J 3 THE PETRIFIED PERN. ftt a valley centuries ago, rew a little fern leaf, green and tleoder. reinlDK delloa'.e. and nbrea tender, navilie. When the wind rrnrtt timvn at Inw Rushes tall and nun and grass grew rouud It, Playful sunbeams darted ia n 1 found It. S-op' of dew stole In by night au t crowned It, bui no ioui 01 man e'er trod mat way, tar Hi was young and keeping holiday. Monster fishes swain the silent main. Stately forests waved their giant branches. Mountains hurleil their snowy avalanches. Mammoth creatures stalked along the plain, Nature reveled In grand mysteries; But In little fern was not if these. llil not number with the hills and trees, Only grew and waved its sweet wild way, ho our came to note It, day by day. Earth, one day. nut on a frolic mood. Heaved the rocks and changed the mighty mo tion f f the deen. strong currents of the ocean : Moved the plain, and shook the haughty woon. Crushed the little fern in soft, moist clay, Covered It. and li d it safe away. Oh, the lone centuries since that day; till, tiio a wnv ! oh. life's bitter co Since that useless little fern was lostl Useless? I.ostT There came a thoughtful man, rearchln nature's secrets, far and deep: From a fissure in a rocky steep He withdrew a stone o'er which there ran Fairy tie icIIIiiks, a ou t nt desiicn. eminc. leafage. 11 lues clear and fine. And the fern s hf lay in every line! So, 1 tnluk. (iuii hides some souis away Sweetly to surprise us the last da THE TWO MONUMENTS. BT HORACE EATON WALKEB. Cum 'way from Uar', yon yallar dog I Doau yon know nutria? Dat man is worth his millions. 'Tain't no plaoe for nod Jar ob us. So, cum along. Com, you vallar coward," for the dforebaid aninial held hi verjloDg tail between his cringing, trembling hind leu, his homely, picked head turned ou one side, with his left eye fastened on Moses, 'ihut the long, lanky our was in al juct fear there was no doubt, und yet all his alarms were imaginary, for tbu iulm-leaf paw of Mose had never bceu rai.sed agairjHt him, and in all the years of "de black and yallar" friendship, Hose could not recall one ebon finger that had boeti raised uKuiDiit him in negro anger, not one number ten boot that had suddenly fol lowed his yellow posterior in the ex tremity of passion; anil, so more was Lis dog surprised when Moses yelled: "Jura "way from dar", yon yallar dog! loan you know nuflia? Dat man is worth his millions. Tain't no place for you neddar ob us. So, cnm along. Cum, you yallar coward!" And Le miuht have added: "We hain't wnuted dar', 'cause w-e's poor, 'cause day's rioh, 'cause we 'a no bodies, 'cause day's somebodies. Do you hear, Hose, 'cause we's nobodies, l's poor as do firs' nig dat was Domed. An' l's older iIhu the ebberlustin' hills. We's poor togeddar, Bose; but we's friens. Snli-B, yoti'a old too. Vou was Sired by a big, homely, yallar dog, yiillurer dun you, riose; but you's a eoare-crow to your fadder. Doan mind me. I alius' tells de truf, tie truf, llosey; and when I say you's de bes' cur a-htaudin' on four yallar legs, l's re citiu' do gospel traf. " The homely i-erinon in dialect, seemed to have the desired "eftec" on Mr. Bose, for he gathered himself np, his sorry tail coming into its normal position, his lanky back lobing some what of its criDging arch, an J the great, homely, passionless eyes fastening themselves on the round, coal-black fuce of his master, Moses A. Hcrror- ton. Esq , the Xegro of Snortville Volley, the article emphasized because people said of htm: "Mose is gray in virtues. Me never stole a chicken in his life. Cose, the unguinly looking dog. is homelier than he is, but Snortville Valley would find a desideratum If they were to be struck from the picture. Moses Horrorton was almost wholly unconscious ot an mis approbation "for," said some, "it is natural for him to be a man as the personification in Lnclc, loin a Va'nn. Moses knew his place, and in the main, so did Bos?; bnt bin black mas ter was over solicitous on this partic ular occasion, since the man referred to ss "worth his millions," was a Mr Jarliu rtmilecomb, a very ri h retired barber, a tort of second Kothschild to the ordiuitries of the community, sometimes Culled Sir J. Smileoomb by rea lers of English novels, as Mr. did not seem sulhciently dignified. Old Mr. Smilecomb was a large, red-faced, portly Fulbtatlian old hero, loved by everybody, some said on account of bis extreme wealth, others, because he had nothing to do but to shower kind ness. The context will show. Were we to draw a d.ametrical line, it might be inferred that ho seemed better than he was merely on account of his princely wealth as his round dollars orto' aggrandized him and threw into prominence the fair virtues he pos sessed. It was in passaing this rioh man's residence that Mosts was led to ex claim: "Cum' way from dar', you yall.r dog;" for Bose had attempted a little canine indiscretion at the marble en trance. It had been long years since Bose had heard anything but: "Hoy, dar', Bosey" (taking the affec tionate animal into his great lap,) "we's poor as Job's turkey, as church mice, but we's happy dough. Golly, you'so a king on de throne, Bose, whi n you has a nice marrar bone. (But it's selom.) An l, l s de jolliest darkey out oo oie Airicy, or ftoutti Uar liny, wnoa i s er grindin mammv s hoe cako. Golly, we's poverty-struck, ole dog, but Sir J. SmiU comb ain't haf eo happy, and scratching his woolly neoa lie contiuned: "Womler what makes a poor man huppicr dan a rich oae. Ouv it up, Bose." Mos es Horrorton and Sir J. Smile comb were worlds apart, to employ some novelists' figure, and a contrast conl I not bo greater. Moses was iu abject poverty. His only earthly in heritance from his mother, was innate goolness. Sot a person, black or white, in all Snortville Valley, bad a defamatory word to say against him. And yet no man of meaus felt it his obligation to give him more than a tarthiug. The tnim that founded the fr68 town library, never thought of poor Moso in a money sense. It f-oemed never to occur to him that if lis thanks had been sprinkled with dollars that his black heart would have been twice glml. Mr. Kich-So-nntl So received elegant presents. Hut Mosis, it seemed never to occnr to them th:it their money liml boon twice given if piven to him, and i.lmost doubly wast ed if given to the worldly prosperous. "Hey, dur-, Jlosey, we's poor as Job's turkey, bnt we's hnppy," had been the customary homily 1 1 the intelligent dog, since he wns intelligent, even if his general appearance did belie him. "Cum, tiose, l's sorry for hurdin' your feeliuR', bnt l's pow'fal 'fraiu o' toilin' dat man's pnssun. Bnt it's all right, Bosoy. Cum," and the great, angular, gray-headed, lumbering ne gro, swun along the paved, curbed avenue, till the pal itial residence Sir J. Kmtlecomb in lted iuto the distance spanning behiud, the negro huts a half hour lul -r dawniug on his vision. Lake most villages, Snortville Valley had its "Poverty Flat", and its Crcesus localities. Mose and Bose inhabited the former withi heir like. The Smile combs reigned in the latter, an imper ceptible gulf yawning between. "Hire we are, Bose. Eoller dad, an' dis hire new brown paper you'b been eying so, shall be opened, Bose, and, ear, widont ccr'monv; for it holds do bos' bone ob de ox," and opening the rickety door of the tumble-down old hus the 'iarkoy pushed his way in, closely followed by Bose, now with the friskiest tail imaginable, never a rioh man's dog having a "friskier." "In lac', Bose, you's happier dan da rioh man's dog, 'cause he can't re'lize de inx'ry ob a bone as yon can, her, Bose?"? But Bose was too busy to pay much heed, and was devoting all his time to me luxurious Done, "de bes ob de ox," which was a little beyond its youth, aomewould have said. "But, nebber mine its age, Bose, for it's all de lime we hab. It's like de darkey's las' crust, best ob its kme." Many time had Mose and Bose been seen passing by Mr. Smilecomb's mansion, and as the darker was amte a thoughtful fellow, it was observed that there was a species of human fear and reverence in his manner. There was not a word of envy about our negro friend. 'Cause," he Raid philosophically, "if l's poor, l's to blame, not de Lord. If he's rich, den de Lord may be to tltme. Color may hab something to do with it too, hey, Bose? You's home ly, ao I owns you. If you d been handsome, Sar J. Smilecomb'd owned you. Cum, sar, yon think more oD that bone dan yon do ob me. Bnt Master Bose made no reply, not a wasr of the tail, not even a look. His appetite was like a soldier's. rather Moses, as our subject was sometimes called, lived in this old hovel alone, save for the companion ship of this forlorn looking dog. I say, Bose, we s get tin old. You re fifteen. l's seventy. All ob your life we've libed togedder. Soon we must part, old dog, nebber mora to meet." and Father Moses bent his gray, woolly head on his great black hands, and it seemed that he was cobbing. His rheu matism was worse, and of late he had been declining, it is eyes were pain ing him more than usual. There ap - peared to be a general breaking up of the system, old age aud disease work- j words of ceremony. A few last for ing together, it was evident that malities, and all was over. The muffled Mose would soou be " 'climbin np del golden stair." But he rallie I, aud a his grave. The vile dirt rattled dis few Oavs liter once more he and his ' mally on the elaborate oasket, and tht faithful canine friend passed Mr. Jar- I people turned away, praises on theii tin aniueconili a residence, lie saw a great commotion there. Liveried ser vants were hnrrying back and forth. carriages were ooming and going. Hustle, bustle, bustle! The negro cook told Mose it was a wedding. "An' law sake?, rich finery!" Mr. Smilicomb was seventy-five, and yet on this day he was taking "to him self a new wife." The house was suffused with flowers. The fountnius plaved in silver snark- les. Marble Cupids i figuratively i were disporting iu the artificial pools. Laughing girls were frisking here and there. The god of merriment was 'frisky at three score." The minister came in an elaborate carriage. The bride elect was young, and fair aj a dream. "(tolly! ebberybody seems to be go- in dur," suid Moses. "Drat it, Bo sey, wouldn't yon like to steal under de table? Chicken Lones, auail bones. I rich meats, Croesus turkeys. Muff to keep de wolf from our fihautv a hul year," and his mouth fairly watered. xJut Moses aud his brute companion could only stand at a distance and peer through tne great iron fence, Moses was none of it. And yet bow soon was there to lie a change! Little man in a cemetery. This: did the block old negro realize. Little j After tha mournful splendor, tha did the fair bride. Little did the , solemn pomp, the magnificent man hoary bridegroom. But no one took solemn of Sir Jartin was seldom or thought. And the wedding went on. J never visited. In a year he was as much This same old line was again said: ine red wine noweJ. Song and dance an J mcriy-making, and congratulation. Happiuess prevailed. The remarks were tipped with vari ety, and rare variety ruled and over ruled the hour. The old-new bridegroom was happy as a lad, his newly-chosen wife hang ing ou his arm. 'Yon look younger by twenty years," said the guests. "And Mrs. Smilecomb agrees," he ?aij. It was nearin? the"wee arna' " honra when the carriages began tj roll away. I But Mose aud Bose had long since , gone. The negro's heart had become ' sick at the overwhelming luxury, the I superabundant wealth, the monstrous aud lavish outlay. "He's so rich! l's so poor! Cnm," and shaking his puzzled head, the negro returned disconsolately to his meagre hut, and retiring to his bunk, he gave a lingeriug look at the one. the on y faithful friend by his side. "Bose, he said, at length, "we's poor, but we'll soon be as rich as Stew art, as Vanderbilt, for dey's bofh dea.ll ' Bose had finished his bona. "d ob de ox," and now coming slowly to the bedside be fastened his great dog eyei on the roueh features of the beet, the only, and the truest friend he ever had. It wns evident that Mose was not long for this earth, and no on realized it better than he. The dumb animal at his side seemed to feel ttiat something unusnal was takinir rjlaca. for he had never before heard Mose groan, and he was groaning now. He had never seen him writhe on the bed as DOW. HA nnfl AAmr tiaorii tlim rvnnn I a .tr,' 7". k " .! an :u: u rL V "u" uf seemea unman wnen ueath was cainine I the mastery, and rising np and placing I his fore-paws on tiie edge of the old i bed, he appeared to be watchinsr the immotion going on over the black , feitures. Ronsinir a little, the net?ro stroked his faithful companion's head that in Russia it has to a considera and said: ble extent superceded all other vege- "Good-bye, Bose. l's gwine. Be a ' table oils. It Is obtained by passing good dog and come to my grave, j the seeds beneath mill stones, so as Ton il be all alone widout me, bnt to crush the shells, sifting them to death will cum spite ob color or separate the kernels and finally press wealth, and Bose saw a hard strnpg e. ' inu th lotto, i v, " , i. u , a strange contortion of the black feat Jl 4hl 1 f'! ures, and stillness, (tuietness, death I MJ1,'t 8 "f.1" thC 0,1 For awhile, Bose seemed puzzl.d a9 be expressed are excellent fod then strangly impressed, then he ap- ,r or cattle- The shells are em peared to sum it all up that his mas-ter ?lofei tor beating, special ovens be wus no more. He let his forepaws inS ade to burn them, while the drop to the floor. He whined dolefully, j stalks have almost replaced firewood. Then he turned. Be moved slowly, j being gathered and dried in stacks in quietly, Btrangely from the room. He the fields. A ton of the latter is ob went upon the street, Did he hnrry to tained from each acre cultivated the rich man's abode? No. An old They make a very hot and quick Are! h?St aA ' occasional vi8itor at the " The seed cups are utilized as food hovel, lived ou the outskirts of Pov- f,.r 1; 7 "r p.i i n.i,. .; , erty riat. Here he whined. ' Oollv, hire's Bosev. What do da dog want?" but half mistrusting sho continued: "Guess Faddar Mose ha took sick nigh to def!" and true enough, and trn. r, for she fonud Moses Hor- orton stark in death. , "I's lorrT sorrr. Bosev. br.t r-Va bori- der off." " , the town authorities ramn as tha only mourners, to use a metaphor, and tho town money buried Moses Horror- ton. Not a tear was shed. Not a friend but the faithful old dog followed him t) tho grave, iso stone marked t ie spot. The coffin had been pine. I Knl ir Un Ihi llll, .k.l -7i - ' the now grave there was one friend left. v"- ion ou live monuement was above his gravel When the shadows deepened into night he was still there. When the late Btars looked down he was still there. The morning still found him keeping vigiL No one had said : "We mis Moses Horrorton." But everybody was saying: "What a pity that Sir Jartin should die. We miss him." les; for Mr. Smilecomb was on his death bed ere Moses died, and now he was on a level with the negro. His new bride was in tears. "So soon!" she said. "But he was an old min." "Sir Jartin is dead!" He was a millionaire. Svmnathizar. came by ones, and twos and threes. They came in squads, in herds, a mnl titnde came, Bat there was no Moses to witness ike ioena. Ha was not there to make these characUrisUo remarks: "Cum hire, Bose. Doan ye sea da big people? Onrl down behind me. Dare. Whan oar fun'rsi cams dareU be no tears, no mourners, no f re m. l's black, an you's yallar. He's white ana aesarves a bsdder moral dan me. Only the Dord can draw de line atween us. Cum. Bose. we s no plars hire. The cold authorities had eoma as a business duty, and heartlessly, fear lessly, mechanically placed the black form in the pine coffin, for "dare was no Abe Linkum dan." A sculptor came and took tha death mask in tha death-room of Sir Jar tin. A marble statue of himself was to be ' placed above his grave. I Mose was buried without ceremony. ! Not a stone to mark the sdoL The white man a funeral was sombre, sad, profound, full of tears. A band came and played a dirge. A mala choir sang a monody. The oasket was a marvel of magnificence. It glittered with silver and gold. Silk plush held his head. Aristocratic relatives and friends dropped the sympathetic tear. The funeral cortege seemed like a holi day pageant, s gala-day demonstration, only thera was mourning, mourn ing. The band played solemn and low to muffled drums. Tha measured tread. Tha tramp, tramp, tramp. It had a mournful cadence. Tha car riages rolled solemnly. Tha tasseled horses moved majestically. Thi funeral hearse seemed tha grand sombre personification of woa. Em blems of mourning shrouded tha great windows. Flags were hung at half mast, and the bells whioh had rung so merrily for tha great wedding were heavy with unutterable woe. It wai over at last The white body was slow ly, solemnly tenderly lowered down through tha veiling or- ' press boughs, down, down into its last resting plaoe. A few last band played a requiem above hit tongues, and sympathy in their hearts. But the black man knew ningut ol all this, for he too, was sleeping the same earth sleep that knows no waking, the poor unmonrned old negro, ovei in Foverty Flat graveyard, and he oould not turn to the dog and say: "Cum, Bose, a rioh white man's dead. But def is de same to alL De choir will sing. Da ban' will Tilav. bnt all da sumA nra ' mast die: and. Bose de dif'ra ce ain'l in de display. Dar's somedin' mourn dis. Money hain't de judge, dar's a soul, a sonl, Bose. Oole an' di'muna doan't change de color ob dat. No. ' sar. De Judge will strip us stark naked, and de skin won t decide it! there was "del in the old hut. There was "death" in the grand home. A blaok man was buried over yonder, where nobody goes. A wmte man was interred where many people resorted. Marble slabs, ' Marble monuments. Marble statuarr. j It lian, Carrara, German. I Lavish wealth. Magnificence. All that money oould buy. And, where the difference? In color ? Position ? A , blaok man in a graveyard. A white forgotten as if he had never been born. The glare and the glitter of wealth had passed away. Sir Jartin was only a memorv. Within the twelve months his widow had re-married, she that was overwhelmed with grief. The negro was sooner forgotten by all save onel The flowers wilted on the grave of Sir Jartin, for they were only watered by Heaven. But "de yallar dog" had not forgotten. Oo there the day of the burial of Mose. Bose was there. Return when the stars are rjeeoinir. Ha was still thera. I Oo on the morrow when the hot sun is shining. The animal was yet there a week, and he was yet there. Neither hunger nor thirst had driven him from n's "ole masaa, Bnt he died at last, Money, and tears, and Dowers be had none. But more than all these he died for his old dead friend, Moses Hor- rortonl Clakkmont, N. H. j A SUNFLOWER'S USEFULNESS. M tb riant Is Profitably C.d by tha Kusslans. In return for the corn which Uncle Sain proposes to teach the Russian how to eat, it is seriously suggested that we shall adopt a few hints from them respecting the usefulness of the sunflower. There are regions in the West which might be most profitably utilized for the cultivation of this piant, which has been found so valu able for food purposes In ths Empire of the Czar that 750,000 acres in that country are annually planted with it. Two kinds there are chiefly one which bears small seeds used tor mak ing oil, while the other produces big seeds, which are consumed in unnr. . . . . . '"ous lua,lullea y tne common peo- P'e in the same way that oeanuts are n-w , V ,ere '9 hardly another plant In the world which serves so many uses, everv Prt ' it being valuable for one Purpose or another. The oil is so nutritious and agreeable la flavor " "i1' o'K oue vtneu ripe win riolrl ? nnn ...j. ti,. i Z -j riT"1 i.it uU ""e"reu -C"p3 ae 'ecteain the "ulu'ua ananung Oy their stalks in a ,Fy pucc" ln the following spring the swds are shaken out of them and dried in ovens for planting. At har- VC3t time the flowers are gathered as 1351 as they are ripe and and spread upon the ground to dry. Then tha SL't'ds are beaten out of them with a small stick by whipping each cup. Finally the seeds are dried in the sun or in kilns and are sorted by means of screens into different sizes, An acre nlanrrl it, yields 2 000 ... r " """"""tu DOUQd9 of seeds, from w hich 250 pounds of oil may be ob tained. Ten million quarts of this oil is produced by Russian mills. Who knows that the time may not yet come when small boys ln this country will gobble sunflower seeds at the cir cus just as they now consume the festive and odoriferous goober HE WAS A KOYICE. Benefactor-Are you too Tramp (indignantly) sui Benefactor I mean, does you tired to work? weak to It make iramp-l don't know. It to find out. I never tried It is estimated that there are" 1.30a. 000 Irish m Australia. J CfJLTlVATION OF THE VOICE. BT PR. WALDTEBN TZ(V. Voice eultivation is very excellent (tudy, whether one intends to adopt the operatic profession or otherwise. The human voice ought never to be neg lected; careful training tends to keep . . I 1 I V. 1 1. . . .. 1 I biia iuuki iu m utrmiuj bihio suu strengthens them. It also broadens the chest ai.4 greatly increases ils strength; it also considerably adds to tha flexibility of tha muscles of the throat and by so doing improves the tones of the voice. A proper and ju dicious treatment in the cultivation of the voice is full of incalculable physic al advantages and benefits. Although the throat has a great deal to do with (peaking and singing, it is not of first importance. It is tha tube through which travels the sound, mod ulated (so to speak) by the lips, etc. The voice is actually com pose i of two distinct organs; one produces the sound and the other.articulation. The former organ creates, or I should say prodnoes sound, the latter strengthen and moulds sound into speech. In modern vocalization these organs eu sot an equal part. The larynx, the organ of sound, prodnoes the verbal, the sustained, the sieging and musical sounds of the voice. The organ of ar ticulation, the consonantal and other sounds of the voice. The consonant is tha distinctive element of human spaeeh. A vowel sound is the result ol an uninterrupted flow of the vibrating air current; a consonant sound, on the other hand, is the result of a complete obstruction and explosion, of a partial oDstrnotlon and explosion, or of a partial obstruction only. The place and manner of the obstruction and explosion, or the obstruction orjy, determine the character of the sound. Now for the three poinU of obstruction: first, the contact of the base or back of the tongue and oi tne soil palate; secondly, the contact of the tip of the tongue and the hard palate; thirdly, the contact of the lips, (lisfore stated) or the lower lip aud also tha npper teeth. Should these three points of action or obstruction in consonantal production be adequately trained and mastered, it will give to the singing voice a delicate, easy aud distinct pronunciation without in the least interfering with the legato flow and nae of the voioe. The principle of instruction, training and study is to natural and easy, that one is rilled with amazement and wonder that there are so very few vocalists with good pronunciation when sing ing every consonantal sound in the use of words should be given its full value and in a cle tr and unambiguous man ner, especially wlien the word begins, or ends, with them in instances like these, the termination of one word, should not be confounded with the commencement of the next one. Sweden enumerates over 100,000 head of reindeer aunn ' her domestica ted animals. It Is Not V bat We Say dut what Hood's Sarsaparilla does, that makes It sell, and has given It such a hi in a d lasllnc bold upon the coulldence of the people. 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Try iu Tne largest piece of asphaltum evei mined ln California was gotten out near J jaaia rjarojra, it weigning wo aud one-half tons FITS i All Fits stopped Ires by Dr. Kilns meat Nerve hesturer. Ho Fits after first day' use. Marveloue cures. T reatise and 2.0U tria bottle free to Kit cases. Csecd to lr. iUiue t tfcl Area St., fhlladelDhia, fa. Patient endurance things. attalnetb to all Rapture enre guarantCeed by Dr. J. B. Mayer, 831 Arch St., Phil'a, fa. Ease at once, no operation or de lay from business, attested by thou lands of cures after others fail, advice Iree, send for circular. He who despises m.iukiu l will never ?et the best out of either others or him self. If afflicted witli tore eves " Pr.TsaacThomp-jon'sKje-water.DrutrtfistsscIl at 25c. per bottle. A Gsh dealer in Bath, Me., found sight tweuty-p nny nails in the stomach ot a yellow perch. A quarter of Scotland Is owned by twe.ve persons. August Flower" ' For two years I suffered terribly with stomach trouble, and was for all that time under treatment bv a physician. He finally, after try ing ! everyining, said my stomach was worn out, and that I would have to cease eating; solid food. On the rec ommendation of a friend I procured a bottle of August Flower. It seem ed to do me good at once. I gained strength and flesh rapidly. I feel now like a new man, and consider that August Flower has cured me." 1 Blood Poisoning Mrs. Mary E.U'Fallon.a very intelligent lady j "f Piqus. Oh o, was po;soned while assisuub physicians at an autr psv 5 years ago, and soon trrrlltla ulcer broke out on her head, arms, toneue and throat. Her hair all came out. Her husband ent hundreds or dollars without any beiiellt. Who weighed but 79 pound-", and saw no proiM-et ol hlp. At ii.it iu lkaan to tike Mr. M. E. U'Calloiu Hood's Sarsapai llla and' at onco improved ; could soon Kit out of bed an 1 walk. 81ie says, I became perfectly cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla and in now a well woman I we ali VJ8 pounds, eat well and do the work for a lame family. My case speiusa wonderful recovery." llitl'3 I' ILLS should be ill every family liifiiicliie ehest. ince lined, always preferred. JOHNSON'S Anodyne Liniment. IKE m OfOGIKATED IN ISIU. 1 HIITI 07 IT. ALMOST A CZKTU&l Ever travflt-r. KrerT frimjlr r-hmtM krfn tt sit hsuiU, for tlit t'oiiiiiinn tl!i of liro J.mI-Ih u occur to any It U floothii rf. Ht'Miitur IViii'tratinir. On- iis-m! vuvtittittr NuKlt-.t-rvwh.-r-s. 1'ri.'. :e . en. n. m iATARRH 1URE 1 llotlie Convince tjnsjA Knsily applied, n.ithinc nilensive, quick re su u. 111. in .11.11. r.-li f pu-iiivei'ure, M, "hawk linj," spii. uiz or ".tutly lei linit" after tlrst bot tle, s.il.i by driiKKists 01 mailed to any ad dies. $1. If you think you would like the KiiEK advice of a physici:in who lias made this and kindred disease- a ill.- Ioiij; .study an 1 w ho reallv does utiileistainl Ca an 11 anil its tie.ituu'iit, write to I . Junes, ji I) . 4s N. lit n st., 1'lilladelplna. ! ra . descilliliii; your s minimis and a prompt I reply will lie Kent you. 'testimonials and symp tom blauksrce. le-s. ltiiial.ie. anil Hio coiiMiiiier or Kla .a'kXL..i wai. tvci ur. ri...M;. tor 1.0 tiu HELLO ! i) it. 1 wants KKKN Syracuse. N. T. isllfctto to Sell NL'K- AGENTS W t NT L 11 on LA K' IK IX'M MISM.in t.i hell a Uni.iiHilt trv-iul ; l-ll. .aiiaiti tartaric uu.ii . t-rriluij llulrh. N. n H.-.lf. .r.t. llasa. ITI ITIIIW r"""'l'iim till -.Ifiii World's hair. i'l I I .1 I l'T.1 I.',. .-. 1 ,-,il.i .. '., !. A I'M E KMILI'IMKM liLKEAC. I'.. l, IllCaiO. 1 II . RENSIONU1:.. MOItlCIH, 1. I . f Successfully Prosecutes Claims. I.H!c l'l In. iiml 1' x.iimri'T I' H. fviiiiioii Itun-au. Ji.-lu liiil niir, 1.'. .Iju.l.t .tliiit; . Iaiu.., ull.i Biii.r. The l.'ion as a Swimmer. Ithasl.oen ai.l that one of the tionr strokes of nature was when she made Hie loon"' a bird which' tepieents the wilderness and solitar inc.sof the wildest and most solitary spots. It (lives with such marvelous quickness that the .-hot of a gunner pets there just in time ' to cut across a circle of (leseeml iig tail feathers and a couple of little jets of water riling upwaid by the web feet of the toon." Speaking of this bird, Burroughs -a.ys that in the water us wings are more than wings, It plunges into the denser air ami flies with incredi ble speed. 1 1- bi-ad and beak form a sharp point to its tapering ueck. Its wings are tar iu front and its legs equally far in the rear, and its course through the crystal depths Is like the speed of an arrow. In the northern lakes it lias li'en taken loity feet under water tiion hooka baited for the latge lake trout. 1 had never seen one till last fall, w lieu one appeared on the river iu front of my house. I knew instantly it was the loon, l'resently a boat shot out from shoie, and went ripp ling up the surface toward the loon. The creature at once seemed to divine the intentions of the boatman, and sided off obliquely, keeping a sharp lookout as if to make sure it was pur sued. A steamer came down and passed between them, and when the way was again clear the loon watill swimming on the surface. I're'i'ily it disappeared under the water, and the boatman pulled sharp and hard. In a few minutes the bird reappeared some rods further on, as if to make an observation. Seeing it was being pursued and no mistake, it dived quickly, and. when it came up again, had gone many times as far as the boat in the same length of time. Then it dived again and distanced its pursuer so easily that he gave over the chase and rested upon bis oars. But the bird made a final plunge, and when it again emerged u on e surface it was over a mile away. To Ck-diise fie System Eti'ectualiy yet gently, when costive or bilious or when tho blood is impure or oniKgi-u, io permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the kiduevs and liver to a healthy activity, without irritaiing or weakening them, to dispel headacLes, colds or fevers, use Syrup of Figs. ' "Bonai'z.i" is a Spanish word, mean ing f r oj- prosperous weather. Mr. Henry I. Jones.Pli llipsbur.N. J .writes: Enclosed lind 25 cents in posiajre stamps, for which pka-e solid tne a box of St. Ilt-ruard Vrirelabte Pills. F r a long time 1 endeavored to find a rt'im-dy for uihliiria. However, I tound notlnnir. 1 wiis in.iuced to try a box oi St fl rnarJ Vtp. tabic I'HK which heni-tite. me more than ail the medicine I had even taken. 1 have used all I had and would, th-re fore rr incst you to SiCdlne thj box ai soon as possible. WILLING TO CHIP IX. Old Bagley Yoa couldn't support my daughter, sir. I can hardly do it myself. Young Brace ross.bly not; but every lute helps. Gentleman -But I'm afraid wouldn't make a good watch-dog. he Man (with pup) Why, Lor' ble3s your 'at t, it was only Us' week th.it this "ere wery animal held a burglar down by the throat and beat his brains out with his taill Jones I saw a conjurer last night who wruld give you two diffeient kinds of drink out or the fame bottle. Brown That's nothing, my boy. We have a grocer iu our street who can fell you three kinds of tea out of the same box. Mrs. Chugwater Joslah, lam afraid Johnny has been exposed to the measles; he's been jliying with those Smedler children. Mr. Chugwater If the children are anything like old Smedelor, Stmantha they won't give Johnny the measles or anything else without a mortgage and six per cent. Teacher What is onicknps? Scholar Quickness Is when a person M1 D0 NOT BE DECEIVE i5i2tws25f?1 I Willi r.il h. Jv.inh-k ami Faint w hie fa slatt ' I'i'lif Kil'iio; Sun P.-iiu s' ItriUiHnt.Cui... 1ev, ltin.tliif . aini ifio "'HiMiiner fl- tut Lu tm I THE ART OF LETTES WTJITING Nowaday, when everything U " where among .11 the arts is r-TSrart of needle wort the art of cooking, and a uu,lrf'' others; but amidst the legtou . pre-ntad ia wm hear next to nothing, eltner it 3l orTt Tome about cnltivaung the art of letter writing; and 7 doubtedly it should have f among the list, for the art o t,n ' good letter Is as rare as it is pleasant and acceptable. ,.,,, .. There ure to De iouuu - . r.,ani dav. who amrni that 1 11 LUU J ....... . nnnvemation is a lost art, and we 1 ... a.t ti.ora ia some reason iuubk .. of r.. ihi ktrinrnra. n.n,im rirawinff-room cortaiuly lacks i. .,nui. and "verve" that distin- guished the salons of Mme. gamier aud her brilliant contemporaries. I he same amonnt of wisdom may be there, possibly even more, for with our higher modern education it is not knowledge that is lacking. Bnt though our wits and nnderstand ingi may be sharpened, and our inter ests active and widened "it is true that we miss the power of graceful utterance that lent suoh charm to the conversation of the cultured leaders 01 society in a by -gone age. e have gained in one way. and lost in another. In our too hurried rush after brevity, we are in danger of losing "the sou of wit" we aim at, and are stumbling instead into rugged brusqueuess of ex pression that savors more of thepublio schoolboy than of the polished smoothness of a flnwhed education. If this be so of the art of conversa tion, and a candid critic must allow at least a germ of truth in the assertion, it is still more apparent in the modern letter writer. Ionbtloss thore art brilliant exceptions, but then they are exceptions, proving, by comparison, the rule that, out of ten average cor respondents, only one writes an amus ing, descriptive, and interesting let ter. Why is this so, and why are we in this age of progress and culture and tha arts that lends a charm to intercourse, and is ln its way us enviable au accomplishment as musio or painting? Letters should indeed be nothing less than word paintings, and should be able to bring so viviJly be fore us tLe p -rsouality aud life of the writers as to almost take the place of actual personal intercourse. There are few families in these days of travel and emigration who have not tome absent memliers scattered tar and wide. Think of the delight to son and brothers at the antipodes when receiv ing letters from home. How they dwell on every worJ, and treasure up evory sentence, and too often how they close the eagerly looked for letter with a sigh and the remark, "I wish they would write more fully, and enter more into details and descriptions. Thev leave out so much, and never say half one wants to know." Letters from parents aud sisters to their absent loved ones are so often bald aud insufficient. They themselves may lie full of affection and interest, but they 1-ick the power and ability to express themslves, and too readily fall bock on the excuse, "Oh, I can't write a good letter, you know, it isn't my jortc, it is natural to some people, but not to me." Only the other day I heard a letter from a young English man out in the Australian bush to his grandmother, a charming old lady of seventy, with the happy gift of a "magic quill." "Do dear grandmoth er,' he wrote, "let me hear from you aeain very soou, and sen 1 me one of your delightful budgets full of tho news 1 yearn for. lou don t I1 now how Ted and I read every syllab e again and again, and seem to see the scenes you depict. Mother writes regularly, but somehow, neither she nor the girls tell ns much, and there is more in one of vonr letters than in a dozen of theirs.1' That is just where it is; and some will till two or three sheets with nothing but platitudes about their health aud the weather and possibly the fashions, while others, the rarer few, will give on one sheet food for pleasant thoughts and cheery touch es that act as a cnarm to the receiver. We little realize what a power for good and helpfulness lies in a bright de scriptive letter, and if, as Solomon tells us, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine," there is also many a tonio to many a weary soul, worn in body and mind, in a cheery, realistic letter, that comes like a "touch of a vanished hand' and a breeze of refreshment and hope. It follows, then, that if letter writing be an art, it mnst, like all of its kind, be cultivated, and cannot be expected, except in rare instances, to grow spon taneously, ln the yonlh that we are so proud of, tht re is no lack of intelli gence, no lack of feelinc, no lack, in faot, of foundation; all that is wanted is cultivation, and this seems just the one thing that is overlooked. We get from onr cleverest publio schoolboys, even tnose whose school motto is "Manners make the man," and who are brimming over with learning, the baldest, crudest style of letter writing, 1 effusions badly expressed, and often badly spelt, that make us wonder what they do with their knowledge, since they show no power whatever of ex pressing any of it. If it conld i nra. sible to give more attention in educa tion to the sister arts of letter writing, reading aloud, and conversation, we should not have to lament that our daughters are increasingly given to slang, and are forgetting the modest charm of womanly expression, or that bo many 01 our brilliant, clever men are at a loss, if called on to make a speech, to read alond, or to write a series of interesting letters. The fol lowing clever lines on conversation ap riv equally to letter writing, and may appropriately close this short plea for the more general cultivation of "the pen of a ready writer:" Tho' letter writing- in its better part May be esteein'd a gift and not an art. Yet much depends as in the tiller's toil On culture and the sowing- of the toU. ' Why us and fo( and . . your clothes on wash lay ever i; ii"? lay v 'tll lC iaii liaa kd. ... j IHII to li inwi ta lifrhr.-n vi. ir i pur- .. -t wwr. jinn . r Li clothes, iVou? uy it. lour grocer has it. Klnl rartyWhat are yoa crrinsr tbat wav for, little boy? S Little Boy -'Cause it's tbe only way I know bow to cry. 3 A TBESISTENT SUITOB, MEBELT ilias s. -"twine oue told m " other d,y that yon bad reSlveJ T seven pr.iposa's this wiuter. ea ha, P' ('"PlaceutlyJ-'Tea, I Miss S. "Who is the tLaa?" When the old gentleman of ninety proposes to the old lady of elghlT-flva it is the "court" of flnal resort Sorricus A widow hard row to hce. usually has a xunnicus That is weeds, of course. on account of her "That remains to be seen as boy said when he split the iLk on table-cloth. the the There's nothin like poached egns riil?,nk8a,duwheu 10 rohbed B,3 neighbor's hen-house. HeMy borse jfot his foot in the rein somehow aud stumb'ed. neAsort of atari Jle trip wasn't : i.i. ta enlaced to BrI(K3 J.orni-"" " WKt'a just like bin, Too lazy todo any ot the courting. McWatty-I have ttjrf motto t,i the telegraph wires. McWa;-"There?Is plenty of room under ground." Fancied troubles sometime, t. a troubles. , trouble but they ravetbisTnTheirravor, that they are easier got over. xln when he has a headache. A HIST. .... ilTLnnllll lv.u. r ixv-.keting a bin) xu .. man: Mi never forget tbTrotter-"Oh! Ill attend tc that. SEEMS TBUE. Blumrr-"What'. Jstory I hear about yonr going to marry a pr CeSpat'ts-"Wel., W Daughter." KEVEK SW HER. Jake "Jon never saw the face of the girl I love above all others." Cora agitated -"D-dld n't I?" Jake f composed ---No; you only saw the reflection in the glass." 0B ON THE TBACHEB. Teacher "Tour answer to the prob lem about two men building a fence calls for six days too much." Bright Boy "Six of the days was Sundays, an' they don't count." IMPOSINO. Amiable Tourist (to guide) "That's a very imposing statue, guide." Guide "Indeed you are right sir; most people are imposed on by It. They think 'tis marble, but it's only painted timber." HAfFILY DESCRIBED. "What a stir lirlle and her young man are making down stairs," paid Mrs. Brown, as the sounds of laughter came floating up from below at a late hour. "A stir!" said Mr Brown. "That's very natural. They'ie having a spoon." SUAE ENOUGH. Oh, myl" exclaimed Miss with a little ssream of delight, an advertisement In the caper Passe, here's which says, "Wives wanted." "What's that to us?" said Miss Ture, "We're not wives." May There is a whirlpool In the Haute Fe River, three miles northwest of High Springs, Fla., into which 1000 fet of liue has been lowered. StJacobsQil AFTER 22 YEARS. Newton, III., May 23, iSSS. hrom 1S63 to 1885 about 22 years I suffered with rheumatism of the hip. j was cured by the use of St. Jacobs Oil. T. C. DODD. VOU Vt II. L SAVE MONEY Tune, Fain. Trouble aud will Cl KE CATARRH by using Ely's Cream Halm Apply Balm Into ench nostril LLV BKOS, in Warreu tit. CntBMpilTe and popI who have wuk lung or Asib ma, should om Ptto'aCnr for CoDiomptlon. It taaa cared Ikoniudi, It has not inlnr eUon. It Is not bad to ( It is tba best cough sirup. tj4MiiHHaHae: toia CTerrwuero. SSc. caused ed b n'cohol or tobacco, Wakefulnpi. al Depression. Sortenlnz of Brain cairn " 11? 1 decay. death. Frem r.U5 Menta lnsan Age, Birret.ne;s.l.Vf?.r"l5.?",.r Ola impouncy. Leuer.rri.,V."." , 1.:' 'l.ner..ex. ness. i .. - r ciii.iie HPit. caused !y over exertl, ""u,"rT V-es. SDermatrrh-, Itn ha.... L- , . " VI (II II. rll.9lll Sole Acts.: TlObMa k, V..? c' "RE Co. " "-, I t r, FOR FIFTV VTTAT30. -ill0 I J MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRup! 11 Dam ,...,.I.-""."V"en We muni .7i. " ' SI I went-a ture with ease under f1' circumstances p lortand cure. New p in'u'sttDl -UO .al. ) measurement sent se" surely sealed? v i ii i fi r i. HOUSE Mra. CO.. 7M Brnafi way .Xew York Cltv' Llle Insurance 'mly'': aont you wish ta knnvJ ti. .wronB- If PENN MUTUAL LSFE 8a-2 CHESTXTJT STRFET riilladelphla. Pa! ah . Pay Mls Tiny Pills e e t he d iVeat vV or r' 9trehn ft o o o o o o : bPtiii. ttl fCATARB lgt-D.NH TttFtXftjpJ II J V " bx n ki lervtr A """"h-s treatment ilT& piarantee to relunoTf not cured "g t"D l-sued oniv l,o ... VL- Guarantees -MjuLiio rnfli iLLto 11 tel (VfVr.ryr " k5WiyiAMDjDLES V i n vgjnioil ttn goim ti... Si: ywO0VHiriT ii4 , din he coui.tnj on to cure Catarrh Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It's nothing now. por 25 years it has Icon doing that very thing. It gives tirom and C0l pleto relief but you want raora than that. And you ' get itj wit this Remedy tin-re's a cure that IS peneeti aim permanent. worst curonic eases, no mu'ter . i i: -i. JiOW lon biauuiiig, viiia to mild, soothing, cleansing tiCaj ing properties. "Cold in tl- Ilea," neeas our a lew appueai i.,r.. 'a. " "il the :u; from C-t.-.rrk tarrhal JleiKiaeiie troubles that eon are at once re!ii-v 1 and cur, --J. ' meli.h.g el You can count ni too j00 in e.v !i. You can count on it, 1 more than doubtful wl,, -J, earn it. The proprietors of ,-. Remedy, in good f.iil,. ,,:T amount for an in -m -..l,!,. it's yoa that of yoa Catarrh. Don't thi: have one, though. 1h:,t J hey 11 Tav Voll, 1! 1- y can't cure you. That's r. Iiut they can eui. just about as certain. Can you a.-k nn.iv MPURE BLOOD. Ke.irly all di.-c;i tlicir origin in tin- 1 1. .-i.;o, 'wtili i. Io it. Q - ilil : .- ti ' he ittfuLi ..ilea couilition of ill'- 1. iii-.o i. very proieily d. i.oin u .t .1 fla in m;i ; l -n m i,f lu;u- -t.n,,i,; llngeiini; ami si.i,j.uI i .i dienei. S i- ti .'ii i I .ll.t liloK'he.s, aie all : I blood. If the bl.i .'l ii .w- : j. a pure, fi elt aiitl , ,i.-if,.! evt-ry pal t of lli--i.,iiv aii.i and fiesll vila!lt inl an . away Irom iii.-m 1 ti.- Kllll ale tli:U..I!S .,( i, ;.i well-bi-iiiir uf tlit-u cinl ir -:i to LTil iril tlie t.-n.l. r I. . t aeainst iu.-c.-'iit.oil Ty t-. i:.. r.i A all kimlx of diseases :i,i i-'i. I II 5 li .!. ex is a well known t.iet ti. i: as old Vihi.se bl.i,.l . it,:., po;e theniif Iv.-s w ;'Ii ii.i, of ClitaL:ii.i. l till.- p. -i -..1 will s 1 1 c 1 1 1 1 1 1 toll .til:-: skin di--a-.- m p u ti.-a .11 of impure bio. -.1 . N.i m . ; ' reine.l ii-s may 1..- :r . return a ln'n as i i . . i. tliouuli ilii y ui.v 'I . a Hi el ou!..l;s il .s : - Iilanils, Imi:;s and .!-. . tt-U w ith s.ilVi s .Hi i in tu IiUmmI lelnaius ill lis ut,)i Misapj.ear lnrAi-v-i- l-y ; til.Mi.i il..v- li i sh an i ' li; . reiiirily t hat m.i r - i i . . -the bio d wiiirli --i. ,i" Ai ?liii.lien. in. it t,- i.-j ,i , . ill f..r th- hum in i ... ?:li-re.l u- in t e l.i;. 1 h-y are prei-ati-.i i-.l i.-, n e .ii- u li i l.s .1 M l;..) Jii n in. I in ev ry t.i.,1-.- 1 f-.. i r. III:. I l.illll.y III ila-ila- l.iWrll al Hie li;:!:t t:i u;icrini: aiid laie l bills. 'J'liey cm Li- I. i Irii-K.-t. If y. it r .1' r. v i"-C. Io St Iu.kn i:i.. r. and Vou will lete.v-' i..i: 1- c t.:j. 'STOPPED m Jf XT . ., -'. . Ir. K I INF'S OHEAt NERV E RES"! On ER Nike ; - r - - r&t iri 1 1 r in dn'j i l-TI r it ptttltrin hty pT;nir cx rr r . i-a aJro-.a j. Zi L !', Ljt cr ..it. x lMi n -i I i r j. f''U. . : !. : V:i.i. t T: J blo,l, ori fmli.ro i,v ttu- ;,irn. ri to pnrf.trin thfir proju-r f ;t, --i- ri v.-hTn-.l 1yk . r.v null l dreH lilEr.ll'ANx'f;! i . 1 it AffcntM M antttl; f l.llt s4 . 1 t;i I i nc il HAD 1 11 . v: yuicncr s Fly Killer is c.-rt .in 1 l-lt-si tO It :.M.i kill'-i AI on T . I . trot away. r- ii freo'v. 1 sir- v i -. :r , Ot rcprCHlll'tioil. Akw.v.sL' f.,r i i.vf- 10 Tt FT- get tr. ru:m. FRED-K DTJTCHEK DRUG CO., A: V -'a' U'V9e-:LiJ.-Jw.Uv1v WKlTIi IUK (ii.uijil Adilrei-s. Croat way and Itart-lay, hV liiKK. """"'J urt-,1 with v. K. ii, ,.. i;. iii.-.ii s Have cured tii,..,. i . . . . ,. Pronounced hop..,',:; ulj ,i ' dvVt.m''t',,"' "l'i'1 v iii-ai. ,.'.:: - 1' for free" lI"rl.'H i a" ' re , ,.v ! Sl cures ib,""k.,,f "" -ais "f inT. ..:. ordetri il y" .T"'""-" r-ebv !..:. K ' Atlanta. FRAZI 1 AXLE tEii GRESSE It. " TE WOBI.D. FOR IaLE ttf.T TM..i;..;'..l lE. consuivitVu tjUKi. GUARANTFFn lr.ti llr..vn.T. 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