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IN THE DARK. -O, in the fientha of midnisrht. What fancies haunt, the brain, When e-ven tho sigh of the sleeper . Bounds like a sigh of pain. -A sens of awe and wonder I may never well detine. For the thoughts that come in the aaadowr Never come in the shine. The old clock down in the parlor Like a sleepiest mourner grieves. Ami the seconds drip in silence As the rain drips from the eaves. And I think of the hands that signal, xno nour lucia in me And' wonder what angel watchers . Wait in the darkened room. '.And i think of the smiling faces That used to watch and wait, Till the click of the clock was answered liy the click of the opening gate. They are not there now In the evening, Morning or noon not there; Yet I know that they keep their vigil And wait for me somewhere. James Whitcomb Riley. THE FATHER AND An Incident In Real Life. One night last winter, while pursu ing my way along oiie of the mwt ob scure, streets in Boston, I wa3 aroused from the reverie in which I was in d'llghig by hearing liarht footsteps close by my side. Turning quickly, I beheld a young girl, apparently not more than twelve years old, following & if she was anxioiw to speak to me, and when I obsorrcd by the dim light of Ji neighboring street lamp, that she was poorly-clad, trembling, thin and pale, I asked her, in a tone of kind ness, what she wanted. 'If you please," she replied, ta a vo:ce that was almost choked with obs, yet struck me as peculiarly soft and silver-toned, "if you please, sir, will you go back with me just a little way, and see my lather, who J3 very sick?1' , What is the matter with your father?" I asked, fearful of being de ceived. "Oh. sir. I don't know," she answer ed, in the same tones as before, "but I fear he is going to die." The earnest manner of the broken hearted girl mada me ashamed of having doubted her at first, and 1 re solved to comply with her request. I was in jusi the mood for some adven ture where there was an opportunity of accomplishing an object of benevo lence, and I willingly followed my timid, sorrowful little guide back to her home. The girl led me into a small and somewhat dilapidated house, and in vited me to ascend a small and narrow staircase. At the head of the stairs I heard her groping about until her hand touched the latch of a door, which she opened, asking me in a low voice to follow her into the room. I did so, and found myself in an humble apartment, where scrupulous neatness seemed struggling against absolute want. The dim light of a flickering lamp which stood on a small table near the door, revealed to. me the scanty furniture, which I found to con sist of a few chairs, the table silready mentioned, and among other articles of minor importance, a bed in the most retired part of the room. The girl stepped along before me and pointed to the bad. 'Come this way, sir, if you please," she whispered; '.'here is father." As she turned" to appro ich the bed side of the sufferer, to apprize him of ;ray presence, I silently brushed away a tear which the sight of her grief worn, pallid cheeks, and eyes red with much weeping, caused to start through my eyelids. My youthful guide bent over the sick'man. and laying her cheek close to his. while her arms encircled his neck, whispered something in his ear. . A moment after she arose, and placing a chair at the bedside, begged me to approach. Seating myself in the chair she placed for me. I took the hand of the invalid, and gazed for tho first timo full upon his face. I shall never foriret the spectacle. Although much emaciated, his features betrayed the spirit of pride in the midst of pov erty, of resolution in adversity, atid o the' stern endurance, during his mo ments of agony, which dwelt within his breast. J was about to address him, when he cut me short by speaking first. "You fiisd me in a bad condition, sir," said he, with a smile I thought rather bitter. "I can't deny that I am actually crushed by sickness and mis fortune; this you will readily believe, for I could never have stooped to ask assistance of any one, had I not been perfectly helpless. And even now, sir, 1 doubt wb .ther I would not have died before ask ng a favor of anyone, had it not been or tho broken-hearted girl who condu ted you hithep." J cannot describe' my sensations on hearing these words, so full of pride and candor, fall from the lips of a man who might be dying. It was plain to be seen that the invalid had once seen better days, and moved in circles of re finement, and I was sure that his in tellect was of the finest order. It was owing to these peculiar circumstances - of the case, that I became deeply in terested in my new acquaintances, and felt anxious to relieve them, and at the same sime to learn something of their history. After conversing with the in valid lor a few moments he intim tted to me that he would willingly let me into the secrets of his history, provided the girl was not present to listen. . Accordingly, I directed "little Hetty," as the old man called her, to go for a physician of my acquaintance, telling her I would stay by her father until she returned: The night was not cold, . and I felt that it would benefit her body ar.d divert her mind to take a walk in the city, with the ways of which she was very well acquainted. Hetty had scarcely left the house, when the door-bell rang. The sick man said the lower part of the house was not occupied, and requested me to kcc who was at the door. Carry in a lamp in my hand, I pro ceeded dvn the stairs. I found a well-dres-il gentleman at the door, who seem d surprised on seeing me in such a pi. ce. "Does Mr. Farley reside here?" asked. "I don't know that he does," . I plied. he re- "Well, then, is there more than one family living in the house?" "There is oulv one family, I believe." . - "And you don't know whether the name of the family is Farley or not," A fcuu me stranger, with a smile. 1 aaw the drift of his remark, and replied that I vas not acquainted in the honse, never having been there be- -.! he name of the family mav be F arley," said I, "but I have not heard L All I know is, there is an old man r,M hi daughter, and he calls the girl I the HeUy."' ' he "The same, saiu uw on , is the man I would see. .... m Hoping he might bring relief to my new acquaintances. I readily conduct ed htm up the stairs, and into the apart ment I had left. On approaching the bedside, I found that Mr. Farley had fallen asleep dur ing ray absence from, the room. "Let me sit here." s t id the stranger. quietly seating himself at the foot of the bed, shading his brow, which I ob served betrayed some emotion, "and do not tell the old man I am here. It is the girl I would see, and I will wait here until she returns. Scarcely was the stranger seated, when, as I approached the bedside, the invalid awoke. "You must know,' said he, continu ing the subject of his history, in a man ner which showed that his slumber had been lierht. "you must know that 1 have not always been in the condition of poverty in which you now see me. I was once in excellent circumstances'. and emoved a hiffh standing la so ciety." "How did you become reduced?" asked. "By a series of misfortunes, of which I need not to tell you. By degrees I lost, until I became quite fortuneless quite friendless." "Is the girl who brought me here your only child?" I inquired. "Ah! it is of that I would speak," sighed the sick man, pressing my hand. "1 had another child a son "And he is dead?" "No but he is dead to me. I lost him through my pride my worse than folly." "Where is he now?" "Alas! I know not!" 'He has deserted you?" ! "No I drove him from my door. It was in my days of pride and influence that I disowned him and cast him off penniless." The old man pressed his feeble hand upon his brow, as if to still its throb-. bing, and closed his eyes with a sup pressed groan. I loved my son," he contmuea. after a pause "I was proud of him, too, but even he could not change the firmness of my will. It is that which has estranged us." "In what manner?" "Can you not guess?" Had you known William, you would have dis covered before this. His generous soul, so unlike my own, was totally free from family pride and prejudice to which I owe my ruin. He had no idea of the aristocracy of wealth, and when he found among the laboring classes a maiden whom he thought might make him happy, he cared not for her humble condition, but resolved to win her he irt and hand." "And you opposed him?" 'Firmly bitterly blindly opposed him!" exclaimed the old man. "He was a m-ijor, and I could not enforce my commands, but I threatened, little thinking my threats were vain. I told him in a moment of calmness that the hour which saw him united to the poor girl he was wooing, saw him no longer my son. Bnt his soul like mine, was above compulson; and unlike mine, it scorned the allurements of wealth. ' He believed that toil and poverty woeo honorable, and that worth wa3 oftener found with them than with luxury and riches. He trusted that he had found a priceless jewel in the person of the humble girl he loved, and he boldly and unhesitatingly offered - her hi3 heart and hand, although he knew I would disinherit him!" "And he married Iter?" "Ye3; and from that time ' have never seen him! He provided a home for himself and wife in Boston, and wrote me a letter. In that he bagged me to excuse he did not say forgive his acting against my wishes, but said not a word not a syllable about being received once more as my son and heir. He ended by inviting me to visit him in his new but humble home, and expressed a. desire that we rr. ight live on friendly term3. I was too proud to visit him. and he never saw fit to cross my threshold again!" "And he continued to reside in Bos ton in the same city with you, his father?" "Yes, for a time; but he was poor and could not bear. I presume, the sight of those of his old associates who ceased to know him when he was no longer able to live in style. He scorned them, it is true; but he hated the sight of them, and therefore removed from the city." - "And he never came to vou or wrote to you afterwards?" said I. "Never. The last I heard of him he was in New York, and in tolerable circumstances. Oh, what a triumph j lit 11 it would oe to mm could ne see mo thus reduced shorn of my pride and former wealth!" "lou see l am now leit alone in the unfriendly world with the child who brought you hither. As my riches failed me, being swept away by mis fortunes, my old friends dropped off one by one; and now sickness has re duced me to the helpless, miserable condition in which you behold me There is not an individual livinjr who cares for me or mine! You have already siown some kindness to us for which heaven reward you! but you are nhe only one the only one!77 The sick man turned his eyes up wards, then closed them with a sigh At this moment I observed that the stranger, who at first seemed to take no interest in the old man's story, had at length drawn his chair elose to the bedside, as if to listen. "My pride is humbled now," resumed the invalid, after a long pause. "I think I might be brought to ask relief of the very son I have disowned. O God! how just has been my punish ment! to think that he, whom I cast off. is now, in all- probability, able to laugh at my fall in the midst of his srowinar prosperity. But think vou he would do it? Think you my William, who was once my joy and pride, would have the heart to triumph over me in my misery?" "No, he would not." said a. deep, earnest voice behind me. which- male me start. On looking around, I saw the strang er 1 had admitted approching the bed side A3 the light fell upon his brow, I beheld it was dark with agony, and thez-e was a tear glistening in his eye. ""Who spoke? what voice was that?" demanded the invalid, turning on his pillow. I made way for the Strang-, and he drew near tho bed. He bent over the form of the old man, and their eyes met. ill vv ixs J. vv uyj apuftc, saiu luq i stranger, in hurried, husky tones; "it was my voice." The old man stared at him wildly. "And who are you!" he demanded. "Do you not know me?" murmured the other. "O God! that it should come to this that I am forgotten by cay fatheri" William! rav son William!" sobbed invalid "Oh, my injured - - my noble and forgiving boy!" The old man's voice was choked by obs, as with his feeble arms he drew his son more closely to his bosom. I turned away to dash aside the tsars which came to my eyes, dimming my sight; and when I looked again, near a minute after, I beheld the father and son still locked in each other's arms. As I contemplated that silent, heart felt embrace, I felt my eyes fill again and my bosom heave with sympathy. "Oh,' my sont murmurea T,ne lnva. lid, at length, "what good angel has brought you hither.'' lam no longer what I once was, out a numoio, mis erable wretch. Adversity has taught me a deep and holy lesson; and it is now with joy, and not with pain, that I ask you to forgive me " lather! father! 7 interrupted tne young man, in a voice of agony, "speak not of the past! Let us forgive and forsret! Both of us may have been in fault, but the days of our estrangement are past now; we are fath er and son once more-!" - "God bless you! oh, my child!" mur. mured the old man. "find Kloca vnnV 'l am come. " Ia3iims1 XV;il: ill. repay the debt of gratitude I owe to you. "The debt of gratitude!" "Yes; for what does not a son, owe to his father especially to such a father as you were once to me? My mother was taken away when I wa3 young and Hetty but an infant; but you filled her place. You educated me you did 9verythinsr f n your power to make me happy. Now I am come to repay the debt as freely. I have a dear happy home in ew York, to which I will re move you and Hetty, as soon as you are able to leave your bed. Till then, I will see that you are made comforta ble here. Oh, I thank heaven for put ting it into my heart to come back to Boston and search you out!". The old man strove to reply to these words of kiudness, but could not speak fev sobbing. He wept like a child. My situation during this interview was painful. It was a relief to hear footsteps ascemiing the stair3, and to 3ee little Hetty enter the moment after. , bee ing two strangers in the room with her father she started back sur prised, for she was far from recogniz ing her brother. I he oid man saw aer, and called her to his side. William uttered not a word, out stood regarding her in silence. My child," said the old man, "do pou remeberyour brother William?" 'Oh, yes," replied the girl, quickly. T Tvmom rwM him no irnci a I wave r kind to me. Don't you wish he was aere now, father?" My child, he is "here!" exclaimed the old man. "This is your brother William." The girl turned, and when she saw her brother regarding her tenderly and kindly, open his arias to receive her, she flew to his bosom and flung her arms wildly about his neck. At this moment, my friend, the phy sician Hetty had gone for, having fol lowed ker almost immediately, rang at the door, and I hastened to conduct aim up the stairs. He srave the sick man encourage ment of atYording him immediate relief, and having prepared some medicine for iiis use, took his departure. Thinking it best to leave the new- united family jilone, I rose to depart. rhe o".d man and his son thanked mo warmly for the intez-est I had taken in Iheir affairs, and the little girl, as she conducted me to the door and bade me ?ood-night, bosousrhi, me with tears in her eves to visit them again. That night I went home a better man tnan v nen l leit a lew Hours De fore. The lesson I had learned had a peculiar efl'ect upon my mind, teach ing me, as it did, the folly of family pride or the pride of wealth, and the iivine beauty and sweetness of forgive ness. When I visited the house again I foun 1 a coach at the door, and being admitted by a servant, met little Het- ,y in the hall, dressed ready for a lourney. The little creature flew to welcome aie, and fairly wept with joy. "YY here are you going? " 1 asked. "Oh." said she. "father and I are proing to New York with brother Wil liam. Father has got almost well, so ;hat he can travel. We are going to live with brother, and we shall be so happy!" At that moment William and his 'ather came down stairs, being ready "or a starts Although tho old man vas leaning on the arm of his son, vrhen he saw mo he sprang forward to jrasp my hand. William did the same, while Hetty stood by, laughing and seeping by turns, for joy. I saw them depart; and. once more I re-traced my steps homeward, filled jvith admiration of the old man's proud, stern but generous spirit, the jandor, beauty and single-heartedness )f the chi.d but above all, of the Toung man's nobleness of soul, and of las spirit of true Christian benevolence .nd forgiveness. J. T. Trowbridge, n Yankee Blade. A Tennis Costume Extraordinary. A pair of green silk stockings, em roidered with buttercups and finished )ff with a little pair of pigskin shoes, fter these are on the wearer will' array lerself in an un dergarment of cray-green jhina silk, which look3 like a petticoat, uffied up to the waist, but which really '.onsists of two petticoats, one for each imb, and fastened to oae belt, which jives a freedom of movement she has lever known before since she went out f short frocks. A little low-necked .ilk bodice goes with the divided petti coat, and this is frilled with lace and Irawn up with little narrow green rib ons about the shoulders and arms. The tennis dress proper is of gray-green erge, laid in a deep hem about the foot" jf the skirt, and embroidered with a ioep border f buttercups done in gold colored floss. The skirt i3 gathered juite full and falls just the fragment of an inch below the ankles. The waist s a loose blouse of the Garibaldi shape, jiade of whita serge, with a turnover collar, under which is knotted a yellow ailk scarf, the same color as the broad, oft sash, knotted about the waist. The iieeves are loose and full, and are athered into a deep green cuff which .eaches nearly to the elbow. Over this blouse goes a little green serge jacket, whose edges are embroidered with but tercups, which is lined throughout with slik of the same shade and has no sleeves London Court Journal. An Unexpected Revelation. Young Man "Ah! How. do, Dick? Is your sister at home?" Little Dick "Which sister; .the aomely one what's goin' to have all of pa's money, because she's likely to be an oid maid, or the prett one what ain't goin to have any thin.. ?" Young Man "Ura er both of them." New York Weekly. FOR THE FARMER. Pack your ejrjxs in salt for tht Winter use, not letting an egg touch another. ' The Montana wool clip for thig year is estimated at 10,000,000 pounds. - Nice shade trees about the house are very pleasant, are they not? Well, have we all got them about our houses? ' American breeders of Hereford cattle will make unorganized effort to secure the South American trade for breeding animals. An English breeder of Herdwick sheep claims that hve out ot every six thev have killed have an extra rib. As ordinarily used, bulls are very dangerous animals but they are never considered so until they Tiave doue some damage. No hoghouse is complete without a mow lor bedding and clover hay now that we have found out that hogs like well cured sweet hay. Your hogs maybe growing and prospering on your clover pasture, but it will pay to hasten the growtt with daily rations of corn. Until dogs are legislated out o existence, or a nev class of dog owners arises, these pets will be a great drawback to sheep-raising. Two valuable herds of cattle it Missouri and some horses and hogs on the same farms have gone mad alter being bitten by dogs. Accordingto "The Herald of Gospel Liberty," the United States pays $4C for support of dogs to each $1 con tributed to foreign missions. E. N. Tharson has sold the clip from 200 sheep tor $360. It pays to raise sheep even at prices of wool 18 to 20 cents. News, Luverue Minn The Arkansas Station proposes a novel warfare against scrub cattle. It will encourage the spaying of cows and heifers and also encourage the cotton-seed-oil miil to buy the spayed cattle for fattening purposes. "Is it possible to rear pigs so as to have 75 per cent of lean meat in them. This can be accomplished by feeding bran, middlings and skim-milk, oi bran and middlings. Hogs need salt as much as anv other animal.'", Of two colts similiar in disposition and sense, one may develop into a steady and valuable family horse, while the other may be everything that is vicious, t reachous and unsafe all because of a difference in the men handling them. Chickens with two heads, legs or wings are heard from with unusual frequency this season. This should warn people against close in-breeding. In pigs it goes the other way, and has been continued till there were pigs born with no eyes and only three legs. . - . " - V Foot rot is not as prevalent as formerally. This is due to the sheep being kept on dry ground instead of given only the wet pastures, as before. Sheep should invariably have shelter at night, but they object to being confined in a close building. An open shed, with a dryftoor should be provided. Farmers who have experimented with ensilage as food for sheep, re port the best results, particularly with ewes at lambing: time. The en silage promotes the flow of milk and keeps botn ewe and lamb m prime condition. It seems to be even more valuable for sheep than cattle. The dog skins so extensively used in America and elsewhere for making gloves, come largely from China. Tfoere are thousands of farms in Man churia and Mongolia where from tens to hundreds of dogs are reared year ly. The dogs are strangled, so as not to injure the skins, being killed in Winter when the coat is in the finest condition. Gpats are also raised on a large scale for a like purpose. None of the grain excepting per haps wheat contain more of albumi noids and phosphates than do oats. This grain is therefore especially val uable as feed for growing stock of all kinds, from chickens up to pigs, calves and colts. After a time young animals will cloy if fed on Indian corn. It does not contain the nutriment they need for growth. ' But a change to oat meal will bring them in grow ing condition again. . Sweet or ripened silage can only be made from fully grown and mature fodder, the grain of which has begun to glaze. The juices of such fodder are more than water, and these juices when the fodder is cut are so charged with starch, etc., that they tentTto preserve the fodder, and fermenta tion cannot go as far or attain so high a degree of heat as when less mature iouuer is s;ioea. ine numg can be more rapid with mature fod der and as good or better results se cured. : There are four breeds of sheep known in this country which are usu ally classed as Downs, and which are very highly regarded by their breed ers, all of them ranking high as pro ducers of first-class mutton a flesh that commends itself to the mo&t critical and exacting oi epicures, as well as to everybody else who enjoys good health and who can sit down to a juicy roast or nicely-boiled joint with a good appetite and relish for a hearty meal. They are the South, Oxford, Hampshire and Shropshie Downs. Patting bells on sheep to prevent ravages of dogs is so often urged that it occurs to me to suggest that dogs allowed to run at large be made to wear bells also. If not, why not? What could be pleasanter to lovers of the canine race than to hear the merry tinkling of the dog bell aa its wearer ravaged a neighbor's flock ot sheep or poultry? And we feel sure the owner of the sheep and poultry would feel a certain kind of satisfac tion also in hearing it. William T. Smedley, m N. Y. Tribune. Prof. Koberts tells one side of the story in the statement that on an average one- ton of water passing through barnyard manure takes away sixty cents of fertilizing ma terial. But if not kept somewhat moist, rich barnyard manure will waste even more by such violent fo mentation that it burns away all its ammonia and leaves only the ash. In piled-up heaps of manure in sum mer there is usually more danger of waste by burting than washing. Do not put manure under the eaves, but leave it exposed, n you , wisn cover with a layer of earth, and the loss will not be serious. A Plea fer the Brakemen, New York Sun. - Ex-Railroad Commissioner Coffin, of Iowa, in an address before the Convention of the American Car Builders' Association in Saratoga, made a strong plea foi trainmen. He urged the adoption of a uniform dis tance between freight cars, which now varies from 18 to 43 inches. A brake- man in the caboose of a freight train hears a sharp call for brakes. He seizes a lantern and climbs in the dark storm and rain or snow to the swaying deck ofthefastmoving train. He sets a break, another, and anoth er, and starts to go to the next car, thinking that the distances between all cars are alike. A sudden jerk: tho space to be stepped from one car to another suddenly widens and the poor fellow tails. When the train reaches the next station the rear brakeman of the train is missing. An engine is sent back to find him. They find, perhaps, the head on one side of the track, the feet on the other, and the body strewn along the track for a long distance. "Whose fault was it that the poor fellow couldn't or didn't step across the unequal and suddenly lengthened distance? It is a stinging disgrace to civilization, to humanity, and to Christianity to ex pose a human being to these chances ot accident and death. There is a legislation to protect our sailors; why not our trainmen? More are killed by train in one month then by sea in a year. Is a trainman's life less valuable than that of a sailor? There is only one chance in a million on a passenger train for passengers to be killed and one in a hundred millions to be burned, while the num ber of brakeman killed each ten years is greater than the total loss of life by the giving way of the dam at Johnstown. The law should compel all railroads to provide means of safety to its employes. Mr. Bright's Bluntness, Karl Blind in Fortnightly. In the last war of Russia against Turkey John Bright was one of those who wanted to allow the Czar a perfectly free hand. One day I met him at dinner at a friend's house. Knowing my opinions well, he began to discuss the burning question with me with all the glowing zeal he was wont to show on such occasions. It was in the drawing room after din ner. A number of other guests stood near by listening. Our views were hopelessly asunder, but the discus sion was kept up in the most ami able tone. Qln the midst of the conversation the lady of the house, an American by birth, came up smilinsr, with all the charming manner that distin guishes har, in order to ask "whether Mr. Bright would like to hear 'Home, Sweet Home' sung by a young lady?" I do not know whether he was aware that this song which gen erally passes for an English one, is in truth by an American. At all events I thought it would eminently suit his taste, and that even irre spective of this, he would readily answer with a "Yes." But I was to hear a reply the like of which I could not have dreamed of, and which gave me a proof of what now and then he was. able to do hv the way of plain speaking. "Thank you," he said, "I do not care a sixpence for your song! I want to continue theconver sation with Mr. Karl Blind on the Eastern question." My feelings may be more, easily conceived than described. The lady of the house, still all smiles, but which were now suffused with blushes, beat a hasty retreat, after a few words of somewhat forced pleasant ry. The question was then once more tackled. Nutmegs, The nutmeg is the innermost ker nel of the fruit of a small tree that grows about 30 feet high. Its a na tive of the East Indies, but is culti yated in other tropical lands. It has a small, yellow flower. The fruit is small and peach-like, but with a smooth surface and turns yellow when ripe. The exterior, a thick, fleshy husk, dries up and cracks, dis closing the nut. .The outer covering of this nut is what we know as mace. It is red at first but turns to a light brown when dried. Next conies a hard, shining shell, and beside that is the nutmeg. The tree bears about the eighth or ninth year from the seed. The mace is taken off and dried in the sun for one day and for Bight days in the shade, then damr ened with sea water and pressed in bags. The remainder ot the nut is thoroughly dried, when the shell is broken and the nutmegs arv assort ed, the best ones being exported. They are first pickled in lime-water then left to sweat nn.J tin-illy packed for shipment. The Penaug nutmegs, the best, are about an inch long, pale brown, eorni.ru t . I on the sur face, with red str4-""" ; " the gray interior. rit Whit House In 1800. It is interesting to read at thin time the description of the white house, which Mrs. John Adums wrote in 1800. It was occupied in 1 800 for the first time. It was begun in 1793 and was fashioned after the plnn of thft palnce of tha duke of Leinster. Jefferson, t1 e exponent of simplicity, favored a more elaborate and ornate structure. When President Adams moved into the white house in 1S07 his wile wrote that it was on a grand and superb scalo; bnt that bells wprfl whollv Tvnntinrr. that wood was not to le had, although the place was snr-1 rounded with forests; that they could I not use coai oecamo tney coma not (res i irraies, uuu muv uiu &rreuii uiiuiubuou ...... - a.. ! nudience room they used as a drying room to hanjr clothiusr in. I3ut she thought the situation "beautiful and capable of every improvement" Ex change. . It Dobbins' Electric Soap is what so raanr insist that it U. ycu cannot afford to go without it. Your grocer has it, or can get it, and you can decide for yourself very soon. Don't let another Monday pass without trying it. An Ancient Copper Ont. Kecently P. A. Beddick. who resides ui on the Beaver Dam creek, in Scriveu county, Georgia, brought to Sylvauia an old English coin about the size of an old-time copper cent, bearing date 1775, Wltli t li A 1 tv nnrn It 1 v llAAvrrA III An one side. It was plowed up in his field a few weeks since and was no doubt lost there during the , revolutionary war, ns not far from there is the famous battle ground on Brier creek. This is the third piece of the old money that has been found by mm. What wrought the change? This woman's . face Is ruddy with a rose's grace. Her eye is bright. Her heart is light. Ah, truly 'tis a goodly sight. A few brief months ago her cheek Was pallid and her step was weak. ' The end is near For her, I fear," Sighed many a friend who held her dear. I can tell you what wrought the change in her. She was told by a friend, who, like uer, naa sunerea untold misery irom a complication of female troubles, that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription would cer tainly cure her. This friend "knew whereof ehe spoke," for she had been cured by the remedy she advised her friend to use. She is enthusiastic in its praise, and tells her friends that Dr. Pierce deserves the uni versal gratitude of woman-kind for having given it th infallible remedy for its pe culiar ailments. It is guaranteed to give aatififaction in every case or money re funded. Dr. Pierce's Pellets, one a dose. Cure headache, constipation and indigestion. Imported futile mid florae. There were imported into the United States in eleven mouths ending June 1, 1889, fifty thousand live hundred and ninety-two head of cattle on winch duty was paid which means that they were not ureeaers. uneie do they come from and why is the tariff not increased? There were 46,230 head of horses im ported into the United States for the eleven months ending Jnne 1, 1889, on which duty was paid. Of course they were not for breeding purposes. In the same time we exported 3.133, beiii? 43,- 007 head against us. When will the United States be able to raise its own horses? We take the facts from the United States treasury reports. August Cth and- 20th, Sept. 10th and 24th, and October 8th. the Fremont, Elk- linrti and Missouri valley Railroad Co.. The JNortu western Lane, win run a series o! "Harvest Excursions" to points on that line in Nebraska, the Black Hills and Cen tral Wyoming at one halt regular rates, and if you desire nome further informa tion, communicate with J. II. Buchanan, General Passenger Agent, at Omaha, Ne braska, who will fully advise you. Very often the dog does the best he can and still the rabbit gets away. Have you tried TansiH's Punch" Cigar? Rider "Eric," years. Haggard d Icelandic romance. will not be published for two When Baby was cicfc, we gave her Castoria, When chc wo3 d Child, ejo cried for Castoria, When she became Mis3, Bho clung to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, A good thing is so seldom true, and a true thing is so seldom good. For two two-cent stamps we will send you one ot the .hnndsomeat almanacs in the couutry. "Homestead," Omaha, Neb. It Hud to Come Out. "Were 3011 ever engaged in a train robbery?" asked the prosecuting attor ney looking at him keenly. "I was never indicted for train rob bing," answered the witness evasively. 'That is not the qnestioe," said the lawyer. "I wilt ask you again. Were yon ever a train robber?" "Judge," wiid the witness, turning imploringly to the dignitj' on tho bench, "must I answer that question?" "You must," answered the judge. "And remember you are under oath." The witness turned pale and his knees knocked together. "I snppose its got to come ont. I sold books nnd bonanas on the cars for a whole year when I was a young fel low," faltered the miserable man. Chi cago Tribune. E. B. WALTHALL & Horse Cave, Ky., says: Cure cures every one that by Druggists, 75c. CO., Druggists, 'Hall's Catarrh takes it." Sold Electricity v. lloraea. The whole running expenses of elec tric cars are one-tiiird less than the ex penses of horso cars. Besides, the nuisance of large stables is dispensed with, and there is no need of storage for bay and grain. Cars need less space of track, and the pavement is not broken up by the incessant tramp of horses, lint the point of perhaps most import ance to the general public is the de crease of noi3e. With rubber pave ments, the use of electric cars, the abo lition of the steam whistle in city limits, the suppression of bell ringing in church towns nnd the restriction of hucksters' cries in the city it becomes far more in habitable for well people and less intol erable for tho sick. St. Louis Globe Democrat. 7JJkCBS Jjl FOR LAMENESS AND SWELLINGS. In the Hip. TJtlc, Fulton Co., El.. Jans, 8J. Tars or four yean ago wn taken with Lamanssi la hip; wai in bed part of timt; tried everl doe. tors without beneat; tsas cured by three or fou application of St. Jacoi Oil. WM. H-oypPB. Always There. Plmyra, Kich., Mir 19, '88. Bare need St. Jacob, Oil for lazneneu with best results; hare handled it tor twelve yeari; always . in stock, 8. ?. WH1TJ4AKSM. Druggist. Swellings. Little Chnte, Wis. May 21, 188S. Suffered three yea with iwei.ingi from Impure blood; cored by external uio oi St. Jacobs Oil Mo return In five years. AP.NDLJ VOU IIAKDEL. At DruguIsti and Dealers, CHARLES A. VOGEt-tn CO.. Baltimore. MA- OPJURfl HnbiL. The only certain and eusy cure. lr. J. L. fcu-phciis, Lebanon, Ohio. JOSEPH H. HUNTE-.R, THIG ill . lit? You want a good Liniment for Burns, Sprains and Bruises. No family should pretend to keep h'oi.ise without a Lini ment. Let us name a remedy. by thousands, whd boar willing testi- mony to its virtues, and action whea rnlUd Ttemallv Persona oi everr degreo of intelligence and every rank . , . - in life use y Pom Davis' Pain-Hillor, If any of our readers doubt the raaglo of this old standard Yemedy, we ad viae, them to buy one twenty-five centbottle. and give it a trial. Persons Traveling should lways havei a bottle, of ,Paia- Killer wth thorn, as accideuts aro liable to occur. -,,.';''' Soli Eitnihere irfJc, 58c, ml Jl m BsttV CARTER'S na'if I l v !- fl hv incite Little nil. ThftT lo relieve PM OlTTlE . t'.M from Dynppift.m mgeauonQd rooUeartv bating. A. perfect rem IVER PILLS. In the Mouth. Coato!! Tongue. Pain tn the Side. I TOKl'ID LIVER. Tbe regnlate the Dowel Purely VoroUble. mce 2ft Crnts: castes ltxncnrs co., hew yoae. Small Pill: Small Dose. Small Price. i BMITIl'9 Wot th Sick, For BaS Liver. For Weak Stomach For Fever, j For Malaria, For ChllH, FOR THE DEBILITATED. 4tor the Hluea, For the llile. For the Com plexion, For Neuralgia, lor I old. For Indlgeetlon, For ConetU patio!!. For Dyecutery, Act orv the Bite. Act cn the Liver, nest ma Heine to prevent many disease & well M to euro them. In small watch shaped boUlta, Frloe 2Sc. J. F. SMITH A CO., Props-, St. Louis, Mo. AS FOB THE OID REIUBLEJ THIS IS flf" "Write TBS 6REAT what ward fu wlmh tm dawttkswell SBMhlae. AIX OKDEB3 puomitlt. TUBULAR WELL AND PROSPECTING MACHINE famous for saoceedlnsr where otnurs hto tauso. . self cleai:i::q llrlll d rops 0 te 9 Una CATALOGUE FREE L001IIS & NYHAN, TIFFIN. OHIO. ATTEND A SCHOOL That has an established reputation. Ycnir r pensea will not ue any p:rontr, at tho H KM KMN INOItJIAl. OL.L.K4; It, Klionnndoah. Iowa, that Is recoKDlml all over Ihe West to lx tli leMdlnir selmol ot Its kind, and vho Student profit b.T Ha reputation. A Told th schools that Hprlntr up. and live but a yenr or two, and attend a school that has been able to secur? inore fan 'III roe liiiirei ana Flllf lwallloiiM for Its Students this t salaries from 750 to fl,800 per yenr. be-aus ot the trood standing of the school and the super ,or work done, by Its studeuts. " For tull particulars, tree, address Wm. If. Croan. Superintendent. Hhennndonh. Iowa. UAWfEll (Ut.ksvkx by trs oldest. Inrtr! aiul best known Nsr series iti th West. Mrienc) not n'f nnarr. l-r positions. vxi pay. wrwunnce. ts to work SiOW. while It In er to ell and .Tttor tinworkM. 11ET HAKIIT Hurts lit tn NORTH a ;llty. . STARK BRO'S NURSERY CO., Louisiana, MUnourL OMAHA PU8I flE 8 Tbs Largest and Best. En nipped School In til West. Thorough rractlcal Depart men V Send for College Journal. DUTCHER'S FLY KILLER Makes a clrarj sweep. Every sheet will ktll a quart ot die. htois buzilnjr around ears, dtvinjr at eves, tlckihtar your iioko, skips hard words ni se cu res ponce at t rl fl in e s prn s. Hend'i.'i renlafor.1 sheet et K DUTCH Albans, Vw IRRIGATED LAUDS'? ' stone soil; abundance of pun Rio Fee Vatlev. ftoutbeantern few Mexico. Cboire lim- Dura water: dllb)t fill climate) all the year; almost continuous sun shine; altitude 3.600 feet; altkleetiornlUr in the U. 8., no consumption, no malaria. SO emt rill yield a competency. Write tor partienlars, naming this paper, to Peeei Irrlratlwa C l Testsneiit V:, HA Monroe Mi., Cfeloaw, 1U. PENSION JOHN W.TlOll III. Lam Principal r.xamlu U.. lVualon Uuivau. Alt f at Law. Wsihlsiiss, 1. ' - Ha....('ill Prauvalr I la M- orhrlnal, lnoreaae, re-ratlng, widows', children a. dependent reimivee'. Experience r a jn. m war, IS yrs. In I'enslon Bureau and attorney since- CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAIl ( Best GouP Syrup. Taxtes jrood. Use in time. Hold by dnurrits. "f 'nJjr-TllftlNHrsVMr s7C OO- 1 ACA 00 AMOXTHfaakmi if lUi III 4 4WMi"- working tor u. Anei preferred who can furniH a liorno and give their !... time to the bueinesM. etpui-e moment may w irtntaoiv employed alo. A few vaemu-le in town and ctua. If. F. JUHNSO.V 4tU, VM Muiti 8t., Ulclin.uiul. Va. K. U Pie :att uuv unj biitiu4 expt-i-M-iic. Sev er mind about s nam ttuuip tor reply. U. t . J. A.C. ElECTIVES Wanted In ever county. Mirrwd men to net un ler linttructioa In our eo;0'. Service Kxp'-rlence nS neeeary. t-cu.t ''.'.. mmim. (irftimmi Uetectlvw II urea a Co., 44 .Ircutte, Cincinnati, . petite AGENTS "A"'i:i JOHNSTOWN HuhRO. ItlR profits. BU T'lt in u ks, I'.ik snlf. n dsv, Write tor terms, or seiiu 5 cents for ol"l M T iu I save time. .,iX10.s.tL l'C ltl.lMUN t CO., St. Louis, Mo. LADIES SA i AVI A. the jf:et Mexican lienipdr. Io4' ivolr aui l ei Kiiuu ni I v cure ail telliult! lriCuut. tU.vn. A vrluubio medicine. Ke.ifd linuiedlHto. I'itei. M 11U l r 1 iicular I'CA I'AS MKLUC1NK t .V.1'A Y, lb W. l.th &U .New lot. S5i o&Sa luyV" S;iiini''S worth ! i. 1 K. : Lines not umler liorsten' leei. Vm Js--.m.-. ter Safety lieiu Holder Co..Hoilv. JMu- Lincoln K. U. 7433 Attornkv. tYftohtn-rria . C WILL GET Vol I'liNSiON wliUout licUf. I ' 1 ...uu !.luwi!SiiS!a!kt.L f: I 1 SOLD EVERYWHERE I I 7tiqiiMt for Cuts Bntimt ) I r-r mm