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!fl i: V. ••':.$g 1 AW ron't I 1 2 OffS LITTLE HIGHWAYMAN. S BT JOACQUIN MTTLFIB. had been duly elected to the regpcm si ll blc position of judge of northern Oregon bv the people thereof before I had yet a .,,,„ beiirtl. With that kualohleBa confidence and nudacity which ip born of youth and fed on vanity, road taken the oath of offloe «ncl eutored upon its duties, and with one tew liook nnd two six-shoothera, I proceed* edto sternly administer justice, if not the Jaw. One sultry twilight, as I sat smoking a pipe cjn the Btepg of my offlee, an old cam') shuffling down the steep hill from a litl lu cluster ot cabins that clung to the side of that mountain, with its top crowned by A^ liowsand graveyard. "jL'lte cabin constituting my offioe and my Toeidence—my country residence and my oity residence—lay at the edge'of the crazy, •tumblg-down old mining town. This town was deep down in a canyon. Indeed, it was called Canyon City. You will find it on the map ot' Oregon. It is now the oonuty seat of Grant county. We who had fouud this mining-oamp and built this dis mal mountain town, 200 miles from any other plftce, first named it Orodelphia but didn't look like Orodelphia. It looked 3iko Canyon City. The miners called it Oanyon City and. Canyon City it is to Hil« day. ... Hrown, bold hills, high and barren, hear. to the clouds all around us a high titt inrrytlmountaiii for a background, a Way to ihfi fiouth and east, with the gfaVeyard and gallons, looking squarely down upon us, from which tho Siicahone Indian some times shot arrows at night into our one iofitfous. street,, an'l wounded druiikenand iowiing miners—this, in short, is acW SORI sk$jbph of my fi'cat of justice, where the old in'who shuffled down the'hill in the HBd wearybld man, lifted !^, tattereiVhiit ih his left hand, and clutched a coiled rope ia" his right. "My children!" I stood up ip an instant, lifted my face to he feaj'.ows.'ond then jjlaiiced at tho rope hrj riphthpnd but before I could speak he'v nt up a hand in protest and went on. "No, no!' -I—I don't want 'em punished. No, no, not like Shat, jedfte but if they'll back.with me. l'lltuke :em back, I will, iml-^aud I'll fo. "v'em, and—and—" The poor bid man quite broke down. He mt^on.his hat and pulled it down over his yeK, as he turned aside. •"They are your children?" "tos." ^,ri.'he law will have to—" "No, no, no! I don't want the law. I •Waut my children. -Why in the world they ran away I don't know. Of course, it .was dull for 'em down in the settlements, then they beam of the mines, I s'poso, and wait ed some excitement so they saddled up nnd rode 200 miles through the Injun coa.n- tsry, and I after 'em. And .now they won't KO bnek. Why, one yol 'emr-" 3!he "old Einn twisted his Bat and his rope together in his two hands,'- ond caught his breath iiiid'hal? stopped as he spoke here, as if there was something behind all this that Ke (lid not care to tcil but in a moment he eatou. "One of'em the—the girl—wns k«,ve been married only last week but took my bosses and run away. They'ie ip there now, in'that old cabin with the "half off.. They've made abed out of e'eaddle blankets they've .-turned the osses out on the hill, and they tell me they go back.1 They say they're going to iy and dig gold Now, jedge, I want you r. to go and talk to 'em. Get 'em to go ck. I'm all alone. Their mother died •hen they were babies, and I brought 'em ~. I brought 'em up by hand, jedge. d—and, jedge, they're not bad. They ly don't want to stay nt home. They iy the.v will dig lots of gold and bring it mo that they won't go baok to the set tfemejils no more. Now, jedgo, you come ip in the dark nnd talk to 'em. Don't let injbody see you, for I don't want 'em took up for stealiu'. I only want yon to fall 'em to go back. In a moment more we were climbing the toward the rootless old cabin that clung the hillside, under the gallows and the jmvcyard. I cni.not tell to you the pity ptl tne pathos '.hat was in that old man's TOI*O, as he Lad stood there in the twilight, uniting I'.rj hat end his rope together, pleading for his runaway children. I knew it wa'i not the law I was about to try to en f°r ve but I thought it was justice, and my Wvt was with the old Oregonian. As we tombed higher up and out of the canyon, and stood bjr the door, we were quite away from the noise of, the town. All was as otjll us if wo had stood at the door of one •oi the everlasting homes on the hilltop. Tho,door had long since disappeared from the, deserted old cnbin. I listened, lot a sound. 1 stepped across the sill. Click! cliokt Two black bushy heads shot np from tmdir a pile of blankets in a dark' corner, tiro ufcUo little hands shot out, and two tali- dog derringers looked us in the face, &f r,: to bark. .' iWeabout wentioutside. Perhaps it was cooler ere for 'as before observed, it' was a l:ry evofiing, II do not know why, but I began to sus pect this whimpering old man of some sort of falsehood aud trickery the saw those two resolute heads u^' in the dark corner of that desert old vcabtn. ,Then tho pistols! "If are your children," I said, with a of resolution, as we reached a cool of, about fifty yards distant "if these youf'children, they are not worth your rs or yduif trouble. You had bettor take iir bosses, and return home. When they hungry they perhnps will not be so !dy to draw deriingers on their father. I if they are not your childr'eft, I don't what better you ran do than to let them ae. I think we'd Setter let them sleep," The old man was looking np'under the ulow of the gallows as he spoke, as if i-jg to, make out the horses that were i/.ing among the graves there in the kness. He took a few steps in that di nioii, as if to make certain of his object, I then return. But he melted away in darkness and I saw him no more, waited impatiently. To be sandwiched between, a graveyard and two vicious ra'cters with bulldog derringers in hand, I have to wait there for the return of I of ancient mariner, whom you begin "f suspect has only just left one of the res, "for this occasion only," is not isant. retty soon I started and I got down the and into the heart of that town, after I start, with a haste hardly consistent judicial dignity. he next day there was a sensation in ip. A pretty woman had coma to town! arrival of a pretty woman in any part ,is earth that I have yet visited is an LJ that loosens every tongue but the ar- 1 of a pretty woman in a rude, wild ling camp, hundreds of miles away in wilderness—why, it almost took men's .IL away. had come in the night, men said, with her lover—a beardless fellow, a boy. They had been discovered ing down tbe ont street that morning, ing curiously at the mines, miners, and 'he strange sights of the half-savage If [/lis it a love affair?- Men grew bold with lity as the day wore by and the two Jandered about the town or around ilacer mines in the canvon. was very beautiful. A bit stout, but ith youth and health. iy were both shy at- first—the lover olarly so. And, indeed, when a half en miner made bold to speak to them, :n, or rather the boy, shrunk back, and embarrassed, while the wo- Vr girl, 4ms left io do the talking, tho were they? Where did they come Was it a runaway mat oh? Would he «r long? Could that beardless boy A one beautiful woman all his own town full of tall and brawny men? j&ae were onlv a few of the manv ques tmen put to each other, as the two wandered np and down tho camp, look Lcuriouslyat all men and all things they award night they went to the butcher's thought some meat. They next visited an baker. Then as the sun went 1 lifted the gallows to awful prom the high brown hill, over the t, the^Beantiful lady, with her weak sh lover, disappeared from our tie town. It was as if the sun and 1 the stan had set forever on Can- pipes, however, as was oat on their doorsteps twilight while the bat the coyote called across the Custom shaggy mate prowling around and the gallows. )ook|nc vp in that direction. I KTOStafl ^WS «B saw that the halt rootles* %'a\)in had taten a few fresh fthttigles, and that a smoke was culling inzily up from out (he ugly, tumble down old chimney. It all came to my mind like a &ash. jhe .pietty lady and her boy loveir Wera tVro little' desperadoes I had ebeou^lered only the night before thS.1 same old cabin. I was tiiorto Gtirious now than ever but I kept my pwnxouhssl. Later in tho even ing, I'went around to the express office and waited for th? arrival of the weekly otago. Prom' the driver I learned that fifty miles awav an old man had been seen.riding fu riously'for'the settlements and driving two horses bofore him-. Curiott3 to.kuoW wlio ho was 'climbcd onto the box with the dUisty driven1, after ho had emptied hid stage or inatl bags and pas stngejs and, when ho had turned his lenden with a long, lazy swing and was drawing up at the stable, I to pump this traditionally di^uiSed and' silevt mas ter of the roatl. "It was Crittenden," laconically an swered tho driver, as he drew, np a"t tho stuble and threw tho reins to his hostler. "Whut! N-t old Crittenden thst killed—' "The Crittenden that killed his man last year, and the 3fear before, and is going to kill another this year. You sod there':) a feller been foolin' with a gal of his. llun away with hor'or 'sOjnethin* worso. Whoa!. Charley. Yes, I Will tako a cigar. Well, good-nigtlt, Jedge. Th$ boldest iuen and bloodiest men, too, In all the settlem ^nts were these iCritten dens. A proud old southern family* Poor as poor could be but so proud! Of ceurse, they were hated, and werO feared, too, by the whole eountjfy. No man ever struck hands in friendship with this hard and unhappy family. They were half outlaws, and yet no man could lay any real dishonorable deed at their door, save that of their dreadful use with deadly weapons. Even the women wore' feared in the settlements, I remember. And now one of them was stolen or gone astray. And to think that this dreaded head of this clannish and most dreaded family had plead with me for his children, only a few hours before. "His children, indeed! It was the eld man's daughter that had been stolen not his horses," I said to myself, that bight, as I went to bed, and waited to have a good look on the morrow ftt tho woman who could so adroitly dhvw a derringer. I saw her! 1 saw her daily but she re fused to make friends with any one. The two kept patching up the cabin and it be gan to look' as if they had come to stay. They madeiuquiries about the mines and seemed anxious to go to work. One day a miner met them far up the canyon, with pick, pan and shovel. Nothing remarkable about that-, except that the woman carried the heav.y pick and shovel and led tbe way while the man, or rather the boy, carried only the pan and followed timidly behind. Hearing this, I decided in my judicial mind that it was the old man's boy^not.his horses, or daughter either, that had been etoleri. They were evidently very poor, however, and, making little headway with the pick, thny were soon out of favor with tho baker utd butcher. It began to be noticed that the smoke sometimes did not rise from the broken old chimney under the shadow of the gallows. At such times the camp pret ty clearly understood that tho two lovers were supperleas. A pistol was pawned Soon. I called around to the pawnshop frequently now. I was waiting for them to pawn the other pistol. They never did it. And so I did not call. By and by the beautiful woman, *who still seemed to growing stout, despite their hunger, began to make bold demands on both butcher and baker. The two made common cause to refuse her absolutely. All this.time the lover, husband, brother, or whatever he may have been, kept timidly in the background. The two were evidently desperate, hun gry, starving. There was a famous, or rather infamous, house in the heart of town, kept by the Jack ot Clubs. The Jack of Clubs was a stout, short, black woman, with a bullet head and afoot like an old fashioned coffin and when she was mad, and stood straight up, and dug her fists into her ribs, and grew black in the face with rage, she looked like the Jack of Clubs, and that was why she was so called. One day the beautiful woman on tho hill under the shadow of the gallows, carno down, walking very fast and alone. She looked neither to the right nor the left, but walked straight on down to tho house of the Jack of Clubs, knocked, entered, shut the door behind her and dissappoared. The town was appalled! It stood on its feet in silent consternation. It refused to sit down while she remained inside thut house. Cid Berry went up to a drinking booth in the open street, and with one eye fixed on the door of the infamous house, poured uut and drank, alouo una in HUenco, draught that would (dagger a sailor. After a while the beautiful woman came out. She, as beforo, seemed in great haste, and looking, neither to the right nor left, but walking very fast, started on up through the town, toward the cabin on the hill, ilen leered at her now. They looked at each other and winked and made faces. Cid Berry boldly crossed her path. She did not speak. She refused to understand that he stood before her, but hastily tried to pass on around. He caught her by the shoulder and spun her about. Then for the first time, her face met his, and some thing else met his face also for her arms sprung up like a steel spring, and the short ugly barrel of the derringer gliBtened in the sun-just under his nose. That night there was a fearful storm, and the little brook in the bod at the canyon began to take to itsself the air of dignity of a river. How the rain did come down! No man sat in his oabin door that night. All took refuge in the gambling saloons and even in places of less substantial character and the one topic there was the beautiful stranger on the hill her morality and im morality her reckless visit to the wretched place and, above all, the discomfiture of of their bold leader, Cid. Berry. Tho Jack of Clubs was sought and con sulted. She was thoughtful and mysteri ous. "What in. the world did the woman wnnt? "Wifs she starving? Who was she anyhow? What was she? And, above all, what was he? And what manner of man was he to let her come to—?" "Now, stop, right there! I'll answer ye no questions. She's a woman." "Of conrse, she's a woman." "Yes, sloe's all woman. That's just what is the uurtter. Now, stop! Not a word, for I won't'answer. The Jaok o' Clubs bets the last scad on that ere card. She's a woman and a stranger, and another stranger is a coming." "Another stranger! From Oregon?" "No, Cid." "From Idaho?" •No." "From—from the states?" "No, no, Cid Berry. From—from," the hard work let her hard voice fall soft and low her eyes dropped down timidly for a time then, clasping her hands, she lifted her face, and, looking up, said: "-From— from upthero." It was so still inside the house that the rain outside seemed beating like a hurri cane. Cid Berry pushed himself back from the side of the woman, and, without knowing it, took off his hat. Some men went to the window, and looting out at the rain that came'dashing down into the town. No man spoke but one by one they melted away, and left Cid Berry standing there, thinking of the beautiful woman on the hill and the awful mystery of her sex. At last, pulling Himself together with great effort, looking down all the time and talking low and embarrassed to the short woman sitting there, he said: "If gold will make up for it, Jack—Mrs. Jack—if gold will make np for it, Mrs. Jack o' Clubs, she shall have the hull mine. I'm going a prospecting in the mornin', and, Jack, I won't be back for half a year. When my mule's tail disappears over that hOl you'll find the door of my cabin wide open. Fat her in my house. Put her in it, I say for it takes a very big house to hold a very small baby." And, with this, the man dashed out into the driving storm. The next morning the storm was boom ing. Many a cabin had been washed away. Thb miners on the other side of the stream, under the graveyard and gallows, were completely cutoff till they had thrown long, quivering logs across the swift, seething stream. And it was perilous enough to cross! The water was fax below, a boil ing, foaming whirlpool, mad and wild and wicked as the wild beasts and wilder men. How all eyes were lifted to the cabin now. If that woman should come down to town now, each man would hold his hat in hiaJi«n(tihile_Bhepassed._ -V ffffy She did not come the next day nor thfe next (porbaps fehe dreqded, the erfcteSing) but early on. tlje third day she was seen to slowly 'descend toward the town. Men stood watching, waiiiog. The foot-log was hidden in the depression of the stream, but when she disappeared in this, men looked eagerly for her to reappear. iJretty soon an object was seon whirled about in tho sudden turn of thb stream be low. A wLtte 'hahd was seen to teach out, and that was all. ihoy recovered the lifeless body far be low, and it was bUriefl oh the hill, »ot far froift' the 'did cabin uhdoir the gallows but whether by atiaident or design she died no one could say. Her .lover was silent now as before. Silent? llo was Ravage. And how the c..hip did abhor that boy now! Tho weak. juthiess, native little wretch, to let suoh a wpman die! No ono would speak to him now. No doubt he was linugry no doubt he was starving. The camp didn't care the camp, I think, was glad of it'. But pretty soon the camp began to see that a little cilrcle ahd wall of stones was belne built about the new grave inn tb@ hill under thei gallows. Some men paseing that Way biie night found that this work was being dona by the boy they so heartily, despised. This fact beipg noised about, helpod him in the eyes of the camp a bit but still it could never-'forgive mm, and he was left to Starve, soul and. body, so far as the' canll) feh'ctald care. Hinghtftrly enough, in a place So utterly isolated, where every bodyknew everybody", there.began to' be frequent and /eckless highway robberies, oh the roa'd leading .'to John Day's City.' This little, cluster of shanties was only three 'miles away. It. has long since disappeared .from the. face of the earth biit still it keeps a firm "place on the maps .of. .the country) and looks as big there now as it ever did It seemed like a sort of joke te have high way robbers, .or,at letst, a highway rob ber amongst us. Men laughed at thofe& who got robbed.' Was it not all in fun? Ot had the wily Shoshonee Indian adopted this plan, to get a little gold "dust without digging it from the earth? One night, as I stood watching the i&onte came in the saloon, I saw. a man, or rather a man come up at my side and look me steadily in the face. I did not move or seem to notice this but I Celt my faoe grow red. Then I saw, or rather-.felt this man step baok and talk in short,'sharp whispers to a companion. This companion hap pened to bo a friend of mine, and' so. soon as the obtmsive party went out," I went straight up to him and asked what was the matter* Tho man blew a long, curling cloud of smoke, olosed his eyes, and chuckled: "It's the robber. He was robbetl' of his dust last night, and he says it was.Kt little feller, and a felier without a beard-. Babe?" "And he means to hint "that. I—I, the judae— I'll—I'll murder him!"" "Keep cool, now. You just keep. cool. It's gOt to be-' somebody., It's got to be soine one of us. Ain't it? Here we ,are. Everybody knows everybody. No strangers up from the settlement this season yet. It'll all come out straight. You just keep your shirt on, judge." And, chuckling as if it was a great joke to be suspected of highway robbery,the man sauntered up to the table and toesed a blue chip on the ace of diamonds. Which ono of us was the highwayman? It is to be admitted that 'our inoraf status was not high. Many of us had been'in prison, including the honored judicial head of the camp, and there is tot a bit of doubt that a great many of us ought to have had a similar and even more extanded experience. But all that did not settle the question as to which one of us was defying the gloomy old gallows that looked down upon us. The little circle oi rocks grew very slow ly around the grave on tho hill, for the boy was certainly not strong now. Still it was to ba seen that he kept steadily on at bis tiugular task—a task of sad, desolate love end devotion. After awhile the boy employed a team ster to haul him down some evergreens from tho mountains, to.plant on tho barren, brown hillside about'the grave, inside the little circle of stone. The teamster, doubtful of his inability to pay, demanded his hire-in hand. The boy at once gave hiin a large nugget of gold, and turning away, went on up tho hill to his cabin. The teamster ran to Cid Berry with the nugget. Constcrn .tlon, curses, and then laughter. Berry had besn robbed of this same nugget only the night before. Thut remaining Derringer was doing its work. And do you know we all suddenly came to like that little highwayman of ours? He was now even, a greater hero than Cid Ber ry, who had slain an Indian chler. Hang him? He was a hero now, a sort of Alex ander. Cnayon City had a highway robber —a sort of special highway robber of her own. And such a handsome, young, and dashing Dick Turpin it was, too! All this would get in the papers. AH this would make OLr town famous in the land. We were particularly proud of our mysterious and sentimental little robber. Tho nugget, however, was not returned, though Cid Berry proudly refused to pros ecute. Perhaps it was hunger that drove our hero once more and very Hoon to the Ugh way. for in'a short time another rob b.-ry was attempted. This time, unfortu nately, our hero attaoked two men who had newly come to the camp, and he was shot dead in his tracks. When these men told what thoyhad done' they wore rsed and despised. A party went out in the darkness and brought the body into town. It was laid out on a monto-table, and the camp now filling np with men from the stttlemenls, came pour ing its.people into the saloon to see the corpse. Beautiful, very beautiful, was the face. The hands were BO spmll and delicate! One of them still held the ugly little pistol. Aud when on examination, It was found to not bo loaded, the indignation against the' two men was boundloss. Suddenly a stranger, who had pushed his way through the crowd, threw up his two hands and cried: "It's Crittenden! .Yes, it is! You know the girl that was betrayed at the Forks and they said had gone to 'Friscoe to hide? "Kate Crittenden?" "Yes, Kate Crittenden, Well, this here is her sister." "Brother, you mean." "No I mean sister. That murdered crea ture there is a girl. See!" And springing forward he loosened the great folds of sable hair from the shapely head, till it swept down over the gambling table to the floor,—The Independent. Lore That Was Not BllssfaL from the Chicago Tribune. Seated by the ruddy light of the grate tire whose flickering served only to illu mine the room with the dim half light that one sees so often in one of Bembiandt's best works or a saloon after 12 o'clockp. m., Mabel was thinking. The door bell rang, and in an instant a servant ushered into the room a fair-haired young man whom Ma bel greeted cordially. They talked of commonplace subjects for a while, but fi nally George W. Simpson spoke the words that had been in his heart so long—told Mabel of his strong, deathless love for her, and how he should never be happy until he felt that it was returned. Bising from the chair in which she was seated, Mabel went to him, and, placing her hand in his, said in a low, tremulous voice: "Yes, George, I am proud of your love, and I love you in return." George drew to his heart the beautiful rirl who had said these sweet words, and together they walked slowly to an open window, aud were soon standins ona vine embowerel norcn. "Here, sweetheart," said Georgo, "here, with the stars in all their purity looking down upon us, let me give you our be trothal kis3. "While these words were being spoken Mabel's father had come silently into the parlor, and, seeing the open window had stepped to it and heard all. Five minutes later George was on the corner waiting for a street car. A friend came up. "Are vou going to the ball this evening?" he said "No," answered George, while a pained look flitted across his features "I'm going to the county hospital." The box-toed boot had done its deadly work well. THE whole amount of national banknote outstanding at the present time is about $358,000,000, which is over$40,000,000 more than in 1877, and $5,000,000 more than ever before. This may account in some degree for the abundance of money, the business boom, and high prices generally. •fftmy. HOUSE Kecipes- THBEE KINDS OF CAKE FUOM ONE EO OIPE.—The' house-Keeper" who is limited as to time and materials, will find the fol lowing recipe a most excelent one: 1 lb, flour, 1 lb. sugar, 3-4 lb, of butter, 10 eggs, Mix as for cake. Divide ihto three parts) take one-third, flavor with lemon'. Or to taste* and bake as a pduhd (Sake. Mix jeupful pf.iaistns, 1 capful curfants piece, citroti, cut thin, spi'ces to taste with second one third, and bakq as a fruit (Sake the remainder add flonr enough to roll, cut, and fry as crullers. COOKIES. —1 cupful of sugar half cupful of butter or lard (if lard is used, one-third teaspoenful of salt- will be required), half oupful of sweet milk teaspoonful of soda, 1 egg flonr sufficient to roll thin. BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.—1 qnart of milk, 1 cupful of molasses£(New Orleans best), 1 teaspoonful salt, 1-4 lb, of suet, and salt, stirring constantly to prevent its be'cdjqiiQg lu.ihpy, femoVe from. the fire, and lol it partially cool then stir in the molasses, and.cloves, and all spice. Four into an earthen baking dish, and bake in a moderate oven 3-4 of an hour. Ruisins are very good in it also. Farming Brevities. A Michigan gardener pickcd 530 beans from a single stalk. A quarter-acre patch of Connecticut corn «s mentioned with stalks 15 1-2 feet high andjVeven ears on eaoh stalk." The object of the farmer should be to increase..the product, improvo tho quality, and-:deorea,3e the cost per bushel. would'be-Interesting, says the London Daily News, to' khow hdw much of tho over 110, Olll) tons of American meat sold out of the Central-Market of that oity ''has 'been retailed as English meat at English prices." Chicago is tho chhmpion city for sauer krunt,' selling each year fully 10,000 barrels of. that fragrant Teiitonio vegetable com pound. Twin lambs are not desirable it is better to have ope good lamb than two poor ones, and fe« e.weqpan nurse two vigorous lambs. There is KO art in breeding known by which twin lambs can be always and cer tainly seuured.. Some ewes habitually pro duce twins, and their lambs may inherit the babit Sheep Raising is a profitable busiuoss in Texas. In June, 1879, a gentleman re ing in Kinney county invested $1,8 I0 in sheep. ist August he sold his flock of 3.4D0 head for $7,600. The mutton he had(p.oviously sold was sufficient to moie than cover his expenses. Gradually but surely our fanners are realising tho necessity of uniting stook with grain farming, and rotating their land in pasture, hay and grainj instead of de voting it exclusively to grain year after year, as has been too universally the prac tice, with attendant results of impoverish ing and running the farm to weeds. Nowhere are intelligence and superior sigacity more needed than in farming." So says Mr. W. Chamberlain, an ex perienced agriculturist, and the present secretary of the Ohio state board of agri culture. Good farmers, who like their pro fession, have long been aware of that fact, and we may say it is beginning to be gen erally bolioved and understood. Trades for the Boys. Not long ago a New York acquaintance of ours inserted a four line advertisement in one of the dailies for a book-keeper. He received responses from six hundred and seventy-three Applicants, nearly all of wh asked for very moderate wages, much less than he was willing and expect ed to pay. Reoently we had occasion to advertise for three employes for the busi ness department of the American AgrU culturist, and ever since we have been fair ly deluged with replies. Were all these letters to be opened, one person would be occupied not a little time daily in assort ing and answering them. If there be such a condition of affairs in the dull summei months of August, how large must be the number of fruitless seekers for clerical positions during the active periods of th( year, when so many flock to the metropolis in quest of employment. Turning now to the trades, we discover that there has been a most active demand for men in every branch. Superintendents and masters tell us that, owing to the lairge number of buildings going up, they have been unable to secure a sufficient supply of good work men. The ereetion of many structurf hns been postponed owing to this scarcity of skilled artisans, and the latter have been able to almost command their own terms. This Seemingly unnatural condition of affairs is not due to any unexpected de mand for artisans, but to the growing am bition of both parents and sons to have the latter "rise" in the world,- to be somebody, as it is termed. Youths merging into man. hood desire to wear store clothes ratfcdr than outfits of the workshop. They do not wish to handle the hammer, saw, trow el, and other tools as their fathers did, and the fathers share in their feelings. And so the work of crowding clerical channels goes on until now many thousands of men in New York alone bitterly regret that they did not learn some trade, which would al ways have commanded them work and good wages, and have made them independ ent and not subject to the fluctuating for tunes of this or that business house where they may be employed. The pulpit and the press cannot engage in a better work than in combating these false ideas as to the hobility of manuel labor. In a com paratively young and wonderfully growing country like our own, the artisan, like the farmer, is and -will continue to be a most important factor. In the west where land is cheap, boys brought up to farming had better stick to that occupation,- as it will pay the best in the long run. If any should be possessed of mechanical skill or taties, let them seek the trades, but' not clerical work, save as a last resort. Salt for Wheat Fields. P. P. Root, Monroe county, N. Y. Salt is used as a fertilizer, and usually with beneficial effect on crops. It is known, however, that a too liberal applica tion of it will destroy vegetation. The re fuse salt from the Onondaga salt works is used quite commonly in western New Yorx on wheat lands. It is applied sometimes on the growing orop in spring, but usually on the field and worked into the soil pre vious to seeding. A muoh laiger quantity may be used when worked into the soil than when applied directly to the crop 300 or 400 pounds per acre may be sown broad east on the crop, though one barrel of 280 pounds is about the usual quantity used, and three or four times that quantity may be worked into the soil with safety. Used in this way it is beneficial in destroying in sects and worms in the soil, as well as to promote growth and early maturity of the crop. It is not claimed that salt is a direct fertilizer, for sodium is not found to be an element of plant food to any great extent ih tho cereal crops, but a mechanical effect is somehow produced which is beneficial to vegetation to a limited extent. Last season one of my neighbors used over four tons of salt on thirty acres of wheat land, worked into the soil before seeding, for which he grain when treated with salt is usually brighter and cleaner of rust or fungi than elsewhere, which would seem to show a more healthy condition uf the plant. Keeplnz Winter Squashes. From the Inter Ocean. An Iowa subscriber writes that when he comes to Chicigo, no matter what the time of year, he finds at hotels and resturants delicious squash pies, evidently made from some variety of winter squash. He wants to know if he is right in this conjec ture,and, if so, how the squashes are kept. He is correct the Hubbard and Marbie hcad are most used for this purpose here. Mr^A. Dunning, of Jefferson, Illinois, who grows 30 to 40 acres of these squashes every year for this and eastern markets, has succeeded in keeping these varieties from October until a year from tbe suc ceeding January, and readily keeps them until mid-summer. He recently disposed of a car-load in this city at $30 per ton. His entire crop brings him an average of about $20 per ton. He gathered and han dled them with care, places tbem in a house kept at a uniform temperature of about 48 degrees, upon shelves two squash es deep. Occasionally as tho season ad vances, the squashes are examined, and if Signs of decay are observable upon any of them, such are at once removed. As may be inferred, Mr. Dunning finds the crop a. very profitable one. '•sm^ SJ cflaM* $ *4, "I "ftsv- ?ff Beucltt4 of i'emaie Society. What is it that makes all those men who associate habitually with women superior to others who do not? What makes that wo man who is aoctistomed to, and oif ease in the society of men, superior to .her sex in general? Solely bocauso they ''(We -In the habit of free, graceful, continued conversa tion with the other sex. Women in this way loose their frivolity) their fuoulties awaken, their delicacies and peculiarities Unfold atl their beautv ahd captivatioil in the spirit of intellectual rivalry. And the. men lose their pedaiitic, rude deulauiritory ar Sullen manner., l'he coin of the understanding and the heart changes continually. Their aspersites are nibbed off, their bettor ma terials polished and brightened, and their riohness like gold, is wrought' into finer workmanship, by the fingers of women than it ever could be those of men. The iron and sieel of their characters are hidden, like the character and armo .V a giant, by studs and knetB of gold and precious stones, when they are not wanted in aotual warfare. ATitAGEUi. From tbe Boston Pilot A soft-breasted bird from tho sea Fell in love with a lighthouse flame And it wheeled round the tower on its airiest wing Aud floated aud cried like a lovelorn thing It brooded all day and it fluttered all night Uut could win no look from the steadfast, light. For tue flame had its heart afar— Afar with the ships at sea It was thinking of childreu and waitingwives, Of darltucs* and danger to sailors' lives But the bird had its tender bosom prosaod Ou tho glass, where at last it dashed its breast Tliu light only tlickored,tho brighter to glow Uut tho bird lay dead on the rocks below. John Boyle O' Ileilly. A SKELETON'S STORY. Tho Doiul Fat Wmnun ami Iler llival, Han null —Tliu Shadowy llusbaud o| till' .liimoth (liircn Tt-lls of ills Wllo's Avoirdupois Willi Cileo anil Others. Sncors John Battersby, for twenty years the thinnest man iu America, but wha has yarned enough flesh during tho last seven years to bar him out of the Living Skeleton business, spoke mournfully yesterday as he felt an arm that once could be spanned with thumb and finger from wrist to shoulder, iiuttersby, with his nephew, now conducts a prosperous blacksmithing business at Main and Tacony strefets, Frankford. A painful accident in 1873, injuring his spine and hips, has deprived him of the use of nis lower limbs, and ho sits in the shop in a comfortable wheeling chair every day, di recting operations. The Living SKeloton of ten years ago, is a fairly handsome man. A full, sunbrowned face, m»do venerable by an iron-gray beard two feet in length, a pair of gray eyes, with good-natured wrinkles at Ike corners, a high, square forehead, a well-cut nose and mouth, make up the countenance of a man who has puz zled tho most astute physiologists who has traveled 100,000 miles, uni been exhibited before millions. Ho is the husband of Hannah Battersby, the famous fat woman, who tips tho beam to-day at 726 pounds ind who is now traveling on the "road" with aside show. OTHELLO S OCCUPATION GONE. "Yes, sir," continued the formor Shad ow, with a sigh, "Othello's occupation's gone. When 1 look back and think of the day I weighed 50 pounds my heart grows sad. I feel that Fate has been unkiud to me. Just think of it! Here I am, weigh ing at least 125 pounds, and increasing. It is simply frightful to a man who onoe could have a lantern shine through him. And what do you think was the cause of it? Nothing but an accident. Yes, sir. In 1873 a miserable horse became frightened, at one of the dummy engines and throw me out of the wagon, injuring my spine, hip aud shoulder. From that day I began to pick up in flesh, and now I'm no card for even alive cent show," and the Shad ow of other days glared Bavagely at his un profitable le_s. "Are there any other living skeletons rat tling around through the country now?" asked tho reporter. "Oh! yos," was tho reply "several of'em. There's Aleck Montague, Dan Major, who is six feet two inches high, Joe Brown, almost thin enough to crawl through a rein-spout, a fellow named Davis from Vermont, a regular billiard-cue, and several others who can cast the Bame sized shadow as a bean-pole. The most active rivalR in mj day were Isaac Spraguo and Calvin Edson. the original living skeleton, both of whom were very thin, but I think I could get away with either of 'em, although tho two couldn't get up a shadow together if thev tried. Au Irishman who saw me with Barnumsaid: 'VVull, Sprague's thin and Edson's thin, av voz uiu't thinner thon both uv them put tilgether!'" "When did youdegin to lose flesh'" "At the age of 15 or thereabouts," was the reply. I began falling away without any porceptible cause, going gradually from 12G pounds down to 00 and thou to 85. At the age of 21 I weighed just 82 pounds. Barnum took hold of ice and I proved quite a card. Tho lightest I ever weighed was iu the spring of 1853, when I tripped the beam at 59. I ate three good meals a day, felt well, never knew a pain or ache and for a whole year I puzzled the doctors so that they tore their hair and gave up solving the problem as a bad job. I gained slight ly in weight after the latter part of '55 and ran up to G2, and then to G7, 09 and finally to 72, at which rate I remained until I met with the accident. In 18G2 I married Han nah .Perkins the fat woman, who was then a delicate girl of 4S0 pounds. To-day" continued the bygone attenuation, with a flush of honest pride," she is the boss fat woman of the world. I continued in the show business until 1873, as I told you be fore, and then retired. My wife still trav els. WAS SHE MART POWER? "Were you acquainted with Anna Craig, the fat woman who died at Indianapolis on Tuesday, and who is said to have weighed 800 pounds?" "There is no such woman as Anna Craig," was the emphatio reply, "and there was never a woman lived who actually weighed 800 pounds. A New York paper states in an interview that tbe dead oman was known ulso as Rosina Richardson. That is to tally incorrect. 'Rosy' Richardson died five years ago in Florida. She was another person altogether. From the description lad the mention of the former homes of this woman I think it is Mirv Power, who traveled with John Power as her brother, but who was in reality her husband. And then, as to the claim of being even one of the heaviest women, it is fudge. Why, my wife beats them all, bless her big body. I remember well the day that the old man —that's P. T. Barnum—sent William Coup over to Germany to secure the champion fat woman. It was said that she beat every thing. Bill came back on the next steamer and met me at the door of Barnums muse um. He was disgusted. 'Where's fatty?' said he, meaning my wife. 'Inside,' said I. Bill went in and mcjt her with tears in his eyes. 'Fatty,' said he, in a husky voice, I've been over to Germany to get a bigger i'at.woman than you. I've come back with out her. Fatty, you're still the Mammoth Queen, and the Dutch giantess is a fraud. She don't come near you bv a hundred anda half.' No, |ndeed." went on Mr. Batter by, as he recounted the incident with great glee, "none of 'em have ever been able to equsl her. P. T. Barnum to-day has $5,000 to put up that she is the largest woman in the world The spouse of the elephantine Hannah was very much amused at the claims of several alleged giantesses who were travel ing through the country on exhibition and spoke particularly of the bearded fat woman. "I can pick out couple of women in Frankford," said he, derisively, "who can beat her all to pieces. Why, you can sit alongside of that woman in a railroad car, and I'll bet my head nobody can sit in the same seat with my wife." As if satisfied that this illustration placed his enormous partner on the top round ol lame's ladder the past skeleton reverted to his condition and looked at his legs ag*is, with the sad retrain, "I'm getting fa^ ^I'm getting fat." A brother arose in a weekly prayer-meet ing in. New JerSey and said, "Brethern, when I consider the shortness of life I feel as if I might be Uken away suddenly, like a thief in the night" .' .1 a. H^i»"iCgt»yi at All From tho Philadelphia Press. 'I am no longer tho Living Skeleton, the Eighth Wonder of tho World, the Star At ruction of tho Quintnplexal Aggregation of Resplendent Curiosities'—no longer do I excite the wander the masses and cause (he small boy to pinch hiy attenuated legs and make fun Of my musole—I am getting fat." One Stew. A finicky, fussy, frotijrd little man step ped up to the first waiter in a ifctf Oyster saloon in Sixth avenue, and said: "Have you^fany real nice, frosh, good oysters?" '"""YSb "Not'too fat you know—but not thin, either. I want them just exactly right, and I want them perfectly fresh." "Hdw will you have them—half shell?" "Stop a moment/' said the little man strain the juice 08 them Carefully,• leaving just a little juice on them put them Sh a pah which has been scouredand dried, and then add a little butter (good, pure buttei) anda little milk (rot New York milk, but real country oow's milk), then plaoe the pau over a coal fire, and bo careful 16 keep the pan in motion so as not to let the oyBters or the milk burn add a little juioe, if you choose, and then watoh the pan olosely, so that the exact moment it oomes to a boil you .can whip it off. At the same time have a defijj dish Warirlog hear at hand, and when you see the first sig$. of boiling empty the pan intohe dish. Do you think you can remember-that?" "One stew!" the waiter .called out. A Kiss on the sly. From the Fhiladolphia Times. There is to bo found much refreshment in a well-proportioned kiss. This much everybody aclcnowcledges, tlioilnh onlv a frank few have acknowledged it openly. And it is a ourious fact, as yet unexplained by the philosopher, that the slyer the kiss is the more there i» in it of rofreshmont. A kiss thvt is paved as a forfeit before a whole ropm full, of people, is prosaio, not to say embarhirsingi The girl laughs, which spoils the romance,'and tho fgiltiWj. ten to one, blushes--neither of them thinking much of it, and they both are apt pretty soon to forget all about it. But let the same fellow kiss the same girl when nobody is looking—and the situ ation is as different as po'BBible. That sort of a kiss, fired off in a hurry behind a door or in a conservatory, is like an electric shock, and is as swoet as cream. The taste of it sort of holds on and constantly suggests tho propriety—or impropriety, as the case may be—of trylngft again. And the laugh inr? and blushintr are exactjv tciversed. The fellow laughs without spoiling tbe romance a bit, and the girl blushes like a pink carn ation. It is queer that the very same thing should,under slightly altered cii'ctimstances, bo so entirely different, nor is it any the less queer because the difference has exist ed from the earliest ages of the world. tTlils Engraving reprcnocts the Lungs In a healthy etalo.l IN MANY HOMES. For Coughs, Colds, Croup, Bronchitis and a!' other atTnctions of the Tllroat and Ll'N'i.S, i' stands unrivaled and utterly beyond competition. CONSUMPTIVE CASES It approaches so Bear A specific that •Ninety-five* per cent, are permanently cured where tbe direction* aro strictly complied with. There is other ingredients no la 'his paper. this list please mention Artists* Hnterlnlg and Frames. •iXEVIINS & ItOIlEUTSON, IS Rast Third St. Pf.lcr and Stationery. f. S. WHITE CO., 71 East TiOrd Street. Itrngsists—Wholesale. NOYES BROS, ft CUTLK1C. Sibley, Cor. Stli. i)r.v Woods—ItetaiL •INDEKK, LAUD CO., 13 E. Third Street. Million.-—Wholesale. tUTUCB, AVAKKIiN & A1IBOTT, K. 3d V«4^ chcraiC&l oi to harm the young or old. A.s an Expectorant It Has No Bqu&l I It Contains Mo Opium In Any Form I J. N. HARBIS & 00., Proprietors, CINCINNATI O. FOR SALE BY~ALL DRUGGISTS. ST. PAUL TRADE LIST. This list Includes none but well known and reliable Arms, with which transactions by mall aud express •vill be safe aud Hntiufuctorv, and which invito person *1 visits from atraiiiirera wheu In St. Paul. Corres pondents with any firm St. Pawnbroker. £. LIIIE, 41 Jackson St., opp. Merchants. rumps—Wood and Irotf. WILSON & ROGERS, 24 East Third Street. Seali-s nntl Wind Mills. FAIRBANKS, MORSE St CO., 71 E. Third SL Stovps nnd Hnnscs. HAMILTON A WHIT12SIAN. 108 IS. 3d St. Atr. Imp.. Sowintr Mnrlilncs, Wseons, Bneertes MAULER Sc THOAISON, 408 Jacksofi Street Iron, lilacksmiths' & Wnenn aiakers' Supplies. NICOLS ft DEAN. Cor. Tlilrd and Sibley Sta. (arbolisalve Immediately relieve* the pain of Braids, Burns and Cuts and heals without leaving a scar. It cures Piles "ever Sores, Indolent Ulcers, Chaps, Chafes, Chil Uains. Scaly Eruptions, Itching and Irritations and all Diseases of the Skin nnd Sculp. CAUTION.—Get Cole'* Carbolisalre and *e« that the wrapper is black and th* letters een. JSCir Prices 25 ccuta aud 75 cents a box. Sold by all dnigclsts. Prepared only by J. W. COLE & CO.. Black River Falls, Wis. J*LAYS! J'JLAYSt PLAYS! —For PLAYS Heading Clubs, far Amateur ^Theatricals. Temper* I Heading tttiu •nee PJays, Draw lig Ifoom Plays" Fairy Plavs, Ethio pian Plays, Guide Boots. Speakers, Pantomimes, Tab Iemx Lights, Magnesium plits, Colored Fire, Burnt Cork, Theatrical Face Preparations, Jarlev's Wai Works,Wigs. Beards, Monstarlies.Costumefl.Clinraden, and Paper Scenery. New Catalogues sent free, con taining full description and prices. SAIUIJEL FltEXCH A SON, 33 E. 11th St., New York. 8 7 7 7^ TEAR and expenses O. VI' tc Outfit free. Address FC*4 OMM P. ICKKKY, Augusta, Ms. best .free, Address Jay Bronnn. Detroit-. Mid I months, LU iyaU before ea4 tftet SI Me. Iwa» *1 it»ij«l«n i»lnan. OD The very kigh degree which the instruction of. been brought is evidenced by the condition of it Mr. Tbomua Driscoll, a deaf-mttte ot New Ttitk eWy. taught by thd ohQ method of of instruction and though a deaf-intife h« te able to hear with his eyes and can readily speak both Gorman and French.- Of conrse, his BM tery of language was a purely mechanical effort. Thw young man has now passed his final examination for college and now a freshman in Columbia college, where he ntanrtH fitting himself as a oirU engineer. iper lately ci Schmidt, of ,N. Yl.whol The Ke# York Clipper dnSe of Captain Jacob kia8vilio,S,tnteli Island a great su: years, did success. reroi £c«b» OH with^plen- It has cost Sarah M. Gould, of Lansings fori, N. ¥.. $1 000 In damages and costs to let her do'g bite small boy. Still there are times in hrimusi etperienoe when the privilege would be it this price. JseksoD, Mioli. Daily Patriot Prom the Atlanta (6a.)"Sunday PkonO ffrafht' The editor of the Pikes bounty New* had been cured of rheumatism by St Jacobs Oil. We learn from Mess. Moore A Uumphrejr, thdi St. best selling iininlea«v6rSold, andisgiting the highest satisfaction. It hii •sSs'ctea many good cures. Tlioro is a certain class of remedies fwr con. etlpstion absolutely useless.. Thes? arepolus us and potions made in (treat part of podophyl Hn, aloos, rhubarb, gamboge and other worth loss ingredients. Tlio danmge ttiey do tp toe stomachs of those who use them IS moaloUlable. They evacuate tbe bowels, it is ttuej but al ways do so violently and profusely, and be sides grlpo tho bowels. Tbeir effect IS to Weikeu both thorn and the stomaobu Better to use tbe greeable and salutary aperient, Hostetter's Stoni.uuu Bitters, the laxative effects of which is never preceded by pain, or acoom- Eowels. amod by a convulsive, .violent atftion of the On the contrary, it iovfgoratM those organs, and the stomach and the entire aya tem. As a means of curing and preventing malarial fevers, no modidne can compare with it, and it remedloa nerV'ous debility, rheuma tism, kidnoy and bladder inactivity, and other inorganic ailments. For dyspepsia, indigoation, depression of spirits and general debility in their various forms also as a preventive against Fever and Ague, anil elbrr intermittent fevers, the "Fer ra Phoaphoratio Elisirof CJalliava," made by. Caswell, Hazird & Oo, of Now Ifork, and Sold by all druggists, is the boat tonio and for pa tients reoovoriug from fever or other sickness it liae no equal. When Mr, Moody bold his celebrated revival in Chicago, he was dflko3 which class of people he had the most difficulty is con verting. He promptly replied, "Newpaper men.', Don't Get Tlie Chilli). It yod art aubj jot to Aguo you must be sure to keep your liver, bowols and kidneys in god free condition. When so, yoil will be safa from all attacks. The remedy to use is Eidney Woit, oithor iu dry or liquid form.—Pioneer Be' Warwiok Cistl" liss been holding high festival on the occasion of the heir and his bride arriving there. Liidy Warwick was "at home" to 7,000 people. •tiiiVsJjf'. Tito ilent IToor uf Mi-l it. is uniform success, and on tiiis basis Warner's Safe Kidney aud LiVur (Jure is without doubt one of the greatest remedies in the land. Chicago is the champion city for sauer kraut, gelling each year fully 10,00(1 barrels of that fragrant Teutonio vegetable com pound. Are you aware that a simple con gh often ter minates in Couaumptiou? .Wny not be wise in time, and use Alieu's Lung Balsam, which Will atop tUe disease aud prevent the fatal conae queuCed: For sale by all medicine dealers. Heury 3. Gully, one of the assassins of the Chisolm family, is running for the leg islature in Mississippi. From observing the effects of petroleum up on tho beads ot operatives at the wells come the shrewd Pittsburgbcr's great discovery Gar boiino, a dedorizsd extract of petroleum, this is the oaly article that will produce new hair on bald heads. It never fails. A quarter-acre patch of Connecticut corn is mentioned with 6talks 15 1-2 feet high and "seven ears on each stalk." Druggists all over the Union are sending in heavy orders for Glenn's Sulphur Soap to Orittenton's Central Medicine Warehouse, No. 7 Sixth Avenue, whioh is its depot of supply. Their customers pronounce it an uncqualad purifier. The object of the farmer should be to increase the product, improve the quality, and decreaso the coat per bushel. Women that have baen bedridden for ears have been entirely cured of female weakness by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham'e Vegetable Oomponnd. Send to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 233 Western avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pam phlets. A Michigan gardener picked 530 beans from a single stalk. Ten Thousand Letters. Between eight and ten thousand letters have been reoeived by the proprietor of the White Wine of Tar Syrup, from parties claiming to have been cured of consumption by its use. C«fl Bedding's Russia Salve.—Cuta, burnt 1 mm "Kiiusli in ltRts." The thing desired faund at last. Ask druggists for Bough on Bits. It clears out rats, mioe, roaches, flies, bedbugs, 15a boxes. THB regular Frazer axle grease saves for the consumers. The light-colored low loosens the spokes. 111 Mich. AU Gold, Chronio and Lithograph Oards, no tw« alike, name on, 10 els. C. DePuy, Syracuse, K. T» O Fancy Written CARDS Tor'25c: 60 for 90c: 100 ju tor $1.75. by mail. C. E. DKFtG, Cresco, Ia» YOUNG MMN il J'ou would learn Telegraphy la four and ba certain of ^filiation, adJress Vaioniino 13ro^„ Janeyville. WJa. Qa week In row own town. Terms and $S outfit yUU Xree. Address Aft Tfl H. HALLKTT Jk Co.. Portland, Mo SI VI! per day at home. Samples worth $0 free Address ftriysoy Co„ Portland^ Mo, RUPTURE idw.y, Ifew York. BU book wttk paet LANDS WISCONSIN 500,000 Acres tbe line of the WISCONSIN CENTRAL E. II. Tor fall particulars, which will be sent /Ves. address CHARLES I*. COL1ST, Lasd CaMmlulnner. Mllvtsketi WU XECHXXICP TOOLS TOOLS, nj Bmuerr Hirttin. Best Assorted Stock in tho State Poll lis. at Brown sad Sharp** HwkaalM' tool. an4 BoAt-Bolldn' Hardwai* ndttsaltej Tools. F»rtl«« bnlldlBC nt of town ma kev* mtimmtm m«d« tor eomplM* bill of H«l»ii».bni»ln plao ortr»claca.udwllllMlttotb«*M.«tacttodoM. BuJUan u4 KMbniai nOlBailt tattrtr »C«.*AR*FARDA«O*UTTUDHFC» TOJ ju Mora organac. f, fi. or qulcc POttl* raipys l-^i s. A TOUGH HORSE cited the Tomp liadbeen yrith rheumatism for many He used St. fat money oryel- Skinny lien. Wells' Health Beuewer,—Absolute cure for nervous debility and Weakness of the genera tive fanotions. $1. at druggists. Prepaid by Exp. $1.25. E. S. Wellf, Jertey City, If. J. Don't Die In th* House. Ask Druggists for "Bough on Bats." It clears out rats, niics, roaches, flies, bed-bugs. 15s. To have good broad use Nationcl Ye**t- SacuHl f+vm Jtemat. Winiira J. Coughlln, of Somervflle, Mass., says: In ths fall of 18781 was taken with a noLnra BLSSOINO or rax Luxes followed by a severe cough. I soon began to loss my ap petite and flesh. Was so weak I could not leavs my bed. In ths summer «f lffJI was admitted to ths Hospital. Ths doctors said I had a hole in my lung as big aa half dollar. I was so far gone a report went around that I was dead. I gave up hope, but a friend told ma of DR. WM. HALL'S BALSAM FOR TIIELUKGS. I laughed, thinking my oasS vis Incurable, but I got a bottle io satisfy them, when to my surprise I commenced to feel better. My hope, once dead, began to re vive. write that ilios* afflicted with Difr- »eed Lungs will be Induced to take DR. 1VM. HALL'S BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS, Atdbe convinced timt CONSUMPTION CAB CtTRED. I have taken two bottles and can noaitlvdy say it has done more good than all Itbcr medicines I hare taken tines nj sickness. 6olri by druggists. TTrcle Fein's Serve and* Sons linimsnl II most efiScient in Bbeumatiem, Bruises. Burn% Scratches and many other ills incident to man and beast Sold by all Druggists. Save your Harness by oiling it with Uncle Bsm^e Harness Oil, which will keep it soft and plial la 7his ie the beet Oil ever mads foi leather. Sold by all Harnees Maker*. Uncle Banfs Condition Powder prevent! disease, purifies tbe blood, improves the appe tite, gives a smooth glossy coat, and keeps ih* animal in good condition. All Druggists sell it Do not neglect a Cough or Cold, JSilert's Ex tract of Tar and Wild Cherry is a standard rem edy in all throat, astlimatio and bronchial af fections, and has saved many valuable livea. It never fails te give satisfaction. Sold by a£ Druggitta. Dr. Jaque's Oerman Worm Cakes are an at feclual and safe remedy for worms. They art pleasant to take and not only destroy the worms, but remove all traces of them from the 8} stem, leaving the child healthy and strong. They are warranted to give perfect satisfaction Sold by all Druggists. For Headache, Constipation,Liver Complaint and all bilious derangements of the blood,then i* no remedy ss sure and safe as Eilert'a .Day light Liver Pills Tbey stand unrivalled r» moving bile, toning the stomach, and in giving healthy action to the liver. Sold by all Drug gists. Dr. WinehelTs Teething Syrup has asm fafied to give immediate relief when used in tsiiss ofgminner Complaint, Oholera-infantum or painain the stomach. Mothers when your little darlings are suffering from these or sin- dred causes do not hesitate io give it a trial^oa will enrely be pleased with tbe charming ef fect Be sure to buy Df. Winchell'a Teething Syrnpi Sold by all Druggists, only 2S«sata Mi bottlSL Sample Letter—One Among tbe Bnny. N. P. JTTKCTIOX, Oct, 2, 1881.—a Black ford, Dear Sir: I have need tfl of my medi cine—Dr. Halliday's Blood Purifier, and think I am gettingsdong wtlL My wife uiinks in doing her good and Iwaotyon to mnd $10.00 worth morek Send C. Cl D. hlilisis & /. Kenny, N. P. Junction, kiaa. tiwCincianati JSwgwArr lately publl^i| lust as it appeaww "Aeo^Mia firtwni of sagadty in ths bomcH in the stable of Mr. A Ji Kortli Efa straei. Mr,f,hn»fer» loOf time tkien iti fhe habit of using SfI. JjU.vmi (Mi, tlio^Gffeat Cfcjnnaa Beme^jr^ tensive stables. horses isagreat,p horse. This anit so that that he bottle very well 80 weU,iu foot, tb»t qqedajr recently on Mr. 'T.'s retain from, business, upon entering the stables he caught him licking the sore shoulder ot. a beast which J. stood beside Mm the animal, giving a wise werful Canadiaa'draught al in coane of tiara cafe new the ST. JACOBS OU. /Mi'"'-*™ wM- •If"*-" -V,, survey to his licking work,turned his bead arid caught up with his teeth from the bos used as us feceptable a bottle of Si*. JACOBS OIL? He threw jtlie bottle on the floor with violence enongli to break it, and tlien deliberately tifcked up the ST. JACOBS Oil. nnd applied it'to.tie eat. Readers, we hayo seen the laws of association belied by beings with less sense than Toughman's hoiseu 'iiie word has passed among us, and when we see a man who won't try the Oil, we say,1HeisworaethanToughulan's horse.'" 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