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NOBLESSE OBLIGE. [ j BY OAIU/>TTA rERHY. If I ani weak and yon aro strong, Why then, why then, To you the braver doc-da belong; And to, again, If yon have gift* and I have none, If I have ahado and you have nun, Tla youra with freer hand hi give, Tls youra with truer grace to live, Thun I, who gifth-aa, aunleatt, stand, With barren life and hand. Wo do not ask the littlo broox To turn the wheel; Unto the larger utreain we look. The strength of steel Wo do not auk from silken bands. Nor heart of onks in willow wands; Wo do not ask t tie wren to go Up to the height* the eagle a know; Nor yet expect the lark's clear note From out the dove’a dumb throat. ’Til wiadom’e law, the perfect codo, By love inspired; Of him on whom mnch i* bestowed la much required. Tlio tuneful throat i* bid to Ming, The oak mint reign the foreatV king; 'Jlie milling Rtream tho wheel uniat mov<\ The beaten itecl its strength muit prove, ’Tii given unto the eagle’* eye* To face the niuhbty HkioM. Youth'h Companion. * , . A NIGIITS ADYENTURE. “All, air, I boo you’ro admiring my flowers I Well, they nro pretty—that llicy aro—though i doubt a Homo would call the marigolds and carnations com moD and old-fashioned. You don’t boo many of Vm now in your fine new-fan gled do you ? Il’a a pretty lit tle plane this, ain’t it, sir ? Ami it’s my own, too—my very own—and will go to my grandson after mo. lie’s a good lad, ho is—it’s him as looks after tho garden. Mighty fond of flowers he is, and rarely proud he’ll lie, I know, when lie hears ns a fine town gentleman him taken notice of ’em I Ah, I was fond of gardening, too, in my time ! But I’m getting an old man now—eighty-live I am come Christmas and I can’t expect to lie spared much longer, though I’m hale and hearty yet, (hank heaven I Ah, times have altered, sir, since my young dnyH I For the better, you say ? Well, things aro grander now than they were then, hut semebow I seem to like tho old times beat, perhaps because I wiih young and strong in ’em. And talking of old times reminds me of something that onoo happened to me. Like to hear it, sir? Well, so you shall, and welcome, if you don’t mind wasting an hour or so with an old chap like me. Bit down, then, on that bench and make yourself comfortable. “You’ve been to Chelmsford per haps ? Then maybe you know the ‘Haracen’s Head ?’ Well, close to where that now stands there used to be an old inn called tho ‘Bwan.’ A queer old plaeo it was to bo sure, with its easo ment windows and overhanging gables. I was living at Ualphan—it’s nigh upon sixty years ago—a farmer I was, and had bean married only a Hliort time to a dear little wife ns I loved well and true till she died, p>oor lass 1 “Ono cold December day I started for Braintree, to look at some stock ns I thought of buying. As it was a two days’ journey, I meant to stop at Chelmsford for tlio night, and go on early the next day. I didn't leave home till about 2, and I had a weary road to travel, so that the dark ness earn* on before l reached tho gib bet on tho edge of the common; and I can tell you my flesh crawled, ns the saying is, when I galloped past at full speed, ft was a bleak cold night, and the road was bad, no tlmt it was late before I rode into Chelmsford. “I put up at the \Swau’—tlmt lieing the first Inu I name to—and was stand ing watching the hostler rubbing down my good old mare—for I always at tended to that first thing—when the landlord onn'e slowly out to me; he was a short, sharp faced man, with great black eyes that had an uneasy sort of look in ’em. I told him I’d had a long ride aud was glad enough to get safe into his yard—for I’d gold about me aud we’d heard horrible tales of the rob beries and murders on the King’s high way. Well, ho showed me into a long low room—the kitchen it was—with a brick floor and a bright fire burning. “ ‘Thcre’aa noisy lot in the parlor, sir,’ said he; ‘you’ll be quiet and cosy here, for maybe you’re tired and chilly after voiu ride in the wind.’ “I ordered a steak and some wine, aud, as I ate my supper, I thought to myself that 1 couldn’t well have chosen b better place than the ‘Swan’ to stop at. After I had finished I called for pipes and grog and sat by the fire with the landlord, but I might as well have been alone for ho never spoke a word, but sat staring into the fire with a wicked look iu his eyes that I didn’t like, though 1 didn’t take much notice of it then. Ah, I know now what hiß thoughts were as he gazed moodily into the glowing coals. lie was thinking of tho disgrace brought upon his name by his only boh, aud wondering where the money wag to come from which must ho procured somehow if his hoy was fo lie saved from ruin. And then no doubt he planned to murder me—ah, it’s all true, sir—l’ve got his confession by me now—and bury me down by the river side, in the meadow behind the stable. Then he meant to turn my mare out be fore dawn bo that tho servants might think I had left early; a id then, you see, when it was found, people would think something had happened to me on the road to Braintree. Well, my companion roused himself after a time and began asking me what I thought of the oountry, if 1 had ridden far, whether I had been advised to put up at the Swan, and such like questions. I answered them freely enough, never supposing that he asked them for any other reason than just to keep up the conversation. I asked him to cal! me early and he promised he would do so. “ ‘l’ll do it myself,’ said he, ‘for tho girl and the ostler will be abed - ’ “Then he called his wife and told her to bring me a candle, which she did. tjhe wan a course-looking careworn wo- | man, and I noticed when she showed mo to my room that hr hand was shaking, and her voice sounded thick when she bade me a civil ’Good night.' “My bedroom was a long low room witli queer old furniture, quaint carved clinirs and a great four-post bedstead which seemed as big as a hcarue. There was no lock to tho door and tire bolts were rusty, so I could only put tho latch down. I thought of putting a chair against it, but that seemed childish and no protection after all. The night was wet and windy and tho sky black os ink. Try as I would I couldn’t get to sleep, and there I lay listening to tho ghostly tapping of the ivy leaves against tho window nnd thinking of the evil look in the landlord’s eyes, and all the horrid stories I hail ever read came crowding into my mind, when suddenly I started tip in bed, wide awake enough, for I heard sometliing or some ono climbing up the ivy to my window. I lay with palpitating heart anil straining eyes, lis tening to tho horrible ghostly rustling which every moment sounded nearer. “Suddenly a thought struck me; and I arose,hastily smoothing the bedclothes, as though the bed hail not boon slept in. I had just time to creep under the bed, when the window was shaken opon nnd somebody softly slipped in. It was a man, and, listening intently, I heard him sigh wearily to himself, 11s if ho were tired out. Then he got into my bed, drew tlio clothes over him and in a few minutes I hoard him snoring. You can imagine bow pleasant I felt, and tho scamp had my money ling under his pil low, too! What was to bo done ? I thought of my happy home and the dear little wifo now perbups dreaming of me, and the thought of her gave me courage, 1 determined to snatch at my money and fight for it witli the unseen visitor to the death, it need be. I was crawl ing from under the bed when I heard another sound, nearing tho door this time. In a minute tho latch was quietly lifted, tlio door was gently pushed open and I saw tho landlord glide into tlio room. Then a hand holding a candle stole in at tho door—only a hand; but I knew those quivering flugors well enough. The man crept on tiptoe to tho bed and, leaning softly over the Hleo)>or, stubbed him to tlio heart. There was one deep groan and all was over. Tlio murderer drew the money from under the pillow and crept stealth ily to the door, glancing behind him uk though he feared the dead man would get up and follow him. “Bliukiiig all over and witli hair on end I crawled from my hiding-place, groped about for my clothes, and, after flooding a momont, dazed witli horror, followed the guilty couple. Their room was almost opposite mine, and 1 could ico the light under their door, which was barely closed. I pushed it open mil peeped ill. Tho table faced the door, and there they stood with their backs to me, so intent upon the money that I crept close to them without being heard. “ ‘Xiook, look,*l heard tho man v.his per—‘there is more than enough t.i save our boy ! How they shine ! And all ours, wife—ours I' “ 'No, mine, murderer !’ I shouted, witli a voice of thunder, mid, snatching tlie bag from his nerveless grasp, 1 dashed (ho light from the woman’s hand and fled back swiftly to tho room where the dead man lay. “Opening the window, I groped about witli ono hand for an ivy bough, cling ing somehow to the sill with tho other, md at last managed to scramble down, reaching the ground bruised, shaken, breathless. As I rested a moment to get my breath, I heard from the room above an awful cry snug out in a wo man’s voice— “ ‘My boy, my boy, my only son 1’ “I olßiuborod over the gate which led uto the street. A watch-Ik x flood close by in tlio Mj'inre, and I hurriedly told my story to the watchman. lie started in horror, as well ho might, and wanted to fetch his mate; but 1 told him wo were more than n mutch for those wo should And at the inn, so tie came with me. A frightened servant opened tho door to us, and I led tho way to the room 1 had just quitted. The va‘eh man bout down and peered into tin- dead man’s face. “ ‘Ah,’ lie whispered, ‘it’s as 1 feared ! It's their oivu sou- they didn't km .v ho was home, and so they mistook him for you, sir.’ “I felt myself turn queer and giddy, for 1 knew the meaning of that pitiful cry ‘My only son !’ “And wlint of the murderers ? They had not so much as fried lo escape, nnd the door wasn't even barred against us. The woman lay moaning on tho floor; the man sat huddled up in a chair by the bed. When we entered he held out his hands to be nuinackd a iihont uttering a word. When I told him how it hap pened that his sou had faliou a victim instead of me, lie just stared ill lily l ie and made no sign that he heard the (ale. "Well, sir, that’s about all. The mother, poor soul, died raving mad, and the man was hanged at Tyburn; but not another word did lie speak from tirst to last, save once and that was when the Judge passed sentence on him. Then lie raised his head, and, with a look in his eyes which I can never forget, lie said: “ ‘An old, old man, my lord—my only son !’ “That's all, sir. The strangest story you ever heard ? Well, I dare say it is; hut it's all true, every word of it; for I've got the papers to prove it, and, if you’ll lie pleased to eomo in and see 'em, you’ll t>e welcome ns flowers in May, that you will 1 Not now ? Well, then. I’ll bid you good day, and thank you kindly for letting me talk to you, for it does me good to cliut a bit sometimes, that it do ! Good day, sir, and a pleas ant walk to you I” Thk dwellings and farms of widows, minors, and spinsters are exempted from taxation m several States of the Mexican Republic. LTGIITNING AT PLAY. K.YTKAOKOINAIt Y FKHAKN ON TUB Wl|< 1C < M>TIIi:.|JNI'H IN MATA* MOHAN, PA. i'erullnr I'xpcrlpnc© of n I .inly Whose lloumo Uus struck by llio Fluid* A letter from Matamorau, Pa,, says: While Seymour Caykonilall and his fam ily were sitting quietly at dinner, on Tuesday, during a terrible thunder storm, three excited neighbors burst into tho house and wanted to know if any of the family were hurt or killed. That was the first tho Caykendalls knew that lightning had struck their house, anil that the fluid hail been playing all over and about it. The bolt hail struck the roof near the chimney, tearing a hole through it ns big as a tub. It did not cuter the bouse, but dividing in throe parts, coursed in different direc tions over it. One portion of the cur rent flashed along the roof to tlio soutli end of the honse, another traveled north, and tho third took an eastward course along tho ridgepole of an exten sion. The current that went south slid down a veranda post, which it scattered in slivers about tlio yard, and entered tho ground. Tlio division of tho current which took tho opposite direction also startl'd for tho ground on a veranda post, but, when half way down, met the end of a wire clothesline which was fastened to the poet. Switching off on to this line the fluid was conducted to a tall post at tho other end of the wire. This post it made short work of, and then lenped to the ground at the side of a coal house in au adjoining yard twelve feot away. Plowing a channel for itself in under this coal house from one side to the other, tho fluid turned upward and struck a chicken coop at a spot where another wire clothesline was fastened. Tearing away a portion of the silling on tlie lien house, tlio current followed tho wire to its terminus on an outhouse, which it scattered about the garden and then buried itself in the ground. Btill another wiro ran parallel with tho ono on which this portion of the original bolt made its last journey and five feet distant. A linen handkerchief was hang ing on this lino, and as the current passed it on tho other wiro tho handker chief parted in a zigzag tear ascending from the bottom to tho top. That por tion of the fluid which had passed along the ridgepolo of the extension left the roof at ono corner, and in passing down also came in contuct witli a wire clothes line, followed it to another yard, whore it tore an outhouse to pieces and ilisaji peared in tlio ground. Tho electrical display at Caykendall’s house was hardly over when lightning Htruek a tall pole in Charles Loppert’s yard, on the same street. There the partiality of Matamoras people for wire clotheslines came in good play again for the lightning. Ono was attached to the pole, whence it extended to the oorner of the houag, and then to a hen houso at tho lower end of the garden. Next to the hen house was a hop vine, next to that a nourishing grnpo vine, and near (lie two a gay-colored bed of (lowers. The fluid ran along tho wiro to the cor ner of the house, and tore off a portion of the Biding. It then passed along to tho hen house, where it did hut little damago, playing simultaneously about tho hop vine, grape vine, and flower bed, and then disappeared. The vines and plants—leaves, stalks, flowers aud all—were hero changed to a coal black iu tho twinkling of an eye. At the mo ment. the lightning struck tho oorner of tho dwelling Mrs. Leppert was in a room in the second story. She felt a severe blow on the right side of her head, which stunned her for an instant. Then a peculiar numbness passed over her loft side and leg. This soon passed away, and was followed by a burning sensation in two spots on the hip. Mrs. Leppert found two black and blue spots the size of a dime where she had felt the burning. Tho play of electricity abont the vil lage during the storm was alm< at un broken for twenty minutes, but no other damago was done. A Wonderful Discovery. The Danville (N. Y.) Advertiser saya Mr. A. N. Cole, of Wellsville, tho vet eran ex-editor, has made discoveries iu tho matter of irrigation, and secured a patent therefor, which seem destined to work a great revolution in the value of lands. By his system he grows straw berries to the size of peaches, and in creases tho size, beauty, aud perfection of all fruits to a degree to defy cre dence. He says iu a letter in the Wells ville Free Press: “I grow such tur nips, beets, cabbage, aud cauliflower as have never been seen on the Atlantic coast. A full bushel of tomatoes to the plant can be grown, and that, too, of marvelous size and beauty. As stated iu previous articles, a thousand bushels of pea pods can be grown to the acre. AD forms, in short, of vegetable growth are so developed, .is to do away with fungus, deadliest enemy of plant life, securing root, stalk, bud, blossom, and fruit in completest perfection. This is done by hanging up on our hillsides in a succession of trenches, deep dug into the hard pan, aggregations of water to tie held in reserve till they find their way by the laws of gravity, in even and uni form currents of subterranean flow to the streams iu the valleys, securing such perfection of irrigation to their track as to give to plant life inspiration such as lias never before been so much as ap proximated.” Librta—The editor of the New York Journalist says: Probably no men have had more libel suits to contest than the editors of this paper, and they are free to confess, aud it is the result of a wide experience, that they would sooner lie the defendants in a liliel suit at any time than the plain tills and prosecutors. It is uever the defendant’s character that is besmirched in such a suit, but invan ably the plaintiff's. A QUESTION OF INSURANCE. An Inlermtlnjr O'l-ry Upon an Important Sublurt AuMHi-rrd. From K. P., Fair haul!, Minn —A questiou of insuranee arises which 1 would like to see uuswered through the paper. A house that was built some 18 months ago, uud which had been tiuisbed inside by painting and papering, was partially destroyed by tire. The roof was burned off before the lire de partment succeeded in arresting the flames. Asa consequence, the rooms were flooded with water and the plaster was wet through and tlie paint damaged or ruined by the flames. Although tlie house was insured, the general agent of the company did not adjust the loss for some two weeks after tho fire. During this time tlie walls and woodwork were etill further wet by melted snow and rain. The question arises : Is the in surance company responsible for dam age done by lire und water or only by fire? Answer. —We think that tho questiou tlmt our correspondent raises is prob ably one of fact, and is to lie answered solely by tho Conditions of tlie policy which was written on tho risk men tioned. By examination of that instru ment it will probably lie found that the liability in this case, as in others, de pends upon the conditions in tho policy. In general terms wo lielieve it is the custom of insurance companies to guar antee a loss from fire in the broail sense tlmt it covers, also, damages that may be incidental to tlie process of putting out tho lire. In the largo cities the in surance companies sometimes maintain wlmt is called an Insurance Patrol. This consists of a corps of well-trained men witli all necessary appliances for pro tecting goods that may lie in a building at the time of a fire, and which would lx> tlamged by the water :f not ear is 1 for. The insurance companies find it cheaper to bike care of property in this wav than to pay what thoy would otherwise be liable for under their poli cies. If our correspondent’s question witli reference to tho insurance com panies’ liability for damage from water refers to the damage and ino by tho rain and melted biiow subsequent to the fire nnd .luring the period which elapsed between the time of the fire and tho date of tho adjustment, a point is raised tlmt wo are scarcely prepared to an swer. Tho liability of a company, in all probability, would depend largely ntion circumstances. If tho building during tin's interval was practically in tbe bauds of the insurance company pending an adjustment of the loss, and on tliis account was out of the coutrol of tlie owner, so that he was unable to protect his property, it would seem that, in equity at least, tho insurance eom pany should make up the additional loss. What the law may be, or what custom may recognize in the district in wtiicli our eorresfxjmlent is located, we cannot say. Wo suggest that it would be a very difficult luatter to determine wlmt amount of li-s* was sustained by tbe damage done tbo building subsc quent to the tiro on account of water, and what occurred at tho timo of the fire. Sometimes insurance companies consider it to their advantage to restore a building to its original condition .rather than pay the amonnt of policy, aud they frequently reserve the right to do this. If such a clause existed in the policy in question, aud if the company had finally decided to rebuild the build ing, it is very evident that any loss that was sustained subsequent to tho tire and before the work of rebuilding was com menced would fall upon the insurance company. No one would ever think of a claim being entered against the owner for it This view of tho case wottld seem to indicate that tho insurance company, in equity, at least, is liable for the damages which result directly and indirectly from the fire, from the time that that fire occurs until a settlement has been made and the property re stored to the owner. If any of our readers have line! any experience in matters of this kind we shall be glad to have statements from them for publica tion. Collect on Delivery. A man who hail not been long in this country was employed as a domestio in a family, and upon one occasion he was sent to the express office to obtain a package. He was about to leave with it when the clerk called his attention to the three letters C. O. I). I’at had no idea what the letters meant, but he cleverly guessed at them. “It’s all right,” he said; “tho owld man’s good for the money.” “But you know what those letters say, Pat?” “Indade, I do. Call on Dad. It's as plane ns the nose on your face.” There is almost a pathetic truth in the understanding conveyed in this old story. Many a man is hounded to death by the unreasonable calls made upon him by members of his family who are taught up to this end by himself, at first in that fond, slavish spirit of indulgence which the American father displays to ward his offspring, as if it were some kind of an unthinking mechanical pet, and afterwards on the unfailing principle that they who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind. Call on dad. Business is dull, notes must be met, but appearances must be kept up. Mrs. Shoddy is going to the seashore. “Our girls" must go, the money is to come out of “Dad.” At first he refuses firmly, but as ono reason after another is brought to l>ear on him, like a battering ram of persua sion, he gives way. New bonnets and dresses are bought, a railway journey’s expenses defrayed, aud that is only the beginning. Incidental expenses are al ways the straws that break the patient camel's back. They accumulate in heat's, stacks, aud at last rise to the dig nity of a monument, under which lies a pale, peaceful man, no longer pursued by the legend ; “Call on Dad ” — Detroit Free. Fran BAFFLED! One of the Most I’liurromit able nod Dnnff>r oua of Ucceut Deceit* Discovered uud L\ posed. There Is some mysterious trouble that Is at ti< king nearly everyone in tho land with more or less violence. It seems to steel into the body like a thief in the night. Dorters cannot di agnose it. Scientists ut o puzzled by it* symp toms. Jt is, indeed, u modern mystery. Like tlov* severe and vague miladies that attack horses und prostrate nearly ull tho animals in the land, this subtle trouble seems to menace mankind. Many of its victims have pains about tho chest urnl sides, and Foinetimes in the back. They feel dull and sleepy; tho mouth has a bad taste, especially in the morning. A strange sticky slime collect* at>out tlie teeth. The appetite* is poor. There is a feeling like a heavy load upon the stomach; sometimes a faint all-gone sensation is felt at the pit of the stomach, which food docs not HutiHfv. The eyes grow sunken, the hands and feet fed clammy at one time und bum intensely at others. After u while a cough sets in. ut first dry, but after a few months it i attended with a greyish colored exp;* Loralion. The attlicted one feels tired all the while, und sleep doe* not seem to ttfrord any rent. lie Us -linesnervous,irritable, nnd gloomy,and has evil forebodings. There is a giddiness, a }♦*< uliar whirling seie*tion m the head when rising up suddenly. Tlie Ihavcls U*coino c<frtivc and then, again, out flux intensely; tlie skin is dry and hot at tiling, tiie blot* I grows thick and stagnant; the white*of the eye* become tinged with yellow; the urine is scanty and high ■ ‘doped, depositing a sediment after standing. I licit! is frequently a spitting up of the food, * inetimt s with u sour tuste, ands -metimes with a sweetish taste; this is often attended witli palpitation of the heart. The vision bo •oincs impaired, with spot* before the eyes: there is a feeling of prostration and greuj. weakness. Most of these symptoms are in turn present. It Is thought that iii uriy one-third of our [>op ulatioii liave this disorder in some of its varied forms, while medical men have almost wholly mistaken its nature. Some have treated it for one com plaint; some for another, but nearly all have fane Ito reach the seat of the disorder. In deed. many phvsi-iuns are afflicted with it th niseive*. The experience of Dr. A (t. Hr hards, residing at No. Treinout street, bo-ton, is thus described by himself ; “1 lux/1 ail those |M*euliar and |<ainful symp toms which l have found afflicting >o many of my patient**, and which hail so often baffle*! me. I knew all the commonly established remedies would le unavading for 1 had tried them often in the post, 1 therefore deter mined to strike out in anew path. To my in tense satisfaction | found that I wan improv ing. The dull, stupid feeling depart el and I began to enjoy life once more. My appetite returned. My sleep was refreshing. Tho color of my face, which had Isjen a sickly yel low gradually assume. 1 the pink tinge of health. In the course of three weeks [felt like anew man, and kn -u that it was whoily owing to the wonderful eiheiency f Warner* Tippecanoe The Best, which was oil tlie medicine I took.” Doctors and scientist* often exhaust their skill and tho patient and Tin y try every thing that has lfn ind by .oriK'known t< the profession, and then fail- Kvenif they save the life it is often aft* r great and prolonged agony. Where all tin.', can be avoided by precaution and t are. how insane a thing it is to endure sneh suffering: With a pure and palatable preparation witli in reach, to neglect its ufie 1* simply inexcusable. Thk Brazilian Government bill on slavery, after being submitted to the Council of State, haa l>een introduced into the Chamber of Deputies, and, if possible, will be passed through both chambers this session, “Rough on Dentlat” Tooth Powder. Smooth, refreshing, harmies*, elegant, cleans tag, preservative and fragrant. 15c. Druggists. The Terrible CoNswjrßNCEs. Peo ple have been very busy in France lately predicting the terrible consequence's which will ensue from the re-establish ment of divorce. Here is one. A young man gets a divorce and marries a second time; but the mother of his iirst wife lias been divorced, too, and has married the father of his second wife. Thus the young man has changed his wife but not his mother-in-law. Where, then, is Die profit on the transaction V IluOnra* Mrn! Wearied from the labor* of tho day, on going home lind that they cannot have the de.-ired and necessary rest, for the little darling i* still suffering, and slowly anil pitifully wanting away by the drainage upon its system from the effects of teething. If they would think to use Dr. Bigger*’ Huckleberry Cordial, the GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY, loss of *!.. p and bowel complaints would bo unknown in that home. For said by all druggists at 5‘J cents a bottle. Hog cholera is prevailing in < ump's !i ■ ■-unt v, Virginia. The Old O rrinit mother, When called to the bedside of tho little one suffering with that night fiend to children and horror to parents, croup, tho old grandmother used to send for mullein and make a tea and at once relieve it—made into a tea now and com bined with sweet gum it presents in f J .> ; o s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mull* in a pleasant and effective cure for Croup, Whooping Oough, Cold* and Consumption. Sold by all druggists at 25c and fl.oo a bottle. M mtgoinery's < Via. t trad* for the past year aggregated a ‘total of v l(erne*!% lor I.iiiik IlKente*. l-r. Holier NYw t .n, n'e p: • -id lit of the Eclectic co’lego. <f the city o New V* rk. an l formerly of < br iimaf i, <h *. us and L)r. 'Vm. Halls li.il.au v ry extensively in his practice, n many of his pitied*, now living and re*.or-.si to hea th by th** use ol this invaluable m * limn \ * a i amply testify. He always slid th it so got *1 a remedy ought not to he consider** I merely as a patent me l icine. b :t that it ought to t*e pits-rib and fiee ly bv every phy-ieirtn as a sowre gn remedy in all cases of lung dis*a-* s. It cures cun sumption, and all electoral complaints Raleigh, North Carolina, has a female has* hall club. Ntrnngcr than Fiction are tho records of some of the cures of con sumption effected by that most wonderful remedy—-Dr. Pierce's “Golden Medical Dis covery.” Thousands of grateful men and women, who have been snatched almost from the very jaws of death, can testify that con sumption, in its early stages, is no longer in i urable. The Discovery has no equal as a pec toral and alterative, and the most obstinate affections of the throat and lungs yield to its power. All druggists. The orange grove* along Indian river. Fla., are looking well ami promise a huge crop. Hay-Fever. I can recommend Ely’s Cream Balm to all Hay-Fever sufferers, it is, in my opinion, a sure cure. I was afflicted for 25 years, nnd never before found permanent re lief.—'NV. H. Haskins, Marshfield, Yt A white crape mvrtle is among the euro:- I ties of Rock ledge, Fla. Cartio-linm* On every* banner blazon bright, The motto strong for which we figh 1 Of all the oils that e’er were seen. Then's none that t>eats our Carboline Wheeler county. Texas, is a good stock comity. Its out crop this year was from fifty to seventy bushels per acre. Many ladles who for years had scarcely ever enjoyed the luxury of feeling well have been so renovated by tlie use of Lydia Pinkham’s V* gt table Compound that they have triumphed over the ills flesh is said to be heir to, and life has l>een crowDed with added charms and fresher beauty. Montgomery, Ala., ha* ree ivtd lon hal*-s **f new cotton in* one day, eight of which was front ono man. “What we learn with pleasure we never forget.”—Alfred Mereier. The following is a vase in point: “1 paid out hundreds <*f dollars without receiving any benefit,” says Mrs. Em ily Rhoads, of M Brides, Mi'h. *‘l had fe male complaints, especially 'dragging down,’ for over six years. Dr. R. V. Pierce’s Favor its Prescription’ did me more good than any medicine 1 ever took. I advise every sick lady to take it” And so do we. It never disap points its patrons. Druggists sell it Wharton, Texas, has the finest crop of cotton of any county in the State. North Carolina ha* appropriated $30,000 to ward an exhibition for that Htutc at the Nmv Orleans Exhibition. Thin People. “Weir* Health it* newer” restore* health and j vigor, cure*, dy*pept.ia, atxual debility. sl. J.a.'t week Habine Pmm, Texan, exported 1.100 [ pounds of alligator skin* und 4011 m. of teeth. Hay-Fever. I have been a llav-Fever suf ferer for three year*; have oftcu beard Ely’* Cream Balm spoken of in tho highest terms. I tmed it. and with the most wonderful success. —T. 8. Greek, Syracuse, N. Y. Old John Robinhoii'm circus i* circulating with much slice*.** in southwest Virginia. Pile Tumors, however speedily and painlessly cured without lame, caustic or solve. Send six cent* in stamps for pamphlet, references and reply. World’s Di*pen?%nry Medical Associa tion, Otid Main street, Buffalo, N. Y. Over thirty foreign * team whip* arc *aid to I* up hr Char!' don for the coming cotton season. lird-lltijpi. Fllen. Flies, roachfH, ants, bed-bug*, rats, mice,chip munk*, cleared out by “Rough on lUts.” 15c, Talking very much and lying just h little are a good deal nearer to each other than most jieople think. Mot tiers. If you are failing; broken, worn out and ner vous, use “Well’s Health Kcnewer," sl. Drgta The total trade of Charleston for the ycai tiding Sept. 1. was nearly $05,000,000. Pino's Cure for Consumption does not dry up a cough ; it remove* the chium;. Kora and yellow birds are being caught in the Virginia marshes. CATAC Cl H ,IAY-FEVKR -1 wa " * ffllcted foT LY'S twenty y*.ar, dunu* WurCfpL fit i nMi*.'* W month* of Au*u*t POIDI * nd September, With H IH I Hay-Few. *nd tnd 9 c o/ao TarUm- r * medi ** with - Ck '-' 1 tu M out relief. I <r in- jv J I dnoedtotrj K'.jr'*Cream O B*lm ; lined it with and Mayor , N.J < .-mill Hull.l ta a Raw;. (V rcu:s,ij I -n a \ U SA. 1 e>rret '*. of tlwa —---rr?i diß'-tAo and <:*a b da- HAY-FEVER Ktt-v:'&X mail. .Sample a y mail 1* eta. kLY UUOS.t DrugKikis, Owrgo, N. V. 1 Ifontinke ( oilon I’rfM J Tin* Heat and Pr st .jOWTR/w I'lA'l'' <•'- s; hs-1 ’ at: - '!•!• trr nv r other pttv-MM*. Hun *ll -Ffl dittd* in act an) aw at !*otb . 'li gl-CC HI "t*u> ami h'-re fx.wpr gin*. \ Hi ! 1 ftvl: i faster than any t!t can \ . IaF -■a / p'ch Ifu* new improve \ : il kfeUrJl / merit in ton houaea le v. t acrrbeii in the word* of their / > invent'irs free to all. Ad \ Wo- o W.iuhp, Chatia vl'Mißaril - lOTIoN FlilSS Cos., Itich Square. N. C. ' i (ifoisi *m Hall t..i M , * 1-I year. IW. .1 c. KIM.AR. A .M . Frm. SOLID SILVER STEM-WINDING, FULL JEWELED GENTS’ SIZE WATCH FOH $12.50. i ( i.i.\ 4.i %it \vri:i:i>. . ...*-• f.. <MK: V Mt-ly. I- -.-nl by I • > r- - - C O. |> , !*. fTI \ |!nU.'\ 4 <>.. .IrvvHcr-. Altunin. .it FORK STRIPS! WI NT Lit TKM> Ml AT. 20 /Vr r,„t, CUKAVEK Tha,, Crihtt. SOL-Xl*. ('LI-:A N AND I>ESIUABLIv Htfl-f l'(i<l li.r l,\!()U ever known. I' > • •> VIMI4M It A 4 11.. ( lnt.-iyo. an! in- i l]!)j{|M|!\F CHLORAL A* D lllUlll I!!.Ms OPIUM HABITS I V —l■ V I I Hl l>. HOOK t ill 1.. Dll. J C. iifll'i JfcFRRMN, Wisconsin. ■ iMn.it..V r mmoiANTED /VC ENTS 1 f4 cn ( '""•••'••‘l KIP Ml. t 1 # r^Mar—ft I Imltli r. H nlt !(• r*< h nml m HDIITM l,ld Whisk) Habits Cured II I 111 111 iN TIIMEK " KERN A *• W A'i K r Pamptva'i. Pi ftand l-rm* •<ldr* in r nft-l-zicri, withll-'t. atamp. \Y. 4 . lIFI, I.AAIV, M 1► . , Hi -1 Mr.—i. Atlunln, 4.a. TELEGRAPHY AND— Hailt oatl Agenl*’ I 1 it at A|l)4llt F*S HIXINESS CM VEIL *ITY. Atlanln, 4-u- flend for CircaUn. • t-'S l'K*-r A !!•• * K*nd atamp Pensions iKAM.A^; WOMAN’S SAFEST REGULATOR! BELLAMY'S GOSSVmiM. F>>r pampblota. teat imonlal* and price, ad dr-a* with ■tamp. W Q. BELLAMY. M l) , Atlanta, tia. PATENTS! initil ol'ta •.--1. Wr ce for IN\ K'- l - >K’B GUIDE. VARICOCELE ft fl TPIITft ‘ndatam; ' r oor \e n<v->k on 5 k rSw I A iv,v ' 1 bin-.ham, p.t 8 I ImIV I V it Ifli >&;. VN iri . CL’RCS WMfRf All ELSE FAILS. Pj V( • I: N TN \V \ \Ti: I) for t he bwf an I faat *'t ittK Pictorial B --ks and B.lriea. Price* reduced ‘X percent. National- Pubbishi'-o 00., Atlanta. Ga. m/ A SURE APPETIZER. S^^V/ BEST TONIC KNOWNA M H Mml Will cure quickly and completely Dyspepsia, Weakness. \Bk Malsris. Im,nro Uloo,. C-iill, Bfor ladies and for all jM I PERSONS WHO LEAD A SEDENTARY LIFE JM ■ V reIieves"INDIGESTION oures DYSPEPSIA, /££ * It tea sure remedy ¥_J It strengthens the / Kt for rti- -s of f-jw f ML IJ ntUscles-toriceaDd/ & N^s v Kidneys. system. ih IlhrfeßU Hrou iTs Iron Hitters corn- I Brown’s Iron Bitters is the ! in* s Iron with pure vegetable tonics. H Best Uvcr — re !t ‘ i" 1 ndetl on thoroughly s. i- mows bile, clears the skin, anti ii.cdicinal prin-and digests the food, CURBS < unnot intoxicate. ilearthurn* Heat \i -thcf pre pa i’;; lion* . f Iron cause E j n tho StOUiacll, ete. • :id J.r.al.,- > - n.-ti palii.n, 8 j t j, the hc-t-kimwn remedy S,r I ’l‘'" ” ' Iron !it* -stlie f,-]i,ale ini' rioiti---. (>SI.\ Iron ire. tli-*t —.— —:; jf 1! • ti a-!r mark not iiiiiirioii'K i * J"' v -’ - S'' ’ | aaMMte mM. VV ’< Vjf.> V * * * ■* * V ■ ,ij 4 ill .a U2ujß I* i.' li W 0 b * Ik Q IT CURES WHEN 1 action. It Is a safo, ALL OTHER MEDI- uro end rpeedy cmro CINEB FAIL, nn it md hun acta DIRECTLY V , 'mTvB andr ® da hAV * andl AT ONCE on c ireA the KIDNEYS, u wUcu LTVER and BOW- phyeieiaiia and ELS, restoring hftd them to a healthy j tcn tliemu P IT IS BOTH A “SAFE CURE” and a “SPECIFIC.” It CI’REN all Discase-4 of the Kidney** Elver, Itlndder and I rlnary Orjraiu* Dropay, <■ ravel, Din lie tea, Ilri*bt , e Dineiuic, Nervous Di*eu**es, llxcea acw, Feauule WeukuewaeH, Junndire, HilinnaiicflS I lend aeiic, *'our BtSM>ck Djipepaii . Conatipation, PIleM, Pniiw in the IlncU, Loins, or Side* Retention or Neuslti'teution of L' riu v • f l.ii AT l)!U GUSTS. H' TAKE NO OTHER.-S* Send for Ilhtatratcd Pamphlet of Solid Tee tliaouiaij of Almolute Cures. HINT’S KEMEDY CO., C Providence* K. !• HI NTS .Kidney and Liver) KK.WK'JY ia pare!) vegetable, and the utm - t reliance may pl-i -..<1 ,n ,t. .. Veietalle Compound JT For I’enalr ( >;iii>luin(nr.nd /Ct **o eotmnou to * r / f our be.-t t'em :I.‘ i'.o;*i:l:it ion. It will euro entirely the w. rut 1 r?d -f Ii inaJe C*ol_ plaints, all Ovarian trouhlca, Inflammation and l ie.” _ al W< ai. fu'S.--, tiiKl i.4 i .rtu uiaily nOiptcd to ttfl Change < f Life. It wiil diKnclve an-' ex i> I turr rs f : >m t !.* ut< nis in tut early Rtae of drv. lop.nei.t. Tho t< : v t. • luctroua humor A there in checked very apeoddy by its uae. It remove* falatnesn, flatulency, destroy* ail craving -r atimulanU. and jvlievc* weakne-a • f tho atoxnaeh, t ..-urea hl. at.nir. Headaches, Nervous l‘r ;iration. <tenoral UeblUlv, Sleepleaun . I"[ t - . i'-n and lnuie tion. Thai foeiinir <>f Uahnit.i c.v:t, .-audnjrpain, weight anti backache, in always p*-rmaii' utly cured l-y Ha vine. It will nt all ♦ a and under all ne ,in . t net in hanne-ny \iith tL.- lawatliat ko\ cm iho l-' system. K->rthe c in-of Kidney Comphunts -f e.tf er aex, thl* Cvm}K>unl c iiitturi-a <d. Priecf 1.00. Six hot iiiaf -r55.00. No family } t ..uld he without LYDIA L\ PIXKHAX'B LIVER riU. They car i.-li.ali ■. 1 -uanM and torpidity of the liver. 25 < cut -a bo.* at e:' druggiritfl. The OLD RELIABLE FAIRBANKS SCALE. Three and four Ton Scales at greatly reduced E rices. Every Cotton Gin and Planter should ave a Genuine Fairbanks Scale. Write for prices. FAIRBANKS .fc CO.. Naw Orkaii*. Da. Paynes’ Automatic Engines and Saw-!Vl;ll. We .-.fter an -t • i ff I* n o n.te-l Kuirina with Mill, n ‘ ft !- ' ■’ ta; r h‘k‘, i.K • • inplete • cm, | 0 l ufona on 1> It \t . IM YNi: A ">I)!N*. if-' r t- • ; I:- Atiioiiiulic L from -• H ]• u . J'l.i’-ej*, Hang-ra tin I -flaUnir l liuti* .S V I! * IboO a m l*As'*i for a I.tfa Sc] - iarahii* in tha L ’ < oleum n lluaiiic*- ( ollege, B I Newark. N- w y P>h;tt"i- f<ir *r i -N ' r Writ# UiENTS WANTED for h.- lives .r 3LAINE & I CLEVELAND & LOGAN, HENDRICKS, nlVol by T.W.Knmjcl In 1 Vo! f * M -a. liAimrif. Vutliorized. Authentic Irrrwrttal Ceni hfr, tJift fln*t and 4. a •th- r* ID If. 1. If r r-'.ti tit- isafl-l in |.r. r- ]ch Vt.l &<* a... fl.&O. £0 percent f *>. <; ?- Otlff’u tree Ajfeut# -aii t to ♦ aUv No ’ is the time to make *u.fl'er fast Send fo- Extra terms, at once, v ■ IIAKTFOHI* I*l HLl*>lllMi 4 0., lUrtr U rd, 4 ana. GOOD HE WS TO LADIES! fS*- ,-‘3 firenteel m<lucm< r ts ever of fared Now'* your ■m- to g*t up JIJ rWT *VTinwa order* for our eelat.r te ! Tcttn and ( ofl(‘(*H|an>f aec •oal-e.-ujii. TV*Bt, or Hands *■ lAecoratted (Told ITrnd Mow Knee Lit: • r S.-t, or t.old Hand Muaa Daceritod Toilet Set. F> r full pArt-iculara address THK <• It BAT A >ll It I AN TK \ 4 0.. t eV’ork BRYANT & STRATTON'S ly. Yn>:ujjf men taught lkHk keepmg. Sliurt-liatui, juniuajuJup, and assisted to poaitioim \ N. I . Tluriv-x ves, , si