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TBA.RS. I Wot fa the time of pleasure Hope doth set bar bow; But in the sky of aorrow, Over tha rale of woo. Through gloom and shadow look wo On beyond the year*: The ao a I would have no rainbow Had the eyoo no toara. *-John Vanoo Cheney, in the Century. THE AUmTOE'S WIFE. I O-H BART ED 4'Silo" Burton wai V "in the hands of bis MTjl M friends" for the fourth time, after the / if /I ancient and honor< In&jsjfcustom of can? I f/l mrliilAtM for nnlitical )Q \ \ jf ^ preferment. yK 7""^ That Silo Burton, \ VV auditor of Apache / ICounty, wai in the hands of his friends j7 was literally true, on **" " 1 this particular occasion, for Bile was a very sick man. It was his own fault, that is, ho had no business to go, as he did, with Sheriff Tom Owens, to suppress that riot over in the Blooruor District, last, mouth. It was not in the line of his duties. But, then, the call had been a hasty and imperative one, and poor Tom was short a. ' deputies as we!! as being pressed for time, and Bile could hardly have refused to go even if he had wanted to, which he did not. IIo enjoyed a little row as well as the SheritI himself did, and, bosides, ho was one of the most obliging men in the world. Bo ho wont, nud not only got hit with a club or something, but received a 41 bulletin his interior department, while Tom and tho rest of tho posse escaped without a scratch. Silo was better now, and could thiuk with considerable facility; which was uufortuns'e, perhaps, because his thoughts were mostly of his expiring term of oflicc mid his helpless condition. It was pretty tough, everybody agreed, because it was going to bo a close'' year, aud Silc wns a great worker. Ills friends, 100, unfortunately were kept pretty busy looking out for their own scalps, aud could not giro his affairs tho attention they needed. There was tho last payment still duoou the house; there was "paper" in the bank to be taken up; Bile burton was in a bad financial way, because, in addition to being what is known as a "good fellow," be had made some unfortunate investments lately, and now, to complcto his misery and overflow tho cup, brad boutwell, of Chloride District, had come out, in his sneaking but effective way, for Jcro Ilobart for county auditor, and was working night and day for his man, who had hcen Bile's strongest opponent in the last convention. Ob, it was rough, ami here was Bile, lying helpless, with the nominating convention only two weeks away I All this, ami much more. Silc poured into the cats ol his pretty I it tie wife, as she hovered over liim attending to his many wants, in the way that nobody but a woman, ami a womanly woman, ever will learn. She did not say so, but she hud a talk with Tom Owciu that day, aud he had agreed with her that the outlook was pretty blue; for brad bout well, boss of the Mountain Girl and two Josser mine", employer of tiireo hundred inen ? 1.1 III. linc/lFlln..l,ll.O .,nlilmi.n m im < vui.? \ ij uijovi Hjiim/ua |fiMll(UIUU, was about the worst mini iu the county to imvc on the other side, and ho had assured Owens that ho ccrtuinly intended to defeat Burton's renomination, and "that's all tlieio is in it. It goo-1, too, what Brad Boutwell says: aud you know it, Tom Owens. Yes, Tom did know it, and he know that without Boutwell hisowu uuuie was " Dennis," for ho had not the strength iu the precincts near town that Burtou had. S-> his hands were tied, aud he could do nothing lor bile 111 the Chloride District. Mrs. Bui ton said notliiug to Sile of Tom's visit to the boss of Chloiide. She clo.-ed his complaining lips with a kiss every now aud then, aud chirped away as cheerfully as though mortgages, aud unpaid notes, and big surgeon's bills, ami c inventions had never a part in licr lie. Ami all this time she kept up a "blame 'tight o' thiukiu'," as Tom Owens used to say to his wife, who was also an ardent admirer of the little "tenderfoot" bride Silo Burton had brought liom the States a few months Silo Burton was sleeping soundly text morning, when his wife, the usual smile gone from her face, stole up to his bedside, kissed him softly two or three ""'?i nil over to tlie Owcns's. It 1 t was not until ten o'olock that lie awoke and noticed that the woman bv the window was not Mary, but Mr--. Owens, And he ?I? ! not know that this kin Uy, big-hearted woman fibbed when she told him that Mary had "just gone down to the Springs to get a prescription tilled that they couldn't put up here, and would be back on the two thirty train.'' Tom Owens, with the buck board and - ftrtmrtin, rf'snotf"<YTsrnnc<r"Trb,n uhtciri liT Camp. A pretty little woman, stared at respectfully by the numerous inc:i loafing about?for women were scarce in Chloride, tripped down the street, trying to look unconscious, and entered the door of Brad Boutwcll's ollice. It was the noon hour, and ho was alone, engaged in the pleasurable occupation of disposing of an excellent lunc'.i. He beard the hesitating step 111 the outei j flice, and stepne I to the door of his ! sanctum, where ho stood, somewhat taken aback at the sight ot his visitor. I It was several seconds after her sweet voice had asked "Is this Mr. Boutwo'.U' that he recovered his equanimity and giacefully acknowledged the fact. "I am Mrs. Burton---Mrs. Silas Bur ton. I came to see, you?to?to? But her courage gave out for the moment, and she did the very best thing die could have done?just wept a few relieving tears, while the sympathetic Boutwcll, who had been a bachelor ' ** w v,v7U i v4 i vilJC illi/L | , a> ill himself said, "My dear madam ed1' her, daminctel, grew red iu the face, vaguely felt himself a triumphant as?, aud finally le I her gently to a ehair, where she finished her weep. Then she pulled herself together and told nim the whole pitiful tale. It was, indeed?thought Boutwcll, who ha. always hud more money than he liau known what, to do with?a harrowiu; lie of atTaiis; and so, his hichclo; eait ovetflowing with sympathy f?.*r tin . .' r, trigiitened little emissary who saf before him, and being, it must be said, J i at her unsettled by this extraordinary visit, he agreed, almost before he knew ' i :' I ???????? it, to let the affair alone, and twitch the ambitious Hobart off the trifck. Then, with bet heartiest handshake, a world of thankfulness shining in her big, brown eyes, and fervent words of gratitude on her sweet lips, the little missionaij was gone, and Boutwell, hit brain in 4 whirl, sat down to think. Well, bj Jove 1 Now he had done it I Why, great sacrificed Cswarl The thing was impossible, utterlv I He ~ i'.io uoor. nis la*# visitor was not in sight. He ?at down to think more calmly this time. In politics there ate complications no man can overlook or Ignore. There are multifarious considerations and obligations that must be attended to, and whose existence is due, more ofton than not, to circumstances whose discovery by the unsympathetic would be a calamity to tho individual or individuals most interested. This caso was such an one. Hobart had a "cinch" on the boas of Chloride, and was master of the situation, and no one knew it so well as did Jero himself, who was never slow about gratifyiug opportunities. Thus Boutwcll communed with himself, and the result was much perspiration and an uncomfortablo conscience. "Well, no use shedding any tears," he said, aloud; "but, by Jovel I wish I could keep my word with tho little woman. What a little duck she is, and bow Burton ought to congratulate himself! Hum?hum?hum! Poor thing! How rocky she'll feel when she finds 1 played such a dirty trick on her. Ye-es, and what'll I say to myself?" Teddy O'Hara, whose family had been kept from starving during the strikt a few months before, by the charity of the "little duck" and her husband, and who had awakened from his noonday nap under the office window about ten minutes previously, chuckled softly to himself and sneaked away, remarking, as bo reached tho street: "O ho! Thot'sit, Isut! A lia! Teddy, mo bye. Oi tink yces had better tek a bit thrip over t' Apache tho day. Yeob don't feci loike worrkin', do yegs, now?" \ And he hid his dinner-pail and started ; down the trail for the county-scat,! ...i.it.. Yf MIDI IIIIL) f^lVUIUIiJ. * * * * Of Mrs. burton's second intorviow with the smooth Mr. boutwell, it is unnocesrnry to spoak at length. It was uncom- , fortable for him, but he kept his wits about him and did not lower his flag, and Mrs. llurton wout away with a white, drawn face?and with tho sot lips of a bravo little woman who has mado up her mind to something. * * Tho day for tho convention dawnedTho visitors from tho outside precincts, including those from Chloride, were nil on hand to see the fun. It was almost time to call tho convention to order, but two or three delegations bad not arrived. The Chlorido delegation was ono ofthese. The visitors trom that cainp repot ted that the delegation had only slopped to hold a pow-wow iu Chairman's boutwell's otlice, and would ho along soon. Jore ilobart, as luck would iiave it, had gotten a "jag"on tho night before, and was in bed at his ijuartors in Chloride, us the result of a fnl 1 into the cellar of the Nugget saloon. He might have pulled himself together and gone over to Apache, but everything was 'Mixed" aud there was no need, ho concluded. The Chairman of tho County Conlral Commit too called tho convention to order, and read the call. Tho convention clfcctcd a temporary organization and the usual committees were appointed, during whoso deliberations a recess was taken. Tom Owens came to Mrs. burton, who, with a number of other women whose husbands or brothers were interested, directly or otherwise, iu tho proceedings was sitting in the gallery. Owens spoke iptictly and earnestly: " The Chloride crowd isn't here yet. lloburt's too sick to come. If boutwell could only be kept away, it'd be O. K. for Sile. lie's tlu: only man that can put Ilobart iu nomination, and there's a whole mess of his fellows ready to backslide. If only they wouldn't come! I?" but hero ho was scut for in great haste by the anxious constituent, aud liiiri-ipii iitvuir When ten minute* later, he looked up at the gallory, Mrs. Burton was missiug. The six men co nposing tlio Chloride delegation were in a hurry, and, in Boutwell's tlnve sealed spring-wagon, hchind his big grays, were making good time for Apache. There is a deep raviue. nearly always dry, on the trail between Apache and Chloride, that has to be crossed carefully. It is an abrupt descent and a yet more abrupt ascent, and the trail on the Apache side of the gully is flanked by big rocks, which sheltered in my a highwayman in the old diys. The delegation from Chloride ha t just reached this spot, and B mtwell was urging tho horses up the steep incline, when short, ?nd sharp, and firm, in a woman's voice, cauitLiUii .yoiomnnd: Tho six men in the wagon could hardly believe their .senses. Sitting beside tho big rock on the left, very pale, but with compressed lips, and eyes that tlashed lire and determination, sat a small woman, with .a big Winchester, an 1 tho weapon was cocked and aimed at Brad Bout well. The six men in the wagon raved and stormed: they pleaded, begged, and threatened; "ant ilie iittio woman on ttic rock spoke only once, and then said : "Bradford Bontwell, you gave me your sacred word that you would not oppose my husband's renominat ton. If he is defeat! 1 to-ilav it will probably kill him, and that is what you intended?to defeat him, alter your promise to ine. Now, sir, if you so much as attempt to move Iro n here, you or any of the others, I will kill you." That was all; but Biad Boutwcll, looking at the set face, knew that she would keep her word, and his scut mate's suggestion that such was the case, was met * * * * * - The committees reported ; the tempo rary organization was made permanent, 1 and the Apache County Convention was in full swing. ".Nominations for county auditor are now in order," announced the chairman, and, a moment Inter, "Mr. Randall has I the floor." Mollis Randall, the brilliant young district attorney, rose and mnde one of the speeches of his life, setting forth dearly, convincingly, the merits, the claims the worth o.' the present incumbent, and when he told of the unfortunate man, lying to ill at the result of a wound Incurred in the discharge of unrewarded duties not his own?fighting in dofense of the lew?there wee e rousing, prolonged cheer. Randall finished amid uproarious applause, and set down, mopping his forehead with his handkerchief. There was a moment's "vociferous silence," during which there were some rapid changes of sentiment on the part of Hobert delegates. Thm Pon" r*r^ri 'Mr. Chairman, I more that the notn inationof Mr. Burton be made bj ao ctarnation, thar seemin' t' be no mon nominations." "Second the motion 1 Second the no tion!" came from a dozen throats. "Mr. Chairman I" screamed a Hobsn "faithful." "I call the gentleman to?' Here Bill Dover, chairman of the dis scoter's delegation, grabbed him by the coat tails and pulled him down. Bil was an astute politician, and he knew th< day was loet. But the enthusiast woulc not "down." Wheu the ayes and aoo were called for, he and a half score o others catnu out strongly in the negative and when further nominations wore de clared in order, he rose and nomiuatcc Jere llobart. The ballot stood sixty.three to thirtyseven in Burton's favor, and Tot Owens, forgetting that in a few minute the nominations for sheriff would I made, dashed over to Site's house w.t the news, and was surprised to lear that anxious little Mrs. Burton was nc there. But the Chloride visitors who loft t convey the news of llobart s defea homo wnro more surprised than Owens when they suddenly found, on the wa; home, whero the missing delegation was and why it was missing, and it alraos took their breath, and the delegation's away, to sec that fire-eating Amazon o the rock collapse into very weak tear when she heard the glad news. llobart and his friends wcro mad, c course; but ono can not make war on i woman, you know, and, besidos, mos of thcin carno to look on the matter after awhile, as a huge joke. Bout well? I am inclined to think alter it was over, that ho was rathe glad than otherwise.?Tho Argonaut. Tho World's T<nrgcst Active Volcano, Hawaii is chiefly famous for its volca noes, says tho Ariatio Quartorlv. Kil auoa, the largest active volciuo in the world, lion ou the side of tho mountain Mauna Lou, at an elovation of four thounnnd foot. Wo usually think of an elevation an a cone, but Kilauoa is rathor n great sunken pit, in tho midst of a vast desolato plain which slopes up gently tc tho summit of tho mountain. It is a pit of no loss than nine miles in circumforancc and the area of its lowest level is six square miles. The level varies; but if is at present six hundred feet, below tin surrounding country, nud is reached bj a steep descent down the sheer faco of t precipice, which extends right nrounc the crater, and, as it were, walls it in, Within the crater, toward its southerr end, is an inner crater, with uno or mor lakes of fire, called Kaleinautnau, o House of Kvcrlnstiug Huntings, whicl constitute the true chimney of tho vol cauo. Here Kilauca exhibits its ceaso less activity, lit the outer crater occasional grand eruptions occur, but sign: of the slumbering forces below are evoi p.resent in the form of blowing cones aud steam cracks, varying in size from narrow clefts to great fissures, from which issue pulTs aud clouds of steam, fumes of hot poisonous gases, and, from some, liquid lava. The general bed is made up of countless lava flows, of a variety of forms aud contortions difficult to doscribe. At times it is surrounded by a circle of crags, thrown up from the lake in a molten state and solidified as thej rose. They tower above the level of the outer basin to tho height of 400 to t>00 feet. Froin the top one gazes downu'linl into it Kf?H of limiii tiro ?UiKtiin Trauucript. An Increase in Longevity. "The throe-score aud ton years allot led to man, will yet be increase 1 tc twice lliat number," was the prediction made by Dr. Oliarles Ileinkle, at tb< Laclede. "Instead of the world grow ing weaker and wiser, as the old axiom puts it, it Is growing wiser and stronger. The average leugtli of life is steadily increasing. In the days of good Queer iless women were considered passe al thirty, and few men distinguished themselves in statecraft, science or literature after passing sixty-live. "Now the woman is in the heyday o her beauty at thiity, and the ripesi fruits of genius are frequently pluckec at three score and ten. Gladstone. His. uiarck and Mlainc ate fair examples ol that green ami fruitful old age so frequent in these days. "Vet, science is but in its infancy As it progresses the waste of life ami energy will be gradually curtailed. While the fountain of youth sought by that interesting old crank, Ponce d< Leon, will probably never l>c lound; the secret of remaining an ever young Apollo, nor woman that of being as attractive at sixty as at sixteen, I firmly believe that the meridian of life will yet bo raised from thirty-five to seventy; that the day will conio when a man will not be considered a back number when lie has reached his 100th birthday."?St. Louis Globe - Democrat. The Czar Rescues a Pet Cat. The Czar's long visit in the Danish capital, a distance from threats and fears of the Nihilists, is said to havo been most beneficial to his health and to havo put him in a mood for less belligerent views of the European situation. Hut -nc fright has marred the sorenity of his life in Copenhagen und that concerne 1 his guards more than himself. Early one morning guards in the park of the oustle at Fredensburg saw a door leading to the garden burst open and the Czar, ,,nfl gesticulating, ran out in u ppers and shirtsleeves. An nttoinpt at assassination was the immediate couclusion, and the guards ran to the rescue, u df of them hastening to the deserted apartment and the others after the Czar Lie l itter found the Czir beating two irgc Siberian bloodhounds and saw a big Tom cat scootinsr off. tail no nn,i Iien<l down. The C'iir explained to the astonished guards that as ne sat at hU j \inilow he ?aw tluj dogs chase the cat, I the lavoriw net of Kin.; Christian, into a corner, an I, fearing delay would ho fatal, ran to the rescue.?St. Lauis ilepublic. rassMgsssg* , Chautauqua hip usummer school ol cookery. 1 There ere now 6SW pwheUtrtMM. In this country. I One of the very favorite silks of the > reason ie chnngcable tnflete. A s a rule, women require one hour of i sleep tnore a day than men. ' The married women on an average 1 live two years longer than tingle ones. I The biggor the chou upon your highs heeled slipper the smaller the foot will f look. ? The long bandied parasol is defunct, the short, club handled being in the ' ascendant. Many attempts have been made to revive panicrs on handsome gowns of varn ions sorts. * One ol the botanists of State reputa" tiou in Maine is Miss Furbish, a Bowk doin graduate. " The Constitution of Louisiana permits women to hold any office connected with public education.*"" t Fichu style of trimming is popular for bodices, and indeed no bodice is cony sidercd trimmed without lace. , All tho smart women have dropped t the train to tho bell skirt nod again tho , tailor-made costume is truly swagger, n Miss Maud Rittenhouse, of Cairo, III., 9 has received a prize of $1000 for a story from a Southern Improvement Company. *' A woman's chance of getting married II is calculated to be only two aud a half per cent, when she reaches her fortieth year. Among the vagaries of the ribbon ( crnzc 11 mac 01 emoroiaermg nnoons ot various widths with beads and metal braid. Carolino Kilby Is the art decorator of the largest carriage building establish uient in New York, aod has twenty women undorJier supervision. In England it is not very uncommon for women to serve 03 vestrymeu in the Episcopal Churc,h, but io America the idea is not received with favor. The Empress of Austria when in her younger days was considered the best horsewoman in tho world. Sho still keeps up her old love for riding. Good health, calm norves, good friends and a modest opinion of hcrsolf" aro the results of a collcgo education to a girl, in tho opinion of Mrs. AlicoFreomau Palmer. The lirst international club for women has just been started in Nice. Tho foundresses nre a few Americans, threo French and two Gcrinau ladies, all of wlioin are authoresses. Donna Listenia Larriva do Lloua, a Peruvian woman well known in South America as a poet, publishes a weekly called El Tesoro del Hogar (Fireiido Treasure) iu Guayaquil. Ecuador. Tho Countess Nurasol, Etta Hughes And Fraukliu Paula, Spanish, English and Austrian governesses of tho Infantas of Spain, receive each $1000 a year for their services, besides a home in the royal household. Mrs. Osborne, a widow, has cleared $5000 to $0001) a year from her ranch near Salt Lake City, Utah. She raises vegetables. Lately she added a chicken ranch and two incubators, and expects r to clear $10,000 u year. becoming blue veiling is hardly to be found. Occasionally a piece appears which whiteus and adds to the clearness of the skiii. You are fortuuate if you cau run across it, as you will thou have secured au important adjunct to your toilet. The women of Hungary are erect, vigorous, with iine figures, small feet, pretty hauds, rich complexions, and are said to be among the most beautiful women in the world. They are fond of athletic sports and are especially graceful walkers. Miss Florence B ilgarmi is making hei influence felt in the way of reform, since her return to England from this couutry. She is agitating a movement to do away with artificial barriers to the employment of womeu. and to e pializc the wages of men aud women, f In Sweden, where many bread-winfc nmg employments are open to wornau, a ' recent bill to tbe legislature asks for par; mission to bold office as sexton in the State Church. A school of horticulture has also been lately established to prepare women gardeners and florists. Miss Mary Day, of London, has been successful in her experiment of taking ' deaf and dumb girls as pupils in typewriting. Miss Day is oue of the longest established woman-typewriters iu England. As so mucii typewriting is tran. .r?, altliction is no drawback. Jean Inflow is the daughter of n banker of Lincolnshire, aud was one of a f.unite of eleven e.tuMren M'm m.Ai. her first poems on the; window-shutters, closing them away out of sight when completed. Her brother was the first to secure the publication of her pooius, and four editions of a thous in I copies oach were sold the first year. Twenty-si* editions of the same voluno have since been published. The little Queen of the Netherlands i3 beco ning a personality in Kurope, and already various nuptial possibilities are hanging over lier head. Apropos of Her Majesty's visit to Berlin it has been pointed out that alliances betweon the House of Oraniro and either Gorman or English It ?y;tities have generally etu'model Holluil in war nod disaster. It is posssble, therefore, that the matrimonial projects ofs^f^.eeu Wilheliulna will be directed toward the less prominent reigning houses. lion Ear I'limn; ?t cnn. Anciently, in many parts of France, when a sale of land took placo, it was the costoin to have twelve adult witnesses accompanied by twelve little boys, Hud when the price of the land was paid, and its surrender took place, the ears of the boys were pulled, and they wcro beaten severely, so that the pain thus inflicted should make un impression upon their memory, and, if required afterward, they inighlt bear witness to the ale.?New York> World. IE- ? ^ >S ?- - ? I j HEW BY GLEANINGS. h Tm eouuliy aikw 86,000 watebw a VMk. ' Am hpmsnce glacial Otld k reported fa Idaho. Tn world's railways are worth 980,000,000,000. A cajTAL is to be built wr?- ?? ! i ?*suuiuua uouara. Light crops of swsst potatoes are reported f 1*001 an; ssctiqoa of the Booth. A nugget of gold worth tU was picked op the other day ia the diggings at Byron, Thh Hew York morgue receive! 0091 bodies last rear. Of these 107 were sever I dsn tilled Moss United States vessels visit the Mexican pcrts than those of all other Nations combined. Twelve hundred miles of railroad are to be built in Mexico. It will extend to Baa Diego, California. Thrxx hundred lawyers were candidates on one side or the ottur for seats in the present British Parliament. A census bulletin just issued states there are only 97,000 female persons to every lOO.OUO males in the United States. According to a recent census there are about SO,030 paupers in London, not couqti log insaue persons in asylums and vagrants. Ths census of India, just complete!, shows that country to havo a population of oeft (vut /w> - ... i~ ? * iwv,'yw,vw, a ^9iu wi oio* on i/vu vrrub u* OL 1881. A water moccasin six feet loo? was lately killed at IJtica, III. When out open sixteen frogs were fouad, several of which were alive. Grasshoppers are doing an immense amount of damage in Ohio to oats and other growing crops, wbole fields of oats have been destroyed. Tax pension agenoy in Topeka is the largest in the oountry. It pays out annually $10,000,000 to the veterans of Kansas^ Missouri and Colorado. The Marker Ranch, near Lovelooke, Nev., comprising 17,00.) acres of the beet land in the State, Was recently sold at sheriff's auction for a trifle over $100,000. Samples of tea grown and cure! at Summer ville, S. D., have been rec lived In Baltimore, wnioh expert tea dealors have pronounced superior to East India tea. The fisheries Department has received advicos to tho offect that tho mackerel catch of the Now England fishing fleet to date is $2,000 barrels?exactly twice as much as last year. According to a census bulletin, the 150,339 families in Maine are divided by the census offloe into 02,123 families occupying farms and 83,233 familios occupying homes that are not situated oh farms. The Japanese are coming to Mexico U> large slumbers. Several large colonies have been established in the coffee district of Oaxaca, and th6 rich sugar lands of Slnaloa, daring the past few months. During one week in April 813 car loads containing 8816 tons of green fruit were shipped East from California. Ha far this seasou 6,000,000 raoro pounds of fruit have been shipped than last year. THE LABOR WORLD* ReYeral new knitting mils are projeoted In Virginia. Nearly all the locomotive works are over run with orders. Wages are-very low in Philadelphia shoe factories at present. A Mexican bricklayer lays about 500 bricks id eleven hours. 1 Machine shops oro generally very busy at this season ^of the year. . Two hundred cars are to be built altogether out of Pacifle Coast fir wood. There are sixty-flve organized trades with 2568 branches and 176,(564 members federated in Germany. Tub National Convention of tha Unitel Statef Letter-('amors' Association has'held its annual S'ssion At Indianapolis. Pennsylvania's woolen mills have a capital of >3(5,000,000. turn over $90,000,000 ol product and employ 55,000 bands. Electric methods are now used in tanning in Franc.*, by whio'a in ninety-six h6urs as much work can be dono as heretofore in a year and a half. Since tho bakers of San Francisco formed a union, three years ago, they have reduced their hotirs of labor from an average of fourteen to ton hours per day* According to Miss Francos E. Willard the only industries in which women are not now ongagcd nro those relating to railroads, paving stones and lumbering, The boss printers of Pittsburg announce that they will procee 1 against the union members boycotting them. A large fund lias been collected to institute proceedings against tho union. To teach scientific farming the Agricultural Workers' National Association of Italy has established a college at the cicy of Par/na, where the members of tho association and their sons may study upon contributing $100 per year. The number of students is at present limited to 3'.)0. The generators which will supply the electric light at tho World's Fair wijl be tha largest iO the world. The population of .Chicago is now one million Ave hundred thousand. Contractors are expecting to have an enormous amount of work during the first three months of the year. A Pittsburg dispatch announoes that Adolph Doerr, one of tho largest provision dealers at Honiestea i has failed, on account of a boycott instituted against him by the Carnegie mill strikers because he furnished provisions to the non-union workers. No Amalgamate I Association man would patronize him and he suffered a loss of S10.000. Corona Hospitality. In the matter of hospitality wo might learn uiuch from tho Coroans, who appear in the following story to koep alive tho ancient notion that nothing should be too good for tho stranger within their gates. When Admiral Shufoldt went to the hermit Nation to arrange for a treaty, Miss Shufeldt missed a valuable bracelet, the theft of which was duly reported to the proper authorities. Suspicion rested on two natives, who were taken before snu iroiuuui t*uu suojeoieu u> itgoiuus examination. The officials found that no incriminating evidence could be obtained against the suspected culprits, and informed Miss Shufeldt of tho fact, but added, in a spirit of courtesy, "If madam wishes, however, wo will at once cut off the heads of both men."?Boston Transcript. Nortqkrn Mexico is a&ain confronted by n total cron failure. Mnmple I'nrltngc .Mnilcil Krrr. Aildwss liili- Henns, New York. The St. Louis Chief of Police requires the 1000 Chinese in that /.ty to be photographed. Long spells of sickness mid heavy doctor bills < an bo prevented by using in time Hile K.?n> Snia'l. There are 5?5,000 Congrcgationalists in the United States. Oo twice as far ?? liver |>ills and cure oftener Small Blh> Beans. A million dollar sugar refinery is to be built at Brooklyn. N. Y. To aid Digestion lake one Small Bile Bean after eating. i!5e. per tint tie. There were 1500 railroad accidents in New Jersey lust year. Concili ation cured l>\ Sirall Bile Bean*. The Knights of bauor have at present about !c*k> me-jstjo,a in v\o->i Virginia. The Only One Krer Printed. can von nwd thk wo no? The-<e is a 3 tnch display advertisement In tlits paper, this oeck, wtilch bAi no two words Allse except one word. The same ta true of each new one app< aring each week, from The l>r. i in iter Medicine Co. Thishniitt places a "Crescent" on everything they inane and publt-li. I.ook for t?. send thoin the name of the word and tlicy will return you hoob, hiautiful LITHOOItAPlL* Of 1amtlis ihaa The Tnw Lnatlvt Priid?U Of the plants used in manufacturing the pleasant remedy, 8yrup of Figs. hee a permanently beneficial effect on the human system, while the cheap vegetable extracts and mineral solutions, usually sold as medicines, are permanently injurious. Being well informed, you will use the true remedy only. Msn?'-; -7t?- C.'uioruia Fig Syrup Co. Tra acreage of watermelons at the South is twenty-five per cent lass this year than last Maiupra cured and eradlooted from the fsta^ by Brown's Iron Bitten, which enriches the blood, tones the nerves, aide dlgeetion Acts like a charm on persons In general ill health, giving new energy and strength. Tins Is a grant scarcity of twine. Bctthvt and scorbutic affections, pimples and blotches on the skin are caused by impun blood which Beecham's Pills cure, A oinukal. expansion of trade has developed itself. A. M. Priest, Druggist, Shelbyvllle, Ind.. says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure gives the best ol satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials, as it cures every one who takes it.*' Druggists sell it. 75c. Thirty eardino factories in Maine are closed because there is no run of suitable sized fish to pack. Bnown's Iron BiIters oures Drspepela,Malarla, Biliousness and General Debility- Gives Strength, aide Digestion, tones the nerves? creates appetite. The best tonio for Nursing Mothers, weak women and children. No Cbiuese Las been naturalized for thirteen years. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaae Thompson> Eye-wjitor.Druggists pell at 2&o.per bottle Simply Awful " I had what tho doO tors called the worst case O f Scrofula V ^ |R they ever saw. It 9y wos on m>* arms, face and Elk neck and was simply awWn JL full Five years ago I began to take Hood'e |^(^Py^j{gjySar8aparllla and n.. nr Tnmnr found tho sores gradua 1 " Turner. ly bcgan to hoai. t (ooh 10 bottles and was perfectly cured. For tho past 4 years I have hau good health and no sores." G.W.Turser, farmer,Galway,N. Y. Hood's Pills cure liver llls,constlpation,bll. iousness. Jaundice sick headache, Indigestion young* Wives Who are for the first time to undergo woman's severest trial we offer "Mothers Friend" A remedy which, if used as directed a fen weeks before confinement, robs it of it$ PAIN, HORROR AND RISK TO LIFE; of both mother and child, as thousands who have used it testify, "I used two bottles of Mothers Friend with marvelous results, and wish every woman who lias to pass through the ordeal of child-birth to know if they wilj use MoTiiERr Friend,forafew weeks it will robconfinement of tain and svtj ring. l-A /.I lif* ' ''' iUU injffrr jnyii r i i- iiy i, 17 rrrc?'*ir mmw Mks. Sam Hamilton, Montgomery City.Mo, Bent by express, charrrcs pre-aid, on receipt ol price. #1.W perl-oltle Suldby Mil druggists, Ooolt XO Mothers mailed free. BKADFIBt-D K to u lai on. Co., A Maul j, G*. Bile Befits Small Positively euro Sick-hcadacbc. 40 to the bottle. Price 23c. He-liable, Itcouoiuical. Sold by druggists. SWIFT^^SPECIFIC FOR renovating the entire system, eliminating all Poisons from the Blood, whether of scrofulous or malarial origin, this prep aration has no equal. . "For eighteen months / had an eating sore on my tongue. / was treated by best local physicians, but obtained no relief; the sore gradually grew worse. I finally took S. S. .*>., and was entirely cured after using a few bottles." SC. B. McLemore, Henderson, Tex. e '"pREATJSEon Blood and Skin 1 Diseases mailed free. Tub Swift Sfeciimc Co., Atlanta, Ga. LUXURIES?LEAKSVILLE BLANKETS, Housekeepers lb.. S3. t'aiollua'8 Pride. 7 lb., 90 ptr p Ur. I.caksviiic uouest Jcuus^Groy. Brows mill Dim r.-l.irM : ?. I HUM VVl'> PCI" Jiiru. XUTSPJ Gray, :< i 1?-Jc, Brown, <J0o. a yanij very cootf VTuoJ Y.ii u, all co'.i i S .Ye. a bank. If your dealei does no' kco'i these .oo.'s order of \\ , rtCIOTI Sc. CO.. Spucial b.-lllur; Agt J , tirccnsboro. N. ('. YOUR SOFTSS^F^'c^ ww * cured wlli? a few applications i "rOOTlXKBOo. bydruggttte or mall. Send for te tlmoulaU. B. V. LUDLuiJ ft CO., Bwakton, Oku Mso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the nest. Faslest to I'se. and Cheapest. Pjg ^1 6otd by druggists or sent by mall. I" # * * * #R> IP*A N S*T AVu L E S* I* * *latol e yWyK tbe stomach, llvrr and bowela.J * I'ir!fy Ibc blond, arc safe and ef J ? sCo-A i&j&tSP, rortiinl The best (renor.il family J 2 /MO WP**H I medicine known fur i)tiinu.?gc**.o 1 i onstli.ntloti, Dyspepsia. Koul# t^gfAglS\}yy iirc.tb. Headache, Heartburn, I nss* ' wSw Appetite. Mental Depression,* ^HBr Painful Purest inn, Pimples, Mallow J* Comnle.xion. Tired Koollujr, and* every symptom or disease resulting fmin Impure* blood, or a failure by Iho stomach, liver or Intestines? Jin perform their prop t function* Personagiven tji J ? <\ er eel iejr are Ik nellted by taking a T A It I f,p after J a each meal Price,by mall. I irroaajU; 1 bottle I.V. Ad? Zdress THE HIPANBCHKMICAI.CO .lOSpruccSt.^.Y.A 2 Airnti Wontedl RIUIITV percent prnBl. 2 ('Al'TION.-Ileware of dealer* nob- | dinting shoes without \V. I., (lovglas 1 nuhir and llio price slamprd on bottom, tsuch auhMltnt Inna am fraudulent and subject to proaerution by law for at-' ^ Inlnlug money nu- ^ Ala der false pretences. ^^1 B* XVI*1 cItb exrlmlfs lata ts ebon 4 p*?^ern??. AVrltn for cattlofuc. If not r tir.iiua kin tiia and wldlk wasted* Pi | Ui" hands. Injure Ilia Iron, and bum off. I . I The Rlalng Hun Btovo Polish is Brilliant. Odor- I , I la*. Durable, and the consumer pays lor do Ua I I or flM* package with every purchase. I "August j M I mj " I am ready to testify under oath ' that if it had not been for.August Flower I should have died before this. Eight years ago I was taken 1 sick, and suffered as no one but - ? T 1 1 '? ? vi) 3JA. UUV. V.UU, A tU of our best doctors and received no benefit. They told me that I had heart, kidney, and liver trouble. Everything I ate distressed me so that I had to throw it up. August Flower cured me. There is no medicine equal to it." Lorenzo F. Sleeper, Appletou, Maine. ? 1 If ONLYTRUE J L7URON ' M -TO NIC o I Will puriry BLOOD, regulate KIDNEYS, rcinovo LIVER disorder, build Mrensrtl^rcnow appetite, rcstoro hearth and vlporot youth. Dyspepsia. Indigestion, thattlrcif fcelluic absolutely oradtr'ated. Mind brightened, brain power increased, | inif a ?bones, nerves, musI ll||l I' cles. rocelve new force. I II la Br \ Btiflerlwr from complaints noLII U | Lai cullar to their sex, usluKlt.flnd ? w a En(-0 ep0cdy cure. Returns rose bloom 011 checks, ocautltlcs Complexion. Bold everywhere. All genuine goods bear "Crescent.'' Bend uh2 cent stamp for 32-page i pamphlet. ??. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. St. LonU. M*. | Going to Buy | t A Dictionary ? I x get the best. x I Fully Abreast of the Times. J A Choice Gift. + A Crand Family Educator. 4 O The Standard Authority. t Successor of llio authentic "Una-2 bridged." Ten years tpent in revising, + 100 editors employed, over $300,000 ^ {expended. + SOLD BY AI L "itOOKSKLLEBS. A Po not buy reprint* of oleolele editions. Z Send for Iron ii.iiih ld.m eonl.iinim; snerimen x Y page* mid IT'LL l\\lt I'll I I.A liS. :G. & C. MEKRIAM CO.. Publishers. 2 Sprir.giicid, Masj., 0. S. A. * IF YOU CHICKENS YOU WANT o A T II E I B THE M T O A J~\. A WAY even If you merely keep tticin a* a diversion. In orIcr lo handle I'u'.vld judicMc-ly. you must knot* something about t cnt. 'lo meet tlilj want wem elliu ; a book giving the cxrel'mcii / f|M|u <)C. of ft pracUcal poultry re.l-or forlvnly tvvi twenty-five year*. It was written by sman who pnt all his mind. uict time, and money to mat lag a suo cess of Chicken raining?not as a pastime, bat aa a business?and If you will profit by bit twenty-live years' work, you cun ta? e mary Ckloks annually. : M ! ffi LsWfl ) 1 ' " rtaUing CTifefrrn.i." and make your Fowls earn dollars for you. Tlrpoint is. that you must l.?* ?l>li? t?y 'Je'.Cci trouble ia the l urd n? soon ns It appears, end know b'?w 10remedy It. 11,is look will teech >ou. It tel.a bow to detect. nnd iure <1 case; lo feed for eggs nnd t.bo forfattenim*: wiilch fowls lo sava for breed.nt? purl-ores: nml everything. Indeed, you li"u il know on Ibis subject to make I! profitable. post pa! I f-'r tweuty flvo cents In Ic. or 3c. ?t(Ul>| s Book Publishing House, l.nosyitb ST.. N Y. City. C W. L. DOUGLAS 3 SHOE 8ENnSl|JL j genuine powctl nhoo that will not rip i fine Calf, Bless, smooth Inside, flexible, moro comfortable, stylish durable than any other shoo ever sold at tho price. alscustom-made shoescosting from $ I to $5. e onlr (i.'l.oo Shoo uindn with two completo | >. GPClir<?lv ai.wori ? tho ,..i t w ?_ _ . MW ,MW vutamu VUKU V??" PllAJVYU 111 CUl^j 4 ?h glTPB doublo Ihfl wear of cheap welt ihoca ?<)M at th<j ime price, for such easily rip, bavin* only ono solo sowed > a narrow strip of leather on tbo edge, ?n<j when onco orn through are worthless. Tbo two coles of the W/Ii. DOUO T.AS f.l.OOShfl# when worn through can be repaired as many times na nnoeasary.asthey will never rlpor loosen from the upper. Ihirefaasers of footwear <li driii* to ceono k mlie, should consider thor.opi r r imatitlea 9^ Of th' . o shoes, find led b<* irllue'iced to buy cheap welt ?le -hi Id at as an. baring only appeal.f : emu. d \Hl > them. Wi li. lull bl, '(tn'a Vsm St and ( > Him i- Wand ?ewrd .S l.'ill police ind KarrrVtflKL era; Fine < ) ; * v' 'tl and <$ .;.tie w " t n'si \ (2^. Soys' jt J.tl i mid buiths' ft.y A ? id'es* \ JK 93.00 ban I: ?.i| ^ TV K-d.iift mid M is* "eaiiijjH . I . Sl.7.> Tien Poiigola, A|. ' W aro of the u-wn1 lilga 'Ur |a* standard of ui-.rii. eaters and teaernl mnrriiunts where ! bora ?r aalaJa ytgf place send direct to f'actory? m?ft Im. Wi JL. OtHilu. BrMkmi Uini . At * >1*