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THREE CHRISTMAS EVES.
Be her a ring and a holly wreath,
On a Christmas Evo as thosun went down:
4, Never was lover more true than I.”
The moon climbed into the frozen sky;
A great star shone in the darkening west;
A red fox, shivering, sought his nest;
The wild wiud shouted and laughed with glee
Though his breast was as cold as the Norther
Sea;
But the fire was bright, and hearts were ligli
And frolic and feasting filled the night,
Till loud rang the bells, the merry, merry hells*
For Joy on Christmas morning.
Christmas Eve, and a maiden’s heart
Throbbed with pain as the sun went down;
A ship had sailed ou a summer’s day;
A wreck in the ocean’s depths it lay;
Thantoms gathered about the door,
Weird were the shadows on wall and floor;
The wind sang a dirge in the chimney old
For the brave young lover whoso heart was
cold;
Bad wore the eyes that watched the stars
Till dawn crept in at the window bare,
And loud rang tho bells, the pitiless bolls,
Ou a cheerless Christmas morning.
Hearts were happy and eyes wore bright
Ou a Christmas Eve, as tho sun went down,
For the sea had given up its dead,
And the captain bravo to his wife is wed,
Phantoms fled from tho lighted halt;
There was ou'y mirth in tho night wind's call!
Warmth and fragrance and silk< u sheen
Laughter rippled bright lips between;
Music and rovelry filled the night;
Till the stars had sot and the east was bright;
Thou loud rang the bells, the happy bells,
For Joy on Christmas morning.
NEIGHBOR'S CHRISTMAS.
Oh P she moaned, u she «aw It all | A MOTHER'S DREAD.
“Oh, poor woman—unhappy, wretohod Th. Waadnnii Histrionic n.rHopment era
Wifop Bamou. oiillff Aeir***.
Vntcauo World.
Borne porsona appear to bo possessed
an evil spirit of misfortune, at least
that U tho sort of explanation they often
give themselves concerning tho mishaps
that befall them. Mra. Derby thought
ahe certainly belonged to tho cIiihb thus
defined—in holiday time, at nuy rate;
for it really aeemod as though every
thing (Unagreeable and malapropoa had
conspired to make that aeason of the
S oar anything hut a “morry" ono to
or.
The first year of her married life,
Tom, her husbaud, apruinod his ankle
and wns ooufined to the houao until long
after the now year. That wan unfor
tunate; for, while it loanonod Ids anlary,
it, at the same tfrno, enlarged thoir hilla
considerably, and Mrs. Dorby thought
they hod begun life “troubled 1 ’ indeed.
The second year, Tom’s mother died n
week bofore Ohrlstnrui, and tlio holidays
woro consequently sad and dull; tho
third aud fourth yearn were marked by
eeriotis illnesses about Christmas time,
aud the lost aud fifth "Merry Christmas”
Day, little Tom Derby got loat on tho
street and was gouo ail ono terrible
night. It was not to bo wondered at,
therefore, that Mrs. Derby looked for
ward somewhat fearfully os tho holidays
drew near, and not Iteuig in the most
robust health, sho waa naturally morbid
ly nervoua over tho matter, and wns
preparod to magnify the lightest shadow
of any unpleasant coming ovout into a
very disagreeable snbstanoe.
"I wonder what it will bo this year ?”
she would say to herself, os the timo
drew near.
"It" began a oonple of days before
Christmas. Bridget, tho oook, fell very
iU aud was obliged to leave aud go to
her sister’s; the second girl scalded her
foot and was laid up, the range beonmo
unmanageable, the baby had a serious
attaok of croup, and Christmua Eve
found Mrs. Derby in a stato of mind not
to be envied.
“I know it will be something dreadful
this year, Tom,” sho said, os ho kissed
her aftor supper and said ho must work
down at the oflloo until twolvo that
night.
“Yon are nervous, Doll; don’t think
of tronbled possibilities; wo nro all well
—baby hasn’t been better in mouths
than he is to-night. The prosont is cer
tainly peaceful and pleasant; don’t bor
row worries; let the future rest in hopo
and trust —"
“Yob, but something alwavs does hap
pen Christmas, yon know, Tom—' ’
“Well, this one is going to bo a truly
■happy’ one. There, good-night; I’ll be
home by half-past twolvo aud we ll fill
tho stookings,’’ and Mr. Derby hurried
off.
Mrs. Derby put tho children to bed
aud listened to their chatter with a sigh
iu her heart and ou her lips. Sho wished
she had it in her power to give them all
tho pretty things they hoped “Simula
Clauth” would bring. “if I was only
rioh, now, like Mrs. Eldridge" (her next
door neighbor), sho thought, "how hap
py I stiould bo 1 Sho IniB everything
heart oaa wish, nothing to do all day
but amuse herself. I dare say sho never
evou feels tired; her rooms are always iu
order; no one to put them in disoider.
Oh I dear 1” and Mrs. Derby sighed
again as she picked np tho thousand and
one articles the little ours had strewn
about. Then she sut down at tho ma
chine and “stitched, BUtohed, stitched"
at some of the large pile of work that ac
cumulator- where little cues abide. Her
back ached aud her head throbbed and,
as she sat there, a tired, woafy, nervous,
overworked mother, rebellions thoughts
rose to her mind. “Why should Mrs.
Eldridge have so mnoh and I so little?”
ahe thought. "It is unjust; 1 deserve
as mnoh as she—I work duy and night
and she—” Just thon a sudden gubt of
wiud blew the window shade aside and
Mrs. Derby looked over into hor neigh
bor's sitting room, that was just across
the narrow yard. Her curtains were
drawn and the room was brilliantly
lighted. Mrs. Eldridge sat in the midst
of a pile of bright ribbons and siika
dressing a doll.
Mrs. Derby dropped hor work and
same to the window and looked closer.
Yes, there sat her neighbor, dressed iu
an elegant costume, diamonds in her
ears and jewels on her fingers, dressiug a
doll baby 1 Mrs. Derby glanced down
at her own plain wrapper which she
had not had time to ohange since morn
ing; she looked around her untidy room,
beheld the piles of plain sewing “a
month behind,” and a bitter, wicked
feeling of envy orept into her heart
“She has everything—I have noth
ing I She is rioh—I am poor t I work
and Blave—sho—dresses dolls 1 Oh 1
this iB cruel and wrong; why shonld that
woman’s life be beautiful and happy and
mine miserable and wretched ?” and
poor Mrs. Derby, worked up to a pitch of
nervous frenzy, threw herself ou to the
lounge in a passion of tears. A furious
ring at the bell startled her from her
grief. The servant could not come down
stairs and, with a premonition of some
terror to come—was it not Christmas
Eve ? and her cup seemed to hold a fall
portion of misfortune. Mrs. Derby flew
down and opened the front door.
A carriage stood at the curb and two
men were lifting ont a third one, who
oould not help himself. The hall l^rht
fell upon Mrs. Derby’s pale face Sad
light hair that had esoaped the oomb and
she looked like something ethereal. The
men stared at her without speaking.
“What is it?” she asked in a hoarse
whisper. “Tell me at once. Oh, Tom 1
Bring him to me.” And she stepped
ont on the step to receive the poor crea
ture the men held in their arms.
“’s not her—’s not my wife, tell ye.
My wife’s got blaok hair, black as mid—
midnight. Bang wrong bell, gemp’lem
—next door, I tell ye.” And the stag
gering man endeavored to poll the other
door bell.
wife I
The outer door opened now, and the
two womeu met faoe to face.
“It’s her, that's the right one, gemp’
lem; walk right in and take a drink—it’s
my house. ”
The men went in with their heavy
harden, and the women looked at one
another.
Mrs. Derby's first impulse had been
to retreat within her own door, and thus
make a pretense of not having seen the
skeleton of her neighbor’s hearth and
home, but tho men had barred her, aud
uow the two womon stood face tofaoo.
“A happy Christmas to yon, Mrs.
Derby,” said Mrs. Eldridge. Hor voice
Bounded harsh and strange, and tier faco
was like marble, so hard and oold.
Without answering her, Mrs. Derby put
her arms about hor aud drew hor iuaido
her own home and into the darkened
parlor. The men hod gono on up-statis
with Mr. Eldridge, and oould be heard
persuading him to rotiro.
Thero waa silence between tho two for
awhile; then Mra. Eldridge put hor
head down upon hor friend's BhcAildor
and burst into tears.
'Yon see ray sorrow, oh, Mrs.
Derby ” she cried. “I am a most mis
erable and wretched woman.” Aud sho
buried hor faoe in her jewelod hands.
“Oli I I have tried so faithfully to re-
foiin that man,” she went on, iu afever-
ish haste of words which it seemed im
perative ol her to utter. “I did love
him once, lint now I 1 loathe and detest
him, my life is a mockery and a lie. I
have nothing to live for—I want to
die I”
"Hush," whispered Mrs. Dorby, as
sho would have paoiQod a rebellions
child. "Hush; do not think nor speak
such words; try to bear your sorrows;
wo all havo crosses—”
“No, not ail.” Indignantly cried Mrs.
Eldridge. “What havo yon ? A happy
homo, a husband who Iovch and honors
you, children—oh, Mrs. Durby I tlinnk
God for your little children. If 1 were
a mother I oould liear oven this. No,
do not say nil. I envy you your happy
life,” And she sobliod bitterly.
Mrs. Derby wns silent, Hhii thought
of tho wioked feeling in her heart with
which sho had regarded her neighbor
not an hour ago—aud now I Oh I what
were all her little, potty trinls to thin 1
Him felt relinked and ashamed. It was
quiet upstairs uow, and tho men enmo
silently down tho hell and psssed out
without speaking. Mrs. Dorby rose to
go alter a few more words of warm, lov
ing sympathy, and Mrs. Eldridgo
stilled liur grief and said:
“flood night, my friend. I thank
you, ns a woman, for your woman's
sympathy. Yon are tho first ono to
whom my scorot has beon bared by mo.
When you boo mo agnin forgot all I
have said. I will try to livo on ns 1
have lived on, and oh, Mrs. Derby 1
whatevor trials you mny havo iu your
life, tlinnk flod for your loving, honest,
honorable husband and your little chil
dren; aud now, good night—and a
happy Christmas,”
“Well, you soe, nothing has hap
pened so fnr; it is ‘to-morrow,’ and wc
begin Christmas happily," said Mr.
Derby, a hnli-honr later, when ho re
turned homo. "Why, what's tho
matter?” ho asked, os his wife’s tear-
stained face smiled np into his.
"Oh, Tom 1 1 am so happy; ft is the
very happiest Christmas in tho world to
me.” And the tears fell again ns she
thought of what the comparison meant.
"Wbnt do you moan, Doll?" urged
Mr. Derby, iu surprise at his wife's ag
itation.
And thon sho tolil him all—told him
of all tho hard, rebellious thoughts slid
Imd hold in hor heart, of the wicked
feeling of envy she had harbored; how
she had coveted her neighbor’s goods,
sud then what had boon revealed to
her.
“And I shall novor feel that way
again, T( in," said sho, "no matter what
may oomo—Bioknops or death or any
thing. I have you, and your love and
honor and respect, and wo havo tho
children. And I boo now how littlo wc
know of other people’s troubles; our
owu may bo hsrd to boar, but liow
much worse mny bo our neighbor’s !
I, for one, shull uevor break the 'Youth
Cimimundmout.”
Next day, when a prettily dressod doll
wns sent in to little Doilio Dorby, witli
“Mrs. Elilridge’s love,” Mrs. Dolby
looked at it with new eyes. It wns to
her not only a toy, but a symbol of the
emptiness of hor neighbors Christmas!
Auuuhta de Bujina
Soldiers' Longevity.
DUBIOUS CALCULATIONS IN BBOARD TO
TUB LIMITS OF HUMAN LIFE.
S sais ago at the arrest, at the Instigation of
le Society f-.r the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, of little Corinne, tho child actrea.
rhe little girl, Iom than eight years old, was
taken from her parents and kept in confine
ment until releancxl by order of the court and
mayor of the city. Mrs. Jennie Kimball,
Jon i?— “* *
the mother of Corinne, who has beon known
to the public for many years as vocalist and
comedienne, has devoted tho ^rwitoat r«m
oimo, has devoted the greatest care
to tho training and education of Corinne,
and the result is a development of natural
faculties ro-illy phenomenal.
hen did you discover Corinne’i remark
able talon*, wan asked of Mrs. Kimball.
"I can hardly remember the timo when her
eyes would not spnrklo at tho sound of mu
sic, sh « began to sing bofore she could talk,
before sho was four years old she created s
sensation and received the prize of n gold
chain and locket studded with diamonds, nt
the National baby show in Boston. Next sho
sang in a concert given by Brown’s Brigade
Band, and in 18?J made her debut as Little
Buttercup in the Juvenile Pinafore Company.
Since thon she has sung in opera and played
various roles nearly everywhere.”
Mrs. Kimball is a lady of flue presence, and
when playing at the Boston Museum, waa
herself known as ‘ Little Jennie Kimball.”
“What has become of tho littlo lady?” askod
the importer.
yshe has given placo to the person you see
1 havo
before you. Like' so many others
somewhat flashy. Indeed
assumed such proportions that I
te'gan to fear for my health. Why, nt times
1 would, have the most HutTocating
sensation in my heart; then again iny head
would 1*0 attacked and 1 have frequently
fa ten to tho floor in a dead fainting fit, I
Consulted ?evoral eminent physicians and
they told mo l must abandon the stAgo if I
expected or Imp d to live. This seemed terri
ble, for I am do voted to my profession and
alno to tho development of Corinne.'*
"Ami yet you amje&r jierfoetly strongf
"And so 1 am. Why, 1 have reducod my
weight over twenty pounds within throe
months, and I never felt better in my life. If
any who are troubled as 1 was questions this,
lot thorn try Warner’s wife cure, the remedy I
u«od, and they will, I am sure, l>o himxmI-
ily convinced of it* tr ith. I Ndievo it is the
finest medicine in the world, ami any numlier
of my friends to whom I had recommended
it have found it as beneficial as it bos been
to me.”
"Is Oorinno’s health grsxir’
1 ‘Perfect Tho child has so much life an 1
vivacity she is overflowing with it, on and
oft the stage. ”
The only previous instance oi such remark
able precocity which history chronicles is
that of the famous Peg Woffington, who Hist
appeared in “The Jteggar’s Opera,” when but
- little older than Corinne.
Diphtheria In AnlinnK
A good story of the Viennese carni
val is current in tho Austrian capital.
At a ball given by tho Viennese Choral
Society, which is always nuro to bo bo
thronged that it is tho work of hours
to reach the entranoo, a member of a
Well-known financial house hit on nn
original but successful mode of convey
ance. He arranged with four bearers to
carry him through tho crowd on a hos
pital stretcher. Of course tho crowd
made way, and groat was thoir astonish
ment when ho throw oflf tho covering
and jumped out alive aud hoarty.
Mulcted.—A San Francisco dentist
agreed to fill a person’s teeth for 817.50,
but when tho work was completed
charged $22.60. Tho individual re
fused payment and tho dentist removed
the fillings by force. Tiio patient
brought suit for damage* and wa*
•warded $217.50 and costs.
CATA'ttBH
^hayfeverI^^
HAY-FEVER
CATARRH,
i disease of the muooui
n mbrane, it aonerallv
rigtnatos in tne nasal
muHRgoe and maintain!
ta atr.ng-h Id in tha
mad. • From tbi> point
t send* fortn a poison*
dub virus slons them m-
r&nous linings and
through the digestive
■iganti, oorrupt ng tho
ilood and producing
■emedy baaod
unroot di.ignc
Ii-mhmi find c
in <>f this
,n be de-
5oo. at
UK*— v.v. I t mall
i>tcr»’d. Sample ’ ot-
> by mall lOo. KLT
uoh., Druggist*, Owe-
». N. Y.
Pensions i :
Storm Sidlin'
As the coming of n groat storm Is liernkloil
t>J the ditplay of cautionary signals, so is the
approach of t'iat dread and fa till disease, con
sumption of tho lungs, usually announced in
advance by pimples, blot eruptions, ul
cer*, glandular swellings and kindred out
ward manifestations of tho internal bl<
poison, which, if not promptly jxpollcd from
the system, attacks tho delicate ti.*
system, attacks tho delicate tissues of tho
lungs, causing them to ule rate and break
down. Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Modi’ nl Di
covery” is the great remedy for this, as fot
all diseases having their origin in bad blood.
It Improves the appetite and digestion, in
creases nutrition and builds up llio wasted
lystera.
mini!
ALLEN’S
^ORIENTAL
m BALM.
l I1E GREAT 8K1N
REMEDY.
s.rfvSSvV-*! Removes from th*
r r. .111.1-ini.hi.i, rich
< ^7,. irecklee, Motu, Tnn
SMITH, DOOLITTLE £ SMITH,
Agents, Dolton, Maul.
Key West, Fla., ha
15,000.
ft population of nearly
**Tlie Little Ifttckelberry.”
There are very few who do not know of this
littlo hush growing alongside our momitaiuH
and hills; but very few realize tho fact that
the little purple berry, which so many of ua
have eaten in most every shape, there is
ciple in it having a wondi ~
rfiil ofTi-o
■tores tho littlo ono toothing ; and cure i
rheea. Dyaentery and Cramp Colic,
by all druggists at 60 etuis u bottlo.
that
Bilk is now grown in tvvomy of our states
THIN PEOPLE.
"Wells' nenltli Krnuwnr" restores kenltli smt
vigor, enc'-s Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Do-
“Old Folks at
“It is n hard thing to tell when the
last soldier of tho oivil war will die,”
said the old actuary. “Wo do not know
tho nuulier of men who enlisted, nor
wlmt portion of them died, and without
this it would bo impossible to form ail
exact estimate. Tne last signor of tiio
Declaration of Independence, Olearies
Oarroll, of Carrollton, survived that
event sixty yenrs; tho last Brigadier-
General of tho Revolutionary War died
in 1824, and tho last Major-General, the
Marquis Lafayette, iu 1833.
“Tho first milliou of tho 2,912,000
soldiers would take thirty years to die
in, the seooud million fifteen years and
tho third substantially twenty. The
percentage of deoreaso is very slow iu
the first few years, or up to this timo
not over five per oent. each fivo years of
those living in tho previous semi-deoade.
From 1885 to 1891) tho death rate be
comes eight per wont.; 1890 to 1895, ten
per cent.; 1895 to 1900, fourteen per
cent.; 1900 to 1905, uineteon percent.;
1905 to 1910, thirty-fivo per cent.; 1910
to 1915, thirty-nine pof cent.; 1915 to
1920, fifty-three per cent,; 1920 to 1925,
sixty-soven per cent.; 1925 to 1930,
eighty-five per oent., and 1930 to 1935,
ninety-nine per oent. The greatest ab
solute number of deaths will ooour be
tween 1910 and 1915, when more thau
two hundred veterans will bo buried
each day, or 380.934 in all. These fig
ures ure not strictly ueenrate, for they
nro based on the assumption that tlio.se
who survived the war were oaoli twenty-
eight years old, but this is not true.
This is the average, aud while stutiug it
in this way will make no materiul diflt-r-
enoo iu tho first fifty years, thero will
bo a decided decrease in life expectation
iu the latter years. Tho youngest of
those who served on either side are now
about thirty-five, while the oldest are
about eighty-five. There nro many who
have not yet attained tiio age of forty,
and their expectation of life is far be
yond wiiat I have given, the average
now being forty,-seven. I believo that
enough of the younger men are living to
mniutain a respeotable roll up into the
thirties and forties, To givo the num
bers more oloaely would require a cal
culation of all the ages in the army for
each of the four years, which would be a
long and tedious task.”
Dr. N. P. Formad, who investigated
diphtheria in connection with Dr. llorn-
tio Wood, ouoo found that three of his
wliito laboratory rats woro ill, n nl ou
careful examination hiuv that they wero
suffering from diphtheria. Ho far as
known they had not for months been ex
posed to any possible means of contagion.
The cases wero apparently of spontane
ous origin, and an exaniiuniion of tiio
surroundings showed abundant sources
for the germ causes of the malady, ns
tho lloor on which the rats were kept
was covered with bones, fragments of
spoiled meat, and other putrefying ma
terial. Two of these rats died of diph
theria, as proved hy post-mortem exam
inations. Dr. Formad also observed
spontaneous diphtheria iu rabbits ami
chickens at times when no diphtheria
lmd heeu present ill lmmnli beings for
mouths or not nt all, and when no pos
sible source of contagion could bo dis
covered.
Hut diphtheria can bo conveyed from
human beings to animals and vice versa.
In a family living in a rather isolated
placo in Michigan, Dr. Formad ssyH,
four children woro attacked with diph
theria. The slops of the sick room wero
thrown out doors with tho kitchen lofuse
and eaten by tho pigs, one of whioli
speedily sickened and died in a few days.
Post-mortem examinations allowed very
thick diphtheric membranes in tho gullet
and stomach, and all the miorosoopio ap
pearances of trno diphtheria. The blood
of the pig was also lull of diplitheritio
baoterin, as woro tho kidneys, spleon,
and other organs. Fatal diphtheria was
also produoed in rabbits and other ani
mals by inoculating them with tlioso ma
terials taken from tho pig.
Dr. Compton reports the following:
doverni persons iu one family had malig
nant diphtheria, eornmeal poultices wore
applied to their throats, and when new
ones were npulo, tho old ones woro
thrown out doors. Chickens and pigs
ate tills eornmeal aud died of diph
theria.
Drs, Kellogg and Avory, of tho Mich
igan Committee ou Diphtheria, report a
coho in which a eat with diphtheria gave
this disease to fivo children, and also tho
case of a young lady who died on tho
third day of hor illness. A few days
previously sho had beon charitably en
gaged iu removing somu obstructions
from tho throat of her pot oat; subse
quent examinations showed that the ob
structions wero diplitheritio membrauos.
Dr. Hewitt, of Lako Superior, relates
another oaso in whioh diphtheria was
oommmiio'itod by a oat. For several
days a pet cat bad been suffering from a
sore throat ;and swelled neck, and died
iu tile bouse. On the day of its death
a most virulent form of diphtheria broke
out iu the family, resulting iu the death
of two of the children, while tho doolor
barely esoaped with his life. Other fam
ily oats woro similarly affected, and tho
disease soon bpreod among their owners.
Mrdioub.
Messrs. Mason At. Hami.in hi I fair to 1 ■
ccmo as famous for their Upright Pianos a-
they havo long boon for thoir world renowno i
Cabinot Organa. Having oxparinioiitoil ■ '
cral yoars at great oxpoiisu, ami with then-
siltanco of prolmbly us able a corps "f ox| i n
as can bo found in liny factory in thu wortl.
they havo succoedod in producing a pimi .
which has elicited the wannest eucouiluai,
from the best judges. Tho disttnguisliia,,
feature about it is an important improv,
meat in tho method nt "stringing" tha
piano, which originated In thoir ow.
factory. Tho string* are so-ur.d I
metallic fastenings, Instead of thu fri. li i , I
pins set. in wood, as has been the case, a 1 th,
advantages resulting are numerous and hig lit
important; among them nro the follow,n,;:
Wonderful beauty and musical quality <>(
tone, tar less liability of getting oui of mile,
greater reliability m trying cIIiiihIi-h, him
greater solidity of construction and dm a
blltty. Mason AC Hamlin have made 150,lieu
organs, They can hardly ax | sut to me!,.-a
many pianos, but they will deuhth ss lie r-alh 1
uisai to make a very large number.—JiWua
TmieUrr.
GOOD NE WS
< TO LADIES I
Lois and Gain,
CHAPTER I,
"i was taken alck a year ago
With blUoua fever,"
"Mv doctor pronounced me cured, but I got
lick again, with terrible pilnJ In my back and
aides, and I got so bad I
Could not move I
I shrunk I
From 228 lbs. to 1201 I had been doctoring
for my Uver, but it did me no good. I did
not expect to live nroro thon three mouth*,
I began to uso Hop Bitten.
Directly mv appetite returned, my palru left
me my entire svstem seemed renewed as if
by magic, and after using several bottle*, I
am not only ns a imnl os a sovereign,but weigh
more than I did beforo. To_liop Bitter* I
owe my life." R-
Dublin, June 0, '81.
cnAPTER n.
It. Fitzpatrick.
"Malden, Mass., Feb. 1, 1880. GenUemen-
I Buffered with attack* of alck headache."
Neuralgia, female (rouble, for yoars in the
tltrril' ' ■*’
most urrlblo and excruciating nmimer.
No medicine or doctor could give me relief
or < ure, until I nso<l Hop Bittere.
“Tho flrat bottlo
Nearly curod mo;"
The e H-onrl made me aa well and atrong a*
when a child,
"And 1 have been so to this day."
My husband was an Invalid for twenty
years with n serious
‘ “Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
“Pronounced by Boston's best physicians—
"Ineurablol"
Novell bottles of your Bitters cured him and
I know of tiio
“Uveaof eight persons’
In my neighborhood that havo been saved
by your bitters,
Till
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Un
Ml It HAN TK \ <0„
r York.
Wl] WAttT 1000 BOOK AGENTS
j n*w ! i, t v i n . : \ i vUs Mn\U
g!
KU.M.v:,’. Tl.f futrat ftllinf
' i ’ ‘iiaiiii.il l i’.a ill A.vlll.il
%m WILD INDIANS
Ami many more are using them with great
benefit.
"They almost
Do miracles I" Mrs. E, D. Blaok.
liow to Get Hick.—Expose yourself day
and night; eat too much without exercise;
w ork too hard without re*t ; doctor ail th*
timo; take ell the vilo nostrums odvorttsed,
dll I then you will want to know liow to gel
trrll, widen is answered In throe wonts—Take
Hop Bitters!
|-.y*Nono genuine without abunch of green
Hops on the white label. Hhun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with "Hop" or "Hops" in thoir
name.
VARIETY IRON WORKS,
LANG & WILT, PROPRIETORS,
MANUFACTURERS OF AND DNALSRI IN
4TEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, Etc., STEAM PIPE VALVES, RUBBER AND
LEATHER BELTING, MACHINE OILS ALL GRADES.
AGENTS FOR
Daniel Pratt Cotton Gins,
Brown Cotton Gins,
A. B. FARQTJHAR’S MACHINERY,
COTTON PRESSES, CANE MILLS. COTTON SEED HULLERS.
We are prepared to do ail kinds of Repair Work at short notice and as well ns
can be done.
All in want of tlie above-named goods, or machinery repaired, are cordially
invited to call aud see us or write for prices before going elsewhere.
Respectfully,
LANG & WILT,
Sandersville, Georgia.
THE FEAST OF SAN JERONIMO.
Krtltor* He., us ’ t'ht
L-nt. />, r l^tUhetU"
It takrs 1 kit
llflflrr. sml /
mhr It 1ht lo
Its (hr,
fill
<nnk for /lu nlt.
•r. Term, fir.,**
rt ford, (on n.
. WO KT1I1 Ml TON 4
R. U. AWARE
THAT
Lorillard’ Climax Plug
rorpi A Gold Watch.
. ddU. qossaMEU GARMENTS.
Affwnt*' Bam*
tho foil,
telling nn tho Imiirnnt votr*
I t. A.lll I.MM-IV.- It Sul ill (.Ml.|
rot II Ladj
tvinniiN, ono pn
I Mutt* and Glir i
13 A rOBITIVI CUBS
For Ftninlo Complaints and
nktirmr* 00 common to
our heat Icmnle population*
It will euro ontlr*]/ th* wor*t form of Fcm&lo Com*
plaint*, *11 Orarlnn trouble*, Inflammation and Ulcera*
tlon, Falling and Plgplncenienl*, and th* consequent
Hpinnl WtakncNJ, ami la imrlicularly adapted to the
Change of Llfo |
It will dlaaolr* find expel flunori from the uteru* in an
cnrly atago of dot . lopnient. The tendency to cancerous
humor* thero it checlcud very »i>oodlly by it* uau.
faJntncfi*, flatulency, deatrov* all craving
*, and relieve* tveaknoni of the *toma«-h,
Moating, Headaches, Norvou* Prostration.
. General Debility, Bleeplesfincss, Depression and Indices*
Hon. That fooling of bearing down, causing pain, weight
and backache, Is nlwav* permanently cured by Its use.
I It will ai all times and tinder all circumstances act in
PAi-niony with tho laws that govern tho Femalo system.
For the euro of Kidney Complaints of either *cx, this
Compound Is unsurpassed. I'rlcofl.00. SU bottles for (5.00,
( AIL (A It i> t()„ lv
Only 2,RB0 mllea of railroad havo lwon built
this year, being le b thau any year Bincu 1879.
l>o You Wnnt lo liny 11 Dog t
Send for Dog Buyor’i Guido, 100 pagan, on*
gmvingH of nil breotlH, colored plate, pi in * ■ f
dogH and wlu iv to buy thorn. Mailed lor I V.
Associated Fanciers, 25)7 S. 8th Street, I’liila.
Tho California sillc culturo association sus
pended from lack of funds,
“ROUGH ON PAIN.”
Cures oolic, cramps, diarrhaia; externally
for aches, pains, sprains, hoaduchc, m ural;;i i,
rheumatism. For man or beast. 20 and OOo.
1 MN't 1SM4.
TB2 U.-r,KST KK?,-rVnT
• I'AIMA PLAN. U'pMning in Oen-
ffik t r ! N- w Yi.i lfimrly ln.lu-
V family should b* without LYDIA E. riSKnAJTS
7./nf*{ PILLS. They euro constipation, biliousness aud
torpidity of tho llrcr. 80 cents a box at all druggists.
V.in. Pa rry, Parry P.0.,N.J.
Consumption Can Be Cured!
OR.
& umiin
0B0AMS
S22 TO
$900.
II AT WORLD’S
I.STi.LN YKAltS.
'. mcrlenti Organs Awarded such nli
Far Cash, F.uiy Pr/meats or Rontod.
siting V.’
VVM.
nsumptlon Can Be ct
HALL'S
BALSAM
FOR TIIB
•rHT
liiglient r
PIANOS
Icncc yet nttnlnrd
i linpr
Fort Worth, Texas, spout Jt5,000 in its cole-
bration.
For diarrhoRa, cholora morbus, dysentery
and hloody*flux, colic or cTHtnie in st unnch,
uso Dr. Fieroe'e Compound Extructof Smart-
Wood. Specific, also, for breaking up colds.
Dr. McCosh, of Frinoeton, drclaros his ho
lief tiiat (wolution is not inconsistent with the
Scriptures.
r li ability t
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co..
s York, 10 K. l«tb
I Wns Troubled
with Chronic Catarrh and gathering in my
head, was very deaf at times, had discharge h
from my ears, and was unable to breathe
through my nose. Boforo the second l>ottlu of
Ely’s Cream Balm was exhausted 1 was cured
and to-day enjoy sound health.—('. J. (’ohhin
928 Chestnut st., Field Manager. Philadelphia
rub. House, Fa. Beo advertisement.
|
Lying Awnli can't fiRLT.snfl tsll
if you (Ure.
LUNGS.
I’nrffi ( oiiAiiiiiptloii, Cold*. Pneuinonln* In*
flnrii/n, llroneliliil Difllcultiea, llronchltla,
11 mi i'im* tie mm* A*! hin 11, <Voup« Whooping
(diigli, 11ml nil DUtMiNCto of the Ilreatulng
Oi gmiN. It "outlie* mid lienla the .Xeinbrnnl
oi me I.ungN, InUniued mid jiolaoued by ill*
disease, mid prevenlM the night awendi and
tiglitiiriaa m-resH the rbeat \tliicb neeompany
1 not n»i tucurnble uialn
il I
cure you, sm
msut&f 1
5 TON
WAGON SCALES.
Frtlfhl
AGENTS
' "\V RE Y0U MAKING
‘ • ’••- MONEY?
ftaE''’’ I Wide nwako Agents
j Jlf nro making from 1100
1 I - ^ I” 3’“* I-. I- ui”ii!b
-^1 1 soiling tbe original
MISSOURI STEAM WASHER.
Over 10.000 Mild. A III w prlnclplo. Saving of clothes.
Lffb’.r, .M. ndmg nnd II .1 li. Mud* of mctnl. ('..ntrol
of r.’iTlCGi v given. Writ 11 for term* and circulars.
■; • 1|(>. HTKAU U O-HKn CO.. IttlO %. Ruin Kt.,HI.Louis, Ho.
1HUGJI AAlTON.iT. Y.
Lo Conts
AN ONLY DAUGHTER CURED OF
CONSUMPTION.
Nursery
fill, al' remsdles having
ipnriiuonting with tba
.•idonta ly mad*
It costs $100,000 per year to put pictures iu
Harper’s monthly.
iri- : \»£ ' \ rorinTk' A The tar. i> 1 (ton whndi c-ired hi* <.n»y ohil t nt roiisuiitutlon.
- ■ ; -,rdb*.i*\ f • EOOHT 5*J««i.t grow. Ilk Child IHII-.W in tliw.-o.int-y and *nj.»yin« the bast
, J pt >'•» ter of those . . li-alUi. H.< has proved to (lie world that Can-
. ■ - • J \ , f-oiiintioti can be positively andI permanently cured.
.. 2/ V- V*. , •/ PFARS ! TlwD'Kdor now gives this recipe frao, only asking two
• -F * ■* t 2cent fitninpn to pay *sp«MU*s. This ^Inrb also cure#
Stomach,
MOTIIERH.
If yon are faiUiiK ; broken, worn ont an.l
,,.»o.w mu. “Wnl a’ lh alth llonowor.” ftl.
twenty-four hours. Address
CRADDOCK «fc CO.,
1032 lluce Ktree.t, IMillmtcIphla.
The 8011th Carolina conference of tho Meth
odist church South will convene in Charleston
17th of December.
Cyprian I.epcrs.
Fon PYsrF.rRTA, imdiokrtiov dcpreHfiionof*pir-
its and general debility in (heir various forms,
also as a proAentive against fever and ague an.l
other intermittent fevers, the “Ferro-Phosphor
ated Elixir of Calidaya,” made by Caswell,
Hazard (V Co., New York, and sold by all Drug*
gists, is the best tonic ; and for patients recover
ing from fever or other sickness it 1ms uoequal.
pinui Mib«e k ’\Valst, $175
Splnui Corset, JA OO
Spinal Nursina Covset,... 3 85
Spirml Abdominal Cornet, D 75
tfcDM v licoommondod by leading physicians,
delivered freo anywhere in tho U.S.
on receipt of price, I Jidy Agents Wanted.
br.Linqniot’sbtiaalOorsetCo.,4121l , wny,NewYork.
itreet railways in snccessful operation.
A Bee's Working Tools,
Naturalists Bay tfia.t the foot of the
oommon working beo exhibit the oombi-
uation of a basket, a brush and a pair of
pincers. The brush, the hairs of whioh
are arranged in symmetrical rows, are
only to be seen with the microscope.
With this brush of fairy delioaoy the
bee brushes its velvet robe to remove
the pollen dust with whioh it becomes
loaded while suoking up the neotar. An
other article, hollowed like a spoon, re
ceives all the gleanings whioh the insect
carries to tho hive. Finally, by opening
them, ono upon another by means of a
these two pieces became a pair of
important service
The London Globe says: The ancient
disease of leprosy has long prevailed in
tho Island of Cyprus, but it affects os a
rule only the Christian population, only
one Mohnmudiui being known to suffer
at present from tho disease. It exists in
three several forms, but several of the
victims liavo all three varieties at once,
aud most of them have more than one.
The unfortunates now infected with the
malady do not seem to be regarded in
these latter days with aa much fear and
abhorrence ss was inspired by them at
an earlier epoch, when the western parts
of Asia were so terribly allliotod by tho
Boourge. Thero is, of course, a gonersl
desire to seclude them aud avoid their
society, but still some IcperB are married
to huolthy persons, who do not trouble
themselves to separate from them. En
deavors are made, whenever an un
doubted case of leprosy is discovered, to
induce tho sufferer to become the inmate
of an nsylum, which is called in rather
homely phrase the "Leper Farm." This
place ims been enlarged duriug the year
prooi ding the last medical report from
the islaud, and then contained 50 in
mates, including several whose history
is extremely curious, ami two childreu
uot at present ailVoted, but born of leper
parents resident in the "lann.” The
disenso is said to be more prevalent
among males, but their are several
female patients, and, until her death last
year, at tho ago of 90, there was an old
woman who might he regarded us the
patriarch or rather malriarch of tho es
tablishment. She was tho first patient
admitted to it, aud has lived there over
50 years. She professed to have
suffered from tlie diseuso for about
70 years, but without any great paiu
or appearance of weakness. The opin
ion of the medical officer, who has
had good opportunities of studying the
disease at the farm, is that thero is btill
uo certain knowledge whatevor as to its
origin. The old-established idea that
it is oapsble of hereditary transmission
is, however, borue out by his experience;
and one notable example is quoted to
show that it oan be contracted by con
tagion.
The Itfnllofn Plant.
Tho old field mullein which oontoins a muei-
laginuua prinoiplo so healing to tho lungs and
throat when made into a tea and combined
with that stimulating expectorant, aweet gam,
wntch grows along our uouthurn swamps, pre-
■euta in Taylor’s Cherokee Ilemedy or Sweet
Gum and Mullein, a ploaaant and offectfivu euro
for Croup, Whooping-Cough, Colds uml Con
sumption. Sold by all druggists at 25o aud
•1.00 a bottle.
A rich deposit of zinc has been discovered
near 1'ureka springs, Ark.
Young or middle ngod mon suffering from
nervous debility or kindred affections, should
address with threo letter stamps fur largo
treatise, World’s Disponsary Modi at As
sociation, Buffalo, N. Y.
Austin, Ark., shipped two crates of straw
berries last week.
"HOUGII ON COUGHS.”
Ask for "Bough on Coughs," for Cough
Colds, Sore Throat, UoarBeuess. Troches, i5o.
Liquid, 25o.
Fruit culture ia getting to be a prominent j
feature iu Greene county, Ark.
Voun. Men!—Re: ’ Tlila.
The Voltaic Bklt Co., of Marshall, Mich.,
offer to send their celebrated Kt.ECTRO-Yoi/rAi<
Belt and other Eleotrio Appliasoes on trial
for thirty dayB, to men (young or old) afflicted
with nervous debility, Iohb of vitality and man
hood, aud all kindred troubles. Abo forrh< ;i-
nratism, neuralgia, paralysis, and many oth r
discarrs. Complete restoration tohoidth. vigor
and manhood gua anteed. No risk is incun ■ b
as thirty dayB trial is allowed. Write them r.;
once for illustrated pamphlet free.
[From tho Denver Tribune.]
Tho Pueblo Indian Village of Taos is
situated in tlie northern pnrt of the Ter
ritory of New Mexioo, aud it is easily
reached from Etubndo, on tho Now Mex
ioo Division of the Rio Grnude, whioh
runs down from Antouito to E-psnola,
A roportor, in a conversation with W. F.
"’dibits, of tho Denver and Rio Gmudo
Passenger Department, n few days ago,
gathered some interesting information
about tho inhabitants. Oapf, Tihbits
mnilo a visit to the plaoo in the hitter
part of September for tho purpose of
finding out just wlmt the people did and
how they lived. Tho special occasion
of his visit was a desire to Ire present at
the celebration of tho fenfft ol S m Je
ronimo, the pntron saint of Taos, whioh
tnkes placo every veer on the 30lh of
September. Tho Captain says lie ar
rived iu timo to see tho most interesting
part of tho performance.
Early iu the morning of the 30th n
polo 10 or 45 feet high was ereoted iu a
publio place and it was carefully greased
ho os to make it nn exceedingly difficult
thing to climb it. On tho top of tho polo
a piece of wood was fastened like tho
cross bnrs on telephone poles. At ono
cud of this croHB bar a livo sheep wns
suspended. Its four legs wero tied to
gether in a hunch and it wns swung on
to tho bar with itB 1 nek down. This
was the preliminary Btep, and the poor
sheep was allowed to hang thero all day
long, for it wns to play nn important
pnrt in the performances at the olose of
tho day.
Later in tho morniug, about 9 o’clock,
tho entire population went to clmich,
for, it must bo remembered that tho
Pueblo Indians are, in an ignorant way,
members of tlie Catholic church. They
were brought into the oliurcli nt nn cnrly
day after tho conquest of New Mextco
hy tho Spaniards, bnt mixed with their
religion thero is muoh of ignorance and
even sumo traces of their old pagan su
perstitions. After the BervioeH at the
church were ended, the people in gen
eral called on each oilier, much, it seems,
after tiio manlier which prevails with
Americans of culling ou their friends on
Now Years’ Day. Captain Tihbits was
among tlie cullers, anil ho says that lie
found tho people very hospitable, and that
when he entered a house Bonn thing to
uut was invariably set before him, nml
he was expected to eat, although some
of the articles < f diet were not so palat
able nor inviting ns it is possible to find
iu civilized life. In the early partof the
afternoon tlie footraoiug began. Sixteen
lithe, supple young Indiana wereseleoteil
and separated into two bands of eight
each. Tnese wero the contestants, and
when the timo came to start they took
tlieir places in front of thu judges'stand,
from which the race track extended
straightway, Ouo man from each bund
was selected to open tho rnco, and oil
they started. Their respective associates
watuhud them closely, and as soon as
one of tiio runners reached the end of
tlie track a new mnu from bis baud
would start out after him. When the
other Indian reached the goal a runner
from his band would start out, so that a
member of eaoh band was on the track
all the time, and wind the first man lost
his party lost, unless those who followed
him made it up. When the race was
over thu entire company surrounded the
eight successful runners and marohed
’hem around in groat triumph.
After tho rnoiug was over a gang ot
reckless fellows strolled around the
pluza with apparently perfect license
to do as they plensod. They walked
along paying, seemingly, no attention
to tlie hucksters who exhibited their
wares upon tho plaza, bnt suddenly
thoy would turn upon some unfortunate
huckster, and in a few moments utterly
waste and upset his entire store. This
wns the signal for n general desertion of
the plaza by the hucksters, so far as
thoy could do so without first being
caught. Then three or four hideously
painted fellowB went to the greased polo,
which wns erected early in the day, and
attempted to climb it. Ono would start
up, and after ho got a short distance
another would follow. When several
would be on the pole at tho same timo,
the top one would slip down upon those
below him, and all of them would come
tumbling down in a heap at the
bottom of the pole. At last, how
ever. one of them succeeded in
climbing to the top of tlie pole, and
when he got thero lie slowly and care-
ftilip pushed the poor sheep, whioh had
hung thero all day, i fi'of the cross liar.
It fell to tho gronfid, and the fall In
stantly killed it.
14. PANSY, for l,r.js anil Birin. * I a ynar.
a. Ol H I.ITTI.l; 1Ii:Niimi1 WOMEN. Slajeal
4. OIIAUTAUliU \ YOUNG FOLKS’ JO I) 11.
D. H. Cherry, of Koger, Aik., shipped 5,000
wild pigeons IsHt week.
No woman can live without some share of
physical suffering; but many accept as inevita
ble a great amount of pain whioh can bo avoid
ed, Lydia E. Pinkham'B Vegetable Compound
waa Invented by ono who understood its
i Busk. U. n. -Maruvali ro Co.. Hartferd. Qua
Jjr-r.ras, ALL IWPERFECTi JNS
A :n, uru i I Riuia and t v.-i, Siintirauous
Jh ' r Warla, Freckl-a. Moth. Red
“ " ~ nd tha *
Hr. John Woudliul-v, :17
N. Y.
Pioneer Stum? Puller. SiT.S
tin - Dan’l A. Mount «t Bro, ”
proAtly reduced.
r DYSPEPSI A <k
Sint Fa riTBEW,’,'IGENTION.
A«Mre«H J. M. Slll.U.Y, Charlotte, North
fc .Sfifld I
t Lawyer, Sv«*hin«toa, b. O.
- J-Fll- .-urOiV with WK.TTON’SP.[,nt^ft ■■ B
^3e3«*y«(HN
X.oned picture* 4 (termini'DoIIn* Hearts, IKiecsnl
1 * 8 Ini port cd tliromoN, w Fr«ttr AiLmn
*hd Reward Card*,
100 Selection* for Autor
style Hnl Napkl
South 4tli Street, Williamsburg,
VIGOR
A. N. U..
FI tty, »8i.
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REGISTERED.
NEW TREATMENT
For Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dyi*
pepsin, Catarrh, Hcadsclio, Debility, Rheu
matism, Neuralgia, and all Chronic
and Nervous Disorders.
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1fin>i«nnl, Irving recelr*d_frr*At sne
bon* lit frut
nd I’d
tr*M
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Hind* tiini'.t
odicsl , ,
liietl f rit, uonsidrr it a duty which
iy tin UAMids wh ■ sre suffering tr- i
oiled “incurable” d Mine** to do *11 that ...
e it* virtues known and to inspirit tho pu In
1 nl I ih'ii
IVo luv* p'T*nnsl knowl d*o of Dr*. NlArkey And
Mgont, c-nfitiffnMi.us
lysHURUH. wiio wi i n«n. wo ere sun*, mnku nuy Mit
Hit which they do not know r heliure tobotruwn
ih (ah Miy t «'*( iiuouIaIh **r n*p«>rts of caseH which s
t. s, aihii mm,
tor And FuMleher “Aurlb
PhilAil-lphiA.
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MAfssine, N
Kditor “l.uihori
'iiti.Anr i.i’HT a,
i»d confidence in
r,” PlilUdelphU-
ie f, IBM.
tl iiujillry hi regard tonnr
prut lh«'aIihvh card from gulitl’n • n ueil And widely
mi wii Mid of the highest pern nai « h .r uti-i-.
0"r_ • Tieatifo on Cemyound Ook. ii,” iMiUal'dnf a
nifit'.ry n( the diacovnry of hiuI iiiodi
r* niaikahln ciiiatirr ngent, Mid u Iu
DRH. STARKEY A; PALEN,
1101) and 1111 Hlrard hi., Plillndulirtila, Pa
MUSIC, MUSIC
—ao to—
JERNIGAN
) iivvuiiPilUll
Bows, Strings,
Rosin Boxes, Etc*
■or
Watches, Clocks
JEWELEY
And
UFA1IID av
JERNICAr
in;v Youu
raiuiEs, mm
FROM
JERNIGAH,
(Vent genuine without our Trada Mark
On huml and for sul«k
NflSR GLASSES. ETC.
An Ant Enter Scratched Him.
EDWARD W. HOWE DEMENTED AND DVIN
IN BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
Tho Blind l’ostmaster (lencral.
WOO liiVOlAiUAA uj uuu nuu umiiioiuuu no mmi,
and had tho rare akill to provide a Bimple, yet
admirably effoctivo remedy.
Mrs. James K. Folk ia uow 81 yearn of uge.
Hair-dressings should bo free from ran
cidity, should neither gum nor dry the hair,
and should be of such a naturo that the hair
bulbs would receivo strength. Carbolino is
itomi
tbe only one that seems t
i the bili
It is estimated that the average daily con
sumption ot' eggs in the United States amounts
to 45,000,000.
Important.
When you visit or leave Now York olty, e&ve b*rc*gv.
jxpresHAge and $3 carriage hire and atop at the Gr* nd
Union Hotel, opp .site Grand Central depot.
“Well, well, my dear!” said a hus
band to his scolding wife, who had just
beon surpassing herself in an exhibition
of temper. “I’ve heard of tat tar and
brimstone, and I think you're the cream
of one and the flower of tho other.”
elegant'rooms, fitted up at a cost of one million
dollars, J1 and upward p.-r day. European plan. Lie-
vator. Restaurant supplied with tho best. Horse oar*.
•Uges and elevated railroads to all depots.
i live better for less money
The Third avenue theater, New York, em
ploys women ushers.
AVERY’S BLOOD DISINFECTANT
W .is disci vered in .Juno, 1884. Up to November -0, 1K*4, we had cured over
£300 VICTIMS OL’ 1 MALARIA
With this wondei i ul medicine in our office alone. Pleasant and aafn, no injurious effect, never failsto cnrequiekly
•nii nsrmsn, u iv .1 tr. i ,< .,rt cure, Iltadac.ht. While under its health.civmg intluence you are safe andean
Typhoid f ever, lJiphtheri t, Scarlet Tew or any duoase earned by
Ur. (Ilei
, Yelto.r
AVI
■d." Sold by Drn
-ot)c
ml1 2‘Jd St., New York.
r foui
ended by leading dontiHts. For sale by all Druggists and’ Dentists. Lamar,
‘fiWiei Allf - A GOLD WATCH.
^ IADIE swoekbox.
Family tAeget
Hunting t 1
t'upltol City Homo Gnret, the wi ll known llluitratod
the followlnir liberal offer for the holiday et Th# p*r*on Ul
he li. . it beforo January l»t., will receive a Solid Gold, Ludy
Iu Wauhwvrts II Ui<r, h. n.n Uiuosjun "
in eli-aiit fisU-m.M ludlng Gcntleniuu’H U nteh;
a* KnglUh W nil’ll. Hack person must tend 36 ceuU
i'ltLE,poitpslil, th * '*
and an Llrgunt 1
’1 on the cover. Each
I Thimble, 1 pucknge Fimcjr Work N
Nupklna, I pncLugo F.inbroldery Silk
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The death of England’s blind Post
master-General, Henry Fawcett, re
moves one of tho most remarkable men
of his generation, whoso distinguished
career, achieved after tho total loss of
sight when ho was 25 years of age, af
fords a most impressive aud encourag
ing lesson for tiio victims of similar mis
fortune. It is true that he won his de
gree at Cambridge aud nearly completed
his preparation for tho bar when a oaro-
less shot from the gnu of a friend with
whom he was engaged in partridge
shooting instantly destroyed hiH vision,
but lie was compelled to abandon a legal
career, aud he struggled in darkness for
se.verul years before lie made his appour-
anoc in tho House of Commons. He
was as indefatigable in his study of polit
ical economy on becoming a pupil of
John Stuart Mill as he afterward was as
a legislator and as an administrative of
ficer, and blind people may take much
courage from his achievements.
Of Mr. Fawoett it is said that he has
shown more practical intelligence in
adapting tho PoetoiBoe to pablio re
quirements than any other administrator
of that department sinoe Rowland Hill
and he would he long remembered for
his great servioes to his oouutry, oven
hail they not been performed by a man
totaiiy Wind, The postal bank system
the postal telegraph and the paroels post
are monuments of his sagacity, while the
general effloionoy of the British postal
servico is attributable to him more than
to any othor man unless it be Rowland
Hill
Saving Every Day.—Peter Oooper
onoe told a friend that he never (in his
working period) allowed a d#y to pass
without saving something. No matter
The three nut eaters in nn aquarium
at Coney Island grew moro morose as
tho cold weather came on and sjsnt
their time rolled up in hulls, and looking
like bundles of hay. Edward \V. Howe
was hired to look aftor them anil the re t
of the animals after the nqaurium elo i d,
and, notioiug the ill temper of tho nut
bears, was oareful to keep out nl I lit!
reach of their long oiuws. Ono dav,
however, he forgot himself and put his
hand in the cage to draw out the pan in
whioh he had put the chopped liver
with whioh they were fod in default oi
ants. The pan belonging to tho mon
keys’ cage had beon put in by mistulio.
It was too large to be taken out cosily
aud, while Howe was busy with it, uu
ant bear put out one foot, with tho long
sharp claws ontstrotobed, nnd drew them
shnrply across the baok of Howe’s hand,
producing two long ugly scratches.
Howe washed and dressed his wound
and thought no more of it, but at the
end of a week he beoame sick and wns
obliged to quit work and tuke to his bed.
Erysipelas set in and he was taken to
Bellevue Hospital, whore he now lbs
dying. His arm has swollen to twioeils
natural sizo, and for two weeks he has
been out of his mind, raving continually
aud never taking an hour’s sleep. h a
has been tied down to bis bed during
that time, aud has taken no solid food;
nothing bnt egg beaten up in milk-
When last aeon he had wasted away al
most to a Bhudow; his eyes were set,
and Dr. Stokes, tho attendant physician,
said that he could live but a few days
longer at most. ,
It is not supposed'that an ant eaters
scratch is any moro dangerous thau s
similar wound made in any other wiiy.
Erysipelas often follows the most onU'
nary wounds.
A Famous Bible.
The trustees of the British Museum
have pnrohased Milton’s Bible. R “
said to contain the fallowing entry m
the writing of his first wife: “I am th®
book of Mary M.ilton.” The poet hint'
self has entered the dates of the birth*
of his ohildren with unusual fnllness, as
witness the following extract: "Anne,
my danghter, was born. July 29th, ths
day of the monthly fast, between six ana
seven, or abont half an hour after six to
the morning, 1646.” The birth of b«
only son, who died when an •
thua chronicled: “My eon John ^
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how small the compensation received, ,>orn on Sunday, March 16, at balfT' M *
ho always gat away something ’ nine at night, 1660,”