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WJULDNT YOU' I'd like to stray through forest aisles Where nature wears her sweetest smiles. Where gentle zephyrs all the woodlan I blossoms woo ; There whore the wil 1 bir.ls trill their lays And broklets loiter on their w.iyj I'd like to pluck a little sprig of heartsease. Wouldn't you? I'd like to roam through meadows fab. Whero clover blossoms scout the air, And wander hidden, grass-grown paths and brush away t he dew ; I'd like to hide iu taunted dolls And listen lo tho fairy bells, And batho my tired spirit In music. Wouldn't you? O, I would quit the flurry, Tho unending liasto mi I hurry Of prisoned, wnll-bouu I cities j I would go where skies are blue. I'd quite forget the grin ling mart And lyiug close to nature's heart I'd steal her sweetest, poacc-begotttlng secrets. Wouldn't you? ?Chicago Journal. ' tempkoma." ? May berry is reJ ported to have ' ,] ' call themselves Where aero they selected from? That is what I want to know." Of course, no one satisfied her impertinent curiosity. We all knew where wo came from, if she didn't, and some of us hold strong opinions as to Misa May berry's ultimate destination, but that is neither hero nor there. Still, it was "rather a startler" tvhen old Mr. Egg'.estou, of lierinondsey, cainedown to Willowtown to live. Ho was fabulously rich; he swallowed peas with his knife and called them "marrerfatshe was impatient, headstrong, choleric, apoplectic. Two important facts.saved him from social ostracism ? his ?Mer:n.v.;;o dinners and his daughter Sompronia. It is not very easy to describe Semprouia. Her beauty had an elusive way of defying description. When she entered a room people were vaguely conscious that something pleasant had happeno 1. If you were fortunate enough 1? take her in to dinner she confirmed that impression. Even mock turtle lost its mockery when she sat be si do you. Not that old Eggleston often put people oft with mock turtle; he was far too fond of dipping his white beard in the genuine thing to wish to impose imitations on his guests. 1> - ir . v:_i- I > 1- 1 I x uwi i mi i > ^ u-mMsoii n iroviiucs, however, began the first time ho dined ?t the Egglestoiis', owing to Mr. Eggleston'a Ambiguous speech. Mr. Eggleston was gobbling ft way at his soup, and only loft oft' to observe that he "couldn't 'eat the 'ot 'ouse." "But, my dear sir," observed Hurry, "nothing but an ostrich could ?.' bent your hothouse." "Don't you be imperent, young man," retorted Mr. Eggleston, "or vou and me'll 'ave words. I will 'eat , it if I like." Hempronia t hrew oil on the troubled waters, but not before Mr. Eggleston had remarked to the remains of his eotlp that Harry was "a uordacious sparrer." Scmpronia was very fond of her father. She didn't obtrude the fact, but skilfully contrived to throw her mantle over him at all the social functions of the neighborhood. It soon became an understood thing that any one who poked tun at Mr. Eggleston bad no chance of winning the goo I craees of his 1 >i'>ui 11 t'n I dajnrliter. I f -r mother had been ulady?a very feeble one?ami married Kggleston on account of his Htrongmindedne.su. Mrs. Kggleslon's relatives were so astounded by the originality of sneh a reason that they cut Iter. It preye 1 oil Mrs. Eggleston a good deal, hut she lived very happily with her husband until Seinpronia was born. Then, like Mrs. Dombey, "she couM't make an effort''?ami died I People who sftw poor Mr. Kggleston at that awful time said that ho was as one distraught. lie Mat by the dead woman, holding her liaud, until she was taken nway to the grave. Then he fell down in a lit. Ho was only prevented from following his wife into the silent land by hearing the doctors say he hadu't u chance of living. Jn order to eontrad iet them lie recovered. If he couldn't '"eat tlio *ot ouso" it wasn't for want of trying his jaws on everything olse he came across. Still, with all his faults, old Mr. Kggleston was much beloved in Willowtown. His speech when ho first took the chair at tho "I'enny Kendiri js" whs h model of metaphorical research. "When I look round 'ere,'* lie sai l, sticking his determined thuiniis well into his white waiateotit, "I asks myself what brings me 'ere, and i says t<inaself, aaya I Money! 1 vo never been properly eddicate I, hut I've made ? Money! I was horn in the gutter, so to speak, but I've made -Money! 1 ain't the genuine coiue-over-with Will lain -the Compter or and ot hcr-finuold-eriiated t lueves lot (any one can tell I'm not real Dosset, and only olcomargarine), hut I've madi?Money! Nohody'il call me a new-laid Hrahma; I'm only a sixteen-to the shilliii'-ainl take-me-hack-if 'igli-French egg, hut I've made Money. And now I've made money I mean t.? spoil I i^ on people I like, so I'll he very glad if you'll all come up to supper when the performance is over. Mr. Nicholson's tigoiii to sing ' I In* cart Howoil l 'own, 1 don't know what it's bowed down about, but 1 cIosmhv it's very pretty." Ami Mr. Kggloston retired amid thunderous applause. Harry .Nicholson sang "The Heart Bowed Down" with great e fleet. "MeV always up at the "ail," Mi. Hggluston inlcrmnd people, 'din liked Nfcholsoii now, although he couldn't resist calling him "a confounded young 1't'ppy for sniggerin' because I got flummoxed and said 'Mr. Recitation will give n Smith' the other night. He's of n good fam'iy, Nicholson is. I should like my daughter to inarrv into a good fam'iy. I never wasmucn of a fam'lj man myself, though I dessay 1 could buy a crest Hiid a Jiatin mortar nl th ?1.aid's College. Still, it'su lino tiling ?o have ft picture gallery full of beau tiful murderesses and ruillaus iu armor and Sir 'Ugus aud Sir f oiuchalots, ami Lady Kdiths of the white 'ami, uuJ bi tcli like." Seinprouia did not object to N ielioleon's picture gallery at all. She ami Nicholson wore always together. Ol course, Nicholson was poor. indeed, his picture gallery was !ii.-> chief pos session. J to was expected to live up to it. People supposed that he did something lor a living, but no one knew exactly a hat it was. Olio day, however, it occurred to him that he was in love. ? "i in going away, no hp.ui aorupCly to Mies Egglestou. They wore wittiucj before the draw* ing room fire. It was only 0.30, but just after Christmas it is very dark at that time. Miss Egglestou was cla I in black velvet, ami what Mr. Eggleston called "the family ditnous" sparkled on her white neck. Mr. Egglestou always insisted on her wearing jewels at dinner. He was mortally afraid of his suspicious-looking butler, as that stony-hearted functionary hud threatened "to resign"' ii Mr. Eggleston dared t-> sit down te dinner in a shooting jacket, "if people don't respect themselves," he had observed. "I do. When I served my Lord of Ditehwator he always drosse I for dinner, and I'm not ugoiti' to demean myself by wailing on a parvouoo who don't." That had settled it. Lather than be called by such an nwful word as "parvouoo." Mr. Eggleston apologized, and 1'orkins buried tlie hatchet. When Nicholson raid that ho was going away rtempronia didn't like il at all. Her blue eyes looked into the lire with a rather abstracted air. The firelight played upon her beautiful, il somewhat haughty features. Whal right a butter inn's daughter li.lt> resemble th He Veres of r > nnice it was dillio iK i > dis rivor, but she in(iubitibly did so. I lev feature* were neither faulty faultless nor splendidly j null; they cert duly wore very beau* t if ul. "doing away !" sli-> asked. ".Surely, Mr. Nicholson, this is rather 11 sudden freak." Nicholson rn^ from his chair nn<l ; stood looking down on licr. Ho was ' black as a crow, but with u prepossess- I ing blackness, lie h i I a very musi- | cal voice, his gayety was infectious, | ami people lingere 1 to list m to his ! laugliing witticisms, Hut ho ili.l not | seem inclined t<? l?o funny to-night. I For so mercurial a youth ho was ile- ; cidedly aerions. His hand twisted the beautiful stu I in his immaculate shirt front. Altogether he was very preoj- ] eupieil. The rug wasn't big enough. He trod on the St. Bernard and was stricken with remorse. "Such an owl is well out of the ; way," ho said. ".Miss Egglestou, ! I'll go." "Y'ou forget that you dino with us." i "Oh, no; I don't forget. Perhaps 1 you will let mo off. I'm not fit for the [ giddy throng to-night." "It isn't a giddy throng. There will bo papa and Mr. (lubbim. True, Mr. (inbbius is volatile--away from Mrs. (dubbins- but you cannot call j , papa giddy." "No. I'm <>fT to-morrow. in fact, I've made a discovery." ''Iu the picture gallery? Or burio.l ( treasure 111 the paddock?" "Don't scolt'at my poverty," he eaid ; with repressed feeling. "Don't scoff at that, (to I knows f never felt it uu- j til to-night." | i "Ami why to-night?" "To-night?" with assumed indifTer- j enee. " Well, even the lightest-heart- j . i- I fellow tin Is Black Care perching ] , on his shoulder sometimes. I ? I was i , actually thinking this afternoon." ; j "No wonder you a'e tired." But | nlie didn't look at him. "Ves; funny, wasn't it? Actually \ thinking. What doyou think I thought J , about?" j I "I don't know. Something inter- i ' est ing V" "I can't say that. It seemed inter- j | est ing tome." , She smiled. I "I went up to the gun room, and , (lung myself into a eliair." . "And lit a cigar?" , " Well. yes. Wiion a man thinks, j lie's bound t<> light up; can't help it." , "So you lit up?" "Yes, 1 lit up. Then I sat down tt'Ciiin * 1 ?r?*f nit * t lion T < it ilmvii , - _ Nearly worn out the chair before 1M finished." riiat was serious." "It was. I wanted something. Didn't know what I wanted, so called myself names and pitched my cigar away. Which was rash. It was a good cigar," regretfully; "and I haven't many left. Must take to smoking shag lik? Old Ikey does. lie enjoys it." "Don't be horrid." "I got tired of walking up and down, so I stopped short in the middle of the floor, and fixed my eyes upon the carpet pattern. It's an awfully good plan that. The carpet spoke back to me. It said ?" " Yes?" "Ob, it said, you hone-idle beggar, you've wasted your manhood, you have tottered in tho vineyard '.metaphorically, of course?you can't totter in vineyards where tin-re aren't any ? stands to reason) while others toiled, and all that sort of thing, don t you know. Vet nil the time, some impossible dream a dream of great happiness -has haunted you. 1 on have drifted, drifted, like a boat bottom up, with this happiness <piite close to you. You had hut to go forth into the world, ami -and win your spurs and you didn't go. 'Clint's what the carpet -aid. Kxtraordinury bit of Brussels, wasn't it?*' "Yes. Didn't it say nnythingel.se?" oi tiling, it hiii i i must lose this woman I loved because 1 was ruined." "Ruined!" "Vis, ruined; and nil tlint Sort of thin;'. 1 have lieen living oil eupil.i] instead of interest. i lie only redeem ine feature about the utlair is that tie* gallery will have to no. Von see, it's hard tinea on a fel o\v to have iiotliin,^ tint a oallery left to hint; lie can't live ! up to it ; and yet lie ha- t do so. None , of those ruffianly old ancestor- of mine ever -I'd a day's 'vork in their lives. | I'm afraid I haven't done much. I'eit ally should I horn yon with this'?" | "Voa don't Wore me, all i you ? sufi for!" I "It is a tr unpiosi.nut,." ) 'Yon didn't think it would be par- | ticularly pleasaut?" ' I was horridly bored by that gallory. Iiti ly Edith of the White Hand * will fetch a good price from a soap man. 1 couldn't have stood that depressing female much longer. She had / n way of sticking her hand out at one, as if a follow couldn't live Up to it. I'm sure I didu't want livo up to it. I'm thinking of joining tho mouutod police in tho Northwest Territory. They're a splendid lot; aud there's always the pleasnreable excitement oi being scalped by The-Alan-Who-ltidesA-Mule With-His-Face-To-The-Tail, * or ."onio other equally long-named hero." (t'IM. . - 1 1?U I. _ 8 1I1U l'X|)l'l'l?U?U WVUIUU li >?o UI much use to you because it could only happen ouce." "V"-1, I suppose so. There are worBC J things than being scalped." ""ossiblv." "Ainl so good by to the old times ? and to?to r^avly Edith. Wheu a inan is on tin' brink of rmu it is best for 11iin to forget?everything." f "i'es," she said ulniost inandibly. t) "It is best for him to forget, lnt not ?everything. 1?1 am verj sorsjr for ^ you." <] lie press*.* I her haul lightly to his j lips. Sim knew tlint this was hit j( eharseloristie farewell to the hopes lis j, had cherished. Womanlike, slio wan v angry at his silence. And tlion his wretche I pride. Sho had enough ^ money for both. What did bin poverty matter? Hadn't ho that delightful gallery of ancestors, some of whom, il ^ repor' spoke truly, were little better ' than the wicked. You couldn't buy r family portraits like that. Thore n were plenty of dubious old masters in 1( til* Markei, but few undoubtedly "old mi>-dsses," as Mr. Eggleston called ^ t hem. An I here was this irrational youth, ^ who loved her, going oft" to be scalpod by t'liwn *es, or t'omanehes, or Sioux, or Vpaehes, < r any other outlandish tribe of . nlii'.us with whom lab might confront him. Why not sta^ at h-M? and have his hair pulled onlj in the family circle? Ami it wa* suet beautiful hnir! lie disappeared in H?o 'brksiss, iociing that desperato oorrow which only comes to a man once in a lifetime, for the simple reason that he n couldn't possibly live through it ^ twice. "By Jove," ho muttered botweon his sot tooth, "it would go hard with any ono who crossod me to j, night." 1, "Mar? Harry !" gurglod a choking j; voice from the shrubs. ]j The next moment TIarry had jumped w into the bushes. A bullet whizzed by tl his car as he did so, and a cowardly ft rulliin who had half atranglod Mr. r? Ilgglcton tied into the unkuown. hi ".My wife's portrait," cried Mr. r< F r rlestou. "They knockod me down in us I was coming up the walk?" p Jfarry ran swiftly down the avenue, d his pulses tingling with fierce joy, li and all the savage within him revolting cf iii in prospect oi r ngut. e: iTust us lie reached tho gato his foot K( tripped against a rope, which was stretched across the drive. There V1 u-.is t?n,,?ln.r shot ? a redliot, soaring, el [oaring dart in his shoulder?nau no ~ foil forward on his face, whilst tho cracksmen made off across tho tiold, 81 cursing their own stupidity in begin- 1' ning operations so promaturely. ,l) L'orkins disappeared with them. M Harry was currio l into tho house ni ind-hiidon a couch. Doctors woro s' telegraphed for right and loft. For J1 hours ho remained with pallid features ' Hid closed eyes. Tho doctors shook 1 !n*ii* in-a Is and looked wise. The ivouu I a as a serious one; the lmllot *"! i ir 1 to I'm 1 ; if cu'taiu tilings didn't i rip.-u tho pdienl would recover; if " hey did happen, he wouldn't; that .! was all that could bo extracted from [hem as they no I led with sphinx-like gravity, an I returned to their pa- ^ Lieut. ft -nipronia sat beside Harry through 11 [lie long night. It was useless to dis-i inn Into any more. She wus quito I* [e irless and as white as wax. Every jt. now an I tlcn she nioistoue I his lips :? smoothed the piilow, but did not K; give way to her grief. It was only * toward morning on the second (lay after tho doctors ha 1 extracted tho ( bullet that she he tray o<l any oxoito- s mi. tit. In the cnhl, Rray dawn a robin, i! i11 l?*?l inlo momentary ehoerfulnoss '' by tho thought that spring wonhl surely com some day, begun to twit- s h?r his ciic -ry melody to tho case- <' mciit'i; glimmering hi pi are. ' Tho song of 1 lie bird Htnoto Sompro- g nia. Shi shivered, and, beuding over tii : wounded man, kissed him passionat dy. "Ah," siio moaned, as she flung S herself on her Uncos by tho conch, "I g was cold and hard and cruel to you, I>ut I never meant to lot yon leave me. I would have followed you to the |i world's end for one word of love, but h you were so proud?mo proud ?that I d could never humble myself to toll you d s<>. aim now -now you wm not Know e it." L She pushed b.ick her hairandstarod witii wild, wati eyes into tho gray d ditwn. 'L'iioii u wonderful tiling hap- h |:< ite I. Tin? sleeping liuvn opened his li eye-, and sindod. From that moinont n In; fjrow ladinr. "I soeinod to hoar i your voice faintly and afar off," ho n "\iilaiin- I, v lion ho was able to "ait ,?ji in I l.tko a littlo nourishment," as i Mr. II jg lost on |iit it. "I was crossing j a or.iv l iv r, accompanied l?y an old |{ ni iii who w.n. half da I in skins. \s wu | ilrow near to tlie opposite shore, dim- j ly disci rnihlo through the gloom, palo |, phantoms caino down to moot us, aud ( tlion then I hoard your voice, aud all tJ was well." H "Yes," she ma 1c answer,toftly, "all t wa well, (iol lias bceu very good to ,] lis, and all is well." ".tnl it'll 11 y body's got to bo seal po 1," siid old Mr. Ilggleston, fondly survey in t ho young couple, "lot's 'ope as it'll bo those ruilians in garotted i. .. 41... i i; ii.,.vi..a i ill'" >Y i 1 ' i 111%: nniricu f uii/119 l ui iviui | (the liiili.-r) ! ! I 'cm to got my ' v. 111*!i. Anyhow," they'll have tlioir ' li sir < it siiorl ill II?r Majesty'a ox- ' I i?s;? t??r so111 tmi , bless lior. It's ' i f resiling dl'ti r th'so yours of paying ' i i \"s| got ? ii'tiling for it.''?Do* ' tioil I" roc I'reus. Tiio tiil'' .ins ii ro.it deal to do witn tln? popularity of n boo!,. An Knglish 1 novol, in tin''-arly iIhvs of the century, ? i'oiimi iion a-ii i s w 11 *11 niinoitiice<l hthe 'i'liainpioii of Virtue," Init iinme* liint' iy Ii v i.ii' popular as tlie "DM | Dullish IJiiou." & IECRUITS FOR THE ARMY. IL IOW UNCLE SAX OBTAINS IIIS SOLDIER BOTS. Ill Must Undergo n Physical Hxnrnlnation?Thn Term They Must Serve and the Pay They Hecelve. TT happens occasionally that people seo in their waudorings about ftown ft nag tlymg from tlio second-stor'/SfiTKlow of ? building n the corner of Woodward avenue nd Congress street, aud ?ro curious o know what missiou of poaco or war t represents. Inquiry iu tho drug toro immediately beneath, or a close nspectiou of some letters on tho buildug iu tho vicinity of tho tlag, cxilaius its presence The letters form his sign: ; RECRUITING OFFICE, U. S. A. : Further investigation reveals tho act that this ante-room of glory open-: u tho Congress street side, whero n oldier iu the uniforiu of the United >tates army stands at attention in tho oorway, his wliite-glovod hands held ii military fashion at his aide, but lolding neither gnu nor sword. lie h 11 soldier of peace, tho oflioo orderly ho stands there, not to guard th > remises, but to say, "This way, lovs," to the would-be recruits who re looking for the enlisting ollico. Tho candidate for military honor i oes upstairs, dreading the or leal at very step, and finds himself in a largo iHHiiy wnero TllR riTnuim^ unr;tjc win t a table atten lei by ft sergeant an I ti orderly in the imposing uniform liicli the candidate for enlistment opes to don. "I want to 'list,' " lie say-, ?" !? roieliiag the table. Oaptaiu Noble looks up. " L'ake oT your hat." The hat is sheepishly ronuvol. "What is your age?" " Twenty years old." "Are your people willing?'' " They arc, sir." ".Married?" "No, sir." "Ever been in jail?' At tkistho candidate looks surprisod nd hurt, and answers in the negative uite forcibly-enough to bo convino?? Then the sergeant takes the man in and, looks down his throat, examines is teeth, weighs him, takes hight and nds out his reason for wanting to oust. If he tips the beam at regulation eight, not less than 121 nor more inn lilt), measures not less than live let four inches, ho conies up to the jquironients of an ablediodied soldier, nd is sent into another room to dis>ho. Then lie is again weighed and ioa?ured and put through a course of hysicnl exercise that brings out any isaliility that may exist in bold reef. If he is gyniuastically correct, in bond Jus body into u contortionist, tpand iiutl contract his chest without etting breathless, prove that every >e iiud liugor is capable of active s.;ricc. and that his back *s limber lough tp enable him to sloop either ~ZT. iu? i coon^fti 1 r<wriilh?V4%il ?**%(! iken ti? the captuiu's olHee to l>e vorn in. ibit first he must answer a ersonul category of questions, aud uist make allidavit that lie has neither ife nor child. The laws that regulate rmy life are then read to him. lie is iown the fate of the man who enlists nder a false oath, or who, once ousted, deserts before his time is up. fe has now the gala dress on for which is soul has hankered, he wears the jgiineutals of a private soldier in the uileil States army. He dare not alk out of t lint otlico without leave 'inn his superior oflicor. lie is au ousted man for three or live years, as ic ease may be, and the recipient of Id a month in Uncle Sam's money. The following is the rate of pay as ow established: I'ny i>"r I'.i.v per I'ay for Oriole. in <nth. year live veari ri vales ? etivilry, artillery and imi.nl ry ...$11 $150 $783 H'i'i inusieiatis -aviiiry, art illary and Infant ry... 13 l.Vi 7S) ildlors?Cavalry .^A-* iat> i?ji> arriera nu I blaekainittt* ?Cavalry 1? 130 'J)( orporals?Cavalry, artillery and infantry. ..... 13 1H0 D'H cr^euUs?' 'avalry, artillery an l infantry 17 201 1020. irst H'Tiroant <>f a company?Cavalry, art ill??ry and infantry 22 201 132( addler sorijnant? Cavalry 22 201 1 -12' liiof trump-dor of cavalry 22 201 1020 rincipal musician ? VrtilWy ami infantry 22 201 1320 o^imcntil <|iiart"rniaxt?>rscr^cant ?''avalry, artillery and infantry 23 270 l l^C Tenant major ? Cavalry, artillery and infantry... 23 270 13K.I ar^runts of post non .'onimissioned staff 34 404 20IC 'IIih term of service for a soldier eniHtino under tho present rules of riny lifu is Hv? years, Imt in nceorance with n law |?assoil in IS.1(1 a solier after nerving one year can purliase an honorable discharge, $I JO icin^ the maxiiniiui price. Although the pay of a priv itc Holier seems almost inadequate to meet is living expenses, it must lie ivmemicred that in addition to the .ifI"t n loiith lie receives his rations, clothip/. heddiiiir. medical services hip! iiedicineH free. There are libraries, reading rooms ml post schools, wiiero men who need instruction enii bo taught iv fair n owl edge of uecossary English ranches, an I where foreigners ran mprovo in their use of the English iiuguege. A largo percentage of Jnele Sam's soldier boys are Anierieau nly by adoption, but they must bo bio to read and write before they take ho oath of allogiaueoand become Holders.?l>etroit Free Press. A l?amp Detector. Tn England they have what is called i "damp detector," a silver trinket, lot unlike a compass in appearance. ?t the back are small holes 111 the sil rri# (Hidden which i uu <ir%uj|> i *ml moves the needlo until it points to | the word "damp." By the aid < { this ontrivanee unaired sheets can ho delected. -Hardware. lulelHirence ot a Stallion. Durin;* a fire in a st able at Pan See, Province of Quebec, Canada, a hay tullion returned twice to the burning structure and drove out a horse that, was so terrorized ns to be unable to make any attempt to escape.?Sao Francisco Chrouiclo. \ J \ e- - ; The Best | to E J Arc made with ROYAL. 1 p?] bread, biscuit, cake, rolls, .1111 Jj rious pastries requiring a ic *<1 Risen with ROYAL BAK) M .1 l_i! 1__ 1!_f Presidents From the Farms. Ton Presidents of tlio Uuitod Statos wore called from farms. 1. Washington, the land survey or and farmer, from Mount Vernon. 2. John Adams, of Quiuoy, who, during the last year of his Presidency, said: "I am weary, woru and disgusted to death. I had rather chop wood, dig ditches, make fences upon my poor little farm. Alas! poor farm, aud poorer family, what have you lost that your country might be free!" 3. Jefferson, farmer, philosopher and statesman, from Mouticollo, Va. 4. Madison, farmer and lawyer, of Montpelier, Va. 5. Monroe, farmer, from Oak Hill, Va. 6. John Quincy Adams, from the Quincy farm of 100 acres, near Huston. (' It is said that most of the trees were raised l?y John Quincy Adams from the seeds which ho was in the habit of picking up in his wanderings. The most peculiar interest attaches to a shell-bark hickory which ho planted more than fifty years previous to his death. In this tree ho took a peculiar satisfaction, lmt ho was an enthusiast in regard to all the trees of tlio forest, differing in this respect from his father, who was an agriculturist of tlio Cato stamp?was more inclined to lay the ax to them than to propagate them.'') 7. Andrew Jackson, of the "Hermitage" in Tennessee, who as former, soldier and lawyer, was a most excellent typo of the best Americanism. 8. Van Huron, of Kinderhook, N. Y., was called to the Presidency from his sheep ami wool farm, although ho whs ii lawyer of far above average acquirements ami ability. 9. William Henry Harrison, from Ins farm at North Bsml, Ohio. 10. Tyler, of Hherwooil Forest farm, Va., where ho subsequently died. Jl. James K. Polk, of Duck River, Tenn., also camo from the farm to the Presidency. This selection of Presidents from rural homes, from amomr the farms of the country, illustrates tho fact that in those days there wi\s no profession or calling which held a more exalted position in public estimation than that of agriculture.?Tho Forum. The Prairie Dig Nuisance, A Western Kansas genius claims to have discovered a remedy for the prairie dog nuisance. The remedy is not vary expensive, being merely an empty t in can. The can, he says, is to be driven, open eud down, into i heir holes, and the soil tramped solidly round about it. Tho dogs come up into the can and work uutil exhausted, anl finally smother, at least he says they do not trouble him any more. Merchants are selling cheap cans, made for this purpose, in many towns of Western Kansas.? Courier Journal. Relied From Fatigue. A warm bath, with an ounce of sea salt, is almost as restful as a nap. Paddle in the wa er uutil it cools, and if not too susceptible to cold, dty wi + lt ?i vnvv^l ruatrtr 7 the feet c-n a sofa or chair, so as to Hj off tho floor. Put on fresh stockings, and the person who "was ready to drop" will then be ready to stand up. lint the quickest reliof from fatigue is to plunge the foot in ise-eold water, and keep it immerse I uutil there is a sensation of warmtK. ?Philadelphia Ledger. A NO-TP-DAC M1IMCMI. I'llYHHMI. IT.U ri:< TION Pit KY KSTKD itv Tin: im: or toisacco. .A n OM Tim it ill Ttvi-m y-i It ri-c YrnsV Tii? lui <-<-< ('lu-tvinic a ml Stiiuklitc I 'n iti', n ml liiiliisTtvrnlv Piimiils in Tlilrfy Oityi. T.akk fikxkva, Wis., July '.if -Sj Jul.? The ladies of our Ici'itifnl 1 i111?? lo-vn :ir*t linking :iii interest in .,' mm 1 ex -itin - tim o for lol?a?vo-usin^ liiiViaa If, since the injurious efTeets of tobacco Mill tlm case with which il can In; i*nr I.yii intimation eal'e I NoTo-llnf, linvi- 1 m-c-si so |*l-iinly demon it r.ito.l I y tin- cure of Mr. I' i'. \Vnit*'\ In a writt'-u stntKoiiait lio says : '*1 smoke 1 nil I eliowe 1 tobacco for tw Mity-tiiroo v;-ar.?. anl I am sure llint my case was one of the worst in this part oftlio country. Even after I went to I,o.l at nitflit. li I woke nj> I wouM want to I'lii'w* or anioko. It was not only killing nio I lit my wife was also ailing from tlio injurious oflVe|?. Two I o\"S of No-To-lJae cured mo, an I I liav no more ilnsiro for toliMi-eo than I liave to jlllllp out of tlio will" io?w. I liavo i|;iin I twenty poun Is in thirty lays, my wife is well, and we are indee I liotli happy to say that N'o-To-15ie is tru'y 'worth its weight in ijol.T to us.' The cure nu I iinprovenieiit In Mr. Walto'.-i ease is looke I upon as nmiraele !n fa -t, it Is the talk of the town an 1 county, an 1 it is estimated that over a thousand tohaoeo users will he usin.; No-To-lJae within a few weeks. Tin- peculiarity about No-To-15 ie a? a patent medicine is that the makers, tlio Sterling Heine ly Company. No. )'? Kan lolp'i street, Chicago, abso'utcly guarantee the iiso of three Poxes to euro or refnn I the nionny, and the cost, -2. :>. is so tnllin;?s compared with Hie expansive an I unnecessary use of tobacco dial tobacco-using liusbands liavo no goo I excuse fo olTer wiien I heir wives insist upon taking No-To-Uac and getting results in the way of pure, sweet breath, wonderful improvement in their mental an l physical condition, with a practical revitalization of their nieotizyd nerves. It Is probnblo that the corn pack will bo ooushlorably reduced the present season. It it Onlv Helped u l.illle. It would l e worth .'hi cents. One hour's free dnm I mm (lie I en i hie it i it at i a it i h ( id teller h worth more tlian a whole hex of T< Ileririo o-|s. It will chip- *-uic and it's tiieonl* ililli! i ll at will < iii e. fHI i elit-at drug slol'es. ui by mail 11 inn .1. 'I . Slnipl I i lie, b'a v.i nnali, t >i? Thk population of Chatianoogn, Tenn., Is n.ro<i u?.iK,.n <? 1 so Jfnfllietrit with soreeyes use l?r IsnaeThnnip hoii'm Kyi- water.Imu'kist.s sell ai s>r>e per Ik>1 lit II I ! ? iI in hoi weatner Somi't hint; in needed to k?*?'|?ti |> t ho nppet ili>, assist digestion ;111 I give tfoo I, lo-all lilui sleep. For tlies -purposes llon l's n irsniMrilla is p ouliarly a l;ij?to?l. As a hlood pur| lOOd'S A par ilia illor it lias no o<|iiil, ? V w * an I it is chiefly |?y i|s jf f pow T t" make purn lilooil that it has won sueh^faine as a euro for scrofula, salt rlioiim ainl other similar ilisoasos. <; -t llooil's. 11 unit's I'ills euro lira-India ami indigestion. ^ tilings arc superlatively ngn iS] and wholesome. "% ROYAL BAKING POV 'id time and labor savers to the economizes flour, butter and i the food more digestible and r<U ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., ^<70? Tho Horse's Original Home. The original home of the horse has been generally supposed to be the country which forms tho highlands of Asia, about the fortieth degree of latitude, and recent authorities report that herds of wild horses are still to bo seeu in certain parts of Western Mongolia and Northern Thibet. From timo immemorial this country lias been favorable to tho growth of horses. At a very early date, several thousands of years before Christ, the 11OL.SO WHS KlKCIl \? CH Wivr.l. J HO l>;wvlouiaus used horses in their expeditions. The cuneiform characters which are used to express the word liorso mean literally the "animal of the East." In Egypt the horse is not found depicto I 011 the monuments until about 1>. 0. KJOO. In Nubia the lior.se was appreciated and loved. In a hieroglyphic inscription the statement is 111a le that when l'iankhi, the Ethiopian iuva ler of Eyvpt, had captured the stores and treasury of his foe, Nimro.l, he went into the stables, find finding that the horses had suffered from hunger, ha burst into a rage and sai I: "1 swear by my life, an.l by my belovol Rn, that to have kept my horses hungry is more heinous in my sight than any other offense which thou hast committed against me." The native land of the At ib horse includes the Arab'nn peninsula, the lands about tho Tigris and Euphrates, and the Damascus district. All Arab horses arc asserted to bo descended from a fabulous mare called "Ivuhuilat of the old woman." ?Now York Sun. Sun Dance ol the Crce*. Chief Little Rear, who is recognized as the chief of the Croo ludiam in tho United Stales, yesterday called op J udgo Ronton to ask a permit to huT6 a big sun dance on tho west side. He explained to tho Judge that the dance would last tliroo or four days, during which timo the braves cat nothing, dance day and night and givo exhibitions of their en luraueo. The sun dance is of Aztec origin aub was originally a religions fostival de"?Kuo^ to l?o ou tXiji. of Worol?ij> rtu<) homage to tho sun, which at this season of the year commenced to givo life to vegetation. T:i old timos it whs customary for tlio braves to lmvt hooks inserted in t!ic muscles of their backs with a chord at t ishad to a supling and then swingtbeniselvosftr mind like a (ish dangling at the end of n lishoolo till they tainted away, the man who could endure torture the longest being the greatest Indian among (hem. While proceedings ol this kind ha ve gone out of fashion the Mill dance is still an exhibition o! physical endurance.?Ureat i'alk (Moutunu) Leader. (illllil CIlU I\IC|C t* I lll|HO'l II III . Iti'<iili'< tin' liappv satisfaction (lint a clo.i' conscience ami go ui character bring in cmt? lie oft. il 11.1- a roil i men-ia I value 111 a I il is well In take inlu ennsiileralinn. Km* instance, II. 1'. .Inliiisiiii ,k Cn.. ill Kiliinond. Va.. nie ailver 11 -i11 < in litis paper, ami nll'er specially goo.l liti *iness ii|i|i,i:*| uiiil i.-s in me in if character ami W.llii,\l'i;d.' 'Vi;1 r,r. K";;v.'b,vv-v'iv.V'n Wiuas may suit tiicir convenience. Vai.cadi.k deposits of tin have boon discovered in Montana. Tlir 1. nil I en. The pleasant efTec I ami perfect safely with aliit-It ladies may use the California liquid laxAlive, Syrii|i of Figs, under nil conditions makes it their favorite remedy To get the irue and genuine article, look for the nnmo of the Californin Fig Syrup Co., printed near the nullum of the package. Moumoxs linvo seeuroJ land and money to cstabllsii u college at Lnmoitl, iowa. IIiiU'm Cntni'i'U Cure Is taken interunlly. l'rlco 75e. Thk total wheat nren this your fs 35,480,000 acres, against 38,501,000 lnsl year. Ka-l's Clover lloot, the gloat blood puriller, rives fre li ness and ele irness I o I he complexion and cures constip.ition, els., ,i . is,, $1, i Sr. Padi/s Cathr.i?iiat,, t,on Ion, is insured for 1175,000. | EVERY MAN I I (ii V " I'r/urf find .\firr Inking." A piv-si Mo liy flio iinnion o n litinn print ^ nnifli Informal inn Illative to Ih-oi u Annlvvinof over;. Iliinu portainin.; to i ninl Hearing ?? HimIIIiv Pamilirs; to y i l lptjiins, Kxplanati<ais of Kotaniral a Now Ivlition, lli'viso I mil Knl iryml 1 w Hi.' !i >us t lioro i i no i x'-ii Hi for not Un A wait until von h-ivo illness in vmir f i ^ for 111i-* vnltrililc volimi . OMiY ft 3 not"' or postaito tamps nl anv ilononii \ BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE, "U. n. n. %. flp ( K nr* t ? ^ Things ? 'a Hat | f*h 3AKING POWDER? [f f(fins, crusts, and the va- ^ ttvening or raising agent. ING POWDER, all these ^ t, sweet, tender, delicious H /DER is the greatest of : pastry cook. Besides, it ^ :ggs, and, best of all, makes healthful. % ICC WALL ST., NEW-YORK. ^ - r<<, \S ^ 'h, ^ r<(, <S W( ^ WA& r<(( fc? Walking: llirth Certificates. It is quite co'umon in Fiji and Sa? inoa for a man to bear upon His arm or body a certificate of liis birth which is practically indelible. Tattooing is carried on in these islands to an ab? surd extent, and it is the practice to tattoo on the haud of a mother the date of her children's births. Borne* times, also, an enthusiastic father will tattoo the date of the birth on the child itself, and no matter how Ion;? it lives the certificate will remain easily dec'phorable. In some adjoining islands every child is tattooed almost from head to foot on its completing its twelfth year. The rosull is very remarkable, especially if thechild is growing rapid* ly, so that the spaces between the tat* too marks increase in size year by rear. I remember one man whs joined our crow when we were short* handed, who had every available rpaoe on liiK anatomy tauoocu year iu? tor y",r; nr.til he appeared to be nothing bat a walking collection of grotesque signs and symbols. In Japan tattooing is now prohibited by law, but it is still practice ! by superstitious subjects of the Mika Jo very freely. ?SU Louis Globe-Democrat* Lumber 1'nxiiict o! One Tree. A tree was cut the other week near Slielton, Wash., which measured eleveu feet four inches in diameter at the butt?thirty-four feet in circumference. It was clear timber to the first limb, seventy feet from the ground. It is estimated that fully '.{(?,OOi) feet of merchantable lumber may be cut from this ouc tree.?Detroit L-'ree Press. ^ ASSIST NATURK C/, sL a little now and then, with n gentle, eleanuing laxative, thereby removing ofToinling !& matter from the stoin/-w A* C 'l ac'! bowels, and toning up and invigofjzyT Er^tV-slt rating Uie liver and f'.jaqui< ker.ing its tardy f av .Vaac tion. and you thero. S? J ron,"vo 'bo causo ? ? a iiiuiuiiKiu im uiv ttessing diseases, such as howlaehes, indigestion, biliousness, skin diseases, boils, carbuncl<w, piles, (Intuitu* iuuI maladies too numerous to mention. If people would pay more attention to projterly regulating the notion of their bowels, they would have less frequent occasion to cull for their doctor's services to stibduo attacks of dangerous diseases. That, of all known agents to accomplish this purpose, Dr. Tierce's Pleasant Pellets are unequal! d, is proven by tlio fact that onco I'.sco, th"y arc always in favor. Tiicir Becoudury eU'ect is lo keep the bowels open nod regular, not to further constiiwite, us is the case with other puis. Hence, tlieir great popularity with snhercrs from 1111 bituul constipation, piles and indigestion. W,L. Dowclas 83 ^ $5. CORDOVAN. /? F RENCH& ENAMELLED CMtfJji m \ ^'.^FINECAI F^s0, ES. m * $ * 3'%PW&**N0lS r.^ ? A2?i-V?'-^r,NEv'v &.\ I ,^.<?^BOYSSCHOOI5HOES. ? LAD 1E3 * { ^<020;? *|.7S J??^M3'2--b|5tdon6oi.4< SEND FOR CATALOGUE Wd-'DOUGkAS, : BROCKTON. MASS. Yon enn save moacy by wciii'Ihb the W. I?. Pausl-is fr-.I.OO tMioP. rterntnte, wo i.rj t'o largest inniiiifaoturorn of this grade f s!i.>im ia i:,o world,ami guarantee their value by stampi:-.; t'uo name ami price on the ti'ittoni, \\ ii'.eli jiri'trer you a 'alnnt liI,:*1 pricesnuJ ?!io middleman's i :u our t-hnca cipinl custom w.irk In Mvle, c* y titling n:ut wearing qualities. We havo them r>M everywhere ntluwcr prices for the value riven than en v other make. Take 110 aul>cl'tutc, If your tlv.-.l.r cannot supply you, wocuu. >:3 Conanatptivee and people Fa] 'a who bavo weak lungs or Astb- Wl ffl ma,should use I'lso'sCuro for 3 Consuniptlnn. It has cured MB 'gj thenaaniis. ft has not Injur- nil Iv3 ail ono. It Is riot bad to take. KrB pflltlnih est cough syrup. IT i ? v s N 'J ; (> isOWM I By J. Hamilton Ayer*, A. M., M. D. d I tiis is ? iiio-tt Vulu il>lo Ifor A tlio 11<niseliolil, foarliin.; fis it Y tlio nsily.i|islni}<uislM>.l Symptoms A of dilT'Tont Disoason, tin* Cans"*, \ ami Mi am of I'roviMitin * surli l>is- Q oiiso-i, mill tlio Simplest Koine lios \ which will nllovijit" or euro. b98 PACES, 4 PKOKUSKIjY Il.hUsriiATKI). A Tlio Hook is writti'ii in plain every- \ iIjiv Kiitflish, nml is free from "io 0 |V y tnuliiiiivil l?-i mi i '.viiii ii nil irr most V Doctor Hooks so vula'lcss to tlio 9 fji'ni'iiinty of ivjl liTs. This Hook is A inten li'ii to li of Si'i'vicu in tint * Family, nn i is so wor lo<l iss to bo i readily nioli i stoo I by all. Only \ GO CTS. POST-PAID. * (fli?* low price only belli ? mailt) W oil). Mot only <I-???s tins Hook contain so a scs, but very properly gives a Complete V ('otirtsliip. Marriage an I tlio Production M . ether with Valuable Itooipes nil I I'riv T I'ract ice, ('orro -t u-e of Ordinary Herbs, w with Complete In lex. \\ ilh this Hook in a owing whit to do in an emergency. Don't w miilv before v.nt or I -r. but sen i at oncr a (> <'IvNI'S I'OM'-I'AII). Send postal " nation n >i Ini g- r than "i cents. ^ , 134 Leonard Street, N. Y. City. ^