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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. ALEXANDRIA. - LOUISIANA. WHEN LOVE PASSED Y. I was busy with my plowing When Love passed by. "Come. ' she cried, forsake thy grlldging; Life's delights are few and drudling; What hath man of all his striving, All his planning and contriving. Here beneath the sky? Wnen the grave opes to receive him Wealth and wit and honors leave hil- Love endures for aye!" But I answered: "I ani plowing, When with straight and even furrow All the field is covered through I will follow." Love passed by. I was busy with my sowing When love passed by. "Come," she cried. "give o'er thy toiling; For thy moil thou hast but moiling Follow me, where meadows fertile Bloom unsown with rose and myrtle, Laughing to the sky: Laugh for joy the thousand flowers, Birds and brooks-the laughing hours All unnoted fly." But I answered: "I am sowing, When my acres are all planted, Gladly to thy realm enchanted I will follow." Love passed by. I was busy with my reaping When Love passed by. "Come." shefcried, "thou planted'st grieving. Ripened sorrows art thou sheaving. If the heart lie fallow vain is Garneredtl.store. 'Thy wealth of grain is Less than Love's least sigh. Haste thee, for the hours fast dwindle Ere the pyre of Hope shall kindle In life's western sky." But I answered: "I am reaping. When with songof youth and maiden IHome the hock cart comes, full laden I will follow." Love passed on. I had gathered in my harvest When Love passed by. "Stay!" I called to her-swift speeding, Turning not, my cry unheeding "Stay, O Love, I fain would follow! Stay thy flight, O fleet-winged swallow Cleaving twilight sky! I am old and worn and weary, Void my flilds andi heart, anl dreary; With thee *tonld I fly. Garnered woe is all my harvest, Sad ghosts of my dead hopes haunt me, Fierce regrets, like demons, taunt me Stay -I follow!" Love passed by. --larper's .Iagazine. BY A SONG. The Story of Douglas Atherton's Romantic Wooing. [Written for This Paper. SWARM September sun shone brightly down on the dancing waters of the blue lake. The bolder t waves, tipped with ; ,l sparkling white caps rolled up to the peh bled beach and broke h " ---ýL- in snowy foam. A ruggred cliff towered -up above the sands CI crowned with forest trees. Just at its foot a miniattreo wharf jutted out into the lake. A deep ravine, dark with a heavy growth of underbrush and the shade of many trees. down which dashed a brisk little brooklet, wound around the southern side of the cliff. Walking absently along a narrow foote-path, which lay ribbon-like on the edge of the highland, was a gentleman whose every movement betrayed his profession. His head was erect, his shoulders thrown back, his face was regular. As he brushed aside the bending limbs, or the rank growth of shrubs and weeds which at times ob structed his path-way, or stood gazing over the blue waters, he was plainly lost in thought. lie sc:arcely heeded the beauty of the scene, he saw not the loveliness of the autumn woods now aglow in a hundred varied shades of gold and car'dinal. HIs features were ricegutlar, his eye piercing, his brow broad and full, his dark mulstLachl e butt half concealing a mouthl whose outlines at once expl)resed swettness alnd deter inination. Iis clear olive skin, un stained by wind alid weather, shlowed plainly that Douglas Atherton hald not won the Lieutenant's strap)s on his shoulders in any hard-fought campaign under the ruthless sunIs of summer or in the fierce, cutting winds of winter. Lost in deep thought, he made his way down the sides of the ravine, wherle the air was cool and dIamp), crIushing IlunderL' his feet the tenderl ferns that car pettcd its sulrface. Reaching the sanlds, he sat down near the wreck of a sail-boat, which somne winter's storm had tossed up on the beach. Ihalf hid den by the drifting sand was the name "Mary," once painted in bright colors, but niow dim and faded. Sitting there, lost in reverie, Atherton looked out over the dazzling watelrs. dotted here and there with snowy sails, or dark ened, perchance, by the black, smoky trail of a steamer swiftly moving be yond the horizon. Far off, great ves sels, with full sails, seemed to be with out -breath, nor motion, As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean. In a half undertone he breathed the words of the poet: "My soul to-day Is tar away, Sailing the Vesuvian Bay; My winged boat, A bird afloat, Swims round the purple peaks remote. No more, no more The worldly shore Upbraids me with its loud uproar, With dreamful eyes My sptrt lies munder the wallls of Pardllu." "Iow forcibly I am reminded of that never-to-be-forgotten day so long ago. e Again I seem to be floating over the ' bay of Naples, the azure of the sky reflected again upon the blue waters, 1 the white waves kissing the sands as p they ripple on the beach near the Ro man villa, from which is wafted again the melody of that tuneful voice. Of how little avail has been my attempt to find its owner, who sailed for Ameri ca that very evening! Will I everhear it again? So long has its music haunt ed me that, doubtless, I have allowed what was merely a highly cultivated voice of such natural sweetness to echo in my eu.rs day after day, until now it seems as if the Lorelei herself could not have fascinated ne' as did that un knowl singer." Lost in reve'ri, Atherton remained gazing out over the waters until the shadows lengthened and the sunny brightness of the day gave place to the soft hues of twilight, and the air grew chill. Just as he stood looking for a last time over the waters a voice was heard in song. Slowly it floated down the now dark ravine, full and clear. Like one arouttsed fromli a deep sleep Douglas listened. lerplexed and anxious at first, he bent forward in a strained po sition, drinking in every sound, not d:arinmg to move lest one note should escape him. Ihe look of anxiety slow ly left his face, and it was as if illu mined, so joyous was its expression. 'I shall know by the gleam and the glitter 01 the golden chain you wear, By your heart's calm strength in loving Of the lire they have h:td to bear. Beat oni, true heart, forever, Shane bright, strong golden chain, Andl bless thile clrlnsing ire And the furnace of living pain," sang that silvery voice-the voice he had desl)aire(d of ever hearing again. I)rinking in every tone, he noticed not how dark it had grown, and when the soing ceased, and involuntarily he start ed il the direction whence it came, he found his progress was barred for the night, as tlhi wild-wooded ravine seemed to be but a tangle of untder growth, while the winding brook curved so abruptly tllhat it was impossible to force his way through in the darkness. '"SIrange," Ihn murmured, 'that I am baflled a s1lcold time in my endeavor to lind the owner of that voice! I could swear that it is none other than the one which rang out so sweetly o:er the Neapolitan bay. Again, all that is best and noilest in inme seems to be aroused to new life as I listen to it. Does it not reveal the riches of a noble heart overflowing with love and goodness? No effort will I spare to know the singer who twice has tilled me with longing anld unttr'est." Early the next day, clad in the galrb of a civilian, Douglas Ath tlon iagain sought the shore of the lake. his step now was quick and elast ic, his eye beaming with lnticipation. The blue waters, failed to detain him. Seeking the ravine, he forced his way through bushes and briarls, now clinging to its rocky walls, now elucrgin g inlto an open space wh're the turf grow close to the ab1))bling brook, hut grladually ascend ing. As he advanec'd he seemed to hear a babel of so n :s. At first he was totally unable to make any thing inteligible out of it. Ottne instant he thought he heard a strain of a Bee thoven sonata, then a horrible jangling of scales in every key, a note or two from "'Martha," a sugges tion of the "Last hope," a shrill voice essaying to reach high C. Puzzled at this, but nothing daunted, D)ouglas pressed forward with a bound as, in a sudden lull, he heard Ithot voice ringout, sweet and full, in the tone that the other voice was at tetmpting to reach. Forcing his way along lie came to a decaying flight of stairs almost hidden in the weeds. He hadi found ain abandoned pathway through tile ravine, and his advance was now rapid. Soon he reached the summit and fotnd himself standing on the edge of a grassy lawn which was surrouinded oil all sides by massive forest trees. Before him was the rear of a stately iutilding which Douglas recognized as Edgerwater IIall, which had been pointed out to him as one ef the most flourishing sFhools for young ladies in the State. He Knew now that hlie was having the benefit of the young ladies' practice hours, and it was instantly revealed to him that the voice hin soutl had longed to heatr must belong to one who was a teacher in this institution. H-esitat ing. hIe dared not advance any further, but returning to the friendly shelter of the triees, hie enduredtl the babel of soiund for an hour, Ihoping to hear the beloved voice once againl. Mean time he revol vd matny plans for mak i1g" the acquaintance of the singer, but itas he was almost a stranger in Edge water hlie knew not how it could be accomplished. Every day he sought the beach, or threaded his way up the ravine, enraptureld anew by the pas sionate sweetness of the well-known voice which Ihe heard from time to time. lie also learned from the friends he was visiting that Miss Alice Holland, the teacher of vocal music at Edgewater Hall, was a lady of rare talents, that shite had received a thor ough traiining abroad under the best Italian masters, and that she had re fused many tempting offers to go on the stage, preferring the more retired profession of teaching to that of a ipublic singer. Lying on the sands one afternoon-it was Saturday--living over the days of the week that was past, he was uncon scious of the approach of two ladies as they came along the narrow foot path skirting the sides of the cliff. One was a school girl. overflowing with life. Her hair fell to her waist in-a heavy braid, while the lake breeze lifted the dark ringlets from her brow. 11er checks were flushed, her eyes sparkling, and a little tip-tilted nose and a pouting mouth gave a piquant expression to the pretty face. Her companion advanced with more seri ous movements. Glancing at her for an instant, Douglas saw a pure, ma donna-like face crowned with soft brown hair, beneath which lay a pair of melting brown eyes. It needed not a second look to tell him it was she the one he had dreamed of so long. Scarcely had he perceived this when the younger lady sPrang impulsively forward, *"0, Lieutenant Douglas!" she cried, as he rose to his feet, r "Where did you come from? 0, p isn't this nice! When did you see h Uncle John? O, I am so glad! I'd be b glad to see a dog from home"-stop. t] ping finally in confusion at this not d very complimentary allusion. h "I am delighted to see you, Miss h May." truthfully enough answered s Atherton, recognizing the daughter of h an old neighbor in the lively little lady I before him. "But I was not aware a that you were in Edgewater. You s know I have not been in Hillsboro' for t sometime." o "0, I am a pupil at Edgwater Hall, c and this"-turning to the lady whose I expression just now was one of amuse- r ment, "is Miss Holland, my dear teach- o er. Miss Holland, Lieutenant Ather- i ton." Douglas gravely acknowled the in- c troduction, although his heart was a beating a lively tattoo against his ribs, t while Miss Holland said, in a low rich V voice: t t "WIIERE DID YOU COME FROM?" "Lieutenant Atherton must feel hon ored, my dear, in the frank avowal of a pleasure you have just made." "I assure you,Miss Holland,I can ap preciate Miss M ay's feelings, as I, too, i have been far from friends and have I longQd for the sight of 'even a dog' s from home! And besides Miss May i and I are old and privileged friends- s are we not?" t A smile and a nod of the head was a her answer. t "I, too, have known what it is to be far away in a foreign land, and to long I for the sight of my own countrymen. f At such times I used to pour forth my r longing in song, and have sung "Home. s Sweet Home" until my voice was t choked in sobs," said Miss Holland, e while a misty vail seemed to fall over 1 the velvety darkness of her eyes. t In a instant Doug las seemed to be r floating idly on the blue Italian waters, % while from the shore came the sound a of "Home, Sweet Home" sung with I thrilling sweetness. It was only an C instant, and then he was talking of s home friends with Miss May Durfree, a while his eyes followed the movements C of the other as she strolled to the end a of the little wharf. Availing himself of his acquaintance of the lively May, who was genuinely glad to see some one from her own home, Lieutenant Atherton called shortly after at Edgewater Hall and saw her and her favorite teacher. Happy days followed, for he soon learned to know the hours when his friends were out for exercise, and as often as he dared he joined them. He also met Miss Holland on different oc casions at various private residences where the Lieutenant was being lion ized and where Miss Holland was an honored guest. Her voice thrilled him as of yore, and a near acquaint ance was but Ihaking him a still stronger captive. And Alice was not 1 entirely unimpressed. Drawn toward him at first in talking over the scenes they were both familiar with in for eign lands, she could not fail, as time went on, to see his devotion and to be impressed with it. And yet, although she was learning to watch for his com ing, to feel a sense of loneliness when he left her, she was not wholly en thralled. Practical, business woman that she was, in spite of her artistic temperament, she could but foel that Douglas Atherton's life was devbid of aim, that no great purpose urged him on to deeds of activity. Possessed of ample means Atherton had led an easy life, stationed with his lregiment in pleasant quarters at Fort K-, near the large city of Lawrenceburg. Alice had dreamed of a knight whose life should be one of earnest endeavor, whose spurs were not lightly won, and, although she was drawn to this one with the pleading eyes, she would not give up her long-cherished ideal of the hero who should claim her as his own. She had turned indifferently from many admirers feeling that: 'Tis as easy to be heroes, as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our father's graves. One Saturday Atherton had per suaded Alice to go with him for a row on the lake. For the first time he felt they were secure from inter ruption and he meant to tell her of his love. The day was perfect, and they rowed far out over the water. Douglas thought Alice very lovely, as she sat opposite him, her navy-blue wool dress relieved by a white polka-dotted hand kerchief tied in a nautical fashion around her throat, her face shaded by a blue silli umbrella. As they rowed over the water she sang a barcarolle, her voice coming back over the water in answering echoes. "See that vessel," she cried; "how motionless it lies there far out on the water." "Yes," he answered, glancing at the limp sails; "it is becalmed. It saw it there this morning." "Does it not remind you of an aim less life, dependent on the winds of cir cumstance, blown here and there, as the case may be?" "No; rather of one who takes the good the gods may give and calmly enjoys life undisturbed by the deep waters that may be surging beneath him." "Could any one do that? Would it be possible to live such alife? Are we not placed in this world to be, to do and to suffer? Dare we drift with the tide?" Alice, as she spoke, became very earn est. Unconsciously her eyes sought those of Douglas and seemed to que tion his very soul. Like an accusing judge, that glance revealed to him the sellishness of days past. He saw the dolce far nientch life he had led, quaffing the pleasures and leaving the dregs for others. Feeling this, he dared not speak of his love; dared not offer a life so selfish to her he loved, but when she had gazed at him so earnestly Douglas' soul had seemed to awaken from slumber, and 0 had leaped forth in an answering gaze. Earnest purpose seemed to lie there, 6 and to have met its complement in the b soft beam of her own. For an instant f they seemed to be revealed to one an other, but when the thought of his life came back Douglas dared not speak. V Bravely he put aside the temptation, b resolving to make himself worthy a of that pure soul ere asking r it to share his life. The con- n versation now drifted into a dis cussion of what constitutes a real hero, F and Douglas accustomed to studying e the lives of Napoleon and Alexander t was hardly willing to admit with Alice a that as Carlyle says: "If a hero C means a sincere man why may not every v one of us be a hero?" d Leaving Alice that evening Ather- i ton pressed her hand ever so lightly, I and gazed at her with longing, but his ( lips spoke no word of love. Reaching his friend's house he found v a telegram calling him to join his reg- e iment at midnight as it passed through 1 Lawrenceburg. There was a terrible t uprising of Indians in the mountains, a and the troops had been ordered out n at an hour's warning. There was a barely time to reach the city and join t his men. "Long, weary days of toil and e danger followed. Many lives were lost v in the first encounter, and then Lieu- 11 tenant Atherton was ordered far up in t the mountains to guard a mining camp from the savages. n A premature winter shut them in 1 and cut them off from communication with the outside world. Illy prepared 1 for this, only a most careful husband- e ing of their resources kept them alive. t Brave soldiers perished with cold; ( sickness was in the little camp. Car- i ing for his men, watching beside the v sick, Lieutenant Atherton scarcely had I time to think of his own misery; went u about unmindful of frozen fingers and t toes and of a racking cough that was wearing him out. At times, as he s hovered late at night over the scanty t fire, or sat beside some poor suffering r man, he seemed to hear a sweet voice t singing "Home, Sweet Home," and an t unutterable longing to look into the 9 eyes of her he loved would warm him 1 like a stimulant,and he would rouse up I to still more earnest work. It was e months before they were relieved, and a when help came he was carried in an ambulance to the nearest fort. There I he lay, tossing with fever, and only t came forth in the late spring the shadow of his former self. Very wan and thin he looked, but the story of his devotion to his men had become known, and he was the hero of the hour. One day while he was still con valescing he passed along the village i street and stood spell-bound as he heard c her voice singing: e "Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O seatl But the tender grace or aday that is dead, t Will never come back to me." Hesitating but an instant, he entered and rang the door-bell of the pretty a cottage from whence the voice came: "Is Miss Alice Holland in?" he asked. "Yes, sir. Walk in please," an swered the young girl who came to the door. Entering the house, the girl parted a portiere and motioned to him to pro ceed. Alice still sat at the instrument, but Douglas saw a tear fall on her hand as she hastily turned around. "Douglas! Lieutenant Atherton!" then in a more formal tone. "I am as tonished to see you." "And I you-" As they were speak ing their hands clasped, and uncon sciously the little white hand of Alice lingered in that of Atherton's. "But you are ill? Sit here. So!" for Atherton grew strangely white as he sank into a cushioned seat. "Miss Holland, how is it you are here. I wrote you last week at Edge water Hall." Her face grew very bright as he spoke. "My sister lives here," she said, "and I arrived but last evening coming on to spend my Easter holiday. And you?" In a few words he told her how he had been summoned away and of the winter in the mountains. "I know. I read in thle papers how you lead the victorious charge against the savages and escaped without a wound, and then were sent up in the mountains. The last tidings I heard were that probably you and your men had perished"-her breast heaved and she was silent. "Alice, dare I tell you, now that I know what aserious thing life is, and how to appreciate its possibilities, that I love you, loved you years before I saw your face,and that life is desolate without you?" "Douglas!" No other answer was needed, as their spirits looked forth from the dark eyes, and each felt that they had entered into Paradise. E. E. J. She Thought of Every Thing, Mrs. Anglomaniac (to butler)-Mat thew, His Grace, the Duke of Tweedle dum, dines and sleeps here to-night. I want every thing in the most correct English way. Matthew-Ho, yes, hindeed, mum. Mras. Anglomaniac-Serve tea in the drawing-room at five and dinner at Seight and thirty o'clock. Have no Snapkias at breakfast to-morrow, and I serve cold game pates from the side board. SMatthew-Ho, yes, hindeed, mum. SMrs. Anglomaniac-And Matthew, Ssee that the weather is foggy. I want' i His Grace to feel entirely at home. Matthew-Ho, yes, hindeed, mum. e N. Y. Sun. t - o -The mania for naming children Safter General Harrison has reached its - climax in the action of an Indiana Re t publican, who named his little girl Gemn. - Harrison Simmons, the Gemn. in this in. stane'standing for Genny, ,HOME AND FARM. --Lime water is good for chilblains. a Use strong and hot. A. saturated solu tion of alum in water, ,used hot, is also t a curative. i -The man who never makes love to n his wife will find furrows growing in a her face that never can be smoothed out after she is dead.-Farm Journal. -Idleness among horses is as dan- .j gerous as among men. Keep the teams busy, if possible, when the weather is ! fit for work. Too much rest for them r in the winter is as bad as not enough. -Spiral springs between traces and whiffletrees are of great advantage to horses that are called upon to start and haul heavy loads. Such springs relieve strain, save wear and tear on muscle and flesh, harness and wagon. -Cream Biscuit: One pint of flour with which is sifted three teaspoonfuls e of baking-powder and one-half of a teaspoonful of salt, one-half of a pint of cream and add to it one teaspoonful of melted butter, unless the cream is t very thick, stir together and use a dessertspoonful for a biscuit, smooth ing them with a knife dipped in milk. G Bake from fifteen to twenty minutes.- 7 Good HIousekeeping. -Cream of Celery Soup: Take the white part of two large heads of celery, either grate it or chop it very fine; set it to boil in one quart of milk; add two t tablespoonfuls of rice; allow the rice C and celery to stew slowly, adding more milk if needed until they are of a con- o sistency which can be rubbed easily ° through a coarse sieve. Then add an equal amount of chicken broth or any a white stock, with pepper and salt to flavor; serve with small squares of toasted bread. -Brown Bread: Set the yeast at night, the same as for white bread, leaving out the potato water and al- a owing one-half the amount for each" loaf. In the morning, when light, add one large cup of new milk and one tablespoonful of brown sugar or New Orleans molasses for each loaf. Beat I in Graham flour so long as you can stir with a spoon or paddle, pour into deep - baking tins and stand in a warm place until it has risen to twice its bulk and I bake one hour in a moderate oven. -When animals are at pasture in summer, they graze frequently through the day, thus showing that in their natural habits their meals are not all taken at once, or twice daily, but at in tervals as their nature seems to re quire, hence some feeders say give light feeds and as often as their ap petite requires. Each farmer or breed er should watch closely the habits, as also the requirements, of his animals and feed and care for them so as to make them as comfortable as possible to get the best profits from his herd.- fural New Yorker. SPECIALTY FARMING. Why It Does Not Pay as Well as So-Callod General Purpose Agriculture. In some places farmers run to corn; in others, broom-corn; and again in others, to flax, etc., but, if you have observed closely, you will not fail to notice that where one made a success of this specialty farming, there were ten who failed. A farmer, to be one in every sense of the word, should be I able to plant a reasonable acreage of the various crops, as they can be plant ed in their season without interfering with the cultivation or the planting of other crops. His time should be so divided with his various plantings that no overtaxing of his working abilities will occur at any one season of the year, and idleness result at another. The successful farmer has no spare time for loafing at the corner grocery, but can employ himself with the va rious odds and ends of the great end less variety of planting, tilling, gather ing and storing of farm products; the repairing of fences and ma chinery, or the many other chores that are always certain to arise. But the farm hand, and often the farmer himself, will complain that this gives no rest from the labors of the year. This is mainly true, but his labors are so various, his duties so widely diversified over the months of the year, that in change of labor there is rest; and he is his own judge the greater part of the time of the amount of work he is compeled to perform in a day or a week, and can govern him self accordingly. But in what other vocation of life, carried on success fully, can this be said? When do their resting spells come in? Only at a sacrifice of time and salary, or busi ness. The business men of the city get no relief from their monotonous toil-the same round of duties day after day; this they are compeled to do or business failure results. The general purpose farmer is the success ful one, especially where small capital is invested; and to be able to farm all crops combined with stock of various kinds, will bring in money at all sea sons of the year, and produce happier and better results than any other vo cation that is to be found in this life, less worry, more contentment, and bet ter results in the end.--Cot. Farmers' Call. The Feeding of Animals, In the feeding of animals it should not be forgotten that the manure is to be valued as the feeding is poor or rich. Poor food makes poor manure, rich food makes rich manure. Manure from straw-fed animals is next to worth less; that from animals fed upon clover hay, cotton-seed meal,bran, peas,wheat middlings and linseed meal is rich and contains as much fertilizing matter as, if purchased from the dealer, would cost very nearly as much as the feed itself. .This is a bugbear Sand a paradox to many farmers, but it is as true as that 1 taken from 5 leaves 4, and these figures apt ly represent this absolute fact. For if the above rich feeds are valued at $5 ' in money, the cows or horses or pigs or beeves take the value of $1 out of them, leaving $4 for the farmer in the manure. And it is equally true that the $5 worth of these foods, if judici Sously used, will bring to the farmer a fully $5 or $6 or more in the growth of the animal. Was not, then, the wise Cicero quite right when he said the feeding of animals is the most import ant part of husbandryP--~. ' Timas. A Valuable Franchise secured. 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The modern jugs simply gurgle.- Toledo Blade. Do. NOT purge or weaken the bowels, but act specially on the liver and bile. A perfect liver corrector. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Iw English the average Russian word is a pronounced failure.-Puck. 1F afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 250 AN undesirable vocation--aquivocation. -Drake's Magazine. LIVE-SToCK SnIPPzas AND FEEDERS.- Read ad. of C. C. Daly & Co. other column. SJacoBs OIL For Lumbago. Cured Permanently. Original tstement, 1a4 Reurenwed, IJan.0, 101. Three year sage had rhhesmatim li·ac lumbago: one bottle of 30. Jaobs Oleared me: have not felt it since. uRASE HOlIOE, hrancisville, Ill. Cured Permanently. Original statement, 1805. oneowed Jane 10,1807. nfl.redtweyeart ago with nte pais in back; in ae hoar great rellef rom St. Jacobs Oil; three applieations cared; I the moralag pus gone. R0ZAoe B. ROPIN8I. New Albany, iadlsaa Cued Permanentl Renewed, MY 17,'SY. Wif vu sorely fmotý with liame baceue red several years; used isumerable liniments and plas tas; used St. Jacobe OU, was cured by it. A. L OvUNIINGRAM, Perryopoll, Pa. AT DG AW DGL A UE1S. tHE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.., Baltimon, MI Tutt's Pills twill save the dyspeptic from many d.ys of misery, and enable him to eat wlhatever he wishes. They prevent Sick Headache, eanse the food to assimilate and nour his the body, give keen appetite, and Develop Flesh and solid muscle. Elegantly sugar r-ated. Price, 25cts. per box. SOLD EVERYWHERE. The mother of a member of our firm has been i mred of a cancerous sore on her face of twenty lears' standing by taking . 8.8. PBNDLTroN, YEARY & RILEY, L Druggists. Farmersville, Tex. "Swift's Specillo cured our babe of an angry erup tioncalled Eczema after the doctor's prescriptions had failed, and shots now hale and hearty. H. T. SHOBE, Rich Hill, Mo. IV' Send for our books on Blood and Skin Diseases and Advice to Sufferers, mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. DRAWERI3, ATLANTA. oA. ELY's CATAR' CREAMBALM ,' adsealctarrso ad all there seer great sores in my nose, one place was eates through., Two bottles of Ely's Cream Balm did the , work. J. nose and * head are well. u C . McMIlen, Sibley, Mo. HA uE VER A partele is applled into each nostril and is ar, able. Price cents atdruggists; by mal regiestredý Ocents. ELY BROTHEiRs, Wa~r ern 5.,l ew ork. FARG0'8 GALF o"NEW SHOE* f This hoe il warranted FlrsetQliltyin everyrrspec Very Stylish. Perfect Fit. Plain Tloes and Tippi. Men's and Boys' COIli, BUTTO ANDLACB. Ak your deal. or for FARGO'S PO0 SHOE, If he does not keep them sond to us and we will furnish yna pair on j receipt of s.0. C. II. P ARBGO d 00., Chcse, 1lB rU'SA5 sTHIS PAPSI ecujlep1eau R ,r.*De'tn BUT NiORTHERN 6ROWN , S and inest Vegetables In the market! Ye Well, 15ALZER'8 BtEED8 produce them every time-are the earliest-full of Life and Vigor. Thnumnds of gardenet 6 glodly testify that by sowing our seeds they makte , ld peracre on our Early Cabbage, Corn, Melons, PWeasEtc. Xagket Oarde'~ers' Whotlesale I'riee LlstF FEEL O0OOtOllosesand Plants. 16 Packages E rllest Yentable Noveltiea Mostpaid $1.00. These are a direent-euflteient for a Tamil garden ,v ~b~a m~hh~ oNeid eor Pakagr e 0-i-Day Cabbage and 0u operbly illustrated Catalog-containing a bewilder lgColleetlon of Beasftlul rlowers. Early Vege l;tssbblesNew r i t.White Woonder Oat(13Sbupera) rne loerEt. WaRuseaa areoveers acr, . JOHN A. SAIZER, La Crosse,IYi. ABRII YOUR OWN Oyster shell. S Oraham Floor ll Corn in the $5HA HAND MILL . ' 100penreent. more made in keeningPoultry. Also1OWER MILLSaud FA2lKi FEED ILLS. Clrcularsk&testimonials senton application.WILSON BDRO, EastonPa. NpaliIB TalS PAPZ& .t tie s awN. PATENTS D. Also N TRADE.MAltKS, etc. Advice free. High est references. Long experience. Bend stamp for-page book. Address W. . VrTZeRALD. Attsry avtLaw, Wauhlss D. C. OWNARS T11 raSl er tr ni wrc a nd that Plso's Care for Consumption not also CUA$ UBexw Cold Waves Are predicted with reliable accuracy and liable to the pains and aches of rheumatism . avery change to damp or stormy weather, though we do not claim Hood's Sarsaparilla to positive specifo for rheumatism, the remar cures it has effected show that it may be takgt rheumatism with reasonable certainty of bo Its action in neutralizing the acidity of the bi which is the cause of rheumatism. is the seret the success of Hood's Sarsaparilla in curip complaint. If you suffer from rheumatism. itr Hood's Sarsaparil(j Sold by all druggists. !1; six for$5. Prepared ty C.I. HOOD & CO.. Apothecarios. Lowell, 100 Doses One Dollar SUPERIOR IUTRfTIO THE LIFEP IDI O This Original andWorldRenowned Diet Preparation is a Bubstance of UNRIVALLED PURITY mnd MEDICIZNAL WORTH. A solid oxtract derived by a new procesf very superior growths of Wheat-nothingmj It hal Juitly ac(uired the reputation of bein g A STANDARD DIETETIC iREPA TIOl And has been recommended and certiIfedl' by a large number of Chemists and Phici representing a very high degree of nodi science, as tre Salvator for Invalids and the Aged, .: A BSUPEroR NUTnITIrrE IN Co et p FEvs, and a RELIABLE REMEDLA,: AGEN' in all Diseases of the STosocC Act' INTESTINES (often in instances of consuitat over patients whoso digestive organs wef reduced to such a low and sensitive oonditi that the Granum was the only thing tl stomach would tolerate when life eem depending on its retention), and, while. is AN INCOM]PARADLE ALIMENT Floll T GROWTH AND PROTECTION OF IN'ANTS AN' CHILDREN, we do not hesitate in saying, th no food for the nursling can at all compard with a healthy mother's yeild of milk whoap however, the mother's milk is insufficent, either in quantity or in nutritive substance- the IMPERtIAL GRANUAK is, as has been provedinthousands of eases, TEBSAESt N00 Unlike those preparations made from cal or vinous matter, which are liable to ftima late the brain and Irritate the digestiveoop it embraces In its elementary compe That which makes Strong Bone and Muscle, that which makes Cood FIla - and Blood, that which is easy of I tion, never Constipating, that which Kind and Friendly to the Drain, and which Acts as a Preventjhof those Intero. tinal Disorders Incidental to Chlidhod; And while it would be difficult to conceive' of .: anything in food or dessert more creamy and' delicious, or more nourishing and strengtheo. Ing as an aliment in FvRns, PULONATcr COMPLAINTS, GASTRITIS, DYSPEPSIA 13I= GENERAL DEBILITY, itB rare medicinal F cellenco in all intestinal diseases, especially i Cholera, Dlsentcry, Chronic Derrs.iý _ and Cholcra Iucfacntu-m HAS BEEN INCONTESTABLY PROVEN,-.'. Sold by Druggists. , JOHN CARLE & SONS, - ' New York . W. DUNH A S OAKLAWN FARM. 8,000 PERCHERON h FRENCH COACH ROS,0 800 TALLIONSOI r. able age; 150 COLTS choice pedisrees. supmero vionals; 200 IP R' BROODITIABES(Bia by Brilliant the most famous livingaslre). '.1 Best Quality. Prices eases Termns Easy. Don't Buywitheut ing this Greatest and Eest S-ce Breeding Establishment of rAmadU Tltendlgprchsuers, address, forti ea0* lq.U ' . W. DUNHAM. WAYNE, ItNif MADE WITH BOILING WATER. EPPS'S GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. COCOA MADE WITH BOILING MILK..:: MORTHERN PACIFIO. IWLOW PICE RAILROAD LANDS FREE Covernment LAND. iEILLONS ofACiRES of each in Mienes t Dakota, Montana. Idaho. Washington and Oreg-& lSED FOS P"bliPation, with )ipedescsib Lands now opento Nettlersa, SENT FRE. CHAS, B, LAMBORN, La.Co;-inii *.t.; W5AR Tinl ra ST. PAULm MINN./ -r anMI TIS PaPIr ·** i **rmo* *. MEDICATEDELECTRICITY Cures Catarrh, Neuralgia DeafeSu Headache, Colds. lctc. lnstan¢ t ,: lieI. Electric Battery in every bot*td LW' 500 BOTTLES BIVEN AWAf1~ to tntroduce It. Send 25cts. in ste am Lo pay postage and packincfor a hotti6 that sells for 0ts, Circulars rit iellsIn every family. Agents are mak_,.; lnug overil) a month. tOa~5 waNU-~I Addreses aBiwsIit & C., MOLT, sItu.; - NEWEST CRAZE GREGORY'S A knd studr o Cb Plyers. The game ceasita CHECKERS kn m ing men chanie sides be Cjuumpig each otherwithnmot mOm. SOLITAIRiE i" n e from the hboarder maovi. Ibackwnrds. A Hadme nPrli' ONE HUNDRED pOETRA -p aienTS-ii 5tk those sending Si) correct answers Out of a yes i8. The game complet., with Kev--"Hcw todotS maeled for 0 cents. ,hPr FlRAci S OBEO - - 44 Broadway, IT " 15" 5051 EXCITINO THAN TiUl FAMOUS Psjtl&2 5-TONI WAGON SCALES,: Iss lever, Steel Bserlag, SeeS o-u sde ad Semses . ss : ig s a w marse price -- we sh al. ue w5 yeais; xprs mn l i iorSd bn Stc Qandll see EL.S sm by Pentennial, wmMoanftu, Ce, caTILEE, HOgO, SHEEPn Hlsheaetmarket prlce g.eai. t .,,h.d years; Expert seldimana. wlw*C , CO., Live Stock Comiss.50 iU . S tockr Yards. ResI t. Loels, Ill SOLDERSlb ALL BET PENgSa SOL~lER~aerterereiieve ;Lw &.W. xecoaitc k M188, Ciaeaaad. O., k WAUIL 77118 PAPLG enr tim~w ter. Learn Telgrll andl U &~~ YOUNG MEN Aen'sBue s here and good sltnations. Writ. J. I). BROiiWN, hedalhh, HOME T Book keeping, e nbip . meUc, Shorthafld.etc.u6 bnal . Circulersfree. BOTAiTCOIUB Sala. I,e at bomeaad miketaoneD~ewt~taZ tilt anaytlbfI. IneI Aathh word.~t.a rasz TeeW6saa io'IY" 1tja I RNAu~ li TBW I" Pnv a Carr ewl ý A. N. L . 1 WHEN WIKITI?( TO aDVEW TERME P state that >oE saW (te ~ad4vu14.eml .