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THE DYING YEAR.
Ring out, wild bells, to tlio wild sky,
The flying cloud, tho frosty light;
The year is dying in tho night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die*
Ring out tho old, ring in the now;
Ring, happy bolls, across tho snow:
Tho year is going, lot him go;
Ring out tho false, ring in tho true
Ring out tho eriof that saps tho mind,
I'or tho.-e that hero wo see no more;
Ring out tho feud of rich and poor,
R.ng in r< dross to ail mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strifo;
Ring in tho nobler modes of lifo
With sweeter maniuis, purer laws.
Ring out tho want, tho care, tho sin,
The faithless coldness of tho times;
Ring out, ring out, my mournful rhymes,
But ling tho fuller minstrel in.
Bing out false pride in place >.iul blood,
The civic dander and the spite;
Ring in tho lovrvnf itutli and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease
Ring out tho narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peaco.
Ring in the valiant man and froe,
The larger hca t. tho kindlier hand;
Ring out the daikness of tho land;
Ring in tho Chri.4 that is to ho.
Tknntson.
Ted’s Cl_u*is ( mas?
It was n clear, frosty winter's day.
“ II nil Christmas weather,” ladlos
said, os they lmrrii- along, drawing
their wn’iu wraps and heavy furs closer
around thorn, and keeping their hands
hidden cozily away in their mulls lost
Jark Frost should give their lingers a
mischievous pinch,
"Pretty c ad weather, / cull it,” snid
a littlo fellow whose hnre red hands
were thrust into the pockets of his thin
jacket for warmth, ami whoso toes
peeped out inquisitively through the
holes in his shoes.
Ho stood shivering in front of a
baker's shop feasting his eyes on the
tempting display or goodly Christmas
cheer in the window, and trying to
warm himself in the steam which ascend
ed through the grating,
"Wouldn't it Ini nice if n follow could
go iu and get ail the goodies ho wanted,”
lie thought, looking with longing eyes j
at tho rich c.kes piled up iu lavish pro
fusion, and thu amber aud crimson
jellies.
"Como, move on, there,” shouted tho
baker roughly, ns lie saw tho hoy loiter
ing in front ot his window, opening the
door just long enough to issue this order
and let out u rush ol warm air, laden
with appetizing odors.
Ted obeyed slowly, giving otto back
ward, reluctant glance, and joined tho
stream of people who were hastening
along, inking their Christmas
purchases.
"1 wish it wasn’t too oohl to bring
Daisy out,” ho snid to himsolf, ns ho
paused iu front of n toy store. "How
Bho would like to see nil theso pretty
things |”
The window just looked liko n littlo
bit ol (airy land. There was n miniature
OhriBtmas tree, spaikling with tiny ta
pers and hung with glittering toys,
wliilu n bountiful angel hovered over it,
with outstretched wings,
Ted loved to look at thin angel. It
never seemed to him like a waxen image,
but more like a real angel, who idways
smiled down as lovingly and toud'-rly
upon the toilorn littlo fellow, shivering
outside the window, as upon many of
tlie molt (ortumito little ones who were
daintily nud warmly clad.
Thou there were dolls In countless
numbers. fStnt. Iv lady dolls, with vel
vet trains and powdered hair; baby dolls,
with rosy cheeks and golden onrls; little
boy nud girl dolls, dolls iliut walked and
cried, dolls that shut and opemr'j their
eyes at their little motheis’ pleasure, nud
last, but not least, dinning little black
dolls that were dressed as nurses, and
beamed out cheerily from the wide frills
of their wliito caps.
I could not Is gin to tell you of all tho
other toys in Unit woudorfnl window, of
tho Ohinvso Mandarins that stood in
long rows find nodded their heads in
cessantly in tho wisest possible manner,
oi the sheep that bleated noisily, ot tho
valiant tin soldiers drawn up in battle
array, looking ns if they could Conquer
the world. No; it would take too long
a time, so 1 must leave you to imagine
it all for yourselves.
Everybody seemed to liko to look in
at that window, and sometimes Ted was
pushed about and almost carried nwuy
by tlio jostling, hurrying crowd; but
then he would wait for a chance and
slip buck to his old position, where ho
oould see nil tho pretty things.
v How I wish I could got Daisy some
thing for Christmas,” lie thought, re
membering the littlo lame sister at homo
who could not come out even to see, tho
beautiful windows. "Perhaps if ] liavo
any luck in selling the pnpers to-night I
wight get something,” but ho clieckod
himself. It was rattier a forloru hope, for
out of tho few pennies supper for Daisy
and "himself must come, mid then what
ever was left over must bo put aside for
the rent.
“How she would open her eyes if I
could take home one of those lovely dolls
to her I”
"Oh, oh, oh, wliat beautiful things I”
cried n sweet little voice so full of cntliu-
siastio delight that almost everybody
turned to smile at tho little speakor.
She was such a pretty little girl, with
Jong, golden curls falling over her blue
plush jacket, great blue eyes opened to
their widest possible extent at the sight
of all tho lovely toys, and tlio sweetest
little face, with rosy cheeks, where tho
dimples played hide-and-go-seek when
ever Bhe smiled.
"She looks just liko Daisy,” thought
Ted, as he watched her, for in Ills oyos
no one conjd bo prettier than tlio little
sister who loved him dearly, and of
■whom he took tho best earo that ho
conid.
Poor little fellow ! Ho was only 13
years old; scarcely old enough, one
would think, to take care of himself,
and yet, somehow or another, ho had
managed to take oare of this littlo sistor
too for nearly a year, ever since tho pa
tient, hard-working mother had died,
leaving her in his care.
It was pretty hard work Romotimes,
but if tho littlo closet ever got entirely
empty some kindhearted neighbor would
offer the children a share of her fcanty
meal, and the kind Father who watches
over even the little sparrows never for
got them.
“Givo us this day onr daily bread,”
they prayed every morning, kneeling
side by side with clasped hands, and
■with all tho fervent faith of childhood in
God’s promises, they believed that it
would always be sent to them.
"Oh, nnrsie. let’s go in and look at all
the lovely dolls,” cried tho little girl,
drawing the nurse toward the door.
As she drew her little gloved hand ont
of her dainty mnff, she dropped a tiny
blue velvet purse in the snow.
Ted sprang forward and picked it up
as it fell.
“Wait a moment,” he exclaimed, as
she was about to enter the store. "You
dropped something.”
“Ob, my pretty purse," cried the
child. "I wouldn’t have lost it for any
thing. Thank you ever so much. Wait
moment, nurse,” Bhe said, as the girl
wns about to hurry her on: "I want to
give this little boy something,’•
"Oh, no, yon needn’t mind that,” said )
Ted, drawing back.
"I would rather, though," said the |
littlo girl, putting a silver quarter into
his iinnd with a bright smile, as she
spoke, and Tod, thinking of little Daisy,
did not refuso the gift, but accepted it
gratefully with a very earnest "Thank
you.”
"Now I enn get Daisy a Christmas
present," ho thought, joyfully, nnd en
tered tho store with tho happy oon-
sciomuirss that ho, too, poor and 'shabby
ns he was, had some Christmas shopping
to do.
"Wliat. do you want, littlo boy ?”
nslied n girl, sharply,
"I want to h ly a doll,” answered Ted,
not at all embarrassed by her curt man
lier.
"What kind of a doll?” sho asked.
To 1 was puzzled.
"1 don’t know—a pretty one," he
answered.
"IT >-v much money have you got to
spoil,1 on one?” sho asked, crossly.
"Do you want an oxpensivo one?"
"I want the prettiest doll yon have
go*, for tenty-flvo cents,” said Tod,
in ekly, feeling eliillod at her evident
iinwi'lii guess to wait on him.
"Y ai cin't get mnoh of a eloll for
that.’ she answeri d; “but I will show
yell what We linvo. ”
’J’d followed her to tho book of tho
store.
''If ■!'•• ii a bnbv doll,” sho said, open-
iiig a l" \ mi l planing it boforn iilm ns
" -|> Ted gave a gasp of delight.
It v.n - n th a beautiful doll in his eyes.
It v;,- dressed iu a long wliito dress,
with i i.virlet cloak nnd hood, nnd tho
tiniest lung of golden hair showing
around her forehead.
What if it was n cloth doll ? Weren’t
its cheeks quite ns rosy as its waxen
cousins’; nud if the mntcrinls of its
dress were of tho coarsest, whnt did Tod
onre for that ?
In n perfoet dream of delight ho gnvo
the girl his silver quarter nnd watched
her wrap tho doll up iu pnpor.
"Oh, did you buy something?" asked
the little girl, touching his arm ns ho
was going out of tho store. "Won’t you
Ii t mo see whnt you got?"
To I puied the paper, rod witli priilo
nnd ImshfulncBH, and exhibited his treas
ure.
"isn't it a lionuty ?” ho asked.
"It's real cunning,” answered tho
child. "Who did you got it for ?” sho
asked.
"Fur my littlo sister Daisy,” ho an
swered, "and won't she be pioosod with
it, though?” ho added with a fond fare
well glance at it ns lie enveloped it in
its pnpor covering again.
"You’re n nice sort of a boy to get
your sistor a present,” said tho child,
with grave approval. “I hope sho will
got a uieo one for you. Good-bye,”
"Good-bye," responded Tod answer
ing her smiling farewell.
i’wo whole days to Christmas I How
would ho over lie able to koep his pre
cious secret for Hint length of time?
lie hut toned his thin jacket carefully
ever the treasure nud stood for a mo
ment irresolutely on the corner, won
dering whether lio would have timo to
go homo witli it before ho went for tho
evening papers.
Tho door of tho toy store opouod again
and his little friend enmo out, accompa
nied by her nurse.
"Oh, there's mamma 1” sho exclaimed
as she caught, sight of a lady on tho op
posite side of tho street.
“Wait I wnit 1 Miss Flossie, you'll bo
run over,” cried the nurse, trying to do-
tain her, hut the uhiid had Hhp|H<d from
her grasp nud started to run norosB tho
street.
dingle I jinglo! Morrily sounded tho
sleigh hells as a sleigh came dashing
around the corner. Thore wore mingled
screams of terror from the mother and
nurse as they saw tho danger theuuoou-
scions Flossie was iu. O.mld nothing
■ ive her?
Suddenly—-nobody ever know just how
t happened—n small hoy, a vory small
stid very ragged, lint surely a very bravo
noy, sprang forward right in front of tho
prancing horses nud hung on thoir
heads.
Only a moment ho dotninod (horn, lint
that moment w.is long onongh for some
ono to snatch tip tlio frightened baby
■ ml save her from those cruel trampling
hoots, Then rendered unmanageable
by flight, tlio horscH dashed on again
over a little prostrate form Hint lay un
conscious on tho muddy, blood-staiuod
snow.
Ted scarcely realized whnt ho was do
ing when he darted forward aud sprang
iu front of the horses.
Ho had not had time to think of any
thing s ivo that tho littlo girl who
'‘looked like Daisy" was in danger and
ho must save her. Instinotivoly lie had
tried to stop tlio horseH aud that was tho
last ho remembered. He did not feel
Htrong arms lifting him gontly into a
carriage nor tho doctor’s skillful bauds
hand aging his out head and broken arm.
"It's a miracle that tho brave littlo
fellow was not trampled to death,” the
doctor had said, "Fortunatoly this out
on his head is vory slight and his brok
en arm will soon heal; so witli a little
euro nnd nursing, wliioh I dare say the
poor child needs badly onongh, ho will
bo all right ngnin in a short time."
When Ted awoke to consciousness ho
could not imagine whore lie wns. Not
at home, surely, for lie was not in the
little straw bod in tho oornor of a dark,
eold room. No; he w.is iu a downy
white bod, with tho softest of pillows
under his aching head and a delioious
sense of warmth pervading his chilled
frame. Ho triod to move liiB arm but it
was bandaged and tlio effort hurt him.
"Are you nwuko yet?” asked n littlo
voice, nnd Ted opened his oyos to soo
his littlo friend standing beside him.
lie remembered it nil then.
“I am so glad you didn’t get run
over,” lie said, feebly, for soraolnw tie
didn’t feel vory strong, Thou, as ho
thought of his treasured doll, lie ex-
• claimed suddenly: "Oh, where is
Daisy’s doll ? Did it get broken ? ”
" Yes, it was all trample 1 in the mud,"
answered Flossie, gravely, " but you
mustn’t mind that, I will givo you one
of mine. ”
" But it wou’t be that one,” sighed
Ted, his eyes filling with tears.
The loss of tho doll Boomed a much
greater misfortune to him than tho
bandaged arm or tho pain which mnde
his head throb so wearily.
"Mamma, lie's awake,” called Flossie,
softly, and a lady camo in from the next
room and bent over him tenderly. A
real, warm mother’s kiss she gave him,
and in sweet low tones thanked him for
saving littlo Flossie’s life.
"Is the pain so bad?” Bho asked, as
Bhe saw tho tears standing iu his grent
brown eyes.
“ Oil, it isn't y^t,” sobbed Ted, "but
Daisy’s doll—it is all brokon, aQd it is
ail tho Christmas I had for her. I must
go home," aud ho tried to sit, up, but tho
effort was too much for him.
“Shall I send for Daisy?” asked
Flossie’s mamma pushing back tho
dark curls teuderlv from his aching fore
head.”
“ Yos, please,” answered Ted ; and so,
about half p- hour later, as little Daisy
was sitting shivering by the window
looking down into the dimly-lighted
strict, and wondering why her brother
Ted didn’t come, she saw a carriage stop
in front of the house nud a gentleman
get out and run lightly up the bteps.
Yon can imagine how surprised she was
when she found that the carriage bad
boon sent to take her to Ted, and she
put on her’littlo well-worn Bhawl and old
hood hastily, that she might go to him
at once.
It seemed a long time to Ted before
ho hoard tlio carriage wheels stop again
in front of tho house and knew that
Daisy had come.
“I will go down nud soo that she gets
uioe and warm, nnd then I will send
her up to you," said Flossio's mamma.
Presently Ted heard tho familiar
thump, thump of Daisy'd littlo crutch
on tlio stuirs, nnd in another moment
tlio door opened and Daisy came in.
But was it Daisy? Ted iiad to fairly
rub his oyos to Bee more plainly.
Him had on a pretty biuo dress, and
her curls, us golden as Flossio’s own,
were tied back with n bright ribbon.
"Oh, you poor, darling brother,” she
cried as rIio saw Ted’s bandaged hend,
and sho throw her arms lovingly around
him.
"Wliat a pretty dross," said Ted,
stroking its soft folds, nud forgotting all
about his p» In tho pleasure or seeing
Daisy so cotw.i>rtnbly clad.
"Flossie’s mamma gnvo it to roe," said
Daisy. “Wnsn't she kind?” and sho
nestled her littlo golden head down bo-
aide Tt d’s dark curls nud told him how
Flossie’s mnmnin lind naid they were to
stay and spond Christmas with Flossie
and see a beautiful treo nnd hnve lovely
presents.
It nil seemed like n dream to these chil
dren, who had known so littlo hnppinoss.
"Now yc must hurry tip and get well
lieforo Christmas, Teildie, dear,” said
Flossie, softly stroking ids bandaged
head, "nud we’ll have a lovely time,”
And thoy did have a lovely time. I
don’t think Hint citlior of them will ever
forgot it.
Tlio bountiful Gliristmas-iroo bore snob
wonderful fruit— a nioo now suit of
clothes aud n warm ovoroont for Ted,
nud tlio prettiest littlo clonk nml hat for
Daisy; nnd then, besides those useful
presents, there wore so mnny others.
A lovely doll for Daisy that Boomed to
bo tlio twin sistor of Flossio's, nnd more
other pretty gifts than I conid toll you
of. And this happy Christmas was only
tlio hogiuuing of good times for Tod and
Daisy.
You may bo sure that Flossie’s pupa
aud mamma would not let tho littlo boy
who had suvod thoir only darling go
hack to liiH old lifo of poverty nud hard,
hopeless work.
Daisy was installed in tlio nnrsory as
little Flossio's plnymnto, nnd many n
lia,.py hour do thu two girls spend to-
gel her over thoir dolls nnd their lessons.
Ted, quite well again now, goes down
town to business every d iy with Flossio’s
papa. Hu is only errand buy now; lmt
iiu is very amliiliuiis, and lie thinks that
perhaps onto day, when ho grows older
and wiser, lie may become n clerk, nml
I lien who knows?—booome n partner
in tlio business and glow rich, so that lie
enn take good care of Histor Daisy,
Perhaps all Ibis may happen yet.
Who knows ? But I think Ted will
always remember this Christmas os the
happiest day of his life.
Pnrenl nml Chllil,
If you say no, menu no. Unless yon
linvo good rcasou for < yging a given
command liold-to ii. ’*„Au an interest
iu your children's pleasure, mother’s
participation 1h a great delight. Ite-
memher that trifles to you nru moun
tains to them; respect thoir feelings.
Keep up a standard of principles; your
children will l>o your keenest judges in
the future. Be honest with them in
small tilings iui well as in great, if you
cannot lull what they wish to know, say
so rather Hum deceive them. Ah long
ns it is possible lib s, ,j children good
night after they tiro iu lied; they do liko
it so, anil it keeps them very close.
Bear in mind that you are largely re
sponsible for your child's inherited
character, nnd have patience witli faults
and failings. If you have lost a child
remember that for thu onu that is gone
there is no more to do; for those re
maining, everything. Make your boys
nnd girls study physiology; when tlioy
are ill try and make them understand
why, how tho complaint arises nud tho
remedy so far as you know it tininess
upon them from early infancy that ac
tions have results and find they cannot
escape consequences even by being sorry
when they have ucled wrongly.
Bespcot thoir littlo sterols; if they
liavo concealments, worrying them will
never make them tell, and time nnd pa
tience will probably do their work. Al
low thorn, as they grow older, to linvo
opinions of their own; make them indi
viduals aud not more cohoes. Find out
what their special tastes are and develop
them, instead of spending limo, patience
and money iu forcing them into studies
that are repugnant to them.
Mothers, whatever else you mny teach
your daughters, do not neglect to in
struct them iu tlio mysteriis of house
keeping. Ho shall you put them in llio
way of good husbands and happy homes.
Take your children yourself, if you onu,
to places of nmusemeut; lei them asso
ciate you with thoir enjoyments; when
they arc parents themselves the memory
of it will iniliioncu them iu their treat
ment of tliuir children. For thoir Hakes
enjoy life with them, if possible; clouds
will oonw soon enough.
Ills Wisdom.
A now overseer was appointed in a
Pennsylvania almshouse. Ho found un
old man of sixty chained to thu floor,
nearly naked aud indescribable filthy.
He had been so confined for fifteen
years us a dangerous maniac.
Tho overseer had his own system
nnd idoaH. Ho unchained tlio man,
bathed and clothed him, nnd confined
him in a clean empty cell. But his
kindness had little eileot. Tho mauiao
crouched, gibbering and scowling, in a
corner like an animal.
One day, tho keeper put a little dog
into tho cell, aud locking tho door, left
him there. In tlio evening he found his
prisouor kneeling beside tho dog, pat
ting it, feeding it with his own supper,
his face radiant with delight.
The next day their muons purposely
were withhold, nnd at evening the old
mail called tho keeper, and speaking
for the first lime in ton years, said, in
pleading tones, “My dog—hungry I
My dog, sir i”
A week later lie was permitted to go
out into tlio grounds. Uis was left to
tho influeuoe of the dog and to love, and
it was at iastcomplete.
God follows tlio same plan of cure
whenever He sends n new soul into tho
world in the shape of a little child,
which makes the hardest man kind, tho
greedy generous, tho selfish heroic.
Only think how much tenderness aud
love nnd unselfish devotion would have
been lost out of the world if men, like
bronze blatues, bad been created full-
grown, aud there had been no children
at all I
It is in these routine occurrences of
every day that the divine wisdom of
God is so infinite and profound that we
take it for granted, like the suiiBhine,
and actually fail to notice it.
Dkatb.—About a year ago the iate
Mr. Danielson, of the Providenoe Juur-
nal, wiote Senator Anthony’s obituary,
expecting to use it shortly in the paper.
When Mr. Danielson himself died, by a
strange coincidence, it was Senator An
thony who wrote his obituary.
Only a Joke —A very dangerons joke
was played at Sharon, Pa., a few days
ago, by a colored boy, who filled a pipe
with powder and gave it to a companion
to smoke, the result being that both of
them were seriously burned about the
eyes.
..EAR THE GOAL
A I... ory of tho l.ons, I,one Ago,
The wild swan is flying over Sahara.
Far *d the eyo can roach there is no
cprlng, no true, not even a Made of green
grass. Overhead hums the scotching
run, beneath glows the blackish-gray
sand. Tho swan stretches its pinions iu
sinewy fiiglit onwaul, onward to theses.
How longingly it wntelies the far hori
zon where the sky aud oarth meet, but
the sun rises, tho sun sets, nnd naught
appears snvo tlio whirling clouds of fine
sand. Onward to tho sea I Week after
week the bird (lies over the sterile abode
of drought, yet the proud voyager does
not despair, it knows Hist northward,
northward lies tlio sen. Then comes a
day when tlio air is cooler; fnr nway ap
pears a streak, which grows broader and
bronder, nud a wliito strip of wntcr glit
ters against the dark background. How
exultiugly tho swan dips its Biiowy
breast in the deep, surging wnter, how
‘ho sen hails tho royal swimmer.
***** * *
It ia Into iu tho Afternoon ! Fur off,
toward tho wont, aoroes tho ecenn ghdo
three small Spanish vprkc’b. On tho
largest ship tlio Bailors are gathered in
a merry throng, but by tho mast sits a
careworn man. It is Columbus. At
tho hour tho snu goes down tho hope of
his lifo will also ho extinguished — ex
tinguished with tho fading plow of buii-
aet, nnd his grout idea bo a jsat forever,
for he has promised tho mutinous crow
to turn tho ship's prow bomow.bd if,
within tho hour, them comes no sign of
land. Before his deeply troubled gazo
gather all tho memories, all tho scorn
ful words and looks ho bus met from tho
find day ho made tho world listen to his
mighty plan, nil tho privations and bit-
tor struggles ho endured ere, witli jubi
lant hope, ho could mount tlio d« ck of
tho “Santa Maria." And shall ho now
tnrn homeward like a liar, a wretched
deceiver, to bo doubly mocked by tho
proud sons of Castile !
Dimly before his increasing agony tho
sun is sinking, now it glows only n fmv
inches above tlio horizon. IIo buries
his face in his hands, it st ems as if the
chord of life were bursting in his heart.
Thou from the mast head rings the
cry:
“Laud I Land 1"
Co’.uniHis hesitates to believe what
sr*; i incredible—is it not a fresh de-
lu aa/u of his juggling fancy ? But no,
tho repentant sailors throw themselves
at his foot and, amid tears, kiss tlio edgo
of his garment; ho rises and gazes to
ward tho coast with sparkling, eyes.
Liko a god amid tlio children of men ho
stands among them, ho who has led tho
race westward, westward to tho marvel
ous country, tho goal of longing. It
Rooms as if a glory from eternity rests
on bin waving locks, hut no word crosses
tlio hero’s lips; iu such a moment only
tho heart speaks, the tonguo is silout,
Ouo such hour beforo death outweighs
the disappointments and losses of a
whole life,— Every Other Saturday.
Ia It Really Coimmuuloif
Many arose supposed to l»o radical lungdU-
eosG is really one of liver complaint and indi
gestion, but, unless that diseased liver can lx?
restored to healthy action, it will ho clog the
lungs with corrupting matter ns to bring on
their Hjwody decay, and then indeed wo liavo
consumption, which is scrofula of the lungs
in ith worst form. Nothing can ho more hap
py rnlcula od to nip this dnngoi* in tho hud
than is -Dr. Bierce’s “Golden Medical Di.v
covoiy.” Hy druggist*.
Hwoet is the breath of urniHo given by those
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"Itnugli on lirli."
“Rough on Itch” euros humors, eruptions,
ringworm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chil
blains.
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last year from thirty-nine hives of bees.
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gia was the last.
II usl ii ess .lien!
Wearied from tho labors of the day, on going
home find that they cannot liavo tho desired
and necessary rest, for the littlo darling is still
suffering, and slowly and pitifully wasting
away by tho drainage upon its system from
the effects of toothing. If they would think
to use Dr. Digger*’ llucldnliorry Cordial, tho
GREAT BOUTIIERN REMEDY, loss of sleep
and bowel complaints would bo unknown iu
that home. For sale by all druggists at 50
cents a bottle.
I Round It n Huro Cure.
I have been troubled with catarrhal deafness
for seven or eight years with a roaring noise in
my head. I t>ought medicine in 18 states but
nothing helped me till I procured a Ixittlo of
Ely’s Crenm balm. In four days I oould hour
as well us ever. I am cured of the Catarrh us
well. 1 consider Ely’s Cream balm the best
medicine ever made.—Gahiiktt Widiuck, Has
tings, N. Y.
Education begins the gentleman, but reading,
good company and education must finish him.
Ciirhn-linoa.
This magic balm, which is In truth
Petroleum sweet and clean;
’ es to age tho charm of
> matchless Carboline.
An exchange says that it makes a woman sick
to keep a secret. When has this been proven?
Tlio Old (jrnndmnther.
When called to tho bedside of tho little one
suffering with that night fieiyl to children and
horror to parents, caour, tho old grandmother
used to send for mullein and make a tea and at
once relieve it—mado into a tea now and com
bined with sweet gum it presents in Taylor’s
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein
a pleasant nnd effective euro for Croup,
Whooping Cough, Colds nnd Consumption.
Bold by all druggists at 25o and $1.00 a bottlo.
Menbman’s Peptonized beef tonic, tho only
preparation ofboef containingits entire nutri
tious properties. It contains blood-making
force generating nml life-sustaining properties;
invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms of general debility;
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result, of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard A
Co., Proprietors, New York. Bold by druggist*.
The ice man mav not bo much of a skater,
but ho is able to malic fancy figures on ice.
Pretty Women.
Ladies who would retain freshness nnd vivac
ity. Don’t fail to try “Wells’ Health Rcnewcr.”
Remembering the poor is well enough; but it
is much better to give them something.
To break up cold i, fevers nnd Inflamma
tory attacks, usn Dr. Pierce’s Compound Ex
tract of Smart-Weed.
Important.
Whan you visit or Intro Now York olty, bftfjnir*.
eipro»i*n(cn and $3carnago turn, nnd stop ot the Grand
Union llotnl, npp isitnllrantl Central depot.
frxi i>|pir*nt rooms, ttttod up at a cost of on* million
dollars, $1 and upward p -r day. Kuropnan plan. Kin-
rator. llnstaurant snppllod with the bast, ltorna cars,
Marcs and clrratoct railroads t » all depots. Families
ELY’S
CRE&MJALM
Causes no Pn n.
Gives Belief at
Onee. Not a Liq
uid or Snuff. All-
pi]’ into nostrils.
Thorough Trent-
,nient will Cure.
-FEVER Give It n Trial.
druysists; So cts. by mad registered. Sand
Sample Wj mail 10 cts.
CATARRH
'HAYFEVER*b #
" W.
60 cts. Large Size, $1.
I'd ItiritiMlcarcnt
Sleet lie l.o nip,
• nod, (lobe, I* I it 1 i ii it It
\ Ire, and Insiructh ns for i
AMERICAN
Electric Light w
FREDERICK LOWEY,
1)0 Fulton Hticet, New York'
“My Ih»w is nil unstrung,” warbles a fair
poete ss. Wonder if her beau had been on a
racket.
Life Preserver.
If you are losing your grip on life, try “Wells’
Health Rcnewcr.” Goes direct to weak spots.
Kentucky has n law prohibiting the salo of
illustrated police literature within its borders.
Young Men !—Rend ThU.
The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall, Mich.,
offer to send their celebrated Electro-Voltaic
Belt and other Electric Appliances on trial
for thirty days, to men (young or old) afflicted
with nervous debility, loss of vitality and man
hood, nnd all kindred troubles. Also for rheu
matism, neuralgia, paralysis, and many other
diseases. Complete restoration to health, vigor
and manhood gua anteed. No risk i* incurred
as thirty day* trial is allowed. Write thorn at
once for illustrated pamphlet free.
If a man liavo lovo in his heart, he may talk
in broken language, but it will be eloquenco to
those who listen.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is
to be had at the nearest drug storo for a dol
lar. It is not claimed that this remedy will
cure everv disease under the sun, but that it
does all that it claims to do, thousands of good
women know and declare.
The camel is the only bird that we yearn to
hear after listening to* a man learning to play
the violin.
“Rough on Toothache.”
Instant relief for Neuralgia, Toothache, Face-
tche. Ask for “Rough on Toothache. 15 A 25c.
Man is made out of tho dust of the earth, and
some of them are terras all their lives.
X3TY. I,lIVC^TriBT*S I
aSpI tin I Mlnack’Wuiat, 91 75 i
"Sfilnal (’oriel, fi 00
.Spinal Knr'lnn Cornet,... « H5 '
Npinnl AfulottiltmlCotnot, « 75 I
i Rocoimnomlod by loading phyniclans,
■dollverod freo anywhere in tho U.B.
iocolpt of prtco. Lady Agents Wan toil.
ia R’*' a y-^ ovv York, I
Lo Cont*
\iirserj
The lar
PEARS
Utting*, buy Uouther and avoid Hliaht. Cata-
W. \V. THOMPSON,
Niuithvlllc. (hi,
ALLEN’S
ORIENTAL
BALM.
it physician, ..ml ia warranted to
LAMAR, RANKIN A LAMAR.
lion, Mil
I'l Out lint t
ROOFING ic.u.fp.Do
Granite Cement Koof Coating
2fir. nrr Million hv ilte II tn . I. u
FOR 01.1» OR M W MONt.u; AM* I I LT HOOFS.
WATER I' Itllll E III ll.l-HM. PAPER.
> List.
j:5i imiu; i« m > i<’ i \«
2tiT Na Twelfth HU I'hilndrljthin, Pn.
Wi; WANT 3.000 llOOK UiEM S
for the new book i'll IK II .’Illicit YKMtH A.UONM
OUR WILD INDIANS
hUKUMAN. Thf faatcit mIIId|
DODOEa
book'-ut. Indorifd by I’rei t .. __
Sheridan, and thouinnda of Eminent Judyei, '
n» J inly *i
nn<i Finut Wut
Look AVer PuS/nAerf." It take* I ke wildfire, end * r*nl* evil
I O to '20 a dev i»»-?5.00t» enld Iti ibeni Avthorthip
end Sohit Merit meke It the bo mintj hook for AartiU.
tb/“ s rnd for C.reulav*. Specimen Plate. F. rttn 7Vrm* ele,, U
A. 1). WURTIII NUT ON At CO., Hartford,Conn
R. IS.
THAT
Lorillard'c Climax Plug
iK'flrln. n ml Un Inti; lluti LorUtanl'i
It.l.r I.i'll! linn Ijirlllurd'a
Navy ('llniiimiii. unit that lurlMar.l'i Sinidit.urfl
the Is'st Hint uhenpeat, qiinllty coiHhh-red t
TELEGRAPHY
Railroad -AijentH' IliiNinoas
SfMhA at MOURE’S RESIN EMM IINIVKR-
HITY, Atluntn, (hi. Solid (or Oiroulara.
A WANTED for tho MISSOURI
ilUMIS STEAM WASHER!
'U'.pay any iiueiligent uiua or woman
meki nupnititnblit employment to writa
- a«h t or Illustrated Circular nnd terras of
jjreSAaencv for this Oelohrntod Washer,
Twhichby reuxonof its intrinsic merit
is meeting with such woudurfui tiuccnaa
J. WORTH, BT. LuU IB, MO., or OHIOaOO, LLL.
Woman's Suffering and Relief.
Those languid, tiresome sensations, causing
you to feel scarcely ablo to boon your feet;
[hat constant drain that is taking from your
lystcin all its former elasticity; driving tho
bloom from your cheeks; that continual
(train upon your vital forces, rendering you
irritable nnd fretful, can easily bo removed
by tho use of tlmt marvelous remedy,Hop Rit
ters. Irregularities an: 1 obstructions of y< ur
system, are relieve 1 nt once, while tho special
?nuse of periodical pain are permanently re
moved. None recelvo so much benefit, and
none are so profoundly grateful and show such
an interest in recommending llop bitters as
women.
A Postal Card Story.
I was affected with kidney and urinary
trouble—
“For twelve years!*’
After trying all the doctors and patent
medicines I could hear of, I used two bottles
of Hop
“Bitters;”
And 1 am perfectly cured. 1 keep it
“All tlio time!” respectfully, b. F. Booth,
Saulsbury, Tenn.—May 4, 1883.
Bradford, Pa., May 8, 1875.
It has cured me of several diseases, such ns
nervousness, sickness at the stomach, monthly
troubles, etc. I linvo not soon a sick day in :i
year, since l took Hop Bitters. All my neigh
bors use them. Mus. Fannie Grkkn.
83,000 Post.
“A tour to Europe that cost me $3,000,
done mo loss good than one b<»ttlo of Hop
Ritters; they also cured my wife of fifteen
years’ nervous weakness, sleeplessness and
dysitepsin.”
R. M., Auburn. N. Y.
So Bloomingvii.lk, O., May 1, ’10.
Huts—1 lmvo been suffering ten years, ur.d I
tried your Hop Bitters, nnd it done me more
good than all tho doctors. Mus. N. 8. Buonr
Baby Saved.
We are so thank! ill lo say that our nursing
fmby was permanently «*urcd of a dnnm-rous
and protracted constipation nnd irregularity
of tho bowels by the use of Hop Bitters by its
mother, which at thesatne time rostered her
to perfect health nnd strength.
—Tho Parents, Rochester, N. Y.
J-ff*Nono genuine without a bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with “Hop” or “Hops” iu their
tiaino.
X3 A F03ITIVZ CUSS
For Female Complaints nml
\\ rnktit’HKCN ho reinmon to
our bent female population.
It will euro ©ntlrrljr th« worst form of Female Com
plaints, ell Ovarinn troubles, Inflammation ami l'I ema
il on, Falling amt Displacement ■'.and tli« consequent
Inina! Weakness, auu ii
iculailT adapted to tko
Chantro of Life.
It will dissolve nnd expo) ftimora from tno tuema In an
early bUro of development. Tho tendency t - amorous
humors thcro la chocked very speedily by tin use.
It removes faintness, flatulency, destroys nil pravtnn
>r stimulants, ami relieves woakncMN of tho t-i>>nm<b,
t cures Ploatmg. Headaches, Nervous Prostration.
General Debility, Sleeplrsancas, Depression am* Indlifes-
tion. That feeling of bearlmr down, eatodtuf pain, weight
and backache, Is always permanently cured by ttn use.
It will nt all turn s and trader all clrcuinstnmvs n . in
hnnuony with tho law a flint govern tho Female sys'om.
For tho onre of Kidney Complaints r>f elthet set. 'Ms
Vu iu pound IsuusurpassL'd. l»rlco|I.O0. Six bottles' r
Nr family should bo without LYDIA E. PISKIIAM'S
MFCS PILLS. They euro constipation, biliousness and
torpidity of tho liver, 86 cents a box at all drupclst*.
The February CENTURY
( First Edition, lSo,ooo )
CONTAINS
GEM. GRANT’S
First War Paper,
DESCRIBING
THE UATTLE OF
SHILOH
THE CONFEDERATE SIDE
This i. the brilliantly illuitraicd
MIDWINTER NUMBER,
Containing many striking feature., among them
"ROYALTY ON THE MISSISSIPPI,"
MARK TWAIN,
WINTER SPORTS IN CANADA. ETC
Sold by nil denlars. Price, OR cent*.
The Centuhy Co., Ncw-York.
Paynet’ Automatic) Engines and Saw-Mill.
Wa offar
G n solid Nawr&o ft. belting,
or opertllon,
nounted Lnflna
- K. cant-books, rL
9 . IU>. I'nginn on ski 1»,
... - elreuinrlit) ll. W. PAY.NIC A-
SONS M.mtf.oturer. ,,l .11 Rtyl.i. A .■■..mitt It- Kn.
alii***, from *2 to 3 n H . I’. , nlso Pulleys, liniiuois and
Shullua, Elmira, N. Y. Uox I Hot).
v positive remsdy for the aheve
Btandlna havn Lean eiired. I ndeet
In Its omenry, that I wl.l sondT'
lojjet her wl t h a V A I.U A It I .IIT K K
auy sufferer. (;i*«.-tiiri*M»n
.... - . ...
UK. T. .
.Who
IVsrISt., New York
I ARflH set samples prettiest chromn school r
J^dlploinn, merit, crodit, birthday, ciirsfmn
year, mt i pt m .-finis, Ac. t ’Jic;. Ait I’.il.\V„,,
FREE
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Newark, N.J. Send uta
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ertmiok Ct
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Nervous Debility | a. n.
LOW SPIRITED A LAR I A.
AVERY'S BLOOD DISINFECTANT
severed in Juiia, 18M, is tho only MoaddMnftrtant and tho ON LY CURE FOR .11 ALAR IA over k own
f this wonderful medicine quickly i
r and nil tlio other various d
The pul luhod names of hundrnds of tho h
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t lino at ihHeomiisny'aomca. bold by Drucuuds—fio
Avery lllood Dminlcrtnnt Co., lul WcsLSSd
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friends and nclch'bors. When a loan Is made, the adjoining
fot m of nolo will Lie sent with tin money to tlie suhHcrihcria
t bank or express ofllce, and no note need bo signed
ho money Is paid over. Send the names of several
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f several of your neighbors
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of llUno^AgrieulluHH tlie sum of . dullni s
with interest at i per cent. i^»r annum after
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manded or become payable (except, at
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scrlbor to the above named paper.
FREE!
A Oruggt t * Sc< ry.
Mr. Isna?C. Clia;unan, druggi t, Newburg,
CT. Y., w’r.t s us : “I Lave for the. past tea
fears sold several gross of Dr. Win. Hall’s
Balsam for the Lungs. I can say of it what
[ cannot s y of any other medicine. I have
never heard a customer speak of it but to
praise its virtues in tha highest manner. I
have recommended it na groat many cases
ot whooping cough, with Lhe happiest effocts.
1 have used it in my own family for many
years ; in fact, always liavo a bottlo in tho
medicine closet.^
“I must shake off this bad habit,” said a
M amp, as he ga^ed at his tatt&red coat
WHO WIJLIj SENU THE fil'ICKENT I
t,l 9 above Hut of nreaents, we decided to reserve *9.000
t° i»p cllviditti t-'iunliy unions tho fir«t. (KO ■uhscrlbeiB received. Ifyou
f^d^Ocenisyuu w fl I boonMtlodtpone reeei/U good for one. present, and
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onvardedtuholdci’sof receipts as they may direct. A list
z watch wli
end a prlntc
of tho «
arils, free,
iuuiboi rcccipis us they may dl ..
Inncra will bo published in our paper. The 50
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>ou pay nothing for the present. Bubscrlbo at once. Don't
wait Kday. M’o will send youtho|)apcroneycarand8num-
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fm friends to join you, nnd send *2.50, and we will send tho
r months and l numbered receipt for each of yoursub-
Fcilhcrs and 1 extra for your trouble. No postponement,
buid 10subscribers, with nml we will send you 12 suh-
rcrlptlons and 13 receipts. This offer Is good only until
ASurch 15,18ts.». Wc have 5T),n00 subscribers aJrmidy, and
only require43.(00 more to have the desired number. Our
old patrons nnd subscribers, whom we number by thou•
M'indfi, should.go to work ot once and help ub Increase
our list by this grand and generous offer. **
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ILLiMOIS AGRICULTURtST, (A) t62 LaSalle St M Chicago, ill.
SSTY IRON WORKS,
LANG & WILT, PROPRIETORS,
MANCTAOTUIUSB8 OF AND DKALKBS IN
STEAM ENGINIiS, BOILERS, Etc., STEAM riPE VALVES, RUBBER AND
LEATHER BELTING, MACHINE OILS ALL GRADES.
AGENTS FOR
Daniel Pratt Cotton Gins,
Brown Cotton Gins,
A. B. FAKQTJHAH’S MACHINERY,
COTTON PRESSES, CANE MILLS COTTON SEED HULLERS.
(Vo are pvopnrcd to do all kinds of Repair Work at short notice and as well n 8
can bo done.
.-.11 iu want of tlio abnve-nnmed goods, or machinery repaired, are oordinlly
Invited to call and see uh nr write for prices before going elsewhere.
Reepeotfully,
LANG & WILT,
Sandersville, Georgia.
A NKtV TltHATMKNT
For Oon«niript..'n, Astlnrm, Itrouohltla, Dy«-
pepsin, C.tnriIi, It- n.lnclin, Debility, lth.u-
tuutiBin, Nturnlgm, nml nil Chronic
nnd Nurvotis Dlfiorders.
A. C A H D
I Philmli'lpltin, slid being *nli«li«
BSFK iv
liinnv dlRcnvcry in medt.-a
ciaim* -I (. rlt, emtai.l i if »h
many tlur
s.. called 1
tnalrc its v
cntilldeno
We hav.
t*h
it by l»rs. Ktarli
"rile that
I nil that
tflStfS*
. .1 .... - M email tHat wr> mji Ui
twti ami to inspire tho pn lirnila
t l know! (Sgo ..f Drs, Stnrltcy au^j
ment ulmh
pub Ish try •
| any *tate»
i* which a
WM. ! . KFLI.KY.
»f rmtaivrs I rum Phtlndnlphia
T. S, A Fit 1111 It,
JERNIGAN
Bows, Strings,
Rosin Boxes, Etc-
BUY YOUR
SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES,
JERNICATi,
Ront genuine without our Trad* Mark
On bund and for vale,
SPECTACLES NOSE CLASHES, BTC,
Watches, Clocks
And JEWELRY
UEPAIKUD DT
JE
WIG ATT.
The Ten Ilile I'laguo,
The plnguo iu the Cumberland Moun-
tainfl bewail wiicu tlie h'.*i!s nud springs
went dry, and wnfi dmilitlesn ilia reHtilt.
of using water that w k impure. The
few pliyMiv .:ih there say that, tho water
oontaii rd mineral poison of somo kind
beenu o only a inimral poison would'
hi'-V" produce 1 the griping*, the burning
fever and ll.il'Mt, and tlio i.loodv evacua-
tions that 1. .tiled the d : rase. They
say llmt or-'s ■ I Ci.pp.-i and arsouite*
abound iu il.e mouniama. Ti... scarcity
°f cdiie lied medioal iielp and the ,>ccu-
liar habits of tho people undoubtedly
made the disease more iatal. When once
a member of a family w .r stricken the
rest were pretty sure to follow, and litis
was duo in m my eases to a lack of prop
er cart for tl..- t.iek and lo a failure tu
properly dir-poro of the . xervta. Tiro
people u-ually tried In .h ■ . 1 llmmselves
and this i. oree-cd lire I . illy. Jtesiden
a great variety ot pa!- 1 mis truant, tho
favorite remsdi- , ■ lil.eral .loses of
hot mill bin rads hog’.-, grease mixed
will, burnt (aruil ) hr. .. iv, decoctions
of tobacco and of I. •.••kl-.'-ry
nil suits oi Irerli i, a
tho disea-o win
over iiflovii pin . ,•
ties, but if there I
the people in many
have hired them,
less virulent pin
' root!., and
nit stages of
re fire not
eight coun-
i a hundred
s would not
Iu 18j t a similar but
raged through those
mountains. There were more physi
cians then, but they knew less of modi-
cine than the people they tried to care
for. Quinine and calomel were tlie
favorite remedies, and the consequent
deaths created a md. nunatuval prejudice
iu the minds of tlm people. Many of the
people are absolutely destitute.
Those Troublesome Eeion3.
Not tho convicted violators of our laws,
but the atrocious nnd excruciating maU
ndy which may attack oven tlie fairest
hand. A correspondent of the Michi
gan Funner writes that they eau be
cured, ami u trial of the alleged remody
will nt least do no harm.
1 wish to tell those who may suffer
from that terrible scourge, felons, of a
painless remedy that will effect a perfeot
cure in twenty-four hours, ns 1 hnd occa
sion to prove within tho Inst three days.
A lady camo here who hnd been suf
fering over two weeks with a felon on
tho end of her middle-finger. I satura
ted a bit of grated wild turnip, the size
of a beau, with spirits of turpentine and
applied it to the affected part. It re
lieved the pain at onoe.
In twelve hours there was a hole to
the bone, and the felon was destroyed
1 removed the turnip and applied heal-
ng-Bulve, and th« huger ig well.
r. 1 !“• ^ i<**■ i’loiit Now Year’s reception w«h
a brilliant affair, the la chef toilets elogant and
tasteful, and the attendance laree. h ulaua
A MASSACHUSETTS BOV.
I’ll© Nnd Conarqitcnr© oflllioitp Notiju,
(From tlio Boiton Globe.]
Normnn Z. Jones, of Shirley, tho
twelve-year-old boy who made two at
tempts to wreck passenger trains ou tho
Fitchburg road, is now in jail here. After
tlie obstructions ou tlio track bad been
discovered, Station Agent Anderson, of
Fitchburg, and Special Detective Me.
Elhony went to Diamond Hook, learned
tlmt a boy had been soon lingering in
that vioimty, and proceeded to search
tlio adjoining woods, Mr. Andersen
drove about a mile from (lie place where
the obstructions were found and en
countered a small boy with a hatchet and
keife in ids belt nnd u general "I’m n-
bad-man” make-up. Mr. Anderson cap.
turod the "bad man” without bloodshed
and charged him with trying to wrec>
tho trains. The youngster stoutly do-
uiod that he had anything to do with thu
deviltry until lie was tnkon tu Diamond
Rook by the ogout nud tlio detective,
and fitted to somo footprints where the
track was obstructed, when ho admitted
that lie had placed the rooks nud rails on
tho track "for fun.”
Tho young Jesso James proved to ho
Norman Z. Jones, soli of Zcphhns Jones,
of Shirley, aud his parents were at ouco
notified of hi* arrest. lie wai arraigned
in court and held for trial. Young
.loues wns taken to the j lil, aud in reply
td tho questions of thu offloerslie told a
yarn about n strange mini forcing him
to put tho rooks on tho track and hold
ing his wrists wliilo he was doiug Ilia
mischief. A reporter called at I he Li}
and tho young wrecker was brought iiit..
tho guard-room and questioned about
tho exploit, lie repoated tho story ..(
tho strange mnn, but with so many
variations and improbabilities that iti
falsity was perfectly apparent. Tlio man
tent him up the track, he said, and re
mained within hailing distance while ho
was placing the obstructions. Ho did
not know thu man, tint lie know that the
same, man hnd tried to induce oilier
hoys, whom ho did not know, to do the
same tiling n long while ago. Later, he
declared that it was another man. whom
he designated ns "Redhead,” wli . lin.l
approached tlio other nnd unknown
hoys. AS hen asked i(ho had been read
ing dime novels, ho sanl ho read them
when ho oould get llu-ru, and he ex
pressod somo admiration for Jcseu
Jam. e.
“Wliat did you put tho rockn on tho
track for?" lie was asked,
"To stop the trains,” replied your"
.Tones with cool indifference.
"Didn’t you know that you might
throw tho trains off and killnn'moboJy V"
"Wasn't enough rooks to do tint, I) >.
sides, they could soo 'em iu time.”
"Hut they might not have Roan them ”
"An engineer ain't no good if he can’t
flee things ou tho track, I just wanted
to stop \ m.”
"Then there wasn't auy wau with
yon?”
“AVas, too.”
Aud so tho youegstor wont on, sullen
ly sticking to his preposterous story of
the mythical man, nud showing no signs
of contrition. Ho oould not tell wh it he
intended to do in ease of a wreck, but ho
was quite sure that uo deteotivo oould
liuvo caught tlio redoubtable Jesse un
der similar eiroum-taiioca, because Jesse
would have fought, and ho regretted
that lie had nothing lmt a hutohot with
wliioh to defend himsolf. "A hatchet
uin’t good for nothing," ho said. "I'd
rather liuvo a knife. ’ When asked wliat
lie would do with a knife, a cunning
look came into his face, aud lie an
swered:
"I'd whittle with it.”
From the cautious replies given by
the youngster to numerous questions, it
appears that ho bus run away from homo
s-veral times, armed with such weapons
us ho could get hold of, aud camped iu
the wools alone. Iiu made no com
plaints about liis treatment nt homo mid
gave uo reason for his eaoupa les ’) ho
trouble with him is that his head is lull
of the pernicious stuff which ia printed
in flash papers and choap novels, and lie
is imbued with ambition to emiilato tlio
deeds of bold burglars, train-robbers and
tlio miscellaneous miscreants who arc
hold upas heroes before Y'oung America.
He is n well-grown boy for his age nud a
hardy young liar. His face indicates in
telligence enough aud more thnu cun
ning enough, and lie appears to rather
enjoy being regarded as a hard ease.
When looked up iu the jail lie told an
other prisoner that ho oould get ont il
ho lmd a knife, and proceeded to explain
how the job oould be done. He further
dcelan-d that if they should send him to
the reform school they oould not keep
him there n week.
The Boy and tlie Bone-Setter.
Spunking of bone-sotters rccnlls 1
good story which occurred in tho north
of Scotland, where one of them had
risen to great fame and no ninnll fortune
by his skill. A country lrnl residing n
few miles off hnd got his leg hurt at one
of the tocal factories, and hnd been
treated for Home timo by the local medi
cal mnn without any good result. Ilis
mother, who hnd great faith iu tlio
neighboring bone-sotter, wanted the lad
to go to him, which he declined, pre
ferring, ns ho snid, tho "rcg’lar faculty.”
Eventually, however, his mother’s per
suasions prevailed, nnd ho agreed to
allow himself to be taken to seo Daniel
R , the bone-setter. Abed for the
invalid was extemporized on a cart, aud,
recompaniod by his anxious mother, he
was after a rather painful jouruoy taken
,o the town where the bono-sotler re-
f-ided. Tlie leg was duly examined, nud
J was found necessary to haul it very
.severely, in order, as the bone-setter
said, "to get tho bone in,” Tho lad wan
liberal with his serenms while this wns
going ou, but eventually the bone was
"got in,” and he was told to go homo
aud in a few days he would be all right
and fit for his work.
"He was lifted up on the cart again,
.. id with ill's mother seated beside him,
set off for borne. "Didn’t Danny do
•he thing well?” said the joyous old
Indy. “Yes, he did, mother,” said tho
led, "but I was na sio a fool as gie him
li.e sair leg 1” Tho "reg’lar faculty
vill, wo have no doubt, appreciate thf
lorv.
—Tho Qneen of England a«ks ParUnK> en
for a dowry of *130,000 and an annuity 0)
¥3(1,000 for tho Pr.noras Beatrice.
—General Wnlseloy lias received a email
piece ot paper with General Gordon’s genuine
seal on the back, dated December II, saying
that Khartoum is all right.