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It was the best Powder I ever kept and the beat ha ever used. Bespsetfully, Otto I Eomux CitrrTDiaaao, H. Kay 14, 10. Da. B. J. KarDiti Co.. Dear Hlra : I have ased several bottles of yoor Eendall'a Spavin Cure with perfect auoeeae. oa a valuable and blooded more that was quite tame with a Bone Spavin. The mare Is now entirely free Crom lamenens and shows so bunea on tHsJrtmt. Hespectfully, H. Butcsubs, KENDALL'S SPAVIN CORE. KovaoK, lav. Kay 8. 10. Dm. B. J. EsuSAtX Co Oenta ! think It rav dnty to render Ti tbanka for your far fumed Kendall's Spevfa Cure. my 1 had a four year old filly which I prised very highly. She had a very severe swollen leg. I tried about elfbt different kinds of medicines whieh did no food- I purchased a bottle of your KandaU'a Spavin Cure which cured her In four days. j remain yours, Jtuuoa DowMX, Price SI per bottle, or six bottles forfS. AIldrns aists have it or eon set 1 1 for you. or It wfll be sent so any address on receiptor price by the proprte ton. UU. Ji. J. KENDALL CO., Kaosbarza fc'avlla, Terasst, octlO.0O.ly. ROBERT EVANS, UNDERTAKER, AND MANUFACTURER OF and dealer la all kinds ot FUKNITUJCE, Kbenwlnirp, Iix. -A tail Uoe el Caskets always on baod.C Bodies Embalmed WKEN BEO.U1KED. Apt S3 It USlFS SEs w. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE sad other spec Lai-. ti for Cientlt m?tt. LamtllaM. st- Aire waar rancvt, and ao stamped on bottom. Addreaa W.LsJJOLGLAS, Brockton, HI a a a. Sold by c. T. ROBERTS, AG EST. Jan2,8m a iA GOLID OTEEL FENCE! HAOK OF EXPANDED METAL rEAxtrSJ"1 SOMETHING HEW. For RcsiosMCES. CMuaoHrs. Ccmctcrics, Farms CARoCNa. Gatca, Arban, U'lod.w Gasrda, Trelllaea, Flrt-proor PLASTKRIXO LATH, DOOB EATS, Ac. Write for Illustrated Catalogue: mailed free CENTRAL EXPANDED METAL CO IIS Water St., lMttbnrs:h, Pa. Hardware Ken kcD 1U Give tuuxie ot this paper CatarhH E LY'S CREAM : BALM Cleaaies the 1 Pauisacea. Allays Pal a m I b ansnaai .oa , Heala Ksr Ejm Keaterea the Meaaea of Taate 4 atmell. Try the Cure. HAY' A partlela It applied Into each aottrlls sad la aarreeable. Pries M cents at Irmirirlsts : by mall r-a-Uiered, 60 ts. EL.Y BKJ M Warren SV New York. KENTUCKY MULES Ths onhr firm la Penu'a w no make a kpttiuilti j of ken. turky SaiVtle and lrniuit Horses, 1 fraught aad Pit Muli-a arvl . keep nntantly-'1a their stables one hundred head ot Jlulek. ail aiaea. from fonr foot to the larcn mole vri Wl.ln; 14i !)., are It. Arnheiai St I n.. SS Hemail Avenue, I'ltt.l.ursjli, Paw Muleoaliip rvd to all parts ef tlie State on order. Xotliins bw So. i picked wnrk le be found In their vtatika. CorrrsiHjKruce solicilwl... , , , , FEED DMQ SAWS Fcr I. 2, 4 and 10 H P. Ps PICKET MILLS lor Mosnc ad Fact try r-. MARSH STEAM PUVIPf.KtJ.ti.,rr..,d Tractaaa Eaaiaea- All krav-rlav tkaedard i l.illt ' B.C. MACHINERY CO. 301 tjrn-rk Street, - - Kettle Creek, Alicia. Ml 'mi lfltVli:o.A.aKwTTkSe ToikCit fePAVIN CU) J Sfa-Al i-.w, " aU' 1 - m 1" "WS f Mi "ill all I T IS1 l r- SELF- Proprietor. There he lies in tvpal state Peeping in at childhood's gate. Opening wide bis azure ryes. Full of wonder and surprise; Though the teuderest, swcet thini;. Yet he reltrns a rery kiwr Clad in rarmentM of the best. He will take hid royal rest ! Softest lawn, and richest lace Flutters round his dimpled fact Drapua ht white and baby arm Not a ny must do him harm, . i Not a willful foot must tread. . J Heavily about his bed; Not a v. hl per scarce a breath; Let the house be Mill as death. " He la Tip! Our embryo king; - Get hia rattle get his ring; Do his bidding, father, mother. Aunt and uncle, sLter, brother; Let him feed, our youthful Ilt cto On the richest, sweetest nectar Let him not a moment wait. All his wants anticipate. Vnen "our baby" grows a man Realize It if you can He will pay us more than double For our daily care and trouble; "May be not?" a voice, unkind Whispers rudely. Never miud; Kiss our darling in his net Let us hope, and for the best. Mrs. M. A. Kidder, in N. Y. Weekly. THE RUSSET APPLES. How They Help 3d to End Addy Walters' Trials. A late March twilight, with a bitter frost in the air; tbo new moon just dipping: iu golden horn behind tbo maple swamp in tbo west, and the ground sounding crisply under foot. Vio had just come in from foddering the cat tle "we" Bounds rather singularly when you reflect that it meant Kitty and I. two girls of seventeen and nine teen; but you see there wasn't any one else to do it. Father had boon bedrid den ever since that last attack of par alysis, and we could afford to hire no one to take his place about the farm. "I don't pity them gals," Neighbor Dyson said. "They might sell the horse and cow. Neighbor Dyson had generously of fered us something less than half price for them, thinking, no doubt, that we would be thankful to jump at the chance. But Kitty and I, after taking the matter into oontideration, thanked him, and declined politely. "We couldn't keep house without old Mooley, could we. Addy?" said my sis ter. '"There arc so many nice dishes we can make for poor father, if we have plenty of good, rich milk and cream. And the butter that we should have to buy at Neighbor Dyson's city prices would go far to counterbalance) the money we should get for Mooley." "And as for the horse," said I, "ho eats but a little; and how on earth could wo get around the country, even to the post- Glee, such weather as this, if it wasn't for old Dobbin, that we hare bad ever since I can IememJe., So it happened that on this" special March evening we had just como in from attending to tbo wants of our live- StOCk. i - '. - - V : I was in great spirits, playing with pussy; who came to meet us with her plumy tail erect; but Kitty leaned sadly against tne wooaen mantel and looked into tho firo with mournful eyes. "Kitty," cried I. at last, "what does mako you so dull?" To-morrow is the 3d of March," said she, gravely. . "What ot that?" I demanded. "Don't you remember? Tho Inter est on the mortgage comes due to-morrow." "So it does," said L my radiant face falling faster than the thermometer on a fretting day. "Thiaty-flve dollars! And we have nothing to pay it with ex cept the fifteen dollars Laura Osgood paid for tho old melodeon." "Perhaps Willis Avery would wait," sug-gested Kitty. I drew myself up, slightly. "I don't choose to ask him to wait," said 1. Now, it happened that Willis Avery, who held the mortgage on our home stead, was the son of a neighbor and an old playfellow and boy-beau of my own, who had gone to the prosperous young city a few miles north of us and commenced business on bis own account, and I had a particular aversion to ask ing aid or help of him in any w ay. 1 might be poor, but I was also proud, and Kitty was quite sympathetic enough to understand me. . "But, then, what are we to do?"' said Kitty. . . ; . ..; . . . .4 I sat down on the hearth rug, with my chin in my hands, and stared earn estly at the big crackling black log. Pussy crept away and nestled down in the corner, as if she knew by instinct 'that there was a change of temperature. "Look here. Kitty," said I, suddenlj. "Thoso russet apples!" ' Well?" , . - . i "We can sell them. There are eight barrels at the least Eight barrels at two dollars and fifty cents a barrel " "My dear Addy, no one w ill buy them at one-fifth the price. Apples are a drug in the market" : "Here, I grant you, but not in the city. 1 will take them to Mapletonand sell them." "You will, Addy?" "And why not? Squire Dyson would charge at least twenty pr cent com mission, and make a favor of it at that I can't afford either the price or the patronage. Don't say any thing about it to father. lie would only fret and raise objections. What must be done, must be, and 1 am the girl to do it" "But Addy, how? All this seems so perfectly wild and visionary to me." "Well, it needn't; for, believe me, it's the most praotical thing in tho world. All we have to do is to sort the "apples out in barrels, ntre and sound I can easily do it by lantern light to-night and to-morrow morning we'll rise early, harness old Dobbin to the lumber-wagon " "But how are we to get the heavy bar rels up into the wagon?" "Ooosie!" cried I, laughing. "Can't I put tho barrels up into the wagon -while they're empty, and fill thorn at my leisure? And I'll have thom sold at Mapleton bofore you've got tho pork and cabbage boiling for dinner." "But where will you go?" asked Kitty. ' "Oh! I know lots of places. I went once to town with Obediah Fairweather, when he sold a lot of cheeses. I've pretty good idea ot tho locality of tho commission stores 1 can tell you," "After all, Addy," hositated my con servative little sister, "it isn't a wom an's work." "Why isu't it, I should like to know, so lvnj as a woman can do it At all "HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM TH TBCTH EBENSBURG. TA.. events, a woman must pay her debts; so if you'll hurry up the tea I'll be off to tbo barn." "And what shall we tell papa?" 'Oh! ho'll think I've gone to singing school with tho Dyson girls, and I don't think it's a Christian duty to undeceive him," answered I. But notwithstanding the brave face I put upon affairs, my heart quivered a little the next d;sy as I drovo olf toward Mapleton, with the scarlet stain ot sun rise dyeing all the east, and my own cbeeks flushed with the keen morning air. But it wasn't so bad, after alL With pardonable egotism, I supposed that over' one would bo staring at me; but on the contrary, a young woman selling apples might be the commonest sight in the world, so little comment or surprise did it apparently excite. Mr. ilolloway, ef the firm of Ilolloway Brothars. pro duce and commission merchants, didn't want any apples I speedily learned. "Just bought a shipload from Al bany," said he, as carelessly as if ship loads of apples were as common a pur chase as ton cents' worth of tape. And I drove on, beginning to feel inflnitesi mally smalL Mr. Love joy could give me one dollar a barrel. "Apples wasn't worth no more at this season of tbo year!" And I whipped old Dobbin up, determined to carry them home again, sooner than sell at that price. At the next place where I stopped a pleasant-looking, middle-aged man came out and critically examined my apples. "Do they hold out like this all the way down?" ho asked. "I'll warrant them," said L Care lessly. "How much?" he asked. "Two dollars and a half a barreL" He reflected. "It's a good price," said he, as if be were talking to his own vest buttons; "but then they look like ood apples, and we've atolerably large Western order to fill. I'll see what my partner thinks." He went back into the gloomy depths of his store, and I. happening to glance up, saw tne words painted ia black let ters over tho door: 'Hull & Avery." My first impulse was to drive on and leave the chanco of a bargain behind me; my next to sit still and await my fate as lYovidence dealt it out to me. And presently out came Willis Avery himselt "I tiiinrk we wijl take your load if wbyP breaking short off, "ft's Addy Walters!" r- I colored scarlet. "Yes," said I, as composedly as possi ble. "Oood morning, Mr. Avery, I shall bo obliged to you if you will examine the fruit as speedily as possible, as I am in a hurry." 'Oh, certainly." lie looked as if a nipping frost bad chilled his enthusi asm in tbo bud, and I socretly exulted within myself. Mr. Hull bought tho load of apples, and said if I had any more at the same prico and of the same quality, he cau tiously added be would bo happy to take them. Willis Avery touchod Lis hat and I drove away as loftily as Queen Boadicea in her cbariot of old. "Just 535, counting in the melodeon money," cried Kit tie, gleefully. "And now Mr. Avery may come as soon AS be likes!" Sho had scarcely spoken the words before there case a knock at the door, and in walked no less a personage than Mr. Willis Avery himself. I received him with the air of an empress. "Your money is ready, Mr. Avery." "I was not thinking of the money, Addy," said ho, almost reproachfully. "Do you think ono's mind runs always on money?" "Mine does, a good deal," said L laughing. "But 1 had no idea you were reduced to this. I did not know " "Mr. Avery, this is scarcely business like," I interposed- "Addy," said ho, abruptly, "I ad mired your spirit and courage to-day. I always liked you as a girl, but now " "Well?" for ho hesitated. "I would do something morn, if you would lot me. I would love you!" I did not answer. In truth and In fact 1 could not . "Dear Addy, will you let me sign back the old place to your father on our wedding day?" ho asked earnestly. And somehow ho had got hold of my hand, and somehow, before I knew it we were engaged. "This is all very ridiculous of us," said I, "particularly as 1 have resolved never to marry sinca we bad that quarrel about my dancing with Gerald Ferguson at the fourth ot July picnic." "I'll promise you never to be jealous again," said Willis Avery. Kitty was jubilant when sho heard it all. "Our troubles are at an end," said she, "and all becauso you would take that load of russet apples to town your self." "That doesn't follow," said 1, sagely. But for all my philosophy I did be lieve a little in fate, and I've always liked russet applos since. Chicago News. Sir. Otter's Valuable hosks. riiomas Oxloy. a well-known farmer of Lincoln Count v. W. Va.. has a queer pet It is a bue Hj.-k snake, eight fet t six indict; Kong The snake has been an a ljnnct of the f -ni for twelve years and is considered l-y Mr Oxley as among his more valuable possessions It stays aNv.it tbo barn summer and winter, and Is the most indefatigable extermin ator ot rats, mice, and other vermin ever tfwnrl by Oxley. "Jim." as the .-nuke is called, is perfectly tame and dcx ilo and answer to bis name as pri i.,rUy as the family dorf or cat lie is fond tf Uiag pettej by ibo family and ce n.s to highly appreciate acts of kn.Jiii -s. Jim caits bis coal at regular int ruls of t( lve months, and every one of Li suits has been kept by Mr. Osly. . Calculation oa a Potato. Did yow ever calculate . the value of' a s.r.gio potato on the basis that the strcle ttiler was tl,n nnl. t ... igii xa :e world? TUif.nn nl,l W4 V.WUI SO, contain within itself the possibility of r. m king the world with a valuable artirloot food. It one potato would proJi.ce, when planted, but 10 potatoes, in ten years the total product of that one potato would be 10.000,000,000 which ould stock the whole world with seed. If tbo world were reduced to one single potato, it aould be better that London or Chicago bo blotted from - the earth -than for that one t wtor W La JostSL LouiS Hepallic, .i.-ew -1---T CLrJ1') dfti, CVS l-f trv ANVQ-A r ar v-r-.'r r a - . a. J sk etv tt i x . m i v -e, r . a ai-.. m w " m MAKES FBKK AMD ALL All fl-AVES BESIDK-' FRIDAY. JANUARY .16, iey found him in the silent place By his own fancy peopled fair. Where gleamed on many a pictured face . The light his own had ceswed to wear. Yet In the sightless eyes the while There seetuml some ecstasy of tranea. And on the rigid mouth a smile Of more than life's signiUcanee. They looked upon the painted scene Fraught with the magic of his miad. . The outlined purpose, clour and keen. That never now should sequence Snd. Alas they said bis band Is still That shadowed forth the growing thought Powerless his subtle brain and will That life to dcrpr meaning wrought! Alas! alas! again they cried To mLxa the vision almost found ! To fall upon the mountain-side So Dear the summit glory crowned ! Bat still the dead eyes gazed before. Like one who seas 'bo happy end; And still the fucc tranMlpurrd wore The look they could not comprehend; For they that o'er him sorrowing bent, . And mourned the life too early done. Wist not tne Htuik-'s pale rapture meant Tbe tlream fuliilled. the glory won! Kate Putnam Oagnod, in Ilarprr'a Weekly. TUKFMEaVS BELIEFS. Slirns That Point to Luck. Good or Bad How the TraawrtluM of a Gambler Ai AAetsd ty Vsriaas Oanraa IUa goors Saperatltiwne la Kegard to Laurkr Morses. "That settles It I don't make a abet to-day." "Why. what's the matter now?" "Well, the man I bought this pro gramme of is crosseyed, and I met his gaso. That's one-of the worst signs of bad luck I know, and I guess 111 let the horses run to-day." This conversation was overheard at the entrance of a popular race-course, says A. F. Aldrich, in the New York Mar. Gamblers, and particularly turf men, are very superstitious. Every thing they see is either an omen of good luck or bad, and by these signs thoy are governed in all their transactions. The dread of a race-goer's life is a cross eyed man. If a man meets a cross-eyed man when he is-going to make a bet it sends a cold shiver all over biiu. He will put bis Money away, and very often leavo tho trackr I f a eross-eyed woman is met and her gaze is encountered, a man will have luck all day. At one of tbe winter tracks a woman who is. a little cross-eyed is a regular patron. Sho gets tips from all tbo prominent turfmen on tbe track, and is said to make lots of -money. Sho gets these tips because tbe men think it lucky to meet her gaze. She is a hoodoo to the women, though, and their partic ular mascot at tbe Clifton track is the cross-eyed young man who sings out: "Get your programme! trot your pro grammer at the gate. His patronage chiefly comes from the women, and the men avoid him as they would a plague. Many turfmen have very childish superstitions. If they see the namo of a horse placed in any prominent posi tion while on their way to tbe races, they Invariably take that as a tip that that horse will win, and will play it The horse may win, and then the man will tell his friends how he got tbo tip. Should the horse lose, he will declare that the name was placed prominently before him so that be should not play It and he mistook the sign. Onstbe way down to the Monmouth Park races tboso who journey by tbe boat to Sandy Hook are always on the lookout for pi lot boats. These boats are known by numbers, and the numbers am painted in large black figures on tbe mainsail. Should they be lucky enough to see a nn ruber, they will play the horse that that number points to on tbe pro gramme In each race. . . Around every race-trtCck there are al ways to be seen a number of blind men. Some have been there for several yoars. Nearly all of them are beggars..- A few of tbem peddle pencils and other small articles. Many of tbem axe growing rich, and they are getting rich simply through the superstitions of the bet ters. An habitual race-goer thinks it Is had luck to pass a blind man without giving him a penny, and if a penny is dropped into the blind beggar's hat it will act as a mascot and bring the donor good luck for tbe remainder of that day. Did you back White Nose in the last race?" asked a race-goer of his friend in tbe betting ring at Sheepsbead Bay on tbe last day of the meeting. "No," was the reply. "WflL, hurry up and get your money on ritzjames for tbe next race. Its one of tbe best tbingsef tbe season, and Barnes is riding." "I gness I won't touch It to-day." "Why, what's the matter?" "Well. I laced my shoe op the wrong way this morning, and then unlaced it and laced it op properly. That's a sure sign of bad luck. If I had let it be laced wrongly I would have had good luck all day, but like a chump, I didn't Doing such a thing aa that is such a hoodoo that If Salvalor aad Big Brown Jug were in a race together and I were to back Salvator, Lovell plug; would win." , Many of the big betters always carry a mascot ot some kind or another with them. With some ft is a cane, with others an umbrella. Some carry apiece Of money, many of them baring an old copper piece. Lots of them believe in some article of wearing apparel, which may vary from a sock to an old coat The bookmakers seem to be particular ly partial to coats. A hunchback is always looked on with favor by patrons of . tbe race course. This is where . turfmen differ from theatrical men, as actors think a hunch back is a hoodoo, and have been known to refuse to play because they saw one in the audience. Turfmen think that to he ablo to touch tbe hump of a hunch back will bring tbem good luck all that day. They scheme In all kinds of ways to do so, and if one of these deformed men or women should happen to ret - into a crowd, his back Is rubbed very considerably before he gets out Dreams have always been a favori te superstition with betting people. To dream of seeing- certain horse, or of see ing a certain borne win a race. Is looked upon as a sura sign that that horse will win the next time he tomes out and these dreamers invariably tell their friends of their dreams. Some of tbe dreams that are supposed to be pro phetic are very mysteriotas,' and they require all the knowledge of a Daniel to be able to interpret them. These dreamers, though, seem to be able to I I AT THE GOAL 81. SO and 1S91. make any of their visions point in some way to a certain horse. Here is one dream that turned out very welL It is an odd one, and the man did not say whether or not ho bad been drinking the night before it was dreamed. The dreamer fancied that he was receiving all kinds of odd presents from every one ho met The presents were of no earthly use to him, and he could not make out why they were given to him. The dreamer was a man who had to hustle for a living, and when an elephant and a box of blocks were presented to him be found tbem decidedly in the way. Slippers arrived by tbe cartload. Canes and umbrellas were so numerous that he could have stacked a good-sized store. Among other things were a barrel of flour, sev eral bottles ot pickles, pieces of dross goods, a wig, a set of false teeth and a coffin. When he woke up in the morn ing he tried to interpret tho dream. After puzzling over it for some time ho decided that it must have been his birthday or Christmas, lie eagerly looked over the list of entries in tbe morning paper, and finding that Birth day was entered in a milc-and-a-f urlong race, felt sure that the dream was a tip. He told all hia friends the dream, and they agreed with him. They made a trip to Sheepsbead Bay. that afternoon and played Birthday at 'eleven to five. Birthday won, and they celebrated tho event in the evening. On the same day that Birthday won, a young man went down to the race Course looking very wearjr and woo-bo-gone. His friends could not mako out what was the matter with him. as he was usually very lively. He appeared to bo wrestling with some weighty sub ject in his mind which was altogether beyond bis capabilities. His friends made bim take a drink, joked and laughed with him. watched two races together; but the young man became more dismal every momont Finally, after a leal of persuasion, and while tbe betting was going on for the third race, be was Induced to tell his tale of woe. The previous night be had a dream. He thought he was up in Maine having a glorious time. The weather was lovely. He, with some others, were camping out In tbe woods. They had mado an ex cursion to tbe lumber region, and they were much interested In watching tbe men felling tbe trees. While asleep he was having a glorious time, but all day long he had boon wondering what that dream meant' He was sure it was a tip, but could not see on what Sudden ly one of his friends grabbed his pro gramme and made a hurried examina tion. ... . "Why. Woodcutter, of course," he ex claimed. The three men rushed to the betting ring, and just as tbo horses were going to the post secured three to one against the colt Woodcutter won. and tbe young man has been happy ever since. Tips arc now to be had from some new drop-a-nickel-in-thc-slot machines. These machines bavo miniature raco tracks attached. Half a dozen horses are fastened on wires and go speeding round the track when a nickel is dropped in. The color of the one that wins is carefully noted. Tho supersti tious then study tho programme for a similar color and play that horse. Sometimes they - win and sometimes they don't They have won often enough to make the superstitious believe in the tip. To see a piebald or calico horse, as they are sometimes called, is a very good sign. To have a strange dog fol low you In the street is also considered good luck. To have good luck during thodayono must get ooj of bod on tho right side, and the right foot must touch the floor first "Thrn tbero is the old superstition about seeing the new moon over tbo left sbouldoc Another tip' which many of the super stitious aro ready to take is given when the horses aro at the post ready to start Very often tho saddle girths get a little loose, and the jockey will ask permis sion to dismount and have them tight ened. The superstitious call this "put ting on the cinch," and as soon as they see a. boy dismount they hurry off to the betting ring to put on some money. It is rather curious to note that several horses that have had their saddle girths tightened when they have been at the post lately have won their races. ttaStalo Herds a Half Century Are. I think I can truly say that I saw In that region in one day more buffaloes than I have seen of csttle in all my life. I have seen the plain black w-ith them for several days' journey as far as the eye could reach. They seemed to be coming northward continually from the distant plains to the Tlatto to get water, and would plunge in and swim across by thousands so numerous were they that they changed not only the color of tbe water, but its taste, until it was unfit to drink; but wo had to use it One night when wo were encamped on the South Fork of the Platte, they came in such droves that we bad to sit up and fire guns and make what fires we could to keep tbem from running over us and trampling us into the dust We could hear them thundering all nightlong; the ground fairly trembled . with rast approaching bands; and if they had not been diverted, wagons, animals and emigrants would have been trodden under their feet Gen. John Bid well. In Ce ntury. lasaraaee Against llaaka. A cemranv has been established to guarantee depositor In National. State an J sat ings banks and trust companies against los$ by reason of the suspension or failure of such institutions in which those guaranteed may have their de ' posits. In case of the suspension or failure of such an institcticn in which tbe party guaranteed has rrency on de posit the cornrany. upon receiving evi dence of tbe fact and a transfer of tbe claim with rower of attorney to collect pays the full amount due tbe guaranteed by the insolvent institution. The rates are as follows: For any amount not ex ceeding ?M0 $1 per year; for any amount not exceeding 5500. Sl.M per year; for any amount not exceeding SLOW. S2.50 per year, and 2.50 for every additicnal $1,hh guaranteed. It is a New Jersey institution and has been incorporated lot.s t'uuo a year. Tho Stracgto for Life. A recent writer says that persons who earnestly desire to live can keep a mor tal disease at bay much longer than those who are comparatively indifferent to their fate. A resolute determination not to succumb is, as every army sur geon knows, the salvation ot many a wounded sohlier, who without it would assuredly die. " r postage per year In advance. NUMBER 2. How fair you r. my metbrr! Ah. though tls mrny a year Since you were here. Still do I we your beauteous far. And with the glow Of your dark eyes cometh a grace Of long ago. So ri'ctlt. too. mv mother; Just as of old. upon my brow. Like benedict Ions now. Falleth vour dear hand's touch. And stilL as then. A voice that glads me overmuch Cometh again. My fair and gentle mother. How voo have loved me. mother. I bave nut power to tell Knowing full well That even In tbe rest Above It Is your w 111 To watch and guard me with your love. Loving me stilt And. as of old. my mother. I am content to be a child. Hv mother's love beguiled From aU these other cbarms; So. to the Iat. Within thv dear, protecting arms Hold tbou me fast. My guardian anirel. mother. Eugene Field, in Chicago News. A Why STRANGE CASE. Wallace Harper Would Not Prove His Innocence. "Prisoner at the bar. what bave you to say why sentence should not bo passed upon you?" A solemn hush pervaded tho c ourt room as the udge addressed tho young man in tbe prisoner's dock as above. Wallace Harper turned his gaze for an Instant toward tne. I bad defended tho young prisoner to . tho lest. of. my ability and the outcome was a verdict of guilty. From tbo outset I expected this, although in my utmost soul I txv lievod the unfortunate man innocent Circumstantial evidence, however, had encompassed bim round so completely, it was impossible to override it I could give tbo prisoner no look of en couragement I merely looked dumb, perhaps stolidly indifferent although I was far from feeling so. Wallaco Harper rose slowly to bis feet until bo towered full six feet of noble stature, and gazed fixedly at tho jtidgo. His face was palo as death, and when he openod his lips and spoke, tho words sounded hollow and unnaturaL "Your honor, what can I say on an occasion like this? I was foredoomed from tho start Our family has always been unfortunate. My father was killed In battle (Gettysburg.) and my poor mother died of a broken heart. My eldest brother foil in one of the battles in tho West the youngest died of yellow fever at Memphis, some years asro. and am tbo last of tbe raco. I. it seems, am doomod to die on tbo gal lows'." He paused bore, a hot flush f booting into either pale cheok. Would be break down and beg for mercy? It was not in keeping with bis cool courao during tho trial. I could not ln'li J'itr Ing bim. and feeling that it would have boon much better had be refrained from speaking -at all. I dared not look at bis facn for som moment. At length ho was speaking a?ain. and I venture! once more to look toward him. Tbo flush bad d isappeared. and tbe prison er's face was pallid as before. "I know what the sentence must le. your honor." continued lie, with awful calmness. "I have only this to say: I am an innocent man. I lay up nothing against tho memliers of tbo jury. Tbey thought they woro performing a duty: but if -there is a future, life, in tluU future the truth will be with mo, and I shall Ihj vindicated." He bowed bis bead and ceased to speak. His words had boon impressive To mo they wore convincing. 1 bad moved for a new trial when tbo verdict . had been rendered, on tho previous day. and now had no more to say. "Hanged by tbe neck until dead- Friday. Novcmlier 9." These were all the words that reached my ear. I rose to leavo the room, i ho prisoner was led past I glanced into his white face. A look of settled de spair rested on every lin-auiont I bent forward and whispered a word of hope, mentioning tho fact of my deter mination to move all the powers for a newtriaL Ho said nothing, and soon the court-room was empty. "It's justice. It was an infamous murder." I started at sound of voices ai my elbow. Two gentlemen were discussing tbe prisoner and his sentence. I paused to listen. W "I knew "Wallace Harper well. All of his family have died violent deaths. e had a good show with Donald Dun ham. He bad been with tho old gen tleman two years. I think tbo trouble was all on account of tbe girl, who tbey say is quite sick because of tbe death of her father." "Did the girl think any thing of tbo clerk?" "Some say so. I don't know. It seems 'twas on her account that Harper put poison in the old man's wino. It was a foolish as well as a w ickei crime. I walked on. The details of tbe mur der had been recited too many times to interest mo now. 1 1 bad appeared on the trial that Harper was in love with his old employer's only laughter, and that Dunham bad quarreled with his confidential clerk in consequence. On the evening when be (Harper) was to depart Mr. Dunham railed bim into tbe library and requested him to drink a social glass of wine with bim. It seem that Harper assented. An hour later Donald Dunham was dead. He bad died in agony, and with bis latest breath accused bis clerk of having pois oned him. The dregs of one of the wine-cups were found to contain arsenic, tho other being harmless. Tho confidential clerk was at once arrested, and in one of bis pockets a package of arsenic was found. Such eviderce was overwhelming. Wallace Harper sent for me, and I undertook bis defense. I made as good a fight as possible under the circumstances. Tbe ante-mortem testimony of Don ald Dunham, together a ith the fact that tbe two bad quarreled, and the finding of the poison in tho pocket of Harper, was evidence that I could not overcome. I went from the court-room to my own pleasant home feeling a weight on my mind that I could not shake off. A few hours later a messenger came to me from tho prisoner, requesting an inter view. I at once repaired to tbe jaiL .Wallace Harper greeted me with a pleasant smile, and held out bis band. 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Hod ir vcoikty rcU r'n.u.i:r-ri.tii n4 ikrufi:.. rail tttrnt'or. to i-ny matter ! liuj'.'rJ c.- lu i' vxiual tctkrckt mukt b paid t -r iul ijfinr.nn Him k stiil J"!' I rintln i-l ml klmU rM... aJ neii .aur ftppnfd it ll.c lit I rlccf . ! don't jou loruel iu you tliat it is tny wish that you do Lwtb inu toward ectiring a now li ial." I expressed tny surprise al tliis. "It would only potione the inevili blo." ho said. "Ill lti-k run ip our family- I suppose I was born to be huns!" and the laugh tliat folio 't I m.iile riy flesh creep. "But you ate innoccn '.'''' 1 t.a:J, -sudJen doubt coming, unbidden, to L'' brai n. 'l am innocent 1 hope you will nover doubt that. Mr. Nejsi-n." A little later I 1 "ft him. prcmi'i not to uriro a new tr'al. Twus : ati-tj"d tli.it a new trial could uol Lo cl.:ui;n and I had only entertained th" t!ioi:gi, to delay matters a- l.n,T as possible. I I was two'tnonths to the IHh of -vernier. Much mibt lo dure in the time if ihcfo had Jwcn any funJ U i :n which to stand. As it was. 1 t t- 1 to dismiss the prisoner fro-a my n!" and af.end to other 'biislnest. I co- ' not do this, however, and the dr-y ian l weeks passed, until ono day re'iininc before the day set for the execi.t;fU oi the condemned. On this day I tioit'-J Wallace Harper once more. lie bad lost flesh, and I could sec tl a there was much inward suffering. I -camo fully convinced that sonx-tliii., rented on bis mind, :.iid I titled bim to make a clean breast of it. "It could do no good," ho declare1. "I will die without r.jeai.ing." fii,J then I left bim. As I passed from tbe jail another vis itor was announced a vail.ni woman. It was doubtless tho man's sweethea; t, tome to visit bim for the last ti;ne. S:: had been too ill to apjiear at the t'i:-l. and I bad never seen Ler to sceu!, with ber since. The night before tho day et for tLc vindication of the law I passed miser ably. I felt that an innocent man w.. , oon to lie. launched into eternity. In the gray irists of the morning f Noyeniler 'J a vailed iciuaio - rv-i k d to my door. I answered '.!. bell in jxti son. and I admitted the vi-si'or to my oflico-room. l.eing Moated, hho t brew aside ber vail, revealing a young .'ace, pale and thin, and almost leautiful. Before she spoke I knew thai she w-- tbo daughter of tho late, IKnald Dun ham. "Is it too lato to savo Wallaco Har per?" sho asked, in a tremulous voice. "Certain! v too late." I answered. "Of course, if there was now evidence, of a positive nature, going to sho-.v t!.a". doom other ersoii committed the crirvj for which he is to suffer, I've io d ubt wo might savo the younpr man. But " "I have that evidence" "You have? Why in IloavenV name did you not speak sooner, lhci!? ' Jcried. in a stern voice, "I dared not," she said, slow ly "I I must speak now; the world must kr.r. the truth. Wallace- Harper Is innocent It was who did the deed " Her whole frame shook like an asien, and I could sim." that she w:.s wro.i'bt up to an awful ri!'h of excitement. I could scarcoly lx lievo ber uords, how ever. It must Ixj that shu wa ; drive-. mad on ueveunt of her lover's peKl. I requested her to speak, however, and sho did so, in r;., .id, low tones. "It was J who did tbe deed. I bated to speak sooner. I loved my father, and I did not like to believo bim capa ble of doing an evil deed, lie did it, however. Ho invited Wallaco to take wino with bim that last evening. I saw bim pour tbo wine, and I (saw bim drop a powder into ono of tij'j jroblets. Thtn he called Wall are, and it-iiietod bim to quaff with Li.u. "I did not kucw what tbo powder was. but an auful fear oppressed ;n". With a quick movement when father's back was turned 1 exchanged jroblrrts. and father drained tbe oao iaU.t-Jid lor Lit dork. What followed you know 1 was horrified u hen I learned that a deadly poison had been administered. "I could not ppoak. M father a murderer! It was horrible. 1 realised that my band bad substituted the poi son for bis lips that he bad hitei..li J for another In the excitement of tho moment Wallace picked tip the lobled paper containing the poison tb-it 1.; y near by and dropped it into bis pocket as be testified at the triti! In Lis dying moments my fattier cui.ed tbo name of Harper and accused biiu of mur dering bitu. "I fainted. I think, and I have Wi near to death since that I bave tried to bring myself to speak more t:ian once, but have been unequal to the task. 1 am now anxious to bare ttio truth known. Can you save Willuri" He is aa innocent man." - Thero was no tiuio to bo lost I Sprang up at onco. I visited a tnaj'i'' trato with Miss Dunham, and ber affi davit was sent over tbo wires to the Governor. Wo were none too soon. A repriev was granted, and tho facts at or.ee . n vostigated. Miss Dunham adhered to her story, and Wallaco Harper conob orated it He saw Ler move t ! pla- -"s, but bad refused to speak, lest be should criminate tho girl bo loved. That was his secret A thorough investigation was had, and tho story told by the pirl accepted. Wallaco Harper went forth a free man, and he has si nee won an honorable place in the business world. Isawbitn. fve years afterward, for the first time since bis narrow escape from tbo gallows. "Yes. I am married," be said, when I brought up old times. "No. .Mies Dun bam is not my wife. Io you know. W: Nelson, I bave always beiioved thit . poisoned ber father! I think ber mad love unsettled her mind. At any rate, she is now an inmate of an asylum, and. hopelessly insane." It was a strange case. I always be lieved Harper i.mocent. As to Miss Dunham. I bold grate, doubts. J. Jn. MerrilL in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. Coffee hs a liinf-rtant. It is ass rtcd by men of hign profes sional ability that when the syste;:i nevds a si ii.iulant ii"thing e.ju i a, of fresh co;7e. Thoho tin tb-siro to rescue the 'lipsor.iania'; f:o!u c will find no better sub.-.titut for s,i,its than stro::', new 1 j -n.ade uivfTce vii!.c ,'t milk r sutrar. Two ounces of eoQ. e, (u nc-ciglitli of a twiind. ti one pint of boiling water, muk's a lirst-i lass I lever age, but 1 water must le boiling, ret merely but 1 1 is asserted that mala! ia and epidemics are avoided lv those who drink n cud of hot cofbt- Im fore ventur ing inu the morning uir. Burned ,n hot coals oofTi-o is a di sm fee taut for a sde'-i room, ami by some of the 1" st physi cians it is considered a tpecllic intypuoid, fever. r a- - .r- - --s .
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