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I’ i< E- E * I STi’.N <’ E.
BY T. STERRY HUNT.
Brea ;l> that steal o’er me in my waking hour*
Ted of another life than that of earth.
For ante-natal memories sometimes come
<>er the dark flood my spirit crossed at birth.
\ i-ions <4 other <cen<*< in other lands.
Stiangeglimpses of a life, now mine no more;
thoughts, too. that tell me that what it has been.
Forms I h ive known on some forgotten shore.
Friends that were mine before I cross,**! the fl
Which darkly hides that vanished life from vi< w.
Wakening my love as only brother* could,
Tell me that all th?-,* memories me true.
This world is hut on«* scene on life's great stage,
My soul, to whom then* \i.-i.ms now are given,
Possingbe *ond the dark’niug flood of death,
Shall wa <e to fuller \ is ion.* in high heaven.
MISTAKE
Low burned the fire, the r >om was dim.
We hear i the warning clock strike ten.
And by the moonlight growing dim.
Knew parting tine had come again
1 had a dreain last night.” I said
I II tell it to you ere I go
I thought my dear .your little h»*ad
H as lying on my shoulder
Ti- time to go, I said, and y-ai
\ oti kissed me twice up<«n the cheek:
Now tell me love, if dreams come true."
Mo.< archly did my darling speak
Why, soim-» <?me true and some d< not:
Breams like this do, I quite believe.
\nd then she ki--»‘d me twice, and got
H, r waist entangled in my >kvv*-.
BETSEVS BONNET.
“Well, Unde Abel, now you are oil
for home, 1 suppose; all done, crops all
bargained for, eh?” and Jolie Pare lifted
his hat and pushed back his thick hair
as he stood on the hotel steps talking to
a plain country farmer in a suit of
homespun gray.
“Wa’al, no, not quite yet, John. I
want to get Betsey a bunnit; a real nice
one; just as good as a Yorker
might want. Cause Betsey worked aw
ful hard this spring. Times are good,
too. So 1 guess we’ll see if my Betsey
shan’t look as good as anybody. S'pose
you don’t want to go along with me, do
you*’
“Let me see - 1 o'clock yes, I’ll go,
Uncle Abel. I'll look at the pretty girls,
though; yon won’t mind that. Come
on.”
So they walked up the, street, the
fashionable attire of the young man
contrasting strongly with the antiquat
ed cut of the farmer’s garments, which
at home were wont to lie in solemn
state in the spare room all the week,
only to be worn on Sunday with becom
ing carefulness. There was little like
ness in the face—-a trifle too fair for
manly beauty, with its Blonde mous
tache and setting of close brown curls
—to the bronzed and beardless one,
with few locks, .-pare and 'tray, beneath
the well-brushed hat: but the Blue eyes
were the same in Both, anil like those
that were closed forever under the sod
in the apple orchard on Uncle Abel's
farm, where his dead sister was laid
when Johnnv was a tiny child. It
troubled John not a whit to be seen
with the Jain countryman; in spite of
his perfumed hair and well-gloved
hand, his heart was as true as steel to
the good friend of his boyhood, and
the inquiring glance of his companions
gave him no annoyance whatever.
They reached Madam Rozette’s at
last, and John lounged in the doorway
and straightway engaged in the laud
able employment of lindingout the
prettiest face of the girls in attendance.
Jose Molliet, radiant with smiles, and I
think a little artificial Bloom, came for
ward with the most bewitching glances
to wait upon the farmer who brought
so attractive a person with him; and
fancying that she would show her su
peiior quality by so doing, made up
tier mind to quiz. Uncle Abel unmerci
fully. Poor old man! He was never
so miserable in all his life. In Hop
town he would have made no trouble
whatever. Miss Crabtree, in her plain
dress and can with lavender ribbons,
would. have told him at once what to
get: and her little gray eyes would not
have confused him in the least.
But Imre was a tine lady, w ith a great
circumference of black silk trailing out
along the carpet, a waist no bigger than
a wasp, a head on which the hair seem
ed struggling in crimps and curls to get
away from the shining bands strapped
tightly around it, and a pair of great
black eyes looking straight at him, while
the damsel 1. Id up one style after an
other, or tied them on coquettish!}’, but
derived no help from kim.
“Now, young woman, show me some
of your best bunnits—real good ones.
None of your poor, old-fashioned things
for mv wife. "
Having sail this. Uncle Able felt
that he had stated the case clearly and
should have no more trouble.
Miss Jo-ie -ailed about, and returned
with a white chip gypsy, trimmed with
Blue, a shirred green satin with a red
rose on it, and a gray straw trimmed
witi. scarlet poppies.
“Now. that will be just what you
want. I am sure; only twenty-five
dollars, too —so cheap am. so becom
ing.”
Uncle Abel confessed afterwards that
he felt quite confounded at the price,
but he did not mean to let that
Frenchified girl know it, soheonly
said, “Oh, that'- the -tyle, eh? It
ain't a bit like Betsey’s old one,
though.”
“Oh, no. sir; the fashion has changed
entirely. Now the gipsy is the newest
thing out, and your wife would set the
fashion. 1 don’t doubt.''
She look'd up at John Dare mer
rily, but could not interpret the look in
his eyes; so. taking it for granted that
it was an expression of admiration,
-he pursued the same strain:
“Just fresh from Paris. 1 am sure
your wife would like that. Shall 1 try
it on for you?"
“Wa 11. yes. I can tell better how it
w ill look then. Now it looks just lik
a di-h."
“There, it goes this way," and Josie
pitched the little thing over her rosy
lace, tied the strings in a big bow knot,
and swept down the length of the
room. "Don't you like it?”
“Wa’al. its kind o’ purty, but its aw
ful queer; ain't it. John?”
John thus appealed to, could only an
swer that he “knew nothing in the
world about women's bonnets," and
took up his reverie, w hatever it was,
just where it wa- broken off. But look
ing idly in the long mirror opposite, he
-aw Josie making signs to another
girl, and he soon found that they w ere
amusing themselves vastly at the per
plexity of their customer. He saw,
too, a'pale quiet girl, with smooth
brown hair, look up from her work in
dignantly, and he rather saw than
heard lier say, "For shame!" and
grow crimson a-she spoke.
His own face flushed a little as he be
came aware that Uncle Abel was being
made thu butt of their jokes—good I ti
de Abel, w ho w as looking so admiring
ly at the fabrics incomprehensible to
him, his old heart only full of the
thought how tie should make his pres
ent worthy of the patient soul for whom
it was intended.
Then John was greatly perplexed. for |
as he said truly, he knew nothing about
all that mysterious and bewildering ar
rangement of dress that he saw every
dav.
Still he knew that Aunt Betsey s
spare locks. thinly sprinkled with gray,
were not dressed in imtdern style, and
he could not for the life of him see
whereabout- on that dear old head any
of those gyp-ies or fanehons would rest.
He remembered that long ago Aunt
Betsey was wont to twi-t her hair with
the same energy that characterized all
her movements, and that this operation
resulted in a hard knob nt the back of
her head, like a door handle, which
certainly would not harmonize with
these capeless head dresses.
Just as his brow was overcast with
this thought the pale girl came near
Uncle Abel, her cheeks blushing as she
did so in defiance of the u her girls,
holding in her hand a plain Leghorn
bonnet, trimmed with violet ribbon.
She wore a mourning dress, and the
plain brooch at her throat held a lock
of grav hair. . . ~ .
-I think this might suit you, s.r, she
said “If your wife doesn t dress her
hair'in these fashions, these bonnets
would not do at all. This is rich and
i and plain, covers the back of the head
i and neck.”
“Wa’al, now. tell me, for I have got
' so bothered with these things that I
don't know one from t’other. I want
to get a bonnet for Betsey, and I mean
to. No,v jest tell me if you would like
your mother to wear one like this? Oh,
1 beg your pardon, ma’am. I didn’t
see.” and he touched the sleeve of her
black dress.
“I—l—am sorry!”
The young girl brushed off a tear
quickly as he said, “I have no mother
now; but if you will trust me, sir, I
think this w ill suit.”
She had stood, hitherto, just out of
the range .f John Dare’s vision, and
had not set :i him at all. Something in
the sound of her voice attracted him,
perhaps, ail when Uncle Abel called—
“ Here, John Dare!” he stepped hast
ily enough toward them. The girl
■ thrust the bonnet into I ncle Abel’s
hand-and v.oidd have been out of sight
if her dress had not caught on one of
the Branchiiig stands and held her fast.
“Amy!” and John Dare, with a hot
flush on his face, caught her hand and
so detained her. ‘ Amy Egbert, have I
: found you at last?”
The girl'.- face grew white and red by
turns, and the words she spoke came
so low and broken that only John could
catch their meaning.
Uncle Abel pushed his spectacles up
on his forehead, still holding the hat in
his hand, li king open-mouthed from
one to the *ther.
“I guess you must have knowed this
young woman afore, didn’t you?” he
saiil, But John was too busy with eager
questions. .uid Amy was trembling and
flushing as she tried to speak calmly,
and so his question was unanswered.
Pretty Josie was dividing her attention
between a new customer and the
strange scene beside her, and between
anger and mortification, she looked in
no need of help from rouge, as she
tossed her head and muttered various
uncourteous remarks in regard to‘’that
Amy Egbert and her beau.”
Uncle Abel held the hat a while long
er quite patiently, but at last despaired
of tne interview being ended, so he
coughed and then said:
“I'll take this bunnit. Twenty dol
lars is a good deal. Betsey’s worth it.
ain't she, John?’’
•’John need not have stated so, or
said “very." which wasn’t a sensible
answ< r at all; but Uncle Abel laughed
a little to himself, and said softly, "Oh,
boys will be boys!” and he was
obliged to tell Miss Egbert the direc
tion over tw ice, too. and felt quite un
easy lest it should not arrive at his
hotel in time.
Outside the door John turned to
leave his uncle, and looked as shy as
a gi las he said. “It's all right, Uncle
A tie!. You've found a new bonnet,
and I've found an old friend.”
Uncle Abel held his hand fast, and
looking a moment without speaking, in
the young man's eyes, said: “She's a
motherless girl, John.”
“Uncle Abel!” and John turned an
grily away, or would have dene so if
the detailing hand had not held hi ’
with a grasp which sixty years had not
weakened. "Look here, my boy, I
meant no oifence. None of my blood
turn villains,” he added proudly;
"but you see she's young and purtyand ,
forlorn, and may be if you see too
muc’i of her, she might get to thinkin’
more of you than would be good for
her. ind if you ain’t in earnest I guess
it would break her heart. Shake
hand- with your uncle, my boy, I
mean no harm; but I promised ’Liza
w hen she was on her dying bed that I
would alius try to give you good ad
vice. and the last words she spoke,
savs she. ’Abel, watch over my
boy.”
"My dear, kind uncle, I thank yon—
indeed Ido —for all your kindness, lint
1 cut ' 1 not bear to think that you
shou.d misjudge me. I knew Amy
long ago, when her parents were both
living, and she had all that wealth
could give. I loved her then in a
quiet way. but I was too poor to tell
her so. Then cam ? reverses and
death, and m her poverty and pride the
girl hid herself from me until now.
She tried to earn her bread by her ac
complishments, but failed, and gladly
to ik thi.- means to do so. Now, if 1 can
win her for my wife, I shall bring Mrs.
John Dare to see you some fine day
this summer—may I, Uncle Abel!”
So they parted and the passers-by
little dreamed of all that had been said.
“Wa’al, wa’all, if things don’t turn
out queer! ’ soliloquized Uncle Abel,
homeward bound, with a bandbox
placed on the seat before him. “To
think how near I come to gettin' one
of them gipsey's for Betsey. Why she
would have laughed a week about it.
And then ’o think that painted pictur
of a gal w as making game of me all that
while. And the other one with her
gentle way. taking the trouble to tell a
stupid fellow like me what was the
right thing to buy. I gue-s she would
make our John a good wife; and after
Betsey and me has passed away there
will Be a nice bit of property coming
to John, and that will help him on.”
How pleased Aunt Betsey was to lie
sure, when the old man gave her the
new Bonnet! How fair and young she
looked in the fresh ribbons and soft
blonde around her face! And how she
laughed at the idea of wearing “one of
them dish-covers on her head!”
Just wht n the country was in its June
glory. John Dare Brought his bride to
the farm-house where he had spent so
many childish hours, and he led her to
all tiie old familiar spots, from the
er in the brook to the grave by the
orchard. But as long as a straw and a
ribbon may endure to keep them both
in mind how John Dare found his wife,
they tell the story of the time when
Uncle Abe] bought Betsey’s bonnet.
Oterworkeil Hearts.
No organ in the body is so liable tobe
overwork! das tin heart. When every
other par ; of the body sleeps, it keeps
on its perpetual motion. Every in
creased effort or action demands from
tin heart more force. A man runs to
catch a train and his heart beats audib
ly. He drinks wine, and the blood
rushes through its reservoir faster than
ever was intended by nature. His
pu'so l ist s after each course at dinner.
A telegtiim arrives, and his heart
kno t ks.it his side. And whenoneof
these “excitements" is over, he is con
scious of a corresponding depression—
a sinking or emptiness as it is called.
The healthy action of all members of
our frame depends upon the supply of
blood received from the central foun
tain. When the heart’s action is ar
rested. the stomach, which requires
from it a large supply of blood, be
■ comes enfeebled. The brain also
waiting for the blood, is inactive. The
heart is a very willing member, but if
it be made to fetch and carry incess
antly: if it be “put upon,” as the un
selfish number of a family often is, it
under go-s a disorganization which is
equivalent to its rupture. And this
I <1 i-organization begins too often nowa
: davs in the hearts of very young chil
dren. Parents know that if their sons
are to -;i ■•eeed at any of those com
petiveexaminations which have now
become so exigent,high pressure is em
ployed. Hence young persons are
stimulated to overwork by rewards anrt
punishments. The sight of a clever
boy t'Cing trained for competition is
truly a sad one.
I’iie precocious, coached up children
are never well. Their mental excite
ment keeps up a Hush, which, like the
excitement caused by strong drink in
i older children, looks like health but
has no relation to it ; in a word, the in
temperance of education is over
straining and breaking their young
hearts. If in the school room some
; hearts are broken from mental strain,
: in the playground and in the gymnas-
■ ium others succumb to physical
' strain.
♦
“It was a marvel of beauty and fra-
■ granee" is the phrase upon which male
. reportcis usually fall back when they
wish to describe the floral decorations
j of a we-’ding-
Mayor Stokely, of Philadelphia,
when a boy, worked for a dollar a
I week and slept under a counter.
IN A NUTSHELL.
Pearls are fashionable n
Secretary Schurz plays piano.
This, ladies and gent this is
’Bl.
Jefferson Davis will .. Europe
next June.
Ice dealers are happy o’er a solid
north.
Hope is the dream of those who are
awake.
Daily matinees are now given at one
of the New York theaters.
New York pedestrians on Broadway
revel in “slush a foot deep.”
The boy with new skates am! new
top boots is the happiest Christmas lad
in the land.
Thurlow’ Weed has read all of
Dickens’ books frequently, and is still
at them.
Major Alfred Little, a well-known
musician and composer, of Webster,
N. H.. is dead.
Merchants say that more expensive
gifts have been purchased this year
than ever before.
The Merry Circle club, of Koine, Ga.,
has for its motto: “ I’he next best thing
to religion is fun.”
The melancholy days are come in
which it behooves all good citizens to
swear off'.
The Duke of Aosta, once King of
Spain, now lives in Turin, and is a
widower with three little sons.
The fashionable bonnet is small, fits
snugly to the head, and is of black
satin studded wiith steel.
Mrs. Sherman, the wife of the general
is ill, and will probably not perform
any social duties this winter.
Jay Gould and Mr Haverly, the
theatrical manager, are said to some
what resemble each other.
Jay Gould controls almost 10,000
miles of railroad, not to mention tele
graph wires and other things.
On Friday night there was a desper
ate struggle for the scepter between
’BO and ’Bl—and ’Bl won.
Ada Cavendish is serious!} ill with
pneumonia, and her company lias been
disbanded in consequence.
The cable announces the death of
Gaillardeui, the French historian, and
Macchi, the Italian rhetorician.
The Chandi ’ use iu Washington
is being prep 1 • for the reception of
Mr. Eugene Hale and his family.
The Fourth of July will fall on
Monday this year, and next Christmas
and New Year’s w ill fall on Sunday.
Upholsters used to depend upon the
carpet-makers for styles, but now the
upholsters dictate to the carpet makers.
A S. Logan, a lineal descendant of
the famous Indian chief, ha,s been ap
pointed to a position in the interior
department.
United States Senator Kirkwood, of
lowa, visited Mentor lately ami
spent a few hours as the guest of Gen
eral Garfield.
Of a miserly man somebody wrote:
“His head gave way, but his hand nev
er did. His brain softened, but his
heart couldn’t.”
When a married woman buys a pug
dog for a low twice she gets a bargain
and her husband gets something to
boot.
Haverly's Mastodon Minstrels have
reappeared at Her Majesty’s Theater,
London, altera successful tour in other
parts of Great Britain.
Vanderbilt’s gift of 1,000 shares of
Lake Shore to each of his daugh
ters was a neat thing as a Christmas
present, wasn’t it?
Mrs. Jessie Fremont has organized
classes in history among the grown up
sons and daughters of poor settlers in
Arizona.
Mrs. Eleanor Littlejohn,mother of the
Bishop of Long Island, died New’
Year's morning, at the age, of 81, at
Ailegan, Mich.
Samuel Calender, one of the oldest
citizens of Buffalo, has just died at the
age of 81 years. He was born in Bos
ton, April 10, 1800.
Mrs. Jean Davenport Lander, the
actress, has returned from Germany, I
where she has left one of her adopted 1
sons for dramatic study.
Emery A. Storrs, of Chicago, and
Mr. Brewster, of Philadelphia, are to
act as counsel for Cadet Whittaker in
liis coming court-martial.
Look upwards in thecity and see the
network of wires. Then you will un
derstand why it is natural that there
should be so many rumors in the air.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, has
signed a contract to sing in Paris, after
her Russian engagement, for twenty
nights—the salary to be 60,000 francs.
Samuel Tilden (without the middle
initial J.) was arrested for drunkenness
in New York the other night. This
Sammy is a seller of dams.
Mr. H. M. Plaisted will, it is rumored,
be married to a beautiful girl from the
eastern part of Maine. The wedding
will be at Augusta, and will be celebrat
ed with much ceremony.
The late Rev. Dr. Chapin was the
author of the expression: “I lecture for
fame, SSO and expenses.” Dr. Chapin
was a very eloquent lecturer at onetime
and never bad a thin house.
Mr. Yung Wing, who has been thirty
years in this country, is the only mem
ber of the Chinese Legation who has
the special permission of his govern
ment to wear the European dress.
Augustin Daly’s troupe of
dancers and jugglers, now’ in New York,
was increased by one New- Years night,
being the first Hindoo child born in
America. The mother is 12 years old.
It is said that Mr. W. W. Corcoran,
of Washington, has given away, in all,
Sff.OtMI.OOO in public benefactions, and
$’,000,000 in private charities, and that
this was about hree-quarters of his
fortune.
General Charles B. Stuart, the emi
nent civil engineer, is dangerously ill
at the Forest City House in Cleveland.
There is little hope of recovery.
The winter scenery at Niagara Falls
is unusually impressive this year.
The river is full of huge cakes of ice,
which every moment crash over the
falls and threaten to jam and form a
destructive ice bridge in the gorge be
low.
Kate Field says the only portrait of
George Eliot is a crayon, in possesion
of one of the Blackwoods, which is a
good likeness. She was never photo
graphed.
General Sir Frederick Roberts, it is
said, doesn’t want to be paid by a peer
age for his services in Afghanistan. He
is a eomparati rely poor man, and feels
that he can’t properly support the dig
nity of a peer.
The birthday of the late Robert E.
Lee. the Confederate chieftain, is to be
celebrated at Charleston on January 19
by the California Riffe Battalion. Col
onel Hugh S. Thompson, of Columbia,
is to give an address upon the occa
sion.
Mrs. E. S. Custer, mother of the late
General George A. Custer, is lying at
the point of death at her home in Mon
roe. Mich. She has never recovered
from the shock of the death of her son
at the hands of the bloo y Sioux.
Mrs. Ellen Campbell, for many years
i superintendent of the North Carolina
' deaf, dumb and blind institute, has
: been dismissed for indorsing Judge
i Tourgee's book, "A Fool's Errand. ’ in
j a private letter to a northern friend.
Senator Hamlin, of Maine, is the
i oldest, and Senator Bruce, of Missis.ip
pi, the youngest of the members of the
: senate. Senator Anthony, of Rhode
Island—who is now in his fourth term
| —has served more years continuously
' than any other man in the present sen
: ate.
William Black, the novelist, looks so
I much like a proper young clergyman
that we should not be surprised to near
i of his getting a “call” to some Chicago
' church as soon as the present batch of
popular preachers are turned out for
heresy or something. New York
Graphic.
Sarah Bernhardt says she will always
remember with sentiments of profound
1 gratitude the cordiality of her reception
in Boston. “I like ze people, I like ze
place and 1 like ze manners; but ze
been—non!”
The marriage of the czar to his sec
ond wife took place at the Chateau of
Tsarskoe-Selo, in the presence of Count
Alexander Alderberg, General Ryteef,
the most intimate friend of the czar,
Count Milintine, minister of war, and
General Loris Melikoff'. The bride
now’ wears the title of Princess Youriev
—which is one of the titles belonging to
the Romanoff' family.
——
THE TROJAN HORSE.
A Brief Biography of that Kenow nert
Steed.
hr. Schliemann’* “ llios?
But nevertheless Troy was to remain
impregnable so long as it rotained the
Palladium, which, as we have before
said, had been given by Zeus to the
founder of the city, Hus. Ulysses,
however, having disguised his person
with miserable clothes and self-inflict
ed wounds, introduced himself into the
city and found means to carry away
the Palladium by stealth. He was rec
ognized only by Helen, who concerted
with him means for the capture of the
tow n. A final strategem was resorted
to. At the suggestion of Athene,
Epeius and Panopeus constructed a
hollow wooden horse, capacious
enough to contain one hundred men.
In this horse the most eminent of the
Greek heroes concealed themselves,
while the whole Greek army, having
burned their tents and pretended to
give up the siege, sa’led away with
their ships, whieli they anchored be
hind Tenedos. Overjoyed to see them
selves finally relieved, the Trojans is
sued from the city and wondered at
the stupendous horse, on which was
written that it was dedicated to Athens
by the departing Greeks. They were
not long at a loss what to do with it;
and the anxious heroes from within
heard their consultations, as well as
the voice of Helen when she pro
nounced the name of each hero, coun
terfeiting the accent of his wife’s voice.
Some desired to bring it into the city
and to dedicate it to the gods; others
advised distrust at the enemy’s legacy.
Laocoon, the priest of Poseidon, came
with his two sons, and, in his indigna
tion, thrust his spear against the horse.
The soum' revealed that the horse was
hollow; but at the same moment Lao
coon and one of his sons perished mis
erably, two monstrous serpents having
been sent by Here out of the sea to
destroy them. The Trojans, terrified
by this spect; cle, and persuaded by
the perfidious counsels of the traitor
Simon—who had been expressly left
behind by the Greeks to give them
false information—W’ere induced to
drag the fatal fabric into their city;
and, as the gate was not broad enough
to admit it, they even made a breach
in their own wall. Thus the horse was
introduced into the Acropolis, and
placed in the Agora before Priam’s pal
ace. But even now opinions were di
vided ; many demanding that the horse
should be cut in pieces, others advising
that it should be dragged to the highest
point of the Acropolis and thrown
thence on the rocks below’. The
strongest party, however, insisted on its
being dedicated to the gods as a teken
of gratitude for their deliverance.
After sunset the Greek fleet returned
to the shore of the plain of Troy and
awaited the preconcerted signal.
While the Trojans indulged in riotous
festivities, Simon kindled the fire sig
nal and assisted the concealed heroes
to open the secret door in the horse,s
belly, out of which they descended.
The city was now assailed from within
and without, and was completely sack
ed and destroyed, nearly the whole
population being slain. Priam, who
had vainly sought shelter at the altar
of Zeus llerkelos, was killed by Neop
tolemus. His son, Deiphobus, who,
after the death of his brother Paris,
had Become the husband of Helen,
was attacked by Ulysses and Menelaus.
He defended his house desperately,
but was finally overcome and slain.
Thus Menelaus at length won back his
wife.
-♦
How tlie Price of a Gown Spoiled a
Match.
A few’ weeks ago a New Hampshire
man, who had been a widower four or
five years, concluded lie would take
anotner helpmate, and, instead of mak
ing his selection from the marriageable
girls of his own neighborhood, he gave
out that was going down to Boston to
get him a wife. He left home for that
purpose, amid the cheers of his neigh
bors, who predicted all sorts of misfor
tunes would befall him. Arriving in
this city he made his way to a well
know intelligence offb-e, and imparted
the object of bis mission to the mat
ron in attendance. After considerable,
questioning to satisfy herself cf the'
honesty of the farmer’s intentions, she
went into the room where were a dozen
or more young women waiting for sit
uations. She stated to them that a
man was in the office who had come to
Boston to get him a wife. Were there
any present who were willing to marry
an honest New Hampshire man with
out any courtship? He said he was
willing to give her a good fit-out of wed
ding clothes at once. One young,
plump-looking Irish girl said she’d like
to see the party. After a few minutes’
conversation with the widower she con
sented to many him, and they left the
office to buy the wedding outfit. The
farmer took into his confidence one of
the saleswomen, who joyfully entered
into the matter. After assisting them
in their selection of the various neces
sary articles of a minor nature they
went up to the dress department to buy
the wedding gown. The variety shown
the young girl quite bewildered her,
but she finally set her heart on a dress
that exactly suited her. Unfortunately,
the price was fifteen dollars more than
the man was willing to pay. The girl
coaxed and pleaded with him: the
saleswoman used all her arguments to
make the sale, but the widower was
inflexible “Thirty dollars was an all
tired lot of money to pay for a gown.”
Finally the girl declared that nothing
else would satisfy her and began to cry
in real earnest Mattei’s looked serious;
several other saleswomen took sides
with the girl and pleaded for the covet
ed dress, but without success. Then
the girl got her spirit up and told him
that he was a mean old fellow, and she
wouldn't marry him if he‘d give her
the best dress in the store.and marched
out.— lioxtoii Commereial.
Dear Old Mother.
Honor the dear old mother. Time
has scattered the snow flakes on her
brow, pillowed deep furrows on her
cheeks, but is she not sweet and beau
tiful now 9 The lips are thir and sunk
en, but those are the lips that have
kissed many a hot tear from the child
ish cheeks, and they are the sweetest
lips in all the world. The eye is dim,
yet it ever glows with the soft radience
of holy love which can never fade. Ah,
yes, she is the dear old mother. The
sands of life are nearly run out, but
feeble as she is she will go farther, and
reach lower for you than any other
upon earth. You can not walk into a
midnight where she can not see you;
you can not enter a prison whose bars
will keep her out; you cannot mount
a scaffold too high for her to reach,
that she may kiss and bless you in evi
dence of her deathless love. When the
world shall despise and forsake you,
when it leaves you by the wayside to
; die unnoticed, the dear old mother
will gather you in her feeble arms and
■ carry you home and tell you all your
: virtue-, until you shall almost forget
your soul is disfigured by vices. Love
her tenderly and cheer her declining
1 years with holy devotion.
The will of the late Governor James
D. Williams, of Indiana, has been pro
i bated. He divides his property equita
bly among his legal heirs, consisting of
his son John, his widowed daughter,
j and the children of his deceased son
George W. There are no public be
quests.
The Catholic Bishop Elder, of Cin
cinnati. is opposed to round dances.
THE SNORING CAT.
A Feline Victim «>f .Wince l*ie and the
Alarm She I’rodueeil.
Now Orleans Picayune.
A gentleman residing on Van Buren
street has a cat that snores, which is
regarded by many as a phenomenon.
He first discovered the cat's peculiarity
one night last week, when she had
been accidentally shut in his bedroom.
He was awakened about midnight by
groans which seemed to come from un
der the bed, and be rose to a sitting
posture while his hair began to stick
up like a bundle of extension fish-poles.
It was a wild, weird sound, and one
that he had never heard before, and in
the stillness and darkness it struck
noon his nerves with a ghostly clam
miness, as though a cold oyster had
been dropped down the back of his
neck. The eat was evidently the victim
of mince pie, which produced a sort of
night-cat-mare, and she seemed to be
dreaming of the hour when Greece,
her knee in suppliance bent, should
tremble at her power. By her snore—
its length, breadth, depth,and cubical
contents —it was apparent that the old
cat had shouldered her crutch in her
mind and was fighting her battles over
again. She was dreaming of moon
light fences, swollen tails and the
many wild nights she had put in with
other cats, in back yard s, yelling over
the returns coming in from New York
and Indiana. And the wild-eyed man
sitting up in bed listened, while his
hair rose three cents on the strength of
a failure of crops in Europe. His first
thought was that some burglar had got
under the bed in the day time, to wait
until everybotly was asleep to rob the
house, and that while waiting he had
been attacked with a cholera morbus
and was dying alone anil forsaken, far
from home and friends and all whom
he held dear. It was by no means a
pleasant prospect and he half regretted
that the man had got uneder the bed at
all. Still it had been the ambition of
his life to slay a burglar, and he had
often wished for the time and oppor
tunity to go out and kill enough burg
lars lor a mess. But now that he ha
one under the bed, all doubed up with
the colic and the killing jf him
would be merely routine business, lie
felt that it would not be right. He had
stood with his back toward death on
many a battlefield, years after the battle
had been fought, but he thought that
this burglar under the bed came more
properly under the head of new busi
ness. He desired to move upon the
enemy’s works at once, but he did not
wish to sacrifice his troops needlessly.
He wanted to save his men. He only
had one, and it became necessary to
employ strategy, for the loss of that
one man would defeat the object of
the expedition. If he had had a
friend sleeping with him that he could
have thrown out as a skirmish line,
it would have given him a sort of
headquarters from which to direct the
campaign. But he had not, and it
was a game of solitaire. He started to
put one leg out of bed, when it occur
red to him that the burglar might have
hydrophobia instead of the colic and was
even then laying back to spring out
and fasten his venomous fangs into
something. It was horrible thought,
and the gentleman dodged back and
covered his head with the bed-clothes.
The old cat now getting into the thick
est of the fray, and her snoring wa s
terrific. She seemed to be dreaming
of some gallant light, where she had
met her enemy on the plains of Abra
ham, and they snatched handfuls of hair
out of each other, and then shook there
tails, and jumped around. Under such
circumstances a man thinks fast, and
the gentleman in lied conceived a plan
to crush the burglar at one fell swoop,
and at the same time take no risk of
death. The bed was a slat bed, and
rising up in it he came down with the
force of a pile-driver, springing the
slats out of the side-pieces, as he ex
pected, and the whole bed was forced
through to the floor with a crash. The
Turk awoke. That is to say, the cat
awoke, and her smothered cries under
the bed sounded almost human, until
they died away in suffocation. When
there was no longer any sound to be
heard issuing from under the mattress,
the gentleman cautiously lifted it back,
and there limp and almost lifeless, lay
the family cat, He had been the vic
tim of misplaced confidence.
PRIVATE BRADY.
One of Aicpoleon's Ohl i-tiards a Va
graiit---ltecollections of the Oreat
Soldier
A few evenings ago, says the Toronto
Evening Telegram, a tali, and erect, but
very feeble old man had to be assisted
into the prisoners’ dock at the police
court, to answer to the charge of va
grancy. The poor fellow admitted to
the magistral* that he had no place to
lay his head, and for the want of some
'better and suitable place be was sent
to jail for sixty days. He said his name
was David BrAdy, that he was 95 years
of age, that be was a pensioner, and
that he had been stationed with his
regiment at St. Helena during the
period of Napoleon’s imprisonment
there. A reporter called at the jail and
asked permission to have a talk with
Brady. Gov. Green granted the neces
sary permission without hesitation,and
as the old man was too feeble and
weak to come down stairs, the report
er followed one of the jailers to the
hospital, where Brady was found re
clining upon the edge of his bed. He
told his story with great effort and
many pauses, owing to loss of memory
and extreme debility.
“ I was born in the year 17<S5, and
that makes me 95 years old. My
native place is Kilmore, County Caven,
Ireland When 1 was 25 years old 1
joined her majesty’s 20th regiment of
the line. Why did I join? Well, 1
just took a fancy to do so, and I’d
sooner serve her majesty for a shilling
a day, any time, than carry a spade or
a shovel? AVhy would 1? Well, if
you’re killed there’s no more about it;
and then you’re well fed and clothed,
and what more does a man want?
Yes, I was in the Peninsular under the
duke, and took part in the battles of
Barossa, Toulouse, Salamanca, Bada
joz, and a half dozen more, only I for
got their names: Wounded? Look at
that hand. Well, that was done at
Toulouse; a French cavalry soldier rode
at me, and tried, to cut me down with
his sword: I put up my arm so, to
keep off the blow and I got that mark
you see. The hole in my knee I got
iit Badajoz, and a precious hard day it
was. All I know about it was that I
got in and came out alive, and I don’t
know what was done. I was at Water
loo, and at Corunna under Sir John
Moore, and then 1 was in India when
Lord Cumbermere was commander-in
chief, and I took part in the battle of
Dhinapore. It was a hot battle, that.
I went up with a lot of other fellows
from Poonab. and wc were three weeks
before we did anything.”
“I understand you were in St. Hel
ena when Napoleon was there.”
“I was at St. Helena with the 20th
regiment from ISIS to 1822. When
I was there there was a detachment of
the tkitli regimenton the island besides
the royal artillerymen, sappers and
miners? and the St. Helena regiment.
We used to stand sentry at the door of
Napoleon’s resilience and about the
building. No, he never spoke to us;
he used to shun the soldiers, and if he
saw one of us coming when he was out
walking he’d turn off into the bush
sooner than meet us. AY e had orders
to present arms to him, but be never
acknowledged the salute or let on ne
ever saw us, and I don t think he ever
spoke a word to one of us from the
time he went there till he died. I got
in the black hole once over him. How
was that? I was going to Deadwood,
barracks to Longwood, and about a
mile and a half on the road I saw Mar
shal Bertram and his lady, two of
Napoleon’s French attendants, coming
toward me in their carriage. AY hen
■ they saw me they turned off to go into
: the bush, and just as they did so the
carriage broke down a id threw them
out. I ran up and took off’my shoulder
straps and fixed up the carriage, and
then Lady Bertram offered me her
purse. I wouldn’t take it. and Napoleon
told Col. Ogilvy that one of the
I soldiers had insulted Lady
i Bertram and I got the black hole
; for it. Napoleon used to hate the sight
of us red-coats. Capts. Crockett, Stan
, ley, and Maj. Eair went up to Col.
, Ogilvy and begged me oft! I was
I orderly Serjeant at the time, and 1 only
■ obeyed orders. What orders? Why,
I papers were put up all over the island
rorbidding us to speak to the French
| people. Napoleon had liberty to go
; whereever he’d a mind to go, and he
i used to mostly go to a big rock and
I sit for hours looking at the sea, and
! never speak a word to a soul all the
I time.”
“But surely he did something besides
moping all day?”
“Moping! He was a stout, short lit
tle chap. People used to say of him,
'big head and little wit,’ but your head
and mine put together don’t" hold the
half of his. When he was on the island
he started to build a boat, and he’d
work at it at odd times, and then sit in
it with his hat over his eyes and never
say a word. The boat was an open
one, thirty-two feet long, and inside of
it he covered with drawings of birds
and fish ami soldiers. I don’t think
there was a bird or a fish that he hadn’t
drawn inside of that boat. We got or
ders from Lowe to break that boat up,
and of course we did so.”
’ Tell me something about his death
and funeral.”
“Well, we didn’t know for sure that
he was dead for several hours. He had
his own doctor and priest, and other
French attendants, and they looked af
ter him altogether. When he was
dead 1 was picked out with eleven oth
er fellows as being the tallest men on
the island, and we carried his coffin to
the grave, and 1 was one of the six
who lowered his body into the grave.
His grave was the deepest I ever saw,
close on twenty feet deep, and his body
was put into three coffins. The inside
one, which held his body, was made of
pine, and the outside one of mahogany,
and 1 forget what the middle one was.
I know they were awful heavy. At the
bottom of his grave there was a flat
stone placed, cut to shape the hole, and
at each end two upright stones were
fitted into the flat stone and stood up
just a bit above the coffins when they
were lowered down.
“When his coffins were lowered we
lowered a French flag and spread it
over the coffins, and the priest threw a
handful of dirt on it, and that was all
the covering over him except a big stone
over the top of the grave. The greatest
crime a fellow could commit on the is
land was to break the willow trees
around his grave. There were four
willow trees altogether, and sentries
stood guard day and night over the
body for two hours at a time. No one
was allowed to go near, except they got
an order from the captain of the guard.
Governor Lowe was a good man to us
soldiers, but he was awful strict to Na
poleon. Why, they had British ships
cruising outside for one hundred miles
around the island, and none but British
ships were allowed to anchor. If a fur
rin’ ship came along in distress [or
wantin’ water, the cruisers would at
tend to her outside, but never one of
them was allowed to land a man.
“Napoleon was buried with the rank
and honors due a general officer.
When Napoleon was dead the French
attendants left—about a month later,
or maybe two, in the guard ship Vigo,
under Admiral Cockburn. To show
you how well they watched him, atone
time there were two thousand soldiers
and sailors on the island. 1 could tell
you lots more, but I forget it so easily
now. 1 remember there used to helots
of parties and dinners on the island
when I was there.”
“When did you come to Canada,
Brady?”
“I got my discharge in May, 1830,
and 1 came to Canada in 1831. I was
in the Me Kenzie rebellion. I ’listed
under Col. Cameron, and I went to Ni
agara. Then I joined Col. Kerby and
was with him for six months, and then,
when 1 was coming to Toronto, I met
Col. Kingsmill, of the queen’s Niagara
fencibles, and joined him. I shouldn’t
have done so, but Kingsmill was in St.
Helena, and belonged to the 66th.
♦ • ♦
WORDS IN LAW.
H hat Di He rent Aspect* t'..e Courts
Put I pon Common Expressions.
Albany Law Journal.
“To resort” means to go once or
more. In State against Ah Sam, the
Nevada supreme court, under a statute
forbidding any one “to resort” to any
place to smoke opium, said: “The ap
pellant also contends that the district
judge erred in instructing the jury to
the effect that going once to a place
kept for opium smoking for the pur
pose of smoking is an infraction cf the
law. What the statute forbids all per
sons to do is to ‘resort’ to such places,
and it is argued that resort means rot
to go merely once, but to go and go
again; in other words, to make a prac
tice of going. The etymology of the
word ‘resort’ lends some support to
this argument, but the definitions giv
en in the lexicons show that whatever
may have been its original meaning, it
no longer means anything more in the
connection in which it is employed in
the statute than to go once.”
"Eggs” are not “meat” or “poultry”
within a statute prohibiting the sale of
such articles when unsound. Boring
through a floor with an auger consti
tutes burglary, says the Alabama su
preme court,"in Walker against State.
This was when the prisoner bored a
hole through the floor of a corn crib,
stopped it up with a cob and afterward,
on a separate occasion. drew[the shelled
corn through the hole into a sack un
derneath the crib. “Brass knucks” is
used in the statute as the narxe of a
weapon, without reference to the metal
of which it is made, There* 1 ,ie, a con
viction of unlawfully carrying “brass
knucks” will not be set aside because it
was proved that the weapon was lead
or pewter. “Terms cash” is not equiv
alent to “received payment.” “Terms
cash” on an unreceipted bill of goods
sent by a wholesale to a retail dealer
cannot be held as a matter of law to
imply that the goods were paid for be
fore they were shipped.
A fari'n overseer is not a “laborer”
within the lien law. Notes, bills, etc.,
representing money loaned on interest
by a corporation, are “property” liable
to taxation. A railroad depot is a
“warehouse” within the statute of
burglary.
A Sunday school is not “Divine wor
ship,” but a building for the sessions of
a Sunday school and religious lectures
is for a “religious purpose,” although
occasionally used for fairs and other
benevolent purposes. The court said
(in a Pennsylvania case): “The Sunday
school rooms and the lecture rooms of
a modern church are as essentially
used for religious purposes as the body
of the church building itself. The
Sabbath schools are an important aux
iliary of every Christian church, and
indispensable" to its life and growth.
That the services in such schools are in
the main of a religious character is too
well known to be seriously disputed.
So of the lecture room. It is used for
the mid-week lectures and other ser
vices when the attendance is not large.
The expense of lighting and heating the
main building is thus avoided. But
the services upon such occasions areas
truly religious in their characters as the
sermon upon the Sabbath.”
A supervising architect is a person
performing “labor,” although not a
“laborer” within the meaning of the
mechanics’ lien law. A widow keeping
a boarding house with a female friend
residing with her. and fema’e servants,
besides the boarders, is the “head of a
family.” But a single man who keeps
house and has no other persons living
with him than servants and employes
is not the “head of a family,” or a
“householder.” And an unmarried
man who does not keep house, but sup-
I ports his mother and his unmarried
sister, who board with his married sis
ter in another town is not the “head of
a family.”
The human voice in its sweetness and
purity is deliciously musical; with
Throat affection and Coughs it loses all
attractions. Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup
restores it when failing through Coughs,
■ Colds, etc.
A Terrible Moment.
When Lablache was only two-and
twenty his hair turned white in a single
night. lie was playing the part of Ju
piter, in " iu, biological piece at the
San Carlo, at Naples, and as the god,
seated upon a cloud and armed with
lightning, was descending majestically
from the flies, when a cry of horror
rose from the whole house, from the
stalls to the gallery. Jupiter, persuad
ed that his hour wa- cam?, closed his
eyes and gave himself up for lost. The
noise from the house continued, but
the unfortunate god, with his eyes still
closed and counting the seconds me
chanically, was surprised to find him
self neitlo rising nor falling. After a
few instai - of terrfoie suspense, La
blache decided to open his eyes. The
cloud was motionle.--.,, equi-distant from
the flies and the stage, but an unfortu
( nate machinist, with his arm caught in
the pulleys that moved the machines,
was suspended in the air high above
the singer’s head. How the poor man
was saved is not related, nor is it ma
terial to the present story; but La
blache, who descended safe and sound,
and who sang his great air in grand
style, found the next morning that his
hair had changed from raven black to
snowy white.
The newest styles in jewelry accord
ing to the Bazar, combine colored
gems, such as rubies, sapphires, color
ed pearls or the yellow South Ameri
can diamonds. This is especially true
of brooches, bracelets and finger-rings.
Ear-rings alone are preferred in the
single color, as the solitaire ear-ring is
still used instead of longer shapes; yel
low’ diamond solitaires and solitaire
ruby ear-rings are shown as the
choicest selection. Milk-white pearls
are chosen for brides, and these have
the pave seding, in rows like paving
stones, with fine diamond sparks be
tween.
Daily Fort Wayne Sentinel.
Mr. S. 11. Joseph, Agent Emerson’s
Minstrels, remarks: 1 can with truth
speak from experience; and in s: 'ing
St. Jacobs Oil acts in a marvelous man
ner I but partly express my good opin
ion es it.
Count Harry von Arnim, who is now
at Nice, is very feeble and nearly blind.
It has been at last decided by the court
of first instance at Berlin to" grant him
suspensions of punishment for six
months. The poor old man will prob
ably therefore see his native land again
before he dies,
o A*-
Manchester Enterprise.
Messrs. Haeussler & Kingsley, Drug
gists, Manchester, say: We handle St.
Jacobs Oil with abundant success, and
it has given excellent satisfaction to our
customers.
“I say, Clem,” cried two disputing
darkies, appealing for decision to a
sable umpire, “which word is right
dizactly or dezactly?” The sable um
pire reflected a moment and then, with
a look of wisdom, said, “I can't tell
perzactly.”
Complications.
If the thousands that now have theii
rest and comfort destroyed by compli
cation of liver and kidney complaints
would give nature’s remedy, Kidney
Wort, a trial, they would be speedily
cured. It acts on both organs at the
same time and therefore completely
fills the bill for a perfect remedy. If
you have a lame back and disordered
kidneys, use it at once. Don’t neglect
them.— Mirror and Farmer.
Young English girls are wearing low
dresses at balls this season more than
they have for many years, but they
also wear the waists cut open in a
point or square at the throat, and the
German half low neck filled in with
drawn white muslin is also adopted.
Small puffed sleeves coining half-way
to the elbow, and sleeves cut in points
laced across a white undersleeve are
also worn.
No More Hard Times.
If you will stop spending sc much on
tine clothes, rich food and style, buy
good, healthy food, cheaper and better
clothing; get more real and substantial
things of life every way. and especially
stop the foolish habitof employing ex
pensive, quack doctors, or using so
much of the vile humbug medicine
that does you only harm, but put your
trust in that simple, pure remedy. Hop
Bitters; that cures always at a trifling
cost, and you will see good times and
have good health.— Chronicle.
The index of the highest order of
civilization among men is the posses
sion of leisure. So says Dr. Mitchell,
a scientist of Edinburg. If this is a
fact how highly civilized must be the
average corner loafer!
What It Does.
Kidney Wort moves the bowels reg
ularly, cleanses the blood, and radically
cures kidney disease; gravel, piles, bil
ious headache, and pains which are
caused by disordered liver and kidneys.
Thousands have been cured —why
should you not try it? Your druggist
will tell you that it is one of the most
successful medicines ever known. It’S
sold in both Dry and Liquid form, and
its action is positive and sure in either
form. — Dallas, Tex., Herald.
■*- -♦—
Miss Thursby, who was at last ac
counts in Vienna, is about to make a
concert tour through Austria and
Germany, Brunn, Prague, Dresden and
Leipsig being on t e route.
Lydia E. Pinkhax’s Vegetable Com-
POl'nd revives the drooping spirits; in
vigorates and harmonizes the organic
functions; gives elasticity and firmness
to the step, restores the natural lustre
to the eye, and plants on the pale cheek
of beauty the fregh roses of life’s spring
and early summer time.
General Garfield sends milk to be
sold in Cleveland. His cows are main
ly grade Durhams.
A I’liy Nician of <;reat I'rainineiicc
in Thirty-sixth street, New York city, was
unable to even help Mr. Win. McKee, of
Paterson, N. J., suffering the agonies al
ways attendant upon diseased kidneys. As
an honest man and practitioner he pre
scribed and cured him by using one bottle
of Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
Washington young ladies have organ
ized a cooking club.
Uen. John A, Logan,
Hero of thelate war, and now U. S. Senator from
Illinois, writes: “Some years ago I was troubled
more or less with inflammatory rheumatism, and
have within the last year or so auffered intensely
with same disease. I began to lake ‘Durangs
Rheumatic Remedy,’ and am thoroughly satisfied
that I have been pen lanently cured by its use. I
do not hesitate to recommend it to all sufferers.
This great Remedy has been before the public
six years. It is taken internally, and never fails
to euro the worst case. Sold by every druggist in
Wisconsin and elsewhere. Write for 40-page
pamphlet to R. K. HELPHENSTINE.
Druggist, Washington, D. C.
Card collectors please buy seven bars Dobins’
Electric Soap of any groeer and write Cragin &
Co., Philadelphia, Pa., for seven cards gratis, six
colors and gold, Shakspeare’s “Seven Ages of
Mau.” Ordinary price 2i cents.
A Warning.
Coughs are caused by the changeable weather
of autumn, ami, if neglected, are apt to continue
all winter. If cured now the lungs will gain
strength to withstand the severe trial of winter
and spring. Piso’s Cure is the best remedy. Fifty
cent bottles are > old for 25 cents.
Nothing makes a man. woman, or child feel
meaner than a tickling s“iisatioti in the throat.
Take “Dr. Sellers’ Cough Syrup.” 25 cents.
DfBULLS
COUGH
SYRUP
Hon. Charles P. Swigert, of Katika- |
kee, the state auditor-elect of this state. I
gave a numerously-attended reception ■
at his home recently, at which his ‘
neighbors and friends enjoyed his hos- i
pitality. He has taken his family to
Springfield, which will be his place of
residence for the next four years.
THE
GREAT GERMAN
REMEDY
FOB
RHEUMATISM,
I NEURALGIA,
I SCIATICA,
LUMBAGO, •
BACKACHE,
Gt<O CTT,
SORENESS
OF TUB
CHEST,
SQRETHROAT,
QUINSY,
SWELLINGS
SPRAINS,
‘HOSTED FEET
AXD
EARS,
buhns
AKO
SCALDS,
General Bodily Pains,
TOOTH, EAR
AND
HEADACHE,
AND
AIL OTHER »
| ACHES.
No Preparation nn earth equals St. Jacobs Oil as a safe.
BURE, simple and cheap External Remedy. A tr.alentails !
Lut the comparatively trifling outlay of fiOCBNT*. and every
•ne suffering with [«inca:i have cheap aiid pdiiUve proof of
til claims. DIRKCTIO.NS is SIEVES IAXtitXGES.
SOLD B'. All DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & CO.
lialtiii.ore, V, S. A.
WOMAN’S TRIUMPH I
MRS. LYDIA L PINKHAM, OF LYNN, MASS.
\ jE-
V nZ' ' J
DISCOVERER OP
LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
The Positive Cure
for all thane Painful Complaint a and WcuLnewii
no common to our bent female population.
It will cure entirely the worst form of Female Com
plaints, all ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Ulcera
tion, Falling and Displacements, and the consequent
Spinal Woaknaß, and is particularly adapt 'd to the
Chan *o of Life.
It will (fteNdve and expel tumors from th< ut< nisin
on e.vly of development. The tendency to can
cirrus ißpnaafe there i~ checked very speedily l>y its use.
It rcBV-veg faintness, flatulency, destroys all craving
for stimulnats, and relieves weakness of thr stomach.
It cures Bloatirg, Headache*, Nervous Prostration,
General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression and Indi
gestion.
That feeling cf bearing down, causing pain, weight
and backache, is always jx?rmanently cured by its use.
It will at all times and under ail circumstances act in
liarmony with the laws that govern the female system-
Fortbecureof Kidney Complaints of cither sex this
Compound is unsurpassed.
LYDI.I E. PiXi lIIWfI VEGETABLE COM
POUND is prepare 1 at 233 and 235 Western Avenue.
Lynn. Mass. I*-;. sl. Six bottles for $5. Sent by mail
in the form of pill *, also in the form of lozenges, on
receipt of price, $1 per box for cither. Mrs. Pinkham
freely answers all letters of inquiry. Send for pamph
let. Address as above. Mention this i’Ujx r.
No family should be without LYDIA E. PINKHAM
LIVER PILLS. They cure constipation, biliousnes .
and torpidity of the liver. 25 cents per box.
FOKSALEBI l»lt I <-<-
PERMANENTLY CURES
DISEASES.
LIVER CCMPLAIETS. 4
0 CONSTIPATION' sod FILES, [j
Dr. R. IT. Clark. South Hrro.Vt . say ‘ Jnoist n 1
W ci Ki Iney Troubles it hax acted lik< a <‘u. It fa
Bh ]; s < nred many very bod com soi I’ik 4 , and b. I
•I n v failed to act eflieiently.” R
Ml Nt Ison Fairchild, of St. Albany. Vt.. • ay<, ‘Hi g
S < t pnet less value. After sixteen years <>f lk- ? I
JCj -urtd ii’K from Files and Costiven* it *
pi. tely cured me.” ».
< S. II ogabon, of Berkshire says, : < M
Pl a:*e has done wonders for me in compleb !y cui g
H it.g a severe Liver and Kidney Complaint.' «
g IN EITHER LIOVID OR DRY FORM
s it has wow i
i Will 1 1
POWfc-Rn &.
Because it acts on the LIVER, BOWELS ?
and KIDNEYS at th“ same time. i
Because it cleanses the system of the poison • F
M oub humors that developc in Kidney and Un- I
HI nary Diseases, Biliousness, Jaundice, Const*- ■
U pa*ion, Piles, or in Rheumatism, Neuralgia
Nervous Disorders and Female Complaints.
tlTlt Isputup in Dry Vegetable Form, in LJ
tin cans, one jtaekage of which makes six
t quarts of medicine.
Q C-lTAlso in Idquld Form,very Concentrated, p
I CV for the convenience of those that cannot I
' » fTreadily prepare it. It acts with equal K
»n either form, $
Q GET IT AT THE DRUGGISTS. I’RB'E M.OO. |
: J WELLS, RKHARBSOX&CO.. Prop-s, I
(Will send the dry nt'RIJVGTO' . VI. L
€FOR THE HAIR.
BURNETT’S
DAINE
/ ABSOLUTE
CURE FOR DAHDKUIT.
' BURNETT’S
(OCOAINE
y CURES BALDNESS
AND SCALD HEAD.
J.KSepii lluiartl at Co.. Boston. Masb.. will id tv* <
tbeir beaiitilullyiiluelraled and il>’;L.ma.e,l In.im
book, giving the language <>t flowers sn<l I'p
Moi es, also calendar for lail.with much uselu! in
lorrumion not easily obtained elsewhere.
PBOVEItBS.
rinklrg spells, I “,V»wi:'h';nafd f»r
one!*,fialpita* I a ca«e that Hop Utt—
-1 low •. iriU, ■ tern will not cure or
H— AiiUerK” ■ help.” ;
I r.f nr-x-ure I “Hop Bittern builds
' Hop up. and
. w ill be strong C® res < f a »»
and happy.” from the flirt dofce.
«w j- j ‘TCidney and Vrl-
Ladms, do narv complaints of all
waiit to be strong, kinds pvnnnnently
healthy and cureduj
Then uae Hop Bitters.
Hop roron Cmn Is
"The greeted anp**- the sweet» st sutext
tizer, stomach, bl«>oa and beset. Ask children,
and liver regulator—
Hop Eitterß.’ T The Bop Pad for
Stomach, Liver and
“CUHrgynw*, T.aw- Kidneyr, i« superior
yrra, iAito-i. Bask- to nil other*. Cures
era a»d laftdies need by abwrption. Ask
Hop Batura daily.” DruggL-u.
♦*Roa Bitters has D« T. C. is an atmolu te
storedto sobriety and and irresistible *
health, jjerfectwrecks •or drunkenwYS, »
from intemperance.” ofrium, tobacco axMl
narcotics.
"Sour stomach, sick . n l.v
'c !!■ \
ners Hop Bitters cures w a . .r.
with ale w dfiMKS. EocbL>u i, 2v. ¥.
Send
Ha maxual of dr
OMOEOFATHXg
Veterinary T*ractlee. <a '
J>i signed for all A
second Enlarged Edition, IliuatraUrf,
Larxe , Substantially bound, Price
T 1 la booi i« specially written for the Bu^k-ral»r, Fanrie
Liv> ry-<ULIe man. and Parmer. The dlrectluna tor treatment
are plain, con-ite and reliable. mail on r- -ipt of
Brief. Addrew: BOSRJCKE * TAFEL’?* Homeopathic Prase •-
at NrwYork, Philadelphia, Bahlmor#, CUfrafO, be*Or
leans, Han Pranctora Bu»iue*i KetaUithed 1s Its*
1A: Cents a Month
■ I ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
■ B CHICAGO
W W win be rent to an;- addrere,
W W paid, at the prices named above. Bend
Vy In your names. Address
i THE LEDGER, Chicago, XU.
" WIS. PUB. UNION. ; n
TUTT’S
MEEs!
AS AN ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE,
are inooijiparabls. They stimulate the
TOBEIU IJ. VEH, invigorate the NERV
OUS SYSTEM, Rive tone to the DIGES
TIV B OKG A.NS, create perfect digestion
and regular movement of tfc o be wels.
AS AN ANTI-MALARIAL
They have no equal: acting as a y revent
ivettnd .r** for Bilious, Remittent Inter*
imt: nt. Typhoid Fevers, and Fever and
? j i healthy action of the
St n au'i and Liver depends, almost
wh.•ll v, tbo health of tbo human race.
DYSPEPSIA.
11 is for the cure of this disease and its at
tendants, SLCK-HEADACHE, NERV*
OUS NESS. JJESFONDENCY, CON
STII’ATION, PILES, *O., ‘Jmt these
Pills have R unod such a wide rcjfotalion.
No remedy was ever discovered that acts
so speedily nd uently on the dißestivo or
gans. Rivrntc them tone and vigor to as
shndite food. This accomplished, the
NEIIVES n.-e BRACED. the BRAIN
NOUKlldl'.D, and the BODY KO
BUST. Try t his Reinedv fairly and you
will gam u Vigorous Body, Pure Blood,
Strong Nerves, and a Cheerful mind.
Trice Soc. 35 .Hurray St., N. Y.
TUTT’S HAIR DYE.
Gr.Av Hair or Whiskers changed to a Glossy
Ula Kt • i bingle application of tins Dye. It im
paitM n Nature• Color, amt acts Instantaneously,
hold I j 1>: dc*fift«*or sent l>yexpress onreoeiptofßl.
Office, 35 Murray St., New York,
fHICHQLS.SHEPARD&CO
Battle Crock, Michigan,
MANUr ACTUBFRS OF THE ONLY GENUINE
VIBRATOR
THRESHERS,
Traction and Plain Engines
and Horse-Powers.
Mt*l Camp tele Th Factory ? Established
L< the World. * 1848
VF AD Q ' f'ontinuntis and buti-
< | i Lt-Ind without change 01 name,
u ip nt, or V >-at ion. to “back up" th*
: rot’.l << a> t auty given on all our goods,
• -O
*TEO!-POWER SEP ARATOKS and
( oinplvl <■ Strnm <hitfitm <>/matcAatmZtHr*.
F Trurlioii Engine*and Plain l.iigim w
cmt H* 1 ’ uin the Xmeriraxi market. .
.4 m Atu.l* of special features and tmprorcinentM
f r i va t toother With eupt rior qualities tn construe
ti -n and ma'erials n<-t drean cd of by other makers.
Four piz- •* of Separators. *rom G to I*4 iiorae
catMcitv, /'"r steam or horse t oteer.
TwoUnlomof “M<united
7kAA Aftfl I'<•*•< of Selected Lnniber
yUUVysJW if lorn three to six years air-dried}
constantly on han<i. from which in bullv the in
comparable wood-work of our machiiiery.
TRACTION
andever I jJFf
tn i>i s, !CL 13 Horse Power, t
V -u
I'.:rin«*ra and Tltreabermcn are invited I
invi MtiuLio thin Thrubhing Machinery.
Ciifuhirb sent free. Address
HICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.
Battle Creek, Michigan.
Sterling Music Books.
NEW ENG .AND CONSERVATORY METHOD
I OR THE PIANOFORTE.
In t ;ut , cub, fl," or coin ph tn, This is a
n.> th ■! of nblishoft > ‘piitation, ' hlch has l>oen in
< ■ i •• ;n th- go at < oh*, rvaioiy and is getting to
ivi rywb. r- kn. nn un<i valued, ii received det id
co «oninuudt'tions fn in the bts? teachers’.
<H IKSfICAL IA-
S'tlH 'Q > «ft*>-.%, Vety convvnietjt book
cf rc teruii'-o
Chip r.s TS3X IKA of XEMK
AMI Ml MCUM Vol !. ($6.00.) A grand
encyclopedia.
AM) ISMCttETT'H ■>!<’-
'FUJVMtI OF TT.KMS*.
K Comph<s fti.) \ fmnou.M and tiHcful work.
KM 11 1 I H Stdi M Elfror. f d.CM
SCI- II 31 I I Gl E. I^2OU) Twoatand
ard \v <h hs on < 'oinpo'ition.
T«!E IMFM OIIE < SIOKCI M. ($1 ) for
IL .h -d»|. oi.“, and ( 0 ct>.)
for < omno'' iiools, should be in the mind of
everv teacher in need of new bookr.
.BOHANOV* XEH METHOD FOB
lIMCYIOM. ■*.! Uy A. N Johnson. Ih
un >. cIL i 1 tor • ai-e, si nip'icily and tborouulinret*.
TEN PEB % M E IK.FI .U< te. >, TEII-
E! It % M-E .2 Ell i’.IA <■•;>.). and 111
TE ’II’EH E <;LEE HOOK (IOcJ, are
our three ! ■ “-t Temperance Booka. thy them!
.4 -iy vicihd. joxt rce, for above prices.
LYON &. HEALY, Chicago. 111.
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston-
MUSTANG
iSurmal of the Fittest.
I FAMILT MEDICINE THAT HAS HEALED
MILLIONS WRING 35 TEARS!
MFyCAN MDSniIG LINIMEHT.
A MA 1,31 FOR KVEItY WOUND OF
MAN AND BEASTt
THEOLDEST&BEST LINIMENT
! EVER MADE IN AMERICA.
I SALES LARGER THAN E ?ER.
The Mexican MuMang LfninK’n’ has
ucc n known for mom than thirty-five
vetiri aS the In st of all l iniments, for
Man anil Beast. Its soles to-day tin
htrgi r than ever. It euros when nil
Others fail, ami penetrates skin, tendon
land muscle, to the very bone. Sold
I < v< rywiicre.
]l>m. of our
2 Celebrated
SUN SUN CHOP TFI
sent bv mail on receipt
of Wii.rtO i or a
SAMPLE >f scnie
on receipt <>■ fl cents.
Iris the FINEST 1 HA
imported Warrar .ed
(osnit all tastes. Postal■stampstaken. TltmsfrH.
Tlte (treat American Tea <o M Importers,
I’. O. BOX 4230. 3. A: 33 Vesey St N. »
- J-fSx- f HIS ♦Uw’
TRUSS
W*' Um • diffprlnr fawn all othsrt. !•
fr-g,S rup-ehiil*, with S«lf-Adjusting Bail
TaJ 4»p-aia. _ Si in eenur, adapts iUelf to all poiitloi
(U SENSIBLE jfj ~f the body, while the BALI »n tb
the Hernia is b ;J wenrely day a i tugi t. «o 4 a radi cal eur* o*r
tain. JllSt'n -. d Me and ch ap. b-ul by mail. Circular*
(r ~- Eggleston Truss Co., Chicago, 111.,
world
FAMOUS WOMEN
Tyf*-- <»f H inalp Heroism, Beauty and Influence. Wo
liirn *1 > have built up nations or shone renjilendent;
li-iss win piedoinihMti •!, virtue triumphed, knowledge
w(.r< vj< .‘tri'-*. MazniiK<-i.l Full-psge Mwl-plateEn
pr<\ii»K“ worth twup th* pri< *. Helling fa*t. A
ierf*“ t IwaiUy. Pi*ap«-s <*v*rybodv. Rend far«irculara
iind term* to ntwntM. AddreMF F. W. ZIEGLER A CO
w
Encyclopedia «?
TIOUETTEsBUSfNESS
Tills and only cmntiete end reliaM,
wo;< lin ,l Mw lai Forma II
tall* bow to pert-.rm nil the rrrlous duties of lift, and
n.,« to appear to t: • ‘.(4 advan!.'’- ■ » *■' .
Hantrd >eud for circular caatainlafA
fui. pt. on of the work and eitra tann« to AgaaU.
a 1 lr*<A Nati«nai P( bj.isni>« Co., Chicago, HL
F E NSIONS
I UiIVIVIrV ~o a AU Pension, by
lari al dale of dlacharga
•r of tba soldier. AD antiUad shauld apply at
an. » "houMnds ■'bo ar, now drawinj p«n»lon ar,
•O' ■ >.; an it., maaa. Soldier, and widow, of the war
of<lt.a. I M,»,aawarentltledtopeniiona Ihouaanda
, ► t . ' i r *d to bounty but don t .now It. freelnall
. ... < d two sta MTS for new laa, I ;hnk,
~ ... :lon, to NAT. WARD FITZGERALD, C. S.
», ix Alnou.-ST, Box 4«8. Washington. D. C.
FAKttliltN and FAKMKKS’ RO.WF*
CAN MAKE
I 1.. ~:,.| l\. r. For partitulara, address,
.t .t . n. i i urn a < <>., < hit ago. in.
PriL-itGrs’ Outfits.
rrinteru abnnt tn embark !n the Fewsca;*r cr Print*
.nr Ru -a m this itaie will find it to their interest to
cd'irr** iTiitera* frl%ci»ai»g*. Vox >3V, Lhl
ca<o. 111., before nurchasiug oulfUs.
KIDDER S
Air'*
•vol SO MEW Learn Telerraphy and earn
1 Vz|lGu a month. Small salary while learning.
Bttnatior., furnished. Addreaa V.uurnxiß*o«..Man
j Mitre, .'WMsrUle, W Is.