Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Sv\'. -:?s - r REST. Silence sleeping on a wa*te of oean Sundown?westward traileth a red streak, One white sea-bird, poised with scarce a motion. Challenges the stillness with a shriek; Challenges tho stillness upward wheeling Where some tall clilF containeth her rude nest, For tho shadows o'er tho waters they come stealing, And they whisper to the silence, '-There is Rest." l/omi ? iii-rf uiu iiiuiiii />(i 111 < rv-1 ...v. Glides away into some shadowy lagoon, Lies the antelope and hears the leaflet quiver. Shaken by the sultry breath of noonHoars the sluggish water ripple in its Howmg, Feels the atmosphere with its fragrance all opprest; Dreams his dreams, and the sweetest is the knowing That above him and about him there U Rest. Centuries have faded into shadow. Earth is fertile with the dnst of man's decay? Pilgrims all they w.iv t<> some bright HI lorado, But they weaned and they fainted by the way. Some were sick with the snrfeituroof pleasure Some were bowed beneath a care-encumliered lireast. But they all trol in turn Life's state'v measure, And they all paused by times to wonder. Is there rest: Look. oh, Man, to the limitless hereafter. When thy Sims.* slnll he lifted fr un its dust. When thine Anguish shall be melted into j Laughter. When thy Love *imll bo sovor?>l from its Lust; Then thy Spirit shall besnnctilled with s<m?:u^ The ultimate dim Thule of the l?h\st. And the passion-haunted fever of thy Hein^ Shall bj drifted in an Universe of liest. ALL ABOUT BROWN. "My Dkak Brother: I want you to come down and make us a visit. So does Melissa. Come down next week, and s'.av till after the Fourth. We expect one or two othe visitors, and will try to mako it pleasant for you. Don't fail to come. "Your affectionate brother, "William Brown. "P. S.?Melissa says: 'Tell Joseph we shall expect him;' so don't disappoint us." __ So read the letter w liich Joseph Brown received from his brother William about the middle of June. 4,I can sec through that." said he, folding up the epistle, and returning it 10 lis envelope. "ICS, Sir, iu luufuiuniii I looking old cat who sat staring at him i from the window-sill, '"it's as clear as 1 da/. They've found another woman who I wants to get married, and they mean to j make another attempt to hook 111c in. Oh. you can't fool your brother yet Mr. I AYilliam Brown! I can see through you, I and that wife of yours. You've got your foot into matrimony, and you want me to do the same, on the principle that misery loves company. But you don't come it over me so easy. I won't take any in mine, thank you." Joseph couldn't have meant, by his sarcastic reference to the old saying that miserj' is fond of company, that he considered his brother had made himself miserable by marrying, for he often, though secretly, envied his brother the comfort he seemed to take with his family. But lie had so long considered himself a bachelor for life that he had got into the habit of assuming to himself that married people were envious of #'ngle ones, and always spoke of them in a way that implied his pity for them, and his thankfulness that he wasn't in their shoes. The truth was, he often wished he had a nice little wife. But he was afraid of women; so much so | that he always expected to remain single, j If he were to fall in love, he felt quite | sure lie should never be able to muster up sufficient courage to say anything about it to the woman whose charms had ensnared him. It would be another case of "concealment like a worm i' the ; bud."' lie often felt brave enough to { face a cannon's mouth, but the mouth of j u woman?never! The memory of last summer was still I terribly fresh in his mind. lie had been j invited to visit his brother. He had [ gone down unsuspectingly, and found ' there an old maid who immediately laid j seige to him. But he had succeeded, by ; the help of divine Providence, in resist- j ing her wishes, and getting safely out of ! the predicament. Now he felt sure that j another trap had been set for him. "But Tli go," lie decided. "William and M'lissy '11 be mad ns settin' hens if I don't. I s'pose it's a girl in pantalets this time. The other one was forty,and as she didn't suit me, they will quite naturally go to the other extreme. I s'pose it would be a good thing if I had a wife, but 1 don't want a little girl, or a woman old enough to be her grandmother, and what's more. I won't have 'cm," he added with so much emphasis that the old cat begun to get scared, and kept one eye on him with the other on the door. He went down to his brother's. "Who is it this time?" he asked William, when they were on their way up from the depot. "I don't know what you mean," an- j swered William, looking puzzled. "It was that old Miss Larrabcc last: year," said Joseph. "I take it for grant- ' orl enmn Ann nlcn nnu' '' "Oh, I begin to see what you're driv- j ing at," laughed William. "I don't j know as there's anybody. If there is it must be Mrs. Parks." "A widow;" asked Joseph." "Yes, but a young and good-looking one," answered his brother. "Oh!" Joseph couldn't say another word. Re felt in some mysterious way that "his jig was up," as he expressed it to himself that night in the solitude of his own chamber, lie did not know why, but lie felt perfectly sure his doom was sealed, lie bad never been taken in j hand by a widow, lie had always : felt sure he would have to surreuder [ if one saw tit to besiege him. Now his time had come. He felt like a lamb ; being led to the slaughter, and groaned over the terrible prospect be- ; tore him, and was laughed at and joked j unmercifully by his brother for being so j foolish as to be afraid of a woman. "I cac't help it," said poor Joseph. "When he went down to the parlor an j hour after his arrival, lie found, on | opening the door,that there were several I ladies there, and his heart began to thump, and his face to get hot, before he got over the threshold. Ft always | made him chilly one moment, and fever- j ish the next to go through the ordeal of | an introduction to a woman. Now he i felt more unmanned than ever, for she j was there. A very pretty little child was playing i in the room. It looked up at him de- ! lightedly, and then toddled toward him. and grabbed him round his shaking knees,, and lisped, "papa, papa!" ''Good gracious!" Mr.Drown couldn't ; have kept back the frightened exclama- j tion for the world, ilis facc became covered with profuse perspiration, and | the ladies began to titter at the child's | performar.ee; which demonstration on their part was hardly calculated to make j the poor man feel very much at case. | ".Mrs. Hooper, this is my brother Jo- j seph," said William, presenting him to the first lady they came to. Whereupon Joseph seized her hand and s-hook it as if it had been the end of a pump-handle, i without being in the least aware of what j lie was doing. Mrs. Hooper evidently 1 thought he was a very demonstrative r man. "This is Mrs. Dr.ikc." said William, when lie succecdcd in trettinir his brother away from Mrs. Hooper. Joseph attempted to bow, trod on the baby's toes, and came near fainting with fright when the cherub set up a doleful wail. "And this is Mi's. Parks, said his brother, indicating the woman who came to the baby's rescue. As her hands seemed to be pretty well occupicd with the baby, handshaking couldn't Very well be indulged; in, so Joseph bowed several times, | "hoped she was well and wished for a better acquaintance," in a deep and j solemn voice, after which lie fell into ; the nearest chair, and longed to commit i suicide. William watched his opportunity. ! When he caught Joseph's eye, lie ! nodded toward the woman with the baby, and whispered, "the widow." I('/" 1 Tnar.,,1. 1 UVI/U ^1 <U,1UU3 . w*9V|'it. ; "A young one, too, and it calls mc , father! It's no use to hold out, if she j;oes for me, and she will?I know it. ] The young one's instinct tells it what's ; in the mind, and that's why it came to call me 'Papa" Dear rac! It's coming ! : this way. It's looking at me. I'm in %"'i for it." )' "Papa, papa," cried the "young one," i i ^ - ' putting np her hands for Joseph to ! ] take her. 1 i "You musn't mind her,'* said Mrs. ' Parks with the prettiest blush he thought he had ever seen. "She calls almost every gentlemen papa, since her father died.*' "I?I don't mind it much if?if you don't," stammered Joseph, at which she blushed up io^ier than before. The child insisted on coming to him. He had never felt quite so awkward as he did when she climbed on his knee. He was afraid to touch her. Children and china always seemed to him to be composed of the same fragile material, lie was afraid of breaking them, lbfelt that tin- ladies were watching him, and wanting to laugh. He knew that his facc looked like a boiled ham. and it seemed as if the thermometer had gone up to UK) degrees in the shade. Nevertheless, lie lived through it. "She's veal nice," he confessed to the bedpost that night, that piece of furniture bearing the closest resemblance to something In.man of anything in his room. "I b'lieve I'd like to?to marry her. but I'd never dare to ask her." Cold chills ran down his back at the thought. In less than twodaj'sMr. Joseph llrown was in love. Deeply and sentimentally in love. So much so, in fact, that lie picked up a rose the widow had dropped, and took it to his room, where he sat and looked at it for an nour before he realized what he was doing. "You poor old fool!*' he said, addressing his retlection in the glass. ''You're done for, ain't you! It takes widows to fetch a man to time. I've always heard so, and now I know it." Then he sighed. During the next two weeks Joseph found the courage to gci i>cuer atijuainted with Mrs. Parks than he had ever been with any woman, save his mother. Hut whenever lie thought of askirg her to marry him, he couldn't help feeling afraid of her. The -Fourth'' came. There was to be a picnic, aud all the family and guests were going, except Mrs. Parks, who said Hose was so much trouble she'd rather stay at home. Joseph had intended to go, but he suddenly changed Irs mind and said he should stay at home. ' (lot a headache,'' lie explained,gruffly, and concisely, to William. He also told the same outrageous fib to Mrs. Parks, who smiled as if she saw through his excuses, at which Joseph colored up and "felt as if he had been stealing sheep," he told himself. "These widows were so sharp you cculdn't fool 'cm ?there was no use in trying." "Of course Fm sorry you don't feel well," said Mrs. Parks, "but I'm glaa I'm going to have company. We'll have a nice little dinner all to ourselves, and that'll be almost as pleasant as a picnic." "More so," answered Joseph with alacrity. "A great deal more so!'' When the family and guests had taken their departure, he went downtown and bought strawberries and lemons, and green peas, and other good things for dinner, and a doll for Rosic almost as large as that young lady was. "How kind you are," said Mrs. Parks. "Kosie, go and kiss Mr. Krown, and tell, him you thank him for tiie pretty doll." ".Me t'ank 'on," said Kosie, nodding her liead toward Joseph. "'Ou tiss 'im for me, mamma. Me t'an't now." At tliat the widow blushed, and so did Joseph. He hoped she would obey Kosic's orders, but she didn't. "Won't we have a jolly time," said Mrs. Parks, as she sat down on the veranda to hull the strawberries, 'if you want to help, Mr. Brown, you can shell the peas." "Thank vou." said Mr. Krown, hardly conscious of what he was saving. "What a delightful little dinner the pretty widow got up. It seemed to him it was far ahead of any dinner lie had ever partaken of before?a perfect model of its kind. lie wished she had to cook his dinners for him as long as he lived. After dinner he suddenly proposed that they should take a lidc. The widow assented, and away he went after a horse and carriage. Such a delightful ride as it was. He felt as if he might be in heaven. True, he had little bashful spells, but they didn't last long. "You must have conquered your headache," said tiie widow, with a mischievous smile. "I did," answered Joseph. An awful desperation seized him. lie felt pale, but lie also felt more courage than he had ever expected to be able to call up in such an emergency as this. "It was my heart that troubled me most,'' lie stammered. ''Heart disease!"' exclaimed the widow, looking scared. "Dear me, Mr. Brown, 1 didn't think you was troubled that way. Have you had it long?'' "Ever since I came down to William's," answered Joseph. "It?it?came on the f?first I saw you." "Oh, you funny man!" cried the widow, all dimples and blushes. "I thought y?ju were iu uuiiium. "I am," answered Joseph. "I wantI?I?" and tlien, all at oucc, he began to get scared and wasn't accountable for what followed. "I waut to be Kosic's pa if she's \\ illiny, and you haven't any objections." What the widow answered I can't say. j but Kosie announced, on the return of the merry makers that "he, (meaning Mr. Joseph Brown,) tissed mamma one, two, free, lots o' times." At which the widow blushed, and poor Joseph felt as if he should faint, especially when William nudged hiiu. and called him a "sly dog," and said lie ''began to smell a mice," and then proceeded to congratulate him as if everything was already settled. And I suppose it was. If not, they settled it shortly afterward, for when Joseph Brown went home, it was as a man of family.?Ebea E. litJcfonl, in Chiatgo Ledger. The Peat Harvest in Ireland. The gathering of the peat harvest in many parts of the country is a matter of much importance to the inhabitants, a ' wet season seriously interfering with the necessary operations. The cutting commences early in the season, as soon as the winter and spring rains have drained from oil the surface. In Ireland a long narrow slip, measuring from three to six feet across, is cleared to the depth of a foot or so of the liyht, spongy peat and heather which form the surface. ExtonHinif Knnlr fvntn tliiy n r*i>rtnin cunfo nf surface-called in some districts aj swart h?is leveled and prepared for the i reception of the blocks of peat which, according as they are cut, arc spread closely upon it to dry. The peat?or turf, as it is almost invariably called in that country?is cut in narrow rectangular blocks from a foot to eighteen inches in length. The implement used in cutting?called a slane?somewhat resembles a spade, with a Hat piccc of steel attached to the bottom at the right side, and extending forward at right angles. The blocks are cut from the mass with a downward thrust of the implement, the arms alone being used, without the as sistance of the loot, as ia an ordinary spade. After the blocks have lain for some time, and the sides and upper surfaces have dried somewhat, they are turned and then placed on end in small stacks, which are piled together in larger heaps after the drying process has advanced. The work of cutting, turning, and stacking the peat is not such an unpleasant occupation as miirht be sun posed. It is cleanly work euough. There j is no need to handle the pent in a wet state, though even then it does not | stain or stick to the hands or person, and ; has no unpleasant smell. When it has J dried somewhat it is light and clean, and easy to handle. It is unusual to cut | the peat down to the level of the soil beneath; the produce of the lower layers, although most valuable as fuel, drying into hard and brittle fragments, which do not bear handling or removal. When the upper matter becomes exhausted. the remainder is sometimes dug out, mixed with water, and kneaded with the hands and feet. It is then cut into sipiare blocks and dried in the ordinary way. The peat bocs of Irelaud ought to be a source of coiisidcra- j ble prorit to that country, and but for ! the low heating power of peat, which i renders it unfit for use as fuel for manu- j licturing purposes, they wouid no doubt have long ago led to the development in that country of industrial and manufac- j turing activity simi'ar on a small scale to that produced by coal in England. To j remedy this defect in peat as a fuel, vari- j. ous processes have been tried for com- : nrpssinfr if so as to cct rid of t ho larsre x e? o ? percentage of water always present in even the best dried samples. These experiments have not, up to the present, j met with any great succcss when tried j on a lar^c scale. Well diied peat con- j tains as much as 20 per ccnt. of water, and even when most of this is expelled, j ' unless the peat is rendered compact and , ' waterproof by some process, its spou^iy , ' texture causes it to reabsorb a large pro- i. portion of moisture from the atmosphere. . 1 ? Chamber*1 Journal. H HIE CASTLE IN THE AIR. HOW A WASHINGTON VETERAN LIVES IN A TREE. 'kAlry Caillc1' and IIn One-Armed Occupant? A lloiiNc I'hat Sway* With Kvcry llrcc/c. One of the suburban curiosities of Washington, writes a Cleveland (umoj Plaintkaler correspondent, is ''Airy castle," situated at .Mount Pleasant, a mile north of the boundary. Its name is not a misnomer. It is a veritable 'castle in the air." Its sole occupant is A. 1>. I lay ward, a clerk in the pension otlice. He is known about town as "the mau who lives in a tree." During the war he was a tirst sergeant in the second New Hampshire regiment, and served three years in the army of the Potomac. At Cold Harbor a bullet shattered his right arm, and before night it had been ampulatcd near the shoulder. He has become exceedingly skillful in the use of his left hand, lie writes neatly and rapidly, atul manages to CIO almost CVCTYWling IIUU uuid m> 11 do with their two arms, except to play base ball, lie has been in the pension ollicc for many years, and is one of the most faithful and efficient men is the bureau. 1 Ic is a bachelor. Two years ago he conceived the idea of living in a tree, lie had grown tired of boarding house life and the close, hot air of the city in summer. Looking about he found a place that seemed favorable for carrying out his scheme, a little way outside the boundary and half a mile from his present location. An interview with a carpenter resulted in the building of a platform twelve feet square, in a clump of trees, fifteen feet from the ground. On this platform he pitched a tent, and there he lived for a year. Access to his eyrie was had by means of a ladder, which every night he {fulled up after him. He took his meals at a house hard by. He found this life so pleasant and healthful that a year ago he determined to build him a castle in the air upon a larger scale, lie bought four or five acres of ground where lie now is. There is i sharp declivity, studded with large oak trees, just where a pretty street from the viilage of .Mount Pleasant loses itself. Here in the encircling arms of these great oaks, thirty-five feet Irom the ground, where the latter is lowest, looking from a distance like an overgrown birdsnost, is "Airy Castle." "Come right up!" checrly called out Mr. Hay ward to myself and a couple of lady friends, the other evening. We had gone out in response to a hearty invitation to visit the castle. We went up by a steep, inclosed stairway, and found ourselves on a firm, smooth floor among the thick branches of the trees. On every hand were the buds just bursting into leaf under ttie gentle orcam 01 spring. The air was sweet, pure and exhilarating. After cordially welcoming us, he said: "Please excuse ine a few minutes while I cat my dinner, which is just ready. Make yourselves perfectly at home, within or without the castle, and I will soon rejoin you." With that he dodged down a little stairway beside the trunk of a tree, into a big box that seemed to be hung under the platform. This was his dining room and kitchen. A colored boy was bobbiug around making himself generally useful. The clatter of dishes and the odor of good codec gave evidence of activity in the commissary department. Wc wandered obout the platform, which is fifry feet long and thirty feet wide, with a high railing around the edge and seats at fiequent intervals. After taking in the beautiful view of village, hill and forest, we entered the castle itself. It is octagonal in form, longer one way than the other. Its extreme dimensions i are thirteen by nine feet. The walls ! are of wood, neatly and strongly built to ! tin Vw.irrlit nf fmir I'rnni tills ! point rises a double roof of canvas, securely fastened and firmly supported by poles. Tic interior is most charmingly cosy and attractive. ''Isn't this lovely?" was the duct uttered by the feminine voices as \vc entered. Darkness was just settling down. A lamp shone brightly upon the novel scene. The walls arc profusely adorned with pictures, and little shelves and brackets here and there contain little articles of bric-a-brac. A comfortable looking bed stretched across one end. Three or lour unique chairs and a hassock or two arc i disposed about the room. Upon the small table is a register in which visitors enter their names. Glancing over this I saw the names of many prominent citizens of "Washington; Congressmen and officials who had called to enjoy the hospitalities of "Airy Castle." Mr. Hay ward soon entered with his right sleeve hanging empty by his side. Ilis face beamed with smiles, lie seemed like one who was at peace with all the world, and had just had a good dinner. For half au hour lie entertained us delightfully, telling us in reply to our questions all about his life in the treetops. "How did you spend the l"ng, severe winter?"' I asked. "I doubt,he replied, "if any person in Washington was any more comfortable and happy than I was. You see that little oil stove there? Well, that kept the castle warm during the coldest weather. When the snow lay thick upon the ground and the wind howled IJJIUUL'U UIU OU ilj Jll^ IIIJ cuttage to and fro, I was as snug and comfortable ns you can imagine. Yes, I am rocked about some when the wind is high, but I like it. It is some like being on a vessel at sea. Perhaps you have noticed that this platform is not fastened to the trees. It is built closely around them, but is supported by large posts resting upon the ground. So the castle is perfectly secure, and when the wind rocks me about I just lie down and enjoy it. Every week during the summer hundreds of people go out from "Washington to get a view &f Airy castle. On Sundays the number of visitors i* very large ?many more than it is possible for him to invite up to his fairy nest. At times the crowd is so great ns to be an absolute annoyance. lie is now engaged in | fortifying himself by putting a hijjh ! board fence around his domain. lie | says lie is going to raise grapes. Just before we left he invited us to visit his dining room, which the colored boy had "put to rights*' after the d'n ner. Descending a ladderlike stairway we found ourselves in a box about ten feet long by seven feet wide. Near the bottom of the ladder is a lar^e, rugged ! oak limb, which we stooped low to pass under. The place is fitted up with all the accessories of a well appointed culinary establishment. Everything is as neat as a pin. A spring near the foot of one of the trees furnishes excellent water. This is Airy castle, and here among the leaves, healthy and contented, lives this one armed veteran of the war. ilc has for Dots two nimble snuirrels. and 'i bird clog keeps watch while he sleeps. The wild birds build their nests around him, and waken bini with their morning songs. After breakfast a walk of half a mile takes him to the street cars, and a ride of twenty miles lands him at the door of the pension ofliee. Sharp Trick of Cattle Thieves. "Cattle thieves in the land where I raise stock," said a Montveideo (I'raguuv) cattle breeder, visiting New York, "have discovered a new and and ingenious mode of disguising their booty. Last .?utuinn 1 lost several head, and half a dozen times I and my men, with the mounted policemen, came up with the thieves, and I saw with them cattle that 1 knew at (nice were mine. .My brand was on them (J. M.) and sometimes there were scars on the bodies that I knew quite well. The animals were exactly like mine in every respect but one. The horns branched dillercntly. If these on my cows had pointed up these drooped toward the ground, and often one pointed forward and the other backward, or one toward the sky and the other toward the earth. "J. M.," the drover said, were his own or his employer's initials. The cattle were certainly mine, but I could not swear to them, and 1 was obliged to see their taken awav. "The thieves had kept the horns wrapped in poultices of boiling-hot meal until they were soft enough to be twisted, and thus destroyed the cow's identity. The horns soon hardened, when the bandages were removed. ' 1 have been told that the trick was invented by Russian cattle thieves. I wish they had kept it at home.?Xr.to York S >ui. I Flower weddings arc nil the rage in I London. At these the bride and her | bridesmaids wear dresses representing (lowers, lilies, white roses, orange blossoms or other white flowers, being the representative blossoms of the bride, while her maids wear daffodil,buttercup, jonquil, hyacinth, red or pale rose or ,'iolet-colorcd frocks trimmed with the lower to be personated. WISE WORDS ( Genius is nothing but labor and dili- i gence. The rays of happiness, like those of light, are. colorless when unbroken. In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is siinnlinifv. j , When a man lias no desire but to speak plain truth lie may say a great deal ' iu narrow space. i Some people's hearts arc shrunk in them like dried nuts. You can hear ! them rattle as they walk. Victor lingo's definition of Paradise: "A country where the parents arc always young and the children alwavs ' little." It is little the sign of a wise or a gooil i man to sulTer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer. Sorrow it.se!f is not so hard to bear as the thought of sorrow coining. Airy ghosts that work no harm do terrify us more than men in steel with bloody purposes. Smile not on the legend as vain, that oncu in holy hands a worthless stone liecomes a heap of silver. Let the alchemist be contentment, and stone or ore shall be equal to thee. It is good to be unselfish and generous; but don't carry that too far. It will not do to give yourself to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade; you must know where to find yourself. Scratch the grceu rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, and a scarrcd or crookcd oak will tell the act for years to come. IIow forcibly does this ligure show the necessity of giving right tendencies to the minds and hearts of the young. One effect in resisting inclination in the exercise of judgment is to prevent hasty decisions. There arc emergencies when rapid .judgments must be made and speedy action must follow;but it is likely the larger number of conclusions would be improved by delay. The Teiikls. The winters on the eastern shores ot the Caspian sea are generally mild, and even during the severest portions of the year?toward the end of February?the snow rarely lies on the ground very long at a time. But about twice a month they arc apt to have sudden and violent storms from the westward, somewhat resembling our Western cyclones. This Caspian storm is called the tenkis, and is thus described by a recent traveler who spent a winter at Gumush Tcpe, where he experienced its elTecfs: "The lirst time I witnessed one I was excessively puzzled to understand the movements of the inhabitants immediately before the storm struck the village. It was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon; the sun was shining brightly, and the sky was without a cloud. All at once I observed persons pointing hurriedly toward the distant Caspian horizon, whore a thin, white line of Hying mist was per1 '-'t-'- rnA. I eCjniUIL*, UUiUIl 1U9U c*w V.UV&4 IHW mcnt, approaching lis with rapid pacc. In the village itself the wind was blowing from an opposite direction, and the mist clouds along the Elburz range were moving toward the west, while the advancing scud was still so very indistinct as to he unobservable by the unaccustomed eye. 1 saw men anil women in frantic haste, flinging ropes over the tops of the kibitkas, and l.ishing the opposite extremities to stout wooden pegs lirmly embedded in the ground close to the wall of the dwelling. 'in the meantime, within my residence, old Dourdi, muttering prayers in most anxious tones, was propping his boat hook and several other poles of equal size against thespringof the dome, and planting the lower one firmly in the ground. 1 could make neither hea l nor tail of all these preparations, and was still more confounded and amazed by seeing all the women of the community rushing to the bank of the river, some carrying a pitcher in each hand, others with enormous single oncsstrapped upon their backs. These, with feverish haste, they tilled with water, and hurrying with them to their houses, again issued forth with other vessels for a fresh supply. Kvery one was too busily engaged logive me any further answer to my demands as to what it all meant, than to exclaim: "The t-.nkis! the tenkis!' "J?y this time the jagged white mist had risen high above the horizon, and was rapidly veiling the western sky. Flocks of sea gulls and other aquatic birds llcw inland, screaming and shrieking loudly. Krc long I saw that the clouds along the mountain ceased their westward movement, staggered, reeled, and ultimately partook of the movement of the advancing scud. Great sand clouds came whirling toward us from the ncacn, nnu in anowier Histamine siunu burst upon us, accompanied by a tie mendous downpour of rain. "The kibitka into which I rushed for shelter quivered and shook under its inlhtencc, and I thought that at each moment it. would go over bodily. The westerly edge w;i> lifted some inches from the ground with each fresh gust, and the eagerness with which ropes were liouled taut, and storm-props made fast j by the inmates hanging with all their weight from their upper portions, reminded one of a scene on board a vessel at sea during a violent tempest. "I was gazing through a crevice in the felt walls out over the piain in an eastward direction, where some camels, laden with grass and hay, were hurrying forward to gain shelter before being overtaken in the open. I could see their loads Beized upon by the storm gusts, and sent whirling far and wide, and to a height of a hundred feet. "Th:s storm continued an hour: but it was only when it had passed, and the inhabitants had leisure to speak to me, that I could make out the meaning of : :...i i. ?i.? i lilt; iiimiuu i iiMi iw liiu iui I It appears that when the tenkU blows, the sea-water is forccd up into the river, rendering it unlit for human consumption, often for hours together, anil it is with a view of securing a supply for household use that a rush is made to the banks ns soon as the jagged mist appears upon the horizon." House-Cleaning Reduced to n Science. Down in the pretty town of Mount I Vernon, Ohio, house-cleaning has been | reduced to a regular systematized btisi! ness. As the story goes, a well eduj cated man from England settled there, ! and tried to get employment, but in j vain. Times were dull, and his pros! pects grew darker ;ind darker. As it i happened, one day he heard two ladies j discoursing on how dillicult it was to | get help and how ' girls'' would persist j in getting "run down," and needing a i rest, and going home to their mothers or | their sisters until house-cleaning was over. This gave him an idea which In: put into practice at once. He secured some competent help and went into the house cleaning business, which has irrown and nourished, and is pronounced I by every woman who can alfonl to em| ploy him a "godsend and a blessing." With a competent corps of assistants lie | will undertake to clean a house and leave it in a tirat-class order in a day, unless painting or something of that sort is required, which takes more time. Thev ! will take possession early in the ; morning, and by night the ceil- ! ings have Ijccii kalsomined, i the walls have been papered, the car- ! pets have been renovated and put down. ! the furnituio has been cleaned and polished, and so ijuick and deft have the workers become that housekeepers gaze at them in amazement. And, as wc arc told, the firm is resposiblo for any damage or loss, and arc so thorouyhly reliable and trustworthy that the mistress of the mansion can go away on a visit and j coinc home to a house thoroughly cleaned . and renovated from garret to cellar. If carpets arc to be changed, or turned ; around, or pieced, or mended, it is done. Curtains arc washed and put up, blinds ! arc hung, mattresses renovated, lied- . clothes arc washed, the cellar cleaned, in short, everything in the way of a thorough house cleaning is done up with neatness and dispatch by competent, trained hands, who know exactly what to do and how to do it, in the shortest possible time and at reasonable rates, such as plain, cverv-day people can afford to pay for being spared the yearly pull-up ' and drag-out, and haul-over with all the attending discomforts and disgusting i details incident to the ordinary style of ! house cleaning.?l'iftshury i 1_ i i SWKAHINO OHH SI.ANCi. " So you've sworn oil" slang." the father saitl I ' To his fair-haired household j>et.; I , And the ninidcn tossed her pretty head j And laughingly said. "You bet!" "Refinement of sjwcch becomes a maM, Slang phrases do nut befit her; , You'll nhvnys rememi?er that," he said, And she giggled, "Well, I should twitter." '< "You'll give up the habit, then, right away:' ' And he stroked thy golden head; "You'll give up the habit this very day."' 1 " Yes, 'Let her go, Smith,'" she said. ' < COLLECTING A BIG CROWD. U7 XU.USTBATX02T OF THE "THBEE BLACK CROWS" STORY. ] X Tall iTlan with I/Oiig1 White Ifalr , rrovukmaii Animated DI?cus?lon Among iTin.ii) i-copiv. A tall man, with long white hair, I which half-hid his coat-collar, stood in 1 front of one of the large buildings on lower Broadway at noon the other day. 1 His face was upturned, and he appeared 1 to be gazing earnestly at the root of the structure. In a few minutes he was j joined by another man, and in a few minutes more another, and then another, until a score of men were "fathered together on the pavement, looking at the upper stories of the tall structure. As the crowd began to swell, busy brokers stopped to look, messenger boys flocked to the spot from nil directions, merchants,clerks, peddlers and idlers stopped in their journey and gazed at the building as if they expected some frightful catastrophe to occur. The throng soon grew too large for the pavement, and the gutter and part of the street were speedily occupied by several hundred, elbowing, jostling, impatient and curious sight-seers. " I wonder if the wall's a-going to fall?'' observed a speculative spectator on the outskirts of the throng. "They say the wall is going to fall," repeated the man next to him. "Look out, the building is going to tumble!" shout d the next. "Don't crowd so!" yelled a man in the ccuter, "the wall is going to fall." "Look out! Look out!" shrieked a dozen others, and the men pressed backward on each other's toes until there was space enough on the pavement to let a regiment march through. "I wonder whetlier it s on nre, onserved another spectator. "It's on tire!" shouted another. "Sac the smoke!" j-elled a third. "Fire! fire!" howled a score of other voices, and the crowd surged back to the pavement as flics gather on a lump of sugar in summer time. "1 hope there are 110 women or children in the building," remarked a charitably inclined citizcn. ' There are women and children in the building getting burned up!" shouted another. "Three women getting burned up!" yelled another. "Open the window and rescue thcin," piped a little man who was observing the building from under a tall man's coat tails. "Bring a ladder!" yelled a sensible man. "Ladder! ladder! fetch a ladder!,' howled a dozen others, and a number of boys were dispatched in various directions for those useful articles. "Why doesn't someone turn on the fire alarm?" suggested another man. "Turn on the alarm!" took up the crowd. "Call the tire department!" and several men started simultaneously for the tire alarm boxes. "Fifty dollars to the man who saves their lives!" yelled a tall man with a Western air and a widc-brimmed hat. "Break open the doors and go upstairs!" howled an enthusiastic man, as he edcert away from the crowd in ihe opposite direction from the building. "Suve their lives!" yelled another, as he made :i break through the crowd for stone steps, followed by a half-hundred other men. "('all the police!" said another man. "Policc! police! police!" shouted the crowd. "Some one will go through the building and rob the olticcs!" said another on the outskirts. "Robbers! robbers! Policc! policc! Fire! tire! Save the women! JJrinir a ladder! Dust in the front door!" howled the crowd. "What's der row?" growled a policeman on the opposite corner, as lie observed the crowd. "Some one's getting killed," replied an imaginative but iuaccurv.c long-range spectator. "I'll rap for help," rcplicl the guardian of the pcacc, sagaciously. "What's dcr racket?" cried another patrolman, as he came panting around the corner. "Terrible tight over there." replied the first; "two men being murJercd.'' More raps. .More policemen. Fire engines heard coming in the distance. "Let's clear the crowd," said a policeman. "Fire! Murder! Policc!" shouted the crowd. "Cleat dc way!" howled the olliccrs. "Whack, thump, bang," remarked the policemen's clubs, as the sturdy ollivn.willfirl I Vl f. r?f tllO CTOWCl. "litre conies the police! Cicar the way! Quit hitting me! Ouch! Stop crowding me!" shouted the spectators, as they made way for the policemen and dodged the fast-gathering engines. "What's the matter?" cried an officer as lie rushed into the building. "Nothing," replied the janitor. "What is the row in the street ?" "What's the row out here?" inquired another olliccr of one of tbc spectators in the crowd. "Nothing is the matter here," replied that individual. "It'j in the building." "Where's the fire?" shouted the tire marshal. "No lire here," said the policcman. "What's the fight about?" iinjuircd the policc sergeant, who appeared on the scene at the head of the reserve force. "No light," replied the ofiicer. "Where's the dead man.'" asked the ambulance driver, as he stopped his panting horses in front of the building. "No dead man here," said the olliccr. "Well!" ejaculated the sergeant. "Well!" echoed the policeman, fire marshal, janitor, and spectators. In the thick of the crowd stood the man with the white hair, his eyes still fixed immovably on the building. "Say, old miin!" said tlie sergeant, as he rrrasncd his arm. "what in the deuce ? o I arc you looking at?" The old man slowly turned ivround, his hat outstretched in his hand, displaying on his breast a large placard which read: Pleaso Help the Blind. Three hours later the old man faccd the bar of justicc in the tombs. "Charge?" observed the court. "Begging 0:1 the street, blockading thj pavement, creating a disturbance," replied the police sergeant. "Six months," replied the court. "Cail the next case."?/V/-. "Patronize Your Own." A printer stood at the desk of a business man the other day and noticed him using letter and bill heads which he had bought of a New York or Buffalo hoii.se. Said the printer, who was a customer: "What would you think of me if I should go to New York and buy your line of good* for myself and family i" The merchant replied: "I would think you a fool when I know you can get the same goods just as cheap of me and also aid a fellowcitizen." When the printer called his attention to the imported letter aim uui heads, the merchant couched and walked up behind tlie counter to wait on a customer. And the same merchant, just the day before, asked the printer to give him a free. pulT about his big stock of new goods! When bills from the paper mill and type fouudry come in and the wages of employes become due, the printer thought of these things. Local bankers, bakers, dry goods merchants, grocers, druggists, and other businessmen should think of the above facts sometimes? A'?/vnV/i (.V. J*.) I'elc-jr-tjih. For the Stomach's Ache. .Joe Howard, a veteran Xew York journalist, gives the following advice to persons whose aching stomachs warn them of the approach of cholera or something like it. "First and -foremost, avo d brandy, whisky and gin. They allay the pain temporarily, but they excite, exasasperate and inflame the stomach, and worse remains behind. Avoid all 'cliolcra medicine.",1 which arc all made of laudanum, peppermint, red pepper and camphor. They, too, allay the pain, but the latter ctTect is excessively tin pleasant. Thcv arc a delusion and a snare. In this case, as in nearly everything in life, the simplest and easiest is the best. Take a spoonful of the essence of ginger ina wineglass of water, the hotter the better, and make it palatable with a little sugar. It acts like magic, and after [i few trials the pain and all unpleasant symptoms disappear, and you arc hunki- j flori. Aside, however, from the disput- ( ( cd point of wlmt is the best remedy, is : 1 the fact that so many careful, prudent j 1 people just now are sulTerim; from this ! I weakening and demoralizing trouble, j i ind the further noticeable fact that fo j many men die suddenly from ItselTects." 1 To remove dandrud put one ouncc of j ' lour of sulphur into one quart of water. I 1 lgitate often for several hours, then pour j J >lt the e'ear liquid and saturate the head I ! ,vith it every morning. This does not [ ' iroducc the extreme dryness sometimes i 1 jccasioued by the use of borux. ^' NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Sateens in dark colors are already appearing on the street. Crochet buttons are now widely used in cloth and serge, tailor-made dresses. Miss Pease, a Texas cowgirl, who ?jj graduated from Vassal-, is cultivating ! AAA 1 J,UU?/ uui'ua. . Some of tlio newest scarfs for trim- la? ming huts arc too <niy for good taste in 1 street wear. ? Flannel dresses for girls are stylish, made with plaited waists, belted in with he leather belts. tai Voting girls will wear broad, soft silk ca or satin sashes with all white gowns during the summer months. Sc The Austrian railway companies employ about <5,(>00 women, principally in th the ticket oflices and waiting rooms. Jay Goukl has appointed a woman as freight agent at Castlcton, Ind., on the Detroit and Indianapolis division of the Wabash railroad. In the last twenty years four colleges ni; for women have been founded in the c.\ United States, and 171 colleges for men lo have been opened to women. Faille Francaisc has becomc very popular for evening dresses. It is a beautiful material, comes in all the new and delicate shades, and is becoming to most figures. y? New designs in lace pins show fern as leaves of Etruscan gold, arrauged in fan- d< eiful designs, with the veins outlined H in tiny precious stones, diamonds, sapphires, rubies, etc. y< In accordance with an old custom in as England, the bride, on the weddinsy- y< night, had to dancc with every guest, B and play the amiable, however much against her own wishes. cl Few hats for street wear arc now worn M back on the head. The most stjlish of h them have high brims bound Avith velvet, g< and arc worn down upon the forehead, C with a little of the bang appearing beneath them. Some new gowns for seaside wear arc made of white camel's hair, with full box plaited skirts and box plaited waists belted in. They are without drapery of any kind, and arc worn with Tarn 0' Shanters of white camel's hair with velvet brims. f( Rick-rack, after having served many j( purposes, is at last served up as a wed- M ding gown. A young lady out West h wore the gown; it took the mother six months to make it, and there were used n !5G5 yards of rick-rack braid and three p miles of thread. j The printed Ivhyber cloths arc just the fhinrrq to combinc with self-colored " veilings for lawn and garden party dresses. The beige, twinc-cotored and ti tan woolen laces are the correct trimmines for these dresses, and cheap ribbons make them dressy and chic. H The gowns designed for the trouscau << of the Princess Beatrice arc mostly made in very severe tailor-made fashion. Those for day wear have the collars arranged so that they can be worn with cravats. . Indeed, the waists of them all aro de- ?s cidedly mauish and military looking. Very rich summer black dresses are ( made of China crape, embroidered for the skirt, and overdresses of black lace, but the richer combination is made of satin rhadames for the skirt aud under dress, Q while the overdress is of black llama or n, Chantilly lace, in the old patterns and \[ designs. tc Short visitc mantles with the s'ccvcs 0 entirely of jet embroidery or jet net, and pi the body of plain velvet, satin or grenadine broche, arc trimmed with jet fringes, jet macaroons and motifs. 0 Sometimes the sleeves are of plain stulf, while the body is covered with jet bead to embroidery or net. Ji A New York woman says of her ii poodle: I have seen nothing nicer than it Holla's bed. It is a pretty little bum- 11 l:oo concern. I had it made to order and ^ attached it to mv own, for I like to have her at my linger ends. I couldn't sleep N if she were out of reach where I couldn't b - ?.1 ? 1 s< cover iicr up. Mie is very resuess mm j( quite feverish at night. g Human Eyes. ti In his ''Manual of Anthropologists' Dr. Paul l'roca divides human eyes into four district types-orange, green, blue. ^ gray; and these four again into five va- ft rieties each. The symmetry of such a u classification suggests at once that it is st an arbitrary one. Why orange, for in- ^ stance? Light hazel, clay color, red, f< dull brown, cannot properly be called di orange; but the division requires the five supposed varieties of the dark pig- k inented eye to be grouped under one * uatne, and bccause there is yellow pig- a; ment in some dark eyes they are all b called orange. Again, to make the five ^ gray varieties the lightest gray is made so very light that only when placed on a sheet of white paper does it show gray ? at all; but there is always some color in the human skin, so that Broca's eye would appear absolutely white by con- ? trust?a thing unheard of in nature. Then we have the green, beginning with the palest sage green, and up through grass green and emerald green, to the ? deepest sea green and the green of the o holly leaf. Do such eyes exist in nature? tl In theory they do. The blue eye is blue and the gray gray, bccause in such jj eyes there is no yellow or brown pigment on the outer surface of the ins to y prevent the dark purple pigment?the uvea?on the inner surface from being ? seen through the membrane, which has ^ different degrees of opacity, making the n eye appear gray, light or dark blue, or jj purple, as the case may be. When yel- p low pigment is deposited in small quan- ^ tity on the outer membrane, then it fi should, according to theory, blend with C lin innor l.lno onil mnkn frrnrm. I'nfor tunately for the anthropologists, it S doesn't. It only gives in some cases the h greenish variable tinge I have mentioned, y but nothing approaching to the greens of Broca's tables. Given an eye with / the right degree of translucency in the ai membrane and a very thin deposit of yel- F low pigment spread equally over the sur- face, the result would be a ]>erfectly ' green iris. Nature, however, does not proceed quite in this way. The yellow pigment varies greatly in hue; it is muddy yellow, brown or earthy color, and it never spreads itself uniformly over the surface, but occurs in parches grouped about the pupil and spreads in I dull rays or lines and spots, so that the I eye which science says "ought to be called green" is usually a very dull blue- i gray or brownish-blue or clay color, and 9 in some rare instances show a changeable I greenish hue.?Uuitlcincii's JA' HEALTH HINTS. J / I * M. Corson, in the Jour an I <fr. I'/uirmncir, savs that a piece of borax weighing I j two or th:ec grains will, if allowed to ! dissolve slowly in the month of a singer, ? remove all traces of hoarseness. j ? Dr. unaries .-v. icuic, m n jiujiui un Asiatic cholera, savs that his experience demonstrates that n person must actually come in contact with the sull'erers with it, or with .some clothing worn by them, j in order to contract the disease. When i the disease germs Hoat in the air they are j destroyed, but they can lie dormant in j clothing for a long time, and still communicate the malady to the one who subsequently handles it. Ail are agreed that more dependence is lo be placed on sanitation and hygiene than on medicines. Diseases can lie prevented, but, if serious, they are a puzzle to the doctors of any school. There are some specifics that arc known to lie useful, but no drug is infallible, and each individual system is a new test 2vcn j to the best known medicines. 'Ihe' problem, after all, is not so much how j to euro diseases as how to avoid being' sick. Kxncrimcnts have been mailc by a ( commitcc of French experts, including j M. Pasteur, in order to ascertain the i best means of disinfecting the chambers j iu which cases of contagious alTections I have been lodged. The committee report that sulphurous acid gas is the best disinfectant; but recommend that instead of simply burning sulphur, as is thine in barracks and such places, bisulphide of carbon should be burned in j rooms, as it is less injurious to furniture j ar metal. A Free and Easy Prince. An amusing scene was witnessed last; iveek in a picture gallery in Berlin. The j rown prince and princess were among the visitors, and the ollicials, in trying Lo make way for the Royal party, pushed j Itack a l'ommeranian peasant, who was 1 Accompanied by his wife. The crown ' [trince, noticing the couple, beckoned i I hem lo approach, and familiarlvclnpped ! Ihc husband on tnc o;ick, saying, -now . ;lo you do, old fellow':'" The peasant ivns delighted at the salutation thrt lie actually embraced his highness beforo ill the crowd. The crown prince wiis nueli amused at the incident, and talked ivith the old man good naturedly for , / jomc time.?London Life. t 4 ' HUMOR OF THE DAY. Cor A. matter of tnste?Strong butter. cur< ? parj A host in himself?The inn-keeper. Bre; A country scat?The milking-stool. K High living has just killed a circu? JJ" aflo.?Courier-Journal. for. Can a honey-moon be enjoyed on the in* it quarter??Pittsburg Telegraph. Something that will bear looking into resi A microscope. ?Derrick. \ When an Afghan is tanned by the sunl q0i 'linon't mm 1 ?ilf wVlPn llf> isl l^Ult T V*V\?Ok* V Vl?t V j MUv ira>?*a ?? ? w ? ancfl by ;i Russian it is more than lie q n bear.?New York Journal. one A Newport girl fell asleep in church g inday, and dreamed aloud, saying: ^ )h, he skates too awfully nice for any- Un ing."?Kentucky Stale Journal. Than t>o a noted doctor v I'd rather l>o a dancer; rip I'd hate to have 'ein saying Un I didn't know a cancer. do) ?Courier-Journal, m It is a remarkable fact that a young cm an never slips down in a slushy street ? cept when a pair of pretty girls arc ] oking at him.?Rockland Courier. Lard may he weak an>l cheese be flit ~ And eggs go for a song; But the man who deals in butter laughs, For butter's always strong. ?Boston Courier. <\ "This is the sole answer I can give to >ur proposal, sir," said old Mummibatjs, tnj i he politely assisted young Ilighcollar t0 )wn the steps six at a time.?tit. Paul is< erahl. cir "How can I find out all about the ?p )ung lady to whom I am engaged?" ,l' iks a prospective bcDcdict. lias she a ge junger brother? If so, consult him.? m( uaivik j veo, om A young man in Albany, Indiana, oscs neittier of his eyes when sleeping. ^ atrimony will not prove expensive to < im. His wife will always be afraid to ne 0 through his pockets.?Philadelphia *r 'all. ~1 Ho was their rich old undo, With great big piles of tin, And they resolved that he should die, Ec That they might rake it in. by They didn't go and mix him Any jwison.'d tea to drink, ? But just gave liim a ticket, To a roller-skating rink. ?Chicago Tribune. ? "It is as plain as the nose on your ' ice, and there's no excuse for you over- h| joking it," exclaimed a husband whose rife had forgotten to reduce the size of " is button hole in his shirt collar. "But, cary. how can I help overlooking the 08C on my face?" was the patient aud ar lacating answer that set him wild.? Jr< 'ittsburg Chronicle. ht THE ATTRACTION THAT WAS THERE. 'a You've com* from the rink," said the aT maiden fair n( To the youth who was on her waiting; j>? Pray, tell me what's the attraction there c< To-night?is it fancy skating!" it 'o nibbed his spine, and his face hotrayed jjj Hif bosom's agitation; <j( The same old attraction is there," he said, ? "The attraction of gravitation." M ?Host on Courier. I Mounds resembling those in Ohio exit near Kalgan, China, and in one has ^ sen found a atone hatchet which is said i ) be indistinguishable from those shown w 1 the work of the mound builders of icient America. m The Right Reverend Bishop Gilmour, levcland, Ohio, is one of the many emi- * ent church dignitaries who have pub- d. cly added their emphatic endorsement ) the wonderful efficacy of St. Jacobs il in cases of rheumatism and other w ainful ailments. ?? 15 Jefferson Davis is seventy-seven years Id. A Wonderful Freak of Natnro sometimes exhibited in our public exhiblons. "When we gaze upon some of the pecuar freaks dame nature occasionally indulges 1, our minds revert back to the creation of m lan, "who ia so foarfully and wonderfully lade." The mysteries of his nature has been nraveled by Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, C d through his knowledge of those myster? ho has been able to prepare his "Golden ledical Discovery," which is a specific for all lood taints, poisons and humors, such 03 :rofula, pimples, blotches, eruptions, swelligs, tumors, ulcers and kindred affections, >y druggists. Americans projected, built and now con* ol the street railro&ds of Moscow, Russia g S.MX) Not Called For. | It seoms strange that it is necessary to ? srsuade men that you can cure their diseas- IN i by offering a premium to the man who lils to receive benefit. And yet Dr. Sage 1 ndoubtedly cured thousands of "cases of odinato catarrh with his "Catarrh Remedy," wnnW imvnr luivn ftnnlied to him. if it ad not bwn for his offer of the above sum >r an incurable cose. Who is the next bider for cure or cash? L About $10,000,000 worth of corsets were >ld In America lest year. - o * * * Ruptures, pile tumors, fistulas, m nd all diseases (except cancer) of the lower owel radically cured. Book of particulars w rvo letter stamps. World's Dispensary Med- m ?1 Association, Buffalo, N. Y. ^ Secretary Whitney, of all cabinet ofll- w 3rs, makes the Quest appearance in society "Water Bugs, Koachc?," "Rough on Rats" clears them out, also eetles, Ants, Insects, Rats and Mice, L5 and jc. boxes. 2 Why continue the use of irritating powsrs, snuffs or liquids. Ely's Cream Balm, leasant of application ana a sure cure for J] atarrb, and cold in bead, can be had for 50 JJ ants, at druggists. It is oasily applied with ae finger, is safe and pleasant and is curing le most obstinate cases. It gives relief at ace. We will mail it at 60 cents. Ely pi iros., Owego, N. Y. ? I had a severe attack of catarrh over a d ear ago, and became so deaf I could not P ear common conversation. I suffered ter- ?j ibly from roaring in my head. I procured c bottle of Ely's C'ream Balm, and in three recks could hear as well as I ever could, and v ow I can cheerfully say to all who are af- tl icted with tho worst of diseases, catarrh and 11 enfness, take cue bottle of Ely's Cream a aim and be cured. It is worth $1,000 per ottle to any man, woman or child suffering J om catarrh.?A. E. Newman, Grayling, M ampbell Co., Mich. & "Beeson's Aromatic Aluk Sulphur d oap," beautifies and softens Face and . an As, heals and cures all skin diseases for J ire. 25 cents by "Druggist" or by mail, * fm. Dreydoppel, Philadelphia, Pa f Catarrh of the Bladder. A Stinging,irritation,inflammation,all Kidney ? nd Urinary Complaints, cured by " Buchu- ?! aiba" $1. ci Red Star j 13 tbade^j^MARK: 2 Absolutely F: ?ree from Opiates, JCmet lea and Poisons. 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It cont: u blood-making :e generating and life-sustaining properties; aluable for indigestion, dyspepsia., nervous stration, and all forms of general debility; >, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the alt of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over k or acuto disease, particularly if resulting m pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard 4 , Proprietora. New York. 8oldby druggists. The Rope of (he Nation. Jhildren,slow in development.puny,scrawny 1 delicate, use "Wells' Health Renewer." eo F. & R.s' Gluten Flout4 adv. next week. J 'here aro ninety-six insane asylums in the , ited States. , ?' t% Important. rhen yon visitor learu New York city. lava >>?<({??% rrssage and S3 carriagi hire, anil stop at tilt Urail ion Hot?1. opposite Grand Central depot. 'Oelegant rooms, littsdap at a cost of one mill) >3 lars, $1 and upward perday. Kar.iDnn plan. Klv or. Restaurant supplied with tliobwt. Horsaoin, (ps and nlevated railroad to all depots. i'amilin i live better for leu money at the Grand Uaija t?l than at anj other Unit-class hotel iq tile otty. Wisconsin has a larger tobacco acreage s year than ever before. All Tired Out !te mild weather, following our Ions and seven nter, bu such a depressing effect npon tbe bodj tt one feels all tired out, almost completely pros ,ted, tho appetite Is lost, and there Is no ambition do anything. Tlie/rhole tendency of tha system lownward- Hood's Sanaparilla is Just the medi, is needed. It purifies the blood, sharpens ths petite, overcomes tbe tired feeling, and in rigor's every function of the body. 'My daughter had been ailing some time with n?r?l debllltv. and Hood's Sarsaparilla was recom mded to us* After she bad taken three bottles e was completely cured and built up. It ii with ?t pleasure that I recommend Hood's fiarsapaBem M. IIisbixjjce*, 8upt. Cincinnati and iuls villa Mail Line Co., Cincinnati. "Hood's Sarsaparilla in four weeks mad* me w man. Uy bead ceascd to ache, and my wbole stem is built up anew, enjoying perfect health," ;. Barmnqtox, 130 Bank street, n. y. City. Hood's Sarsaparilla ild by all Druf fists. SI; six for S3. Made only 0. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Poses One Dollar Marring* and flealthi Pittsburg, Penn., Nov. 5, 1883, Mrs. Lydia , Pinkham: "As i? frequently the case with otners who have reared large families, I ive been a great sufferer for years from implainta Incident to married life. I hare ied the skill of a number of physicians, and ie virtue of many medicines without relieft id as an experiment I concluded to try jurs. I can assure you that the benefits j ive derived from it came not because of any ith I had in it, for I had but slight hope of ly permanent good. Iam not a seeker after jtoriety, but I want to tell you that I have en wonderfully benefited by your medine. I am now using my fourth bottle and would take but little argument to persuade e that my health is fully restored. I should ? 1 ? /nA# Ifa WAIL. io iaj wlucij uiuuiaw viio mvvvi aw nwuirfal curative powers." Phpha C. Roop. 5ANCERCURED. I hare hod a cancer on my face for many jean. I ive tried a great many remedies, but without relief, almost gave up hope of ever being cured. Dr. aril man, my ton, recommcndcd Swift's Specific, hlcb I nave taken with great results. My face Is sw well, and It 1* impossible for mo to express my i?n>r? la words for what this medicine has done for e. Una. Ouve Hjjidmax. Monroe, Ga., Sept 2,1834. I hare had a cancer In my right ear for three yean. tried every remedy the physicians practised, to no rmanont good. Swift's Specific has wrought wonsrs for mo. It is the best blood purifier In the world. Joax S. Morrow, Florence, Ala. Swift's Speclflc Is entirely vegetable, and seems to ire cancers by forcing out the impurities from the lood. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., or 9 W. ad St., N. Y. R Q RADWAY'S 4HH READY I.II.II.bhiff CURES AND PREVENTS olds,Coughs, Sore Throat,Inflammation*, Rheumatism, Weuralg'la, Headache, Toothache, Asthma, Difficult Breathing1. CURES TI1E WOKST PAINS In from one to loniy minute*. Not oi<e liour after rradingthls adirtuemont need auy one BUFFER W1TU PAIN. RADWAY'S HEADY RELIEF i a Cure for Erery Pain, Spralna, Brn'se?? Fa!ni In the Dock, Cheat or I,li.i'u?i It"was the First anil Is the Only PAIN REMEDY hat instantly (tops me most excruciaung puo, hi*ti i flammation, and cures Congestion*, whether of tho | nan. Stomach or Bowels, or other glands or orguu I f on* application. If anized with threatened PISTETJMONIA, r any inflammation of the iateraal organs or mncns ' embraues, after eipcsare to cold, wet, etc., lose no | me, but apply Kadwsy's Relief orer the part affectod tth congestion or inflammation and con the patient, A teaapoonful in half a tumbler of water will in a few inutsi euro Cramps. Spurns, Sour Slomacb, Hoartirn, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Headache, larrhcea, Djsontery, Collo, Flatulenoy, aad all Interil pains. MALARIA CURED IN ITS WORST FORMS. There la not a remedial agent la the world that will ire Ferer and Ague and all other Malathua. Btlioas id other ferer*. aided by R All WAY'S PIIJJjiM lick as RAD\V'AY'S UK A l> Y RELIEF. Filly ccnta per bottle. Said by DrngflaU. r. Eaiwafs "SarsapMlHan EesoM THE GREAT BL000 PURIFIER, For the Care of All Chranlo Dlieuia Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula, Syphilitlo Comlainta, eto. (see oar book on Venereal, etc.; price renty-tWe cents). Glandnlar Hwellinr. Hacking Dry ougb, Cancerous Affections. Breeding cf the Lungs, yspnpsia, Water Bra/>h, White Swellings, Tumors, iraple", Blotolies, Eruptions of the Fsce, Ulcers, Hip ieeases, Goat, Dropsy, Rlckots. Salt Rboum, B onlitis. Consumption, Diabetes, Kidney, Bladder, Lirar omplalnts, etc. SCROFULA, rhether transmitted by parents or acquired. Is witbla le enrative range of the SARSAl'ARLLLiAN RESOLVENT. Cures hare been made where persons hare been afIcted with Scrofula from their yoath up to 90, -K) and i years of age, by DIf. RAD WAY'S SARSA. AlULMAN REa01iVE>T, a remedy composed f in*r?Hunta r\t at tram dinar* mftdlCAl DrOTMrtififl. waoIiAI to parity, heal, repair and invigorate the roken down and waited bod>. Quick, pleaaant, aafa id permanent In its treatment and cur*. Sold by all miiiiti, One dollar a bottle. Ir. RadwayV Regulating Pills or the care of all disorder* of the Stomach, Liter, | owela, Kidney*, Bladder, Nervous Dlieaaee: Lou of ppetite, Headacho, Constipation. Ccntiveaeie, Indi- | oetioij, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, later, Inflimmatlon > rthe Bowols. Filca and all derangements of the In rail Viscera. Purely vegetable, containing no ner- ' ir7, mineral*, or deleter ou* drug*. Price, Jo cenfa per box. Sold by all drnjrrist*. OT"S?nd aletteretamp toRADWAY A: CO., No. 1 2 Wnrrcn St., New York, for "False and True." J TO THK PUBI.IC.?Besure ai daak for Radway's, | ad aeo that the name "Radway" is on what you bay, i 5 Poundn Gained. In Three Week?. and CUUEO of COK8KJMPTION, eesrf. Craddock & Co., 1082 Knee St., PhlltL. Pa.: GentUnun?Please send me twslve bottles of Dr. , James' Cannabis Indica, one each of Pills and ntment, for a friend of mine who is not expected live; and as your medicines cared me of Von if inpfi'oiifome three years ago, I want him to try cm. I trained dfteen pounds whllo taking the st three bottles, and I know it is jast the thin;; rhim. Respectfully, J. v. HULL, LAwrencebnrg, Anderson Co., Ky. ^ 'rofiiabSs Employmentj nd lljjlit homo work for I.ikIIo*, sent anywhere I ra?il. Sitnpio aiiJ atrictly bjna-lide. No canvas*K; no stamps. Addruas XVIi.JjON <Sf DAVIS, i all Klver, iUimw. f ||?L5a E2i39a Great English Gout and Hull 5 I lESSa Rheumatic Remedy. Oval Han, S1.IK)! rouud, 5Q eta. : OUR DRUGGIST ^ vra +Viof. wVion n. mqfnmflr >ks for THE BEST Spring [edicine he confidently recom- ! ends Ayer's Sarsaparilla, 'rom F. S. Russell, Druggist, Xttthua, X. IT. [ have been in tho drug ami prescripn business in Nashua over forty years, ) il am the oldest druggist liere. I was ! j first to introduce your valuable inediles in this city. I believe in them, er's Sarsaparilla I take pleasure in ommending to niv customers, well j owinjj it to give satisfaction. In all experience, as si dnicricist. I have yet j hear the first complaint against it. rrom F. <? T. Bailey ?? Co., Loicell, 2fats. rTaving sold Ayer's Sarsaparilla since it is first placed upon the market, wc can after an experience covering a quarter i a century, that wc have vet to learn of I ase where it has failed to give satisfacn. Its merits arc fully established. from C. 11'iiy ?? Co., Portland, J ft. Xc. have used Ayer's Sarsaparilla f?r j irs. and our customers are much pleased !h its eflVrN. We believe it to be one the best medicines in the market. ?apari!la, old bv Dnifjgirt*. Trice $1 ; alt bottle* $5. k \<k forward, valuable JOOIO^X ifflict the Horse, and^w tea therefor; direetion?\^V>^^^ shoe jiroperly, and muchx, j ownar?,l,'urm8:a undothi-rs.N^^i^y^ aonard St., H. Y. City. X N ---- iJM t. '-rif "??rl1- ciuV *pns aSU Kidney Diseases. few people are ?w*re of the eUrmlng pisrslenel or Kidney diseases, especuuiy ?mon* u?? > .? have arrived at, or are pMt, middle sgj. It is declared on good authority that fully ona-haH th? ieaths In thli country are either directly or Indirectly the result cf kidney diseaae of tome tort. A great majority of men above forty year* of age, are afflicted with ?ome sort of affoction of the kidneys or bladder and theae diseases art on the <? crease, persona are often aeriously affected befors they know of It themselves, and thus theae insidious disorder* get a good foothold before anything If done to dislodge them. Dropey, Gravel. Diabetes, Bright'* Diaease, Incontinence, Debility, Catarrh of the Bladder, Albumennria, etc., are among the many forms of these dlseaa?s. Meat of theae are very difficult to curt, defying tin powers oftantimes of the best physicians obtainable, and are pronounced by many to be incorable. Physicians state that many forms of Kidney Dimease arc very difficult to detect, as, In disease* o) this form, oftentimes thereon no symptoms of a marked nature. This is one of the reaaons why they are ao difficult to cure. Hirer's [Kidney and liver] Rkmkdt Is a'speciflo for Kidney and Liver troubles, Bladder and Urinary . Dlsoases, Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes and all of that class of disorders. It cures Biliousness, Headache^ Jaundice.Llvar and Stomach troubles, Dyspepsia, Constipation and Piles. It curea Intemperance, Nervous Diseases, General Debility, Female Weaknesses and Excesses. It Is thoroughly reliable, highly recommendsd, works promptly, relieves at once, and was nertt known to fall. USE IT AT ONCE. Bold by all druggists. Price |L 23, HUNTS REMEDY CO.. Providence, Q. L C.I CRITTEITm. General Igent, Hew M. ?Y!t tr-al IMMEDIATE RELIEF. T7H7RNISITyour own bottlesaW i; save three-fourths the coei L??JF!s?3 fmmll, with fuffdlrectlon* for mix ingand using; also labels for bot tie*, circular*, etc. It re Herat palnasif b/miaglcandUahouse hold remedy wtoreTer known foj Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache. Toothache. Bums ft 8cald* Sprains and Bruises, 8ore Throat, Ulcer*, Fle?h Wound*, etc. The remedy la put up In 50c., $1 and |S package*. The SOc. package, when reduced to liquid form, will fill 24 two-ox. bottle*. You caa easily flguro the sarin*. A genu can coin money In selling it Ot? . der a package and you will be 4 regular customer hereaft?r. poilttrely caret. CATARRH,I Fifty cents by mail. Satisfaction guaranteed. Stamp* taken, g. Q. RICHARDS. Sole Proprietor, Toledo, 0, Statistics show that the mortality among children la far greater in the summer months than at am otheraeaaon. Health and perfect action of the bow. els are assured by the ase of Ridga's Food. It it neutral in its action, la readily taken by the little ones, occasions no tax upon the dice*tire organ, and la assimilated when the stomach rejects all else. AVI liniUn Ladiescan do their stamp. STAMPING setsrsst Tw AIITPIT for stamping. Outfit conSill I PI I sist* of 5<> oood patten* U I# I I I 11 for embroidery and paintIdg. Set of 20 Initials, J inches high. Book showing nearly 2,000 designs for Fancy Work. Fow. dor Padand everything needed todottampin^. Fell tidy with needle and (ilk to work It, worth 9k. Book telling how to stamp Plush, Felt, Ac., teaches the Kensington Ribbon Plush aud other stitchcs; how to do Kenslnjten and Luster Fainting, Flitter Work, Ac. Price List of gmbrolasar list trials, Books, Ac. By mail. 11.00. T. E. PABKERt Im Mus. f Hop PLASTER. I I This Plaster does wonders. Whyt Beoaaee, ! made from nature's best known remedies. Vi* 1* tuoe of froah Hope, Burgundy Pitch and Foreign Gams. Cures instantly. Lame Baok, Side or Hip, U Sciatica, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Female Pains, '! Sore Chest, Kidney Diseases, Sprains, or weaki ness In any part. Boo thing, sUmniating and 1 strengthening. TheBBSTplaeterknown. Mo. I J Mailed for price. Hop Plaster Oo.. Boston. Mass. | *^st3an!iSe3JESSssessi FRAZER AXLE GREASE. Best in tbe World. Made only by the Fraxer Labile*, tor Co. a: Chicago, N. Y. ft SULouii. Sold everywhere. BEST TRUSS EVER USED, i ________ Improved Elastic Trnsi Worn night and day. Poo Itirelr curta Kuptnre. mi EtASTI C N bv mall everywhere. H.Vottco EB Write for full descrlptlT# ^^jMlUSSJ^clrcnlantothe New York Elastic V fT J Truss (Company, V# \y 744 B'dway, New Yorfc FT10 Introduce and sell tha Irtdi tha well-known ml I. celebrated Oicariof theNEW YORK A HAVANA CIGA.lt COMPANY. Liberal arranjeroenta. Salab* or Commission paid to the right man. For further particulars and terms tddrMi, at one?, The New York de Havana Ciror C?i 67 Hroa<lway, Nctt York. ithWllfc G hat taken the lead tm , ^ J| the sales of that claaa of ^fl^rCarea reaedies, and has jtrem to I DATS.^B tla>?sl valrarul unthr* ..{ !> tlua, ggff ttamBMcUn. UURPIiy BRCW?^, XrdMl/byth* O h",r00 <h U ?f l^B- _ /Ti the public and sew malts ?Inn Ctealcil Sa.. ?mo.r the i?idiat Uc& Cincinnati IHBM1 does of the o'ldom. A. L. SMITH. Ohio.Bradford, ra. ^ Sold by Drur^Jta. PENNYROYAL , "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH" The Original and Only Genntae. 8af. and alwaja reliable. Beware of Worthleaa Imitation*. "Ckleheater'a English" are the best made. Iodlspeatabl* TO. LADIES. rnclo?e4o. (stamps) for particular*, usil- I BonlsU.ete., inUtttr seat joubr nffiftAA??jap<?,-PII L S! H18 MadJaon 8q.,PHl*Aa, P?. I liaiaV 1 LE PACE'S &LIQUID GLUE omoWNM* h~^M Awarded GOLD MEDAL, LONDON, 1883. Used [236X1 by Mason Jt Hamlin Organ and Piano Co.. Pullman pS^Tj Palace Car Co.. Ac. Mrd only br the RUSSIA KiSlrrMFHT CO. QLOUCetTER,ftUs?soJJo EVERYWHERE. ag-SamplaTlc Ctn By Sill, sc. #R. U. AWARE Lorillard's Climax Ping bearing a rtd tin tag; that Lorlllard'l RoicLcnf flue cut; that Lorlllard'j S*ry Clipping*, and thmt Lorilltrd'f Snuffi,"* the h^ftt and cheapest, qaallty considered ? A $35 Harness for $18 1* MONEY #nj object you? Buy at wholeaalepricee. Our No. U at $21, wurth *<A. No. J it $1\ ?orth 1-6. No. 2 at wurth|2i). 5,000 Seti sold la?t ycar. Qoodi sent on approTal to any place m the U. ? AUKNTS W& 14, 10. IS, 20 <Sc HiI Well* SL> Hnffklo, X. Y? VVflSTVIVf SIOTO 820 A DAY m?<1eirltl) M IIII lr V ""'Of" tor manufacturing Stencil*' 19111 fUn I KoT >?nd Rubber Bttmps. Ill II l| jfe I Catalogue free. S. JL SPENCER, millWU ? D'-l anhlngton St.. Boston, Huj. jOjgF\ ALL IM PERFECTIONS of tlie Face, Hands A Feet, Superfluous? jSja, Hair, Moles, Warts, Freckles, lloth. Red JraTL 9 Nose, Acne. Bl'k Heads, Soars, Pitting fSLlr'fi** ami treatment. Dr.John Woodbury, N. 1'enrl St., Allmiiy, N. Y a <v.*> i K>taljl!.-hc(l 1 ->TO. Send 10c. for bopk. MORPHINE.^ EASILY CTUED. BOOK FRKB OR. J. C. HOFFMAN, Jefferson, Wisconsin. IUDI nVMCIIT LOCAL or Tranltu l>nlrLvlllllilll state which preferred. r, nam St lit CO* at)i &oorff? SU.CiacinnuiJ, O. tKSRS&Kwin Snre relief i sTTTif I KIDDER'S PA8T1LLE IAA sAi.Ks.ilI;N WANTED. Goodw?r.?. Ills H St.-a lv- V. Ik. Adiln-.-s .1. AUSTIN PWWMI.UV, Nur?cr.> iiiimi, Rochc>t.'r. N. V. AEftRERBH .1I?rpnine unnu i orrn in im to 4(' < *?'? N? P*y ?!" cored. <J1 Bvali Db. J. SrLiMit.Ns, I^ebauou, Obltt AUPAD UriMrC '>u I us '.ill im-iit.H or Share Bjncflr flUfnCd u..:i-rai.> Tickem. au.ihm V Kosir Carolina Aoenty. N \ 1 U roadway, N\ Y PATCH 1 Elegant n.iok.iffOM of Silk* and Sattcs CCVJti} ; .*M lor V.'?\ Embroidery Silks, 10.\ WO R K. I <loz. A. O. UASSKTT, Koelie.tiT, NY. Ha Sir" I ATP*5TI The br.iiitiliil art II I" I M I 1 of making l'?l>or ilowB M L L on and tiiwno paper fan.-y Q J J work, for home decoration*. T.s. * sues and flower materials sold. InJ'ruo lion Jlook aud l'rice List, mailed, 10 cent*. I/i:\VlS dfc CO., 'i KMItli Sr., New Yorlt. THORSTOITS pearITQOTH POWDER Keeping Teeth Pcrfect and GuinnHcnlihy. * 1 TPIITA onTAis'F.n for inventor*. Cir??ci I Pfi I 5^'"liars If"*. H.8. Ssow kCo., I HI kill I W Patent Alt'1, ?. Washingti'n.D.O TCI FHRABHY TAreirr and situations gCUCUnArni yriiNlSHED. Circulars freo. VAI-KXT1NE BUGS., Janeavitlc, \Vi*. _ MSiliEESlOCKS Nervous Debility gS.'SSSSSa-'SK -V WI ISTEW W"h flmcMcan lH?u I ^IDICTIONARY. With | 1232 raeei. Prico 51.50. =r? . "J^ntan ! Clmctican POCKET-DICTIONARY. | C'Jl I'agos. Price SI.00. U ^ ' For Sain by all Book- and N'ewi?,v I Dealers. C*eM" > TAKK No OTHER. ? -?**?? , y ' * f? - - -- ?