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- * w* LABOR IS REST. T nhor is rest from the sorrows that greet us. Rest from all petty vexations that meet as, R si from world's sireus that lure us to ill;: Work! ami pure slumbers shall wait ou thy pillow, W irk! thou si Kilt ride over Care's coming billow. Work with a stout heart and resolute will. ?Mrs. Osijood, A STRANGE EXPERIENCE. ciiai'tkk i. Mv name?is not Nerval, nor have I i ever in any way been associated with the (Grampian liills ? but my name is Oscar t Hockersmith. You will at once perceive that there is nothing in such a name, but if any man has ever passed through an i experience similar to the one which 1 I am going to relate, lie would do me a j \ great kindness by at once communicating [ wiih me. One day I arrived at Crrgmore, a little | old town ou the upper Arkatisaw river. XJX Alter taking breakfast at a hotel, the proprietor of the house came to me and said that as I had 110 baggage. I would be compelled to pay in advance. 'Unggage, indeed!'' 1 exclaimed. ' Have my trunk sent up, if you please." "You brought no baggage, sir." "Then it has not arrived. It will soon be here, for I am sure it arrived, having seen it delivered to a wagoner at the depot. 1 have no moucy with me. I hope th:it you appreciate my position, sir."' He doubtfully shook his head and walked away. This annoyed me not a little and 1 wondered if the fellow who j had taken my trunk had run away with | it. I h;;d do check, aad 1 knew that I j mifrht have trouble in recovering my I property. Just as I turned to go out, an old gentleman whom 1 suddenly encountered, threw u p his hands and exclaimed: "My God!" "What is the matter?"' "Uh. sir, if 1 did not know that my son Xorval was dead, I would think in you he had returned. He was killed in the army." He regarded me closely and in a quieter tone continued: "I have never before seen such s resemblance. Same eyes, nose, mouth? everything. Will you please do an old man a favor?'' 1 replied that I would favor him in any possible way. "Then come with me to my house. I want my wife to see you." I told lum of the perplexing situation in which I was p'accd. "Here, Mr. Hunch!" he exclaimed, calling the proprietor. "Look at this man. Doesn't he look exactly like my son Nerval ''Exactly, only he is much older."' ''Yes, but you must remember that it is more than twenty years since Norval went into the army. "Poor boy,"' turning to me. "Poor boy, he was killed at Ant if i.un. I want vou to so home with mc. I will stand good for your bill." I "I feel under many obligations to yo?i, old gentleman, for 1 ain really in an embarrassing position. I fear that fellowhas stolen my trunk, but if you will go with me to the town officer, I will afterward go with you." ile agreed and we called upon the town marshal, who, after listening to my statement, looked at me suspiciously and said: "You didn't comc in on the train." "Jiut, sir, I know that I did. I delivered my trunk to a tall negro who walked with a limp, and who, if I remember correctly, had an impediment in his speech. The trunk?and I would know it among a thousand?is a large one, covered with black leather." "Look here," said the officer, "you came up on a boat, for I saw you when you got oil"; beside, you could not have come by mil, for as there arc several wash-outs above and below here, there has not been a train in for two days." This statement was insulting, yet I struggled to conceal my resentment. Officials, in small towes, are generally narrow minded, dogmatic men, and I cared not to dispute him farther than to reaf- J firm that I came in on the morning train. Then, turning to the old gentle?1 ,1 l.?,l lr.ornnrl ,,-nc milii, wiiose uuiui'u x u?vi iumiivm , 3Ietford. I announced ray readiness to J accompany him. He had been so ab- j sorbed in the contemplation of the re- | semblance between his son and myself, that he had paid but little attention to the disparity of statements concerning the manner of my arrival. Mr. Metford lived in an attractive old place, not far from the river. When we I entered the gate, a woman came out on ! the gallery and in a moment, after see- j ing me, clasped her hands and leaned : against a po*t. As we approached she j uttered a shriek and sprang toward rne. ! The old ''eutlcman, gently taking hold of j her, said: "Come, Mary, don't give way to your j fellings. This is?you have not told me | your name, sir. Ah, yes,"' when I had told him. "this is Mr. Oscar Hockcrsmith. I wanted you to sec him on account of the perfect likeness he bears to Norval. Come ic. sir," he continued, leading he way. Wc entered a comfortably furnished room. The old lady could not keep her eyes oil me. "Poor Norval." she repeated over and over again. "Poor child. Oh, sir, if I did not know that he was kiilcd?oh, sir, are you not indeed he?"' "Be quiet, Mary," said the old.gentleman. "Don't become excited. Let us ; i.li.nconr iinrn fur Mr ITnrker smith, and perhaps he will remain several days with us. Tell us something about yourself, Mr. Hockersmith?" "I was horn in Richmond, Yn.," I replied, "and my parents died when I was quite young. I went into the army and was wounded by a piecc of shell at Shiloli After the war I went home, but found that the uncle with whom I had lived. was reduced almost to a penninless condition, lie did not long survive, and there being nothing in Richmond to particularly bind me to the place, I wandered away and have never returned. I have come to this State to look after the land interests of a corporation, and, as soon as my business is completed, I shall go back to St. I.ouis." "Until then,'* said Mrs. Metford, "you must remain at our house. Although I know that you arc not our son, yet to see you here revives and illustrates a memory that is so dear?" Here the poor woman completely broke down. "Marv?" said the old gentleman, approaching her and stroking her hair, "don't uive wav to your feelings. I would not have urged him to come I ut ' I knew that if I did nut, you in the event of hearing cf this wonderful likeness, would rtevcr forgive me. Don't give sr . way, now." ?hc became calm, but every time she looked at ine, I could see her lip quiver. "What a pity, that 1 am not your son," I mused. "Any man, aside from natural affection, would feel proud of such a mother." I thought of the dead son and of what a splendid home his death had made cheerless, and 1 almost wisned that 1 had told the old couple that I was really their >*orval, whose death was erroneously announced. After dinner, to which I was induced to remain, we were sitting iu the parlor when a ioud knock on the front door caused a momentary flutter of excitement. Mr. Mctford, who answered the summons, soon returned accompanied by the town marshal. Approaching me, and placing his ungentle hand on my shoulder, he said: "I want yon." "Want me?" I asked in surprise. ' Yes, 1 want you." ""What light have you to want mo, as you term it?" lie took out a naner and handed it to I mc. It wus H warrant, arresting me on a charge of willfully and maliciously do- j ceiving the people of Cregmore. It was I useless to resist, and although the old gentleman and his wile protested against j such an indignity being imposed on a i guest of their house, yet by the feeling- j less rulfian I was led away and lodged t in jail. ClIAfTEH II. The next day I was arraigned before a justice of the peace, who requested me to m?kc a brief statement of how I came to town. I did so, telling him to the best of my recollection. 1 told him ahout losing my trunk, and I ventured to take | to task a village that would stubbornly shut its eyes and allow the perpetration of such outrages. The town marshal swore that 1 did not come by rail, that ! no train had come in since two days be- j fore; that I had come on a steamboat, i the "Farmer Boy"?the captain of which steamer was present?ancl that I had no trunk. The captain, a very gentlemanly looking fellow, arose aDd astonished mo i with the following statement: "Just before leaving Little Rock, day j before yesterday, this man, who calls him- ! self Ilockersmith, came tome and said that he would like to go up the river as far as Cregmore; that he was employed by a St. Louis land corporation, and that as his baggage had somehow failed to arrive, he was without money. Of course cwuld not allow this story to affect me fSKl* T? * . W .v - into the generosity of presenting the man a ticket, nor to tell him that he might take his own time in paying me; but I did tell him that he would be compelled to pay his passage in advance. He declared that he had no money, but that if I would let him come up as a deck passenger, he would, upon reaching this place, get the money from a friend and pay me. It's only a small amount and I should not have mentioned it but for the fact that the marshal came down and asked me about the strange fellow.'' "What have you to say conccrning these statements.'" asked the justic e. "Nothing,only that they arc not true," I replied. "As I tell you, I came here by rail, arriving yesterday morning." Then I became indignaut. "All right, have it your way," said I. "One man cannot stand up against so many. If I deserve punishment, line me and I will go 011 the rack pile or the convict farm and work it out." "I don't exactly see how you have violated the law," replied the magistrate, looking at me with a'most an expression of pitv. '"You have not obtained money l?y false pretenses." "So far as his passage is concerned,", remarked the steamboat man, "I am not anxious. I would not have him punished for that." The town marshal shifted and twisted himself around in his chair. I could see that he did not like the change which had come over the court. "Your honor,"said he, "this man also made false statements to Sir, Hunch, proprietor of the hotel. He obtained board under false pretenses." I understood him. lie would urge charges against me merely to defend his own position. ".Judge," said a voice that I knew, j Looking around, I saw Sir. Metford. j Everyone waited for him to speak. "I j met Mr. Iloekersmith at the hotel yesterday morning. On account of the wonderful resemblance which lie bears to my son Norval?" "Yes," replied the judge. "Poor Norval, I saw him buried." "On account of that resemblance," continued Mr. Metford, "I invited Mr. Iloekersmith to accompany me home, lie explained his embarrassment, and I : told Mr. Hunch that I would stand i good for the bill. So, that charge is wiped out." " That's all very well, gentlemen," exclaimed the town marshal, " but we can't allow fellows to come in this way. I believe that a man should be punished j for lying just the same as he ought to be j for stealing. That's my ticket." "I am glad to hear you speak so cour- i ageously," rejoined Mr. Metford. '"You ) borrowed ten dollars of me about two j months ago, vowing that you would re- , turn the money within a week. Yet, notwithstanding the fact that you have had money to bet at poker, you have failed to I keep yotir promise. Yes. it is a vrry good idea to punish men for lying, and now since you have reminded me of your untruthfulness, 1 think it would be well to act upon your conception of justice. Your honor, make me out a warrant of arrest, please." For a time the marshal know not what to say. His face grew red. ''You a'l know inc," he replied. "I am not a j stranger. I didn't come here and try to beat any of you. I'll pay the ten dollars; don't fret about that. I don't think it is right to hop on a man that's trying to protect the community against j fraud. I've got nothing against this fel- i low. and am silling to see him turned loose.'' "1 am glad to hear you say so," rejoined Mr. Metfcrd. "You needn't make out the warrant, judge. Well, Mr. j Hockersmith," turning to me, "as there I is nothing against you here, you will please accompany me home." When we again went to the house, Mrs. Metford's lip trembled. They would not hear to my leaving them, so I remained all night. The next morning I awoke with a burning fever. Then I j went into a state of delirium and for j several weeks I knew nothing. When I ; regained conscious, my mind was so con- j fused that I could not think. I knew > that I talked incoherently, therefore I i said but little. One day while I was sitting in my | room, a man was shown up by one of I the servants. Mr. and Mrs. Metford | were away from home, having gone over! to a neighbor's house. "Don't you know me!" said the man. "I don't think that I ever saw yuu be fore," I replied He looked at me and smiled sadly. I "What do yo mean. I asked?" "I mean nothing offensive. You know Abe C'athamr'' "Never heard of him.*' "I am sorry, for I had hoped that you would recognize me."' "How can I recognize you. sir, when j this is the first time we have ever met ?" 11c shook his head and muttered some- j thing which sounded to me like "poor fellow." Then he startled me by say- j ing: "I have been your keeper for j years." "My keeper*:" "Yes; I am connected with the Mis- j souri Insane asylum." "I don't dispute your position as ! keener, but I can assure you that I have j never seen the institution. I am a St. j Louis land man." "Let me tell you something that has j just come to light. You were wounded . at the battle of Antietam." "Shiloh."' "At Antietam. You and a young Yir- ! ginian, who to some extent resembled j you?a man named Iloekersmith fell j close to each other. In the report of : the kiiled and wounded, you were put j down on the dead list and this man j Hoekcrsmith was reported to he wounded, j You had l>een struck by a piece of shell j and was upon recovery of the I wound, found to be hopelessly insane. You went to Kiclimoud, J but your supposed relatives spurned you, j so J have heard; and, after wander- 1 ing around, you went to Missouri and j was placed in an insane asylum wheic you j remained until a few weeks ago when j you escaped. Your name, I have learned, | is Xorval Metford, and I have come to ' tell your pnrents, after satisfying myself i that it is you." I The room began to turn around. The man's voice sounded away oil at a great j distance. He seemed to be shouting, but I could not catch ins words. Theu some one, dressed in red tight breeches, came in and danced on ihe back of a chair. A blacksmith led in a hone and began to shoe him. His bellows roared and his anvil rang so loud that I had to put my fingers in my ears. His fire began to gradually darken, and, with a sudden puff it went out, leaving me in a blackness of atmosphere. 1 groped around, but could find no opening in the wall. I cried aloud for a lamp and I cursed the blacksmith for allowing his fire to go out with such a cruel puff. Crawling around on my hands and knees, I found a match. I kissed it. I pressed it to my heart. ' Thank (Sod!" I cried. "Thank (Sod that once more there shall be light in the world." Tears streamed from my eyes. I tried to li^ht the match. The tears had dampened it. and with the feeblest little glow, it died away, leaving me in despair. I heard a voice, low and sweet. " Who are your" I asked. A tear fell on my forehead, and clasping ray hands, I turned iny face upward. I "Whose tears arc those falling upon | me!" i cried. The voi<e, soft and sweet J sang, hut the tears continued to fall. I "Ob. can you not give me a lamp!" I | cried in agony. Something touched me. It was a lamp, cold and dark, hut I hugged it close to mc ind took care lest my tears should fall upon it. I placcd it on the floor and with my hands clasped around it, I lay down and prayed. A feeble little glim flickered between my fingers. The l:imp grew warm. I removed my bands. The little blaze flickered, and then yes, oh, glories of heaven, then?there came a giant burst of light, ft flood of magnificent illumination. I lay on a bed. The sun shone into the room. A face?my mother's facc was bowed over mc. "Thank God!" she exclaimed and encircled my neck with her loving arms. My father was there, too, looking upon me. "There, dear," said my mother, "keep very quiet. For weeks you have hovered between life and death." I closed my eyes and warm recollections poured over mc. I could remember it all; how I left that dear home and went into the army. * * * * * I am sitting in my room looking out on the grassy slope where I played so many years ago. There is the old tree where I used to swing in the cool shade. I hear my mother singing in the sittingroom. They say my father laughs again, as he did when I was a hoy. Those old people are in a heaven of happiness. The physician says that a few days from now I can resume the business of life. Can any one doubt the existence of a God? "Who but a God could have planned such joy? My mother enters and presses her lips upon my brow. You haven't the slightest symptoms of ever. Nerval, dear," she says. Angelic woman! She cannot keep her ; arms from around my neck when she comes near me. Now she goes singing ! through the hallway. There stands my father at the gate. Something has ' amused him, for he laughs as he did 1 when I was a boy. Yes, my name is j Xorval.''?Arkanmio Traveler. ? The Last Day of the Year 1000. It was believed in the middle ages that | the world would come to an end at the | expiration of one thousand years of the | Christian era. This expectation in Chris! tian countries was universal. The year | 1000 wasa period of suspense, terror and awe. The histories of this dark period I give vivid accounts and incidents of the j state of the people under the intluencc of i this awful apprehension. A writer in I i>und?y nt Home reproduces the picturc I /lict!nr>tnnaa nnrl rolnfpQ nn j .. .it* incident of the manner that the hours I were numbered on the supposed final I night of the year, which might aptly sug, gest a dramatic subject for a poet: When the last day of the year !U)9 | dawned the madness had attained its j height. All work of whatever kind was suspended. The market placcs were dcI sertcd. The shops were shut. The j tables were not spread for meals; the J very household fires remained unlightcd. I Men when they met in the streets scarcely saw or spoke to one another. Their eyes had a wild stare in them, ns though they expected every moment some terrible manifestation to take place. Silence prevailed everywhere, except in the churches, which were already thronged with eager devotees, who prostrated themselves before the shrines of their favorite saints, imploring their protection during the fearful scenes which thev supposed were about to be displayed. As the day wore on, the number of those who sought admission grew greater and greater, until every corner of the sacred edifices, large as these were, was densely crowded, and it became impossible to find room for more. Hut the multitude outside still strove and clamored for admission, filling the porches and doorways, and climbing up the buttresses to find a refuge on the roofs which they could not obtain inside. A strange and solemn commentary on the text which binds men to watch because "they know not whether the master of the house will come at even, or :it midniirlit. or at the cock-crowinsr. or in the morning," was presented by the multitudes which filled the churches that night. Watch in very truth they did. Not an eve was closed throughout that lengthened virgil; not a knee but was bent in humblest supplication; not a voice but joined the penitential chant, or put up a fervent entreaty for help and protection. There were no clocks in those days, but the flight of the hours was marked by great waxen tapers with metal balls attached at intervals to them. These fell, one after another, as the ilame reached the strings by which they were secured, into a brazen basin beneath, At the recurrence of each of these warning sounds the awe of the vast assembly seemed to deepen and intensify, as each in terrible suspense supposed that between him and the outburst of divine wrath oulv the briefest interval now remained. At last the night, long as it was, began to draw to an end. The chill which precedes daylight pervaded the air, and in the eastern sky the first pale gleam of morninir began to show itself. The light grew stronger in the heavens, and the flame of the candles paled before it, and at last the rays of the rising sun streamed through windows on the white and anxious faces of the watchers. The night had passed away. A new day. a new year, a new century, had begun. The text that says that no man knoweth the day nor the hour,1' had a new meaning. The Seed Business. " If the seed business increases with the next twenty-five years as it hu3 for that period past, railroads will be anxious to secure the transportation to different sections as they now arc that of cotton and grain," said a New York wholesale seedsman to a Mail and Express representative. " The business almost doubles itself every quarter of a century. Years ago the few hothouses around tried selling seed as an experiment. The experiment has now grown to be a permanent and great industry. Cabbage seeds rank foremost as an article of sale. Xcxt comes cauliflower. Any soil that will grow cabbage will grow cauliflower. Twenty-five years ago it was hardly known. To-day one firm has 250 pounds of seed, which at the price of $8 per ounce, foot3 up a value of $32,000 stowed away in deposit vaults. By the time this seed is sold and distributed, it will have produced under favorable conditions nearly 8.000,000 plants, which,if sold at the average price of six cents a head, will have vielded nearly $500,000. Better soil, however, is required, and more work in raising than with the cabbage. This vegetable is merely a higher order of the cabbage and bids fair in time to be the greatest source of profit to seed raisers. "Celery ]s third on the list of staple vegetables. As the manner of treating the celery crop for the last few years has been much simplified, an unexpected itn? ? - - * - iL. 1- ^ e i I, n petus nas Deen given u> uw nmc ui mu seed. The famous white plume celery is crisp, solid and has a peculiar walnutty flavor. It has an unprecedented sale. Next come the onion and pea, followed by beans, potato, squash and spinach. Tomato and turnip are also considered among the reliables." "One would think that the seed trade would diminish in time, as people would save their seed?" "They rarely ever attempt it and when they do Ihc vegetables produced from them arc of a stunted and dwarfish kind. Seed seem to mature better in a hothouse. Florida is the first to send vegetables to the market. All the seed whence they have sprung is carried from Northern hothouses. The trade in seed annually amounts to millions and the profits arc considerable. I think in time to come there will be garden-seed elevators built and the trade carried on in bulk instead of in paper packages. I ? A Dramatic Sccne. Ben: Pcrley Poorc, in the Boston Z?Wthus narrates a dramatic incident in Congress during the exciting times ! which preceedcd the war of (51-Go: Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland, Mr. ; Burlingame's intimate friend, attracted i a jarge audience to the House of lJeprcj sen tat ivts on the ?th of February, 1 tiG 1. i He was one of the youngest representai tives, theatrical and demonstrative, and j he regarded himself as the greatest i orator . in the capito!. While he was ; speaking, a gust of wind swept over the capitol, and the fierce wrath of the elements made itself heard above the clear j tones of his voice. Suddenly a great crash was heard overhead, and the : crowded galleries started with appre' hension. It was feared that the j " * " -.1 * 4 .. 1.1 ,.4T i rooi oi me nousc wiia .mum, in liui?? uii, ! and many lushed out of the hall. In a moment it was announced that a dorrick j had fallen, and the scared people came j hack aguin. It was a tempestuous scene j for an hour or two. The air grew dark, j and the gas was lighted overhead, while i the loud roar of the tempest was heard, ! and the roof seemed to rock and tremble j with the blast. Toward night the fury of the wind bej came terrific. All through the streets j was heard the banging of shutters, the I sweep of the wild wind, and the shaking j of frail awniug posts and trees. The j national flag, which was Hung to the | breeze from the top of the Washington j monument, was torn from the stall and : sent Hying. All over the city, from hotel roofs and public buildings, and j wherever the national colors were unfurled, they were torn in shreils by the fury of the wind, and a more general distribution of the star-spangled banner > never was seen. Hoofs were blown off, ' stables were shaken to pieces, chimneys I were blown down, and so wide and general j was the ruin of telegraph poles, that no wire was left working south of Wash- I ington. The foot passengers in the streets had a hard time of it. In every direction you could see them buffeting the blast, struggling against the keen, cold, biting snow, or drifting along before the wind, blown in the desired direction with a J momentum which was as unexpected as ! uncomfortable Scores of hatless gentlemen were seen despairingly chasing their fugitive chapeaux up Pennsylvania avenue, and the little negro boys, whose native wool was proof against the gale, j made small fortunes, in dimes and half [ dimes, by catching the truant tiles. ( ? REMEDIES FOR INSOMNIA. ADVICE FOB SUPFEKSBS FBOM SfcEEPLESSSESS. Hair Pillows to bo Preferred to Feather*. ? Varloun Methods of Cooling the drain. "When I was a student, says a writer in the New York Sun, I suffered much from sleeplessness, and, after trying many remedies, I hit upon this one: I discarded my feather pillow for one of hair. The effect wns wonderful. 1 slept soundly the whole of the first night, and have never since, except when feverish, been so wakeful as I usually was before. Although feathers arc excellent for preventing the dispersion of the heat of the bod}', so much fault has been found with feather beds that thev have quite generally gone out of use, and it is strange that feather pillows have not been sent I after them. Feathers in pillows are open to the same objections as feathers in beds, and even their chief virtue, that of keep1 v , 1 ing up a xugn icmpcruiure, is u vicitv-n in a pillow: certainly when one-half of the head is kept at blood heat by being buried in feathers and the other half is exposed to the air, both halves cannot be at the most favorable temperature. A hair pillow docs not get warmed up to an uncomfortable degree, because it rapidly conducts away the heat imparted to it by the head. Since hair pillows are not yet in common use, it might be supposed that a person accustomed to the use of one would either have to take it with him every time he was to bo away from home for a few nights, or suffer considerable inconvenience. But fortunately hair bosters arc more common, and if the pillow is thrown aside the bolster will raise the head probably as high as is good for the sleeper. If a hair bolster is lacking, the end of the mattress may be raised high enough to make a comfortable head rest by putting the pillow under it. According to most, but not all, medical writers, wakefulness and mental activity depend on the circulation of a large quantity of blood through the brain, and the flow of blood must be lessened before sleep can come on. 1 have obtained special benefit from drawing the blood to the muscles by means of a brisk walk or a quarter to half an hour's vigorous performance of light gymnastics just before going to bed. The majority of cases of sleeplessness occur among persons who use their muscles but little, and for very many taking more exercise is the best remedy. Sleep can sometimes be brought on by simply warming the body, especially the feet; the drowsiness causcd by sitting in a warm room is an instance. The blood maybe drawn to the skin by a cold shower or sponge bath, followed by rubbing with a coarse towel. Getting out of bed for a fetv minutes when the air is cool will often bring relief. I have lain awake half tho night and then, after being up long enough to mix and drink a lemonade, have fallen asleep at once on going back to bed. Perhaps the lemonade should have part of the credit. On hot summer nights a cold bath will reduce the bodily temperature so as to admit of sleep. If the skin is not wiped quite dry, the evaporating moisture will incrsase the cooling effect. A light lunch just before going to bed relieves the brain by drawing the blood to the stomach, and, the inclination to dose after a meal is explainable in this way. Diminishing the cerebral circulation by compression of the carotid arteries is advised by some physicians. Lying on the back with a doubled pillow placed against the back of the neck so as to tip the head forward will effect this, and Dr. J. L. Corning has invented an instrument in the form of a collar for the same purpose. In view of what has been said about circulation of the blood, coldness of the feet is a natural accompaniment of sleeplessness, and one means of cure may oe inaae to serve uoiu uuus. uummj the feet in hot water is such a means, but after a few hours a reaction is liable to set in, which will send the blood from the feet to the head and cause the sleeper to awake. It is better to tnke advantage of the reaction which follows a cold foot-bath with vigorous rubbing of the feet, both in the water and with the towel. The stimulus thu9 given to the circulation in the feet will be more permanent. I have found walking just before bedtime beneficial, and when I do not wish to go outdoors I raise myself sharply on my toes to the full stretch fifty or more time9. A paragraph has recently been in circulation to the effect that a continuous low noise favors sleep; the sound of water dropping on a brass pan has been prescribed by a physician with good effect. The explanation seems to be that a simple monotonous impression quiets the brain by occupying it to the exclusion of more varied and interesting, and therefore stimulating, impressions. On the same principle arc the devices of counting forward or backward, imagining sheep jumping one by one through a gap, etc.; but they are open to the objection of causing one portion of the brain to be exerted in order to control the rest of it. If the hygienic measures which have been described fail to induce sleep, probably some form of disease stands in the way, and a physician should be cmployed to discover and remove it. Soporific drugs should be regarded as a last resort, for, unless skilfully 'used, they producc a stupor rather than a refreshing sleep. Do not take a narcotic or nostrum at random because somebody says it is tfood to make you sleep; one narcotic is injurious where another is bcneticial, and the chances are that you will choose oue which will do you more harm than good. A Midnight Duel. An old ex-Confcdcrate soldier describes | in the Athens (Ga.) Jinnner a duel which took place between two young soldiers? one from Georgia and the other from Mississippi. The duel was caused by the rivalry of the two soldiers for the smiles of a village belle at a dance. The narrator says: "The Georgian seemed to have the lead on the Mississippian, and when the dancers were called to take their places he led the belle of the valley to a place in the set. At this poiut the Mississippian was seen to approach the couple and heard to claim the lady's hand for the dance. An altercation ensued, but both were cool, "brave soldiers?two of the best shots in the army?who did not believe in a war of words. So it was ended by the Georgian dancing with the lady, and the significant remark of the Mississippian that "I will sec you after this set.' "When the dance was over the Georgian was seen to seek the Mississippian, and together they each called a friend from the crowd and departed. When outside both claimed that an insult had been passed, which could only be wiped out in the blood of the other, and that a duel to the death should be arranged at oncc. A full moon was just appearing above the tops of ihc surrounding forest, and I tell you this talk of blood in )w. ciicnr>n of tlifi nirrht was anvthintr but pleasant. No argument, however, would avail with these men, so it was arranged that the duel should take place on top of the Blue Ridge, near the centre of the road that passvs through the gap; that the weapons should be pistols at fifteen paces, and to lire at or between the words 'one, two, three,' tiring to continue until one or both were dead. "The point was readied, the ground measured oil, and the men took their i positions without a tremor. The moon shed its pale light down on a scene never to be forgotten. A moment or two and the silence was broken by the signal: "One, two, three." At the word "one" the report of two pistols rang out on ttic midnight air, but the principals maintained their respective positions. The Georgian's left arm was seen to drop closer to the side, but the Missiasippian was immovable, and still held his jtistol to the front. Again a pistol shot was heard, coining.from the Georgian, and the Mississippian still held his position but he did r.ot fire. The Georgian protested that he had not come there to murder ; him, but no answer was returned. The Mississippian's second approached his principal and found him dead, shot through the eye on the first discharge of the weapons. Death it seoms had been instantaneous, so much so as not even to | disturb his equilibrium. I may forget | some thing', but the midnight duel on | the top of a spur of the Blue Ridge, with its attendant circumstances, is not one ! of them." A Musical Crank. There is a celebrated musical compose i in New York city to-day who wears cor i sets, paints his cheeks and lips, blacks | his eyelids and eyebrows, and uses hellai donna to make his eyes dazzling to bei holders. He hns genius, but is none the ! less a decided and persistent fool, known j as such by everyone but himself. To hear his music, and to see him, is to set one trying to make two things tally that are utterly contradictory iu their very natures.?Cleveland Leader. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. A Georgia inventor has invented a fireproof cotton bagging, the use of which will very much reduce the insurance rates on cotton. It is called "antiphlojjan," and is said to be cheaper than the jute or gunny-bagging now used. To test the purity of water there bus | been found no better or simpler way than I to fill a clean pint bottle three-fourths | full of the water to be tested, and dissolve in the water half a teaspoon fill of the purest sugar?loat or granulated will answer?cork the bottle, and place it in a warm place for two days. If in twenty-four to forty-eight hours the water becomes cloudy or milky it is unfit for domestic use. It has been proved beyond all doubt that waters which circulate or stand in leaden pipes or vessels not only take up particles of lend through mechanical action due to friction, but attacks the metal because of the affinity of several of their constituents, the result being generally lead carbonate. Minute quantities ol lead introduced into the 6ystem must rank among the factors of anosmia and defective nutrition in large towns. The electric light is being used to light bakers1 ovens. A great difficulty has always existed among bakers to get a light into their dark ovens, so that the progress of baking might be observed. Two incandescent lamps, driven by a VictoriaBrush machine, are placed inside an oven where the temperature ranges from 400 to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The oven door contains a sheet of plate glass, through which the whole of the oven is distinctly visible. The baker now never need burn his bread or pastry. Considering its extent, America is better supplied by the clouds than Europe and Africa. In the tropics of the old world the annual rainfall is about seventyseven inches, while in tropical South America it is 155 inches. In the eastern United States it is forty to fifty inches; but west of the one hundredth meridian to Sierra Nevada it is mostly twelveto sixteen inches. The annual average of Great Britain is thirty-five inches; that of Franco twenty to twenty-one inches; but about the Alps it is mostly thirty-five to fifty inches. Farther from the coast, in central Germany and Russia, it is only fifteen to twenty inches. The moistest climate known is in India, at Cherrapongec, where over a small area the yearly fall of rain is more than 010 inches, or about fifty-one feet. The process of swallowing food in serpents is painfully slow and somewhat peculiar. For how is an animal without limbs or molars to swallow its prey, which is often much larger than its own body? Thus the boa-constrictor seizes the head of its victim with its sharp, recurving teeth, and crushes the body with its overlapping coils, then siightly uncoiling and covering the carcass with a slimy mucus, it thrusts the head into its mouth by main force, the mouth stretching raarvelously, the skull being loosely put together. Oue jaw is then unfixed and the teeth withdrawn, by being pushed forward, when tli?y arc again fastened farther back on the animal. The other jaw is then protruded, and then refastened, and thus, by successive movements, the prey is slowly and spirally drawn into the gullet. Nubia and the Nubians. The banks of the Nubian Nile vary with every mile, and beautiful are they in diversity of color and combination, tlinnnrh that benutv mrtakes of a sterner l quality than in the landscape of Egypt. Nowhere can be seen the rich fields, which stretchcd on either shore away to the feet of the Lybian hills. They have disappeared, and in their stead rise from the water's depths tall cliffs in broken precipice and crng, or the river owning free bonds, Hows majestically on beneath rival streams of bordering sands, that have the gorges of the desert hills for channels, and the wind, which ever silently drifts them whither it will for current. Poverty is written on the face of this sun-scorched country, and such few strips of fertile land as the Nile reaches in its flood are tilled with zealous care by the scanty population which they support. It is curious to note with what religious care the villages and temples have been placed upon the shelving rock or desert sand, where none but the lizzards could begrudge their presence. Every inch of land that can be cultivated is coaxed to yield its burden of beans or doura, and of spare land whereon to place their villages, good sooth, there is enough. Yet poor though the Nubian is, his wants arc few, and his thrifty "ways make poverty a light burden to him. Travel when: he will for hire or trade, he leaves his heart in his wild home of Nubia, and returns thither when fortune allows. No music has for him so great a charm as the melancholy creation of the waterwheels, the constant plaint of which grease is never permitted to diminish, all that he can get being devoted to the shaggy locks of his unturbancd head. Nature, who refuses him to dream of ought but lean kinc when he thinks of doura fields, has given to his hind the abundance of date palms, and on fruit he virtually subsists. Little cares nr Ibreemee palm for the desert's envy, but spreading its feathery leaves above the sand or rock gives to its planter tin much-prized fruit which euables hire to eke out the slender harvests of the fields.- . Vihy Bismarck Admired Fleury. The stories that Bismarck likes best nre those of men wlio have outwittec mobs. During the siege of Paris, whil< he was at Versailles, a pass was applied for by a relative of M. Cuvillier Fleury, the eminent critic and member of th< French academy. The chancellor al once gave the pass, saying: " M. Fleurj is an admirable man. I know a capita! story about him." The story was this M. Fleury, who had been a tutor to th< Due d'Aumale, was in 1848 private sccre tary to the Duchess of Orleans. Whei the revolutions of February broke out, i rabble invaded the Palais Royal, when the princess resided, and began smashim works of art, pictures, .statuettes, anc nicknacks. All the household was seizei with panic except M. Fleury,|who, throw ing oil his coat, smeared his face anc hands with coal, caught up a poker anc rushed among the mob, shouting "Here, I'll show you where the bes pictures are." So saying he plied hi poker upon furniture of no value and thus winning the confidence of tin roughs, was able to lead them out of tin royal apartments into the kitchen regions where they ppent their fury upon tb< contents of the larder and cellar. Thi j sequel of this story is very droll, ant ! rnlntoc it with frrt'llt. rfilifill. J JJJOllK** Vstv ... O* ~ few days after he had saved the Palai Royal, M. Fleury was recognized in th street as the Duchess of Orleans' secre tary and mobbed. He was being some what roughly hustled, when a hulkin; water-carrier elbowed his way througl the throng and roared: 411.ct that mai be! lie is one of the right sort. Ill led us to the pillage of the Palais Hoy a the other day! "?Rochester Democrat. Fighting in tlio Desert. The mnniriivres of the British in th desert preparing for the enemy, arc thu described by Cameron: "Continually does tho column halt dismount and prepare to meet the enemy and on these occasions there is always i race between the mounted infantry am guard regiments as to who shall be lirs in sipiare. The formation finally adoptci is this: Square. Camels knowing and tidl by tho I I''KSi | Square. 'Thus an enemy charging cannot gt in among the camels without being en filaded by one or other facc of th squares." The best thing to giro your enemy i forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance to a friend, your heart; to a child, good example; to a father, deference to your mother, conduct that will mak< her proud of you; to yourself, rcspcct to ail men, charity. The area of the British empire i 8,500,000 square miles, but there is in direct domination over enough more t< make the total 10,000,000?ono-fifth o the land surface of the globe. Of tin total population only one-seventh arc I Christians. . . >.. v-. a.; .. .-, | - . . > ? THE CHAT OF AN EPICUEE. TALK WITH A MAS WHO HAS SATEH EVXEYTHI2TO. Slrange and Outlandish DInIicm - Sea Egg* for Two?A Kitten Pie?A Feast of Sea Worm*. "I can give you sea-egjjs to-day, sir," said a waiter to my friend as we seated ourselves in an up-town cafe, writes a New York correspondent of tlie Philadelphia Times. " Good," was the reply, "and let it be for two." ' Land eggs arc well enough for me," T l_J 1 rn. i SUggUSLUU, IVIIUWAil^ bilC auiuutviiuu 1\Jmarkable taste of my comrade. "If you have never eaten sea-eggs," lie j protested, "you should not allow another I day to pass over your head; it's a posi- j tivc sin to neglect the offerings of nature. Ah, here they are,"and the waiter placed j upon the table a silver dish mounted j upon a spirit-lamp that, uncovered, displayed four oval sea-eges, or echini, deprived of their spines and polished white, the oval balls upon which the spines worked shining like silver, and at. the top of the five eye-plates, with the little madrcporic sieve, had been removed, forming a small chimney, like the crater of a volcano, out of which rose mysterious fumes of the sea-egg. " Where did you contract this habit?" I asked, as lie took one of the eggs in his left hand and disemboweled it with a gold-plated spoon. "Contract it?" was the reply; "why, love for such things is inborn in the soul of every man of taste. Tho sea-egg is an inheritance from the Greeks and Romans?our ancestors. It was their choicest dish. The species most in demand are the sea melon of Corsica or Echinus melo. In Naples they much esteem Echinus lividus, while at the French ports many eat the csculentus and granulasus. In point of fact," said my friend, "while we have advanced in the arts and sciences we have retrograded in 'gastronomy.' The majority of people will reject a dish because the original animal is disagreeable. Now, this is manifestly foolish. If you follow it out, why not reject the baked potato that grows in the ground and is often served surrounded with a goodly amount of the original eartti ana none uu9t mat contributed to its growth." "Now, take snakes. Some of the large boas that I have eaten in South America arc simply delicious, and their flesh is always in demand. It is clear, white and firm, just like that of turkey, and why should you object simply because it is a 6nake? You esteem the turtle, that is as much a reptile, and yet the snake is to be neglected, and, indeed, some go so far as to refuse eels because they resemble snakes. The lamprey eel is one of the finest edible fishes we have, yet only on the Connecticut and in a few towns arc they eaten. In olden times thousands of dollars were paid for them by the epicures of the day. To show you that I am right I served a dish of potted striped snakes at a dinner last summer and every man at the table wanted to know how it was done. One fellow offered my cook $50, but it's a state secret so far. But let me tell you that boned snake and frog, pressed with alternate layers of hare, and served cold with guava, will surprise you. I take the ground that all things that taste well and are good for us should bo eaten. There is nothing more delicious than a caviare of the great mvgale:B eggs of South America, and indeed the natives informed me that the species were not bad themselves, and why should they be when they are so closely related to the crabs? They have a curious way of catching big spiders on the Amazon. They arc huge lellows, sometimes six inches across, with great hairy bodies and legs, and, like some crabs, they live in holes in the sand, and often dart out and oite the feet of horses or mules as they &re nlrtHn- o?/l if rlntvf. Irill tVio I U1VUU) UUU ii \IVU v tmmm .Mw j animal the hoof comes oil. So when the natives want the spiders they jar the ground near the nest, then drop a piece of wood or stone in, suspended from a string; this is seized in a ruge by tho spider, that is jerked out and killed before it knows where it is. I suppose I have tried fifty kinds of insects as food, and some are delicious. ' "In Mexico I have eaten the honey ! ant, one that gorges itself until its abdomen looks like an amber globe, so distended is it with honey. They are served in this way for dessert and are very fine, i In the Northwest I have been entertained by the Indians with dried earth worms, ; not at all bad when you acquire the taste i for them. The Indians of some tribes collect thousands and dry them for winter use, and in many countries worms arc esteemed. In some of the Pacific islands a sea worm iseaten,andwhen it first appears l is collected and sent to the king with much ceremony, and great feasts are held ! during the time. In 6ome parts of Africa a sort of May fly is collected and made ' into a very nice bread. At certain seasons they appear in such vast numbers . that they are swept up by the bushel, ; and when flying the air is completely i filled with them, so that it seems to be ; snowing. s "Did you ever cat a dragonfly? No? s Then you have missed a treat. In the i south of Africa they are caught on lime ) twigs that are held aloft by the natives. Great fellows, six inches long, are sold at the markets as a luxury, and wlicu cooked in white wine are very fine int deed. The common grasshopper, or lo1 cust, as some call him, is eaten in North ? Africa, and locusts and wild honey are, i T hfli<?vn recommended in the Bible. , Some people insist tlmt flies indirectly give a flavor to cheese, but I draw the t line there. I enn't go it. Now, coming r back to meats, the common cat, when in [ good condition, is fine eating. It's only : a matter of prejudice, and I will prove j it. I consider myself a good judge of - living and game, and once was invited i to a breakfast where 4here was a game x pie, supposed to be hare. In fact, evcry3 body thought it was hare, and wouldn't r ask what it was for fear of being con1 sidcred behind the time. It struck me 1 as being something very fine, and I de termined to have it, so I went to the I host, who was a friend of mine, and 1 said: 'Hob, I must have the rules for : .that pie.' He didn't want to let it go, t. but, as he said he was indebted to mc s for a new way to cook crow, so he told , me in confidence. 3 "It was a kitten pie. For certain rea3 sons I kept it to myself at the time, but , I stick to it yet, it was fine. Every e hunter knows that puma is a royal dish e ?and the puma is nothing but a bin cat. 1 In fact, ail these animals are good catk. ing. 3 "And speaking of tough things rc2 minds me of a dinner we had in Troy some years ago. I belonged to the Epi curean club there, and we had a man for ? cook that was king of his art, and had 1 orders to put on every new dish he could 1 get. So this night?we met every Sature day?we had some guests. One was from 1 the Beefsteak club, of London, and when we sat down they brought in a platter with a steak on it about three feet long and two wide, and about an u inch and three-quarters thick. And the s odor! Ye gods and little fishes, but it was rapturous! Tom Had don was carver, and after trying it lie sent out for a knife that looked like a ,i razor, and at last got it cut up. And \ that was the last of it. There wasn't a t knife or a pair of jaws there thai, could 1 out into it, and there we were, like the fellow bound to the rock, surrounded bv ? ? I...* l.S.ef r triml it wincr, uiii u>nij^ wt union, i ?!>.? .V| but tlic piece bounded from one jaw to . mother, like a rubber ball, so that I gave it up, but tlic flavor was sublime?in fact, it was all flavor. At last we called in Joe, the cook, and asked him what it was. And what do you think?"' I gave it up. "Well, it was rhinoceros. It seems that some circus was going over the bridge and the rhinoceros had fallen through and broken his leg, and so they had to shoot it, and so Joe got the steak. It was good, but tough. We despise horse meat; but look at Paris. The poorer people arc glad to get it, but here our poor class arc only satisfied with the very best. And so it goes. Come and see me next week, Monday," concluded my friend, "and you shall taste some of the famous blind fish of the Mammoth - cave and some of the blind cattish from t the underground Conest tga." o ~ rroud to Call Himself a United States Farmer. s ; Senator Williams, of Kentucky, is a proud to call himself a farmer, and he : thinks there is no higher^honorablo callc ing. He is a stanch frimid of the agri; culturists, and during his terra has done vigorous battlo for every measure that has come before the Senate for their s j benefit or reliof. lie says: "After all, * j givo me the country raised boy. The j j boy who runs barefooted and stubs the f nails oil his toes and gets stone bruises 3 on his heels grows up in the simple, un affected ways of life which make him I the better man."? Washington Star. ' V SELECT SIFTINGS. The Arab compels his horse to feed from the ground in order to maintain the curve of the backbone. A Corean woman has no name. She is always somebody's daughter, sister, wife, mother. Their individual existence is not recognized even by name. The most universally diffused organism in nature, the least size with which we are definitely acquainted, is so small that 50,000,000 of them could lie together in 1-100 square inch. The word dynamite comes from a Greek word meaning power. The explosive is composed of nitro-glycerinc mixed with pulverized silica or infusorial earth, in the proportiou of three parts of the former to one part of tho latter. A steer was recently sold in Cincinnati weighing 4,250 pounds. The animal was raised near Decatur, Ind., is of fine form, Eerfcctly developed, six feet four inches igh, girths twelve feet, and measures twelve feet in length. It is six years old, a beautiful roan and in perfect health. A monster elm, recently felled in Langdon, R. I., was 100 feet high, and sixteen feet in circumference two feet from the ground. At sixty feet from the ground six limbs branched out, each measuring six feet in circumference. A section of the trunk twelve feet long required nine yoke of oxen to draw it. The Siamese make wedding presents, but they never give an odd number of articles, for the reason, they say, that one cannot stand without a partner, three means enmity, and five sickness. On the other hand, two signifies "strong and welcome," four "laughter," six "binding together by love," and eight, *'we resemble each other in likes and dispositions." Even as late as the time of Ilenry Till., all foreign artificers were prohibited from working in England. The Saxons are said to have sold into slavery a stronger who had no patron. By a law of many German tribes, if a stranger had resided twelve months a district he I wna anfr>* if Via win n. rrnr>?f. nf n. mr>tnWr of the tribe, the host after three nights [ became responsible for him. The proverb I. was, ''Two nights a guest, the third ( night a servant." In Gaul, among tthc i Keltic tribes, the stranger was equally I held as one outside the community, and unable to own the property of a -warrior. On Cape Cod and in many other disi tricts along the New England coast it is j firmly believed that a sick man cannot <lie until the ebb tide begins to run. "Watchers by beds of sickness anxiI ouslynote the change of the tides and if ! the patient lives until the flood begins to | set in again he will live until the next ebb. The most intelligent and best educated people born and brought up on the New England coast are not entirely free from this superstition, and to them there is a weird meaning in the words of Dickens in describing the death of Barkis: "And it being high water, he went out with the tide." A Qneer Sort of School Girl A recent Marysville (Ohio) letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer, says: One of the most singular cases of vision on record is found in the fourth grade of our schools, in the person of Belle Kinney, a little girl twelve years of age. Shortly after entering school her teacher, 3Iiss Ella Ely, discovered that she always read with her books upside down, and that while writing she invariably placed the copy In the same position and wrote backward, with the letters inverted and with her left hand. Not knowing whether to attempt a correction of the habit, the teacher sent for Dr. I. N. Hamilton, one of our prominent physicians and President of the Board of Education, who tested her thoroughly with iicrurcs. pictures, reading ana writing, and discovered that she was equally skilful with her books in any position, although the child herself had never particularly noticed her peculiarity, but expressed a desire to use her books as others do. The doctor says it is the most remarkable case of the kind of which he ever heard. The Spartans have become a race of lirs, beggars and thieves. The Weather. Lieut. Charles W. McKim, Portland, Ky., states: 1' For twenty years I suffered with rheumatism. During the bad weather my suffering was terrible. I was about to give up. Some one suggested the application of St. Jccobs Oil. I tried it and its relief was rapid. In half an hour I could stand up. I no longer suffer with the pains." Canton, China, with a population of 1,500,000, does not publish a newspaper of any kind. 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Hard or soft corns, warta bunions. Between three and four thousand horses die every week in London. Important. when you visit or leave New York cltr, savebirgage, expressage tod S3 carriage hire, and stop at the Graui Union Hotel, oppoeite Grand Central depot. WUelegan rooms, fitted up at a cost of one million dollars, 91 and apward per day. European plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the beat, florae oars, stage* and elerated railroad to all depots. Families can lire better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other fir?t-claas betel in the city. Fifty years ago the average weight of b?ef cattle was BOO pounds, and now it is 1,400. After Diphtheria The system is left weak and overcome by general debility, and antemla or laok of blood la apt to persist for some time. A reliable medicine to act a* a tonio and to vitalize and enrich the blood Is very much needed, and for this purpose Hood's Sarsaparilla has no equal. It has jnst the element* of richness and strength ro> quired to brine back robast health. "Diphtheria left me In very bad condition, suffering particularly from Indigestion and lameneea in the stomach. At times I could not stand np nor take a long breath. Hood's Sarsaparilla has don* me so maoh good that I am glad to testify to It* superior efflcacy." ?Mm. E. E. MacOHBER, Charles town, Ma**. J. H. Bargees, North Middleboro, Mass., had seven children sick with diphtheria. They all palled throngh, bnt in bad condition, as their systems seemed poisoned by the disease. Hood's Sarsaparilla restored the whole seven to perfect health. Hood's 8arsaparilla Sold bjr all druggists. $1; tlx for $J. Mad* only by C. I. HOOD A CO., ApothtcariM, Loud!, Mm*. <00 Poses One Dollar CatarhH Ely's Cram Balm gBPTTv^^Bcieauses the SCWfAMBMSal Head. Allays Inflamm a 11 o n. rHA?FEVER?c *1Heal8 tlle SoresWb' WjBestores the / *" Senses of Taste & SuielL A quick & positive Care. L'L'X/ U' GO cents at DrasRlaU. I r mt w b go cent* by mail registered. 8?nd for circular. Sample by mail 10 ctn. ELY BROTHERS, DruggUto, Owego. N. Y1 ? a /this plaster 3 BBB 7 AdtdlrocUrtipoa th? not. S HUB S cIm *nd tb* norvc* of tb? J back, the Ml of all pain. ? JffT * TOR ALL ^ Lunt Trouble*, wb*th?r V^|3S?w. local or dteply rnltd ttala /CZz:- ,V| ^S; ,7^\ plaittr wilt b? fonnd t? 1 ' b \ ?W* lnitant relur by apEP ^ M > ^ M piylnx bttwetnth* ?noulKtfWfjfldw bUdSHARP KM. I tar Tor Cidney Tronbl*, ? > V /fJB I KUiruaatiam. Neuralgia, BBL I SB I fain in tb* Sid* and Back IA<^'' tb<^ 4 MrUli> Sold by DniagUt* for ? T^Heauti, or Art for 91. V %*Cf( 9 Mailed on rectlyt of m irrrnv price by Smith,I>?ollt|PU$TERT Qc>1 A Skin of Beauty Is a Joy Forever. DR. T. FELIX GOTJBATJD'8 ORIENTAL CBEAM.OE MAGICAL BEiOTIFIER HjJj 1'^ Patches. Rub J >3 3 c- and ^ac? 5* yjgjr ^ "^d" A.. S?jre aiid to & l&djrof the Aauf ?oa (a patient): "At you (ad<M vill ut? thm, I recommend 'QourautTi Cream i< the leati harm/ul of all th* Skin preparation'." On? bottle will lwt tlx mcmthi, uiin* it erery d?T. Alio Poadre Subtile remoree aaptr&anni hftlr without Idlarj totheakln. Mxc. H. B. T. 00URAUD, 8oIe Prop., a Bond St.. N.7. Forsalebj all Dra?jrl?t??nd Finer Good* Dealer* tbroagboat the U. S., Canada) ind Europe. XWBewftre of OftM iniitfttloni, <1,000 Retard tor arreet and proof of may one eelllng the ua?. Si 10 New Scrip Picturee 10c. Book Co., Naaaao.If.7. 1100,000 ROYAI Is ~x | lions; Uoan At a Bh rrm pnbll?her? of the Chleaco Poll and < X 87,000 more lubicrlben needed before the Qi casta we will mall rou oar paper ( montfci on trial which will entitle the holder to on*of UnfoUowln now 100,000 itUMCiiben. gg PABTIALLIIT OF PBXI PlOCuh preieau ?f Cl.OOO eacb| lO V.I ZOO eoeh| lOO V. 1 Oreeikeelu, (10e?i enere Pluti 1 Grand Cabinet OrfUl 10< ver lIitaUn*-Caae Watcher ? eMil 1< eecki SO Lad Ice' Cheltlalae WftttkM, SIC ZOO Watertorr Watches, tS M ea?k| 1 Sent*' Gold Chatai, $U *mJi| M Ladle#* Serrlcn, ?100 each! lO Silver Tea Seta, Blcyolo*. ISO ewki l matched Mir $r?ttli SkM<a| SOO pair* Bojri' Roller lkslMl M< ?bu, -which we ?m not Minerst* her*. A partial manner. Present* will be seat to ur pert of t 60 cent* (or a 8-months' trial subscription to oar papei advertising profit*, the amount borrowed beta* piml a subscriber and keep* the Interest paid. On tbe bast the buslnes* and prolt* will approximate u follow LOOOlnehss advertising. IU0 per line, tl5 per Inch. 34 per tad press work. 2)0,ouo copies, M Issues, 000,1X0; e enu, MO.MOO; total, HW 000; leering a net profit of Ot space too Chicago Post and Courier depends In proportion to circulation. With but 3S.00S drcu Therefore u subscribers are doing us a faror when t faror. Any subscriber who desire* to borrow from ti aslong as the borrower remains a subscriber, ahouU mbscrlptlon to our paper. I* AHniTI AIIC Loans made pro rata, not lee* than VVlltH I lUHdi to be deducted from amountioani vldedyoa will send the namos of sersral of yournsli lo whom we can refer?not as to the amoant of proper are worth but aa to jour good character. Every sab< aiastpMUiw<y agree to show the paper and present friends and neighbors. When a loan Is made, the adj form of note will be sent with the money to tbe subsc nearest baak or express office, and no note need be i uatll the money Is paid orer. Send tbe names of s references, and Immediate Inquiry will bo made. If a Is datiiod, no references need be sent. 900 GOLD WATCHES WHO WI1X SEND THE QUICK In making up the abore list of nresent*. we decide to be dlrlded equally among the first too subscribers send 30 ceou you will be entitled to on* rtctipf good fc If yourletterlsamong tbe first (00received you will i a beautiful gold watch. The watch It one-third larger We will send a printed list of tbe awards, free, and a: forwarded to holders of receipt* a* they may direct, of watch winners will be published In our paper. ' cents you send us Is the rsgular price for < months, the TOO par nothing for the present. Subscribe at once, waltaday. We will lend you the papers months and 3 bered receipts good for 3 presents! If yon send as 73 Send tl and the paper will be mailod yon 1 year ani celpts good for 8 presents. Get 3 friend* to join to sebd tl.30, and we will send the paper 6 months and 1 bered receipt for each of your subscribers and 1 ext your trouble. Positively no further postponement. 10 subscribers, with ts, and we will send you 13 sat tlocs and 13 receipts. This offer 1* good only April 25,1885. We have313,000subscribersalread only require 37.000 more to hare tbe dealrad number nM natrnna and auhtrrih^rn. whom WA Dumber by H landi. ahould (?o to work at one* and 6elp n? 1st oar Hit by thle grand tad generoue offer. MMI Y hfl nCHTC Secures our paper# moot j UULI 9U WCH Id trial and one receipt go< one present. Ae to oar reliability, w* r?f nay Bank or Mercantile Agency. Rera< theee are prcecnta to our subscribers, glrea to tbem Hlutelj free. Thle I a a chance of a lifetime. (As true H leay to your future fortune. Every subscriber | N prize. A fortune miry be yourt if you ?ciU but i forth your A and to receive it. It coats only 30 cenU B ?ititpoatible vouictllletittxutr Postageatampi from placee where a Postal Note can not bo obtalne B Addrcae Chicago Port aad Coarier, Morrison Bid 25 CENTS A TJIKATIi A3VF> III? J Oontaininz an Index of Diseases, which rivets the S Table Rivinj? all the principal dru^R used for tho Hnra poison. A Table with an Knfrravine of the Howe's A valuable collection of Receipts arid ranch other vai 100-PAGE BOOKKtedj OLUB 3 I IT YE COPIES fl 00 TEN COPIES 1 70 One, Two anil Thren-OntSfamps received. Addi HOliSE BOO 1 134 LEONARD ! ier-Boc sense, but the best LIBRARY of CI :ellent and attractive volume of about ersal'' wonder." en*ment?j, tn. toUo TORT. Containing rlth numerous fine lllustra- p. o. Haaei srnamentod, tho following Herbert Spei Great Thong POLISH PEOPLE. ?re?t Thong ?. ;H KEYULtliU^. ^wuj|..V.V ? JSS Of the WORLD. Ce?plete 441 IY YEARS' WAR. Irrlne'i IUp theso four great works [) cents extra. above cannot one. Tho idea of put- house for. less than $' opy, seems preposter- t"Thisis indeed &t very body will want it, qu&lity of jte c^tei ising and introducing wjjich ja a library in h the publisher is put- Recorder, FittsI v York City. ? your ?Historical umph of modern me- j10w an imperial octa in be furnished at bo jijygtjations, clear tj rge proportions, beau- four standai , numerous and strik- sold for |3>5o.?_Bej -,11 aro tat-claa,."20 CENTS. Containing in one proxpt rMpoao >nd in >f about 1,100 pagse, Dour- 100-PAQE CA "?*?T~T>' mh.ro of the world amatio Works, r? . ,rl crt Barns. SCTlt fov EXAlitl ma* Moore. on reasonable eviden not elsewhere obtain- *. JQ| )0; postage 34 ceatfl, p.o. Box us?. Thonsands Hastened to their Orares* By relying on testimonials written in vivid glowing language of .some miracutov cum made by some largely pulled up doctor or patent medicine has hastened thousands to their graves; the readers having almost insane faith that the same miracle will be performed on them, that these testimonials mention, while the so called medicine is all the time hastening them to their graves. Although we have Thousands Upon Thousands!!! of testimonials of the most wonderful cures, voluntarily sent us, we do not publish them, as they do not make the cures. It is our medicine, Hop Bitters, that make the cures. It has never failed and never can. We will give reference to any oue for any disease similar to their own if desired, or will refer to any neighbor, as there is not a neighborhood in the known world but can show its cures by Hop Bitterns. A Losing Joke. "A prominent physician of Pittsburg said to a lady patient who was complaining of her 'continued ill health, and of his inability to 'cure her, jokingly said: "Try Hop Bitters!" The lady took it in earnest and used the Blt'ters, from which she obtained permanent 'health. She now lauchcd at th? doctor for 'his joke, but he is notso well pleated with it, 'as it cost him a good patient Fees of Doctors. The fee of doctors at 13.00 a visit would tax a man for a year, and in need of a daily visit, over $1,000 a year for medical attend* ance alone! And one single bottle of Hop Bitters taken in time woula save the *1,000 and all the year s sickness. Glren np by the Doctors. ; "Is is possible that Mr. Godfrey is up and at work, and cured by so simple a remedy?" "I assure you it is true that he is entirely cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters, and only ten days ago his doctors gave him up and saia he must ale, from Kidney and Liver trouble!" W None genuine without a bunch of green Hope on the white label. Shun all the vile, poisonous stuff with "Hop" or "Hops" in their name. aran-s WE WANT 1000 BOOK AGENTI |Kth* a*w book THIRT Y-THBKJC TZJJU AWN ' OUR WILD INDIANS Br Q?a. DODQt tad Uon. SUERXaN. Th? SutMtmUh* book out. Indor*?d bj Fmt Arthur, Oca'* H i m I film ShtridAn, tod thousands of Emlarst Jadrm, ClnmMa Kdlton. tic., u " TKt Bat cant /mt Book Svtr Pvbiiihtd." It taka like wildirt. tod l|MkM 10 to 20 adIf. WT?.00<? (Old. IU OrttU itftoHM ad 8oUd MfrU mike It tU bg>mtiq_book_for JfmL xTo. WOltTH&^ON A OO^ WSH9SS w^supsswg Bi$60.5T0Riii MVPI WAGON SCALES* RHfAl'fl B<*m Bos. Ttn Btun. rnlltt 13741 i? hli Fm Prk? LI*. JtrwrIB* JMiiUa t&toraraorxarezurcoii ^?i BorgautTQg.y. r. CONSUMPTION. I hayta poeltlra remsdr for tk* ?boT? dl*MM;tolla at* thousndiofeuiiol the vent klsd sad ecu*( ?t?odlDfh?Tt bontBrid. Iml??0. io?tronrl? mrfgltE lnlt??fflc?cf,tta?t I wilt ??nd TWO BOTTLES tXMM, to*?th?r wilt? 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