Nebraska Newspapers

    A LOST LETTER.
"We must rntcr the fashionable cliuri li
of a projicnuifi country town. On fiis
larticular Sunday, atml contrary to the
ubmrI arrangement. Alice Luhntiian, the
contralto, arid Arthur Gilbert, the tinr.r,
sat together on one side of the orjraui-t,
IVlal)cl Strickland and Nerhert Stacy,
oprano. and basso, on the other.
Of these tour jw rsons, Alice Lahnman
and Heritor. Stacy gave the usual amount
of attention to their duties; and nothing
pave the small coquetries and whispered
flatteries common to voluntary, ami per
haps to other, choirs, interrupted their
enjoyment of their own and their mental
criticism of the others' performance.
With Miss Strickland a-id .Mr. Gilbert
all was different.
Mis tick land probably could not have
lo ked plain ii the had tried, but she ap
proached it as nearly to-day s Heaven
had made it possible. In Arthur Gilbert
a change had taken place since his en
trance into the church, whii h could not
have escaped the observation of his coin
panions, had thev not leen entirely taken
up with themselves. His manner then
had liee-n radiant with fiuth a glsu, briclit
hojcfu)ne.ss tliat it u;.rht to have been a
pleasure merely to look at him. On tak
ing his nsual seat leside Miss Strickland,
he had Ieined forward and spoken to her
in a w hisper an ardent whisper, it would
have seemed received in return the
frigidly spoken and very e!itinctly audible
monosyllable ".No." A hurt ami hurried
remonstrance had then been answered by.
the lady's crossing over and taking the
seat usually ocenpied by Miss Iiuhnman.
Since then she had not glanced toward
him. Amazement sat ut first alfn upon
li is brow; but its place was soon divided
w ith the indignation of feeling causelessly
outraged. During the whole service he
waged with himself a terrible warfare.
To leave her to a long repentance bitter
enough he knew it would Ik- was the
resolution constantly combated by the
better determination to m ike at least one
attempt to understand her conduct.
At last the service approached its close.
The solemn benediction was pronounced
over the Itowed heads of the coi-irregation.
1 he m-ople slowly dispersed. .Miss F.alin-
man paused tt arrange her libbons, audi
to jH-rmit Mr. Stacy to join her, it such j
should le his pleasure. With downcast
eyes Mis Strickland passed quickly down j
stairs, evidently desiring solitude lor a 1
companion. 15ut after a thousand strug- i
gles with pride, Mr. Gilbert had con- j
qtiercd himself. 1 Ie met her at the foot j
ot Hie stairs, ana woul'! Iiave walked lie
side her. She i.aused with decision.
" Io vou not intend to allow me to
walk with you, Mabel?" Mr. Gilbert
asked, in a voice of suppressed emotion;
but already he was srrowing angry 8 gain.
" I am much obliged, but prefer to be
alone," said Miss Strickland.
" Is it true, then, that you were wound
ed so deeply y Is it possible, .Mabel, that
you have not yet forgiven me"
" I have forgiven you so fully," replied
Miss Strickland, slowly and coldly, " that
I have forgotten both the oUen.su and the
otlender. Be kind enough, if you please,
to let me pass."
He stepped back a little, looking at her
in wonder; but lie spoke once more, in a
voice made intense by deep feeling.
" Think one moment, .Mabel. Do you
realize what you are doing"
"I quite realize that no gentleman de
tains a lady against her will. When it is
your pleasure to allow me I shall be glad
to go on."
"And this is our farewell?"
"That has already been spoken. I
hoped it had been final."
Mr. Gilliert bowed profoundly and
steHil aside. Her face was an emotion
less mask ; but upon his, amazement, pain
and anger were plainly painted.
Before Miss Strickland reaches home a
very few words will throw- litrht upon the
reason or unreason of her conduct to
her betrothed lover.
A lover's quarrel had begun, as such
quarrels usually do, altout a' trifle. Un
happily, in this instance, the inipctuo.sity
of the gentleman, irritated by the cold
pride of the lady, had widened the breach
until it had grown to formidable dimen
sions, each dwelling upon i heir own par
ticular grievance, and each declining to
take that j-tep that hurts the first one.
But three or four days passed in this way
had plainly demonstrated to each how
dear was the bond w ith which they w ere
tritliog. Miss Strickland waited eagerly
for some token of repentance; Mr. Gil
liert looked - anxiously and in vain for a
sign that rejentance would be accepted.
But, after all. he knew- that the initiative
was his part, and, love and generosity
urginihim, he took it in an unfortunate
manner. Detained from church this
morning, he sen' to Mis S'ricklanel a
n -te fuli of love ami magnanimous self
blame; a note that would have touched a
very much harder heart than hers. But
she never receiveel it. Sitting in her
place in the choir, before service, she saw-
Joe the unhappy wight who blew the or
gan coming up tne steps Willi a note in
his hand, and upon his countenance
shining with the recent application of
brown soap, a look of unusual peiturba-
tion. Joe bad playe d -Mercury ere tins.
iHiss rtncKiand smu?il w itn outward en
couragement and a thrill of secret joy
and held out her hand. Joe blushed un-
lerneath all his tan and freckles, bci-ame
confusetl, and stammered somethinc.
"Why, is it not for me?" said Miss
Strickland, draw inir back her hand as if
she had touched a burning coal.
"-o, ma am. mis n ain t. iiusis
for for Miss Lahnman. Mr. Arthur Gil
bert he sent this 'n' to her."
This was a piece of gratuitous mendae
itv, cause-el by Joe's embarrassment. The
note was inde-e:d for Miss Lahnman, for,
by an unfortunate coincidence, Joe had
had confided to his care a communication
for each of the two ladies. He had lost
the note for Miss Strickland, and having
no intention of confe 'ssinir the hu-t, jum
bled up names in this peculiarly undesira
rue manner, counseled ov anirer. aiis
Strickland Ixlieveel him. She saw Miss
Lahnman read, the note saw her smile
ami blush. After that she saw very little
more during the day. And Mr. Gilbert's
words at the church door seemed to her
no more than a gratuitous insult.
Four weeks passed after that Sunday
without a. word of explanation. Nor did
she once see her lover. Time forgot his
wings, and crept on leaden feet. Miss
Strickland's face grew noticeably paler
and thinner; a l(k (if expectancy became
almost habitual to her etes and lips. The
postman's ring startled her. A sudden
voice, a seep cpuicKer man usual, sent a
rapid flush into her cheeks, which, fadintr,
left her paler than In-fore. Instead of sad
dening, however, she was even gayer and
more vivacious than was usual or perhaps
even natural w ith her. But her health
sank under the ehVrt, despite hercourase.
anel at length her niotiit-r, becoming
alarmed, proposed a sojourn among '.he
mountains.
So to the mountains they went. But
now, weakened a little by ill-health from
which all her pride could not shield licr,
Mabel begfenl for quiet some pleasant
farm house, not the great, crowded, noisy
hotel.
Money can find almost anything, and
they discovered the farm-house, the ideal
farm-house, large, pleasant, beautifully
situated, and containing, as their hostess
told them, but three or four boarders be
side themselves.
" It would he perfect," said Mabel,
sinking on the couch when the landlady
had left them " it would be pi-rle-it, if
there was nohexly, mamma, but just vou
and me."
. The day following their arrival Miss
Strickland was too unwell to go down
stairs at all; but the next even in ir, feel
ing better, bhe went down to tea. Mrs.
Kittrell, the landlady, casually remarked
that two of her boarders had walked that
afternoon U the top of a hill famous for its
view. JVliss Strickland, she added would
find them very pleasant, lively people,
and she hoped would like them?
"Oh, no doubt of it." said Miss Strick
land, with laniruid politeness. " What are
their names, Mrs. Ki'trell ?"
" The two that I have been speaking of
are from your city, too. How pleanant if
you should happen to know them! They
are Mr. Arthur Gilbert and Miss Alice
.Lahnman."
There was a scarcely perceptible pause. ,
JIlss Stickland brushed something from
her shoulder. J
"I beg your pardon, Mrs. Kittrell. 1 1
know Miss Lahnman very well indeed,
and have met Mr. Gilbert several times,
also, though so casually I can scarcely
call him an acquaintance." Then the
poor girl seemed to think It necessary to
resume her old mask of gayety, though,
save the two mentioned, there; was net
a sou"! w ithin a hundreel miles of her
who cculd have imagined anything of her
affairs.
After tea, Miss Strickland stood a mo
ment aleuie on the gallery. She noticed
a narrow, grass-grown foot-path leading
elown the hill-side. It was eiuite lost
from view among the trees at the bottom
of the hill, and bending an attentive ear,
she thought she heard the soft sound of
running water. The shadows, the soli
tude, the beauty promised, tempted her.
Drawing her thaw I close around her. Miss
Strickland walked elown the path unno
ticed!, and seated herself upon a stone at
the foot of a great tre-e. This solitude, tliese
sweet sounds and vague forest injurs, had
all the delight f novelty.
"Ah, delicious!" she murmured.
" Here it would be possible to be almost
happy!"
She whs - quite . wrapped - in her own
thoughts. And neit until they were just
crossing the brook did she notice the ap
proaching figures of -Mr. Gilbert and -Miss
Lahnman ; tiiey were then within two or
three yards of " her. Too late to retreat,
she could only hope that they would pass
without observing her.
Arhur was talking in a lowered voice,
rapidly anel fervently, Miss . Jihnman,
listening with downcast eyes and atten
tive, interested face. Two oir three phrases
re.-n-liil Miss Strickland's ear.
If I have offended you," he said, in a
voice of pleading, "still you can forgive
me; because you know you mut know
that my heart LcIoiils to you as abso
lutely a niv soul to its Maker."
Alt me! -Miss Strickland had some glar
ing faults, which you have perceived ere
this; but her sense of honor was real, and ,
no', worn for show. Unable to move
away, she lifted her lingers and stopped
her ears. And never w as sense of honor
more unhappily obeyed than ill this in
stance. For see? how it was.
During th'se months Miss Lahnman's
comedy had had a tragic conclusion. Mr.
Stacy hail left for newer charms. The
coquette's heart was not much wounded,
but her vanity was sorely hurt, and she
was ready for any thing i hat would help
to reinstate her good opinion of her own
fascinations.
By an aiviilent she had happened upon
poor Arthur's retreat during the summer.
Sometliimr she knew of the estrangement
which be suffered, and more she guessed.
Arthur was decidedly a ruVi. She made
use of her beauty, her Madonna eyes, her
aureole of hair. Aithur, like other sen
sible, candid men, was in some respects
very near a fool, lie believed till her ex
pressions anel glances and timidities per
lo ily natural. Every day she looked
prettier than the day before; the logical
conclusion was, of course, that so much
beauty indicated every moral excellence,
then they had been much together in
happier days, and he could utter the be
loved name to one who knew its wearer.
All this .Miss Lahnman ejuite approved,
having no doubt heard the wise proverb
respecting confidantes.
This afternoon a step had been taken
which, she felt, was leagues long. Sim
ple Arthur hail tokl her the whole story.
And just as they had reached the lirook,
w ith a man's egregious egotism, he even
repeated the unfortunate note which he
had writtenaud which Mabel had never
received.
" If 1 have offended you, still you can
forgive me; because you know 3011 must.
know that my heait belongs to ynu its
absolute ly as my soul te its Maker "
Here, as yo:i know, Miss Strickland
stoppcel her ears.
Arthur paused a minute. Miss Lahn
man lifted her blue ej-es, swimming with
tender pity.
"Even that," he said, " diJ not move
her. I do 111 1 blame her Heaven bless
her! but I still must think 1 had de.neall
that I could do!"
"Ah! how coull she?" cried Alice
Lahnman. Her white hand resteil for
one brief minute in mute sympathy upon
bis arm. Ihenshr- blushed mid looked
down. It isieal y true that some women
can blush at will. And though -Miss
Strickland could not hear, she could see
She somehow elid not or could not turn
her e yes away.
"Oh, pardon nn-!" murmured Miss
Lahnman, with c infusion as natural as
her flushes; " B"t 1 feel so sorry lor
you! If she trer had loved you how could
she have treated y 11 so!"
"That is just what I say," said poor
Arthur, very disco seilately he had nev
er said it at all. by the way, for be knew
that she ha I loved him well. " I think,
alter all, that she n ay have mistaken her
self. It mm possibl", was it not, Alice?"
Arthur, who had !eng ago worn out re
sentment arid anger, merely wi-hedto
hear hV. !,'(: t. . Ll'd; ;i ) V s, .iv 1;C
did not enjoy, lie Lad no jvw-ipon. 'J
match the untaught subtlety of mad
emoiselle, the born coquette.
'1 he- did not stop aliove three minutes
be-ide the brook. When they were well
out of eaishot. Miss Strickland release-el
her hearing from prison.
At tins moment sue did not look like a
proud woman. She sank back listlessly
against the tri e near which she hail placed
herself, and covered her face with her
hands; a few tears trickled Uirougli her
fingers. All nerveless, her attituele spoke
more elooueutly thau words. She knew
at last that her hope had not been dead.
but sleeping, for now its death -throes rent
her bosom.
But elfort and resolution accomplish
miracles j et. The days rolled on, and
autumn was past; Christmas drew near
Miss Stric-Kiand had long since returned
home, and to herself; she recognized the
fact that the grace and bloom of life were
gone for her; and j1so she recognized the
more important fact that life's uses aud
duties remained. I lie leverish gayety
that had marked her conduct for awhile
was gone. In its place shone a steadier
light the cheerful acceptance of things
as she found them. She went into society
as mm h as ever; was perhaps more than
ever admired there. And it is certain that
her mother an 1 herself were drawn near
er together than ever before.
In the performance of certain routine
duties Miss Strickland found herself at the
church the day tie-fore Christmas eve. The
ladies of St. Jami s took iutiniin pride iu
their Christmas decorations, and half the
feminine congregation were gathered on
this occasion, with a slight sprinkling of
the less ornamental but perhaps more etli
cient sex.
31 rs. Grej-, the rector's wife, was there
a little woman, chirrupy as a bird, self
important as a honey-bee queen: well
liked, pretty, and full of suggestions more
poeical than practical. Miss Lahnman
was there, Arthur Gilbert, Herbert Stacy,
Joe the din fill spring of woes unnum
bered and fifty more, with whom we
have nothing to elo. '
"There!" said .Mrs. Grey, finally, turn
ing 10 me group about her. "1 th nk
at last, that it promises to be really beau
til'ul."
All agreed with her. lhere was quite
a chorus of satisfaction, with some look
ing towarel the door, for it was growing
late.
" There is one thing more that must be
done, however that certainly must be
done," said Mrs. Grey, with her usual
dainty emphatic utterance. "Boor Joe's
Ix-ncii must be furbished up a little. The
cushion must have new material. As it is,
it is simply disgraceful."
" But, dear Mrs. Grey, w hat does it
matter? It doesn't show." Thus remon
strated a practical one.
" We must not make clean only the out-
tide of the cup and nlafer." returned
Mrs. Grey, smilingly, but still feeling her
self the rector's w ife. " Mr. Gilbert, will
you loosen the old covering for me?"
As in dutv Ix.und. Mr. Gilbert would
turn upholsterer with much pleasure.
iiere is a hammer heavy, but 1 think
you can use it."
It strained Mrs. -Grey's muscles, and.
Vou perceive, she -thought those-of Her
cules would have been tense beneath the
weight.
Arthur, laiiffhinw-took the weicrhtv nf-
fair, averring" that he thought he could
wield it by the exercise of all his strength:
lie went up stairs.
" Or no. Miss Strickland, pray be kind
enough to take him this one. -Tne one he
has has no I don't know the name -nothing
to take out tacks with."
Miss Strickland did not seem to hear.
" I will take it, dear Mrs. Grey," said
Miss Lahnman, with great obligingness.
But this little lady always preferred her
own arrangements, however trivial.
" No," she answered. "I want your
sweet taste alwmt the placing of the e alia
lilie-s. You will oblige me, Miss Strick
land, will you not?"
"I will fake it to Mr. Gilbert, since
you wish it," said Miss Strickland, not
without annoyance.
" Thank you. Come, Alice, my elear.
Joe, come and help me lift the vases."
Miss Strikland walked up the steps
very slow ly. She hoped that Mr. Gilbert's
task would lie accomplished before she
could reach the top. For, in addition to
other objections, she tit her errand rath
er ridiculous.
But he did really experience some vex
atious hindrance through lack of the
proper instrument, and was swearing a
little, very softly and unconsciously, un
der his breath, when Miss Strickland
said, just beside him:
" Here is a better hammer, Mr. Gil
bert. Mrs. Grey told me to bring it to
you."
" Thank you," he answered, coldly.
" I am much obliged to Mrs. Grey, and
of course to you, also, Miss Strickland."
"Not at all to me. I would not have
brought it but that she insisted."
It was only about a hammer and apiece
of green cloth. But so oddly is life com-
pouneled that this was the most overpow
ering moment of their lives. Never sine-e
that fatal Sunday had they stood one mo
ment alone logeiner. iNever since then
had either spoken one voluntary sentene-e
te the other. I have not the art to ie-11 all
that fille d their hearts as they stood sile-nt.
1-or silently they (lid stand a moment.
Miss Strickland had tried to turn and
go elown stairs again, but her iiead was a
little gidily, and, raging at herself for her
unnecessary agitation, she still louml it
would tie wisdeun to remain au mstanl
w here she was.
Mr. Gilbert did not glance toward her
again. He was afraid to elo se. She
stoeni so near him! Her dress touched
him. That meaningless contact thrilled
to his very soul. He, too, called himself
a fool, and invoked inaudible anathemas
upon himself. But his heart was one
w ild pain. He took the hammer she hail
brought, lifted it with unnecessary force ;
and brought it down upon his own fia-
"Oh!" crie-el Miss Strickland. It was
hardly more than a breath, but the tender
monosyllable, surpriscel from her lips,
spoke so much ! She stretched out her
hand instinctively, anJ drew it back with
a painful blush.
"It is no matter," saiel Arthur " It did
not hurt me." And indeed he scarcely
felt it.
He used the hammer once more, with
better effect, loosening an euld, rough
looking piece of wixhI that held the faded
cloth. ' The cloth fell down, and a little
cloud of dust rose. Sum-thing rustled
and fell on the floer at his feet.
"Ah!" said he, " here is an old letter.
How long has it been there-, I wonder? It
is yellow w ith age." He was thankful to
the letter for being there. It gave him
something- to say.
But it was only with dust it was yellow.
Eiuht mouths had it lain there, holding its
little secret against the time of elisclosure.
And the time had come. He glanced at
the aeldress, and saw. in his own hand
writing, Mabil's name,
note without speaking.
I elon't suppose it ever
pen that a man's heart stood still until it
s-tooel stiil forever or that a man's living
blood ran ice. But ice and fire seemed in
his veins for a moment. His look lright
eued Miss Strickland.
"What is it?" she said, forgetting her
self. "Do you remember," he said, in a
voice that was not Arthur's voice "elo
you renumber the lat Sunday that we
sang toge her ?"
"Yes, I remember. Oh "
" Did you have a neite from me that
morning :'' he asked, in the same strange
voice.
" I ? A note? Oh no!"
" litre is the note that I sent you that
day. Will you rend it now?"
"What do we there? That taste of
heaven more, that taste of heaven after a
black and bitter draught belongs to them
alone. . -
Every body down stairs forgot tlie-m,
except Miss Lahnman. Fifteen minutes
passed. Then Miss Lahnman, not being
innately a lady, and no longer able to
curb her curiosity and her jealousy, came
eofily up the steps.
" What an age it takes to remove a
piece of cloth I" she cried, as she came
up. Some of" the sweetness was out of
her voice. Irony and apprehension did
not tune it w ell. " We want 3-our opinion
about the wreaths for the chancel. Was
tVe mii:: 1 irirv r a ntcpt-e-i" This
she added as she turned lac corner and
came in s;-;ht of them.
" Entirely a success-," Artec- answered.
"It has been. worth its weight, ma in
gold, but in diamonds." He was sitting
on Joe's bench, with somewhat such au
air as if it had been an imperial throne.
M iss Strickland was replacing some
hair-pins, and her face was that of the
goddess of morning ce lestial, rosy red.
Some time after this, Mr. Gilbert en
joyed the pleasure of an explanatory iu
tcrvicw wilh the ingenuous "blower."
Without alarming his inventive powers
by any reference to the lost note, he con
trived to learn from that artless youth one
or two facts which threw some light upon
its fate.
"Awhile ago," said Joe, "that 'ere
piece o' cloth no sense anyhow ot
loose and tripped nie up a time or two.
And down I came bang! once, when Mr.
Grey was a-prayin'. I didn't catch it
then, 1 guess! Oh. no! he never said a
cross word in his life. He wouldn't."
But these eulogies were expbc'ned and
commented upon by appropriate expres
sions, which left no doubt tied his re
marks were entirely ironical. He further
stated that, in a zealous mood, he had
then improved the condition of his bench
by nailing the cloth fast, and by nailing
over it a strip of wood to hold" it down.
All unconscious of the letter that had
slipped from his pocket between the cloth
and the cushion, he hael thus locked up
for a little while this key to two destinies, j
Joe was surprised at the elonation which !
rewarded this information. But still it !
oiuaineei 111s enure approval, ihis was a
mode of expressing approbation of his
merits which he understood anel appreciated..--
rpcr'a Wet kit.
He opened the
did really hap-
quisitiveness, approaching and feeling
the object with its long antenn.-e.
In a few days, if not appropriated
for food, it becomes quite familiar with
the spider, rr iwliug beneath its legs, etc.;
and the spider seems to reciprocate this
friendship, lor one the writer had (a fe
male) lasted for eight Weeks, nnd at last
succumbed, rather than, let us suggest, elo
despite to the unhallowed bond.
The United States Senate.
There are in the present Senate forty
Republicans, twenty-nine Democrats, flutr
Independent lie-publicans and one vacan
cy, a full Senate consisting of seventy
four members, tw o from each of the thirty
seven States of the Union. Twenty-six
newly elected Senators will take seats in
the Senate on the oth of March, 1ST7, in
place of the follow ing, whose terms ex
pire on 'he 51 h of March, 1877:
Alabama, George Ooldthwaite, Dem.
Arkansas, Powell Clayton, Rep.
Delaware, Eli Saulsbury, Dem.
(ic-orgia. Thomas M. Norwexid, Dem.
Illinois, .lohu A. Logan, Kep.
Iowa, lieurtre G. Wright, Ken.
Kar.sas. Jitint-s M. ltarVey, Kep.
Kentucky, John W. SteVeneor:, Dem.
bouisiiina, J. Kodninn West, lie p.
Maim-, Lot M. Morrill, Kep.
Massachusetts, George 8. Bout well, Kep.
Michigan, Thomas W. Ferry, Hep.
Minnesota, William Winilorn, Kep.
Mississippi, .J a tare L. Ah-eirn, Kep.
Nebraska, Phineas W. Hitchcock, Kep.
New Hampshire, Aaron II. Cragln, Kep.
New .Jersey, Fred. T. Frelmghuysen, Kep.
North Carolina, Matthew AV. Hansom, Dem.
Oregon, Jame K. Kelly, Dem.
Klnxle Islar.d, Henry Ii. Anthony, Kep.
South Carolina, Thomas.!. Robertson, Kep.
Tennessee, Henry Coojier, Dem.
Texas, Morgan C. Hamilton, Jnd. Rep.
Virginia, John V. Johnston, Dem.
West Virginia, Henry G. Davis, Dem.
Wisconsin, Timenhy O. Howe, Kep.
From the above list it will be seen that
of those whose terms expire in 1S77, sev
enteen are Republicans and nine are Dem
ocrats. Of those who hold over, tw enty
seven are Republicans ef various shades
and twenty Democrats.
The White-Mountain. Ilutterflj.
In a ' pleasant paper in the American
Naturnlitt, Mr. Aug. 11. Grote suggests
the piobable causes which induced the
Isolated community of VVhiti'-Mounlain
butterflies to take up their abode on the
rocky summit of 'hat lofty eminence. The
mountain is feet high, and the but
terflies never elescend below an elevation
of about 5,'iOO feet. Here they " disport
during the month of July of every year,"
thriving upon the scanty deposits of'honcy
found in the flowers of "the few species of
hardy plants that grow in the crevices of
the rocks at this great altitude, and upon
available liquid substances. The insect
measures, fioia tip to tip of the expanded
fore wings, about 1 t-10 inches. It is
Colored in shades of brown, with various
bauds and marblings diversifying the sur
face of the wings. The buiterfly is known
to naturalists as the (Kne teniae 1, and
was hist desciibcd in by Thomas
Say. An allied species occurs en Long's
1'e di and other elevated heights in Colo
rado; and another is found at Ilopedal,
Labrador ; but they are conriued to these
widely separateel localises.
Mr. Grote surmises that the White
Mountain butie-rily was brought down
from i s original home in the Xoith by
the glaciers, which, advancing at the rate
of less than a mile in 100 years, carried
them as far south as the latituele of
Virginia. When the ice retraced its steps
in consequence of a change in the climate,
" it w as as the retreat of au army with all
its baggage and eipuipments, and in per
fect order. Year by year it "called upon
its plants, its butterflies, its animals, and
they followed in its vegal train ; . . .
they were to go back with the ice, nor be
seduced by the lakes and streams its re
treat unveiled, anil so befome companions
to the mammoth. And it succeeded, for
the most part, until it reached the White
Mountains." There a colony of the
(Kiteix were tempted to remain by the
shallow ice-rivers that then filled the
ravines of the mouutain, and they stayed
so long that return to the home of the
glaciers was Impossible. As the local
glaciers mebed at the base of the moun
tain, and crept constantly higher and
higher, the butterflies followed, "for warm
weather was uncongenial to them, and at
last they were landed on the mountain
peak, which is now bare of snow in the
brief summer. Here they have managed
to survive to the present day; but, re
marks -Mr. Grote, "they are" entrapped,
and must die out t v natural causes, un
less certain entomo'V ists sooner extirpate
them by pinning them up in collections
of insects. What time, iu Tuckerman's
Ravine, I see the ill-ad visc-el colle ctor, net
in hand, swooping down on this elevoteel
colony of ancient lineage aud more than
Puritan affiliation, I wonder if, before it
is too late, there will not be a law passed
to protyt the butterflies from the cupidity
of theii pursuers."
In t .e same magazine from which the
above notes are taken. Dr. W. Wood
states, in an article on the Goshawk, that
he has observed in his experience that the
number anel size ol die eggs deposited by
birds, particularly of the rapacious
species, often vary with the age of the
birds. Thus the toshawk has lecn known
in different localities, to lay one, two,
three, lour and five eggs in a nest. Dr.
Wood believes that the old birds lay but
two eggs, while the young birds lay a
larger" number, anel those of a smaller
size. Cliicnyv Tribune.
The Knglisn or Itesr Mutes.
A Curious Spider.
A wiutfr in the China Review gives
some curieius facts concerning a spider,
which seems to have been created to pre-y
upon the cockroach. Its habitat is coex
tensive with the latter, certainly in South
ern. China and Formosa. It. frequents
houses, hiding in crevices anel dark
corners during the day, show ing itself i.t
dark to seek its food, principally the cock
roach. It does not spin any web; but at
taches Itself by a silky exudation, which
serves also to suppeirt - it when springing
on its prey. Iu this it resembles the
jumping spider (Salticusl, though in its
other movements it is very dissimilar, be
ing of as timid anel retiring a disposition
as the little Saltiens i bold, and running
w ith a rapid, steady motion, very different
from the darting movements of "the Salti-
cus. 1 he lemale forms a circular cocoon,
about one inch in diameter, holding manv
nunureei 01 eggs. 1 ins cocoon she car
ries about witii her for some time, and' at
last attaches it to a convenient - snot.
When attacked by thi spider, the cock
roach has no means of defense against its
enemy, exeept flight. Indeed, it seems
hardly conscious of its danger. A few-
stealthy peces, and the fore-lecs of the
spider haDg over the menaceil prey, and
a sudden dart, from which it seldom es
capes, completes the capture. The cock
roach is usually struck on the under side
of the thorax, and, after feebly struggling
feir a longer or sheirter eriol, yields to the
united effects of the fangs and the with
drawal of the vital fluids. If only struck
and immediately dropped by the spieler,
paralysis of the I im lis soon sets in; but
life is evidenced sometimes for twenty
hours after by a gentle motion of the an
tennae. W hen u cockroach is put into a
cage with the arachnid, it shows merely
the. ordinary insect caution or .in-
With tliese tremendous odels against
him the deaf-mute child is set to the task
of acquiring a knowledge of written lan
guage. His ideas (in signs) shape them
selves in this wise: "Horses, two, run
fast." Of course he does notthink these
words. The idea of a horse, its shape
and color, is probably imagined in his
mind, or it the horse be not present to
his sight, the sign whi -h he uses for that
animal comes into his thought. He next
touches or grasps or holds up two of his
lingers, which hs uses on all oce-asions to
express number. Then the idea of run
ning by means of its sign, and lastly that
of sliced, suggest themselves, the last two,
howeve r, being probably closely connected
as in our owu minds.
Observe, here, that the order in which
the thoughts arrange themselves is differ
ent from the manner of those who think by
means of words. The main idea is " horse,"
anel he gives it the preference, as the olel
cr and more simply constructed languages
always elid. It is reserved for our cultured
anil perfected language to describe an ob-'
ject before telling what that object is. Who
will say that it is according to philosoph
ical principles that we say, "A fine,
large, red apple." instead of "An apple,
fine, red, large"? A deaf mute boy tells
me that he saw two dogs fighting, yester
day. He explains it in signs in this
manner: " Dogs, two, fight; first, second
ear bit, blood much. Second ran, hid;
saw yesterday, I." Thus the fact is ar
rangeel in his mind. Let him attempt to
translate for it is nothing but translation
this simple statement into Knglish.
The perplexity which first seizes the hap
less se hool-boy over his " Gallia est omnis
elivisa iu partes tres" is nothing to it.
Like him, he must go hunting, as if for a
needle in a haystack, for the word to put
first. It is the last idea in his sign-sentence.
Then he slowly learns to pick out
the words and arrange them in English
order - an order, as I said before, not
founded on phileisophical principles, but
in most instances wholly arbitrary. This
is by no means an easy task. Years of
training do not insure him against ludi
crous lapse. A fair percentage of the
whole number educated learn to construct
sentences with accuracy; a smaller per-j
centage of these acquire fluency, precis- ;
ien, and, in some rare instance-s, grace e-f
of expression ; but a large proportion nev
er become gooel Knglish scholars. Jennie
Fff!7rfton Zimmerman, in Lippincott for
April.
Comttto from the New York Erening
Pot, there can be no eloubt of the truth of
this anecdote: "A prominent clergyman,
of Brooklyn, last week, while taking one
of a course of boxing lessons for exercise,
received what the boys call ' a jolly black
eye.' On Sunday he chose his text from
1 imothy, fourth chapter, seventh verse,
I have fought a gixid fight, I have fin
ished my course.' "
USEFUL AM) SUGGESTIVE.
Baked N am. Wash the ham thorough
ly anel scrape the lower part; soak it in
water that will more than covcr it, all
night. Skin it add lay in tile baking
pan, with one pint of vinegar, baste every
fifteen m:nutes; bn.kellmr hours.
Flaxskkp Lemonade (gexxt for colds).
Pour one quart boiling water over four
tablcspoonfuls of flaxseed. Steep not
boil three hours; cover closely while
steeping; then strain, sweeten to taste,
and add the juice of two lemons, putting
in moro wafer if too thick to be agreeable.
Chriatiai Vnim. , . .
Sweetened Rice. t)he quaff of mjlk
and one teacup of rice; boil until the rice
is very soft, anel is thickened; adel the
beaten yolk of two eggs, half teaspoonful
ef salt, one and a half teacupfuls of sugar,
two teapeionfuls of lemon flavoring.
After stirring all together, turn into a
plotter and sft about hlf a teaspoonful
of cinnamon ovef it. BerVe ice-Cold:
The whites of the eggs may be adde d as a
meringue. This is a delicious desert, es
pecially in summe r. Exchange.
The Lancet says that the throat symp
toms nrf the most tntworthy for the pur
pose of diagnosis in the iiiitial stage of
scarlet fever. The soft part of the palate
is extensively reddened, and not merely
the tonsils, as is the casein the first in
stance in ordinary sore throat. When
this condition is met with, accompanied
by a very hot skin and a very high pulse,
accompanied or preceded by Pickucrs,
w ith a thickly-furred tongue, red borders
and prominent papill.-e, a case of scarlet
fever may be prepared for.
Someone says that a strong decoction
of sage tea, or a salve made of sage tea
and lnrd, and well rttbbeil on, will cure
garget, or caked udder, in cows. We have
a remedy for this ailment, well experi
mented with and successfully, Which I
will give. Give the cow one, two or three
doses of raw poke-root, cut line, and if
she refuses to cat ifalone we mix it with
cut feed or any kind of slop that she will
eat. Don't be afraid to use poke-root, for
it is harmless, and a cow will eat just
enough of it and no more than she needs.
This is a sure cure. Cor. Tntcr-Oeean.
CiitK fok Toothache. Dr. Dyce
Duckworth, an English physician, con
tributes a short memorandum on this sub
ject. He was called on lately to treat a
case of very severe toothache, and tried
various ordinary remedies, including
chloroform and carbonic acid, without
any benefit to the patient. He then re
membereel having read that the pain
might be relieved by holding in the mouth
a solution of bicarbonate of soda. He
gave the patient half a dram in an ounce
of water, aud, to his astonishment, the
pain ceased immediately, and complete
relief was secured. He thinks tliat, as
the remeely is so simple and the disease
o distressing, and often intractable, this
treatment may be worth' of notice and
imitation.
Feeding Hens Generously.
A hen may be regarded as a machine
for the production of eggs. If only
enough fooel is given to just keep her
alive to just run the mae-.hine no eggs,
of course, can be expe-cted. But usually
there is no trouble in this direction. Peo
ple elo not often err in not giving their
hens enough. It is more frequently the
case that they give them too much, and of
the wrong kiutl of food. If a machine is
fed with too much raw material, more
than it has capacity to utilize, it will be
cme clogged in its action and fail in its
work. Or, if the wrong kind of mate-rial
be supplied, the desired product will not
be turned out. For a hen to produce an,
egg daily, she must be well supplied with
raw material out of which to make the
egg. There must be albuminous sub
stances, such as are femnel in meat and
grain, out of which to form the white anel
yelk, and lime to produce the shell.
Various kinds of grain contain these sub
stances in dillerent proportions. This
fact renders some kineis better adapted for
the food of fowls than eithers. It is often
poor economy to feed whole grain to
fowls. We e'alleel recently at a neighlKr's
residence, who feeds li is fowls unground
rye. He complained that his hens ate
large quantities of grain anil yielded only
a few eggs. We observed that the elrop
pings of some of them consiste-el largely
of w hole grain, which showed conclusive
ly that such hard feed was consumed at
an immense loss. If fhe rye had been
ground or boiled, less than one-half the
usual quantity would have produced more
eggs. X. Y' Herald.
TIIK AH Kit IC AN ISi:ilANTK CO.
OK CHICAGO.
The American of Chicago has been much
slandered of late. Let us see why. Has it
ever failed to meet its obligation" to pay
every loss maturing against it? No: that is
not claimed bv its bitterest enemies. Art!
its othcers or stockholders unreliable Imsi
m ss men, or of inferior moral standard? The
mention of their names disproves that. No
one has dared to impugn such me n as Hon.
H. X. Hibbard, Hon. .) M. linilev. Hull. W.
H. bra.Mey, II. Z." Culver, L. L. Munn, Win.
H. (Kington. Nicholas Kransz, M. A. Hoyne,
K. 15. Curlier, D. A. Knowlton, Jr., and
Chas. L. Currier. Yet these are the men
to whom the American's interests fcre in
trusted. Does it lack enterprise or stability?
Its cash income of StT,iH0 and the $ 40,
Oito.ntro of insurance written last year,
ami its '.hi."i,khi cash assets, together
w ith its i.iHto.iMO of installment notes, are
sufficient denials of that. What then is the
matter? .v ,.' Mtrtt' These are what
draw the enemies' tire. Perhaps the reader
of this has received or hail shown him by
some rival agent one of the numerous circu
lars which are being so industrious! y dis
tributed over the- country. If so, let him
probe the motive of the- source from whence
it came. The insurance commissioners of
four dilferetit Mates have just done this,
ami after a searching otlicial examination of
the American's plan ejf business, it assets
and liabilitos, all came to the same conclu
sion. In closing his published report, the
Hon. W. D. Hill, Superintendent of insur
ance for Ohio, says: "It is my opinion
"that the American Insurance Compare
"of Chicago is as safe and sound tinan
"cially as other insurance companies
"possessed of the sumo amount of
''capital and assets." The same results
were reachrd by Col. C. P. I'llerbe. Attorney,
ami Hon. A. Harvey, the eminent Actuary,
both of whom represented the Sta.u of
Missouri in its otlicial examination of the
American's standing. Also by ex-Auditor
Cat tell for Iowa, and Mr. Kellogg, Actuary
of the Illinois Department. Tliese men
declared what they knew, for they Went
to the Company's ollice and saw for them
selves. Are not the results found bv them,
after days of personal examination, trust
worthy, and to be accepted, instead of mis
representations indulged ill by business
rivals for mercenary and selfish purposes?
The American docs business only in eight of
the Western States, and insures 'no business
property whatever, cnnlining its risks
to detached dwellings, school-house
and chinches; y. t there arc only
six companies in the United States
whose business equals the American's, and
these write heavy lines in large cities through
out the Union . Of course t heir agents tight
the American. It's their bread and butter to
do so. I In- American is getting the cream of
the non-hazardous business. It will take no
other. It knows how to get it, too; for in 1ST!
its cash income was only 'wS.tii:.', while in
ST5 it reached the splendid proportions of
$SI7,4i4. It shapes its business to the needs
of its members in writing five years' policies
and collecting in cash oi.ly one year's pre
mium, taking installment notes payable in
one, two, three and four years for the- balance.
In conclusion, the American is old in years,
prosperous in business, strong in reputation
and money, and what is better thau all, pru
dently and" honestly managed by experienced,
successful business men with unsullied
reputations for integrity aud moral worth.
ITlap or Hie Hlack Hill.
TnE Bismarck Tribune, published sevent--five
miles nearer Black Hills than any other
newspaper, gives more reliable information
concerning the-m than any other. Sent to
any address six months together with a
Chromo eif Urn. Cnster, or n new and correct
pocket map of Dakota and the Black Hills,
6howing facts gleaned by all official surveys
ami late explorations. Six months for one
(h ilar. Address C. A. Lounsberry, Manager,
liiimarck, D. T.
Ki:onomt. Tou will save money by using
Proite c tfattibU's Original Jotthd German
Son,. It will not waste nor become soft
like ordinary yellow soap when used in warm
water, nor is It cheapened ith articles inju
rious to clothe. Ji'inemter, you obt&'n a full
OM-untl bar '.I you purchase their Irand.
To protect their "brand from imdatora
Procter A (iambic patented it, and th? patent
was sustained in the United States Courts.
J-U amine the stotnp vn the Oar tchen you
buy. Take their Souo orJ.14.
Ask your d'tiugist tor "Dr. Syke- Sure
Cto-e f ir Catarrh, ' or sei.d Ten Cents to Dr.
C- K- Svkes, E. Madjeon St., Chicago, lib
Xantlppe.
It johus that the memory of this woman,
like that of her renowned husband, is likely
to be kept alive to the end of time. She is
said to have possessed a very irritable tein
i"r, and lo-r nime ho become a ynonym of
" vixen," eir 4 scoid.' 11 is UiOiL-fian pos
sible, however, that the judgment passed
upon her by mankind has been too severe.
A more charitable disposition would un
doubtedly liave.-discovcred in her, many good
finalities." and na e .it 'libit i her failings
more to physical ir.tirmitics than 10 uT-r-d
obliquity. The party most intimately ac
quainted with her, and therefore best able
to form a correct opinion, gives her credit
for many domestic virtues. It is now well
known that ripinv of the diseases to which
womcli lire stihji-et, hate it direct, tendency
to render fii-n! jr'itab'c, pe-vish, cross, mo
rose, unreasonable, so ih.it titer chafe urid
fret overall those little ills and aiinoiat"e?
that a person in health would bear with com
posure. It is fair to infer that most of the
tantrums of Xuntippe were due to these
causes alone; and could Socrates, as he re
turned from the Senate, the (iymuasium, or
the Atbi'iieuiii. have stopped at Pestle &
Mortar's Di iig S'nrP fifM enrrii-d home a
bottle of Dr. Pierce's Favorite l'lesi rtrtioP,
now and then, no doubt he might have'
evaded many a "curtain lecture," allayed
many a " domestic broil," made it much
plcasautcr for the children, and more enjoy
able for himself, and rescued his w ife's name
from the ulleilv lal'l", world-wide, and eter
nal notoriety it has attained. T!'iiis.iiid of
women bless the day em which Df. Pierce s
Favorite. Prescription was first made known
to t!iem. A single bottle often gives delicate
anil suffering women more relief than months
of treatment from their family physician.
In all those derangements causing backache,
d ragging-down emations, nervous and gen
eral debility, H Is a sovereign remedy. Its
soothing and healing properties render It of
the utmost value to ladies suffering from in
ternal fever, congestion, inflammation, or
ulceration, and its strengtheninge-llccts tend
to correct displacements eif internal parts,
the result of weakness of natural supports.
It is sold by all druggists.
ti'Uii-. i.-'tU yearly, with c!i-
cti. fr -n.v nail terms i. Y k
W fl't'AR
'i i VIIII.V.
' l Awiii.i ; k ll
l iM pHum, SO IUii'lj
ivmt I'tirnimi. Scud -O
K I.eki.1 y. Nfw Vol H.
Tonr Xami Klcantly Trlnt-
(1 on Ci TKisspiihUT ViiiTKil
CtH, lor l' Crnu. Kacti rani eonuiina
larrne inv'e1-. 1131 l"-l'l lor't th liht. Nothing lik
Ihcm evr- hflnrf oft'-rt-'l l Am-rir. H it inilurrmrnu lo
Aente. KovLIf riH TTo, AhUumI, hit.
STOP
HERE
Cvntrnnlal Kxpnatt loft ?
Atnr i lean i'lfmt.PTitH Mont iiiAmt.
cent ml niUhlo picture pvt ntlVrt'd
t Hjt i. iiim Pr (Mir piMini rnvnlJir
tvl pr ure frrritnrv. Nat1un;iM opy-
i
mis
1 Pi3-ii. .'s-3.sUM.T,
HEALTHFUL AND ELIGIBLE HOMES
In a Pleasant Climate.
:...,! orrntna for r,ipitalit. ifanufaetnr .Vinert
JHr,cttlt,tra!iianJ otl; t. A re.iiM, by M.slal e-ard,
,t.lrc.-s. a to If.. a. W. Mi. oily. I ii-eul s, A!l.am,
secure a paiiilililet ul ri:iiliiis liiMrinat tree.
JTt TllnMTBtrel Flnrnt Cfni1t ftrr ;1S76
Is now ri- i.i,-. price looms. ! than .'iLf ? :"
-William tl.'iowiJiTOU.645 Wneuttliut.oc,3IaM.
lr. Sclienrk'a Standard Itetnedles.
The standard remedies for fill diseases of the
lnngp (ire Si henck's Pcxmojjic Syrup. Scuixck's
Bea Wekd Tonic and Sciiksck's Masdiuki
Fills, and, if taken before the lungs are destroyed,
a pjieedv cure ia effected.
To these three medicines Dr. J. H. Schenrk. of
Philadelphia, owes tils unrivaled success iu the
treatment of pulmonary diseases.
The Pulmonic Sirup ripens the morbid matter
In the lunirs; nature throws it oil' by an easy ex
pectoration, for when the phlegm ormatier is ripe
a slight eolith will throw it oil. the patient has rest
and tilt lunH begin to heal.
To enable the Pulmonic tsvrnp to do this,
Pchencks Mandrake Pdls and Scbenck's Sea
W eed Tonic must be freely used to cleanse the
stomach aud liver. Scbenck's Mandrake Pills act
on the liver, removing all obstructions, relax the
gall-bladder, the bile starts freely aud the liver is
soon relieved.
Scbenck's Sea Weed Tonic i a pentte stimulant
and alterative; the alkali, of which it i composed,
nixes with the food and prevents eourinjr. It as
sists the digestion by toning up the stomach to a
healthv condition, fo that the food and the Pul
monic Svrap will make t;ood blood; then the Iuuls
heal, anil the patient will surely eet well if Care is
taken to prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult Dr. Schenck. either per
sonally or by letter, can do so nt his principal of
fice, corner of Sixth and Akch Srs., Philadelphia,
everv .V outlay.
Pciif nek s medicines are sold by 11 druggists
throughout tho country.
Much of the best furniture coming to our
market is from the well-known house of
Hoiton it Ilildreth, "225 and 7 Stute street,
Chicago. Their goods are reliable, and those
who have dealt with them say their prices
are below other houses in the city
REVOLVERS
SKVEN
feiieT
13.00
rw HufTuitl ilHI Hrvnlvr
Sent with UXJ CartrMir-s f..r A3- tt- Nicki.i? PtATF.
Snt,t.-.i..n gunrant.l. "-'"' ifi J . 1 1 '
WKSTKKA I V WOHKS, t I. leu f. I
G'J De.irU)rn-t. (McCormick Klock). V.O.UoX O il,
THE OUFVT GUANf-.K PAPFTt OF AMfcUlCA,
OV! Y l i'. I'KK 1 hUl. TIIUKK Mi IN I Us OV
Till I. KOi; i ' KVl'si. Alt alfiit On- Karm and Hie
(,r:intl'. sri.,1 Tils I KVls tor sample copv and iir
l.iili.Mirapti two i.lclni s-ef tie f.irp.er w ! rcmls,
and II v wh.)d..n-t Ur:W ' Airr-cd; nral t apers.
i.,.k l.arnin-. etc. lou A. 11. KM f.Ol.M , Le. fio-rof
the Nalieiiai l.rani.v. is one t it- fi:nir.. Aiw-t
J. K. I'.AKMI. 1'ulihsl.er, t'l.vm av, I'iiIm.
EXPOSITION !
TEXTS Kvervbody Is RnltiK to camp out!
KIj MiS I sn't witlintit tin; ur-Spnnfrifl llHnner.
A.ilr-ssG. V. t'OSTKIi, SUN CO., fur Illustrated
Prii-e-bist Tents, KImu, Itaiiners Mil
galiu 1 Market Street. CIIlCAeie.
Garden
Flower
FRESH ANO RELIABLE. Catalogue Wr:
KI.NU fc sAVAUK, 37 SU" ' CUICUHO.
PORTABLE
-SODA FOUNTAINS.
$75. $100.
DURABLE.
$40. $50.
CHEAP &.
M CI vl-M el -r r
Mlll-I-I t HKVUY
ti I ' - C -u. vt.'lMi
CHAFIM I CO,
m 1 1 fin.
MM, I '!
n!i kl.inn-,riurri
.Mailison,
I ml.
-sk for l'rusMiig's
warranted pure, whole
White Wine Vinegar,
some and palatable.
'A Square Jlal.'
TVe lire pure our readers will thank us for
calling their attention to the very handsome
advertisement of the Kxeelsior Manufactur
ing Co., of St. Louis, as it would be useless
for us to trv to say anything in favor of their
great Charter Oak 'ooking Stove. The very
word suggests the thought of a well cooked
meal followed by easy digestion, vigorous
health, and a desire to" have and to do jdeuty
of real icork, to eav nothing of the comfort uf
a happy, contented household.
Sme Patents tpeml their inon
pv fur l'utent Mi'iltrine to cure
t.iicir clii.ilreuV coMa. Some save
their money ;mi prevent- the
(.!! tiv biiviug -IliVKIt
T.PI'KI) Mines, which never
wear through ul 1 lie toe.
Agents JWanted.
HISTORICALJIURIOSITY.
Map of the Urtited States Accord
ing to the Treaty of Peace of
I 783. A facsimile.
F.Yf- UYI'OIIV WANTS IT. O'l'ies tent by mail on
rece:iii of 'i ct-nts. AiUic
RUFUS BLANCHARD, Chicago, 111.
PORTABLE GRifiQifiG KILLS.
i;est fr'reiM-li Iturri-t-tl'spln-(t:M
uin.ei -i iiiiii'-ih, -nk harl
iir-r-i miner. Isr 1-V.nu or
?lcrc-liat tVurk. Nu pe
ri or- ill ill Mom- ol' nil
mzrm .-iiiiim litileli An
krr Holliiw loliv .Hill
B'ieua, 4 oi t -tirileri nnJ
I 1-.iii-i.h, e.eartni;. Mm II ni,
, I'ul 1i-h. llaniv rs. el-., all i.ui:
lof Mill ilachmerj una .Millers'
liuijiplies. hi-U'l lor i'snifitiiet.
K'raiib 71 ill loiiipaiiT,
si i -i n. ,, :! i. e.
EXCELSIOR
MlHTOBIl 10.
612, 614, 616 & 618 N. MAIN ST.
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Hnve alwuj'M in Sio-lt a -owiieU
assortment ot" every -l.t ol"
gootlH use-el or solei by
TIN AND STOVE DEALERS,
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FAMOUS WHEREVER US? CR KNOWN
FOR ECONOMY IN PRICE,
SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION,
QUICK & UNIFORM BAKING,
AND PERFECT OPERATION.
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Money is thrown awav bv :ill win
lo not hnv th-('AllI.h SiCK l-.W
U IKK t'aMeued Mines. They an
the easiest, moHt plishte unil ter
ii eable. Luuk out tor imitation.
All ftenutnc good btsr the I'atent
Mump.
1 o. M KTt Ksox. Irraiu e'otnniiion,
lioom SI. IM Washiugton-st. CnicK's
toliciiw consignments. Meters to .1. . rarwell k
lo.; I.eiil. Murdoch & Fischer; Hank of Illinois.
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lu'ttzr: l"n, r".i;.oe:n--., i ttnut i i.a t on . lv-ep:. Pil. I.unf,
Ltr, B.-iiM"-t Ki1ti-j fr-A Ffim Ptifi-
ci.rift v it nrver f:i' FEMALE DISEASES wkn--.
in a Cort-"B-l rn frmmn , AiDUit jyttlhic ud Ola
Beliool Vh yRicia'i rirt Tt nevtr f.iiii. th mfimii
. r t.hU.irmu aui fmiie." " Tb only LjUd fcitt xrt of Bemt
n.'h Tonic nn 'f 'ut i.rr.e we vtlt T-ctr.-. Pr- f I m
ti. BlCHARDSOH 4 TUUIDOE, CINCiMNATI,
ROADMASTER'S ASSISTANT
SECTION MASTER'S GUIDE,
n y
"WM. S. HUNTINGrTOW,
Is the most complete ninl e-ompurt hand-book ever
published on ttiis subject. It contains the results ol .
more than years' experience as roadnnister; is writ- !
ten in a clear and attractive style; (jives minute di- j
rectlons for laying, repairinn and ballasting trfick, ;
buildiiiK cattle-iruards, culverts, turn-outs, etc und i
diM-ussos all parts of the road and section masters' j
work pointing out both the r.gni ana the wrong
methods.
PRIC K, M.00.
Address THE IIAILIIOAD OAZKTTB,
70 Jackson Street, Chicago.
Madame FOY'S
Corset Skirt Supporter
Increases in Popularity every
year, and
F r HEALTH. CfiMl "Iir nrd TVI.K U
irkn v.le.li--.l 1IIK IKr A It I II IK ol
tlte kioil .nr msili.
I .r l v ail l.-'l!n 11 1 r an I r-sili-n.
liowar "f iuiit.iU ni ni iiilrinrt-
uien'-.
MlM-FACTOSn SOI.Fl.T i.J
KOY IIAU.nON,
New ilnvcn, e'oTiri.
G AGENTS WANTED rOR THE
EIMTENIMIAL
HISTORYoftheU.S.
Ttie rrest int-rest In tlir thrtlllnu history of onr
foun'ry makes this the fastftst-sellinj; honk ever pub
lished. It contains a full account of th approach
Inpcran'. ( eiitenuial Kxhlbltion.
0.41'TIOS. ild. Incomplete and rnrellahle wnrti
re 1,,-iiir circulated ; see that the book you buv con
tains 444 Kin Kntravinia and Outpaces.
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tress N A I'lllN'Al. l't'BI.ISH I M4 I'o.. I ll'cai I. III.
trUor from flic Irsnlo rosM'llitII
holirited, Rtiat HiileviuK
nnsT-cLASS goods,
caeeful PAcn::a,
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In onler th'it vvt-ry , iy i:y i iihM'1 l- taknttiia
great Strn-y mid 1 aiiiil Ntuvs-p.ipor, we hvi .it-tfiniiiiHti
toblTur it till Jan., 177, fur tl.wt, jHist..iil. It Ik th
LARGEST, HANDSOMEST, BEST,
and inost widely ciictilatej Ntmspnper In the Wist-
6ond moDey ddrtspd
THE I.KDliKU. f'HieAOO I i.i.
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For the IIOOK for the M.IM
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a dav
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Vlsitinc Curtla, with your name finely
printed, sent for v5e. We have lOO styles.
Aitenti Wnntrtl. . samples sent for
stamp. A. H. Fuller & Co., llruckton, Mass.
S250!
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JOli-S" MOUTH & CO.. St lAiuis. Mo.
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CRI)i:. FLOWER 4 FIELD OCtuO
Rustic Work, Implements, Ac.
KING & SAVAGE, AhWti.
The Newest Thing in Pictures.
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are now prepared lo exernlr lac similes ol' oil
paiptiiiL's. Havini; decided to expend $PI!.
ln in distributing specimens, ttiey will nia.l,
prepaiil, to evry sut-si-riher of This pajitT who
w ill rcttiru them the annexed e'criiiicate with
fifty cents, a superb t)ilo:niph of Marv Sin n
cei empiisite tlower paintiiiir. "St'UlMi
IlKAF l ll s.-' This picture, lin-.inil ihK Uxld
Inches. n-'.aiTs for JT.ni. and is a t ac simile of
A.V OH. I'VIMIM. HCUl'lll S 1 ).
'1 o also distrihute sprrimcns of tle-ir more
i-latstrate work, they w ill lorwnriifrauiitiously,
tin'vi'ry tentii puri-haser id tin anor. Hti-i!
n;i!i:es will be re,iterl'd as received, a matT'iill
c ni !-Y Oiioirmph. iixis inches, entitled
"liiisuM FKIKM'S"
Address. A.M. OILOGKAPH CO..
No. 1S.J Walnut St., Cincinnati, C.
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This Certificate, accoinjianie'l by
FIKTV i knts, entitles the sender to the
SI. Ill) Oilornph, Spring Hen n lies.
advertised bv
IHi Walnut
Am.
fct..
Oi i.or. r. PII Co
( iiicinnati, O.
,.AV.
m AND ISVIGOnATF.3 AND
HARDENS THE GUMS!
It imparts a delightfully re-freshing
taste and feeling to the mouth, re-moving
all TARTAR and SCURF from
the teeth, completely arresting the pro
gress of decay, anil whitening such
parts a3 have become black by decay. '
IMPURE BREATH
caused by Bail Teeth, Tobacco, Spirits,
or Catarrh, is neutralized by the daily
use of
D0?yl
C0C0300C00000C
It is as harmlep3 as water.
Bold by Dragpiiti tad Dealers In Faury Good
One bottle will last six months.
itmd ftMrdl3( UMIlrf C.BKTCM. hj tb. S''l Art O.
iFff") PKK rt'KKK lil Alt,
iJ Ace:!f. Maie and lemale. i:
J" H B rtlitv. Terms and or rn e K
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ELIZA
YOUNG.
ANTKKI) TO
Uu:r own lo
KK8. Audres
nuusta. M ii:ic
ACENTS WANTED frrthi
Sook "y Brigham Young's
Wife No. 19. 23.CCO1-
i.iun-iii.ii.rn.n, ri. fi-fi. Ouettn,
Oilman &. Co.,""" ".1!-.11"
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plie rt-.irU el iin-e lut n und
tl..,r rt(l.-. ft . ,r ,t of 1n T'Tt.n-4
Ar. -.i !rn i'viA if t.o Chuu. lit
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B. A f. K. U., Ii'irlintrton. Ioa, at.d re-eivi I I:-;K.
Copy of Inwa A Nb. 1 inner, with IHinror I. s i. a
ALL ABOUT CAROENINC.
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IMP ISen.l f..r M:ii,iu: of Kontl Ma'Kii.ir
. JVj-., I P'tciiir.s. free. Addri-ss Chicago
DI I Crl bKt bcraiier 4. Oitcher Co., Clauirfu.
Yl G E T A E3L E CT? HCP "TZP "I N t 1
and Flower OJZj Jli J ) kZ5
MT-OtUiiogucs Free. IIOVKV ve.,
lil State street. CbIcgo, 111.
"Splritnal RtTflator." An amnslne cnHnsttT;
anM tire q nest ions, ves niesiaKes and commu cleat i.s.
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Mulled, f.'i lor i.iA). i.Oouhieii,iv,il tuitli-av, Wurlc
I A PREMIUM WORTH $30 IN GOLD.
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11 portrays three or the m't prandlv b.-HMtiful women, rer.res. ntin- t'e- thi
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Ainericsu. edition. Ail ceruncaie intist tie sent direct:, to
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