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The Lighthouse.
! Above the rocks, above the waves
Shine* the strong light that warns and sa ves.
you, too high for a storm or strife,
Light up the shipwreck of my life.
The lighthouse warns the wise, but these
N<$ Towards only the sail the stormy seas;
light the foolish steer
And, drowning, read its meaning, dear.
And if the lamp by chance allure '
Some foolish ship to death, he sure
Thd lsmp will to itself protest:
“His be the blame! I did my best!”
— E. Nesbit in Jndrpmdrnt.
WON BY A DUCKING.
BY 8. A. WEISS.
The sun was setting—in fact, its
blood-red rim bau just disappeared be¬
low the horizon—and chilly gray
shadows were gathering in the nearly
leafless grove in the rear of Beech Villa.
On the mossy root of an old tree,
close to the bank of the river which mur¬
mured past, sat ii young girl, watching,
with a curious expression of alternate
hope and disappointment, a footpath
which wound away in the direction of
the suburban road on which the villa
was situated. Clearly she was expecting
some one.
He came at last—a tall, slim young
man, unexceptionably attired, and who,
as he wended his way among tho tall
grasses, absently struck off their heads
with his gold-headed cane.
The girl sprang to meet him.
“Oh, Augustus, I'm so glad you’ve
come at last! I’ve waited an age; but”
—with a sudden anxiety, ns she noted
his grave expression—“what success
have you had? Did papa consent to sec
you, after having so cruelly forbidden
me to receive your visits?”
“Yes, be saw me,” the young man
answered, gloomily, “jife could not
have avoided it, us I met him at the
door just us he was leaving tljo house.”
_ “An d whnt did he say?” she asked,
eagerly. ' "' V '-*'-3‘rTpy r ..
p - i.
UJustus placed his arm around the
slender waist of the girl—the grounds
were part of her father’s domain jnd
quite secluded—nnd looked down into
her pretty face.
u^ “Hc said,” speaking slowly nnd with
a fur-away, absent look— 4 ‘bo said that
you aud I were a couple of fools.”
i, “IVhat! llow? Why?” she fal¬
tered. '.i'i-i.
“For proposing to marry on six hun¬
dred dollars a year.”
“But papa has enough for us all, and
I am his only child. Surely you re¬
minded him of that?”
“No, indeed. How could I stoop to
such mercenary considerations? On the
contrary, I told him that I did not want
his money; that 1 could make my for¬
tune, as he had done, and that all I
asked of him was his consent to our
marriage.”
“And what did he say then?” she in¬
quired, eagerly.
“Nothing; except to request me to
leave the house nnd never again sec
you.”
« * Whnt a shame!”
Tears sprung to her eyes and she laid
her cheek caressingly and soothingly
against her lover’s manly shoulders.
“Of course 1 went,” resumed Augus¬
tus, with sad dignity; “but before do¬
ing so, informed Mr. Hogan respectfully
hut firmly, that though I might never
again enter his house, I would on no
account relinquish my claim to his
daughter’s hand. I told him that we
loved each other, and defied any human
power to keep up apart.”
The girl’s cheeks flushed and her eyes
glowed.
“That must have touched him!” she
said, gazing with proud tenderness into
her lover’s face. “That must have
stirred his feelings, if anything could.”
“It did!” responded Augustus, grim¬
ly. ‘‘In fact—I don’t wish to harrow
your feelings, Maude, dearest, but your
father was stirred to that degree that he
not only slammed the library-door in my
face as 1 left the room, but followed me
to the ball-door and—flung the door
mat after me. Indeed, I suspect that
the mark is still upon my back.”
“So it is,” said Maude, indignantly.
“Stand still, dear, and let me brush off
the du-t. )\ hat dreadful behavior in
papa! Aunt Eliza always calls him too
hasty, but 1 never dreamed of his
carrying on like this. Perhaps”—with
a little sob in her voice—“perhaps he’ll
come round bv-and-by. He does some
times. Aunt Eliza has most influence
with him, and she—she’s our friend,
you know.”
They were standing near the river’s
bank, and Maude was still engaged in
vigorously dusting, with her enlbroidered
pocket-handkerchief, the back of her in¬
sulted lover, when a whiff of wind took
the light straw hat from hef head, and
drifted it to the edge of the bank.
Augustus instantly hastened to the
rescue, but he had not taken into con¬
sideration the steepness and slipperiness
of the incline; wherefore he unexpected¬
ly found himself plunging, with a
splash, into the muddy water, six feet
below.
Maude shrieked as she beheld him
disappear beneath a pad of water-lilies,
and the sound readied her aunt, Miss
Eliza Pilkins, as she walked in the gar¬
den between the grove and the villa.
Augustus’ head, adorned with algea
and drooping weeds, soon reappeared
above the surface of the water, and with
hands and feet he commenced a desper¬
ate but futile attempt to surmount the
slippery clay-bank.
Seeing this, Maude knelt down on its
edge and extended both hands, which
he imprudently grasped—but, alas! with
a contrary effect to wlmt was intended.
In a moment she was in the water,and -
with difficulty supported in the arms of
her lover, whoso iiet, with this addition¬
al burden, stuck fast in the miry bot¬
tom.
It was in this situation, struggling
waist deep in water, that they were dis¬
covered by Miss Pilkins, when, sum¬
moned by Maude’s shrieks, she hurried
to the spot.
“Gracious heavens! Mr. Tomlinson
—Maude! IIow did this happen? Why
don’t you rave yourselves?” she cried
excitedly.
( l We can’t!” gasped Maude, fran¬
tically clinging to her lover. “I—I fell
in, and Augustus tried to save mo, and
—we’ll drown if you don’t help us!”
“Give me your shawl!” promptly re¬
sponded practical Miss Pilkins; “and
don’t get excited. You can’t drown if
you keep still, and I’ll have you out in
three Hooding minutes.
up the shawl with a crooked
stick, ’ she tied it to her Ojy.n, and at
taching one end to a sapliug on the
bank, twisted the two into a sort of
rope. this the pair
By means of were en¬
abled, after rtiuch scrambling aud ex¬
ertion, to reach firm ground, wlicrs they
stood dripping are^aioT” and shivering.
“Here you said Miss Pil
kins; “and now I should like to know
what’s the next thing to be done.”
“W-warm ba-utli for Maude! ’ chat¬
tered Mr. Tomlinson, all of a tremble,
while the water dripped from the ends
of his drooping moustache and limp
fingers. “I-I’ll g-go h-home!”
( 4 Go home in that fix? and catch your
death of cold by the way! Come along
to the house, both of you, as fast as you
can! Brother has gone to a political
meeting, with a supper afterward, and
won’t be back till midnight. You two
come through the garden, while I go
ahead aud unlock the back door.”
Once in tho house, Maude, who, de¬
spite her fright, had not suffered nearly
so much as her lover, hurried to her
room, while Miss Pilkins directed the
housemaid to show Mr. Tomlinson at
once to the east chamber.
“Plea-e’m,” said tho sympathetic
Betty, “there ain’t been a fire in the
east room this fall, and the bed aiu t
fixed nor the slice's aired. There’s a
fire in masters room, and everything
warm and comfortable, and I can fix it
all right before master comes home.”
To Mr. Hogan’s own bed-room,
accordingly, pallid and shivering, Tom¬
linson was conductc 1, whi.c bam, the.
stable boy, was disputehe l to his town
lodgings for a change of clothes.
Until its arrival he was forced to ar
fay himself in certain garments of Ins
host, selected by Miss Pilkins, including
a quilted dressing-gown of gorgeous
colors—all of which, being too large
for his slender proportion®, gave him the
appearance—as Betty, with a g ggle, de¬
clared to the cook—of “a needle in a
stack of hay.”
Then he was made to get into bed,
and blankets were piled on him; while
down stairs Miss Pilkins made a steam¬
ing toddy, and cook prepared a supper
“to be took sizzlin’ hot.”
Under these combined influences—
but more especially that of the strong
toddy—Mr. Tomlinson soon fell into a
calm and unconscious slumber.
lie did not hear the clock on the man
tlepiec-e strike ten (Sam was an unusually
long time in returning), nor see the door
open, and a portly old gentleman enter,
and at sight of him, stand as if petrified.
And it was not until the old gentle
man after twice rubbing his eyes and
,
turning first pale and then fiery red,
suddenly found his voice, did Mr. Tom¬
linson start from his peaceful repose.
“Hello! What is the meaning of
this?”
At sound of that awful voice, the
household rushed up stairs—all but
Maude, who immediately fainted dead
away in her room.
“Hiram listen to me—let me ex¬
plain!”
“Explain 1’’ roared Mr. Ilogan.
“Didn’t I turn this fellow out of my
doors a few hours ago?—and don’t I
come home to find him not only again
in my house, but in my room—in my
bed? And by the everlasting hokey,”
as agitated Tomlinson rose up in bed,
“in my very clothes! Where are my
pistols? Let me get at him! Let me
fling him out of the window—”
But here the cook and housemaid
rushed in, with shrill screams,and while
the former, assisted by Miss Pilkias,
dragged infuriated Hogan backward out
of the room, Betty hastily locked the
door and put the key in her pocket.
Left thus alone, Tomlinson aimed him¬
self with, the only weapon which pre¬
sented—the fire tongs—and facing the
door, stood breathlessly awaiting the
further course of events.
He heard the retreating footsteps and
voices die away and a door violently
slam.
Thcn ensued five minutes of dead si¬
lence, at the end of which time quick
and heavy steps came along the passage
and the door knob impatiently rattled.
Augustus nerved himself, raised the
tongs above his head bravely and pre¬
pared to defend his life.
Light steps now ran along the pas¬
sage, the key turned in the lock and the
door flew open, revealing Mr. Hogan,
his sister and the female servants, He
advanced toward Tomlinson with out¬
stretched arms and tears in his eyes.
“Mr. Tomlinson! My dear young
friend! IIow can I atone for my late
hasty conduct?—how thank you suf¬
ficiently for so heroically saving the life
Of rny onl^ a^d darling child?
The tofigs fell from the young man’s
hands as Maude’s agitated father seized
and shook them, with a vigor which
brought tears into his own eySs.
Cook and Betty were already sobbing.
* “Mr. Hogan, sir,” commenced Au¬
gustus, with as much dignity , as was
Consistent with the situation and his pe¬
culiar attire, “I must protest. You
greatly overrate—”
But just here lie was aware of covert
signals from Miss Pilkins, who was hov¬
ering anxiously in the background.
“You need not deny it, Mr. Tomlin¬
son,” she said, aloud. ‘‘But for you
and your heroic exertions, where would
our beloved Maude at this moment be?”
“An’ sure she looked, a-lyin’ there on
the lib’ry sofv, with her eyes shut, an’
“
white ... as a sheet, , . jes . , for r all ,, the worl „ ,)
like the corpse she would a been now,
but for him,” said cook, who, by
of long nnd fni.hfulservice,
privileged person in the household.
“Come down stairs and see her,” said
1 r T
‘ ‘
And seizing Mr. Tomlinson , . by the
arm, he led him to where Maude, re
covered from Her Minting ft and tohed
with the joy of a sudden and unex
pected happiness, was awaiting him.
“You saved her life,” ’ said the agi- °
tated father, “and she belongs to you.
There, take her! and may heaven bless
you both!”
Everybody retired from the room in
tears, leaving the happy lovers to tliem
selves.
Miss Pilkins, seated before the fire in
her own room, smiled cheerfully to her
self, as she gazed into the glowing coals,
*hile in the kiteheu cook and Betty, re
galing themselves on the remains of the
hot supper aud toddy, declared how
beautiful it had all been, and wondered
when it would be time to commence
preparations for the wedding.— Satur¬
day Night.
A Floating Theatre.
In Russ is announced , the ,
a an paper
definite completion of a project for a
floating theatre on the Volga. This
theatre will be ( arranged on a large
steamboat, built according to American
plans, and will contain an amusement
hall for a thousand people, and likewise
small restaurant with accommodation?
for the artists and necessary employes
of the undertaking. The boat will move
and . down , the stopping , •
up stream, , prm
cipally before such cities as have m»
theatre. There will be two troupes,one
for operetta and the other for dramas
and comedies. It will be a stock enter¬
prise.
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW.
Many of our readers have often asked “What
is Bright’s Disease o f the Kidneys, about which
we hear so much?” To answer their question arti¬
we have secured the following explanatory
cle, written by a competent authority; the
One of the worst physical scourges of
world to-day—notably in England, Germany,
America and Au-tralia—is Kidney Disease. An
alarmingly large proportion of the pop ulation
of the countries named is affi.cted with it, in
one form or another.
The symptoms of Bright’s Disease (which is
but an advanced form of Kidney Disease) differ
in different individual, but generally the pa¬
tient presents a flabby, bloodless look, is drow¬
sy and easily fatigued, has pain in the back,
vomiting and febrile disturbance. Dropsy, va¬
rying in degree from slight puffinesv of the
face to an accumulation of the fluid sufficient
to distend the whole body and to occasion se¬
rious embarrassment to respiration, is a very
common accompaniment. The ur. ne is reduced
color, in quantity, and is often of dark, chemical smoky or bloody
exhibits to reaction the
presence of a large amount of albumen, while
under the microscope blood corpuscles and casts
are found. Very often dimness of v sion, due
to a morbid condition of the retina of the eye,
and also hypertrophy of the hea t, leading to
fatal apoplexy, aid accompaniments of the dis¬
ease.
T heri are several forms of the ma’ady, but
then- common prominent characteristic is the
presence of albumen in the mine, and fre¬
quently also the co-existence of dropsy. These
associated symptoms, in connection with Kidney
Disease, were tirst described in 1827 by first Dr.
liiehard Bright, an English physician, who
inves igated them. Sometimes there is a de¬
generation of the tissues of the kidney into fat,
thus impairing the excreting powers of the or¬
gan so that the urea is not sufficiently blood, sepa¬
rated from the blood. The flow of the
when charged with this nrea, is retarded
Ihrough the minute vessels, congestion ensues,
and exudation of albumen and fibrin is the re
su t. The disease is often accompanied by
eruptions on the skin, as boils, etc., and is fre¬
quently associated with enlargement of the
heart.
The causes of th's terrible malady are, indul¬
gence in too much ice-water as a beverage,
stroug drink, high living, indigestion, kinds expo¬
sure to wet aud cold, various of fevers,
malaria, pregnancy, and other bo lily derange¬
ments, diseases, such like as a complication diphtheria, of certain and acute
cially scarlet fever erysipelas, which it of espe¬ the
and (of is affects), one dis¬
most frequent serious after
eases of bones and other scrofulous aff ections.
The kidneys being th i most important, excre¬
tory organs of the body, their derangement may
speedily desiroy life. Discas-;
Common-sense treatment of Kidney
of the character referred to necessarily involves
removal of the causes, rectification of other
secretions aud increase in the number of blooi
red ner’s corpuscles, Cure. by the administration of the War¬ ad¬
Safe It is a specific even in
vanced stages, when the blood has poisoned the
nerve c entres, restoring the secretion of healthy
fluids and relieving the congestion of the brain.
It which speedily is arrests by the inflammatory increased action, of
marked an amount
urine. The albumen gradually disappears, the
dropsy standstill subsides and advanced the patient Kidney recovers. Disease; There
is no in
ihose who are afflicted with it are either con¬
stantly growing better or worse. How import¬
ant, in hand therefore, in that this terrible disease be taken
tune and treated with a known spe¬
cific.
Growth of the Postal Service.
it is estimated at the Post Office De¬
partment that the deficiency in the rev¬
enues of the postal service of the fiscal
year just closed will be about $4,000,
000. Last year the deficiency was some¬
thing over $5,500,009. Owing especially to the
cheap rates of postage, for
newspapers, the bulk of mail matter has
increased at such a rate that the cost of
the service has grown immensely. The
force of employees, especially in the
large offices, is taxed to handle the
quantity of matter that daily comes
pouring in. In some instances the
newspapers are not sent to the post
office at all, but are weighed aud stamp¬
ed at the office of publication by some
one authorized to do the work, and the
bags are sent this directly to the railroad it is
depots. If' were not done,
stated that some overwhelmed, of the large post offices it
would be and that
Wd b2 impossible to handle the mat¬
( er w ith any dispatch or accuracy, It is
thought by the post office officials that
letters mailed. At present England is
the greatest letter-writing nation in the
The annual ratio of increase in
this class of mail matter is much greater
; n this country than in England, and if
the present rate continues, in a few
than any other nation. The bulk of
mail matter, or the number of pieces
bandied by the United States Postal
Service is now greater than any other
country, but this is mainly due to the
extensive circulation of the newspapers.
— Washington Siar.
She Loved Him.
A Newport clergyman tells this of a
recent marriage which he performed bothgood- :
“The parties were foreigners,
looting and well dressed and appearing,
The groom presented his license, and
being eo^ot ^nlljlienl^.the
The groom was befittingly solemn for the
occasion, but on the face of the bride
was a smile which broke into laughter
before the ceremony was half completed,
The clergyman stopped and looked rath
er severe. The groom, too, was troubl
ed, and saw that some explanation bride help- was
necessary. He looked at his
lesslv a moment and then said: ‘She
understand not a word o’ English or
what yon sain.’ She Portuguese. But
I tink she lnv me, all the same. Tlie
ceremony was completed .’'’-Worcester
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Making Paper From Sngar Cane.
It has long been known that the stalk
of the sugarcane might be used iu the
production of a paper of the best qual¬
ity. It is, therefore, surprising that of
with the constant decline in the value
sugar owing to over-production, and the
steadilv i increasing use of paper, it has
r OTrre d to wgar planters to em
jjark jn the manufacture of paper as a
supplement to sugar-producing. The
fibers of the cane give an excellent paper,
and the necessary mechanical and chem¬
ical processes are easily carried on.
B. B. B.
RAPID CURE OF CARBUNCLES.
Sam jM. Leeman, May 7, 1888, writes: “I had.
boils all over my body. Less than one full
bottle of B. B. B. caused them all to disappear,, 1
and I have not been bothered since.”
INFLAMATION OF THE EYES.
O. P. Shell, Warreuton, N. C., April 17,
1888, writes: “In the morning my eyes would
sting and burn, atid if rubbed would inflame
and swell up. Two bottles of B. B. B. made a
firm cure.”
A QUICK HEALTH BENEWEK.
William R. Talley, Neals’ Landing, Fla.,
writes: “Four bottles of B. B. B. healed up
the broken out places on my limbs, and my
general health never was better than now. My
appetite is good and all I eat agrees w::h me.”
A HEALTH PRESERVER.
P. A. Shepherd, “I Norfolk, Va., B. August 10,
1888, writes : depend on B. B. for the
family preservation nearly of my health. two I have and had in all it in my
now years, that
time have not had to have a doctor.”
HE BECAME BALD.
L. Johnson, Belmont Station. Mias., writes :
“B, B. B. has worked on me like a charm. My
hr ad and body was covered with sores, and my
hair came out, but B. B. B. healed me quickly.”
One Still Unaccounted For.
Warde tells a good story. It is, I
suppose, a chestnut. I never heard a
theatrical story that was not. What
proves it to be an old one is that Warde
names the place at which it oceured.
He was playrog Virginius in some small
place. You will remember that Appius
Claudius’ work, client, in the who last does act, the has dirty few
comes on a
words with Appius Claudius in prison,
and then goes off. That is the last that
is seen of him in the play. When the
curtain fell on this performance of
“Virginius” his in dressing this small place Warde
retired to room and pro¬
ceeded to become the Frederick Warde
of every-day life. The manager came
in.
“Mr. Warde, the audience has not
gone.” “Well, I help that. The play
can’t is
done. There isn’t any more of it in "the
book.”
“But they don’t go.”
“Turn down the footlights.”
“No use. They won’t stir. Won’t
you go and speak to them ?”
“What! Go and tell them the play’s
over ? Egad—I will! That will be a
funny experience.” in front of the curtain;
Warde stepped
there the audience sat quite still.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the play is
over. Virginia is dead; Dentatus is
dead; I am dead; Appius Claudius is
dead.”
Just then a voice sang out from the
gallery: “What did do with that other
you sob
of a gun ?”
Governor Francis, of Missouri, has
signed the grain option bill, which be¬
comes a law. The bill virtually prohib¬
its all dealing in grain options, unless
the parties dealing in such options ac¬
tually own fhe grain. It is causing
great dissatisfaction among grain dealers.
Instead of feeling tired and worn out, in¬
stead of aches and pains, If wouldn't continue you feeling ratner
feel fresh and strong? you
miserable and good-for-notliing you have only
yourself to blame, for Browns Iron Bitters
will surely cure you. It is a certain cure for
dyspepsia, indigestion, malaria, weakness,
kidney, lung and heart affections. Try it if
you desire to be healthy, robust and strong,
and experience its remarkable curative quali¬
ties.
A bogus corpse is used to deceive the char¬
itable in Atlanta.
The man or woman who is profitably em¬
ployed is generally happy. If you are not
happy it may he because you have not found
your proper work. Wo earnestly urge & all such
persons to write to B. F. Johnson Co.. 1009
Main St., Richmond, Va., and be they happily can show and
you a work in which you can
profitably employed.
A Radical Care for Epileptic Fits.
To (he Editor —Please inform your readers
that I have a positive remedy for the above
named disease which I warrant to cure the
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its vir¬
tues that I will send free a sample who bottle will give ana
valuable treatise to any sufferer
me his P O. and Express address. Resp York. y,
H.G. ROOT, M. C., 183 Pearl St.. New
A Poser!
Why will you suffer with indigestion, consti¬
pation, piles, torpid liver and sick-headache,
when a few cents will buy Hamburg 1 igs
enough to relieve your distress at once and ef¬
fect a cure in a few days ? 25 cents. Dose one
Fig. Mac k Drug Co., N. Y.
the Nothing pain and so completely suffering attending robs confinement the of
it as use
of The Mother’s Friend. Sold by druggists.
Pest, easiest to use, and cheapest. Piso’s
Remedy for ( atarrh. By Dr. ggisls, 00c.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp¬
son’- Eve-water. Druggists sell atSflc.per bottle
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