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ne -th itoo 6to be oeet -i p ~treaMure be ha pr.,T s to nfi JMaTig the rest, TRCONTRY PO'STMAN., the story of a Hero. ln.1stsa troen the French of Louts ous.] Ta ha ofton seen him pass through the foldaith a hasty tread, recogniza ble onlyby his blouse and his regu latit but also by the sustained ac Uv 9f movements because for him the o are counted and he has not t to slacken his pace. An inde e walker, he accomplishes his tosk from the inret to the last day of the year witIhcut even resting. No matter thoUgh a p al sun invite all creatures to b ** tionless, though the cold be -though it blow and snow, he At 6'to the last village on his koMt. to carry the letters, newspapers .nd proepeotuses whioh trade confides by inaillions to the care of the post. The highways are not made for him, and he must cross the country, passing through woods and marshes, to seek the but lost in the depths of solitude, far remored from any public road. He travels from eight to ten leagues daily, making circuits, crossing brooks sling rocks, venturing into ravines and wounding himself among the hodges and briars. Loitering is foibidden to him, for the offl.al hour of return is fixed; the letters he brings back must depart by the next mail. They are waited for at the postofflee, and the least variation of his programme may have grave con sequences. We cannot, without ingratitude, for get the services of this incorrnptible messenger, whose probity and zeal are constantly put to proof, who brings us at a certain hour our letters and our journials, the news, the expectation of which keeps us full of anxiety ; who contribute to soften for us the bitterness oi absence and distance. Imagine the void the disappearance of these humble functionaries wonild leave in our exist ence.I I knew a man who for twenty years Elled this position. A former sol dier, thanks to irreproachable records of service strengthened by a little influence, he had obtained the great favor of having planed to his credit fifty francs per monish at the postoflico of the diistrict. Pere Martini was not very fond of this brilliant position, but he peQrfectly un derstood hiis responsibility and duties ; he never complained. Everybody in the district was ac ~q ptd with this little gray haired man _ L-~~~1rozed features, whose limbs had the piiancy and strength of steel. lie was highly appreciated, for, whiile a serupulous observer of the regulations, he never refused to perform a seru ice, provided it did not conflict with his duties. There was not a corner of his route which he had not pased over accompa~ nied by his wolf-dog. Ho knewv to a Smeter the distance deparating the small est hamlet from the chtof town of the ' district, and was familiar with all tho paths and by-ways. To spare himself half an hour's walk he never would have thrown into a ditch some sly prospectus or seine printed matter erig a doubtful address; if he -returned anything to the postoflice it was because its destination could not be found. He was the slave of his orders, as punctuial as the clock, and so discreet as to discourage the most curious. Ev erybody greeted him kindly when ho ar rived 'at a village; the children came to him and even the dogs barked joyously at his approach. There was considerable rivalr as to who should offer him a glass of cider and a slice of bacon. But he rarly ocetedanything. Time passied and he id not like to contract trouble * some obligations. Hence the notes made concerning him were excellent, and his chief regretted that the parsimony of the administration only, per~nitted them to reward his loyal services with contemptible gifts. Oniday in the middle of October he departed on his usual round. The weater-:wais frightful ; it had been rain ing inoessAehtly for more than a week ; the roads had become bogs, and the brooks had been transformed into tor rents.- What foliage remained on the trees *as so impregnated with water that it could hont offer a protecting shelter. The postman,'wet to the skin, walked with the impassability of an old soldier -who dues not discuss his orders. Be had distributed a portion of his imnail . t his. round was far from being finishd when he pasdau inn, or rathere a miserable diking house, situ 'sted tithe entrance of a wood. This glaOa was mainly patronized by sabot smakezs, who found there alooholio drinkaand a few groceries. "H. I Monsieur, the postman, stop here for an instaut; while you are giving IR#h lnformation I need, the violence 4f tom will abqte." davitation was addressed to him a man who, with a pie in his month, ens standing upon the treshold of the rinking-houss. The tais ws pouring'downa at that somet;'~dre bastswept it into Perro iogadbent to the ground the stalwart Tce~iawas a little ahead of time, & ads~*& of the service do not go td forbid the acceptance of a shelter when It offers itself wen itothe house and a The an who .had 08 adotgo ~ ~, ~ ~4~op~ nthe vi eiiy fyou 6wlleieeyout -of your letters." Thank you; I will deliver them my "That'd yourself out and out. After I, you are rlsht. Ito is your duty to eliver them. While talking with aloquacity which 'd not encourage the postman, he 1 rp the sack the latter had placed ' lm, seemed to feel its weight, and turned it over and over. "Let my sack alone, please," said Martin coldly. "'You have disarranged all my letters. I shall no longer know what to do. The other humbly excused himself for tis awkwardness. "The evil is reparable," added he. "Beat yourself at this table and you will have no trouble to ariango the letters according to the route you should take." The postman emptied his sack before him and began to arrange his letters. His questioner affected to keep dis creetly at a distance, but found an op. portunity to cast a furtive glance over his shoulder. While Martin was busy with his work he heard furious growls behind him. - " Pete Martin, help me to preveat your dog from strangling mine," said is now acquaintance. The postman arose and caught his dog by to skin of the neck. The ani mad's fury contrasted with its habitual gentleness. This fact seemed strange to Martin. He felt distrust of the communicative stranger grow upon him. He was about to replace his papers in the sack, when the man, as if to see what was the state of the weather, opened the door. At the same instant the wind swept impetuously into the rFom, which it filled with a thick smoke, and, liltmg the letters spread out upon tho table, scattered them in every direction. Tho postman uttered an exclamation of anger. , " Bah I ft is nothing," said the rson who had caused the accident. "e two will speedily gather them up." And without heeding the refusal of Martin, who wished to avoid his help and do the work alone, ho began to search for the letters. When they had collected all they aould find, the postman carefully exam ined them; then he seemed worried, as if he had not the full number. " Are, there any missing ?" asked his compamion. " It appears to me that there was an other letter." "Bahi! Either you are deceived or you forgot it at the postoffice." "That in quite possible." He said to himself that It must be so. However, he resumed his hunt and searched beneath the furniture. He found nothing, and concluded that his memory had not served him faithfully, for he had watched his complanion's1 movemecnt9, and it did not seem admiss ible0 to him that he had stolen a letter. Nevertheless he hastened to depart, re grotting that ho had entered the drink iug hiousn. The man who had chattedi with him inspired in him a veritable re pulionm, anid -it was his rule, because ofi 1 he habits of discretion which the post ollice imposes upon all its agents, to keep at a distance all who did not ap pear to him worthy of confidence. The storm had somewhat abated its fury, the rain soon ceased to fail, and bright sunshine lighted up the country when the postman reached the nearebt I village. A woman was at the door of her house awaiting his passage. She was still: young, and, without possessing remark able beauty, had g neat and sympathetic countenance. " Monsieur Martin," said she to the postman, "have you a letter for me?" "No, Madame Andre, I have not.' " That's strange ; my husband should have written to me to-day ; you cannot imagine how much his silence troublesi me.] She grew pale iynd seemed scarcely to have the strength to sustain herself. The postman assisted her into the house and handed her a chair, upon which she let herself fall. Two charm ing children fixed on her sad and anx ious8 looks. " You will receive a letter to-morrow, Madame Andre," said Per. Martin ; " the delay of a day is easily explained ; your husband was disappointed, some unforeseen business suiddenly demanded his attention and he missed the mail." " No ; I know him and cannot under stand his silence. You are aware that he departed two months ago for the city. Some work was to be attended to which promised to bring him in a great deal of money ; a small inheritance was also to be reoeived. But all Is con cluded. He sent me word that he would return this evening ; he has made his arrangements to thtend To-morrow the farm of La Mane is tobe sold ; he has decided to purchase either all or part of it. It is an opportunity which will never again present itself, but I would prefer a thusand timesq~ that he should miss It to have him returning without notifying me." " Why ?" "Because some one has wicked de signs against him, and at night a terri ble blow is soon struck. You know that there are two routes by which to return he e; one is longer than the other, but safer. I am afraid lest he may return by way of the Moulin-Brule, the more so as ithere is some one to see that di rection. I tremble at the mere thought of it. If I only knew-" The postmaan strove to calm her fears, but she shook her head. " You can't think," resumed she, " what certain men are capable of, when they have a grudge against anybody." She seemed to hesitate, and theia added: "If I tremble It Is not simply be cause my husband will have to pass through a dangerous spot with money in his pocket, but also because there is in the district a wretch whose dearest wish is to put live feet of earth between ' them. 1 " This hatred dates from long ago. * WhenlIwas a young girl he wanted to , marry me, but he filled me with horror,. He ha. never p)ardoned me for having a repulsed his offers, and has. eeoedIn I the Aame animosity the man I reere to bi. He bates Gerg myself o for being In Oey circumsatautp whle he* vegetates- .~Wt seif hoab people ete pomlh th~e uilstakes of :Idlers Arunk rJ Ata~s Is a -l la ay.. h idsk 1deulte a IheM iok &t t notoion to maw to him thA retunedt who hsnen: him, he would b less staptuo* Oh It if you kneI gisoVuhis shoe at me, IWho ofhis feature wew$ I kniow A4st oft"a 44it mkt he haunts te run*o M Bridl. : this ine that my usband is to pas thro the place, I tell you, Monsieur Mashti'h "What is the scounatel's name?" "Jean Bruno. It is not astonishin~ that you are unacquainted with him, t dnioe his return to the -district he ho not publicly shown himself." The Postman was silent.' He remem bered ving heard the woman at th drinking houee ball the man he had inc there bythat name.. He asked himsel In consternation if the letter had nc been stolen from him, but he recalled a] the circumstances and banished thi supposition. He felt certain that th epistle had not been in his sack ; he r( assured himself and sought to reassur the woman ; yet he resolved to wait he husband's arrival at the chief town < the district to advise him to be prudeni He hastened away, and when he we alone his fears regained possession c him. He again began to doubt, and lil tle by little was seized upon by a terre he could not explain. He increased hi p ace and leaped over the hedges an ditches with unusual nimbleness. Un fortunately, his round that day was e3 ceptionally long and the bal weathe in advance ha< considerably delaye him. He reached the postoffice a little late than was his custom. The woman wh distributed the mails, on being consull ed by him, affirmed that he had take1 away a letter for Mme. Andre. One c her assistants confirmed this declaration The postman was thunderstruck. H saw with fright the heavy responsibilit thrown upon him. His terror augmeni ed when he remembered that time an, again, at the moment of opening th mail bags, a man had presented himsell asking if there was anything for Mme Andra-l He flew rather than ran to the office c bhe coach which carried passengers fror bhe nearest station on the railway to th ohief town. George Andre had arrived but had set out immediately on foot to his village. The news gave Martin a violent shock The prospect of a catastrophe fo which he wonh1l be responsible arose be fore him. He saw this man who ha< returned with joy in his heart, encoun bering death at the threshold of his homi through his fault, and misfortune over baking the widow and orphans. Th< aarkest clouds troubled his imagination Ho did not hesitate, and, without takl Lng time to enter bis dwelling, starte< off again. Those who enw him pass, ab~ sorbed in his thoughts and noticimg n< one around him, asked thiemselves wha Srave affair could have caused thi reathless haste on the part of a mal who must have come back from his cund broken by fatigue. After having passed over a fourth of hie distance he inquired concerning th raveler, and asked if hi- had been sceen He had gone by some time before rhe~ joy of return had given wings t< ais feet, as the the ight of misfor tune to b iverted had ir creased the speed of th< )O5~fimfn. There was no longer even th, dhadow of a doub~t ; the fated mani hat aken the palth which led straight to th< ifoulin-B'rule. Pere M[art in calculatei at by crossing over ano her p~ath which, however, was rough and danger mIs, he could yet arrive before him. He hastened on and reachedl the fatal pjot when the night was ailreadly ad. ranced. The place was weoll fitted ur ~or an ambuscade. There was a specieJ >f cut through the rocks. On both sidei ushiy trees formed an impenetrable hade, rapidly moving cloud1s at each in Itant veiled the moon, the wan rays of vhichi added to the sinister character oj hie landscape. Ho paused ; amid the rustling of the oliage agtated by the wind he though ie heard the sound of approachin foot steps ; it was doubtless George Andre whom he had preceded only by a fev instants ; he was about going to miee Lim, when the report of a gun rang ou md a ball struck him full in the breast The assassin emerged from a neigh boring thicket, but on approaching hi, victim to finish and rob him he foun< himself in the presence of a new acto: mnd vented his disappointment in a hor riable oath ; lie had recognized Geor~ &ndre. The blade of a knife flashed L his hand, but he was not allowed tim to use it-a club descended vigorousi upon his head and felled him to th ground. A woman distracted with terror, a~ this moment threw herself on the post man's body. " Oh!I how wretched I am!i" crie she. " I foresaw ; he has killed him ! Madame Andre had not been able t subdue her uneasiness, and, at t he hon she supposed her husband ought to ai rive, she had come to wait for him ; a the report of the gun, she had run foi ward precipitately. " Jeanne," said her husband to het "ressure yourself ; I am unhurt." " It was not you ? Who then has I assassinated ?" They bent over Martin's body and re sognized him in the moonlight which i that instant illuminated his face an uniform. The husband and wife carried himi their home, where he lived only twent, four hours. He related how he had a lowed to be stolen from him the letteri which George Andre had announced h return, and how he had decided to pr< vent at any price the consequences his neglignce, even if he should I oompeldto offer his life in exchan for tat of the father of a family whoi be had involuntarily helped to place Obscure victim of duty, lie had adde mother act to the list of those unknow: iacriflces which are made daily, withon eing encouraged by the hope of recom~ >ense, without even having for indenini Loation the remembrance they shoul< save behind them. DAUJGH'BR (home from school) - Now, papa, are you satisfied ? Jus >ok at my testimonial-' Political econ my, satisfactory; fino arts and music erv good ; logic, excellent.' " Fathei -' Very much so, my dear-especialiy s regads your future. If your husband hioul understand anything of house seping, cooking, mending and the use I the sewing-machine, perhaps your karried life wuil indeed be happy.' Wa ~ ~ - - - Thomas o . Tlgf to not areal ,but th Most an n alm His names is James Thomas. He wfs bor in New York, e law i went to ,inclnnat. There he ieil love with a "Juliet" and decided to be. i omes tragedian. He turned up in New Orleans, where he started a sewspaper. , wing joined the Lopes expeditient. . b -b he was uliprzeked and floated around on a log for two days. Return-. ig toNewYorkhebeameaBohemlan, formed the acquaintanoe of Lippard, North, it James O'Brie . and other noted writers, scribbled rhyme, and AnalJy becamo the editor of a widely known fornal, *hich is still being pu .lished. Bturning to, New Orl~ask .e killed. a rival 4C6 4ul. - Qhrm %A*O tures followed in Texas, Northehn Mex ico and California. A return to Texas was chUOaterised by a duel oIth a'fa. mous despergo nam 4 Jc.Turley , If known as "'4e Diamond MerchnV from having 'stolen .a large number f valuable diamoUds in Brazil and made ood his escape. Next came the expe i tion of Walker to Nicaragua, which'he joined. Since he has been here he has e amassed an immense fortune. At the ir end of a lively revolition he was taken If before the successful ringleader. " What would you have dono with me 0 if I had fallen into your power?" alaed. the opposing General. r " Had you shot in three hours," re plied Thomas. d "Very well," was the answer; " that shall be your doom." There chanced to be in the audiensq a r wealthy Spanish lady, who did not ap d prove of the summary execntion of hand some young men, and to her golden in r flince popular opinion attributed the o immediate reprieve and speedy- releasem of Thomas. He now determined to bid' a a long farewell to perilous conspiracies f and filibustering expeditions. in 'the center of the city he purchased a block S of ground, built a spacious residence on F it and, to use his own pecular expression, "took up his eternal rest." To such inmpetuous spits, however, repose is impossible. He had no sooner become established for life than the - mania of European travel possessed him. Shipping $40,000 in gold to San Fran cisco, he arranged his affairs for a long a absence and speedily followed the treas ure. In three years he expended every ' dollar of it in the leading capitals of r Europe. He formed the acquaintance, while abroad, of Swiuburne, the Rosettis, and other English writers, and r also became on friendly terms with many French authora of renown. He returned I to Leon recently and is now living - regally. I observed a copy of the "Songs 3 of Sun Lands" in his well-selected - library, and, taking it down, recited that 3 much admired poem, "Thomas of Tigre." He seemed highly pleased with it, but .expressed regret that Miller should have 1depicted him as a gambler, when, in -fact, he had never staked a dollar on a > game of chauce in his life.--San Fran An Unaccepted Invitation. A man named Lehmaier of Rochester, N. Y., is making a singular crusade e against flash newspapers. He says he was led to undertake it by seeing child 'ren gathered about the news stands look ', ing at these Sunday mornings, and his B method is to go where the publicamons are offered for sale, deliberately tear 3 them up and invite the owner to have e him arrested. He thinks that in a trial 1such faicts would be developed as would stop the traffic. One newsman did have hmarrested, but failed to ps the mat. ter to trial._ ______ He, Did Not NInee Matters. A representative of the Lynn (Mass.), .!temn, in a late ramble throughout that city, gathered, among other scraps of i interest and information the following : The first place visited by the reporter Swas the fruit store of Mr. J. Levett, No. 67 Market street, in response to a rumor that the proprietor had been cured of [the rheumatism by the great remedy. Mr. Leavett not being in, the reporter a had a talk with his son. Mr. Levett t stated that his father had been cured of an exceedingly bad attack of rheumatism by the St. Jacobs Oil. He had the dis. , ease in his right arm and shoulder, which t became perfectly helpless after being t affected a few hours. His pain was so .great that he could not rest in comfort or attend to business with any degree of satisfaction. After enduring this sort of I thing for some time, he purchased a bot r tle.of the Great German Remedy and - began to apply it. He did not mince mat e ters at all, but just used the Oil for all it . was worth. After pursuing this mode of e treatment for three days the pain was y~ banished and his father was in a per a fectly healthy condition. He has never since felt any rheumatism. . A WEsmnRN farmer of the old school, lamenting the paragon hired man of thei d past, thus speaks of the p resent : " He "wears white shirts and collars. He won't o eat with a knife. He wants napkins, r and if we don't hang up a clean towel .once a week, he wipes on his handker ,t chief. He wants a whole hour at noon, r-. and after supper he trots off to a sing ing-school, or site down to a newspa. ~,per.~ HORAGE B. DIox, Esq., associate ed 0 itor of the D)elaware Co. Rlepublican, Chester, Pa., was cured by St. Jacobs Oil of very severe injuries resulting from i a fall. H is arm appeared to be pars. d lyzed, but the Oil cared him.--Phila delphia Ledger. - Tiiu difference between our forefathers I- and some of their descendants, is, that n the former were called on to strike for i.s their rights, and the latter to write for a- their strikes. There is considerable of a .d variation.-Steubenville Herald. LoRD nBON, in referencep a beautiful lady, |'e wrote to a fiend-" Lady - has been dan ni gerously ill, but now she is dangerously well n again." American belles, when attacked by anv of the ills that flesh is heir to, may be kept dkilling, and avoid bein killed by taking Dr. It. .Pece's " Favorite arescription," which ban al iNho feminine weaknesses, and restores the t bloom ..f health. B~y all druggists. . WaN~ a man gets excited and rants j around we say he is vehement. If a woman should do so, could we say she was ye she ment?--Lampton. "Frasr a cough, carried me off, And then a offin they carried me off in i" t~ This will not be your ept:taph if you take .your cough and Dr.' R. V. .Uerce's Golden Medical Dincovery " in time. It Is speciflo for weak lunge, spitting of blood, night-sweats and the early stages of consumption. By all druggist. _______ Tars is one of the sad conditions of life, that experietoe is not transmissible. No man will learn from the sufferings of another; he must suffer himself.. Yburest, mDweetls. um Ums bassas - ...h~A a.A ~ ~ ?.1&.. 4iil 400ys- medi nes nor A few bo tof rbur Safe m OA e Cute, hs v r,e. 4ored me to e GAAS AL io A nAnm of 1,500aolsn Bary county Ko., is devoted to the breeding o Iules. Notice F rom the 10tli of 06tober. 18A1 the 1st of July, 1882, genuine Roox StRING WATER will be supplied to cus mers b . js ,, of Ily Bprings, n gallons in anti-corrosive can.. $5.00 8Same can refilled at.............. 4.00 Five gallons in anti-corrosive can.. 8.25 SBme can reflled-at........... 00 Nine gallons in glass bottles...... 7.50 Reasonable freight and express rates see given by all railroads. This water his been known for nearly fifty years as a sure cure for D psia, a Oure cure for diseases of the Kidney and Bladder, a Isure cure for all curable cases of Doxy, a sure cure for Scrofulous cases o e Bones or Skin, and a certain de st yer of the terrible thirst for intoxi cting drink that overcomes so many werthy resolutions. Deprive a drunk aryl of his dram for three d a an4, meanwhile' give hiri 016ntT 0 Nock Spring Watr, and he won t want the whisky. Don't you think it's worth trying? 'If you do, drop a postal to Elis & Co. It will e!st oniY a cent. You can't go amiss of death id this pontry. A Vermont woma got a dig Froa: th law o a turkey, ngleoted the Wo ' d three or four days and then died f look-jaw. Maybe the turkey is sub jec to hydrophobia. CopsimpruoiN is a disease we -all fted. It often carries 'ite victim to an untimely grave. How im tant, thep, foi thoae who cherish life and ealth to prevent that dLzes in its early stages. Every Cold or Cough should be treated with ALLEN'S LIG BALsAM. There is no better remedy. A DALD-nADn man down town calls his few remaining locks "a fool and his money," because they are soon parted. -Zampton. TAxm Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound four times per day abd you will have no lootor's bills to pay. Tiur safest way now to send a postal uard is to inclose it in an envelope and put a 3-cent stamt on th4 outside. Foa dyspepsia, indigestfon1 depression of BDirits and general debility, in their varioua forms ; also as a preventa~ive againsz tey' sud gue an~d other intermitttent fevers, the " Fero 'sphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by awell, Hazard & 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. MAN'Tres lined with monkey skins are sold in New York. EZADAcINE, bilious attack., dizziness, and loss of appetite, are cured by Kidney-Wort. " I'M down on you," as his small Imug tache remarked to the youthful Pillikins. A Sure Cure for Fits Will be sent by mall to an siddress, postpaid, on receipt of one dollar. Addres 3. Alonzo reene, Indian Doctor, 816 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo. " Wii don't ~you have some stile about you ?" said the man who had looked along a mile of barbed fence for an entrance.________ THE gre'at demand for. Spriner's In lian Vermifug'o is solely due to its inirinsic value. That:Muichl une it to-day i pre.'otic to any other, and say that it destroy.i and Osa Thairty Days' Trial. The Volttato Belt. .00, Marshall, .Mich, wll,~ send their Electr~.ool'aio Balta and other' Ileotrie Applianes on -trial for- thirty day to any person afflicted with Nervoud Debiity, Lost Vitality, and kindred troubles, guarantee goomplete restoration of vigor and unanhood. Address alboy~ wittont delay. trial I. allowed. Ikydy ,A 000OD Tnvestbiest. Buysa te~nt-Qva cent package. of Poutz'n, Horse adld b'atte' ?odders to prbbent disease in your Hiorses and Ca~tlie. Po4eer are Sre. That poverty" *hich produces the greatest distress is not of the purse but of the blood. lDeprived of its richness it becomes scant and .atery, a condition termed anemia in naedical erritings. Given this condition, and scrofu' ious swellings and sores, general and nervous. debility, loss of flesh and appetite, weak lungs, throat disease, spitting of blood and consump tion, are among the common results. If you are suffering from thin, poor blood employ Dr. Pierce's "Golden M dioal Discovery," which ~ariches the blood auJ cures these grave affec tions. Is more nutritive than cod liver oil, and is harmless in any condition of the system, yet powerful to curr. By druggists. KuooJ FAIR REDY! STRICTLY PURE. HARMLESS TO THE MOST DELICAtE. By it fatbuL e9Q II UMPTON Remedies ant! Physicans have failed to et a cure. JERE~MIAH wRIG1I't, of ifarIon County, W. vs. writes us that his wife had PorLxoxARY Coxst~uuiiov, anJ was prpnunced iaouvu byxx aL.ir phsc an wh th writes that he and hi. neighbors think it the best, medi dah in the w a c4nt ob~ i .ore., rtes Aprilth. i ~t aemt e ow tt the alter she physician had given her up as incurable. He eaysothrsd knwn her cae have taken the Balsam and to be in thE i Sve OP c aosro and *aa ndnO. by his friend, to try Alien's Lung Balsam after the for. mula was shown him, we have his letter that it at once e r d his eough and that he was able to resume hi. Zauesville Ohio, writes use the cure ofMabaslre man, a we'll-known eltisen, whmo had been afflicted wish Raowcurra in its worst form for twelve years. The Lung Balsam cured him, as It has amany others of Baouourrzs. As A.1.SO CONSUMPTION, CoueGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, OROUP. All Disesees of sihe TsanOA T LUNSe a FU..Mo@ anT oReAarS. C. S. EAaTIN, Druggist at oakly Ey., writes tlet he ladies think there is no remely egnal to Lung Balsam for Cromp and Whaoeplng Couagh. liothers wIll find it a sate and sure remedy to giye their children when afflicted with Cropp, it is harmless to Mhe met del~sate child I It contains ne Opium in any lers Recommended by Phlaioim MIsisters, and Waarmms. In fact by everybd who has givesit agoed rial. Icuaever hl b a e w.t As asa ampeetosfa S ha sae qmaU Sold by all Medioine Dealers. D S '.4 j B. urn a to snause w i chw and oBhmian Jon -with all its same beach may found our crusta- , cean edible -4he crab-whose ehipt apology fbr exist itJM~ i al sewjs totI ita ablity to ihirnishadel etable mel to ftrinato' bTb oe with a b in n Uotedw to molent or 46 6 11111 age war in his w % worliwcead ywhea 00 o akod. Althougg tIAY , 0 tnnOtM Mid hb eoId of undeas( Ing, aving ten legs to assist his.looomotton; Uhs, however, avails hun little tbi whei cvjtque ho neer-t u g ok ;6 his enemy, atar-I Into a bold run mbtlie many politicians during election time ASlp a 60 sideways. There comes a tIimein tholi ft blous follow when the years bring him more e and muscle than he can dispose of with comfort, and he finds him self Ina very tight aee his shoes inch him ' and he is to re Ize the practicability of ap Flying to amedature for more room or a Iouse n proportion to his Inereasin size. Nature slowly responds to the call; but in her own good time provides a row. home, so that the enter prgiW little creature does not wander about h oss, but is provided for suitably, as was the old sai lr, who dropped his rheumatism and crabbedness When he a pplied the Great German Remedy, ST. JAcons OIL. 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