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I -a- ' V 'i e Frost Fancies. With dainty pencil silver-tipped and fine. In night's still hours whs traced upon the Rings A picture fair; as if an elf did pass. And lingering, drew with many a dash ana line .Tho lovely fancies that bsforc mc shine. Or else perchance -with wave of magic wand He brought from far the straight and tower ing pine; ..,., He caught and looped the graceful clinging vine . . . About the palm tree tall from tropic land; Aad scattered weed nn.l shell from oceans strand. He conjured fields and woods from summers TheMiiy-flowers shy with flushes o'er Its white: . , , The clover pink, and gold-eyed dal9es bright; They ail are here in wild abandon massed. Pale wreaths of blossoms far too frail to last. And when these phantoms light came float ing by. He deftly fastened them upon the pane. With skill to which no moruil can attain. Alas! that with the sun ascending high Tncyfwle away; In warmth and brightness die! Irene Hunt, in Good Housekeeping. ROMANCE OF A FIR PILLOW. He was a bright, handsome young fellow of perhaps five-and-twenty, whiie I, a demure spinster well into the fifties, looked quite old enough to be his moth er. So the gossips at the little summer hotel where we were boarding could really find nothing to say, though we often had long talks together, this young Jack Turner and myself, when we hap pened to meet in the parlor or out on the piazzas. The special crazo among our young lady boarders just then was the making of all sorts of pretty pillows, which they filled with pine-needles or buds of the fragrant balsam-fir, and embroidered with various appropriate mottoes, such as, "Dream of the woods," "Tbo pines shall whisper peace," "Give me of your balm, O Fir-tree," eta, eta And as the picking of these pine-needles and pitchy lir tips was rather disagreeable work for dainty white fingers it was quite the fashion for all the cuivalric young men in the house to volunteer their services in this initiatory part of tho work. Moreover, there was not a little rivalry among them as to who could find the most fragrant trees, a species of the balsam-fir denominated "strawberry" being the rarest and most in demand. I was therefore not at all surprised when this new acquaintance of mine, having found out my botanic proclivi ties, came to me one bright morning with an immense tow bag slung across his shoulders and announced his inten tion of picking fir in some remote woods on the -other side of the mountain. Would 1 go with him and show him the right kind of tree? He had brought back a whole bagful of worthless stuff the day before, and all because he couldn't tell a spruce-tree from a fir. How could I resist such a pathetic ap peal especially when he could show me in this particular piece of woods a rare and beautiful species of orchid that 1 had long been trying to find? No! I couldn't refuse. So Jack with his bag and I with my basket started off in high spirits that glorious summer morning. It was one of those rare days in early July when a cool breath from the mountains tempered the midsum mer heat and gave mc an exhilarating sense of what Longfellow calls the electric thiill, the touch Of life that seems almost too much. The three miles' walk around the mount ain seemed as nothing, and we soon reached our destination the broad, dark belt of woodland that inclosed, like a velvet girdle, the picturesque lit tle lake at the foot of the highest peak. Jack had proved himself a most enter taining companion all the way. He re minded me of a dear 3"oung nephew I had lost, and, although a week before we had been total strangers, 1 was glad to notice that he seemed to regaril me already as an old and tried friend. Up on one subject, however, he was very reticent. Vhen I had found for him a clump of the genuine "strawberry" trees and jokingly asked him for which of our pretty young ladies he was going to pick the fir he looked up quickly, and then, with a confused look on his frank countenance, said: "O, it is for no one here; it is forsoino one miles and miles away. And do you think," he added, with an abstracted air quite foreign to his usual manner, "that it is really a cure for consump tion?" "Hardly a cure," I answered, "al though I've known it to give relief in many cases of confirmed lung trouble." The young man sighed heavily. "Weil," "he replied, after a long silence, "I am determined to try everything for her." Of course, my sympathies were im mediately aroused. I began at once to Eicture to myself tho pale young girl in er far-off home fading away day by day like some frail sweet flower. "Has she been ill a long time?" I ventured at last to inquire. "For more than a year," he answered briefly, and then quickly turned the con versation upon some other subject Still, I could not help noticing a heavy "bur den evidently lay upon his mind that, try as hard as he might, he could not entirely shake off. Now I do not think I am over-sympathetic or have more than the ordinary amount of curiosity usually attributed to womankind, but all the way home I kept thinking of Jack's little sweetheart, "so many miles away," and wished he would tell me something more about her. It was the evening of that same day, I remembered, that he came to me in the parlor and drawing mc into a quiet corner said he wanted to ask my ad vice upon a very important subject. Did I think it would be possible for him to make up the fir pillow all him self? He used to hem the sails of his toy boats when a little shaver, had serv ed a good apprenticeship in sewing on buttons when a college boy, and thought he could still manage a needle pretty well if I would only have the patience to show him. Of course, with a woman's inconse quence, I immediately offered to do the whole thing for him." But no! he thank ed me just the same, he said, but would really prefer to do it himself. Now, in spite of my mature years, I still have stored away in my nature a deal of romance, and this fancy of the young man touched a sympathetic chord. Of course it would give an add ed value to the pretty gift if it was all his own work, and who could tell what psychological power, what wonderful 'mind cure," might not be effected when the little invalid pressed to iicr lips the magic pillow her lover's hands had made? As to the material and color, I really wished that I knew the young girl's preferences, and when Jack suggested a plain gray serge, as sure to wear well," I wondered not a little that a young man with so much delicacy of feeling should, at the same time, be so intensely practical. I had already de cided in my own mind that the pillow should be of some delicate shade of blue pongee, decorated in one corner with Alsacian bows of pale pink satin. How ever, I yielded the point with as good a grace as I could, mildly suggesting that a border of yak lace of the same color as the serge would give a pretty finish. "But wouldn't it tear easily?'1 asked Jack. ."Why.yes.if it were handled roughly," I replied; "but on a pillow like this it would wear for years.' :On the whole, I think I'd like it bet ter without any such- filigree work staple things are the best," returned ay somewhat discouraged pupil, as for the fifth time he picked ont some unruly stitches that I plainly told him would spoil the looks of the whole pillow. Well, in due course of time it was finished that is, the plain serge cover was firmly stitched together, and then how I longed to embroider upon it some lovely Die 01 sentiment suuui mu mur muring pines and the balmy fir-trees! But of course, all that was out of the question. Jack had evidently no idea 1 of doing anything further himself in the ' way of needle-work, yet was as anxious as ever to have the whole pillow made bv his own hands. On the wnole, he was a very patient and persevering pupil for an active young fellow so de voted to tennis and base-ball, and I often used to wonder what tender, lov ing thoughts he was working into those great clumsy seams when 1 saw that pe culiar far-off look come into his beauti ful brown eyes. There was only one thing that troub led me. In spite of the persistency with which Jack had worked day after day upon the pillow, and in spite oi the numerous letters that came to him ad dressed in a delicate feminine hand. I couldn't help noticing, as did all the other boarders in our little hotel, that the young man was paying marked at tentions to a pretty young girl that had lately joined our partj. She had fasci nated us all, this winsome Muriel Fales. with her sweet face and her charming manners, and 1 couldn't wonder fhat Jack had not beeu able to resist the spell; but then did 1 not know his se cret and were not all my sympathies with the frail little creature for whom the fir pillow was designed? How could a young man be so fickle? Was the old proverb, "Out of sight, out of mind," to Frove true again in his case? 1 confess was beginning to be much disappoint ed in Jack. ! "I'll let you know if the fir-pillow really does "her any good," he said to me in a light, flippant way that quite vexed -me, a3 he bade us good-by a few days later. A telegram had come to him from the distant city, aud although I knew we would all miss the bright ' young fellow, I was heartily glad of anything that would take him away 1 from beautiful Murial Fales. Not that I had aught against her; on the con- ; trary, I was charmed with her myself, . for she was no coquet but a sincere, fentie. noble-hearted young girl. Still, couldn't help seeiugthat matters were j beginning to take a serious turn with her as well as with Jack, and I thought it was high time that such scandalous proceedings should come to an end. j Indeed. I had half mind to teil Muriel myself all about that mysterious pillow, only that I had promised Jack eternal secrecy in reg.ird to it Now, though I am an old maid, and supposed to have . all au olit maid's proclivities for med dling with other people's concerns, it is not often that I become so greatly in- 1 terestcd in people that 1 meet in this ' random way at a quiet summer-resort ! But Muriel, and Jack, aud the little ! consumptive maiden had somehow crept. each one of them, right into my foolish old heart and I felt strangely responsi ble for the future happiness of them all. Moreover, Muriel's mother had placed her tinder my charge for the remainder of the summer we wero to talk French together preparatory to her European trip in the fall ami when the frank voting girl, knowing my interest in 1 Jack, began to show me the letters that camu to her on his return to the city the burden weighed upon me all the more heavily. Each letter, as I could plainly see, grew more and more love like, till at hist Muriel ceased to show them to mc, but would read jne short sentences here and there with a charm ing, blushing hesitancy that I could not fail to interpret One day, however, there came to me, as well as" to Muriel, a letter from Jack, and as it will explain to you the whole situation, especially the romance of the pillow, far belter than my garrulous talk could do, 1 atu going to give it to you in full: My D.-ar Miss Hiudacrc: I promised to let you" know if the flr pillow you s kindly belp (il me make for my poor Angora pussy really di'l her any good. Mother's letters about her quite worried me while I was with you at the mountains, for she is of a rare breed, ami is a groat pet with us all. The doctors told s her sickness was a case of confirmed consump tion, but since sleeping on tiie flr pillow her CCUgb has grown less frequent and her appe tite is dtciledly b-tter. 1 think she fully ap preciates, too. the delic ite "strawberry" fra grance we took that long, pieas-mt walk around the mountain to s cure, if she re covers, as I now feel almost sure she will, I hope to h:ive tln pleasure of presenting her to you the kind benelactor to whose infinite paiieucc ami lorbenmncc she owes the pretty flr pillow upon winch she Is soundly sleeping at the present writing. One word more before I close. Congratu late me. dear Ii-s Hnrdacre, upon having won for my own the dearest, sweetest littio woman in all the wile world. Muriel will tell you all about it. ecstatically yours. juck turner. Harper's B.iz.ir. MISSING LINKS. Baltimore people read by gas that costs only 50 cents per thousand feet Lead pipes are said not to be affected by water if kept constantly filled. If alternately filled and emptied tho pipes are readily affected. Judge Tourgee has for the subject of his lecture this winter, "Give Us a Rest" The title is exceedingly popular with most lecture audiences. The exclusive right of selling opium on the Isthmus of Panama has been pur chased by a Chinaman for $16,000. 'Ihe government will use the money in re ducing the national debt There is one post-office to every 633 people in Canada, and the Dominion has more post-offices to the same num ber of people than any other country in the world. In this republic there is one post-office to every 1,092 inhabitants. William Weightman, of Philadelphia, is considered a tolerably weighty man financially. He is one of the heads of the great quinine concern of that city, and has shaken about $20,000,000 out of the people. Cornell university will confer no hon orary degrees hereafter, and to become a doctor of laws under the new rules of that institution it will be necessary for a man to tell who Blackstonc and Chit ty were and what Kent and Stevens wrote. It is said that the lazy Sultan of Mo rocco has tho most luxurious tricycle in the world. He sits cross-legged upon an embossed couch, curtained and canopied with silk and silver and gold, while the machine is being propelled by 6lavc labor. Admiral Porter proposes to write an other book as soon as his health has grown better. He received $30,000 bonus for his naval history and gets a royalty of 20 per cent on all the books sold. Thus far he has received about $50,000 in all. Allen Thorndike Rice, editor of tho North American Review, is a brunette. He wears small, black side-whiskers, is of medium height has a frank, open expression and very expressive eyes. He always dresses neatly and is very pleas ant and quiet in his manners. In Harrisburg. Pa., recently, a 2-year-old child got hold of a bottle of whisky and drank two ounces. It then fell in to a drunken stupor, and its life was saved with difficulty. It came out of the stupor with every indication of hav ing a tremendous head, and demanded water continuously. The fence law of Georgia, which has had the effect of keeping hogs from roaming unrestrained through the woods, nas also had the effect of greatly increasing the number of skunks in the state. Hogs are particularly fond of young skunks, and devoured many of them when the woods were open to stock. A resident of Danbury, Ct, touched his finger recently to a well-charged electric-wire, "just for the fun of the thing," and was instantly knocked down, and didn't recover Sot several hours. He was considerably frightened, and more so when told that if he had grasped the wire he would have been killed. German steamers and sailing vessels are crowding out their British competi tors on the Chinese coast German masters and sailors are willing to work for much less pay than British seamen of the same class, wuiie tneir steam vessels are so fitted as to be run very cheaply. The consequence is that they are taking the coastwise and foreign tnflle. A titled foreigner complains that Americans do not understand the meth od of address to lords. Some caU one of these importations plain "Mr.," others say "our highness," and others 'Your honor. "Ynur lordship" aud 'My lord" are common means of ad dress. But there are others, among the most sensible people, who say "Yes, sir," or "I am glad to know you." sir." In Montreal, Canada, recently, a doc tor who had an account with a job printer agreed to take his pay in work. After he had had all the printing done that he desired there still remained a balance, and, as his wife was very sick, he decided to have some blank funeral notices struck off with her name on them. He locked them in his desk, his wife got well and found tbem, and now she talks of getting a 'divorce. A Picton (Canada) citizen has a bird of remarkable intelligence which he has taught several curious tricks. One of the tricks is to strike a match and hold it for the doctor to light his pipe. This trick it began rehearsing in the doctor's absence not long ago, dropped a match on some loose paper on the floor, set the woodwork of a window ablaze, and the dwelling narrowly escaped destruction. The bird will be sold. A Wilkesbarre lady has begun suit against a marriage association at Read ing. Pa., to recover $1,000. In 1882 she signed a contract with the associa tion by which she was to receive $250 if she married within a year, $500 if the doubling up came in two years and $1,000 if the event did not take place for three years. The insured lady re mained single for three years and then married. When she sent in her claim it was refused payment Count de Lesseps is thus picturesquely photographed by a writer in the Wash ington Post: "The Count was in the best of form. His gray mustache was well waxed and drawn out at tho ends as fine as a needle-point The Count has a great nose which runs nearly the whole length of his face like a rabbit's nose, and when he smiles much, which is very often, the nose overshadows everything else, and his little eyes peer out peculiarly from a focus of wrinkles which seem absolutely to revel in the fun which brings them into play." The editor of the Loudon Telegraph. a paper that is said to have a larger circulation among the English speak ing class than any other paper in the world, when asked recently how it was that his paper had no correspondent in America, but relied solely on Reuter's dispatches, replied: "My dear sir, there is so little interest in American affairs here that if for the next six months we should throw away every bit of Reuter's American matter but the market reports I am sure we should never once during that time receive complaint from a subscriber." Mr. Jay Gould has become a willing victim to his pretty daughter-in-law, once Edith Kingdon. She keeps the family in roars of laughter, and Jay Gould declares she is just the element he iiecded in his home, says Town Topics. Her stories of her adventures in different theatrical companies on the same railroads over which she now travels in grand style are very tuunily given, ami the contrasts she draws be tween the then and now is the source of constant merriment "They are in deed wonderful roads," she said tho other day. "I'd like to own the whole system." Whereupon papa Gould made her a present of $12,500 worth of stock, with the remark, "1 can't give you all of them, but here's a little piece." James Russell Lowell in an interview with Julian Hawthorne said of a famous English novelist: George Meredith is a man of great learning and ability, and in literature he has virility the sense of sex, which is rare. He published years ago a volume which, I think, is almost unknown now. It is called "Modern Love" and is a series of son nets which tell a consecutive story. They impressed me very much, and I said to myself, "This is real story." I learned later that they were based on fact A woman has a lover, and in or der to fortify her social position she de liberately marries an honest man who knows nothing of her intrigue. Of his novels the only one I have read is "The Egoist" When I first took it up I be gan at the beginniug, and could make nothing of it Then 1 read a little at the end, but still was not attracted. At last I came upon a passage somewhere which interested me, and then I read on and soon read the whole book. Meredith is brilliant and epigrammatic in conversation. A WOMAN'S BANK ACCOUNT. We attach a meaning to words, and often are attracted by some powerful definition. Thus, for instance, Ruskin says, "What do you think the beautiful word wife came from? The great value of Saxon words is that they mean some thing. Wife means weaver. You must either be housewives or house moths' Remember that in the deep sense, you must either weave men's fortunes and embroider them, or feed upon and bring them to decay. Wherever a true wife comes, home is always around her." And in order to make this home all it should be for all brought within its in fluence, we lay down this proposition, viz.: Some knowledge of the methods of conducting business affairs is a ne cessity to the complete usefulness of wo man in the home life. In that grand future when housekeeping is to become so easy; when woman shall have all the leisure they now clamor for in order that they may become more cultivated; when women will vote, not so much because it is the law of the land, as that we believe Americans should rule Amer ica, and also to preserve American laws and liberty as endangered by the influx of foreign votes. In that coming time, I say. we shall find that women need a knowledge of business principles. By a business education for women, please do not understand me to advocate an exact and thorough knowledge of all mathematics, bookkeeping, eta, as taught in schools. Not at all. But it should be the duty, as also the pleasure, of every woman to acquaint herself, practically, with the necessary details of the business by which the father, brother, or husband 'gains the means for her support If, by any misfortune, he be laid: aside for a time, or taken away from her altogether, the woman is not without sufficient knowledge to carry out his plans. And the man in this case should make it his duty and pleasure to give this information, else it is like the imperfect co-partnership in business life, and consequently causes unhappiness to say the least A woman's innate convictions are often more correct than her husband's. Many a man is proud to confess how much of material success he owes to the fact oi considering his wife equal part ner in his business affairs. Many men sneer at this idea of confiding the af fairs of business to the wife. "It's enough for herto bring up the children and keep the house," they say. Granted, not only enough, but oftentimes too much, but are not these the men who usually wonder "where all the money goes to," and deal it out grudgingly if not sparingly? It is just because the woman does bring op the children and does keep the house that I would urge her positive knowledge of the iucome of the home and the proper management of it This will not necessitate her go ing to the counting-house, oflice or store to. carry out business details there. The wife no more desires to do that than that the husbaud shall dictate in her kitchen, but, if she be a true "weaver," she would know of the amount of mater ial in hand in order that she may fashion the garments accordingly. Suppose a widow is left with a certain amount of money represented by vari ous bonds, slocks, mortgages or notes of hand from which she is to derive ber income. If she has been the confi dant of her husband in all these matters, she already knows how to act and when the dividends accrue, can collect them properly, and possibly may know how to make good, profitable, and safe fut ure investments. Oa the other hand, if she be altogether ignorant of bu-iness and is thus obliged to entrust ner in terests to othersrher income is very lia ble to bo swallowed up in lawyer's fees, or, worse still, literally sunk, prin cipal, and interest, too, in some pet scheme into which some kind friend has induced her to enter; or. in full faith in a friend she is made to endorse a note (or some other equally hazardous pro ceeding), which conies back upon her for payment, whereas a knowledge of business matters would have caused her to let that alone. Very few women are ever taught the tisk of endorsements; very ew, also, know how to draw a check, or keep a bank account properly. That is a pretty good illustration of the subject, which is a true story, of the woman whose husband provided her for a long absence from home by leaving her a certain amount in bank with a check-book. After a time she was noti fied that her bank account was over drawn finally was called upon by one of the officers of the bank, when she innocently replied. "Whv. I haven't used up all my cheeks yet' All of this, we claim, should be a part of female education. Mrs. Ellen JiUss Hooker, iv Good Housekeeping. REMAUKACLi: VOLCANOES. Excitement an an Indigo Plantation In Mexico Tim Eruption of 1 Faro tlel Salvador. "I see," said one of the savants at the Smithsonian institution, "that there is a great deal of surprise expressed over the report that during the recent earthquake shocks in the Samoan islands a mountain rose suddenly from the surface of the earth, aud has since been an active volcano. The story goes that this mountain rose up in a single night to a height of three hun dred feet and has since been growing larger by the lava and rocks that come out from its crater and are accumulat ing on its sides. While this is a re markable phenomenon, it is not tho first time such a thing has happened. There are two active volcanoes on this hemi sphere that have risen out of the ground within the memory of man. One of them is JOtullo, a volcano in the state of Michoacan. 1G0 mile3 southwest of the city of Mexico, and near the town of Acapulco. "From the discovery of America down to the middle of the eighteenth century no volcanic disturbances or earth quakes occurred in this region. The present site of the volcano Jorullo was the center of a large cultivated area filled with coffee plantations and indigo fields. In June, 1759, however, strange sounds were heard by the people to come from underneath the earth. These grew louder aud more tempestuous, and were followed by terrific explosions. Then came a long succession of earth quakes, extending over a period of three or four weeks, which caused the inhabitants to flee from the country in terror. During these convulsions a large crack opened in the earth near the center of the indigo plantation, and flames, smoke, ami lava were seen to issue" from it in large volumes. The natives who lied at the time of the earth quakes began to return to the place a lew months later, and found that a cone had formed around the crack in the ground, continually increasing in size by reason of the discharges of earth aud showers of basaltic iava. The earth around was so hot that they could not stand upon it with their bare feet and, having made a general sur vey of the surroundings, they left the place and returned to where they had takeu refuge when the earthquake began. "This newly-formed crater continued its eruption for seventy-live or eighty years until 1827, when it ceased, anil has since discharged nothing but smoke and occasionally a few showers of ashes. The mountain, however, has grown to the height of sixteen hundred leet from the plain around it and forty four huudred feet from the level of the sea. "But even a more remarkable case has occurred in the little republic oi San Salvador, where is the most won derful volcano on this hemisphere, ll stands about nine miles fioin the sea. is in plain sight of every passiug vessel on the Paciiii, aud its constant aud regular eruptions have caused it to be called E1 Faro del Salvador' the light house of Salvador. "Its eruptions occur with great regu larity at intervals of exactly "seven miu utes, with a noise like the discharge of artillery, accompanied with dense smoke, large volumes of flame, and showers of iava, which fall upon every side and which are continually add ing to the height of the mountain, now nearly four thousand feet above the sur rounding country. This volcano is one of the most remarkable in the world, not only because of its regular erup tions, which have continued now for more than one hundred years, but be cause of its singular origin. The name, as it appears on the map, is izalco, and is in the shape of a truncated cone. It is difficult to conceive of a grander natural object Its base is shrouded in the densest green from the grass that grows in the fields below it while above ic is a belt of forest, and above that a large accumulation of lava and scoria;, where the various colors are melted im perceptibly into each other, and in the sunshine or by the light of the flames constantly being emitted from the crater they appear to have the grandest hues. First comes the rich umber, then the silver tint of the ashes that fall in showers from the crater, and around the crest the living gold of the hot lava, which is ejected with the greatest regu larity, and flows down the sides of the mountain in great torrents. One dis charge no sooner cools than another is upon it Then above all are the heavy flames and a plume of smoke that rises up eternally to heaven. "This volcano arose from the plain in 1770, in what was then a cattle ranch or hacienda. The owner was absent at the time in Europe, and upon his return a few months later was as tonished to discover that he had sud denly traded a fine ranch for an active volcano. In December, 1769, tho ranch men upon this estate were alarmed by subterranean explosions and earthquake shocks, which continued from day to day, growing more severe, until the houses upon the ranch were shaken down and their occupants fled from the plains. The herdsmen, however, re mained about watching developments, and discovered about the middle of January that the earth had opened a half a mile from where the buildings stood, and that smoke and fire were coming out of the cavity. A few days after they observed a great increase in the volume, of smoke and flame, and discovered that vast quantities of cin ders and stones were being thrown out from the young crater. Finally, on the 23d of February, 1770, there was one grand upheaval, wheD the whole of the republic was shaken from one end to the other, and tho surface of tho earth rose and fell like the billows of the sea. Houses were shaken down, towns were destroyed, and the country was in ruins. At the end it was found that a young mountain had been born, and they called it Izal-o. It was then about oue thousand feet high, but has since been growing with the constant erupt ions of iava at the rate of one hundred feet a year. "The only volcano on the Pacific coast that will compare with Izalco is Moniotombo, Nicaragua, or Old Totn bo,'as it is called, in 1S35 there was au eruption from its crater which Was the most severe on record. It com menced on Jan. U0 that year, and con tinued four days without cessation, dur ing which time the smoke and ashes were so dense in the air that the sun could not be seen for a radius of 1C0 miles around. The ashes fell on the island of Jamaica. 2,000 miles away; in Boo-oto, in the United States of Colum bia! 1,500 miles away in a straight line and 10.000 feet above tho level of the sea. higher even than the volcano itselt The explosions were heard 800 miles distant, while there was a continuous shower of ashes all over Central Ameri ca, from Mexico to Panama. In some places they fed to the depth of five or six inches, destroying vegetation, bury ing till objects that were exposed, and creating terror among the people. Tho ships oftlic coast sailing up and down the Paul tic, wero covered with ashes, and sailed for fifty leagues through floating pumice-stone anu ashes, which concealed the surface of the water. Since 1835, however, the volcano has viveu no cause for aiarm, there being ouiy a slight smoke issuing from its crater." Washington Cor. New York Sun. KIEL'S GRAVE. The Neglected Kestlng-Piace or the llalf Breetl Leader In the Northwest. No visit to this interesting region is complete without crossing over Red river from Winnipeg to the suburb ot St Boniface, the home of Archbishop Tache. There are two men m Winnipeg who, by their personal merits and a long course of wise actions for the bene fit of this region, have become pre-eminent in their intluence over the people of the Canadian northwest Sir Donald A. Smith, whose Winnipeg home is at Silrer heights, on the banks of the As siniboine, was for many years the head of the Hudson & Bay company in this country, and his influence over the peo ple in the wide domain exteuding from the boundary to the Arctic circle and from the great lakes westward to the Rocky mountains has been very marked. Archbishop Toche, whose province ex tends all over the same wide territory is the revered spiritual adviser of ihe French and Indians, and also counselor for the whole country, two men for a long period have reliance of the government in a sage . These been a dealing with these remote people, and they were mainly instrumental in settling the orig inal troubles in Manitoba which result ed it iti being made a Canadian pro vince. Kiel very properly objected to some suggested modes of settlement, be cause, as he said, the people of this re gion desired to be equal to and not sub ordinate to Canada; they did not wish "to be the colony of a colony." Cross ing over the substantial bridge spanning the Red river between Winnipeg and St Boniface, the attractive cathedral is in full view. The river sweeps grandly around from the west to the north, and on the edge of the outer bank is a road. A plain white fence borders this road with foliage behind it, from among which stands up the cathedral of St Boniface, with its fall, shining, tin cov ered spire, a reproduction of those seen on the lower St Lawrence. Above this is the large, square academy building, which is a school of the Sisterhood of Gray Nuns from Montreal, aud adjoin ing it is their convent Below the church, embosomed in trees, stands the modest residence of the archbishop, a low, square-roofed house, yet comfortable in its appointments. St. Boniface college is behind. The buildings are construct ed of the cream-colored stone found near by, and which is used so extensive ly in Winnipeg. The church is of mod ern build, erected in 1860, to succeed the original church then burnt It has a famous chime of bells, first sent out from London to the old church, destroy ed when the church was burnt the fragments collected aud sent back to London for recasting, again sent out, and, after meeting various mishaps, finally safely brought overland by ox teams from St Paul, on the Mississippi river. They are known here as "the traveling bells of St Boniface." But the most interesting part of the place is the grave of Riel in the churchward. It is a flat grave inclosed by a plain wood en fence, with a cross, also of wood, stuck in the ground and bearing the words "Louis David Riel," without other mark. His widow who recently died, is interred alongside without an mark, and, in fact, the graves show no evi dence of any care being taken of them. The death of Riel by the extreme pen alty of the iaw, while still a cause of great irritation among the French of Lower Canada, has probably cuded all prospect of French half-breed domina tion in any part of the northwest where tho English rule, mainly through the instrumentality of the Canadian Pacific railway, has now established its su preme authority. Winnipeg Cor. Lon don Times. What Western Women Read. Women arc becoming greater read ers, if 1 may judge by the eagerness with which they call for the latest books. But they crave novels, and the cheap novels, loo. These "libraries" in paper covers are preferable to the ordi nary woman reader for a very simple reason they can bend the backs, roll them up so as to carry them convenient ly iu their hand-satchels and throw them away when finished. I dare say the house "of nearly every woman in good circumstances in the city has more or less of this paper cover literature in it thrown aside like the daily papers after it has been read. I once made an experiment with these hooks. I bought two sets, one in paper rovers, the other in stiff covers, and when I would offer the latter to the lady she would want to know if I had the same book in "libra ry." "It's not as easy lo read a stiff back book," she would generally say. A Bookseller in the (Jlobe-DcmocraL An Actor's Pet. The Wallack family owns a dog of such extraordinary sizJthat people stoo and look after it when it moves majes itcally along the street For a long while young Mr. Arthur Wallack was seen accompanying the dog, but recent ly an attachment sprain: up between his father, Lester Wallack, and th monstrous pet, which nothing apparent ly can sunder. The animal is as near a horse in size as any dog 1 ever saw. I should judge, from looking at it that it is a cros3 between a St Bernard and an English mastiff. It is good-natured, as most big dogs are, and it follows the old comedian about with an air of abso lute devotion. Mr. Wallack, though a man of considerable size, weighs less and looks smaller than the dog. Brooklyn Eagle. A Paterson justice, after repeating the formula, of au oath to a youtir woman, ended as usual by saying: "Kiss the book." "1 will not,"" was the unex pected reply. "The last witness that was sworn was chewing tobacco, aud the one before him had fever blisters ou bis lips." She was permitted to affirm. D W Mor ic, wholt'saio r.i.tl rotmi 'lsirt, 139 C'!!ru"i-ti S , En-m-i. Ks-i.. Ja-i '0 1SSZ. Tofiivv bkk! '.iv & Co., Das Moines. Iowa: G Mlemen In sending to you the enclosed order for a gross of your Cough Remedy, allow mo to say that without any exception it is the best selling goods now in the market. I lave sold a great amount ot it during he past year -to the citizens of thi place, and hive the first complaint o bear. It lit Ihe best article to use or croup I ever sold, being pleasant !o late.'wbieh U' an Hn.portant fea ture where children have to" take medicine. SWd by Dowty & Ileit-k-em per. A firr ono night last week at Ta) lor, Nek, bornod the general meichandHe store of George C. Drew. The loss of goods was $300 and a very email portion of them aved. The building tn worth $600 The fire oigi alfd in a detective flue, and started between the ceiling and the root Des'l Kxperimeat You cm D'H t.floid to waete" time experimenting when yourltingh are in danger. Consumption always -eeins, at first, only a cold. Do not let any denier impose upon you with some cheap imitation ot Dr. King's New Discovery inr Consumption, Coughs and Colds, but bo sore you get the genuine. B' cause be can make more profit: he may tell -u he has sotnethii-g just hs good, ot just the samo. Don't be deceived but insist on getting Dr. KinjrV New Discovery, v.hich guaranteed to give relief in all Tbroa', Lung and Chest afJec:ion-. Trial bottle free a Dowt & fleiikrmrjerVfdrng store. Rumoh If-cm nut st London tha the army reset vrs of the fiivt class urr ab ut to bercallt'd out. Drn'.Ii Pniale. A Plii'adf'phii d-ictor, after yeata of ci refill 'observation, sajs that our demise is as painless at our advent o the world. This h certainly ro "iiriugcyet notwithstanding these great inducements, we still do not otirt de-iih. atiilhall continue to up Dr. Piotce's infallible reme.lv, the "Golden Mcd'c' D'scovery," fo coimuniption, spitting o.' blood, shortneaa t,f breath, weak lungs, connha, brot cUUU, and kindred a feclions of the thrott and chest. I is unequaled. By druggists. President Cleveland has approv ed ah act providing for a school of instruction for cavalry and light ar tillery ; for construction of quarters, barracks and stables at ceitain army posts. The HomelleMt Ulna ia Colam bax, As well as the handsomest, and others are invited to call on Dr. A. Ileintz and cetVee a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Luns, a remedy that is selling entirely upon its merits and is guaranteed to cure and relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs, Astbma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 50 cents and $1. Dec22-8 Francis B. Stockkridge ha? been returned from Michigan as their United States Senator. Itch, Prairie Mange, and Scratche of every kind cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Use no other. This never fails. Sold by 0. B. Stillman, druggist Columbus. Geo. Gkav has been re-elected United States Senator from Dela ware. Xavcd Ills Life. Mr. D. I. Wilcoxaou, of Horse Cave, Ky., says he was, for many years, badly afflicted with Phthisic, also Diabetes; the pains were almost unendurable and would sometimes almost throw him into convulsions. He tried Electric Bitters and got re lief from first bottle and after tak ing hx bottles, was entirely cured, and he gained in flesh eighteen pounds. Says he positively believes he would have died, had it not been for Ihe relief afforded by Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Dowty & Heitkemper. The chip f clerk of the Paris post office is charged wilh stealing $40, 000 in postal money orders and fled. A Peor. WeaW MUter, who is suffering from aflments pecu liar to her sex, dreading to go to a physician, but kuowing she needs medical help, will find, in Dr. Pierce's 'Favorite Prescription," a prepara tion which will give her strength and new life through the restoration of all her organs to their natural and healthy action. It is the result of many years of study and practice by a thoroughly scientific physician, who has made these troubles a specialty. To be had of all druggists. Senator Manderson has intro duced a bill giving the army officers who have bad no leave of absence for a period of five years, five months leave without deduction of pay. SMe Feellitli People Allow a cough to rjin until it ;ets beyond the reach of medicine. Thoy often t-:iy. Oh. it will we:ir away, but in most cases it wears them awn'. Could they he in duced to try the Miceeeslul medicine called Kemp's !tal.ain, which we sell on a positive guarantee to cure, they would immediately see the excellent effect after talins the first dose. Price 30c and ?1.00. Trial size free. Dr. A. Heintz. Tty.v Hansom L Reddingfield and a Mien Riberts, eloped the other dav. He was a prominent Baptist minister of Green Forest, Carroll C., Ark., and had a wife and family there. The night of her elopement Mies Roberts took from her father's pile $1,000. Til 32 SA50 SE1T ill OF THE Chicago, li aokee eafl SLPanl Riway. THE BEST ROUTE From OMAHA and COUNCIL BLUFFS TO THE BAST. Tts TrxhJ S12I7 tttvtea Cai&i, C:?s:il Bh2i, Chicago, and Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Dubuque, Davenport, Rock Island, Freeport, Rockford, Elgin, Madison, Janesvilie, Beloit, Winona, La Crosse. And all other Important Points K:ist, Northeast and Southoast. Fcr tbrouuh tickets call on the Ticket Agent at Columbus, Nebraska. 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Grand outfit free. Address TRUE Jfc CO., Augusta, 3Iaine. Dec-2"i-'Ji BuitbiaWaiQMaksr Cheapest Eating on Earthr A9KY01TR GBOCER FOB THETf. MU vnitrcv IMPORTi TO ALL, Farmers Gardeners Dairymen Florists Stock-raisers Wool-growers Butter-makers Poultrymen Fruitgrowers Bee-keepers AND ALL Eous8KGepera la Village, City, and Country! f Special Opportunity tm Secure at Very JLittte Csst, Information that will often re turn Vou Hundreds of Dollars! Read the following : ORANGE JU5,the Editorand build er up of what was formerly the most valua ble and widely circulated Rural and Family ournal in this country, ia now Editing-, and with his SONS publishing the Weekly PRAIRIE FARMER at Chicago. Under the New Management, this old Journal (established in 1811), hivJ be come one of the most Valuable Sources cf Practical, Reliable Information ia t' a I'liitc.l States. It is exceedingly Useful to til cry 33:tii, Wc:::mi and CiiiM in Country Villus or City for tho Tarm and all grown upon it, its Crops, it's LuvsUt, (isrden, Fruits tmd Flowers. AnnOl'SCSifi'KRSeverywhero. will i:ud in the l'n:..e I'.irmcr moot Valu ible. ri-;;:I la' .:i:'.:ioa about every kind of Household W one and Cure. This is pre 'pared and edited 5y intelligent Womeir wln w :i:ea.ui t.iik uLout what they them selves DO. and is not a "cissor and paste" assortment of things that merely read wlL A Ilroutiful, Illustrated Journal coming liveiy VW.v!c i-J the Vrrfia Farmer. It ha3 tea folded i:s Circulation under the new Management, -:!-l deserves a jirst placo in Every IIo-jm. c.id will pay at any Cost. 1! Tri:li:ig Cost. rT War Readers can now have Prairie Furtiur in connection with our Journal at Very .Suuui Co-4. The price until recently was i-2 a year, and cheap at that, but is now reduced to $1.50 a year. And Cetter Still: We have made arrange ments with tho publishers, by means of which we propose to supply tho Weekly Prairie Farmer AND THE COLUMBUS JOURNAL, 15 ith f;r o:tlv $-,.7" a year. (Tho .separate price is ytt.SO a year.) You will get from the Pruirie Farmer Multitude-; of Hint., and Suggestions, and I .-eful, lV.u f-l J.irormatiori that will be worth uiMiy Duluzs, often Hundreds of Dollars. TRY IT. BETTER .STILL. Subscribers bo "iuuin" note for 1S37 will receive all the weekly numbers of the Prairie Farmer .he rest of this Year Free of Charge. Send in your Subscription AT ONCE, and get tho benefit of these extra copies. IT WE&L PAY YOU A llir.l)KEI FOLD. 7" Specimens of Papers on Application. Cures Guaranteed! DR. WARN'B SPECIFIC No. 1. A Certain Cure for Nervous Debility, Seminal w eakness, Involuntary i.mis sions, bpermatorrhaa, and all diseases the genito-urinary organs caused by self- abuse or over indulgence. Trice, ?l 00 per box, six boxes $5.00. DR. "WARNS SPECIFIC No. 2. For Epiieptie Fits, Mental Anxiety, Loss of Memory, Softening of the liraih. and all those diseases of the brain. PrUe $1.00 per box, six boxes $5.00. DR. CTARN'S SPECIFIC No. 3. For Impotence, Sterility in either sex. Loss of Tower, premature old age, and all those diseases requiring a thorough in vigorating of the sexual organs. Trice $2.00 per box, six boxes $10.00. DR. "WARNS SPECIFIC No. 4. For Headache, Nervous Neuralgia, and all acute diseases of the nervous system. Trice f0o per box, six boxes $2.50. DR. WARNS SPECIFIC No. 5. For all diseases caused by the over-use of tobacco or liquor. This remedy is par ticularly efficacious in averting palsy and delirium tremens. Trice $1.00 per box, six boxes $.".00. We Guarantee a Cure, or agree to re fund double the money paid. Certificate in each box. This guarantee applies to each of our five Specifics. Sent by mail to any address, secure from observation, on receipt of price. Re careful to mention the number of Specific wanted. Our Specifics are only recommended for spe cific diseases. Reware of remedies war ranted to cure all these diseases with one medicine. To avoid counterfeits and al ways secure tue genuine, order only from DOWTY A; CHIiW, mi u a gists, TJ-l Columbia, Neb. Health is Wealth L Dk li C. West's Nerte akd Dbact Tetat 8TENT, a unnninteod specific for Hysteria. Dizzi ness, Convulsions, i'lta. Nerron Neuralgia. Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by tho uw of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness. Mental Do pressiou. Softening of tho Brain resulting in in sanity and lendinir to misery, decay and death. Premature Old Afi Barrenness. Loes of power in either box. Involuntary Losses andBpermat orrhcta caused byover-oxortion of tho brain, self -abase or over-indulgonce. Lach box contains ono month's treatment. $lXOa box,or six boxes for$5JJU.eentbyma:l prepaidou receipt of prico. 1VE OH AKAXTEE SIX. BOXES Tocuroanycaao. With each order received byna (or six boxes, accompanied with $5.00, wo will Bend tho purchaser our written guarantee tow fund tho money if tho treatment doescotenect ftcuro. Guarantees issued only by JOHN O. "WEST & CO., 862 W. MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILLS., Solo Prop's West's Iivec Pills. SS SC E ,-. Hrf 3 5.32SC5 B r? sra r?532 CO t-fg2H 0sa o5.g 3 ' Tl P O Q a O OS S5QO REWARD! WkwUliTthai!xTrmril for tar ' UtCmptlrf Pjipria. Sick UMduba.Iuligwtioa, Cou&palioa or Cntima onset cut with Wlt Vrftuel LjTrKU,ba ti dm UauiraitrlctlycomBltodwaa. Tht7ptlyt(ttsbl.i mnrnba to glT mliftftlon. gcirCotUd. Urn tain, twi UlBlBc30pillt,ltnata. Vtr aU by til dnogfcu. BmroJ toaatorftlU and tailtiUnnt. Th mains BtttunKtarad mlf M JOHNC.WSST CO..BI 13 W. Mtfco St., CnMgl &Mtf1lrtM. l.lltt.mllpyUn.. lf.--. -mflfff is- a of ' .1 n. a IA
