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r ?.v.. Sc.*. THE BEST GIFT OF ALL. One-and-twenty, one-and-twenty, Youth and beauty, lovers plenty; Health and riches, oaso and leisure, Work to give a zest to pleasure; What can a maid so lucky lack? What can I wish that fato holds back? Youth will fade and beauty wanes; Lovers, flouted, break their chains, Health may fail and wealth may fly you, Pleasures cease to satisfy you; Almost everything that brings Happiness is born with wings. This I wish you; this is best? Love that can endure the test, Love surviving youth and l<oauty, Love that blends with honu-ly duty; Love that's gentle, love that's true, Love that's constant wish I you. Still unsatisfied she lives, Who for gold mere silver gives, One more joy I wish you yet. To give as much lovo as you get. Grant you, Heaven, this to do, To love him best who best loves you. ?AV?e York Sun. MRS. MORRIS' MORTGAGE. 15V EDWIN II. TltAKTOX. I. "Whatever brightness there was in that little household was strictly home-made. "" Home-made things may lack style and polish and a great many other qualities, but they are solid and satisfying. The widowed mother was brave aud patient; fourteen-year-old George was manly and helpful; Baby Bess, a wee tot, insisted that she was "mamma's sunbeam and Gcorgie's joy,'' and between them the love these three had for each other was their principal fortune. To be sure, they had their cottage, nestled like a brown little wren of a house among the cherry trees, but so far from the more pretentious street of the village as to be quite secluded in its modest retirement?a home-nest where there was more peace than plenty. One thing this tiny residence had in common with many stately mansions ' that unwinkinglv stand forth as if begging for public admiration?there was a mortgage on it. It was so very small a house that it really seemed as though it would not take much of a mortgage to crush in its low, rambling rotf, like a too heavy load of snow, and. like the snow, is a mortgage on the poor man's home, a cold, pitiless dead weight! Next after her two children Mrs. Morris loved this wren-like house best of anything, and for three long years she had worked at that mortgage, saving up and paying it oft ''by littles," until at last when of the original $500 there only remained a trille less than *40 to * - " pay, Lawyer Harding had given her notice from the holder of the mortgage that he could no longer extend the time, and that unless the balance was settled by the first day of the month he would foreclose. This simply meant that she would lose all she had paid and be turned out of doors into the bargain. At the same time the lawyer had intimated, on giving this disagreeable intelligence, that if Mrs. Morris would consent to marry him he would relieve her of all further trouble, not only in regard to this but all future financial embarrassments. The mortgage itself was trouble enough for one poor woman to bear; but she would rather have had all the mortgages in the world to fight than endure the thought of life with a man with the mean traits of this lawyer. She gave him to understand this fact as clearly as a good use of plain, matter-of-fact English could do it. His words were smooth enough?too smooth, in fact?as he went away, but there was the sort of smile that boded no good to the object of his thoughts. It was as evident to her as though he had said so in so many words, that the time mentioned would be the last day of grace. April 1st came?but not the paltry balance needed to clcar of! the mortgage. And no sum of money is paltry when one must have it to avert disaster?and cannot get it. Mrs. Morris could see no earthly way out of her trouble that morning. Everything looked dark. It was hard to have worked so long, to have struggled for weeks and months and years, as she had done, only to lose all at last. Xo, not all! For she had George and Bess left. Thinking of them made it still harder to bear, lor it was for their dear sakesshe had toiled and economized and saved. There was a suspicious suggestion of what her eyes had beeu doing when George came cheerily in to his breakfast. "What,my little maiumic's eyes arc half drowned!" he exclaimed, in his hearty, t boyish way, with part fun and more tenderness in his tone, as he hugged her like a young bear, and dabbed kisses into each damp eye. "'Tisn't me?"' he continued, searching for a cause for the rather unusual display of discomfort. "No? I'm glad of that, because I don't think I've done anything downright awful lately, and it can't be Bess? She's all right, l know?no measles, or whooping cough, or anything?for 1 just saw her sleeping like a?a?" here he paused for a satisfactory smile, dabbing more warm kisses from rosy lips into red eyes the while?"like a happy little kitten." "Georgie, do eat your breakfast. It's as bad to have one's eyes kissed out as drowned out." "Oh, 1 know!" he continued, pursuing the subject with no intention of being put of!. "That old Harding is coming again, I'll bet anything." "Yes, dear, he is coming;" but the little woman had not the heart to tell all that dreaded coming implied. "Pshaw, mammic! Don't worry so about it. That blamed mortgage is almost paid oil and you won't have to see the mean sneak many times more." "I don't like to hear you speak that S?r-? wajk It doesn't help me and it hurts you." More kisses that said as plainly as words could, "It was because I love you and can't bear to see you so unhappy, but if it hurts you I won't do it any more." . Then he pitched into his breakfast with as savage earnestness as though he thought he was a half-starved cannibal and his food was the luckless but wellcooked Harding. ? ir. "I'll bet it's an 'April fool!'" said George, at the sound of an unusually Ejjfe; ,' loud ring at the front door. It was in jeality a boy with a large official envelope, addressed to Mrs. Morris, who sim HHfl r l2 ovm iviu ?ao iiw auo M ti G? to wait for. |$|? Nervously Mrs. Morris tore it open, as B& . some people have a way ol doing with Ek'. their telegrams. ? "It is the mortgage!" she cried, as she .undid the formidable document. It was 8^5^ "not her familiarity with law papers that Bp;: enabled her to so promptly identify it; *??'' every fold and crease and blot of this mortgage she knew by long and sad acquaintance. "Are you sure 't isn't an April fool, matnmie?" asked George, suspiciously. Neither she nor his mother had, from past experience any reason to expcct any favors from Harding or the rich property . owner he represented. Here was the mortgage in her hands?there could be no doubt of that?a small piece of paper, after all, to have been such a dead weight on the tiov home and the three that were in it. Careful examination failed to discover any scrap of a letter or word of explanation accompanying it. "It is too good to be true," sighed the widow, still dazed by the event, "but people are sometimes oetter than we give them credit for. I've already more than paid the original amount of money which your poor father was obliged to raise, 'when the interest is counted in, and they may have been moved to do a kindly, generous act, although," she added, "I would as soon look for sunshine in a coal hole. If any one has been really good it is not Mr. Harding, I am sure of that much; it must have been the man to whom the money really belonged and for whom he works." "If it ain't some kind of a mean 'April fool' I'll cat my hat," said (Jcorge, with greater force than elegance, who would not believe the evidence of his own j tnes, when that evidence was in Hardin cr's favor. Presently that person himself made his appearance. lie had the air of one who had earned a warm welcome and expected to receive it. Between gratitude and doubt the widow smiled, and her j manner was so much more friendly than ' ever before that Ilardiug flattered him- i ' self that he had done a very clever thing j ' indeed. v "Yes, my dear Mrs. Morris, I sent on i 1 the mortgage ahead of mc because I I 1 thought you would like to get it into i 1 your own hands at last." ''Indeed, I am very glad if all my trouble with it is finally at an end.'' " j ] "I fully appreciated that fact, and ! j wished to relieve you of all annoyance as j i poon. as possible," with a plausible, self- j t C" IL Rt^lv - V v ? satisfied look. "But I felt so sure your own good sense would urge you to agree kindly to my proposition, that at last you would consent to make me the happiest of men, that I did not hesitate to let you see with what perfect confidencc 1 was ready to carry out my part of the contract to relieve you of all financial troubles." "Mr. Harding!" was all she could say in her indignant surprise. "Perhaps I have been too hasty?" "I am sorry you have put me to the disagreeable necessity of repeating what I thought I had said plainly enough before; 1 would rather give up this little home of ours and take my children I know not where than to accept any home you could provide." Rising as she spoke, with a very becoming color in her cheeks, she indicated that the interview was at an end. "Then, madam," he replied, also rising, "it is my painful duty to inform you that the alternative of your own selection must be enforced. If you will please to notice this mortgage still lacks my signature as agent with power of attorney. That signature I shall be pleased to atlix on the payment of the balance due ? thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents." "Hut, I thought?"stammered the willow. "You thought I was fool enough to ! release you from the obligations of this document before I knew y<m were ready to marry me? Hardly. Have yon the J $:?7..30 handy? No.' I thought not. Then, madam, I shall foreclose without any further delay, and?" "Count that, will you, and sec if there isn't "50 there." It was George who had heard enough of the conversation to lind out that the mortgage was not paid oil', after all, and slippiug out of the rojm had returned a minute later with a small box full of silver and copper, which lie slapped down rather unceremoniously on the the table in front of Harding. "Which was the more surprised, the mother or i the lawyer, it would be quite impossible J to tell. "What's all this mean?" demanded Harding with a scowl. ".Never you mind what all this means. Just count that money and sign your name, and then if you ever bother my mother again just look out for yourself, that's all!"' "Oh, George!" was all Mrs. Morris could say. nnililnir <Y>r TT;irdinnr to do 11H.II. 0 -but to count the money, which was correct (o a cent, and atlix his signature, which he did with a face that looked like a thunder cloud, and not without mutterings that faintly suggested the disagreeable commotion inside. "When, he was at last out of the house, viciously banging the door behind hiin as a sort of harmless malediction as lie went, (icorgc caught his mother in his arms, and hugged and kissed her till both were fairly out of breath. "I earned aud saved it all myself, mammie," he finally was able to explain, "doing odd jobs and things?all but the last $10, and that I got for my stamp collection yesterday. I knew you hadn't ; the money to make this last payment, and I meant -to surprise you all the time. I knew-that was an 'April fool' when that mortgage came, but if there is a bigger April fool in this town than that blamed old Harding, I don't want to see him." "You blessed boy!" was all "mammie" could say between laughing and crying, while it wouiu nave ucen nuru to find three happier people on the facc of the earth that day than the brave, patient mother, her manly, helpful son, and sweet Baby Bess, who got her full share of the sunshiue of joy. And it will not make you the least bit sorry, I am sure, to know that the reason IIardin?i was so anxious to marry Mrs. Morris was that he knew of some property that was soon coming to her, of which she had never a hint. But when this new and unexpected blessing did come to them they did not desert the brown little wren-like liome-nest under the cherry trees?only it made possible George's dream of college days and a broader future.?New York Graphic. A United States Senator's Romance. "Senator James G. Fair, of Nevada, was born within five miles of where I was," said a gentleman connected with the Chicago police department to a reporter. "There have been many anecdotes published about him, and especially about his divorced wife, but I think I can tell how she became his wife, by a mere accident, as it were. Jim's family lived in county Tyrone, while ours came from an adjoining count}-. The Fairs were known in all the country around as fighters, and right good ones they were. Beside being fellows that knew how to handle a black thorn, they were very good carpenters. Jim's father and mother did not live very happily together, so the old man packed up his traps and came to America. He made money and went back to see how his family was getting along. At the time of his return Jim was about twenty years of age. lie was the father's net, and when the old chap was ready to come back to America lie took him with him. At this time .Jim was engaged to a young girl named l'earce. I can't say anything about the parting that took place between them, but it must have peon a tender one on the part of the future Senator, as subsequent events showed. "At any rate, after lie and the old man got over to America the went at carpentering, and made money very fast. Jim thought of his sweetheart, and longed for her. lie sent a sum of money to a friend to pay for her outfit and passage to the United States, fully thinking that she would soon come to join his fortunes in the new world. A few months after this voting Fair received a reply from his friend to whom he had sent the letter. The nature of the missive must have stirred his heait to the depths. Jt was to the effect that Miss l'earce had married another young man, and consequently could not be expected to sail on the next ship to her expectant lover. "But the same letter which conveyed this news also said that there was no occasion for sadness. It reminded young Fair that there was a youuger sister in the family whose beauty and graces were as charming as those of the elder nnp llU friond ronrludfid his lntt.fir with the proposition that he should offer the rising fortunes and the money of Fair to one who could accept them. To cut it short, Jim sent back word that he could do so, and it was not long after that when the younger Miss 1'earcc sailed for America to wed the future bonanza king and Senator. ller subsequent history has been told in print many a time, but I think that this story of Senator Fair's early life will be new to the general public." American Fables. A Mouse who had been caught in a Tiap Appealed to the Owner of the House to spare his Life, adding: "Kcally, it can make no Difference to you whether there is one Mouse more or less in this great World." "While that is good Sophistry," replied the Man, "it is also a Dangerous Argument. It is one Vice added to Another that makes a Man a Dangerous Criminal." Mokai.: The one more drink has made a hundred thousand drunkards. THE PAKllO'i AM) THE OWI.. A I'arrot who was walkiuir out for the benefit of hi< Rheumatics Encountered an Owl and at once a-ked for his Opinion on the Eastern (Question. The Owl Winked a few times, but made no Answer. "Well, what about Capital vs. Labor?" said the I'arrot. No answer. "Say, what about Free Trade vs. Protection?" No answer. "How do you stand on National Finance^?" No answer. vollnrl tlin Pormf "l?nf you are :i Fraud! The World calls you Wise, but I'd like to know where it comes in!" "Wisdom, my Friend," said the Lame Crow who was resting on the fence near by, "may consist in having the Sense not to expose your own Ignorance." Mouai.: A heap of blab docs not always pan out a very little sense.?Detroit Free I'rcss. The changeable surahs coinbiucd with velvet-figured surah are the fashionable : silks for summer. The basque and lower J skirt arc figured, and the draperies are of j I he changeable surah without figures, i'iiere are also many of the talTeta silks that arc changeable, and instead of velvet figures these have tiny spccks or Ifirgcr dots brocaded all over them. The latest puzzle now vexing some persons is how to place eight checkers ou i board so that no two will be cither on v straight or diagonal line iu either dircc;ion. A FACETIOUS GOLD-1IUNTER UABK TWAZKS'S EXPERIENCE AS A POCKET MINES. Tl?o Forgotten Claim?An Incident Wliit-h Probably Turned the Humorist from Mining to IJteratiiro> The position of the, pocket-miner among the other inhabitants of a mining region very much resembles that, of the bee-hunter among the people of the frontier settlements in agricultural regions. The business he follows also has several points of resemblance to that of the bee-hunter. The trail followed by one leads him to the tree stored with sweets, aud that of the other ends in a pocket of sweetest gold. The man who becomes an expert bee-hunter is likely to remain a bee-hunter all his days, and the same may be said of the pocket miner. Mark Twain's narrow escapc from becoming a pocket-miner has never been told. It is worth recording, as it gave him the story of the "Jumping Frog," and sent him oil* along the line of the literary lode and set him to scratching therein for pockets of fun. In 180o Mark wearied of Bohemian life in San Francisco and went up into the mining regions of Calaveras county - ? -11 f-: i? to rusticate wnn some uiu ji-imms? .Steve, Jim ami IJilly Gillis. Jim Gillis was, ami still is, one of the most expert pocket miners in California. Although educated with a view eventually to light the battle of life as a physician, and though still finding solace in his leisure moments in the works of Greek and Latin authors reposing 011 a shelf in his cabin, Jim Gillis is booked for life as a poclot miner. The business has charms for him that he cannot break away from?he is bound to it in chains of gold. Show liiin a particle of quartz gold on the side of a mountain, and if it came to where it was found through the process or accidents of nature undisturbed in any way by the interference of man, he will as unerringly trace ii to its source as the bee hunter will follow the bee to its hoard of sweets. Mark Twain found the Bohemian style of mining practiced by the "Gillisboys'' much more attractive than those more regular kinds which call for a large outlay of muscle. He and Jim Gillis took to the hills in search of golden pockets o.wi n,n.it enmn ftnv? in workinrr un the i.UVi OJ/V.IH. ? "J" ~p 4 undisturbed trail of an undiscovered deposit. They were on the golden "bee line''and stuck to it faithfully, though it was necessary to carry each sample of dirt to a small stream, in the bed up a canyon in order to pan it out. Each step made sure by golden grains, they at last came upon the pocket which had thrown these grains olT. It was a cold, dreary, drizzling day when the "home deposit" was found. The sample carried to the stream and washed out yielded but a few cents. Although the right vein had been discovered, they had as yet found but the "tail-end" of the pocket. Returning to the vein, thev dug a sample from a new place, and were about to carry it down to the ravine and test it when the rain began to pour down heavily. With chattering teeth Mark declared he would remain no longer. lie said there was no sense in freezing to death, as, in a day or two. when it was bright and warm, they could return and pursue their investigations in comfort. Yielding to Mark's entreaties, backed as they were by his blue nose, humped back, and generally miserable and dejected appearance, Jim emptied the sacks of dirt upon the ground, first having hastily written and posted up a notice of their claim to a certain number of feet on the vein, which notice would hold good for thirty days. Angels' camp being at no great distance from the spot, while their cabin was some miles away. Mark and Jim struck out for the placc. The only hotel in the little mining camp was kept liv nun Coon Dravton. an old Mississippi river pilot, and at his lionse the pocket miners found shelter. Mark Twain having formerly followed the business of pilot 011 the Mississippi river, lie and Coon were soon great friends, and swapped scores of yarns. It continued to rain for three days, and until the weather cleared up Mark and Jim remained at Coon's hotel. The story of the "jumping frog" was one of the yarns told Mark by Coon during the three days' session, and it struck him as being so comical that he determined to write it up. When he returned to the Gillis cabiu, Mark set to work upon the frog storv. He also wrote some sketches of life fh the mountains and mines for some ot the San Francisco papers. Mark did not think much of the frog story, even after it had received the finishing touches. lie gave the preference to seme other sketches and sent them to the papers for which he was writing. Steve (iillis, however, declared that the frog story was the best thing Mark had written, and advised him to s-ive it for a book of sketches he was talking of publishing. A literary turn having been given to the thoughts of the inmates of the Gillis cabin, a month passed without a return to the business of pocket-mining. While the days were passed by Mark and his friends in discussing the merits of the "Jumping Frog" anil other liter ary matters, other prospectors were not idle. A trio of Austrian miners who were in "search of gold-bearing quartz happened upon the spot where Mark and Jim had dug into their ledge. It was but a few days after Twain and Gillis had retreated from the place in the pouring rain. The Austrians were not a little astonished at seeing the ground glittering with gold. "Wiiero the dirt emptied from the sacks had been dissolved and washed away by the raiu, lay some three ounces of bright quartz gold. The foreigners were not long in gathering this, but the speedy discovery of the notice forbade their delving into the deposit whence it came. Tlicy could only wait and "watch and pray." This hope was that the parties who had posted up the noticc would not return while it held good. The sun that rose on the day after the Twain-Gillis notice expired sasv the Austrians in possession ot the ground, with a notice of their own conspicuously and defiantly posted. The new owners cleaned out the pocket, obtaining from it, in a few days, a little over $7,500. Had Mark Twain's backbone held out a little longer the sacks of dirt would have been washed and the grand discovery made. lie would not have then gone 10 Angeis camp ana wouiu prooaDiy never have heard or written the story of the "Jumping Frog," the story that gave him his lirst "boost" in the literary world, as the "Heathen Chinee" cave Bret llarte his first lift up tho ladder. Had Mark found the gold that was captured by the Austrians, he .would have settled down as a pocket miner. He would never have given up the chase, and till this day, gray as a badger, he would have been pounding quartz, with Jim Ciiilis for his "pard" in a cabin somewhere in the Sierra Nevada mountains.?Alta California. Cost of Bad Weather. To the natives of countries where the climate is very warm, and where custom does not require a complete covering of the body, the expense of clothing is slight. So it is in extremely cold countries, where the discomfort of being uncovered even for a moment leads to the habit of a very unfrequetit change of clothing. How many persons have reflected upon the expense which changes of weather in the civilized temperate zone occasions? To say nothing of tlio ruin of line clothing by sudden showers, let us consider wlnit a cost is inllicted upon the community by unpleasant weather which is foreseen. An umbrella lasts in respectable condition through a certain number of rainy | days, according to its quality. Let us , take one hundred rainy days as an aver- , age. Let us also suppose, for a guess, that on a day which is rainy all over the country, one million umbrellas arc j brought into use. Then each of those umbrellas has lost one per cent., say two cents, of its original value, and in the aggregate the umbrelias used are not worth so much bv ( twenty thousand dollars at night as they ' were m the morning. These amounts ! are mere guesses, but they serve to show 1 the principle. < January 20, 1884, was a pleasant win- 1 tcr day in London. On January 20, ' lfSS3, there was a "London fog." On ' the former day a single gaslight company ' sent out sixty-one million cubic feet of I gas; on the latter day it sent out ninety- 1 six million feet. i The dilTcrcncc of thirty-five million ' cubic feet was wholly due to the dark- I ness caused by the fog, and the extra gas J supplied by this one company?of which i there arc several in Loudon?cost the ' public more than twenty-six thousand dollars. It is probable that a single foggy day 1 in London entails upon the people of 1 that city, in various ways, an aggregate f loss of more thau one hundred thousand ( dollars.?Youth's Companion. < ry.x. J.J5 j.-..'-:. . ' r: ibmmmmbbmvhmmbmh NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Silk muslin is a novelty in black goods. It takes 37,910 womem to nurse the English sick. Black and cinnamon brown are fashionable colors in tulle. lllack hats and bonnets will be trimmed with white to be very stylish. Shoulder capcs for young ladies have tbc fronts extended like a mantle. Large metal buttons, cut in fanciful figures, are much used on coats and jackets. Mrs. Garfield's fondness for horses is only exceeded by her love for her children. Ten thousand five hundred women bind English books and 2,30*2 assist in printing them. J51ack India camcl's-hair wraps, with figures in outline, arc worn by elderly ladies. Jackets arc uniformly lined or filled with silk, the buttons alone being ornamental. For perfuming costumes, orris roots and violet sachet powders are still fashionable. lliclx colored surahs in Homan plaids arc combined with dark shades of velveteen for young girls' wear. Many hats and bonnets are trimmed with gold and silver braid, and all sorts oi gom uucuruuvu uujtuia uiu auuiu uo^. Polonaises and basques divide popular favor almost evenly, the latter displaying an unusual variety iu style and ornamentation. Beige and Mac will be very fashionable; it is seen in combination in the new striped camel's hair cloths and the sanglier cloths. Among the new thin stuffs arc very transparent buntings strewn with small flowers embroidered in tapestry stitched with silk and gold. Iii cotton vailings or colored cheesecloths there is great choice in color. Light yellow and a delicate heliotrope are particularly noticeable. Some black caslnncrc suits have plain stuff skirts in simple style, kilts preferred, with a tastefully-looped polonaise of cashmere broche worn over them. It is stated that poplin will be very fashionable in London. It is probably due to the fact that the Princess Beatrice's wedding dress is of this material. There arc six sisters residing near Salisbury, Md., whose aggregate weight is 1,110 pounds, an average of 180 pounds. The largest weighs 21G pounds. The lastcst fashion edict is that the basque must not be of a color different from that of the skirt, as such a combination is now considered cxecrablc taste. Mile. Nevada was the recipient at San Francisco the other night of .$2,000 in five dollar gold pieces, the gift of former schoolmates and companions at the Mills' seminary. In Paris the mania for matching things is carried to extremes. Thus, if one has a dress trimmed with blue, a blue handkerchief is carried with it; if one trimmed with red, a red handkerchief. A bride in Indiana, alter tne conclusion of the marriage ceremony, stepped gracefully forward and requested the clergyman to give out the hymn: "This is the way I long have sought." It is said a prominent oculist has declared that tinsel spotted veils, dotted tulle, etc., worn over the eyes produce giddiness, imperfect and uncertain vision, opthalinia, and in some ciises total blindness. The custom is extending, writes a Paris gossip in the Newark Advertiser, of decorating rooms by strewing roses on the furniture, bedding, fioors, etc. In France that practice was common under Charles VIII. Broad cashmere scarfs arc a novelty in shawls. These are in attractive shades, with a fringe of line, soft, white wool in its natural state. This wool has the appearance of netted wool chenille fringe, but is much softer than that material. For midsummer woolens is a new fabric called wool crcpe, of the texture of nun's vailing of finest qualities, with slight crepe-liko crinkles all over it; this may be had in black, in medium rnlnrc nml in tlm lirrhtorsh:ul(ts for CVOtl iug dresses. Golden brown, gray, dark blue or olive arc the most serviceable shades in plain woolen goods for suits for utility purposes, and young ladies who have leisure can easily braid or embroider these dresses in soutache or other braid of a deeper color than the dress. All the managing mammas among the English nobility arc arranging to briny out their debutantes simultaneously with the Prince of Wales' two daughters, respectively 17 and 16 years, who will be launched on the seas of Knglish society the coming season, which begins in July. Silk handkerchiefs of bright colors are much used, not only for hat trimmings, but for making pretty afternoon aprons. The handkerchief is not cut, but sewed to a ribbon matching it in color, as far in front as needed, with the ends turned over en rcvers at the sides. The ribbon is tied at the sides in full loops and bows. Tact in Advertising. Fraudulent, advertising is, of course, as unjustifiable as other forms of iniquity, yet, says an exchange, a regard for truth is not incompatible with a due consideration of certain human characteris tics. All men nrc and all persons, women especially, fonil of what is new or peculiar, yield to the blandishments of a supposed extraordinary bargain. The human mind, it is true, is capricious, like the weather. It has its seasons of cold and warmth, its days of sunshine and of cloud, but as in spite of these fluctuations we live on, in the conviction that harvest will follow seed-time and winter give place to spring, so the careful observer of motives and persistent watcher of tastes and fashions will profit by his vigilance. The wise farmer takes into accouut the normal succession of the seasons, and ho is also prepared for unseasonable visitations and set-backs. Tho clear-headed man of business can hardly fail of being succcssful if he acts like the agriculturist. Making sure to sell what the people want, he should let the greatest possible uumbci of them know the fact, and should make them acquainted with it iu the most direct, persistent and impressive manner. George Kobbins, the famous London auctioneer, once sold a countrv house bv a tiinelv mention of an ancient hanging wood in its vicinity. The hanging wood turned out to be an old gallows, and though George was decidedly wrong in playing upon words to deceive the purchaser, he was as decidedly right in supposing that customers would multiply by rousing their a>sthetic sensibilities. It is easy to imitate his shrewdness without going beyond bounds, yet the profits of advertising, like those of business in general, must be gained by thoughtfulncss and tact. I'lgcon Catching in the Soiulnn. Miss Sartorious, in her book on the Soudan and Egypt, says: "Every village has its pigeon houses, looking like great mud cones, and in the evening the owners go out and call them in. But when a man wants to get hold of extra pigeons, instead of calling them he frightens the pigeons away. They do not understand this, keep circling above and swoop down now and thou toward their houses. Other pigeons seeing thi< commotion, join them, and as soon as tiie man sees there arc enough he hides. The whole of the birds, old and new, then go into the house, and the man rei?'pi,;*.. ? line business if it were not that all of them do the same thing, and, therefore, each gets caught in his turn, rhey know this perfectly well, but no Egyptian fellah could resist the temptation of cheating his neighbors." A Tireless Letter-Writer. Do you ever stop to think, a>ks an exchange of its readers, what a tireless letter-writer a good newspaper is? Week ifter week, year after year, it goes on, telling of marriages, births, deaths, the lomings and goings of the people, the business successes or failures, accidents, rops, improvements, meetings, revivals, socials?in fact, events of all kinds. A! s grist that conies to the hopper of a j jood local newspaper. If you should ! undertake to write a letter each week to in absent friend, and tell half the news ;ound in your local paper, you would jive up in despair. People in a live own recognize this, and take pleasure n giving news items you would no earn otherwise. A case now under observation is relorted to the Medial World, in which the aticnt's hair having become prematurely ;ray is gradually returning to its original jolor under the internal administration )f phosphorized cod liver oil. '' A GAMBLER FROM INFANCY. STBASGE AND EVENTTtJI. CAHEXH OF A LOUISVILLE PREACHES. For Klany Years a Prominent and Successful (>nmblor ? Incidents that Led to Ills Reformation. In the heart of Louisville's gambling quarter, on JelTerson street, between Fourth and Fifth, says the Couricr-Journal, one man has been seen daily for years. lie is plainly, almost shabbily dressed. His face is pallid and careworn always, and on it deep Hues are graven, but not by the fifty winters whose passing have left him in his prime. lie wears no beard save a stubby brown mustache, , and his hair, hardly touched with gray, falls partly over a high forehead on which anxious lines are ever resting. The deepset, keen blue eyes arc the mo^t prominent feature of his face, and they burn with a fire that is never quenched. The man is Kev. Stephen Ilolconibe. lit; is the well-known reformed gambler and city missionary. He is doing a work which no other minister has attempted and which no one else can do. The story of his life is a strange one. lie was horn at Shippingsport, Aug. 18:).), and from his cradle up was a gambler. He docs not remember the time when lie did not play cards, and at twelve he left home to light life's battles . 1 - .1 1 IT? 1r,ff . uiliuidiucu ami iiuh uivl:vu. nu ?? fcjhippingsnort asa cabin-boy on one ol the magnificent steamboats that plied the river in those days, and for the next six years followed tliat wayward, wandering life. Then lie came home and started a small store in the fish and oyster business on Third street, in partnership with his half brother. "William Sowdcrs. lie was even then an experienced and daring gambler, but lie did not bccomc a "professional" until later on. lie married when only twenty years old a Miss Evans, of Shippingsport. She was a sincere Christian, but the union did not long have a restraining In lluencc upon him, though he was always a devoted husband. When the war broke out Ilolcombe went to JS'ashville to collect a debt owed him by some one in the same line of business, lie remained there sometime, and finally opened a fish store, but he did not keep at it long. He began playing faro, and in a short time lost all he had. From that time he was a professional gambler, and followed that feverish existence for seventeen years. lie liad no such thing as nerves, aim nau trained eyes and lingers to lightning quickness and dexterity, lie became one of the most successful gamblers in the South, over which he traveled for years. He was especially lucky at poker, but he met his match one time at Nashville, to which lie had drifted with his pockets stuffed with winnings. One night he sat dowu to play with a chance acquaintance, anticipating his customary luck. Instead of that he lost steadily, lost heavily, and finally every cent passed into the pockets of his new friend, lie watched him until lie discovered the man had a '.'system," and was equally lucky m every game he played. He won thousands of dollars in a single week. Holcombc told him of his discovery, and, stating that they could work to much advantage together, his proposition was accepted, and they traveled over the south for a long time. The "system" proved invaluable, and tlicy won heavily at every place they visited. Both might have been rich three or four times over had they taken any care of money. They were inveterate gamblers, and what they won at poker they lo9t at faro or squandered in reckless ways, as men 01 tueir camng always will. At Shreveport the partnership came to an abrupt termination. They played with their usual ?ood fortune, and in a week won about $'.20,000, depleting the pockets of every gambler in the place One night iiolcombe and his partner quarreled, and after a light they separated, never to meet again. The "system" which they used with such success was invented by an old gambler, named Major Drake, who has long been dead. After that the Kentuckian traveled for a long time over the racing circuit in the South and East, lie went to live in New York, but after staying there a while c.ime back dissatisfied. It was a restless period of his life, aud he seldom remained in one place longer than three or four weeks at a time, lie was the heaviest as well as the most successful poker player in the South, but lie never accumulated any great amount of money. "About 000 or ?0,000 was as much as I ever had at any time," he says. 411 never knew its value and threw it away as fast as it came into my hands. I wouldn't stick to poker, but as soon as I got (lush I would go to playing faro, and this would terminate in my i - ii T y. ./i v l.^,. losing itu i Ji;ui. x'iiiu ii.n it nuiiuciiiii fascination for most gamblers, and no matter how fair the came is the bank is sure to win in the long run The percentage of the dealer's take-out . never learned, though I was one so long myself. It decreases with every deal, but is some unknown quantity which gives the bank an unfailng advantage. "The stories of gambling and of gamblers' wealth are nearly always exaggerated," hi* continued. "I have been very lucky at times, and have made heavy winnings, but $13,000 is as much as I ever took in at one sitting. You often hear of gamblers being worth $100,000, when the chances arc that they have not more than 000 or $0,000. That was as much as I ever owneu." lie finally abandoned the racing circuit and came back to Louisville, where he dealt one of the heaviest faro games in the city. Subsequently he opened two houses. lie owned some real estate at that time, and one day a Methodist minister, Rev. Gross Alexander, came to rent a cottage from hiin During their arrangement of the matter the gambler incidentally mentioned his occupation. Mr. Alexander laid his hand on IIolcombe's shoulder and said: "If that is the case, my brother, I hope this meeting will be profitable in i more ways than one." I The gambler received an invitation to attend the preacher's meeting, and was converted. lie joined the church, and from that dav entered unon his life work. He began laboring among his old associates and the miserable and degraded, wherever thev could be found. His charity was never appealed to in vain, and in a short time he and his family were without a penny. From that time the story of his life has been a hand-to-hand combat with sin and poverty. Tho reformed gambler could get nothing, to do here and went to Denver, where he fared almost as badly. He washed dishes in a restaurant and cooked for mininjr-camps at $1.50, when he could have have had a thousand by going back to his old companions. Then he returned to Louisville, and for a long time he and his family were in actual want of the necessaries of life. When Ed Hughes was elected chief of the tire department llolcombc asked him for a placc, and he was the first man appointed, an act of kindness which will ntver be forgotten. The labors of the reformed gambler among his old associates attracted the attention about four years ago ol lie v..). C. Morris, then pastor of the Walnut Street church. lie suggested to Mr. Ilolcombe that he devote his whole time to mission work, and he has done so. A mission room was fi st opened in the Tyler block, and was s> successful that it was moved about two years ago to its ?n 1. _ 1 *."! . .1^: present pOSlllO!). 1 lie jjuuu 11 is UUIU^' is incalculable, and is familiar to all. Mr. llolcombe was licensed as a local preachcr four years ago. The mission is his life-work, and he says lie will quit it under no consideration. He has the confidence and respect of every gambler in the city, and every now and then is successful in leading one to a better life. Centrifugal Force. Artcmus "Ward did not claim to be a scientist, but rather an artist in wax. lie once gave his thoughts, however, to onj of the great problems of science with this result: The earth moves round from west to east in a year, and turns on its axis in a day. norHi (n lir> siiililonlv OUJIJIUOIU^ bl?W V, *l v.* vvr arrested on its axis, we all?men, women, children, horses, cattle, and sheep, donkeys, editors, and members of Congress?with all our goods and chattels, would be thrown into the air at a speed of one hundred and seventy three miles a minute, every mother's son of us describing the arc of a parabola, which is probably the only description we should ever be able to give of the a flair. This catastrophe, to one sulHcicutly collected to enjoy it, would doubtless be exceedingly amusing; but as there would probably be no time for laughing, we pray that it may not occur until after our demise, when, should it take place, our monument will probably accompany us. \ A SPRING POEM. The old man site in the garden chair, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring, His hat is off, so his head is bare, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring, Ho readeth Tupper, it makes him weep, And anon he falls in a calm, deep sloop, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring. The early wasp hath a vicious look, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring. As he cometh out of his winter's nook, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring. Ho sceth the old man's shiny pate. And his wild eye gleams with a deadly hato, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring. Loudly the old man snores in the sun, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring, Quickly the littlo wasp hies to tho fun, Spring. Spring, beautiful Spring. Ho sits him down with a fiendish gleo, And goes for that head with a one, two, three, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring. Yells of "murder" are heard around, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring, The old mnn rose with a terrible bound, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring. He sprang three feet and came down hard, And hence this song by a Springtide bard, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring. ?I hi I L'crtr, in Detroit Free I'rcss. HUMOK OF THE DAY. Some people pass through various vicissitudes in life without losing a hair. Probably because they were bald-headed. ? Waterloo Obsercer. A widow in India burns herself for her husband. In America she marries another and gives him a roasting.? Pittsburg Chronicle. Presidents may change, but when a woman says "no." nothing but dynamit can move her, unless a stray mouse happens to come in her way.?Chicago Ledger. "The way to sleep," says a scientist "is to think of nothing." When an editor wants to slumber all he has to do is to try and remember how much money he has in the world.?Boston Post. A baseball player says he would never vote again for a certain member of the legislature, because when a certain clause in a bill was up, ho had understood the member hadmado a motion t strike out.?Merchant- Traveler. If the world is indeed worse than it was some centuries ago, we suspcct it may be accountcd for by tho fact that iu those times a man didn't have to wear suspenders without buttons to match, or use matches for buttons.?Broton Bread. Says a writer on table etiqwette: 4*If vou are of a nartv to dinner or lunch wait by your chair until all seat them, selves." If this rule is rigidly observed, the dinner or lunch is apt to get cold before the company is successfully seated. First policeman?"Arranged your plans for next summer?" Second policeman? "Oh, yes; I shall spend the entire season among the breakers." "The entire season! You don't say so?" "Yes; among the law-breakers."?Philadelphia Call. We aro glad to learn from a valued contemporary that "pickled walnuts arc now introduced at dinner." If there is anything we dislike it is to sit opposite a pickled walnut at dinner and not boon speaking terms with it.?Philadelphia Pre.it. No one is ever killed by lightning when asleep in bed, according to the assertion of an English electrician. "Whenever you hear a clap of thunder always go to bed and fall asleep immediately. This is a sure precaution. ? New York Graphic. Scene on ahorse car: Passenger?* "Conductor, what are we being delayed for?" Conductor?"Misplaced switch, sir." Little boy in the rear?"Well, that is what I told mother this morning when she gave me such a whaling." Passengers in chorus all smiling and satisfied. " How arc you, Smith?*' asked aFourtli avenue man of a friend he had not seen for nearly a year. "How arc all the girls? Arc you as sweet upon Miss .Tones as you used to be?" "Oh, no. I left that oil several months ago." "Ilavc a quarrel?" "No. I married her last August."?Graphic. Thoro was a man in Norristown, And he was very tall; Ho wont into the skating rink And got u heavy fall. Anil when he found himself laughed at, With all his might and main lie quickly sprang upon his feat And fell right down again. ?XorristiHon Herald. ' My dear," said a husband to his wife, "I am unable to get any sleep; I have tossed ever since I came to bed*; I wish you would get up and prepare me a little laudanum." "It's hardly worth while now," she replied, consulting her watch; "it's almost time to build the kitchcu fnc." Then he sank into aquict, restful slumber.?Boston Journal. A well-known gentleman in this city is the author of a novel which relates to the adventures of a party on a desert island. In the course of the story he describes the building of a steel yacht, and remarks that the plates were riveted together. A critic, picking him up, him tinw thp.v neeomnlished the riveting, and was met by the reply that the goats which they found on the island butted them in.?Boston Post. IX THE SPUING. In tho spring the gentle poet bravos tu? terrors of tho club; In tho spring the fisherman goea forth to hunt the early grub. In tho spring pugnacious rams fight everything that comes along, I And the fish-dispensing huckster fills tho air with chunks of song. In tho spring tho dandelion star begems tho vernalsceno; In the spring the lettuce salad antedates tho lima bean. In tho spring n hungry cry goes upward from tho porcine pen, I And tho early eacklo blossoms from tho gullet of tho hon. Tn the spring tho Vassar maiden sits upon the sylvan moss; And tho billygoat devours tomato cans with hoopskirt sauce. In tho spring the funny writer courts the ice cream joke once more, And tlie great spring-bonnet chestnut sets tho table in a roar. ?Ila tchct The Dead Letter Musenm. Connected with the Dead Letter office at Washington, says a letter to the New York Teh'ijram, is a museum of curiosities received through the mail, and they embrace articles of all grades, from a - 1 1 _ gold encased miniature to a uanu saw, a honey bee or a horned frog. This old miniature represents a gentleman and lady of middle age, is painted in ivory set in gold in the style of a century ago. It has been for forty years in ihe ollice, and despite its value men and women come, and men and women go, but the owner of the picture has never appeared 011 the scene as yet. Further along in this cabinet may bo seen a piece of the floor of the room in which Jesse James was shot, and which some enterprising person had sent to a friend. Above this, and with the upper lid partly opened, so as to bring the contents provokingly near the observer, is a box of choice raisins. Layer after layer; all perfect and undisturbed. On the other side of the museum, and evidently intended as a companion piece to the raisins, is a nice fruit cake. Then, in still another cabinet, is a ghastly human^kull. In this cabinet, too, can be seen a box of gold from California?gold in the rough, and silver and cacti from Arizona. Then above these Texas is represented by the serpents she has sent, all received alive. Some of them were sent in perforated tin cans, and intended for a foreign museum. But snakes were not "nominated in the bond"?and were against postal regulations?and so they rest here. One of the greatest curiosities of the dead letter ollice is not embraced in its museum collection, but is shown in the person of its olilest and most popular colored, or parti-colored messenger. Hie is rather a human curiosity. Originally a very dark brown, she has been growing white in some spots until now ?he is known in "Wash ington as the "calico woman." She states Ion years before a spot had made its appearance on hands or face she dreamed she saw one of her relatives come in her room, and, after she removed her bonnet, so that her features could be seen, she exclaimed,"Oh! Aunt Mary, you have got a calico face!" This dream she ho'ds as prophctic of what she was to become. There is still another curiosity connected with the ollice that must not be overlooked in the museum collection, and that is the record kept by Uenjamin Franklin when he was Continental postmaster general. It embraces the years from 1707 to 1778, and in the whole eleven years there were only 373 valuable letters received. This volume is yellow with age, but the writing is still iegible. It is regarded as one of the most valuable possessions of the department. A SUGAR ESTATE IN CUBA." A LITTLE PBnr02FALTS7 07 3,000 ACHES. Visit to a Cuban Country Home Dc crlbed?A Snpar mil and How It ! Worked. A correspondent of the New York Times describes a visit which he paid to a large sugar estate in the interior of Cuba. The writer says: This "Ingenio Ilormiguero" (Ingenio being the Spanish term for sugar estate) is a little principality in itself. With its 3,000 acres nearly, of sugar cane, its rich lands, its great mill filled with the most expensive new machinery, its more than comfortable dwelling house, and its large number of smaller dwellings for the workmen, it is one of the finest sugar estates in Cuba. The Messrs. Pouvcrt, are, I believe, both natives of America, of French descent, and they have given their attention to this plantation for many years. Here they live throughout the "grinding season, "from December to April, every year, sometimes spending the remainder of the year in New York or Paris, and sometimes staying here throughout the entire year. Both the gentlemen having families, there is plenty of company in the large house, and they do not sulTcr from the louesomeness of the situation?for a sugar plantation is necessarily isolated, and its owners arc compelled to rely upon their own resources for amusement. The house, like all Cuban country houses, is one-story high, with a broad, steep tiled roof, and with the cool front veranda so shaded with green vines that the house can 'scarcely be seen. Such a,dark, cool and airy sitting room as the veranda thus becomes, is ihvaluable in a hot place like the south side of Cuba; even before 9 o'clock we began to feel that we were down in latitude 18. With its cool brick tloor and its rows of comfortable rocking and easy chair3, it is just such a place as one would want to lind in the middle of a hot day to doze away the afternoon in. And that is about nil that any one carcs to do in Cuba, for the heat in the middle of the day makes it not only uncomfortable but unsafe to be long exposed to the sun. The veranda in all these southern countries, is the best part of the house. It is the parlor, the library, the general living room. Without one, and a good one, a bouse in a tropical climate would scarcely be habitable. The mill stands immediately opposite the house, 200 or 300 feet away, and as it is open throughout, without walls to obstruct tho view, the owners can sit on the veranda and watch every motion of the machinery. If anything goes wrong they can be on the spot instantly and help set it right. As the machinery is nearly noiseless, and there arc none of the objectionable sounds or smells inseparable from most mills, this is an ad mirablc arrangement. Indeed, tncy carry it even further than this, and the ^ladies make a sort of a sitting and sewing room of one end of a raised platform -which supports the evaporators, and keep there a table and a collection of rocking chairs to be used when wanted. From this elevated position they can watch every piece of cane that goes between the rollers, sec the entire interior of the mill, and at the same time keep an eye upon every person who goes in or out of the house. After breakfast Mr. Ponvert took us over to the mill, and explained the whole process of sugar making. The entire plantation is laid out in lots of three or four acres each, with many miles of streets or roads between them, and eight or ten miles of railroad track running from one end of the place to the other, on which the cane is brought to the mill in cars. There are so many of these lots that a map is kept, on which the condition of each lot is indicated by a different color. If the cane on one lot has just been cut the fact is indicated by one color; if it is ready to be cut. by another color. The cane is brought to the mill and stored in great heaps in a convenient place near the rollers that crush the juice out of it.. There arc three large heavy iron rollers, and after the cane goes between them it is s<|uec7.cd dry. It is carried up to the rollers automatically on a moving platfoim like that on which the horses walk in a thrashing machine, and comes out crushed and sapless. The juice is carried off in pipes to the boilers, ar.d is boiled down and 4.K?/m??K nr?rl nllinr 1UI1 bUlUU^lI Uta|^lULUIQ (I11VC. UtU\.l WVUtrivances till all the liquid part ol" it becomes molasses and all ihc solid part sugar. The cane now yields a much larger percentage of juicc than it did a few years ago, under the improved machinery for extracting it, but this machinery costs money. It conies from New York, most of it,and the engines,boilers, evaporators and all the other machines necessary for setting up n complete modern sugar mill cannot be purchased for less than ^"200,000. About that amount has been put in this mill at Ilormiguero within the last year, and still there arc additions to be made. There is a locomotive to bo purchased, for instance, to take the place of oxen in drawing cane to the mill, and electric lights arc to be put in next season for working by at night, for in the grinding season the mill runs night and clay, Sundays and holidays, without any cessation. I5ut through the other eight months of the year all this machinery stands idle and cams nothing for its owners. The cane, after the juice has been extracted from it, is spread out in a rlrying yard to dry, which it does under this hot sun in a very short time, and eventually it finds its way into the furnnces, where it makes steam for the grinding of fresh piles. Some of the large sugar estates are still worked by slaves, but at llorinigucro there is nouo but free labor. Mr. Convert is beginning a new system?of let| tinff out small tracts of land to farmers, I furnishing them with a dwelling house and barn, oxen, and everything ncccsear}', and stipulating that the land shall be worked according to the directions of his overseer and the cane brought to his mill. The farmer eventually pays for his stock and implements out of the proceeds of his sales of cane, a little each year, and the productiveness of the land is thus much increased. Like many other business, sugar making is rapidly going into the hands of a few wealthy firms. Although the modern sugar machinery is terribly expensive, it does its work so much more completely and economically that the small planter, with his old-fashioned boiling kettles and crude machinery', has no chance and cannot compete successfully. Still, there arc quite a number of these large concerns. Here, in this district around Cienfuegos, one can stand almost anywhere and see the steam that has been grinding rise from a dozen chimneys. The Spanish Arabs of the tenth and eleventh centuries, drawing their inspiration, perhaps, from an older civilization, were as much superior intellectually to the French, Hermans and English of that.age, as arc these peoples now to the Afghans or Turks. Wonders is'crcr Cense. Professor C. Donaldson, New Orleans, La., proprietor of Museums, who suffered eighteen years with rheumatic pains, states he has spent ten thousand dollars to net cured. After trying doc- | tors, famous bath", clectric appliances and legions of liniments without relief, he tried St. Jacob's Oil, which completely cured him. It is a wonderful remedy, lie says, and he has sold his crutches. 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Edwards, Nurseryman, DausvUlo, ti.?K '' " : 111 "That Miss Joneeifl a nlcA-looklng glrlT Isn't sheF' "Yes. and she'd be the belle of the town if it wasn't for one thing." "What's.thatF "She has catarrh so bad it is unpleasant to be near her. She has tried a dozen things and nothing helps her. I am sorry, for I like her, but that doesn't make it any less disagreeable for one to be around her." Now, if she had used Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, there would havo been nothing of the kind said, for it will cure catarrh every time. The forests of Scotland yield 10,000 deer annually. " Bortholdi'n Stat no or "Liberty Enlightening the World" will be a reminder of personal liberty for ages to come. On just as sure a foundation has Dr. Tierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" been placed, and it will stand through the cycles of time a j a monument to the physical emancipation of thousands, who by its uso have ten relieved from consumption, consumptive night-sweats, bronchitis, coughs, spitting of blood, weak lungs, and other throat and lung affections. Scientists hold seventeen distinct theories as to the cause of earthquakes. For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits and general debility in their various forms, also as a preventive against fever and ague and otherintermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," mado by Caswell, Hazard <fc Co., New York, and sold by all Druggists, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal "Kottgh on Itat*. 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Ask for Wells' "Rough on Corns. "15c. Complete cure. Hard or soft corns, warta bunions. -o Cents Will buy a Treatise on the House and His Diseases Book of 100 pagos, valuable to every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken. Kent postpaid. New York Hoasr. Book Co., 134 Leonard Street. New York city. There are 200,000,000 Mohammedans in the world. ' Important* When roil fltlt or lea?e X?w York oltr. ttrabanm iprecaage and $3 c?rni*o hiro, and atop at the Uraal Union Hoiol. opposite Grand Caatral dtpot. Muelegant rooms, llttedanat a cost op ons rmillloi dollars, SI and usward peraa/. European plaa. El v Tator. Hestaurant supplied with thebeat. Horse oirs, I stages and elevated railroad to all dap its. Familial ; can lira better for leai m msj at the Grand Uoioa ' Hotel than at anj other llritclaM hotel ia thj oil/. The weight of an ostrich egg ia equal to twenty-eight hen's eggs. A Good Appetite Always accompanies good health, and It* absence Indicates that something Is wrong. At this season nearly every one needs something to revive and sharpen the appetite, which is lost in the debilitating olTccts of changing weather. For this purpose there is nothing superior to Hood's Sarsaparilla. It also purifies the blood, promotes healthy action of the digestive organs, and gives strength to tho.whol body. Take It now. "When I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla I was dizzy when I got irp in the morning, had a headacho and had no appetite; but now I can hardly get enough cooked to eat."?Esima. Shepaiid, 1 Coral Street, Worcester, Mass. "I had been troubled for some time with poor appetite, particularly in tho morning, and also had frequent attacks of rheumatism- I commenced taking Hood'H Sarsaparilla, and now my appotito istno best and tho rheumatism has left mo."?0. Abens, 3701 Emerald Ave., Chicago, 111. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for 95. Mads only by 0.1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Masj. i 00 Doses One Dollar For Good Purpose*. Mrs. A. M. Dauphin of l'J39 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, is -well known to the ladies of that city from the great goodsho has done by means of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She writes Mrs. Pinkham of a recent interesting case. "A young married lady came to me suffering with a severe case of Prolapsus and Ulceration. She commenccd . taking the Compound and in two months was fully restored. In proof of this she soon found herself in an interesting condition. Influenced by foolish friends she attempted to evade tho responsibilities of maternity. After ten or twelve days she came to me again and she was indeed in a most alarming state and suffered terribly. I gave her a tablespoonful of the compound overy hour for eight hours until she feel asleep, she awoke much relieved and evidently better. Who continued taking tho Compound, and in due reason she becamo the mother of"a fine healthy boy. But for tho timely use of tho medicine she believes her life would havo been lost." This remedy contain* no injurious drug*. ELY'S CREAM BALM.gATAREH when applied into the no?-?i..|i . triln, will be absorbed, offertnully cleansinK the h<;v HMrTiftr..TJ-.TTj ejrSsj of catarrhal virus, eausim wg|J|VAVrSj healthy secretions. It al WCvflTv^CllDrpCO^"! lays inflammation, protect! 8g R^^J/Sn/vlOin.lN B the membrane from f r< s I. Ej(EjJl;Cnf*M . ll?inl! cotdB, completely heals th' P? gores andrestorestliescnsv'rHiyrFyER xa of taste, smell and hearing ^ Ho! a Ligoii or M A few applications re llevo. A thnraugh Ireatmm V" ' 1 kill e (re. Affroeable to line u-aA. I Price SO cents by mail 01,' _ . , MniiKn ujgnuo. S.?a . FEVER ELY BROl'HKRS, DruitJUm, Owr-co. N- Y. | The use of UIiU'c'h Food produces Rood healthy flesh, not a ptifTy, dabby skill, but plenty of lione and muscle. The child likes It. mid, as to nature's supply, | so the little one turns readily from all playthings, ana linns complete sattsiaeuon in inn, ine ocsi *u?stitutc for the mother'n milk. !)<> tint let your children prow up weak and puny, when Ridge's Food can be Obtained at so small cost. , AUBNTS WANTED, Gentlemen or Ladles, fct ! "Uouuhtalinu'f Itawl Bonk of Useful lnfurmation," and for "Houghtnlina's Salary List of United Stales Officials." OvorlMIO.OOil already sold. $5 to $15 adaynudo. Sample copies of books li terms to acenta by mail, on receipt of 50c. in 1 or 'Jc. utamps. Stamps returned if yon do not take agency on return ot books. Add's 0. E.HoughUling, 70Madison A_v.. Albany.X-Y Bn HBfl a month (salary or commission! to ^ ? * ftfe np'NH lor THE MOULD'S WON. ,H<J B Write for full particulars. B UISTOKICAL l'UH. CO.. Phila.. PaChloral and IHIba 81IIIlaQpiumHabits i EASILY CTltEl). HOOK FREE. DR. J. C, HOFFMAN, Jefferson. Wisconsin RIffSInstruction Rook on art of maklnj? sy a n *}Sj Taper Flowers and Tissue-l'aper E?v&0 Bl Faney Work for home decorations. Tissues anil Flower Materials sold. RiSFflrtU Hook and price list mulled. l'?ets. READY h's;.si,v'feif. *- " " ALL IMPERFECTIONS fgv-'-S/ai of llto Face. Iland.'i & Feet, Superfluout <?fct <53r Hair. Moles, Wart.". Freckles. Motli. K?d T-v Q Nose, Acne, IM'k Heads, Senrs, Tittln^ <?A,arJtja and treatment. [Jr.John Woodbury. N. I'carl St., .Alluiuy, ,\. V* "(Zxitn I "Kstablished lsio. Send Ju\ lor book. 1 i'J ft?a E\ jn nowinsriui you 71 ! B?a Slylo-iof I.ii vs wliie.'i j . an 1)0 bought at half 1 rice 11 you will >ewl Ib>- iinni" ut five l;id"'< iu I your vicinity to T. K. I'AICKI3K? I?yim? jtliuM* I i'aJaUnr, I IU | 3B<n?M5-k E5?S?? Great English Gout an. : S a SikSa Bhsumatic Remedy. Oval liax, 81.00; round, 30 clu. i OT'H Prophylactic Appliance euros XcrvoiH lA-bility, Premature D<iay, Lost Manhood, ci<\, byprevt'iititujlliei-ausf. S.%tlo;l treatise 2tei:. AiIUv.m I'itoi'HYLArTic Ai'I I.iam k Co.. lliiuHijuiUiui. S._\, j KIBHarS : LMPl !aj3HWgAiirWrf^y;^NV?y.,haf|c.;0ft.1.nannc Sample Hook,Premium List. Price Ii:st s >1 | bHflUd free. U. S. CAKD L'U., Ufiitcruro ik,C 1.11 PATCH I E'rKant parhifrfs of Silkaaivl Satin;-. ! UUrtOlf *e,U for-'V'- ^mbroid.Ty Silk... U; . w K IV? I doz. A. G. UASSlilT, Kuchcstcr, N. V. withoBt " money out delay. !t will lip sent to any address J . . . _ In tli- world l-'rpp of t'o-<l ! Head It] curefully, sillily It well,mid you will ^li-nu 1M,M Information tlmt may prove more v.ilua- n _ - _ blc than all (ho wealth of the ItotliM-liilds SR| 8 ?innri' imvloiiH than nil the k< i.i>> ??f 1-u- 1JM 1 rope's royalty. It mn// sure yir.ir life! EH B UradflclU ltcgul'r Co., Kox 28, Atlanta, Gx S I 25 CENTS j A TKEATISF AND IIIM I> I'on'alnlp^ an Index of Disease*, which cives the Syr 1'abte chilis all the principal dru.es used (or tho Hoi"-, a poison. A Table with an Knyr.ivjni: of ilia Horse's T? A valuable collection of Itereii'tK :t't I tnncl: other valiia 100-PAGE BOOK CXjXJ33 3F) KIVE COPIES $1 00 I ' TEN COPIES 1 70 | I On*. Two anil Three-Cent Stamps received. Addr>" HOUSE BOOI 134 LEONARD S i* A Dangerous Case. * Rochjbtzb, Jane 1.1883. "Toil Tears ago I was attacked with the mqpt Intense and deathly pains in my back and ?Kidneys. "Extending to the end of my toes and to my brain! "Which mado me delirious! "Prom agony. "It took three men to hold ne on at times! "The doctors tried in vain lo relievo me, but to no purpose. Morphine and other opiates I "Had no effect! *'^ter two months I was given up to die! "When my wife heard a neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had done for her, she at <yice got and gave me some. Tho first dose eased my brain and seemed to go hunting through my system for the pain. The second dose epsed me so much that I slept two hours, something I had not dom for two months. Before had used five bottles, I was well and at work as hard as any man could, for over three weeks; but f worked too hard for my strength, and taking a hard cold, I was taken with the most acute and painful rheumatism all through my sys tem that ever was known. "I called the doctors again and after several weeks, they left me a cripple on crutches for life, as they said. I met a friend and told himmy case,and he said Hop Bitters had cured him and would cure me. I poohed at him, but ho was so earnest I was induced to use them again. In less than four weeks I threw away my crutches and went to work lightly and kept on using the bitters for five weeks, until I became a3 well as any man living, and have been so for six years since. It has also cured my wife, who has b?en sick for years; and has kept her and my n 1 u-.ui? ciumreil wen UHU iwaimy miu Hum mu IU thfee bottles per year. There is no need to be sick at all it these bitters are used. J. J. Berk. Ex-Supervisor. 'That poor invalid wife, "Sister! "Mother! "Or daughter! "Can bo made the picture of health! "With a few bottles of Hop Bitters! "Will uou let them sufferr' ??? - }. None genuino without a bunch of green hops on the whito label. Shun all the vile, poisonous stuff with "Hop" or Hops" in their nama . N VK v-:o ' PATTERNS OF ANT SIZE, i UNPARALLELED OFFER! MO REST'S T U THE BESl OF all the Magazines. Illustrated with Original Strel Engravings, Photogravure* and (HI Picture*. Each copy of " Deraoreit's Monthly Mamine," oom? menclne with November, 1884. will contain A Coupon < Order, entitling the holder to the selection of any pattern Illustrated In the fashion department In that Bomber, In any ofthe sizes manufactured. Subscriber* or Purchasers sending the Coupon with ft two-cent stamp for postage.wlllmetre. byreturn mail,* complete pattern, of the flie and kind they may select, from the Magazine containing the order. ONLY Tiro DOLLARS per ysir. 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I baroapoaltlvo remedy for tlio ftbore dlfea??;by lt? 10 th.iajan.!3ofc*?e?i-( tlio wont kind and of long ?t?nd!aeh?Tobc?ncii'?d. In Its eltlcacv. tint I wl I MH'll'tt ll I10TT1.KS 1 K K together with a VAt.UABI.KTRKATlSEon thlsdiaeaM toauysufftror. (iiroexpr?n>:id r. O. adai>i?. _ i PH. T. A. SLOCl'lI, 1st FcarlSt., New York.' ?-- ? TO introdn<-eaivl eell the trade (ho well-known an! ccli-brit'-il Cicaisur ilieNKW YORK i HAVANA CIGAR COMPANY, l.ib -ral arrangements. Salauy or Commission paid to the ric'ut man. tor furthor partioiiUm nnd tortus addr?"<s, ntonce, Tlie Now York ?V Havana Cigar Co., j7_l{r?a;l vnty, New York. V.'^'^iv'fctSSwSr rcylD* A?'ntl SELL and till E^-*iS{3K?W5? the truth about Jones. Put your rv?? S S *71$ ? I'l'on riper nnd ,;f0 if yOU ?j-e. ryfevfiSf/sf afaJ u, s. standard ml $60.5ton' WAGON SCALES. t-\ KSl & A Cl ?<?! Bea.-a Box. Tare IJoarn. Fr?k;H R Tl fryra PkYj ! aid. i'r>e Price I.U:. 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Rent Treatment of each, a wilh the ordinarv dose. e;t>vts, mi l antidote when etli at ditTereut aae.->, with rules lor telling; the ago. ,!>! ? information. 10 to ANY ADuRESS in ATES or CANADA, for &U UKH | L-A.TES. r WKNl'V CUl'IP.S $3 00 INK HUNDRED COPIES 10 00 ? COI^IPANY, T.. NEW YORK. -