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a f f r% \ r3E5 g£= 1 p V li m A % - 1 t$k m r if hm Jti & il; ** i! if-?! te 4 a^lw AA 1 ci.A'IU B’ A / V/I. 11 -It.U. j > / ' 1 \ r 0 L. 1 ! Poeiiy James T. Field's Last Poem. rover’s retitios. Kind ‘ raveler, do nnt pass mo by, Aud tints a poor old dog forsa c; 2-ut stop a moment on your way And hear tuy woe, for pity’s sake ! Aly name is Hover; yonder house Was ouee my home for many a year: Aly master loved me; every hand Caressed young Hover, far and near. Tho children rode upon my buck, And I could hear my praises sung, With joy I licked their pretty feet, As round my shaggy sides they clung. 1 watched tlnm while thoy played or slept, 1 gave them all T had to give; AJy strength was theirs from morn ’till night For only them I cured to live. Now I am dd and blind and lame; They’ve turned me out to die alone, Without a shelter for my head, Without a scrap of bread or bone. This morning I can hardly crawl, While shivering in snow and bail, My teeth are dropping ono by one; 1 searco have strength to wag u:y tail. I’m pa!-id grown with mortal pains, My withered limbs are useless now, My v suoe is alum, t gone you see, Aud 1 can hardly make my bow. Perhaps you’ll lead me to a shod Where 1 may timl some friendly straw On which to lay my aching limbs And rest my helpless broken paw. Stranger, excuse this story long, And pardon, pray, my last appeal, Y“'" Aud learned lua ‘•‘’“TSKS' t to'^v, 5 . red, Yea, poor old Rover, corao with me: Komi, with warm shelter, I'll supply Atui heaven forgive the cruel souls hlio drove you forth to starve unci die! 0m ■» A. His Brothci’ Man. 'I cannot wait any longer, I must hare my money, aud if you cannot pay it I must foreclose the mortgage and sell the place, said Mr. Merton. ‘In that case,’ said Mr. Bishop, ‘it will, of cour-e, bo sold at a great sac¬ rifice, and after all the struggles I have made, inj’ family will bo homeless. It is hard. 1 only wish you had to earn your money as I do mine—you might then know something of tho life of a poor man. If you could only in inaagi mtion put yourself in uty place, I think you would have a httle mercy on ms ’ It is useioss talking; I extended tuts one year, atm I can no so no longer, replied Mr. Merton, as be turned to his desk and continued writing. The poor man rose from his seat and walked sadly out of Mr. Merton's office His last hope ware gone, lie bad just recovered from along illness, which had swallowed up the means with which he had intended , , to mane , tne . , amt pay ment ou his its house. house. True, 1 lue, Mr, .>.a, Merton Meiton had had waited one year, when be had failed to meet the demand, owing to sickness in his family, aud he felt very much oblige cd to hint for doing so This year lie had been laid up for seven mouths, dur¬ ing which time he could tarn nothing, and ail his savings were needed for the support of his family. All his plans had failed, and now, homeless, ho would have to begin the world anew. Had heaven forsaken him and’ghen him over to the tender mercies of tho wicked? After he had left the office, .Mr. Mer ton could not drive away from him thoughts to which the poor man in his gritf bad given utterance; *1 wish you had to earn your money as I do mine/ In the midst of a row of figures, ‘Put yourself in my place’ intruded. Ouee, after it had crossed his mind, he laid down his peu, aud said, ‘Well, 1 think I should fiud it rather hard. I have a miuu to drop in this afternoon aud see how it fares with his family; that man has aroused my curiosity.’ About five o'clock he put on a gray whig, and soma old, cast-off clothes, aud walked to the door. Airs. Bishop, A pa’e weary-looking woman, opoued it. The poor old man requested permission to enter aud rest awhile, saying he was very tired with his long journey, for he bad walked rnauy miles that day. The old gentleman watched ner at¬ tentively. He saw there was no ela?ti eity in her step, no hope in her move¬ ments, and pity lor her began to steal into bis beatt- \\ hea her husband en¬ tered the features relaxed into a smile, and she forced a cheerfulness into her manner. The traveler noted it a!!, and v. as forced to admire this woman who could assume a cheerfulness she could not feel, lor her husbands sake. After OUU OWK SKHTiHN ~-\YK I.A BO LI FO- IIS A.-V '.NUlL . I'.NT. nr 1/i.J nr G i ; ; iJ V .1 < Nl). OA.. SAT l iii)AY MOKNiNO.. JUNE 1 >> H Tht\v invitor] the stranger tn eat with them, saying:, *Wo have not much to oiler you, but ;i cup of tea will refresh you after your long journey.’ Ho accepted their hospitality, and as they discussed the frugal meal, led them, without seeming to do so, to tali; of their affairs. ‘I bought this piece of land,’said Mr. Bishop, ‘at a very low figure, and in- j i stead of waiting until I had money I enough to build, as I ought to havo | done, I thought 1 would borrow a few 1 hundred dollars. The interest , ' on the moDcy would not be near as much as the . rent 1 was paying, and I would be sav- I ing there something would be by it. difficulty I did not think j any in paying i back the mouey, but tho first year my j wife, and one of the children were ill, laud the expeuso left mo without means to pay the debt. Mr. Merton agreed to wait until another j oar if I would pay tho interest, which I did. This year i was for seven mouths unable to work at my trade and earn anything, and of ! course when pay day comes around— j and that will he very soon—I shall be | unable ’But,’ to said meet the tire demand.' ‘will Mr. | Merton wait another stranger, if not j > ye..r, you make i ! all ‘No, the sir,' circumstances replied Mr. known Bishop, to him ‘I ?’ j ' saw ; him this morning, aud ho must have j j the money ’ j ; ‘Lie must he very hard-hearted,’ re i marked tho traveler, j ‘Not necessarily so,' replied Mr. I’ishS j op. ‘Tho fact is, tlnm rich men know i nothing of the struggles of the poor. i | They are men just like the rest of man kind, and I am sure if they had but the ! faintest idea of what the poor had to |»p«»- pass through, their hearts and purses r« »«. a bM ,.a,.e.i into a proverb.‘wljfMi a poor ai ui neo'is assistance he should apply to tho poor. The reason is obvious. Only tho poor know the curse of poverty. If Mr. Merton had the least idea of what ! and my family b.rd to go inrwegti, 1 think he would be w illing to wait sever¬ al years lor his money rather than dis¬ tress us ’ With what emo‘ion th* stranger lis¬ tened may ho imagined. A now world was being opened to him. Ho was passing through an experience that had never been Lm before. Shortly after the conclusion of the meal ho arose to take his leave, thanking Mr. and Airs. i Bishop for their kind hospitality. ! Air. Merton did not sleep much that I night; ho lay awake thinking. He had j received a new revelation. The poor I had always been associated in his mind j wi-Vsit^ditv aud' i'gnoraiTce,’ and"'the | flrs t poor family he'had found far in ; -/vance, in intelligence, sympathy and j politeness, of the exquisito and fashion able ... butterflies of tho day. The next day a boy called at the cot¬ tage and left a package in a large blue envelope, directed to .Mr. Bishop. Airs. Bishop was very much alarmed when she took it, for largo blue envoi ) j opes were associated in her mind with | | aw !ln( j lawyers, and she thought that bodud no good- She put put it it away away until i j, er husband come home from work, when she handed it to him. He opened it in silence, road its con¬ tents, and said fervently, “Thank Heaven !’ | ‘What is it, John ?’ inquired his anx¬ i ious wife. • ‘Good news, wife,’ replied John. ‘Such ! news as f never hoped for or even I dreamed of ’ ‘What is it? Tell me quick—I want to bear, if it is anything good.’ ! ‘Air. Merton has cancelled tho mort¬ | gage—released me from debt, both in¬ ! terest and principal—and says any time i I need further assistance, if I will let j him know I shall have if. ‘I am so glad! It puts new life into me/ said the now happy wife. ‘But what cau have come over Air. Mertou? ‘I do not kuow. it seems strange after the way he talked to mo yesterday mor uing. I will go right ovor to Mr. Afer ton's and tell him how happy ho has j made us. > | He found Mr. Aiorton in, and express¬ es gratitude in glowing terms.' ‘What could have induced you,’ ho asked, ‘to show us so much kiuduess?’ ‘I followed your suggestion/ replied Air. Merton, and put myself in your place/ I expectjthat it will surprise you very much to learn that the strange j traveler whom you showed so much i kiuduess was myself/ “Indeed !’ exclaimed Mr. Bishop. ‘Well, it is a good joke,’ said the latter; ‘good in more senses tbau one. It lias; ! terminated very pleasautly for mo.' *1 tv as surprised,’ said Mr. Alerton, : ‘at the broad and liberal views you ex¬ pressed of men and their actions gen-1 orally. I supposed I Lad greatly the; £431,431 iigi5f‘iiliii YEAR. Mn :1. That wife of is an estinubta ‘You look so happy Hint I vpp »«t* yours vou tftVO been to the dentist a t id woman, and that boy of yours will he taar. lting tooth pude-i. said a GY an honor to I tell Bishop a any man you tort man tea friend with 1 : ...id the lawyer becoming animated, - an u ‘you rich bovoad what • f ■ ain't that that mates me too pov or r: j man ■> 'Die tooth aches tha but 1 could niako but -leisures worse t you; yen * - den t mind it. ‘Slow is m " mV o', l that goid will not buy. Somehow 1 seem to have lived years vines yester¬ dentist and he was out,’ and tin* h.inm day mornitur. Whit 1 have learned at man cut a pigeo i-wiug on Luo aiu your house is worth more to mo than you owe me, and 1 am your debtor yet. Hereafter i shall take as my motto, ‘l’nt yourself in his place,’ and try to- For r- re Ikon « tli '• i of a ce;c nr v the ^ regulate my actions by it.’— 'elected. Mexios;i* Rlu.-tau;;' l.iiitsneut i usDoeu-, known to million- nit >. v ; e- worn! « w, < Itccfe. accidents tiio only safe and reliance pain. It ‘ is ■ the rEo.lieim-t relief or ,, a above !':/<?( and oruF'—(he bc-.i <>t Itx • No, my son, chhek is not better th n kind. For every loan of external pain f wisdom, better modesty: tho it is nut than ' ’> r- ;1 not better than anything. Don't livm to the 8iior who toils you to blow y our hotu or it will never bo tooted upon. The world is not to lie. <it?cived by check, and it do a soared for mem. aud whan it finds it, merit is rewarded Cheek, never deceives the world, tuy sou. It appears to he so to the cnee it y man, but to is the cue who is deceived. Do you know one cheeky, until in all your acquaintance who is not revved for bn check the moment his back is turned/ Is tiro world not continually drawing distinctions between cboek aud merit' Almost evert body hates a cheeky man, my sou. Society tires of the brassy glare of his face, the hollow tinkling of ins eymb.iiioe longue, tdie no s, as ump u n «f nia icrwa ducss. The triumphs of are «uiy apparent, ilo uoies his way along through tho world, and L *r li i*t a l i h hi • ' - 'dings. £! frequently people gtvo way for him. Joints, rontruftiH. n.rtea. E:uv:n lhit so they gtvo way, my boy, for a itiui rJraiiis, €u(m } rakt-s u n d “ Kpi’nius, & I’oiaonous S 5 ti:*«•< and . - r ? »*r? . . man with a paint pot in each hand. Kllngs. tttiifttea*, Stamen *e». Olti Not because limy respect the man of ■Sores, Nipptss, - leers, Froatbib a. 1? rhill.talr.fi. vj particularly, .but because wNore j£indeed rulu-i! -as.?. a.-U tno paint pot form t.I.- ' Sjonse. every e.» eIV. •.• . they want to take care of their emthen. Jt Jieals without m ,vs. You soil goods without it, a#id jour cits- ri For the liitu'TE (’kbatiok u "!"• M PjS*onu<ter, (jpratut, Sw auiy, Ws' -to<-<, ,g louters won't run aud hide in the ooiiar ’’ Iturnm, /ores, ISooi l»i«~ 'fy, ' when they see you coming.— ilaickajc. eases, foot Itol, Strnv Wavai, 54 Hollow Iloru, Scrutelien, Vv’iotl ('.'SUM, Lfiit (tnarin, T’lsn.-U, !■’ t.iautai;; • Speech is silver and sik'rYee golden. eiu fi*‘>v, -. >*,>51 run X -,i.i iii *' i That • where it to Pd the which Rlftlitlmn-evfflPyiMtoer occapants of Jiief " ‘ is costs more iu,ik<? a to tile 1 man hold his tongue than it does to let “‘‘‘Stable unci Stock Tard me ?i.,T tr. him talk. The Mexican Mustang tUiatppoiius; otainrai ^ always cures and never and i't is, positively, r pocket-book’ The man who was picked disgusted up a “well-filled to liud it THU BEST lull of tracts on nunesly. OF ALL A wemau's work is never done, cause ’.vher. she has notniug else to sire h is her hair to fix. Why is the money you are in the 1TRI3 habit of giving to the poor like a newly born babe because it's precious little. " . piipafc, in April Iridi. !1. ■ A One quart of cheap whiskey (tbs YYiAtM j l/LsaJ cheaper too uetler) judiciously applied. ‘V / : w;il do more business for Satan man 1; the smartest deacon ue lias got, ±y ■ ?' ‘ 1 IE 3 lLGSS Won't sorno chemist invent a face powder thus does not contain lead and tastes good- Oar young men are all dying of load poisoning, aud kissing is Taj going out of fashion, ‘Sweets to the sweot,’ &aid Lite funny i K>rJ ? T ’ young man, as ho Lauded the waiter »M'*n: Ul'l .mi ourbi.iliiin yourCNpeiioC. <;/! At I ti mnt ried SEI M ‘Beets .ay . .. s girl a faded boquet. to tho I > *T PAY beat,’ returned tho girl, as she pushed - . q:: iW' ■ ■ him a plate of vegetables. el henzin, it.. J to Jd.U0per galtoa. £fy>;V;>, ’I Li>!/ Y--iff - Whenever you see a woman talking no mjY ^ j la bio r-Ht guapr.Dtocil tinted c’oss .....^ ^ to a man and beginning to nod her head and linger, keep it is time with her for upraised somebody index ' LINTS. fU?. m R;! I- AND CXPRESS COMPANY'S about time to Civ-nt,'-? Cards of ; -i ;u.tlied LSTMATES AND DRAMNCT ! JHK'ISHED climb tree. .■ e* : - a <»»l / fi[di.,U R O U rvl o o e; X“ n R Air exchange gets off tho following r* i 1 , p 5 f try, which, wo well have been advice: mforiBod, ‘Whito-wasli is poo LlibMd % p U; ,H; N us as «J I fences, wades and cellars; kill ail ia rtc-;.ii?a fu rts: tv:c.?.y, 4» your . i tho msects—fleas, Hies and other fol g. 1, ’.11 iitlJ, toil lit, slS..-. L 2 C‘ X'4 lers.’ April 2n-l TSSl . funs. Tho girl w ho makes tho acquaintance SIOO PRESENTl EXTRA secure of every young man she sees, without i >i a hwatnciSi&i will L. O C K S waiting to know who or what ho is, is Baw an Fast uud Ea*y yellow jj e jq j n dog y 10 name that esteem will lick by every men as baud the tiS fills WID. w '''V,L'r;;*uinvv: u Ri j OJiil. 4 Y X that pats his head. A Kansas girl named Sleepy married MEWYORSv recently ot Tired, This Is tlio KIub of Saw Ha.cV.ne*. It HEN HAL AGENT FOl an actor by the name 3awa off S Toot log in 3 ruinate*. [DIEBQLD SAblttlOCK CO. When the ceremony wasovera thought¬ a less young lady guest sang, T Tired j 20,000 tn use. Tho cheapest machine in made, and fatty wr.rmnc-d. Circular free. now and Sleepy too, e one put rue in—•* } Enited States tlanu-'hcUirina Co., Ctteago, lit. P;: Every Day JBnt soma one coughed very loudly, and ; 1 will maii a copy v-j -v yy iS there was an agonizing silence about J Of my Stew jKS«o-': “ 5 Gun be easily made our four j ai ds long. MEDICAL COMMON CEHSE,' Weil Augers & Drill] •cod FREE, bis to any and person post-niiica who «cd ______ Ono man und one homo W-» name auUien'., six cents ore tho only makers 6* the ' »c.1 To resuscitate a drowned Englishman in stamps to psv oost -u -. wall OflN UMPTION, Borinc? and Rock-Driving Machine. place of beef under his To anv one • i.l.-rr- Warranted the «'»? KuHh* a piece roast or ASTHMA. BRONCHI CATAJtliH, i'fs, the ialormation f-OUK in 1HKOAT, th Book is Tiffany __ and of oar oustoai^Ts male® from #SJO to 5^ 10 u nose; uu Irishman, a gid of poteen; a j s Book Circulars f HDD. A Mre***. ot sir,.at value; and it may in the providence ot God. LOOMIS £ KYMAiJ, TIFFIN, OHIO. Seothman, a half-pennv; a Welshman, a | »*ve many useful lives. Address, few leeks; Frenchman, pinch DK. fi. B. WOLl'E, 146 Smith M..I Inclnnntl, &. a a ot | G t:\T-t WAMTBD L the Rest anil Fasf l r And MORPHINE IlnMt rv est-Selling t otoiial Looks and Bibles. cured inlOtoSOtlays. Ten year: - - I'li.-cs rt-dti i S3 cent. Katioual Pub¬ tahlishcd; 1000 cured. Wi te -1 tt- e per ingcase.iJM ausu, Quiucy, Mich. lishing Co% Atlanta, Ga.