St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 24, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 10 December 1887 — Page 4

SCOTTISH LAW. BY PEBTINAX. IA commercial traveler some time in the 40’s win arrested in Edinburgh, Scotland, for fiddling in his room in the hotel on Sunday. They kept him in jail one night and lined him in the morning and broke up his fiddle. He has always claimed since that time that the Scotch are barbarians, I I spent a Sunday once in Scotland's capital, The room was up six stories from the ground, I very weary was, and then grew musical. I played my tiddle -a "bobbie” heard the sound. He climbed into my room, though I protested, Me and my fiddle then and there arrested. He locked mo up, I think, in the Tolbooth; I know it was a common, dirty place ; I would be recreant to the cause of truth If I denied I keenly felt disgrace, To be, like felon, thrust into a cell. Because I fiddled indifferently well. On Monday morning when the old jail clock Was striking (chapping they call it) the hour of ten I went before the bailie. I did shock That ignorant, broad Scotch official when I told him I demanded satisfaction And damages, or else I would bring action. “Eh. lad,” he said, "can you come to our toun An’jdny the feedlo on the Sawbath day ? I doot butthat you are a fashions loon. The laws o’ God or man you won't obey. Had I my way I’d hang you in the square, I’d let you dance on nothing in the air. "I hao no time to talk nae mair aboot it, I ll fine you just five shillin's, and the foedlo, The causa o’ a’ this trouble, dinna doot it, I’ll hue the jailer rip it up the meedle, An’ while you’re here I caution you be ceevil, You feedlin’, pawpish agent o' the deevil.” I thought at first that I would go to law. On second thought I paid him the ten shilling. I watched the bailie, as his wagging jaw Victoria’s English he was cruelly killing. I left old Scotland on the first out-train,» That barbarous land 1 ne'er shall see again. L tape (HAPTER L

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mounting hurriedly, tethered his horse and tinned his steps in the direction from whence the sounds proceeded. Neither the long strides of the heavy boots on the dry prairie grass nor the thrusting aside of the impending branches of the trees disturbed the singer, until the coarse, loud voice exclaimed sneeringly: ‘ Somewhat merry,-be’ant ye?” The dark-colored specimen of mankind, who was leaning lazily against a small tree and viewing the ax at his feet complacently, started guiltily. “Fo’ de Lor’, boss! how’ vo’ skeered me.” The man laughed; a low. chuckling । laugh, that was by no means reassuring. ! “Skeered ye, did I, you black villain ? What are ye up to, down here by the river ?” “Cuttin’ posts for Massa Fairleigh.” “Posts, hey? Fixin’ up his ranch more and more, the old fool! I say, Skete, do you see this here little toy?” “La. boss, don’t shoot!” “I wont; that is, if you'll agree to do jest as I tell ye. If you don’t, then that black skin will cover a dead nigger ; do vou hear ?” “Y-e-s, boss.” “Then answer some questions, and mind I won’t stand any lies. Where is your ‘massa,’ as you call him?” “Fo’ de Lor’, I done know.” “Yes ye do. I don't mean at this minute’/actly; I mean wdiere did he calculate to go to-day ?” “Oh, golly! I—l blebe I heered him tell Miss Nora he wur gwine down to Buf'lo Creek dis berry mornin’.” “I thought so; goin’ to git some money, wasn’t he?” Skete (short for Mosquito) began to pick up his scattered senses, and merely shook his woolly head byway of reply. “Do you see this barker?” growled the man, savagely. “Golly! yes, boss—don’t shoot! dont turn it dis yar way! it might go off. ” “T rather think it will if you don’t go off a little better. Now, where does your old ‘massa’ keep his money—under his bed, or in his desk, or where?” “Fo’ de Lor’ Oh! don’t shoot. He —he keeps it under de pillow. Wha—wha you want ter know dat fo’?” “No questions from you, you black rascal. I jest want you to tell me a few more things, then I’ve somethin’ to tell you. Where does Miss Nora sleep ?” “In de back chamber, ob course. ” “Down stairs ?” “Yes, boss; -what’s de difference ” . “Shet up! I only want to ask questions. Do you see this revolver ? Well, now, listen to me. When you go home to-night you’re to never say one word ’bout seein’ me. Understand?” “Y-e-s, boss,” tremblingly. “And you’ll'watch where your old skinflint of a master hides his mcney and private papers—l’m as anxious ’bou^ them as the money.” "What J watch dat ar fo’?” “Shet up! I said you’ll watch and see where they are put; then you’ll set down in a chair by the back door.” “By de back doah—oh, don't shoot!” “Yes, and you'll keep wide awake until there’s a knock on the door; then v u'll open it, soft-like, and keep mum all the time,” threateningly. “You’ll see somebody enter, but you won'* know who ’tis, and then you'll go outdoors, where you’ll find some hosses hitched. You’ll stay close to these until your caller comes out agin. Now, do you understand ?” Skete didn’t turn white, because he was altogether too dark; but his usually genial black face was a leaden ; gray, and his black eyes full of terror. He realized perfectly that lie was to have a hand in helping rob his master. He glanced out over the wide reach of the muddy Platte River and to the long rolling prairies beyond. In the .northwest he could plainly see the .chimneys of Fairleigh Ranch and the sod-covered^ roofs of the barns and corrals. Was there np escape out of .this demon’s elufehes', he wondered. Oh, ye ncedn t be calculatin’ to .run, you black scamp, because within i sound of my whistle there’s a dozen warm comrades quite readv to ha,ng I you on oue o'theft trees if I but say .thpword. You’ve beard tell of Um

Gregory, hain’tyou? Well, that’s my name. ” Skete trembled like an aspen, for the name given belonged to one of the worst white renegades in all that country, and well known to every settler as a desperado and outlaw. “Will ye do as Isay?” “Don’t shoot! Y-e s, boss, I—l promise. ” “You’d better, if you want to keep a whole skin. Bemember to have the door unlocked at the first gentle rap, and mum's the word—don’t forget that. ” And without another word the man mounted his horse and rode away, satisfied that the frightened darky would obey him to the letter. Poor terrified Skete didn’t cut down any more trees, but stood tremblingly by his ax and looking helplessly toward home. At last he roused himself, and as the sun swung down und^r the level plains in the West he gathered up his ax and slowly made his way in the direction of Fairleigh Bauch. Skete had been a slave back in old Virginia, but he had clung to his old master after he got his freedom and willingly followed him, like the faithful dog he was, to the far West. Ho was a loving, ignorant old soul, easily frightened, as the - m m who proposed making a tool out of him well knew. Fairleigh Bauch was a large, barnlike structure, surrounded by numerous sheds and corrals. There was no other human habitation within less than five miles. The ranch was situated in the vast plains of the Platte Valley, where its owner. Bichard Fairleigh, had purchased hundreds of the cheap prairie acres and also hundreds of sheep and cattle, which wandered for many miles watched by his numerous cowboys. The muddy, shallow Platte Biver was within sight, and to one not initiated into its uselessness as to navigation and treacherous sandbars, it appeared quite majestic. At the time of the commencement of our story the Union Pacific had been completed only a short time, beyond their ranch home, and settlers were just beginning to flock to that fair section of country. Bichard Fairleigh had been in the West several years, had grown ac- ■ customod to pioneer privations and ; frontier dangers, and was fast growing I rich owing to his numerous herds and | simple habits. As the sun disappeared in the west- | ern horizon a girl came to the front J door of the ranch and gazed long and | earnestly in the direction of the river, i She was about eighteen, of medium I size, and with a face almost if not quite beautiful. She wore a dark print : dress, with a plain white apron, and j her luxuriant brown hair hung in one heavy braid down to her waist and was tied with a bunch of bright blue ribbon, the only bit of adornment about her fair person. “I do wonder what keeps papa so long absent. 1 never like for h m to be out alone after night, especially when I know he carries a large sum of money, as he does to-night. Ah! there he is at last, and here comes lazy Skete, walking slower, if possible, than usual.” Bichard Fairleigh was a man of some fifty-five summers, tall and grim in appearance. He possessed few acquaintances, seemed to care for no one's friendship, unless it was that of his faithful Skete and his fair young daughter. Even to them he was meager in the be- ■ trayal of his affections. What his | former life had been was not easily told from his deep-lined, moody face, or his । conversat'on. His reasons for leaving his old home in Virginia and voluu tarily taking upon himself that of a Western ranchman, even his daughter could not tell. She had learned to accept life as it was and to make the best of it, after her own sunny nature and gentle heart. Her father, whose usual reticence forbade any questions concerning his business affairs, sat down to the supportable in silence and ate heartily of its wholesome fare, well and even daintilyprepared and presided over by Nora, whose only maid-of-all-work and choreboy was lazy, awkward Skete, and this night he had been so late home ho was of no assistance whatever. After pretending to eat his supper Skete crept around to Nora’s side and whispered: “Miss Nora, Miss Nora, Massa Fairleigh, he—he “Well, Skete, what is it?” wonderingly, foi’ Skete’s tongue was usually glib enough. “Oh, nothin’ ’tall, ’cept did—did Massa Fairleigh bring home do money ?” “The money? Oh, to pay the hands and that note of Simpson’s. Yes, I think he did ; what a funny question, Skete. Do you peed any yourself?” “N—o, Miss Nora, but—but I reckon he keeps it under de bed.” “Certainly, that is his custom. Why, Skete, you coward, if I don't believe you are afraid of robbers!” At these light, merry w >rds, given with a soft, sweet laugh, Skete fell el “Do you .see this barker?” over on a bench and began to mop his shining face with bis red bandana. “It's—it’s—my—oh Lor’ a me, Miss Nora, honey.” “What is it Skete, you act so queerly, are you ill or in pain ?” “N—o, yes, it's my hart, Miss Nora, Oh ” Smiling to herself over Skete’s many I imaginary illnesses, which invariably ; came on when there was a hard day’s work before him, or a pile of dishes, . Nora sought her chamber to spend an I hour or two with her books am? needle | work. As the clock struck ten she arose, J and, not feeling any desire for sleep, J threw herself down on the bed without j disrobing and gave herself up to ; fancies. In half an hour thereafter | she was sound asleep. How long she slept she never knew; i she awoke with a sense of suffocation ; and found herself surrounded by fire, i With a cry of horror, she sprang; from the bed, filing open her window, ■ and threw herself wildly down on the , ground below. Fortunately the win- : dow was only few feH from the

WING low, sweet chariot. ” The voice that I rang out strong and free through I the undergrowth i of co 11 onwo o d trees was melodious, but the singer was not visible to the plainsman who drew rein suddenly, as the words ’of the song , reached his ears, and who, dis-

! ground. Her first thought was of het ; father, but, alas, it was too late! his room was already one mass of flames. “Father! Father!” sho shrieked, ! wildly. “Skete! oh, Skete! where are j you? Merciful Heavens! am I all I alone? Have all perished but me?” Then a sound of horse’s hoofs broke I upon her ear. Help was coming, but, | alas, alas! she felt that it would be too i late to assist her father. “Oh, my God! this is horrible, horrible! Why did I not awaken sooner! Perhaps they have escaped.” Just then the roof of the building fell in with a crash, and poor little Nora sank down in a dead faint. When she opened her eyes she found herself supported by a young man who 7 O ; sswbsk IV Liv r -J f 87//t a cry of horror she sprang from the bed. had ’evidently carried her some distance from the dangerous locality of the burning house. The gentleman was an entire stranger. “There! you are better now,” he exclaimed, ns she slowly raised herself and gazed around confusedly. “What lias happened? Oh, the fire! Where—oh, where is my father?” No one answered her, although a crowd of men lingered near. The young stranger endeavored to speak, but the pity in his’'dyes’ was sufficient. “You don’t mean to tell me that —that he is really dead—perished—there?” The young man remained silent, and Nora bowed her face in her hands and moaned in keenest anguish; sho realized at last that she was indeed alone in the world. [TO BE CONTINUED.) PEACH INGS. A MODEST MAIDEN. Sho’s such 1 modest little maid! Os saucy moa she is afraid, Oli, my I Why, if one ogled her, I'm sure The slight she never could enduro— Sho d cry. But very often at the shore I ve seen her bathing with a score Oi friend < And I vo observed, Im grieved to say, Her bathing dross was ae ollet\ Both ends. While only last night at the ball Her costume fairly startled all Or us. Whilesho looked round,quite sidf-pof-s s e<] And wondered what could interest Us thus. Yes, she's n, modest little maid I Os saucy men siie is afraid, t>b, my! And if one ogle 1 her, I’m sure The slight she never could emlnre — st o’d cry. Somerville Journo! Wo always admire what we cannot understand. Maybe that is why so many women get married. When a man sets out to learn what a woman thinks the experiment usually ends by bis telling her everything that he thinks himself. And generally she doesn't find the in'ormation very valuable. The biggest paradox about pawnbrokers and other usuers is that the Shylock who has the least principle should get the biggest interest. Sarah Bernhardt is said to bo studying the part of Bosalind in English. Microscopes, instead of opera glasses, will be to let in the lobby. Over fifty thousand photographs of Mrs. Cleveland have been sold. What a modest, retiring young person Mrs. Cleveland is! Like a woman—most men. The only person in this world who was ever perfectly good was so lonesome that he died two-thirds of a second after he was born. “She stoops to concur”—the tall girl, when the young man finds that he wasn't made long enough to reach. A good place to study human nature is in a horse-car; but you arc apt to think that human nature isn't worth studying before you get through. You cannot always judge people by appearances; but you can often judge bank cashiers by their disappearances. When a young man is making love for a girl, lie is apt to tell her that he wishes her silvery accents might ring in his ear forever, but nine times out of ten he would as soon hear a perpetual ream whistle ten or fifteen years after the minister gets his fee. The man who invented the office-boy has a great deal on his conscience. '1 he woman who can control her own tongue is greater than he who ruleth a city. She is also scarcer. “I here is no such thing as failure till a man gives up,” says Brick i’omeroy. Brick’s business experience, must have been limited. There was a failure only last week in Boston, where the men who fai'ed positively wouldn’t give up anything. "When a m m loses his self-respect it is all up with him or, rather, it isn't. It’s all down with him, nine times out of ten. An anarchist in New York has committed suicide. Maybe he didn’t remember that “Order is heaven’s first law;” or perhaps that wasn’t the way he was going. Socialism and anarchism arc dangerous creeds; but, after all, are they as troublesome as the man who insists on reading aloud to you h’s own verses? The man who has an expensive health lift fitted up in his bedroom seldom gets up muscle enough to bring up the family coal. Now that Mr. Murray has come away, Evangelist Moody is trying to revivalize IHontreaL People who should try religiously to follow all the advice that is gratuitously given them in the advertising columns of any newspaper would get into a deep Bed Sea of trouble. It is always well to distrust strangers who show themselves to be more than ordinarily friendly. There is no thief to steal cream like your neighbor’s purring cat. An Illinois woman has been asleep since the twenty-fourth of last December; but as long as she doesn’t snore obtrusively the neigh bars haven’t any real right to complain. The best use of tlio editorial ‘'oiiif comes when the editor’s wiffi asks for j new bon ot. At thiuk*.

A HUNDRED YEARS A HERO! How Seth Warner Won a Wife and Becamo famous. Colonel Seth Warner, of Vermont, the famous hero of the Revolutionary war, was a leading fighter for the Hampshire grants. These titlei were disputed by the State of New York, and its authorities obtained an edict of the King of England in their favor. The settlers were stung by the supposed injustice. This state oi things brought Colonel Seth Warner to the front With Ethan Allen and others he actively opposed every effort of the Now York State authorities to enforce possession, uud finally he, with Allen and others, were outlawed and a price put on their heads! To circumvent New York, it was necessary that some one should go into that State and gam required infornrition. Colonel Warner, assuming for safety the name of “Dr. Howard,” undertook this perilous and romantic journey. While on his way homo ho stopped at a country inn, where an old goutlemaa and daughter were storm-bound. T lio father fell ill and the daughter called upon Colonel Warner, who, wmi his wide knowledge of simple remeities, successfully treated the “old man,” and ho finally won this devoted woman for a wife. Snell incidents were not uncommon in those years. When the doctor was not easily reached, n .'uths of sickness, and even liio were often saved by seme unprofessional friend versed m the use of simpxo herbs and roots. The health of early settlers and their powers of endurance convince us that such medicines did only good mid leftuo poison m tdio blood to work as much injury to tho system as would tho disease itself. In time of peace the colonel was in constant demand for his knowledge of simple remedies and their power over disease. But it was left to another of his name of the present age to give to the public what was then used with such positive success. Warner for over a hundred years has shared with Ethan Allen the admiration of tho American people. Colonel Seth Warner belongs to a family of wide distinction; no loss than eight members thereof won famo in the regular practice of medicine. Looking to the adoption by tho people of this generation of the old time simple remedies, Ins direct descendant, 11 IL Warner, tho well-known proprietor of Warner’s safe cure, for many years has been experimenting with old time roots and herbs formulae, and, his search having been finally rewarded with success, he gives the world the result. These recipes and formulio in other days accomplished great tilings because tiioy ware purely vegetable and combined simply so as to euro the disease indicated, without injury to tno system. In harmony with their old time character, we learn mat ho proposes to call them Warner’s Log Cabin Remedies, using as a trade-mark an old-fasliionod American log cabin. Wo understand that he intends to put forth a “Sarsaparilla” for the blood, the sarsaparilla itself being but oue of a number of simple and effective elements; “Log Cabin Hous and Buchu,” a general stomach tonic and invigorator; “Log Cabin Cough and Consumption Remedy,” “ Warner’s Ixig Cab.n Sealpino,” for tho hair; a preparation for that universal disease, catarrh, called “Log Cabin Rose Cream;” “Warner’s Log Cabin Blasters;” and ‘ Warner's Log Cabin Liver Pills,” which are to bo used in connection with the other remedies, or independently, as required. Warner’s safe remedies are already standards of the most pronounced scientific value in all parts of the world, and we have no doubt tho Big Cabin liemodies, forth ■ diseases they are intended to euro, will 1 of equal merit, for Mr. Warner has the reputation of connecting his name with no preparation that is not meritorious. Business Terms Defined. Sonic of the business terms used n tho published accounts of some of the recent failures have juizzled a good many people outs de of the business world. The words ued to designate certain commercial paper have not carried with them sutfL tent evidence of their meaning to make it clear to the uninitiated. Here are a few definitions that may be useful: ' Business Paper" This is tho ordinary paper used by business men, an ordinary note, lor instance. B owes A a debt. B gives A a note for it, and \ takes the note to the bank and gets it discounted. 'J'hut is a fair sample of legitimate busiue s paper. " Accommodation Paper”-This is paper upon which loans from banks and tho like are effected. Fi r instance, is in business and has not enough capital at hand wherewith to operate. His credit is good, and ho goes to a bank and explains that he wants to raise this or that amount of money. He gives his note for the amount, and tho bank takes this either with or without indorsement or with or without collateral security. A man’s credit has considerable to do with his ability to float his accommodation paper. “Gilt-Edge Paper ' This is a term used by bank men merely to indicate that the paper, of whatever nature it may be, is first class. “Kite Paper”—Perhaps this is best defined by an example. A New Haven firm is in need of funds and so is a Hartford firm. Tho New Haven firm sends to the Hartford firm lor its note for, say, SIO,OOO, and the Hartford firm sends the note and gets iu return tho New Haven firm’s note for the same amount. There is no actual consideration in either ease. The Hartford firm gets its note discounted, and so does the New Haven firm, and then they raise $20,00 > “in wind,” of course providing they turn out insolvent. Th s is one form of “kite paper.” Another form, and a worse one, is where a house with a big line of credit starts a concern in some distant city or State for the mere purpose of manufacturing paper which the house can raise money on. For instance, A does a big business in New Haven, and has a large line of credit. He has one of these paper-manufacturing houses in Milwaukee. This house sends him a note for 810,000, in payment for goods ostensibly. The note is discounted hi re in New Haven. The money is raised at an opportune time, and all is well unless the firm goes up. Then this form of “kite paper” is nothing short of absolute swindling. “Trust Beceipt”—Here is an example of" a trust-receipt transaction which will serve as a definition. A wants to import a cargo of iron, but has not the money to do it with. He goes to B, a banker, and says: “If you import that cargo of iron for me, I xvill have it shipped to your order, and will not part with it without your consent, and when I do part with it the proceeds will be turned over to you.” The iron is shipped to A’s warehouse. The communications between A and B relative to the transaction and the agreement are the trust receipts. If A should prove insolvent, the question is, “Who does the iron belong to?” hi New York it has been decided that it is /Vs. — Ameri‘an Cultivator. The Odd Form; of Englhh. Curious ways of expressing ideas in English may be expected from foreigners, as, for instance, when tho Fren liman, who paid a call in this country and was about to be introduced to a family, said: “Ah, ze ladies! Zen 1 vould before, if you please, vish to purify mine hands and to sweep mine hair.” But the various nationalities of the British isles are sometimes not a whit behind in verbal bulls and blunders, and in what may generally be described as odd ways of putting things. It is said that when Constable’s aunt was dying the good, deaf old lady said: “Anno, if I should bo spared to bo taken away I hope my nephew will get the doctor to open my head ami see if anything can be done for my hear iug.” A Paiidey publit’Sß ws oom plaining oi hjs fiervsnt-iß&id that

she could never bo found when required. “hhe’il gang oot o’ the house,” said he, “twenty times for ance she’ll come in.” It must have been a relative of his who aroused her servant at 4 o’clock with: “Come, Mary, got up. Here ’tis Monday morning, to-morrow is Tuesday, the next day’s Wednesday—half the week gone and nothing done yet.” Taffy often plays amusing pranks with the Queen’s English. A Welsh landlord, who for some time had been annoyed by an obstreperous guest, walked across tho room to him, ami, striking the table with his fist, shouted very volubly: “You hat kick up a row all day hero to-night! We wa? not interfere with you, do wo? Efcry man hero minds his own pizness; yes, by Jing! no.” Pat, of course, is proverbial for his eloquent, if rather novel, and puzzling way of putting things. A retired army surgeon in the north of Ireland had a humorous experience of this when often visited by the neighboring peasants, who were anxious to avail themselves of his good nature and professional skill. One applicant for relief described himself as having “a great bilin in his treat, and his heart was as if ye had it in yer hand and was s jUeezin’ at it.” “Plase, yer honor,” whined a barefooted woman, “I'm in great disthress.• I fell down yesterday and broke live of me ribs, an’, for the blessing of God, could ye spare me a trifie?” Another patient said: “Savin’ yer honor’s presence, me stomach has gone to the w'esht of me ribs.” A traveler being on the box of an Irish mail coach on a very cold day, and observing the driver enveloping his neck in tho voluminous folds of an ample “comforter,” remarked: “You seem to be taking good care of yourself, my friend.” “Oh, to be sure I am, sir,” answered tho driver; “what's all the world to a man when his wife’s a widdy?”— Chambers’ Journal. History of Shorthand. • The history of shorthand in this country is not without interest. It appears to have originate ! three centuries since, being the invention of Dr. Timothy Bright, who was both physician and clergyman, who published “an Arte of short*’, swifte, ami secret writing by Character.” Os this work only one copy is known, which is in tho Bodleian Library at Oxford. I'r.ght’s system consisted mainly in the employment of arbitrary’ signs in place of words, and was of a very’ cumbrous character. It was vastly improved by John Willis, who in It 02 published the “Art of Stenography,” this being the first use of the word. Willis’ was an alphabetical system, which so far commended itself to tho writers of the day that many editions were called for. and it is said that, in consequence of its very general use at the time, corrupt readings got into the text of Shakspeare and >ther authors of the period. Innumerable systems followed. Lord Bosebery stated at the congress of shorthand writers in England that tin re were nearly live hundred in existence. At the present time the most popular system seems to bo that of Isaac Pitman, which is phonetic, the sounds of the voice and not the letters of tho words being r< presented. So very successful has been ties phonographic shorthand, which has now reached its jubilee year, the inventor being still, we are '. lad to state, alive, that no less than Lve hundred editions of his manu il have been published, and one million copies of his “Phonographic Teacher. !he continued popularity of the system proves its success, which has -ven been greater iu America than in this country. There every merchant and large dealer, to say nothing of lawyers, litterateurs, and professional politicians, has his shorthand clerk or clerks, to whom he dictates his correspondence, with an economy of time and labor that is characteristic of the nation; whereas, in Pngland, and even in T.ondon, the employment of stenographers in private businesses is the exception rather th .n the rule. Th sis not as it should be, but at present tho dilbculty is to find clerks and amanuenses who can w ite stenogiaphically with sullieient skill to enable their writings to be read by o'.hers. — London (^ueen. Waste ofeTissuc Without Repair. Vigor begins to decline when dyspepsia invades the stomach. The disease, prolonged through neglect, entail < grievous loss of flesh and serious waste of tho muscular tissue. To invigorate thoroughly and speeaily, a sound stomachic is required. There is none comparable to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, since it institutes, and if continued, perp'etuntas a repair of the tissues, which have declined in bulk, vig >r and elasticity m consequence of non-aßsiuiiln-tiou of tho food. No time should be lost in beginning the reparative process, nor should there be any delay in removing those ailments of frequent occurrence, which contribute to and foster an enfeebled condition of the stomach and nerves, viz. : constipation and liver complaint. disorders which tho Hitters will assuredly extinguish. It also remedies and prevents nut]ar al and kidney troubles, and is a primo auxiliary in the recovery of strength for convalescents from wanting disease. Canes an I Hats. There have been published the language of flow’ers, stamps, the fan, ami handkerchief. Now’, for the benefit of the Freshman, we give the language of the high hat and cane. Hitting a Freshman’s hat with a brickbat—Have I fallen in your esteem? Mashing hat over eyes—You can see me no more. Flipping hat off xvith cane and jumping on it (the hat, not the cane) —Are you angry with me? Seizing cane and throwing it to other end of the campus—You must leave me for a time. Snatching cane and walking off with it—Follow me.— Columbia College SpeAator. IVhy Laura Lost Her Beau. Laura onco had an affluent beau, Who called twice a fortnight, or so, Now sho sits, Sunday eve, All lonely to grieve, Oh, whert is her recreant beau. And why did he leave Laura so? Why, ho saw that Laura was a languTing, delicate girl, subject to sick headache, sensitive nerves, and uncertain tempers; and, knowing what a lifelong trial is a fretful, sickly wife, he transferred his attentions to her cheerful, he althy cousin, Ellen. ■ The secret is that Laura’s health and strength are sapped by chronic weakness, peculiar to her sex, which Ellen averts and avoids by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Proscription. Tina is the on(v remedy for woman’s peculiar weaknesses and ailments, sold by druggists under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers that it will give satisfaction in every case or money will be refunded. S e guarantee on bottle wrapper. Sozzle says the reason he takes his whisky straight is because his mouth always waters for it. Doston Commercial. Thorongiirare. The Wiscoo^d Central Line, although a comparatively new factor in the rai road systems of tho Northwest, has acquired an enviable popularity. Through careful attention to details, its service is as near perfection as might bo looked for. The train attendants Beam to regard their trusts as individual pioperty and as a result the public is served nar-exeel e ice. Tho road now runs s did through fast trains between Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Mimmapolis with Pullman’s best and uuemiilled dining cars; it also niai ihrongii, hqlkl sleepers betw* in Cljicftgo, Ashland; BllluUi ii'ld ths Iknimi ■ milling oi Noi'lkeru Wisoonsin and Michigan,

He ate green cucumbers ; They made him quite sick; But he took a few “Pellets ’ That cured him right quick. An easier physic You never will find o Than Pierce's small “Pellets, The Purgative kind. Small but precious. 25 cents par vial. A STOCK-BROKER can not expect to feel bully when he has more troubles than ho can bear. A Flat Contradiction. Seine one has told you that your catarrh is incurable. It is not 80. Dr. Sago s Catarrh Remedy ’XjU cure it. It is pleaiant to use, and it always docs its work thorou jily. "o have yet to hear of a case in which it did not accomplish a cure when faithfuhy used. Catarrh is a disease which it is dangerous to neglect A certain rome/iy is at your command. Avail yourself Os it before tho complaint assumes a more serious form. Ail druggists. When a man is lost in lovo he ctn generally be found by sending a belle after him. Chronic Coughs and Colds, And all diseases of the Throat and Lungs, can be cured by tho use of Scott’s Eniulsio i as it contains tho healing virtues of < od Liver O 1 and Hypophosphite! in their fullest form. Is a beautiful creamy Emulsion, palatable as milk, easily digested, and can bo taken by the most delicate. Please reml: “1 consider Scott’s Emulsion the remedy par cxcellenee in '1 überculoiis and S ruinous Affections, to say nothing of ordinary colds and threat troubles. ”—W. R. & Connell, M. D., Manchester, Ohio. In this world joy is measured by the cup; trouble by the peck. U or More 'S'Lcoat should not ba neglscte I. Bkown's Bronchial Tkoches are a simple remedy, ami give prompt relief. 25 cs. a box. Doctor’s pills, like the mar.- ago cintract, are for better or for worse. A Fa mi ly Jewel. Doctor David Kenni dv, the famous Burgeon and physician, of Rondout, N. Y., has sent us a copy of his book, “How to Cure Kidney, Liver and Blood Disorders,” a work of great intrinsic merit, apart from many elegant life illustrations of rare beanty. We find on examination that it is a work of exceeding merit, one which s’-ould be kept and read in every home. 11 addition to the studied and valuable m dical lessons inculcated by the Doctor, tharo are two articles from the widdy kmwn author, Col. E. Z. C. Judson (Ned Buntline', which add to the interest of tho work. The printed price of this book is only 25 cents, but any one indos ng this ndioe with tho name, of the paper from whence it is taken, with 2-cent postage stamp, will receive the book free by mail. THE I C I DING l i: xtvrfs Os the Yom n’s Companion Announcomont for IKSS, just published, arc its six illustrated Serial Stories, by Trowbridge, Stephens, an I others, its two hundred Short Stories and Tales of Adventure, its articles by eminent ■wr U'rs, including tho Bight Ho i. Wm. E. Gladstone, Protos-mr Tvndill, Gon Lord Wolseley, Loui“ii M. Alcott, Gen. George Crook, and one hnmlr'd etli t popular authors. The Companion lias tw ' M llton Rvklers a week. Every f amily should take it. I’y sending your subs •• union now, with $1.75, you will roeeivo it free to Jan 1, I NsS, and a full year's sub-i-ription from flint datx Consimiption Surely < iire<L To tho Editor: Ploano inform your readers that I have n positive remedy for tho nbovoniiußd disens-'. Bi its timely use thousands of hopeless mses have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send tw • bottles of my remedy i 'il i to any of o ur renders « h > have consumption J tnev will s. -id mo their Express imd I’. <>. address. Kesp -ctfullv, T. A. SLOCt M, M. C., 1-1 I’enrl St., N. Y. Ex MayobG G. Steketee, of Gi aid Ra-p- --: i-. M i i.. is proprietor oi an unfading I’m Worm Cure. Se h s advts.

We Submit Facts bl r. car 1 to 11. , d's Sai uparil!: ,-s a remedy fT rh> utnatinm. and ask you it you are aflli- ted with tins diin .iso to try the m -dicine wl i h ha- so greatly le uefiti .1 other.i. Hundreds ot people who suffered ti e t<ut'ires of :In uimit sm, even in its severest term., have been perfectly cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. tie pre it 11,-sl pnrj’.er. It corrects the aeidityof tT' blood, which is the cause of the disease, alul gives strength to (v.-r , p-r; of the body. ".My wife ha : G r-n troubled a long time with infbinniatorv rlicuinatism, and was so bad last spring that it was hard work for h'r to walk. She derived more real help from tailing four bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla than from any other medicine sho has taken.” Josf.i it F. Gr.r.i.N, cor. First and Canal strec ts, Hayti u, < lliio. "I used Hood's Sarsaparilla la.-t spring, and can truly say it helped me very much. To those suffering w.th bilious c. mplainG, uenous prostration, or rh um .t sm. I earnest y re । nimend it.” Mrs. K, Cahi'LN lEit, Kalaniaz io, Mich. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. $i ; six for *5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD ,t CO., Apotlu caries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar PENSIONS blami Ageo?,,';: fk\ ;jj • LnviU IO l’< V ELL, Indianapolis, Ind. is wort.. p* r pound, Pettit’s Evo Salvo I SI.OO >. but is sold at 25 cents a box by dealt rs. MENTION THIS PAPER vthbn wbitin* to anvcuTisKiu. Spr* to i*S h day. Sampler worth sl.su, FHEK Unes not under the horse’s feet. Writ< Hrewßt.t S !b‘ty Rein Holder Co,. Holly, Mich MENTION THIS P-AUER whkn writinu to apvßrti«c[m. ERFF or 1 vr I ||H^MiTIFS(I6p,d Herald,Plnla" r Hl-L in tri < »-U >»i 1 a. Send 12 • for 1 year's postage ' and j m our C<> WXDKV.U ('LI B. Bie: pr zes. MENTION THIS PAPER whsn witntMi to adviutisirs. ? so .tß h . ,ne Cured In IO Ils 1? ^P,- nyR .- I'-o Pt’S' till cured, wa Dr. J. cicphens, Lebauan, Ohio. » A MONTH. Agents wanted. nObests'lline articles in the world. 1 s miple FREE. Address.l XV HKONSON, Detroit, Mich. MENTION THIS PAPER whin warns, to aoTißTiaaas. FE K SlO S b 6 ec: a u s £ q Jb tropol’n Bik, Chicago, 111. MENTION THIS PAPER wntx writing to adv3rtiskr3. PATENTS ■L. ~ Instructions and opinions as to patentability I' RI K, 17 years’ experience. QTaIHY Bookkeeping. Business Ferms, wmu a i vy a il'euiuansliip.Arithmetic.Shorthand. etc., thoroughly taught bv/em7. Circulars so e. Bin \NT’s Bi -ini ss c.o.i.i.i,g. Buffs’. 1, N.Y. MENTION IHIS PAPER wbkn wmn-u to advkktissiu. ELV s Cat ar r H CREAM BALM Cleanses the Nasal Wam BN-O PaKas eY Pain and Inflamma- I^IAYFEVE^^,’^ tion, Heals Ilie Sores, Restores ■ Y Senses of Taste and Sm ' lL Kg TRY the CURE. HAY-FEVER in^.> each nostril and is agreeable. Lr’v 0 niail, registere I, 60 cts. Greenwich St., New York. JC B D D E R’S

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A SURE CURE FOK INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA. have sent us their approval of I util-.SI 'i I Jsa ing that it is the best preparation tor Indigestion that they have ever used. er ,H I T 1 a f as, ‘ of Bvspcpsia where DKxEbI\.LIN was taken that was not cured FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM. IT WILL CERE THE MOST AtIGKXV Vl'l 1> CXSES IT WILL SKIP VOMITING IX Iq;EG X \XC v' IF WILL RELIEVE <'i )Xs Tl l ; VHONL For Summer Comp.amts ami chronic Diarrhea, which are the direct results of inn mTect ili wst on. DIGFSTX I IN Will effect an immediate cure Take. DIGEsTYLIN for al pains an I disorders of the stomach; they all emu, tTmn indigestion. \-k your druggist tor DIGESTYLIN (piice $1 per large, bottle). It he does no.. ha\ r it. fond one dollar to us and we will send a bottle to v ,,ii ..ypn-s men nd Jo not hesitate to solid your moiiev. Our hoii-o is fohablß. EMablislmd twenty f,v.> p ais WM. f. KIDDER A < O„ MiHiiffauturiDK Uhvinists, sit John St.. N, Y. MfiNriON THIS wm waxy

SUAcobs oh 4. j First Stroke of p a j n EVERY YEAR TO THOUSANDS. 1 The Class.—Fifty million population pi for 11-' fust time to in X' Five million need relief. How? PmnmHvl permanently. < lertmnty of cure nt M ahlet^L Howto find out? On Si tion, through experiment, by proof. — — f The Merits. Example.-Take upst Jacobi <Ol Hm Great Remedy for Pain. merits k; own to all the world. EweL shows its ments through its efficacy । The Efficacy.—l. Its effects are pminnt 2. Its relief is sure. 3. Itcures ™ I■ : iminent. J. It cures . . . . . . < us 5 st mdi.n as 40 year 5 Jts eu3 1 are without n lapse, without return oH pain. 6. It cures in -ill cases used cording to directions. 7. In every there's a cure, in every application a relij|H The Proof. —1. The testimony cannot disputed. 2. It lias been renewed afta^H lap.-.' of years. 3. No return of pain'i a ■ years. -1. It has cured in all ages and eon.W ditions. 5. It has cured all forms of ing. (1. It ha< cured all stages of pain^M ailments. 7. It lias cun-l cases consida^^B hopeless. N. It has caused crutches andO canes to be thrown away. 9. Its best cure^S are chronic cases. The Price.-1. The best always first an ^ cheapest. 2. The best is the' prompt^^B safest, surest, most permanent. 3. benefits derived are beyond price. 4. Ex- - amples show that no competition can show like results. 5. It is the best. Sold hy Druggixtx ami Dealers Kverywheta^U The Charles A. Vogeler Co., Hallo,, Md' TENSIONS tiS? MENTION THIS I’ACER wu warn™ T o Lr. l k,,tU' 4 i| F’lTSf f r. turn niatl. l ull DescrinM^L 5“ KF K* Moody s Neiv T.nilor System of DraSH 0 iSteta' ultiug MOODY A CO., ( monnati o MENTION THIS PAI’EIi wum« wamsa TO ^ircrolaf i 7 * j KIDDER S PASTILLES .UymaiI. Stowelt*C^ u, Mau, MiNTtON HUS hAI'EII to 1 fS ... k KX* HS' " *' r: ‘ r;:r '’ k RHifi'Trr, u* u ill t ail enough toconvince,UjH!J B. S. Lalderhach A Co., TOLEDO WEEKLY BLADE '.v-tn-s I’AI’ETi.) 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I CURE FITS! \\ li* n I Ray euro 1 do not mean merely tO'atop viem • a wm'’ and tlnn have them return again. I mean % rad■> al < iii'tw I have made the disease of F'lTSrEri* I El SY nr FALLING SICKNESS a life-longstn<m » arrant my remedy to curt* the worst cases. IJc-canW oth' TH have failed is n<» reason for not now cu !e. Send at •>nce f r a treatise and a Free Bottleoi mv mfallibh- remedy, (live Express and PostO®re. H.G. KOOr.M.C., 183 Pearl St., NewYurk. 5 PACKETS OF SEEDS FREE! • S3T For 25 Cents we will rend the >FARM. FIELD ant! STOCKMAMi ‘iiS months (13 number^) on trhd and < ? he g 5 I ackets of seeds P°Sv» ^paid. All rare novelties f great Minh “ Ktok<V Extra Early Watcrmew ton. — Two weeks earlier than the earliest and pichhc. ! GuihUm Queen Mu*kmel«»^ *out exairper.it ion the best IBUikßlg >•- Hsou’r Improved C limax Cgg’Uo.- Superior to an. < I'ickh* « ncumbi r. A’i i.ns : passed variety. <irrcn< rouknecked Sfiriaah. A novelty of tare WiCllt. Th s is.' Hicl’.-.des .ur illuxtrated I l '-] agn rrenaunrList, a three n;<nth-’ mriubi'; sbir in. ;.iid a priced s’ and cerning the \i i \\L e P-ori KA LIVE CLUB. AU jx.-tpald for 25 c. til* in flump*. i sir fm: »e Fin i> a\i> stockman is * ki’c wii and j" i ular weekly AgTH’iiJural and Family » lv |r • ' .-d j agoc, full of pi.x,!.f:il infermatioa । f nrii V lea .LG', rnce 1.50 ier year including a election w 20 pm kt is cf nt t d* free from a list of ox er 200 vHlwt described in tin pr.' mum 1 ■-t. The above is a trial oner o y* HOWARD & WILSON PUB. CO., ChWb BIN THE SELECTION OF | A CHOICE GIFT lor Fast< >r. 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