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MISSOUBI
November.
ST E. NOIUIAK OLKNI90S.
Tlio touch at chill November
Fall! on tho waiting land I
1 1 o oak troci and the larches
With shivering branches itandj
winter's desolation
I felt on every hand.
Tho dead etemsmourn their nWcrsi
the harts trtee mourn their leaves ;
The volco ot coming winter
Subblnirle sljrhsaml grieves;
And the drear Xovoiiibcrsunpet
Its lengthened ahadow wcavci.
There hreaka not on the allanco
Tho twitter ota bird;
Within the fnrcit archca
No summer aong la heard J
And only by tho north wind
Tho leatleta Umba are atlrrcd.
Ohlnlal O loaves! Otlowcrat
O ladle thliik'a ftn.l lirlcf I
Our human lltoi nro tailing
Aa falls the nuturan's lent,
And In iut drear November
Our hearts are bowed with grief.
Ami jet the winter's bondago
Tho Ice, tho frost, tho snow
Shall melt again and vanish
When spring's warm breeies blow,
And under wlnter'n covering
Tho flowc r of hope shall grow.
NOEL IIAUSSKK.
Dkah FitiENu: I would bo very clad
w accent your kind invitation to spond
t low days at your placo if it wcro con-
stent with my lionor. A stroni;
ihriue, you will say; but hear my story
mi men Jtiugc lor yourself.
You say that you wish mo to meet
our charming and accomplished cous
in, and Jiopo I may so liko Iter that I
fclll in siiort. you arc desirous that wo
all in lovo with each other.
It would bo a moral catastrophe
iVhy ? I am already married, or rather
liavo been so unlortunato : I am di-
orced.
"So young and so unlucky," I ima-
no you to be saying. Yes, very tin-
tcky and unhappy. I did not intend
tell you my story, but as you invite
ao to tho homo of your mother and
ttcrs I must do so. As loner ns wo
t?ro bachelors together it was not im
rativo. It is quito a sad storv. vet
bt absolutely shocking savo to my-
When I man iod Hello Eastman my
Mentis said I iiad mado a mistake, in
bort a maaUiancc. I did not think so,
v I was liojielessly (yes, that is the
onl for it) in lovo. cro you over
? I'hen you can understand tho
uso of all my misfortunes. It is the
biversal fato or malady, but don't lot
moralize. She va a young girl
Dio had about half an education, and
no ropect compared favorably with
o gentlu and accomplished ladies who
kvo uutdo part of my family and Mir-
turned mo from my babyhood up.
"Don't I wish I wero back in my ba
hood with rattlebox and coral and
ibby-horteP" Sometimes I do, I as
ro you. " Why did I fall in lovo and
Inv?" Oh, "alio had a Koman nose
id her cheek was liko a roso on tho
ow." " Don't 1 liko petticoat gov-
miotil?" Oh, yes; trailing skirts,
iped overskirts, chignons, perfume of
lito moss roses. Certainly, with
eet and gracious manners. Hut Hollo
is an Amazon, and her ways wero
strong-minded for mo.
How I becanio acquainted, infatuated,
gaged, married as soon as foolish
nth possibly could, is such an every
y aHair that I will sparo you tho do.
is. Imagino mo after six months of
trried life coming out of love's young
earn and tho atmosphere of rosos to
d myself united to a woman so un
ited to mo th'tt thero seemed a per-
ual antagonism between us. The
Mrs I liked did not vleaso madam.
Iked tho quiet pleasures of homo; my
io was unhappy unless surrounded
ft crowu. a woman uciu on naving
way generally manages alVairs ol
ety to suit her -own tastes. My
so was filled with people that I ab
red. I stole out to tho club for tho
a of a nuict evening with mv book
8 paper. Then madam bocamo
ous. Sonio ono has hinted
women aro nut to bo
Kail of them. I do not know how
w is ; biit,TOadarn had no roason ; I
at that time too much dis-
wanted of all womankind to bo
ueu oi ,vo norsou. iiowovor, my
cipal causo of complaint sprang
i tho resolution of madam to be
nir-mindod. She bent all her en
ties with finished determination to
improvement of her mind. Sho had
Liy teachers in thobo days ; signors
k signoras, musicians and drawing
I dancing masters; yet all these 1
red. bho was vory lavish with
y, but, uovcr having been very
us to hoard it, I could have borne
this. Sho next turned her atten
moral distractions, and tompcr-
religious societlos, women's rights
ngs, dress reforms, in turn, on-
1 her mind. Hor busy brain was
r still ; what a wife sho would have
for somo bishop of tho Sioux 1
camo hor last distraction worse
all tho others combined, and ono
positively I could not endure,
entered with eagerness Into tho
of medicine, announcing to her
aintanccs hor determination to be-
o a practising member of that
volcnt branch of tho human raco
inako tho ills ot ilesh their study.
was ambitious, and vory likely
ivaguo notioni oi tho distinction
h sho should achieve as an honor
member of oyo and ear societies
ited her imagination. Sho now
ftl all hor pin-money to buy surgl
HimplomcnU, and lancets, silver or
en wire, vials, bottles, pots, pes
mortars, bocamo the favorite fur
e with which she surrounded her
She immediately turned my par
library, and best rooms into muse-
IL exhibiting to my astonished visit-
arioua bones of tho human skole-
Ijis if they wore tho lost wondors of
Kvorld. Sho had a mess of most tin
ortable and unhappy looking bones
iigmg to somo doeropit mummy or
jmian oi the past. Tnoso accoui-
led hor on all hor excursions to and
hor oollego. She talked ot tho
ma of tho blood, ot spectral Inter-
U globules, of spirit, of nerve aura
lifo solntillatlons, till tho veriest
bald-paU ot doctors to hoar ber
SAVANNAH,
must havo gono mad. I novcr recall
those days of sufforlng without a shud-
aor. irrepressible, all porvadlng worn
an.
I am always ono of tho90 unhappy
Deings whoso noso Ilntls out all odors
from afar. Tho sweetness of tho grape
flowor, whoro from her humblo green
spray sno uroatbos a delicious fra
granco, was first noticed by mo. I as
sure you It was myself who found that
grapo llowors resomblo mlgnonotto.
Out on a hunting excursion I havo
tracked tho yellow-wood violet to hor
haunt by that sltnplo sinoll of sweotold
decaying wood. Imagino If you can
ray sonsatlons when my wlfo brought
to my houso tho air of tho dissecting
rootn9. From that moment I hated her;
outraged natiro had hor way. In this
deplorable condition I went down to tho
soashoro ono day and encountered my
old friend Noel Haussor. Wo wcro
students togethor.and had partod yoars
ago In Frankfort. Ho was n mighty
"uicdiclno man," had penetrated and
interpenetrated the arcana of naturo and
wrested from her her hidden things.
no was skilled as a poisoner. I know
you aro now Imaginingdrcadful things.
compose yourself. Ho was an amateur
stuffer of birds, crocodiles, snakes, pre
server of insects, etc., etc. a noted
scientist. He had dwelt for years at
tho foot of tho Himalaya Mountains.
Not oontont with European scenery and
bugs, ho must confront our austero
mother In her Asian haunts.
Truth to toll, Nature, stern mother.
loved him well, and tho bottles of Noel
Haussor held tales of tho rainbow and
heath, of llowors that grow high up,
with puro cold Hps touching perpetual
snow, of poisons moro potent than tho
reptllo s fang, of sleep that was long
and deadly, of slumberous, intoxicating
dreams, warm with summer and spicy
with troplo Incenses.
Noel Haussor, wondorful man, 1m-
monso creation, a puzzlo to every ono
savo liis crcatorl Ho recognized me at
onoe, "Sadder and older grown; old
boy, what ails you?" His own beard
was grizzled and frost-strewn with sev
eral silver threads, and on tho temples
also wcro somo straggling lines of snow.
Yet Noel Haussor called himself a per
potual youth. " Sick?" " Well, rather
so, Noel ; como homo with mo ; wo can
talk over old matters and begin our ac
quaintance anew." " I was coining to
your house, Eton, when I met you ; in
fact, I havo only arrived hero latoly, a
fow days ago." ' My wlfo liked Noel,
immensoly, and from hU vast fund of
nformatlon sho, like an inquisitive beo,
began to gathor lionoy. Learning must,
indeed, havo had a lingo attraction for
that woman. Ho had not been domes
ticated in our houso moro than a week
beforo sho had teased from him
his oldest and most ven-
erablo saurian, a stulTcd toad, a
dozen or so of South American green
beetles, several huge moth-millers from
tho Asian mountain, and a snake or
two from tho intricacios ot a pathless,
rcptilo-haunted African interior. Sho
was now bent on setting up u museum
of her own ; for tho example of my old
friend Noel inspired her with ruthless
trdor. It ho know any thing that she
did not get out of him during his thrco
months' stay with us I am ignorant of
its import. " Eton," said he, ono even
ing ns wo wero alono over our dears.
"your strengtli fails and you uro not in
the least liko my old friend. What ails
you?"
"If you havo any poison, painless
and suro, pray givo it to mo, for I am
weary of living. Noel, I do assure you
that tho most mlserablo wretch who
passes you on tho street is happier
than I."
"If I nm to do you any good, Eton,
you must confido in mo fully. Lot me
feel your pulso fovensh yes, depress
ed. It won't do, old boy; shako it oil".
You must make a long, long journey."
Well, in short I am almost ashamed
to confess it to you I told him tho
story of my uuhappincss.
" Can't you liko her if you make an
honest effort?"
Impossible; wo aro so different
incompatible thoy call it, Haussor,don't
they? No; 1 am determined to end it;
thero is only ono way for mo, and that
U to mako an end of myself."
"louaro determined?"
"Yes."
These wero the last words addressed
to mo beforo my death by Hausser; for
when I awakened from my dreams and
slumber tho old things had possod
away.
I had a recollection of seeing Hausser
take down from a cupboard a strange
Eastern bottle, labelled in tho cabalistic
chirography of Indian lands. It seem
ed full of somo sparkling, dancing ra
diance; wheu it was uncorked a strango
blue mist hung full of dreams filled tho
room. I also romember drinking
something from his hand that is all.
When I awoko it was in a land of palms
and summer glory; dark and strango
people flitted hero and thero liko phan
toms of a dream.
Hausser, my old friend, was busy with
his reptiles and dried birds near a labo
ratory ; ho had on a very light clothing
suitablo to tropical countries; all tho
familiar sceneries of my land and homo
woro changed. I passed my hand over
my brow in a confused way, for I
thought my intellect must have receiv
ed somo fearful blow.
Noel Haussor lookod at mo. "Ro
storod, by .Tovo. Old boy, I began to
bo doubtful about you. Tho horb took
tho strangest effect. I expoctod a sleep
or a trance for a week at tho longest:
behold it is six months sinco I lost my
om frlond Eton."
In short, I had been down in the
grave. You must acknowledge I havo
passed through unharmed; but Hausser
assures mo I lay thoro nearly twolvo
hours. I have no dreams to tell you of
lis silence, its chilliness or darkness:
for the strange effects of tho drug did
not pass for six months. Noel trans
ported me over the great oceans into
the heart of the Indian summer lands
Belle bore my death bravely, so Noel
Haussor tells me, and took her third of
my estates liko a queen. They sav I
havo a monumont ovor tho water, a very
good ono too, and quito croditablo to
Bollo. Sho Is married again to some
spoctaclod professor, and loads quito an
eminent lifo, presiding at ear and oyo
sooiotles of country doctors, writing
pamphlets on norvous diseases, occa
sionally shedding somo cffulgonco ovor
hospital wards, bho has oven boon
known to visit patients aflllcted with
raging typhus. On all ques
tions of measles, chicken-pox, sore
throat, and kindred domostto
affections, she Is dollghtfully at homo.
Sho has her hoart's desiro. Sho has
becomo rather an eminent doctor wom
an, but whon I toll you that I novor
could liko doctors as woll as other men,
you will undorstnnd that for mo to lovo
her was Impossible Our old Doctor
Hopo novcr camo to tho houso but I
could smell for hours after all tho herbs
of tho phamacopssla; jalap and calo
mel, with squills and rhubarb, Ipecac,
swcot flag and nlo, lavender, other,
and chloroform, mado n mingled at
mosphoro which surrounded nnd en
veloped our voncrablo family doctor,
and in which ho "lived, moved, and
had ills bolng." Theso aro my ex
planations and oxcusos to you for my
death, burial, resurrection and eternal
soparatlon from Hello. Still I feol my
self bound as a man of honor not to go
in tho matrimonial market again. This
is tho reason that, with thanks, I must
dcclino your kind invitation. You havo
thought mo young, almost a boy, liko
yoursolf. I am noarly fifty. Tho horb
that Hausser gavo mo has vory strango
propottlcs. It arrested tho changes
that mako tho decay of youth visible.
I havo no gray hairs, my tooth aro ex
cellent, my faco has tho samo round,
rosy contour as on that day of my
death. Hausser himself says of tho
herb i " It is tho fountain of youth ;
yet, I know not how to administer it.
I only dabblo with It. Its cfi'ecU
aro novcr equal or constant. It pro
ducos a dcath-llko tranco, it arrests do
cay and preserves tho nppcaranco of
youth. In your case, Eton, it nearly
caused idiocy. Six months of abnormal
action of tho brain is too much. It
breaks down that divino structure. You
will die at last, Eton, as suddenly as a
lamp goes out. Thero has been too
high a tension ot those duo strings call
ed nerves; they will snap suddenly
somo day, but it will bo painless. Com
fort yourself with that thought, and
don't tlread tho c1T day" And yet,
says Hausser, looking at mo in his in-
trospectivo way. " You may possibly
go on living forovor. it is barely possi
ble that in tho Hokka wo havo found
tho old treo of lifo, and stumbled over
some life-giving sprout of tho far-off
garden of Eve. Let mo sec," and ho
gets down his charts and geography
and quadrant, with pencils and algebra,
" I sometimes think the historians have
mado a mistake, and that thosito of tho
far-off garden may bo hero, at tho foot
of tho Himalayas, in tho valleys of rocs,
amid streams of crystal clear water. It
certainly," said Hausser, wiping his
spectacles, " is just tho placo I would
havo chosen for Adam and Kvo."
" Haussor," said I, " I am glad that
although a great scientist and tho most
learned man I over saw you bellovo in
tho gods and tho olden legends."
"I cling to all golden legacies," said
Hausser, " whether they bo Hebrew,
Christian or Indian. All things that
aro beautiful should bo preserved. Sci-
enco holds its own and fears no rivals.
I am immensely glad thero is a prom
ise of immortality for tho soul, for 1
can liuMi my algobra. It is so vast a
work that I could not bo suro of com
pleting it here, even wcro I to livo a
hundred yoars."
" Hausser," said I ooday, "did you
over lovo any ono a woman I mcan,of
course."
" I havo loved tho woman of my im
agination, Eton, with dovotion with
tho ardor, as Aben Hamct said of his
lovo of lilanca, ' of tho burning sun of
noon.' I havo longed for her, but she
never came. Women havo seon in me
omy tho grave, stern scholar devoted
to his insects and his algebra, to chem
istry and kindrod pursuits."
" Dcscribo to mo tho woman of your
imagination, Hausser."
" Sho is neither vory tall nor very
short; her hair is golden brown; her
eyes nro brown or bluo I am not verj
particular about that; hor step is light,
her volco pleasant. Sho puts her arms
about my neck, lays her chcok against
my grizzlod beard and says : 'I love
you.' Sho is content with mo. Khe
moves about our little rooms, wiping
tho dust off tho crocodilos or birds; sho
busied horselt copying tho formulas.
Sometimes when my head achos sho
lays her cold soft hand on my forehoad.
Sho is useful; sho prepares tho food
with her own neat hand. She never
has any mind of hor own, becauso I
happen to havo enough for both. She
loves to stay at homo and will not bo
separated from mo. Sho docs not
grow old fast; hor spirits aro sosorcno.
Whon at last wo do grow old together,
hers is a golden ago ; for tho wrinkles
on her faco havo grown out of an in
cffiblo peaco; they aro tho stamp and
imago of her soul."
Wo sigh together Noel and I.
"Aro thoro anysuoh? for if thero nro,
Hausser, I should so much like to Icaro
all my property to endow a homo for
weak-minded women."
If my narrative scorns flippant, par
don it, my friend ; it is my revenge for
lifo's infelicities. Flora Marcian,in the
Graphic.
A Singular Cnso.
A Pennsylvania paper relates tho fol
lowing : A week or two since a gentle
man residing in this vicinity wont to
Philadelphia and put up at a hotol, and
whilo resting after toa in the reooption
room, overheard two gentlemen con
versing in regard to a trial then in prog
ress beforo ono of tho courts of that
city. Our neighbor loarned from this
conversation that a man had obtained
monoy upon his wlfo's proporty, tho
wlfo giving a mortgage. The money
was spent in dissipation, tho wife bo
camo a raving maniac, and was con
finod In the asylum where she now is ;
the husband died, and tho children of
this unfortunate couple were furnished
with a guardian by the oourt who was
maintaining the suit, then being tried,
against the holder of the mortgage on
the ground that the wife was not'of
legal age when the instrument was ex
ecuted. Tho gentleman knew that a
niece of bis who loft this vicinity whon
a child, had married a man ot tho samo
namo as tho ono montlonod as having
squandered bis wlfo's patrimony, and
conoludod to investigate. Ho made his
way to the Court House tho following
morning, and to his intense surpriso
and gratification was tho very porson
oceded to establish to a certainty tho
ago of tho unfortunate woman, arid to
save her worse than orphanod chil
dren's proporty, talued at $2,600.
THAI),
A Htory for the Ilors.
T C. A. STEl'llKNS.
Glancing over a list of patents ro.
ccntly granted for various machines,
my oyo caught ono for a " fly-whcol
churn," tho invention of Thaddcus C.
Thompson.
"Hello I" I oxclalmcd to tho old
tlmo frlond In whoso ofllco I was sitting,
"hero's littlo Thad Thompson again.
Ho has obtained a patont onn now kind
of churn."
"Then yon remember ThadP"
"Of courso.1'
"And lit -i windmill churn?"'
"Most certainly!"
"And how ho tied tho cattlo's tails
together?"
"Ha, ha, ha! I never shall forget
that."
" Yes, Indeed 1 And hero lio's busy
ing himself with churns again."
My friend laughed heartily. "Ah,
what n boy Thad was I" ho said. "I
supposo ho was really a genius. Hut
what sport wo used to havo with him!"
How vividly this conversation brought
back Thad nnd boyhood's days I Ho
had been an old neighbor of ours a
droll, undersized littlo follow, "vory
small of his age," as tho folks said. Ho
had a funny way of holding his face a
littlo askew; and there was always In
ms eyes an odd, half-serious, inquisitive,
invostigiitivo expression.
It was not in his naturo to percoivo
tho ridiculous sido of things. Ho had
no ear for a joke And it was lucky for
him that ho had not, slnco tho boys
wero always cracking thom ut his ex
pense). Hut I do not think ho over fair
ly realized tho fact, or know that ho
was any different from the rest of us.
Thad was not by any means a fool, I
canassuroyou only "queer." Ho had
apparently no near rolatives. During
his boyhood ho lived with Deacon Wil
lis's family. There was sjuiu relation
ship between them, I believe, but his
parents wero either dead, or else had
bound him out to livo witli tho Deacon,
it matters littlo which. Tho Deacon
and his wife, "Aunt Sally,'1 had much
troublo with TJi.nl, and at tiino used
to whip him severely. Not that Thad
was in any way saucy ot rebellious on
tho contrary ho was ono of tho mildest,
kindliest of boys but he " puttered
round," tho Deacon said, and was
"slower than stock-still." Aunt Sally
often declared that Thad never earned
his board. Very likely this was true,
for ho was a boy who never realized
tho value of time. Ho was in his cle
ment whon ho could invent a now way
of doing any thing somu littlo job of
work, perhaps, which any ono could
do in ten minutes even if he was half
a day or all day doing it. That was
hat puzzled and disturbed tho Dea
con, who was a staunch old farm
er, and had only ono wav of
doing his work, and thought it
must always be dono in that way and in
no other. As for Aunt Sally, she was
an alert, determined littlo woman,
norvous and fretful, and always in a
hurry. Ah mo! tho breath Aunt Sally
spent trying to hurry up Thad!
Thad's windmill was a standing joko
throughout the neighborhood. All
through his boyhood at tho Doacon's,
it was ono of Thad's household duties
to do tho churning. Aunt Sally had a
dairy; and during tho summer, churn
ing was necessary two and threo times
a week. Siio used an old-fashioned
barrel churn, tho "dash" of which
played up and down. Aunt Sally had
no faith in crank churns. It was pret
ty hard work for a slight boy like Thud.
No doubt ho turned tho matter over in
his mind a great many timos as ho
tugged at the churn-dash, under tho
Deacon's shed, on tho hot July morn
ings. At length, ho conceived tno idea
of churning by wind power. Well
aware, however, of the Deacon's deep
rooted aversion to "wild idoos," Thad
prudently waited till tho second week
in September, when tho Deacon would
bo obligod to nttond court as juror for a
week or moro. During this brief tinio
Thad sot at work to erect a windmill
on tho roof ot tho shed. It had sails of
birch-bark, I remember; its arms wcro
fully seven or eight feet long. At tho
other end of the. shaft ho nlllxed a
crank, and to tho crank a jointed rod
(to convert circular motion to vortical),
that played down through tho roof of
tho shed.
Aunt Sally know that Thad was
"puttering round," as sho said, mak
ing something or other; but of courso
did nut supposo that ho had any do
signs on the churn, when after pouring
in tho cream on tho next morning sho
trundled tho churn out to him. No
sooner was Thad alono with the churn,
and the door closed between him and
Aunt Sally than ho proccodod to tost his
now motivo power. With a pieco of
strong twino ho secured tho lower end
of tho rod to tho churn-dash. Thad
then pulled out tho pin, and started up
tho machine. Thero was a strong
breczo from tho northwest. Uound
went tho sails, up went tho crank. Un
fortunately it wastjolong-jolntod. Tho
tirst lift on tho dash knocked tho head
off tho churn, together with tie "butter-cup,"
into tho roof, and mado a
dreadful nolso and spattering I
Dismayed at this suro cvidonco of
motivo powor, Thad laid hold of tho
furiously plunging dasher, and with
both hands trlod to stop. Hut it would
go; ho couldn't hold it.
Tho cream flow! His faco was smear
ed. His eyes wero full. His clothes
woro covered with it. Hut he held on
nobly.
Hearing tho racket, out ran Aunt
Sally, with a shrill, "Sakos alivo,
Thad! What for massy sake arc you
about?"
"It's all right, grandma'am," pam
,ed Thad. " Grandma'am, It's all right
only tho crank-j'int Is a lectio too
long."
But Aunt Sally cared no more for
" crank-j'ints " than for the handle ol
the Great Dipper. She thought only of
tho loss of her cream, and In her ind'e
nation she gave the boy such a cuffing
as ho never forgot, and thocroam about
his oars mado it fit all tho olosor.
Soolng that tho invention was dan
gorously unpopular, Thad wanted now
to take down tho windmill beforo tho
Deacon came homo. Hut Aunt Sally
wouldn't allow It. She doclarcd it
should remain, so that tho Deacon
might soo with his own eyos tho black
enormity of tho sohemo.
Tho Deacon oame homo, and so tar
forgot bis dignity on looking at tho ro
suit of Thad's Invention, that by 'tho
tlmo his boy was fairly out of his hands
tho windmill had bocomo a lore subject
in his memory.
Tying tho cattlo's tails togother was
another of his luckioss schemes.
Thad did tho barn chores. As tho
Deacon had a consldorablo herd of cat
tle, It was something of a task to water
thom and clean tho barn ovc-y morn
ing. Thad was almost al ways lato to school
in tho winter. How many scores of
times did tho rc of Us boys call for
him, and help him do Ids chores, so
that ho could go to school with us!
Thad was slow, and always just So far
bchlad, for tho choros wero really too
hard work for such a small boy.
Tho Deacon owned a two-year-old
bull, which tho boys called "Piulduck."
Ho was as surly, unruly and ugly a lit
tlo bruto as ever ato hay. Tho cattlo
woro tied with wooden bows in a lean-
to running parallel with tho threshing
floor of tho barn. Littlo l'adduck was
tied at tho lower end of tho lean-to,
next to tho horso-stalls, which wcro
boarded up high. Ho was tho worst
crcaturo to un-bow and let out I over
saw; and I used often to help Thad
turn out the cuttle. Go to untie him,
nnd ho would leap and striko with his
horns, and, swinging round sitlowise,
press us up against tlio horse-stall.
Thad, in his patient, plodding way,
would work for flftcon minutos trying
to un-bow him. Genoraliy, whon wo
culled for him on our way to school
that winter, we.would find him trying
to turn out l'adduck. Tho animal grow
worso and worse, nnd no great wonder,
for wo neighboring boys used to givo
him many a sound thump ; but I don't
think that Thad over struck him.
One morning ho was so ugly that
none of us could untie him. Ho would
press up agaiust tho horse-stall so
spitefully that it was as much as
one's life was worth to endeavor to
stand sido of him, uvea if lucky enough
to get past his heels without a kick.
call gavo up trying, and stood watch
ing tlio tierce animal at a safe distance.
Wo could havo slaughtered tho brute
with a good relish. It was then that
Thad proposed tying Pudduck's tail to
tho tall of a largo tlircc-ycar-old steer
that was standing next In tho row, so
that tho bull could not swing round
against us.
" I set out to do it yesterday morn
ing," said Thad.
To seize hold of the two tails and lio
them together by tho long stiff hair,
was but tho work of a minute. This
first knot slipped.
"That wasn't tho way," said Thad.
So wo held them for Thad to tic, se
cretly tickled, and expecting that some
serious pranks would follow.
Thad spliced the two tails as hand
somely as a sailor would splico a broken
cable. To make it tho firmer, lie took
an old whip-lnsh and wound that around
tho splico. This took him somo min
utes, but when dono it was "warranted
to hold."
" Let him reef now! " cried Thad.
And they did reef. Hut tlio splico
held fast, l'adduck could not now
swing against us without swinging the
big steer ; and tho steer seemed inclined
to swing the other way.
lhero was somo vigorous jumping
when we camo to untio l'adduck. Out
leaped tho ugly littlo bull. Ho got his
forefeet over tho door-sill. Thoro ho
hung and dug in his hoofs. The steer
in tlio barn began to bawl, l'adduck
roared. Thoy tore about so furiously
that wo did not daro to try to loosen tho
splice, but Thad untied tho steer. Onco
free, the steer dragged liis smaller com
panion back into tho barn. Then they
tried to fight. Down went the threshing-door
board4 ! Tho stanchions were
broken. Thero was a fearful racket
and bellowing. Wo got out of tho way
as best wo could, and Thad took refugo
on tho haymow.
At tills juncture out rushod tho
Deacon, with his spectacles on his head,
for ho was in tlio midst of family pray
ers when tho bellowing and stamping
began. Thad, having tho stock to at
tend to beforo school, was not kept in
to tlio morning devotions.
After one attempt to sclzo tho steer
by tho horns, even tho Deacon was glad
to jump out of tho way. A moment
later, however, tho animals wero sep
arated. Something gavo way. It must,
I think, have been tho hair on I'adduck's
tali, for tho splico was left on tho steer.
Hotli tho frightened creatures darted
out into the barn-yard and snorted. .
Moantlmo wo had withdrawn n littlo
ono sido, and assumed (ho attitude ot
disinterested spectators. Tho Deacon
turnod excitedly to Thaddeus. But
Tluid was absorbed by a single aspect
of tho fracas. "Hokoy, grandpa I
wa'n't tlicm tough tails ! " ho exclaimed.
At that tho rost of us laughed, and
tho Deacon lookod at Thad as if lio did
not quito know whethorto laugh at him
or cut him in two with the hay-knlfo.
It all ended, I believe, in tho usual
orthodox whipping; tho Deacon boing
a firm, and, as I havo no doubt, sincere
bolicver in tho uso ot tho rod in hero
ic doses.
I do not know whether Thaddeus
Thompson, as a mau, makes any mon
oy out of his numerous inventions. I
think it doubtful. That class of inven
tors'of whom ho Is a good oxamplo
rarely do, I am told. Yet It is a class
to whom tho world owes somolhlug ot
gratitude, nevertheless. l'ou(A't Com
panion. The introduction of tho Woosung
Railway has set tho Chinamen crazy.
They fear invasion by spirits and hob
goblins everywhere. At Woosh they
were in such fear ot demons that they
closely examined every traveler and
every arriving boat. Ono day recently
livo strangers, throe ot whom had
knives, arrived In a boat. The search
ore, concluding at onco that they had
come to cut their queues off, speedily
cut their three heads off with their own
knives. The two unarmed Implored to
be taken beforo a magistrate, when tho
Interpreter exclaimed that the throe dc
capitatodmon woro pig-butchers. At
Sooohow a party of deceivers were
caught who frightened, tho natives,
Among thom was a pretty girl who con
fessed to making paper sprites and let'
ting them flutter hi tho air at night.
The missionaries got the credit of all
tho mlschlof ,
Thk valuo ot tho Contennlal grounds,
buildings, and contents has been esti
mated at 9100,000,000.
"DOMESTIC EOOWOMY.'T"'
German Toast. Cut thick slices' of
baker's bread, dip thom each sido In
egg nnd milk enough to soften, fry un
til brown In a pan greased with butter;
servo with a hot wlno sauce.
Dutino ArnEs. Dry your npp'os
on a framo on which musqulto nottlng
has been stretched, and suspended from
tho celling directly over tho stove.
Quarter, coro and sllco tho apples. Any
good sour npplcs will do, but Maiden's
Blush aro best.
EN-HUSH I'Mrtt I'UllDIKtJ. 1 CI tf
sweet milk, 1 cup ol molasses, 2 cups of
stoncd-ralslns, 1 ot currants, 3 cups of
Sifted flour ono cup of suet, chopped
fine, 1 teaspoonful ot soda; and salt;
put soda in molasses, add itiilk, flour,
suet, and salt, steam thrco hours; servo
hot, with sauco.
Ciip.kse Cakk. Line ncako-pan with
dough; for filling tako 2 pounds of pot
cheese, 1 pound of powdered sugar, tho
rind and julco of 1 lomon, 6 eggs, 4
pound ot currants, nil mixed well to
gether, fill your lining, nnd bako in a
good oven. To mako It richer a pint ot
cream may bo added.
Chocolate I'ukhino. 1 quart of
sweet milk, H ounces of grated choco
late; scald tho milk and chocolate to
gether, and, when cool, add tho yelks
of U eggs and 1 cup of sugar. Bako
about 2o minutes, beat tho whites for
tho top, brown in tho oven and cat cold.
Sweet 1'otato I'ie. Tako largo
sweet potatoes and steam them till they
aro soft; slice tlicm thin. Tho pastry
is made In tlio usual way. Lay tho po
tatoes In a deep pic-pan, sprinklo somo
flour over them, add 2 tablcspoonfuls
vinegar, 1 of butter, j cup of water,
sugar and spices to taste, and cat whilo
warm.
Guaiiam Gems. 1 teacup of whito
Hour, 1 pint of warm water, 1 cup of
yeast, 1 tablespoonful of Indian meal,
1 tablespoonful of molassos, 1 teaspoon
ful of salt; as much Graham flour as
can bo stirred into this mixturo at
night, with a spoon; mako over night;
bake in mufllu-rings in tho morning, i
Wki.su ItAiiKiiiT. 1 pound crumbly,
good cheese, 1 ounce butter, 1 gill milk
or ale alo is best; cut cheeso up lino
and put in frying-pan or brazier with
tho butter and ale, and keep stirring
until tlio cheese is completely melted ;
add whilo stirring J teaspoonful dry
mustard, a few drops of Worcestershire
sauce, and a littlo Cayenno pepper.
Havo a hot plato with rather thick slice
toast, softened with milk, ready to pour
tho rarebit over It. horn golden buck,
poach 2 eggs and placo on top.
Biieai Fi.ai'-jacks. This is a very
nice, toothsomo dish, and quito eco
nomlcal, too ; thoy aro good for break
fast or ten. Tako your crumbs and
dry crusts of wheat bread and soak
them in milk, sweet or sour, as you
plcitso; when soft, beat them up lino
with a spoon. I- or a quart of the bread
and milk add a boatcn egg, j teaspoon
ful of salt, and 1 teaspoonful of salcra
tus ; a little cream improves it, but is
not a necessity; stir In flour enough to
havo a thick batter; havo your griddle
hot enough to hiss ; if it is soapstono it
will not need buttering; if iron, a pieco
of salt pork rubbed over it is nico and
handy, a3 too much lard or butter is
apt to make tho cakes soggy ; bako till
ono side is a yellowish brown, then flap
It over and bako tho other sido; keep
hot in tho oven till they arc all fried.
Thoy can bo served with sirup, or each
cake buttered and sugared as they are
cooked and piled up. They aro a con
venient dish, and every ono likes them
occasionally.
Price of Food in Old Times.
Amid the nevcr-ondlug comments on
tlio high price of provisions, it is dlfll
cult for us to realize tho fact that a
tinio existed in Britain's history when
wheat, as food for ono hundred for a
whole day, was worth only a shilling,
and tho averago prico of sheep four
pence. In tho reign of Honry I. tho
prico of wino was raised to six ponco a
quart for red and eight ponco a quart
for white, in order that tho sellers
might bo enabled to livo by it. When
wheat was at six shillings a quarter
(eight bushels), tho farthing loaf was
to bo equal in weight to twenty-four
ounces if mado of tho whole grain, and
to sixteen ounces it consisting solely ot
whito. And when wheat was only ono
shilling and six penco per quarter, as it
sometimes was, tho farthing whito loaf
was to contain sixty-four ounces, and
tho wholo grain ninety-six.
Thiuk of purchasing a six-pound
loaf ot good wheatcn bread for a farth
ing! In tho pinoteonlh year of tho
reign ot Edward I, tho prico of provis
ions of tho City of London was fixed by
the Common Council at a tariff by
which two pullets wcro sold at thrco
half-ponce, a partrldgo or two wood
cocks for tho samo, while a fat lamb
was to bo six penco from Christmas to
Shrovetide, and tho rest of tho year
four penco. In tho fourteenth century
Parliament fixed tho prico of a fat ox
at 48 shillings, a shorn sheep at five
shillings, two dozen oggs at thrco ponce,
and the best wino at 20 shillings per
tun. A act ot Parliament, passed In
1533, settled tho valuo ot beef and pork
at a half-penny per pound, and veal at
threo farthings. English Magazine.
A School-Hoy Ou Corns.
Corns aro of two kinds vegetable
and animal. Vegetable corn grows
In rows, and animal- corn grows on
toes. Thoro nro soreral kinds of com ;
thero is Alio unicorn, Capricorn, corn
dodgers, field corn, and tho corn which
is tho corn you feel most. It is said, I
bolievo, that gophers liko corn, but per
sons having corns do not liko to "go
fur" it they can help it. Corns .have
kornels, and somo colonels have corns'.
Vegetablo corn grows on ears, but ani
mal corn grows on tho feet at tho other
end of the body. Another kind of corn
is the scorn ; these grow on oaks, but
there is no hoax about the corn. The
acorn is a corn with an Indefinite article
indeed. Try it and see. Many a man
when ho has a corn wishes it was an
acorn. Folks that have corns some
times send for a doctor, and if tho doc
tor himself Is corned he probably won't
do as well as it ho isn't; Tho doctor
says corns aro produced by
tight boots and shoos, whioh U
probably the roason why when a man
Is tight they say ho ls'oorhod. If 'a
farmer manages woll he can get a good
deal ot corn on an aore, but I know of
a farmer that has one corn that makes
MiB-blggest aohcr'on his farm."-n
bigger crop of vegetaoio, corn a mim
raises tho better he likes it hot the
fc'&f'r crop of animal corn he raises the
better hd tjoes not liko it. Another
kind of corn is the corndodger. The
way it is mado Is very s.1plo, and Is as
follows that is If yon wantU?0W
Yon eo alonz tho street nnd meet a man'
you know has acorn, and a rough char
acter; then you step on tho toe mat
has n corn on It, and seo if yon don't
havo occasion to dodgo. In that way
you will find out what a corn dodger is.
Hartford Pott. t
Ttid Influence Of Malnt-ia Connlr
Meted.
That llm liarmfnl Influence dflon the hu
mnti nmtpm nf mi Urla may U elfecluallt
Tonnti-racted lias been ilemotlalfatecl for
voara paal by the protection tlroraea ine in'
'militants of thovntt mlaama-hrccillnir dl!
iflcta !rl Nprtli anil South America, Ouate
mala, Mi'ilc'd iil f)ic West Indies, by lloa-
letter's SKimacli Ult'erfi ysen
vcntlvc, they have. InvariSt'lY I'x
It. lfftn tnUnn tn
aa a nre'
boatnoit reliable aalViiiiarcl Hain't chills
anil fever, bllluua remittents, and (till tntrre
mallnnatii types of malarious dlicl;f. 4Ha
when employed as n rcmoily have always
proved their adequacy to tho tak of eradi
cating; such muladlce from tlio ayatcm. For
disorders of the stomach, Ihcr and bowels,
which tn hot climates and mtaMnatlc local
ities are particularly rife, thu Hitters are
a prompt and thorough remedy. They also
atrcnuthcn tho sjjtcm, tranquilly the
ncrvei, promote dlgcstiin and sound sleep,
and Imparl unwonted relish for food.
BcnsETi's rnvontso KxtnAcrs. The
superiority of tbcio extracts consists In their
perfect purity and great strength. They are
wirrantcd free from the poisonous oils and
iHds which enter into the composition ot
many of the fictitious fruit flavors now In
the market
YOU NEED NOT FKAK
that people will know that reur hair ! drcd If yon
me that perfect Imitation of nl'.nre. TLTT's Hair
lire. No one can detect It. Itlmpirlsalon.alox
color and frcbh life to Uie hair a want never hewre
supplied.
Plana and Orcana.
I am Tirenared to make irreat lndneememta
to dealers, having now In store SOO Orjcaas
and Pianos. Illustrated circulars, showinr
prices and styles, mailed free of charge. IV.
W. Kim dill, cor. SI ale A Adams, Chicago, III.
rilKAMnd J1AK1MI flMVIIKlt lold direct to fsffil
X Ilea. ARCLti anted, Woodwurtb A Cook, StLoala,
ADVERTISERS
DKSlltINO TO nEAcn
THE READERS OF THIS STATE
civ DO IO IX Till
Cheapest and Best Manner
BT ADDXMHVa
B. II. Bt'GO, SSI Wilut Strut, St. 11.1, .
IT-OrJfn rrcelTftlfor 7 WftUrn 8Ul. 0bs1
tut CsvtAlukTue.
IF roa teel dull, drowiy, deblHUted, hTe frrjmeat
hesvdtcbe, month tutu bi-lly, poor appetite tad toBfv
totted, roa are laffcrUff f rum torpttl llrer, or UV
lounfSft,MtndnotMDg will care yoo 10 ijwtdarud
pennuentlr u
Atfe the rccorered 2prptlc, Billon sufferer, t1
Umiof FcTerinl Ague, tfae mercarltl dUeocd pa
tient, bow they recoTered health, cheerful iplrlU tad
rood appetite they will tell yon br Ukloa Blmaoni
Llrer Kesujator,
BAD BREATH!
Nothing li to Dopletstnt, nothing to common, m
bad bivat h, and In near! ererr ctie It comet from th
tomacU,b.idCsUibe to tajltj corrected If joa will
tabs Simmon' Llrer Regulator, no not neglect to
are a remedy far thlt repoltlre dlaorder. It will alto
Improve jottr Aprctlt:. Complexion and General
Health,
SICK HEADACHE !
Thli dlitreulng affliction ocenrt moat frequently.
The disturbance of the ttomach, artilnf from lb tm
perfectly dlgeated content, cautea aaerera pain In the
head, accompanied by dluzreeabla nausea, andthl
tonstltntet hat la popularly known aa Blck Headache.
From Hon, Alkxaxdib II. STirnisa, dated Mcrch
8,1573: "I occasionally nte, when my condition re
Qttlret It, Dr. Slmmoni' Llrer Itetulator, with lood
effect. It la mild, and aalta mc better than more actiTe
remedies."
AN EFFICACIOUS XIEMUDY.
I c&n recommend, aa an efflcacloua remedy for aU
dltcaaea of the Llrer, Heartburn and Dyapepela, lm
mona Llrer Keculator."-Lawis O. Wuxdi. ICS
Waiter St, Anliunt roatmaitcr, Philadelphia,
jr. IX, xr.iLix As CO.,
Sole proprietor! SI mm ft n T.lrerReralator, lhllara,
l GENTS wantnLon t&Iary r commltalon.New bat
I lnect, Addrest .1. 11. Matsey A Co tit. Loala, Mo,
Til? 4 "EWSS Kellered. N'o Medicine. Book
iiijAr rata. 0. J. WOOD, Aladtaoo, Ind.
S5K!
rr iu nsia lor nimn 01 rriani 01
end Cc for contract. ILWeat, SeCy. Chicago. M.
$3
law at hnmtv tm nf Fml. WftbrtTUkC ttrod-
net. Bararle or lniratfni3c La VenCo ..Chicago.
$20
Dv. IWW TO iAKF. IT. XaautMntt Xr
$25 a dayciufo'Lfki'ir5?a
StimmenrgCoredty nates' ApplUneei. roeOMerlf
UTe pamphlet aildreii blmpwn & co..nox5q;a.H.Y
ICKK WW a Wee to Atreti. lamples FKUL
gOO htMf.O, VICKElir. Aasnata, MaUa.
(CO fi Wee Hilary (naranleed tomaleAfrmile-Send
tPUllamp fur elrculiri. E.M.Uollnf. ClntlnnaO.0.
CIR Inv f?K Ai'Mr Mammoth CaUlogn, fre 1.
3 lOr 99 MbUX OCO., 111 MaiaaaBL. . T.
Poirsirra. .. kj vwaiierr. tnmmvtmf
wh Jtuuvitiu. smhmiii Iirs0fc.ras.f
AlXilit 1ft J.U.UUMXO.NACOnulada'a.
$984
Uado lr one Agent In 5T dayi. U new
arilrlei, Mmplesn-i'fl. Auureis,'
a-. Ji. uaiauios, iiursw.
WAN peMeipald
ales to sell to Maretaata.
fcmitmnnfh StntllU
peaKi paid. (Jem Mfg. Co.ctioalajle
oen A Month. Ajrenta wanted. SS best
2)uEllamRir arHrlMtn Ih. world. On.umnte
me. AdJre.i J AT URONSOIC, Detroit, Mich.
KSTABLIKIIKn aa TEARS.
JOKES' COMMERCIAL COLLEGE.
ST. LOuia, Mo. Write lor circular i.
$80
a month, hotel sal IriTellil ei peine.
Slid for aeilejMieti. Ho peildllna. Ad
rtti Monitor alanuri Oo OaclaaaU. a
vttn Steeell Key Caeel
ma simple, inu.
'ua.41. Uo,loa,llafa.
IVINS PATENT HAIR CRIMPERS.
Adopted by all the Onttnt of Faahlon- fiend tor dreu
lar. K. Iviaa. No 2a N. Ktftb Su. fhllivlrlphls. fa.
S60 A WEEK grVwM
will brine; yon HO a month at boms, day or areolae.
taTUToaa Usiox. 17J Greenwich ernel. liew York.
0ilBliTh. Oml dateaatal KaltlbW
IV I ior.wllb,ljrtucaa7eor
.ritKK Uornmmt and Minor. So lUeau
.AddreeaOooJipeed'a UootAUIbUMowChleaao.
Mfl.HlC"1t""il''Tl",l'w'c'
BIX WU.i'J.t..ufc.. niMin.
iit.iU..wi j.h. aulioap' aaoas. auarruK. tuaa.
IRm relief Minf a
VrtosSoctZoilllUAi
KlDDaPA8mU8ffS
asasamsmasjtjiBtaBjaBjaBjtJnarl
maHBtoweliaiOa.
riMUrw&.aiaaa.
Vnillln IICU WASTKB to Warn Telejrrapby
lUUrtQ rnCn andratlroadbailnesa. itOtoltW
per tnontn wrtea qoaiiaeu. Ad,treM wiin stamp.
11. ibu moiuuib, OWAlUk. MU.
Fom cAttrAtan eaodss-rLAoa, ioKr
BOOK8, Traniparenelw, Bsaasra, Medals, etc
Jul what AIIUNTH aaed to Man stoaaT
writs 10 W. K. LAHrUKAO. tUl.riaosa.ata.
PI U IVI Tsrmsmolts! Lflui'usUmJ
alala, Describe eeee. Dr. Jr. K. Marsh, Qalaey, Ilka.
MA Ws will start ye ta a baataw too earn
.v rasa, aau a wees at, wiwom capital,
UflHCV aad rMPKtabl, foralUer MX. AUKS'
WUMtl lUFfLY CO, at Bowery, tiiw fork.
$3
aJAmusrs Cheaneet in tiMksona
world. Jipl tKfcft atU puVUfirMtoAfm
roi-tarma aaoiaae Mwim m w 111 si
W A C alt ot vsakd tkU tall tad
ifi ill Lm Fl nii?ew',t1"' ' ' '''
mmmwmm mfn sniclsM i rl maxlt
nwurmnnntii6wmtoiwu misus pits i, tw-
was ajuvv. I auuciutw it. i. ,1 v a a b a AVHt aw
a S CORN 8HKLLBB. Om 8.0OO
rlwIwlK loldiiils tear. Er.ry farmer waau
one. l'rtoe 3X0. Oood Ar.nU wuMit
where. Address for particulars, UOMIC CO UN
blIIUJ.KUOUHilNorthbUtbc)trMi,i)ki4au Ata
fWW A Q -Th. ekotoMt U tb wortd-btjavMrt'
IflAM. nrlcM Lstmsi Comnaaeln Aa&arlca-
staple sitlde plaaaea ,srjbody Trad eontlnaaLl
lncrusln,Annu waatl .TMrrw bar best ladaoa-
tnent duDt wuti utn.-ieiij fwr Clrtolar lo
KOB'TVrKlXS,aay.t.ll.T. P.O. Bo 1.T.
n a irmwiTiai:
Frooured
V H'I'bk FU'lV'io i'a 1
fSiS
DbhTii ta
JLAA.M Jb B ol urfsmphTil to
KHIiHT t KH16HT, Wathhittt, D.C.
rW alwl ll lnelndlMrlloet.
IHlMeW
MNlmllIUI IMlttV.1 M IWU BSBII s,spmwp mmm.
a tn tune swaAtinii alii amnwisupawtiaTa,
CAT A
w
taiMzfM C.Im.Il. GtNMt
fMTfi, UtMTtftra Catyilv
r r m Hit, w
warBi aa sr- mt- w
RADICAL
CURE;
m Wirrmie. Anal
Certain. aael nermann! ear, r
ana
T lnanaaUoa. ana cotuuinu
filalMrallon. Loealtr aeU
Ii Kxrtnei.haan, andclaaaeM
r win
tka blood, aarHn It of tnoaeldj t tt 1
inrHta it of th aeld. potto artHi yMW at
flTer.uii.ku'ers. AUTHihJSt!
ccif.sra ati(i oMani'wlio.TtftBir
oranead II to fllowafiri. ho paw
reairdln II laai ranpvi ..i.i-."
reiocetabla and rails
good medietas, astf
.id woVttrr ailetM
if iWatMonCatarr
r aoJdine f T "S
um Ha ut. " " " -
TJinnlumii Crw Is sold brn -wUtfrni
and tciari drwrMtt tnroukoat Jt vniua i
i-ricslb Bni wxuts rorcaui.
EVERYBODY
CHEERFULLY MCOaUtKNOt
COLLINS'
VOLTAIC RASTERS.
TmtT contain th, grand raretlTC lUxQiat, Xua
TsicrrTt combined vtta tie &Mst eonpend iit
medicinal (time rrsr utted totrtaar. 'It narafer -seems
Impossible for them to (all la aSerdiar praaipl
relief far all pains and aches.
11 THE BE8TPU8TEIIi'?
me tlx Cdtxrae VoioVX4aTia, Sand by retara
mall. I think they aretba bertdVJaeiar laTerae
I'jcaaesoa mosey ibciomo iin
'leaaefind mosey incloted.
UiLroftP, fixto July 1 MR.
i T
"AN EXCELLENT PLASTER
Jriim. tr i Jyur. OtMUmm, neaa. aentf
m, anotbrr CollikV VoLfaia Puma. I Bad tbeaa
to b. an eicellent lliater, lb. beet that I hae ant
nnd. 1 am sorrr tbat tb, dros-giau her. do not keep
Uiem. .. T. M. 8HLDEB.
UaoiWAT,0,Jalr,H7.
BOLD BT ALL DnUQOUTS.
Prtee.astenti. Bent br malt. eareronr vraoi
receipt of ?l cents for on.. ,133 for six. or at
Welti, by WKEB8 COTTiu, Propria tora.1
A ftACTIES Haa ImproTed Land, with house em
HI ,ublea.one mile from depot etMayaard. XL
11. SaWTtra, Majnard. Iowa.
fillDQPDIOC for the 8U Loult Camauretal Of
OUDOUniDC MtUI, tin bat commercial WMT
pnblUheit In 8U Lotus. IUesHmTaad eojsum.f
cliU article are worth toe prtee. . for oa. yar.
Orders recelred before Jan. lit. will eem tb. Saw
Kite the balance of U7I and all of 177 for tt. AdUrm
RICKElt A THOMAS. T31 Walaat-st. M. Lort. Mo.
g AGENT3 WANTED FOR HISTCflr .
Lenteni exhibition
II sells faiter than ear other boo. Ore Aire fit sold
14 copies to one daf. Bend for oor estja terms .
Arrow. HatiosjaI rcatunmo Co. St, Lotua.Mea,
HOW CAIH.I
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mat inrtsrr. Main. tcrormawj
ENTERPRISE CUNj. WORKS.
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"itafta a remedy to car wttboot
calllot:
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a toe opcaor. kahb
the dector. Colde, Coaght aoet
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Co Id a anil lotaahaand prerntaaraiaau
Art A.K Ul'MJiVnA PIT " W,".w(.,iftVt
I roniHlni no Oyiuin In mmf M
drujcsiaU and medicine deal are. ' '
Removal-l50p0rKAaS
w and HeeMfl-h.nd. f .lx tlswt-claia
ken. iBClndlnw WATEKS ii 809IB. -Kill
be aolil aJextraaietustatrT Ijww frtcr. Uj e lw
oat I lie .Mllr. nn.li, Br.eeo.ls w H.nuv
el.l lnaMe.r.nt.".TlIi4TAIJIi. II OH
ACR WATKItrt ilC MOMS, MBnAetsirt.
J UeavUrs. 481 Brodwatr new Yewk,
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ranuUs tn U sJl. MUnm mmntt sflMs l a)utitns
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THE "NEW AUTOMATIC J" ,
Tb, nioe4 marrekma
ad ranee Is Sewing;
Mechanism I. Auto-
en alio Tension, Tab
nlatsd .Stitch lie,
clator, IrrestaUbl.
lTeed.- Sewewlth pcr-
lection au morse.,
from thickest to ttmneat. wlthotU caw ol
StltcuorTcnelon. Warranted to bear three .time,
U10 epel, toiKMaesa tared Urns the da"".
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aiacnine. ooippw"
vraXTBUVGU eauuivw
nixcoxaMt3tCoIJBdll ot?nJ-tt7,
coo worm who asje yf
THE BEST YETi
xoungi
M4t. rall af Hhai iMarvU
ThafinliTf(VilTtiTieR.erwhsChn.C!a r 1
bull Kttti uurc A. VtMtt are Mltora. and John Waiiav
makrr la puUUhvr.-itUl, la lt77, conUla ritkl ham
.tn tha iDtVni&iioiiAl Irasnnii hT rrnft TiTtirTflii
and A. (1 Uendrtck: a pofuUr axpoMtloa of Um
itwons ererr wees, or ura ntr, nvwmu utus, oi
Isuntlon i ana ft practical apvtlcaUoa of th Imbob
trutM.byll.CUy TrumbulL ThlpUuBcirafUUer
and bettor lnon helpa than caa torn obtalfted !
wherfi. The Time ta aenl to Dew aubacrlbera. thjr
montltt on trial, for tt cMifcai one ytni, SU. 1 '
IVr tren ceeita there wiu a ral psc4men copT
ot the fctchoUn Quarterly. Um Mat eaody
iMMon bslp tor scboUrs imbtbbeL t -
Hpeciroena of the Wkly I nn JjmT sent IVee. t '
The most cumplele leaf of any s aiUuxixti It la told at .
ao 'w a prico. Addreae,
JUUTt U. WA lTLtM, iLisiowi M&njLrrr.
6M WMetnut Htxet, aniUadttiphiUJV
J. & P. COATS
tiara been awarded at Medal aaul Dial.1
ma at tb. Cateaatal Kxpasltlaa a ad
eommeaidealbvUt J atda;M fbr -
" SUPERIOR STRENGTH
AlfD
EXCELLENT QUALITY
-or- v,
SPOOL COTTON."
au i. sjtnauauie atmetsr-tiiseraj. ?
sial.: 1. aU H1WLIT, Free. '
Atix. B. Botsub, Svttslarw pro teat.
TkeEaesiyof Dlaeaae, iha Fee t
f Faim to MaB aai Boaat
ka taa I
MUSTANG
LINIMENT,
fr daear. to mak aaaaatsr !
iba Mt and abeae-ast sssaaist I
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