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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
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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. <
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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 .
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. 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.
To quarrel with a superior is injurious;
with an equal is doubtful; with an inferior,
sordid and base; with any, full
of unquictness.
* * * * Nervous debility, premature decline
of power in either sox, speedily and permanently
cured. Lar^o book, ttireo lottor
stamps. Consultation free. World's Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, X. Y.
The courts of France, it is said, consider
it a libel to overestimate a lady's ago.
There are nearly a million more females
than males in Grout Britain.
Cur*a KIIF.I'M AT ISM, XF.rHALfJIA.SCIATICA,
Lumbago, Rackochc, HcadAcho, Toothache,
8ore Throat, dw^lllnp, Spr*l??, Irulift, Bnrai, Frcti
and otbrr r*l?t tad Arhc%.
flttj CttiUft M Druff lit* ?n4 PuUri. D!r?ct!??? In U ]inf?A?afc
TUX UIARLE& A. YOUELItt CO., Baltimore, Md., l\ t.A?
WIEN WANTED!
fo poll Urst-class Fruit and Ornamental Trow,
f hral>?, Roses, Grape Vine* mvl small Fruit*. I'nr.
eianent employment on tbe iaowt favorable terms.
iddmuJ. il. 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*.
Clears ont rats, mice, roaches, flies,ants,bedhii<7>a
cL-nnl-c nliiniminl-a <rr>nhf?r3- 1 "Wr Drfrfci
They aro clean, sweet and thorough in action,
cure pain, strengthen weak parts and
act instantly. Call for a Hop Plaster. 25c.
"Buchtl Pnlba."
Sulck, complete cure, all Kidnoy, Bid der
Urinary Diseases, Scalding, Irritation,
Stone,Gravel, Catarrh of bladder. $ 1. Druggists.
A highly perfumed Soap will not heal or
cure skin diseases, neither will It beautify and
soften face and hands; try "Beeson's Aromatic
Alum Sulphur Soap." 25 cents by Druggists,
or by mail. Wm. Dreydoppel, Phila., Pa
Heart Pains.
Palpitation, Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness,
Indigestion, Headache, Sleeplessness cured by
"Wells' Health Renewer."
Frazer Axle Grease.
The Frazer Axle Grease is tho best and,intrinsically,
tho cheapest. Don't work your
horses to death by using poor grease. Try it.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it 25c.
"Rough on Corns."
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. ,
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HOUSE BOOI
134 LEONARD S
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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 .
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V 8 W' CiVlxio A;eucy, ICO Fulton New York.
VTe have Just issued a most wonderful nn?l
I valuable new lioofc, which treats or diseases
peculiar to fat- female sex." and havo spared
neither pains nor money to make It worthv
the perusal and cnnlldinee of the women all
over our land. Kvery mother, wife, sister, .
s cud dauchter Is deeidy. vihtlhi Interested In
| tills gri'at work, and should send for it withTHFUTPMI
, Postpaid.
: ON TIII2
i.SKAsus.
nploms. Cause and th? 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.
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