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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1879)
fW B w nntj'aii nfciwiwwiwa h? v5 TO CORRESPONDENTS. All communications for this paper Klionld lc wccnmpaiiiuil 1.V the ,., of thj nut or, not nooarily forpul.lication, hutas evidence of j,imm1 faith on the iiart or the writer. Write only on one Mile of t he impvr. Hi. particularly oa.vf..l In iriyhiK mum- ami ,hi ,, to lmvl nil letters or llfjurea jlalu uml distinct. Faint Heart. Sho stood before him, tall and fair And jjracIouH, on that summer's dny, With June's flmt roses in her nalr. And on her cheek the bloom of May. Itut rosy cheek, nnd dimpled chin. And raven :ihIh a drooping low. Conceal the answer he would win; It might be Ye; would it be No? JVh, If 'twere No his throbbing heart Stem fairly mill with .sudden pain; And If tweieVes, the world ho wide His deep content could scarce contain. So wondrous fair I how could she utoop To favor hiicIi n one as he? Ah, sweet suspense that Htill leaves hope Ah, pain of sad uncertainty! Ho held her hand so white nnd small, And moved to press it with his lips, liut changed his mind, and let it fall. With chilleat touch of linger tips, And took the seat hheollered him Upon the sofa by her side, or made thenpaec between them less, Which seemed so narrow, yet so wide. vThen gazing on the perfect face, The dimpled mouth, the serious eye?, And drinking in with eager ears The music of her low replies, Sle let the blight hours drift away, Xor told the M-erct of his heart, FUil when the shadows lengthened lay, irose, all reluctant, to depart. JVnd stammered forth, with blushing cheek, An eager, timorous rcpiest. That j,hc. for old acquaintance snke, Would grant the rosebud from her breast She gave it him, with downcast ej-es, And watched him leave her, withuelgh. " So good," she snld, "so true, so wise; Ah, me, If he were not so shyl" Lucy Iac J'lcasanti, in Atlantic Monthly m T..et It Push. J5o not swift to takeoiren.se; Let It pass I Anger Is n foe to nse; Let It pass I Ifrood not darkly o'er a wrong Which will disappear ere long; 1'atlier eing this cherry song Let it pass 1 Let it pass I Strife corrodes the purest mind; Let it pass! As the unregarded wind, Let it pass! Any vulgar souls that live May condemn without reprieve; TH the noble u ho forgive. Let IL pass! Let it pass! Leho not an angry word; Let it pass I Think how often you have erred; Let it pass! Since our Joys must pass away, Like the dewdrops on the sprav, Wherefore should our sorrows stay? Let them pass! Let them pass I If for good you've taken ill, Let it pas.s! oh! be kind and gentle still; Tt It pass! Time at last makes all things straight; Let us not resent, but wait; And our triumph shall be great; Let It pass! Let it pass! Uld your anger to depart, Let it pass! Lay these homely words to heart, " Let it pass!" Follow not the giddy throng; JSettcr to bo wronged than wrong; Therefoie sing the cherry song Lee it pass I Let it pass! All the Year Round. LOSS OK GAIN? An old gentleman, leaning forward with his hands clasped over a gold headed cane, was seated in a summer house situated upon the grounds of a hotel at a fashionable watering-place. He was in a corner hidden bT drooping vines, and his face expressed deep and apparently painful thought. The re frain of his sad musing was " Only one person in the whole world to love me, and I shall lose even that love now!" On the other side of the summer house, divided from the side the old gentleman occupied by a rustic parti tion, two ladies, j'oung and fair, rustled in, and taking out some fancy work set tled down for a chat. One was tall and dressed in a pretty costume that was at once youthful and matronly ; the other was petite, blonde, and not more than 18. Mrs. Courtland spoke first. "Embroider, Alice?" she said. "A handkerchief corner. For your trous seau?" 44 Yes;" and the sweet voice faltered, while a burning blush crimsoned the fair check. 4 Is it not pretty?" 44 Very. I want to talk about your prospects, child. Your Aunt Mary tells me you are making a splendid match." 44 Did she? I think so, Blanche. Mal colm is so noble and good, and a true Christian!" 44 But your aunt tells me he is the fa vorite nephew of the great merchant, Hubert Bates, whose wealth is some thing enormous. You have only to help him play his cards well and he will probably be heir to a magnificent for tune. But what ails you? You look as if I was telling you a piece of news." " I think Aunt Mary has been misin formed; that is all." "Then he is not Mr. Bates nephew?" 44 1 never heard him speak of a rich uncle, and I am quite sure he has no hope of inheriting money. He has a good salary, and my little fortune will furnish a small house; so we can make a comfortable, and, I hope, a happy home." 44 Did he never speak to you of his uncle?" ""Not of a rich uncle. He has told me of a lame uncle, his mother's broth er, who has been very kind to him, given him his education and a start in the world. He always talks of him with l.n lj-tj-tn4- lTrt onn Tlf.TT " 44 Pity?" 44 He suffers tortures from the effects of a fall that has lamed him for life, and often causes him weeks of agoniz ing pain. Malcolm tell me with tears n his eyes of his fear of losing this friend." "J wonder if it is the same!" mur mured Mrs. Courtland. 44 Tell me, Blanche, some of the best places to go for our furniture and car pets. It will be new work for me to bay household goods, and Aunt Sophy h not well enough to help me much." " Oh, I will go with you. But, I de clare, if I were you, I would wait and sec if your Aunt Mary is right. Your fortune will never buy or furnish such a house as a future millionaire should live in. 11 44 My fortune," said Alice Hunter, with a ring in her clear voice, 4will furnish a house suitable for bank clerk with five hundred a j'car salary, which is what my husband will havo. If Malcolm has a rich uncle, he is not the man to live in expectation of inone to come to him over a grave. If his Uncle Hubert is, as jou say, very rich, Malcolm would hate money won by the death of the nearest relative and dear est friend he h:i3. But I don't believe in the money, for he never spoke of it to me." Then the ta'k drifted into discussion of bridal finery, of furniture, and stories of the young wife's content in br own married life. But the old man leaning upon the cane was thinking: " Can it be true? Does Malcolm think so little of my money, that will be his, that he has nev er even mentioned it to his promised wife? Can it be that I shall gain a lov ing, tender niece instead of losing my nephew when Ma'colm marries?" Loving his nephew so deeply, Hubert Bates had felt a keen pain at the news of his betrothal. He had never seen Alice Hunter, but he knew she had been brought up in a circle of fashion and was the orphan-niece of one of society's gayest votaries, Mrs. Mary Haydon. While he mused upon the conversa tion he had overheard, the silvery voices of his young neighbors still sounding beside him, thero was a sudden crash. Something struck him upon the head, and he lost consciousness. Cries from the summer-house, from groups of people collected in the grounds, brought a party of men speed ily to the spot. The rotten posts sup porting the roof upon one side had given way and the side and roof had fallen in. Mrs. Courtland and Miss Hunter were buried under the fallen timbers, the door way being completely blockaded, but were uninjured. Not so the old gentle man, who had been their unsuspected listener. He was taken out pallid and senseless. Nobody knew him. He had come by the morning train, had taken breakfast, but no room, and asked the hour for the return train. A surgeon summoned as speedily as possible announced a broken arm and injury to the head, making a likelihood of a long, tedious illness. There was some animated discussion, some suggestions of hospital, a search through the pockets of the unconscious victim, resulting in the discovery of a small sum of money, but no letters, pa pers or cards ; and finally a desertion of one and another, each going his or her way, with the consoling reflection, "It's none of my business." But when the' had all deserted the injured man the surgeon, Mill busy binding up his arm as he lay upon a bench brought from the ruined summer house, felt a light touch on his hand and looked up. 44 Can I help you?" Alice Hunter ask ed. 44 No, child, not now." 44 What will they do with him?" 44 1 suppo'e he must go to a hos pital?" 44 But the ride the journey?" 44 AVill cause great additional suffer ing, perhaps result in death." 44 Doctor, will they keep him here if he ia paid for?" 44 Certainly; but there is not money nough about him to pay his board a week." 44 1 will pay it." 44 You?" 44 Yes, I will not let him die for want of money I have. He" and her lips quivered44 he looks like my dear fa ther who is dead?" 44 Hem yes. Here comes tho fol lowers to carry him to the station. I think I will have him taken to the house where I board. It will cost less, and be more quiet." Mrs. Courtland declared Alice was outraging the proprieties most dread fully when the young girl went to the house and offered her services as nurse to the doctor; but Aunt Sophy silenced all comment by moving her belongings from the hotel to the quiet boarding house, and the doctor found he had a valuable assistant. Alice explained, in her quiet, low voice, that her father was ill for 9 long months before he died and she was his nurse. This accounted for the noise less woolen dresses.the velvet-shod feet, the quick eye and ready hand, and when the sufferer recovered conscious ness the gentle voice and tact that quiet ed him in paroxysms of pain and fever. Aunt Sophy was too much of an invalid herself to help ; but she sat beside the bed while Alice moved to and fro, and performed all nursing duties. The invalid had one long talk with the doctor, and then submitted to the gentle niinistration of the two women, only in sisting upon a man tho doctor provided being with him at night and within call. The season was over, and only these three remained of the summer boarders at the house, when, one cool October day, the sick man, now fast recovering, called Alice to him. I shall soon be well again," he said, regretfully. "Yes," she answered, cheerily, "very soon." "I shall miss my nurse." "And I my patient; but I am glad you are recovering. We were afraid at one time there would be a more painful parting." "You mean I was in danger of dy ing. Why should that bs painful? I am old." She made no answer, looking sorrow fully into his uplifted eyes. "And a burden upon you, the doctor tells me. Why did you make yourself responsible for a stranger?" The fair face flushed, the soft eyes were dewy with feeling, a Alice said softly, "Because you are old and seem ed poor and friendless. I was glad it was in my power to aid you. Do not think it was at any great cost," ahe add ed, with a generous desire to lighten the burden of obligation. "I have some money lying idle." 44 For the wedding-day, perhaps. I Well, child, you might jave poorer jew els to deck your bridal than an old man s tears of gratitude and love. I am get ting well and shall soon leave you. Will you give me a keep3ake?" The girl loosened a little locket from a chain round her throat, cut off one of her golden curls and put it in the place of some hairs he took out, and laid the trinket in the old man's band. 44 With my love," she 3aid, softly. 44 Ah, child!" he sighed, "an old man sick and feeble wins little love." 44 Yet," she said earnestly, "you must believe that I have nursed you since you were conscious with affection. My own father is gone, but if ever you want a daughter's care or affection, be lieve me, I will gladly come to you if possible." Three days later the bouse was de serted. Aunt Sophy and Alice returned to their home, and Alice cheerfully paid out of hor small pa'rimony for the board and expenses of her venerable pa tient. She little guessed how deep an im pmssion her care and tenderness had made upon the heart so long closed against human affection, so distrustful of any advances from his fcllow-croa-tures. It wjis a revelation to him, this active charity to an utter stranger. He had gone to the hotel mere'' to sec Mal colm's choice, and had purposely left all o'ow to his identity behind him. He had intended meeting Alice, if possible, unknown, and watching her unobserv ed ; but accident had thrown them to gether in a way he little anticipated. The first use lie made of his recovery was to write to bis nephew, and Mal colm met him at the station when he re turned home. Knowing nothing of the recent acci dent, the young man was shocked at the change in bis uncle's face. 44 You have been ill?" he cried. 44 Very ill." 44 Why did you not send for me?" 44 1 had even better nursing than yours, Malcolm. Don't ask me any questions now, but tell me about your marriage preparations." 44 Alice has gone home, and will re main until November. Then she comes to Mrs. Haydon's, and will buy her fur niture." 44 In November?" 44 Yes." Late in November she came, her trunks full of Aunt Sophy's presents, and Aunt Mary gave her a cordial greet ing. A grand wedding was the display upon which the lady had set her heart, and Aiice shrank a little at the com ments upon the rich uncle and her own good fortune in the " first-rate match." But just before the wedding-day a lit tle note was brought to Alice by a gor geous footman, who was driven to her aunt's behind a private carriage. The noto was from Malcolm, and begged her to come to him in the carriage Wondering, but obedient, Alice was speedily ready, and was driven to a handsome house, where the door was opened to usher her into a stylish drawing-room, where a gentleman awaited her,and Malcolm, advancing, said, "My uncle Hubert, Alice!" Kindly blue eyes looked into her own, withered hands were extended and a voice she knew well said, " We are old friends, Malcolm. Are we not, Alice?" Then, before she could answer, the old man continued, "I have thought, Alice, that it was unkind to have my nephew wait for my death before shar ing in my wealth. I have borne a curse of distrust in my heart for many years, thinking my money won me all the af fection, save Malcolm's, that was offer ed me; but, though you were well con tent to wed tho young clerk and put your own patrimony into his home, you must not refuse my heir, who has ac cepted from me an income that makes him independent, and this home." 44 My love for Malcolm can bear riches or poverty," was the answer; "but, sir, our home needs you. You will come, will you not, to the children, who will try to make your life happy by loving care? Long before I knew you Mal colm told mo he hoped, when he had a .home, to win you to live in it. Will you lot me, too, beg of you to come to us?" 44 Gladly, child! gladly!" the old man said. "I understand now," Alice said to Malcolm, "why you wanted to wait until after the wedding to take our house. You wanted to surprise me." "I assure you I am as surprised as you are, though it was Uncle Hubert who persuaded me to wait." So where the rich, lonely man had feared to lose the one love of his life, he gained another tenderer, sweeter love to brighten his declining years by a daughter's devotion and affection. English Magazine. Apple Meringue. Pare 1 quart email apples, remove core without break ing, set on a dish that can be sent to the table, fill with sugar, lay a bit of butter and a very little spice on each, bake just teifder, but do not let them break. Beat the whites of 4 eggs to a stiff froth, stir in 3 ounces powdered sugar, put over the apples, rounding it well. Just color it with a moderate oven. Use either hot or cold. The meringue will fall a little as it cools. e A max never realizes the beauties of this world till he drops two square inches of thoroughly buttered toast on the polished side of a newly laundried shirt-bosom. Oswego Record. It must be good, for everybody recoaaead It, and the doctors prescribe It We mean Dr. Bull's Cough Bjrun. Price 25 cent. LITTLE CHINESE PAUPERS. lW the GereraaMaU of Carina Car fee til Cfall4rB et tit Por. rrosi the Sunday Afternoon. In order to mti these innocent vic tim from the death to which the ex-, treme poverty of their parents would al most inevitably bring them, the Chinese Government has looked with favor upon their being "exposed," and has made this course as easy as possible, by di- j vesting it of every feature which might make it ignominious in the sight of the public; furnishing gratuitously abun dant aid in such cases, and giving it the -protection of the strictest surveillance, under the guardian care of the man darins. At Pekin, every day at early dawn, fivo wagons, each drawn by an ox, pass through the five sections into which tho city is divided (that is to say the North ern, the Southern, tho Eastern, tho ' Western, and the Central Sections; for so it is divided). Notice of the time i when these wagons will pass is given by ; certain signals, and all who have chil-. dren, living or dead, to entrust to them, give them over to be carried to the i"u in tang, that is, to that charitable insti tution, in which are physicians, matrons and nurses, which the sovereign main tains at the expense of tho State, where there are, besides, mandarins to watch over its decency and good order, and where the whole management is sub mitted directly to the judges of the high tribunals which we call in Chinese Li pou, which may bo rendered by "the tribunal having the oversight of tho rites, morals and customs of the peo ple." Children who are sick are placed under the care of nurses ; and tho dead are deposited in a species of crypt, where they are covered with quick-lime, in order that the flesh may bo spocdily consumed. Once each year, in spring, commis sioners appointed by the Li-pott, and chosen from among the mandarins com posing this tribunal, repair with much ceremony to the Tu-in-tang, and there preside over the erection of a funeral pile on which the remains of these little bodies are burned to ashes. So long as thefunoral-pilo is burning, a company of bonzes (priests) surrounds it, repeating prayers, which they ad dress to the spirits of the earth and to the genii presiding over births, beseech ing them to show moro favor to these little ones in that future time when they shall reappear under a new form. When the prayers are ended, and the funeral-pile entirely consumed leaving only ashes, the mandarin commissioners cause every one to withdraw and they themselvos retire, to return the following day and preside over the ceremony of the removal of these ashes. This cere mony takes place with the samo pomp as that of the preceding day. They col lect the cold ashes carefully, place them in a sack, and depart to scatter them on tho surface of a river, or a neighboring stream. The priests again offer prayers, in which they entreat tho spirits of the waters, and those which preside over generation, to cause that these ashes, quickly dissolved, should exhale in va por and not remain long without enter ing again into tho formation of somo other beings liko those whose remains they are, but so fortuuate as to live long er than they did. The people are induced to believothat the reason why these ashes are not buri ed, instead of being strewn upon the water, as is the custom, is because the ashes, scattered on the river, being more quickly dissolved than they would be in the ground, are sooner in a condition to be restored to their former state by evaporating with the water; but the truo reason is that before the establish ment of this ceremony the Government had discovered that these ashes were put to an improper use in magical perform ances, or in chemical processes, in or der that the composition of certain sub stances might bo thereby perfected. It is especially claimed that these ashes, mixed with the ingredients from which porcelain is made, render it firmer, more translucent and mnch more beau tiful than it would be without them. If this be the actual effect, which the pres ence of the phosphate of bone ren ders quite probable, it would not be im possible to obtain it from the bones of young animals. Once each month the same deputies of the Li-poti make their regular visit of inspection. They inform themselves as to the number of children, and substi tute fresh nurses where needed, or in flace of those who have reached the imit of their engagement, which never extends beyond three years. In short, they see for themselves whether every thing is in order, and correct abuses, if any have crept in. This institution is open at all times to those who, having no children of their own, wish to meet this want by adopt ing from among the wards of this hos pital a child whom no one can claim, and whose age is such as to lead them to hope for as warm a love as they would re 'eive from an own child. The extreme desire of the Chinese to leave some one behind them who will mourn for them at their death, and pay to their memorial-tablets all those honors which filial piety in China lavishes upon the representation of their ancestors, is the reason why so very few are found a part, at least, of whose happiness does not consist in having male children. An Interesting Family. We have an old pioneer in Jackson County, Mr. James Savage, of Ruoge River, who has raised a famliy of thir teen children. The boys, four in number, between the ages of 14 and 23, and these four boys have manufactured, by their own unaided Jabor, three violins and a bass viol, all of exquisite tone and finish, and on which they execute difii cult music, having been without any instructor. The instruments are made of cedar and maple, and but recently one of the boys was offered forty .dol lars, which was refused for his violin. The boys can makes rifle or a wagon, shoe a horse, mend a clock: or watch, work out an algebraic problem, swing a pick in the mines, or follow the reaper with equal success. The girls of the amily, nine in number, have the same musical talent, and are not ashamed to wrestle with kitchen work, afraid to mount a balking horse, or row their skiff across the river, even when it is dangerously swollen. Portland (Ore gon) Ike. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Boii.ti Salt Macxehix. After freshening, wrap in a cloth and simmer for 15 minutes; remove, lay on 2 hard boiled eggs sliced, pour on it drawn bat-1 ter, and trim with parsley leaves. Boil ing salt fiih bsrdcns iu . , Codfish a i.a Moie. Teacup cod fish picked up fine, 2 ccpa mashed po tatoes, 1 pint cream or milk, 2 pi well , beaten, i teacup butter, salt and pepper; mix well, bake in a baking-dih from 20 to 25 minutes. Ckeam Kick Pcduino. Wash 4 ounces of rice through two waters, put , it into a baking-dish with 3 ounces of sugar and a teaspoon ful of flavoring; pour in 1 quart and 1 pint of milk, and put into a moderate oven to bake one hour and a half, or until it Is of a creamy consistency. This is very delicate and wholesomn. ' Potato Salad Pare and slice some cold boiled potatoes, peel and slice thin on onion, mix them together on a salad- dish, and pour over them tho following dressing: stir together in a cup spoon of salt, 1 of a saltspoon per, 1 tablespoonful of vinegar, '., Dress the salad with this dressi decorate it with a few leaves of and serve. Boiled Fish with Veoeta Put a whole fish in a kettle, a with stock made as follows : F sauce-pan 2 onions, a carrot, a celery or celcry-sced, a tablesp ter, and 1 of llour, a sprig of p teaspoon of whole black pepper cloves; add 2 J quarts water, 2 vinegar, boil 20 minutes, salt, at: Pour this over tho fish, and boi until done. Serve with egg sau Ltonnaise Potatoes. Pa slice some cold boiled potatoes ; tablespoonful of parslov, alio onion, put it into the frying-pa ounce of butter, and shake it ab the lire until it is of a palo yellow Put in tho potatoes, shake the prevent burning, and toss the about to brown them slightly an lyforf minutes. Sprinkle th chopped parsley; season with and salt, and serve them hot. Buoilkd Kidneys. Chop fi spoonful each of onions, parsl any green herb in season. M with 1 level teaspoonful of salt saltspoonful of pepper, as mu enno as can bo taken up on thl of a small pen-knife bl:ide, and 1 butter; put them on a dish and set them whore it will get hot. Wa3h the kid neys in cold water and salt, split them, take out tho white centers, boil them quickly, and put them on tho hot dish, turning them over to cover them equal ly with the seasonings. Serve them hot, with a few sprigs of parsley or slices of lemon. Beef Tea. Chop 1 pound of loan beef, lay it inl pint of cold water for 1 hour, then put it over the fire in the same water, and bring it slowly to a boil; boil from 15 to SO minutes, as time will permit, and then strain it. Season it with a little salt and pepper, if the doctor allows it, and use it. The longer the meat stays in cold water, the more of its nutriment will be extracted. Chop 1 pound of lean beef fine, put it in a a covered earthen jar without water, and set it in a a moderate oven for four hours; then strain off the liquid, season it slightly, and serve. This preparation contains every nutritious element of the beef. Cassell Pudding with Hakd Sauce. Mix 4 ounces each of butter and sugar to a cream and grate the rind of a lemon into them. Beat the whites of 2 eggs to a stiff froth, and the yelks to a cream. Add the yelks to the butter and sugar, and stir in 4 ounces of flour, then add the whites in lightly; put the pudding into G buttered cup3 or tins, making them two-thirds full, and bake in a moderate oven about :0 minute3, testing at the end of 20 minutes with a broom-splint. When they are done, turn out of cups, and serve witn a sauce made of 2 ouncesof butter, 4 ounces cf sugar, and the juice of half a lemon. Toast. The reason why we want stale bread to make good toast is be cause we want it dry. After the moist ure has evaporated from bread it is lesi tough and solid, and consequently more easily digested, and the heat of the fire more readily changes the bread into pure wheat farina, which i3 not as like ly to sour in the stomach as fre3h, moist bread. Cut two even slices of stale bread about an inch thick, taking care to have them smooth and of even size Put the bread on a toasting-fork and expose it to the heat of a moderate fire, holding it so that it will turn golden brown all over, and being careful not to burn it; turn the slice, and toast the other side in the same way. Thb makes dry toast, which should be eaten at once. Buttered toast is prepared in the same way; spread very thinly and evenly with a little nice butter, and set it in the oven for 5 minutes to make it crisp, and to mingle the batter thor oughly with it, so that it will digest equally, and then serve hot. The Manicure. Our ladies, who are wont to extol the superior advantages cf European cul ture, says the Boston Herald, are just now congratulating themselves upon the advent here of the mistress of the peculiar devices of the toilet known as the manicure's art. To visit a manicure is, we are told, embraced in the regular order of things, followed by the ladies of all the prominent cities. Consequent ly, it can scarcely be wondered at that the followers of fashion here should have welcomed the missionary who comes to us, if for no other reason than to place them on a plane with their New York sisters, who have thus far claimed the only practitioner of this kind the country affords. A naturally fine hand is made more beautiful by care, and a hand not so greatly favored is much im proved, without doubt, by extra atten tion. A vbli to tke n?aakm rorolt la a treatment awrely preparatory. Tk hands are placed for abo: 10 mlnoU1 In a lukewarm soqUos. The flotkabemt the nail Is thu sofUraeU, aad t tbn skillfully raised from Ik nail and cut close with a pair of circular Heh est ters. The nails are than covered wit a deep roe-tiatcl pomade, whlca. though washed gently oJT In a minute or two, leaves iu blush behind. This I succeeded by a ravish powder, whchv In tern, Is rub bed off lightly and swiftly by a buffer or wash lsathcr pad, giving a Arc pol ish to the nail. lastly, the nail Up arc filed into the pointed or round hape. according to individual faney. Tie principal errors to bo aroided, says tho manicure, in the care of tho naili l the ue of the knife or sclor in cither cleaning or cutting. The naJU should never be cut, but altrays tiled, and ncv cr cleaned except ith something hard and smooth, like Ivory, wbl-h can not erase the protectee lining of. tho nail Of coure, tho nails should not be bitten j8P.arr'lr nnr fni u!i?rfl to this ncrv- W told rdc4 ue of shoul 1 ono's auMd Tho curv- , with at the hku a n lard mani. of the chicv- hc ex e time. :ought lid do ll eged book. lunLiy except y mo; epent- asltes. y bail. indeed my Is upon Irrlrr, so i pon the over a nrh Hem- OtC 1)04- roi nrc tiumltml by Uiouaainl. Ench )car lias wltncMrtl an In- created sale. Its reputation U the mult of superior merit. If tin tllcic hat extended to the throat or lungs. Dr. Pierce' UoMcn Medical I)icoTry thould he ucd with the Catarrh Remedy. These- tro tnu'lclncs wHl speedily euro the mot ktubboro cane of ca tarrh. See the People' Common Seime Med ical Advlfer, a work ol over tX) paijcs. !'rlr $1.50. Address the author, K. V. fierce, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y. i Ask drupgist for Fltch'a Heart Corrector. ' draw Jackson's Best Sweet Nary Tobacco. DR. JOHH BULL'S Smitli's Tonic Syij FOR THE CURE OF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER. The proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly claim for it a superlorityoTerallrera- ( edics evf r offered to the public Tor the SAFE, CERTAIN. SPEED Y and PERMANENT care of Agne and Fever.or Chills and Fever, wheth eroi short or lonfr standing, lie refers to the entire Western and Southern conntry to bear hla teitlmony to the truth of the asiertioo that in no caie whaterer will it fail to cure If the direction! are strictly followed and carried out. In a great many cases a single doie has been sufficient for acure, and whole families have been cured by a single bottle, with a per fect restoration of the general health. It Is, however, prudent, and is every case ciire cer tain to cure, if its usois continued in sxnillcr doses for a week or two after the diieaio has been checked, raoro especially in difficult and long-standing cases. Usually this medicine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in good order. Should the patient, however, re- j, quire a cathartic medicine, after ha7in g taken three or four dowsof the Tonic, a sineledoie of BULL'S VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS will be sufficient. Ths genuine SMITH'S T05IC BYBUP must have DR. JOHN BULL'Sprivate stamp on each bottle. DB.JOHNBULLonlybai the right to manufacture and sell the original JOHN J. SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP, of LoaliTille, Ky. Examine weU the label on each bottle. If my private stamp Is not on each bottle, da aot purchase, or you will be dectlved. Manufacturer and Vender of SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP, BULL'S SARSAPARILLA, BULL'S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular Remedies of the Day. rrisHeal Offlr. Sit Hale 8t.. L0C15TIM.E, ET. , TOJ0X1 0UJLWU1D or PUBE COD LIVES OIL AND LIME. Xe Ceaassmptlrr. Many bare bn hippy to tire tbetr CntUsaor la txm cf&cM - Witter i tlrrt Ced-LtfrQQanaHir." Tz&nitx fcaa srcrril It to be a ralsaMe rrmtt ter ClumaiCaa. Astfcjca. I-i.bthTta. xr.a all diva of Gw Tferax axl LCSxa. Iirr:iCcr-YlcCJ7tA. iSWtUKM, UA dj an dmtgraa & I Wonder, tfid ao doe I HCXI- KMKBY. HUE I rT. Krtar tAa aae! ! XiAan. tfti4rr&lCrtsr7 CusttalsU r trarril by hcst-m nexcev. OrT-t. vnftsina aan laeo Carxi cf Crt. Iafctrt. 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