The Wife's Choice. a fatr famous land, in days long gone, Aofore the wise, good Rabbi Smeon Aodblldkes onple sorTowfully came; And, neither on the other casting blamo, 'gged that the rabbi grant them a decree *vorcing them forthwith, perpetually; noe en nfruitful years had como and And found a ohildless home, a barren bed. The keen.eyed rabbi road in each pale face The wish to save the other from dsgrace; Then bared his head, and said in acconts "Bad is the house wherein no voice of child )akes glad the two-fold heart with prido and Yet bat malicious tongues may not annoy With whispered evil motive, secret sin, Before you separato, single lives begin, it r inds, from greatest to the nd be your supper as a marriae feast, ohow you part a friends, and part in sor Then wil I grant your wish upon the mor row. Well pleased, they take his counsel, and pro pare A parting feast, and call their friends to share, Then spako the husband to childless wifo "Wo part not now in anger, to or strife; Anal, as a pledge that th is is really so, Take what you like best with you when you go. She smiled, and promised him a oboioo to make, And over treasure it for old-times' sake. The guests woro gone, save only six at most By the good cheer vanquishod, when at last the host Himself Succumbed' The wily wife then bade That ho be to her father's house conveyed. The morning camo, and from his stu >or free, Ho woko and gazod around him wondorin ly. Then said his wife, who stooped and touched his breast, "Of all your household havo I chosen the Till death divorces never shall we art." And, rising up, ho pressed her to hi n oart. -Hunter MacCalloch. Dorcas Caledon, TIH HEIRESS OF CALEDON HEIGHTS, Av .A.UTOBroG IApr-y, BY PLORENCE E. DIAMOND. CHAI"rER V. I was already up and dressed when Mag gie appeared next morning. "Why, miss, yo'r an early riser," was her choorful commont. "Young ones don't generally get up without being called a dozen times or so," she went on; "but your different kind, I see." I scarcely knew -how to reply to this com pliment from my friend, so I wisely kept si lenco. "You 'como to breakfast now, if you pleass,J she said, opening the door and )ping out into the hall. I followed her through tho hall and past the room I knew to bo the breakfast room of the family. 'You are making a mistake, Maggie,'' I said, pausing. Maggio hesitated one in stant before she answered me. "Mrs. Clayton said you were to eat with is,'' she said, hastily, and, opening a side door, led me into the servants' hall, where, already seated, were the other domestics of the family. They greeted me in a friendly manner, and Maggie gave me a seat by her side. Grace was said by the housekeeper, a venerable woman, whose hair I afterward learned had grown white in the service of the Caledons. The meal passed pleasantly, and, to tell the truth, I enjoyed it much more than I had the cold silent, breakfast I had taken with the family the morning before. After breakfast, as I was preparing to go uip-stairs to the school-room, Maggie in formed me that it had been decided I should attend a day school a short distanice away. "Mrs. Claryton thought it best," she said. This then wvas to be my lot among them a pla1cc among the servants andl not even to be taught by thme same teacher. My heart rebelled at this fresh inisult. Child though 4' I was, I felt my blood tingle and my cheeks burn wvith pride and anger. But I rememr bored I hasd c "een dlependent upon the -chat4y ofTthers, anid should not complain if things were niot quite to my rnmind. So I dressedl myself with tolerable complosure, after all. I had been supplied with sum cient clothing since my arrival here, but, though these clothes wcero net muitch soiled, \saw at once they were cast-off garments of seome one, prob~ably Inmra Barrett. My pride took fire at this. I would not touch them. I donned the checked gingham I had worn at the home, preferring this to the castr-ofi silks or cashmeres of this scornful little lady. I wvas not as handsome as shre, nor hmad I as fine raimont, but my pride, I am sorry to say, quito equaled her owvn. I then gathered up thre books with which I had been supplied, and repaired to thc kitchen, where Maggie kindly volunteered to accompany me to school and get me sett.led, as she expressed it. On our way out I noticed a carriage drawn up be fore the front entrance, and standing on the balcony was Irma Barrett, dressed for going out. She was attired in sonme lighi b)lue material that suited her fair skin and golden hair to perfection. Hecr little handt were daintily gloved and she wore kid boots light and small enough for a fairy. Sire wvat evidently waIting for sonre one ; but she did niot deign to notice pro, evenr by a look, as] passed in company with Maggie. I sighed How beautiful she was; "she had ever) thing; I had nrothring at all," I said bitterly as I trudged on by Maggie's side. The school building was a low, white structure standing amrong the trees an:r situated on the road leading to the city There were a good nmany childrenr gatheret around thre steps as we camre up; but I lhat been used to children all my life and their presence did not disturb me. We enteroe thre school-room; a leasant-faced lady aros< f rem her desk to greet us, amid I though' her voIce the sweetest I had ever heard. In a few words Maggio irformned her wvh I was and of my intention of atteniding school, all of which the lady listened to witi respectful attention. Anrd thenr, with a kin< smile, bade mrc weceome to her school, hop inrg I would find it pleasant, after which sh< looked over my books and designated thu lessons I should learn. And then, Maggi< hiavinrg de-parted, she ranrg tire bell, at whic1 the scholars came trooping in and takini their seats a hush fell upon thre school as with rapt attention, tire scholars listened t, their Wtecher wIro, in thre sac sweet voice read a chapter from the Bible, after whic1 she repeated a simple prayer. Thle scholar; thenr proceeded to their desks, but wvith ni bustle or noise, as is common in countr; schrools. It was inrdeed a p)leasanrt school Tire teacher was so kind, her instruction si simple and yet instructive and interesting I could niot help contrasting it with thre dry dull and Irksome teaching of thre day be forc Our teachrer's name was Anmy Lester; shr lived in a tiny cottagc just back of thr schrool-hrouse with lher mother, whoe wvas ni invalid arid unable to do work of anry kind Amy supported them both by hg~r teachinrj andl her drawing, for sho*was quito an art 1st; andl a happier, mroro contontedl coul than Amy mid her mothrer, would have beer hard to fird. My first (liy at school passed pleasantl; enough, andl I returrnled home in quite cheerful frame of mind. But alais I nm; choeorftulness was of short duration. As enteredl the yardl, I found Ire chribrren en joying themselves undler thre shado( of great horse-chestnut thmat grew uicar th. gate. Trhey were engaged in jumping rope, and as this was a sport in which greatly delighted, I stopped a moment V watch thomn. "Why, holloal" cried Irving, when hi saw me, and then assming an air of grea friendliness, lie wanted nro to join in th game. I hiesitated, remembering Iris jeer ing remarks of yesterday; but I did so wan to be frienrdly in tis house, where it seemcuso to reply or defend my self before the gentleman, but, (at cling nry books fron the ground, led tmWard th, house, never pausing till I reaclu't my own room, where 1 sank down, pan ting and ex hausted. I had never remembered being angry he for and this new feeling o' rage md hate fairly overpowered inc. W\hen hurt or grieved before I had always wept, but, not a tear dimmned my eyes now, whos ie ry flashes would havo sc'orcl'd thc ftini taiii up. lint at length I grew calmer, I re moved my honnet and bathed mry face :'nl hands. It was then I becamrue conscitus of a stinging pain in my left arm, I puished up my sleeve and found a livid blue mlark across -mny air'r which was also severel, bruised, either by my fall or from a blor in the affray I had just taken piart, in. I looked at miy bruised arma withI a terriblt' feeling of rage and grief, rnot so much('l at the irnjury, that wouldl soonr hiea, but thero are sears on our mermoiry that nieve r hetl. Thiswa~'sonro. I had never been st ruck be for'e, raind though it must be rermerrblered I struck Iir'st, yet ini myi own eyes, certarinrly, and in others perharps, I wais quite juast itied in doing sit. Therefore moy feeling of eat rage was thoe same as throurgh I had? been ignorminiously beateni wit hourt .ar se. Irvinrg Barrett, ire doubt, regarded thre whole raffrair as a joke, yet he harrdly guessedl that that onie cruel act wourld hre weighred in the balance against him when that saimo scale wans bailariced for life or deathI. night.", Miss, yer unconrunonr sobrer to I started. It was Maggie's chreery voice at my elhow thart ar'ous'd mie fr'omr iy gloomy thourghrts. I did niot arrswer, hlmt fol towed her out rind irate the surpper-room without a word. After supper I Inquired who tIre gentle men were I had seen in the garden. ''Tire black whiskered one,'' said M1aggie, "is Mr. Rolarnd, an old friend of '-. famrily; hre is here every summer. Th'le other yemrig mai, it scerms, is a friend of Iris; 1 naever s;aw him before to-day ; Iris name is Oliver i)ud iey, arid a hrandsomie, p)rop)er-spotken'r young fellow lie i*s, too,"' she ridd(ed. I went back to may r'Com andt miolped in si lene unrtil dark, wihren, seeing thIe fminily3 wvero all aissemrbled in the grandir drarwinrg roorm, I cm'ept out, arnd taking th InfirsIt It I ceme to, wandered ninrilessly' on, scarcely knowinig or caring wvht br it led, tilt I loun'dt myself err thio shore of ai lovcliy lake, on whose clear surrface the mioornlighrt was rest ing, silverinrg cacti wave that rose till it looked like molten silver. Dr'awrn up to tIhe shor'c wais a beauiti ful boat with softly curshionell stats, ant a paiir of oar's harndsomrely carved nested' ina lie oar'loeks. I stooed wvatchring thIis irntonltight scenc with suchel keen delight that I did net notice tire appr'oach of a tidrly cinirg nier until they were close upon inC. I had bare ly time to conceal mysel(' f beind (rie of thre rust.ic seats that lined tire shroro ias they allI came up haurgiing, chattinrg anrd se'nemng irn high spirits. Theiro were ini thie pant y Mr. and Mr's. Clayton, Irma and Irvying, aind also tire two gent lemon I hrad son 'in ihiIle rafler noon. I trembi)i'ld lest thery shlIn11d discove'r mae, for Mi's. Clayton carre so inear irat, lien' silken skirts bruished rmy hanirdS asI crouchred beneath the seat ; but, for narrtely for rme, they puassed rand erntered 11me of thle boats withrout nroticiurg ile. I ('tld i hear tire dip oif tire oars as tlhey rowved outi? on irhe lake. LIowv I would hanvre lid( t'tccompny them. I hard never be''n ini a bo(at, in 111y life, Iarnd I fancied it rrurst, hre ai gireat pleasur e to> float, as thiey wero sr y lie e oIwslvn eatin, seeing ude th "in ro i a fanil wh evdenly aidforallI e joed an e a sditn rmte as fr renove, on thou h I ;ul wel, to thVficils fIor y appeaane lol kn' noed ll ''. I was aypsd 11 ver alt.fso thng theyfii 1'i neve 11(0d-1'n of myiOI' eis cc '. But, when\lc I hdbat th e' J1cId ight near10 I wc y3(ar s, I was..1 0110 day nlearliy upsIl. h Alaggic burlsting int1) liay 10011 iln U gret huriry, and1 crlyinig: "Ohb, miiac, theo mistress sentL 111 to fete yo down'l Ill thel p0arl01'at olnce. T1hait. 01 wiltih .\1i's A rinalll, is juist. come, and1 nI bodyl I lckiii. for ch'lir. 'ut (In your11 be. frock Inch (cc!11c dlown' isb miiiutc. WaInlliniig wthat, colel havlxe haippeli '1 work'l 551 su c odr cchan IlIigc, I il a1s1 Ala: ~he palor, wel'lclmed by Aliss A runind, wvl hlked i mny year1S ojIl ''r than v:he [.il1 hr his t 511en her. She welcomelld me11I kinlll howveri ; mode me sit by herl, ana n aii ttituado (If (quest ions aiboultm iy t my1 stuies1, eci., 1all (of wxhjich I anlswere''(d I wx'll1 as I coul!d. I wa'is aistonlished' at. IlI Irmali, who) trc atd me 11 ill every waly ais mOClnb.er' of the famliily'. I began to tink mn troubles woro endedl; bilt, alais for hunni Oxpetaitions!I Miss Armutid stayed two days, durln which Limo I was shiown every attentioi At theQu~ end oftha timao MI. Ar meA to her leave, evidently well satisfied with the condition of affairs. She had not been gone an hour when I was Ignominiously shoved back to my old place and there to remain until her next visit. But I now saw that it was some secret which concerned Mrs. Clayton's welfare that this wotnan hold, and that accounted for my Installment there. What this secret was I dotermined sooner or later to find out. [To BE OONTINUED] GENERAL NEW$ NOTEd. Item. of 'Interest Gathered from Varsu Quarter.. At Opelousas, La., the ground is covered an inch deep with ice. . C. Walthall has b)een re-elected United t States Senator from Mississippi. f The Ohio Iepublicans are organizing a Sherman League. At Brownsville, Texas, the mercury has fallen to 18 degrees, the coldest since 1880. The ol business part of Thomson, Ga., was burned yesterday. Loss $30,000. t A now home Rtule paper, the London Evening tar, nade its appearance yester day. The issue was 142,600 copies. 1The trial of the Pickens lynchers has been postponed till the summer term of Court. A young negro boy four years ol was run over on the Georgia Central railroad yesterday and his body cut in halve'. I The Turkish Minister of War has been enjoined to hasten the completion of the - lefenses of Adrianople. Governor Semplo has signed the bill - giving the ballot to the women of Washing ton Territory. A meeting of the citiz( us of Cincinnati has enthusiastically endorsed John Sher man for l'resident. Mahone has obtained control of the Re 1 publican League of Virginia-Riddleberger 1 being left out. t Eight suicides occurred in Vienna yester (ay, among them Captain D)eschauer, of the Austrian navy, and Paymaster Fuchs, of the army. At Birmingham, Ala., yesterday, 11. II, t Scarbough, a detective, was dangerously shot by Tom Ellis, editor of the hornet, ii a saloon row. r Milton Young's stallion Pizarre, by Ad 1venturer, dam Milener by lRatuplan, valuet at $15,000, died Wednesday night at Lex , ington, Ky., of pneumonia. A lire at Fort Mackinway, Wyominl 1 Territory, destroyed $100,000 worth of pro 1 visions, and the garrison has been put 01 half rations. ''1e Ashland steel works, about twent miles nortl of Baltimore, have stoppe( work, the Heading strike causing a scarcit: of coal. v Fire at St. Puul, Minn., yesterday de l stroyed two bu(ildings occupied by a larg I wholesale grocer. Loss $300,000. Insured Fire in Mont real yesterday morning d .l stroycd $100,(H00 worth of property. I was so cold( that the fire ladlers froze ti p tlh-. walls. Y 'Th' schlooner Myra Pratt, Sherman mat ter. of Mtlobile, was wrecked on Tampic< lar on tulay, and two lives were lost Part of the cargo of crossties was saved. , The Iowa Legislature, voting separateli yesterday, reelected Senator 'ilson as 11f own successor. The joint convention wit y ratify this action. k The claware rolling mill at Phillips e bluri', N. J. , shut down on Monday, owin c to the scarcity of coal and dulness in ti d iron trade. 'T.ee hundred hands are thu thirowni out of employment. a A t Chipj pewa Faills, Wis., ont Siiundo ii morning. the thermometer stood 50 dlegreel s below zero, and ye'ster'day morningi Lrangedc( from 55 to 02 degrees belowv.' 'Thle Charleston (:ottonl miill was offera fo saeyesterdlay, but as5 nobody woul b.ttid5,000t over the dlebts of tihe concecrn d the p)roperty was wvithd(rawvn. t Tlhe long strike of shoemakers in Ilioches n ter, N. Y. , which hats cont inued since N. r~ venmber 1, 1has collapsed, the men return in, to work on the manu11facturers' terms. a Both bilranchles of the L egislature o e Washington Tferritory have re-enactedi th< g wvoman's sultrage lawv, but have exemptet ThIe annual afternoon performance fo: .the blenetit, of the ltomnan Catholic Orphai SAsylum, lat Ithe Metrop)olitant Opera llouse Newv' York, netted *10.000). Every bo., t01(olit i S. Four thousanid people were refused admnissiont. o Reports from differcut sections of Texa: r ntote tile cessation of tile blizzard, but th< >1 temtperature continues very low for tha n1 latitude. 'IThe wecather has been utnpreece i- dtented, both in t resp)ect to low thermomete1 1. and1 snow and1( sleet. o Reporlts~ of loss of life in last wveeki 1t1rm in the West, continue to) come in One list now numbers 15,3, and( anothei 15.IVouldl seemU prlobable that tile fina sinnmlOary, If such c'an ''ver be made, wil sho(w quiite '20(0 namtes. a 3Idiss G iulielma I o stic, al distan11t coiusi of mni.' I I wr, waIs miairied la1st nigh r. at ' .lohin's Chultrchl. Washington, to En -ig -gWilkerson, of the vavy. A brillian rec pt 1In took placec atteriward at the1ii Illsi of u le bride's sister, Mrs. ChIarles Sydnle, .11odn Mulrray. of New Yiork, 1 25 poundtIs mit lId. Ihday, (of Pr'ovidencIe, 115 pound(1(s tught inl New Jertsey y'esterdatly with bar121 mutllehs foir 1$Ni(t. At tule end of Itin) ('Ity lively r2It ouns, D aly was kntocke< (' nIt'5eles by atighlt hlander' under tile eari Ilt ray was dlecthi'ed wit ier. .lItolhn MthiO. a l''rentchman21, and6 a Belgiai nlamted a lix, for'emani at,the Standard(lat'd1 t( Gloss Work s, were 2almost instantly killet whili e plainig a1 sheet (It 12lass in pot sitio lotr6 Jh' grind1( tatble. Thie w heel turntied sud( denily and1 they fell otn it andl( were gr'ouml '''in e' f' tali accidentt occ'urre'd a AmIi('k lirothietrs' 52aw~ mlill, int Lexinlgton1 mtoving a statb, whlichl co(ile itn contact w itt thle cirIcular' saw and1( wais throwntv agints - atll (St in2stanit tly. QuaIils waIs froml iPenni c yl vantia, and0 wasl' abhoult niinteenL years o: 1 A ('ollision2 b etw(een two stnow plou1gl 4 t'nginle-s took plla(ce Mondaty near1 loskinigs r engineer11 wast wor(Ik ing hlis snow", ploutgh in: ('lt and1( got staltledl. lie thi'eeupon hack(leI 'oeleriTe oither' in ijurted miein will re cover. ThPie lH'v. Mr. Talmago wond('es thai a newspaper moni believe anythling. TIhto' -'stee more oIf th10 sh1am and1( meanness o0 t (1h0 wold thanii the maemblers of any othle p)rofess-ion. Th'ley are bored by eranks, m0iock moIralists anl p)otilen)t humbugt 'everyj day in (lhe week, and they see thc( Sfollies and shlanm of tIle world througlh Sdisgutises that are an open as the (lay t( their p)racticedl and disgusted eye. Al] Sthis is trite, but Mr. Talmago should re member that newspapor menf are fairly bubbtl)ling) over with charity and good e nature. 'They see the good an wvell ai It thel evil in (to world.-Cincinnati Comn a moeial Gazetto. ti A few oyster shells will retmove (clinlker from the grate. g Why is your lhat like an advanec agent 2 Because it ons on a hea, Or COnr8t URIC-A-BRAV. "Give me a kiss, my darling, do," He said, as ho gazed in her eyes so blue. "I won't," she said; "you lazy elf, Screw up your lips and help yourself." A letter head-The postage-stamp. No man should be a judge in his own cause. There is not much color to gin, yet it can scarcely,be called a sober tint. Strange as it may appear, it is usually a cold day for a man when he is "fired." "Woman feels where man thinks," says a writer. Yes, that's why manis bald. The Virginia Republicans have organized a State League. A year of time brings wisdom. The trees are not so green as they were last summer. If there is anything more contrary than an obstinate woman it is a right-handed lock on a left-handed door. Coal is so high in Chattanooga that the coal dealer barely speaks to an ordinary editor or colonel. Looking at it from a feminine point of view, a bridegroom is always insignificant until he becomes a widower. Many a man ''mounts the rostruni" now a-days who hasn't real ability encugh to warrant his ''going on the stump." It is true that the busiest mnan is the hlp piest man, but he often doesn't have time to realize it. A cold is now defined as a state of ner vous collapse, and a stimulating plan of treatment is advised. It is not the cloven foot but the cloven breath that gives a man away after he has been out to see another man. "Yes," said the landlady, sadly, "ip pearances are deceitful, but disappearances are still more so." ''he days begin to lengthen, and so does the face of the man who looks at his emptying coal-bin. Economy is the road to wealth, but a great many people keel) wearing themselves out upon the road after they get there. This is leap year, and the favorite excla mation of the waiting maiden is: ''Why don't you speak for yourself, .John A. man cannot always remember a thing - by pasting it in his hat. Sone method should be contrivel to paste it in his head. T"What is more lovely than t peaceful granlmotther?" asks an exchange. 11er granddaughtrti. If this is not the right answer, we give it up. The woman who malriet her hulaid for money never complains ithat lie doi )en't kiss her as muIt as he did bef"ore the w.l ding toc,k platc. IIc--This must he the Place. Sihc--Stop; don't ring: this oesn't lo,k like a larl . ing-house. lie- - , yes it is. I smell the onions. For every ten hund(1red dollars cxpenideld for flout in this country, it is said tlint I'te et n hundred dollars are spcut f, r to bato. T1e,.her-Correct the sentence: ' ''he liquor which ti' nna hiught was drank." Smart Boy-''hc mant wi helt 1i ;ught the liiuor Was d1runls. T1heI coli wias so severe at .onterey, Mexico, a few t ys since, tilt :t cirts J)trottriutor had to ~i uili a ir n aroi, o his elephant to keep himt from frcczing. ''I don't minc, mauters. I c:ui tell vou," observed Mrs. Birown i.t din ner c wnx' The suifferinigs of thle v ictimis werec i tin mal tihe death list wxas appailltig. A re x-isted Ilist of the fatalit "it)ho s niitty' seven dead ini lhikotia, tx wlvx in 'ltliiiesti, six ini towni, seveinteen in Nt-lbr:-ka andi flhtee in .iotanati- -Iitilalit nehundred aind fhiri-ty live, liesides tilffy-livi- rept al-il nk.s tothe( list. Hai lroad tratvel Im s b eeni lii ku(l rfor somie day s. W1ill I 4't% bes ai Venr ori ., art m,tr i nn-tits inix whIth tin- a : r -:': e i l tI igurtes is twxty lix't. tal fttr ic x hil h five miorit years in whlieb such a ti ambiv n ltota tis osibile piirl fto th yi' r Vi . P'robabtly fewx h:vi' evxr liearil it lthe fi pi'in.cy--, xxhichl lutns as llowIiaxs: x in ie tu yii I Iir ii iur -- w.0 ,-i it " ili- x iith I,181 i limit xavf it is ( it- . reenill hiowx failthifutlly this proplhtiey hats which it applied-n. formed(-i the (:oal1ition atgatinst S'vidin ii chIztl idisaistrous diefeat of ('harles N il. ati Pl'i towa. The year- 178t xxili eve- lie miemnorab h - in a tccounit tif the Ibrieak ing (tit (if the l'rench Revolution. 'Te yea- 1798 wxitnecssedtheli:inaiin of lionapaiprte: in Egyrpt andh ihe ftrniiin of the secittil Eurioltmn coaltIit ion1 aga:inist I 1"r wr rkeou bteeeEeh. andt Afgiutnisfhmi, followxedi bty ftht inivsitoni of tie littler coutiry b) y Ittit ihi troops. Ini wiit Ititoner t lhe leitit-on11- ii o b v'erif'ied in Isis renmtinls yi-t toi be si-in. bt thte present tonitiitn of Euirpie s iim's toi promise an abundant fulfIlment o'f the propheCY. THt uILLs. After Edgar Allen Poe-About a Mile a4 See the postman with the bills New Year's bills What a world of tribulation Now their sending out fultils! how they rankle, rankle, rankle, In the startled dreams of night, As the creditors' procession Of the chamber takes possession With a brutalized delight; Calling '"Timel" "Time!" ''Time!" lu a sort of prize-ring rhyme, To the dark anmd dccp demnition 'That so gradually kills. From the bills, bills, 1)1118, bills, bils, From the tailors' and the hatters' little b Bills! Bills! Bills! See the big bills for my wife Tailor- made in styles now rife. If the present fashion grows We can wear each other's elo'es, Dropping frills and furbelows, I)ropping fut l-lows and frills, And reducing tailors' bills Bills! Bills! 3ills! See the fearful grocery bills Eating bills! Wlint exceeding cost to people Is the food that stomacl fills. 1)ocetors' bills For their pills, Potions, sqiuills And subdi in all wIh iclh kills. Ilow we dread to dlraw the money V lhen reovererd from our ills! P'linblrs' hill, For stoppl iug rills . lii lie pipes beneath the sills. 'V henr we tell them for their pay To take the house and all away, 'hey. tit answer 'twould not meet ''heir "little" hills ''h("ir (xtortionate and bank-suspent )ill.s! B}ills! Bills! Bills! Facta About Rainrall. Teho subject of the rainfall is an iu esting one this winter. The Amer Meteorological Journal informs us ''the precipitation in the temperate : is extremely variablo fmom season to son," which inspires hope that c winters may ditler a hub l from this Tme discussion of the weather journt however, chiehly devoted to the rai on the Wtster, plains, which is rccol ed as a most impl)ortiant element in mating tihe agricultural future of country by such coml)utent autho: as (eneral Morrow, Mr. Charles Fr Adanns, P.rofessor S. R. Thompson ex-Senator 1)orsey. In investigatini climatology of the United States, al ance has to bo mulimt for the diflieul plmmcing rain gauges in exposed loca oo as to obtain accurate results. k (hrifts arnd iniequalitics of exposure an i)mporm:t)t part in upsetting mneasmmrememts by gauges; and r care is m'Oeesary to prcvent inexact in a result in which accuracy is essem %l r. Mark W. ltarrington, in Meteoloegical d ournal, recommendh map; c.f Lorin Blodgett as the standard for comparison as a basi earlier observation, and those of Charles )ennison, of )eny,r, for later dates. WVithm these as5 stan~dt Mr. It aninigtoni concludtes that thmert slow but gradual gain in the rainfi the West, which argues well for the creased fe::tility of our great develo agricultural regions. i'atroi t Hlomo. titio, s luttoi Cliin scols t'I] kn,atit I h-re. lion't s-end your u *tf to other lphwes, whlere y~ou will not not 1111y hlp to build1 up tIhe townvu wvil!lip1 youirsel ini the samei prtopor A TONGUE IN KNOTS. I contras' d malaria in the swami Louisiana white working for the graph.company, and used every kir medicine I could hear of without rt I at last succeeded in breaking the it but it cost me over $100).00, and thcr system was p)rostrated and saturated malarial poison and I became air helpless. I finally came here, my m< so tilled with sores that I could ~scar eat, and my tonigue raw and fi led little knots. Various remedies wer< sortted to without eflect. I bought bottlets of Ii. B. 13. and it has eur-ed strengthened noe. All' Sores of mousthl tire healed and my tongue en ly clear of: knots and soreness, and I liko a newv n1(n. Jackson, Teun. April 2t), 18861. A. 1". Burirro S'i1'jF JOINTS. A M10sT. IEtiAnKiAnfrm (As' OF seROi AND ul1l;JUMATrIsMI. I have a little boy twelve years whiose knees have been dlrawni alt double and his joints are0 per-fectly and lie lhas beien in this condition t: xears, uanal d to walk. DIuring that I :he meldit-a board of London county .uned him and pronounced the dins seroteila andt pr'eseribed, but no bei (iver derivedt. I then used a much ve rtIised pirpar-at ion without b)en Three weeks ago be became p)erfe helpless and so tlered d readlfully.j A friend who hadl used B3. 13. B. vied its u1so. He( has utsed ono0 be aind alt pain las ceased and lhe can walk. 'Tis hasi b)een a most wondte acthonl, as5 his complaint had hai eery tlihng. I shal1l contiute to use(i hii m. ilas. leM Gruri(iuFrru; L nit in, 1T-nn., \larch 2, 1881, WlKl.l' Cl"', A lUK., BLOOD., he all Inast i cla.iuedt for it, I. connnl it to any andi everiy one sutlYerinig tf bIlIold pl on I. It tihas done11 me( n good~1 for hiss mononty andf in a alto spaetot of timei tili aniy blood puitii ever uIsed.l I owe the comf ort of life to its use, for l hatve been troul with aiI severe forot of blood( poison ft or - yars and] found nto relief e'tna that given by tie utse of IA. IA. B. WV. C. MAlGa1m WebbIl Ci ty, A rk., May 3, 1886, I i--m, -Jitony It mlacJ~;ints, t t arrh, etc., .1(1ncel 'V 11a11, IlEn, a (opy ou' :n p2age. n 'I ! no. 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'io treautt ent Of 11Wiany thousaiids of sich eases, at the invildi' Il totel and Sarg. teal I it it Ue has amiortleul a hrgo experience in adapting reicedies for their cure, tand Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is the result of this vase experience. For inteaal congextion,, itflanlmantlon and ulceoration, it Is a Specific. It Is a powerful general, a"i w el its it rine, totic and lcrvine, ant imimrtS vigur 1111(1 strength to the w iholo sVste1. It cue weakness of stomach, imligestin, bloat mug, weak baek, nervois 1rostrat i(1, exlutst ion, r 6 where ini tile South. 'Tho firsut of January I to is a vry? cohnvenjint time for entering. I psare char"dol ro aoo . entrance. onyfo dae f Reov. WM. RI. ATKINSON, Chlarlotte, N. P,lrincip)al, ", PITTSI CARIMINATIVE! 10.4I~IiC Folt NANTIS AND) TEETIIN CII IL DR EN. S. An inistanlt relief for colie of infants. z Cures D)ysontory, Diarrhma, Cholera Infuamtum or any dhiacases of the atomach and111( bowels. Makes thme critical period Sof Teething safe aind easy. Is a sale and pleasant tonic. For sale by all druggists, ES. and for wholesale by HowAIW, WuarE'