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S'^'v '-W:' ?!1 I 4**' ife A 'PROSPfcROUS COUPLE Wall, wile, ItV tatty yean ago settee you u' me wttt tied, An' we liev Glum the hills er life together side by side. How we hev prospered, hain't we, wife? an1 how well off we he Wen we wux spliced we owned one cow, an' now, gosh, we own three. lowed Qve hundred on this farm, five hundred dollars then, But I hev prospered far beyond the gen'l run er men. A kindly Providcnce hcz shaped the rough course of events An' now I owe four twenty-flve an' thirty-seven odd cents. Twas only fifty years ago you only had one dress, To aggervite your beauty and increase your loveliness Now you've got two scrumptious dresses, an' a most tremendous bonnet, With a monst'ous hortioult'ral fair a-flourishin' upon it. Three chairs wuz in our sittin'-room but fifty years ago. But we hev prospered wondcrf'ly, an' now there's five, you know. We've gained a lamp, a puddin' dish, an' extra yoke er steers, A grln stone, an" a dingle cart, an' all in fifty years. It's all true Wat our pastor said, the worl* moves fast to-day, An' with a quick, electric whiz goes spinnin' on tts way It jest goes spinnin' on its way until its work is done, But there few spinners, my dear wife, who've spun ez we have spun. —S. W. Foss, in Yankee Blade. RULED BY COWBOYS. Bouarh Experience of a Circus Down on the Border. OUR old experi enced commer cial men met at the Iroquois one evening not long ago. There was nothing particu larly inviting at the theaters, and kthey wandered (into the cafe. There, over a dish of porter house with truf fles and a couple of bottles of port, they sat ^telling1 stories juntil the parties sfrom the plays came in for luncheon and social chat. "Have I seen you fellows since I was in Maricopa last October?" asked Mc Cormick as he lighted a cigar. McCor mick sells firearms in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. "Guess not." "Well, I had some samples that'd make your hair curl. Did I sell 'em! Well! In Yuma I sold the biggest birt? the firearms trade ever kne vv there. A crowd of Greasers were in town, and before they crossed the border again they'd mortgaged their ranches for those revolvers. Well, I came along up to Gila City, and heard there was a circus at Maricopa, and thought I'd take it in, for I wanted to sell a bit at Xtanwix, and might do something in Maricopa, too. 1 don't kuow as you fellows ever saw a circus in the south west. You wouldn't know it. Everyman in the show's a walking arsenal—has to be in that country. And the man in the ticket wagon has guns on all sides of him. It's merely a matter of prepon derance of shooting weapons which survive after circus time—the show or the populace. The show had been in Maricopa ten days, and there hadn't been any trouble to speak of. One man from the hills had been killed at the ticket wagon in a dispute over the right change, but he'd been warned if he asked for that fiver again he'd get plugged. He did ask, with his gun, but he missed somehow, and he was plugged. Then they carried the corpse around the ring on the back of the ele phant in the grand procession as a sol emn warning to other disputatious hayseeds. "The fact was, they had a grafter in their wagon. Maybe you never saw a grafter work?" "Never did," said James. "Well, you see, there's always a mob around the ticket wagon, all holding up their hands, flourishing bills and gold pieces and howling for tickets— Greasers, lujuns, cowboys, miners, ranchers, gamblers, every kind you can think of. The ticket-seller—the grafter—has a few one dollar bills wound round his middle finger so that the ends come together, and it looks as though he has twice as many bills as he has. A granger comes up for a ticket, hands over a five dollar bill, the grafter slaps down the ticket, thumbs over the ends of four bills in plain sight of the farmer, whips them out from under his finger, rolls them, and hands them down. Nine times out or ten the hayseed grabs the money, 6tuffs it in his pocket, and elbows out of the crowd before trying to count the change. Then he finds out that he has only two one dollar bills, when he thought he saw the ticket-seller count THE GRAFTER BEGAN TO PEPPER BACK. him out four. Well, he goes back with fire in his eye but it doesn't do him any good. Anyhow, it didn't seem to the day I was up to Maricopa. I was just getting near the ticket wagon myself, when one o' these rustics that'd had the bim-flam game played on him came rushing up and squeezed through the gang. 'You tarnal thief,' he says to the grafter, 'gi'me my money, will you?' "The ticket man just looked at him out o' the corner of his eye, and went on selling, until the sucker began to yell 'robbers!' and things, when he shouted: 'Get out o' here! YQU can't play that game with this succus.' 'But I gave you a tenner, mid here is only four dollars back. Cuss me if 111 pay more'n a dollar for any suc cus.' You re crazy, old man move along now out o' the crowd, or you'll get hurt' "That seemed to annoy the farmer, for quieker'n scat he put three bullets through the wagon window to ease his mind, and the grafter began to pepper back, rather regardless of the promis cuous crowd. I skipped off to the gold chariot* at one side, got behind a big wooden angel on one. corner of it, and r^taid there where I could look out with little danger of getting a pallet lint they-stopped shooting pretty soon. You see the grafter had two men in the ivajfon who grabbed their guns the tninttte the foss began*nd blazeC t* tj at the old man, while the grafter set* tled dowo to selling tickets again. The rustic saw the odds 'were against him and he lit out, swearing vengeance. He had only a scratch on the shoulder, but a stout, copper-colored old lady from over the border inadvertently got between hiin and one of the' slugs from the ticket wagon, and didn't live to see the show, tier husband was dis* posed to find fault, but the grafter apologized and passed him in free, so hema4eup his mind to let bygones be bygones. "I think it was just after the big bareback act that everybody in the tent suddenly heard guns popping out side. But the clown was just coining into the ring, and we didn't pay much attention to the matter until mntl bullets began to interfere with the comfort of the audience and when the clown himself was bowled over and had to be carried out on a banner a good many people became so interested in the proceedings outside that they paid little attention to the performance. Then all at once there was a commo tion near the dressing tent entrance and a pack of thirty- mounted cowboys galloped into the ring. The old hay seed was at the head of them, and every man had his fireworks out and ready for business. As you fellows know, I've traveled for a firearms house for twenty years and have handled weapons by the thousand, but when it comes to a front view of shoot ing machines in the paws of a crowd of earnest citizens I'm disposed to re tire from business. "I was afraid the visitors meant mis chief, and I was about to drop down-be tween the seats and crawl out unde^ the edge of the tent, when they began crack ing away at the trapeze ropes, and in five minutes they were all down. This re assured me. They were evidently in a playful mood, and wouldn't kill any one in the audience without serious provocation. "After this preliminary sport they forced every performer to come in and entertain them with a special act. To wind up they brought in the grafter. He was bound hand and foot, and was looking dismal, for somebody had shot a hole through his ear, and it hurt They unbound him and made him rig up in the togs of the dead clown, after which they requested him to shin up the center pole. He rather objected to this, but the rustic and one or two more fellows, full of fun, began to shoot into the sawdust around his feet, and he started to climh. He spent a good deal of his strength in swear ing, and stopped to rest once or twice, HE STARTED TO CLIMB. but being urged on by the popping oi revolvers he managed to reach the top of the pole. He wore one of those high clown's hats, and the cowboys ordered him to hold it out in his hand. They then amused themselves for a few moments shooting at it. The elephant was next ordered in, and every man oi t3iem had a ride on the beast. By thi« time the vis.tu weary of sport and withdrew, an I the audience rushec out after them pall mell. "Outside another party of the coun tryman's pals was keeping guard ovei the drivers and other circus hands, whe sat in a circle on the grass. On being joined by their companions they all rode away down the Gila road, the hayseed in the middle of them. Now and then a man would turn in hii saddle and send a bullet over oui heads, until a bend in the road tooli them out of sight "In the hotel at Maricopa that nighl I heard that the countryman had ranch up in the hills—a sort of head quarters for the boys when thej wanted a dance or a run at faro. When the old man was fleeced of his five dollars he just gathered the band together, for they had come to town see the circus, and they took posses sion of the show. Th ey numbered two to one of the circus people anc had things pretty much their OWE way. While one party was inside the men outside broke open the wagon anc took every cent of the receipts. "Of course the circus people had redress. Everybody that knew any thing knew that the ticket seller had been playing the flim-flam game and that he'd been done up for once, and he didn't get sympathy enough tc spoil him. He sat out in front of the hotel that evening while the doctoi patched up his ragged ear, and among his other oaths he swore he'd be even with Maricopa yet. Next morning as I. went to the train I saw the circus winding away up the road to Phoenix." —Buffalo Courier. Human Relics of Pompeii. In the museum at Pompeii are pre*" served the most horrid and pathetic relics of the last days of the ill-fated city. Early in 1803 the workmen who were helping to unearth an immense palace struck into a cavity in the lava, the nature of which, of course, was a mystery. Without breaking further into it they poured plaster of paris down the Crevices that were already opened, and as soon as the plaster had hardened the crust of lava was care fully removed, and lo! the form of a human being in his last struggles was revealed! The outline and form of the person were perfectly preserved, show ing plainly that he had been buried in boiling lava, which had hardened about him. The intervening eighteen hun dred years and the heat, of the lava be sides had reduced the body to a hand ful of dust but the lava had left a cast natural as life. Since that time sev eral bodies have been reproduced, one of'them with the features so perfectly preserved as- to show the expression of the face. In some of the plaster casts part of the skeletons are embedded. Two female casts which are clasped in each other's arms have been called "The Mother and Daughter." Persons who have seen this group say that there is nothing in all Pompeii more touching than the utter despair de picted upon the face of the "mother." —Chicago Tribune. —"Why are you so foolish as to have that old book rebound .when there is re ally only a remnant of it left?' 'That's it I am going to have it bound over to keep the piece."—Baltimore Ameri can. —Equal to the Occasion.—She—* "Please don't ask me for any more kisses." He—"Well, I won't then. I thought you-mightn't like my taking them without asking."—N. Y. Fnaa '7,V AAwiui 1X™ll1VL' A BRIDE'S VISION. The Wonderful Revelation of a G1*M «f Wine. The beautiful bride grew fale, the decisive hour- had come, she pressed her white hands together, andi the leaves of her bridal wreath trembled on her pure brow her breath came quicker, her heart 'beat wilder. From her childhood she had been most sol emnly opposed to the use of all wines and liquors. "Yes, Marion, lay aside your scruples for this once," said the judge, in a low tone, going toward his daughter "the company expect, it, do not so seriously infringe upon the rules of etiquette in your own house act as you please, but in mine, for this once, please me." Every eye was turned toward the bridal pair. Marion's principles were well known. Harry had been a con vivialist, but of4ftte his friends noticed the change in his manners, the differ ence in his habits, and to-night they watched him to see, as they sneeringly said, if hfe was tied down to the wom an's opinion so soon. Pouring a brim ming beaker, they held it with tempt ing stniles toward Marion. She was very pale, though more composed, and her hand shook not as smiling back she gratefully accepted the crystal tempter and raised it to her lips. But scarcely had she done so when every hand was arrested by her piercing exclamation of "Oh, how terrible!" "What is it?" cried one and all, thronging together, for she had slowly carried the glass at arm's length, and was 'fixedly regard ing it as though it were some hideous object ''Wait," she answered, while an in spired light shone from her dark eyes, "wait, and 1 will tell you. I see," she added, slowly pointing one jeweled finger at the sparkling ruby liquid, "a sight that beggars all description and yet listen: I will paint it for you if 1 .can. It is a lonely spot tall mountains, crowned wsth verdure, rise in awful sublimity around a river runs through, and bright flowers grow to the water's edge. There is a thick, warm mist that the sun seeks vainly to pierce trees, lofty and eautiful, wave to the airy motion of the birds but there, a group of Indians gather they flit to and fro with something like sorrow upon their dark brows, and in their midst lies a manly form, but his cheek, how deathly his eye wild with the fit ful fire of fever. .One friend stands be side him, nay, I should say kneels, for he is pillowing that poor head upon his breast Genius in ruins. Oh! the high, holy-looking brow! Why should death mark it and he so young? Look how he throws the damp curls! See him clasp his hands! Hear his thrill ing shrinks for life! Mark how he clutches at the form of his companion, imploring to be saved. Oh! hear him call piteously his father's name see him twine his fingers together as he shrieks for his sister—his only sister, the twin of his soul—weeping for him in his native land. See," she ex claimed, while the bridal party shrank back, the untasted wine trembling in their faltering grasp, and the judge fell, overpowered, upon his seat, "see! his arms are lifted up to Heaven, he prays, how wildly, for mercy! Hot fever rushes through his veins. The friend beside him is weeping awe striclcen, the dark men move silently and leave the living and dying together." There was a hush in that princely parlor, broken only by what seemed a smothered sob, from soma manly bosom. The bride stood yet up right, with quivering lip, and tears steal ing to the outward edge of her lashes. Her beautifnl arm had lost its ten sion, and the glass, with its little troubled red waves, came slowly to ward the range of her vision. 8he spoke again every lip was mute. Iler voice was low, faint, yet awfully dis tinct She still fixed her sorrowful glance upon the wine-cup. "It is even ing now the great white moon is com ing up and her beams lay gently on his forehead. He moves not his eyes are set in their sockets d!m are their piercing glances in vain his friend whispers the name of father and sister —death is there. Death! and no soft hand, no gentle voice to bless and soothe him. His head sinks back, one convulsive shudder—he is dead!" A groan ran through the assembly so vivid was her description, so un earthly her look, so inspired her man ner, that what she described seemed actually to have taken place then and there. They noticed also that the bridegroom hid his face in his hands and was weeping. "Dead?" she repeat ed again, her lips quivering faster and faster, and her voice more and more broken, "and there they scoop him a grave and there, without a shroud, they lay him down in the damp reek ing earth. 1 he only son of a proud father, the only idolized brother of a fond sister, and he sleeps to-day in that distant country with no stone to mark the spot There he lies—my father's son—my own twin brother, a victim to this deadly poison. Father," she ex claimed, turning suddenly, while the tears rained down her beautiful cheeks, "father, shall I drink it now?'' The form of the old judge was convulsed with agony. He raised his head, but in a smothered-voice he faltered: "No, no, my child, in God's name, no." She lifted the glittering goblet, and letting it suddenly fall to the floor it was dashed into a thousand pieces. Many a tearful eye watched her move ments, and instantaneously every wine glass was transferred to the marble table on which it had been prepared. Then as she looked at the fragments of crystal she turned to the company, saying: "Let no friend hereafter, who loves me, tempt to peril my soul for wine. Not firmer the everlasting hills than my resolve, God helping me, neyer to touch or taste that terrible poison. And he to whom I have given niy 'hand, who watched over my broth er's dying form in that same, solemn houi*,: and buried the dear wanderer there by the river in that land of gold, will, I trust, sustain ms in that resolve. Will you not ,my husband?" His glis tening eyes, jiis sad, sweet smile was her answer. The judge left the room, and when an "hour later Ke returned, and with a more subdued air took part in the en tertainment of* the bridal guests, no one coiild fail to read that he. too, had determined to dash the enemy at once and forever from his princely rooms. Those who were present at that wed ding can' never forget the impression So solemnly made. Many from that hour foreswore the social glass.—Mrs. M. A^Denison, in The Voice. A SAD ERROR. Nothing Qn Justify a Girl In Marrying -Drunkard. Many girls are making a fatal mis take %y thinking they are getting a man by linking themselves to any kind of a fellow. Nothing can justify a girl for marrying a drunkard. In order to be sure that your husband will never h® a drunkard, make him promise be fore you marry him that he will neyer indulge in intoxicating drinks. Single blessedness is far better than double cursedness. You cannot expect a man who has lost self-respect to respect you, however much he may love you. We heard of a young English lady who came to New York to marry a young man to whom she was affianced in Eng land. He had come to this country a TEMPERANCE NOTES t* to ^•-•. -rX' °*je ""~Y ~,v* *ustnW hfid knowd him*a# a -Sobec- youn^f mm. During tlio time she was preparing h»r vroddin'/ontfit he cams to sea her ono evening when just drunk enough to bo foolish.- She was greatly shoclced and pained. lie admitted that occasionally he drank to excess. Sha immediately stopped preparations, and toll hint that she could not marry him. Ho protested vehemently, and made promises, but she declared positively that sha would not dare trust her future -happiness to a man who had formed such a habit "I came," she said, "three thousand miles to mprry the man I loved, but rather than marry a drunkard I will return." And so she did, and proved herself strong and wise. A thousand times better dissolve the tandcrest ties than to be linked.to tTt body of death called a drunkard. Do you be lieve it girls? Go and ask the drunk ard's wife what Blie thinks. Do not vacillate, hesitate, or yield when a drunkard offers you his hand, but Learn to Bay a decided "No," Which may spare you an untold woo. Do not have faith in a drunkard's Word, for he is unreliable. Too many have already done so whose throbbing hearts only ceased their hopeless ach ings in the chilling silence of the sep ulcher. Let everg young woman take a firm stand on the side of total ab stinence, and it will do more to prevent intemperance than any present human means can accomplish. You cunnot afford to be indifferent It has to do with your temporal and eternal wel fare. Then be up. and doing all you can for the promotion of the temper ance cause.^-4tev. Jonathan Edwards. shot his child. The Terrlb'.e DeeJ of a Whieky-Wrecked Father. "Ben, whose boy 're you?" The voice was thick and husky. "Your'n, pop." "An* who's the best shot in these parts, Ben? Tell these fellers." The man's dull ey^s fixed themselves on .the boy. The little fellow's face lighted up and he answers J, looking around defiantly: "My pop's the best shot in Montana/."' •A silence fell over the crowd and something of pride gleamed from the whisky-dimmed eyes of old Ii lltcan. Then he said, handing the boy an apple: "These fellers 'low I'm no good, Ben, an' I'm jest goin' to do our Wil liam Tell act an' show 'em that Jira Billman kin draw as fine a bead now as ever he could." BiUman patted his son's head with a trembling hand, and the boy drew him self up proudly as he took the apple from his father. "Go over to that tree, Ben," com manded Billman at last, and the boy walked with a fearless step to the place indicated, turned his back to the tree, removed his hat and balanced the apple on his head, then placed his hands behind him. There was not a quiver in his face, not a shadow of fear. His father, whom he loved and who loved him. was the marksman. Old Billman raised his gun to his shoulder. The weapon shook in his nerveless hands like a reed. Uttering an imprecation, he lowered the gun and brushed his sleeve across his eyes. Then he tried again, but still without success. "I know what's the matter," he mut« tered, and took a drink from a bottle in his pocket. "Now, then, all right I Jen?'' "All right, pop." A short mjiruat the gun trembled in Billman's hands and then— Sping! It was a strange, dull sound, not like the crash of a bullet through oak, but more like— Great God! the smoke had cleared away and the boy was lying in a life less heap upon the grouud—killed by his drunken father! A cry as of a wild beast, a rush, and old Billman had the bloody form in his arms. "Kill me!" shrieked the o'd. man. rocking to and fro, "kill me!" but the miners passed silently away one by one, and left the wretched man a'onc with his grief and his dead.—Detroit Free l'ress. A DRUNKEN WRETCH. A Story of Wrong Related on a Death lietl. I knew a gentleman who married a sweet and lovely girl. She was very devoted to him, and when she discov ered his dissipated habits she endeav ored to shield him. When he stayed out at night, she would send the st rv ants to bed, while she waited md watched for him: and then, in tier night-dress, and a pair of t-lippers on her feet, she would glide down very gentlj' and let him in. One night he came home late. The servants were in bed. The house had a front door then a marble vestibule, and then an inner door. She openei the one. stepped upon the cold marble, and opened the outer door. The drunken husband entered, seized her by the shouMers, swung her round, opened the inner door, quickly passed through, and locked it before his wife could en ter. She would not speak or cry out lest she should disgrace her husband before the servants. In the morning she was found with her night-dress drawn under her feet, crouching in the corner almost chilled to death. On her death-bed she told her father all about it, or the circumstances would never have been known. There is much that is never known, as well as a vast amonnt of misery and degrada tion that does crop out, and which is startling in its reality.—John B. Gough. BITS AND BREVITIES. FOR bringing a jug of wine into the jury-room in Columbus, N. C., a grand jurman was fined fifty dollars and costs. CARDINAL MANNING was faithful to the last to his total abstinence princi ples. His horror of alcoholic drinks was so great that his physician were compelled to find pharmacopoeial sub stitutes when they considered it nec essary to adopt a stimulant treatment THE British Wesleyans are organiz mg an Epworth teetotal league, by the terms of which every member is pledged to be a teetotaler to pray daily for the spread of tcetotalism, and to work according to his or her op portunity for the extension of temper ance. ACCORDING to the Philadelphia Rec ord, recent experiments made by the proprietors of a distillery of that city have resulted in the production of a kind of whisky which leaves no suspi cion of an odor upon the breath. It is said of it that the new whisky has the same effect upon the brain and the legs as that now in use, however, and if so, it is apt to prove even more mischiev ous than the old-fashioned kind. OF all .diabolical drinks, says a drug gist gin is the most diabolical. The common gin, of course, is made from the refuse of- English sjid Scotch whis ky stills, flavored with turpentine, juniper, coriander seeds, cardamons, capsicum, or almost anything else that happens to be handy. Gin is more adulterated than the other liquor, and every manufacturer has his own method of making it sharp and bitter. It is the common drink of the poorest of the English people, and its most prominent and evil result is the gin liver, which is so frequently the cause of death among low-cast English Boxes ahiflp^j^iftioe* are made of rather thin r!aud iX no. tatoes, he may make, the boxes half an inch shorter (or 13X inches) at the top.' The measure of a heaped, bushel is 2,748 cubic inches, and the box meas uring 14 inches.aaqhj.yj^y will have a capacity of 2,744 inches, or within 4 cubic feet of the full measurf, which is sufficiently correct for all practical pur poses. These boxes' "Will be' small enough to place in the wagon for con veyance to market But if a different form- is needed, either for more convenient handling or for fitting the wagon box, the form may be as shown in Fig. Z, or more ob long in shape, with the handles at the ends. These handles are mere ly holes of the right form cut through the sides. They may be 18 by ltJ inches and 13 inches deep, which will give the 2.748 cubic inches in the heaped vessel. Any other form may be chosen by first multiply ing the two adopted sides together, and the third side accurately ascertained by FIG. 2. dividing 2,748 by this product For ap ples the boxes need not be so strong as for potatoes, and may have slatted sides, but potatoes being much heavier, will need the whole boards, which, however, may be thinner. The only opening will be an inch or more at the bottom for the dirt to pass out in car rying. If these boards are sawed the right width at the sawmill it will save labor in making them. A heavy coat of crude petroleum will add to their durability.—Country Gentleman. DEWBERRY CULTURE. A Trailing Blackberry Which Usually Yields Satisfactory Returns. Bulletin 31 of the Cornell University experiment station is devoted to the dewberry, and from it we reengrave the Lucretia, which is considered the best variety. Dewberriej (a trailing form of blackberry) have been known for many years, but it is.only within a short time that they have attracted much attention. A young man after serving in the civil war settled in West Virginia and found dewberries growing wild, which he removed to his garden. In 1875 five plants from these were dis tributed among friends, and from these five the present cultivated stock of Lu cretias has sprung. It was named Lu cretia for Mrs. Lucretia Garfield. The five original plants are still vigorous and fruitful. There are several varie ties of dewberries, but none are so val uable as the Lucretia. The fruit is early, of large size and attractive in appearance, and its reclining habit of CLUFTEK OF LUCRETIA DEWBERRIES. growth makes it valuable, as it affords opportunity for winter protection. It is very fruitful. The canes and lower sides of the leaves are very thorny, which makes picking very unpleasant, but proper pruning and mulching largely overcome this. Trel lising is often resorted to,and for small plantations can be easily adopted, but for field culture it is nol deemed advis able. It is usual to plant about four feet apart each way and cultivate until the-new canes get so long as t.o prevent it The old canes are removed any time after fruiting, but if trellises are used the young canes are not tied up until the next spring. In the north it is well to protect with light covering during winter. When the plants are. allowed to lie on the ground cut them back to three or four feet long in the same manner as blackberries or raspberries, leaving only four or five canes to the plant A mulch is often placed under the plants to keep the berries clean and to keep doWn weeds.—Orange Judd Farmer. Neglect of the Orchard. Nothing is Starved and abused like the apple tree. Forgotten till fruit ing time, the land where it stands is stripped of two crops of hay and then pastured. If the fruit is not abundant and fair the owner denounces "the whole orchard business," (just as if he had paid it some attention), and determines to-neglect it more than ever. He forgets to reason that anything else so neglected would not .make half the returns he gets from the apples. In the interest of common sense, if one cannot devote time in summer for feed ing and cultivating this most regal fruit let him at least set the men to covering the ground with manure be fore the busy season begins.—Farm Journal. Little and Bl£ Farming. L. M. Stanton, of Dalton, Mass., writes: I raised last season On less than three acres of land as follows: Fifteen bushels of green peas, one of white beans, ten of, potatoes, eight of popcorn (ears), fifty of red beets, twenty-five of onions, seventy-five of carrots, 600 sugar pumpkins, Rochester rose, drunkards. —The good ae 4 light boards*, strengthened b^ galvanized hoop1 irSn at the eornera..' £%. lofcqpceadnta sueh a box in the form of a flube., measuring 14 Inches each way inside, which WiT give heaped 'bushbl-metlbtfre if even with thj top .cr .if ojv c^rr^spoild^ni wishes a rounded appearance to his 1,000 rai yonr^SU a cinder.—Boston —It has DSftn -always ob no whi whic 'Weefity. —Mudge—~ Wickwire—Yo -Consider her fOo tnow win ter squashes, 1,000 horse radish roots, fifty dozens ears of sweet corn, 2,000 cabbages, six bushels parsnips, large quantities of sunflpwers, one bushel of. rpotatoes .from -on«, pound of seed. I believe there is big living from a small farm properly man aged. r^nt|Mrn|^ to rapnjsl or ins apolis Journa He—'ThatChicago girl: is making a hit here at-least half a dozen men are at her feet" She {slightly jealous) —I've nb doubt there is room for them all.—Yale Record. —The man who is always anticipat Vf happiness to-morrow is a good deal better off, ,an way, than the iftan who spends his time thinking how wretched •he was day before yesterday.—Somer ville Journal. —Instead of wishing he was younger, a ma^'should wish hp might live twice as long as usual The old know so much that is wise ,and interesting the young are so ignorant and foolish.— AtchiSOn Globe. —"What %r6 yon laughing about Sappie?" ,-A 1 joke that Smart was just telling." "One that'would make a don key laugh?" "Yes hovy do you know?" "Oh, I suppose because I saw you laugh ing."—N. Y. Press. —Beggar.—Sir, I am starving. Cra sus.—Here take this cent and tell me how you became so miserably poor. Beggar.—Ah, sir, I was like you I was too fond of giving away large sums of money to the poor. —Epoch. Neither One Nor T'other.—Tomson— What were the prices of admission to the ball the other night? Cholly, the dude—Gentlemen one dollar, and ladies fifty cents. Tomfien—And what did they charge you?—Yankee Blade. —"Ah, I have found you at last Miss June," said Mr. Garrulous, "and now for a nice long talk. But first shall I not bring you an ice?" "No, thanks," returned Miss June, "but if ypu are go ing to talk very long you may bring me an opiate." —Facetious Hicks.—Mrs. Dix—Hicks will get a cold snack to-night in place of a hot dinner. Dix—Anything wrong over there? Mrs. Dix—He told Mrs. Hicks this was a bargain day at the post office, when they sold thirteen stamps for a cent and a quarter. •lOO Reward 6100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least oue dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is tlie only positive cure knowu to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors huve so much faith in its cura tive powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list, of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. WIIEN you borrow money .you borrow trouble, but at the same time you sometimes increase the trouble of the fellow who lends it to you.—Somerville Journal. The Only One Ever Printed—Cau You Find tlie Word? There is a 3 inch display advertisement in this paper, this week, which has no two words alike except one word. The same is true of each new one apnearing each week, from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house )laces a "Crescent" on everything they make and publish. Look for it, send them the name of the word and they will return you book, beautiful lithographs or samples free. IF it be true that the man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client, then there are oases where it is notexpedicnt to keep one's own counsel.—Boston Transcript Recommenrta Itself. The Garrett Fence Machine, manufac tured by S. Garrett, Mansfield, O., is in successful operation in every State and Terr itory in the United States. No farmer should be without one of these machines as the fence built by it is one of the best and cheapest fences that can be built W rite to the above address for wholesale price of fenoing material direct from the factory tc the farmer. Be sure to name this paper. TUB t.ruth of the saying "To be fore warned is to be forearmed" often resolves itself into a question of speed—Columbus Post. On the Billow or the Ball, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters area most de sirable companion for the traveler. Thev are an excellent remedy for the nausea ana fatigue which many persons suffer who travel by water or land. Visitors to malar ious localities should have it with them as a safeguard. Incomparable for biliousness, dyspepsia and bowel complaint, and as a means of checking la grippe and rheumatic twinges. NA.TCH.VL HISTORY. Teacher "Hans, name three beasts of prey." Hans—"Two lions and a tiger."—Texas Siftings. Avoid March Winds. Go South via Louisville & Nashville R. R. to Evergreen, Pensacola or the Gulf Coast. The Old Reliable has no superior for speed, comfort and safety. See your nearest Cou pon Agent, or write.C. P. Atmore, Gen'l Pass, Agent, Louisville, Ky. IT is always proper to call upon the su perintendent or streets to "mend his ways." —Boston Commercial. "I HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED with an affection of the Throat from childhood, caused by diphtheria, and have used various remedies, but have never found anything equal to BKOWS S BRONCHIAL TROCHES —Rev. O. M. F. Hampton, Piketont Ky. Sold only in boxes. THE auctioneer is the accommodating man who comes and goes at one bidding.— Dallas News. & ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of l?igs is taken it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy ana agreeable substances/its many excellent qualities commend it* to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of figs is fbr sale in 50c and |1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it 'promptly for any one who wishes to tiy it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FN SYRUP CO. -v nuHcuco.eAu- r. uvmiu£t xr. mw rout. vS F.EDS Common Soap !Rots Clothes and Chaps Hands. IVORY SOAP DOES NOT. WJAJHTHIS PAFM I IN FMWM. |NLTucifcoSEoAL HALL'S CATARRH CURE IS TAKEN INTERNALLY, and acts directly upon the Blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials sent free on application. FOR-tADIES^GENTlEMEN. "BOX TIP''.SCHOOL SHOES ArB0YSSC GIRLS. A3K YOUR DEALER FOR THE FARQO SPECIAL SHOES. if he does not keep them send to us for the style and size you want. Itlustrated Descrip tive List furnished on application, also comic pamphlet, c. H. FARQO & CO., Chicago. •T-XAXS THIS PAPER WJ tia* JM WM. MALT ATTENTION, WORKINGMEN! NO YFTL I U/AMT to BETTER YOUR CONDITION? IF SO, GATHER I V/U Vv /AIM I TZSTS THB LatestStyles L'ArtDe LaMode. TCftLOtiKD PLATES. ALL nut LATEST Mil A3D iiw YORK VA8H105S. CT Order It of yourr Xewi dealer •r mi It mta br liint noaber to W. J. MORKE. Pafcliahrr. a Ent l»tkBU,Kcw ark. rXAiu this nrn n— junja, Do YOU WANT to BUY a IOO—HEAD ON HAND-IOO Thirty first price* and three cold medals. Im ported, Acclimated and Beglstared Stock. Must be sold at once. PrlMt, frwi MM.OV #800.00. One years* timo. Address GEORGE KLEIN, FORT ATKINSON, WIS. VXAXI THIS PAPEFT T?W| DMJANHT bOlUNQ WATER OR MILK. EPPS'S GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. COCOA LABELLED U2 LB. TINS ONLY. BORE WELLS wiliaiw rhiii)««i» •MMnpibvtooMsM LOOmS 1 NYHAN, #.r. TIFFIN, ••IO. vV\ ni OHIO* WELL ^a S™v_E POLISH tad Paints whlcb stota the ha mil. Injure the iron, and burn off. ujuiv tuo iniii) anq uurii on. Sun Stove Polish is Brilliant. Odor —ule, and the consumer pays lor no tie package with every purchase. LITTLE LIVER PILLS DO ROT CMtfFB HOB SICKKK. Sure con for SICK HEAD* ACHE, impaired digestioa. coiutl pation, torpid slanda. They aroma organf, remore naniaa, dis *«. Uarieal effect on Kid :ys &ndDloddcr. Conquer bilious nervont die order*. Eitablish ural DAILY ACTION purifying Beautify complexion blood. PPBELT VEGETABLE. The do«e nicely .dju.ted to rait cur, a* one pill can BCTer betoo much. Each rial contain* 42, carTiea in TH| poeiet, like lead pencil. Business man'a neat ConTenlence. Taken e&fier than sugar. Solicwi. where. All genuine goodj bear "Credent." Eend 2-cent «tamp. You get 88 page book vrth tample. OR. HARTEB MEDICINE CO.. St. Louis. Ms. MALTESE WHISKEY tion. Dyspepsia. Malaria and General Debility. All 4m flate. 91, «r far |i .r MALTKSI CHEHCALCO.St. P.-l uTT, rlUB THIS PAP£t irtry da. jaamltt. UP YOUR FAMILY AND OUTFIT AND COME TO DFEB10R WISCONSIN Where you can find abundance of work at good rates, the best climate in the United States for churches—and better than all. the chance of get RV AMI LFP?T iSrtthgoodheart ,e ofJhe city. on in a few 8UCh You Will FIND this ths BEST TOWN in America to GROW UP WITH! Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. E. B. WALTHALL. & CO., Druggists, Horse Cave, Ky., say. "Hall's Catarrh Cure cures every one that takes it." CONDUCTOR E. D. LOOMIS, Detroit. Mich., says: "The effect of Hall's Catarrh Cure is wonderful." Write him about it. EASY TERMS as you years be very valuable. THE LAND AND RIVER IMPROVEMENT CO. (the proprietors of the Townstte) will sell you such a house and lot as you may need and permit you to pay for it in from 120 to 150 monthly install ments—and each installment no larger than a rental of such a property would be. The official report of the City Statistician shows upwards of 3,800 hands emrtoyed in the various industrial and shipping concerns, and a large number of additional concerns will be located this season many of them employing a large number of female hands. City of Toledo,) Lucas Co., S.S. State of Ohio. fZrzM#c, Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1889. ArsN. GLEASON, NOTARY PUBLIC. TE BTIMOKTIALS RKV. H. P. CARSON. Scotland, Dak., says: Two bottles of Hall's Catarrh Cure coiEplete ly cured my little girl." J. C. SIMPSON, Marquess, W. Va., says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bad case of catarrh." Hall's Catarrh Cure Is Sold by all Dealers in Patent Medicines. PRICE 75 CENTS A BOTTLE. THE ONLY GENUINE HALL S CATARRH CURE IS MANUFACTURED BY F. J. CHENEY & CO., FARM o. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. WHATSTH MATTER COVERED WITH STUMPS W»Aia fga PAUK iwj nmiwtrtH, DRILL JACHINE Tinker ar SIIBM Pifli la «M•itUa*.rodsm*u, U4 hutrmlaatc*. Makta a cieaa sweep of two tnres *t a A a feoj «od a bom can operate It. No h«avj chain* or to handle. TIMCIM •a ft few acre* the first year will pay tor the Machine. T«« «aa P**rat* 10 P*T taxes on unproductive tlaMr land. Clear It, a bountiful crop with leas lahor and recaperau .••or old worn oat land hy nasturfnf. It will «B1T eoet van a postal card to send for aa illustrated Catalogue. giwiuK nrtec terms and ttsrimoQUl*. Address the Manufacturers JAMES MILNE & SON, SCtTCH 110ft, IOWA. PICK OF LANDS In order to close a large New York est*to It is nao eisarr to place on tbe market at low price*, and OB easy terms, a lot of choice farm lands, selected at aa early day by a prominent official of tbe Northers Pacific R. R., from the celebrated wheat region in tbf Eastern portion of North Dakota. These lands are la a well settled prosperous region near tbe railroad and convenient to churches, schools and markets, and must be sold within a short time. Especially adapted for colonies. Immediate application will be necessary to secure any portion of them. For full particulars address J. K. WFT. 1»ETU»IT LAKE, Mia •VMAXI THIS PAPER mmt tla. jwt utfa. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN BROKERAGE ANO INVESTMENT COMPANY Will btndle aad place good mining proprtien aim large bodice «i timber, coal and agricultural laud*. Bond* and otMr comnser eisrf securities negotiated. Investments la high-class securities carefullj made. Oerrespoadenee selieiiei. CenpaiT*! •ifc« H—m 6, Uelede llalMlag, *t, Leals, Jft* 6,000 FREE HOME8 open for settlement April 15th, 189-2, on Sisaeton Beeer* Tation at bend of famous Red Kiver Valley, 8. D. Th Biraeton Land Co. have' charge of locating. For full particulars apply at once to SISSETON LAND GO. I50c. Brown's Valley, Minn. Trapper's SECRET 01 .00 WoaderfM SaereM bn RECEIPT Of PRICK. Address HOX 14X, 0 SECT SEALED. 01 aruvi un ATZK SfM7 Osw ysa VMS. JL'MOMA, AUKT' WANTPH KBIT TO 1SAVEL. w« ww EU pay CM to SIM a modtj aad expenses. 8TOXS WELLINGTON,Madison,Wis. vumntPiWrnqi Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Sold by. E.T. is tbe I Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. I A A ist or sent by mail lllne, Warren, Pa. A. N. K.—G. 1388. vumsTo muTuuu PEEAMM JOHNASALZER 'r Wi S