Pike County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 43, Petersburg, Pike County, 5 March 1885 — Page 3

PIKE COUNTY DEMOCRAT. Published Every Thursday. PETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA.

THE CITY WAIF. Weary and pale, little eh'ld Stole softly through the dreary street. And evermore he faintly smiled, As some chiM-faney, quaint and sweet. Thrilled his young heart with wondrous bliss. Holy and calm as angel’s kiss. More eagerly his little feet Sped o or rough stones and reeking flags. As wind and rain in fury beat On naked limbs and scanty rags, While shone a ray of Heavenly (trace Bound prayer-clasped hands and wistful face. ’Tis true the world had been unkind. That hunger, cold and cruel blows Had been his lot—he did not mind The brimming eup of earthly woes, ijince he had heard the "Preacher” tell T)f that bright land where angels dwell. Neath ragged cap, weird locks of brown Strayed o’er wan cheek anil mournful brow. He sighed: “O for an angel’s crown. To clasp these throbbing temples now!” Then sought with dim appealing eyes Some token in the frowning skies. A pitying hand was kindly laid Upon his head. With cheek aglow. He trembling shrank, as if afraid Of brutal curse or sudden blew; For pitying glance or kindly tone His wretched life had seldom known. '■ Nay; do not turn away, poor child! But tell me where thy home may bo? The hour is late, the night is wild. Some anxious mother waits for thee. From her fond care no longer roam.” -Nay, sir,” he cried^ “ Heaven is my home! ‘‘{I see Its fields of shining light. As ’neath some dripping arch I creep; And In that land so calm and bright The little children never weep; But evermore they sweetly rest Close to their Heavenly Father S breast! ■ They never hear fierce curses there (0 sir, the ‘ Preacher’told us so); And each a lovely robe may wear, Who love ‘ OurFather’ here below. It must be true, for X have seen In happy dreams their silvery sheen!” Tears trembled In the strong man’s eyes; He sighed: “Earth’s dearest gifts are mine! *Thy treasure lives beyond the skies; O for such simple faith as thine!” More faintly rose that childish prayer: “ Heaveu is my home; oh, take me there!” my home!”—Saint Paul’s old “ Heaven bell Tolled from afar the midnight hour; A quivering ray of moonlight fell On prayer-clasped hands, while Pomp and Power Slept calmly on. Why should they hear The songs of angels hovering near? A pitying God alone could see That upward glance of rapt delight— The spirit struggling to be free, And then that spirit’s Heavenward flight! But in the Morning News they read— “A little city waif found dead.” * —Fanny Forrester, in Chambers’ Journal. THE QUANDONG STONE. How Its Long-Kept Secret Was at Last Disclosed. “Steward,” exclaimed the chief-6fti per ot the American bark Decatur, Iv ing just then in Table Bay, into whin she had put on her long voy age to Am tralia for the purpose of obtaining wate and fresh provisions—“the skipper’ sent word off that ‘ there’s two passen gers coming on board for Melbonrm bo look spry and get - those after-berth ready, or I guess the “old man” v straighten you up when he eorne along.” Soon afterwards the “old man” an his passengers put in an appearance i the bark s cutter; the anchor, shoi since sunrise, was hove up to the cal heads, topsails sheeted home, and, dip ping the “stars and bars” to the sm rounding shipping, the Decatur again after her brief rest, set forth on he .ocean travel. -f John Leslie and Francis Drury ha been perfect strangers to ene&other & their lives long till -within the last fei hours; and now, with the frank conk dence begotten of youth and health each knew more of the other, his fail iures and successes, than perhaps, ut der ordinary circumstances, he woul have learned in a twelvemonth. were comparatively young men; Drui Australian born, a native of Victor and one of those roving spirits -meets with sometimes, who seem have, and care to have, no pierman Elace on earth’s surface, the wande.ry. aving entered into their very soi and taken full possession thereof. 1 kind of man whom we are not s prised at hearing of to-day upon banks of the Fly River; in a few mon more in the interior of Tibet; again the track of Stanley, or with Gordor Khartoum. I So it had been with Francis Dru ever seeking after fortune in the w places of the world; in quest, so of in vain, of a phautasmal Fldoradi lured on, ever on, by visions of w the unknown contained. Ghauts w and rocky had re-cchoed the report his rifle; his footsteps had fallen ligh on the pavements of the ruined cil of Montezuma, sombre and stately the primeval forest which hid them; a his skiff had cleft the bright South' fivers that Waterton loved so well Explore, but gone farther than ever naturalist, adventurous and daring he, too,was, had ever been. At leng as he laughing fpld his friend, forti had, on the diamond fields of Klipdr smiled upon him, with a measu: smile, -’twas true, but still a smile; s now, after an absence of some yet he had taken- the opportune chance a passage in the Decatur, and was home to see his mother andl sister; fr whom he had not heard for nearly t

Leslie was rather a con trast to the other, being as quiet and thoughtful as Drury was full of life and spirits, and had been trying his hand at sheep-farm-ing in Cape Colony, but with rather scanty results; in facf, having sunk raosfe. of his original capital, he was now taking with him to Australia very little but his African experience. A strong friendship between these two was the result of but a few days’ intimacy, during which time, however, as they were the only nassengers, they naturally saw a great deal of each other; so it came to pass that Leslie heard all about his friend’s sister— golden-haired Margaret Drurv; and often, as in the middle watches he paced the deck alone, he conjured up visions to himself, smiling the while, of what this girl, of whom her brother spoke so lovingly and proudly, and in whom he had such steadfast faith as a woman amongst wofnen could be like. The Decatur was now, with a strong westerly wind behind her, fast approaching the latitude of that miserable mid-oceanic rock known as the Island of 1st. Paul, when suddenly a serious mishap occurred. The ship was “running heavy'” under her fore and main topsails and a fore topmast staysail, the breeze having increased to a stiff gale, which had brought up a very heavy sea; when somehow—for these things, even at a Board of Trade inquiry, seldom do get clearly explained—one of the two men at the wheel, or both of them perhaps, let the vessel “broach-to,” paying the penalty of their carelessness by taking their departure firom her for ever, in company with binnacle, skylights, hencoops, etc., and a huge wave which swept the Decatur fore and aft, from her taffrail to the heel of her bowsprit, washing at the same time poor Francis Drury, who happened to be standing under the break of the poop, up and down amongst loose spars, underheath the iron-bound windlass, dashing him pitilessly against wood and iron, here, there, and everywhere, like a broken reed; till when at last, dragged by Leslie out of the rolling, seething

water on the maindeck, the roving, eager spirit seemed at last to have found rest; and his friend, as he smoothed the long fair hair from off the blood-stained forehead, mourned for him aa for a younger brother. The unfortunate man was speedilyascertained to be nothing but a mass of fractures and terrible bruises, such as no human frame under any circumstances could have survived; ' and well the sufferer knew it; for in a brief interval of consciousness, in a moment’s respite from awful agony, he managed to draw something from around his neck, which handing to his friend in the semidarkness of the little cabin, whilst above them the gale roared and shrieked, officers and men shouted and swore, and the timbers of the old Decatur groaned and creaked like sentient things—he whispered so low that the other had to bend close to the poor disfigured face to hear it; “For Mother and Maggie; I was going to tell vou about—it, and Good-bye!” .and then .with 6ne convulsive shudder, and with the dark blue eyes still gazing imploringly up to those of Ws friend, his

spirit took its flight. The gale has abated, the courses are clewed up, topsails thrown aback and the starry flag flies half-mast high, as they “commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption; looking for the resurrection of the body, when the sea shall give up her dead. A sudden, shooting plunge into the sparkling water, and Francis Drury’* place on earth will know him no more. Gone is the gallant spirit, stilled the eager heart forever, and Leslie’s tears fall tluck and heavy—no one there deeming them shame to his manhood—as the bellying canvas urges the ship swiftly ODward on her course. Only a Quandong stone, of rather unusual size, covered with little silver knobs or studs, and to one end of which was attached a stout silver chain. Leslie, as he turned it over and over in his hand, thinking sadly enough of its late owner, wondered much what he had been about torcommunieate when Death so relentless stepped in. The value of the thing as an ornament was but a trifle, and to try as he might, Leslie could find no indication that there was aught but met the eye; a simple Australian wild-peach stone converted into a trifle, rather ugly than otherwise, as is the case with so many so-called curios. Still, as his friend’s last thought and charge, it was sacred in his sight; and putting it carefully away, he determined on lauding at Melbourne, now so near, to make it his first care to find out Drury’s mother and his sister. “Drury, Drury! Let me see! Yes; of course. Mother and daughter, brother, too, sometimes; rather a wild young4fellow; always ‘on the go’ somewhere or other, you know. Yes; they used to live here; but they’ve been gone this long time; and where to is more than Lean tell you; or I think any liody else about here" either. ” So spake the present tenant of “Acacia Cottage, St. Kilda,” in response to Leslie’s inquiries at the address, to obtain which he had overhauled the effects of the dead man, finding it at the commencement of a two-year-old letter from his mother, directed to “Algoa Bay;” finding, besides, some receipts of diamonds sold at Cape Town, and a letter of credit on a Melbourne bank for live hundred pounds; probably, so Leslie thought to himself, that “measured smile” of which the poor fellow had laughingly spoken to him in the earlier days of their brief companionship. The above was the sum-total of the information he could ever—after many persistent efforts, includingVa fruitless trip to Hobart—obtain of the family or their whereabouts; so, depositing the five hundred pounds at one of the principal banking institutions, and inserting an advertisement in the Age and Argus, Leslie having but little spare cash, and his own fortune lying still in deepest shadow, reluctantly, for a time at least, as he promised himself, abandoned the quest. Kaloola was one of the prettiest pastoral homesteads in the northwestern distract of Victoria; and its owner, as one evening he sat in the broad veranda, and saw on every side, far as the eye could reach, land and stock all calling him master, felt that the years that had passed since-the old Decatur dropped her anchdr in Port Phillip had not passed away altogether .in vain; and although omnious wrinkles began to appear about the eorners of John Leslie’s eyes, and gray hairs about his temples, the man’s heart was fresh and unseared as when, on a certain day twelve long years ago, he had shed bitter tears over the ocean grave of his friend. Vainly throughout these latter years had he endeavored to find some traces of the Drnrys. The deposit in the Bank of Australasia had remained untouched, and had by now swollen to a very respectable sum, indeed. Advertisements in nearly every metropolitan and provincial newspaper were equally without result; even “private inquiry’’ agents, employed at no small cost, confessed themselves at fault. Many a hard fight with fortune had John Leslie encountered before he achieved success; but through it all, good times and bad. he had never forgotten the dying bequest left to him on that dark and stormy morning in the Southern Ocean; and now, as rising and going to his desk he took out the Quandong stone, and turning it over and over, as though trying once again to finish those last dying words left unfinished so many years ago, his thoughts fled back along memory’s, unforgotten vale, and a strong presentiment seemed to impel him not to leave the trinket behind,-for the successful squatter was on the eve of a trip to “the Old Country,” and this was his last day at Kaloola; so, detaching the stone from its chain, he screwed it securely to his watch-guard, and in a few hours more had bidden

adieu to Kaloola for some time to come?. It was evening on the Marine Parade at Brighton, and a.crowd of fashionably dressed people were walking up and down, or sitting listening to the music of the band. Amongst these latter was our old friend John Leslie, who had been in England some three or four months, and now seemed absorbed in tlm sweet strains of Urich’s “Goodnight, my Love,’’ which the musicians were closing their evening’s selection; hut in reality his thoughts were far away across the ocean, ,in the land of his adoption; and few dreamed that the sun-browned, long-bearded,middle-aged gentleman, clothed more in accordance with ideas of comfort than of fashion, and who sat there so quietly every evening, could, had it so pleased him, have bought up half the gay loungers who passed and repassed him with many a quizzical srlanee at the loose attire in such striking contrast to the British fashion of the day. Truth to tell, Leslie, was beginning to long for the far-spreading plains of his Australian home once more; his was a quiet, thoughtful nature, unfitted for the gay scenes in which he had lately found himself a passive actor, and ho was—save one sister, married years ago, and now with her husband in Bermuda —alone in the world; and he thinks rather sadly, perhaps, as he walks slowly back through the Crowd of fashionables to the imperial, where he is staying: “And alone most likely to the end.’” "He had not been in his room many minutes before there came a knock at the door; and, scarcely waiting for answer, in darted a very red-faced, very stout and apparently very flurried old gentleman, who, setting his gold eyeglasses firmly on his nose, at once began: “Er—ah, Mr. Leslie, I believe? Got your number from the porter, yon

see -great rascal, by the way, that porter; always looks as it he wanted something, yon know—then the visitors’ book, and so. Yes; it’s all right so far. There's the thing nowf" glancing at the old Qnandong stone which still hong at Leslie’s watch-chain. ‘T’—. he went on—“that is, my name is Raby, Colonel Baby, and-Dear me, yes; must apologize, onght to have done that at tirst, for intrusion, and all that kind of thing; but really, you see”- And here the old gentleman paused, fairly for want of breath, his purple cheeks expanding and contracting, wnilst, instead of words, he emitted a • series of little puffs; and John, whilst asking him to take a seat, entertained rather strong doubts of his visitor’s sanity. “Now,” said he at length, when he perceived signs that the Colonel was about to recommence, “kindly let me know in what way I can be of use to vou.” “ Bother take the women! ” ejaculated the visitor, as he recovered his breath again. “But you see, Mr. Leslie, it was all through my niece. * She caught sight of that, thing—funnylooking thing, too—on your chain whilst we were on the Parade this evening, and nearly fainted away—she did, sir, I do assure you, in Mrs. Raby’s arms, too, sir; and if Jt had not got a cup of water from the drinking fountain. and poured it over her head, there would most likely have been a bit of a scene, sir, and then-We are staying in this house, you know. We saw you come in just behind us; and. so—of course it’s all nonsense, but the fact _

“Excuse me,” interrupted Leslie, who was growing-impatient; “but may I ask the name of the lady—vour niece, I mean?” “My niece, sir,” replied the Colonel rather ruffled at being cut short, “is known as Miss Margaret Drury; and if you will only have the kindness to convince her as to the utter absurdity of an idea which she somehow entertains that that affair, charm, trinket, or whatever you may call it, once belonged to a brother of hers, 1 shall be extremely obliged to you, for really ”—relapsing again—“ when the women once get hold of a fad of the kind, a man's peace ds clean gone, sir, I do assure you.” “I am not quite dure,” remarked Leslie, smiling, “that in this case at least it will turn out to be a “fad.” How I became possessed of this stone, which I have every reason to} believe once belonged to her brother, and which, through long years, I lijave held in trust for her and her mother^ is quite capable of explanation, sad though the story may be. So, sir, I shall be very pleased to wait on Miss Drury as soon as may be convenient to her. | A tall, dark-robed figure, beyond the first bloom of maidenhood, but still passing fair to look ! upon, rose on Leslie’s entrance; and he recognised at a glance the long golden hair, and calm eyes of deepest blue, of poor Drury’s bft-repeated description. Many a sob escaped his auditor as In feelingly related his sad story. “Poor Franeie,” she said at last— “poor, dear Franeie! And this is the old Quandong locket I gave him as a parting gift, when he left for those terrible diamond fields! A lock of my hair was in it. Hut how grange it seems that through all these [ years you haye never discovered the secret of opening it. See!” and with a push on one of the stud-heads and a twist on another, a short, stout silver pin drew opt, and one ha’f of the nut slipped • off, disclosing to the astonished gaze of the pair, nestling in a thick lock of golden threads finer than the finest silk, a beautiful diamond, uncut, but still, even to the luipracticed eyes ;of Leslie, of great value. This, then, was the secret of the Quandong stone,-kept so faithfully for so long a time. This was what that dying friend and brother had tried, but tried in vain, with his, lhst breath to disclose. It was little wonder that Leslie's inquiries and advertisements had been ineffectual, for about the time Drury had received his last letter from home, the bank in which was the widow’s modest capital failed, and mother and daughter were suddenly plunged into poverty dire and complete. In this strait they wrote to Colonel Raby, Mrs. Drury’s brother, who, to do him justice, behaved nobly, bringiug them from Australia to England, and accepting them as part and parcel of his home without the slightest delay. Mrs. Drury had now been dead some years; anil though letter after letter had been addressed to Francis Drury at the Cape, they had invariably returned with the discouraging indorsement: “Not to be found.” The Rabysi it seemed, save for a brief interval yearly, lived a very retired kind of life on the Yorkshire wolds; still, Margaret Druiy had caused maty and persistent inquiries to be made as to the fate of her brother, but, till that eventful evening on the Marine Parade, without being able to obtain the slightest clue. As perhaps the reader has already divined, John Leslie was, after all, not fa tell to go through life’s pilgrimage alone. In fair Slargaret Drury he found a loving companion and devoted wife; and as, through the years of good add evil hap. The red light fell about theieknees. On heads that rose! by slow degrees. Like buds upon the lily ski re, so did John Leslie more nearly realize what a rare prize he had woK^_ J At beautiful Kaloola, Mr. antTiSIrs, Leslie still live happily, and the old Quandong stone, with its occupant still undisturbed, is treasured amongst their most precious relics,'—Chambers' Journal.

DEAF LEFT EARS. The Advantages Resulting from What Is Usually Considered an Infirmity. “Will you be good enough to let me walk at your other side?” said a gentleman to a companion with whom he was crossing the City Hall Park. “I am deaf in my left eat, and I have been trying for live minutes to get at yourleft side so that I might hear what you say; but you seem to have been endeavoring to prevent me.” “Why, of course I have,” was the reply. “I, too, an!deaf in the left ear, and if we change sides I'could not heal a word you said.” Both gentlemen : looked astonished, ami went on their way laughingly. “ There is nothing unusual in such an experience," saida New York aurist. “ The left ear is peculiarly liable to deafness or partial loss of hearing. An immense number of persons rely wholly, or in great measure, upon the right ear to do the duty of two, and it very soon becomes trained to fully bear the pressure placed upon it. Person who have been long deprived of the left ear can usually hear sounds at a distance far more distinctly than those whose hearing is divided between two ears, owing to the particular sharpness acquired by the solitary organ, which is seldom sympathetically affected. “The only inconvenience I know 01 in the loss of hearing by the left ear is when one is walking with a ladv or driving a friend in a buggy, or otherwise so situated that you can not easily get your sound, ear toward them. But for a constant traveler, such as a drummer, such an affliction is invaluable. No noise in a hotel can keep him awake at night. He has only to press his good ear to the pillow, and what can disturb him?”—A. Y. Sun. --— — Esquimau dogs will draw a sledge a distance of sixiy miles a day.

RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. —The salary of Francis As bury, the first Methodist Bishop in this country, was sixty-four dollars a year and his traveling expenses. —Chili has discarded the Roman Catholic religion as the religion of the State, and has announced perfect liberty to all forms of Christian faith. The oath of the President, at his accession to office, no longer binds him to the support of the “Roman Apostolic Catholic religion.” —According to a telegram from Odessa, the Minister of Public Instruction is reported to have decreed that no tuition shall be given in the schools in those places throughout the Empire in which the temperature falls below twen-ty-five degrees of cold, while it remains at or below that figure. —A Boston girl who is teaching in Colorado writes home as follows: “I have forty scholars, of all ages, and teach almost everything—grammar, history, physiology, mathematics, manners, morals, common sense, personal cleanliness, fancy work and general civilization.”—Boston Post. * —Rev. Dr. Bevan, of New York, corrects a British misconception of the favorite style of preaching in this country. “The hearer with itching ears,” he says, “may search in vain through the length and width of some of the chief cities of America for sensational preaching. The imperial city of New York does not possess such an article.” —It is estimated that there are one thousand Chinese children in San Francispo eligible to the public schools under Juuge Maguire’s recent decision. If this decision be sustained by the Supreme Court, separate schools will have to be provided for them, as white children will not go to the same school with the little pagans.—Saw Francisco Call.

—a uiue Doy, on returning rrom sun-day-school recently, when asked by his mother, “What was the golden text?” instantly replied: “Hold a grater to Solomon’s ear. * For a moment the mother was puzzled, and then could not restrain her laughter as the true text came to her—“Behold a greater than Solomon is here.” Children get strange notions and need plain words and clear thoughts—Chicago Journal. —In no part of the world is the education of all ranks of people more at- ’ tended to than in Connecticut. Somewhat more than one-third of the tax money is appropriated for schools. There has been more emigration from this than any other State, yet it is full of inhabitants. The reasons given are interesting—a free government, no overgrown estate, property equally enough divided. He who has the most merit—not the most money—is chosen to public office. Connecticut Jias ever been a Republic, and perhaps as perfect and as happy a Republic1 as has ever existed.—Torrington (Conn.) Register. —The Journal of Education is disposed to believe that the ill-health of the children is more largely attributable to the lack of proper care at home than to inadequate hygienic provisions in the schools, and suggests that the physicians, before making complaints against school-boards and schoolteachers should look to the indiscretion of parents in permitting the children to indulge in fashionable follies. On behalf of the physicians it may be suggested that, perhaps, while they may be assailing only the lesser of two evils, they are moving against that which alone may be overcome by them.—Current. • WIT AND WISDOM. —Overheard at a street corner: “ Can you change a one thousand dollar bill?” asked the plumber. “No, I’ve no small stuff about me,” replied the depot restaurant man.— Chicago News. ( —First Class in Geography: New Fork School Teacher—“Which is the highest mountain in our State?” Boy —“Sing Sing.” Teacher—“Why?” Boy—“ Father went up a vear ago and hasn’t come down yet”— 'Beacon. —There is such a thing as true, warm love existing between man and wife, and plenty of it in the world, too. The little squabbles and quarrels of matrimonial life are only the sandpaper used tp keep love bright.—Fall River Advance. \ —For seven years a New Hampshire man made a circuit of half a mile twice per day rather than pass a powderhouse. The other day he learned that it had been empty for eight years. Take care of your ignorance, and your wisdom will take care of itself. —Edith: “ So you have an alto voice, have you dear? and you would like to know whether alto voices are not very rare in comic opera? Yes, dear, they are very rare; in fact, Edith, most of those which we have heard have been almost raw.—Boston Post. —“My, my, how that chimney smokes,'’ complained a wife to her husband. “It might do worse, my dear,” he replied, consolingly. “I’d like to know how.” “Why, you see, it might chew.” A fall of soot stopped the flow of conversation.—Arkansaw Traveler. —“Please, mamma, can I go out to play now?” “No, dear, not yet; it’s not'suitable weather.” “Can't 1 go if I’ll wrap up very warm’n put on my rubbers, ’n-”' “Mamma has said ‘no,’ dear; and you mustn’t tease.” A 1 pause; then in soft, wheedling tones: “Please, mamma, mayn’t 1 tease you just once?”—N. Y.Ledger. —Morning—Old darky (at gentleman’s office) — Gud mawnin', boss. Can’t yer ’sist an ole man dis mawnin’, sail?” Gentleman—Not this morning. Charity begins at home. Night—Same old darky (at gentleman’s house)—Gud evenin’, boss. I called at yer home fer a little Isistance, ’cordin’, to our prearrangement dis mawnin’, sah!”—N. Y. Sun. —Student (holding up a small, hard object—“What is this, Professor!” Professor of Geology—“That is a semiplastic globule of the post-pliocene period.” Student—“I think you are mistaken, Professor.” Professor—‘“Ahem! Let’s look at it again, Ah! may be I am mistaken. Where did you get it?” Student—“I got it out of a gooseberry pie at my boarding-house.”—Setcman Indipendent.

Cotton Satteens, Etc. The satteens for the next season have less pronounced colors and designs than those of past years, and have less of that gloss which disappears with the first washing, depending more for their beauty on their line closely woven texture and simple patterns. Those of a solid color, with the leaf or daisy pattern raised in th? weaving, closely copy brocaded silks, while others have tapestry designs in colors that imitate the cross stitches of embroidery. The repped cottons called Siciliennes and the thinner batistes are also brought out in charming tints for summer dresses, and the percales are in the small blocks, checks and tapestry designs that were so popular last year. The shirtings of French manufacture have either white or" blue grounds strewn with whips, bits, spurs, triangles, interlinked rings and tne dots, checks, and stripes that are always shown, no matter what newer things are on hand. The domestic calicoes at ten cents a yard are found this year in all the prettiest French patterns on gray, buff, dull red or blue grounds, ana at small cost will make as attractive dresses as will many of the other cottons that are from thirty-five to fifty nents a yard,—Helmets Bazar,

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. —Far prettier than the three initials, worked on a band for a gentleman’s hat, is the newer fancy to make a lining for the hat of silk^nd to embroider the initials on H. It has been proven by actual experiment that beets or turnips can be raised, lifted and stored for eight oents per bushel. At this cost they certainly are a profitable food for sheep. —The operation of blistering is a very severe one, and should only be performed on a horse when absolutely necessary, and under direction of a skilled veterinary surgeon.—-V. T. Herald. —Light should not be left burning in the sleeping rooms of children at night. The optic nerves, instead of the perfect rest which they need, are stimulated, and the brain" and the rest of the nervous system suffer.—Boston Olobe. —Roast Spare Rib. Take a nice spare rib with part of the tenderloin left in; season with salt and a little pepper; sprinkle with summer savory; put in a pan with a little water; baste' often and roast until nicely browned and thoroughly well done. —The Household. —Philadelphia’s Society for Promoting Agriculture is justly proud of its early history. It was founded one hundred years ago, and among the honorary members were George Washinton, Timothy Pickering, Elias Boudinot, Charles Carroll and Reuben Haines. —The necessity of better conveniences on the farm for taking care of the milk and making butter is not sufficiently appreciated. The best butter can not be made without these helps, in the shape of suitable buildings, ice house full of ice, the best churns, butter-work-ing and other necessary aids_N. E. Farmer.

—“The farmer is coming to the front in public affairs. There's no question about that. And he's coming at a very fair pace, too. He ought to come faster. He will come faster and faster, as he becomes, through education, culture and general intelligence, better and better qualified to assume control; to occu - py and maintain himself in the front rank.”—Our Country Home. —Horticulture does not receive the consideration among farmers that it should. There are many small crops which pay largely, especially as they do not require so much land as they do close attention. Onions, potatoes,"cabbage, beans, etc., often pay handsomely and bear transportation to" any market, where they will meet with "the most ready sale.—San Francisco Chronicle. —A wholesome dish for dessert is made by soaking half a pint of tapioca all night in a little more than half a pint of cold water. Put a thick layer of canned peaches in the bottom pf a pud-ding-dish, leaving out the syrup: sprinkle sugar over the peaches, and then put into the oven to become hot; add a pint of the peach-syrup to the tapio/a, half a teacupful of sugar, and much water as is needed to thin the tapioca; let this boil until it is perfectly clear; then pour over the peaches and bake for half an hour. When told serve with sugar and cream---V. If. Post. WINTER PRUNING. The RigUt and the Wrong Way of Pruning Orchards in Cold Weather. An 'apple orchard which has been well managed from the beginning, needs very little pruning afterward. Needless shoots are rubbed off as soon as they make their appearance, with a tenth of ithe labor required subsequently for their removal with the saw. But this timely work is not always performed, jind many trees have Tbecome dense’in their tops. It is advisable in such instances to thin them moderately, and gradually in successive seasons. It is common to cut too much at a time. But a greater fault is to thin the interior and leave the outside as thick as ever. This mass of brush excludes the sunlight, the twigs and leaves are small and crowded, and as a consequence the fruit is small and defecti ?e. The tree being made taller by this treatment, and the branches successively run up to a height, the fruit is more difficult to gather, unif the windfalls ate bruised in falling. The proper course is to thin in from the outside, to let the sun in to every part. Every portion of the head, and not the outside merely, thus receives the benelii of the sun’s rays, and the leaves and fruit have room" to become fully developed. There are some details of the work which can be learned only by experience and by observing the requirements of trees of different forms and habits of growth. It may be observed, however, as general rules, that the remaining branches should be as evenly distributed through the head as practicable, and that the limbs be not run out in long, bare poles, but sufficient side branches retained to give a good general shape. It is well to remember that it is better to prune too little than too much; and that pruning can not be successful if cultivj^tion or top-dressing with manure is neglected. This operation in pruning, when required, may be done any time in winter in regions where there is no danger by injury by intense cold, wounds always rendering trees more tender. But there will commonly be little danger if the pruning is quite moderate, as it always should be. In very cold regions it may be well to defer the work till the approach of spring, but it should be always done before the buds swell, when pruning would check growth. The wounds may be protected from rains and decay with a coat of paint—Country Gentleman.

MANURE. Unlimited Kxpotarc to the Weather Is Highly Injurious. There is some difference of opinion as to protecting manure against rain,, wind and the exhausting effects of thfe isun. Doubtless all these have an injurious influence upon the manure heap, and it is certainly true that without any moisture at all from rain it will not be improved. However this may be, we are very certain that unlimited exposure to the weather will prove highly: injurious to the quality of the manure. A leading farmer told us some time ago that he regarded the cfljnplete exposure of the manure heap through the winter and until it can be used in the spring to damage it fifty' per cent. In other words, one load of well-protected manure is worth two of the exposed: This seems almost incredible, but it may not be far from the truth. There is no question that a 'subject which so vitally concerns the farmer as this one of manure, and causes him to give so much attention to it, possesses great merit. His straw is not to be sold, because it is to be converted into manure. Articles that scarcely pay to send to the city are nevertheless hauled there in order that manure may be brought back as a return load; and yet the whole of the manure gathered" is frequently all the season exposed to the sun, wind and rain until it is greatly diminished in value—one half, according to the opinion of our agricultural informant. The trouble is that few really believe that exposed manure undergoes this serious loss. Hence, in arranging farm-buildings—and we know of many that are so arranged—it will pay well to look as much to the preservation of the manure as of the hay or grass; and those wb«se buildings have no provision for this purpose cannot spend twenty-five to fifty dollars better than in putting up a shed under which the manure may be protected against those adverse influences.—Germantown Telegraph.

ON A WIRE. The Detroit German Who Felt. It to Be ( His Duty to Complain. I “You know I liker der poys, pecause J I vhas almost a poy myself once,” he 1 said to a policeman on Randolph street j yesterday, “but I feels like it vhas my i duty to complain a leedle.” “What is it now, Mr. Dunder?” • “Vhell, der poys take a wire and hold < him in der water until he vas a big j icicle. Dey spend two tree days to make i him shust as natural as life, und las! 1 night dey hang him oafer der door oi my saloon. Vhen I comes oudt dis morning somepody yells at me to look oudt, und 1 shump ten feet und almost fall to pieces.” | “Yes.” “Vhell, I goes after a pole to knock dot icicle down, and in ten minutes a growd of fifty peoples vhas on hand. , borne call out to poke, brother, poke mit care, und some falls down und cries vhen I break a window mit der pole, 1 hit dot icicle more times ash I haf hairs 1 on my hedt, but it swings und swings ; und doan’ come down, und all der time ] somepody vhas laughing at me.” i “I haf to gif oop und pav a man two shillings to come mit a ladder, und all der time eaferypody vhas calling oudt: ‘Vhell, vhat a Cabinet officer dot Carl Dunder vhas, anyhow.’ ” i “And what do'yon want of me?” “Vhell, you shlip around a leedle und Speak to dose poys. Tell ’em I vhas like a poy myself, but 1 haf some feelings. Vhen a man pays taxes und vhas on der ward committee he feels proud of himself, und it makes hislieart ache vhen a growd makes fun of him ■ und says he vhas some bass-wgod Gabnet officer for cows, to chew on.”—Detroit Free Press.

English Beagles. It is a very pretty sight to see a pack of beagles ’working , in cover. Hbw they try every tuft of grass or rushes! Soon you notice that they are working more eagerly, and soon begin to lash their tails, and suddenly out bursts “bunny” from his seat, sure to be saluted by a hasty shot from some one, not the least to its detriment, but a very narrow escape for the leading dogs. Away go the pack, making the woods “ring with their tongues. Excited individuals run after them, often with their guns on full cook and their fingers on the trigger^ What their ideas may be in this performance is difficult to say, but I suppose it is the effect of that temporary insanity that seizes many people at the sight of a rabbit. As a rabbit invariably runs a ring and returns toits starting place, there is not the least use except for the sake of exercise in trying to follow it; and the first one put up is safe to run his ring, as the good shots will not fire at him, that the youngsters may have a chance, and the indifferent shots are sure to miss the first through excitement. f Yon hear plenty of shots while the dogs are running, as other rabbits, frightened by their noise and passage, bolt from their seats and scuttle about everywhere. Besides these, a few old cock pheasants; Who have strayed from the preserves, are sure to be found and shot. You shortly hear a shot from the cover the rabbit was found in, followed by “Who-whoop!" showing that the hunted one has been killed.—London Society. Sticking Right to Business. “Whateh doin’, Bill?” “Fishin’.” “Gimme a hook: mine’s broke.’’ “Haint got no hook.” “Then lemme some bait.’ “llain’t got no bait.” “Ketch any fish?” “Naw.” “Gittenny bites?” “Naw.” “Then w'hatcher doin. ?” “Fishin’.”—Brooklyn Bugle. —The best American manners have an indefinable charm in which perfect freedom and frankness are compounded withaeertain flavor of Old-World politeness.—St. James' Budget. 13S Years Old. Messrs. Francis Newbery & Son, London, England, established for 125 years, write: As a testimonial from one of the oldest drug-houses in Great Britain, re-, specting your household remedy, will no doubt be of interest to you, we are pleased to make the statement that wo have sold St Jacobs Oil with satisfaction to the public, for several years, and that owing to the extraordinary merits of the article, the demand is continually increasing, and that we have heard of many favorable reports regarding its great virtue as a pain-curing remedy. A wicked milk-dealer shudders whenever his wife asks him if he would like to have some pumpkin pie. Mv niece, says Mr. C. T. Krebs, Baltimore, Md., was cured of severe hoarseness and sore throat by a few doses of Red Star Cough Cure. When is a girl like a greenhouse? When she has her sash on.—Lowell Courier. Young Men, Read This. The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall, Mich., offer to send their celebrated Electro-Vol-taic Belt and other Electric Appliances on trial for 30 days, to men (young orold) afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vitality and all kindred troubles. Also forrheumatism,neuralgia,paralysis,and many other diseases. Complete restoration to health, Vigor,and manhood guaranteed. No risk incurred, as 80 days’ trial is allowed. Write them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free. Why find fault with the Boston girl— There are specs on the sun.—Y. 1‘.Graphic. If afflioted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water. Druggists sell It. 25c.

THE MARKETS. Nkw York, March 2,1885. • CATTI.K—Native Steers......? 5 00 ® 6 50 COTTON—Middling.. 11V® lljf FLOUR—Good to Choice. 3 00 ® 5 50 WHEAT—No. 2 lied... 88V® ' 8.9V OOltN—No. 2. 51 ® 58V OATS—Western Mixed.... 38 ® 38V l*OKK—New Mess. 13 50 ® 13 35 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—jflddling. 10V® 11V BEEVES—Good to Heavy. 5 25 ® 5 40 Fair to Medium.... 4 50 ® 4 15 HOGS—Common to Select.... 3 90 ® 4 70 SHEEP—Fair to Choice. 3 25 ® 4 40 FLOUR—XXX to Choice.. 2 SO ® 3 45 WHEAT—No. 2 Winter.. SI ® Sl>; No. 3 “ ....7... 70V® 77 CORN—No. 2 Mixed. 36 V® 36V OATS—No. 2. 29V® 30 V RYE...... 62>i® 63 TOBACCO—Lugs. 3 65 @ 4 75 Medium Leaf..... 3 50 ® 7 30 HAY—Choice Timothy.. 14 00. ® 14 50 BUTTER—Choice Dairy. 26 ®. 28 EGGS—Fresh.. ® 20 PORK—New Mess. ® 12-75 BACON—Clearltib. 7-® 7 V HARD. .. «X® «X CHICAGO. CATTLE—Exports. 5 00 ® 6 2a HOGS—Good to choice. 4 60 ® 4 99 SHEEP—Good to Choice. 3 60 ® 4 25 FLOUK—Winter...'.. 4 00 ® 4 25 Patent.. 3.75 ® 5 00 WHEAT-No. 2 Spring. 73V® 74 V No. 2 Red. ® 76 CORN—No. 2. 36V® 37V OATS—No. 2. 26V® 28 PORK—New Mess. 12 30 ® 12 40 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers...... 4 40 ® 5 60 HOGS—Sales at ...v.. 4 25 ® 4 40 WHEAT—No. 2. ® 60V CORN—No. 2 Mixed. 30 ® 301, OATS—No. 2. IS 26 NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grades......... 4 25 ® 5 75 CORN—White...... « 70 OATS—Choioc Western. 43 « 44 HAY—Choice. 20 00 w 21 00 PORK—Mess.. 13 37V® 13 50 BACON—Clear Rib. 7V® 7V COTTON—Middling.. .... ® 1«X I.OU1SVILLE. WHEAT—No. 2 Red. ® 85 CORN—No. 2 Mixed. ® 43 V OATS-No. 2 Mixed. « 32V PORK—Mess.. ® 13 50 BACON—Clear Rib.. ® 7V COTTON—Middling.. 10 v® MX

Tlier. shall be n Alps. When Napoleon talked of invading Italy me of his officers said: “Bat, sire, remember the Alps.” To an ordinary maw these would hare seemed simply insurmountable, but N .poison responded eagerly : “ There shall be no Alps.” 80 the fatuous Simplon pass was made. Disease, like a mountain, stands in the way of fame, fortune and honor to many who by Dr. Bierce's "Golden Medical Discovery” might be healed and so the mountain would disappear. It is specific for all blood, chrome lung and liver diseases, such as consumption (which is scrofula of the lungs), pimples, blotches, eruptions, tumors, swellings, fever-sores and kindred complaints. “What is zero?” asked Phil. “Oh, nothing!” said Will. " Brow n's Bronchial Troches” are excellent for the relief of Hoarseuess or Sore Throat They are exceedingly effective. Sold only in boxes. Brice 35 cents. Our ex-sports—Retired pugilists.—Marathon Independent. Despise Jfot the Day of Small ThingsLittle things may help a man to rise—a bent pin in an easy chair for instance. Dr. Pierce’s “ Pleasant Purgative Pellets” are small things, pleasant to take, and they cure sick-heatiache^'^relieve torpid livers and do wonders./Being purely vegetable they can not harm any one. All druggists. .“ Sleep on a pillow-sham is not apt to be real,” observes a philosopher. No, not if your wife catches you at it. s o e • Pile tumors cured in ten days, rupture in four weeks. Address, World’s Dispensary Medical Assoc’n, Buffalo, N- Y. The sack is an appropriate coat for a rejected lover.— The Ilatehet. Pike’s Tooth ache Drops cureln l roinute^Sc. Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beautifies. 33c. German Corn Remover kills Corns a Bunions. Red Star JlwofHfef* Free from Opiates, JUmetics and Poisons. A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE Tor Coigki, 8«r« Throat, Hoarseness, Influensa, Colds. Bronchitis, Croup. W hoopla# Cou#h, Asthma, Quins?, Palos lu Chert, *ml other affections of the Throat end Lusfi> Price 84 cents a bottle, Sold bv Druggists and Dealers. Parties unable to induce their dealer to promptly get it for them idll receive tico bottle s,£xpre$* charges * paid, by sending one dollar to YHI CHARLES A. TOILER CORPA5T, Sole Owners»n<l Manufacturers, Baltimore, Maryland, C. 8. i. W IOCBATS desiring olTlr _ ilstration tendti for blank application and full Instructions how to proceed. Lock Box $41,Chicago. j $250 A MONTH. Agents Wanted. 80 l>est selling articles In the world. 1 sample FRKK Address JAY BRONSON, Dstsoit, Mica. 1 fffi tfnVfi Treated and cured without the knife. VBHvim —l*'t':-on--Tva*Tueat ^ent free. Address Book on treatment sent free. Address F.L. POND. M. D„ Aurora. Kane Co^Ill PATENTS <>ur hand-book “How to Procure : Patents" fneto Inventors: tfiyrs. I practice. B s. A A P. LACET, Patent Attys, Washington, D.C. I BRYANT ft STRATTON’S 2sfc2LES iwmHnnMWHiiiMin Short-hand School, ?t. Louis,Mt> fcaa* students yearly. Young men taught Rookkeepuig. Short-hand, penmanship, and assisted to position* THEWG-RLO’S WONDERS «* - T___ _ _ Tropical and Polar Explorers. with Official Mistot rj of Greety Expedition. A Grand New Book; outsells all others. Ageuts wanted, on Salary or Commission. Write for Special Terms and Piet. Circulars. H storical Pub. Co.. St. Louis. Mo. RUPTURE Cured without operation or the injury trusses inflict- or hin■■w ■ ■ drance from labor, by l>r. J. A. Sherman's method. Office. 251 Broadway, N. Y. Book, with likeness of Cases before and after cure, mailed for ten cents. Patients treated leave for home same day. Dll PC ITCHING PILES. Symptoms — Moisture. Intense Itching, most at night. cure cure. ! itching, most at nigh Mreanmfr It Is EQUALLY EFFICACIOUS lu CUBING ALL «uch as Pimples, Blotches, Hash, Sli TTeT Tetter, Itch. Salt Iiheura, no matter how >bsttaate or long standing. fwPaULtJLdLQ ter now >hsttn DISEASES Box. by mail. 50c. Da. SWAYNB* SON.PhiUL, Pa. Sold by Druggists. CATARRHS: troubled with chronic catarrh and gathering In my head. Was very deaf at times, and had discharges from ears, besides being unable to breathe through my nose. Before the second bottle Of Ely’s Cream Balm was exhausted I was cured, and tOKlaj enjoy sound health. _f. Corbin, ft© Chestnut St* Philadelphia, l*a. HAY-FEVER istered. Sample bottle by matllu cents. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists. Owego. N.,Y. Cream Balm is a remedy based upon a correct diagnosis of this disease and can bo depended upon. 50 cents at druggists t 60 cent® by mall teg

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DR. J. H. M'LEAN’S Tar Wine Balm, ▲ SURK CURS SOS ALL liHROAT AND LUND DISEASES. Colds, Coughs, Hoarseness, Sore Throat. l,oss of Voice, Influenza, and all such Throat Troubles yield instantly to its magical ‘and soothing influence.

for Laryngitis. Bronchitis, Quinsy. Asthma and Consumption, Dr. J H.M “Lean's 1’ar Wiss Balm is the only remedy that will give sure relief. It has cured Lung Diseases where all other remedies have failed. Why will you suffer from Throat: and Lung Troubles when such a pleasant remedy is offered you? For Croup it is a positive specific. For Singers and Speakers the Tak \\ ine Bai.m is an absolute necessity. Nothing has ever been discovered which will give such immediate relief, and It will positively cure Throat Troubles. Don't Delay. Cure That Bad Cold! Stop That Cough! Those whose Lunrs s nd Throats are sore, hard and dry, w 11 realize the s oothing efie t of a single dec# of Dr. J. M. M’Lean’s Tar Wiue Balm, and to give all doubting skiptieVva chance to be assured of its wonderful soothing and miraculous virtues, I have put up Trial Bottles, costing only 15 cents per bottle. Every dealer in the United States should have them. If they have not, please r s’c them to send for a dozen as a test. .Every one trying that 25-cent size will b - convinced of the miraculous benefits they will receive front taking Dr. «V. H. >1‘Lean’s Tar Wine Balm. Cold in your Head, tickling in the nose, forehead and throat; you have Catarrh ; get a box qf Dm. J.H. M‘Lean 's Catarrh Snuff and use it once'a day, besides taking Dr. J. H. M Lean's Tar Wink Balm to heal your Throat and Lungs. Price of Trial Bottles 25 Cents Each. I can send, them only by Express. If you will send m* $2.(0 or that amount in postage-stamps, I will send yoc one dozen, freight paid. ; Large Bottles, which contain six times as much as the ‘25-cent size Bottle* - - - $1 0i Or six Bottles for - - - - 5 00 After nsirrg Dr. J. H. M'Lean's Tar Wine Balm, let me hear from you. Prepared by DR. J. H. M'LEAN, Oor. Broadway and Biddle St-., Sr. Loins, Mo. f Proprietor of PR. J. H. M'BEAN'fi STRCmiNENiMS 808Br»l *18 81888 PURIFIER.

Did you Sup pose Mustang Liniment only good for horses? It is for inflammation of all flesh. tlNMJPTiy standing hsv* boon cnrsd. 1 ndssd, no strong Is my In Its efficacy, that 1 will sand TtfO BOTTLES FI togctbsr With a Y ALU A B1.B TK&JlTISB sa this 4 Warn sufferer. Qtvssxprsssand P. O. “.tJLlWCWm ' R. U. AWARE THAT Lorillard’s Climax Ptag Nary Clippings. and that Lori Hard *• 8nfa an the beat and cheapest, quality considered ? WANTED ^liable salesmen THE NEW YORE tMXSigVS. Self-Preservation Nature’s Tint Law. The old saying, “a stitch in time saves nine,” can very appropriately be applied to the preservation of health. Dr. Cuysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla has undoubtedly saved thousands of mortals to lives of usefulness and the full enjoyment of perfect, robust health. The first symptoms of bodily ailments should l>e heeded. Such evidences of approaching prostration as a feeling of wsariness and lassitude, anxiety of mind, peculiar aches and pains in the joints and limbs, disordered digestion, urinary sediments,etc., should quickly be counteracted by a judicious use of this invigorating strengthened The remedy has stood a test of forty years, and has proven itielf In every instance the best blood purifier, system renovator and strengthening cordial that can be compounded from a thorough knowledge of medicinal herbs and roots. \ Try it whenever von don’t feel exactly well. Try it when tilings seem to go wrong and you hardly know what is the matter with you. You will be gratified by its exhilarating effect. The exuberance of animal spirits engendered bjrlQuse gives? it first rank' among , the true assistants of nature in curing debilitating disease^. Procure the remedy of yottr nearest druggist. If he has none On hand, insist on his procuring it for you. Do Not take a substitute. FRESH FLOWERS. tlful and attractive little bong Book ft younger children in Sunday Schools, < so-called Infant-Class. Mhs. Emma STREl and JUBILEE Songs here the VV orld sings them 1 . Piano or Organ. WAR SONGS. very great success, and bright, patriotic songs, the Brand Army, and wl m t a red tin. tug ; that LorUlard* f One cut: that I-urtUatdV T*0 introduce and tell the trade the well-knownsadcd*. 1 hret^l 0f the new YORK A HAVANA (HOAR COMP t NT. liberal Arrangement, SALARY or Cohkikaios pahl to the right manT Tor further partlcuMrs and terms Address, At on ork. Fresh Flowers is the title of a most beautiful and attractive little Son Book for the , or the Hraumi i.r.n* -vn-ww. ak. EMMA PlTT, the compiler, is widely known and celebrated for Songs and Hymns tor children, whom she thoroughly understands, More tbanfiO bright songs, such as “ Little Lambs.” “ Snowflakes." Little Samuel." and “ Children’s Sheaves.” Nothing babyish. All in good taste. An abundance of Pictures- 35 cents. $3.16 per dozen. MINSTREL S0N6S—OLD & NEW. The large sales slmw this tolea perfectsuecees, and no wonder! No brighter or musical melodics were ever brought t than those of the hundred PIANTATII Accompaniments for $3 plain. $3.50 cloth. For Annlversarlea and Gathering* of Soldier*, also Songs and Hymns for Memorial Day. Like the book above mentioned, this is a it success, and everybody likes the 9. A great favorite with _„. - with all who have been soldiers. Used extensively In War Song Concerts. 50 cts. $4 50 per'dozen. Mailed for Retail Price. I.VON’ A- HF.AI.T. Chleava. OLIVES BITSON A CO..

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k 0R> J. H. M'LEAM'S Romoaopathio iLiver and Kidney Balm, 3 1U Most Wonderful iim AND KIDNEY CURB IN THR WORLD. WiU relies and care all disease* el the Liver, Kidneys and Urinary Organa. such as /mimsmmNm, Feverish Irritation of the Bladder, Weakness eft Paine in the Back* Catarrh of th§ Bladder, Stone in the Bladder, remold Troubles, Briyht's Disease., Meta%* ohot'a, Impotmncy, DeMity, Jam

\rn aai vbu.1uuB.11 u* ma KIDNEYS, LIVER OR BLADDER. THERE IS SO MISTAKE ABOUT IT! Or. J. B. M’Ltnn't BOMOtOPATBlC LITER A.SO KWSt r BALM will cure you. fries tl par Bottle; SIR Bottle* tor M. DR. J. H. M’LKAN’S Homoeopathic Liner and Kidney Piliits. They ere little white pillets. size of a pin head, bat they perform wonders irt cleansing the Bowels. When the stomach, bowels, liver and kidneys are in an unhealthy condition, there is conerated Bacteria (Animalculmj, which if not destroyed, produce various forms of organic disease. Dr. J. H. M'Lean's Liver and Kidney Pillets will destroy and remove these terrible paiaaitsu and cure all troubles of the liver kidneys and urinary organs by effectually removing the cause of all do* tangement of their natural functions, and taken with Dr* J. H. US'Lean's Liver and Kidney Balm, has cured thou* sands cases of '. Bright's IHseast, Catarrh qf the Bladder. Brick Du*• Deposit. Invitation of the Botcels. Costirenees, ('otic. Snivel. Renal Stones. Thick, Turbid, Frothy Urine. Pains in the Region of the liver and Kidneys, Piles, also loss of nervous power. One of these little pillets takeu every night before going to bed will produce aa easy evacuation of the bowels and bring the natural functions into a healthy and regular condition. Dr. J. H. M'Lean's Liver and Kidney Pillets post V tents each vial, and can be sent by mall, Ons doses lor $2.99. DR. J. H. M'LEAN, SC Loot*. Mm. Send For My Free Catalogue of Dr. J. H. M’Lean’s Own Selected Raid, Farm, Garden »t* Flower Seeds

DAIRYMEN and FARMERS ihould USB only tha “Atm and Hammer” brand for Cleaning and Keening Milk Pans Sweet and Clean- It is the Best tor all Household Purposes.

HOC DISEASES.-The “An* mo Hamaa'I brand Soda and Saleratus It mad with success tor the prevention and com of CHOLERA and other disi - Mix with the animal’s lood.

;rSi “ARM & HAMMERBftAWTV' To insure obtaining only khe "Arm k lUnnn^biulBodt or Paleratua, buy it In •• poukd or half pound " cartoons which _ - bear oar name and trade-mark, aa Inferior Roodknre aometimos substituted for the “Arm A mer brand when bought in balk. Ask for the “Aria k Hammer” brand SAbSODA (Washing StdsjJ I It is a well-known fact that most of the HOrse and Cattle Powder sold in rtiis country is worthless; that Sheridan's Condition Powder is absolutely pure and very valuable. Nothing on Earth will make hens lay like Sheridan’s__ Condition Powder, hose, one teaspoonful to each pint of food. MAKE HENS LAI it will also prevent and core CHICKEN CHOLERA Hl* Cholera, Ac. Sold everywhere, or sent by mall for I ,U,VS!’ Tn7.LCnM> » «*>•» In stamps.—Also famished in lane cans, for I breeders use, price tl.OO; by mail, tl.fo. Circular! aent FREE. I. S. JOHNSON A CO., Boeten, Maas.

A Clear Skin 5s only a part of beauty; but it is a part. Every lady may have it; at least, what looks like JMfc Magnolia Balm bojftdflBshens and beautifies^^Hr 'It

; ANTEDOentlemen ta a*l.°r County to take light work at t heir own Homes. Vtl to S4 a day easily mac!.-. Work sent by mall. Not "THEO A SOLD V* Smoke ery where J CENTS. Made only by the N. T. * I- T ? _ . Havana Cigar Co.. S7 Broads ' Foeitavely the Seat way. n.t. ask fob it. A. N. K., B. io»o WHKN WRITING TO ADVEBTOKEft plena* any yon anw tin ndrartlaanaant In Oita paper. Advertiser, like ta knew when and where their -•»-“r~f1fR| erf fo^hKthew.