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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1803. B . :t i M CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. Dr. Tolrango Pronohos ou a Tlmoly SubJooU The Hnrrlllrn of I'lillilrrn Cramming at tho Hclumld Wrong Sjmtm of I)lclillno-Tlio Hplrlt of Worlillltir. In a lute pennon nl Itrnohlyn Nov. T. DuWIlt Tiilinsifro clioso for Ills topic "Children's Khrht,!.," tlic text beltiff: .Tudfrcs, xl, 'Mi "My father. If thou lmst opened thy mouth (into tho Lord, lo to mo iicconlliifj to Unit which htith proceeded out of thy mouth." Dr. Tul inline Mild: Jephtluih wiih n freoliootor. Kurly turned out from u home whore ho ought to luivo been cared for, he consorted with rough men, mid went forth to enrn Ills living im IchI he could. In those times it wiih rousldcied right for u tiiun to go out oil independent mili tary expeditions. Icphlhnh was 11 good man necordlng to the light of his dark nge, but through n wandering and predatory fife, ho bee.iino reckless and precipitate Tho grace of (!od changes a nmn'n heart, but never m verses his natural temperament. The Israelites wanted the Ammonites driven out of their country, so they Kent a delegation to ileplilhah asking him to becomo commaudcr-ln-chlof of nil the forces. I If fore going out to tho war dephtha makes a very solemn vow that it tho Lord will give lilm tho vie lory then, on his leturn homo, whatso ever ill rt comes out of his doorway ho will offer In sicrlllco as a burnt offer ing. In those old times opposing forces would fight until their swords were broken, and then each ono would throttlo his man until they both fell, teeth to teeth, grin to grip, death-stare to death-stare, mini (bo plain was one tumbled mass of corpses, from which tho last trace of manhood hud been dnshed out. Icplithah wins tho day. Twenty cities lay captured nt his feel, Sound tho victory all through the mountains of (Ulead. Let tho trumpeters cull up the survivors. Homeward to your wives and children. Homeward witli your glittering treasures. Homeward to have, the applause of mi admiring nation. Huzza for Jephlliah tho conqueror! Jephtluih, seated ou a prancing steed, .ndvanecs amid acclaiming multitudes, but his eyo Is not on the excited popu lace, licmeiubering that ho had made ft solemn vow that, returning from vie torlous battle, whatsoever llrst caiuo out of tho doorway of his home, that should bo sacrificed usn burnt offering, he has his anxious look upon tho door. Oh, horrors! Paleness of death blanches Ms cheek. Despair seles his heart. Hi, daughter, his only child, rushes out tho doorway to throw herself in her father's arms and shower upon htm 'more kisses than there wero wounds ou his breast or dents ou his shield. All thu triumphal splendor vanishes. Hold ing back this child from his heaving breast and pushing tho locks back from tho fair brow, and looking into tho eyes of Inextinguishable affection, with choked utterance ho says: "Would tlod that I lay st.irk ou tho bloody plain. My daughter, my only child, joy of homo, life of my life, thou art tho iwcrl lice!,, Tho whole matter was explained to her. This was no whining, hollow hearted girl into whoso eyes tho father looked. All tho glory of tho sword ond shield vanished in the presence of tho valor of that girl. With a self s.ierillco that man may not reach, ami only woman's heart can compass, she Mirronders herself to lire and to death. "My father, If thou bust opened thy 'mouth unto tho Lord, do thou unto mo whatsoever hath proceeded from thy Jiiouth." Of courso this offering was not pleas ant to tho Lotd; but before you hurl your denunciations at .lophthah's cru elty, remember that in olden times, when vows wero made, men thought thoy must execute them, perform them, whether they wore wicked or good. 'There wero two wrong things about Tephlhah's vow. First, ho ought never to have mado It. Next, having made It, it wero better broken than kept lint do not take on pretentious airs and pay: "I could not have done as Jephthah did." If to-day you were standing on tho banks of tho (lauges and you had been born In India, you might have been throwing your chil dren to tho crocodiles. It is not Ik cause wo aro naturally any better, but because wo have more gospel light. Now, I make very practical use of -this question when I tell you that the fiacrllleo of .lophthah's daughter was a type of tho physielal, mental anil spiritual sacritlco of ten thousand chil dren in this day. There are parents all unwittingly bringing to bear upon their children a class of influences which will as certainly ruin them as knife .and torch destroyed .lephthah's -daughter. In tho tlrst placo I remark that much of tho systom of education in our day is a system of sacrifice. When chil dren spend six or seven hours a day In school and then must spend two or three hours in preparation for school tho next day, will you tell mo how much time they will have for sunshine and fresh air and tho obtaining of that exuberance which Is necessary for the duties of coming life? No ono can fcol mora thankful than I do for tho advancement of common school education. Hut this herding of great multitudes of children In 111 ventilated school rooms mid poorly equipped halls of Instruction ts making many of tho places of knowledge lu this country ft hugu holocaust. Politics in many cities gets Into edu catioual affairs, and while tho two po litical parties aro scrabbling for the honors, Jcphthuh's daughter perishes. It Is so much so that there are many Bchools in tho country to-day which ore preparing tons of thousands of In valid men and women for the future; so that. In many places, by tho tluiu tho child's education Is finished tho child Is lluished! lu connection witk thlt I mention what I might call tho crnmmlng Hystem of tho common schools and mauy of tho academies; children of dolicate brnln compelled to tasks that might appall u mature intel lect; children going down to school with a strap of books half as high as themselves. The fact Is, In some of tho cities parents do not allow their chil dren to graduate, for the simple reason, they say: "Wo cannot afford to allow our children's health to be destioyed In order that they may gather the honors of an Institution." Tens of thousands of children educated into Imbecility; so, connected with many such literary establishments thero ought to bo asylums for tho wrecked. It is push, and crowd, and cram, and stuff, and Jam, until tho child's Intel lect Is bewildered, and the memory Is wrecked and the health Is gone. Olrls 10 years of ago studying alge bral Hoys IV! years of ago racking their brain over trigonometry! Chil dren unacquainted with their mother tongue crying over their Latin, French and (icrmun lessons! All the vivacity of their nature beaten out of them by the heavy beetle of a (Ireek lexicon! And you doctor them for this, anil you gtve them a littles medlclno for that, and you wonder what Is tho matter with them. I will tell you what Is the matter with them, They aro finishing their education! In my parish in Philadelphia a little child was so pushed at school that she was thrown into a fever, and In her dying delirium, all night long, she was trying to recite tho multiplication table. In my boyhood I remember that in our class at school thcru was ono lad who knew more than all of us nut together. If we wero fast In our arithmetic, ho extricated us. When wo stood up for thu spelling class lie was almost always tho head of tho class. Visitors camo to his father's house, and ho was almost always brought in as a prodigy. At 18 years of ago ho was an Idiot. Ho lived ten years au idiot and died an idiot, not knowing his right hand from his left, or day from night. Tho parents and tho teachers mado him au idiot. You may Hatter your pride by forcing your children to know more than any other children, but you are making a sacrifice of that child, if by tho addi tions to its Intelllgenco you aro untieing a subtraction from Its future Tho child will go away from such maltreat ment with no exuberance to fight the battle of life. Such children may get along very well while you take care of them, but when you are old or dead, alas! for them, If, through tho wrong system of education which you adopt ed, they havo no swarthlness or force of character to take care of themselves. Ho careful how you make tho child's head ncho or its heart llutter. I hear a great deal about black men's rights, and Chinamen's rlght,s, and Indians' rights, and women's rights. Would (lod that somebody would rlso to plead for tho children's rights. Again, there are many parents who aro sacrificing their children with wrong systems of discipline too great rigor and too great leniency. There aro children in families who rule the household. They come to tho author ity. Tho high chair lu which the in fant sits is tho throne, and the rattle is tin scepter, and the other children make up tho parliament where father and mother have no vote! Such chil dren come up to be miscreants. Thero is no chance in this world for a child that has never learned to mind. Somo people become the botheration of tho church -of !od and tho pest of the world. Children that do not learn to obey human authority aru imu tiling to learn to obey divine authority. Chil dren will not respect parents whoso au thority they do not respect. Who are these young men that swagger through the street, with their thumbs in their vest, tulklng about their father as "the old man," "tho governor," "tho squire," "the old chap," or their mother as "the old woman'."' They aro those who in youth, In childhood, never learned to respect authority. There must bo harmony between the father's government mid the mother's government Tho father will be tempted to too great rigor. The mother will bo tempted too great leniency. Iler tenderness will over come her. Her voice Is a little softer, her hand seems better fit to pull out a thorn and soothe a pang. Children wanting anything front the mother cry for it They hope to dissolve her will with tears. Hut tho mother must not Interfere, must not coax off, must not beg for tho child when tho hour comes for tho asser tion of parental supremacy and tho subjugation of a child's temper. Thoro comes In tho history of every child an hour when it is tested whether the parents shall rule or tho child shall rule This Is the crucial hour. If the child triumphs in that hour, then ho will some day make you crouch. It Is a horrible scene. I have witnessed It: A mother come to old age, shivering with terror in tho presence of a son who cursed her gray hairs and mocked her wrinkled face, and begrudged her tho crust she munched with her toothless gums! How ntwjHT thin a Hsrn'tU's.looth It U To havo a Itiinliloss chllil' Hut, on the other hand, too groat rig or must bo avoided. It is a sad thing when domestic government becomes cold military despotism. Trappers on the prairie tight tire with fire, but you cannot successfully fight your child's bad temper with your own bad temper. We must not bo too minute lu our in spect ion. We cannot expect our chil dren to bo perfect We must not see every thing. .Since wo havo two or three faults of our own, wo ought not to bo too rough when wo discover that our children havo as mauy. Again there are many who aro sacri ficing their children to a spirit of wotldliness. tfoino one uslosl a mother whoMi children had turned out very well, what was thobeorot by which sh'o prepared them for usefulness and for thu Christian life, mid trim said: This was tho secret; when, in the morning I washed the chlldied l prayed that they might be washed in tho fottutaln of a Saviour's mercy. When I put on their ga.inonts I prayed that they raldht bo nrrayod in the robo of a. SavloiA''s righteousness. When I gave them food I prayed that they might b fed with manna from Heaven When I .started them on the road to school I prayed that tholJ path might bo as the shining light, brighter and brighter to tho perfeo ilay. When I put them to sleep I prayod that they might bo enfolded In the Saviour's arms." "Oh," you say, "that was very old-fashioned." It was quite old-fashlotieil. Hut do you sup pose that a child under such nurture as that ever turned out bad? In our day most of tile boys sturt out with no Idea higher than the all-encompassing dollar. They start lu an ago which boasts It can scratch the Lord's Prayer on a ten cent piece, and the Ten Commandments on a ten cent piece. Children tiro taught to reduce morals and religion, time nnri eternity to vul gar fractions. It seems to bo their chief attainment that ten cunts mtku a dime, anil ton dimes make u dollar. How to get money Is only equaled by the other art, how to keep It Further on, thousands and tens of thousands of the daughters of America are .sacrificed to worlrillnoss. They aro taught to be lu sympathy with all tho artificialities of society. They aro inducted into all thu hollowuess of what If called fashionable life. They are taught to believe that history is dry, but that fifty-cent stories of ad venturous love are delicious. With capacity that might have rivaled a Florence Nightingale in heavenly min istries, or made tho father's house glad with filial and sisterly demeanor, their life is a waste, their beauty a curse, their etetnlty a demolition. In the siege of Charleston, during the civil war, a lieutenant of tho army stood on tho floor beside tho daughter of the ex-governor of the state of South Carolina. They were taking the vows of marriage A bombshell struck tho roof, dropped into the group, and nine were wounded and slain; among thu wounded to death, the bride. Whllo the ' bridegroom knelt ou tho carpet trying to stanch the wounds, tho bride de manded that the ceremony bo com pleted, that she might take the vows before her departure and when the minister said, "Wilt thou bo faithful unto death'." with her dying lips she said, "I will," and in two hours she had departed. That was the accidental slaughter and tho sacrifice of tho body, but ut thousands of marriage altars thero are daughters slain for time and slain for eternity. It is not a marriage, It Is a sacrifice. Afllanccd to some one who Is only waiting until his father dies, so he can get the property; then ft little whllo they swing around in tho circles, bril liant circles; then the property Is gone, and having no power to earn a liveli hood, the tiwiin Mule into some corner of society, the husband an idler and a sot, tho wife a drudge, a slave and u sacrifice. All! spare your denuncia tions from .lophthah's head, and ex pend them nil ou this wholesale mod ern martyrdom. I lift up my voice to-day against tlie sacritlco of children. I look out of my window ou a Sabbath, mid 1 see u group of children, unwashed, un combed, uuchiistlauiod. Who cures for thein'.' Who prays for them'.' Who utters to them one kind word'.' When the oity missionary passing along tho park In New York, saw u ragged lad and heard him swearing, he said to him: "My son, stop swearlngl You ought to go to tho house of l!od to-day. You ought to bo good; you ought to bo a Christian." Tho lad looked in his face and said: "All, it ta easy foryou to talk, well-clothed as you are, and well-fed; but wo chaps hain't got no chance." Who lifts them to the altar for baptism'.' Who goes forth tc snatch them up from crime and death and woo'.' ho to-day will go fortl mid bring thein into schools am churches',' No. Heap them up, great piles of rags and wretchedness and tilth. Put underneath them thu Urea of sacrifice, stir up thu bhie, put on more fagots, and while we sit lu the churches with folded arms mid Indiffer ent, crime and disease and death will go ou with the agoni.ing sacrifice. During tho early French revolution, at Hourges there was a company of boys who used to train every day as young soldiers; and they carried a flag, and they had on the Hag this inscription: "Tremble, tyrants, tremble; wo tiro growing up." Mightily suggestive! This generation is passing off, mid a might lor generation is coining on. Will they be the foes of tyranny, tho foes of sin "and the foes of death, or will they be the foes .of (JodV They are coining up! 1 congratulate all parents who are doing their best to keep their children away from the altar of sacrifice Your prayers aro going to be answered. Your children may wander away from (lod, but they will come back again. A voice comes from tho throne to-day, encouraging you: "I will be u tlod to thee, and to thy seed after thee." And though when you lay your head In death there may be somo wan derer of the family far away from Hod, and you may be twenty years in Heaven before salvation shall come to his heart, ho will bo brought into the kingdom, and before tho throne of Hod you will rejoice that you wero faithful. Coiuu at last, alHiough so long post poned his coining. Come at last! I congratulate all those who aro toll for the outcast and the wandering. Your work will soon be over, but tho intluouce you are setting in motion will never stop. Long after you have been garnered for tho skies your prayers, yoiir'teachlngsand your Chris tian Inllucnco will goon and help to people Heaven with bright inhabit tints. Which would you ruthei seo? which scene would you rather mingle in in the last day being able to say, "I added house to house, and laud to land, mid manufactory to manufactory; 1 owned half tho city; whatever my eyes saw I had; whatever 1 w anted 1 got;" or, on that day to have Christ look you full in the faco and say, "I was hungry, and yo fed Mo; I was nuked, and yo clothed Mo; I was sick and lu prison, mid ye visited Me; inns much an yu did to the leuat of Mv brethcrn, ye did It to M,c?" A SOUTH AFRICAN TRAGEDY. How an Anterlriui I'ulri n IVnnltjr for KU.Ini; h .MlMliiimry'n Wlfi. The coast of southeast Africa Is one of tho most dangerous In the world. Currents, constantly varying both In direction mid Intensity, curry the navi gator far out of his course mid often land ni, n upon some reef or sand bar. The fact that the Hubert Miller, from London for Hoinbay, should have been wrecked near the Hay of Port Natal was, therefore, not strange Hut what was unusual was the great loss of life that attended tho wreck. Duly one man out of all those on board managed to reach the shoru In fftfety. This man, Charles Lee. an American by birth, but a cltlen of the world by choice, belonged to that constantly Increasing class who prefer to spend their liver, wandering from clime to clime, picking up au often precarious livelihood, but seeing life in nearly every phase. Loo had made a lucky strike in London, mid wns on his way to India. He had taken passage lu tho Hubert Miller, hoping that the long sea voyage would drive from his body some lingering seeds of fever picked up In South America. riling by the waves on thu coast of Natal, with his money safe In a water proof belt, he changed his plans with the readiness characteristic of his class and resolved upon it trading trip Into the Interior. Purchasing a wagon and span of oxen and hiring two native assistants ho "trooked" north into .ululaud. In his wagon he carried numerous articles for trade with the natives. Among them, carefully con cealed under the wagon s.at, ho carried ten kegs of powder, concealed becausi tho law forbid tho sale of powder to natives. At the end of three months Lee con sidered that his trip had been u suc cessful one mid decided to return home, following another route to Natal. One morning lie "outspannod" at a small village where thero was a missionary fttation. Tho missionary himself wsii nway, but his wife came down to the trader's wagon, expecting to tluil many articles needed to replenish her house hold stores. Lee sold what she wished, nil the time looking at her in a pu..led manner. At last he oxelalineri: "Hy (ioorgo, I know you now! How under heaven did you get here, Mollle'.''' "Sir," said the woman, deadly pale but drawing herself up proudly, "what do you mean by this insult".'" "(), stuff, .Mollio, you can't fool me. As soon as I saw you I knew I hail seen you before Hut it seemed so queer that Mollio Flanders Moll, of San Francisco should have turned up hero, of all places in the world. Pretty as ever, Moll, I see dive us n kiss for old times' sake." (rasping her suddenly in his arms he kissed her again and again. Finally she tore herself loose and lied, whit with emotion. WnsshoMollle Flanders or was she not'.' Lee was sure of it, but mistakes of ideutilleation do sometimes happen. At any rate she acted its if Innocent. Sitting down, the woman wrote a let ter to her husband, telling him how she had been insulted and demanding repa ration. Tliis letter she sent by a na tive to the neighboring village "where her husband was visiting. That night the trader took advantage of the moonlight to pursue his journey, and, as fate would have it, lie and the letter reached the village anil thu mis s'on iry at the same time. Tho missionary was a man of sudden mid violent temper. He loved his wlfo dearly, and tho news of an insult toher broke down all the barriers he had built up by constant training. I'rged by him the chief of the village sunt men to selo tho trader. Surprised without arms Leo was mado a captive after u desperate struggle mid was carried be fore tho chief and the missionary. The former was anxious not to go any furth er. Tho Zulu war was just over mid the natives hardly liked to Injure a white man so soon after the sharp les son they had received. Still, urged by the missionary, the chief tlmilly or dered that Leo receive 100 lashes on his bare back. The trader heard his sentence calm ly. He mnriu nodufense to the charges and begged no mercy. He merely asked that ho be given an hour to put his affairs in order, in view of tho pos slbllltyof a fatal result from so tre mendous a beating. After a little host tation the missionary agreed to this. The wagon was searched and all weap ons were removed. Then Lee was hoisted upon tho seat mid his hands were freed, but his legs were still kept bound. The missionary warned hiie that any attempt to free them woul result In the immediate execution the sentence. Once upon the box Lee took out his writing materials and wrote two let ters, which ho sealed and threw upon the ground. Tiiun he reached down below the seat mid quietly drew the plugs from the powder keg's. The pow der llowed out Into a black heap, with which each keg connected. Lou then lighted his pipe and quietly loaned back to await the expiration of the hour. When it was nearly up he bent down and began to unfasten the bonds upon his legs. Instantly two natives sprang at him. but ho 'raised his head and looked at them with so deadly a gleam in his eyes that tin ley his liesttatcu Anottiu feet would be free. hesitated Another moment and The missionary, seeing Ills nrey about to escape, rushed upon him, followed by the whole assemblage of natives. Lee waited until they wore nearly upon III in mid then emptied the glowing con tents of his pipe upon the powder. A sharp cry of horror from the mis sionary was lost Ilia burst of thimounri a roar like thunder. Then the volume of heavy white smoke rolled nnri spread about the scene like n heavy fog. When It had cleared away trader ami missionary had both gone to carry their disputes to a higher tribunal,' Only two blackened musses, hardly human in form, remained to show that they had ever lived. Of the natives llftee'n lay ileail or dying upon the llol 1. To this day, If the traveler in that region is annoyed by too curious ami Intrusive natives, lie lias but to throw a handful of powder into thu tire to se cure absolute solitude. Tho last re source of the desperate white man has not been forgotten. Suu li'rauctsco, Chroulclo, "" NOTES OF THE FASHIONS. FrrMi HnawMlnns ItfgiinlltiK tlin .trrungn incut of IViuliilriK CoMumt'4. Low-neekcd linings, under high waisteri corsages of diaphanous fabrics, " seen at all fashionable numnier re ports. Thu sleeves, as a rule, are tin lined, but mnriu excessively full. Plain Chainbray tinri French zephyr drosses for morning wear have seam less, shirred princess bucks, with fronts pointed and finished either as a corse iot with gitimpu or In surplice form with folds coining from the shoulders. Nearly all the ptetty zephyrs, lawns and French batistes are finished on tho skirt-hem with tiny ruches or small hipping frills made of tho dress goods. Some of the rullles have a tiny edge of Valeneiennesor torchon lace, and the entire width of thu three frills does not exceed three Inches. A similar set Is placed half way up the length of the skirt. Handsome toilets of silk, mus lin, French organdy, etc.. are trimmed on the bottom of the skirt with fan phi Ited lace ruches, or lapped lace edged frills of tlie goods, with lightly twisteil ribbon and standing Umpire bows as a heading. Tea gowns for the summer aro made of beautiful creponsof light gtounil, strewn with flowA-s, also of flowered dotted Swiss niiislln, tamboured or gandy mid soft undressed India mulls. Most of tho new gowns have blouse vests lightly girdled, Hton fronts be-' votitl. mill u I'jitlni,. tui,..itt.lt. t1,itfr,..t I Wattoau back. Tho popular (jiieou Anno sleeve, with fullness dropping to a lace frill at the elbow, is used for these dresses. On other gowns, pictur esque bretelles of wide, beautiful lace extend over the shoulders from belt to belt, with a falling rullle of the same around the slightly open neck. Lnglish serge dresses for the beach are in colors of tan, brown, marine blue, ami Neapolitan red, and a num ber of the red gowns are iniiilo up with a ytko of tan crepon gathered quite full above the corselet. The bishop sleeves aro of red serge with very deep forearm portion of tnn eolor. Seaside mid mountain suits are made of alpaca combined with striped wash-silk in ' creain ami pink, ecru and green, violet ! .....i ........i.. ..... t,i..t.. i. ...i ,11111 lusiMiu, I'm. i nun iirowu mm dove-colored alpacas for traveling and morning dresses have l'ton jackets open over cherry-red silk blouses, with capes en suitu lined with red surah. N. V. Post SETTLERS IN NEW ENGLAND. AVi'lulit of thi rrriiHi-CiiimilliMi Vote In Our I'oiltlr. It is clear that the muss of the Cana dians who are settled in New Lnglnnd are not rapidly becoming proprietors of the soil, their holdings, according to their own reports, being very much below the average per capita assessed! valuations in the si. states, as appears from the census of lv.io. They remain operatives In the mills and factories. A few of tliem are storekeepers: fewer still are physicians and lawyers. He--cently the Froneh-Cannrilan press In the Fnlted States, mid especially In New Lnglauri, has rapidly developed. This is a pretty sure sign that the active politicians aro taking a decided interest in thu French-Canadian vote, mid are proputcri to avail themselves of the customary electioneering meth ods for the purpose of securing it In lss7 thero were in New Fnglaud ltl.SDil French-Cauadimi voters; in lss'.i the number hud increased to '.'s, lil.t; in lS'.u it hud grown to be :i:i,tlii:i. In every one of the six states, except Vermont, votes equal in number to the solid French-Canadian vote would suilieo to reverse the political supremacy if they should be transferred from tho prevail ing party to tho minority. In the presidential election just held this vote played mi Important part, especially in Massachusetts. It Is said that most of tho French Canadians voted for thu democratic candidate because of the Injuries inllieted on the farmers of (Jitoboe by the McKinloy tariff. How ever that may be, it is the fact that the Freneh-Ciiniidian vote was a matter of much .solicitude to the politicians of both parties, mid it is its growing im portance in American politics that makes the immigration of interest in this country. Henry Looinls Nelson, in Harper's Miigaiue. A Salutary Olijert l.ooii. Ill many ways thu I'nitod States havo educated the world In politics, and i, for one, do not hesitate to say that their scheme of government Is the best (that has ever been established by a na tion. Hut in nothing do wo owe more to the Americans than for their having afforded us tho great object lesson of a state pursuing tho even current of its way without that meddling In the af fairs of other, states which has been the banu of Kuropemi powers. Here we have a country, rich, powerful, in lustrlal and commercial, yet never troubling itself with what happens on t ddo its frontiers, or annexing foreign lauds on the plea of phihiutliiopy, or 3ti the ground that In somu centuries its urea will be too small for its popu lation, or in order to eieato markets for its goods. And what is tho result'.' No one dreams of attacking the United States' or of picking a quarrel with thorn. London Truth. In ii rinli1. "It is Interesting." ho said to tho lyspoptlo young man, "to observe thu llfl'ereut names wo have for tho samu thing." "IsttV" "Of course It Is," ho went ou with tho persistence of the man of research. "Take 'lamb,' for Instance. Whoa it jetsolri It Is called '.sheep.'" "Anybody knows that" "And the sheep, after It is killed, is jailed 'mutton.' " "You're getting right around to where you started from." "I low.'" "When your mutton is cooked and ierved inoiirboarriing-hoiiso itbecomos 'lamb' again." Washington Star. Ilii Unit to He. .lurigo Duffy Who was present whuu the defendant knocked you down'.' Accused 1 was. Texas Sittings, ' Pnre nml Wholpom Quality jmnicmlfl to nubile approval the Csllfornli llnuiil laxative remedy. Syrup of Fig. II Is pleasant to the taste unU by acting getitli en the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleans the Hystem effectually, It promotes tin health ami com fort of all who use It, and with million It U tho best and only remedy. The young stereotyper's llrst impression! of tiio business ure seldom his heat ones. Troy Times. A. M. rniKST, Druggist, Bliclbvvlllo, Ind ajs: "Hall's Cutnrrk Cuie gives the best ofHiitlsfuctioii. Cm get plentv of test! inniil.il, as it cures every ono who take It." Druggists sell it, 75c. "I'm better off," buzzed the fly as ho tried to break away from tho fly paper. Phila delphia Hccord. No man can be a real king who docs not rule liluisolf. Hutu's Horn. - , "Don't say I seen hhn. That is not cor rect'' "What shall I say I" "I soro him." Hood's'Cures "My trouble bcgati with Ir.ll.umiuuor.v rlirunia tlstn hi my left leR nlov the knee. Asa result ol poulticing a running soro formed, uml I was in terrible condition. I was obllRCil to walk with a crutch. I bought Hood's KiiHupnrllla, and sooa after I btp.in tuUlnif It tho toro stopped dit ch irirlnir and hualod un. I?Ir. llaucr. I threw nway my cane uml crutch und can walk ns well a n or " C'H Atn.rs W. llAUEIt, J3 y. Patrick Street, Frederick, Mil Hood's Pills Cure Hick Headache. The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S MEDICAL JHSCOVERY. DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS., Has discovered in one of our common C.isture weeds ;t remedy that cures every iud of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred rases, and never faileJ except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates Df its value, all within twenty miles of Boston. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a'pertect cure is war ranted wiien llie right quantity is taken. When the lungs are alt'ected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by tie ducts being stopped, and alwavs disappears in a week after taking it. It the stomach is foul or bilious it will :aue squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tablespoon ful in water at bed time, and read the Label. WLgflfr The Best Waterproof Coat In the ftSH M WORLD t W SUCKER The I'ISH Hit NI SI.ICKEIt la wirrantM witrr. pruof, atul III kit (i j nu ilry In lliu liard. t Hurra. Tlir new I1JMMKI, flLICKUt If aprr((ctrMltiKcoat.and cmcrsthoentlreiuiliHn, llcwareof Imlutiuiii. Dm I wv aonat irni"mn iiranii ii not on it, niu.ir Uxf CalKl'iime !, A.J IQIVKII. Il.ulnii. 1UL Positively euro Bilious Attacks, Con Btipntion, Slck-JB.eadacJtet etc. 25 cenfs per bottlo, at Drug Stores. Writo for sample doso, free. J.F. SMITH & CO.f'-New York. "EVERYBODY'S LAW BOOK, of lltp now lj.1 niira ,,tiLI,v.t At..un 1ailaU I 00 NOT BE DECEIVED with I'mti.n, Knutnola, nml t'-ilnti wlilth etnln. tiio tiHinlK.liiJiirn tin, Iron, nml burn rist. Tlii'lUMnKHinMimil'iillnlils llrllllittit. Oilnr !im. OuratilM.nml tliHrmiiiimnrimyi lor no tin or kIiiim p ti'kitgM with iiri-ry iiiinliuMi. SOMOHN'Ss&MgfeV uewire oi imitations. NOTICE AUTOGRAPH mHHRi $tte$eans ' Nthf tltknf llu-now ?.) 1U imUIi)'J Al'lalulfr Kounr',1. 1.11 .Muiilivr or tlie Now link Itar lttn. atilrn pveiy innu ahil woman in l thli ohii lntori. I It tfai'lminlmt mo uur lluht ana him 1,1 tn iintalii lhn Wifn tu hum a Uiv unit uml wlu'ti to itiun onu. It cmitiiliu tli.i u.eful intuirimiinn euiv liii.l. nr.i innu rirt-iUtn rery ht-itr In Hi. Union Iti'on tani Ini'tiiin lnriiK of rrry vnurl) u, till to thu Mw)!T ni well m lo all Hha liuiv Irtral lni.in. to tian.nil, liiolo.. two UolluiH lor a oy oruittu. two cent io.atf t.ltni r ttntil.. of onlrnt. unit trm tnuxr'it" lil'lt,-. lll.SJ. IV. Ill I (IlLUl'li. I'ubll.hrr. .'. ftlilh A-H!i,..V,r ork. I avXAMI Till! ranatwjltiMjoinrtu. Of THE GENUINE vm nrr HARTSHLTO RADFI ELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR nas rrornn nn i..nit.,. jjHxmo lor nil iltranco ilo for nil iliraiiKo. ... T 'vl""J i mo female se,stn.iaschronlo vwuij nml marlan ms cases, if taken in tlmo It reculatet r.nii iirwnntea nvahliy notion of all fiino Nous ot tho genuratlv orcans. Younir ladles a tlm ago of jmlicrty, anil uk ni peculiar to tho -'Uflnd.nftnlleMV'oolh.no'lJfr , Ji' S'? rewminemUtloM from promt pent physicians and thono who hantricil l Writo for book .'To Women," it.alte.l f "m. 8o 1 by all UniRBlsts. llitAtmcu UcauLAioaCo proprHtw,AUnU,Q, M6UVkw f.jyv-i 11 JmJM ABEL 0 11V l rx Jtf B Vn H t- - KJ M Y) 1 1 airw y"lroMiiiwitwiiiiiiiiii.riiiiy " &mSi a. vm-1? Jt-1wri. WrttuWM liWWMl i WW. fW"