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m 'd % folded flower, aa 1 whit it hoi h fkuow not, till, unwinding leaf by loaf, .ows Ood's secrets hidden in its folds nd bares its fragrant heart to lijion brief,? /br whm its beauty and significance U^n our earth dulled senses break at last, Bacl^S) Its dust the flower turns; perchance K' Hssg m Youth'* Companion. f REUBEN'S FIRST VOYAGE. 4 1 BY MAUL TON DOWNINO. Some six leagues inland from the shores of the broad Atlaniic there lived a farmer who had three sons. With his oldest and youngest children we have nothing to do, for they were willing, sturdy youths, whoob?yed their kind parent!* every mandate, but it is upon Reuben, the second-born, that the interest of this story ceutres. He hated the work about the farm, in not know, but suddenly he was awakened by feeling some one shake his arm and hearing a voice in his ear saying: "What, my son! sleeping away tho best hours of the day? If you are on a journey the time to travel is between sun up and sundown." As Reuben opened his eyes he snw bending over him a large man with a pleasant face, although bronzed and weather-beaten tv exposure to the elements. At the first glance the lad saw by the stranger's clothing that he was a sailor. Now the boy hnd never met a real mariner in his life, but he had seen many pictures of them and he was right in his conjecture. "Who are you?"' asked the young adventurer, arousing himself and sitting up "I'm a jolly tnr, my lad, and bound away on a long cruise; but who might you he?" "It matters not what I am," replied the boy, "but I will tell you what I am coinc to be. and that is a sailor." ' Say you so, my hearty? Then you've fallen in with just the right kind of a craft to ciuise with. Come with me, and I'll soon have you stowed away in as tine a ship as ever spread canvass." Reuben was delighted at his good fortune in so fjuickly finding an opportunity to carry out his thus far ill-matured plans, and springing to his feet he swung his bundle over his shoulder and said 'I am ready. Let us go, for I am impatient to be away on the deep, blue sea. "Avast there, shipmate, avast," exclaimed the sailor. "Never start on a cruise without first tiking a good departure." So he seated himself on a log, and pioducing some food out of a bundle, which lie also carried, he gave some to the boy, and the balance he ate him - ! am uie no sen (boatswain) ot tbo ship Fiery Dragon," said the inan, between mouthfuls. "She is bound away to China. You shall go in her." Reuben thanked his companion, and when they finished their repast they continued their journey along the road. The distance to the sea port seemed to he very short, for the boatswain entertained the boy with strange tales ot the sea and his adventures in foreign lands, which turned the lad's head, and before he realized it he found himself upon a long wharf, beside a large ship, that was all ready to sail. "Here we are, my merry master," exclaimed the boatswain, slapping Reuben on the shoulder, with a force which the boy thought wholly uncalled for. "Here we are, I say, my jolly young tar, jump aboard, lively ! Don't you see the lines are about to be cast off} One I the lad by the arm and hurried him up the gang plank, but the grip of the ^wijT^ilailor was bo firm that it brought tears 5(b) Reuben's eyes whioh, however, the farmer's son was careful to conceal. When they reached the deck, the boatswain left Reuben standing by himself. with his bundle still over his shoo!der, while he walked aft to speak to the captain, who was on the <]uarter deck. Then the boy heard the latter *'Ay, ay, bo'sen, right you are. Make H S sailor of him, for good. American sea men are altogether to scarce!" I Reuben felt pleased at this, and al fact, detested labor of any kind; he was l _i: t > : - i wmui mm uisooeuienr, ana was a sore trial to the entire household. If the lad was sect to drive the cows to pasture, he would leave them to wander away by themselves, uncared-for, while he went to chase butterflies, or i^? a'Tfill-"1 "f *u~ 1 ??w in hand,trying to catch the spotted trout which darted hither and thither in the babbling stream. Very fond of reading was the boy, but he cared nothing for books that were instructive, he rather chose those containing tales of adventure, which, it must be said, lie devoured ravenously, until he began to long to become a fierce buccaneer, or an Indian sfaver of the plains. One day his father called Reuben to bis side, and said : "My son, I wish you would take the brown mare ami put those two sacks of corn,that are in the barn upon her back, ami drive to Neighbor Oriswold, the miller. If you do not tarry on the road, you can easily get there and hack before milking time." This did not at all please the youth, for he wanted to get away by himself and play; however, he dared not openly disobey his father, so he reluctantly started for the mill with the marc and the two sacks of corn. But first he stole up into the little attic-chamber which was occupied by himself and two brothers, and tak in(J a uilloiv.cssi* fmm r.?,l V.? thrust into it a few articles of clothing, and then hastened down again without being observed by any member of this busy household. "I shall leave the old farm," he said, "and no one in this village shall know where I have gone until I return a rich man." The lad drove the mare straight to the mill, and tying her to a tree before Neighbor Griswold's door, he told the miller that his father would come for her soon. Then the boy hurried along the country road toward the nearest sea-port. Several mile3 he traveled, until at length feeling tired, he turned aside and lay down beneath the spreading branches of ? chestnut tree, and placing his bun ready thought himself a personage of some consequence. Boon the ship bogan to more slowly and majestically away from the wharf, and, as one after another of her snowy "sails were spread, sho bent gracefully to the breeze, and seemed to fly away from the land, until in a short time nothing could be seen but the sea, the sky, and a few birds, which circled Wbrrre the tapering mast. , Now it was that Reuben felt somewhat tfiddj, and seated himself on the main hatch, leit he should fall. P.pm? .. ,tiil - ?*wu u vjuvvi *iv? vaiu^ iltllC U1SD came along the deck, and, pausing in frout of the farmer's lad, laughed as he noted the weebegone ex pression of the boy's face. ' Who are you?" asked the run-awav, and why do you make merry at my expense?" "My name is Sea-sick," was the reply, "and I have beeu sent to wrestle with you." "Oh, go away, please," groaned Reuben. "Your presence makes rne feel bad." "Nevertheless, you must have a friendly bout with me," answered the strange, ungainly appearing creature, a? he grasped the youth about the waist, and, assisted by a heavy lurch of tbo vessel, rolled him on to the deck. "Hullo! How now?" called the boatswain, as he saw his protege lying in the lee-scuppers. "Up, up. my son. von can never be a sailor until you succeed in throwiug this chap overboard, llut, hold on, I'll send one of your shipmates to lend you a hand, for I think it is high time that you became acquainted with hiui." The boy was fecliug so utterly miserable in the firm grasp of his relentless antagonist, that he could scarcely open his eyes to see who it was that was goi ng to assist him in overcoming his enemy. All at once, with a whack, another member of the ship's company landed upon his shoulders. "Whut, what'" gasped the lad as he 'elt the pain, "this is no way to help a poor fellow. But may be you mistake my back for that of this villaiu Seasick." "Not a bit of it, my lad," was the reply, in n sharp, squeaky voice. "My name is Hopes-end, and most always I am obliged to help young chaps like you in mastering our disagreeable companion here." This time Ropes-end, who was very supple of body, wound himself about Reuben's limbs, nnd, wherever he touched the nsvice, it cause I great welts to rise upon his tender flesh, producing extreme agony. The farmer's son, however, was not wholly destitute of courage, and, strongly resentiog the assistance of Ropes-end, he staggered to his feet, nnd, grasping his first persecutor in a strong clutch, ho began slowly to over power him. "I am conquered! 1 am couquercd!"' called SeA sick. "Now throw me overboard ami I shall never trouble you ngaiu. Fear not of committing murder, for I shall he all right soon, and be ready to visit the next ship that leaves nnrK1' r * Thus encouraged ftud feeling his strength gradually returning, as the grasp of his foe weakened, Iteuben lifted his persecutor to the rail of the vessel his limbs and he heard the grutl voice of the boatswain exclaim: "Well done, my jolly manner, well done. We'll soon make a sai'orof you." "Oh, I wish I were home again," groaned Reuben. "Tut, tut," rejoined the weatherbeaten son of Neptune. "The voyage is scarcely begun yet. You've only met two of the crew. Come forward, and I'll introduce you to some of the rest of your shipmates." Iteuben staggered after the burly boatswain, but at nearly every step the frisky little Rope's end renewed his antics. 'f wish you'd send that, fellow away," said the boy. "He hurts me." "Oh, you'll soon get used to him, for he is one of those chaps that, as they say ou board a vessel, "is in everybody's mess and nobody's watch!1 " Just then the man stopped and opened the door of a large closet, or as he called it, locker. "Come out here. Slush-bucket I want you," and obeying the order a curious little chap presente i himself. His body much resembled a paint-keg while h6 iottered insecurely about on his pindling and attenuated legs. "Here you are, embrace your new shipmate," said the boatswain. Thus bidden, Slush-bucket sprang up, wound his wiry arms about the boy's neck and pressed his greasy side closely to the youth's jacket. "Oh, what a vile smell," thought Reuben, and for a moment he imagined ho detected the face of Sea-sick leering at him over the bulwarks. "Now, then, my son, you and Slushbucket, here, will be daily companions for some time, and you will have to make many trips aloft with him, so you'd better start at once. Put your band into Ins mouth, lie won't bite yon, and when vop.uct ,un to tiiarmo>Cui:iAt. .;.aU wm of the "stick." Mind you don't get any on the forward portion." "No, see that you do not," spoke up Rope's-end, "for if you leave any grease there I shall have to embrace you again when you come down on deck." Then ns though to hurry the bewildered lad unon his mission, the ovei ready assistant of the boatswain tapped him none too gently on the shoulders, and Reuben climbed into the rigging. Slowly he worked bis way up over tlio rat-lines, and when lie came to the top he paused. The boy fearcel to crawl out over the landing anil essayed to pass up through the lubber hole. "Avast, there, avastI" he heard the boatswain call, "you'll never be a sailor if you commence that way." And with a groan, at great risk of falling, encumbered as I10 was with his obnoxious companion Slu?hbuokef, tlio In/) /irnnf ? U - l , ..... v?-i'v ?"*" k?p wncra ne was WwW W pW m wmm mm will after the unwonted exertion. Looking down from his di/.sy height, the boy could see old Hen Hick dancing. and skipping on the wave*, and ever and anon threatening to come and renew the tutsle. Reuben, however, persevered, and finally ended his first interview with Slush bucket, reaching the deck soiled, ! greasy and weary, but victorious. "Well done again," said the boatswain, approvingly. "Haven't we a jolly crew? And you haven't met half of them yet." "Oh, please sir," said Reuben, "let me go and lie down, F am very tired." "Tired! What? And you want to he /V > a sailor f No, indeed, that would never do. Bailor* hare no right to be tirad. Come aft here, you must learn how to steer, or you'll never become a captain. The boy dragged his tired limbs toward the stern of the ship, where he saw a roan turning a wheel back and forth, in what seemed to him, a roost aimless sort of manner. The helmsman pointed Iptp the bin- | nacle where }he m and ff "ThV -rr 7 points, each with a different name, and vou must learn every one of the.n." "Oh, I can never do that," laltered Reuben. "Yes, indeed you can," squeaked Rope's-end, who seemed to be ever at the boy's side, "and that too before you go to bed." Now this w as a difficult task for the youth, and he was obliged to request his shipmate at the wheel to repeat them to him over and over again. But the man spoke so rapidly that had he been talking Choctaw, his words would have been fully as intelligible to the boy. As the sun began to sink to rest in its watery cradle. Reuben's thoughts for the hundreth time in thnt long, long day tlew homeward. In his mind's eve ho could seo his two brother's driving the lowing cattle up from the pastures for the milking. His mother, tie knew, wm ready witU--W. bright, shining pans to -set the: creamswhile his father, ho fancied, wh3 taking his way to Neighbor Griswold's the miller. in search of his disobedient son, and the brown mare, with the two sacks of meal. Tears filled his eyes, and chased each other rapidly down over his pallid cheeks. The boatswain, who happened along just at that moment, for a wonder seemed a little touched at the evident distress of the lad. and as he really did not have a bad heart, he refrained from calling into requisition his invariable companion, Rope's-end. He told Reuben that ho might go to the galley and get something to eat, and then seek his bunk for a few hours. Tho youth was glad of this permission, and hastened in search of his supper, but, oh! what a meal. There was none of tho sweet golden butter, light warm biscuit, and bits of cake that usually gracea me taoie ot toe tnrmiiouse. Instead, he received a piece of fat salt pork and two crackers, so hard, that a\? (hough his teeth were sharp and strong, :hey failed to make any impression upon iheru, and our little "run away" crawled nto his narrow hunk, tired, homesick ind hungry. Yet though very weary, he could not deep, for the faces ol his dear parents ind brothers rose ever before him, while *,he smoke which circled up from thr little oil lamp swinging in the forecastle rlmost suffocated him. "Ah, if I were only home," he wouid ;roan, but not loud enough to be heard ov any one who might be near. Suddenly there was a great sensation 3a deck, then followed a loud, crashing aoiee, and Kcuben felt something strike him as though a bea n had fallen and the water rushed in upon his face. With a shriek, for he thought the lide of the vessel had been crushed in 1 $NPVLPU ais feet, to find what? I will tell you, dear reader. Reuben i found himself beneath a chestnut tree, a iiranch of which had fallen and struck him while he slept! Then he realized that a terrific storm was raging, and that the noise of a collision, was a heavy hurst of thunder, while the waters of the ocean, which had joshed into his face, proved to bo naught but tho large rain drops, which were falling from a black cloud that was Hurrying across the sky. Bewildered and dazed, the boy looked tround. "Is it possible," he exclaimed, "that f am not on board of a ship? Oh, how thankful I am!" Quickly picking up Ul&vJUfttUfb Reuoeu sprang however, his face was not the seacoast, but his rapid footsteps were making him in the direction of Neighbor Qriswold. When the lad reached the mill the sun was just disappearing behind tho trees to the westward. < The old marc was found where she had been tethered, with the meal already upon her back. The young adventurer i did not tarry to answer any questions of the miller, but pushed on for home. As he arrived, he found his father just starting out in search of him. "Where have you been, my son?" asked the farmer anxiously. "I have been a long way beyond the mill, father, while Neighbor Griswold was grinding the corn. "Oh, Reuben, when will you learn to obey the dictates of your conscience; i which ratMt tell you when you are doing i wrong 1" icbsoii from this time forward you shall not have occasion to reprimand me," an? swered the boy soberly. ? i Reuben kept his word. He worked i faithfully upon the farm, was obedient to his father and mother, and kind and considerate to his brothers, but it > was several years before any one knew why the farmer's son had not become a sailor.? Yankee Mule. iro ueer KTer ucepf In most species of fleer,a hollow which is known to scientists as the lach ytnal sinus, or tear-pit, is found. It is a cavity beneath each eye, capable of being opened at pleasure, in which a waxy substance of a peculiar, disagreeable odor is secreted. This pit is sometimes very small, but often of considerable size. Poets speak of the deer weeping, but it has not been shown this is not by poetic license solely. In the caso of the -fconcflM Stag, VhlA the contemplative Jacques watched and moralized upon, it ia said: The big round tear* Coursed one another down his innocent nose ! In piteous chase. | But this is Shakespeare's poetical interpretation of the appearance presented by the motion of the glistening edges of the folds of skin which enclose the socalled "tear-pits." These cavities afc very marked in species of deer found in Asia and the islands of the Indian Ocean, an., in the common fleer of America ana | Europe. In some varieties in South Am erica and Northern Asia they are lesfdft eloped.?St. Lou it llepublic. liung on lines or^spread out'on drying floors to dry in the sun. When dried', they are dipped in hot lye, to whioh has , been added a little olive oil and salt. \ After dipping the fruit is spread out on I wicker work to drain and dry still more, \ after which the raisins are stripped from the stalks and packed in boxes. But all tho grapes from which raisins are made are different from any of our native species and varieties, none of which will answer for raisins, as their pulp is not Arm and hard enough, aud when we undertake to dry them there is little left but skin and seeds. A good laisin grape must havo a fleih of a Arm consistency, somewhat like that of a good plume or prune, ns the imported article is called. The raisins of California are mado from the European varietiee of the grspo and not from any of the American species. Raisin grapes will not thare i* Pennsyl. vania uolesuatsed uoftn|W!| against X'ttc Tork Sun. .MM Appetite Tor Breakfast. Breakfast is rather a failuro as a meal with town mnn That Amrht. not to ho There is something wrong when a man is not vigorously hungry in' the morning. Where is the fault? It is'in the late dinners? Not in the dinner, probably, as much as in what is drunk at dinner; in that and in the nervous strain of the times. It does not nuttier whether we dine in the middle of the day or in the evening, so long as we dine judiciously. But the man who has much work to do, and particularly brainwork, cannot dine in the middle of the day. If he does, he must make up his mind to lose at least an hour of his most valuable time. A light luncheon at midday, with no stimulant stronger than a cup of coffee or a bottle of ginger ale, is the suitable tbiog. Bufr tfojs mi)at ojlpll, accoupt be used as a sutietnutcTor dinner'. *Ue who-" lunches in this way at middaf must dine in the evening, and dine well. The business man should dine at 6:30 o'clock, or at least 7:30 o'clock. -The lazy man may dine when he likes. - The man who has earned his dinner should have a good one?not heavy, but nutritious; not too elaborate, but well selected and well cooked. Dinner should bo the Iftst meal of the day, except for those whb cannot sleep without a little food in iiieir stomachs. These may take a cup of cocoa, with a little thin bread and butter, just at the moment of going to bedl 11 attention be paid to these suggestions very few people will fail to be hungry at breakfast. ?Hospital. Courts of <hncjU)iation. of W years in Denmark have' worked to a charm and are well worthy of imitation everywhere, and especially in this country, where all of our courts are crowded to repletion with business. These are not courts of arbitration, but are conducted on this plan: latere is one judge and two assistants, noni of whom are professionals, but are tipen from among citizens the same as wf take jurors, by consent of all parties. aiRvery case to be acted on must bo brought before theso courts of conciliation -before it can be taken into a regular court of law. The plaintiff comes without connsel, none being allowed on either side, and states his case plainly, and the dAfeadant is summoned to anDear on a fcertaln dav. either Iin person or by prOtt, otherwise he is finod if the case hamlto lie taken to a I Jftwwwt, Then party is heard and gVrW^ldvice or suggeitions. The parties are not obliged to talje this, but if they do, and agree to setttt, the judgment is without appeal and /final.?Acu ' York Dispatch. j His Height Saved lllm. P. M. Search, Superintendent of the Public Schools of Sidney, Ohio, stands six feet and seven inches in his stockings. "I am pretty tall,*' said he, "but I am glad of it. I owe my fife to the fact that t am taller than the average man. If I had been of your height 1 would have been in my grave long ago. That may sound queer, hut it is a fact. A few years ago I spent a sho;t vacation visiting a friend in New York State. He is a Erominent man intho little town in which e lives, and owns a large ^grain elevator and a flouring mill. . the lattdB^n^ 1& togfc from the elevate# bin In the second story of the nflnr The grain is then drawn from the bet16m of tho bin into the machinery below to be ground into flour. Wo were atendiug above this bin on some timber, when suddenly ono of them gave way and I fell into tho wheat. Instantly I was drawn downward. Tho pressuro was so strong that I could not extricate myself. "It was awful. I sank slowly, tut surely. Tn spite of every effort the grain crept up to my kncea, my waist, and it seemed as if a whole legion of devils were tugging at my feet. My friend was terror stricken, and bis attempts to pall ine out were fruitless. At last in desperation I cried out* 'For God's sake atop the mill! Shut off the power, or I'll be a dead man in thirty seconds!' "Like a flash my companion darted to tho stairway ar.d rusl led belo^r It | | seemed an age to mo. ^ ! there camoff^^lPTnc^baftmchinery stopped. It required ^- jjj?ter of an i ! hour to dig me out of thtt^Bn, nod if I ' I had been six feet fail I iftwgghavo been I i corpse long beforo M^yould hare While tearing dowh jHwtad* of an old house in the yftfifl^^Ef DeutschRedingen, near tho X*U|jBv&urK boundary, the workmen fnuusIB# feorpses of German officer and a pifjSe, in full uniform. The bodies were Snderfully wr" preferred, it is sup|miflLth*t the men were murdered during tHRKranco-Prus THE LABOR WORLD. Nevada has Chinese miners. ql Ohio miners want nine hoars. Rt Bonn Chicago tunnel diggers earn f2.75 a .. dev. ' r Home Boston sweaters pay sixteen cents a ' day. |? New York lias an Italian shoemakers' fa onion. , dt Kir West, Fla., has 4000 Idle cigar- la JKjB^iKSTER boss tailors were indioted for A Boston anion will ran a co-operative J*.hat and cap factory. ? Cigars made by Chinese In San Francisco M are labeled "Key West." I Nkw York brickhaudlers will leave the Federation and join the K. of L. An Omaha contractor on city work has p Ux>cn ordered to employ union hands. \ A national convention of textile workers f Will be held at Fall Kiver on August 3. 18 \ The royal arsenal at Spandau in Prussia wcently discharged a thousand laborers. p< yVoMEN are employed as hod-carriers in fa AVstria at wages of twenty cents per day. jj oke than 130,000 married women are em- 0I plied in shops and factories in Germany, m Savannah (Ga.) lumbar mills have shut , dowl on account of South American trou- 8E blesj P Aierican laborers in Central and South America are starving and idle. They get thirtr-flve cents a day. ^ The coal companies at May berry, W. Va., have denied their miners the right to post, up notices or their meetings, but they {? hold tbetn Just the same. . oi "The proprietors of Villery's iron works at JjJ aaytouatwB, Usrinaay, presented a baudsome money beans to their 6SOO employes <i 2$ Ihal^JubilAe celebration. T-* :s c "t The full returns of the recent elections in d -Australia give twenty-six representatives in Parliament to organized labor. The political J, movement in Australia is not quite one year o!d. Thekk aro 8100 meu now employed by tho Cramps, of Philadelphia, ana the weekly is pay roll averages 130,000. In a few months this force will be increased to twice its present proportions, in order to work the yard j to its tull capacity on the four large naval vessels now being hnllt c NEWSY ULEANISaS. i Kiianck has 1,000,000 Socialists. * Chicago has tweuty-uine parks. t Thk Dutch Cabinet has resigued. , Kansas has 73,000 Allianco farmers. There are 350 cotton mills ia tho South. ^ Mexico is on the verge of another revolu- i: tiou. I) Philadelphia has twenty-six million aires. r The new copyright law went into foru<> r! July 1. UHA8SHOPPERS are numerous in Worth "^ahnasb . * ' Ho far tbiB year 1639 milee of railroad have 1 been laid. ? A railroad is to be built to supplement ^ the Suez Canal. China again refuses to receive ex-Sena tor t Blair as Minister. t Thk diphtheria is raging among the Call- c fornia Navajoes. 1 Minister Frederick Douolass has returnei from Qayti. h The Indian troubles In Arizona hare been suppressed by troops. I Or 10,757 (arms in Utah, 9794 are made J fertile by irrigation. A kink lithia spring has been discoverer near Wytneville, Va. Growers of early fruit in California th:? year reaped a bonanza. Italy has two now stool protected cruisers, named thoEtruria aud (Jtnbria. New Orleans' artesian wolls are, fro n souie unknown cause, rapidly drying up. The population of Chinatown in Han Francisco has fallen nearly 5000 in the last The assessed vafue of real estate In Boston for the current year will sliuw an incrjasjul bout #30,000,000. - Unfinished Hirers. A river, in the proper conception of the word, might be defined as a stream formed by tbc confluence of numerous little rills, and directly or indirectly carrying its waters to the sea, but quite a number of watercourses of both hemiiphercs make an exception from the general rule. On the south slope of the Atlas Range not less than forty goodsized streams arc wholly lost in the sand, nod Southern California has at least five rivers, some of them as large ns the James at Lynchburg, which fail to reach j the ocean in midsummer.?Ncio York Voice. ? ?? underground river has nrtcoverod in tho southern part of Pettis County, Mo. The stream is known to be twcnty-tlve feet in deptb, and the top of the water is twenty-six feet below the surface of the earth. The river was ' discovered by a farmer, J. H. Miller, 1 who has for years resided eighteen miles southeast of Sedalia. For a long time 1 past the members of Mr. Miller's family have heard at intervals queer rumblings as of an earthquake, or approaching storm. That afternoon a roaring, crashing noise from the orchard, near the house, brought the members of the family to the spot in a body, and the mystery was explained. The land in the vicinity of Mr. Miller's piace is comparatively level, and in tho orchard a great hole, over sixteen feet in diameter, was visible. The earth had caved in and tho space is constantly growing larger. A smoke-house that stood near hnd to be moved to prevent it falling into tho river. Measurements were taken, and it to be fifty-one feet from the lOp Or Vliv ytrmm tfr * */ Vn swm wfc, L . water. How wide the river is cannot bo told. Several years ago an attempt was made to drill a well closo by, and, after reaching a certain depth, the tools were lost. It was supposed a pocket had been struck, and the work was stopped.?St. Louis Republic. It seems thnt the (!hine?o preserved finger of commerce is riot ginger at all. The director of the botanical gardens at Hong Kong has succeeded in obtaining the flower of the plant used and has identified it as the Alpinta Oalanga. Though' not ginger, it is very nice. ; Good as Gold So anthuaUatio are thouiand* of people over tbe NofJI* derived from Hood'* Haraapartlla, that ih*jr ran hardly And worda to expreet Ihelr conflderee In and (nlltudt for thta medicine. "Worth IU weight In gold" la a favorite expreaaton of Uinee warm friend*. H yow ara m need of a good medicine to pnrtfy pxtrHood, build np yoor atrength. ouredyapep la, or areata an appetite, try Hood'a Sarmapartita. ^ KB. Be rare to got Hood's 8arsaparilla fold by all drttfgMa glials for gv Prepared > ily 1*0. L HOOD ft CO., Lowell, Kara , IOO Dosos One Dollar Mil COLLEGE IU new bttlldlng* September I, 1801. A College ?f Phlloeophy and ArU; A Holloa* of Commerce: A College of the Science*; A Divinity School; A School of Technology; A Law School; A School of PotlUcal Science; * Medical School, int rog CATAI.OOOK TO JOHN Y. URoWKI.li, A. B. Prealdent, Trinity Cvlley? P. O., N. O. Trinity High School (Preparatory) In Randolph county, open ii|?it I, TThon Do Frulls Grow? A German man of science (Dr. Krauss f llolle) has been making some studies nong fruit trees. no sajs that they ccp during tho day, and do their growg by night. The fruit of the cherry/ r an example, increased nine times ai st in size during -the night as in the ly. Apples, however, are not quite so ly during tho day, for their rato of rowth was found to be eighty per cent, iring the night Ind twenty per cent, rday; that Is to say, they grow four mee as much by night as by day.?SI ouis Republic. An Important Invention. Four experienced miners of Morrcll, enn., have invented and applied for a itent for a new safety mining lamp that said to be even better than any now l use. It cannot be opened for the pur>se of allowing miners to take a light ir their pipes. Another superior qualy of the lamp is that it will discover gas te and one-half inches thick on the ine roof, while other lamps will only low gas when it is much thicker.? hiladslphia Record. Catarrh Can't be Cared '1th local applications, as they cannot reach ic scat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or institutional disease, and in order to cure it in have to take interna) remedies. Hall's Cairrh Core is taken internally.and acts directly i the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Gairrh Cure is no qnack medicine. It was pre rlbod by one of the hest physicians in this juntry for years, and is a regular prescripoo..-Jt Je composed of the best tonics known, jmtrlnen with the hest blood pnrlliers, acting ireotly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect unblnation of the two ingredients is what reduces such wonderful results in curing cairrli. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo. O. Sold by druggist!!, price 78c. i Ir you would he correct. In pronouncing laniioha accent the last syllable. To Dispel Colds, 'leadschcs and Fevers, to cleanse the systcw ffectually, yet gently, when coetiveor bilious, ir when tho blood Is Impure or sluggish, to lermancntly cure habitual constipation, to iwakcn tho kidneys and liver to a healthy aoivlty, without Irritating or weakening them, iBe Syrup of Figs. A marrying craze is reported to have rokcu out among the school teachers of letroit, Mioh., and over half of them are to e wedded during the summer. _ Malaria cared and eradicated from the rstera by Brown's Iron Bitters, which enIches the blood, tonee the nerves, aids dig as Ion. Aots like a charm on persons In general 1 health, giving new enurgr and strength. ATStKrw Or tree, measuring Til feet In sngth and fifty-four inobes in diameter, has ilready been started towards the World's fair^ having been shipped from Seattle, o asninsrton. Brown's Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Maaria, Blllousnoan and General Debility. Gives strength, aides Digestion, tones the nerves? ireaiea appeiito. The best tonio (or Nursing doihers, weak women and children. Kansas City Is promised Ice at live cents a inndred, as a result of competition. FITS stopped free by Dn. Rune's GrBat s'fjive Ukhtohku. No ilts after first day's use. darvelous cures. Treatiso and 82 trial bottle ree. Dr. Kline, 031 Arch St., Phila.. Pa. Nothing Els< We have volumes of evidt is the only permanei Blood I suffered for five ye~rs with tho | worst form of blood poison, during which timo I was attended by the best phy- 1"^F sicians I could find, and <2 T tried numbers of proprie- __ tary medicines without CO any beneficial results. I continued to grow worse It as near inf all this timo, until my _ whole system wis do- ^ stroyed by the vile dis- In (ha cure of ease, my tongue and mmm throat having great holes caused by it | | THE SWIFT 8PE "August i Flower" The Hon. J. W. Fennimore is the Sheriff of Kent Co., Del., and lives at Dover, the County Seat and Capital of the State. iMie sheriff is a gentleman fifty-nine years of age, and this is what he says : "I have " used your August Flower for sev" eral years in my family and for my "own use, and found it does me '' more good than auy other remedy. " I have been troubled with what I " call Sick Headache. A pain comes " in the back part of my head first, " and thou soon a getieral headache "until 1 become sick and vomit. " At times, too, I have a fullness " after eating, a pressure after eating " at the pit of the stomach, and " sourness, when food seemed to rise '' up in my throat and mouth. When " I feci this coming on if I take a i? ?*?wgriNc rrowci if ieneves " me, and is the best remedy I have " ever taken for it. For this reason "I take it and recommend it to " others as a great remedy for Dy9"pepsia, &e." ($ G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer, Woodbury, New Jersey, U. S. A. BRYANT & STRAY Hook-Keeping, Shorthand, Teleoraphy, Ako.l Write r oh Catalogue and Pull Inpormatkmi.1i WmPmm - I W? III-?11 oive IT TO rEETHING CHILDREN, IT WILL SkVEJHEM LIVES. lON'T let your dractfat WMNkui ?trmade yaa that Maetklii tlx will da as atlli far It WON'T. whb ' pu SO"8 K KM ED Y PGR CAT A BB 1 Cheapest. Relief Is ImrrxxllJ BH| Colt! in tlie Head It has no equal. %X25S? 1SN&&2 nostril#. I ric#t llOc. SoM Dy uru#| FWpMyiv^'' ' ' y?& "* MM? ]>* ' j. 4 . V-- > ^ y,'.- *:?&,. Safes &.. ji * T 1 iH J Stamped out ?blood-poisons of every name and nature, by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It's a medicine that starts from the beginning. It rouses every organ into healthy action, purifies and enriches the blood, and through it cleanses and renews tho whole system. All Blood, Skin, and Scalp Diseases, from a common blotch or eruption to tho worst Scrofula, are cured by it. For Tetter, Saltrheum, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Soro Eyes, Goitre or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands, Tumors, and Swellings, it's an unequaled remedy. Don't think it's like the sarsaparillas. They claim to be good for the blood in March, April, and May. " Golden Medical Discovery " works equally well at all seasons. And it not only claims to do good?it guarantees it. If it doesn't benefit or cure, in every case, you have f v your money back. Yoti pay only for tho good you Ret DONALD KENNEDY Of Roxbury, Mass., says j| Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures Horrid Old Bores, DeepSeated Ulcers of 40 years' standing, Inward Tumors, aritf""~'^r~"" * every disease of the skin, ex aopt Thunder Humor, and Cancer that has taken root. i rice, |1.50. 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