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r 4S'err(ad thoro stands a wal hands, i n netrable, baro e. an uInkiown land, and all t he pathb men plud lead to it and end th( ,% an, acoording to his humor, paints Ontht bbro wall strango landscapes ( or bright, rcoplod with forms of ' fiends or forms rIt epair or Edens of delight, oellows, "Tremble !" or, "ojoi< r ocries, 'For lo ! the land beyou unesecnt to his voice oos from that 1>alnted wall respi ; t4rtOv anld then with (;acrilegious llamd one wipes off those painted landEc; all, iering, "0 fools and sWow to understan : ;" hold your bourne-the impenetrable wi YWhereat an eager, angered crowd exclaimi "Better than you dead wall, though pale faint, Our faded Ede'ns. ' Better fiends and flame B3y Faney painted in her coarsest paint "On the blind, bald. unquestionable faco Of that qbstruction than its cold, uniclul Untetlltous emptiness, without a traco Of any prospeot either good or bad t" And rtraight way the old work begins aga Of l'icturu >ainting. And men shout, call For response to their p'easuroor their pair Getting back echoes from that paintcd , MY LOVER BY MARY N. 'IIESCOTT. We were only shop-girls, you kn and, for the matter of that, we are il girls still. But one day we had a 1: i0ney left us--jusi9t a trifle-aid as were tired to death with pleasing o people, we (ecided to please oursel nd taike a vacation at the beach. "For once," said Letty, "let us grandees. Let us go in good style, t akes every cent. Let us go as we in hmve gone if you hadn't been sentine and had married Mr. Dunn." Mr. Dunn was a bachelor, inuneon 1ich, )ald and stout, and no hoe yoflhg; not the lover .I ha(1 dreamined 'mot. the realization of the "dim) i, si visiont" which hinad alonated my thIin w ---for even a shop-girl has dreams fancics. I had been greatly surpr s'bhen he asked inc to marry him live onl Beacon street. and drive in - 'oupe.p. Of course le didn't meln, these filungs, but Let ty did; and I said, "No, Ihaiuk you,'' at once. 1' poetry could there be in marrying Un1u1n ? Living in luxury on lien stre t would be pleasant enough, biu miuld put love ard romiance and ha - 1n'ss f(:( r. . r it ( the questi ol thought. T,'il"y disapproved, I kn and so did Mr. 11in1. "Why don't you love me?" he a3 "Other women have;" and he smiled , bhuished at the Confession. "Oh, I like you very unnch as a frio Mr. Dunn," I said, to soften the bo " 'Friendnlip is ("nsv enough to win, lint one isn't loveti every dhiy,'" he quoted. It was a pretty show at the bien after the first excitement of arriving r unpacking had worn eff; aifter wo ) gottin used to biihing, and( si ttingi on the piazza with th le sea rolling at feet, or readling novels in the hungni( or watchmng the flirtations nial1 scheming. We didl, t know anybo you see, iiid there was1. nobody to in in<!o us. We talked with seimo oif laihes, hut they seemed to have kin< each ether before; and while they (enssed thIiis or that neq uainiitance ('peral of the seasonii jist, the so>ir where they had met, we naim-: dropped out of the conversation. Th when there wns dancing, we had parltner$, aind it was' not e'xactly' leasi C) pilay the wall-flower while othi were m.i the swing of everything. T liad said, "'I think we hid helter home and use the bialance of our cash .joining the 11 arvard An nex, and impr1 ilg our minds,'" when one0 eveninw we sat forlorn on the piazza, whoIn shet tome ICo meet us5 but hlir. ]un !iii nlever was so glad to see anybody ini lifo before. ]le didni't scen'i to bear any grudge for havnug refused hi Heo inltrodluced1 us to iall tihe yoiimg sWi anid 110h h,s andi thleir sisters as1 his p t icular friends ; in fac t, I1 beli eve lie one oif the dlowagers t hat I lad declii to beconie Mrs. Duitnn. lie tidnu't a great while; lie was Clue somuewhiere e -att somebody's counitry lace-- -and avis rather glad wvhen he went, for though I had refused him, I could hd>feeling a sort of owvnershiip in hi im when he flirted with tihe other wo An didn't like it. One doiesn't ii oi,o' dliscairded lover to recover1 foCf I, at atll. We were no longer w: ti1u arS we (danced and1( sang aind roiv mud bo 'led with the best. We w Mi Dug i's friends. I thiink perp: some o? t womnou were even gratefu mc hi,i I had inot married limi). IIowetr1, it seemed to mne that 1)1 ently I b rgot Mr. Dunn. (har (huthibort bugan to l Ite niesm.e of1 thought8 coupiettel. I hardly knev anybody elsoexnte. ''All mcin bes were to me1 like )dhadows." Weo sat gethier sechuIdedouthe piazza, or wvah Cin the sands by uil nilit, or stretl in the pine woCth idi read p)oetry, sang togother on the 'ocks wvith the s heating at our feet-. seemed the e bodimuent of all p)oetr. and lofty set ispent anid romance, lHe ad a voice l the w~intd in the 1pines, ~r on A1El: ,.harp, full of tender mioa - ig anid d< ~ infathnmablo fee::gs I ,eiioved. -was like the princess whtost > dri)' pearls and rubies of speethi. He i Byron so beautifuhy that oin felt would have written it nil if Byr:m hi S and he had composed airs to soe Sh 8elly's .divine verses, which h'e taup m ako sing. Ob, it seomed ton.j thou as if I wore a real live h., breathing romance. About this ting~ happened to have a severe neural, hi cacho, whioh confined meit in rooma Beveral days, anid one oveninug wI Letty earsq up to bed she said. "I don' Mw, if I were going to in - s ry one of 'ljother, but I should pro Mr. Dann tdOuthbert." * "pow di ree*ogo yon are, Lotty S's. Durm is sincere at least, if lie I.a4' she pursued; "and he isn't ir~*4n$J~iJ either." lJ,Ciarenoe isn't bald at all." the's been going on ii as if you didn' exist e woods, -looking into hi sting , .tr3'. She show, adwritten to hler, a'; the very same li ly brown eyes wem eve a word ofFi . 70our jealousy &e th 'te roses he sent m,hol 'and thiti note.t "i S o it was a recipe from ti Miss Parle., Erskine wore a fine, le bunch -- real ueminots, a dol q st apiece-in to dinner," re. "I don't value mine according to the it price; they're Marshal Niels, too. it 4 he had sent me a bunch of butterqu arh they'd be as precious. But you don't la deserve to read the note, and you the of sha'n't. t" e "I don't want to. I dare say it's the w fac-similo of Miss Erskine's." am "Letty," said I, severely, "don't speak lea eo t# me again to-night." an dl" Of course I thought it was all nonsense. col didn't want Clarence to be mope fox >n&- when I was out of sight, and not able t to eeak to a soul. I wanted him to make Ti 1imsolf as fascinating as possible to the we pos other girls. To be sure, I made believe I was jealous of Miss Erskine playfully, , when I went down stairs again, and th dil!" pouted about it ; and he said, just as 1 is know he would, that Miss Erskine was a Snice person, who threw herself at a1 and man's head, however, and demanded at tentions ; and her ogre of a mother was yo 8 so afraid somebody would marry her fot her money that it was a great lark t< searo the old lady a little ; but as foi falling in love with Miss Erskinb, as. "1 teeclally when another person was in th. ? orld, that was simply impoesible. After I t hat they got up some private theatri cals for a charity, and Clarence had to "r3 n take the part of Miss Erskine's lover, th< and ind although he acted it to perfe3tion, it Dt wasn't pleasant. Mrs. Erskine didn't , 'ike it either. "It looks too real," said at val. she. ah "They would be poor actors if i; in diid n't,," I said. "Why, he's-kissing her 1" she cried ill . "It's only a stage kiss," I assured bei sti It did seem to me tbxt he rather overdi, go the part. Li "i made desperate love," said lie, on . fteward, "just because that old harri. au was looking on. I knew you would iOtt understand. Kissed her? Yes, I kissed tn tte her; she seemed to expect it-such a sti we ''o But you needn't have kissed her at a rehearsal." p0: "True ! that didn't occur to me. Live ate be and learn." hai iI was sitting on the beach one morn in L a little later with Mrs. Erskine, a wtl tchiiig Clarence and Miss Erskine ym swiimning among the breakers. '' "I do wish Rose would come in," said m tier mother, fretfully. "I'm afraid she'll tt fond of this Mr. Cuthbert, they're tO tin-own together so much." I gave a sm ni little atart. "All the young ladies seem are to be perfeetly wild about the fellow - m but I do wish he wouldn't make love to hil lBose, and make her believe she's so ir. w resist.ible. Perhaps if she hadn't a for- ree i tune I should beli've in him mow. You fro Ii ought to thank your stars, Miss Linda, dir 1. that you're a portionle:s girl, and your th on lovers are all disinterested." wo t it "Mrs. Erskine," said I, "I will tell de >pi you something. You needn't give your- o1d self any unealsmess about MIr. Cuthbert', col i mtentions. I am engaged to Mr. Cuth- anc ' ert. It hasn't come out yet-" Ba :ed. ."Let uts congratulate you, my dear nd i Mis Linda," said she, and she really kissed my cheek. "My heart feels n(1, light. You can't tell how I've been put >w, to my wits' end to keep Rose under my ' eye and out of harm's way. Mr. Cuth- NO bert is so taking I But now I may take on. my case with the other cliaperons. Co ch0 Thank you for the contidence, dear. ] out ue really feel as if you had donem a favor; bef mdLI and Mr. Cuthhert's a real hero of no- cell d; mlancoe, after all, with no merceinan " ,n'r feelings. Now, if Mr. Dunn had fan ord ek cied IRose, I should have had no mis- mIaj tha 14iniigs." wh;, ''1"I(don''t think Clarence is foid of hil r'-money, or lie niever wouldl have thought a hl [lit if me1," I said. sob an "Well, I daire say; only I can't telb tel lis. you' how much01 I'm obligedl to you. ] hes s,liill always re'gard1 you as8 a friend." Thi 't'lThis wa'is a lit tle different from the Per lly- way she0 tiirned upon01 1m1 one day , of" m~iont h late', wh'len, having retur-ned the 110 fr-m ai steambloat excursion with a hargo lirai til pairty from the house, it was found thai the L'rM Clar-enee anud Miss Erskinie were missmng. 11n1 it v "I aIm goinig 1)ack with Miss Erskine foa wa , hier suni-uimbrella," lhe had saidh to me oni with in the boat. ''She left it on a bench in thle 11 ,y.- par-k, anld I can't let her go alonte, yen thom as know. If we lose this b,oat there's an- er lId ot her ani hlour later."' But the niext b,oait y lid niot b,ring them. Mrs. Erskine spetiwl ny most (if the nighlt down at the wiharti a gr Lie with som11'ecompaniltions, and1( whben I wentl ". im. do)wn-stair's ne(xt molfrninig she was still 5sm1 I inl her exculrsionl (1ress, with dlisheve'lleti 01n0 ",'See what vo've' done,'' she said. haav eo iv'ing me the 'letter. "Y1ou engaged t< rise, ,y haim ! Youl I You connived at this, yon er I. bypocrite 1''er I "D])AR MAMMA" (wrote Rose) - hing :l. "Doni't be0 anixious iabout us. Clarenec o i and0 I w~ent immedc(iately to the church at they mI- fore your boat reached the wharf. 1 nigl he knew y'ou'd never consent, and1( it's so ew ililmuth moro roimantic to elope. "I 'Alleetionately your daughter, Thle "Ros.ai CUm'IEnrT." liveo V lhere1* was a note for me, too, ver3 dlra~ l~brief: "'I love you, Linda, but bd 'wta the flame, that wo're so rich iin od es- Ori thet liti le god (If love turn thle spit?' t(I'J liat's my only excuse for being ii n,v ktnve."P ' t Letty and1( I retuned to our work. It pern (11 would hlave been bietter- for uis if we hIld Scot 1(o- nieve~ t riedh to make acquaintance witho I ed the world1 of the id11e andl happy, never a fa ed~ tried1 to become a part (of it. We had high ori spent our trifle of money foolishIly earT enough,and had gainedl a bitter experi- 5 n- ee Bhit after a while I was surprised fov t- to find thlat I didn'lt feel as blighted untg e as I expectedl-didn't have brain-fever or lie an1 nernvouis prostration, like my favorite ac eli heroines. I began to tinik that my love remn li for Clare:te had beeni only skin-deepi 'n t ett after all. I 1had( been taken withl his tars. addebonair graces; I had made no aequaint- tarn le ance with his soul, I began to compare re t, hxim withl Mr. Dunn11, to Cliarence's dis. anid1 of eredit. It was rather late in the day, of t hit to be sure, to appreciate Mr. Duill' 4ad st ]hit I fell to thinking of him every diay. an 'e I watlced for him evrtvnn arn Iadstarted whenever er doreill hin aii thang.-l'l to 3 "A~ "After all," said Intty, one day, war en1 thirowing down th( evening papr arr "it was lucky you didn't marry Mr. - 9 fer- "Why ?" I asked. .i .'"O)h, he has managed1 to lose all hisko ! moTny.all but an annuity." tc5. t. Ue had said to me once that if ever I at . chan 1d my mind, if ever I thought Ibe i- coulh l've hims prhaps I would let him palY so know, atd I hadpromised I would. eiv( " Ho al~l never ask me again to marry ISis n him," I ti ight, and solIkept my prom- 'q f ee. Every~ ay I thought ats I leta ,y the a - work, "~leh find him waiting for me the ] Sat home," lery morning when the auar Spostman came,O\ p the street my heart i Sbeat double; li at the end of a fort- e Snight nothing hadjiappened. One sum- A o mer night, e 'ter ~e day's work was ontit over, Letty at14 I -' ere resting in our But -tittie parlor that oji' ed upon the old- marl -iiahionedgrdou in oxbury, with its and A SISTER'S KISS. TIlE VALUE A BIItOTlL PILACHE UPON IT. Why .n YouIng llan Itfuet n Friend AInvitation to DIrink-lip State 111N lie, nu nny and Wini 1i Friecd Over to ti Teni:eranuco Ctaune. "Now, Tom, what will you have I irimk ?" "Nothing more than I have, Roland, and the speaker raised at glass of watt to his lips as ho looked toward the con alliol With whom he was (lining at tint-class hLtel. "Nonsense, Tom; surely you will i refuse to take a friendly glass with mei "Of anything stronger that this, yes. "But, Tom, you (I, not mean me i (utlerstatnd that you never touch it; thi you have not sufficient self-respect i touch it as only a gentleman should ?" "Roland, I have known stronger mc than I, with just as much self-respeo Who have yielded to the tempter an gone beyond the limits of tho soci glss, hut oven the knowledge of tin miglt not have kept me from iudul ing.' "Wt'hat was it, then ?" "A sister's kiss." "H121 ! sentimental nonsense I Di she bribe you with a kiss?" "No; lbut listun. I have a sister jus coning into womanhood - one of tl iurest, lovliest women I think God eve mlatde. I havo always laid, whether deserve it or not, a large share of hi wa1rm, young heart, and every evenIin whien I enter the house she puts h< arms about my neck and kisses me, wit a glad look of welcomo in her eyer Roland, there are many things I priz im this life, but 1 would give them all u1 rather than that evening kiss. thought, as you did once, that. I coul take a friendly glass and let it go so fu 1and no farther, and I even had the glas in my hand to carry it to my lips for tht tirst time, when the thought of the kis I would have that evening came into m, mind. Could I take it if I drank thi wine? Wonld not the odor of it stil cling to my breath and poison the kiss I knew then that I must give up one o: the other, and the glass was put back for I could not give up the other, am then I registered a solemn vow that, if rould help it, no stain of that kin< siould ever soil my sister's lips. A fe eveings after that we" were out togetlie: wh eIre the social glass was hande round. Now, thore was 11o on then who did not consider himself a gentle nan1, and Who would not, under anld I'iremtanXtices, have kept withtin biounidi hecf( re ladies, and yet I saw my sistei shrink from any she had seen toucl th< wine, and when we went home she spokt f it, and, laying her head on my ihoiil der, said, sadly: '''It makes mo feel so sorry for then sisters, Tom.' "Then I nade another vow-that ] would never take to the house one wh< took ev'en a social gilass. Perhlaps I wmi wrong to go so far, but I did 110t thinl of its being so hard. You see you are one of my oldest friends, one of the noblest and truest follows I know, and one I am proud of knowing, and when I heard you were coinig here to live I mlade up my mnind thlat our house shouki eI, like a home to you." ''Tom," said his companion, soberly "vou have ntot gone too far-no, not even in excluding me from your home. I think I will like you all the better fo it. I am11 glad you htave :.)ld 1me1 whal von hav". If I hlad had1( a sister-' 'Would y'ou htave done tire samne' Then01 do it no0w. Stop for tire sake Il somile othier fellow's sister. Surely, tin time will come whlen you will wait ano1(tie's siter(1 for your owni." "'I don't ktnw, 'o,"' wuas the hresitat ing reply. "fIf I did stop) for the sake of any othter fell'w's sister, you wouli he thait thter' f<lhav. Winit.t von htav' said markes me a lit tle eniviouts. Suippos( E were to stomp and thteni growv so very "Ro iland,'' said htis comnp:ui iont, look iing upi, "'I must give hrer 1up to som<l (one(, 1 kntow, aind there is 11o 011e t< whom11 I wouild so willingly give her an to von.'' "Th[len, 'Tom, you 1:av e myi word foi it t hat I will not ftouchl wiine atgaint s< long men I live'. Your sideor's kiss hanr saved me tas well as yonm-fromr what ' God knows.'' this worl like thte one~ I have, 11ohl you oif, al11. sliel1l sisters iul;tke Wives 5(neh als a iall may lbe 1)1rolj lit avinlg 11011 For thte sarke of the. o1e yout may2l n1we ni lit wvould mlake' youllr home so 'rw h f and1 chteri ful you wolld ihe glad to to it, sure of a w.elomie-.for' hter sake,t I say, stop ere it he1( too i lat e; br'ing n shadow(I (If thIat kind ilnto hter life, hitt b), strtong to resist, titmt the tim m1ar 112 or '(i: whten she wiill pu1i hter lunali inl yourts 21nal tell yout y,oul hav:e mad(1et er Hfe a very hatppy onle.-Arthiur's Jlomic Maya:iu,. A D)esperate Eneotutter. 0(omp lete fifty years (Io 1Sfnstan s'eri'(ce as$ assistanIt warden o f thi' \\'est ern Pen.'I itenlI ty of' P'ennsylvani a(31 pi'iod oIt service said to> be withiout 2a parallei0 in priisont records. Mr'. (C::l y has liveId severai yea'r ts beyond I i lbn"ie: limit hmt - still is a Indle und11 hearty man11. 'Yes, I have imtd somelI lights,"' lie said the (I ofier diay to a11 'eprl "Th ''' Iie wor-st 1 hif'. I went int11 his eel am(11lihe ashell 111 if I was l''prepared to diie. I hmighed, aiiil tohl( hint I huuan tronh1(11 lwiith inm hut Ite ansMwered'I: 'I hav1 swornito kil ii thatt Ihe asked, 'haver1on1 a1 knife ?' 'NIl' JII'' (I f hIick-.ry' broom-sih-k, a blde fromt the( hlinges oIf his bedi. it was1 this kife 1he threw to 1m1e when lie sahl1 'take ithis,' and ats ( uiIck as5 that it0 sItuck at 1ne with the kitife hte kept. TrIe we were. It was1 dlinne1r tim and1 no11 1 one 11hout, mnd like two duelists we faced 3.ach other. Hie missed nme t he first itune, and1 on1 is secondii blow hlis knifei passedllIl elt liy left armfl 111nd my indyl. I shutt down11 (on it, mnd thle Mo;t fligh he(lped mn. hold1 if ther'ie. 1Untffy hadM ny~ other 11and( and I clIdni 't strike )it ho w~as in thle sanma aix. 'Thien we truiggled, 11 neiierl'l p aig. Th.wieo weO oll, and11 I 1''' ne I thouight Iof Shtouitinlg. mially, in kicking abouIlt thle cell, we tioltked over''~ thIt b1ech12i and rt oise as1 heardlI 1by thliiechapla,in1. Hie ran owni and alssistanIeo came1 that overpow red Du;tt'v. Thoth of us wvere worn out, lit neither was iut."' A uriv1e.-Mount Vesuvions has recently bown greater signs of activity. The ruption of stonea and incanldescent wva, especiallly at night, is very brilliant, rawing almost irreaistabldy the attention a the mountain. .A new eruptive crater r formation Man already be clearly Seen trom Naples, The"lm one fell into t1v uterior of the old r' Lyltooks and love-lies-bleeding ynd adon pride-for I forgot to tell you was a little place which had been to us, with the trifle of money we Landered so foolishly, and from which went in and out to our work in the r, bein unable to let it. It was a m n4ght, and we had lighted no ips, and the fire-flies were groping aung the rose bushes outside, where trees made a soft shade, and th, nt of flowers blew in at the open dow. As the twilight dropped dowi I the stars trembled through ti ves I saw Mr. Dunn open the gat< I come slowly up the garden. I did not be mistaken. I had watche him too long to be deceived. I fle the open door, but nobody rang en I throw it wide open, and ther. a no one to be seen. I ran down th, rden path, but met nobody. 'Oh, Letty," I cried, returning I 3 parlor--" oh, Letty, he is dead-li lead l" 'Who's dead; for pity's sake?" 'Mr. Dunn, Letty." Mr. Dunn.? And what is that i I ?" 'What is that to me, Lettyl .Win s everything to me. I saw uin coi n the garden .path, and the garden i ply. I couln't be mistaken-don" now every turn of his head-" 'I congratulate you on your discos ," said Letty. "It's rather lai' nigh, isn't it, to find out that Mi inn is everything to you ?" "Better late than never." said a voic my elbow, and Mr. Dunn's arms wer. :mt me. I had left the hall door op' my alarm. 'I was going away to seek my fortitil Australia to-morrow," he explained 11 holding me fast ; "but I conll not without one last glimpse of yli nda. I didn't mean to como inl. ght not to have come in." "Oh, yes, yes," I cried. "I only meant to see you, if possil iving about your pleasant home, nding alone in the dusky garden oat e, only to know that you were s:af. I happy once more. I was disap nted to find the house so dark, ail 1ped back into the street. I coni 'dlv make lip my mind to go away. I while I hesitated Miss Letty liglhted imp, and I came back in time to he,i ir confession." 'And you are going to Australia to rrow ?" I said. 'We will defer the trip long enough my ticketa for two," he answered. 1 I we were shop.girls still, an-1 So we ; that is, I resign my situation tc rrow in favor of Rose Cuthhert, whose ibarcl has required only a year ii, ich to lose her fortune. Yesterday I eived the letter I wrote Mr. Dann in the Dead-letter Oflice. 1 had just acted it to " Mr. Dunn, Boston," as if re was only one Mr. Dunn in tie rld. When I look in his face, I wcon I could ever have thought him to, when I read his heart, I wonder I ild ever have believed that romance I he had parted company. -11arpj)"r's zar. The Wife's Infnence. ,Fron The Youth's Companion.) 'wo gentlemen, .t a large reception in w York last Winter, were discussiug of the foremost politicians of the ntry, a man who, whether in office or , always keeps himself prominently re the public. "I knew him at ege," said( one of the gentlemen. o was a man with a clear head, extra. inary memory, and mneh pbersonal gnetism. lBut I cannoi(t untders tando he chose a public life or has pus5hed self for ward so p)ersisteitly. He was zy, thoughtful, visionary fellow, ab tely destitute of ambition." "'I can you the secret," saidl the other. m will find it in his wife's nose. ro she is ! D)id you ever see a more ~et incarnation of energy and love command ? Napoleon would have eon her for one of his Marshals at sight." His friend wvas amused at guess, and saidl presently: "There is her of my old classmates. P. He a thin, ambitious, scholarly fellow, a refined tastes and high aims, lie is a fat, indolent, animal, withlout a ight, apparently, but his cognace and 1pin. Who is to blame for that ?" s wife's month and her money. I show her to you." He pointe(l out >ss,voluptuouswoman,richIalyd ressed1. " lhe resumed, ''has livedl in idleness ahis marriage, Hie was not strong igh to carry the weight of so much th and so much vulgarity. They borne him down, lie will never' ming men at school and college are ap)t to ho0 enrap)tured with a spark eye, a .rosy cheek, or some charm ianner in some your .' woman that happen to meet. i. hey are hardly ers of themselves; and a moonlight t, or a song, sud:lenly .templts them k the enchanting creature who has tched thoem to share their future. r' do0not consider that she will be0 the real, active force in their whole ,almost irresistible with power to them dlown or to lift them up ini r, mind, and soul. A Grain Speculator, iii. D. Armour, one of the grain and speculators of Chicago, is of sturdv ch Presbyterian stoc~k. Born in one eo central countIes of New York, on rm among the hills, it was thc' aest ambition of hais boyhood days toa money enough to buay thae farmt ad ng his father's. Wheni the gob r broke out lie was still ai mere~ sItrip. but, full of youthaful enthtusias-, tarted for California, driving a wagon; as the plains and mounmtainis. Ib,a tined there three or four years, uad hat time saved a few Itousand del Ho had cnsh enough to buy the a andl settle down, lie haad no sooner hed home thtan lho experienced a len revulsion of feeling. 'Te streets he village looked narrow, eraimpedl dull. The house appeared mean dingy. He only remained on tha two or three dlays. and then tookl aelf to (Iiner.nati. Later ho drifted lilwaukee, and at the close of thae he 801(d a great lot of pork at $40 a 1, and t'onght it in again at $18 to realizing a profit of about a milliona. ay he ranks as the wealthiest man !hica'go, being rated b)y those whor i' something of htis business at1 )00,000 to $30,000,6000. His tran- ,. ans are colossal. His firm employs| een 5,000 and 6,000 men, and on his| rolls are about fifty men whto re-| salaries of $5,000 and over, lie t yet 55 years of age. r is no use," said the policeman to ufferer whose pocket was picked on l'ourth of July,, "for you to put a :1 on your watch, unless you also a a watch on your guard. Move e riADy writer is out with an article led "How to Catch a Husband." her theory is all wron .Aka led woman how to catco a husbanj she will eply "By.h a i." ,, I A Personal Tax. In ' Now York city the late Mose Taylor paid a larger personal tax that any other person in the city. He pai ' on an assessed personal valuation o $1,300,000, which is the sum assossei to his widow. W. Il.Vanderbilt swore of all his personal tax. but afterward cam o to the tax "iice and eaid that to satisf "publio e'amor" he w ould voluntarilj pay a personal tax on a vuluation c A1,0)0,000. Jay Gould pays on oul i- C100,000. The James Lenox estate pay a on $l,000,00 persoial, the Astors of $:3,00(.000, Mrs. E. 1). Morgan o1 it 41.000 000, Mrs. A. T. Stewart o $500.00U and Miss Catherine L. Wolft on $100,000. Thero is a decreasa cael ( year in the number of persons who pt it taxes. La.st year only 11,666 person p paid on personal estate and the nnnibe will probably be less this year. In 188( i. the number was 14.764. 1 rURE: SYMPATHY. tl "What have you got for dinner?" in Lt quirod a disgusted drummer of th - waiter. The drummen("r had been in th( town twenty-four hours without takinp an order. "Roast duck, sir." dl "Ah I was the duck shot on the wing ?' "I guess so." t "Trying to get away from this cusse< e place, wasn't he ?" r "I persunie likely enough, sir." 1 "Good bird ; sagacious fowl ; rare r avis. I admire his pluck and pity hit misfortie. You may bring mo tha r luck. I'll take the whole of him. . I'l 1 hp him along on the road."---Texaa Tihe lon. 11illa. Flint, ! Life Senittor of the 'Dominion Parliament .1 Belleville, Ontario, Canada, writes : I r tried St. Jaeol's Oil for :gue in my fac and to othaelte. It acted like ia charm e A few times rubbing with it took awa s all soreness and pain; far better thai y having them drawn at the age of seventti a seven." ? Ori rO Etoret.--Steamship compan r' es estimate that 1>2,000 Americans wil visit. Europe this season. '.I'his is at tht I rite of 5.000 tourists per week for twenty [ live weeks. Jidtgee .1. 'il. Sinith, N. Y. uSed suOrt;srfull. 2 botties of Jhr. EhInior's Iliteumatine-Gouta line for iis 25-vear oldt rhenlmatir gout, afte Vilng inl vai t"verVthini;g ele". Ih" says it It. ( rost ; 5tto a bottle lie would 1uy it. I'olittess is of value oily jf has(-d upon kii Iit 55. A gocd medicinal tonic, with real merit, is Brown's Iron Bitters. W i'mt are ill general too vaint to p,rotit Iv expritenc. ; aindt men1 are too Cehi1 Is. ' Essttx COUNTY. VA -Mr. James R. Micon eI-'rk, sa7s: "I have used Brown's Iron Bit t-rs and find it valuable for the purposes which it c'aims." Apostieions wi-k i' alostst alwtavs a Look that one brs furgttenl to bury with the ot er. WARRENTON, N. C.-Rev. J. E. C. Bar, ham says : "I used Brown's Iron B tte-s. It is a complete restorative, tonic and appeti. zer. Faeility' is nct ta:i t:brut Iher, is no v-ritable talent without faciility. 1 A, tCs'. . hildlrten s. boots & shots caunot run ovr ift I i.yu's Patent I iel StII itens ar, used When a Wall street man goes a sulpher rsprini -ith gets a tase of futurs. Carbo-llne. On every banner iblazon bright, 'The motto str'ong for which we fight. Of all the' oils that c'er weire seten, There's none that biea our Carb'oline. tan anybodyil giv-i us theit adidreissof a mani by the nameui iof Leigiioni. TI'O hygiene of iiuachery has done muore to Iagigravatec dyspiepsia by rolf-in:flicted starva tioni thtan ghuttony ever dtid. GASTaInSE cutres the worst formis of dlysptefsia. D)r. ik-nson's Skin Cure consits of intern-l antid xte-rntt te:ltto:it t Samen timue, andh it in akes thle skini whitt', soft andh smioot h. It conitaiin no oigi:ogi:s drcugs._ $1 at druuggists. are- iI:n-L. Ikon, - 'si'eler <w: iil tmmnhio e I1'jIlts fo: -I. I. Pdndisoni, I'oint Caswe-ll, N. C. r,0c. WnNare watcee easily stolen ? Whle (be-y tire ofl t.ht-ir guard. Notinmg like It. No meci-l n ha ever btteuen notwni 5o effectua,dl it the curei of ailt those disetase-s arising from an fim tr iltotod nt Live-r sy rup, th lit-Iidversaiinlnt-dtiy for till kinde di i i klitt . it puiriti-es thle s item,. brinigs cot-or ti I he tihetks tand retottr,s thm oituferer to a niorl-ti cond iitin of ihealthI and vigor. Rlosadlalls eb-antsts the blotod tandt give-i per nanenit beauty to lie sinil. Barel- oif moi tny mak(s ai hoig set to soieltyv. S0ewing..aeinef Industry. These remarkable items pour into our emeic dly.1. Mr. H. S. FUnrana, with the Now Home Mntehmno Compainy, of Orange Mass. writes, .Mity 23, 1883: " I have used IZuint's Rf omnedy in my family for over ten years. My wife was trouble<1 with catarrh of the bladider suffered iense .pain in the kidneys and tOins, and urination was accomplished with thte greatest of agony. My friends thought fthat idhe conld notrecover. We tried doctors tandt micinfoi, andii although better at times she( would( grow worse again. She was obliged to u.se the urinal as nmany as fifteen times in at night, an(i was growing worso daily. At this tune 1my attenition was cailled to Hunt's intmtdy, and I concluded to try it; and after uI-inig one bottlo she was a good deal bettor, the inlfflmmration was reduced, nnd tho water more ntuiral. Sho began to gaIn in appetite and fe!t no pain in th o ack and kidneys. Shiietould attend to her household work wittiout panin, and this had been a great lbu-den to do, even the lightest kind of work. After using six hiottles she was completely (cureti. Simce then I have hadi occasion to use. Hunt's liemeody for kidney anid liver conm plaints, tun d found it to be just as represented, indl I conisidor it a most wondlerful medicine. I would .not be without Hunt's Remedy in my family; andf I have recommended it to my frienids here in Orange with equally good results." A Itetiting fe-aturie at a horse show 'Te hual IRheumatism, Neu ralala, Sciatica, L.umbago. BackachO, tleada&e, Toothache, Sore Thront.gSweioge. ese,ralee'. AND Al,L ersIUR moDIg,Y ?ataaS AND ACiIV*. soldb b Drggisma and De.AtreT evrwhere. Wing7 O..i,.abotti. DireCions lu 1 lanuggU, a E N A. V4 KE Co. NrATUn never sends a great man intc the planet without confidiug the secrel to another unni. FoR dyspepria, indigestion, depression of spirits and general debility, in their variou' forms; t leo as a preventive agamnt fever and ague and othei intermittent levers, the 'Fer. ro-Phosphorated Elixir of Cahsaya," made 3 by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all Drupgisty, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever and othet f iokness, it has no equal. All dogt have their daze when hit with a club In fever an ague diNtrict, i OLERATtO trotpial 1 tid othe regionv t.1 dlted b epibemio4 1(d i1 dotd in all locali ties where the cor ditioas are tinfavorr blt to nealtt this fe - noua vogotaLlo invis - - orant and altorativi Hostetter's Stomac Hitters, Ias bec found a potent oaf, guard ovet to foebl conatittIttons andfrai ite frameo, whilo an eunr for ndigestio1 billttrmnes and kii dnd complaints, it i OMACH wittioutia rival. Fr 0 sale by al drruRggisttaand deal er g eieraly. [o e GC%a ' - ? i OPIU HABIT Cured Painlessly. The Medicino atid for a small margin above t e coet e compoundin. All cases treated by special presorij tion For full partioulan addreFs tho I)incoytre, DR. S. B. COLLINS, La Porte, Ind EDUCATIONAL. IRg3. The NEWV CALE-ND)A1t of the 18At. NF:W E-NGI,AXND CONSERVATORY of MUSIC Iieautifully Iltlustrated.6I' pa.'r. 1BENT FIREE to you~rself anK tuntenl friendts. Sentl nane. andt adresses t) t. KTLltJEE. Franiki'n S'. tiustoni. in.t. ThF I.argrst and best appointeri Mfraic. Jifterary~ and Art School,aml IO3I E for rotung ladies, in the tvurld. IRON WORKS. D. A. MULANEf, Manager. P. 0 Box 1690 New Orleans, La a nufacturer, oflods Oabr, Steam, Hand A Horane Power. itteam ~tri Dgr Mlia, an. Mua nge ia) air x ard 'ta ine a r i nnoite O... inn Pressq. m <IaCi. Cs. he., ha ,tlrn - over other pre*sse.I lindred. I nt netn ive atnK t h steamtt and hors1n~epower em.. AMakes neavy iii i att I a n=tr tiKnnt any igm can.pickl. Tfhe ntew improve. bnenta in em tn h.netpi deescrtbed mK the wirdsa of K hir intventor'p --treo to alK. Adtdress. Rto.vNott UO WOtN, lhnmbno.ena.. Adiseaases, andi onty reat , t-ative, ova-r escae rg's cd Dnern gn, etKo. Jli,, cte t )op. forms of rhtetnatio disorder-s tm 2o 12 wee.ks-reinev, mnilatmmatory in I day. Unn refer to ihundn dea f relia i.eo1.in cured who bad tried in vain evorythting eisn. i rl otanio, harmiess, and nicae to 'irlik. Ask your niot thmg teito. Emr,Adm 0.0 ila t,N $66A WER In your own town. Terms avid foottroo.A~drs H.HaIlott & Co.,Portland,Mo Ot)MiAN Iliiar, (Cor.Le.:, Newark, N.J.. TI.em '... 4. Poit ion. for Lunttint14Ks. Wrtit, for crenlazr-. A G;ENTSIWA NTIEt, (rme ho i n ae:1 XEPictourialK fok. andt iniut. Pries, rteuce 33 Ke cent. NAsTION)AL PK'nt-.tHrNa 0Cc. Atlanta. G,a. EESend to MOORE'U4 SBU%INEMM UNIVERMBTT, F bor illunstrated Circ',ilar. .5ta. year Reoasons Why ! Because your stomach is not doing it: Because your liver is out of order, an< Because your blood is thin, and needs Because you are troubled with nervou Because you are vexed with languor All these fleasons Can be Set Aside by the Tone up5 your enfeebled stomach, and Refresh your wearied liver and put it Enrich your wvater- blood, and give it Ca/rn your worriej nerves, and give t Streng/hen your whole system and dri SConsidering that any man who la druggist a bottle of BRoWN'S IRON BI should continue to feel badly, just for o aJ 0'0 0i Whose Complexion betrays some humiliating imperfec tion, whose mirror te ou 4hat you are Tanned, Sallow and disfigured in counte nance, or have Eruptions, Rednevs, Roughness or un wholesome tints of Com lex ion we say use Hagan's Mag nolia Balm. It is a delicate, harmless and delightful article, pro ducing the most nqura1 and entrancing.tints, the artifici ality of which no observer can detect, and which soon becomes permanent if the Magnolia Balm is judiciously used. S The Gullett Improved, Light Drat lAGNOLIA COTTON GIN Feeder and Condenver. Better Workmanship and Material, a.d Give Better Satisfaction Than Any Other Gin on the Market. The Magnolia Gin has come :n compr"tition wit' nearly every other n on the markef.. at. St tie Fair etc.. an in every instnnce has b,ateu all ootnpetitora and taken tpe honors iorin s auntplrr, ii>" .n.ft arv quirk anti god weork. lFInri's CFLF.nlAtTPCn ENOLIMII STFttr. import" direct from Sttiold, only used. Evory U111'A,tuau tested with cotton before shipment. FACTO ItY PRICES (freo on board cars): Magnolia Gins, onr S -w, $:l.. Fee lers, por Saw, Sr Uondensern. 1 or Saw, SI. Write for particulars. GULLETT GIN MANUF'G CO. Postoffice, A t a. (OLLE(E OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS To ALTI,IIEIII 3ll. tt l. nr(9h,,en h.ld t at City Ito pitni, fat rnite and Maryland ',an'in's litepital all of which bmlong to this ealool. Phnutlgical and (hentical Laoratory Work r,,tuiredl of evcery' Student. Apply for a catalogue to DR. 'I IIOMAS OPIE, Doan, 3a N. Carey street. ~othoi' moiloal Colles ,ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Riegular aecaion begins FlIt1T t1FF.i n Oc-rngtl and " c~tin,oea .IvF 1o\riv. Clnieal advantua tint-claana. For catalogue, termus. ote., address P. 0. llor 2fW. PlRI IO.O,Dn. Sail Jolils Acprley .A .Ililitary Nehosol at AlexaindlN IFYFRTYEAR IIEGINS 8E1-TEMBER Senid for catalogue. to iICIAlRD L. O'A lINE. A. 31., Prilncipsal. 825 REWARD. mnatiain or Neuradia ye cant cure. It willfreliaee any case of Diphthecria or Croup instantly. The Ann remove any tiumatural rot of oon to an itsee on manor east. I rice.1 argo btle, one dollar sam failure. AltMY AND) NAY LINIMENTI CO., 51 Wa - bash ave., Chicago. For aa by alldruggiata genersaly. CHICAGO SCALE CO. .' 00THes H%Im5 a. aa inmix it hias F FORGElS, TOOLS, &o. nra I 010 o Iit Fit L1i T i E, jt A I Li.tSKT PRliCKS, WHOiiLMA LF 14 ETAll. *iVRES W ERE ALLILE FAi. Betoldnh8 by drugs. O P IUM a"'nd"^ icularsaentfree. B3h..Woox.!Lar, .D..AtIlmta,Ua. / A. N. U.................... .. Thmlr tv-Ni x.-'S M OPI AND WH!TSKJRYHArsTBOURED OPITI~In Three Weeks. orn irhamfdene ito8f. t d I. C. aBELAv. ill. I., 79nROAD 1ITassT. tFeel Badly, properly. righting. ir it... s aches and pains. nfd debility, Use of Brown''s iron Bitters, which will help it to digest. in splendid ordcr. , a rich red color. bem restful peace. . ve debility and languor out. as a dollar rnay buy of the nearest r TERS, there IS nO0 reason why people the fun of it.4 I. p..n Siii4