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THE 110 USE OF CL A Y.
JTJicre was a house—a house of olay,
Wherein the inina o sang all day,
Merry and poor.
For Hopo sat likewise heart to heart,
Poiul and kind—fond and kind,
Towing ho never would depart—
Till nil at onoo lie changed his mind—
'‘Sweetheart, good-bye 1” He slipped away
And shut the do r,
But Lovo came past and, looking in,
With smiles that pierced liko sunsliino thin,
Through wall, ro«if, iloor,
Stood tn the midst oT that poor room,
Grand and fair—grand and fair,
Making a glory out of gloom,
Till at the window mocked old Care—
Love sighed—“All lose and nothing win ?”
He shut the door.
Then o’er the barred house of clay
Kind jasmine and clematia gay
Grew evermore;
Ami hoe a hummed merrily mil side
Loud and strong—loud and strong,
The inner Bih iitlr.-s to hide,
The steadfast s lenco nil day long—
Till evening touched with finger gray
The dose shut door.
IT Ft liko the next that pnsses by
Will bo the angel whose calm oyo
Murks rich, marks poor;
Who, pausing not at any gate,
stands and culla --stands and calla;
At which the inmat * opens straight—
Whmn. e’er the crumbling clay liou-o falla,
tie takes in kind aims silently
And shuts the door,
—Kvery Ottur Saturday.
Gretly’s Trust.
A BOMANCE OP THU fiWIHH MOUNTAINS.
OM Von Hansen sat on a stone nOout
half-way np tlm Guidorhoru. Farnbovo
and on cacti side of liim rose the eternal
hills, their iee-oliul penks lit tho iiresont
moment rosy-pink with tho sun's part
ing rays, Bnt np from the preen valleys
ray-hlne shadows were creeping and
riving tlie pink away.
Far beneath him were hills and val
leys, a village and a lake, and a stream
let, meandering through a dark pine
Wood. Very beautiful, all of it. lint its
Inanity was entirely lost upon Von
Hausen as ho sat there on hie stone
thinking aloud, after (lie manner of soli
tary men who are well up in years, lie
cared no more for the scenery than did
any of these lists that, like birds of evil
omen, went sweeping past him and past
him. and round and round ills head.
"Virtue always triumphant I" he was
Baying— "l’ah I More nontimeut; mero
moonshine.”
The faet is, Von Hausen had been to
the play in the village down yonder
only tho evening before. Ho had spent
no less n sum than twoutv batzun on
those strolling notors, Not for nuy
pie. sure it was likely to give him lm l 1 o
gone, bnt Grotty, tho prettiest girl in all
tho village, had asked him to takn her.
She could not go hIoiic, she said, and
ltndolf would hardly return from
chamois-limiting for days to come.
"Virtue alwnys triumphant I Yes,
ti nt is what she said. Fall I money is.
Ha! Iml And 1 have that. Oil I my
worthy bnt poverty-strnok friend Hi-
dolt, you may return wliou you please ;
Grotty will marry Von Hausen. Old?
'ih V VVlio calls mo old ?”
tie look snuff as he spoke from nil
old horn, sending the powder homo with
Vis linger-point, and it mnst lie con
fessed ho looked anything tint handsome
ns ho did so, for he" wrinkled liin brows
nd twinkled his eyes and leered like
an aged baboon.
"Old? Lot mo see; seventy last
birthday. Merely in my prime. ’ Ten
years more aud I’ll bo only eighty;
twenty, and I’ll he but ninety; then* I
may grow old. Eagles renew their
ages. Why shouldn't—alia I” ho
screamed, "yonder is au eagle I”
Tie started up as he spoke, and with
oven turned skyward and linger point
ing up, began tottering forward stop by
slip toward—destruction. A precipice
fully fiOO feet deep lay nt his feet; in)
was o > the brink of it—tho next step
v.ouid have been Ids last.
lint a rough baud seized him by the
coal collar, pulling it np Mil his'baud
sunk within, like a monk's in s cowl, but
dragging the old man hack at (ho same
time.
"Tired of your sinful life, old bird?”
enld the new-comer, a rough hut good-
natured chamois-hunter, with gun in
hand and hag oti hack, n morsel of
feather stuck jauntily in his lint, just to
show tlm village maidens, he used to
"■nt Uornezell was still a bachelor.
■'Old bird I" growled Von Hausen, re-
Realing himself on bin stoue, "Who
nr. .■ <>u calling an old bird ? You’re as
1 ! .1- any one else. Humph I”
"Well, 1 m.v,” said Hernezoll, "ibis is
gratitude! What are you going to give
me lev saving your nook, eh V"
"Nick? What? Oil, yes, to he
mire. We’ll go down to tho village, and
I’ll pay for a pot of lager.”
"A pot of lager!’ cried the other,
laughing. "Is that ail tho value you
pul upon your . Ha ! ha ! ha ! ’
"Value I put upon my ha-ha-ha I
Wlmt d’ye mean? You’ro uncommonly
like a fool 1”
"Well, well, perhaps I am; but I say,
friend, you’re in a fine temper to-night.
Any one been vexing you?"
The old man grew all smiles and leers
In a moment. Jlis faoe lighted up like
a withered melon with tho afternoon
suu on it.
"No I" ho ohnoklod, taking another
pinch, and digging his friend in the
rilis, "On—the—contrary. Was at the
ploy lust night with Gretty. Ha ! ha I
Ho 1 ho 1 She doesn’t mourn long for
her hnuter. Aud look here; she i going
to marry me.”
"Marry you 1”
"Ay, she promised—that is, slio will
promise when I ask her. But now come
along down aud have tho lager. Keep
your hands to yourself. Ho yon think
1 want your assistance to get up ?”
"I beg a thousand pnrdous, old hi—I
mean yon merry young grouse, yon I
Here, I say, hold on; don’t leave me bo-
hiud. Why, you go bounding along
like a young stag.”
"Young on the logs, eh?”
“I should think you are.”
They were seated very shortly in the
village tavern. They hadn’t taken long
to go down hill.
"Aud now,” said Von Hausen, "I’m
going to unfold my plans. But hero,
let na have another pint.”
“What can tho old heron mean,”
muttered Bernezcll to himself “by such
reckless liberality t Something in the
wind, I know. The gray hawk doesn’t
whistle till he is just going to swoop.”
“Well,” said Von Hausen, “and how
is trade, eh? Got good bags lately?”
“Hardly any luck at all,” sighed tiie
other. "I’m stiff with jumping, aud I
haven’t bagged a buck for five days."
"Wouldn't mind having a spell of
pleasure, I dare say ? Couple of months
fn Franoe, now? Como, come, you're
not drinking. We’il have another pint.
Money was made to spend. Drink and
ho merry, you young dog, yon, Isay."
When quite unfolded, Von Hanseu’s
plans were something ns follows: Berne-
zell was to meet Rudolf in the hills aud
prevent his return for a couplo of
months nt least. He was on no account
to come near the village for that time
nor see Grotty, to whom ho was
betrothed. Tlie “old bird,” as Beriie-
zell called him, was to pay all expenses,
hut the young man must be kept in
Paris in the midst of gnyety, aud must
never for a moment be allowed to think
of homo. Nor must lie write, or when
he did his letters were to ho destroyed. J
“Suppose,” snid Beruczell, "he
misses his foothold amoug the moun
tains and tumbles into a crevasse?”
Tho old man positively rubbed bis
hands and onckled with delight.
"Capital! cnpitnl I cnpitnl I” was nil
ho could say. "Ha 1 ha 1 1m I Capital I
Virtue is alwnys triumphant in tho end I
He I he I”
Jieruezell smiled in his face nil lie
said :
"Of all tho old sinners that ever
lived ”
“Eh? eh? What’s that?” cried Von
Hausen, who lmd not heard him,
"I said you aro a right merry old
soul," shouted Bernezcll.
"Hal hat Yes, merry, but not so
old. you know.”
T mt very night this miserly Von
Hansen counted out to Bernezcll one by
one tbo piooes of gold, for tho chamois-
hnuter was to start early next day.
"1 declare,” said Von Hausen, "it is
like buying a wife. Precious exponslvo
affair. But I can trust you.”
"Certainly; virtue, you know, is al
ii ays
"Go on I go on 1” cried Von Hansen;
"good night. Go home and sioep.”
"Go homo and sleep, indeed,” said
Berm Bell to hiniFolf, as he trudged oil
with his gun on his shoulder, "Yes;
but not before I’ve seen Grotty."
Ouco clear of tho village, lm took his
way hill ward np the glen, High up iu
the middle of the mountain lights were
gleaming—it was now dark. They came
from the windows of Grotty’s cottage.
A very humble but it wns, though very
pretty and rustic. Gretty lived here |
with her mother, tended gonts nnd j
looked after tho dairy, for the old wo- j
man seldom left her chair all day.
Gretty run to meet Bernezcll and took
both his rough hands in her own wee |
white ones. Was he not a friend of her j
lovr's? Him led him iu nnd tho old
woman nodded, smiling, nt u stool near
tlm bright, cheerful lire of wood.
Grolly had jtu-i dressed for the even
ing, very simple, hut neat, was her at
tire. Sue was slight and delicate in
form, with spnikliiig eyes, nod mi eager,
pretty fare.
Hlio asked fifty questions of Berne-
Bell, nearly all on the same subject; and
when the oliamoir-huntcr bade tho
mother good-night at last mid went
away he Is ckoncd Gretty to follow,
"lie Inis Something to till me," sai I
Grotty to herself, her fair face flushing
with anxiety.
Very humble are the homes of this
little tale, but in (Hetty's eyes her Ru
dolf was by no menus bumble, No
young man in nil tho glen was so tall,
fresh nlul rosy, so stalwart aud sir mg as
Rudolf, goat-herd though ho was. Nono
had so lieutillfnl a voice, so white a
tirow, such glossy hnir, Nono could
bound from crag to erng or climb the
mountain steep, nx in hand, so bravely
as bo did, and his wild f/lou //ton nt sun
rise or sunset could be heard ringing
high o'er hill and glen ami re-echoed too
from peak to peak. And Gretty, simple
lassie, loved him dearly and devotedly.
There was a scimitar moon shining
through tho pino-f.ee tops and the atars
wore all out, so tlioro was light enough
to see tho footpnth that led to the well.
Hero was a scat, anil Hernezoll did not
say n word, anxious though Gretty was,
until ho got there. Tho truth is that
lliis honest ohamois-hnutor hardly know
whut to say or how much ho dare in fair
ness tell the girl.
Probably bo ought to linvo thrown
tho miser's money In his face, nnd slig.
matlzing him ns a villain, refused lo
have anything to do with his plans anil
sohemes, "But," ho thought, "if 1
do, my frlond’s hfo is not worth a day’s
purchase. Murder lias been committed
among those mountains before; an us-as-
flin ia easily hired. No, I’ll take tho
cash, nnd I'll keep Rudolf away for a
liruo. I shall not spend tho money,
though. I lmvo n brother in Paris wl\o
will lie glad to see na. Aud the gold
I'll Bend as a gilt to Grotty's mother,
when her daughter is married, Hho will
not know where il came from, and it
will keep her iu oomfort for years."
“Grcttv, my littlo sister,” ho snid
when they worn seated by tho well, "you
won’t son no.' hear from your lover fin
two wholo months. Ho is* well and will
bo woll, It will bo for your good—at
lea-t for your mother's. I cannot, toll
you more, Nnv, I pray you do not ask
mo. My mouth is sealed. You’ll bo
line?"
There were tears and prayers nnd cn-
'rcnlios, yet Bernez II remained as firm
as the rooks I Iml towered nbuvo them
hut when lie left next day to seek his
friend in the hills he carried with him s
look of hcniiio hair in a liny parcel and
beside it the blue ribbon thatimil bound
it.
Rudolf wns rejoiced at tho idea of going
to Paris, but couldn’t be go to see Gret
ty first? No, there was not an hour to
lose. He must come nt once or stay.
"Then I’ll go,” said the yonng mini.
"I can trust Gretty.”
"You nuiy, indeed."
“And wlmt a deal I’ll have to tell her
when I do get back I”
"Yes," snid Bernezcll laughing.
Hu away they went together over tho
hill-.
Old Von nniiscn was a friend of Gret
ty’s mother. Grotty’s father and ho had
been iusepnniblos. lie came to the cot
tage now every day. Ho rend to the old
lady and talked much with tho daughter.
His universal themes were money nud
poverty; tho pleasures tho former could
tiring, tlie misery entailed by the latter.
Ho broached the subject nearest Ills
heart first to the mother aud, strange or
not strange, ho gained her consent to
marry Gretty. Meanwhile weeks flew
by nud there was no word from Rudolf.
Weeks and a month, nud then two. Oh 1
what could have become’of him? Was
ho false? Impossible I
But a terriblo Htorm with a slight
shock of earlhqunkc took place nnd all
Grotty's goats appeared to have stam
peded during tlie night. At all events,
the doors were found open and the goats
had fallen or been cast over a precipice
near the cottage. Near that dear old
well where elio had plighted her trotli
she nmv must sit and weep. All I it was
tho mournful tale of Auld Robin Gray
repeating itself. For Orel ty’s
“Mother she fell sick;’’
poverty stared them in the face and they
were beholden to tho charity of Von
Hausen tho miser.
Ry night us well as by day Grotty
toiled hard with her knitting needles.
Work was tho only consolation, the only
relief she could find. Aud her face grew
wan. and dark circles appeared about
her beautiful eyes. What ean be harder
to bear than grief and poverty too ?
Many mouths went by aud still no lover
returned. Vou Hausen lmd heard ho
was dead; that did not add to Gretly's
grief. Some one else heard ho was mar
ried; this was worse, but she bore it.
Menuwhilo where were the truants ?
Bcrnezoll had found his brother
ailing, and at the end of the month
■ medical men had prescribed a voyage to
Madeira. They would just get buck
within five weeks, then thoy would both
return to the dear little oot among the
Swiss mountains, and Rudolf would
marry his Gretty. Here at Madeira
BernezelTs brother died.
"We are wealthy now, alas I” said
Bornczell, “aud we’ll go shares.”
The steamer that was to take them to
France was a week behind time. One
day, "Yonder she is I” shouted Rudolf,
and ofl'tbey both iventand wore bundled
on board. The ship stayed but an hour,
then sailed nwny again for tho distant
Capo. Thoy had boarded the wrong
boat I
There came a day when in tho little
cot among tho bills Gretty snt weeping
by her mother's bedside, nnd near her
stood Von Hausen. The doctor had just
gone. Nothing, ho hnd said, except t
chnngo could save the patient’s life.
"Now, Gretty, m.v child, now or
never I" cried tho old man. "Be m.v
wife. Give mo tho right to snvo yon
mother’s life. Gretty. bo mine.”
Grotty’s mother did not speak, but—
“Shognzcd in Op tty's face till her heart war
liko to break.”
Gretty stood up—tearless now, but
with sad, palo face. Hho took her
mother’s hand.
"Give mo tho right to save your
mother’s life,” plendod tho miser onco
again,
"Stay 1” cried a manly voice, "1 have
a prior claim.” Next moment, with a
loud erv and color in her cheeks onco
more, Grotty wns pressed to her lover’s
breast.
Ttint day three weeks, dinklc—ilinklo
—dinklc dang went the village bells.
Not pretty t ells nt nil—indeed, 1 always
thought tiiey were pot metal—but how
sweetly they sounded iu Gretly's cars !
Ktio wns going to church to be married.
That ends the story, ns mnrrlngo ends
all stories. Y'et one word; a few years
after this tlie old miser died and Rudolf
found himself his heir. "As some repa
ration,” said tlm will, "for evil ilono nnd
meditated.”
tiie ni;i(.!i ii:sr HOLIDAY.
t lirlslmns nmt IIip Itrrnanlt'nn II tins A«.
tulncri—A liny nf («no<l Cheer*
Christ mas has at tallied universal recog
nition, The old ol j cHons lmvo been
swept away liy the desire for a day of
good cheer and lull of pleasant associa
tions, Ii has Is eii de 'hired Unit it can
not be pi'ov. ii that Christ was lioru on
the ilav set np n t ns the anniversary of
His birth. What of it? Ho was born
at some time, and an a remembrance one
day is as good ns another. It is alleged
Hint the observance is a relic from
hcallienism. Who cares? If tho old
heathens had anything good, wo have
no fear iu appropriating it. It is cer
tainly good to have a day, full oF cheer,
when families slmll assemble, presents
bo distributed mid a day of pleasant in
terchange enjoyed. Cnristmos lias boon
selleled for that day. It is a day of
prar.d associations. Disused for a de
lightful purpose. Ho wo welcome it ns
a day of cheer, when all may seek favor
and friendship, and exchange presents
nnd kind greetings.
The day commemorates the birth ot
Christ. He was (tod’s best gift to man.
It involved sovure sacrifice. Just how
and why wo do not understand. But in
Homo senso Ilis transfer to earth occa
sioned loss and pain in heaven. Tho
ncei HHity fur the snerifloo, in order to nt-
liiis the result, is the reason given why
it was made. A broken law must bo
satisfied, and it could only bo done in
lhis way. Tho strange feature of the
event was tho cheerfulness with whinh
it wns begun and consummated. Tlie
nngolio overturn, which gave notice of
His birth, was a song of joy. It was
full of congratulation. No hint of thoir
loss or of tbo sacrifice was given, bnt in
sweet cadences limy sang congratula
tions to tlie children of earth. And
through His entire career there was no
sign of repining. lie cheerfully did nis
work. As he drew near tho close of His
career, tlie hnine-longing appeared, bnt
It carried with it the idea that IIih friends
of earth should shuru the pleasures
there.
This is tho marvelous featnro of the
event, tho inception of which wo celo-
hrnto. There is no gloom around the
career of Christ. Even His death
was n necessity in order to tho fulfill
ment of ll.ii mi sion. To Him it was a
sad humiliation; but out of it He reaped
the full measure of glory, for Ho burnt
tho bonds and was the first fruits of
them that slept. The happy enjoyment
of tlm benefits of Him mission is wlmt iB
urged on all. Tho bright sido of Ilis
career is all ivo need consider. And otio
of the ivnys ill wlimli this can bo realized
is to utilize the day to pleasant mem
ories and associations, Tnis, then, is
the spirit of tho day. It is mount for
brightness nnd pence. Tho distribution
of favors is expressive of this spirit. The
iulmohango ot kind greetings is in har
mony with tho day. And kept in this
spirit, it is fuil of pleasant associations
and memories.
THE CIIIMsTm ts T.WII.K.
Ilmv III .Unlit- Mini Tiinliixnmo I'lili-lien Pie.
Carefully pluck and lingo a fowl
weighing four in live pounds, wipe it
with n wet towel draw il without break
ing the intestines, mid boil it gently iu
enough boiling water to cover it until il
In gins to grow tender; snvo tlm heart,
liver and finally portion of the gizzard,
ami the broth which the chicken yields
in boiling; when tho chicken is suf
ficiently dime take it up, out it into
joints ns for i fiiens.a e, or in pieces of n
size suitable for tho pie; slice quarter ol
n pound of I i' pork tbiu and fry it with
tlie chicken until they are light brown,
seasoning hot Ii palatubly with salt aud
pepper; alter tlio chicken and pork are
iriul, take them up, and stir into the
pan in which thoy were cooked n table-
spoonful ol Hour; stir it over tbo lire
until i! is brown, (lieu a- il toil a pint ol
the etiioken broth, a level ten-spoonful
of suit and quarter of a salt spoonful of
pepper; stir this gravy until it bus boiled
for two minutes, and u*o it for the pic.
To make tlie must for the chicken pie,
mix together in a bowl, with a knife, a
pound of flour, a ten-spoonful of salt,
two table-spoonfuls of blitter, and just
enough oold water to hold the flour to
gether; put tho paste, made in this way,
u[Kin a floured pastry-board aud roll it
out about an inch thick; then cut quar
ter of a pound of good, firm butter in
large slices, and lay them all over the
paste; fold it together in such away
that the Imiter is inclosed iu tho paste;
wrap tlie paste in a floured towel, aud
put it m a cool place for half nil honr.
At the end of half au hour roll out the
pnsto, ent quarter of n pound of firm
huttor in large slices; lay them on tho
[mate; fold it so as to inclose them, aud
after wrapping it in a floured towel, keep
it lignin in a cool place for half au hour.
Then roll it out to the thickness of half
mi inch; fold it iu three thicknesses and
roll it out agniii. If the butter breaks
through tho paste, again wrap it in a
floured towel and cool it for half an hour
before rolling it out and using it for the
pie; if tho butter docs not break
through, roll aud fold tho paste again,
and then use it to lino a deep earthen
dish. This pastry can be made for tho
upper crust aud n plainer one for the
under part, if that is desirable. After
tlm dish is lined with pastry put the
fried obicken and pork in in layers. Pour
over them suilioient gravy to moisten
them. Cover* them with a top crust,
wetting the edges of the crust to make
them adhere. Gut the top crust to per
mit the steam to escape from tho pie
while it is lining baked. Bmsh it over
with beaten eggs, and bake it brown in
a moderate oven. If any gravy is made
in excess of what is used iu tbo pie, heat
it and send it to table witli the pie. In
deed, it is advisable to have plenty ol
gravy to sorvo with the pio.
Steep It.—It is found that canvas
cau be made as impervious to moisture
as leather by steeping it iu a deeootiou
of nno pound of onk bark with fourteen
pounds of boiling water. This quuntity
is sufficient for eight yards of stuff. The
fabric has to soak twenty-four honrs,
when il is taken out, passed through
running water, imil hung up to dry. The
11 ix and hemp fibres, in absorbing the
i tiumin, aio butter fitted to resist wear.
enlthy men lmvo much fonrof burg-
CLEYKK1.Y CAUGHT!
Tho Hlcli .Uaa’c re.ip of ttnralnrs—Tlie
Hlorj of no Kln-trli-lnin
HuP'lltu .V. j ., A'e n i.
At lbs (load «f night, Mr. J. B. Anthony,
a wholesale grocer o; Troy, X. Y., was awa
kened by Ids uiirglar alarm annunciator,
w hich told btin tlml bis liousa lmd been en
tered through tho rr.of scuttle. Ho hastily
dresses, rings fora policeman, hurries to the
Upper story, and lienin tho burglar In the
s-rvnnt B room, threatening her with Instant
dentil if she made n loud noise.
He was capture 1. convicted and sontoncod
lo Sing Sing for ten years.
So slid Mr, ('. tt. Westfall, tho electrician
■ s' Westfield, N. Y., to ot;r reporter.
' Ho city residents generally use burglar
alarms?”
"Yes, nl! first class h mss aro provided
with them, and I have never had nny di-satp
isfartion Hviii my citstoiiuu'a, unify of wlrml
are tho 1 .cm know n and wealthiest |«wpl i
of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other
tnrgo clli s "
”l)o weal
Inrai”
"As a rule, wealthy men do not keep valu
ables in their house, nnd yet tiiey tire not
sure Hint they slm'l osenno burglarious ul-
laek», and they don’t fed sootiro without, a
first-clasi burglar alarm apparatus in Hi ir
house. Evory door, window nml scuttle s
'onnrctod with the annunciator, mid it i,
i|U:tc tiiipns-silile to effect nn millmice w i li
mit tin: fad Uwimitiig at ouco known.”
“!) n’t oloetrici'ins run considerable risk in
handling wires!”
"Even the in,.st careful of them sometimes
ret a shock. A few years ngo. while 1 was
do-ceiiding stairs at Elmira, N. Y., witli a
wire coil tu luy hiutd, 1 felt as if 1 had re
ceived Hie entire charge from tlie battery.
For over a half hour I suffered tho keene-t
agony. 1 did not know hut wlmt I lmd turn
fatally injure I After completing my lmd
iius.s circuit 1 returned to B< ston, and for
eighteen month- (ltd not get over tin- shock. I
lest my appetite; all food last.i t alike. 1
could not wn'k across tlie common without
resting several times.
"My brail whirl'll, nnd I reded liko a
drunken man. I consulted tho best physicians
in a good many cities, hut none of them
seem d to understand my cas \ Ah ut a year
ago 1 was in Albany, nnd a physician (hero
stated that I would pmhably not live three
months. But to-dav,” said Mr. Westfall,
and lie straightened himself up witli con
scious pride, "so fur ns 1 know. 1 nm ill per
fect health. 1 weigli 170 pounds, eat well,
sle-p well, feel well, and am well. One of my
old physicians gave me a thorough exami
nation a few weeks ago. nml told mo Hint I
was in a perfect condition.”
"You are a very fortimnto man, sir," re
marked (ho scribe, "In lmvo escaped instant
dentil after an electrical shock.”
"Oil, it wns not electricity that prostrate 1
v It was n uremic convulsion, For all ill y
pliysleino' 'iMmet was a victim of a vary
ey disorder. And when they and
■ n wide)' advertised medicines
d to hi n'lit me, Warner's Safe Cure re-
-d mo to |h-i feci hciilt.il, That prcparnHon
Is tiivulunblc to every grade of society, for it
lx a priceless btc sin.;.”
"There is no need nf death from handling
electrical wires if the operators will exariisn
cme. Iu our burglar alarm attiu-lmients
there is no possible danger from that source.”
She Heard Hie Knock.
Tho Virginia City lCntrrprise lolls this
little story:—List week there was au ex
plosion of over two tous of powder nt
Balt Lake, which shook tho whole city
nml wrecked everything in the neigh
borhood. When tho explosion ooeurroil
a deaf old Indy, who lived about a block
away, pricked up hor ears and snid:
"Como in.” Hhe then turned smilingly
to her daughter and exclaimed: "Law
me, I do believe I’m gottiug baok my
honring. I heard Hint knock at tho
door as plainly as over 1 hoard anything
in my life, 11
Tail Onlis fioin Mule Acorns (.'raw.
(treat and go id results often spring from
■mall ileorls and so fatal diseases come of a
Ingl) trilling neglect Colds neglected
(ten teiul to serums cannibal troubles. Il
this is your case lose no time in tiaeoining a ■
quamted with Dr. Huge's (’uttirrh Kenirdy.
Its litinllng virtues will surprise vou. It Is
simple, eiiicacious, s|«s-dy. sure. Dull, heavy
iicndnche, obstruction of the nasal | a--ages,
discharges from Iln- no-e into tlie throat are
lymplous of tills horrible complaint.
'Tin total subscriptions to the Barthold! po
stal lund thus far arc .$101,4811.
"Ilmiati ail Pain” Plnaler
Porous and strengthening, improved, tlie
best for Imckai lip, pains in chest or side, rheu
matism, ncuruigia. Zoe. Druggists or mail
The ffope nt the Nntlon.
Children, Blow in development, puny, scrawny
aud delicate, use “Wells’ Health lten’ewer.”
A sweet thing in crockery—Tlio Biigar how).
If all so-called remedies have failed, Dr.
Sago’s Catarrh Remedy euros.
John Wesley’s copy of tho Bible is in uso at
tlie Century Methodist conference in Balti-
mdre.
Important.
When you visit nr tssr.. Now York oily, s.rvo
: CATARRH
ill"
Not a Liquid or Snuff
i i *,!''* a r PVi 0 * V 7» n u JTii
; HAY«FJEvi^ J £$
I by mail r*>K-
liLY Hit OS.. Di'tijilf 1*1*1 Oivofio, N. Y.
££ * 1
j 'jiiWr'.'"
5 £ -aj i'i, \ > i ■
“ * •*- * : Man mu < me ;
11. PA It tit UAlt. York, l-o
T.Tlnff Ar*nti <*«n1 SKT.T.ftnA t*!l
tlie tnitli about .Ionia. Put your
see. s ton
WAGON BCALE3.
Tram Ho* Tam H«un Frclthl
i'aiil. Fill’ Price Llit. Eftrjr Hiia.
uddrciaJCtfXQ Of BWOIIAUTCtf,
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ALLEN'S
ORIENTAL
BALM.
THE
! Woman’s Suffering nnd Relief.
Those languid, tiresome sensations, causing
vou to fool s orcely able to be on your foot;
, that constant drain lhat is taking from your
! tystem all its former olnsficity; driving tho
j bloom from your cheeks; that continual
1 drain upon your vital forces, rendering you
I irritablo and fretful, can easily bo removed
l»v tho use of that marvelous remedy,Hop Bit-
1 tirs. Irregularities and obstructions of your
1 r.stem. aro relievo 1 at onco, wliilo tho Ki»eeinl
i ] . ' i i i al pain are permanently re-
pove-l. iS’on * lvcvlve so much benoflt, and
i nono are so nroloun !ly gt alofui and showaucb
in interest in recommending Hop Hitters na
v.omcn.
A Foslftl Card Story.
I was affected with kidney and urinary
! trouble—
j “For twelve years!”
After trying all the doctors and patent
medicines f could hear of, I used two bottles
! of Hop
“Bitters ; 1 ’
And I am perfectly cured. I keep it
“All t no time!’’ respectfully, 13. V. Booth,
: Snulsbury, Tenn.— May 4, 1S83.
Bradford, Pa., May 8,1875.
It hns cured me of several diseases, such as
nervousness, sickness at the stomach, monthly
troubles, etc. I lmvo not seen a sick day in a
venr sim o 1 took Hup Bitters. Alltny neigh
bors use them. Alas. 1’an.mk Ureew.
$11,000 Cost.
“A tour t > Europe that cost mo $.‘1,000,
done mo less good than one bottle of Hop
Bitters; thoy also cured my wife of fifteen
years’ nervous weakness, sleeplessness and
, dyspepsia.”
It. M., Auburn, N. Y.
So Bloomisuviu.k, O.. May 1, ’70.
Sirs — 1 have been suffering ten years, and I
tried your Hop Bit ter-, and it done tne more
good than all the doctors. Mrs. S. IS. Boonk.
Rnby Saved.
We are rothankful tu sav that our nursing
Dnbv was permmiendy i nml of a dangerous
, nnd protra ted constipation and irregularity
of the bowels by the use of Hop Bittc rs bv its
mother, which at thesamo tune rostoreuher
to perfect health and strength.
—The Parents, Rochester, N. Y.
f-^T’Nonegetmlno without a bunch of green
Poes on Hie w hite label. Shun nil tho vile,
! p i ionous stall’ witli “Hop” or “Hops” in thoir
i mi
■pv v <*>V;
w
KiSv™”' Mp
IH Hilt A pAlnt, Irt
nrt’d froin the|ini-
•nd tu WArrnntod to
• MITU, noOUTTI.t: A SMITH,
U(»m. ARcntH, Jtiwton, Aim'
LAM AH, HAN KIN A I,AMAH,
Houtliorn Agent*, Atlnnt*, On.
kid! of Fn
li’isss^ssi
f i '.7 JU--U rink, it the ininp fx.ofr /or
D /• ’""1 for ( ir ,'.«.* Sp»rtmen f’lftt* f 'ira JV«u •»« , V
A. U- \Vt»m HIM. 1 ON 4 < «>., nMrHWd.t oiw..^
How to Secure Office.
LYDIA E. riXRlUff’S
Veietalilc Componi
13 A POSITIVS CUBE
Frmntc Complaints and
nUiicnurM so common Is
best female population.
It will cure onttrolr the worst form of Fetnalo Com*
1*1 ilntn, nil Otnilnii trouhlr*, Inflammation /\ud Vlc*r*«
t! n. Falling end PDrlncpmonK and tho conaoqusnti
H;n:i.il WdikncnJ, oud la i.mliculnrly adapted to tho
’ p*p< 1 ftim -rn from th« uterus In an
• Tin* tendency to lancsrous
y spoodily by Its use.
, flatulency, di strors all craving
trors •
... i of th< ,
Headaches, Nervous Prostration,
donerrt Doblll:/, HioepI'imdi r . Deni’orslon and Indigos.
11 mi. Tlii.i Icf linirof fieiu ii.K d fivn,cauidngpaln, weighty
nml hfo k.’D he, Ih uhvaya |h i rnammtly cured by its usa:
Jf w 11 nf all (Inu h and Under nil circumstances act ig
hnrniony with th*i laws that govern tho Ft m*lo system^
I i-r the c; ’ r Kidney (V>mp1ntn»s "f either sox, this
' n. pound i • unsurpasdcu. Prlcoft.OO. HI* bottles for |ft.00j
'Molly should hi wl! limit l.VMA r. rlXKtlAU'i
1 ! \ AW ;•//./. s’. Thoy euro constipation, biliousness and
•pidlty of thollrar. Eu cents a box stall drugtflBts.
"ij.t Of 81.
n taw, nnd otti«i wisa. Full In-
na and salaries attache !
i 272, Washington, D. O.
Lightest, Hod nn 1 Uha p
• powder iniignzine of the Virginia Mi i-
Ihty iiihtitiito at Lexington exploded recently.
‘ Ifongli oil Cough*."
Ask for “Bough on CougliM,” for Cong I h
oblu, Soto Throat, lIoavHeiieHB. Troches, lo.\
iquid, 25e.
If is n curiouK thing, but when a man slips
tip, In always slips down.
Young .Hen !—Ilouil Thin.
Tin: Voltaic Ur.i.r Co., of Marshall. Midi ,
fit r tt* si ml th- ii i ’ Icbfrttf d Elkctro-Voltak
i i i Mid other I'i. rum Applianceh on tini
n ti.ii tv days, to men (young or old) aflLrte 1
it It neiMUts d Idlity, loss ol vitality aud man-
ooil, and ail kindt ed troubles. Also for rh u-
mtism, upiualHbi, paralysis, ami many other
isenses. Con* piete restoration to health, vigor
and manhood gua unteod. No link in incurred
as thirty da\n trial is allowed. Wrile them at
once for illustrated pamphlet free.
8. T. BLACK, Li
COMPLETE
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Vlie. per Cnllmi li> 111.- ll. rri l, “
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Ho*e Leiil fluecui ; ilmt LorllliinF-
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eh of the Hlmlilc
Btincing, in it itioii, infiimmatioii, all Kid- j t j JV' f<> '•'* ,:rs ’ “ i»?- v .i »•! eiic_eil.
noy and Ui imu7 ComplaintH, cured by “Buchu- ' «^at>i
P&ibft." SI.
ivhat is a “full dresa”
Mensman’s Prptonizbd nr.EF tonic, the only
prcparatiuii ofhoef con tain in g i ts entire nuiri-
fM.ti.fi properties. It contains blood-in a kin,'
force generating and lifo-Kino.lining properties;
Invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms of general debility;
also, in nil enfeebled conditions, whether tho
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particu.ariy if resulting
ints. Caswoll, Hazard t
ork. Bold by druggists.
front pulmonarycouiplait
Co., Proprietors, New Yo
Tiie inosquito na a public singer draws well,
but never gives satisfaction.
“Frozen Facts” is a purely American ex
pression, and ono, too, of recent origin. It
has the iivrifc of attrnctiiig attention, and
also looms to 1 o tr conviction of truthfuinesa
on its face. We make room in our issue of
to-day, for a fact of t his character. A cor
respondent, Henry Whiting, Ksq., of Boston,
Mass., says: “Dr. It V. Pierce’s 'Golden
Medical Discovery’ has cured my son of a
fever sore of two years’ standing. I 'lease accept
our gratitude.” Wo Leiiove it to be a fact,
whether “frozen” or otherwise, that America
needs more uigu liko Mr. Wbi’ing; men who
act, men who investigate ii uths, and seize
opportunities.
Fruit culture is getting to be a prominent
feature in Greene county, Arkansas.
.Tinny Persons
in Pittston arc now using Ely’s Cream Balm, a
Catarrh romedy, with most satisfactory results.
A lady is recovering the sense of smell which
sin* had not enjoyed for fifteen j’uars. She
had given up her ease as incurable. Mr. Bai
ler has used it in his family and recommends
it very highly. A Tunkhannock lawyer, known
to many of our readers, testifies that he was
cured of partial deafnesa.—Pittston, Pa., Ga~
:ette. Not a liquid or snuff. 50 cents.
Austin, Ark., s iff, jped two crates of starwber*
icH last week.
MOTHER,
tho littlo darling is spending such sleepless
nights aud slowly und pitifully wasting away
by tho drainage upon its system from tho ef
fect of teething, procure a bottle of Dr. Dig
ger’s Southern Remedy mid fiud what many
other mothers have by its use—a complete cure
as it will in all bowel affections in both young
j.ud old. This, with u bottle of Taylor’s Cher
okee Itemedv of Sweet Gum and Mullein, com
bining' the u imulating expectorant principle
of the sweet gum with the demulcent healing
one of the mullein, lor the cure of croup,
whooping cough, colds and consumption, pre
sent a little medicine CHEST no household
should be without for the speedy relief of sud
den and dangerous attacks of the lungs and
bowels. Ask your druggist for them. Manu
factured by Walter A. Taylor, proprietor Tay
lor’s Premium Cologne, Atlanta. Ga.
Yellow is now the fashionable shade,
rill make twenty dollar gold pieces verv
Nature.
il Dame Nature is the great teacher and phy-
j sieiau, and (Jarboliuo, made from pure petro-
I leuin, is ono of her grandest remedies for
biUinijii Try jit and jou will um 210 other, j |
WHAT A MISSIONARY SAW
BOItYlNU A CANNIBAL HIND.
Tb* llrnliil Hiim»n Nni-rlirM ml Ibc Fe
llah l'rl**i* ol tlie Oold Coa.t.
A returned miwionbry from the Afri-
o»u gold const tells a reporter of the
New York World some woeful stories ot
the orueltiesof humau ssorifleepractiocd
by the fetish priests. Tho disposition of
these people is so mild it is a mystery
liow tiiey can indulge in the praotico of
such cruelties, suoh as human incritlces,
or which they have become famous.
I’he missionaries believe that but for
tlie fetish priests, who aro exceedingly
-hrowd and who havo a strong interest
in perpetuating these bloody saoritloes,
ns their power is based on them, the
country oonld be easily civilized. Under
the reign of Gtieso, tlie late King of
Dahomey, hnman sacrifices had become
comparatively rare; but his successor,
Grery, a slave to the fetish priests, has
revived them, and now thoy are prao-
ioed with greater ornelty than ever.
l’he number of slaves who annually
lierish in this way is estimated at several
hundreds. The King of Dahomey is,
as is known, tho most ferocious and
noworful ruler in the whole region.
Luring ten months of the year he
makes incursions into the neighboring
territories, capturing a largo number of
.laves. In this work he is obiefly re
listed by his two celebrated regiments
of Amazons. Tlio prisoners taken dur
ing these expediiions are divided Into
throe olasses. One olaas is sold to the
.lavo merchants of tho interior; an
other, ohiefly women, are fattened and
sold to butohere, who, revolting re tho
fact may bo, even to relate, oponly sell
human flesh in their shops. The third
clatB is reserved for the religions sacri
fice.
At tho season of the "grand custonih’
viotims aro sacrificed in tho fetish for
est. On the ninth dny after tho instal
ment of a new king, he and his suite,
preceded by his fetish priests, moved in
procession to tho sscred wood where the
gravo ot the late king bad been dug.
Tho saorifiee liegan. Sevon slaves were
killed and their blood mixed witli earth
to form a kind of plaster with which the
grave was lined. The heads of the
-even viotims, with food of ail kinds,
were deposited at the bottom. The body
of the king was next lowered into the
grave. Then were seen approaoliing
uiue of his women draped iu their
orightost-colored garments nnd pur-
iiosely intoxicated with "iafin” or rum.
Believing thomselves to be the objects
of an ovation, they east smiles on every
sido ns they passed through the throng.
On reaching the edge of the open grave
they wore made to kneel, nnd before
thoy had any auapioion wore stunned by
a blow on tbo head and (lung, still alive,
upon the body ot their royul spouse.
Earth was tlieu thrown in to cover the
living and dead. The sacrifices to the
gods are marked by greater and more
varied refinements of cruelty. The
■brines resemble dog-houses— appropri
ate dwellings (or their idols, wbioh are
hideous-looking monsters. Those cere
monies begin with a dance. In front of
tho shrine n circle is formed by the
leaders of the people sitting down, while
tlio rude multitude remain standing.
Bolding a tuft of litimuu hair iu ilis
band, a priest dauces in the center, the
circle uttering savage cries, clappiug
thoir bauds or playing wild instruments
resembling bells, tnmhurinca nnd cym
bals. During the night the fetisb
priests provide the god with one 01
more viotims. Tho most common form
of sacrifice toJOgnn, the go.l of war, is
to behead the human offoriug nnd nail
the body npside down to a tree, tho head
placod abovo the feet.
At other times a yonng tree is
stripped of its branohes, bent down by
means of a rope, and so held by a kind
of trigger. With the exception of the
head, the victim is inclosed in a wicker
work globe aud suspended, bead down
ward, or iiis head is incased in the
stumps of tlio leaves wliioh form the
crown of the palm tree. Tho priest
loosens tlie rope, tho tree springs baok
aud tlio victim is left swinging iu the
nir. Birds of prey soon dispose of the
body. _ _
A Cavalry Department
The United States army has had very
little work to do in the lost twelve
mouths, even in the Indian oountry,
although neither the settlers nor tho In
dians will be able to safety dispenso
with its services for many years tu oome,
Tlio passages in Gon. Sheridan’s report
which will bo most interesting to those
not connected with the Army of the
National Guard are those relating to the
measures which should be taken for the
protection ot our ocean commeroe and
tho defense of our seaboard oities, and
to the improvement of tho cavalry arm,
required by coming changes in the char
acter of international warfare. A cam
paign on our territory with a foreign foe
is not to be feared because an invader
could do nothing with less than 1,600,-
000 men, and it is not probable that any
such number will ever be brought across
the ooean, but ho earnestly recommemlB
the construction of strong seaooast for
tifications, without whioh the most com
plete system of submarine torpedoes
would be of little value. Ho prediots
that in future, owing to great changes
in the methods of warfare caused by im •
provements in guns and the use of pow
erful explosives, nations will destroy
each other’s commerce on land as well
as on sen. For such work on land men
on horsebaok will bo needed. Therefore
he urges that a large establishment for
the development of the cavalry arm
should lie maintained somewhere, and
direots attention to the reservation at
Fort Riley, Kansas, whioh is in his
opinion nn admirable site for such a
training school.
Trouble Ahead.—It is a somewhat
instructive comraeutupon Euglishpolicy
in Ireland, remarks the Loudon Truth,
that last year a foroo of nearly 25,000
ofiicers and men was found ueccssnry to
garrison the oountry, while only 3 320
were stationed in Sootland. Unless
however, something is done to reform
the Hootch land system, the same journal
thinks another Ireland will be upon
English hands. Already, the Skye
orofters are in a state bordering on
rebellion, while those of Tiree have
passed a resolution to seize a tract of laud
by force, if it is not given up to them
within a stated period.
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For Conrampkion, Asthnu, bronchi Hu, D.r*-
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OXYGI'.N," pr*ji tfcI Piifl tlnii Muro<1l>.v In*, .St-ulmr
nml Pn!t>n, ofPfulndHpliln, Mullmln* ►Minfie Cmt if.
In fi new GlRivTiij iii imulknl m-ioiuo. nml n l
(IniiniMl for II, cntuldcr If n duty which wo owe t.ith*
many Ihoiinandfi wh nrc MifTnriii* tr- in ehmnl .;ir|
no-called (l lnour*tjle"d donllth.it wi» .-an to
nown and to Inspire tho pu lie triih
Wo
l imy a
fiduen
Into
Miarknjr mid
lent (dili'li the* (le iM.lVno
till Irh any toklimouifilfi or
ut eumdnn.
• of .
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i l’liifndelphtfi.
T. N. MUll HUH,
litor nnd Pit " *
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Autihur’s Hum* Itn«atit>o,'*
or ' ‘l.utheri
IlLAPELPUU, Pa
," Philadelphia
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i inoniry in re
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i ry of the doc..tory of «i d t
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priatoK curon in Coonuinptlon, Untm-h. Nnir.Uift.t,
Hroiiuhitifi, Akthinn, etc., and ft widoranKoof cIkoiiIq
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Chinese Child Venders.
A Hong Kong letter says:—In Nankin
and Kai-fnn children from six to twelve
years of age are sold by tens of thousands.
Not hired out or transferred—bnt sold
for a small sum in cash, in consideration
of which the progenitor, by a tacit un
derstanding, renounces all parental
rights, even the right of inquiring into
the fate of his offspring. The purchas
ing trader mav be the middle man ot
a well-to-do childless couple, or the agent
of a wholesale ten planter, or coolie
breeder, raising and training slaves for
a foreign market. For the equivalent of
$16 any commission peddler will .under
take to "udopt” the same .number of
young Mongols in the nnme of any em
ployer, and ot very short notioo, Tlio
authorities might object to a formal and
public purchase, but the moaning of the
adopting transaction is understood nnd
oonnived at. It is a lesser evil, and few
parents ask any questions. Rather than
seo their children starve they will resign
them to any fate—with one exception.
The orthodox Buddhists seem to hnve
evinoed occasional soruples in delivering
np thoir youngsters to the proselytizing
missionaries, whom they snspeot of all
sorts of wicked- praotioes. But oven "tieh
scruples can lm readily outweighed by a
few extra dollars.
liow a Taunt Origipnted.
The Atlanta Constitution says:—N eW
Jersey is sometimes jocularly referred to
as a foreign oountry by persons who do
not know the origin of their little joke.
After the downfall of the first Napoleon
his brother, Joseph, who hnd been K in B
of Spain, nud his nephew. Prince Murat,
sought refuge in the United Slate 8 ,
bringing with them great wealth-
Joseph tried to induoe several States to
pass an act to enable him as au .alien to
hold real estate, but they all refused.
Finally, the New Jersey Legislature
granted to him and Prinoe Murat the
privilege of purohasiqg land. TMf
bought a traot at Bordentown, h' 11 ”
magnificent dwellings and fitted them
up in royal style with pictures, sculp
tures, etc. Joeeph Bonaparte’s resi
dence was the finest in America. Pr
was liberal with his money and
many friends. The Philadelphians were
envious of the good fortune of tho Jer-
seymen in seouring the two millionaire*)
and taunted them with being "foreigu'
era,” and with importing the King
Spain to rule over them. The tau
stuok and is still repeated by many P® ‘
pie who have no idea of how it origin •
(ed.
Oveu three hundred in a band of Au
i ora ((oats were killed iu a Oalu
ibauder-storm recently.