you and your man go in and stir him up, and I'll shoot him when he comes out on the other side.' One day, while scouting near the mouth of the Musselshell, he pointed to a belt of timber near at hand and remarked: ' There is where I got the name of Liver-Eating. You sec,' said he, ' there was a party of twenty of us hunters and trappers camped here in '08. The country was just full of game and Indians, and beaver was almost as thick as bullalo. We were having splendid luck, and our camp was just piled with pelthv. But one morning we were jumped by a band of abont fifty Sioux, who circled toward us, whooping and ycllinjr like devils, and firing under the necks of their ponies. We gave them a volley, nnd the Indians, thinking we were armed with the common rifle, rushed in. But most of us had repeating rifles (it was the first season we had them in the Territory), and ns they came on we gave them another round, which fairly staggered them, but when we pulled on them again a more surprised lot of bucks you never saw. They skinned out quick, but we gave it to them on the run, nnd dropped nearly every last one of them. "i saw one buck tumble from his pony and crawl into the bush, so I went in after him. Putting my knife into him, I gave it a turn, and when I pulled it out there was a piece of his liver sticking to the knife. So I held it up and yelled to the fellow next tome: 'Say, Jim, won't you take a bite?' That's all ' ^ t tiiere is 10 xne siory. ouuic jsuv i uic n., but it's a lie." "They do say," continued Captain , ''that Johnson really ate a piece of the liver as Indians sometimes do, believing thev acquire the brave qualities of the mnn they have killed. I remember one dny while scouting with a detachment, we came upon Joseph's trail. It was near the foot of the Heart mountains, and miles away from the columns of Sturgis. The trail was very fresh, and at a little distance aheud of us could be seen the bodies of two white men. As soon as LiverEating, who was in the lead, struck the trail and saw the bodies lying there he came galloping back, and yelled out: "There have been more than a million Indians here inside of ten minutes.' Well, sir, you could have knocked me down with a feather, for I was scared; and when I looked around and saw the white faces of my men. more than half of whom were green recruits. I was afraid of a stampede, but I instantly gave the word to dismount, leaving every fourth man to hold the horses of the others. This, of course, prevented the men from stampeding; and then I ordered the scout to ascend the hill in front and look for Indians. lie refused at first, but I told * "? M 1. J?._1 J liira lie was a ueaa man n ne aisoueyuu, and, seeing I meant business (and I would have shot liim, sure), he rode on. Cautiously ascending the hill he took one look and fouud no Indians. " That Joseph was the slipperiest customer I ever saw, and led us all a pretty dance-that summer before ho was captured. On examining the bodies we found them to be two prospectors that Sturgis had hired as scouts. One was dead and the other was shot to pieces, having five bullets in him?twe of them through the body?but he was still alive, and told us it was the Nez Perces that did it. Well, wo fitted the poor fellow out as comfortably as we could wilh blankets, and, leaving him eighteen canteens full of water, started for camp. "When Sturgis came up the next morning the man was still living, and had drank up all the water we had left for him. We had no transportation, so the general had a travois fixed for the poor fellow and detailed a couple of men to take him to the Crow agency. I really think he micht have pulled through, but, as we learned afterward, the Indians came across their trail and killed the whole party. As for Liver-Eating, I was told lie came to the States with a party of Crow Indians, and was traveling with a circus. Indeed, I think he exhibited in Minneapolis, but won't be certain of it. I presume the example of Buffalo Bill was too much for him, and he thought there was more money in a circus than in trapping or scouting."?St. Paul PioneerPi ess. Rachel's Tomb. A correspondent of the New Orleans Timcs-Dc?wcral says in a letter from the Holy Land : Still further on we arrived at Kachel's tomb, a modern square white structure, made out of coarse plaster, roofed over a dilapidated dome. Uv a singular coincidence of traditions, Jews, Moslems, Armenians, Greeks, Latin and Protestant Christians all unite in pronouncing this tlicspot where Rachel's life went out and Benjamin's began, when Jacob and his family were journeying Southward from Bethel. The pillar which Jacob sorrowfully set up to mark the site which has now passed away, but the general locality is fuitlifully cherished in the hearts of the people. The tomb lies at the very junction of the Bethlehem and Hebron roads. We took the latter, of course, pursuing a journey that had been trodden before us by Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, David, Saul, Samuel, Solomon and most of the patriarchs and prophets of the Old Testament. Across the valley to" the right, as we turned our backs on the tomb, was the modern village of Beit-Jela, with some 4,(100 inhabitants, all Christians, and the majority Latin and Greek church dignitaries. The village was apparently one of the most attractive in the Holy Land. IIow to Avoid the Press of Business :'It is a mutter of life and death. You are overworked, sir, and must take a rest." "That is impossible, doctor. My best men are all sick, my customers are coming in by the hundreds, and I must be at my post." "if your custom should temporarily drop off you could then find time to rest, couldn't you?" "Certainly; but how ran I temporarily 011 p off my old patrons from rustling in j me, even if the case should be, as you ' say, a matter of life and deaA?" "Easy enough. Stop advertising!"? ' Philadelphia Call. I - -J |M?-' ' SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. In animals precocity is generally a sign of inferiority; compare the chicks of the hen and of tho robin, a colt with a kitten, and the comparatively well-developed caterpillar with the footless grub of the bee. A St. Louis man has discovered that catfish skin makes elegant leather, and proposes to get out a patent and make a fortune. He uses it for everything, for shoe-laces to slippers, cabas, pocketbooks and fancy pocket-case covors. The leather is light gray in color, very soft and tough. Skating rink floors are now made of paper. It is done by pasting and pressing straw boards together under a powerful hydraulic press, in the same way as the disks of the paper car wheels are made. When these blocks arc perfectly seasoned and dried, they are sawed into flooring boards and laid with the edge of tho paper forming the surface of the floor. This surface is sand-papered until it is ns smooth as one vast sheet of ice, and the adhesive quality of the paper prevents any slipping of the roller upon the floor. The floor is without joints, perfectly smooth and comparatively noiseless. The dwarf coco grows abundantly everywhere around the city of Tepic. From its kernel tho finest lubricating oil knowji is extracted, as well as the base for a soap, whose appearance and excellence would meet with universal favor. Why 6ome one has not amassed a fortune from the manufacture o( this oil here is one of the many mysteries of favored Mexico. On the low lands, cotton, sugar-cane, coffee, corn and tropical fruits are easily grown, while the elevated plateaus and valleys yield a magnificent grade of wheat. And yet, strange to say, in this populous section, constantly traveled, not a single flo.ir or grain mill is to be found nearer than Guadalajary, 250 miles from the coast. Observations concerning the effects produced upon our planet by the periodically annearinc snots on the sun have given very contradictory results, and have established thus far only the single fact that solar disturbances strongly affect the earth's magnetism. It is very !)robable that sun-spot influences may lave a certain real effect upon terrestrial climates, but much further research will be necessary to prove beyond a doubt that they do. Professor C. A. Young affirms, however, that it has already been shown that such influence, if it exists at all, is very slight and difficult of detection ; that it is not dominant, or even very powerful,in terrestrial meteorology: and that there is no reasonable ground for expectation that the periodicity of sun-spots will ever enable us to predict the season in advance. Native Treatment of Diseases in India. Regarding the native treatment of diseases, one of the most curious things I ever witnessed was a half-clad native shouting through the streets of a country town: "Does any one want back his sight? One rupee only!" as if he were hawking fruits or sweetmeats; and to my astonishment,' a patient soon presented himself to be operated on for cataract. There, and then, standing in the bazaar, the itinerant oculist took out his penknife and performed the operation in a few minutes, bound up the man's eyes, and telling him to Keep in the dark for a fortnight, received his fee of one rupee, and shouted his warcry for more patients. The operation was mosc unvaryingly successful; one instance among my servants being a woman of eighty, who had charge of my fowl house, and had for many a day been sightless, except to distinguish light from darkness, and who in this way was successfully operated upon. Eeside this operator are bonesetters and medical rubbers, male and female, especially represented by the hereditary low caste accoucheuse of each i village, whose skill in shampooing is such an aid iu her lowly calling?as to supplant much of the useless medicine and enforced rest of more civilized countries, and save endless mischief and suffering to her sex. What skill they have is, of course, almost purely traditional. None of the science of the world or British usage has yet altered in the slightest degree either the customs of the native or his horror at the idea of male physicians for women. To supply a vacancy so long unfilled, lady doctors have now appeared on the scene, who, it is hoped by reaching the zenanas, may reach the real source through which a higher enlightenment in India is possible. An immense field is open to ihem along with every encouragement, and were but some of the many young ladies at home who are straining health for a future pittance in one or another of the spheres of teaching to turn their attention in this direction, they would find an opening ol wider and greater utility before them, and a prospect of large and rapid emolument.? Chambers'Journal. Ancient Missals. The term ' missals," in general mod em parlance, is applied to the ancient books or manuscripts of the Roman Catholic religious service which has been handed down to us from mediajval i or later times in public or private colI lections, national museums, monasteries, convents and libraries. They offer valuable examples of the state of the bookmaking arts in the different periods tc which they belong. They form monuments of art, history and literature, which eveu time and human vandalism have respected. Modern bookmaking produces nothing to compare with these magnificent specimens of artistic intelligence, ipanual skill and industry, and the modem bookmaker, whatever his skill may be, can learn much from these landmarks of the development of the artist, the binder, the caligrapher, the paper maker, the designer and the in nropinna mptal<i enamels and rich stuffs. The most ancient missal known is that of Vercelli, said to have been written by St. Eusebius, who died 370 A. D. The most ancient secular illuminated work known to modern writers is the Virgil ol the Vatican, which belongs to the period of the close of the fourth century. Ancient Byzantium was celebrated for its professional illuminators?both of seculai and religious works. St. Augustine introduced the art of illuminating intc England and thcnce into Ireland, and the Iiish monastic missals arc among the finest examples both of the illumination and general bookmaking of the time. Through Charlemagne's protection of the learned Alcium of York, schools of illumination and caligraphy were established in Paris and other cities of the empire. The effects of these schools upon th< missal art of the monasteries was natu rally great. One of the finest production." of that period is the Evangelary ol Charlemagne. The Ittbliotheque National in Paris contains the best exam pies of the Carlovinginn missals in Eu rope. The Astor library in New Yorl possesses a superb work of this period, valued at a thousand pounds.?Art Age. The Empress of Austria. According to a French paper, hardly any one at Vienna knows the empress, and many Viennese have never seen her, Though a grandmother she has still ar elegant figure. She owes this to horse 1.. ? tt?. DftCK cxercisc UI1U lu cmij lismy. 11V.I disdain for popularity and the people has its source in her attachment to the old prerogative of the crown which the em peror has resigned. She guards the court against the invasion of new ideas, and would conscnt to mingle with tilt people at fetes if she thought they still respected their princes. But she knows the sacred character of the throne has disappeared in their eyes. The empress who disdains to show herself at balls, is curiously enough the intimate friend of circus riders. On the eve of the grand religious processions, in which formct empresses tool: part, cscortcd by pages and ladies, she has convenient illnesses, which enable her to go to the country; but she hns one virtue, rare in emperors' consorts: she never meddles with politics. She is despotic mistress of her household, the first huntress in the world, and might be the first professor of circus equitation of her time. She believes in Homoeopathy, violent exercise and in shampooing. (ireat Singers Greedy. A well-known lmpressario declares that great singers will not allow manaI gers to owe them. They want their salary before going on the stage at night. Albani. the great contralto, always insisted on having her salary before singing a note. Then she would place it inside her corset. "I know not how it is," Bhe would bay, placing her hand over the money, "but the words come out better when I know it is here." Mungini, the tenor, always placed his money in his left stocking. Badiali, the baritone, wore a belt and kept his monev and gold pieces there. During afternoons on which he sang he amused himself by weighing the gold in a pair of apothecary's scales. THE HOUSE OF CLAY. There was a house?a house of clay, Wherein the inmate sang all day, Merry and poor. For Hope sat likewise heart to heart, Fond and kind?fond and kind, Vowing he never would depart? Till all at once he changed his mind? "Sweetheartgood-bye!" He slipped away , And shut the door. But Love came past, and looking in, With smiles that pierced like sunshine thin, Through wall, roof, floor. Stood in the midst of that poor room, Grand and fair?grand and fair, Making a glory out of gloom. Till at the window mocked old care? Love sighed?" all lose and nothing win;" Ho shut the door. Then o'er tho barred house of clay, Kind jasmine and clematis gay Grew evermore? And bees hnmmed merrily outside Loud and strong?loud and strong, The inner silentness to hide, The steadfast silence all day longTill evening touched with finger gray The close shut door. Most like the next that passes by, Will bo the angel whose calm eye Marks rich, marks poor; Who pausing not at any gate, Stands and calls?stands and calls; At which the inmate opens straight? Whom o'er tho crumbling clay house falls He takes in kind arms silently And shuts the door. HUMOR OF THE DAY. The old slipper strikes the hardest in the fall.?Lowell Courier. Motto for crazy quilt manufacturers: "Blessed are the piece-makers."?Chicago Sun. Although photographing is dull, new features are constantly being introduced in it.?New York News. Mrs. Partington says that it is not true that her son Ike has ulsters in his throat.?Somcrtille Journal. "Now your talk has the true ring,'' said the girl to her lover when he began to speak of a diamond circlet. In newspaper parlance the merchant who gets anead of his fellows is the one who has the "ad" vantage.?Philadelphia Call. There's love on a railroad, Lovo in a carriage; Lots of it in courtship, Not much in marriage. ?Chicago Ledger. Boy (with feeling)?"I'm an orphan, and father's broke his legs and is in jail, and mother's in an insane asylum, and if I go home without any money they'll lick me."?Boston Beacon. A young man, dressed in elaborate style, Put on the skates with a confident smile; "But in spite of his "gall." His pride got a hard fall, And now nis head is too big for his tile. ?Norristown Herald. A clothing dealer1 hung out an overcoat for a sign, and marked thereon "Hands oil! Beware!" A thief observed , it, and, shouldering the responsibility, remarked, "Hands on! Bejvorn!"? Pittsburg Chronicle. When old Jacques broke through the ice: "Your name? Your addressl" "Yes, but?" "Not a word! It is forbidden to bathe in this lake, and I am not here to listen to extenuating circumstances."?La Caricature. When you hear the old veteran with a head like an oyster bowl, telling the old story of the weather back in the twen| ties, you perceive that, in spite of the progress of invention, tnere nas Deen no improvement in lying worth mentioning. ?Lowell Courier. "I didn't see you out at th9 party," said one Benedick to another Friday. "No, I was tending awake," was the answer of the other, as he thought how he promenaded the bedroom for four mortal hours with a kid that refused to be comforted.?Marathon Independent. Actres3 (to washerwoman who has brought her bill)?"How can you be so impertinent as to dun me in this way?" Washerwoman?"Impertinent 1 What do you mean? Who are you, I should like to know? If I choose to pay sixpence for a gallery ticket, you have got to faint on the stage for my amusement." ? Cologne Zeitung. , "I wish I was an owl," said the young lawyer, as he sat by her side late one evening! "Why?" she asked. "Because I could stay up all night, you know, dear," he replied. "What would you want to do such a ridiculous thing as that for?" sh* tittered. "Td wit: to t woo."?Pittsburg Chronicle. Royal Elephant Fights. > A royal elephant fight iu Burniah is thus described: There were fifteen elephants on a side. A pair of them are never started alone at a fight. The fights are always arranged for the amusement of the nobles, and are great events. The battle is terrific. The elephants aro given toddy, made out of the fermented juice of the palm, which they drink out of buckets. Jersey lightning is like water compared to the stuff. It makes the elephants reel and scramble about like drunken men. They snort and trumpet and create a terrible racket. In the fight at Theyatmo the mahouts or drivers straddle their necks and urge them on. The beasts had been maddened by prodding and beating, and rushed at each other like mad. There were some that | wheeled around and ran away, but those ' that kept on made the earth shake when they came together. They ran right into cach other. They locked tusks, and gored | and lashed one another with their trunks. Tusks were run into elephant shoulders | six or eight inchcs. The fights in India | are the same, of course. In Burmah | fights take place between elephants and ' tigers. King Thebau has men fight 1 tigers. The Burmese in power are cruel. One king used to make the people lie ' dotvn for his pony to .walk over. . "The Place of Gold." ' At Cuzcn, in Persia, is a temple of the 1 sun called Coricaucha or *'The Place of Gold," one of the most magnificent edi> fices of the East. On the western wall, ' and opposite the eastern portal, was a splendid representation of the sun, the ' gOU UI IliC liuiiuu, ao wuoxatcn ui a i human face in gold, with innumerable ! golden rays emanating from it in every i direction; and when the early beams of the morning sun fell upon this brilliant golden disk, they were reflected from it as from a mirror, and again reflected I throughout the whole temple by numbc-less plates, cornices, bands and imi ages of gold, until the temple seemed to plow with a sunshine more intense than ' that of nature, f ? A Pointed Epitaph. Genius, eccentricity or an ambition to be heard from after death puts some sin: gular inscriptions upon the grave stones ? in almost every churchyard of the land. In New Jersey the following is found upon the headstone of a crabbed oid man who did not care very much for mankind : when he was living : 1 Bea'ler, pass 011?don't waste your time On bad biography and bitter rhyme; 1 For what l am this crumbling clay insures, . And what I was is no affair of yours! ' Found No Poison. ^ Dr. Samuel K. Cox, D. D., Practical [ Analytical Chemist, Washington, D. C., ' who made thorough and careful analyses, ; reports that there is neither morphia. [ opium, emctlcs nor poisons in the Red Star Cough Cure; that it must prove a ' boon to those whose systems shrink from ' the use of such compounds, and espec1 Lilly to mothers, who justly dread the ! evil, and, at times, fatal effects of these dangerous drugs. He further states it is not only free from all opiates, poisons and emetics, (a thing which not one ' cough preparation in ten can boast) but it is altogether an original and most happy combination of the best remedial agents, and is as harmless as it is effective. Wooden buttons are preferred by English tailors. Red Star a trade\^7mark. /'rani ioughfure Free from Opiates, Emetics and Poison*. A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE For CoQffhft, 8ore Throat* Uonrtcne*#, Inflncnia, ColJis Bronchitis Croup* Whooping Cough, Attkaia, QuintTi Paint la Cheat, ?"?l < tlier flection* ?f tlu Throat ?n<i I,ung?. ffcici 60 CtMT* a Borrtr. At Dm?ooi^ a*?? TI1K CMAKLE8 A. TOtiKLKil lOf TANY, BaJflavn, Maryland, C?Si A* i ' f The chief advantage"secured In the new upright pianofortes which the Haaon & Ham* lin Company are now introducing is, undoubtedly, in their quality of tone, which is, of ooorse, the fundamental excellence in any piano. By their ne w arrangement, tbe strings re accurately and securely held; being subject to little or nft variation from changes of temperature, humidity of the atmosphere, etc. More perfect and accurate vibrations of the strings are thus secured, which are essential to tunes entirely musical, and free from mere I maiha Tti* rrroafi?r HtirflhflftV And fPflfidflm from liability of the Mason <5fc Hamlin piano to get out of tune come from the same cause. This improvement in these pianos is added to the best modes of construction heretofore employed.? Boston Traveller. Of the 32,000 Indians in Dakota 80,000 speak the English language. A Prize Id the Lottery of life which is usually unappreciated until it is lost, perhaps never tQ return, is health. What a priceless boon it is,aud how we ought to cherisn it, that life may not be a worthless blank to us. Many cf the diseases that flesh is heir to, and which make life burdensome, such as consumption (scrofula of the lungs) and other scrofulous and blood diseases, find a complete cure in Dr. R. V. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" when all other remedies have failed. Dr. Pierce's pamphlet on consumption mailed for two stamps. Address World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. " Beware," said the potter to the clay,and it became ware. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is to be had at the nearest drug store for a dollar. It is not claimed that this remedy will cure every disease under thesun,but that it does all that it claims to do, thousands of good women know and declare A man never wakes up his second baby tc ea it laugh. All Men Are Liars," said David of old. He was probably prompted to make the above remark after trying soma unreliable catarrh remedy, naa ne Deen permitted to live until the present day, and tried Dr. Sage's Remedy, be might have had a better opinion of mankind. We claim that no case of catarrh can withstand the magic effects of this wonderful medicine. One trial of it will convince you of its efficacy. By druggists; fifty centa. When is coffee like the earth? When it is ground. Delicate diseases of either sex, however induced. speedily and permanently cured. Consultation free. Book three (act.) stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. The Russian czar gets $3,210,000 a year. The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver Oil in the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy livers, upon the seashore. It is absolutely pure and sweet Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have docided it superior, to any of the other oils in market, Mado by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough kin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, mada by Caswell, Hazard k Co.. New York. " ItousU on Cenfba." Ask for " Rougn on Coughs." for Coughs Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Troches, 15c Liquid, 25c. The Proprietor of Ely's Cream Balm do not claim it to t>e a cure-au, dui a sure remedy for Catarrh, Colds in the Head and Hay Fever. It is not a liquid or a snuff, but ia easily applied with the finger. It gives relief at once. Sold by all druggists. Price 50 cents. By mail 60 cents. Ely Bros., Owego, N. Y. I Suffered for more than ten years with that dreadful disease catarrh, and used every available medicine which was recommended to me. I cannot thank you enough for the relief which your Cream Balm has afforded me.?Emanuel Meyers, Winfield. L. L I was troubled with catarrh for seven years previous to commencing the uso of Ely's Cream Balm, some live months ago. It has done for me what other so-called cures failed to do?cured me. The effect of the Balm seemed like magic.?C.L.Huff.Biddeford,Me. "Eon?b an Pain." Cures colic, cramps, diarrhoea; externally for aches, pains, sprains, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism. For man or beast. 36 and 50x I,ovett'? Guide to Frnlt Culture. This is undoubtedly oae of the best and most useful publications issued by nurserymen in this country. . It is really a valuable work on Horticulture, giving full instructions for planting, pruning, culture and managa ment of fruits of all kinds, and impartial descriptions of all worthy varieties. It is a book of over 70 pages, with an illuminated cover, elegantly printed and embellished with hundreds of engravings and several colored plates true to nature. Price, with colored plates, Wets.; without plates, 5 eta. Everybody at all interested in fmit culture should send to T. J. Lovett, Little Silver, New Jersey, and get a copy. Tbln People. "Wells' Health Renewer':restores health and vigor, cures, dyspepsia, sexual debility. $1. 1 The Use of Brackets. i Thou little trickey Puck! With autictoys so funnily bestuck; Light as the singing biru that wings the air, (Carboline, Carboline restores the hair.) Mothers. If you are failing; broken, worn out and nervous, use "Wells' Health Renewer." $1. Drgta. Florida has a town named Hurrah. Important. When yon visit or leave New York city. siveba*ifi?i, I expression sad $3 carriage hire, snd stop at the Gran! Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central depot. > COIelenn rooms, titled up at a cost of one railliia dollars, 111 and upward per day. European plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the b?t. liorsactrs, stages and elevated railroad to all depsts. Familial can live better for le^s money at the. Grand Uaioa i Hota) than at any other first-class hotel >a tha city. Vert stale bread -The crust of the earth. After Diphtheria The system Is left wuk and orercame by genenl debility, and anemia or laok of blood is apt to persist for { soma time. A reliable medicioe to act as a tonic and to vitalize and enrich tho blood Is yery much needed, and for this purpose Hood's Ssraaparilla has no eqnal. It has just the elements of richness and strength required to brine back robnst health. "Diphtheria left me in Terybsd condition, suffering particularly from indigestion and lameness m the stomach. At times I could not stand up nor take a long breath. Hood's Sarsaparilla has done me so much good that I am glad to testify to its superior elflcacy."?Mm. e. e. Macombib,Charlestons, M:sj, J. H. Burgess, North Middleboro, Mass., had s?TrB children sick with diphtheria. Thsy all pulled through, but in bad condition, as their systems seemei ' poisoned by the disease. Hood's Sarsaparilla restore 1 the whole seren to perfect health. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by druggists, 91; six for 45. Mids only by O. I. HOOD A CO., Apotheoaries, Lowell, Msss, I 100 Doses One Dollar. n n n badway's K n K READY ll.ll.ll.HFI IFF CURES AMD PREVENTS i Colda.Couyha, Sow Throat,Inlammatlona, Bheumatiam, Beuralgla, Headache, Toothache, Asthma, Difficult Breathing-. CUBES THE WORST PAINS In from ona to twaa<7 minute*. Nat ana baur alttr raiding this adTertiaement need any ona SUFFER WITH PAIN. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF la a Core for Every Pain. Spralnsf BruMe* Palni in tbc Hack, Client or Llinbs. It ?trh the Firnt and is tbc Only PAIN REMEDY That instantly atop* the moat excruciating pain, allaji Inflammation, and enras Congestion*. whether of lha Lung*, Stomach or Bowcln, or other gland* or organ* bj oae application. It beizod with tbraatoaed I ^ PNEUMONIA, i membranes, after eipoaur* to cold, tret, etc., los* no time, but apply Radway'a Relief orer the part aOectod with oongestiou or inflammation and turn tbe patient. A teaspoonful in half a tumbler of water will 111 a few minutes cur* Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach. Heartburn, Nerrousness, Sleeplessness. Sick Hfcadache, Diarrhcoa, Djiesteiy, Colic, Flatulency, and all internal paina. MALARIA C'l'RED IN ITS WORST FOIl.US. There i* not a remedial agent in tbe world that will ear* Fever aod Af uo and all other Malaii .as, Bilious *?d other fersis, aided by UADWA Y'M i* I /, LS i so ?ulckss RAD WAY'S UKADY KKMEF, Fifty cents per bottle. Maid by Drufgiat*. Sr. Raiway's Sarsaparillian Resotat. THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, For the Cure or All Chronic Diseases. Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula. Syphilitic Complaint*, eto. (tee our book on Venereal oto.; price twenty-tiT* cental, (iiandnlar Swelling, liaoking Dry Couth, Oancertus Affections. Bleeding of tho Lungs, Dyapspsia, Water Branh, White Swellings, Tumors, Pimplos, Blotohes, Krupti'ins of the Face, Ulcer*. Hip Diseases, Liojt, Dropay, Rickets Salt Rheum, B onchilis, Consumption, Diabotes, Kidney, Bladder, Lifer Complaints, etc, SCROFULA, Whether transmitted by parents or acquired, is within the curatirn range ol the .SAK.SAt'AUlLLIAN RESOLVENT. Carea have b*en made whori persons hare been afflicted with Scrofula lrum their vouth up to So, Aland 40 years of age. I.r ?|{. KADWAY'S SAKSAPAItlI.<l,IAN KIXH.Vfc.NT, a remody cotnpeaed ui ingredienta of eitraoidinary medical properties, canal al to purify. h?al, repair and iuflgorate the broken down and nested body. Quick, pleasant, safe and permanent in it* treatment and cut*. Sold by all dmggists. One dollar u. buttle. i Dr. Railway's Regulating Pills J For the cure of >11 disorder* of the Stomach, Liver, I Bowels, Kidneys, Bliddxr, Nervous Di?*aaes; Loss of Appetite, Headache. Constipation, Costivmsts. Indireatlon. Dya[iepaia, BiiiaiisneM, tev?r, lnfUmmali >? of the Bcwols, l'ilesan.1 all dnrargem^nta of the In tercal Viacara. Purely *rn?t?b!e, onUiuing uo mercury, minerals, or dclvter oui tunc?. Price, Uo rents per box. Sold by all drucnisti. tV~S?Qd a letteratamp t>HAI>\VAV .1 CO., No. 32 Warren St.. ,Ve?r York, for "False and 'I rue." TO THE I'l'lJMC.-Be ?ur? ardaik for Kadway s, and ?eo that the name "Kndway" is on what you buy. 7 4S& TH,S PLASTER a BR39 * AcisUlrectlyupon ths mus. " jflwsSJ * cles and the uerves of the H back, the seat of a l paiu. ? JffTT l FOIi ALL ft /SI 4k I.ung Trvublts, whether I lor*' or deePl? ie?t?U this aT .I ji'aatrr w.a be found i? I /ff*ii" <5 \ ',v? In,'*nt relief by apt&r ^ M m.* 1 I'lytn* between the sbuulPfaf V A Wa ^ derb!?<le? I wW^T^SIM SHARP fVk ] ?? *9" For Kidney TrouVe. g?a lSl Rlituniatlain. Xenraica. I la Pain tn the S'de ami Hick KHMfflMlV Ache, u,.y are a ceitain BfllM HWJs and speed v i lire. ?Ji r ylViwil P Fi) pains. WTO 1SBB Ssldby UruKls's for 25 W SSfceurs. or Ave for 41. $AC/f Sw Mailed on rrcelpt of m a MTr n? price byMmltli.UoolItI PLASTERi A?Du.rii"t'o.ih'GcL|,rtl Mrim TTT ^ nnr Newsdealer tor I 14 h^ the Chicago Lkdoeu, fj fl f*- leading vapcr of the West for stories and lmrnor. Every issue hrituwins with romsnea and terming with oucHhinc. Bold by all Newsdealer*. For Mimnle copies addresi THE CHICAGO LEDGER, 271 Franklin St., Chicago, 111 mmm. ITISASPECIFIci ITISREUABLE V P011 y|rt la onrlnf Kidney & LiVer Bright^ a*'- ' i Troubln*. VM^^eaM.Falzuila the Sack, LoIm Bladder, TTrlnary lA/ jHr or Sides, Batea-' and Liver Dlseaeee, SStf M Aion or Woa?| Dropey, Gravel ajvl^^^C^Bet oat Imi_c? Diabetes SwsaStoS17^*11?HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ' It cores Biliousness, Headache, Janndloe, Soar s Stomach, Dyspepsia, Constipation tad ?Q?. IT WORKS PROMPTLY and cures Intemperance, Nervous Diseases,' 0?neral Debility, Browses and Female Weakness. USE IT~AT~ONCE. It restores the KTDHTT8, X2VX& and BOWELS, to a healthy action and CURES when all other medicines tall. Hundreds have been saved who have been given up to dls by friends and physicians. Pi1ee61.93. Send for Illustrated Pamphlet to, HUNTS BEMEDI CO., Prorfdenee, R. L 6 SOLS BY ALL DRUGGISTS. HUNTS (Kidney and Liver) REMEDY, ncoarsges sleep, creates aa appetiti, braces up th* lysteui, and reueirtd uealtu is tue result. MYJU-5 Tailor Cat Dress Linings | ii |n|^t \mk Absolutely correct m ?.uipe, necordin?to*clei> tfflc rales, securing perfect tit on nil forms and used " J brthebestraoJisteeinNew York, London and Parte. Sold by the leading houses in Karopa and America. Ereiy pattern cat uilh the grain of the wob from tha . CELEBRATED GILBERT TWILLS, . Which insures elefinco of utrl'e and economy of wear to ' r the outer fabric, with LASTING SHAPE to the whole larmect, while less eipensivo to tbe consumer than ' tbe material a!on? would bo by the old way. They are the very Ntvt improroment in fashionable, convenient and economic <i re-sain* for ladies of tasto in any Rtatiaa. Ask your merchant for them. Gennine only when bear, log abore teal. Examine carefally 'in purcbaain*ana Beware ot Worthless Imitation*. BRAZILIAN COMPODHB 1 The moat remarkable DISCOVERY of th* SSfcfiT CONSUMPTION, & M . n\i:i.',mnn rbn nnrta jUIllcte<l. one to' two 'boxti of thla haTeBpenthnnl^^f V^ilreds ?f ?toU law for worthKMii) ?Blew* rentuM .'. ??& .? Ion* stand J In*. Catarrh to CONSUMPTION. For uls ?t all DrogtfaU, For history ofthe discovery i or mailed upon receipt of of this remaikable ooa trice. SUALr. Size. $1; pound and tcatiraonlala of xnax Size, holding four penons rontoradto beehb, tiaiM the quantity, g.l.M. addro-a RnxziLHir OOMDlrectlons for using accom- pound Co., 139 and 3U I panying etery package. Market St., Newark. If. J. I Oat thla adv. opt and send to aome afflicted friend. ' I 3NEWRHMES Improved 6eograpWcal Cards, ^ Improved Historical Cards, H Each of these games consists o( 200 audi with full directions, In handsome box. In add* i tlon to forming an Intensely lnterertlng gama 1 any one can, by their use, in a short time and q without effort permanently acquire all the leadinf J ~ facts of Geography and History. >. "fTHE GAME OF MYTHOLOGY*- 'T Designed to enable persons to be come familial ' \ with the principal characters of Mythology In M interesting ana easy way. Prioe, 81.00 each, postpaid, or the three by express, prepaid, foi % *2 so. Send for Descriptive Circulars. PETER G.THOMSON,Cincinnati,0, S PIANOS | ORGANS I SOLD IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ON THE FOLLOWING EASY TERMS I PIANOS, StS CASH, AND $10 MONTHLY FOR THE BALANCE UNTIL PAID. ORCAN8,SISCA8H, AND S8 MONTHLY. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED OATALOOUB AND REDUCED PRICES. Horace Waters & Co. 124 FIFTH AYE, NEW YORK. TT'URNISH jour own bottleeand X e*re tbte*-fonribe the co?t. Gordon's Kins of Pali la I Vr*w3 / fo:nla icd in powder uid tent by ! -Jk\ pJyS flkn:a I. witb fall dlioctloni /or miz> J Jing _nd usmjf, aliw libelj for bot| Ilea, clrcolan, etc. It reliere* JHBhhEBw pain u if bj nugic and la a boneeBnold remedy trherercr known for Rheamatiam, N'euralgla, HeadWBWy ache/Toothache,BarnasndScalda MSKjH?flT Bpranaand Urniaea, Sore Throe* BBBSjM Ulcere, Fleib Woonda, eto. The Sj95$50 romedy la pat up in 60c., 41 and mckiiH. Tbe We. package, when reduced to liquid form, will mhI till 1M two-oz. bottles- Too cu mN?rH easily figure the sarin*. AgenU can ccia money in selling it. Order a n?cka*? end joa will be ft KVuuSSSS rconlsr customer hereafter. TSBBBBmRBJ CATAKRH.?Gordon'! Catarru Kemedy poeitlrely caret. Fifty cent* by mail. Satisfaction guaranteed. Stamps taken. E. Q. RICHARDS. Sole Proprietor, Toledo, Ohio. Paynes' Automatic Engines ana $aw-Mill We offer an 8 to in H. 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A f?? sy "F <3 "^'i-'TED for tho most *wJ St S\3 I SmP popular & easiest ocllinj boon e?cr publiabed, " TYVOiTY V?AKfl Or James G-TBtetee. lion. J. P. "R'iae, M. (.'., from Vn., ?uy?: " Whoever takes U up no matter whether he he Mr. Blaine?i friend or enemy, trill never piU it down until ht has read the whole." AgfniH m:ike from |JOO to 91,000 per month. OrtrO.OOO apenta already raployed. Send for our very lib?rrnl terma. Addrcas, THE HENRY BILT, ri'B. CO., Norwich, Conn. DR^KNgUIOTS equina 1 .'llino'lVgist. 3175 Spin ill Coraot, id 00 Spinel >'ur?inaCorset,... 9 85 Jf&WA. Spinal AbdominalCorset, 3 75 BhmYw Recommended by leading physicians, )JBtdflllvered freo anywhero in tho U.S. on receipt of price. Lady Agents Wanted. Dr. IiIxquiat'sSpiEtl Corset Co., 4:2B'woy,New York. AgZilk R- U. AWARE Lorillara's Climaz Plug \imSy bearing a red tin tag; that LorfHard's ltose I.citf flne cut; that Lorlllard's Nary Clipping*.aud that LorlWard's Snuffs, aro the best aud cheapest, quality considered ? Dr. Young's Patent Electric Belts. A SURE CURE F0B Nervous Debility, l<on<? ot .Manhood. bL-^ WW* i,| Mind. Ac. WriM V ... ?a. ? tor pimplvt free. Dr. U. 1., vuf.\t;. 4.'.<Capal Strict, N'eir York. CONSUMPTION I havo a pokitlvo remedy for tho above disease; by lti tmo thousands of cases of tho worst kind and of long staadlng hava been cu^ed. 1 n.l^l.?o*trnng|s my faith 111 lt.scf!)eary.tli*c I wt I TWO B0T1XK3 JT.KB, . ?... .. V ? i ft Ml WTMl'iriSlinn this .tl.Aita li/uuy auflfcrcr. (?lvo express a n?il* (). n?Mr as. !>:*. T. A. SLOCl'U, 151I'carlSt., N?w Tork.^ A r?T1*STPO WANTEDfortho MISSOURI 1 fe STEAM WASHER! I rfOi JUlciliKeitt man or nomaa /yCrOifCqxyeekinKprotitnblnHmr.loirmeat to writs f"r Illustntml Cirrtilar and terms of BUM' JV Agoncy for this ("dob rated Washer, rcnHaaof its intrinsic merit i.mci-tiiikwithmichwonderfulsucceed ; J. WOKTH, CHICAGO. LLi... or ST. LOUIS. MO. MtniflSBfl .Morphine Unbit Cured in 10 6|UI|g SsiM to vJ0 iln>?. Nopny till cnreil. yl Iwawl Dh. J. .STLl'UEXS Leijauot), Ohio. ni V/"\TT W?*i t? receiro hundred* of lam1 J. " J U t'lcs. circular *i;d papers fr?e and " A?FNTS' COMPANION " I venr ynd ?<J et?. to hnve your nam? place J on our AGLN1V AAMl DlKKCioKY. C. K. It IC lit Fair view, l'a? "birthday CARDS! I E1<K<<ANT! 6. in, 15. ? > cents each. ?>end coin, ITJ:.M I'l'P. CO.. Nrtvlield. Now .Jersey. I wiw |^| l.t.v.'jtsiviT r. o.v*;:.t.: rJauar,wui. BRUCELI NEl" Changes gray hail to iln natural color. Recommended by leading phvsiciatis and chemists. Send Jor circular and testimonies. Price, 51. _ M. 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