University of South Carolina Libraries
DIG. ,M~UnI Mrried it iA hth. for fall ma. oomo brides reign, havin; by e * e g done," are S and consulting etails of the im ony to which they natur;l :, with much elighltfi Weading among ti; Swno pretensions to 4wsaid, "would this way: The o t, and front hall white muslin, * ould rather insist upon, bridal air to the entire sur g, and is very little trouble. It ne atters immensely if the car , re a little shabby,'and. the muslin good as new for all sorts of afterward; besides, this use of white distinguishes a wedding from an ar&inry par ''ho room should be armmgly fresh and pretty, with bas r 'iets or bowls of flowerd here and there, and the bride"and groom should decide beforehand jtist'whero they will standl; uaually the space between the front win dows or in front of the high mantel is chosen if the honse}is.an ol(d-fashoned ono. If the Episcopal service is used, two bassocks, covered with white mnuslin, are placed for the happy pair to kneel upn. The ompany asiould be assem bled in the parlor a little while before the hour set for the ceremony, the min ister standing nSq,r the placo to bo oc oupied by the brial couple. When the hour arrives the groomsman. and brides maid precede the brido and groom down the staircase, then loiter a moment at the door of the parlor until the brido and troonm nre just hhind them, then they enter leading the way for the brido, and take their places just upon the left of the place where she is to stand. 'T.'luis brings the two girls in the center with the two men on tho outside, and the tableau is a pretty one. The party, of course, face the comaly, and the family of the bride and groom tk:iw t heir places on either side, so ats to at once otTer their p9ngratiilations. A t I lie close of the eeremoiiy the ministir takes the bride's hand, cruls her first by her new name, arid, if the moral sense of the company will permit, he kisses her. Then he congratulates the groom. 'lhis is the moment selected by the se f-possessed man to pay his fee. He has provided himself with a $5 gold picce, at least, probably an eagle, and possibly a $2-) piece. It ii. nicely wripped ip in tissue paper, inl his vest pocket, and ho (l p it into the parson's palm, saving sotl v to him that, nothliig can fully repay th service he hits reindered hun. Or he can intrust t-ie delivery of the fo to the grooisnian, who should at tend to it. Ite moment tie parn has congratulated the inippy pair; but the groom had lt ter attend to it himself. The grooin's parents are entitled to otfer thn' first congratulations among relatives. because they of course welcome the bride as their new daughter. Then the othe* friends come tip pirdsay civil things. Prose'its may be sent any time aft er the wedding invitatiois are out, and they ought to be sent always before the day of the weddiing, though this is a rilo very frequently violated. The brido writes a pretty littlt'noto to each giver, exp,ressing her thanks and her pleasure at remembrance. Verbal thanks do not count as aoknowledgment of bridal gifts. The collation should be laid in the diii ing-room, and small tables may le placed about the room. Somne member of the byride'a family should sec to it t hat. the 01(1 pletl anmong the guests are comfortably seated and sorvei} ' for the general compansy d tho <diniing. room. ThIm "hairs which the bridal ~nty ai. to occupy ario prettil.y dlesig. nated by white ribbons."' The Verbhnge or the ('ourts. "Twas in Oourt a few days ago," saidi aI t imfe-worni litigaut, "'when a young lawyer arguing befe Juidge .1osephi Barnard, read from one of the papeh)rs in the case including the usual verbiage. The Judge suggested a briefer state. ment on the point, prob ably bealieving with the JTudge of the Suprni me Couarl in the anecdote, t hat justiees mi' a beire - sumaed to knew something of tlu- firnis oI fhtw. The younig man theni atit ed hiis iniit mU plaini antd condensed Einglidi. liea than stru('ck me when would it li possible to relieve,the law of allt} tiummery of theo verbiagoniow emiployed. .nntalWpoceedinlgs before a maig isti at e gihis verbinge is dicarded as absoluatel v nmoiecessairy in argument; yet it is reli' icusly manituinedt in all matters of pldt I jng and in aill orders, injuncitlins. e(. granted by the Courts. HalIf the deb;iy grow out of this ist, of verbiage. J ilt the qutibbles out 0f which somoi unlserin plhous lawyers make their living are based uplonl this nieedless itse (It unnileces aa ry wor1ds." A laiwyeX whoi wyas p)resenit oul give hinm no encoeuragemaent ti hook for uipeyrfrm nteen rayheIrreverently said that thle ver bage ofthe L-.v wias ias neceesary to lie existene of t lie laiwyer as the I'uanmm. of some rehigonis wa:s to t hie Succes, its advocattes andii inister. --N. }'. nIi, bunic. I was visiting magistrate in K'irry county, says an JEnglish writer, wheii 'a stalwart fellow was brought in a pa onier, charged with nearly killinig ani ol bald.headed mani, whose heaid was a bloody mass. Being asked to swear ini formnation- aginist tIheaconsed wtho hl ~~-monnded'him, the injured man was si ~-len t, and oni hemhig presse<i, absoluit ely 3r'efused. "What was it this fellow did to you ?" asked the magistrate. "'Not hi img,' was tihe niiswer. 'Tho mnagistr.it ,turnedh to the (nlprit. ''Are veu n..t ashamvd,"' he said, ''to have half kit I ti ol mrpan, whio wilng even give in formation against a~t~ d you a:'r ill-will to hi ?" '~ Ate at all, yoo ILonor; fovr saw bA bfore to-day." I'll t l~iHonoer God's truth, Y Lee, into the fair; lack was agitt m , for the fighting was oer so, as I was etl Sing abo u t, looking thth u/tcoli,a'Ii ahyto cr'oss a otzk wid, I saw i oor man's-bald head >oked out of a dit looked so inviting that, for' the sowl!o mue, I couldn't help hitting the blow."'' AN Triel4vt,man can alwtays rmanage to tell a.disagro-abhu, truth in a very a ree' btlle way -'".w 4id your husb anld ie' " -,As ---J-...., very sternly. "We1i, r,very id< eut liko," wats the repi ' Sut whart was the matter with him ' 'hy,~ I believe, sir,' he fell out of ai window,, 'i through a kind of cellar faj did he fi "No more .thanfe sreix feet, Yei loner." "And how id such a -fall as that kill him?" 'on see, sir', there was a bit of sthriini nhor that like, and it got ronn -Mk' eck, nib9 never spoke a WARNING TO -OLD LOVERS. AN JNI.ISM PACTUR. WITH MOMK ADVUeB THlAT Itw WOIRTH ATTEN. TION. flow Old Men Deco,o Inlntuated with Yonng Gtris nud Lose Their Better Judgmnent. The London World has the following spioy communication, signe,l "Sweet Sixteen " : " I Wonder if you over condesoend tot accept the ideas of women on men. I tvill try and draw one picture for you which strikes tho feminino mind as ab surdly amusing--the spectacle of a re sphectable, elderly, stendy-going married mam making a !ool of himself with a 3oung girl. Girls feel a happy freedom w tih a man old enough to ho their father, and with daughters oler than they are themselves; and he on his side, I am sorry to say, allows himself a littlo too mutch freedom of manners in retulrtn. The young girl puts on, as you say, 'her pretty mannors' for him, ho euis' she is better brought up than her broilters, and is tnaght to h civil to all con rs, and tho eldorly gontleman - wh: t, of him ? Ho forgets his gray and proa',ily bald head, his bulky propor tions and general ' heavy fatherish ' ap pIt:aneP. N o pulls himself together and s'rlits behind his young friend, feel ing ag:aill the yolunag and jaunty Itean of days ,tno by. If( bec'mes aolmst in solent, in his depreciation of wonmn of his ,ttn age, esil'eiall"y of his wife. S tlies he is weak entougt;'h to iminglne tht wertt it not for tlat iird and fast Inot wlith ties hin ho mnight again enter Ilae lists with yomnger meha and carry oil his prize; his ehlerly and rather riutic-"ai face glows and shines with the tliiml iht. Every loo k of the girl wlo is the lar,sent object of his heavy atten tions t aIllnsfoarued by b i:a sclf-eonceit into it token oIf admniralltionh. li giyen her I t- i presents, wthielt are received gudot bly by the young lady, and after ward] o,awn by her to her friends, with :a hii,-1 anl the remark, ' What a dear old ting ho is I You know Ie wits tin olil fiertd of ptlapa whetn they were both 3"o. 1An ti' tirls have a go, iiitl: d laugh at his expense; for begets] iu) a corresloiidenve wit ii her, srmles aI h1i a.,iv whlen he tees It letter fr1:JI ht., i; aIn if in the fanily circle ho Ilaces it f an a;.' side, turrnin ihtoat addrers inside fc est iti wife (who l knows ill about it., ntl, if a sensible wonan, oily laughs to Sir.; eIf) should see it. And when alone t 1' t a ands I re-reiads tlho epistle, an- a wers it at oltee aid looks (tilt for an- h .thrI" wiith alimst the eagerness of a y otn:t lov er. tl " ?w. :t wrt I of advico to my dear, l id rlv, Iiltty-ears-tf-ago marriel mti. f< $tiek 1 ,in-ur w'i:' and your own daugh- i ers tr nietces. 'Thtey appr ci:tte you antd 1 P uve yol; they know you for what you h ire and ilo ntt lu1;'h att your gray hairs h tndt iheavy civilities. Retmebter what n vot are ill, at yottr age, so ttpt to forget it -tlit, give you atltwtys a ten yefars'start, t d you gr1W old just at Ite anlmo rna as wonen do; and your pritlein yoiurself jis a naain is sto great thntt you cafteli take lit- " tie pain is to preserve Ilny of those youtI ful, giraees of mt:tnncr or appeatranl c- h tL;it helped youl, w henl young, to Ittin womneil amid will your wife; t.he., fot' Viul' growimg old is oft,n not a C p le : tnt siehlt, and your Ittll erly llirta- It tions with young girls mako you the t lahin1aiii-1. stock of your own sex, both youg ind old. Yttu have caitivitted c one wtomnani, Ind by your own accont i hwenlty others were ready to aueenmbt to it your eharms had yiolt given themi the i chance. Therfo,re, yliu say, ' Whn he 1 nfar evet iiM ilkr ftriend looin;lr fth glaes;uthentis yo wiiIh, ttil w An bealrI this n ind r Werlld aylhould he feoung igirl woveis whati is called nnice' , marr ieS, g t man hle perhap, thant sher fa'~ther, excepS t of her owng freessil,ur I frote uthrictis Inrluofte Parenltst | may tal her that wife feoebil orlde heartt'' tdloeo lrespond, Ius and sheoushes finilst he10 obi to itne, it her nevh er d ltover owit fre ill, ofndel OWln e, ways hen morefth(lte dagtr le flt ,oidfor wichy fegfo hero sione. ii t od, tif Providonay ia (indttlL and mtoun mav trno as setondiiiine,il it her rith herildl over o wihdthe dmar, ofher >w''n ag, and theIy ILl toetherinjoy ite fat futmture th ei dtingi ldgntlet has lefthr, ni d faoril whIich, if herth no slnee undr tiheI( forke, shre proh'ablymar rill~ ged i tm.No it Itillyhdte er lit-l I inadhac, izztlt ailostt fcerl ete -oi go-byai(, ays btey bitl inth fuItlrllsto kei I upil rd h s tIf Itgn i y et Itn (i Ii, illerlys and kid t ion hidy fried, bte rtripais nlt ltn the lver, and, takei no1~ I ahmrtd -ietesi speechr or ok for sureo ats, heioent I willi hit laug(heai'ta nol il bhn shisback ifgnot to wisigt nte, fa t At-u aFi tened Iiswitness,,.10 iu one )1 lcaieon,'Ill' says taeyj Hal'l ~ti1 i 1h is r i-ystoneIs aV wii ttt nes ioll tt ma :lncitvis l -rjurie(Id himet(-lf,rnd yti helb ifeined co-o( and lit tur a.cPrsen t lthen Recrdt tI thetl CLlout t rnedi thuIl''a 'uhr, thabe way,es tand id -L 1lsad 1 "Myl~Is Jrem11i th(( ro1om i no't ill,.'' dayis cosi,iandmyt wau withdran by corpi. sn -aey u o. The wcrnusin of tIs.aut the 11. korehh:f, andl bto m o mchni w1ip li fo11apeta rehoead.e ye l Are whioh fi-em yulo ers t a? wit-l bes,inca awaidso hs wids bli re-n "ory to hravey 1 agitatyu; but mny but( thIe wruh arte wholim ruth. Ahe conclusion ofIte cfas theg. o corder sai'y ed t I dgm"ewa:' "Viy new1 eal comittinprjry fo hy hadit a peda tmor f the'eye nets,igca aslwayg s, cn. 'sid dtis e I ~or1 'mai tgeertl be0 noied en m n ou us dl women wh an'(1 whing." fo{ ea a A lggran't t o chancee a dog, , ~iohw."-rk~nqtv r0Ver.R A FLORIDA ROMANCE. A Grim lloniehoid skeleton which love and F ors venoe urlce One day during the progress of the Phil Thompson trial one of the Florida Senators, who had remained in Wash ington a greater part of the time sinco Congress adjourned, told a group of gentlemen the story of an incident that came under his observation, which in all probability, has not its parallel in history or fiction. "When a candidate for the United States Senate," lhe said, "in compaiy with ten or a dozen other gentlemen, I canvassed the State of Florida from one end to the other. Just atdusk one evening we arrived at a farm-house of rather pro tentiita appearance. We were warmly welcomed by the owner, who was known at im ast to one of the party. We woro served with a splendid supper, at which we were waited upon by t.he farmer's daughters- threo bright, beautiful girls. The farmer occupied one end of the tablo and his wife, an elderly lady, with snow white hair and a benevolent face, the other. I was at onco attracted by the ariability of the family. They were very cheerful and apparently very anxious to make each other very happy. Tho greatest regard was paid to the mother, and no opportunity 'ii lost to show respect and devotion to her. "When the time came for retiring the farmer took from a shelf an old, well tlumbhed Bible antd said : " 'Gentlemen, for nearly a score of years it, has beenl iy habit to have family torship beforo retiring. I hopo you will jomll ns to-night.' "TTo read a chapter from the Bible, and we all- knelt while lie made a short., i'loiuont prayer. The next morning the iniao order, eheerfnlness and kind nos" were noticeablle. When we rode away 'roni the hotise I said to i gentlenan vlho wias next to meo talint I had never vitn essed a nore peaceful, prosperous omo, and one where thtre seemed to ho i0 much genuine lippiness. ''My friend said : 'I it possible that 'Out (o not know this man's story? lo mssed through such a trial as drives mainy 11101 c razy. l is life is a moral 'asou. lio hias iliowil the iorial coiir ge that not one inl a million shows. lie a hero, dwelling here among the peace 11 pines of Florida. lie was a Con1 derate soldier, and a brave on1e. Ho 115 mnny sears upon his person, m.ieo y the bullets of the eiiv. When lie 3114 iwiay to the war lie left behind him young wife and three little giris-mlere tliies they were. Ie was absent three irs. While away his wife committed e gravest of all iiudiscretions. When ti hutshaid retuirntd , his heart hungry tr the love of his dear onetis, hoe foiind disgraced and ruined hone. The blow rostrated hiii, and for days he lingered Iween lifo and - death. When his -alti partially returned lie went to the iiister of his church for couns'l and lvice. The minister fold him to aban t the woman to her fate. "'You cannot bring her to my church," said, "as your wife. Your neighbors ill point the uinger of scorn at you, and ill shun you if you forgive her and take L r to your home." 'lie went, to a neighbor--a good inn, a great-hearted man--and laid the aso before him. Ho argued for his >st wife, and px>inted out what he Ibouglit his duty was is taught him by be Biile. His neighbor advised him to oudone his wife's offense, to take her >ack to his home and let her love and be vei by her cllildi'ein. lie took his ieighbor's advice. The atruggle wi'Q ird att first, it. grew easier with -to* 'i't -daty t hetre is nt a Ihapplier 01 iliore higly respected famnily in the tenl insla of Fitorida. The man lhas t-aspe-red wonderfully, iTe is rtib. iis vifte is received everywhere, and his ha lt tens ar.e th l-Iel les of thle counity.' "'The story,'' said thle Florida Sentator 'tfi:tle a detep iin pressioni on me. I have htought ni it many and many a time tiud have wondlered what wioul have taten the fate of that min andl that mani's yifte and chiildreni if revenge instead of .uty andt ptity hand conq(ueed." A Seat.,. hteetlon fr Her Young, Ana interesting inicidentt, illustrating lht mtaterntal affection (if the animal for lt( v<initg, warught to notico during hviiofain excumio party to Ana 'itpa Ishootl. A young seal pup11, only a tw mioinths old, was brought away frtom le island bty little Ernest Whtitehead, rho desired to1 take it hiomee foa pet. The little atnimal was secured by ropet arond one tf its flis, and tiel rithiui a smaiill yawl belonging to the lttoph. Shtortiy before sailing a large eal was not iced swimming arouind thle loopth ancitored off the cotvtt whtere the apturi e was mtade', uttteriuig loudt harks tta at tmes hotwl ing piteously. No a rt.ieular attetiotni wits paid to the ani 1:d at thli tim 11orii to thet little capltiv'e hiehi at times barked in responise t<o 1e olI dam's plaints. The btoat sailed va.v, making for Ventura shore. Whten T San Buieniavenitura a ealni in the wind crtetstt thle sptteed inl thle boatt, when a r1 e seal was itticed near by. Oni reaching the wharf at 'Santa Bar tra at t woa t'clotck th ntiex t mnornitng ai aii was itgain tdiscotveredh swvimming oult Itie botl. It wast not suppoitsedi att this was the mtther otf lie eatttive, -tiut of pit.y for its mis( ry the pnpt Id l ava been thbrown oiverbtt: or. ii btterm secur ie thle puhpi until (layltight a' ropte was taken fromi its in and it an tied uip in a jute stick and let ltotse h theeck. Sooni after coming to ani atm-r t seal retspontided to Its miothier's ivitat ion by' casting itself overbotarti, 11 tied upt s it was wvithbin a sack. It is sst-rted hy the muau on (leek that the itither' stized the sack and wvith her harp tet-th, tore opent the prisoni of her tThup~rmg. 'this, howvever, is a mecre (tnjetumre. If it.tdid, the little pup~ was aivtd; otherwise it wtulid dIrowni tied up a thle sack. 'Te incideiit was mono ini rstingii from the fact that the told seal intd to ftllow thet sloop at least (eigitt tiltes tover the tieanti ti a hiopefil e_ leavoir to resene hter yon.-at ?art>ara ( ('ali.) J'rrs. The Malteso Cat. 'IThe lotdthiirsty andI ravenous Mat. ese cat haiis brtkten out in AtIlianta, (la. is is ilsutal ithl this feline tiend,i it iio fr'ends wvithI those it wished to do toy. It pretendieti to lie tin amiile ad mii-sk retainer of t he hioutsthotld of a Ir. I llha, and thent when the propter noi caine it attacked Mr. Ellis, and( .hale purrimg agitinst his leg suddlenly .zetd himn by the great too. Miss Vnie Ellbs, who canme to his resce,o 'as bit ten in the cajlt of the leg. A t-gro child was cruelly lacert'ated. The emnomn passions of thle terrible eat 'er'e now in full play'. T1hie neighbors rnganiized themselves for dlefentse. The Iitorities passed an ordhininteo. At ntta was arousetd, antI aftar great hard tilts andh much pubtlic excittement the it was killed. fTis ought to be a leu. mn to householtders to abujuro Maltese it. and confine themselves to bull ups. -A MIDNIGHT IRECO(NITION. Some time ago the wife of a merchani was suddenly awakened in the night by the sound of footstops in her bedroom, and the next moment the light of r dark lantern flooded hpr face so near thai she could almoat feel the heat and heni the suppressed breathing of the intrud er. Her husband was from home, an the only other person in the houso ex copt herself was a servant ;irl, who slep in the story beneath. Her presence o' mind did not, however, fortako her. I doubtless requires a great amount o resignation and fortitude in a woman t< liston to, without screaming, the ran sacking of her store of valiablo lacee and the appropriation of her jewelry but the lady, very rationally deemed hei life worth all the lace and diamnds ii the worl, quietly closed her eyes an awaited the result. The light was withdrawn from he: face, and she heard the rustling of silkv the picking of leeks, and occasionally t low whisper of surprise or disappoint ment, Then there was silence for a fuil minute--it soemed an hour to her-am a soft footste p approached the bed, anm the glare of the lantorn again fell utpoil her face. Through the closed lids o her eyes she saw the light, but remaine< calm and motionless in its scrultinizinf rays, fearful that the least movemen might imperil her life. What a monen of suspense I The light was rcmovec from her face and she felt that some om was leanitig against the bed. Still sh remained m-)tiolessR, nor did she stih when the warm breath of the burglai fanned her cheek. Not until his lipi pressed her forehead did she spring ui and half shriek: "Vho is in this room?" ''hush 1" resaponded a voice in t hoarse whisper, while a rough hml a wa: laid on her shoulder: "Speak nothint and fear nothing." 'Thi'e next mioienit she heard thosonni of retreating footstepsH and the creakinE of a shutter, then all was still again. Satisfied that she was alone she sprang from tIhe bed and touched a lighte< match to the lburner, then sank into a chair, completely prostrated with the danger through which she had passed. Recovering she looked round to ascer tain or what she had been plunderd. Tio. drawers were all m the utmost confusion, but, strange to say, little or nothing was mi siig. A casket of jew elry was open on the bureau, but the diannmda anti gold were all there. Re side the casket she diwcover4'd a little roll of paper containing a ring which had been given to her many years before, and which had been in her possession ever since. Half bewildered at the sin gular proceediug she was about !o east the papi r from her when her cyo caught the nl kbs of a pencil upon it. She care fully opened it and read: ''This ring, which once was mine, telis me in whoso house I am. You know I am an outlaw-the world known it, and I do not care to deny it; but fallen as I am, I cannot rob you, Maria, Forgive me and Glod bless you. "IJFNnY." This explained all. Falling on her knees, she prayed for himt who had written the scroll. And who was "Henry ?" Ten years ago he loved that name Maria, and ie w(uld have made her his wife--for she had pronised to be his had lie not takin to drink and gambling and finally forged the aume of his em ployer, for which he was given a home inl a convict prison Wlien he was war .; l her love he gave her that ring and she had kept it in remembraneo of whait lie had been. T1hiis is the story of the ring. On thle return of the husband the wife related to him the adiveunture andi~ showed him inthle not e; but lie never attetedt to arrest thie burglar.- 'hit'ayot Tri The Vaiises of BlushInir. Th'le physiology of 1blhushiing has long presen~t'Ited1 a difticult probltem to solve. .\iany uin Itisfactory exp lain.tIitions 12 hae teen given oif thie causes of imtt initeri .hIdi'al Joural late'ly received an in spiuriy as to flie mieaisurest' to lie taikten fori thle ciirie of a chronuic tendency~'~ to bhls andt tnet (of its correspoindenmts takes n >i lie mattecr in a very' pracit i'iil way. montug ofter caiuses of hhlishting li'. gives prioninniene '' Ito lt thewarinmg of Ito Ithic(k unideri'ltin iigg, antd esi eciallyv tof tioo thIiick soeks.'' Ili itdds thaot ili ,llteve'd wotolen saeks or jerseyes are oifteni ai catuise of b lushiing, ani I, in fact, warm eltinig iin gt'neral. He( dloes iiot fail to remai'k t hat the b)lulshe(r must choiose ini this mlattei' betiween thle riskh of rheu'i initim anthelt aiinoyance oif 1blushiniig. As eol lateral evti'ence ini~' suppor of his vie'ws lit says : "' An anuit tof miuie had hait tuanl ly a i'ted notse frtini t his caist' aloiie, which tdisappeat'red when'i thle totk to thiiti' stocinigs." R'gatrdiing theit matter fitom a stoc'ial standi poiint, Ithe wittr says : " Th'io best than fo r an Ihihtaiml biusher is to laugh .ih bea vt'ry gushinig, as, ftir Iiistance, street, wheni lie colors upi; anid lie will ltetl more at lisa ease than if ho looks shitepishi aiid ireserved." Ar, obvious cauilse for blushing is ovr-esiiens anti s('lf-conseitous ness, which will wear away as the person itetcomets m(ii' uisedt toi society anti st remngth lens hiis character by adoptiing ise5 piipl es of Ithoughlt andt ac(tioni. 'I'le phlysiohlogical explaniationi of blish jng giveni by thle write'r just <lifted is th iat it is due to piaralysis of ( te sym >altetic ci rc'les of the ner'ves suii'irroud in g Ithe arterit's.i iwhie, niot cointrattig propijerly, allow a freer flow oif blood to bIe surface. Where It Was Found. Abrahain and1 Joshiua had becen inivited oa splendidi dinner. It was imponssibilt for ,Joshua not to make capital out of sucht aii opportunity; accordinigly ho manuaged to slip a silver 51poon inito his b)oot. Albrahiam was green with envy at JToshuia'a success, for lie had not even manililtedt a saltapoon. Butt an ide'a strucek him. "'My freiits," li'ejied, "I will show you somne tdrieks." TFaking uip a spoon01, lie said, "'You zee dii's sp,>oni? Vetll, it ces gono I" lie cried, pa.ssiing it tup his sleeve ''You vill findt it in Joshiua's btoodt." It was founmd.--tife. Forge Inft. The1 Iwq, oif WhtitehiallI, New York( ~ells of a salesman in that village wth(' tai'tedt at iiton for his dinnior, anid thiiding a few feet of sitdtwitlk to lay near his home lie haitd it, andt then re tuirnied to is plae of busiess, li nad forgotten something, lhe knew not what, liHe explored his pockets and taxed his memory, nyd at length con chutded thant it muiist be unails. Hie made a menmoand(um to stop) anmd buy some Qt night, and theu felt relieved. At about four o'clock a rush of memory same uponm him --hi had forgotten to aat his jinnm. 1t oRr-Miss Gushington (to young widow whose husband has left a large fortuno)--That is the fourteenth mourn ing costume I have seen you wear in three days, and each lovelier and more becoming than the other. Young Widow -Oh I my dear, I have forty-but such -a bother as they were to have mado I At one time I almost wished that poor, lear George hadn't died.--Lifc. The Little Model Republic VAtPA1tA Io, Giiira.-Sonor Ricardo 8tuven, a loading commission iorchalnt .)f this city, after having exhausted al 'ther remedies hits been completely -ured of rheumatism by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, the grreat paim1-b)anisther. Ho makes this public. THE lightsomq countenance of a friend iveth such an inward decking to the house where it lodgeth, as proudest pal 1ces have cause to envy the gilding. Fresh air, oeercioet, good food and Dr. Ben >n's Qolcry and ('h unmomilo PilLas will, whet! .e l to"cther, eure ay c. s , of norvousness. : k ienadacte or indigestion. TF.N Iollar4 per ton is the pric(t of Cot n scod it the mni!ls at Van Buren, Ark. "Aor four yeatr I strtered o aony fronm in <lisr"asr'. IDr. Irnuasu's Skan Cure cnrr e."'-C. I. Mcl)onald, Phintersvillo, Ala , at drngg(ists. A vnY strict temperanco man, while eisiting a sunmer resort, refincal to at .ond the hops given at tho hotel lhe:aso they reminded hii of ono of the inrgre. dients of heer. n tattt Th1.51 The Army and Navy Liniment takes the orenoss out of spavin, ringhone, spliin or ,urb, and arrests tho.r growth. Oures ,o1ic, sora:che, and other diseases. Good :or man or bcast. For sale by alt druggists. OEORD)IE, dancing around, and very mad-"Oh, ma ! ma I every lict you hit me anikes me badder and I aller !" The flogging goes or,. Geordie-''Oh, ma I every lick you hit mn makes me gooder and gooder I'' i. 1Ltirt,rtrr, of W 'atco, ''etxats, h:as he come hoe g'less y inaine ion rel igious uat ters b y reading Talnge's setinoti. I,An):s' ,& chillren'i oots ,l slos catnot riu over if Lyon'$ Pateat Hl Stilfenets are used A rouNo miss of sixteen nsks what is (he proper thing for her to do when site is serenaded by t party of get ilemnc at a late hour. We are gld to b)e able to answer this question. Steal softly down stairs and untie the dog. A true assistant to nature in restoring the systen to perfect health, thus enabling it to resist diisease, is Brown's Iron B tters. IT is lucky to pick up a horse shoe, hait not to be picked up on ont'. VAT.TERROno, y. C.-Col. A. L. Cnimpbel, 4'ys: "A miember of my family used Brown'a Iron Bitters with good reitls." A.1MicttIAN barber's sign: Man wants hut little hair below, nor wants that little SOME men are known by the company *.hey--cu't tel ite. OWINrrON, K Y.--Rev. J. \V. Waldrop says: "Brown's lr"n hitters greatly relieved me of general d.bility and it:ligestion." Fhioti)A lats (i30 fatots)ries, working ,7.19 h:iitls, with a cap)ital invested of 1.t'97,430. C'arhao-un en. Ferrow al ;glom ith :1'itl may mneI. 'Yrt lova ' writn' a::nyna! ft mari ;. r, .x lasitng Alagii ( '.rhlaa~ti . A'AnI of t iC't +10n' xhib i ted in Nah'tchs tecenitly' w.as seven 1( fe thigh an~ad btore 250 holls. PURE cod-liver oil, from selected livers on the uea shtore b)y Caawell, flanzard & Co., New York, Absolutely pure and sweet. Pa tIents who hatve once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians deelare it inperior to all Other oils. T[imi At ltant~a cit v ebIta in-gang~ htas twent ty-twoaI iiemberCist tal twaelve oh thIemu arte C.WarP.D hands, face pImples and yough skia cured by using Juniper Ttar Boap made y Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. Mts8ssa me' is hnaiiladinag moIre rail rotads this year thant any th : 1 s.tate itt the Mr.i i . -g r, up r -r 'O ( if St,N V. tallsnal hais sa-k frieatal'. it' ther take threes hae tlh taf l>r. 1-hnotre's 0. 1;. anal it fiails taa tatt thaean, It- will paty fort it, I.t-t'. - tia. hlaatlt tturaI<lii a ife tad aitia-r fri tas. ON THIRTY DAYSlP TRIAL. .Tha VoorA0 JBEUrT CO., Marshall, Mich. will send Dr. Dyo's Celebrated Electro Voltaic Belts and Electrie Appliances on trial for thirty days to men (young and old) who are aftflic'ted with nervous debil ity, lost vitality and kindred troubles, gmitranteemcig speedly and complete resto tation of healtht attt manly vigor. Ad lress as abtove. N. W-.--No risk is incur. red, as thirty dayta' trial is allowed. Tm.aa: p'c:an crap af ata single a'ountty atf 'l'x:s is vah Ietl at $i15.000t. A Luacky Chance. Of all meni no doubt thte mechanic and laborer suffer more from discose thtan any othter claa-not always in thte disonaso itself, but the circumnstanaces surrounding thtoir cases. Whlo can d'opict a more hoyrifying scene than that of the prosperous mechanic, who. by seome dreadful disease, is reduced in flesh and strcngth, having no power of con trol, a he!lpless prey to some amalady? Per haps the family of the worthy man may be suffering for the necessaries of life, all bo camme "~ father " is unable to work. Why then do not all men grapple with the first symptoms of daseas* (of whatever name or nature), and thereby prevent this sad picture. Tthis Is just what Mr. HrSaix FnIANKLIN, of Naugatuck, Conn., did when he began to feel a heavy, dull pain in the small of his back, which steadi ly grew worse until he haad to do one of two things: either give up work or die, or look around for some means to cuiro kidney disease, and a lucky chance threw in his way a safe and certain means of do hiverance. TIhe facts, in Mr. F.'s c.a.so are thcse: is business (mason and builder) requIres him to be eaxposed in all sorts of weather. Re ceantly, from a severe cold, he contracted a disease of the kidneys, and like many others began using everything at hand. Not find mtg tany help, as a last resort he began taking Hiant's Iteady. The first bottle giving de cided benefit, he contInued Its use until ho had used three (3) bottles, when all trouble disappeared. Mr. F. Is now attending to business, a well man, and recently remarked to an acquaintance: "One trial convinced me, s It will you." We need scarcely add Hunt's Remedy is purely vegetable, anti meets a want never before furnished to those suffering from kidney and liver complaint, dropsy, etc., and the utna eat reliance may be placed init. lP men know all that womean thtink they would be twenity times(t more anada PtOi5ns If women kanew what mean thaink they would be twenty times attore co anettiah,_ "I AN eo alarmed, Lizzlo," exclaimed a St. Louis girl, who was en gaged to be married to.a young army oll cer. "He hIan't written mo in three days." "There is no occasion to gct excited," was t he reassuring reply; "Ie is ouL of the retach of tihe .iniins, there is no ep. idenlic prevailing where ho is stationed, and wlien he last wrote ho was in per feet health." ''Oh, yes, I know all that Lfizzie," said the timid, agitated crea ture, "but then there's the army worm." A child that wakes with croup should have a (ose of Piso's Cire. lRicirmoND, VA., i to ltave a new city hall, to cost 1300,000. I"IE GREAT GERMhAN~ Tl n>e REMEDY ll FOR PAIN. W I 1E1M1A'I'ISM, liiiNectt-aila, , il lnini cWllllUUt Sciatica, Lunibago, d lllillilhi EADACH, T TIIA E, SOIIE THIIROAT. rad . \i u..i ui ''Ii (I fllllIIlIIIflflUh q rN " ::. 1. (14, iilO-liimiii'lM IIIIIHIIIIJI' ~ FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE. eCharles . ogeler Co. blnauu lefla,,' U-1 11ellnolioii(iy: co l/nit and illP pu CLIR3ATKU I cltroliic co111atiipA 1to' tit,oachii itittm iNu thod bin s tti ri ti flint catn hetalkr m,. Am SI ho ntirr t-i ant vital 1lenrEA E lRtN _ !dtit. 'i t ' a io a rc t.u.g.- t a n ," th o % t". -t, P. 1 .dcbilitattn,t; cffccte ofcf "-,EMOR S U.(. Ip th is ueet. nn( aandev v tan bieive origenre t ,; il(r stm c ( lad 'er adl llt STOM A uyria c 1a1inL'1. r 2m DA~ eit etu r(n cale gia '-e'd a aNe,i s2nywt.x I!:" ": -. ",r who had S tr ted n Ca ts r uinrse, r tc-tnni. lartclrnfa,id n C Fl b..T lir TIo !i. ~ ~ ~ E S.Dt'LL".U t NP. iA .1,n dRy a it i A dou itan d at re,udh for itnly i in re sm co lhy lilrldtran d lo dicoverhd fbr--onfe. nrto d nc n h .a.nr ilF, rh e nta inout,. t-y . G r. la ton T hem Charesic . Voe r C . o.a lama n,e,.Rngl,'e Afenae nda tmore,a1 'wd,". .i u r of all promine cn 2 zch.s1gsrli es rkfl a oy inId. Ca rco pan, an< ofli WehaeELEiitTEn prvt el ra retwi c o s.a peoawl ew or. whold tried in ni eer"n our also. urel Pnttni, h rmles, n n do Iiak.ense t o druit- t o tt itiit ithd. oliL uert for o it trn nartita;olrs. ElL Adam s on (o hn Wiat, rntedy Dt. can De BCK aEY .A Menibers~ ~ ~ nfalprmnntPou ennrc farssringe PanhnsEy atennvia -- - enryo ptm h -- ifd I. A.Jit(atnig,ertTirtt or f 'I'/u 14 (i~tii I'(bf I aC i f tli. (ftl ries Yo ChooitL hs n<ar< OATS thv u iv it e abe intigenant littifsteily un 7. Ciy1or ninitariti will (I,I ein Ituu ti fr Smali-r-ag aOSTN. *hn AS. -f t ' I e f. rt. 'arn itidki g o.itbfi tt.. re tt AlicltA lI ii~ liver, stm -. bi de and b y di atanongy ra orat.eys rheumnIRC ULAR SumAWS ta inflmmaory niday ( Ia Peter rt undr, di o relrotti -l cuedwo a tat< i tainr ovrythin r ele druggst togetit ; rif he 1dec it t Ie itoa fnor it nohn- ese oe A i d rm i fo,ie 10' W iiiam st,,uN.t TO SPEON WORS. R. LIDBLO &AC. M N G MaLE..,C Oum. 0ce Bhicago. New rk.L Yor., Uic ..aLufsanda Miwue I(e.~g t e e ivepriate era ph wi'r e etee cao n ew Yrk wind ?xct forder oer metate rq etd 'Deeat c nirclarscon patclr. ronT. OLuNa3IO &a 0In., Ohiago DR.L DICKEY'S Paines TEe Wae. 0ElUME AT ON'Ehar intit pneo an<wn a"' dresn In veoNOd PAuoe. tho neas Betattl s e. innofther fe.Lowft pice ever(' kn, 'onrNTor, BEFOE pamenton eince of. Tr.od ThVe S|tredt, Noark.he 0'hcpcox HUNNIUTT'SPtUFy PoATS Ar the stfr- thf folligreand - imag-inarh-- I n<lniks is hent iuleat forn. .AT p tasn wh.1nofo has a ctrkedo. o -h'isy diressWolde apupt-rentl. T1 heyse mal on vt ah oulc soin Otor the mai i tly wai br4oktn leg, bountisrbu hI e. D isr apin ted dyp. is,w -in seektaniiringu, wlld elt ae a.wn r'epnnt y,c resn.,t . Tha his well. ihthe quan,Oity hmn i,VufNfTTN( r in' is 7'4 MUSTAN f Survival of teFtet $1111.lthell'ittot8 . A FAMILY IEDIOINN THAT 111 MLIONS DURING 8 TAI C CftIII[ST5 A BALM FOR EVERY WOUND Ot MAN AND DEASTI THE OLDE8T& BE8T LINIMINT 'VEt MADE IN AMERICA. SALES LARGER THAN EVER. ' The Mexlenn Mustang Liniment hs been known for moro than tha-ty.lvo vears ns te l'st of all Liniments, for rfin i ni d 1ienvt. Jts sales todny aro larger than ever. It cures when all othors fi it, nul penotrates s,In, tondon and mnIuselo, to tho very bone, Sold eyerywhero. Mason & Hamlin Organs. New Illustrated Catalogue, (40 pp. 4to) for season of 1888-4, including many new styles; best assortment of the best and most attractive organs we have ever of fored,and at lowest prices,$22 to $600,foi cash, easy payments or rented. Sent free. MASON & HALIN ORGAN AND PIANO CO Boston, 154 Tremont St.; New York 46 east 14 S6. i Chingo, 149 Wabash Are. SURCICAL INSTITUTI Al LAN TA, CEORCIA. For the scienti'c treatment and oorreottas of Defor;nities of the human body. All appil ances made to order and under the direction of "ompetent ard experienbed Surgeons.. Pile, Filtula Female Disaea"e-Private. Dia.iea, Or tarrh, ftupture and 11ralysis, treated by ap proved methods. ST-end afatement and re ceive e1wial r,p y. K. H. IOLAND, eo'y. Blessed Benefactori., Ahen a board of eminent physicians and oheIast announced the discovery that by combining some well. known valuable r""mediea, the most wonderful medicine was produced, which would cure such a wide rarge of diseasev that most all other remedies could be di.. pensed with, many were skeptlo-J; but proof of its merita by actual trial has dispelled all doubt, ant to.day the discoverera of that greit ned1ie. Hop Bitters, are honored and blegwed by n il a benofactora. These eitters are compon:ded from tlop,, B ichu, Malt,. Mandrake and I)nna-l.ifo: rlnd other oldest, best and most val. b t.dirinus in the world, and contain all the beet nal mist cnrative propertins of all other medicines, liei: th, greatest Illod P trifler, Kidney and Liver i:;tul.itor, and Life -and llenth Restoring Agent on e.rl h. N , diiseu or ii i.e ith can po.sibly long uxist wheo tho ttt.rs are noe.i, so varied and perfuct are their oporatione. They give new life and vigor to the aged and Infrra. To all whuoseoii LinSlents cause irregularity of the biowels or iir nary irganis, or who require an A ppetizer, roie ainimild timnulant, thee ltters are invahaable, boing hi,thly curative, touro nu I stimulating, without Ni, maattor what your feelings or symp o-na are, wvhat thei iseiase I.r I .imnt is, une hiop Bitters. Don't wait nulti yo:a n sick, but if you only feel ba I or mianrain, ne,, lhe lht lers at onen. It mauy livre your life. Ilun drids have bien s .v - 1 by Si, d.ing. g 7.'09 will be p:.id for a cave they will not cure or hl p. l)i not suffer yourse-lf or let yotur friondls sufter, but 115 and uar,e t he-mu to uso l lop Bhtters. Ree inbier, hop9 Iitters is theo purest and best med Oinie'evir madil; theo " Invalid's Friend and flopo." N. ha>r,n or famaily should be wit hout them. "Iwas t roulldo for masny years with seriets Kidney an I Livor (Joiuplain~t, Gravel, etc. ;mry bmlood became thin; I was idull ar.d inlactivi ; could hardly crawl about, adwas an old worn o-it man all over, and could get nothinig to haop inn, until I got, hlop Bitters, and now I amn a boy vaalu. My blood is pure, kidnpys are all right, anut I am aa activ, na a man of thirty, although I am seventy-two."~---'rnen. " For 'en yuea my wife was conflned to her bed with such a cidiicaution of ailmuonts that, no doctor could tell wIt, was, the matter or cure her, and I used up s email fortune in bunbug thuf. Six months ago I sawsa U. ,8. Ilag with lImp Bit ters on It, end I thought,I would be a f-ot once more, undt I triod it, hut my folly proved to be w.s 'omn, and two bottles cored her, she is now s well andl strong as any man's wife, andl it cost me only twouollars"-II._W-, Droit, Mih, TA ALOGUTEe DHRT BOOKS loa AGENTS vent frne, includin.. Mother, theme and 8 C ETn"""'"read on'y by tho-e hold n'lme S I C i alt I endlie change For iampo WR T IN mel i,"s-rei,d3l..1(;,!. N 1,A\w E EI. $12 a day at home easily made, 4 aGuth utfitfre.Address True &tCo.. Augaust.a. Mda tO AEER KRnd orw M OOlH llis' Don't uy nIl yo tin nt, thno in rvo inu -- en or ileimIrled C a---uoru.ya JP,SESWATCH CO, Don'Ebu )un ir ue Red ud h ea improve meta kBn iior ltatled Cataogreued~ l Ji:. P~ iA. STEVENS WATH CO. &i* li, -e Books. ol ydalers.g Sut. T rste amg natio* UmentIme. Ldayuggits Tyta hi eilsadstreFsst ar Afn nofte Books.~ ebe. f h tuepae o exhirld.io00-Pae caaluse olikly todealeiven sympeahy.io sfath. JOH go. ALuEN Pubishro, ooy ofa thei roains and cusress-r a wouang trehandras teseriet se far siat gofs Brown's Iron les ried family medicine will thus dimin an establ ichar fact ..