t .;
I.OSGIXG FOIl THE C0C5TBT.
I wo lid flco from the city rtile an J law.
From it fashion sind form cnt loos,
And jro wlirro the p.trnwhei-rv irrows on
it
straw,
And the gooseberry prows on its goose;
"Where the catnip tree is climbed by the cat
As she avouches for her prey
The guileieHB and unsuspecting rat
On the rattan bush at play.
I will watch at ease the saffron cow (
And her cowlet in their glee,
As they leap in ioy from bough to bough.
On the top of the cowslip tree;
"Where the mimical partridge drums on his
drum,
And the woodehuck chucks Iris wood;
And the d oj? deronrs the dogwood plum,
In the primitive solitude. '
Oh! let me drink from the moss-grown pump
That was hpwn from the pumpkin tree,
Eat rcufeh and milk frcm a rural stump ,
From 'crm and inshion fiee:
2Cew-jrathered mush from the mushroom viae,
And milk J,rom the milk-weed sweet,
I With luscious pinenpple from the pine
Such food as the gods may eat.
And then to the whitewashed dairy I'll
turn.
Where the dairymaid hastening hies;
Her ruddy and golden-rl butter to churn
From the milk of her butterflies,
And I'll rite at morn with the early bird,
To the fragrant farm-yard pass,
When the farmer turns his beautiful herd
Of grasshoppers out to grans.
Springfield (Mass.) Union.
!' HOWTVYASJSPARED.
I was sitting in my study, my
head propped upon my hand, wonder-'
ing if the time had eomo when I
musk actually be a bread-and-buttef
writer; so far I had never written
without being sure I had something
to snv, but now wo had pota
toes lor dinner without embellish-:
ments for three days, things were be
coming grave, yet tlte public were
alwnvs demanding humorous arti-
cles. As I sat there, two or three
plots came to my mind, those I had
laid aside for future use, but I
couldn't fix them up. I smiled vk
risivelv: how often I had said to
younger writers: "Never give way
to moods or wait for inspiration;
if you make authorship your life
work, attend to it as to any other
business; force yourself to the routine
of working at it every day like any
other bread-and-butter affair." O
course I had thrown in gratis, ad"
vice about talent, artistic feeling
and training my common sense for
others was a good enough affair, but
it did not work just now for me. .
I looked over at my vacant safe in
the corner; not three years ago it had
contained silver, jewelry and bills,
not to mention some bonds, the in
terest of which might see us comfort
ably through life. Now, it stood a
satire on our poverty with its iron
bound sides and empty vault.
There was a knock at my study
door. "Just a minute, George," said
my wife on the other side. She poked
her 'bright, curly head in. "Oh, I
Vist want to tell you; I know I ought
not to attempt; but Sally has been
telling me about her sister Eliza, aud
it would be such a good plot, dear."
"Come in and tell it, Sue, I am just
at my wit's end."
"Oh! I can't. You must hear
Sally." My sweet little helpmate
seated herself on the edge of a chair
and said:
"You know how I love to hear
Sally talk in her soft, neirro voice,
and as she was clearing the table I
expressed my surprise at her having
paid 25 for a seal plush wrap.
" 'Well, Miss Sue," said she, fixing
her large eyes upon me and grasping
the silver spoons and forks in one
hand, 'it's the first new thing bought
for myfvlf in over three years, 'ceptin'
workm dresses like tins. Don t you
think I deserved it?
"t-She is so prettv, so plump, with
wavy hair; her eyes are beautiful,
George, and her teeth so white.
" 'How is that Sally?'
' ;I had to use it for my family,
Miss Sue; vou see thev needed it.
Liza was sick a long time, then my
father died, an' what with one tiling
an' other, the 300 I'd put in a bank
all went; then J had to go in debt to
Miss Jarvis, an' until I came up here
I was hard at work all the time to
pay it off. I jes't got it paid 'fore I
left Kentucky."
" 'Sit down and tell mo about
Eliza,' I said. For I thought at
once, George, that the material
v might be good for yon; besides sb
always spoke of Liza in such a ten
der way, I wanted to hearabout her.
"You would have liked Liza, Miss
Sue. Poor
Liza!' She cauirht her
breath and the tears filled her dark
eyes. 'Liza was younger , than me:
fihe was jes' full of life, an' singin' all
the time. We us'd to love to get her
xit our ironin' table; she us'd to work
long side o' me. Why, Miss Sue, her
lace was jes' like a mornin'-glory.
Every one u'd to be in good spirits
when Liza ud come singin' through
the yard an' poke her laughin' face
in the winder at us, 'fore she came
round to the door but my! how sick
she'd been. You wouldn't never
thought it to seen her then.'
"Was she prettier than you, Sally?"
I didn't mind asking a bit, for every
A one thinks Sally the prettiest mulat
to in town.
"She looked at the
forks, - and answered,
was ugly side o' Liza.'
spoons and
bashfully, 'I
"How old was Liza?'
"Liza was only 18 then; 'twas af
ter she was married.'
"You don't mean she was married
then?'
" 'Yes, ma'am, she was. We'd all
known Joe since he was a baby; we'd
bee raised together. A rich woman
had adopted him rich for colored
folks, I mean. She had a greenhouse,
and a right smart sui:
the bank. hen Joe come foolin'
'round Liza I didn't want her to have
nothin' to do with him, 'cause we all
knowed he was fast, he'd lived too
high. He was handsome, an' Liza
was young; an' you know how 'tis,
Miss hue, you might as well talk to
the wind as to a girl that thinks she's
in love. Miss Jarvis, that's Joe's
aunt who'd adopted him, she gave
them a big wedding. All the .first'
colored folks in Redville came an
. niter-wards Liza and Joe went off for
a trip an' came back in a few weeks
to live in Redville. While they was
on their wedding trip I went to work
in Louisville. My sister a
married an' lived there. One day
when I vent in to see her she looked
that scared, and had a letter tucked
in her dress. I began to talk bout
Liza, but she wouldn't talk 'bout
her nohow; an' so I says, "Where s
that letter from, you jes' now hid in
your dress?". After a while she gave
it to me, an' O Miss Sue, it would 'a'
broke your heart to read that letter.
Seems like Liza never could 'a' wrote
it.
"'She'd been married over a year
She wouldn't Write to me 'cause I'd
been so down on her marryin' Joe.
Miss Sue, Liza wrote that letter a-
Ivin' on the floor. Joe had sold the
bed from under her. There wasn't a
thing in" the house to eat. Every
stitch of the clothin' but the rags
Liza wore, he had sold. She'd buried
her little 3-weeks'-old baby the day
before. She was mst dyinv
"Sally gulped down a sob, and
the tears welled over her lids and
down her cheeks.
".'It you could 'a' seen her when I
crottherel - wouldn't have known
her. and she ies' -turned her pitiful
eyes to mean' says, "Sally, ain't
mad at me, is you?" I jes' took her
in my arms and cried over her. She
was so thin you could see the bones
romm' through. There she lav m
her r.ars. with the cold wind stirrin'
alone-the floor, and not a morsel of
food had nassed her lips for over
two days.
"Joe come in by-and-by half drunk,
but he was sober enough to know
what I said to him. I was that an
gry I felt like a giant, an' wasn't
afraid of him an' didn't care what I
said. But Liza, she stroked his hand
an' said. "Poor iellowl" an' thai;
made me so mad I nearly left her. I
can't understand how it was. I think
Liza must have been clear crazy, but
she said she loved him an' wouldn't
hear me scold him. She wouldn t
leave him nohow, so 1 hxed her up
and went back to Louisville. My,
1 1 4- 1,1 4. T t nnnf
foolish child. By an' by came a piti
now in v ueiu v uwucu iui j-jii.cn m
ful letter, but I wouldn't do notmrr
till she'd promise never to sey Joe
again. I went an' brought her home
to Mrs. Southworth, where I was
workm'. I made her write it down
that she'd never see Joe again, 'fore
I'd take her back with me. He had
done something dreadful, I reckon,
else she wouldn't 'a' promised
; " 'He did'nt even come to bid her
crood-by. I found her starvin' and
even thinner than before, an' so I
brought her home. She cheered up
wonderful. She said she meant nev
er to make me feel bad that I'd
brought her home. Miss South
worth hired her. when she was well
enough to work a little, an' so we
both was in the same home. Miss
Southworth made a fuss over Liza,
she wanted her wUh her all the time,
but Liza wanted to ba- 'longside o'
me in the ironin' room. She was so
smilin' an' happy you'd never have
thought she'd know what sorrow
was, but when she thought I was
not looking I'd see such a sad, wist
ful look in her eyes. She had an aw
ful cough, an' once the .doctor told
me Liza would never be well..
" 'We found her lyin' on the floor
one day, with her eyes closed. There
was a bit of paper near her. She'd
tried to crawl to the stove and
couldn't, but she'd tore this letter
up in little bits. We couldn't make
out a word, but we knowed Joe
wrote it.
" 'After that she never seemed to
get well. We took her to my sister
Annie, and she would lie in a stupor
like for days, but w hen she opened
her eyes she was always askin' for
me Seems like she wouldn't let me
out of her sight. She'd want me be
side her an' she'd put her arms around
mv neck and draw my face close to
her s and say, "lou
am t mad at
me, bally, no more
is you?
I've kept
my promise. .
"The great tears brimmed over
Sally's eyes and she went on: 'I
couldn't leave her no longer, so I
lold Miss Southworth, an' then 1
went to stay at Annie's, an' took
care of Liza. Oh, but she was beau
tiful, Miss Sue, her cheeks was pink
an' her eves so bright. Some days
she used to be well enough to be
dressed, an' she'd set by the window
and look out as though she was
holdin' her breath to listen, but she
kept her promise an' never mentioned
Joe s name. She seemed so sad it al
most broke my heart, and one day I
savs: "Liza, do you want to see
Joe?"
" 'Such a look as came to her eyes!
an she smiled like her old self, an'
then the wistful look came back an'
she answered, so low I could scarcely
hear her:
"You told me I must never
speak
his name."
" 'The sobs jes' shook me, an' I
kissed her an saict: "lou shell see
him, Liza. I will send for him."
But she caught my hand an says:
"Not now Sally: not now. Tsot till I
am dying. I thought maybe he had
been here.
" 'An' oh, how I wished he had,
when I saw the look in her eyes. I'd
give my life to have him care enough
to ask how she was: but l had to
shake my head.
" 'That night we sent telegrams
over the country for him. Liza knew
next morn she was dying. Then -she
told me 'bout the letters she'd srot
from Joe, all 'bout a robbery, an
where he'd stowed the things, but
she said she dared not tell me; be
cause she'd promised never to men
tion his name. She wanted to see
him. She said he was afraid to use
the things for fear of bein' caught,
an' all this time Liza had been
mournin' over it and wantin to
write him to give them to her; she'd
take them back and bear the punish
ment.
" 'We told her we'd sent for him to
come, but she died that mornin' with
the listening look on her face, and
that day we read in the paper that
Joe had been arrested for the rob
bery, but that he got away from the
officers: but they nred at him an
shot him dead.'
. ' . :'
"There," said my wife, "I've told
you the story, and did not mean to.
You must hear Sally tell it.
I was filled with excitement; there
was something more than that story
in irhat my .wife had been relating.
She had been so interested in hearing
of Liza, that she had not noticed
some peculiar facts connecting it very
rlosely with our own life. ..
"Would you mind askmg Sally to
come in here to me?" I asked.
"Be careful in questioning her, dear,
or you may not get what you w ish.
1 am so glad it will do, George, but
bo sure and show sympathy for her
else you can not get her to tell it in
a natural way.
'Dear me, Sue!" I burst forth. , "I
can not contain myself; don t you
see any connection between that
story and our loss?" I pointed to
m 1 1 r 1 j
my empty sale, "tan i you remem
ber when we uvea in urange aim were
not so poor? lan t you rememuer
a colored coachman by the name ot
Joe Ramsey, whose mother kept a
greenhouse "
"Mercy!" cried Sue,mmpingup. "l
never thought of it! You don't think
that was Liza's husband?"
"I certainly do."
"Well, but Sally knows nothing
about it!" ' '
"But we . may get some clew to
these bonds and "
"I will call her," and away flew my
wife.
The pretty mulatto, with her sleeves
rolled up to her elbows, came into
the room. My wife with subdued
excitement stood beside her.
"Mrs. Kerchevel has been Celling
me of your sister Eliza and of her
husband Joe Ramsay." I pronounced
the name boldly, but Sally seemed
not to notice it and answered:
"Yes, sir."
My wife nodded excitedly.
"Did any one ever know where the
bonds were that he stole?" I asked
auietly.
Sally took a step forward, her eyes
wide with astonishment. "You know
about them, then? Sir! Oh! do you
know who lost them?"
"Joe Ramsay was my coachman.
We lived in Orange at the time. He
was arrested for robbery, but was
shot while trying to escape. No one
knew what he did with the bonds. I
have the best authority for knowing
they were never presented.
Sally burst into tears. "Uh, 1 am
so glad, so glad! Ah to think they
were yours and Miss Sues's all the
time. Joe buried those little papers
under the floor of their room, Liza
told me with her dyin' breath. She
grieved so to think she didn't know
where the rest of the things was. She
didn't think the papers any 'count,
but I saved , them thinking they
might be; they're in my trunk this
minute. Liza would a' been so glad
to know you got 'em back!"
Thanks to the hone.3ty of these sis
ters we were once more well to do.
Over Eliza's grave we placed the
monument Sally had longed for, and
to this dav she is ignorant of how I
was snared the necessity of writing
simply for our bread and butter.
Boston Traveler.
Jim Foster's Great Run.
From ths Denver News.
Jim r oot s name among engineers
-w 1 i
occupies aoout the same position
McLaughlin's does among
The people along the line of the New
York Central hold their breath even
now in retrospect when they think
of the way in which he used to come
tearing down the tracks on his old
iron horse, making sixty-five to sev
enty miles an hour, with 300 scared
passengers hanging on to their seats
and expecting every moment
dashed into perdition.
Those were the old days when the
West Shore and the Central were
willing to decorate their engineers
with the Order of the Garter, or grant
them a week's pay for beating each
other bv a second or two down the
race course which ends at Schenecta
dy. At this point the close of the
raeewas rendered fiddit ion ally excit
ing by the fact that the Central pass
ed under the bridge which carries the
West Shore over its track, and the
under engine plunges out of sight in
to the darkness, the other screaming
over its head: the exit made a mo
ment too slow loses the race
The engineers on the West Shore
always stood a little in awe of Jim.
He was the patriarch of the region
and a man who handles his engine
with all the skill that an Arab hand
les his horse
They weren't to be beaten out of
reputation, however, and old engine
110 used to have some pretty hard
scrambles,, notwithstanding the fact
that Jim s hand was at the throttle.
One day Jim's train started on the
ten-mile stretch down, nip and tuck
with the W est Shore train, with an
engineer named Rantzier on the en
gine. Thev came down at a fearful
gait. Jim did his very best, for he
had heard that this very
had made a boast that he would rub
it into the invincible Central man.
The passengers on either train
caught the spirit of the thing, and
leaned dangerously far out of the
windows, yelling defiance at each
other, and shrieking like demons when
the one engine or the other gained
the slightest advantage. They were
coming down the homestretch, and
Jim, for once in his life, was losing
ground. He kept his eyes steadily
and despairingly on the other tram,
which was gaining, with dreadful cer
tainty upon him. They were about
300 yards from the bridge when what
was the disgusted engineer s amaze
ment to see a head, which he recog
nized as Superintendent Dayton's of
his own road, reach lar out of the
window in the opposite train and
yell: .
"Jim, you. if you let this blast-
ed sticK-in-tne-mua clean you out
I'll discharge you."
Jim knew he would. He wasn t so
rattled by the unexpected turn of af
fairs but that he remembered the su
perintendent, sever went back on
his word, however rashly given. He
gaye a great groan, and played his
last card. The engine quivered like
a leaf with the terrible head of steam,
gave a dash forward like a tiger on
its prey, and as it came out with a
dart ircun the black hole under the
bridge it was a length ahead, and
passengers shook hands with tears
m their eyes
The superintendent
walked over, and in the presence of
the jubilant crown took off the watch
which he was wearing and presented
it to Jim aniid delighted cheers.
Rantzier was discharged.
Cariosities of Sliort-H.nn J
BY PROF. ELDON MORAX.
How many of our readers ever saw
fchort-h and written swiftly? Some
reporters can write four words a
second for several minutes. Few
speakers talk as fast aa that. Stories
are told of cases where the friction of
the pencil caused by its quick move
ment would sometimes set the paper
afire; but these are only stories. In
taking a short-hand report, the pen
really moves no taster than in writ
ing common .long-hand. The differ
ence between the two is that in short
hand a single brief character repre
sents an entire word; sometimes sev
eral. Some boys only fifteen who
have learned the art, can, by making
these crooked marks rapidly, get
down every word of a speech as fast
as the orator delivers it. We know
of girls only twelve years old writing
letters to each other m these tunny
characters, using postal cards. Quite
a long letter can be written in this
way; as many words in fact, as
would fill two pages of foolscap pa
perand then the post-master can t
read it!
Business men, it is well know, em
ploy a great many short-hand writ
ers, and the time . mav come when
everybody will use this brief method
in order to save time and labor.
Instances jnre related of cases where
reporting was done under difficulties.
One short-hand writer had to hold
his note book against the wall and
write standing. Another was obliged
to write in the dark had to "feel his
way." It is so easy for some persons
to report a speech, that they can do
so, while to some extent thinking of
something else entirely; just , as you
can walk and talk at the same tune.
To the expert, indeed, short-hand
writing is an easy task. We know
few lawyers skilled in stenography,
who are able, while addressing the
Court, to write down their remarks
in short-hand just as they are deliv
ered. Thev are able to think, speak,
and write all at the same time. This
was not so difficult however as it ap
peared, because the hand kept pace
with the tongue, and the tongue with
the brain.
Some reporters use short-hand for
telling fortunes." Make a mark
ever so simple, and it will be sure to
mean something in short-handl This
is true, and has been tried hundreds
of times. It is supposed that your
pencil is guided by fate, and the
words written are indicative of what
you will do, have or become.
A school teacher once wrote a
"million." A candidate for office
wrote "Salt-Creek" and was sent up
to it soon afterwards! A lazy fellow
wrote "shirk." A student wrote
"knowledge." A school "girl wrote
"tall fellow" and seemed satisfied!
This sort of "fortune telling" which
may be indulged in at social gather
ings, is often quite amusing.
Good short-hand reporters who
write left-handed are by no means
rare. A few can write with both
hands,.but not two speeches at the
time, as some may suppose. The
best court reporters, however, often
write down what is said by two per
sons talking at the same time. But
they only employ one hand in doing
this, making, no doubt, pretty good
use of their head also.
Barnum once exhibited a man born
without hands, who had learned
stenography. He had, of course, to
write with his foot; and this he could
do quite well. Strictly speaking,
when he wrote he did not produce
short-hand notes, but, instead short
loot notes. !
A curious feature of short-hand is
that words often have a meaning
when turned downside-up. Thus J-m,
the consonant outline for Jim, when
turned upside-down, reads n-j, the
word-sign for knowledge, further,
if the reader should for a moment
stand on his head, the words Smith,
John. Thomas would read respect
fully, Science, Angel, Senate? Jones
would read sage; Jennie,image; Clara,
reckon; Europe, pure; music, cousin;
ink, camp; father, order; silver, van
ishes; rainbow, beware; economy,
nickle. The sentence "Great J ohn has
his angel gift," reads precisely the
same, whether it is read forwards, or
turned over and read backwards.
A one-armed editor who had never
studied anv brief system of writing,
used often to claim, jocularly, to be
a "short-a-hand mani
We knew a "smart Aleck" who, as
soon as short-hand became popular,
made pretense that he knew all
about it. He managed to get pos
session of a letter written in charac
ters, claiming that he received it
from one oi his short-hand corres
pondents. He would often astonish
persons wno knew no better, by
taking his pencil and ierking off a
few crooked marks which he would
make believe meant "Kingdom of
Heaven", "Policy of the Adminis-'
tration", General George Washing
ton" etc. Once pretending to write
the Scriptural passage, "Wisdom is
justified m her children a reporter
by chance was present, i he marks
produced by "Aleck," it so happened
read as follows, "I am a dunce!" The
smart young; man in this case,
though he told a lie, had at least.
written the truth.
- - sw
Simply Attired Princesses.
From a Paris Letter.
The royal party bro'ught very lit
tle luggage and the Princess of Wales,
in all her exhibition outings, wore
the same dark blue surah dress.
with white sprays. The young
princesses were dressed alike, wear
ing frocks of tan foulard, dotted
with brown, , and brown and tan
bonnets, or blue foulards dotted
with white, and black lace bonnets
trimmed with roses.
The common fly lays more than
100eggs,and the time from egg laying
to maturity is two weeks. Suppose
one fly commenced to mmltiply and
replenish the earth by June 1. June
15, if all lived, would give 150. Sup
pose 75 of these are females, July 1
would give 11,2.50 flies. Suppose
5,652 of these are females; we - might
have on July 15, 813,720.
REVOLUTION IN CIGARS.
Important Facts Made Enoirm to the'
Smoking Tablic.
An Interview With Mr. Tans III, of It
W Tanslll & Co. lie Explain the
Origin and De-relopnient of HI Im
utcnee Duslneas Relates the Cauee
of Ilia Phenomenal Success
Denver (Colo.) Kepubllean. Jalj 7.
So many causes have been assigned
for the success of the celebrated "Tan
sill's Punch" cigar, that a Republican
reporter, learning of Mr. TanshTs so
journ at the Albany, called on him to
ascertain for the benefit of smokers a
true explanation of these causes. Mr.
Tansill expressed a readiness to com
municate on this subject, and the re
porter plied his questions.
"Have you any objection, Mr. Tan
sill, to giving the readers of the. Repub
lican an inside view of the success you
have attained in your business?"
"Well, no. I can't say that I have,"
was the reply. "Since I have no patent
n iy methods of conducting business
and no secrets to withhold from the
public, I am perfectly willing to gratify
you to the extent of my ability. To
it a 1 al ..
commence witn: Alter lue great Chicago
fire of '71, I became convinced that
there was a large and increasing de
mand, a tidal wave, as it were, for a
first-class five cent cigar. How to pro
duce such a cigar and to market it profit
ably was the problem to solve.
"I was a young man at the time and
full of ambition. After carefully study
ing the condition of the trade, I settled
upon a plan to accomplish . my object.
But before I giro it to 3ron, let roe ex
plain the situation as it existed at that
time. The average retail dealer in
those days never thought it possible to
sell a nve-cent cigar at les3 than 100
per cent profit, while the average whole
sale dealer or roaimfnctuver made a
profit varying from $10 to $15 per 1,000
on that class of goods. Such five-cent
cigars, of course, were made of very in
ferior domestic stock.
"Now I conceived the idea thatbv re
ducing both profits and slightly increas
ing the price, aud at the same time mak
ing a cigar that shonld contain the
choicest Havana filler,-aud then placing
it in the hands of prominent retail deal
ers all over the United Statos, with an
exclnsivo control or agency for the same
for their towns or neighborhoods, they,
through the superior quality of the
cigar, winch at once, commanded a
largely increased trade, could afford to
sell it at a reduced percentage of profit.
In other Avoi ds, I first raised the price of
the goods to the retailer, and at the
same time I reduced my own profits
more than one-half. 1 ins dulerence en
abled mo to furnish an Havana filled
cigar that could be retailed for five
cents.
"Then I person all v traveled over the
United States and established my agen
cies, relying chieUy on man orders,
thereby dispensing with double "drum
ming and 'the jobber s profit, thus ef
fecting a great ssiviug. I charged noth
ing for my services and sold my goods
at less than one-half the profit made by
my competitors. In taking this step I
trusted solely to the intelligence of the
smoker and dealer for my recompense.
Had I not done so the name of 'Tansill
Punch' cigar, like the names of iffy
thousand imitators, would have been
obsolete long ago." -
"Has vonr faith in flm inlfillirpiirtfl of
the smoker and dealer been sustained?"
"Yes, far beyond iny most sanguine
expectations. And as the business-has
grown from year to year, I have appro
priated a percentage of my profits for ad-
vertisinsr. I niisrht add in this connec
tion that I have jnst placed contracts
for advertising 'Tansill's Punch' in
nearly 7,000 daily and weekly newspa
pers, with a combined annual circulation
of over 500,000,000 copies. Prom
this it can be seen that my faith in the
merits of my goods and in my methods
or selling them is stronger than ever
before."
"Has yonr plan of doing bnsiness met
with the approval of the merchant?"
jly success emphatically answers
your question in the allirmative. Could
3'ou but read our correspondence, yon
would then realize how our agency and
goods are appreciated bjT. both dealer
and smoker. "As to the value of our
agency, I will give you an illustration.
Nine years ago W. M. Dale, a Chicago
druggist, was trying to establish a
trade on a five-cent cigar. To accom
plish this he was paying $38 per 1,000
for his leading five-cent brand and re
tailing but 200 of them per week. I
gave Mr. Dale the agency for 'Tansill's
Punch for his neighborhood, and his
trade steadily increased from year to
year until it reached the enormous
number of 27,000, 'Tansill's Punch' per
month, while his aggregate sales, all at
retail, mind you, of that single brand
have Iargelv exceeded 2.000.000 cigars.
I could cite you similar illustrations in
almost every part of the United States."
"Iheu I understand, Mr. Tansill, that
yonr plan is to sell a first-class cigar at
a small profit and rely upon the large
volume of yonr trade for the results?" .
"That is it, exactly."
Don't fear to
open your eyes under salt
waterv
The days are getting like the rest ot us
somewhat shorter.
A free translation "Foeta nascitur non
fit." The poet is born a in u fit.
The newest English umbrellas have
knobs with broad flat tops.
Mr. Cleveland's fortune is now placed at
$200,000.
Some of the Panama cannl laborers have
lately starved to death nrt Colon.
There are 9,000
women doctors in the
United States. .
S. K. CO BURN, Mgr., Clarie Scott, writes:
"I find Hnll s Catarrh Cure a valuable
remedy." Druggists sell it, i oc.
Watch the thermometer and be prepared
for heated remarks.
Cowardice is the greatest giver of alma.
Jr,
some of the imitations and have sore hands and find your clothing going to pieces. Moral
Use the Original and Dest.
An Ancient Soureiilr.
I saw a queer object in the window of
a V Ulicen street storo last week, it was
a barnacle-covered vase about two feet
high, and though of an antique and an
cient pattern, would not of itself attract
morejthan a passing glance, upon two
cards which were placed near it, the his
tory was told in English and Greek.
The vase had been found at the bottom
of the straits of Salimis, where the naval
battle was fought between Themistocles,
admiral of Greece, and Xerxes, king of
Persia, 400 years before Christ. The poor
sponge diver who round the reho re
ceived a slight reward for his trouble,
and the vase was shipped to New lork.
Who knows but that it may be a remin
iscence jqI the great battle. Now York
Graphic '
It Hou't lajr
to use uncertain means when suffering from
diseases of the liver, blood or lungs, such
as biliousness, or "liver complaint," skin
diseases, scrofulous sores or swellings, or
from lung scrofula (concimonly known as
consumption ot he lungs) when Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is guar
anteed to cure all these affections, if taken
in time, or money paid for it will be
promptly refunded..
$500 offered for an incurable case of ca
tarrh in the head by the proprietors of
Dr. Sage's Remedy.
He that boasteth himself to know every
thing is moat ignorant.
The tunnel under the
be 5,600 feet long.
Hudson river is to
Fire cents saved on soap; fire dollars
lost on rotted clothes. . Is that economy?
There is not 5 cents difference between the
cost of a bar of the poorest soap made and
the best, which is as all' know, Dobbin's
ivectric.
Folly must hold its tongue while wearing
the win oi wisdom.
Don't take animal food more than twice
daily. :
What in tlte world is tho use of sitting
around waiting for something to turn up
You might just as well sit down in the
meadow and wait for the cow to come up
to be milked. Get up and shake yourself
and make up your mind to turn up some
thing. If you have nothingdefinite in your
mind, then wme to IS. Jj . Johnson & Uo.
Richmond, Va., and they will tell you
thing or two that will make you jump for
joy.
Mr. Gladstone has. .had his portrait
painted thirty-five times.
A rocTvCt mirror
free to smokers of 'Tansill'
Punch" 5c Cigar.
The white house chef says that President
Harrison is not an epicure.
"When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla,
When che was a Child, sao cried for Castorla,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla,
Wtiu she had Children, she gave them Castorla,
Krupp, the German gun maker, employs
men.
For two two-cent stamps wo will senrl
you one oi me uanasoniesc nimanacs in
the country. "Homestead," Omaha, Neb
Among Michigan's teachers is a t
blooded Indian, who is said to be doing
excellent work. .
For Rheumatism. ,
NEW EVIDENCE OF CURE.
Several Years. 27 North Et. Paul Street.
Kocheiter. N. Y.. Jane 24. 188S.
Buffered eereral rem with rheumatUra: unable
to walk; after rubbings with Bt. Jacobs OU It Us
appeared; has not returned ia four years.
CHAB. OAKTHER.
In the Knees. Rochester, H. Y. July 6, '88. '
Had rheumatism in knees four we ski. One bottle
of St. Jacobs Oil cured me entirely.
B. H. MAKK. Fnb. of "Volksblatt."
In the Side. Btcciton, Cal., June 14, 1888.
Had rheumatism in side for over a week; used
St. Jacobs Oil; it cured me and has remained
cured. JVLTOS GEDTKE,
At DnrGGisTs and Dealers.
THE CHARLES A. V0GELER CO., Baltimore, Md.
IlikSff rltritlaf niittail Its
these Little Pill. 1
They also relieye Pis-
treas from Dynpepnia, in
digestion and TooIIearty
Eating. A perfect rem
edy for Dizzineaa.ansea
Drowsiness, Bad Tasfc-I
in tho Mouth, Coated
Tongue.Pain in the Side.
TOKP1D IiIVEK. Thev
regulate the Bowels.
Purely Vegetable.
Price 25 Cents;
CASTER MEDICINE CO., 1TSW YOE.
Small Pill. Small Dose. Small Price.
IKS
Smith's Bile Beans
Are Invaluable for liver end Stomach disorders.
Act on the Lile, drive away the blues. They aro
the great Anti-Bile Medicine or
Cure for Biliousness,
Sickheadache. Dysentery. Sour Stomach, Dis
tress alter eating. Pain in tho bnck and sldos,
Malaria, Coatireness, Chills and Fevers, Drow
siness, Offensive Breath, Gall atones, to.
BILE BEANS
Actonths Liver and Kidneys, thereby driving
all impurities from the body .
Very oco iomical, small close. In little watch
shaped bott'es, pric3J5 cents.
fcold by Druggists or sent by mall.
J. F. SMITH Si CO., Props., St. Loula, Mo.
SEercnoAegsB
CARTER'S
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PIVER
PILLS.
HI
is
'sir mmm:
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?culiar
of doinor a large wash with
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not rubbed to pieces on a. washboard. A saving is a gain.
You'll be surprised and pleased with the cleanliness, satis
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Simple ranv servant can use
Can soak your finest
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makes the water soft.
t rearlinc is manufactured only by JAMES TVLE, New YuiU
THE QUESTION
one asks themselves after a night mado
unpleasant by a barbarous toothache.
is: What shall I got to cure itr Wera
that question addressed to a Druggist
THE ANSWER
would be: Procure a bottle of Perry
Davis Paln-Klller, and use it according
to directions. It cures like magic. In
such cases what a happiness to hav at
hand an instant relief such as
PfilN-KILLER.
has proved itself to be. Physicians say
it Is one of thoso Ueraedios which is
calculated to relieve an immense amount
of suffering.
RESULTS
show that almost every other descrip
tion of pain is relieved by its applica
tion, external and internal.
All Druggists sell rain-Killer.
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t rom our fr-psfte list or dooks (wnicti pieme aa
for), we nama a few btfoka out of niauv.
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Jeliovah's lrU. taiorWdoa.) Etnerson.
Concert Selections. (81 or 8'J dot.) Emerson.
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ICxamin ottr new Vlano Collection.
Popular Piano Collection. (81) 27 pieces.
Popular Dance Mualo Collection, (si )
And many others. Also,
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rioiigr Clalc. (Sop. 81.) Alio 8L) fs")oni.
ClaHRle Tenor Songs. 181.) llarltoue
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S a tin y. Samples worth 92. 1.1 KICIIK.
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TO MAKE
-A-
Delirioitt Biscuit
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR
OOW BRAND
SODfl-iStLERiTUS.
ABSOLUTELY PURE.
Hot W eather
is the very best time
to try P yle's Pearli ne.
Then the wash islar
gest, and a saving of
time and toil is best
appreciated. Think
little or no rubbing. Consider
it. Perfectly harmless you
linen and laces in Pearline and
safety. Delightful in the bath
Perhaps you have been using
OMAHA BU81HE88'qLLEe,