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MO AMERICAN SAILORS. MTS MS bottom NANKINS cur not asm. Mm wte ■w •USaCkMurM q (Troai Um H«w Tott Ban.] A wanger in walking throngh the group* of men that etand abont, apper- antly idle, in front of the aaloons, the ■hipehaadlety atorea, and the warehonaea along South street might not notice that they differed from laboring men seen abewham, except possibly that they are, aa s rale, of a more comfortable appear- Kit if one stopa to listen he will them talking, always with a foreign et, of ships, ship news, and places in foreign lands. They are sailors or Baalsriag men, or man who get their taring by dealing with seafaring men. In a part of the street where the crowds are thickest was a little red and white sign which read: : T ; -9—r—* ; “Otrs the Old ifsn s Chance.” • Ukclb Job Banja, ; Shipping Office. A narrow stairway led to a third-story front room with low ceiling and a railing that divided the room across the middle. Colored prints gave variety to the walls. Mea of various colors and conditions and in all comfortable attitudes served the same purpose for the rest of the room. Behind a desk within the railing was Uncle Joe and a partner. When naked whether any difficulty was found in obtaining sailors, they said' v "None whatever. We are overrun with certain kinds of men, and get a good craw without any delay.” "How many of the crews placed by you am AmV^an sailors, or what pro portion of each crew is composed of Yankee sailors ?” The two men looked at each other and then at the questioner for s minute, ami then one said: "Ha wants to know, if any Yankees arc ■hipped oat of this port ” "Oh 1” said the other. "Ye-es. L’mme sea. Was it two or three we shipped this year f*’ "What nationality do yon ship then?” "Swedes snd Germans mostly. Now and than one or two from all other na- ttona under the sun, except onr own Captains who come in here tell ns they it Swedes or Germans. Borne take especially for the West India trade daring the sickly season. They never call for Irishmen.” "Can you give any reason for this ?” ,c If. Swedes as s class are the best sailors shipped. They have to serve sossa sort of an apprenticeship in their own veeeels when they first go to sea. Then they will stand more abase than any other nationality. They are docile. They are as healthy men as can be found anywhere. Negroes are good in baoause they can lie down on when the tar ie running ont of the i and dripping from the rigging, soundly. In winter the cold kills them. Irishmen are dreaded, be cause when disciplined with s marline- sptke they ars pretty sore to kick up ■erne sort of a mutiny. The Dagoe and ths West India negroes are treacherous. The English are good sailors, but we do not have many of them. They stick by their line steamships. "What has become of the Yankee sailor that used to man the clipper ships warned of?” _ "Ha doesn’t grow any more. Why should be ? What is there to induce a boy to go to asa ? la it 'the eighteen dolian a month that ha can earn, bat not always gat, when he has sailed long enough to learn his trade ? . la it the mil hone and hard tack that he lives an f la it the persuasive flat of the mats whan that gentleman is afflicted with a sour temper ? Can yon think of ana reason way it young mAh j "I gnern I haven’t had one. it doesn’t pay them to go to sea. They are too independent to stand the died* pline." "If yoa ate not making any saflon whan do the matee and oaptains eons from?” "Many of then are naturalised for* eigners. The Americans come from a certain class of ocas ten and fi» barmen, who ship their crews among the neigh* bora of the owners in the small ports where they belong. Some of the cap tains do not know tar from patty when ■hip His first mate is then at once commander and schoolmaster to the eap- tain until the captain learns how.” A black and white sign in front of a South street hotel read: "Wanted, men for the U. S. Navy. Seamen, $21.50; ordinary seamen, $17.50; firemen, 981.60.” Mr. Edwin 0. Prorost had charge of the naval shipping office, they first go to ses. The captain most have the money to bny an interest in the vessel before he can get command of her, sailor not. If he has enough money and wants to sail he can bay into a "Is the food as good in the merchant serrioe aa in the navy ?” "Better. That is, the quality no bet ter, bat the variety ia greater.” "What chance has a boy to enter the navy ?" ' "All he wante. The training ships •reopen to him. After Jan. 1st, 1884, able seamen will get $24 in the navy.” The chief officer of the United States steamer Yantio was diaoossing with some reporters the conduct of the sailors at the time the Proteus sank in the ice. "Do you have any trouble in getting good seamen iu the navy ?” was asked of the officer. He answered : "We do. There ia no trouble in getting men who oru haul on a rope, bnt able seamen whom, we can promote to petty officers are not to be had. ” He would express no opinion on the cause of this condi tion of affairs. Another naval officer said : "The ap prentices are doing well They will have the first chance in the promotions to the warrant offices, but that ia not chance enough tomriBe nary with able sea men. Naval offioera will not often ad mit it, but if the cadets at the Naval Academy were all chosen from among the apprentices who oonld pan a rigid, examination after three years' service, there would be aomething to induce boya of energy and ability to go to aea.” "Wouldn’t the failure of the many who don’t get promoted drive them from the navy ?’’ "No. They would get accustomed to the manner of life, and the Bailor s in stinct, with the new pay rates, would keep them.” —- * A rioht mind Sad generous affection has more Iteauty and charms than all other symmetries in the world besides, and a grain of honesty and native worth is of more valne than all the adventitious ornaments, estates or preiermenta; for the sake of which some of the better sort so oft turn knaves. •noma g 0 "Oan’t ba get promoted if halaaner- getfo and capable ?” "Yea* The law will allow American ■hips to taka only American oitisens aa offsets. If tha lad ia energetic and ca- pahia, aa yen aay, hs can, after five or six years get promoted to a second mate’s Iterth. That means five dollars a month more than the men before the mast Here, look at this list.” Hie shipping list of the iron schooner Josephine was spread before the qnee- tiooer. The mate had signed for $40 s month, the second male at $26, one sea man at $20, four at $18, the cook at $86, and an ordinary seaman at $14. "That mate ia a first-class man; he has been to aea for years. The board and lodging he gets on board are abont equal to what ge’d get for $20 a month on shore! So he ranks with mechanics who gat $2.25 a day, with this differ- enee: The mate works twelve hoars a day, seven days in the week, and the mechanic doesn’t. Is that enticing to the energetic and capable young man you told abont?” "But this is a coaster.” "Ye*. The man before the mast on the Trisoo olippen get $16 instead of $19 a month. That recalls another thing. As aoon aa a vessel touches the flock the men are called down below and ara paid off. One may be kept by for ship keeper, but his pay does not ran <m; he only gets his board. Between tha advance pay system, which fattens the bearding houses and the time he ia Idle, the sailer does not handle aa much money as a tailor’s apprentice. The Yanks* does not go to sea because be ean do better on ahora. "We want able seamen and ordinary he said. "There are plenty at those wages, bnt they i that we ean accept. They an not aaamsn aa the tens la under stood in the navy. An ordinary aea- men who ennkl be accepted in the navy would be « able seamen in the mer- The ordinary seamen in i have had at laaat three *\the able aaamsn Exactly Ms out of by tha Damages to Orchard Trees. When the owner visits his yonng orchard after the snow has melted away in apring, he often makes the disheart ening discovery that many of his trees have been girdled by mice or rabbits. Judging from our own correspondence, the damage by these animals must in the aggregate be very heavy, and sensi ble to ita importance, we have ever given timely waruiug. But numerous letters come every apring announcing the in jury and asking how the treee can be saved. The discovery ia often made so late that a reply and rsmedy cannot be given throngh the paper until the season ia too far advanced for it to be of nae. We therefore refer to the matter at the beginning instead of at the end of winter. The first thing to be done ia to ex amine the extent of the injory. Fre quently it ia not so bad as it looks, and the inner bark ia not entirely removed. If this covers even a fourth of the wounded portion, and Connecta th*bark above the wound with that below it, the chances are that the wound will heal if drying can be prevented. The ordinary grafting wax, applied on old, worn oot- ton doth, or on paper, aa nsed in graft- portion. This, especially on quite small trees, will prevent all evaporation. An other application ia the old grafting olay, made by thoroughly mixing and beating together stiff elay with half aa much cow manure. Apply this over the wound quite thickly, and fasten it in place by wrapping with an old doth and tying with strings. If the inner bark ia completely gone, nothing remains bnt to bridge over the wound with dons, and thus restore communication be tween the roots and the top. The dons may be taken from the same tree if they can be spared, or those from another of the same kind will answer as well. A small chisel may be used to aid in set ting the cions. This method of catting the ends is better thqn making thealope on the opposite side. If the wound ia long enough, it may be covered with a mound of earth; if not, etaploy one oC the methods snggested above. If the injured trees are young and numerous, it may be cheaper in the end to replace them with new trees, than to t^ to repair the old ones by the insertion o! cions.—Amej-tcan Agriculturist. The Needy. A novel way of aiding the needy has just been put in operation in Baltimore, It is the "Provident” wood-yard, where men who are willing to work ean saw a oordof wood for fifty cents. A| present the place ia far too small and arrange ments are making to enlarge it. Strange to say, not one tramp has yet pat in an appearance for work. The applicants are all residents of that city who have been thrown out of regular employment. One of the applicants recently was an old gray haired man, felly eighty yean of age. He waa one of the firat to finish his assigned labor, and went off rejoicing with his half-dollar.^ Fttiat to understand e grand and beeu- K thought requires, perhaps, M much as td^ooceiye it. One rammer'i evening, ere the sun went dowa, When city men war* hastening from ths town, To raaeh their hoey sosas near at hand, ■otatfar,— ^ ' By snorting train, by omniboa or ear, To bo beyond the reach of city din,— A train-oar stopped, a little girl got in; A cheery looking girl, scarce four yean old; Although not shy, her manners were not bold; But all Alone I one scarce could understand. She held a little bnneleAn her hand-, A tiny handkerchief with corners tied, Bat which did not some bread and batter hide; A satin scarf, so natty and so neat Was o'er bar shoulders thrown. She took her seat, And laid her bundle underneath her arm, And smiling prettily, bnt yet to calm, She to the porter said, "May I lie here?" He answered instantly, "Oh, yea, my dear.” And there she seemed inclined to make her •tsy, While once again the tram went on its way. The tall oondnetor—over six feet high. Now seaoned the travelers with a business eye; Bnt in that eye was something kind and mild, That took the notice of the little child. A little after, and the man went round, And soon was heard the old familiar sound Of gathering pence, and clipping t ckets. too— The tram was full and he bad ranch to do. "Tour fare, my little girl.” at length he said. She looked a moment, shook her little bead,— "I have no penniee; don’t you know,” said she, "My fare U paid, and Jeans paid for me?” He looked bewildered—all the people smiled; "I didn’t know; and who is Jeans, child?” "Why, don't yon know He onoe for sinners died. For little children, and for men beside, To make os good and wash ns from onr sin; 1st this His railway ( am traveling in T' "Don’t think it is! I want your fare, yon know.* "/ UM you Jesus paid it long ago: My mother told me Just before the died, That Jesus paid when He was crucified; That at the cross His railway did begin, .Which took poor sinners from a world of sin« My mother said hia home was grand and fair; I want to go and see my mother there— — I want to go to heaven, where Jesus lire*. Won’t you go too ? My mother said he gives A loving welcome—shall we be late ? Oh, let ua go before he stints the gate: - -- - g im/ He bids us little children come I hild, it only smiled. The poor condnctor's eves felt rather dim, He knew not why—he fumbled at his coat, And felt a substance rising i The people listened to the little chi Some were in tears—the And someone whispered aa "Out of the month of babes the Lord is praised.” "I am a pilgrim," said the little thing; ‘Tm going to heaven. Mr mother need to ting To ma of Jesna snd His Father's love; Told me to meet her in His home above, And so to-day when aunt went ont to tea. And looking ont I could net father see, I got my bundle—kissed my little kit, i I am so hungry—won't yon have a bit?) ind got my hat, and then I left my home, A little pilgrim up to heaven to roam; And then your carriage stepped, and I oonld see You looked so kind. I saw you beckon me, [ thought you must belong to Jesus' train. And are you Just going home to heaven again ?” The poor conductor only shook his head; Tears in hia eyes-the power of speech had fled. Had conscience by her prattle roused his fears And struck upon the fountain of his tears, ; And made his thonghts -in sadconfnsion whirl; At last he aaid, “Once I d a title girl, I loved her much; she was my little pet, And with great fondness I remember yet How much she loved me. Bnt one day the died." “She's gone to heaven," the little girl replied: “She’s gone to Jesns—Jesus paid her fare, Oh, dear conductor, won’t you meet her there?” The poor oondnetor now broke fairly down; He oonld have borne the harshest look or frown, Bnt no one laughed; bnt many sitting by Beheld the rcene with sympathetic eye. He kissed the child, for she his heart had won, ’T am to sleepy,” said the little one, “If vou will let me, I’ll lie here and wait Until yonr carriage comes to Jesus' gate; Be sure yon wake me up. and pull my frock, And at the gate git# just one Utile knock! And you’ll see Jesus there,” The strong man A wept! , \ I oonld but think as from the car I slept, How oft a little one ha* found the road. The narrow pathway to that blest abode, Throngh faith in Christ has read its title clear. While learned men remain in doubt and fear. A little childl - XtLfcjLwd oft uses snch To break or bend, tho stoniest heart to touch. Then by His Spirit bide the conflict cease, And once for ever enter into peace. And then along the road the news wa bear, We’re going id heaven—that Jesut paid our fare. ’ Diexia Rhtmsb. SELECT COLORED PEOPLE. MKLKCT MORAL CIBC1 x FKOM THX WHITI SOCIETY OF TRJt CAPITAL. #4 lbs tsIsreS He WAS Too Confiding. If oil men were na innocent and con fiding aa good Deacon Ebeneser Cum mings, a pillar in the Orthodox church of a certain town in Maine, who had slept under the ministrations of no than twelve pastors 'during the thirty years of holding tfaediaoonaJ office, this world would be a much more desirable place of residence than it now is. Not long ago certain charge* wore made in the ohoroh meeting against a brother whose course had long been regarded with anxiety by the more conservative ing, should be applied over the injured 0 f disciplining him arose. It was voted Douglass ranks as the leading colored man -of the District, bnt he goes bat membgrgQf tke parish, and the questie*-! lit - e _ into era Branch of the Potomac. Douglass ia worth about $200,000. While hia wealth and ability make him easily tha foremost man of hk raoa, he is-not popu- lar. He ia regarded aa guilty of the aame to be desirable, however, not to excite a scandal or bring cause of reproach against the church, and, aa a preliminary step in the matter, Deacon Cummings was delegated to visit the erring brother and inquire into his disposition and in tention in the affair. Accordingly he set out, found the subject of discussion at home, and, after some conversation, returned to the* meeting, which was awaiting his report, JThe good Deacon came in radiant and somewhat indig nant, withal. "I tell yon," said he, "that Brother Blank has been abused. He’s just as straight as I be, or the minister, either, and there ain’t a word of truth in the hull bqsineea.” "Whet evidence, Brother Cummings,” said the pastor, "have yon procured to that ef fect ?” "Evidence !” quoth the Deacon; "the very beat of evidence I Why, he told me so himself I” In apite of this convincing testimony, however, it waa voted to investigate the matter further.— Boston Journal. ' A tiealas. It is a New Hampshire genius who fat credited with using an auger profitably at a ball game. Hundreds of boys found the view from an adjacent free hill that off by a tight fence. There was e wild •earoh for cracks, bnt the fissures had been carefully battened. To whittle a peephole would hare been an hour’s job. Then the Yankee drew an anger and quickly bored through. An eager throng pre—sd upon hia with beseech ing requests for a loan of the tool. I wouldn’t hare this auger dulled for anything,” he laid, "but I’d just aa aoon bore a few hole*; though I’re'got to tax you fire oanta per bore. Head over » nickel and I’ll poneh-ths board. First iBarred. Here we are. Where’ll you have it T The man took in aonwWng Uka twe dollars before the demand fa? fc* IN 1 vioea cessed. ,—•. Then ere 66,000 colored people in Washington, aaya a newspaper letter from that city. In no city in the United States, not even New Orleans, ia there a larger colored population. The colored people here enjoy all tha social and po litical rights that law ean give them, Without protest and without annoyance. The public conveyances are open to them, and the theatres, the jury box, ara theirs. Many of there men ara wealthy, and tha aggregate wealth of the colored property owners in the District amounts to millions of dollars. Hundreds own comfortable homes, and ■ome handsome residences; their churches ars many, ineluding three or (our buildings that are ornaments to the eity. Bnt the color line is rigidly drawn In what is known aa society. Wealth, learning, official place, give no colored family the right or privilege of entering the best or the commonest white society on terms of equality or endurance. In this respect the colored race lives as separate and as exclusive a life as in the days of slavery. There are three recog nized social classes among the colored people. Neither acknowledges the others, and it is the ambition of those in the lower to be received in the higher circles, just as among the whites. The upper crust, so to speak, consists of men of wealth, learning and high po ll tloal place. These people exchange cells, with all the ceremony of the whites, some of them driving in their own carriages, leaving cards with scra- pulons attention to etiquette. They dine with each other, and are waited npon by colored servants, with whom they will permit no other relations than those of master and servant. Probably the leading family in the highest colored society here is that of ex-Senator Brace, who is now the Register of the Treasury, Brace is e light-complexioned, intelli gent-looking man. He ia aaid to be worth abont a hundred thousand dollars. He lives in a handsome house that he owns on M street. It is richly furnished. A superb piano stands in the reception room and a choice collection of books lines the wall of the library. Mrs. Bruce is a handsome woman, with not a suggestion of her race in her face, and whose manners are regarded aa the con summation of ease, grace and courtesy. She dresses as richly and handsomely as any woman in the bftyi Another member of this social circle ia John T. Cook, the Collector of Taxes for the District. He lives in excellent style and entertains handsomely. Prof. J. M. Gregory, professor of Latin at the Howard University, and John M. Lang ston, the Minister to Hayti, with their families, are recognized members of the best colored society, while Dr. Chsrles B. Purvis’s society and that of hia wife are eagerly sought. Dr. Purvis is a very busy man, being the snrgeon in charge of the Freedman’s Hospital, and the Professor of Materia Medics at the hospital school Nearly all of his scholars are white. Dr. A. T. Augusta and his wife also are received in the highest circle of colored society, while Dt. Angnsta aa a physician com mands the respect oTEs white brethren in the profession. Mr. Henry Smith, for many years the Librarian of the House of Representatives, entertains a good deal, and his wife calls in her own carriage. R. T. Greener, a member of the District bar and a graduate of How ard, and his wife, who is an accom plished musician, are much in society. The Rev. Dr. Alex Crammel, rector of the leading colored ohoroh of the Epis copalian denomination, is always wel comed. He ia regarded aa the most learned colored man in the District, and is highly respected tty the white dergy of his denomination. Of course Fred aasre to prosper, and are happy. . For ffa great bulk of tha aohredpopatotton. —tha servants, laberetm, and the poor— they have sympathy, bat no more have social relations with them than a white family would. There latter in the main are thriftiare, Jiving from hand to mouth; happy if they do nothing, happy if they gat a job. Their social instincts are gmtiflsd by tha rs ganiaatifsi and main tenance of soeieHes of all sorts, benevo lent, patriotic, social, and eoonomie. There are nearly 100 of there organiza tions, supported almost entirely by the laboring colored people, IRISH CONGER EElff. Feet Lmc an* S«M M k •I the Ssakee BzaeUeU hr Fatrtek. "I was reading in the Sun the other day a story of big eats and aea snakes,’’ ■aid an old fisherman, who one* caught mackerel and herrings off the deep sea- oorets of Ireland, but now earns his living by crabbing in Newark Bay. "I don’t think the average American has much idea of wbata real big eslis. When they see one a little larger than naual they say it is a serpent. If they saw the congers off the Irish coasts they would have some reason to call them serpents; for, you know, there are no anakea in Ireland. St. Patrick drove them all into the aea, and it is a common super stition that they became conger eels. YoA oan’t find them anywhere else in the Torld. Of course they catch eels here, and dtery where, that they call conger, bnt they are no more like the Irish conger than a sprat is like a salmon. I know it is hard to credit it, but I have caught scores of them, each ten feet long, and nearly as thick as a man’s thigh. They are only to be found in the deepest water, and are fond of lurk ing under great rocks. They are canght with a stout line and hook, and will grab at any bait offered to them. But fishermen don’t much care to hook them, and when one is hauled into a boat he makes, usually, an unwelcome addition fb its occupants. He lashes around like a boa constrictor. He never attacks a man, bnt if yonr foot gets into his month yon most take hia head off to get it ont again. An Irish fishing crew, however, is not likely to be long both ered with him. They daze him with a blow from a boat book, and then cat deep into the back of bia neck; bnt even after that has been done he z^nat be watched, or he will pare quickly over the side, and back into the aea. "Dublin, I suppose, is the best market for conger eels, and after we had canght a lot of extra big ones we used to ran for Kingston harbor, and land them on the pier. Ladies strolling on the pier often nearly fainted at seeing one going straight at them. It was im possible to persuade them that the eel did not intend to attack them. The act is congers get stone blind when they are a few honrs ont of the water, and have no idea where they are going. They will live for days, however, out of their element. "No, not even in the sea will a conger attack a man ao far as I know. They will take a dog down, though. I have seen one seize a good-sized water spaniel by the throat and throw his tail over its back so that the poor brute sank with hardly a struggle.” Politeness la Arkansas. sins toward the colored men of which he accuses the whites, namely, refusal to recognize them or have personal rela tions with them. Mr. M. M. Holland, who is an officer in the Post Office Department, ia said to be the beet classical scholar in the Dis trict, and his attainments bring him the highest social recognition of his people. Wormley, of Wormley’s Hotel, is a leader of the beat set on account of his wealth, reputed to be $160,000, and hia relations with prominent white men. Smith Wormly, one of his sons, is a large owner of real estate here, and another son has an excellent practice aa a phy sician. There is another and a much larger society here that may be designated aa of the second rank. While holding no social relations with the set just men tioned, they are equally exclusive as re gards those whom they hold beneath them in the social scale. This class is composed of Government clerks and of people in comfortable dreams tan oes. Theta are a- good many colored men in Government employ aa clerks. They form tha basis of the society of the sec ond rank. Many of them own comfort able little homes, and one of the finest streets in the dty ia occupied by them. This ia Sixteenth street, between the Scott statue sod tha White House. It is a splendid avenue, broad, well paved, and in the heart of ths moat fashionable part of the city. Nearly all of these colored residents own their homes, and refuse to sail. The-property is very valuable, and moat ultimately pass out of their poasaarion. Ihere people are very food of social Ufa, but they do not /» find it in/entertaining, but rather in ao- dablea, balls, picnics, and especially in thdr ehuretos. Thejr efe fill dressed, - 2i '■ . Let me relate an incident, I suppose that Arkansas ia abont as dangerous a plafle as Texas for a bully to go to, but from personal observation at both points I think Arkansas is a little safer place few a gentleman than Cincinnati The general urbanity of the people as ton ished me more than anything else. This is what I propose to illustrate. We stopped at one station, ana traveled sbont forty miles by stage. On onr re turn, tire stage—a large' apring wagon without top—waa loaded with me They were of different types. One had a bottle of whisky. One was a minister. We came to a creek where a party had stopped to water their hones. There Domanu mid a short time before hia death: "You cannot convert fifteen tana Into tweuvy thousand tons.” This will cense ice dealers to ■anils until the ecrnen of their months gat all tangled npon the backs of their "7*. . m ^ v Mlffisas have died wlUi Bright'! Kidney dia- tsssa sad rheumatic dlasasss. Dr. Kbnoie is the fink to discover s core. He hs <- sled with his Rhramstlae-Ckmteline abd kwtacai'. Itatwava Bkunvn nothing against another bnt <m good authoritr; nor report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to another to conceal il Fetre'eam V. Naeby. D. R. Locke, Petroleum V. Nasby, editor Toledo Blade, writes: ,“I had on a forefinger of my right hand one of those pleasant pets, a ‘run-round.’ The finger became inflamed to a degree unbearable and swollen to nearly twice its natural size. A friend gave me Henry’s Chrbdlic Salve, and in twenty min utes the pain had so much subsided as to give me a fair night's rest, which I had not had before for a week. The inflammation left the finger in a day. I consider it a most valuable article.” Tbs Hon. Frederick Billings has added $26,000 to his gift of $75,000 for a library building for the Univereity of Vermont at Burlington. spirits snT*gen«ral de^UtyTln their ririoas farms, also ss s preventive against fever and agas sad other intermittent fevers, ths Ferro- Phosphsted Elixir, made by Unwell, Has nurd * Oo, New York, and sold by all druggists, is Ihe best tonic; .aad for patients recovering from fsvsr sad ethsi licka—. It has ao ecuaL Thebe is no dispute managed without passion, aud yet there is scarce a dispute worth a passion. Ladies' snd children's Boot* ami Hhncs cannot run over if Lyon s Patent Heel Suffers are used. 1 ‘Overcome by gas” is the headline in a daily paper. We knew tfioie tre mendous gas bills would ' kill somebody <uM>m : r or later —— The life-giving properties st impure bloo are restored by using Samaritan Nervine. The age at which many marry—The parson age. From Magnolia, Ark., Mr. T. J. OnnneU writes: Samaritan Nervine cured my son's fits. Women loses considerable time before the looking-glass, bat man loses more before the social glass. The Indian of falcon glance ana lion jjar- ing, the theme of the touching ballad, is gone; bu r the petroleum they discovered, now made into Carboline, the natural Hair Reatorer, will , live forever. Bbfcntancx without amendment is (ike continually pumping without mend ing the leak. Prevent malarial attacks by invigorating th< liver with Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigorator. Trifles make perfection, hot perfection itsell is no trifle.—Michael Angelo. Not a costly medicine—35 doses Fbso’s Cure for Consumption for 25 cents. The average age of French Generals is under 46; of English, over 65. UUE&UHG AFP INFALLIBLE IW comas t Mptleptte Fits, Spasms, Falling Sickness, Convnl- flt. Vitas Danes, Alcoholism, Opium Esttng, fUmtmi Weakness, Im- potency, Syphilis, Scrofula, and all Nervous and Blood Diseases. • sedentary employment causes Nervous Pros tration, Irregularities ot Um Mood, stomach, bowels or Kidneys, or wba require s nerve tonic, appetiser or sUmalsat, Samaritan Ner- ins is invaluable. r~ ■■'t j- \ tRTThoassnda proclaim it the most wonderful Invlgor- ant that ever sustain ed sstnklng-systen tLfiOat Druggists. ThaDB.S. A. RtCMIONO MEDKALCO.MsPre- priatsre, St iestph, Ms. Chaa. N. Crittenton. Agent. New York. fS ®S) [) fcOHQUEROR^ were two women snd s little girl, appar ently very poor. They wore sun-bbu- nets and faded calico dresses. The horse poor, and the vehicle wsa aa shabby rough' an old specimen aa I ever Gee of the women had xm- led him back to aacT met with. hitched the hone and the water,-and had jnst turned to come up the bank aa we reached the level after crossing. Onr driver stopped. A well-dressed man hopped out of the stage, and with a bow, offered his assistance. He led the old hone np to the vehicle-—I don’t know what else to call it—hitched him in, assisted the woman to her seat, and then, aa she heartily thankwf him, he politely bowed her good-day, lifting hia hat dear off his head. In a moment he was in the stage again, snd on we went After my experience in the north, it struck me that this wss all for sport, snd that the men would have lota of fun about the affair. But I soon found it wsa all in earnest. All regarded it ss s matter of course. For from that mo ment on to the end of onr journey, not one man uttered one syllable about il Not a sneering remark waa made, no joke or pun, no remark of any kind—not one single word I I had to confess to myself that I never saw more politeness than this.—Nasby. The First Prize. Captain Fortier, who waa killed in the political disturbance in New Orleans, has been an active Ogden man through out the canvass. He wae well known in the West snd South ss the Captain of Fortier’s crao^gvolnntoer battery of artil lery. Two years ago he competed lor the artillery prise at Louisville and In dianapolis in the militory drill He won first prise at Louisville, and claimed that he wa* jockeyed eut of it at Indian- spoils, snd refusing tha second prize there, appealed to tha Secretary of War for a revision of tha judga’a verdict The matter waa referred to a board of artillery officers, who derided that For tier’s detachment waa entitled to the first honors on that oeoarioa Lari summer bis detachment won first prise at Nash ville- AOKSTi WANTBD-BXt'LCHITB TKK- I ’‘M/rtta tfi—<1 ■ ofth* Blue end Oijf. Wt-SS—tbrfl ing, feacinetine »o*letj book. ‘"The Combination Half 1 net motor," * acboot and Hbrarr under one cover, including Weheter • Pronoun etac Dictionary. Ladies to fKM with these hooka. u&RtriCXfr-e— 1-0MBE FITS! aUme red than have them retain agala. I mesa area- . VAnU MBMOn flfif Ell ■imoiu Bfiike u ftAfi UNKIflOOIt |a malm vom bfsry worn* 01 MAX ANDBEAST! ImOLDBTSKSTLHUW EVER HADE IN AHEBJCA. SALES LARGER THAN EVER. The Mexican Mustang Llnfmoot hsi been known for mo re ttan I h Irty-Ur* years as the beat of *11 foil Man antTBoast. Its sales uwUy and larger than ever. It cures when Ml others fhll, and penetrate* skin, tendon ?nd tnusofe, lo th# very bone. Sold Cyerywbere. "Maryland, My Maryland*- * * * "Pretty wives and Lovely daughters.” "My farm lie* In a rather low snd mia»- matic situation, and “My wife?" —• * „ "Whor “Was a very pretty b’onde! 1 ’ Twenty yotrs ago, Uca iie “Fallow!” “Hollow-eyed!” ‘Withered an 1 ngeIt Before her time, from “Malarial vajiori*, though she made no par” ticulor complaint. iKit lieing of the grumpy kind, yet c lusod me gr at uiicnsiness. | "A short tune ago I purchased your rem- o ly for one of Uie children, who ba I a very severe attack of biliou n'*8 aul It occurred to me that the remedv might help my Wi: ms I found that our litt’e girl u|»on ream had “Lost!” “Her gallowTicm, an 1 looked ns fredi as a new blown daisy. Well tlie *t ry is soon told. My wife to day lias gained her old time b'-anty w£Ih compound interest, and is now as handsome a matron (if I do ray it myself) mean be found in thiscov.nty, which Is noted for j rAty women. ( And 1 have only Hop Hotels to thank for il “The dfear crra’urc just looked over my ih<aider anti says, 'I can flatter equal to the days of cur cotir ship,' and that reinimls me there might bo more pretty wires if my brother farmers would do at I have done.” * Hoping y ou may long be spared to do good, I thankfully remam. Most truly yours, l {_•_ C. L. Jabm. ■WI . — - Beltsviu.x, Prince George Ca, May 28, 1888. . GOOD HEWS TO I ADIE81 Tireeteet tnttecem-iiW erer *■ fared, jfow'e jo™ • ■ * t® g»«» ostlers for our CO lot t V>d Tma Too Set, or Heidsjme Deotrete# u . • .-‘>ee Pinner Sot, of Ujdd tUadllMI A high- lr inb-rretlnit hu- moron* or ri el otory by Wii.txb T. 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