A M0DER3 MIRACLE
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Mr. Frank W. Wood was a aoldicr
in the Confederate army. At the olore
of the war big father and himself found
themselves in straitened cironmstanor a,
nu 1 the latter, in order to earn liveli
hood, became a'dealer in boots and shoes,
iu the city of New Orleans. Too close an
attention to business overtaxed bis
strength and seriously impaired bis
health, and to add to this affliction he
soon afterward received a sunstroke
which entirely prostrated him. Pa
ralysis was an immediate consequence.
He soon recovered the power of loco
motion, and at first the disease did not
seem to affect very seriously the organs
of speech ; but by-and-by he experi
enced a marked difficulty of utteranoe,
whioh gradually grew upon him. His
mental sensations, in the meantime,
while they did not betoken any weak
ening of the brain, were far from pleas
ant. It was not till 1875 that he entire
ly lost the power of articulation. For
some time previously his symptoms had
given him warning that his calamity
was near at hand. In the month of
May? at the wedding of his sister in
Baltimore, he found himself unable, for
the first time, to artioulate. The deep
anguish which the shock caused him
could only be realized by one who had
been similarly visited.
From that time until the return of his
speech, all of his communications with
those around him were made in writing.
His hearing was alwavs rjerfeotlr s-ood.
but the little voice that remained to him
almost entirely disappeared. The only
vccal sound that he could make was a
Bort of whistle. In all other respect
his health steadily improved. A friend
named John T. Fetors, a lawyer, visited
him at a hospital in Hartford, to which
he had gone, and conceived the idea that
he would be greatly benefited if he were
to come to New York and remain here
with his friends. He was reoeived here
at the residence of Mr. J. J. McComb.
An eminent physician, who is a SDecial
ist in throat and nervous diseases, made
an examination of his condition, and was
tne nrst to give tne true diagnosis of it.
Hitherto those members of the faculty
who had treated him had acknowledged
their ignorance. They had all predicted
that he would never speak again. Dr.
Buoomer immediately declared that he
would some day be able to speak, and
attributed his dumbness to the paralysis
of the vocal cords in the larynx. "He
is gradually recovering," said he; " and
as soon as these cords become vitalized
again, their functions will return to
them. It may be suddenly, or it may be
slowly." Subsequently, about twelve
months ago, Dr. Buoomer gave the
strongest possible assurances that Mr.
Wood would entirely recover his sieech
It was thought advisable, however, that
he should return to Hartford. In last
November he went to New Orleans
where his wife and two children now
are. The climate of Louisiana did not
prove benefioial to him. and after a so
journ of two or three weeks he started
for the North. Now comes the wonder
ful part of the story. When the train
on which he was traveling approached
Pittsburgh, it came in collision with
another train. The engine was smashed
and the cars were violently shaken. The
unmD man ten a new ana peculiar sen
sation that seemed to indicate a change
of some sort in his condition. Suddenly
a consciousness of its significance came
to mm, ana, springing from his seat, he
rushed to the platform of the car. where
a brakeman was standing, and tried to
auaress mm. as ne now relates the in
cident, he opened his mouth, moved his
tongue ana felt that he was RDenkintr
The brakeman looked at him dubiously,
as if he had heard his voice but failed to
understand its import. He answered by
exclaiming, " What f " Too excited then
to make a further attempt to speak, Mr.
Wood returned to his seat.
On the next day he arrived in New
York, and as soon as he met his friends
he eagerly related to them in writing the
hopeful experience which he had so
lately had. They hoped, but scarcely
believed iu his bright anticipation. On
Tuesday last ho was eugaged in discuss
ing some personal and business matters
with Mr. McComb at the office of the
latter. Mr. McComb remarked to h'm
that his general health was fully re
stored and expressed the most cheerful
views about his future. He urged him
to make the utmost efforts to regain his
utterance. Mr. Wood seemed to form
the resolution to follow this advice, and
became exoited and enthusiastic, ne
then seized a pencil aud wrote the lust
oommanioatiou whioh he made on paper.
It was as follows:
"Don't be surprised, but when I come
back to-day I will talk to you with my
tongue. I have it now."
Handing this to Mr. McComb he went
out. He afterward related that he went
to Staten Island ferry and took passage
on one of the boats. His mental feel
ings were peouliar, and perhaps could
only be understood by a child who had
just learned to lisp her first syllables,
were the capable enough. He was bash
ful, timid, distrustful of himself, and
yet eager to make the essay whioh might
reveal for him the delightful release of
his thoughts from their bondage of si
lence. It he moved his lips hefanoied
that every one was looking curiously at
him. Fortunately there were few peo
ple on board, so he had no difficulty in
finding a quiet corner on the deck.
Seated on a stool near the rail ha opened
his month and lifted np his voioe. Its
use and inflection all came back to him
in an instant. It did not even sound
strange to him. He could hardly real
ize his own joy. He sang, spoke, shout
el, and tried his voice in every way
whioh happened to occur to him. It
was perfect. He accosted people and
they did not stare at him, but took it as
a matter of course.
The next returning boat brought bim
back to New York. Breathless and
flushed, he entered the office of his
brother-in-law and exclaimed:
"It's all right I"
Mr. McComb jumped up, rushed for
ward and joyfully embraced him. So
did everybody else who was there.
The past three or four days have been
spent by Mr. Wood in visiting his
f-iends and receiving their sincere oon
t: atulations ou the restoration of his
noe. In every reeneot he is now per
fectly reoovered from the effects of his
sunstroke. Ifew York Herald,
A Printer's Lack.
Ten years ago John Skinner, a lad of
fifteen, befriended Antoine Mercer, a
dissipated native of St Thomas, in the
West Indies, who had been driven from
home by a wealthy unole on account of
a love affair. Mercer learned to set
type, bnt took to drink and finally dis
appeared, carrying away from Skinner's
nouse in rort jenerson, lxng island, a
suit 01 ciotnes peionging to the lad s
father. Nothing was heard of him
again until recently, when Skinner.
who was setting type on a New Havtn
paper, learned that Mercer had died in
St. Thomas, leaving a fortune of 1750,
uuu, inherited from an unole, to the lad
who had befriended bim ten years ago.
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Wive mt i he Khertlr. I
Julia Ward Howe describes a visit to !
the wives of the khedive of Etrypt as
follows: The day before yesterday was
the first day of llairam, a great Moslem
festival, something like our New Year's
day. On this day we were allowed to
visit the three princesses, wives of the
khedive. We had been admonished to
wear our best elothea, and, if possible,
to avoid black, as the gytians are very
superstitious about visits from people
wearing that hue. My daughter, for
tunately, had a dress of the lilao silk,
wnicii was nor unsuitable to the occa
sion. I was obliged to appear in black
velvet, modified by a white bonnet,
whioh though hastily improvised, had a
gay and festive appearanoe. We were
also told to wear all our jewelry, which
was not a very laborious thing to do.
Bo we went, and a row of black eunuchs
stood before the door of the palace. Two
of them helped us to alight. Having
crossed the threshold we found ourselves
in a little world women, where one man
only had the right to come. Here cigar
ettes were brought us, which etiquette
required us to aocept. A whiff or two
quite satisfied our entertainers. We
were presently introduced into the pres
ence of the three wives, of whom the
third one, also much the youngest and
prettiest, spoke French tolerably,
After Bhaking hands with each in turn
we were invited to take seats, and chi
bouks were brought us, whose length
reached from our mouth to the carpet.
I wrestled with mine as well as I could.
but by good fortune it was not well
lighted, and I only got one good puff of
the tobacco, which causea me to cough
with some violence. Then we had cof
fee brought in porcelain cups, the stand
for each cup being richly set with dia
monds. Then, with profound oourtesy
ing, we took our leave. In the great
hall below several attendants brought
us beautiful bowls of porcelain set with
diamonds, filled with a sour-sweet
spiced drink, which we were afterward
told was sherbet. These women also
carried napkins with golden fringes.
Then our carriage was brought to the
door, the eunuchs helped us to get into
it, our "dais" or footman ran on be
fore, and we drove away.
New and Note for Women.
Physioians say wearing a veil is in
jurious to the eyes.
Indian silks that will wash like cotton
are worn in England. They cost about
sixty-two cents a yard.
Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, the inventor of
the dress that bears her name, is living
in a small town in lowa.
Mrs. Hayes is wearing a walking
suit of darn, garnet camel s hair com
bined with satin, and a bonnet to match,
Brides wear so many flowers set close
ly together on the head that they seem
to have on little capotes of orange bios
soms from which the veils depend.
Narrow-pointed boots have produced
their effect even on girls in England.
who are supposed to walk so much that
they can endure everything, and they
are accused of limping sadly.
At weddings the friends of the bride
should give articles of household use as
wedding presents, and those of t!i
groom should bestow things which
would belong to the bride personally.
The " balayeuse," which is now con
sidered indispensable, is apt to reuder a
dress inflammable; at a recent wedding
the bride and the bridemaids had theirs
scorched and nearly ign ted by standing
close to an over-heated register.
Victoria Woodhull is reported living
in splendid style in Jjondon, near Myden
ham palace, sporting coaches, liveried
servants, and all paraphernalia of
stout income. The wonder is whose
money she is l'ving on.
Two English ladies have received the
cross of St. Elizabeth at Bucharest, for
their aid and services during the late
war between Russia and Turkey. One
is Mrs. Mansfield, wife of the late consul-general,
the other, Mrs. Mawer,
wife of the English physician, the latter
lady, aided by subscriptions, having
started and maintained a small hospital
How the Money was Stolen.
One would scarcely imagine, after the
inunite ingenuity that has been display
ed in stealing for innumerable ages, thai
any new method could be devised. Bnt a
colored porter employed in a shop at
Little Bock, Ark., appears to have ap
propriated money in an original manner.
The tradesman had continually missed
small sums from his cash-drawer, and
could not account for their disappeai-
anoe. f inally, he suspected the porter,
and had him searched every evening be
fore going home. But he could find no
ground for his suspicion, and was at his
wit a end to explain the mystery, when
he observed one night that a tame fe
male opossum, iu the habit of follow
ing the colored man everywhere, did not
accompany him. The animal seemed
desirous to go, but, for some reason,
could not move. The shopkeeper think
ing her ill, took hold of her, and was
surprised at her weight. Reversing her
position, the enigma was solved. A
shower of small silver coins descended
from her pouch to the floor, and betray
ed the man's thefts. He had overloaded
her on that occasion, and she could not
follow as had been her custom when
more lightly freighted.
Forests in Europe.
The proportion of laud covered with
forests throughout Europe is twenty
nine per cent., of which Russia and
Sweden furnish the greatest part In
Russia, forty per cent, of the territory
is covereJ with woods, and of this some
200,000,000 acres are covered with pines
and other cone-bearing trees. Sweden
and Norway have thirty-four percent,
chiefly birch, maple, pine, fir and willow.
Austria has twenty-nine per cent. . Ger
many has twenty-six per cent, and France
seventeen. Far below these comes
Spain, with its cork woods and evergreen
oak forests, covering seven per cent, of
the land, and Holland and Belgium with
the same, Portugal comes next ' with
five per cent, and Oreat Britain f Hows
with four per cent. The percentage
annually decreases in all countries
rapidly.
A Male that Can Count
There is a mule driven on one of the
First South street Cars, in Salt Lake
City, apparently a little more sensible
than others. It is generally on the
morning shift, and has to make five
round trips before the team is changed.
Every day, as Boon as the mule comes
on the fifth return trip from the upper
end of the line, it begins to whinny half
a block before he reaches Second East
street, and if the change team does not
happen to be waiting, and the driver
has to run to the bank corner and return
before changing, it will stretch its ueck
and whinuy again, londer than before,
about the same distance before it reaches
the place. How that mule keeps track
of the fifth trip is more thai) its driver
lias found cqt.
FOR THE Y0UXB FOLKS.
Birthday Rhy-ae.
For Frank, Barry and Elite and for any
other children who have lived jut ai many
yean a tney.)
How many birthdays now bar yon tried t
How many boyi take a bare-ball aide t
flow many dayi doe a wonder latt t
How many mnaea throve la tlie pant t
How many tall bai a navy " oat" ?
How many live the foe of the rat ?
. How many syllable baa this Una ?
How many line baa tbii poem fine?
What can the aniwer be bnt f
Katharine Uamon, in SL Nichola.
Maw Ik Bee Teld.
Farmer Metoalf looked out of the
kitchen door one fine morning, and
discovered that one of his beehives was
gone.
He kept a dozen swarms, or more,
nicely housed in a long row of hanging
hives at the .back of his garden. Last
night they were all there. He stood a
moment, gazing at the vacant place in
the row with surprise and indignation.
Then he called his son:
" Martin, somebody has been stealing
our bees I"
The family were Boon out upon the
veranda, all staring at the plundered
apiary, and denouncing the unknown
robber. Who could he be ?
Browsinff forlornly about the place
where their little house had been, were
several stragglers from the missing
swarm, and Farmer Metcalf knew very
well what would calm the bewildered
insects and make their intelligence
serve him to good purpose.
A new hive was promptly hung in the
place of the old one, and some sheets of
comb put into it The bees very soon
took possession, and alter waiting
twenty or thirty minutes, the farmer
Bud ms son saw n - cumniinetj ui luun
number come out and fly straight to a
1 1 1 J A A II .. M A I .'
neighboring cornneld.
VI course they had expected some
thing like this. Once make a robbed
and wandering bee feel at home again,
and it recovers its wits, and lets you
know at once where its companions in
misfortune are,
Farmer Metoalf and Martin followed
their little guides to the cornfield, and
quickly found the evidences of last
night's work. The hive lay there broken
to pieces, and crawling over the scatter
ed fragments, and struggling on tae
ground, and climbing the standing corn
stalks, were multitudes of soiled and
honey-smeared bees,
Some were rubbing their legs and
- . ....
wings to clean themselves, and now and
then one would rise in the air to fly back
to the house. There were other bees
with legs gone, bees with wings gone,
bees half-buried, pawing themselves out
of the earth, and bees that lay quite
Btill bees everywhere, and in all con
ditions. living and dead.
Tracks of brood shoes were seen, and
signs of a hard scuffle in the soft soil
and among the broken corn. The
thief certainly had not got his plunder
without paying something for it It
looked as if the little captives had made
a gallant fight, and taken part of their
revenge. It remained now for their
master to complete it when he found
out the rest of their story.
The remaining testimony was soon
forthcoming. Poking about in the mel
low dirt with his foot, the farmer's son
brought to light the paper in which the
thief had carried his sulphur to smoke
the bees and stupefy them, so that he
could take their honey. It was the back
of an old letter, with the name on it
still clear and plain " Heman Treat"
A little further search revealed a
handkerchief, probably the one the un
lucky honey-stealer had tried to tie over
his face, and it bore the same tell-tale
name I Such flat exposure of himself
was, no doubt, a oonsequence of his
rather excited state of mind after the
evident blunder iu managing the bees.
Heman Treat was one ot Farmer Met-
calf's neighbors, and the discovery ot
these traces of guilt against him was a
very disagreeable surprise. To go
directly and accuse him would be still
more disagreeable. It was Sunday, too,
and that fact made delay more Justin
able
The farmer and his son walked back
to the house, carefully concealed the
paper and the handkerchief, and agreed
to keep still about the matter till the
next morning.
Iu the course of the day Martin walk'
ed past Heman Treat's house, and no
ticed bees flying in and out at one of
the attic windows.
Other confirming evidence was dis
covered that helped to fasten the crime
on the man who lived there ; and when
Monday morning came, they called a
constable and made neighbor Treat a
visit
He was in bed sick, his wife told
them, and could not see any one. But
they replied that their business with
him was urgent, and must not be put
off. and she was obliged to let them in,
They found the man sick enough, to
be sure. His hands were swollen to
twice their natural ize, and his head
and face were a eight to behold iu
flamed like one great blister, and bloat
ed so that he could hardly see out of his
eyes.
" Got badly poisoned working in the
swamp last Saturday, " was the way he
and his wife accounted for it i was
likely he had handled poison elder or
ivy ; they always affected him so.
The visitors showed deep interest in
the sufferer's case, and one of them, re
markiug on the peculiar appearance of
his face, applied his thumb aud finger
nail to a pimple and pulled out a bee
stinar I
That's the kind of poison you've been
handling," said Farmer Metoalf, " and
you'll make nothing by trying to lie out
of it."
Upon that he produced the paper
and the handkerchief, and the theft of
the beehive was charged home to He
man Treat then and there, without the
trouble of many words.
The culprit saw he was caught, and
confessed his crime. He begged the
offioer not to put him under arrest, and
promised to settle at any prioe the
owner of the bees should demand.
Farmer Metoalf did not wish to prose
ente his neighbor, and he readily allow
ed him to settle the affair by paying the
value of the stolen swarm.prcrvided that
whenever he happened to want honey
again he would take care to get it by
honest means.
But for the clue afforded so quickly
by the little winged detectives, proba
bly only an accident would have reveal
ed their spoiler's traces before be had
time to obliterate them. The field of
tall corn, left to itaaJ.aa it was then be
tween cultivation and harvest, was a fine
place of concealment,
It was years before Heman Treat
knew that he owed hift prompt convic
tion to the bees; but his one experi
ence with the Metcalf swarm was quite
sufficient to make him let bees alone for
the rest of his life. Youth's Compan-
A-Urtenland clock is knows bj iu
urc-tio AVu York New: A ports-
. , . . - A;
man's watch is known by iM PPnvDB
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A Plea for Vegetables.
In the London Timet William O.
Ward writes to urge a greater cultiva
tion and use of vegetables, especially
of leguminous kinds. He speaks a very
good word for lentils, whioh were of old
a favorite dish in Egypt and Palestine,
but are almost entirely unknown to this
generation. Lentils, or " len tiles," as
the Bible calls them, are a sort of black
bean inolosed in a long pod and ripen
ening with a thick skin. The flour is
very sweet and nourishing. According
to Bonssingault'B scale fifty-six parts of
white haricot beans, or fifty seven parts
of lentils, or sixty-seven parts of peas.
are equivalent to 100 parts of wheat
flour. This shows - lentiln to have
high value as nutriment. They make
delicious soups and can be cooked in as
many attractive ways as the common
bean. Mr. Ward's chief object seems
to be to Introduce to the poor a sort of
food whioh shall be at once cheap and
wholesome. On this point he says:
How trifling is the cost of human
food if only what is necessary is sought
Eight to twelve cents per day is suffi
cient to provide for a strong man and
keep him in health and strength.
Oatmeal should not be omitted here.
Best Scotch oatmeal can be bought at
the mill for three ceuts per pound.
Nearly one cent more will be required
to bring it home. A pound will make
the breakfast for four strong men if
boiled for half an hour as porridge. For
child or man better food there is not on
earth. Every pound gives more nutri
ment than four poundB of lean beef."
ne insists that rheumatism may be
cured and neuralgia greatly modified by
a strictly vegetable diet, and that a
workiugman will tret as much strength
out of vegetables cs out of meat. He
becomes quite enthusiastic in speaking
on this point, and thus breaks out :
"This vegetarian teaching not only
places human food on a scientino form
d at ion, bnt at once removes three-fourths
of human diseases. It uproots drunken
nesn without leaving even a desire for
alcoholic drinks, vegetarianism wouia
suppress all poverty and nearly all suf
fering. It would make excessive luxury
on the one hand impossible and abject
poverty on the other nana equany im
probable. All wars would cease. Man
kind would become one great brother
hood. 'The whole creation groaneth
and travaileth in pain together until
now ;' but it would then be healed and
harmonized. All sham kings and sham
thrones would vanish as a vision, and He
alone whose right it is to reign would be
king over a renewed people in a renewed
world."
Perhaps this writer, who is a man of
considerable note in England, and a care
ful observer, remembered that He was
not a vegetarian; but that fact does not
appear to have dampened his ardor at all
W'lether vegetables are an absolute
speoifio for rheumatism and also a pan
acea for all other human w es may be
well doubted; but it is probable that the
poor, especially the American poor, eat
too much meat for either their purses or
their- health. If Ipntils can be made
popular as food it will no doubt mark an
improvement in the condition ot the race.
Many new and important vegetables
have been added within the last two or
three hundred years. How should we
get along without tomatoes, radishes,
celery. Indian corn and potatoes, which
civilized nations a comparatively little
while ago knew nothing of 7 rrobabiy
there are no lentils whatever in New
York, but it is worth considering whether
their introduction and cultivation is no
something thoroughly worth while. To
add an edible to the market is to dimin
ish human suffering. New York
Graphic.
A Message by the President
The following message by the President to
the Senate aooompanied a letter of Secretary
Sherman, in whioh that official reiterated his
former charge against Messrs. Arthnr and
Cornell, the suspended collector and naval of,
fioer at New York :
To the Senate .-
I transmit herewith a letter of the secretary
of the treasury in regard to the suspension of
the late collector and naval offioer of the port
of New York, with accompanying documents.
In addition thereto I respeotfnlly submit the
following observations :
The custom Douse or New I on collects more
than two-thirds of all the custom revenues of
the government. IU administration is a mat
ter not of local interest, merely, bnt ia of great
importance to the people or tne wnoie ooun
try. For a long period of time it has been
used to manage and control political affairs.
The otUoei suspended by me are and for
several years have been engaged in the active
pergonal management of the party politics of
tne citv ana Bute or New xorit. xne amies oi
the office held by them have been regarded a
of subordinate importance to their . partisan
work. Their office have been conducted as
part of the political machineryl .under then
control. They have made tne cuoloin House
oenter of partisan poliUcal management
The cuBtom bouse enouia ne a business
offioa. It should be conducted on business
principles. General James, the postmaster of
New York oitv. writing on this subject, nays :
"The pout oflice is a business institution, and
should be run as such. It 1 my deliberate
judgment that I and my subordinate can do
more ror tne party of our onoioe Dy giving lae
people of this citv a good and efficient postal
service man Dy controlling primaries or aicta
ting nomination." The New York custom
house should be placed on the same footing
with the New York postoffice. Bnt under the
suspended offioer the custom house wonld be
one of the principal political agencies in the
State of New York. To ohange this, they
profess to believe, would be, in the laugna e
of Mr. Cornell in his response, " to surrender
their personal political right."
Convinced that the people of New York, and
of the country generally, wish the New York
custom house to be administered solely with a
view to the pnblio interest, it is my purpose to
do all in my power to introduce into this great
offioe the reforms which the country desires.
With my information of the facta in the cso,
and with a deep sense of the responsible obli
gation imposed upon me by the constitution,
to "take care that the laws be faithfully exe
cuted." I regard it as my plain duty to suspend
the officers iu question and to make the nomin
ations now before the Senate, in order that
this important offioe may be honestly and effi
ciently administered. B. B. Hates,
Execvtive Mansion, Jan. 81, 1879.
Sorely half the world must be blind
they can see nothing unless it glitters.
Woman's sphere A mouse is woman's
fear.
Quicken Ihe Circulation.
Don't let the biood stagnate in your rein.
Yon can prevent it doing no by increasing it
volume and parity, by stimulating the digestive
organ, and enoonraging assimilation, with
that matohlecs vitalizing agent, Hoatettrr'
Stomach Bitters. People not afilioted with
any organio or inorganio disease, grow wan
and haggard (imply beoanae their blood is
thin, watery deficient in nonrashing properties
and so meager in quantity that the extremities
are very imperfectly supplied with it, and the
superficial oironlation extremely feeble. Beuoe
the bloodless appearanoe of the eenntenanoe.
Bat when the Bitters are used to enrich and
quicken the blood, the rosy hue of health re
turn to the cheek, the frame acquire sob
stanoe as well a vigor, the appetite improve,
and no digestive qualm Interfere either with
it gratification or the subsequent tranquility
Ul U1S IrUiuKU,
TBBOAT AnEOTlONg amu Ho.naN.sa.A.U
suffering from Irritation of the Throat anC.
Hoarseness will be agreeably surprised at the
almost immediate relief afforded by the use of
" Brown Bronchial Troches.'' 25 cts. a bos
Borne Of tit new Itvlaa of Maauu A Hamll,.
Cabinet Organs introduce a style of fiuiah
Willi emboskwd gold bronze ornameuUUon, by
I " " r --- i vuw tkuw luuvir wogiuii audi
I ohAiteftiuih
I LiA. . . Ina. I , .
raw uiuuoee I UUOCJ fclJO BMMH tUtrgaUt klld
Vrioes art) very low for nob workmanship.
' Chinese Ham or.
An American connected with one of
the consulates in China has translated
some of the Chinese poems into Eng
lish. Among them are some verses
whioh prove, alas) that the " humorist "
abroad even in that lar iana. xne
production is entitled "Fanning the
Grave, or the Wife Tested," and tells
how a wife whose husband was siok unto
death promised him that she would not
marry again" until the mold on his
grave should be dry. After his burial
the conscientious widow applied her
self assiduously to hasten the drying of
the grave by fanning it This accom
plished, she married one Chuang, who,
wishing to test her, feigned sickness,
avowed that he was about to die, and be
sought her not to take unto herself
another husband.
Oh, make your mind eaiy," the sobbing re
plied.
I have said I won't wed and I won't t
Bnt ah I what grave doubt your last word
ImnllAd
Don't say them again, dearest, don't I
Tale of virtnous women in old book I ve read ,
And my boaom with ardor has glowed
11 emulate them. I have inwardly said
If I don't do the lame 1 11 be blowea."
Chuang then dies contentedly and after
he is encofflned makes his escape, dis
guises himself as a young man and
makes love to Mrs. (Jnuang as together
they watch over the empty coffin. "The
next day the funeral-baked meats serve
as the wedding dinner. The unrecog
nized Chuang shams illness again and
declares that nothing will cure him but
the brains of a living man or of one who
has not been dead more than three
days." "Old Glmang's will do," says
his relict as she vanishes, whereupon
Chuang tal'es off his disguise and settles
himself in the coffin again. His spouse
Boon appears with an axe and smashes
the lid, upon which Uhuaug bounds up
with a " hello I " To an invitation to
explain, Mrs. Chuang remarks :
I felt sure you must be living, so to weloome
von onoe more.
My mourning robes I tore off and my wedding
garmeutB wore.
To which answers her lord :
Your tale 1 plausible, bnt I think you'd
better stoD :
Don't fatigne yourself by tailing He ; Jaet let
tne matter drop.
To test jour faithlessness to mo I've been
merely suammii'e dead.
I'm the youth you just now married my
widow l ve just wea.
A SI pit Hanntor
The excessive corpulency of a certain United
Qf.Un aan.M k.ai Innn Win f Via -.- a-at
torial wit and spioy bon nwtt from tba pen ot I
Washington correspondent. Few persons hare I
suspected that hi obetity was a disease, and
liable to prove fatal. let this is the sad faot.
Exoessive fatness is not only a disease in itself,
bnt one liable to generate other and more
serious ones. Chemistry baa at last revealed
safe, sure and reliable remedy for this
abnormal condition of the system ia Allan'
Anti-Fat. Ulstingnisned chemist have pro
nounced it not only harmles bnt very bene
oial to the system, while remedying the dis
eased condition. Hold by druggists.
Malignant and subtle indeed is the poison of
scroraia, ana terrible are its ravages in tne
system. They may. however, be permanently
stayed and the destructive virus expelled from
the circulation with Boovill'a Blood arid Liver
Hirup. a potent vegetable detergent wbiob
eradicate all akin diseases, leaving no vestige
or tnem oemna. w hite swelling, salt roeum,
tetter, abscesses, liver complaint and erup
uoub or every description are invananiy oon-
(juvruu vy u. irnggisie aeu 11.
The Mason & Hamlin Orean Co. are produc
ing enperb instruments at very low prioe : not
muoh more than price of poorest orga ni
Highest honoia at every world exhibition foi
many years, and two highest award at tht
last and greatest at Paris, last year, tell tht
CHEW
The Celebrated
" Matchi.ebh "
Wood Tag ring
Toiucoo.
The Pioneeb Tobacco Cohpany,
New York. Bwton. and Ch-cago.
For onwards ot thirtv vear Mrs. WrNHLOWB
SOOTHING SYBTJP ha been nsed for children
with never-failing enooeea. It oorreot aciditT
of the stomach, relieve wind oolio, regolatet
the bowels, onres dysentery and diarrha,
whether arising from teething cr other causes.
a.u oia ana weu-meu remeay. zo cu. a Dome
OI,Ar .f.w.n,a- Km -4 avv T'iIivw
A pnutivr rnnedr tor Jvrop.y and all diirae?. of
it Kidney., Klnoder and Urinary Or-
ihe
ga.no. launt'e Kemedy ! purvly vrftetaoi. and
lirrourrd .KureHly fr the .bore din-area.
iurrd thou,.ndi. fcverr bottlr w.rranU'd. tirnd to
It hu
W.
U.CI.rke, rrovidmre, H.J., ror illu.tr.trd pamphlet.
If your drurrirt don't h.rr it. he will order it for yon.
S'
CROFULA. Persons afflicted
with Scrofula, Hip-disease, Ulcer
ous Sores, Abscesses.White Swell
ing, Psoriasis, Goitre, Necrosis.
Eczema, Diseased Bones, will please
send their address
Dr. JONES, Chemiht, New Lebanon, X. T.
F. E. CUEDRY, Agt..
JXallWaV XlUJiUta
Bought, Hultt or fljcvhangeil.
REDUCED RATES ON ALL TlnKRTS BOLD.
uiiuiuit ui ajLi kuutj'.h
No. 31 St. Charlea Street.
Under the St. Charlea Hotel.
BKIVIIBLISIIV', !.
Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs.
Hraiai..fealtf by HMibKSl HOVORS AT AM
WORLD'S KX POSIT ONS FOR TWKLVK YEARS.
VIE' At fARIB. 1W7: VIENNA. 1879: Kantlaoo. 1H7&
PHILAD Ll-HIA, 1876; PAH1S.1878; and G HAND bWKDIHB
Gold Mmal 178, Only Amerioe Ornaoi tvur
awarded u ghaut honors at any mob. Sold tor CMh or
iaBtUmnU. illustrated (jataLoguc and (Jirou
are with new s lies and prico. tent fre. M ASON A
ti AMI.ln OK AN OU.. no.ton, Now Vork.or (Jhioago.
TOIt AIfc. A tarm ot 12riVi ae.-ej. near O.iteo, I
X ntal
KlMi,.n n.l Laurel. U.lLimQIO and W.Stli StuD
R. R , with dwelling house. Oood water bitut.i n
nwaituy, und .oil ad ipted to fruit and truckm. Price
rtLMM, o.-lilf ouh, .ml balance in cne n.i lov.rl.
Address VKNAKI.K V PACK A It II, All'.,
i a i.-inin i.t n
OPIUM1
Id 1,-xln.ion Ht., n.iiiiiiiorr, iiiurj.nno.
I I Ilk' PAINI.M.Sh. Onll
Suooo-s ul Kemedy. Senl for
Paper on Oiimm r-anng, u.
uoiiarquonce. inn vurv.
Da. L. MBKKI'K,
Li Poma. Ind. B"i 4TV
THI'Tll IH MinilTVI
rat Uvrvrm, U ijai.a
a aad W waiv -iP lar
with Ivir kt-fo, Vrr tt atal
.r.,J M w-fe, laiHal
..J fUtt w'-f !..a
T5T A MflQ highest honon-Mathnabek's soalo
JTAaII Ul far squares nnuet upright. u
.a . . .. JAltil .Alot
America-orer li.OuO in use-reguiariy inoorpoo
r. 7, . , i. ' nM ,;.i ik.n.0. eataloaue free.
MgWDELaaouri Pi.no do.. It I K. loth Bu. New York.
n. - da l f a KIDNEY CURE.
Th..rT.t8Deoiilo for all Kidney UUea-aa. Haanerer
failed Tn any "disease of the Kidnoya ntae pas i .nreo
..... Rend for namohlet, and eddreea Dr. t K ll,
ay rivKHHITVff.A(E, HKW ' "..
a v-iaC DEAD THIS!
Wo will ity Agents a Salary of 1 100 pot naonth and
0XDenaea. o? illoJ a largo eommiasim to sell our new
.nd wor rlerfnl intention. me iro -y.
PBRMANniLCMar.J!
100,0001
Men and woman oat of amptoy
ment oan nuka from 13 o 16 a
dmf. Soia art making U note.
. u:l.aL.l...i. kra
Dtrlll WIUW Uli M vu aw. a-oiHi
aiaa-oent rUmpforprUoaLara.
Rev.
rgrgana-ggasur.rcnr leTrrwi
iMoooacuaSllUIl.
KIDDER 8 PAS
luariesKwn. Maaa.
. . m . si .'-. a'aBB-"s
Learn telegrapny and
month. Small salary while learning., "Situation fur.
nhUiod?iddrea!Val.ntiiie, ManM-r.janMnuo.Wia.
-af ill im s m m n. am
V luu e
IA I. winnii lno.ted in Wall Bl. 8tas ma
S10 10 S1QUU fuiie. every month. Book
ddroia BAXTER
" irtMJ auiaiuiua) .-- i .
A OO..Hankara. 17 Wall ai.T
MSNiffi'N.A
Book and Map tree, ny
aaaroM. mu.
oArtvDtaad to Ant.
RVj j Outfit irtjBaJM. A
UurafA, w..im.
lliZ
New England Conservatory -
Mioil (or the Pianoforte.
This wry popular and a-ood Method has bad a thor
ough trial ai the Ooneerratorr, and ku btn lr(l
um la eui.r piaoea.
Ti differs hull nth MtthnA. In k-ln. mead af
Three Parts Off Books.
PART I. for fh. Pint llnil. t..n..r. hull
peeree, tho llmaati, FiTe-flng.r and other Itioretsao,
our Hindi, and Taoee, and la la Itself a food, .Mr la
trnetioa Book.
PA KT II. for tho Sooond flroda. hao n imm.. more
dlHonit KtorelMO, Noo'm and StndiM, and a unmoor of
Pmom from tho work, of (root ataaton.
PART Iff. for tho Third ttwmAm. Ku 111 n...
Grand Heal, and Arp-ioo, with a low ood Btodioo
and a tow dunonlt Pioooo.
Prioeof aaehpart, ft. AO. Oomploto, S3.80.
Tea Musical. Rccoan, Ooator Smith, editor, m.Hod
lot 6 ats. Uironlatot 9U.WQ por Month. Motlo.
N.w., . S3 por ?oar.
OLIVER DITS0N & CO., Boston.
C. U. DITKON eV CO.,
71 1 843 Broadway, New York.
J. K. DITMUN & CO.,
, WH8 t'he.tprit Street, Phllwdrl.
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and feand fjuifornis 0mc.iV F.qnlpmenlii,
Caps, rtc, mnl by M. l lAllry OV to.,
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Fireman', Caps, Bolts, and thirls.
P
AGENTS WANTED FOR THE
1- HISTORYofthAVORLD
It oontjin 7i fine historical farcrariDra and 1 VflO
lnrics double- column page, and is the moat ooroplet
nifiviryoi tne woria erer painaoa. jtfltiiaat pird.
fiend for iMimtit) narM nrl t,pi tjtrma fa Aentf.
Addrwa National Pcblibh.no Co., Philadelphia, Pa
p PYIC1 ATI PTQ
vilolUliCI
Very important bill, are
now Dendina- in UnnareM.
whieb. if allowed to ne..
all pension elaima heretorore admitted will do reopened.
thnuMDil. of m.ritorinn. el.imenta will be drnDDed
from the roll, and eremt inlo.tioe done. For fnll nar-
ticnl.r. aend for ooor of Thb National THrMTJWE. an
-pae paper, loaned monthly and deroted to th. infer
O.U of soldier, and sailors, and their heirs. Contains
all MEW bounty and pknsion laws. Shonld be in
tne hand, of ever .oldier. Term., ou eent. pr Jear.
Dpretai ladaoemenlB to cinns. poimn eopr ii
.aamaumii.. iikiikiik k. i.KMiin auu .
OTaBUinKvOD, ir. v
r iir l&eiim. of l-ttlihn. .u v iuir 1-u lir. t Jrull-
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wiiit.K nnoi, i-r, r .. anion. .h...
rN TJCCESSHJL FOLKS
W Matthew Hale Smith's new book
.000 Prominent persons men and wom.n
an.lraed. Mlrrl Portrnlt ot A. T.
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I 1 Xs W At X BENNETT. ETC. The
kl sensation of the season. Now is the time for
a PCWTC to oeeure territory. Address for
I V S hulii I r oaenor oironl.rs and terms.
AA1BRICAN FUBMWHIMU .:.,
Hartford. Conn.
IIU UUOIOKHT FOOD I.N THE WOULD.
A. B. V. Crushed While Wheal.
B. I'. Oalmenl. A. B. t'. Barley food
A. B. V. 0lnl7.r.
Obtained fonr medals for superiority, and diploma for
eoatinned snperii rity. The purest food for cliildien
and adult. All hu.ka, eockle nd impurities it-moved
(Jan be prepared for table in fifteen minutes. Po- sale
t uroeers. ..i ror D.u.nr.uu. muHiwiBmur
THE CEREALS M ANUFACrURINU UO ,
IB Ooi.i.ron Plafk. mw Yo
TEAS!
a ii K A ii
AT.I.TIIK I IIIK
The very best foods
dirret from tee Ira-
Dorters at Half the
Q.nal eort. Best p'ao ever offered to Olnb Agents and
arae buytra ALL, KJ rnKHa UUAKtJKi ram,
New terms r RKK.
The Great AmericanTea Company
31 and 33 Veeey Ntreet, New York.
RO. Box 4SS3S.
WASHES BEO'S CORSETS
rtt.-.l ii. III-'! i-o i M--i.. i iinwtni
evrr )! A un-rt. am t-' 'in(H ino! . Tlilr
FLBXIHL. Hll COKSKT 1150 Benefit
fitt Willi Ml(r AP. Itlltl It WAH-
kamtkd notio lirrnfe down ovi r Hi liii
Ttn-ir UK ALT II Hri(-;T 1th iti Im
proved Buil.inmw rtr r, vnrit
,thnnTr. Their N L'KMMt tXmt-KT U
til urllelitor ftfrrv mntlirr.
For fit I by l 1 1 -.din r merdiRntn.
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F
CURED FREE!
An infHib1 and anxo..d nmedV for
bit, KpllrpB? or FalllD Mrkoetm
ITS
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A free boirle" of my
renownod pecitto and a
TAlubl TreatiM Mnt to
any Buffei-vr ten din m hii
P. O. and Kxpreaa addrau.
DR. H. O. ROOT. 183 Pearl B.rwt. Www York.
I IIPIII IVl sandsoored.Lowe.lPrioe..llonotfail
Rblt V Mkln IH-M-e-. Tli on
lVVW v to
to writ. Ur.V.K.Manb.Quinoj.Mioh.
$7
A D AY to Aflrenta eanvaMinK lot the Flmtlde
Visitor- ferma end Oat tit Free. Ad drew
r. u. V tun, an i , AagttBt. muni.
a iiiun mi ARrnn ah ohm p iea
f IRfl aellinc articles in the world ; one aatnpl r
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VII
SELL THE FARM.
If yon want to sell tba farm ad-artia tho faot, and
I .
I odTartisemant one week In a Uat of 960 weekly nawananera. or font linea in a different liat of 337 niurrnr ten
linea two week ia a eholco of either of four separata and dlatinot lleU oontainin from 70 to 1U0 papers oaoh, or
four Hnoa one week ia all four of tho amall liat, oi on. line one week ia all all list combined, being moio than
1.C00 papora. Wo also hare Usta of papers by States throughout tho United State, and Canada. Sand ton conta
for oar luO-page pamphlet. Addrau Geo. P. Rowiu. k Oo Newspaper Advertising Bureau, lO Spruce
Street, New York.
rum, tin m
aaaaaaasa laasia iinsw a,, , v jj. J-fyj
A few applications of this
FRECKLES, TAN, SUNBURN, PIMPLES, OR BLOTCHES
ON THE FACE, AND RENDER THE COMPLEXION
CLEAR AND FAIR.
POR BOFTENINQ AND BEAUTIFYING THE SKDf IT HAS NO EQUAL.
Prioe, BO cent. Sent by Mall, poet paid, lor 75 cents.
! AdJrww P0 MARSH, No,
NOW IS THE TIME.
OUDOCRIDE FOR
Fraia Leslio's Publication:
- 1879 -
rrank LmII.'i tUnotratod !twpaper...
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Frank Loollo'i Chimnsr Corn or
Frank Ioalio'l niartrirto ZoHan-
Frank Lo.llo's Lady's Joornal
Tho Wow York lllnitratod Tim.
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Frank Laslto'a Bandar Macaaina
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Frank Loallo'a Ploaaant Honrs
Frank Loollo's Bndcot
Frank Loollo'i Ohattorboi
Frank Loallo'a lllnitratod Almanae ."
1 AO
1 OO
tfte
to
Frank Loollo's Oomlo Almanae..
nm h. Km) Order. Draft on Mow York, or Roala-
torod Latter at our riak.
Baaarofaltoaddrooaall ommonloat on to
Frank Leslie's Publishing Houst
53, 65 and:57 Park Place,
-RWYOHRi.
3km
Gentle
Women
Who want glossy, luxuriant
and wavy tresses of abundant,
beautiful Hair must nso
LYON'S KATI1AIR0N. This
elegant, cheap article always
makes tho II air prow freely
and fast, keeps it from falling
out, arrests aad cures gray
ness, removes dandruff and
itching, makes tho Hair
strong, giving it ft curling
tendency and keeping it In
any desired position. Beau
tiful, healthy Jlnir is tho sure
result cf using Kathairon.
NTS U
m
IS thc BE!
HfJrWTLEBOI(pyt
.QAPONIFIEgg
la OM Bailable (Joaeoatrated 1.7
FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING.
Directions aooompaarrinc each eaa tot raaklnc Bard,
oft sad Toilet Boap ojalekly.
IT IB FULL WX19BT AND ITRMNOTB.
Tho Marks la flooded with (ao-allod) Oonoontratod
lore, whioh la adulterated with salt aad roala, sum! wea'l
MOM o.
I ATM MOHMT, AND BUT THE
SapoimifieR
MASK BT THB
Fenniylvaziia Salt Manufg Co.,
PHILADELPHIA.
THE SMITH ORGAN CO.
Ural KatitblUbed '. Mo.t Hutreo.rol!
THBIB INSTRUMENTS hare a standard rain la
all tho
LEADING MARKETS
OF THE WORLD !
Erorywhoro rooonized aa the FINEttT IN TUNE
OVER 80,000
made nnd In nan. New Deslgne oonstanUy. Beat
work and lowest prioee.
W Send for a Catalogue. mMM
Tremont St., opp. Wallham St.,Boston,Mass.
Delioate mothers will find Rirlrre's Food jat what they
need. It aires health and strength, la oans. 8Jm). and
npward. VVOOLR1UH A CO, on label.
Pan Ra Purarl All ohronio nnd supposed inonrablo
lan DB IvUreU diseases. Proof i.f it mailed free.
Address Da. FOOTb,l at Islington Are.. New York.
TYrt PAY With Stencil Ontflta. What oosta 4
K I 1 4 ota. sells rapidly for AO ota. Catalogue frem
AJJ a. M. Spawcia. 1 1 a Wa.b'n St .B iston.Haao
AIMV PROFIT. Agnta' Sample, oent
"THK NASSAU DRUOHT." Nasaau. N. V.
lot It bo known. For 110 each wo will insert a serea-Kno
mm usia
Preparation will remove
p Spruce St., New
Vuf-k,
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