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PREACHING A CURIOUS RELIG-

.An IffnorofU Farmer Who is Believed, to be Possessed by Spirit* ±SlTffgt£ Chicago Tribune

Dbs Moinjm, Iowa, Sept. 2.

Considerable ioiewet ha* been aroused ia Washington and Johnson Coantiesby the mysterious doings of Noah Troyer, an Amish* farmer, living near the village of Amish, in the southwest corner of Johnson county. He ia In comfortable circumstances, about 48 years old, and has a wife and four children. By birth he is a German, and a member of the Orthodox Amish church. He is very illiterate, seldom reading a book. He nas a copy of the Bible in German, bat seldom reads it. He has never possessed an English Bible, and his family do not know that he ever saw one. He fcpeaks both English and German. He and his family are highly respectable, and he is noted among nJs neighbors for his fondness to trade horses and tell good btories. He is very strict in his religions notions, conforms rigidly to the tenetaof.tbe Amish church, and will not attend to service of any other.

About four years ago be was troubled with distension of the stomach, accompanied with cramping pains, which were followed by ,a lethargic condition. About a year ago these attacks were followed by unconsciousness or trance, in which he talked upon religions matters. These trances became periodical, finally coming on every day. He would rise about daybreak, eat ia hearty breakfast, and go about his usual farm work. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon the bloating and cramp of the stomach wotild come, followed by drowsiness, which gradually increased. He would eat alight supper, and, wht*n night came, be would be nearly unconscious. He prepared a low couch in a large room* on which he would lie down and pass into convulsions, which would last nearly an hour. About 9 o'clock be would rise to his kness, and utter abort rt prayer or invocation, followed sating the Lord's prayer after whic repe ... he would rise to his feet and deliver a sermon from an hour to two hour's long, speaking with a strong voice, wbiob could be heard by

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abroad. Clergymen and physihave visited the man, and are all alike puialed, but agree that there is no deception. When he is speaking, his eyes are closed, bis abdomen and stomach distended and hard as stone, not yielding to pressure more than a case of iron.

As soon as he passes out of the con* vulslve stage, the stomach and abdomen become naturally soft and pliable. His poise is remarkably strong, but not increased in rapidity. When be ceases speaklhg, his pulse becomes rather weak. Be'

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attempts

made to awake him while be was speaking, bat the most vigorous treatment failed even to check his talk.

Every night this has been going on, with bat two exceptions. One was when be was attending service in his own church. He wss seised with his drowsiness, and determined not to go home but overcome It. He, however, did not, bat arose in his plaoe and preached two boars with remarkable power, much to the astonishment of the meeting. On Sunday of last week a large number of people were present from surrounding towns and cities. After speaking over an hoar and a half, be closed with the Lord'v Prayer but, Instead of dropping on bis cotich, as usual, he openea his «y«a and quickly said: 'My eyes have been opened. 1 stand before yon a natural man. It has been revealed to me that this is the last time I shall speak to you. My work is done, wad I am released.' His face expressed much joy but, as he beheld the crowd of people, theohaage wee quickly that of surprise and fear. Sine* then be has not spoken and none are more gratified than fats family, who had become nearly worn oat with fatigue and excitement. They give a* explanation of the matter. Indeed they say tbey know nothing about it. Troyer knows nothing of what he does or says, and only says he cannot help it* itia the work of the Lord, and be must do His will. The Amish church generally so believe it to be, and nothing else. Spiritualists who have seen himaay be Is a medium controlled by a decssssd Amish preacher.

No sooner is it born than the Turkish child is wrapped ia clothes, as tightly and compactly aa a bologna sausage, with a bright red silk cap soda charm onitaheadto avert the *evil eye.' Onions are set abouttbe reotn also to banish evil. The father, as soon as the ohild is all bundled up, is ushered in and takes it in his arms. He at once goes behind the door and shouts its name three times into Its ear. Then he eleeni out. The friends of the mother begin to call as soon sa the news ia out, and the sick ^chamber ia tb« soene of a constant re"•^iception, with feasts of sweets, oeffesl ... —ambled spat

sherbet aau cigarettes. The aasembl ladies treat the infant with feigned disdain, and every now and then It is upon by one of the visitor*.

KEEPIN

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side th? house. He moves about the room, gesticu late* forcibly, and his manner is that of person earnestly speaking to a large analeaoe. His language is not elegant, yet his discourse is always logical and eloquent, and evinces preparation. He preaches from the Bible, but takes no text. He often illustrates ideas with passages identical witth Milton's 'ParaiL p: ever lived. His discourses are liberal

pa dlfee Lost' vet he never saw that work, and probably does not know Milton

in doctrine, whereas the Amish ohurch is exclusive and dogmatic. He speaks In the German and English languages. On one occasion, however, he spoke about twenty minutes in German then for more than an hour in a language unknown to any One present, although there wese persons' of education and talent listening and suddenly closed in English, in which he said he had declared the word of God in three languages and shown how to gain the ark of safety, and avoid the pit. He sets forth but two doctrines: Christ, Ugbt, love, charity and the devil, darkness, hate, selfishness. He orten gives passages of Scripture, and being questioned the next morning about them, cannot tell whether they are in the Bible or not. He knowB very little of what is in the Old Testament. At the close of his discouMe be gives a short benediction and the Lord's Prayer, and fells on his couch apparently exhausted, having the appearanoe of a dead man, After a few moments of convulsive tremor he suddenly awakes, get op and walks out of the house. The next morning be gets Up, says he has had a good night's rest, and goes to his work only to repeat the experience of the day before and so it has been for months every night.

TERRA HAUTE

Usually, wh ef)d of her reso dies, or lives, Inheritance is at&cbment uotip a.sentimental sort when her stockafhav$tteclared their last dividends, and the savings bank in which she has confided against a rainy day has failed—she makes up Jra mind to" take boardera, -not without,1 japm$, qualms, perhaps, As to the gentility of the step, gbe reiftiuda ua, at„ thiaLstage,. of thebusy bee in the juvenile verse:

With the sweet food she makes. Her opening is fall of promise she sees herself in the for future retirin upon a well-earned competency, wit something handsome to, leave her heirs, or Borrioboola Gha, as her taste inclines her table groans with a generous supply boarders flock beneath her wing she begins to consider herselfin clover, tiil the month's bills. fall due. And what a fall is that! The ificofme, alasi will not cover the outgo the pattern is. too scant, it needs piecing oat, and she has no material to match it has no elastio property, and cannot be

stretched to meet the emergency. Then she begins to retrench every, week she cuts off a luxury. Her table groans no longer, but her boarders do. She cur tails her expenses, and passes sleepless nights over.the problem, How to keep boarders and save your soul.*' She resembles the woman 'whose economy consisted in saving an egg, so little doei her retrenchment avail her she finds that boarders do not believe in it any more than office-seekers that they rebel against, husks, and insist on the fatted calf, and expect the best treatment at the lowest price that their chief anxiety is, not to bay their bill, lest they should not get their money's worth. Ooe by one her illusions leave her—so do her boarders her debts remain as souvenirs. In fact, keeping boarders is no sinecure. Your family lil3 is at the mercy of the crowd, your privacy invaded, everyone is more at home under your own roof than you are yourself you suffer from the moods of strangers, from their tyranny you cannot even choose your own company, but must accept such as fortune—or misfortune—sends, and it- often sends those who are not better bred than to berate your religion, your politics and your housekeeping at your own table who are proverbially hard to-please in proportion to the meanness of their former modes of living who, being used to short commons at -home, make a hue and cry about boarding bouse fare lest somebody should sua pect the truth. In short, there is no more grinding, thankless, unprofitable business. Nature never intended that man should board, or woman, ,eith,er.r» Harper's Bszar.

1HE YOUNG MAN OF THE PERIOD, leWe hear a great deal about the girl of the period, but we know a young man who can outdo her in every way. He is so sweet, so polite, so courteous, so art! flcial.tbat one longs to pall him to

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ieces, and, finding other cast-off memin a rag-baty, make him over again into a respectable charcoal ven der. He is a wonder and a marvel to his numerous acquaintance. He is everywhere at all times, without being specially Invited. He is only a clerk," with a low salary but he manages to wear new clothes every month, and to keep up with the fashions like a prince. Girls hate to snub him, as his utility is unquestionable. He holds fans and parasols like an automaton, is always at the elbow of any young lady who desires to make use of him, and, although rholly ornamental, but nsefal. It is impossi-

the greatest bere on earth, is not wbofl ble to cut this urbane ie young obtains and keeps a position in good ieer impuaeuce. He ages to be on band at. every party, ding or rout, although everybody won-

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society by sheer Impudence, to be on band at every part

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ders how he gets there. On Sunday he walks home from church with the prettiest girl there, while other men—substantial, eligible men—are anxious to take his place. His every smile and bow is studied. He has forgotten how to be natural. He spends hours in part! ing his hair and curling his mualacbe. The style of his neck-tie is the envy of all the young men who know and despise him. He has not a spare dollar at the end of the month—in net, is heavily In debt for the splurge he has made, bat is ltoking for a fortune, and hopes thai his make-up will bring him into a family and a competency* probably he will marry well men of that sort generally do but, in the meantime, who keeps up this miraculous young man, who earna ten doilara a week, and spends fifty

THE WOMAN WHO FALLS TO f/i PIECES. From the Burlington Hawkeye.

She came to the station a littlelate, and had to make a rush for the train. When she reached her seat her hat fell off. 8be got It on, bnt it toppled'6ter to one side, and when she tried to straighten it op ner hair come tumbling down. She lost her ticket twice before the conductor reached her, and wooid have lost it again If he hadnt taken it away front' her. She reached up to put a bundle in the raok above her head, and barst the collar button off her duster and stuck her Angers on foor pins in her dress before she coald find one that she dared take out to repair the damage. Then jut as she thought she bad got comfortably settled, her little hand valise, packed to bursting with enoogb things to load a Saratoga trunk, to the muxxle, exploded, and she nearly worked herself into fragments getting ft together again. Then by the time she got the vauee shut up her hat tumbled off aaatu. and by hat straightened back into its place, her tbled down^^agaln. and aa soon

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sa she got her hair twisted np, pooned it with a couple of hair pine, the

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valise went off, and when ahe got off at New Prague, she tucked the gaping valise under her arm, and tried to corral her toppling hat and wanderinghalr th one hand, and as she went fluttering and straggling into the depot, one couldn'thelpthU&ing that It would be safor and more convenient to ran her in sections and flag her against everything. I have seen this woman on several other trains, and she has never been able to keep harself together. She keeps you In a state of agonising suspense, for you never know where she is going to give way next.

Atbens. Oa., Is the leraon 4

Over bridge at following: "Any person driving over this bridge at a caster pace than a walk, shall, if a white person, be fined five dollar*, and If a negro, receive twentyfive lasoea—hslf the penalty to be be» atowed on the informer."

Mixrof our titisens unite in proclaiming Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture the most wonderful invigorant that ever sustained the sinking system.

Correspondence of the Ind. Journal. St. Pktkbsbukg, September 1. last was from Xondon. Now I you aboat 1,000 miles farther

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liberty of conscience. The North Star has riiwn very high, and the Great Bear Cassiopeda.are far 'above the bonand C4ssior aonWhen lowest. lit the longest diiys of summer it is light enough to sed to read at midnight. During the day£he heavens look like ottrs in Indiana.

Whin we reached Berlin, I ascertained that the EmperOr of Knsia expected to leave for Crimea about, the J2nd of August, and, to sepuM) our object, we would1 have to gp to St. Petersburg without delay. This we did, leavin Berlin on Sabbath morning, the lit! ult. We had no .trouble. to secure a berth in a sl^pi|)g csr. This we retained until we reached the' boundary line between Germany and 'Bmsia. The country, all the way is like a garden. It is level, but not fertile., It evidently costs much to cultivate it. The farmers w6re harvesting! rye, oatts and barley. Bu- little oats ripe enough to etit. Some are at work -in bay. Women do field work with men.. I oould see them reaping, and working in hay and hoeing In the fields. In the city of Berlin It is hot at all.uncommon to see a woman and a dog harnessed together to a. cart or a wagon, while a uiari steadies the load. Sobietinies a woman and a donkey are paired together. Dogs are much used to pull loads, and seem much overtaxed with work.,

When we reached the Bussian lines we had to undergo the usual examinations by the collectors, and were asked to show our passports.: To iiisure a prompt acceptance, our passports were vised and indorsed by the Russian consul at London before leaving.'' All aboard again we went forward acrossi the Lena, where there is a great .show of military, fonts'and embankments, ready for operations1 should an occasion be found for it. Everything looks intensely ^military in Germany and Russia.. Metallic helmets, or gilt cape, bright buttons, red borders, trimimngs,: shoulder straps insignia of all styles, to designate the general, colonel, captain, conductor* ticket agent, guard, etc., etc.. The police are equipped with sword and gun, instead of mace. An American looks Very plain amongst them. At a station in Germany, on the way to Berlin, I found myself beside a United Presbyterian minister from BloorningtOn, Indiana. We seemed like brothers until we parted and afforded each other jnuoh pleasure and profit. When my baggage was examined at the. Russian lines, I bad the pleasure of meeting DTVLE. Murphy of New HaTmony, another Indiana man. We all came, on here together. He is a good traveler, and as he speaks French, he was of great service to me in this land of strange tongues and voices: Before-leaving Xondon my English friends furnished me with an interpreter named Charles Tyler. He laujgtied heartily at an'incrdent that occurred at the examination of oar baggage. Aa they examined,each piece they, called out ia a loud "voice the name of its owner. When the, officer came to mine, my nam* being novel, he called out 'Barnabas,' and no more of my name. Of course, I knew whom he meant, and responded at once. It reminded me of the little girl in Cincinnati, who, on hearing some -one say Barnabas has come,' turned to her mother and asked innocently: "Mother, what is a Barnabas?'

We reached here in about forty-three hoars. A large part of our journey through Russia was through a country very little inhabited. The common peo pie who cultivate the lands area very humble class who live in cabins Or buta, and their life is very simple and their food cheap and scanty. They are said to be a people easily governed, and are contented with their surrOundibge. I am. told they are given to strong drink and are Impoverished by intemperate habits. Tbey area very religious peo pie. We may rriake a great difference between religious and Christian. The worship of these people is very like that of the Catholics.. Their prayers to the saints and the Virgin. Mary and the infant redeemer are prOflise. All thrnngh their churches «re pictures of the virgin, child, and of saints, and men, women and children are constantly coming and going crossing themselves, and often kissing the floor ih humility. I saw no images, only pictures and candles. They' have no, instrumental music. Their ohurch music consists in chanting their ritualism and in responses, the audience keeping time by bowing and crossing themselves, prostrations, etc. The dress of Women is very like that of the English and Americans. The men have fur hate, with low ctfowntt, and very much belled, and wear long surtout coats, coming nearly down to their ankles, and made generally of blue cloth. All appear to be in winter dress in the warms#* weather. They, however wear skins underneath daring the cold Weather. They look stolid and indifferent, ready for anything for which they haveordeta.

Yesterday we undertook to visit the museum where the Siberian mastodon is found, bnt as no one We met conld understand us, we were unabie to find the placev and got into a palace art museum. In this we found a rare collection of statuary and paintings. We were courteouslv received, but required to appear ln drees ooats. We had here the rare pleasure of seeing some of the finesi works of art in the world. Jt was not until we had gone through ihtee or these galieriee that we found one who could direct aa to the museum we desired to see. This huge animal was found in the Lena river, near its month. It was first seen in the nevfcr melted ice by aome fishermen. When the ice began to melt it foil from its embedded position, and wss found with its hair, skin and flesh, and the Wolvee feasting upon it. It had no doubt been there froten and undeoomposed for eentvries. Prof. Wincbel say* that it ooold not be less than ten thousand years. It was when alive larger than any elephant now living. It mast have been sixteen feet high, and its tasks at least foorteea feet long. The model which Prof. Ward has pairchaasd and placed In the museum at Rochester, New York, is a correct repiusmitatfrm of this mammoth. Pieesa of the akin aad bair areheve wlth the skeleton. The skin in thickness. the fir tree.

URDAY BVENIN

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I called a fow mornings since on oar Minister Stougbton. I have not yet seen the Emperor. He Is so engaged that it la doubtful whether I shall be able to see him at all. Even General Grant had to wait three days before be conld eee him.

General Grant, while here, stopped at the same hotel at which I did. I sent in

my card, and bad a very pleasant visit with him. He talked freely aboat all

00X06 vfoalt: on their estates duriturn to the dty to now is a time of

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few excitements. It ia built on the Neva river. The stream separates half a mile

A inletefcl, aba coiinuu™ »nH tiiioe are«t mvu.n» «re*ms*re TOll Tr^o^mbeir»id

produce. This lqmtjer .they use for Aatbe city ii built over a bog"' these piles are the aupport' of the city. The streets are wide snd straight, indeed^ the entire place has more, of .an American look than any fcity I ha^e yet seen, tin^ less I exoept Berlin. X)n the !9tb I attended the English and American church or congre: bersbip aL. Sootcb. All were very social and kind, The evening service waa assigned to me, A large portion of the congregation was away spending the summer. We all took tea with the pastOr'the next day, and bad a verys pteasatit,time.

My visit to the school of mines was of great interest to me.. The museum has the richest collection of ores I have ever seen. Tbey'have all the apparatus neocessaryto illustrator complete mining operations. .Theref is a subterranean mibe constructed to show how coal iron, silver, gold, etc., appear ih seams and -Veins, and how mines are' vnti lated, worked and constructed. It is an admirable work of art, and does much credit to tbe Russian nation.

On the 20tb we sll attended the funeral of Gen. Messenoff. He was not only General-in-chief of the Emperor's army, but also, of all the police 'force. He was stabbed in the street, with a poisoned dagger, by a Nihilist, one of a secret organization who control the communists in Europe, and one of whom attempted to take the life of the Emperor Of Germany. They believe in nothing, as the name imports—neither God nor moral accountability—and are ready for any secret revenge. A woman in sympathy with them, some time ago shot the chief of police, but the wound did not prove mortal. A spite was entertained agairis't this general on account of th6 part he took in bringing the offender to ustioe. A high official in Moscow, we understand, is threatened With assassination. It i3 sad to think how reckless men become, when' they live without the fear ahd love of God. I have not seen enough of Ru&sib to get a very good idea of her as a nation but think, from what I have seen, that she Wohla be much more easily governed, and advance in civilization, if she would adopt our system of public schools. -ii

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iki BESSIE TURNER, ACTRESS. Bessie Turner's appearance in "A Cel ebrated Case" in the Park Theater, in Brooklyn, last week, says tbe New York Sub, led many who were delighted with her piquancy in the city cOnrt, while she was a'witness in the celebrated case of "Tilton against Beeober," to slip into the theater and see her. They found on tbe rising of the curtain sitting st a table, on? of a group of pretty village girls, their French slippers crossed, and their ruffled skirts half covering their fancy hose. They were in the home Of1 Madeline, chatting about their loves, absent in the wars. The play bill describes one of tbe maids as Beth Avery. This, however, is in the prologqe, and the identity Of Bessie Turner is concealed to "be revealed to tbe audience In the play when she becomes Julia, the waiting maid to Adrienne. Sh? has crispy, crimped chestnut hair curling about ber forehead, over large and expressive blue eyes, and an amusing expression continually twinkling about the lower part of the face, which seems to indicate that she is just ready to appreciate a joke or make one. The footlights are yet strange td her, but she speaks Well and firmly what ahe has to a ay, steps gracefully about when she has to walk, giving ber French heels a saucy thrust behlndT ber, and has learned to employ the tip edge of her skirt in a coquettish flounce that would do credit to a better known soubrette. When she is sewing and gosfeiping her hands are gracefully employed by her needle, but when she in standing and talking they become at* tached to the ruffle of her cambric apron at the end of each speech, and suggest a little confusion. There ii, however, a flavor of courage and pertinacity of her intehtion to begin at the bottom and

aboat AdrieUrie, aud her stage mistrusts are inimitable. Mr. Collier, in whose empioyshe is, says that he thinks she will develop into a capital eccentrio soubrette, and will grow: into demand, for chambermaid parts. She is quick to leacn, has almost an Original conception of her characters, and' Imbues them- with forvor. when Miss

Turner finishes, ber performance ahe steps out of tbe greenroom door into the, street tastefully dressed in, black silk, halls a car, and hasten* to the residence of Mrs. Elisabeth Til Ion, where sha has found a temporary home. She says she loves the stage, and as she has an engagement With Mr. Collier for a trip this season, she hopes to Improve so much as to command a better engagement* year benoe. Misfortune has pursued her eagerly, since her appearance as 0ne6f thechsracters in the great Brooklyn drama, and while she has been trustful, others have been deceptive. She was persuaded to become sponsor for a novel which ws* pot upon the market in her name but she never wrote a line of it. Aooepting the friendly advice of one Ocr, whom she thought was a sincere friend, she wss persuaded to try public lecturing, but she abandoned this purpose for the stage, where she hopes to find her election sure.

"f 1 RICH MEN'S SONS. TroyBodget. The president of one ofonr largest banks said, a day or two since, that a rich man's son had just left bis place, and that he was the last man of the kind

take warning and go to work boafaithfally everyday, if hope to fill the. positions held by fathers.

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•Young man, do you know wheretbe" boys go to wbo play base ball on the Sabbath day?' 'Yes, sir they go down to'Squire. Allen's big field.' 'The sun rises in* tbe east,' explained

the smaller boys. 'Well, what is It?' asked thetcfaoolma'am.-'Injuna!,ahont-ed the urchin. °ljHtle tofanhy itoodj- {preaching In a 6hair): 'Onee upon a time, betore there ever was aqy liule johnny Moody, away up in Heaven, God said, "Let there be a linfo Johnny Moody," and there was a httle Johnny Moody.' 'Teacher: 'Canyou multiply together eoncrete numbers?' t(Tbe class appear upoertain.) Teacher 'What will be the product of forty iapples multiplied by six pounds of beef?' Small boy, triumphantly: 'Mincepies!'

The owner of a pair of bright eyes says that the prettiest compliment she ever received came from a child of four years. The. little fellow, after looking Intently at her for a' moment, inquired naively, "Are your eyes new ones?' liittle AUie I a a takes great Interest in the story «f Samson. Not long since, he had his hair put close in the prevailing style, and soon after was seen in the vain attempt to turn a somersault. Some one remarked, 'Allie, you don't seem to succed very well in turning somersaults.' 'No,'he gravely replied: 'I am not as strong as I was I have lost all my hair.'

A little boy of five years, residing with his parents In the Cheney block, was asked by a lady a few days since for a kiss. He immediately complied, but the lady noticing that the little fellow drew his hand* across his lips, remarked, 'Ab, but you are cubbing it off.' 'No, I ain't,' was the quick rejoinder, 'I'm rub bing it in.'—Hartford'littles.

Little Johnny has peculiar views as to original sin. One day be was about to be punished for a misdemeanor, when he pleaded: 'It wasn't me, mamma, dear, it was the bad man.' 'Well, Johnny, I am going to whip the bad man out of you.' 'Ah, yes, but it'll hurt me a precious lot more than it- will the bad man.'

The five year' old son -of a family the other day stood watching bis baby brother, who waa making a great noise oyer having his face washed. The little fellow at Hut lost his patience, and, stamping his tiny foot, said, 'Yon think yoa havo lots of trouble, but you don't know anything about it., Wait till you are big enough to get a liCkin', and then you'll "see, wonthe mamma *f 'My sbn, Wohld yon like to steafone of those melons?' 'Yes, sir,' was tbe prompti reply.' 'You would, eh! I am sorry to hear that. If yoa should steal One of those melons, my boy, do yoa khoW what the'result might be?' The lad scratched bis head, surveyed tbe pile again.and answered: 'Spectthe plaguey thing Woald be green all the way through.'

A lad in Boston, small Of hia years, was errand boy for four, gentlemen. One day they were chaffing nim about being small, and said to him: 'You never will amotant to much, you never cah do much business, you are so small.' •Well,' said he, 'as small aa am, I can doaomething which none of you four can do.' 'An, what is,that?' said they, 'l ean keep from swearing,' said tbe little fellow. There were some bloshes on four manly faces, and very little anxiety for further information on the point.

A Georgian returned to his home niter an absence of* two weeks. His eight year old son loudly weloomed him., 'Is everybody well. Willie?' the ffether asked. 'Theweliest kind,' tbe boy replied. 'And nothing hss happened?' 'Nothing at all. I've been good, Jennie's all right, and I never saw ma behave as well as ahe baa this time.'

A PA TJPER AT THE PISTOL'S MUZZLE.

A man, who lives lust east of the Kansis City fair grounds. Was gOlog home aboat 9 o'clock on night, and to shorten the distance he would have to travel, he out acrpsa the grounds. Just as he was passing the Fine Art Hall two men emerged from the shadows, and with drawn revolvers, ordered him to throw up his hands. The man, exclaiming, 'Gentlemen, you've struck a pauper this time!'threw np his bands. Something was seen in on© of his bands and one of them said. 'What have you tberer 'A bottle of medicine,, for which I just

about 9 o'clock on1Tuesday and

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ot trusted at the drug atore,' replied tbe The next request Was to 'throw it down.' 'It will break If I do lb let me throw my coat down first?' he said. With tbe muzzlea of both pistols frowning down on him. the man proceeded to divest himself of his coat ind throw the medicine bottle upon it. Then tbe searching comi a pocket Icnife,

searching, commenced, ,bnt nothing bat apiece of tobacco and a few papers were fouhd. These were not

taken, and tbe robbers, seeing that the man was really as poor as be claimed to be,told him to go on his way. Then it was the man's tarn ask tribute from tbe robbeia, so be said: 'Gentlemen. I have no bread nor meat at home, and I think that after making me go through all this business ybu ought to lend me— well, say a quarter.' One of tbe h?eh» waymen went down into his pocket, and, bringing np a silver quarter, handed It to the tmpecaniods fellow. laiigeatlM.

The main cause of nervousness Is indigestion, and that Is caused by weskness of tbe stomach. No one can have sound serves and good health without Ming Hop Bitters to strengthen the stomach, purify the blood, and to keep the liver and kidneys active, to carry off all tbe poisonous and waste matter of the sy»tp. See other column.

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but lost aa he to bis fining and a raw clerk had to 1e put in btepine& A bad look for Heh young men, bat it ia the eld story repealed for the thousandth time. If rich man'aeoiM will not endnre the drudgery rar which nearly all their father's secured money and postttoo, they must take a secondary nlaee in the next aeaetation and oftener they dropout ofaight amidthe idle, worthless herd, if, Indeed, they cacane an" association with loafers and eacape criminala. What say the labor reformen to facta like tbeee. for facts they are, without question? Nearly every man in any leading position In tbe community began life poor. Let the sons of rich man take warnir ntly and faith fa!

work he found out It was too con

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Trial Bottlea Dr. h^ayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry, 25 cents. The distressing eougb, which threatened serious results, is quickly cured before developing a fatal pulmonary affection. Fbr alt throat, bieast and long disorders, Asthmatic or Bronchial affection* Whooping Cough, LiverOomplaint. Blood Spitting, dee., no remedy Is so prompt ahd effectual as "Dr. Swsyne'e Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry." "I have made use of this prepsration for many years, and It has proved to be very reliable and efficacious in tbe treatment of severeand longstanding cougba. 1 know of two patienta, now In comfortable health, and who bnt for its use I oonsider would not now be living. "IsaacS. Hxananr, M. D. "Strauatown, Berks county, Pa.',

Price:—Trial bottles, 25 oents large sha, |L or six for f&. A single 25 cent bottle will oftentimes cure a recent or ooM, and thus prevent much and risk of life. Prepared only by Dr."8wayne A Son, Philadelphia. Sold by leading Druggists. In Baute^y Ban tin k, Armstrong.

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SUN DAY CO LATION.

A man diqleaaed with the world 1» never satishedlvith himself. Let us llferch ourselves place, and afterwards the world.

Tbe wise and prudent conquer difficulties by daring to attempt them. Be severe to yourself, indulgent to others, and thua avoid resentment.

Love is what diptlqguishes,. for every man is hia qyrh love.--Swef!dWji)Org. The human heart la like, heavaomtke more angels the more room.—Fredrika Bremer. .*

DffeiBnc^ is the most compl&e, the mom indiKct and the most elegant of all compliments.—Shenstone.

Small service is trus service tfhlle it lasts. soorn not

IPohe strives would be treated by th«m, h« wili not fail to come near the perfect life.— Mencius.

He who takes.ca^e of the nniveise has arranged all things for the safety and good of the whole. The most beautiful thing in human life ia attainment to a resemblance of the divine.—Plato.

The soul may be compared to afield of battle, wbere .lhdarmlea are ready at every moment to encounter., Not a single vice but has a more pow$gful opponent, atid not oh£ virtue bat may be overcome by a combination of vices.— Goldsmith.

The love of glory, the ff ar of shame, the design of makings a fortune, tbe dosire of rendering life easy and agreeable, and the humor of pulling down other people are Often thd causes of that valor so celebrated among men.—Rochefoucauld. i] wx V5"

The good man toveaall men. He loves to speak of the good of others. All within the four seas are his brothers. Love of man" is chief of all the virtues. The mean man sows, that himself may reap but tbe love of the perfeot man is universal—Confucius.

Nothing makes a woman more esteemed by the opposite Bex than chastity, whether it be that We always prise those most who are hardest to come at, or that nothing besides chastity, with its collateral attendants—truth, fidelity and constancy—give the man a property in the person lie loves, and consequently endears her to him above ail things.— Addison. j,

Ananda. the beloved disciple -of Buddha, being on a long journey, bpcame thirsty, and approached a well to isk drink of a damsel wbo was drawing Water. She told him she belonged to the lowe8t caste of the people, ana that It was not lawful for suoh to approaeh a saint, lest their touoh should pollute him. Ananda replied, 'My sister, I did not ask thee oonoernlng thy caste, or thy family, but merely for water to urink.—Buddhist tradition.

Tbe ascribing Of all things to the Lord Opens the interior of man toward heaveh, for thus it is acknowledged that nothing of truth and good is from himself, ana in proportion as this is acknowledged in tbe same proportion tbe love of self departs, and with the love of self the thlok darkness from falsities and evils in the same proportion, also, man comes into innocence, and into love and faith to the Lord hence there is conjunction with the divine Influx from it, add Illustration.—Swedenbor*_^_^

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A Wonder Ail Discovery. Dr. kifto's California Golden Compound, and what is still more wonderful It coats liothing to give this great remedy a trial. It will poaltlvely and speedily n, Sick

Debility, Drowalness and Low Spirits. This wonderful remedy will positively cure, and that where every ether remedy has failed. To prove that it will do all we claim for It yoa are presented with a trial bottle by yoar druggist free of cost, by which you will readily perceive Its wonderful curative qualitiea, and which will show you wbst a regular one dollar siae bottle will do. For sale by Gulick A Berry, Terre Haate. [5]

Buckle*'* Arnica Salve. The Bnrr 8alvb in the world for Cuts, Tet-

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Corns, This

Salve is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction In every case or money refunded. Price 25 centsner box. For sale by GULICK A BERRY, Terre Haute. (je8-8m) I iv.

AN UNDENIABLE TRUTH. You deserve to suffer, and if you lead a miserable, unsatisfactory lite in this beautiful world, it is entirely your own fealt ahd there ia only one exouse for yoa—your unreasonable prejudice and skepticism, which has killed thousand«. Personal knowledge and common seu»e reasoning will shdw you that Green's Augost Flower will care you ot Liver Complaint, or Dyspepsia, with all its misersble effects, such as sick headache, palpitation of tbe heart, sour stomach, habitual oostlveness, dizziness of tbo bead, nervous prostration, low spirits, etc. Itssales now reach every town on the western continent, and not a druggist but will tell you of Its wonderful cures. You can buy a sample bottle for 10 cents. Three doses will relieve you*

For sale by Gulick A Berry and by Groves A Lowry. ,,,

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To ail^ho are suffering frotil tbe er-£ rors and Indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, low of manhood, etc.. I will send a redpe that will care yoa, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the Rxv. Joseph T. I*man, Station D, Bible House, New York

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r«ver'aa« Agae Care* Car SO Ceata." Dr. Swayne's Fever and Agne Pills (without calomel and quinine), a quicks and sure cure in every *se for ague and fever, intermittent and remittent fevers, and all direases having their origin in Malaria. Tbey are a great tonic andf preventive as well aa cure of all com-g plaints peculiar to malarious, marshy" and miasmatic districts. Tbey act on' tbe liver, and brace np the system to vigorous, healthy condition. Notwithstanding these pills are sold for one-half

the price or compound be what tbey may snd being entirely free from all minerals, their use (eaves no bad effects, aa is tbe case with many other remedies. Sent by mail to any address, on receipt of price (in currency or postage stamps), 50 oents a box, three boxes $1.25, six boxes 12.60. Address letters, Dr. Sw A Son, 890 N. Sixth St., Pbllad'a. by Bun tin A Armstrong, Terre Haute.

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in your own town. Terras

and i&outfit free. Address M. HALLETT 400., Portland, Maine.