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PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY.
BROOKIIAVEN, : MISSISSIPPI.
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THE OLD CHVRCH BELL.
Bora of the metal and the Are,
They bore me from my raging Hire,
And made me of the city's choir.
Which sings in free air only;
And here since then I've patient hung.
Silent, untouched: but, being swung,
fllrlng my voice with Iron tongue—
Atone, but never lonely.
The hermit of the belfry here,
relied In the upper atmosphere,
1 speak in accent* stem and clear
To all the listening people;
With none my speech to cheek or mar,
Sending my utterances near and far.
With sonorous clang and sudden Jar,
1 shake the slender steeple.
T ring the chimes for the bridal day;
HoH when the dead are borne away;
1 clang when the red flames rise and play
On crackling roof and rafter:
J tell the hours for the steady clock:
1 call to prayers the lwstor's flock;
And back and forth in m.v work 1 rock.
And sink to silence alter.
Here by myself in belfry high.
Peeping through tiara at earth and sky.
And mocking the breezes sweeping by.
And I»ark their kisses flinging;
1 chitne for smiles, I toll for tears,
J herald news and hopes and fears.
As 1 have done for many years.
And never tire of ringing.
Prom place of vantage, looking down
tin yellow lights and shudows brown
Which glint and tint the busy town
With hues that gleam and quiver,
I see within the streets betoa
The human currents crosswise flow.
Eddying, surging to and fro.
An ever-living river.
And when the twilight slowly crawl*
O'er slated roofs and bricken walls.
And darkness on the city falls.
And des s the flags besprinkle,
I watch tiie gloom around me creep,
So dense the sllcttce. dense and deep.
The very highways seem to sleep.
But for the gaslights' twinkle.
Or day or night there meet my gaze
The sloping roofs, the crowded way*,
The meshes of a dreary maze
Where tnen are ever wending;
One day a rest for them inay see—
One day in seven; but as for me.
No time from call of duty free.
My toil is never-ending.
I chime for birth or bridal train:
J toll when souls have burst their chain;
1 clang when lire its ruddy rain
Prom clouds of smoke is flinging;
I chime for smiles, I toll for tears,
J herald news and hopes anil fears.
And so shall do for many years
And never tire of ringing.
—Tliomtu I'Uuu Enutixh, in A\ T. Ledger.
V ROMANCE OF HISTORY.
It was nutting time.
A blooming band of peasant children
had gathered from far and near to have
a merry day amid the nut trees anil
hedges.
1 say children—but girls of fifteen
and lads of eighteen and twenty were
scattered throughout the chattering
group.
The nut harvest was a joyful time to
them.
The voting are always attractive in a
certain way. The undiinmed bright
ness of the eye —the satiny smoothness
of the complexion the happy smiles
hovering around the rosy lips—each
has a beauty to itself: but add to the
youthful face the charm of perfectly
chiseled features, and of lustrous
brown eyes, looking out upon the world
with an innocent wonder at the chang
ing scenes of loveliness so constantly
unfolding themselves before them—
frame it in a mass of shining, wavy
gold of nature’s own crimping—and
poise it u]wn a form so lithe and slen
der in its exquisite grace that Praxi
teles might have chosen it for his
model -and you can form an idea of
Rika Bremer—the acknowledged beauty
of the whole surrounding country.
And there was a romantic story
about her going the rounds.
It was said that no less a personage
than Prinee Eric, the son of the great
and good Gustavus, had been standing
one morning by one of the palaee win
dows to witness a rustic procession,
which had been gotten up in honor of
some important victory, recently won
by his famous father; and, as he' stood
gazing listlessly out, his eyes bright
ened suddenly, and he turned to an at
tendant and whispered a few words
which caused him to hasten away.
When he returned he was not alone—
Rika was with him.
Prinee Erie's beauty-loving eyes had
been attracted by her as she had stood
amid a group of other maidens looking
at the gayly-dressed columns of her
countrymen tiling by.
She, too, was in holiday attire: and
the black velvet jacket, fitting closely to
her slender figure, and adorned with
silver-gilt buttons, brought out so vivid
ly the exquisite fairness of her skin,
with its rose-leaf tints of red upon lips
and cheeks, that she looked like a being
of a different sphere as she stood a mi 3
her mates.
Confused ami blushing, she now
awaited the Prince’s pleasure. She
dared not raise her eyes to his face.
Had she done so she would have been
over)lowered by the earnestness of the
gaze with which he regarded her.
From the moment his eyes rested
upon Rika's faee the world held but one
peerless woman to him.
It mattered not that bis younger
brother, Duke John, was even'then in
another kingdom, wooing for him a
royal bride, upon whose brow rested a
diadem whose splendor far exceeded the
one which he was to inherit upon the
death of his father.
No. In that moment Elizabeth of
England was forgotten. The peasant
maid who stood before him had become
the Queen of his fancy.
•• Thy name, little one?” he asked.
Rika raised her eyestothe handsome,
earnest face, but dropped them timidly
as she met his glance.
‘‘I am Frederika—the forester's
daughter—your Majesty.”
“ Nay, not yet crave I for that title,
maiden. Young blood must have its
vent, and I am glad to know that the
cares of government are not #oon likely
to rest upon my shoulders, broaci
though they may be."
With a smile he glanced at his stal
wart frame, which was acknowledged
to lie one of the finest specimens of
physical comeliness in the country, as
was his face called the handsomest of
any Prince’s in Europe.
Rika courtesied respectfully, but did
not reply.
If the gracious Prince chose thus to
address as an equal one of the humblest
of his father’s subjects, she knew well
her position, and was to the full as
proud of her unsullied innocence and
integrity as the haughtiest maid in the
realm.
Her shy modesty added to her beauty
in Eric's eves.
“Where* livest thou, Frederika?” he
asked, softly; “for I would well like to
send thy father a commission to fell
some trees which much interfere with
the comfort of the King's hunting par
ties in the forest.”
This he said, knowing intuitively
that it would startle Rika to give her
his true reason and say that he intend
ed to start out himself in quest of fairer
and more precious game—which must
be ensnareq in tenderer toils than those
at command of the keenest sportsman
at kia father's court.
After a few wonl* mure he suffered
Rika to go. Rut the sweet memory of
her presence went not with her. It
nestled deep within hia heart.
After this interview, scarcely a week
passed that did not find Enc'a steps
turned in the direction of the forester’s
, cottage.
A glass of milk, from Rika’s own
whits- hands, was the draught most pre
ferred by the royal hunter—although
out of courtesy, he would sometimes ac
cept a mug of mead from the sturdy
ola father.
Matters were in thia stage at the time
our story opens.
The nuts were gathered, and the mer
ry groups had dispersed to their various
homes, with the understanding that
they should meet again the next day
and go together to the palace and dis
use of their treasures.
The next morning found them on
their way, dresses! in their best, as be
came so eventful an occasion in their
usually monotonous lives; for royalty
had such a glamor to uninitiated eyes
that the mere sight of the walls which
shut it in is eagerly coveted.
It was a pretty sight to any one who
might have been stationed at the win
dow, to see that blooming procession of
neatly dressed lads and lasses, as they
wended their way along with many a
merry laugh and jest, until at last they
halted in the great square before the
palace.
But to the watching eyes of the
Prince—who had received a hint of the
coming of the nut-gatherers—there was
but one face worth looking at among
the throng.
“Come,” he said to the courtiers
who were standing near, “let ns go
down to the square in a body and make
the hearts of yon merry rustics even
merrier to-day bv exchanging some j
coins for the nuts they have with them.” .
A Prince’s suggestion never lacks for |
i listeners, nor for followers, and soon !
the rich toilettes of the court people !
were scattered about amidst the. crowd
in the square.
Eric’s steps were turned at once to
wards Rika.
He soon possessed himself of her nuts;
anil after paying for them lavishly in
golden coin, he took from an inner
jiocket a locket and chain, which he
“Wear it for my sake. There is no
one who would look fairer in it. You
ought to be a Queen, little Rika, anti I
will vet make you one.”
Before Rika hail time to realize aught
hut that his words had tilled her heart |
with a bewildering sense of happiness, |
he had gone, his gift alone remaining
to prove that she had not been dream
ing.
But she soon came to her sober
senses.
It was well known that King Gus
tavos had been holding negotiations
with the maiden Queen of England, to !
induce her to bestow her jeweled hand
upon his elder son, and it had reached
Rika's ears.
Such a thing had been known as a
maid of low degree being wooed and
won by a royal suitor. The tale of
Grisel's happiness, and of her woes as
well, was a favorite one among the
folk-stories told around the humble
hearths of the peasantry; and if fate I
had ordained it to happen to her also,
Rika would have been as glad and proud
a maiden as ever the sun had shone on.
But she would listen to no words of love
from one whose hand was as good as
given to another.
Thus she thought as she walked slowly
homeward.
So the next day a little barefooted
boy—the child of a neighboring farmer
—was sent to the palace by Rika with
Prince Eric’s gift, carefully tied up in a
piece of linen cloth cut from the corner
of a web which she herself had woven
from flax raised from the seed, and pre
pared bv her own deft hands.
Could the unconscious trinket have
told Erie that Rika's bright eves had
lingered lovingly and regretfully upon
it, and that she had pressed it to her
lips again and again, it might have les
sened his chagrin in receiving his pres
ent back again.
As it was, it only kindled anew his
determination to win Rika for his own,
be the consequences what they might.
It should not lie said of him that a low
peasant girl had given him, the Crown
Prince of Sweden, such a rebuff.
He threw a large cloak over his rich
court suit, and thus disguised he mount
ed Olaf, his favorite hunter, and hast
ened towards Rika’s home.
Hot anger was contending with his
love for the rustic beauty as he rode
along.
uut niit-u nc «ti ia.M reacneu me oor
ders of the cleared patch of land in the
forest which held the little cottage, had
dismounted from his horse and tied him
to a sapling, and found himself stand
ing at the door, awaiting his answer to
his rap, all was forgotten but the thought
that lie was soon to gaze upon the beau
tiful face which had haunted his fancy
so persistently since fate had first
br ht it before him.
a opened the door and stood for i
an instant in glad surprise, gazing up .
into her lover's face in utter forgetful
ness of the difference in their stations.
“ Ah! little one, thy face for once tells
me all that I wish to know. Thoulovest
me! I see it in those eyes.”
And before Rika had time to retreat
he caught her to his heart and imprint
ed passionate kisses upon her trembling
lips.
She drew herself from his encircling
arms, and stood panting like a fright
ened fawn.
Then she threw herself at his feet,
and, clasping her hands entreatingly,
she said:
“ Oh, most noble Prince, let it not be
put against thy record that innocence
and virtue received no respect at thy
hands! Go, I entreat you! Should my
father return and find thee here, he
would surely first kill me and then kill
himself, in shame and despair! Oh,
go!”
“ I mean thee no harm, Rika. I love
thee; and when one loves he hurts not
the object of that love. To win thee I
will give up my heirship to the crown
to my brother John; and while he wears
the diadem upon his brow I will con
tent myself with lore and happiness
with thee.”
“Not so, noble Eric,” said Rika,
firmly; “if thou wouldst make such a
sacrifice, I, for one, will not be a party
to it. After such a marriage—entailing
as it would, so much loss —love woulu
prove but a transient guest within our
home. Reproaches would drive the fickle
god away. ’
“ Tell me the truth, Rika,” interrupt
ed Eric, with passionate earnestness;
“do you love me?”
“ So well that I would rather die
than know than harm would come to
one so noble through any influence of
mine."
“And yet you refuse to make me
happy?”
“I refuse to work your ruin, noble
Prince. The present is not all of life.
Jut see-the sunlight has already
reached the middle point of year dial*
in tea more minute* my father will be
here. If thou wouldst shield roe from
harm, go."
“I will obey now; but T will no,
promise to give up the hope which lured
me hither. Farewell for a time, most
obdurate maiden."
Then, with a long, lingering, re
gretful look, the Prince turned and de
parted.
Day* and week* pa«.*ed on.
At * last came a time which was to
plunge the nation into mourning. The
good and great Gustavus was stricken
with a mortal illness.
He died and was laid beside his King
ly progenitors, anil Eric was the reign
ing sovereign in Sweden.
Young, impulsive and his own mas
ter, with his heart filled with but one
image, is it to be wondered at that he
suffered no obstacle to delay his union
with the maiden of his love, after the
days of his mourning were fully ac
complished. and that the pretty nut
girl of Sweden became its crowned
Queen?
Search the annals of history, and you
will find the romantic story of the mar
riage on record, adding still anot her folk
tale to those the country maidens tell
over to each other at that witching time
between daylight and starlight, when all
nature is going to rest and young heart s
are attuned to sympathy with all true
lovers.
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The Buy Who Whistles,
“ He trudged along, unknowing what he
sought.
Ami whistled as he went, for want of
thought."
It was probably a memory of his hoy- 1
hood time which prompted Dryden 1
when he linked the jingling lines to
gethcr which head this article, for cer
tainly no man can read them without at.
once catching the whole sentiment of
the couplet.
Because John Dryden, the poet and
dramatist, was buried in Westminister
Abbey and lives in history, it is not im
probable that Johnny Dryden. the boy, i
often whistled his way through the
lanes of Aldwinckle to confess, on j
reaching his home, that he had for- ,
gotten one of the many most important !
articles his mother had sent him after. ;
Boys whistled in the seventeenth cen
tury just a* thev whistle now. In fact
whistling has always been and always j
will be one of the prerogatives of boy- |
hood, and he whose ability to whistle -
lives with him to maturity or old age)
lias always a reserve force with which
to blow aside many of the aches and ills
of a lifetime.
\\ here is the boy who has not had a [
dear companion whose face was no i
more promptly recognized than his
whistle? Every boy lias a memory of
the signal which so often reached his j
cars, and his alone, from the chum who,
knowing that it was against rules and
regulations to be out of disirs at night,
|>ersistently puckered his lips and blew
temptations terrible to resist and not ,
always overcome.
How many a boy has lived, who, per
haps able to whistle in but one fashion,
lias envied his more accomplished friend
who could give the calls in two or three
different ways? What a paragon was
the boy who could perform the act of j
whistling in all known styles!
How we boys used to stare wonder- j
ingly and with admiration as tbecham- i
piou whistled with four lingers filling!
his mouth, with two lingers, with any !
line linger and even with the tliumhand j
in each instance causing a shrill shriek [
loud enough to lie heard half a mile j
away. Then with what a patronizing j
air the champion would sink his skill to ,
indulgence in the ordinary lip-whistle
nr the almost as common and very
sonorous doubled-fist-whistle, to again 1
jump with bewildering brilliancy to that I
chef d" oeuvre of sifflement— the tongue*
and-teeth w'histle.
It is surprising how many are the i
moods indicated unmistakably by a I
boy’s whistle. There is the whistle in j
which the head is held erect, the eyes j
look straight ahead, but at nothing* in !
particular, the lips show the utmost !
muscular contraction, the distended I
cheeks prove total indifference to ap- :
pearanees and the noise, a strain most
monotonous, because it ends in the
wrong place, only to again take up the
first note and give a repetition to the
erratic finale over and over again,
totally oblivious to all surroundings,
riien there is the disconnected whistle,
ioubtful, often false, and generally ac
companied by a slow pace, a hanging
lead and a general indication of regret j
tnd unwillingness to do anvt.himr hut
whistle. Again there is the boy, often '
frown to manhood, who does not know
>ne note from another, yet who insists ■
m whistling constantly, in a hopeless
‘ffort to catch a tune w hich he heard
he band play at the county fair.
Sharps and flats are alike to him, while
Measure is wholly unknown and un
hought of. Perhaps the man and his
vhistle are a bore to a majority of
veople, but it is bread and meat to him.
[t is an unconscious sanitary measure,
loing much to keep lungs and stomach
jn good terms with each other.
Where is the boy who has not often
‘whistled aloud to keep his courage
ip,” while buSy in the attic at some
mischief or slyly in the pantry search
ing out the cake box. How many
wives and mothers now live and love
their boy’s whistling because it re
minds them of the time when they
used to listen for the whistle of the boy
of long ago who now sits over there in
the great arm-chair with spectacles on
his nose, legs crossed and the heel and
toe of the tree boot rocking in time to
the whistling of the young man who,
having mastered a new operatic aria, is
putting on his hat and gloves in the
hallway preparatory to going over to
let his sweetheart know of his 'atest
accomplishment.
It is only among boys that whistling
becomes a‘ fine art, and it is often aston
ishing to observe the perfection which
some of the artists attain. A hundred
boy8 will attend the production of a
new opera, and the next dav fifty of
those boys will be heard whist
ling selections from that opera,
each one having chosen the air which
most pleased him. In this way have
the reputations of song-writers been
made. Fritz Emmett’s “Lullaby,’’
Willian Scanlan's “ Peek-a-Boo,” and
many of the old-time Foster melodies
are notable examples of popular songs,
and the first herald of that popularity
were the boys who whistled the airs
all over the streets of America. Much
of the success of “Pinafore,” “The
Mascotte,” of that oddity “The Turkish
Patrol,” and of numerous other compo
sitions, is directly attributable to the
boy who whistles.—Detroit Free Press.
—Nothing breaks up the capper of a
circus side-show more than to work bis
level best to induce a man with six
children along to go into his tent, and
when the man at last consents, finds he
is a clergyman with a free pass for him
k1| and nis progeny.
HOME, FARM A*l» (lARDETf. ~
—To drive nails into hard wood try
dipping the points in lard.
—Rusks: Take one quart of bread
sponge before mining it in the morning,
(I always start bread at night,) add to
it one cnp of sugar, one egg, one-half
nip of butter, and a little nutmeg. Mix
hard, let rise, then make out Into your
tins, letting them get quite light the
last time.
—Before filling tip vacant places in
the orchard with young trees, it Is best
to think whether the full-grown trees
now standing will not. with good man
uring. bring more fruit than a larger
nundier would. Most of -our orchards
were planted too closely, ami the tree
roots interlace so as to rob each other
of what fertility each should have.
—Although butter alone is nearly in- I
digestible, yet the relish that good but- j
ter imparts to bread makes it more j
healthful than the bread alone would be. J
The human stomach will digest alniost
anything that is eaten with a relish, I
though scarcely anything that is not. I
This is a point which the objectors j
against the use of butter should care- j
fully note.
—Mr. T. Greiner, in the Farm ami
(tardea, says that the easiest and quick
est way to destroy the weeds that gen
erally start about the time when the
potatoes are tip so that the rows can be
seen plainly is by a thorough use ot
harrow or drag. He places great em
phasis upon this, and deems it far more
effective than the cultivator and hoe, at
less expense.
—Western corn-growers persist it. I
planting com after com. The result i* 1
that they have bred a worm which eats i
the roots, ami which lives in the ground i
from year to year. As it is not migra- |
tory, its existence depends on having:
corn planted on the same field in sue- !
cession. Good husbandry, which de- I
manils rotation of crops, will therefore 1
rid farmers of this pest.
—The practice of some of the best
farmers now is to keep pigs through the
summer on green food, cut ami carried
to the pens, with a little grain, and
what milk can lie spared after butter
making. Spring pigs are thus made to
weigh two hundred pounds at seven
months old: and, except in the last
month, they get little grain. The best
time to sell such pigs is at the begin
ning of cold weather, usually in October.
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Luaranteeing Seed Coru.
When a man offers seed corn for sale
and charges a higher price for it than
the regular price of corn, for the reason
that it is seed corn, he is responsible to
the party buying for the loss, if it does
not grow. Ami the only way lie can
absolve himself from this responsibility
is to have it distinctly understood at the
time that the purchaser takes it at his
own risk. And no one should buy seed
corn this year except on conditions well
understood. There will be plenty of
greedy men offering seed corn for sale
without understanding what they are
doing, or being irresponsible for the
damages. Some may think the meas
ure of damage would be refunding the
money paid, or furnishing equal amount
of corn again. This is a limited view of
the ease, if a man sells seed corn and
charges more because it is seed, he is
responsible to the purchaser for the full
amount of the crop he might have
raised but did not on account of the de
fect in seed. If the owner of seed corn
w'ill not guarantee it, then buy only
where it lias been fairly tested, and you
know positively that it is the same corn, I
and that it will grow. Do not make
fools of yourselves in so important a
matter.
As a general thing it is not safe to \
plant corn two years old. The fact that |
it .grew last year is no evidence that it
wul grow this year. It never grows 1
entirely as well as good new seed. And j
yet, after trial this year, if it proves of |
strong vitality it can lie trusted. But |
we warn our farmer friends about being, J
in so important a matter, caught in the j
trap by some sharper who wishes to !
make a speculation in seed corn. There 1
will be enough failures without care- j
lessly adding to the number. Let every ;
person nppoint himself a committee of !
one to see to his own ease, and attend
to it closely, vigilantly. It is an emer- |
gency which will bring out a man's
energy if he has any. Two years ago j
the Northwest lost 300,000,000 bush- J
els of corn from poor seed. And
there is a chance for double that this !
year.—Iowa State Itegister.
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Some Thine* That Science Does Not
Teach.
In scalding a hog, does science teach
that if the water is a little too hot the
hair will not slip, that it is set, and
must be shaved off with a knife? Every
farmer should know these things and j
they must lie taught. l)o any of the '
graduates of any agricultural school !
know that in building a stack of grain
or hay, it must be kept fullest in t he
middle, and well trod flown? Do they
know how to tie up and shock wheat ? |
Do they know how to whet a scythe?
Do they know that if the blade is ,
whetted up and down it will not cut oil
the straw clean, as it should be whetted j
from the heel to the point? Do they !
know how to lengthen or shorten the
plow gear so that the plow will not cut :
too deep or shallow? Do they know i
how to put up a rail fence so that some
of the rails will not project at the corners
to snag the stock? Do they know how
to put up a stone fence so it will stand,
and that the long rocks ought to be put
crosswise the fence to act as braces,
and if this is done it will not tumble by
settling? Do they know how to square
a house? Science teaches them that
the hypothenuseof aright angle triangle !
is equal to the square of the two sides, j
but they have never seen the applica- !
tion of this rule, thus they build a house I
pointing every way but "the right way. i
Experience teaches us that with a ten- j
foot pole a house can be squared in live i
minutes. We measure eight feet on one i
sill and make a notch, six feet on the
other sill and make, a notch. If the i
ten-foot pole just reaches from notch to !
notch that corner is square, th<* other i
three corners treated in the same way j
will be square, and also house.—“ Old
Farmerin Southern Planter.
—The death of Postmaster-General
Howe leaves in active life only three
men who, with him, occupied seats in
the United States Senate when Presi
dent Lincoln called it together in special
session at the outbreak of the war.
They are Senators Anthony and Sher
man and Daniel Clark, United States
District Judge for New Hampshire. Not
more than hall a dozen other members
of that Senate are now living, among
them being Mr. Doolittle, who was then
Mr. Howes colleague. The Vice-Presi
dent, Hannibal Hamlin, and the Chap
lain. Dr. Byron Sunderland, also, yet
survive.
—A NttKfrtit ffl th« University Vrr
mout nim U to become. a raving ma
niac in ine endeavor to find out why, .1?
biennial means onee In two rears, tri
ennial onee in throe years, and bi-week
ly onoo in two weeks, tri-weekly docs
riot mean once iu threw weeks.
——
A Horn, clerk named Briseno,
Stumped his foot out in ’Frisco,
It hurt him like thunder,
But the pain was got under, ^
By 8t. Jacob# Oil rubbed on histoe.
A conductor who lives at Belair,
Got hurt, being thrown on a chair,
They took him away,
But in lass than a day,
St. Jacobs Oil made him all squara.
Thx attorney for a Maryland railroad
which killed a passenger last fall was try
ing to effect a cheap settlement with the
father of the victim, and finally Mid:
"Now, air, was not your son almost dead
with consumption?” "Yes, sir. ‘He
would have died anyhow within a monte?
“Yes, within a fortnight.” “Then, whv
do you demand $1,000 damagon4 W «*iia
the cam U rifcbt ner«. If be had diet! at
home I should have got a $30 coflin, bad a
quiet funeral and put in three hour3 work
cutting com the same afternoon.
Bein; he was killed away from
home and tha news spread around,
we had to keep dressed up for
four days, buy a B*1 coffin, hire a regular
hearse, and feed and lodge over twenty re
lations who hadnoeall to show their noses.
It’s a damage of at least BrlO, and the other
half won’t more’n pay his debts and get a
headstone up.” He got his money.
M*. Jonathan BnwgRS of Blanehester,
O., writes: “ I am 72 years of age. I keep
Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla
always in the house. A dose now and then
makes me fee] like a boy. It gives me a
good appetite and keeps me from having
dyspepsia.”
8m,i is the only frame to hold our
thoughts. It is like the sash of a window;
a heavy sash will obscure the light.— Ed
monds. _ __
Our Progress.
As stages are quickly abandoned with
the completion of railroads, so the huge,
drastic, cathartic pills, composed of crude
and bulky medicines, arc quickly abandon
ed with the introduction of Dr. Pierce’s
“ Pleasant Purgative Pellets,” which are
sugar-coated, and little larger than mus
tard seeds, but composed of highly concen
trated vegetable extracts. By druggists.
Ma William Bush, living in Corsicana,
Texas, recently buried bis wife and four
children In the same grave. They all died
of measles, within two days of each other.
Consumption Cure.
Dr. R. V. Pierce : Dear Sir— Death was
hourly expected by uiyself and friends.
My physicians pronounced my disease con
sumption, and said X must die. I began
taking your “ Discovery” and “ Pellets.” I
have used nine bottles and am wonderfully
relieved. I am now able to ride out.
Elizabeth Thornton, Montongo, Ark.
In Belfast, Me., the wife of the Rev. Mr.
Libby, bed-ridden for two years, announce*
herself as suddenly cured by prayer.
A Druggist’s Story.
Mr. Isaac C. Chapman, Druggist, New
burg, N. Y., writes us: “ I have for the
past ten years sold several gross of Dr.
Wiluam Hall’s Balsam eor the Lungs.
I can say of it what I can not say of any
other medicine. 1 have never heard a cus
tomer speak of it but to praise its virtues in
the highest manner. I have recommended
It in a great many cases of Whooping Cough
with the happiest effects. I have used it in
my own family for many years; in fact,al
ways have a bottle in the medicine closet
ready for use.” _
A Raleigh (N. C.) youth of eighteen la
six feet eight inches in height. As a ham
hanger in a country grocery store he has n»
equal.
“ Yocr Skin Cure is svprrexcellent. It
is fast curing my daughter’s ring worm,
which had spread all over her body.” Mrs.
E. L. D. Merriani, Blue Hill, Mass. Drug
gists keep it, $1 per package.
Let our lives be pure as snow fields,
where olir footsteps leave a mark but not a
stain.—Mine. Swetchine.
“Db. Benson's Celery and Chamomile
Pills, are worth their weight In gold in
nervous and sick headache.”—Dr. H. H.
Schlichter, of Baltimore.
It is well enough for a physician to rec
ommend elephant’s milk to patients, but
the next thing is to secure the address of
a foundry engaged in its manufacture.
The ** Golden Bloom of Youth”
may be retained by using Dr. Pierce's
“ Favorite Prescription,” u specific for “ fe
male complaints.” By druggists.
Character is higher than intellect. A
great soul will be strong to live as to think.
—Emerson.
Hale’s Honey of Ilorehuund and Tar,
To a cold, is like oil on troubled waters.
Pike’s toothache drops cure in one minute.
When credulity comes from the heart it
does no harm to the intellect.—Joubert.
“Brown’s Bronchial Troches" are an ef
fectual Cough Remedy, bold only in boxes.
The Parisian florist says that spring la
the very worst season for selling flowers.
Chrolithion Collars and Cuffs will not
turn yellow nor grow stiff like other water
proof goods.
There is an old Latin proverb which
runs in this way: *, Anger manages every
thing badly.”
Lyon’s Hoel Stiffeners keep new boots and
shoes straight- By shoe and hardware dealers.
Pffmonal!
The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will
send Dr. Dye's Celebrated Electro-Voltaic.
Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for
thirty days to men (young or old) who are af
flicted with nervous debility, lost vitality and
kindred troubles, guaranteeing' speedy and
complete restoration of health and manly
vigor. Address as above. N. 11.—No risk it
Incurred, as thirty days' trial is allowed.
Rheumatism Positively Cured
in the shortest time. Write for free 40-page
pamphlet on rheumatism, to R. K. Helpheu
stiue, Druggist, Washington, D. C,
Farmers, “ Earle’s Seed Dressing” pre
vents ravages of out,-worms on corn and oth
er grain; rust and smut in wheat. See ad.
If your horses have sore shoulders,
scratches, cuts or open sores of any kind,
use Stewart’s Healing Powder.
IPOR PAIN.
CURES
Rheumatism, neuralgia, Sciatica,
Lugibago, Bickicht. Hesdacf.c, Toothcvhe,
lortThrMl. »v* riling. S|irnt^i*, Bralici,
IlHrav Mrwld*. Frost Utica,
APIS ALL OTIIBK ROfHI.Y PAILS A!*D ACKER.
Jsldbj DrugfUt* fMraMir«vs'ber*. lift* CttUl bsttls.
Utrretluin iu 11 Laug
THE i'll \UIALA A. VULEJaEU CO.
("jiw 0 A. VuuBU.fi A CO.) BaHiau r*. ftd., 0. ft. A.
COCCI bV RETURN M4JL-A full drAcrtlXiouO.
I I3I.K. ( Mix'uv » Siv Tailor System of Draw
Olttlmo. D.W.tloody *1x1.81 W.Ptn. Cincinnati, 0.
MaiC’t*l» flop writing paper In UlotrerTablet. with
*a,padar. t. cla. by ma'L Airews wanted.
Economy Panting 0o„ Newbury port, Mlaa.
QL79 A WTEK. $12 a day at home easily made
Jfl UKuntiloutflttree. Andrew true*Co. Augusta. Me
r*qrj?v«i la HU Owi Hows
Til WmI starts awruxlw of Mas. » i WniPP
khdrrAlcest *n. fUimtaaw fl*. mvhkta*. K. 11*
• • During the p*« sli or ervro yearn I hare been so
vi.-aly nfflleied with ktdaey ***** tmtag tateaaa
b-r trachea. dm lama and other aerere aalaa ihrough my
htdjand limb* reach ring aie. «o weak aad praatrMa
k I subnet h waalmiwaHd* forme ft> daaay gartdf
r b .a*, work. I hart bad alao a dot raring of tbo
•■coal, and waa terrtMy dlatreaaed for hrearh. I waa
i try mlw mbk, and completely worn out and dlaeoar
Jjed; I had no ambWoe to nndertakr to do anything,
! 3d barriy audlelrat strength to render f listener do
r'rnM* baring failed lo *nd aay frl > f from 1 he doo.
tor"* pr-serlfltlooe. At Ihk trying rrlnk n Mmd yer
.uaded mo to obtain ahotile of Huai's Hamady, aad
now I rejoice that X followed tbrt friendly advice. for
It acted like a charm k ray ease. After I bad
•ikea a few do a* my health Ngan to Improve, I feU
better every way. The fluttering of the b art, the In
tenae backache* aad terrible shortness of the brealh
speedily disappeared, my at If n ft h and ambition aoon
returned, aadhafon* l bad taken two bottles of Hunt’a
Remedy I waa ewtlrcty well, and able to wi* aad Iron
and do my housework. Once In a while I am troubled
with tbe headache, and at aoon as X am taken I resort
to Horn's Remedy, and a frw dose* Hi nac all right. 1
dial) nf\er be without It In the ftitore. I hare fre
qneatly r-ootnmended Hunt'# Remedy lo my friend*
and Hoy have experlear-d rrllrf from the tlrut
doee. I h-ar lly ivcomroend It to all who are afflicted
with kidney dta< see or dlaeaaea of the Liver, Bladder,
or Urinary organ* 1 think no family should be with
out It. Mae. 8. .1, Wnrrr.
No. 177 Williams St.. Providence, XL L%
Arte l ike a Charms.
••I nava need Hunt's Remedy for Kidney troubles,
and recommended It to other* and alwaya found It to
act like a charm." John Caanagas,
7JS Canon Street, Pittsburgh, Pena.
•• Oratftnde It the memory of tbe heart. "How many
heart memorieseluateraroond Hunt's Remedy In grate
ful households where It hat wrought IIS magic cure!
Spring Suits
$20, $25 AN1) $30,
Equal In every respect to treat merchant
tailor wvrk, anti
One-Third tu One-Half Less In I’riee.
Samples, Rules for Self-Measurement, and
Fashion Plates sent by mail.
a^pwiliimls irql C |l. II. with privilege
of examining before paying,
TH K
Golden Eagle,
S. W. Cor. 5th and Pine,
sr. LOUIS, MO.
D. C. YOUNG, Manager.
ffnp A WEEK in vour own town. Terms anil
J)OD W outfll free. Vdiir'j H.Hallett *Ca..PorUu>d.M(
■ | m gam BVJ Warm Mntr.o.l). anywhere. Whole
H U I Usule & neuil Price list <rm. OundSMliaran
nfUIl l B.C.STHicni-157 Waluuh a,..Oilcaae
t OEUTS W AM t:u for the Net and rwn-at
A Belling Pictorial ItonkjLitnd Bihh-a Price, n;dOced
33 per cent. Mat log at. l’i-Btisuia»Co.,8uLouU.Mo.
ItniHII Itornkla. Hahllferad la M
HwIIIVM hiMdaya N.. |»»y till lured.
V. IVlei Ha. J. hrarMBN,. Lebanon, Libia
IfiCHTC IMTATEoBdCOIMTl’,
HUC.I1 I w I to handle a monopoly " henatar < d
a atcadv Income wlibout requiring any labor Addrcaa
T. II. BarnoLDi * Co., 1037 Chestnut St., Flitla-.fa.
ms&aZSXISBNSSiQjoUn anp not
IJ I WK.AU OPT.
o I nbj watchmaker,. By mail 3oe. Circulars
3ULUt-<. .IS Bind A Co.. 3H IS I-si.. N.Y.
Ill a nrrn AGENT8 to solicit order, tor oar por
ff An I III trails. We make enlarged copiee from
email pictures by new and beautiful m-thoda. Send for
circular. Wilber CopyingCo.,313 N.1th at., St. Loul,, Mo,
CORTiVALIS 2‘SS
Opl'iin A Morphine CTTKK. Man'Ud by Erwin.
Garden 4 Yongiir, Winona, MIm. For sal*- by all
druggist* Send for Circular* k Certificate* of CL'JiAA
BEARD ELTXri /T\
0 (iaLr.lsrJJnr.,.‘;|.4 ra
1 zj&Lxrzsrtm Jm§
i- tan,T»,»r filter. I. tlsalTII*. <l.3...acl..rai.il.a,in.
“ a* Alin C »> halter cannot be
Iwl #% w U O slipped by any horse. Kent
to any part of United 8tatea free, on receipt of SI.
Special discount* »« the trade. Send for price-lixt,
JVC. LlftHTHOriE A ISO., Kocbe* er.N. Y
BliMM MANOIA
llii* water-proof matmal nw«mblt6nn« iMthef.iiQMd
for roofs, outside walls of buildings, and intitU in plaoo
of plaster. Catalogue* U1 U PAY £ PH
sniaplgafree.'Estab.lrt66)W*n*rR V 4 wwi I.J.
Lady AgentsSSSSSSS
and go6<l salary selling Queen City
Skirt and I* tee kin* Supporters, ete.
Sample outfit Free. Adores* Queen
City ftuipeuder €'®.,Cincinaatt.O
t* TEACHERS
Sttidcnl* Young Men ami Lsuih * In a
light pleasant Murin'-** In your own county. Addrtwa
P. W. ZIEGLER 4 CO., Philadelphia or Chicago.
“THE BEST IS CHEAPEST.”
ENGINES. TUDCCUCDC SAW BILLS,
Htnehven •i<nnLOritriO f|»,frHsllfn
(Suited to all section* > Write for »•'■*».*•* Ulus, Pamphlet
and Trices to The Auitman 4 Taylor Co., Mansfield, Ohio.
ng Sncssniic aukucTaiis. H
Nb Kent Cough Syrup. Taste* good, ta
|BQ Use In lime. Hold by dnrgcinfs. U
M - -
A't MCA'AUAjAI
Soda Fountains!
Semi for Catalogue.
CHAPMAN ft CO.,
Madison. Ind._
I
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To buy and sell the WAN1.EM BETAt*
ABLE and BEI.FLOCKINS PILLOW
MAII UOLULKi the moat DURABLE and
SIMPLEST In the market. Sample to any addrras on
receipt of SI. 50. Over 1,000 ao|<: in Cleveland.
LailvArrata Hadltvtry aaleablc. Forlcrma
addroaa KENDALL A <*»., ... _
180 Okimbio snuT. CLEVELAND, O.
■* UtP* *****? ***** t r
r
Memor*. Editor* —
Tha abora la a good l[k#w»*s of Mr* Lydia E Plato
ham. of Lynn. Maw.. a bo abov* all. t bsr human betnga
may ba truth fuBy celled the "Dear Friend of Woman,**
as soma af her «ornwpowdenti love to call her. Bhs
Is saalously devoted to har work, which la tha outcome
of to life study, and la obliged to kaop rft lady
awrt sisals, to help har anawartha large correapondcnco
which daily pours in upon her, each bearing Its special
harden of suffering, or Joy at relearn from it. Her
Vegetable Compound la to medicine for good and not
evil purpose*. I have personally Investigated It totod
am satisfied of tha truth of thta
On account of lte prove* merit*. It fa rot ommaaded
and proscribed by the best phyddans In tha country.
One says i “ It works like a charm and saves much
palm. It wlU cure entirely the worst form of falling
of tha uterus, Loueorrhcaa, Irregular and paimfoi
Menstruation.all Ovarian Trout-las, Inflammation and
Ulceration, Floodings, all Pisplact mrnts and tha cose
Sequent spinal weak ness, and la especially adapted to
the Change of Ufa."
It permeates evefy portion of tha system, and gives
new life and vigor. It removes faiatnevi, flatulency,
destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves weak*
ness of thaidomach. It cures Blntotlng. Headaches,
Nervous Prostration, Gsneral Debility, Hlcepleasnass,
Depression and Indigestion. That feeling of bearing
down, oanslng pain, weight and back* he, Is always
permanently cured by its use. It will at all t imes, and
under all circumstance-, set In harmony with th« law
that governs tha female ryxtem.
It coats only |1. per Lottie or six for $3-, and is sold by
druggists. Any advice required as to special cases, and
the names of many who have been restored to perfect
health by tha use of tha Vegetable Compound, can ba
obtained by addressing lira. 1*., with stamp for reply,
at her home in Lynn, Mass.
For Kidney Complaint of either sax this compound Is
unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show.
** Mr* Pink ham's Liver 1111s,” says one writer, "aro
the best 1m the tcvrld tor the cure of Constipation,
Biliousness and Torpidity of the liver. Her Blood
Purifier works wonders in its special lino and bids fair
to equal the Compound in its popularity.
All must respect her ss an Angel of Mercy whom sola
ambition Is to do good to otherto
Philadelphia. I**. Mrs. A. M. D.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED 1
Cures Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia, Influenza,
Eronchial Difficulties, Bronchitis. Hoarseness,
Asthma. Croup, Whooping Cough, and all Diseases ol
the Breathing Organs. It soothes and heals the Mem*
brane ol the Lungs, inflamed and poisoned by the
disease, and prevents the night sweats and tight*
ness across the chest which accompany it CON*
SUMPTION is not an Incurable malady. HALL'S BAL
SAM will cure you, even though professional aid fails.
EVERY WOMAN
Will appreciate the following
SPLENDID OFFER
FOR SUBSClilBERS
to THE WEEKLY TIMES, which h by far the bes*
offer in nr Pleas-* read onr propoaltl<m carefully
F«»r VI .7fl» we will nend |H>«:-pald to anyone TUB
WEEKLY TIME* one year unJ one art of
SILVl-ir* PLATED
TKA SPOONS,
made by the Fh^fll' ld Plate Company, Sh fflcld,
England, and sold cverywh-re f'rr Sl.&o a act. W*
wamnf tle-ae *p•> n o be worth it*.* amount rep
r »* nied. and If not satisfactory. tin* aubscrllKT maf
r tam tkcaam*. an I we will refund ’h<- money This
fil.ually amount* to getting £3 for SI.?&. Address
THF/nwra. Kanaaa City. Mluour*
DR. STRONG S PILLS
The Old, Well Tried, Wonderful
Health Renewing Remedies.
STRONG’S SANAT1YE PILLS lTP *5 JETS
liver complaint, regulating the bowel*, purifying tha
blood, cleansing from malarial taint. A perfect curs
for*ick headache, constipation and dysp**paia.
STRONG’S PECTORAL PILLS
tion, regularit y oftha bowels. A sure remedy for colds
and rheumatism. A precious boon to ilellcuta
fcmale*t*f>othinga»'d bracing the nervous system, and
rfiving vigor and health to every fibre of the body. Sold
»y Druggists. For Alin mao* and full particulars, ad
dress C. K. II I'LL A C O., Boa «5«.Xe\v York.
What the gr^at re
st oral ive, Host otter's
Stomach Bitter*, will
i do, must be gathered
from what It has
done. It baa effected
radical cure* In thou*
la diof cuaejof dys*
pep* la, bilious dls*
^ orders. Intermittent
rr fever, nervous affee*
p tiona, general dc*
) ' blllty, constipation,
B sick headache, men
tal despondency, and
(he peculiar com*
pla’nts and disabili
ties to which the
feeble arc so subject.
For sale bv all
Dru/gitii and Deal*
•« i.- tirr»lljr
TUC CIILJ IS THE PEOPLE’S
InC 011II NEWSPAPER.
Then* I* no mystery shout Its loves and hates. It fa
for the. honest man against the rogues every time. It
Is for the honest Democrat as against the dishonest Re
publican, and for the honest Republican as against tha
dishonest Democrat. Subscription: Daily (4 pages),
br mall. SAc. a month, or AM).60 a year; SfwdaT
(Bpagt's),®i.*o ijery'ar-.WnKKLY (B pages). 91 per
year. I. W. ENGLAND. Publisher, New York Oaf.
CONSUMPTION.
I have a positive rewtody for the above disease; by its
use thousands of cats* of the worst kind and of long
standing haw hewn cured. Indsetl.so strong is iny faith
in its efficacy, that I will send TWO BOTTLES FREE,
together with a VALUABLE TREATISE on Dus disease,
to any sufTwrer. (live express and P. O. address.
DR. T. A. SLOCUM. ISl P-arl St., New York.
!s Am Emglisii VEtekimarv St-KOEOM AM1> Chemist, now traveling in this country,
says that moat of the Hera* ami Cattle Penders sold here aro worthless trash. He says
n40' ■■ ■ ■■ ■ m m •_ k m m M _ will moke heat
leiMAKE HEWS LAYI3
t
An Open
Secret. j
The fact Is well understood
that the M EX It: A N MUS
TANG LINIMENT is by far
the best external knowu for j
man or beast. The reason
why becomes an “open
secret” when we explain that
“Mustang” penetrates skin,
flesh aud muscle to the very
bone, removing all disease
and soreness. No other lini
ment does this, hence uoue
other is so largely used or
does such worlds or good.
I
I
m™H Gut-Worms!
XAR1F8 SEED DRESSING will kill CutWormain Com
aoU oilier Gram, auiTeau rtJy prevent Smut and Rust In
Wheat, it promote* tne germination of the seed and in
crease* the yivll of the crop. Thi* s«*\l Droning ha*
been in use for the past ten years, sn l is prepared from
the instruction* of an Emfiunt A*qii*ultumi Chemist
Sample package 'for « bushel of seed , tic ; full six®' for
mxa S bushels', it; by n» dl, postage |suL
A/M '-m D. B. BAKER. M. p„ sol*
X X ■ I Manufacturer and rroprietor. i^jjni-y.llL
II WSTITtTTa,
Efl.ahlfoticd. VTi; Tmorpom ed,
Wa For lljf Ci;r* uf C'uncera,
Tuiiom, l Ni roAiiii
ua« of knife or Loaa or Blood, si»1 mile rmn. For
larokWATios, , ineri tui and xkpei .i ii. addnae
M. F. L. POND, Aurora, Kano Co., IU.
WHEN WBTT1MQ TO.' A»V£BTUKBS
ploaae m you law tho advertisement la
this paper. Advert laero like to Itoowyhea
aad where their advert lawman to are papa
US keet.