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tfWATU or uaio, crrr or ivuno,? M _ Lucas Count*. f Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be ia the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney A Co., doing buelneee lu the City of Toledo, County and Htate aforesaid, and (bat said firm will pay the sum of |100 for each and every case of catarrh that cannot he cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Fhank J. Cnissr. Sworn to before me and subscribed in mr presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., 188s. A. W. Utxuoii. 'rv-' Notary PulAic. Hall's Catarrh Curs Is taken Internally and acta directly on the blood aud mucous surfaces of the by stem. Send for testimonials, free. F. ?1. Chenst a Co., Toledo, O. ~ rwsdWffyold by Druggists, 7ftc. ' Fortt-?i?ht stags oosohss carrying the United States maU were hald up la this country last year. "Brown's Bronchial Taocun" are widely 1 known as an adm'rable reinedv tor Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Coughs and Throat troubles. Sold only in bote. i Fort y-onk sleetrlo light plants have l>esn \ established In the Mouth during the past three month*. ^ Hlx llallftfa in < hli-ngn. The Cincinnati, iluniiltim mid Itnytoti H. It, , announce * reduction wf tic* fare Ix-t ween Cincinnati nuil ('hlcngo to six liillurx. 'I'lils rule is now In effect, and iii purchasing ticket* to the World's Fair City sec that tliey read via tin- ( H. & I)., the Pullman Safety V eat 1 bit led ' inc. with Dining (ta. _ [ The Massachusetts State Board of Agrleulture report* the abandoned farms of that State to botfOt). Brown's Iron Hitters euros Dyspepsia, Malaria, Hillousnes* and tlennial Itebl Ity. Olvee Strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves? create*appetite. The bent tonic tor Nursing Mothers, weak women and children. i tr von would be correct In pronouncing , Manitoba accent tho last syllable. ' FITS stopped free by I)a Kt.ias's Owat Nkiivk Hbmtohbii. No (Its after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottle free. Dr. Kilne. Wi Aroii bU. PhBa.. Pa. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thorn i>. eon's Kye-wutor.Druggists sell at 25c.pel bottle ''*? ' ^ I of I'rov (Innw, U. 1. I Widely known us proprietor of DerrvV, Waterproof Hiiruesi (til, tolls of Iiik terriMe MifTerinuN from Koz'snu uivl his nnv l?y HOOD'S Sarsaparilla "Qclitlcnii'ii. l-'lfli-f i ) tot, iik" tint tin atlm-k of Infliiiniiititiii v rlii'ion illsin. |<>l|ii\v,<l ! > Salt Rheum l>ri*ftkliiK mit ??i? my rift la f In t. Tim humor *|iri?n?l all owr my Ii^h, Imrk <in*I arm*, n final nni** ol norm, Mttollrfi iiii?I llclilu : r lily, rati Iiik Inlriisr ftuln If llir nUIII was I*r? k? n In x i -ilt 'iln* and illi rhatKliiK rotlMlllllly. II !s liii|Nmslhlr to ili'Mrillir mv f-l ynu'h of iini?iiy ii ml tnriiirr. I h|h*i?I Thousands of Dollars In flit ill* cmirlM to K?*t wit. ami wn "i** "to mi<l ready to die. At tills t mm* I wa* irinhk to Ik* down III Ihh|, Iifi<I to nit tip nil tin* liiiM*. Mid u w* j nimble lo tviilk without i i-melie*. 1 ,,i"' lo IrmWi.iTHtr ;rmr.-r r puilll.i. I Ikvoii Ii> I iKIiik ' ' n J??Mnifnl Vy I Stomach Was All Out of Order Hut the iti?*dkino soon ?oii?Mtf<| thi- nn?l in U'eekn I ???u!d M*?* n ? liaiusi* In ih?? i oitdlltoti of Hi** * humor whlfh neurit rovond m\ ho lt It tt at I <lr veil to tin* surt.ni* lit tin- ' at .?|?ai ill.i tlic toi i*n noon healed. niul Hi * tV- I II oil I tt u ooii j lilde to i It ? up h i in I mr* air I ? t ti tin - . nil* I : liil|i|?\ ' III.in I tvn* I hud h ? ii t.ik iK' llo. .1 . s:ii* i|t nilla j * for sot nit lit 'lilhv .Hid -liti ? lit.it flim, ' m iii I | lint e tvii ii titi I !? 111. i t wh.h-tii it ii-1 v 11 \ li riml 1 m iiis art* * "tin i im?l tt t u The Delight Of lll> Holf fin*I ?l ?* ill lll> II 1*1 it 1*1'\ II I* llll|lOftsUllf to toll. To nil iii> luisiites* irlrtulN In Vto*!?ui ami o\ er tlie roinitiI i*i't tintnt'inl Hood's Sarsaparilia from personal oxperlenep." s. u, I>kri<y. i% Itrnd ford Street. I'rovldenee. I< I If vou nrf* ItllliMin lake lined'* I'lll*. ^MOTHEiRSi j' FRIEND" ! Tn Yftiino !! Makes Child Birth Easy ; J Shortens Labor, J Lessens Pain, | | Endorsed by the Leading Phyiiclana. ? ' Poole to " Mothers" malltut FltFK. J m BRADFIELO REGULATOR CO. | ! ! ATLANTA, OA. 1 ; : SOLO BY ALL. DKUOOISTS. 2 ! MMeMeeaeaMMaaMaaaMaaaaaii A Sample Cake of Soap ami 121 i m?\M ?nita?B3^?,'al,'<l ioc.; i?"o ^h?|IRS 111 i k>> Plf i Y%'m i - I ii< I lit Ink ami IT * p fart*-"'l''1 Si ur-.l'ii,1 iiini'i.'i. 0^P?J^S j' U "inliMirv, , '||||4|i|(,l| l? f oillc* "August Flower" i " I am happy to state to vou and to suffering humanity, that my wife , lias use I your wonderful re nicely, < August Flower, for sick headache ami palpitation of the heart, with -?lisfactory results. For several years she lias been a great .sufferer, has been under the treatment of eminent physicians in this city and Boston, and found little relief. She was induced to try August Flower, which gave itii tiled a itc relief. We cannot say to much for it." I,. C. Frost, Springfield, Mass. or jX K?r W ots we> will ?ewl by nmll ono of " Bour fninoim ICiik mi I Kinbroifl.rlinj Ma I I'hlni'S w lib t Hiy.i-?| m-?-.11.-~ ami pli-tun \ SECURE! i nliiloKiii'or Kiik ami Kiiibr<>ii|.-ry I'ai| iitiim. i AGENTS! s Ki-lall |ir|i-onf Marbliii' $l.l'l. * K. IC OSS & CO.. In, O. IACHTC mob* "ft ??r ft. ?.n I win ?li? f 4HH ruin K tICII I *auuir '-or4?tn.brlU,l>r u>hN?nd mmllqinM I Siuspl* froo. Territory. J7S B'w?y, N. r. A TRIFLE. |?| A kiss he look and a fwck#ard look, '' And her heart grew suddenly lljiht'T,* A I ride, you nay, to color a day. Vet the dull grey morn *?-emed brighter. For heart* are such that a tender touch ^ Ma* banish a look of sadness, A email, bright thing can make tie elng, ,, Lu? atiwwu nui caeca our gladneee. N Hie cheeriest ray along our way cg la the little aot of klndnee*. ,u An I the keenest sting eorue oareleae thing |(( That wee dono in a moment of blin Ineea. w We ran bravely face life in a home where j,, strife tfa No foothold can discover, tud ho lovers still If we only will, 'i hough youth's bright days art; c vor. Mi, ;.h:irp ns swords cut the unkind words fu That are tur b-vond recalling, iVhen a face lies hid 'neuth a coffin lid, iti And Mttsr tears arc I .** 11 i i??r, P" IV?> fain would give tie- lives wo liva eo To undo our nil" seoruiiiK; ''' I h- ii let us not iiiins tho smile in I kiss !?' WLi'li ?c part in tli -li^litof morning. w - Sun Francisco Call. 11 UOlMiK'.S THOUSAND j* in XJV ItOUMtT C. V. MKYIiltS. Ol'EIt went along r?i tIk; street with tlie ev VIL'jf/^R strangest feeling lie \\ P\- ~ ' \irfn ' li't'l ever lia<i in his In ' " ffr lilt'- II'' wondered 01 if "?'?> with large hi Jmi hiiiih of money in 01 their pockets felt M ^ sharp clectiie ?l< ^ < \ J !) <* r " flashed upon n g< jeweler's <1 i s p I a y. '' Willi a -oil of "low, Itoper felt, that he In iiit*lit go int'i tlcit shop iiml huy itny I" me of tli-- "littering things he pleaseil. 01 I'lien lie laughed. Imagine missus with it lluit iliiiinoml istni on 11< i ealieo hreust! In Yet it ne ''I not lie n rilieo h;oa<t. u Ihil no. lie decided, mi-sus would do ivithuiit iimiiomls iiml a silk dro>s. For f* how eniil'l he tell her nhont tlm money? II A hot feeling singed up into his face. ?ti Hut wn.sn't I lie money his ? ei lie couhl reason us well us any walk- <1 ing delegate he had ever heard, and his II reasoning told him the thousand dol- tl lars in his poeket. helouged to him. n I Fn I ii 't lie worked faithfully for Dnyd <fe w Jo. for twenty years? mid hadn't, old tr ftoytl raid tin years hack that Kopcr T hoitld he rciiienihered in his will to the U Imic of ii thousand dolhirrt For why? \\ oil, yoiin^ Tom hud comedown to tlio V wdrirt tin' day old Boyd said that, and h fsilIfii ovi'i hoard and sunk twice. "A thousand to tlio mail who saves him," cried old Boyd, like a yliost. II But Impn was already in the water, ill vim; under a hoat, and had the hoy on al terra lirnia in live minute', niiraeulously ;l cscapiny the eralt that threatened to > ' ran U toil 11 of them under. Old Boyd ' lunched then, unit said the ducking r served I\mii riylil, and would teach him '' to hcliave hiniscll ne\t time, and?(Hi! '' eh' the inward? Well, he would reIiieuihei Ivoper to the amount in his will; H and now everybody yet. to work. Uopcr had always eouuted on the ' thousand dollars, ami it made missus proud, and Muliaaml .Mary Ivlitli sort of lieireves. Old Boyd died a month 11^0, ind missus and tile rjirls and Mar^ uncial t orients tpiifc as though they } ivere relations, ami itoper had yot a doeiii suit of hint k Ironi Isaac Blum, " ouii I the corner, ami trembled every ' lay when In weut down to the ware muse. ai 'In inhltd for notliiti'.;; foi when old 11 Flo\?I s will was opened it was found that via vthiiiy went to (harit v, even I'oiu ' cue cm oil with a lew dollars. '? ll wa l aid on lloj er, l'??i Mother lone-, in the low.a ilil, iia I it on mi .ms ' net iauyiie I ? n the I nr. about people who i \p"i it- | money ami did not. yet it. Mi.- ii , and Melia ami Maiy K litli wane rutin i cool too; and missus tol l him in private now inurli in debt, they were, and '' told il with a soil ol satisfaction. '' Boj'ei eouhl not loryive old Boyd. It Sl was not that he wanted to lie paid for saviny the life of Tout?-perish the !l thoiiyhi But the promise had been 'I .. v.... .....i i... i...,i i.io ..i.i ..... Jiiuy'iT. I " And worse hndcotne; for only last 1 I' week Hadgor, iP|uoscntiiig Co:, had inI'oniR'tl 11im ihat sixU'cii dollars a week h foi a |u>iiii was |in|ui-l?r<>iH, and i that huii-altor it would In* twadvo, and Ihcio Ivor many who would l>t< glad ol I III! |?la?a* for It'll. Ho per liro.idt'd ovtw it , could not oat, i nuul not -i< |. An I o >w hurt' hn had ?. till' tin-maiid dollars in li's pot-hot. l). i roiii.-f it wa > hi-, it old Itoyd ha I mado I -i los will tint iia\ ton uai - ago thon- was t not the i: i Ioa ot ilou'ot hut that a thousand d<*11:11 s would have hot-n ho- ? ijin- it '? ' I o> tin- mail w ho at tin- peril of Itis u\\:i hit- tia I save I thai of Tom. * I'hat tiio will had not been Hindu ton | \i-ai> ago vta-- no fault of Hojioi's, it was x ol-l lloyd'- In1111. No. it was Tom's unit lorn, tin- st tpu.-rarv, win* liad > in atiy niiin- l his latiior, and whoso ill , loin:; ha I sonrod the ohl man against ,, l .. o. . .. .. -.. ...H, any way VII roill't II V I, il \v;is iii> tan 11 i?| |\<?| m r s. Wliil wn> ' y i pill il i<' liiirily ' I > - i ii n.it iii-i'.l it 1 i- iiiui ii a^ i i 'mi rh * inn I ! A church ' 111 1 ! It would toward Ii ii 1 Iina ! . ?i: i . a i lit mi t temple into wit'ch 11 poor ! ,, if ! ! -( would never i:?i to look, said ^ Unpin. t^ueer. tiiat handsomely dressed ' j, i Ji people ?limil I to a beautiful room t , i Mfc'i, ami l-rai about lost sleep | itu! sort of tbino, and feel oo.nl ami -n't- ! It \\w no i \ inly to :eavc money j1 "i sitrli tilings, ami \n o tlir walking h-leyntc O'inl'la't ha\ onii tli.it iptickcr " llian 11? 111 I. l imn- was Com Hoy.I < u' (' IT willi a doll.u or two. Where \\a1 lio i linrity in tin' I lout wold to 'J iio ol.l buy lastei tliau cvci now, tml all tin- time liis father's money w atli I t:'o towards k'i'|iino ti| a baiiiboinr i luiri li. I o n i tl looked " very rocky to-ilay when lie came 'town to ' ilie wharf. Tom would only b" chak there till the en I of the month, then he " would yo West, and Hadjier would be .bid lo shake him. Tom h id looked ipicvr when In- spoke to lb.per t i;> rv'.i ami Krjit hi in till all the r Iiii I one, and commiserated him on liaviu hia waives cut down. t "Ami you weren't, even nav there.- Ii in the will," Iau_;li<- i 'I'o.n. "I w o." | Koprr broke Irom tin* v"';- ! " ai ii lbe door, and Hindi, for hum". When \ i.r: I Cached t lie eoinci, lie joili- i I .-el! . a hiicMicr; he had done sonn-thin > in- it i i j " l done in many years ? lo had leu tin- i I 11so to be lof'ke I ll|> by some on el?e. h i'oui'h stopping liiio and tantali/in" liuu > :l rattled hilii. So lie wen' a i . ' ?' lorn bad not locked ui?, ol couisc; tb" ?' r nf waa empty, the gas burning ia tbe Hco. lloper went to turn it down to a ar, as it war usually left, for the Irene* L of the watchman outside. Hi* band iva on the key of the guv fixture, when t? noticed that the tire-proof waa open, e did not know how to lock it; that ai Tom's function. Dared he leave :z rl*vv ?iiui mat ure-proot openf o; he moil atay he*e till tbe watchman ur.e, at any rate, for there waa money i tbe safe; there it lay?greenbacks?a ttle pile, ilow careless rich people ere with money! There was a paper wide the notes. lie stooped down; is paper said the money was the rent r some of old Boyd's property, and had me too late for the hank to receive it. > this also would go to the church nd. ltopcr picked up the bundle. Ilow rangely valuable these little bits of iper were I He turned over the notes, uniting them. VVhy, there uru just a ousand dollars here, the amount old yd had said lie would leave him in his ill. Was this a posthumous righting of wrong? The cold sweat carnu out on s forehead. He looked round him. o, there was no one there. Tom had :en the last one there?impccuuio.us, temperate Tom, tbe cut off, angry sou. c would swear Tom hnd said good glit to him on the step ?and who had rer known Hundy ltopcr to lie? Melia as delicate, and had an unpaid doctor's II; Mary Kdith'a husband did not get i well, a mere photographer's assistant, id the photographer's shop one of those i wheels; missus owed a good deal, and i<i 111 wanted tiiu money for that suit of l?iok ?ini'l hero his wages were cut ?wn. ills 11ps were pressed tightly to tlmr. Iff; reached >?ud turned down it: gas, then ipiickly liarcd it up to full i'ad, and left tho counting house. Ah is went out he dislodged u newspaper i a chair, then reached down ami placed just as he thought it had been. Then 0 went into the street, leaving the door blocked, as lie had found it. A new reekles-mess came to him; he It like slapping some one ou the back, lo came to the jeweler's shop, and sought of diamonds and missus. He roused the street, and plunge I into a ark narrow way under the cloudy sky. lis head was burning; it wits almost us tough he had been to one of the labor lootings and stood treat to a dozen uien, ho must stand treat in return, fie came 1 the tall house ho called his home, here was Mother .lories iu tba hall with ill. ' Bill," she said, "go get them onions. 7c ain't having money left to up. And urry, for it's going to rain." Ropei laughed, ami told her it was n irge evening, lie went up to the third oor. There was n buzz of voices there, lary I'M it It must have come to spend the Itcrnoon with her mother. There was Iso a good smell; missus always had em tiling nice for supper when Mary id it h emtio. All at once lie heard the no ot a baby. I (estoppel short; he reined to have lived this moment lie me; lie was coaling home, missus \va 111tug supper, and their first child \va uigling nniutelligibilitics in the cradh ? little Buster. Then the foolishness ol he thing struck him, and he threw oper lie door. There was missus at the tire line was Mary KJitli with her baby. "Halloa, pop!" she said. 'That you, Maty K lit-h?" lie said in mi look waihi." " You'd be warm, to >," she retorted, it your eyes wne broiling out of your .....i ? She lull tu i lie I her eyes upon him, i'>| -In' !o ?k< I as though she lul l beeu i \ itit;. Mary Ivhlli was <1 in Hint; the blby. 'core i' i> a sort dI' awkwardness ii thy iMi. itopfi* wiiii a'l'l loo'; lli" r'lihl. "I.ook out tor her lia<vi," cries Miry idit't; "it ain't strong ' " A- it I uevi r na 1 a kill in my arms,' nighed llopci, i itlier boisterously, lirowing tin- child in the air. "Don't, Kopcr," said iiis wife from lie tin ; "she ain't strong. She's han< le I like?" She iliil not tinish tin ontence, luit turned to tin* frying pan, Mary Kdith looked conscious. "Wha de I little (luster, anyway, mother?' ucried she, gently. "Spiuem meningilters," answered he aether, "lie got it oil of the paste oi he hill hoards at the corner. lie wouli lay there. Honor wondered why, in the name o eaveu, they had been talking about lit If Ihister! "Where's Melia?" lie nske I, sharply liallivuit in' with Smith?" "She ain't that kind," said her sister 'and she won't m inn S nith till she cat ;et some n w clothes, she tohl lite, she': ijistairs with Mrs. -loid in. Jim's ilea l :t !a-'t. it's a nieivy, walking like hit." "Vis, In- Jiil go a little lame," ascntiil Koper. "It was loi'oinotfi t'lM-s," vohin-eeie tlary K'lith, vohihii "li's a <pu or na in 01 a disease. Say, mother, 11i-1 hf evol volk in oar shops "Not as I evim hour-1 tell of," an werod mis-us, wa?>, going ovm to tin ahle, niiiioiiiifial that supper wa eiuly. "Won't wc wait loi Mi'lm!" aske?l lary I'Mitii. " M"lia*s ilelie itc," sf-l her mother, ami pities then t tal hi siekness; heides, S nith's -sister's ilehe it Ami she's lore pityin' than evei to .lav because on brought tlii'. Oil, Koper," slu nirst out, "don't you know what daj iiis is?" Koper ha l (lie h?hy in hi- ir n- lookig down 1111-> its lit If fa Mi I In now w?mt day it was? It wa- the day rlien he had a tlioiis.nl dollars m hioekei Mi'sus leal the end in lie and. She eame over to him Thecal, is a pn Uin- o' |i 'ii I ist hoi i, pro uooil irivn ri o; i <| |o.ienootype hi Inry ! '< li'h's li idj.irti. "It's little Ihi-ior's hir iliv," s:ti<i lissus. "llcM of Icon tuo tty-eio'itl tony." Itopor lookel at the tiny faee ^limps n<4 out fto'.n t in; c ml. "I think of lii 11 ovci an 1 over,' iiiss?h was Ljo'ii-j on. "Sometime: viii*ii I'm !>u-" t, I thi'iv of iti*ii; some i tiei when I sen children on t in street t Ititik ot hint. Mow uueer it is?hi vventy eir'ht, anil m<* still thinkin' o lini as a b iliy! lie \va, only throe t >e't you r ?i"iubvr, Kopcr >.v ho u-e I t-? wait up lo on? I'.l lo nut in his pia-ois i l lio u o I to |?ri\ o r it- nl, ami tli i toy. Voit \\ ;i> t'no i?i'?y, Mary Knit t oil most In* | i lor hi- pop, no like, im so. lie <1 o<l hi hi? pop's units ! >ok in' up in his oyos. Don't ynu ro lonito'r, It ?, or? Wo useil f?? ?r,? ti iiurca awhile after that. Wo ttsed ti ' -i ' v" 'I;. take you, Mary Edith?an<l go oak to th< cemetery Duodtja; ?r# put clam-shell all arouud the grave, and flsb-geranium at the head ?d foot. We've never bee able to get a atone." * Roper, la a dated way, thought hoi little Boater should hare a tombstone. 1* -?_.? u m merabetin' it was his birthday?" aake U1LWUI. <? "Oh, don't mention it!" said Mai Edith. "Dick took the photo. He sal be'd never been able, to do much f? you and pop, and be Woe real glad. 1 he only had three hundred dollars, 1 could buy out the nicest little stand." Ilopcr thought, ah, Dick should hat that stand, and Melia should get clothe und marrv Smith. "But, come, let's have supper," tai rairsus. "Melia won't be loog gone now Poor child! she's not so well todai * Smith's sister was sayin' maybe 'lei tricity M help her. Smith's sister wisbc she could take it her own self." Ah, thought lioper, Melia sboul have electricity; so should Smith's siste "I wish you iivcd nearer us, mother, said Mary iSdith. "There's a daisy Mj down there, only it's tnore rent." Ah, thought Roper, they'd take tl daisy Hat. They were eating supjx now, the baby swallowing its lists ou tl lounge. But Roper had -not been abl to say a word about the tombstone, th photographer's stand, the electric treal merit, nor the flat?and in his pocket wi the mouey that might do everything. If bis wife had only^been in one < her tempers ho might have?whi might he have done? Could 1 tell her about the money? Thero tvi no fear iu him, but a strange bewilde uient, like nothing else he had ever e: jiorienced, and shining through it a were two small clear lights?little Bu tor's eyes as they had last looked in his. Why had missus reminded him < that? Why had Mary Edith rcmcmben ?"? rs ? j _s. ,1.. .. o rri., ii was nine nuiiers pirimmji iu< the door opened, and pale Melia cat in. "Poor Mrs. Jordan!" she said. "Shi ( sure Jim*s iu heaven. Everybody's su 'heir dead goes there. Weli, Jim d drink, but he whh kind. The last spoke he asked his mother it she wouldi please excuse him if he'd ever been crt to her. And ho was honest; wouldi take a piu that didn't belong to him." 4 HonestI" criocl her mother. "W ain't honest? I catj say that much f Von ltoper. I've t'?een a little cri with you rarely* I, old ma Sometimes I think things Upsets mo purpose. Don't think of it, Dan, I? t Iiut slio broke down again. "O I)an, it's little Buster. He? May it's because it's his birthday and Ma Edith brought the picture; maybe i because of poor Jim Jordan, but t little fellow seoins so near to me to-da I'm not. cry iu' because bo's dead. Hopi don't think it. 8'poseti he'd lived. Hi ho twouty-eight. Maybe he'd we wrong. I often think of him whou 11 , a reelin' inau in the street, aud when t man's a thief, or the like. It'd a bro my heart if little Buster M turned o I that n-way. Don't think me a foi , ltoper." She had come round to him, and n< positively kissed hli&. The daughtt exchanged glances aud smiled, and we to the baby. T1 ** wity "rinn't. mit about that money you didn t got, dor mind about the lower wages. We'll pi through. Maybe we've been proud ov gettiu' the money. Let's be proud wit out it, for we can hold our heads higl i we're honest, and nobody eau say \ nin't." ruie icic mm auu went 10 cue girts. Roper sat at the table. Honest! Dust knew if he was honest or not. Jiui Jc dan knew, old Boyd knew, all tho de knew. Ouly the living did not. W ' i little Buster shrinking from liiin? Tht was little Buster's picture. He reraei >ered the time thy daguerreotype, tl 1 original of that picture, had been takei It was the Fourth of Jul}', an I he ac ' missus and the baby had gone to seetl parade. I' Missus loved him, his girls loved hir ' nobody had much dtainst him. But 1 was poor, he" had oat. been treated rigk i' and his children needed the assistance ! > would have been abse to atford them hi 1 ho been treated right. And yet?a those pure shining little lights still shi f iug in his eyes, would they fade awi and mver be fouud by him in the liui hereafter? The women were murmuring ov Mary lSdith's sleeping child, talkii ; about the hard times and the sorrow i being poor. s "Poor!" said Roper all at one I " Who's poor? Only the thief's poor." i He glared at them, and missus had 1 word ready foi him, when she happen I to remember tho day. "A thief!" he weut on. "I am , thief!" , i The women were pale. "A thief!" he repeated. "Do yi hear? A thief!" Ifis wife strode over to him ai caught him by tl a arm. "You lieI''s s sternly said. "You are the mau I chc I for a husband; you are the father of n children I" 'i><*i mo go," lie cried, "or it'll lie t woisc for you. I must go down to t wharf, I toll you. I have something to < there. I ? I didn't lock up,and the sao open,and I saw a thousand dollars there j j M issus rail and got his hat. "Go ; : she said, a strange look in her fac ! "GoI If need be, stay thero all nig 1 and watch. Don't come homo till th money's safe. Here! take little Hustei | picture with you?take it, I say. J you hear me? Take it!" Did she suspect the truth? He won I never know. If she guessed at it, s blamed herself and her old Maine him. She hustled him out, stood at t head of the stairs till he had disappeare lie could hardly get his breath. He to through the streets. He reached t wharf. Vnn nunu ll.;.,. l.~ l.~-l ? wj v.?vi j mill- ai IIU UU'l It'll ' Not quite; in the office was a man. lloper sfopped abruptly, angered the sou!?rage for "the possitdc th there, rage as dire :h man ever expe p cured. lie peered through the gl partition lettin upon the office, and ( f hack?the man was young Tom Boi his head down upon his desk there. , I/iunk, thought K >ger. i lie went boldly in. Young T , never moved, llogcr uttered his nan j Then t'nc figure sprang up from the dei ! lie might itopcr by the throat, lint I 1 hand slid away, and he laughed hyst , j ieally. "Sandy," li-a \ y"IV had sneli a -care. W\r- >M \ That's it in y< [> hand! 1 ?? ' id the tire-pr< / if i i open, tad took the money with yon for s safe-keeping. I?" He burst into a a torrent of grief. "Sandy, I'm a scounQ drel. I left that money there for a blind. I meant to take it, and fasten rt the guilt on you. You once saved my life, add to the debt by forgiving a poor ...ctvu nuv r.nt 11 j irum mis night out <j to be? Well, worth what you have twice done for him." He put out his J band, and caught Roper's. Buster's picture was in Roper's hand, and was clasped betwoen the two palms. , "Put the money back into the safe," i? f J T hiu jruuag turn. Then the store was looked, end the two weat outside. Young Tom lighted 6 a cigar. 9 "Good-night," he said, quietly, and the two beparated. But he called to Roper, and came back and shook him by the hand once more; then moved P* rapidly away. Ro|?er stood for a little while looking 'd ufter him in the darkness. Father and sen both to ill-treat him! lie almost d forgot what be bad done. r- Just then ho glauce 1 up to the sky. Two stars looked out from the clouds ** there. Ho thought of Buster's eyes, nud the guilt that bad assailed him, A.nd Tom had said he would henceforth -r try to be worth what he had twice done 11 - for him. He! "Lord help us both," he said, ^ I brokenly^ "youug Torn and me!" i His rough hand tightly clasping the W! little picture, he 6tuiubled on, anxiou< ,ii to Ket to uaissus and his girls. ? Harper'i 51 I ? lit, _ ,ai A TRAIN HELD UP. us r" Th? Mail Car Robbed and the Pos tal Clerk Wounded. Bikminoiiam, Ala The passenge traiu which left here at midnight for At j lanta on 'he (leorgia I'ucitic Hailroai . wr*o Ur.ld up by masked robbers at J< o'clock a. ui.. near Weenn, ten mile LD east of here. As the train moved swa ae from the station a robber boarded the en Sine and covt-red the enbiueef with a li e, compelling him to slop on a trestle ro One niau stood guard o\*r the enginec id and tlremau. while several others openc he tire 011 the iuoide of tlie train in order t i't frighteu the passenge is. Another robin iss kuocked on the door of the mail car, dc a't tnaudiug admittance, which was refused He then broke open the door, tiring :i lid the postal clerk, who was slightly wound or ed. Every registered letter In tlie*cai Sp supposed to contain about two thousau nl dollars, was taken. The eulire robber was done in eight minutes, during whic time several of the gang kept up a tirin ~ inside the train, aud tlagmau Qitiuc Adams came near being killed. The et b*' gineci says the robber cm the engine w as ry white man and the postal cleik says tin t 8 the man who robbed liiin was a midattc ho Officers with bloodhounds aie close o iy. the trail of the robbcis. There was u 2r, express car in the ti.-iin. Eighty lie s'd registered packages weie taken from tl: mt mail car, two ol wli ch were found by jee ramp tire in the woods near by. l)o< , n followed the tinil of tin lobln rs to Iioi dale, where the bandits sin e iw<? muli from a man named Smith, and tlec Three men composed the party. The u ' liceis nie in hot pursuit and will r doubt cAptuie the lohbns. 1) I Hughes is the nume of the p stal cler "*3 who was woundeI by the tobbeis. nt M, The Bluebird. iij You way expect him anytime afte ' * tlie sun na^es the winter sbmtce. n his musical engagements it is not a mat er ter of dates, but opportunity. It i k" never a matter of impot(unity. Wh 3? ever heard of a bluebird's snug out o vo season I It may be cold and snowy tc morrow, but his wings tremble in th nervous ecstasy of the present, and li Qr sings of the bit of spiiug that now is When the storm comes then he is silent lie may the before its breath, or, if it i late in the season, he will fold his wing !rc unstring his lute, and nocomplainingl wait till the vernal tin and wind ; ha '? come again. But let the merest slit ? i. sunlight gndi the cloud, and he warhh id forth iiis greetings. He has been a< le cusod of trying to force the season. Bu it is not that. He is such a lover of th n, very promises of nature that he is i Ire happy in hope as fruition, it, 1 found a group once shivering again; he a March snow-storm, late, as the su ad was sinking, and stopped to watc hi theiu pitying their distress. Suddenl n- there was some commotion, which I at ay ' trihutcd to ruy presence ana scrutiny? go low conversational chatter, a iptiverin of wings, a few (lilting chauges of posi ei tiun, ami then a gurgle of spring meloil ag among the suow drops. Astonished, of turned to where the sun should be, an there, on (he liori/v n's ri n, its half dis ;e. was burning like a beacon. I'woininuti later it was uut ?#{ sight, lue air wa a gloomv, tiie snow fell on, but tin* inoi ed row was a blue-bird day, indeed.?S Louis Globe- Demoi tat. a For Tobaeeo Raisers. Washinoton, 1> t Mi Buchanai cui of Virginia, from the House eoinmitti 011 judiciary, repotted t<? the Mouse wit ad the recommendation that it pass a hi he repealing the sei tion of the revi ed sta ,se utes which reijtiires farmers selling le; tobacco to furnish t > officers of the go ettrmetil a statement of all sales hi id jlc the number of bogheads 01 pounds, wil he 'he name of tin person, to whom soli jo and the place to which the tobaeeo w shipped, under penalty of line and ii c," pris'ininent. The e unmittee are ol tl ' i pinion that there is no good reas< why these persons should be required :e- give this evidence, keep or render .a ht counts, make nlVulavits 01 l?e subject nt line and imprisonment not imposed up< r ^ Ilthf*! Ml'KDlK i 11 f I # I Clin 111 lilt (t V millll II ' ..... I-. - Do sit uutcd. A Medical Law Unconetitutlonnl ho Richmond. V a. Ill the llnstin of ('ourt Judge Wilt div ided that th< In upon which Dr. Flower. <d Bo-ton, w he tried for the practice of tiedicmo in I id. State without a license was iincon-tit ire tional. The physic ians throughout t ho State are deeply interested in the cas Briefly stated, his honor decides that I! it Flower cannot be prosecuted, because 1 is a non-resident and i- only in the St a for a few days. It Dr F'owcr had cot into this State intending to ic-idc In he would have had tostand tlie exaiuit tion required I?\ law. ass ell The I it ii tint era hie t'hrvsuul li otuu The Japanese cite 2<?fl color varied of 'lit < iiiysaniheiiuun, of winch sixt three are yellow, eighty-seven whit 1,111 thirty-'wo pm pie, thirty re I, thirty o lle' pale pink, twelve russet and fourteen ?'v mixed colors, A fancy prevails in l ',ls country lit ti in this do ver the same tu cr' i- never exactly reproduced, and that thi^ it resembles t ie endless variety 1 !l die bu.naii countenance, -harden a votcM. J of Tkf Oilr Oa* Ivcr frial*4. , CA!? TOO VTMD Til WORD? Tb??? la a 3 Inch display advert Inement In I tbla paper, thU week, which baa no two worda alike except one word. The same la true of each new one appearing each week, from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This bouse ptacee a "Crescent" on everything they make and publish. Book for If, een?l them the name of the 1 '.L, .. .! ieiurn you soon, bsautirvL LtTioouraaoruirLn runs. Kt'saiA haa prohibited the exportation of wheat from Finland Ik TO if Back Aches, or yoo are all worn out, rood for nothing. It is general debility. Brown s Iron Bitters will core yoo, ""Ht you Strong, cleanse your liver, and give a good appetite?tonea the nerves. Hwionant Norway are preparing to enter the derma* arlti-protectionist league. ? i\r' M- A- slurry, Wilmington. Del., w rites: I had one of tny severe ht.idaches and was persuaded to try your vuluubie (Bradycrotinc) medicine. I never had anything to do me so much good for headut he." Tun OerramnjReicbstag appropriated 32VV C00 for tlie Chicago World's Fair. The Skill and Knowledge Essential to the production of the in>st perfect and popular laxative rcmody known have enable 1 the California Fig Syrup Co. to achieve a great success in the reputation of its remedy. Syrup ot Figs, as it Is conceded to be the universal laxative. For sale by all druggists. Thk lirakemen want a uniform car ooup1 ling adopted. > Ths worst ease* ot female wsakneea readlI v yield to Dr. Swan's Pastiles. Samples free ' Ur. Swan, Beaver Daui. Wia Ma TOR Matthews estimates that Boston, Mass.. will need $13,000,000 for this year's running ex|>ensee. br.tr h \m'h 1'ilts will care constipation. ?. .1... I. I.,11 onnl and the liver ill good tvo/king order; price 25 cents a box. A Nebraska farmer baa been aoqutttad ! f of killing a book agent who persisted In | forcing bin Ixiolc nu him. ' Obstinate B] I HAD TERRIBLE ECZE and limbs swollen and scaly like a dead fish. MY SIGHT. After treatment by five physicia ' S. S._S. AND IT Ct'UED ME. My 9kitl is soft l' gone.?R. N. MITCHELL, Macon, Ga. ? 1 know the above statement to be true. r > 1 was for some time troubled with an obsi |. over my face and breast. I consulted physicia it At the suggestion of a friend I used Swift's S I Was two years ago, and I have had no return c S. S. S. 's sa^cst a,,J remed J cures by removing the cause, and at the same \ ^ Send for our Treatise, mailed free. h g The casting out of the clevil y of disease was once a sign a of authority. lt Now we take a little more 'a time about it and cast out 10 devils by thousands?we do it by knowledge. a Is not a man who is taken ;s possession of by the germ of !; consumption possessed of a I. devil ? |0 A little book on careful i. living and Scott's Emulsion k of cod-liver oil will tell you how to exorcise him if it can be done. Fr*? _ Scon* & IJownb, ClicMists, i >3 South jth Avenue, 3 New York. Your druggist keeps Scull's Emulsion of cod-liver j ^ oil-.-til druggists everywhere do. (i, 0 Ely's Cream Balm ? wiiiii miE c9tATAR^0l i ; CATARRHFil I I't t. ? r.? < t int. | j' Apply Balm Into each nostril. " Kt.Y MP'S Warron St.. \ \ ?^i) ? > TAKE ^Tutt'sTiny Pills? IH ~ Tlu? f!r*t time often astonlahes tire* In^ valid, rIvIiib elasticity of mind, buoy- ^ B iiiif v of body. kooiI (IlKeitlon, reK<ilu>' V " limvcla iiikI aollrt fle?li. 1'rlco, 85i'ts. r t) y m Ptao'a Remedy fbr Catarrh la the HI [, Beat. Kaalont to 1'se. and Cheapest. |^Mq H 3HH ' i Sold by druKglslt* or scut by mail, BK Hi 60c. K. T. IIaioltlne, Warren, Pa. BSEDE W. L. DOUGLA n I v. For gantlemeD la ? line C ^*N. the beat leather produced lr 1,1 tacks or rrni threada to hu to ^\V C\ smooth lnaldn as a hand newt r\ fitting and durable as cuati r5>A"\ \ $4 OO to $5 00, aDd acKnowli Best in the Woi For GENTLEMEN. Ssz A A ?enuina gjg# g? 9sUU Hand-8ewed. " $>f A A Hand-Sewed j*SDfi ,s *fral/U Welt Shoo. OftJ ^ Po,'ce anrt ^3^ SO CAExtrftVaIue h. Z.9U Calf 8hoe. pljSg ',C $A AC Working- jtjfljfrm 1,c AiA?/ man's Shoe. ^4fC,xi ;; #2.oo a??dv';L<0Qmm ?fit*- TAKE NO SI IT IS A DUTY von owe to youi I<! | time*. in r?i-i >?.> mo:', v.vlur for vntir inc y- weai if you pnnh isr \V 1. Dounlos' SI r, a greater value for tin mom v than auv i CAUTION. s;k.Dg? |10 cortsumor against high prices arte )t who ncknowlorigo tho superiority < ing to substitute other makes for tl 1,1 ulent, and subject to prosecution false pretences. W. L. DOUGLAS, II iiftl lor I n \oiii itliirc v tml ?9ir< % nii1# if. I'oMwur irrr, \\ \M'K "knr 1 h#*P ?(? ! til ilrerilat lli?u ^mi The eltd is planted when yon feel " run down " mad* " used-up." Malarial, typhoid o* bilious fevers spring from it?all1 torts of diseases. Don't take any risk. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical' Discovery invigorates the system an/1 m>s>rviilj /I ic.i'i c/i Tf of oida tV) A IIU uioc4?o\r. it otaivo tuv torpid liver into healthful action,' purities and enriches the blood, andi restores health and vigor. As an appetizing, restorative tonic, it seta at work all the processes of digestion and nutrition, and builds up flesh and strength. . For all diseases that come from a disordered liver and impure blood, skin, scalp and Scrofulous affections, it's the only" remedy that's guaranteed. If it doesn't benefit or cure in every case, you have your money back. You pay only for the good y<ra get* _ The tfri'rst cases yield to tha1 mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. That's why the proprie-tors can, and do, promise to pay #500 for a case of Catarrh in the . Head which they cannot cure. 1 Lood Humor. II A FOR ElGIITbEN YLAKS?\VAS> illil in bed six months at a time?')0(^ 'Ihe itching was terrible, ami finally I.OS'I ns, and other remedies without relief, I took and smooth, and the teinblc trouble i* all ?S. 9. Harmon, Mucon, G<t. tinate RASH OR HUMOR, that spread ns, and used many remedies w ithout a cnrc. pccifie, which completely cured me. Thia if the trouble.?E. 11.Wells, Citttittfitld, Va. y for all troubles of the Blood and Skin. It time builds up the general health. SWIFT SPEC! FIG CO., Atlanta, Ga. ' 1*1 a I n nrn Tho boat nn?t cheapest plaov *7* Wfll I FflFrKt" t?>y s hn? ?mhp llriLt. I ill l>l 1 |,|t.. Bent for I Oc. pfatam* Tboa. J. Myeia, I'A 1Q Market St., l'blla., Fn> I ' * ***** * VIP*A N S6J AVJ L E S* Jm the atomarli. !i\or rind Ijowela.T jtBtuV purify the blood. ?if Mfe aud of.T /ol reelitul Hie l? ?l irem.nil fauiJIyt I/oJ Zl^^jiuMUi'lui' km .vii for Hiliousueiv.J fi^^..,<7/Co?stii.ntton. fivspcuaia, Koul? aldialtfUV^ F.-cMh, 111 odHehe. il. arthum. l-omn of Apr .'lent il I'eprf-Mlod,# t'ntnfiil Digest iou, I'liupbs, Sallow# Coniult lion, ft rod 1-Yelintr. and* teicrr rvmptotn or dXficiiG' ivftiHIntr from Inipurej fbloed, or a Failure br the i toinaeh. liver or Intentiuea? Zt ) f. rfoi-ra tbrlr proper for ?-t. n CifTOM srlyen t?T Zover-eatinir pro benefited b> . ikinital AIU l.r.aftapj leach inouI Pilc?\b> moil. l?'? ?h*s : ' ?"*vi?-i??i nu Xdre.-s TnK KtPAT^S CHEJ1II o .10 Spruce St ,N.Y.? Ag.nL Wnnt pil? M'.MYY p?r < cut proSt. ? i fiC -iEfX-* * ;j ; jf~ 55?!5 Kb . *g|^Hg*w?jg^*e RELIEVES all Stomach Distress. REMOVES Nausea, Bctiho of FallneML Congest ion, fain. REVIVES Faii ISO ENERGY. RESTORES Normul Circulation, and Warms to Tok Tirs. R. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. 01. Loot*. ? ?: ?. N V. I I tmej^rT f?iV9RS598^Qil S W SHOE 3alf Shoe. made uoamleBn, of s i title country There ato no / rt the feet, and In aiude an / i sd ahoe It la oh fttyllHh. eaby /. If am made bUocb coating from / I _// A Brtged to bo the I 1 1* rid for the price. \lvy Tk For LADIES. \ *3.00 """'Vw.a. ^ p! ?2.50 r"'n Ko,.. tL, \ J So AO Cn,f an(l I vv Dongola. mKN&J Si 7C t'?r I^PDKT^H^ /o hisses. ^ For BOYS'& YOUTH S. $2 * S|-75 Sl/HUUl SHUtS. IBSTITUTES. *tS2>8E rsclf and voiir f.miil* ' riv.k tin m 'run ^ >ncy. Von i in i < <Miniiii/?- m youi f.vt. lioes, \vhi<h, without f|m*stinn, reprc-ciit [ither in iki"-. -AS* nnmo nnd tho price Is stamped m of each shoo, which protects tho I inferior shoos. Beware of dealers )f W. L. Douglas'Shoes by attempthem. Such substitutions are fraudby law, for obtaining money under Brockton, Mass. I l in 1'ii'liin. ?i iiIiik lil ml. ?ler n ml ttiilili II. V\ 111 n i?? ikiliialvii aa l? to alio* dculero I (JOt til l?bfl IIMU.