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that It wu only
swaaieoftlme
awn. aad
toftir
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never Ml well.
STiaed me to try Doans Kid
Within Mtk after* began
vm aa touch batter that
tment
little #wr two
wall. 1haw BOW
of health for mof»
and words can bat
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Spring* Crtfr- Pr«t
Kjrfe Oftfnj writes
a: of tbe Glen
i «M .*«a
•a stow as Crippa. *ihe «Blw
Ah "IM qKbfv" as tin itdnt
•Aairy vwM perhaps Itv* ««M
tki Hp* af 'Isea perwoathaa
Sqalre *%lHNter. U«v ft* Sfith day
of Umttker (ttt 4ajr liter that be-
totb la tlie gioaad alroallr
«am«« p*fM^ beM-«oot, .«r«a totao
radlabfor otur OkthtBM teaMaj upon
ray aonl, ». row of potatoes noror eves
cor keeping oaiootr
"Xmr, awMtar, 'aa &o call to bo as
ma! MOM of thsjr tkiags'U bo a hap
0|«My^NCM. Tho frs«*ll oay swaton
TT^Wnr. I talk.
12,
wo want thntn, are we to dig them
«n mattoeka, peart ^Jr ah^Ml tftkk
heada oxpaet It to titaw to order whan
what Ua
plta*
ar* to
eo«ft
or its
#aatt sritb.
1
aagsgol to ba
the 41aatb of
V
v»»«
torn-
Taatac«, too aUrii lift MM
tt« to of- Ua W»T«d bollj
uM Mke ooTftuM of the *l»-b***
of the narrow laoe fran* BectOer. A bit
art in, aid tbe
Bqaire teew that if be waote&ttwtlil&s
omh* fK«bed oat of U* groond. or any
•*to« ®w l«wt Mott. 4t a»i«fct-w*s
before «wt amitlier charge of doing It
St- ho ttrtde a «ood biMtk\ an^Maioped.
awi taa« and did all bo «»nM to nKiw
who toew hiw too woli, to con
about aar of Kb imD-
Mr g^fflaay
"Tmemues, Tosmosa. yoo any ahy
rhead.
aakl another im inaaaL aha Iritis
Wftb Ua beeroThts apade,
of MSm
••pa "mm tHmtm rn -km thfsa, they
was baea to be 4ri«lat as!"
•qoiro Oglandsr wade as If bo heard
aa tbe
il msm4 i
tbiniaM
beard of hoBies.
hi tbs Wttmm
the «IH lbs
aeAatcly to too
tgki
tP 'l^llg to artnd as if he had no
Kewr
U
aa wrim* nte ia to
baMM U tt«
I waa a Mtde bit
the
aobJ ma IIM
-WWO jpt w* Wj* ®P*|PBra VlBX
Ogiander, %ae«Nr nttlred now
army a»d aU aarfsre, was
warmly derated to tho hearts of peace.
Fnrmfcg. g*nbrfflng breeding,
traiaiag of dogi, and a* on—sU of thsoa
quiet «iflights fell softly oa a.my ae-
t^waar^Mwai
he lorad his mta, aad all Us UMtpU
at knparaeMKt, aaA acihing better thaa
his own mistakes to tash
of ehowtog thhws to Kima who know
eW maa's giaad delight
«f was to aatosMi Ma own dangb
m. Us oaiy dii Qmm Oglsadsr.
This it waa that made bba wartt ao
asd at the praaeat i—t. He was
hams We Utahaa carte*
MORS
Aaftaraf 4.0«NA IMU" -AilCt UR(AMaN|lt.ei(.
fcitw»*!tt» «4(r by the Oim Ms
basse from a visit
CVwIey. X«w that sister,
pewelwl bring
P« Oracle la ttane fur
•"rioet that very day,
ui to dfcsa tlw» with |kw that It
«u aetiM to Ink alive, awl to tukc
««ick ntep of eremhtog.
.atthfc, was harrying np and down the mod &«air* turf some little insight into
ftraight walk of UilMn gaiaea.' a* «*ji and Muii| of tlie vmiktr of
«»ntnjr «wy now and tai to a
*WWNr wy sow and
tfee MiiMMtkaai lie knew is well aa
a akoiMaiM SeM omw that a. less
aa coming. The abarp dry rustle
tqitmed 4mth of holly and Of
ivy, the boiry atoop of the aollen aky.
^.aded mould already
powdery crfopoeas, the
l»mk of the gr**^ and
ghm upon everything.
and the ahyddering rattle in the teeth of
a nan whi&poMd his month to the wind
at all—nUir otb«r rtftngx tlian the«e»
aa well aa, all of heio.
frost w
Bttt th« atnuoge thing. Jn this prep
eat matter, w*s timt Squiro Oglauiler
waa bent not only on digging potr.'oes.
bat also on plaoting thoni, thto my mt.
Foraooth It was one of his fixed dates
to the chronicles of the garden that
p».
of Blay, at the latest And this without
any ignoble reaort to forcing-pit, hotbed,
or eren cold Mine under the pure gase
-3Sa^
MK. OOLAMDBS jB£LD UP TUB BEIGHT WUE.VTH 6P HAllt.
of the sky, by diat time they mast be
ready. But ia the highland* of Oxford
shire this requires aome skill and man-
srrsral
and always
In tho trst place, both poo
and potato suut bo of a kind that is
ready to awake rigiit carly: and then
they auist bo hgnsrsd with a »rety d«ok«
place sod after that they must he
from (he winter'* ragis. If all
"vasto" can be complied a*lto, and
al ^ifs" are.
sojired aright, the gar-
may hope-to got pleasure from his
early #ork.
"Iaaide acd outside, all look sliver*
tho Squire, rttunlng to and fro
•fSrarfe will bo home Miss Grace, I
ataaa, gad aot a bit of ftre ia the draw
HI room grate! No Christmas' twins
tor aay of yon! Now. I dWaot smab
ttat Mary, as you might know. Ivuride,
Qm wosoen and outaide, the m«»—now
llit tola .paper tor, mr dearf
"That there Crippa, sir, hare a seat
ia. he gettJn* ao perrtkolar^
"Qalto right Qrita ri«ht. Buslneas Is
ulaass, No sun «aa be too particular.
-Jft him sit down He waata me to sign
papsr, dees fte? Very w^l toll him
MM next weak. My Angers are
mmpod with tike wind. Tell Cifppe-
lew tat yM.be to each a harry, Mary
OMppe iajaet a aMunryiag taaii."
i- "Aa if 1 would touch him, with a pair
4f toags, Mr! A Bookham to bm a
CMppa, sir! A ma who always smells
«c if be had been a' eombing a horse!"
"Ah, poor Mary, the grapes are astir,
til bachelor Grippe to send to tho bag.
JAad bring me the little truck basket,
fftCary? I dare s*y that wtt bolt
M|^|. *Hay« ft mTV ZMM» ™1U MH
StoZ2s* caLh*6aa £wt to
i^ythm of tW fat* of |^"BJ9rr®w would have been a daj
who waa
n waa to pay a guinea («r
of early Oakieaf potatoea, a
at
Black Tlsrsfl"
Bt'a, tc
be called for by Beckky
**8toy bow," acted the Swore
itak of it we will unpack the
toe brewery, Mary, 'iney bfre
Are tbero all the atoraiftg. Apd it win
to*e making any m*- to here. UIm
tlraco hi eoadag. Mess her heart! Aad
she's gh* it to aw, if she Bads aay dirt.''
*r' y**" Ua^sr Ci^ps
BSver haH^re^^
"Well, we don't waat Cripps. IU
dy waat toe bag. im will feto*
ito tbe brewery, if yoo want to sit with
Crippe. Orippi is tirsdf I dare i
we pmmg mm** 1st* are not it
*. Stop—«all old Tbossas he's the
beat after aO. It 1 waat a thiag
I esass back to tbe eld folk after ait"
*WeQ, air. I ta't thtok yea have aay
awen to aay that.
W WMMit
TfcllBMft
Ml
afcfH^jr
of a«
itec
«W
woaU
aM^I
'.•^P^iPl
#4s.«M*
Im
•mm:
»«t*4N|* Wl Ma
Ml tC
^UW.'* tie
»**a the !.* o* the itod «f aa
hami "»v!a» tbat there wolght
have NMi yo« asight say, to
nnric ar Mil* Sngsr. Kow. wake ao
iW~d« yen fcaow tin rates*!"
"Why. Tfcosws. wo eaaaot expsot to
he ata«ya ao }W*| aa w* wow ost.it
know,"
"Son to do *f It. Last nor Mat
The raisoB He all in the rittela. maie
trr the t4ttola Is fallen fima what th«f
WVI8*
Thorn** you gire no peace with
l«kr Tktuh. Im must groan to the
cook, not to me, about them. Now cut
the aprd. Why, what has Grippe been
abontr
The bag was made of stont gray can
ran, not ao thick as aacauug, and as
the fcresase of the neck began to open,
ander the slackening cord, three or four
tod staripes were shown, such as are
sometimes to be found in the neck of a
leather mail bag, when the postmaster
has been in a hurry, and dropped his
vqtix too plenteously. But the stripes in
tlftae creases Were hot fry and brittle,
a# of run aiialing *0. but clammy and
temp, a« If soma thick fluid had oooed
from dripping iagerc.
"I don't like the look of It," cried
th% old Squire "Cripps should be more
careful, lie has left the bag down at
his brother the butcher"s. I am sure
they never sent it out like this.' Not that
1 am of a squefltafah order, but still—
«"t i -r
With scarcely time for his cheeks to
blanch, or his firm old hands to tremble,
Squire Oglandcr took from the mouth
of the sack a coil of long, bright golden
hair. The brown Hhnde of the potatoes
beneath it set off its glistening beauty,
lie knew it at a glance there was ao
such linir in all Oxfordshire but his
Grade'*. A piece of paper Waa rough
ly twinted iu and out the shining wreath.
This he spread ia the hollow of his palm,
and then put on hi* spectacle*, and read
by the waning light these words, "All
yuo will ever fse of her,''
CHAPTER III,
Worth OgSnuder, now in his seventieth
year, although be might be a trifle fst.
was a truly hale and sctire man. His
limbs were as eoujpl aa his conacience:
and he waa well coutent with his life and
ager He had son a gocd deal of the
wool and of enemies, in the stirring
times of wsr. But no wrong lay in the
bottom of his hoaM, HO' harm erer done
to any one, except that he had killed a
tow Frenchmen, peHinpi, as all English
men used to bo forced to do.
"Whoever has played this trick with
at*,'' said tbe Squire, as' soon as IM
gmrmd hlmnelf, "ia. I to-say the least
of it, a blackcaurd. JJycn for a Christ
mas joke, it is carrying things a great
$*al too far.'' I have plnyed, and fceen
played, many practical jokea, when there
Whs'nothing else to do. But this is be
yond—Thomas, run and fetch Cripps. I
will get to,the bottop of. thia. I am ro
eolved,"
In a mhinta o» two .Master Cripps
came in. His facts, was a little flushed,
from the power Of ttife' cdmplhnenta naid
to Mary, bM'his ejna wtere qnite firm.
"Scrtant, air," he aftid, touching his
forelock, nearly 6i the Color of clover
hay "all bonreet, I hope, Squire, safe
and sound and in good condition. That's
bow I dearer all goods."
'Tell mm the moaning of this." As he
spoke Mr. Oglandcr held up the bright
wreath of hair and poteted to the red
stains on the sack. CHp^k as behooved
i tdow-ittinded man. *t*rtij, at the hair,
and the bag, and the ftqnlre, the roof
of the brewery, and all the tubs, and
then begai* feeling iu bk bat for orders.
"Crlpi'*, are you diit&h ore you tipsy,
or what? Or are you too much ashamed
of yourselfY"
ain't done naught for to be oshamed
of—me, nor aiy father avooro me.'
"Then will you tell my. what this
kmu? Are you going to keep ms Mil
night?"
"Squire, I never, I never see'd 'un. I
know no more than a sto-un. I know no
more than tho dead, I do."
"Where »td you get the bag? Was
It like thisf Who gave if to yoo? Have
yon let it ont of sight Did you see
anybody come nesr Itf
"Squire, I can't teli'e such a many
things. They heft np the barg to ma
at the 'Black Horse.' where the bargs is
always left for yon. I took no heed
oi 'nn, oat of common. And no on* have
titched him aince, but me."
(To be eoattettsd.)
l»- 4
CaasiM to VasdaL
A peculiar alteration made by the
f«rin« has been muck talked about
and erttlcbMd to St Petersburg. She
baa bad the study of Alexander II.,
which op to now baa been preserved
untouched, turned Into a bathroom. Ia
this BOMB Alexander II. signed the
manlfeeto which abolished serfdom la
ftosela, god thus gave liberty to 23,
000,000 of big subjects. "However
tone I may Br* I shall never be able
to do a better deed," Alexander said
when be bad ginned it. He expressed
the wish that tbe room should reaaala
just aa it waa. For forty yeara nobody
touched this sacred spot Bat now,
bp order of the Csaritu, all tbe doe*
asento and historical records hare beea
pat into a loraber room. The Imperial
Library ia St. Petersburg baa taken
atope to have at least 'the historical
documents saved.—Sew York Commer
cial Advertiser.
An Exceptional Cm*.
Nell—Doea be realty tore yon aa
much?
Belie—Well, be says he'd rather
•nij* love to we than eat.
hll—Oh, any man would say that
Belle—Yes, bat yom don't know how
£oad of eating he to.—New York
Ttotoa.
'oz&M
ha
early
do
out? CyaVcaa WtU, if a
until be waa really old
to gat auurrled ha waoMWV-rhilaM
The Jewish oath bill, sevcral tlmes
parsed by the Commons, was thrown
out by tbe House of Lords.
About 500 Indians held a councilsof
war at the mouth of the Wabasb.
Emanuel liaa founded the first trad
ing post in Nebraska, at Bellevue.
New Hampshire1 passed a law divid
ing Its towns into school dtotricts.
The United States government waa
negotiating for 2,000,000 acres of In
dian land west of tbe Wabash, oppo
aite Vinceunes.
Tbe Spanish consul at Philadelphia
informed the merchants of the United
States timt the port of St Augustine,
Fla., waa opened for importation of
provisions.
Russian troops were assembling at
Corfu and adjacent islands.
Seveaty-Ave Years Ago.
Uprisings in Belgium were daily oc
currences, the country being on tbe
verge of a revolution.
The Legislature of Georgia annulled
all laws made by Cherokee Indians.
The State road from £ake Michigan
to Madison, on the Ohio, was begun.
Tho parish prison at New Orleans
was erected at a cost of $200,000.
East Tennessee was swept by a cy
clone.
Work was begun by the surveyors
for the laying out of the city of Chi
cato.
France addreosed its ultimatum to
the Dey of Algiers, demanding a pub
lic reparation and 116,000,000 indemni
ty for the expenses of the war.
Fifty Yeara Ag&
Butler University at Irvington, Ind.,
was,opened.
Charlotte Bronte, the English novel
tot died.
England signed' a treaty of peace
with Mohammed of Cabal, India.
Sir George Gore left St Louis with
fortj' men to explore tbe bead waters
of the Powder River In Montana.
The bronze equestrian statue of Gen
eral Jackaoi^was unveiled in the Place
d'Armes, New Orleans.
Four sons of John Brown, abolition'
1st, settled on the Pottawatomie River,
eight miles from Osawatomie, Ark.
Was election day in Kansas and the
polls were invaded by "emigrants"
faom Missouri, who carried the State.
Forty Yeara Ago.
Sheridan overtook Lee's army at
Sailor's Creek and defeated it after a
day's fighting.
A new stringent tariff law went into
operation.
Richmond and Petersburg wee
evacuated by tbe Confederates and oc
cupied by Union forces.
Poace rumors based on President
Lincoln's visit to the army at City
Point were telegraphed over the
North.
The Wisconsin Legislature memoral
tesd tbe Postofftce Department to es
tablish railway distributing stations la
that State.
Municipal elections hokl in many
cities throughout tbe North showed
great strength of the Union party.
Dispatches from President Lincoln
at City Point announced that tike
Union army, after three days' fighting,
succeeded in breaking tbe Confederate
center at Petersburg and flanking Lea
on tbe left
Thirty Yeara Ag»
Tlie Illinois Legislature passed the
municipal incorporation act.
Charles R. IngersoU, Democrat, was
elected Governor of Connecticut
19m monument to Cbe tote Emperor
Maximilian at Trieet, Austria, was un
veiled.
Through a telegraph operator's blun
der two trains came together at Bur
Ungton, Iowa, killing several and in
juring many persons.
Archbishop Manning was created a
cardinal, the ceremony taking placo
before many English and American
pilgrims at Rome.
Tbe Pope Issued an encyclical re
newing the envmimnni ration of tbe
rid Catholics of HwlUertand.
Henry Wan! Bcecher began bis tes
timony in his own defense In tin
Brooklyn court which was bearing tfce
Tiiton-Bcccher case.
fwwtjr Yeara Afo.
The Brittab force* under General
Gtwharn captured and burned toe Arab
village Tama 1.
General Grant's condition was such
that the end appeared to be near.
A Cabinet meeting decided that
while this nation waa not concerned
with tbe internal affairs of Colombia,
Oms ia a etata of revolution, it waa
raapoaaibte for free and ua Interrupted
toanait acroas the istbrnva
«st
DYSPEPSIA YIELDS
MM A
Par T*» YsacsVfeatfcali ••Wwh—A IMm
pw«tT» lam TrUxl l» Chwil IUmsm.
wrsatoeeat That
Allsnfforers from weakness or dims
(tors at tbe digestive orggna will read
with lively (aforest ins amy of the oom«
piste recovery af Mrs. Nottlls Darvong
froat ohrouio dykpepsia wbiob waa
thought to be incurable.
To be ailing for slue years is not a
very pleasant experienoe," said Mrs.
Darvoax, when asked tar aome aooounl
of her illness. For two years I waa
oritically ill aad oould not attend to my
booselioid duttos, and at oue time I was
so weak and miserable that I opdld uot
even walk. My trouble was ohrouio dys
pepsia. became extremely thin and
had a sallow complexion. I bad no ap
petite and oonld not take any food with*
out suffering great distress."
Did you have a physician?"
Yes, I toolt medicine from a dosea
different doctors, but without getting
any benefit whatever."
How did you get on the track of a
oure?"
"A book about Dr.Williams'Pinlc Pills
was thrown in our doorway one day.
My husband picked it up and read 11
through carefully, Ho was so impressed
by the statements of those who had beea
cured by that remedy that he imme
diately bought three boxes of the pills
and insisted on my taking them."
Did they help you at onoe?"
I began to feel bettor tbe second day
after I started to use the pills and by the
ttme I had taken the three boxes I was
entirely well. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
can enre even when doctors fail, and
they cure thoroughly, for a long time
has passed since my restoration to health
and I know it is complete and lasting."
The sarest way to make sound diges
tion is to give strength to the organs con
cerned. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills givs
new vigor to the blood. No other rem
edy yields snoh radical results.
Mrs. Darvoux lives at No. 497 Sixth
street, Detroit, Mich. Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills are sold by all druggists in
every part of the world. Dyspeptics
should send to the Dr. Williams Med
icine Company, Schenectady. N. Y., for
a new booklet entitled What to Eal
and How to Eat."
Acted tbe Part
Tess—Yes, Mr. Crabbe called to aes
me last evening. I think he's very
nice.
Miss Chellus—What! He's a perfect
bear.
Tess—Isn't he, though? No matter
how often I threaten to scream bs
Wouldn't stop.—Philadelphia Press.
Macaroni Wtcat
Salser's strain of this Wheat ia the kind
which laugh* at droughts and the ele
ments and positively mocks Black Bust,
that terrible acorchf
It's sure of yielding 80 bushels of finest
Wheat the ran shinea on per acre on eood
III., Ia., Mifcb., Wis., O., Pa., Mo., Neb.
landa and 40 to 60 baahels oi arid lands!
No rust, no insects, ao fsilara. Catalog
tells sil about it.
Making a £lo*e Distinction.
Benevolent Party—Young man, I'm
sorry to see you thus idling away the
golden hours of youth. Every time I
look out of my parlor window I see
you sitting on this fire hydrant.
The Young Man—What's th' matter
with you? What ate you givin'
me? I ain't idle when I'm doln' noth
ing. I'm a sower inspector.—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
itiaflMSS Cnut Cwrsa
sy local applications, ss they cannot rsaeh Ota
diseased portion at the cai. There Is only one
«ay to cure Deafnesa, and that la by constitu
tional mnedlss. Deafness Is caused by an in
Darned condition of tbe mucous Uning at the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets Inflamed
rati have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing. sad when ir to entirely closed l)eaae«s is
the result, and unless tka Infiammatka oaa be
taken out sad this tube ratored to its normal
eeodiOoa. bearing will be destroyed forersr
alas eases out of tea sre caused by Catarrh,
which is iothtog but si tallsmed eeadUtoaS
the nweous wrtaeea.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for aas
eass ot Deimeas (caused by catarrh) that csbbm
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Bend (or el*
tntan trot.
r. J. CHEKgY *CO, Tolade, a
*eM by DrusxUt*. Tie.
•all's fsBlTy Fills an lbs bsst
A new benklag system, which enables
persoas to make deposits of 25 cents and
upward, interest bsing allowed when the
amount reaches $6, was adopted by tbe
National Bank of Ireland on Dec. 28.
The bank has several branches in Loa*
don.
Tbe Beat Shampoo for the Hair..
Many shampoos are recommended for
the hair, as egg, bicarbonate of sods,
ammonia, etc. While these may ba good,
their indiscriminate use Is injurious. The
only thing that oaa be prescribed for all
is good, pare soap and plenty of wster.'
Use Ivory sosp and dissolve it in the
water instead of rebbtogonjhe Jmlr
"Yon are an authority on history, I be
•ever
"No," replied the scholar, sadly. "I
ased to be before I begs a reading his
torical novels."—Chicago Peat.
Ask Toarltoaler far Atlesi'e VOet Kmos
A p-*wd«r. It mas tbe feet. Cures Chil
eans, BbsLobs. Rvellen. Sere, Cal-«.-x
A iw
btalna, _«,
Jfelsi. AIIea% Voot-Kaae makes new or
tight shoes easy. At ail Druggists and She*
aeoatitute. Sam
ple mailed IEEK. Ulrsss Allea g.
Wed. Le Bey, M. t.
THSeaatt Trsm.
-flaegar never catches files,"
So the proverb msker wrote
Aad sugarless candidates, likewise
Kali to catch the floattog vote.
Oapltai worsted ia aa, rata aa
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JUST RKKT 10c AND THIS JT0TICX
to the John A. Salser Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis., and they will send you free a sample
of tliis Wheat and other farm seeds, to
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