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My Valentine.
What would I have thoe. other then thou art,
TO win uiy whole soul's love and bless my
days?
What other eyes could I ao fitly praise?
Blue as blue flowers now dim with tears that
start
For gentle pity from thy gentle heart.
Then glad with smiles, as when a master
On answering chords, or o'er the wind-harp
str&vs
Some wind that laughs to come, and grieves
to part.
How shall I fitly praise tby true soul's truth.
Thv scorn of what is base, thy lore or good.
Thy wit and wisdom that with grace com-
The glow and courage of thy fearless youth.
Thy strength and nobleness of womanhood
The blessed whole of my dear Valentine?
Louise Chandler Moulton.
Intuition.
We sat. It is true, Tory clo6e on the sofa.
My arm? Well. forgive me. my memory a
But I'veriiy think thut her waist was encir-
By something beside what she usually wore.
She said: "I've been reading about intuition.
And Jack, is intuitive knowledge eorrectr
I confessed that I thought so and with her
perinlislon. ....
I would much like to prove it she did not
object.
I said: "Xow your lips, intuition has told me
Were bweet as new wine, all of which 1 be-
And 1 hastily proved to iny own satisfaction
That thl intuition was laultless Indeed.
Providence Journal.
IIE LOVES HEU STILL.
Ailin, that will do for this morn
ing. I am not able to attend as I
should. Come here, my child."
It was a low dark room in one of the
tenements with which the street was
crowded, and upon a narrow bed lay
an old man. His eyes were listlessly
closed, and his lonjf white hair was
flung carelessly back from his high
pale forehead.
As Ailia approached, with her dear
violin "rapped tightly in both her small
hands, hi eyes opened, and one could
not help but notice the lire of genius
which shone in their -dark luminous
depths.
No one could render that better
than you have, little one," he said
fontlh as he Mroked lovingly back the
long dark curls.
"I :im glad you were pb-a'd. grand
father." 3ie said simply. They were
Italians, the old man and his grand
child. That they bad not always been poor,
was whispcivd around among the few
who had become acquainted with Sig
nor Paulo, as he wa called. Some
said he was a miser and hoarded gold
for the chibl. whose playing, though
she wa- so young, was marvelous.
But these surmise did not trouble the
old man a he went out and came in
among them.
There w as really no mtery v hat
ever about his frequent departures, for
Signor Paulo was a music-teacher,
and. though not well paid, he had a
Hinall class of scholars. Since he had
left his native land he. had never been
successful, hut at last good fortune
seemed to be coming to him.
A wealthy Italian lady became in
terested in him, and learning, that he
was of her own country, she engaged
him to take charge of her musical
soirees.
"Little Ailia. you shall have a new
dress ami that lino book of Handel you
have wanted so long." he said glee
fully to his granddaughter. But the
next day he was stricken down by a
fever.
Tor four weeks he had lain on his
sick bed. old and poor, and all alone,
save for the company of Ailia.
What was to be done?
Though till a mere child only thir
teen Ailia had a noman's mind. All
unconsciously the thoughts and feel
ings which prompted the masterly
strains of the composers she so loved
had woven themselves into every libra
of her own heart.
Kept as she had been, from early
childhood, from aught that might be
hurtful to Iter swvet innocence, Ailia
whs still as trustful and uufearing of
harm as an infant.
So when the pressing thought came,
what should be done to obtain daily
food for her sick grandfather and her
self, she remembered with a glad
thrill his words in praise of her play
ing. That afternoon, while the old man
slept, a little figure, wrapped iu a long
searlet mantle, glided down the steep
fctairs.
It was a bright sunny afternoon,
and Ailia made her way to a fashion
able street, aud before a stately brown
stone mansion she paused.
Glancing upward, she saw in a lace
draped window some ladies and a
gentleman.
They were not noticing her. Care
fully taking the violin from its case,
she laid her cheek softly down, aud
with trembling fingers drew the bow
across the vibrating strings.
The group above suddenly separated,
and the window gently opened.
"Why, mamma," exclaimed a young
voice, "it's only a poor little girl, and
she's playing that air of Cherubim's
I've been trying to learn for a
month!"
Hush, Mattic!" said another voice.
"Don't talk amid such music."
Ailia finished, and, lifting her dark
eyes towanls the window, she waited.
"By Jove! mother, there's genius in
that child's playing; and what a little
beauty she is. Let's call her in."
Before his mother, a true type of a
dignified aristocratic English matron,
could speak, her impulsive son had left
the room, and soon returned, leading
by the hand the little musician.
Then Ailia played as she had never
played before. Something told her
that that moment was the
point of her destinv.
turning-
The tiny child-hands, as they wield
ed the bow. seemed to her hearers as if
instinct with power to command the
lurking music in the strings to dis
close herself.
Before she left the Montrose man
sion that afternoon, Ailia had told, iu
artless words, her history; and Mrs.
Montrose, -won, for the time, quite out
of her usual impassiveness, had urged
her to play at her weekly parties dur
ing the whole of the coming season.
Little Ailia easily pacified her grand
father when he reproved her for what
she had done, when she told him of her
good fortune.
From beguiling the hours for the
fashionable throng which assembled in
the Montrose drawing-rooms, Ailia
was finally engaged to teach music to
tne young daughter of the house.
A great affection sprang up between
the two girls, both of the same age,
though in such different stations.
Ailia and her grandfather did not
live in the crowded tenement any
longer, but had pleasant rooms in a
quiet street.
Old Signor Paulo never recovered
enough to leave his bed: but as he felt
the pangs of approaching dissolution
he did not feel the depth of anguish at
leaving Ailia that he must have suffer
ed if she had not proved herself so well
able to care for her own future.
At first his grandchild sorrowed
bitterly: but as time went on she felt
that it was better as it was. and that
not for worlds would she, if she could,
recall her dear grandfather back to his
try coach of pain.
Four years had passed; and from a
slight child Ailia had developed rapid
ly into the rounded curves of woman
hood. She was beautiful, with the
dark clear skin of .her Italian parent
age, and the masses of raven-black
hair which waved back from a low
broad forehead. Her great, lustrous,
almond-lidded eycs had in them a
strange charm, and few could look into
their depths without a longing to
read yet more plainly their inmost
thoughts.
At least so felt Percy Montrose. Re
served to others, to him Ailia was par
ticularly cold aud shy, notwithstand
ing she" recognized his manly, frank
nature, and knew well that to none
other did her soul go out as it did to
the handsome impulsive -oung man,
the son of her patroness; but she knew
the pride of birth and family which
filled his mother's heart, and so she
resolutely hid her love.
At last the end came. It was morn
ing, and Ailia had been playing.
Wrapt in thoughts which were
sweet, yet sad as the strain whose
cadence" yet lingered upon the air,
Percy found her.
It "was an unguarded moment. She
could hide her heart no longer.
And when he had once won from
her the assurance of her love, her pas
sionate Italian nature asserted itself,
and as her lover clasped his arms
around her, with a burst of tears, and
an inarticulate expression of tender
ness, she laid her head against his
heart, and then, and not till then, did
Percy feel sure of the prize he had
coveted so earnestly.
But Ailia was not suffered to live
long in her dream of bliss. The proud
lady who had constituted herself her
patroness took matters into her own
hands. What she said Ailia knew not
AH unheeded, the storm of anger
passed over her head, until a sentence,
bitterly expressed and scornfully spok
en, arrested her attention.
"Like a thief you stole into my
house wound your toils around my
boy; he sees it. too. since I have open
ed his eyes. He himself sent me here
to demand his release from this foolish
engagement."
With bateil breath Ailia waited un
til she had finished, ami then, rising,
she drew her superb form to its full
height, and met the angry light of the
cold English blue eye- with the Italian
dusk of her own.
"Your son wi-hes to be released
from his troth? Is what you have just
said true?"
"Most certainly. I am sure you
need not be surprised, Miss Paulo,
when you think of the great disparity
there is between vour stations in so
ciety." It was over. Ailia had given back
the ring, the symbol of their attach
meat, to Mrs. Montrose.
Alone in her room she battled with
her heart with its intense longing to
see Percy once more, and hear from
his own lips that what his mother had
said was uutrue.
But to her spirit falsehood was un
suspected as it was unknown, and she
felt that she must never look upon his
face again.
For a long time it was a source ol
wonder as to where the talented, beau
tiful young music-teacher had vanish
ed, so suddenly had she gone.
A few years passed. Mrs. Montrose
and her son and daughter were travel
ing abroad. Anxiety for Percy had
engraved deep wrinkles upon hi?
mother's once smooth brow.
He was not the merry impulsive Percy
of old: his face was grave and pale,
and his friends, as they passed him,
shook their heads.
Long ago, Mrs. Montrose had re
pented of what she hail done of the
cruel falsehood which had wrecked
her sou's happiness, aud driven the
orphan-girl away from her home. But
uo trace of Ailia had she ever found,
and she feared to disclose her treachery
to the sou she idolized.
While in Koine, cants came to theit
hotel, inviting them to a grand fete,
which was to celebrate the birthday
of the heiress of a noble family.
All there was in that ancient city ol
rank and loveliness were gathered to
gether iu.Signora's Lisbon's salon, and
at the end of the long room the host
ess and her daughter awaited their
guests.
The younger lady was turned slight
ly away from an approaching group,
among which Mrs. Montrose, dignified
and stately as ever iu her black velvet
ami diamonds, leaned upon her son's
arm.
'Mark, Percy." she murujurcd, "the
grace which high birth gives to its
children."
The presentation began. An usher
announced:
"Mrs. Montrose Mr. Petvy Mont
rose." The young lady turned, and there,
in that regally beautiful face, Percy
recognized his lost Ailia.
A day after, with a heavy heart,
Mrs. Montrose bent over the bed
where her son and heir raved in de
lirium. The blow she had long dread
ed had fallen: he was dangerously
ill.
It was some time before the physi
cian gave any hope, and then he said
seriously:
"Your son may recover, madame, if
he docs not have a relapse; but f can
see that his mind is troubled; it is
not bodilv weakness alone which ails
him."
In her room the haughty woman fell
upon her knees and prayed for her
son's life. Before the stern mcsscngci
who strips off all disguises, her pride
melted, and she rose with a resolution
to confess" all to her son.
With as much calm as he could con
trol Percy listened, then he turned his
face away.
He said no reproachful words, but
the look which flashed into the gloom
of his once o merry eyes warned his
mother that if she could not undo the
wrong she herself had done, hence
forth her son would be estranged from
her forever.
Mrs. Montrose sought and found
Ailia in her adopted mother's home.
Then, in trembling tones, she pleaded
with the girl she had once scorned for
forgiveness for herself and hope for
her son.
Ailia heard her to the end.
"Mrs. Montrose," she said, "when
you drove me by your cruel words out
into the cold world, I confess that a
feeling nearly akin to hate filled my
breast What might have become of
me I know not, had not God brought
me a kind friend one who had known
my grandfather in his native land.
She took me, crushed and wounded as
I was, to her heart, and at last I con
quered my grief and was happy. I do
not hate you now."
"But Percy im poor boy what
message shall 1 take to him?"
'Of him I do not care to speak,"
coldly replied Ailia.
"But, Ailia. listen. I have not
told you all. When I took back to
Percy the ring, I made him think that
you 3'oursclf had broken the engage
ment; tliat you had been mistaken, and
the feeling vou had for him was not
love."
"You told him that? He believed
that 1 did not love, him! Then that it
was why he let me go as I thought
so willingly, and never sought me!"
A vivid red glowed through the clear
pallor of Ailia's face, and her glorious
eyes lit up with- a radiant light.
"Take me to him," she said. "I
will give him my own message.''
"Will she come, mother?"
The room was only faintly lighted;
tiie attendants moved noiselessly, for
though he realized it not himself, Per
cy seemed very near the invisible line
which lies between thi world aud the
shadow-land beyond.
There was uo reply.
He looked up. In the place of the
stately groy-haired lady he expected to
see, a beautiful dark face bent uvvr his
couch. Soft lips met his.
"Do
Ailia.
Mrs.
not speak, darling. It is I,
I know all."
Montrose i a wiser woman.
She realizes the truth of the saying,
"True love cannot be bound bv
chains."
Percy and Ailia are married, and
through her wealth and high station
Ailia is enabled to help the votaries of
the divine art she loves so well, and
who, like herself once, are poor and
needy.
' Iu its silver-clasped, velvet-lined
case is a violin.
Little fingers are sometimes allowed
to gentlv touch the strings, and babv
eyes which resist nurse's blandish
ments to their utmost ne'er close so
quickly as when mamma lays her soft
cheek on its polished surface, and
weaves, delicious melodies for little
Percy's especial benefit
Mental Hash.
Cato once said: "I cannot live with
a man whose palate has quicker sensa
tions than his heart." Well, I know a
good many women who have such
even for husbands if their own words
are true. I have heanl them say:
"When I want a special favor from Mr.
Blank I always get him up a good din
ner before preferring my request" A
good dinner docs exert a benign influ
ence over many of the best of men, but
I always feel rather sorry for the wives
who have to appeal to a man's stomach
before his heart can be reached. I
feel sorry too for the husbands whose
wires give them their sweetest words
and smiles in exchange for bonnets or
gloves or dresses or anything else cal
culated to gratify feminine vanity.
Sincere affection docs not depend upon
good dinner or fashionable apparel
for its existence. Heaven help the
household having no better foundation
than this for its family affection.
Now about this matter of dress. I
hate a dandy or a fop, but if ever there
was a man who liked well laundried
linen, neat ties, gloves and good
Clothes generally, that man is Mr.
Zenas Dane, and nothing affords one
greater satisfaction than to see Mrs.
Dane arrayed in a haudsome black silk
with bonnet, gloves, ribbons and wraps
of corresponding beauty and elegance.
A man who don't like to' see his wife
well dressed has no business to marry,
and the man who is miserable unless
he and his wife can keep up with the
fashions has less business to marry.
Mrs. Dane's best black silk has been
turned twice now and its day of beauty
and elegance is past I haven't had a
new overcoat for five winters and on
two occasions I have had to substitute
ready-made, "store clothes" for the
neat tailor-made suits I like so well.
This sad condition of the family ward
robe results from a fixed resolve we
have made to always dress within
means and not to wear clothes for
which we cannot pay. Here, too, we
started out in our journey of life to
gether fully resolved to have a house
of our own as soon as we could. We
have had babies and doctors' bills and
all that, but we haven't gone in debt
and we've worn our old "duds" very
cheerfully and bravely, and we are a
very happy pairof young people. This
insane desire to out-do all their friends
in the matter of dress has been the
ruination of many a young couple. An
inordinate love of dress makes sad
havoc with a poor man's purse and
his happiness too.
I have had to lay down my pen and
hold the baby while Mrs. Dane got the
youngster's bottle ready for him.
These bottle-babies are considerable of
a nuisance sometimes, but any baby,
if it be sound mentally and physically,
is a God given blessing to its parents.
They should accept it as a Heaven sent
gift and trust and do a noble work for
the Lord and for mankind in general
by rearing the child to a good aud use
ful and Christian manhood or woman
hood. I am not above helping my
wife take care of our babies. I do all
the getting up at night myself. Most
men ought to take this pleasing little
duty upon themselves, they are better
able to do it than nine out of ten
wives.
I know a man who boasts that he
never got up a night in his life for one
of his six children. His wife, a pale,
worn-out little slip of a creature looks
as though she hadn't had a whole
night's rest since the first child as
born I doubt if she has. This man
says he goes off aud sleeps in a room
by himself when the "young ones" are
troublesome. Women with similar
husbands have my sympathy.
It wBuld, I think, add in no small
degree to the "higher life" of every
household if the doors were securely
barred against all forms of gossip and
gossipcrs. The neighborhood gossip
is a dangerous person, underneath her
sweetest words is that under current of
malice and venom and falsehood that
makes her a woman-' to be dreaded.
Her influence over children and young
people is often more, harmful than
most people suppose. Gossip is bad
food for children; I sometimes think
that there should be legislation against
these mischief makers.
I don't dread -the long winter even
ings iu the least, the depressing influ
ence of their darkness and coldness
nover enters into our house. No sea
son of the year gives one such oppor
tunities for mental improvement and
.happiness at home. I think, however,
that many families live too much to
themselves in the winter time. They
do not go to any place and no one is
asked to come and see them. Go out
and spend an evening occasionally
with some of your neighbors, and let
it be known that your latch string is
always hanging out for them; invite a
dozen or more of them in some even
ing and have a "sociable sort of a
time." Some simple refreshment will
cost little time or money. Little in
formal gatherings like these do much
toward creating good feeling and har
mony in a neighborhood; and both
our babies are crying now, 1 must at
tend to one of them myself. Zenas
Dane, in Good Housekeeping.
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LITTLE PA3TPY.
Soathera Story of I4fc ia the Yicksharg
Trrnrhes.
Little Dandy" the 1oys called him.
He joined our company in Vicksburg
just before the siege, and none of us
felt enough interest in him to make any
inquiries. Hit extreme youth (he wu
about 16) would have excite, our sym
pathy under other circumstances, "but
the war-worn veterans in the trenches
had no use for the curled darlings of
the parlor, and Little Dandy's appear
ance was against him. The lad wore
the gray uniform of a private, but it
was of the very finest material finer
than anything worn by our Generals.
Hi9 buttons had an unsoldierly glitter.
He sported white handkerchiefs, carried
a pocket-mirror, and every morning he
combed and curled his golden locks un
til they looked like a girl's tresses.
"Hello, Little Dandy!" yelled the sol
diers, whenever the young fellow pass
ed them. To this rough salutation he
always responded with a bow and a
smile, but his soft ways did not win
favor. When we met in town we pass
ed him by without notice, and in camp
we let him alone. Little Dandy was
proud after a fashion too proud to no
tice the slights heaped upon him. He
went through the routine duties with
out complaint, but nothing could induce
him to abandon his pocket mirror and
his fancy toilets.
The siege was well under way and
we were no better acquainted with Lit
tle Dandy than at first. He shared our
meals of moldy corn bread and mule
meat without a murmur, and it must
tie admitted that this raised him some
what in our estimation. But we still
had to learn what a true heart beat be
hind those glittering buttons. An an
gle of the enemy's works was danger
ously close to our iutrenchments and
we had to keep our heads well shelter
ed. When we raised a hat on the muz
zle of a musket it was invariably rid
dled with bullets. One morning we
lound our men being picked ofl by an
unseen sharpshooter at the rate of five
or six an hour. This astonished us, be
cause we were all keeping under cover,
and the men who were killed all occu
pied well protected positions.
Where was the sharpshooter? Thi?
was the question uppermost in every
mind. We were not long in satisfying
ourselves on this point. Just outside
of the angle of the Federal works stood
a giant oak, whose leafy top afforded
an admirable covert for an active rifle
man. A vigilant scrutiny convinced
us that the man who was doing such
deadly work-in our ranks was conceal
ed in this tree. To reach it he must
have made his way there during the
night, and ha would have to remain
there all day. But we could not stand
it even one day. His aim was so un
erring that. every time his rifle cracked
a Confederate bit the dust. We tried a
rattling discharge of musketry, but a
moment later the report of the riflf
rang out, and another of our comrade.
fell.
It was evident that, from our position,
it was almost impossible to hit the Fed
eral rifleman. If we succeeded in
bringing him down it would be by some
lucky random shot. Poisibly a man
outside the works would lie able tr
draw a bead" ou our warv foeman, but
he would be under the guns of the ene
my and there would be a thousand
chances against him.
I'll kill him or die!" cYied a hril
voice.
-Good God! it's Little Dandy!" shout
ed a dozen men.
At the risk of our lives we peeped
over our breastworks. Little Daudv
had already made his wa' to the opet
space between the works and was edg
ing around on the right of the tree.
The Federals saw what he was up tc
m1 ti-Ml n l.rtuili.tu Wli.n flu ;mflr
cleared away and they saw the boy
with a flushed face and streaming hair
aiming his guu at the top of the old oak
there was a tremendous cheer. It roll
ed along both lines the hoarse Federal
shout mingling with the wild "Rebel
yell."
Bang! A man in blue came tumb
ling and crashing through the branches
of the tree and struck the earth with a
dull thud. It was the sharpshooter.
Another cheer rent the air, but this
time it was from the Confederates alone.
A sheet of flame blazed along the Fed
eral works, but when the smoke lifted
we saw Little Dandy coming full tilt in
our direction with a smile on his face.
"Three cheers for Little Dandy!"
leaped from hundreds of throats as the
boy vaulted over the breastworks, and
we rushed down upon him to hug him,
in our frenzy of admiration and joy.
But Little Dandy sunk down upon a
heap of loose dirt, aud then we saw the
crimson stains upon his breast.
"I kept mv promise," he panted.
And then, as our Colonel took his hand,
the little chap looked up into his face
and said:
"I'm afraid I've made a poor soldier.
Sometimes I've bothered you I know.
Please remember that I was not very
strong, and and I did the best that I
could."
His head fell over. Poor Little Dan
dy was dead! Atlanta Constitution.
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MISSING LINKS.
Sage Hen is the name of a town re
cently founded in Oregon.
Baker County, Oregon, is larger than
any New England state.
President Washington made a point
of dining on codfish every Sat unlay.
It is estimated that over oOO.OOO al
ligators are killed annually lor their
skins.
New railroads to the length of 7,000
miles were built in the United States
during the past year.
London is full of unknown Ameri
cans seeking to float bogus land and
other wildcat companies.
Mines can now lie lighted by elec
tricity at one half the cost of lighting
them by oil and candles.
A Fargo minister has a son who was
born Jury 4, 1885, and a daughter who
was born Christmas Day, 1886.
The water-works now being erected
in Helena, Montana, will cost the tax
payers $500,000 before finished.
The cost of postage stamps to the
government, covering everything, in
cluding delivery, is $6 99 per thousand.
Oranges were raised this season at
Sage hill, Cal., where the elevation is
at least three thousand feet above the
sea.
It is reported that last year more
than 100,000 emigrants went to the
Argentine Republic, most of them from
Italy.
Japanese orange trees are being in
troduced into California. They will
give a new and excellent vanetv of
fruit.
Oscar Wilde has grown quite obese,
and some of his friends fear that he is
suffering from fatty degeneration of
the intellect
Brain is the name of a new Kentucky
editor. He can scarcely be said, how
ever, to fill the long felt want, as he
can only edit one paper.
John Gomez, a Portuguese, has lived
over fifty years among the 10,000 islands
off the coast of Florida. He is one
hundred and one years old.
A London tailor has invented a dress
coat and waistcoat combined, by which
means the coat is kept in place much
better than when separate.
It is estimated that at least 25,000,
000 false teeth are manufactured an
nually. Of this amount Londo. alone
manufactures 10.000,000.
The name of a Connecticut Salvation
ist is "Little Johnny Bull, the devil
killer, man-slayer, devil-hater, and son
of a king, fivshfrom the old country."
An oyster growing out of the mouth
of a small ink bottle was a curious for
mation caught on the Virginia coast
The oyster had grown to twice the size
of the ink bottle.
Large numbers of persimmon logs
are being shipjieit to the north from
Norfolk, Va.. to be manufactured injo
shoe lasts, for which they are said to
be particularly adapted.
During the past year twenty-five
thousand articles have accumulated in
the dead-letter ollice. The sale includ
ed all sorts of necessaries and luxuries,
from Easter eggs to seersucker suits.
The late Truman M. Post of St.
Louis, the pioneer of Congregational
ism in the West, learned Latin from a
grammar fastened to the handle of his
plow when a farm-boy iu Vermont
On one street iu Bluehill, Me., less
than half a mile long, live fifteen wid
ows. There is only one house on the
street in which there is not a widow,
aud that is occupied by two maiden
ladies.
The slaughter of lobsters at PriiiCe
Edward island is something astounding.
There were exported the past season
91.000 cases, mostlv to Europe, whieh
involved the killing of 85,000,000 lob
sters.
A Brooklyn house-owner has recent
ly been compelled by a Brooklyn court
to pay $1,500 damages to a woman
who broke one of her legs in falling
down a flight of stairs in a house own
ed by him.
A lawyer's clerical error in the trans
fer of a certain piece of property in
Kansas City, which in 1844 was sold
for $850, has led to a lawsuit over the
possession of the land, which is now
valued at $200,000.
One of the banks at Atlanta, Ga.,
which loaned nearly a million dollars
last year lost only about $600 of that
amount, a strong proof that the people
in that section of the country are pret
ty good debt-payers.
An eastern zoologist recently paid
$500 for four crowned pigeons. They
are of a delicate steel-blue color, are
almost as large as turkeys, and the
crest is composed of a row of feathers
standing upright.
The Plonk family, in Lincolnton, N.
C, is long-lived. Joseph is now ninety
eight years old : his sister, Mrs.Tet.lt
row, is one hundred years, and Mrs.
Weaver, another sister, is one hundred
and two years of age.
The Duke of Devonshire, the Duke
of Westminster and the Duke of Bed
ford have incomes ranging from $1,
500,000 to $2,500,000 a year. No one
thinks of trying to estimate their pos
sessions in any other way.
A huge iron reservoir is being built
at a remote spot in the outer harbor of
Amsterdam for the storage of petrole
um. It will be uearlv thirtv-thrce feet
in diameter aiI of the same depth, and
is calculated to hold 1,740,000 gallons.
A man in Lancaster count-, Pennsyl
vania, tired from his wagon into a Hock
of birds while driving home one after
noon recently, and ever since his horse
has been deaf from the effects of the
shock given him by the report of the
gun.
A new style of paving-block, for
whieh is claimed some special advan
tages, is composed of a hollow iron
shell filled with any desired concrete,
the shell being arched underneath, and
for street paving are some fonr inches
wide aud from ten to twelve long.
General Roger A. Pryor went to New
York soon after the Avar without a dol
lar, and with no introduction save his
reputation as a soldier in the lost cause.
He acquired almost immediately a good
practice, which has steadily grown, un
til it now brings him $20,00o a year.
An "impressionist" sent iu a "suu
set" picture to the Royal academy. He
carefully marked on the back of the
frame which was the right side up; but
he added iu a polite note: "Should
my work be placed upon your walls up
side down, please catalogue it as a sun
rise. Some idea of the wonderful progress
now being made in microscopical
science may be formed by the fact, as
stated by the president of the British
Association latelv, that results are now
attained in this line which mathematic
ians live vears ago declared to be im
possible. There is a family in Polk County,
Georgia, whose children possess names
that are, to say the least, rather origi
nal. They answer to the followiug
cognomens: Mollie Necklane, Qnincy
Aun, Sis Tommie, Happy Josie, Nestor
Chestor, and I Wonder. It is said that
the happy mother takes pride in call
ing each child by its full name.
Mrs. Whitney's brother is a quinto
milliouaire, but is not at all spoiled by
it, people say. He is in his fiftieth
year, has pleasant manners, aud the
one thing iu life he is inordinately vain
of is not his money, not his success,
not his $1,000,000 house, not his palace
car and his pictures, but his sister,
the wife of the Secretary of the Navy.
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Her Fad Was Attending Funerals.
A remarkable woman of 70 was Mrs.
Margaret Ashton, of Montrose, N. Y.,
says too Waterbury American. Her fad
was attending funerals, and she had
been to six hundred in her life, having
been present at the burial of every per
son but three that died in that part of
her own and adjoining counties during
the past forty years. She appropriately
dropped dead the other day as the body
of a neighbor was being lowered into
the crave. Besides beintr present at so
many local funerals, she had been
among the spectators at the obsequies
of all the noted people of this country
who have died in the past half century,
including Daniel Webster, Abraham
Lincoln, Horace Greeley. Gen. Grant,
President Garfield, and Stephen A.
Douglas. She was prevented from be
ing present at President Arthur's fun
eral by the death of a relative, who was
buried on the same day. Superstitious
people may attribute " her unpleasant
taking ott and its cause to the fact that
she bad thirteen children, of whom one
survives her.
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The monument to John B. Gough in
Hope cemetery, Worcester. Mass., has
been placed in position on the family
lot It is a piaiu but tastolul and sub
stantial sarcophagus of granite. It is
about 4 feet in height, on a base about
6 3-4 x 3 1-4 feet and surmounted by a
cap about 5 3-4 x 2 1-2 feet. On the
middle of the frout of the base is the
uamo Gough" in large lettors.
The endeavor to keep the hats of the
women out of the theater during the
acts appears, on the whole, to be quite
as promising as llm endeavor to keep
the hats of the. men in the theater be
tween the acts. Proi'ulrnre Journal.
A Kansas City "man has a lemon that
weighs six pmiiuli .twelve aud one
fourth ouuee. Suuday-:ehooU desiring
to use photographs of the weed to stir
into water for picnic purposes are now
being supplied Tid-Bits.
A Novel Way or Identifying Prison
ens. There is a law in San Francisco,
aimed especially at the Chinese, requir
ing that sleeping apartments shall con
tain 500 cubic feet of pure air to each
occupant Recently, two San Francis
co police officers made raids on two
lodging-houses in the Chinese quarter,
and arrested forty-seven violators of
the law. As a matter of precaution,
so that he might be able to identify the
prisoners when they came into court,
one of the officers marked each with a
small sign written with an aniline pen
cil. When the defendants were brought
before the Judge they were represent
ed by counsel, who declared that, as a
separate complaint had been tiled
against each party accused, each would
have to be tried separately. The first
one called up was found guilty, he hav
ing been identified by the small mark
on his neck. in the language of the
day, the other defendants "got on the
mark business." and iu a few minutes
forty-six Chinamen were each observed
wetting the tip of the right index fin
ger with saliva and rubbing the spot
where the mark had been. Two more
of the defendants were called for trial,
but each had to be discharged, as the
officer was unable to find the identifica
tion mark. The cases of the others
were postponed.
The best way to keep good acts in
memory is to refresh them with new-
ones.
Danger Ahead!.
There is danger ahead for you if yon
neglect the warnings which nature is
giving you of the approach of tho fell-
destroyer consumption. Night-sweat s,
spitting of blood, loss of appetite- these
symptoms have a terrible meaning. Yon
can be cured if you do not wait until it
is too late. Dr. Pierce's "Golden Med
ical Discover-," the greatest blood
purifier known, will restore your lost
health. As a nutritive, it is far superior
to cod liver oil. All druggists.
Anxiety is easier to bear than sorrow.
A Gift for All.
In order to give all a chance to
test it, and thus be convinced of its
wonderful curative powers, Dr.
King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colde, will
be for a limited time, given away.
This offer is not only liberal, but
shows unbounded faith in the merits
of this great remedy. All who suffer
from Conghs, Colds, Consumption,
Asthma, Bronchitis, or any affection
of the Throat, Chest or Lungs, are
especially requested to call at Dowty
& Heitkemper's drag store, and get
a tzial bottle free, large bottles $1.
Talent is sometimes hid in napkins,
audacity never.
Seame Fooli!a People
Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond
the reach of medicine. They often say,
Ob, it will wear away, but in most cases
it wears them away. Could they be in
duced to try the successful medicine
culled Kemp's Balsam, which we sell on
a positive guarantee to cure, they would
immediately see the excellent effect after
taking the first dose. Price 50c and $1.00.
Trial tieefree. Dr. A. Helntz.
Good brains are often kept in a poor
looking vessel.
From the earliest historical times
down to the present, there has been
nothing discovered for bowel complaint
equal to Chamlierlain'ti Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoaa Remedy. There is no
remedy as near perfect, or one that is as
strongly endorsed by all persons who
have had occasion to use it. Sold by
Dowty & Becher.
An insect has feeling and an atom a
shadow.
Itch, Prairie Mange, and Scratches
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.
The most brilliant roses bloom among
the sharpest thorns.
Do Yon Know
that Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup will
relieve that cough almost instantly and
moke expiration easy? Acts simulta
neously on the bowels, kidney and liver,
thereby relieving the lungs of the sore
ness and pain and also stopping that
tickling sensation in the throat by
removing the cause. One trial of it
will convince any one that it has no
equal on earth for coughs and colds.
Dr. A Heintz has secured the sale of it
and will gun ran tee every bottle to give
satisfaction. 3feb23
The time to bury a hatchet is before
blood is found on it.
"I Would that I Were Dead,"
cries many a wretched housewife today,
as, weary and disheartened, she forces
herself to perform her daily task. "It
don't eoem as if I could get through the
day. This dreadful back-ache, these
frightful dragging-down sensations will
kill me! Is- there no relief?" Yes,
madam, there is, Dr. Pierce's "Favorite
Prescription" is an unfailing remedy for
the complaints to which yonr sex is
liable. It will restore yon to health
again. Try it. All druggists.
No man is born into the world whose
work is not born with him.
Purify Your Blood.
If your tongue is coated.
If your skin is yellow and dry.
If you have boils.
If you have fever.
If you are thin or nervous.
If you are bilious.
If you are constipated.
If your bones ache.
If your head aches.
If you have no appetite.
If you have no ambition, one
bottle of Beggs' Blood Purifier and
Blood Maker will relieve any and .all of
the above complaints. Sold and war
ranted by Dr. A. Heintz.
Mistakes are often bonght at a
price and sold at a email one.
big
Fifty cents is a small doctor bill, but
that is all it will cost yon to en re any
ordinary case of rheumatism if yon
takeonr advice and use Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. Everybody tbat tries it
once, continues to use it whenever they
are in need of a remedy for sprains,
painful swellings, lame back, or sore
throat. It is highly recommended by
all who have tried it. Sold by Dowty &
Becher.
Leisure is a very pleasant garment,
but a bad one for constant wear.
IMtai
a.
lei Claa.
As well as the handsomest, and others
are invited to call on Dr. A. Helntz aad
get free a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that
is selling entirely upo its merits and is
guaranteed to cure and relieve all
Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma,
Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 50
cents and 1. Dec22-8U
The statement often made in priut
that "rest makes rust" is the veriest
rot.
Reaewi Her Vesstb.
Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson,
Clay Co., (owa, tells the following
remarkable story, the truth ot which
is vouched for by the residents of the
town : "I am 73 years old, had been
troubled with kidney complaint and
lameness for many years ; could not
dress myself without help. Now I
am free from all pain and soreness
and am able to do my own house
work. 1 owe my thanks to Electric
Bitters for having renewed my youth,
and recovered completely all disease
'and pain." Try a bottle, only 50
cents, at Dowty & Heitkemper's.
It is often better to go a good ways
round than to take a short cut across
lots.
Salt Rheum or rYzemu.
Old sores and ulcers,
Seahlhead and ringworm,
Pain in the back and spine,
Swelling of tho knee joints.
Sprains and bruises.
Neuralgia and toothache,
Tender feet caused by bunions, corns
and chilblains, we warrant Bcggs Trop
ioal Oil to relieve any and all of the
nliove. Dr. A. Heintz.
If it were not for emergencies,
little progress would bo made in
world.
but
tho
BackleoN Arnicas NalTe.
The IJ:-st Salve in th world for
Cuts, Brutees, Sores, Ulcer, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Conn, aud all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. It ia guar
anteed to'ive perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
1h. For sale by Dowty & Becher.
limajsxMy
TIE LARGEST 110 FIIEST STOCK
west of Omaha, at
GREISEN BROS.
The best manufactories of the country
represented. Not to be undersold
by anybody. Come and see
prices at
GREISEN BROS.
This Is tho most PRAGTIOAI HIGH-CUT
SHOE ever Invented.
ltia very GENTEEI. aud DRESSTaad elves
the same protection S3 a boot or over-palter. It la
convenient to p at ou aud the top can b- adjusted to
fit 78aUo by eltnply moving the ImUooa.
For sale by
GREISEN BROS.
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PUBLISHERS' NOTICE.
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YOCn CHOICE OF FOUR OOOD PAPFJIS, FKEK.
SUNSHINE: Kor youth: al for tluw. of nil
jiki whose hearts are not withered, ia u hanil
bome, lur useful nnil inowt iutereatinK pair;
it i iulliMhed monthly by K. t. Allen &. Co.,
AuRnHta, Maine, at M ceutnajear; it in hand
somely illuhtmtwl.
DAUGHTEUS OF AMERICA. Lives full of
nm-fulnens an worthy of reward and imitation.
"The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world."
through jts gentle. Kidding influence. Emphat
ically a woman' jmXT in nil branches of her
work and exalted Mutton in the world. "Eter
nal fitness" is the foundation from which to
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IVM.I.
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cents per year.
THE PRACTICAL HOUSEKEEPER AND
LADIES' FIRESIDE COMPANION. This
practical, sensible Iapcr will prove a boon to all
housekeepers and ladies wiio read it. It has a
boundless field of usefulness, and its ability ap
pears equal to the occasion. It is strong and
sound in all its varied departments. Handsome
ly illustrated. Published monthly by H. Hallett
& Co.. Portland, Maine, at 50 cents per year.
FARM AND HOUSEKEEPER. Good Farm
ing, Good Housekeeping, Good (Jheer. This
handsomely illustrated paper is devoted to the
two most important and noble industries of the
world farming in all its branches housekeep
ing in every department. It is ablo and up to
the progresstvo times; it will ! found practical
and of great general usefulness. Published
monthly by George Stiuson & Co., Portland,
Maine, at o0 cents per year.
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of the above named iwpere may ! chosen, to any
one who pays for the JomtNAL for one ear in
advance. This applies to our sudscribers and all
who may wish to become subscribers.
tJTWe will send free for one year, whichever
of the above papers may be chosen, to any sub
scriber for tho Jocknat. whose subscription may
not bo jwiid up, who shall pay up to date, or b
yond date: provided, however, that snch payment
shall not be less than one jear.
a""To anyone who hands us jtayment on ac
count, for this rarer, for three jcars. we shall
send free for one jear, all of the above described
paiers; or will send one of them four years, or
two for two years, as may be preferred.
J3PThe above described papers which we
offer free with ours, are among the best and most
successful puljliHhed. Vt'e specially recommend
them to our sub-crilrs, and beliuve all will
find them of real usefulness and great interest.
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Columbup. Neb. Publiscers.
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.
This Magazine portrays Ameri
can taeaicfct and life from aceaa to
ocean, is Hied with pare hich-elaas
literature, aad can he safely wel
comed ia any family circle.
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Samplt Copy of eurrwt iiumbtr maJltd upon i
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Address:
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Mustang
Liniment
Sciatiea,
Lumbago,
Kheamatissa,
Barns,
Sealds,
Stiags,
BitM,
Bruises,
Bunions,
Corns,
Seraklua, Ceatracttd
Ipraisa. Mowlss,
Straias, rmptiaa,
Stitchts, KoefAil,
StiffJoiatt, Seiew
Backache, Woras,
Galls, Swimaey,
Sores, Saddle Gall
Sparta File.
Cracks.
THIS GOOD OLD STAND-BY
accomplishes for ererjbodr exacUy whet U clalnioJ
for It. One of the reuoas for the great popularity of
the MmUng; Liniment la found la tta wnlTereeJ
appllcabtlltr. ETerybodjr needs such a medicine.
The Laabertaaa needs It In case of accident.
The Heaeewlfe needs It for guneralfamlly ute.
The Caaaler needs It for hla teams and hU men.
The Mechanic seeds it always oa at work
beach.
The Miner need9tt In case of emergency.
The l'leneerneed It can't get along without It.
The Farmer need It In hU house, hi stable,
and his stock yard.
The Steamboat asaa or the Seaman aeede
It In liberal supply afloat and ashore.
The Herse-fancler needs It It Is hU bast
friend and safest reliance.
The Stock-grewer needs It It will ssts him
thousands of dollars and a world of trouble.
The Railroad man needs It and will need It so
long as hie life Is a round of accidents and dangers.
The Backweodemaa needs It. There Is noth
ing like It as an antidote for the dangers toUf.
limb and comfort which surround tho pioneer.
The Merchant needs It about his store among
his employees. Accidents wlU happen, and when
these come the Mustang Liniment la wanted at one.
Keep a Bottle la the Iloase. Tts the best of
economy.
Keee a Bottle la the Factory. Iu immediate
use In case of accident sares pain and loss of wages.
Kee a Bottle Alwayala the Stable far
ee whoa wasted.
FBEHONT NOBHAL SCHOOL
ASP
BUSINESS 00LLE6E.
E"x3aa.carrt rfcTeTo.
This institution prepare young people
thoroughly for TMiching, for Business Lift,, for
Admission to College, for Law or Medical
Schools, for Public Speaking, in Instrumental
and Yocnl Mnsic, in Drawing and Painting, and
in Elocution, Short-hand and Type-writing.
In the Normal Department, thorough in
struction is given in all branches required for
any certificate from Third Grado to State Pro
fessional.
The Business Course include Penm&nah:
ip.
Commercial Correspondence, Commercial Law
and Book-keeping, with the best methods of
keeping Farm, Factory, Banking &nd Mercantile
accounts. (Five premiums were awarded to
this department at the recent State Fair.)
Expensed are very low. Tuition, Room Rent
and Table Board are placed at cost, as nearly us
possible.
Spring term begins Apr il 35, 1S87. Summer
term begins July 5, ls87. For particulars ad
dress M. E. Jones.
nov3-86tf Fremont, Ntb.
LOUIS SCHREIBER,
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All kinds of Repairing done on
Short Notice. Buggies, Wag
ons, etc., made to order,
and all work tinar
ante'ed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A.
Wood Mowers. Reapers, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and 8elf-binders the
best made.
Mhop opposite the "Tattersall ," o
Olive St.. COLUMBUS, ttj-m
I R ASKS
SELECTED SHORE
TnASrCS'
lAUK THC OfttOMAL and
ONLY OIMUIH!
Tak no
HONEY!
to bo mad. Cut this out and
return to n, and we will send
you free, something of gnt
value and imnortannt r nn
that will start you in business which will brio'
juu in uiure uiiiuicj. riKui away man anytning in
the world. Anyone can do tho work and live at
home. Kither sex; all ages. Something nw,
that just coins money for all workers. w will
start you; capital not needed. This ia one of th
genuine, important chances of a lifetime. Thoa
who are ambitious and enterprising will not de
lay. Grand outfit free. Address. Tbue 4 Co..
Augusta. Maine. dec22-eSj
wom cusses fnssi
, . . . pared to fumiih
all classes with employment at home, the whole
of the time, or for their spare momenta. Busi
ness new, light and profitable. Persons of either
sex easily earn f rom SO cents to $5.00 per eveaisK
and a proportional sum by devoting all their
timn to the business. Boys and girls earn nearly
as much as men. That all who see tfais may nd
thoir address, and test the business, we make
this offer. To such as are not well satisfied we
will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of
writing. Full particulars and outfit free. Ad
drtM, Oaoass Hnssos 4 Co., Portland, Mala.
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