SILVER SEAS mr MARY BRADFORD WHIT1HO. Ctt, moon, afloat in the wind-tossed skies? A fairy bark from nn unknown shore; HfdiiiK ihv liKht while the storm-rack flies While the darkueas doc pons and tempests roar. The white mit quiver, they break Nil shiver, ihe winus ro sotuy over the trees; And I see tliec hurrying forward (7r. Suiting down through the silver seas! Oh. ship, afloat on the wandering wave! The heavens are blaek and the nik'ht is dark; The stars are sleei-inis no liirhl to save The wearv, stnrin-iirivcn. latMiring bark! Yet the winds are sliit'tinif, the shallow lifting, The dawn conn s tt luiini; down on the breeze. Onward, now. with the culm waves drifting. Hulling dotn through the silver svast Oh. soul, afloat on life's stormy tide! The imls are hivli and the niitlit is Ion". here is Ihv helper.- Who shall Rllide? 1 he leinpest's lv:il. and mv loes ure 3us. Heart. cc;l-o thine ai-hing! The clouds are break- See, tlinmsli the durkne. the dawn or peace! tin to the shore where the day is breaking, Sailing duwu through the silver seas! THE WIND AND THE NIGHT. D. F. TAYLOR. Some of the fruit-trees hereabouts li.ive strange ways of their own; in deed, I Piisiiort a little npplc-trce of be in'' tiartlv liuinan. About tall enough i.i sj.oak Everett's "You'd scarce expect one of my age." lhere ;t s?t k1, hi full leaf, every one ,clv varnished, hoMin" on with all its i :-lit t' a Iiue ajiiile, tieiulent from :1k- very extremity of a, limb, its first le t'lf. riu'' to Autumn and its owner. There it stood, as if straining every wooilv muscle to Imld the wonder tit to sijjlit, aiul by the air of its little top, seemins its plain as words can say "Look at me and mine, won't you?" Vain, Hr!e thine! Close bv, stands another tree of about the same size, and skirting, like its comrade, one bisr. red apple. Hut it si cms to have learned wisdom from its ambitious little neighbor, and instead of holdimr out its burden at arm's lrnu'th. it has taken it at an advan t:r'i'. bavins thrown it carelessly over .1 limb midway, with two or three glossy leaves disjaised over it carefully, for all t'ie world ;:s our grandmothers God i thi-m used to carry their knit tms-work. with the neatly folded blue c. -ttoti handkerchief, anil the white -i.-irs i:i it (what has become of the blue o tt.ni. and the stars, and the a!id:n. .i'::e:.' I.aek-:i-day! all alike, rn out. and faded, and gone) laid Co i'::';iy ',. r it. There stocl the little tree, as non c'n.i!:'.!!t as .i d' ad sh"t, as much as to s.iy l;iit'. ii' -tiling t'i what I'll do by and by!" I'il watrer something on tirtit tree. Ahl that by and by! There's the s, ,njr i ,f youth and l.o:x, and the I at of a heart, locked up iu it. And who wi'ul-1 hush the snig and mutlle the thri'b beneath the mantle of world ly wisdom, but a dog and a cynic, and tl cy are brothers, --"nig on! beat on say I! It is the music of the march of 'i!e. There's a (Juince tree. With its tu isted. crooked trunks, springing out of tin' ground altogether, anil turning and crmvdi.ig in every direction, before they make a in d shoot upward in the air. it looks as if it had been in such a lies., . rate hurry to get up in the world, that it hadn't taken time to make r-adv. and hardly knew which way to go. when it ; ? up. There are quite aci m. my quince bushes of the genus homo :i of the 'C'l'lmin Yuljurii," ns the schoolmen call it. Well, tarts are 1 leasaiit sometimes, if not too tart. 1 low the woo ls welcome a breeze, and how varied the modes in which that welcome is given. Have you ever thought of it. and did you ever tee a wind'.' There's one comingnow a mere breath creeping over the marsh, us if it would take the trees by surprise. Catch its poi tra:t now. while you can. S-t it run over the tall gra.s, Something like a shallow, with a sunbeam follow ing hard after it. That Elm, with its pensile branches, like lace edging on the border of tie meadow! The wind has swung itself up into it, and sways to and fro, as merrily as a canary in a ring, l'own it glides, and away for t.iat silver Poplar. 1 low it shivers and i'liv'-rs. IJ the- thing timid or glad? (!a l, I'll warrant, all of a tremble with very joy. The breath takes courage, and strengthens to a breeze. There's a "brave old ak.'' crooked and gray, like tic- tarni-'uod old endulum it is, swinging in the clear, sunny air, as it has sw ing thvs- years and years. That billowy maple feels it now. How it s.viivs and rocks, and rolls with it green billows, that harmonize so perfectly with the bine sky. What song bns gone up from those leafy deeps, morning and ev ning, evening and morning, many a long-gone summer! And there, in the distance, a tall tree I don't know its name tosses its lofty boughs, as if it would fain go with tin- breeze and float away in a cloud. And the-e little bushes what a flutter there is among the small fry! How they curl down to the ground and lie tint in the long grasses. Then, up they come, and look taller than ever. The breeze is in all the woods, and nil the woods are ''a wave offering." Nodding, and waving, and trembling rocking, and rolling, and swinging hiveritig. and rustling, and tossing the welcome of the woods to the gentle wind. Iieep, dark, glossy velvety and silken greens are blended in the blast. What a whispering, and elbowing, and crowding there is, while the wind sweeps up, with "the capful" of sprat-it damp ens its wings with, a note of the tune the brook in the ravine tolls over to it-elf. and drops it, plump, in the mi. 1st of the woods as it.i share of the welcome. Put the prettiest sights of all were to si e a Willow playing bo-peep with its shadow, reflected in the stream, as the wind, coining nd going, bent it over tht! water; and a little blue-eyed flower, that grew in a chink of the rock, where it could look out all day, if it would, but when it heard the wind in the grass, back it drew, till the viewless went by, and then jieeped cautiously out again, as if it feared the bold thing would return, and so it played "hide-and-seek" with the breezes. I Of all the trees I saw, only one was not the better and the livelier for the wind. It was a knotty, withered Hem lock, that stood alone, like a gloomy thought in the midst of beauty. As for the old Hemlock it never moved; there was not a leaf to rustle, not a bough to catch a breath, isolemnly it stood the full noon could not gild it the moon could not silver it the rain could not make it green again. An eagle, a bald eagle, sat upon its scraggy and blackened tot) lam not "romanc ing" there it sat, motionless. Some thing glistened at the foot of the tree, in the sand that had drifted up around it. I approached, it was a fish's bones, remnants of a kingly meal aloft. The Pinl of Freedom inclined his body for ward, his wings spread out like a sail; a vigorous motion or two, and away he swept, through the realms of the air; a shadow floated on the sand below a liM'con the sky a!ove the bird was A cloud muttered ia the dis tance nerhana there: the pun shone overhead perhaps there. At all event he had cone. And are there not those, who thus S1 bereft of summer hopes and glories, (linger like that tree,' in the midst of their fellows, with them, but not of them? Of a spirit that eagle, dwelling apart, that might have been kind, but was made fierce, that would have sought companionship, but flung back into a' dreary solitude, is now blent with the blaze of the sun, and now baptized in the gloom of the cloud? But that tree was green once. Song and summer were among its branches, and tha' proud bird was a callow eaglet. A night in the woods, and a mid summer night! Starry as the Alhambra, leafy as the Vallambrosa, still as an emuhatic pause. Trees are flunsr back ward on to the sky, with every branch and twig motionless, shadowy, but uis tinct every tree, a great leaf of itself, as if Heaven would give us there a pic ture of the forest as it sees it nothing but a leaf or two, breathless in the night. Here I am, in a little room, looking out upon the scene. The moon, yet but half filled, rides like a si 1 vet barque, low iu the west, and a fringe oi silver mist marks the course of a little stream, stealing through a ravine quarter of a mile distant. The ttcanh not a pretty word but an expressive one of the Lake, comes faintly to tho ear, as the waves curl up the moonlight and tho foam together, and lay them alonj. the silvery beach. The uneasy, fltfti tinkling of a bell, musical nowhere bill in such a scene, seems to ring up "tht Voices of the night." Ihe souna or a hundred little lues it heard in every direction we havefairlv caught them at it carving out th scallop of the leaves, and rounding up the buds. "I shaw! says somebody "it is nothing but a remnant of tin lixuist tribe." "Katy did!" Katy did!" resounds in every direction, and "Katy didn't!': Katv didn t in a querulous, Caudle like tone, the affectionate response. "Katy!" "did!" "didn't!" "did!,: "Katy!" so it goes the woods an filled with these domestic Jangles. Whc is Katv, and what did she do, and what if she aid, and is she pretty? were ques tions that found no answer, but the still asserting, still denying "Katydid," iiud she didn't, of these queer insce' gossips. Poor Katy! "To-whit! to-who!" Minerva save us if there isn't her bird, calling from his hollow tree, and "tn.who! to-who! i? the query still, farther and farther, til lost in the deep woods. " hip-noor-will. savs somelxHh from a tree close by the window, in sweetly plaintive voice, and "whip-voor- will!" "whip-poor-will!" is the cry all through the forest. What for? What has Will done? But "whip-poor-will!" was the sole answer I received. And I fell to speculating: "Katv did," that's certain, and from the to-who," I infer, by the way, what would wit infer? well, I infer that Katy went to Gretna Green so far, s: good "Whip-poor-will!" Thank you my unseen advocate of corporeal pun ishment that helps us out bravely went to Gretna Green with poor Will. There it is now, a plausible story, and if there were only some good turd o! mdal to put it together, a rare bit o' g'sip it would make, to be sure. Alas! for him, mavbe he ia sufficient ly punished without the there they gc n gain, in full chorus, like a gathering f crones at a quilting. A single bark from the kennel! : lozing hound is bunting in a dream We are all hunting in a dream happi ness the game, the "little life" the beam, and how weary, oftimes, is the waking. "I'm-m-m!" "ang, ang!" A thou sand little horn nearer and nearer ere they are with anang-k, and an uzh, s they come, like the huzzars, plum noon us. Now for the art of Kosciusl iesticu'.ation, pantomime, beating the ireast of the innocent air! What u-ert mosijuitic made for! J)oes any lmih know? Down goes the window, out oos the light, and in go I through ti c Ivory Gate" the poets tell of the Gatf f pleasant dreams. LuaIiij uu:l Forgetting. A successful business man salt thery were two th'n8's he learned when 1 c was eighteen, which were ever afterwards of grcut use to oim. namely "Never to lose, anything. uid never to forget aDythlnir." An old lawyer sent blin with an lni- ortaiit paper, with certain instruc tions; what to do with It. "Put," in iiiircd the youaz man, 'Suypoie .' ose it, what sdiall I do then?'' "You must not hwc It." "I don't mean to," said the youtit mini, ' but suppose I should happcr to!-" "But I say you must not happen to I shall make no provisions f r suet: in occurrence; you nimt not lose It!" This put a new train of thought In the young man's mlud, and he found that If he was determined to do any. thing he could do it. He made such ;i provision against every contiugen"v that he never lost anything. Ik found this equally true about forget ting. If a certain matter of Important was to be remembered he pinned 1 down In his mind, fastened it there, 4nd made It stay. He used to pay: "When a man tells roe he forgets to do something, I tell blrn he might a i well say, 'I do not think enough o' my business to take tho trouble ty tnink of it again.'". 1 once had a young man In my err: ploy, said another gentleman, whc deemed it sti:liclent excuse foi ueglcctitu any important duty to say. "I forgot," I told him that wouic not answer. If he was suillcientli interested ho would be careful to re. member. It was because he did not care enough that he forgot. I drilled him with this truth. lie worked foi me three years, and during the last three years he was utterly changed ir that respect The best thing to do when we cai not see In any other direction if t look straight up. No sian can walk very-far with Go who does not keep step with every thing that is good. Every once in awhile you And i man who thinks that noise in clasi meeting Is religion. No max can ever break any of thi other commandments while he i' keeping the first one. The man who put.3 his heart lntv everything he does is watched by th angels when he works. Water always crystalizes in th hexagonal or six-sided system, and con sequently all snow crystals must hi formed by the combination of hex agonal, or, in occasional cases, triang ular (hemihedral) forms. The variety of snow crystals is innumerable, but they will always be found to have six sides and angles, or multiples of that number. Ir is a pity that the apple crop was not as poor the year Ere made her mistake as it is this year. - PERSISTENCE OP PESTS ffhey ThriTeandlnciWBMTVhll Declrmbk Creature Grow Fewer. From the sowing and planting 01 bis seed, almost, Indeed from the turning of the furrow, the farmei rnters upon a contest with the weeds, for a place in which his crops maj jrrow, and if he or the crops are not vanquished, as the weeds never are, the warfare continues till harves time. While he, with infinite labor, pre pares the ground and bows his seed! with all care, praying that drouth may not wither nor floods drown it, and that frosts may not cut down the tender plants, tho winds of Heaves and tho fowls of the air scatter broad cast the seeds of the noxious weeds, or they lie dormant in the ground awaiting opportunity, and then they germinate in sterllo places, fence cor. ncrs and nooks of the wayside, and flourish alike in scorching sunshlm nd in sodden soil. They defy the latest and the earlt ist frosts, grow with their roots is tho air; and cut down, spring up, row on, blossoming and ripening their seed In creeping 6tealth and .ven unscathed by blight; and so ilourlsh in spite of all unkindllness oi man or stress of nature, that tha husbandman wishes they might bj : onio freak of demand beeoino the useful plants, his present crop the undeslred ones. Somewhat of the position tha weeds stand opposed to the plant! which the husbandman depends upot for his livelihood, vermin hold toward the beasts and birds, upon which th sportsman depends for his recreation. hue they whose protection rueo mdoavorto maintain during the sea son of procreation, and at times whee scarcity of food prevails, decrease of ten to complete extinction, the ver min, whom the hand of man Is al ways against, continue to Increase ind multiply or at least hold theli iwn. To them as to tho weeds nature teems to deal a kinder hand, and pares, even nourishes, while she de troys their betters. The snow cm. t, that walls tht jiiad in a living tomb, makes a royal anquetihg hall tor tho pestiferoui .eld mice, where they feast and revel .i plenty, secure from a 1 their eue sies. feathered or furry. It impound le deer, but gives free range to th mlf and to his as pitiless two-leg'cc rotr.cr, the crust hunter. The wet seasons that drown tin allow woodcock and grouse work nc i ir.n to the ravenous brood of the iawk and owl, nor to the litter oi ix, mink or weasel. Wet or dry, tot or cold, the year fosters there j irotighoiit its varied round. Winged ticks kill the grcusc, but he owl endures their compauionshij vith sedate serenity and thrives wltt i swarm of the parasites iu the cover! f his feathers. The skunk has been In bad odo. .inee man's tlrt acquaintance witli aim, and has always been killed on ight as a pest that the world be the weeter for leing rid of. In lattel ears the warfare against him has re eived an impetus from the value ol lis fury, but though this has goac oa elentlessly for a quartcrof a century, r more, his tribe, still live to load ho air with a fragrance that tnclkcr jo ambitious trapper to further con ;UC-f. All the year round all the farmer. ind their boys wage war upon the rows, but eaeh returning autumn ees the columns of the black armj novlng southward with apparent! inthtnned ranks, while year by yoar, he harried platoons of ducks and ;cese return fewer and less frequent. Those detested foreigners, tho En :iisli sparrows, Increase and multiply n spite of bitter winters and right tius persecution, while our natives, he beloved song birds, diminish ir lumbers. Thus on every hand we find the uc esirable in animated nature, thi irds and beasts that we wouldgladlj c rid of, maintaining their numbers hilo those who increase wo desin ire losing ground and tending toward xtlnction. The prospect for the sporUman o he future is indeed gloomy, uulesi e shall make game of tho pests ant come a hunter of skunks and t looter of crows and sparrows Whc in say that a hundred years henet he leading sportmeu of the pcrioti vill.uot be wrangling over the jxurit! nd merits of their skiinn and wood buck dogs and bragging of their bag! f cruws and f parrows? Forest nne ;tream. Mia V.lis.. Even when a man overcomes til: cruples and resolves to do a little it he smuggling way. he is ant t 'under at the last moment. A tour tt had conceal' d several .boxes oi tine Cuban cigars in an old valise. s the crisis approached, however. is ii rve failed, as often happens or uch occasions, and when called, oi rrival at port, to claim his baggage be failed to Identity that contsininj the smuggled go, ids. His wife ai once divined his trouble, and sceint mt only the cigars, but far more vnl- nble chattols, passing into a limbc rom which they could never be re- laimed, came boldly forward. "Why, ohn," she exclaimed, "don't yoi now my maid's vallseV" and pro ceded forthwith to reclaim tho bag age, which was handed over to hei without question. A vpry successful cvlce was practiced ty a Ilebicw lerchaut and his wife. For a It tij i me they escaped detection, but at ast their method transpired. It ap peared that always, when ho arrived t port, the man was met bvhis wifei who forthwith installed herself In lis state-room. The lace was secreted n the state-room and left there b he merchant when ho tamo nshorj o be examined. After a rlirid inves tigation had proved his guilelessnesi and impeccability lie rejoined his wlfi who meanwhile had calmly proceedec to gather up his leavings, and, un- searched and unsuspected, conveyed them safely into his hands. Govern ment ofiicials have numerous unsus pected sources of information and many a woman is detected by infor mation quietly conveyed, for a con sideration, to hoadquarters by some one In the establishment where tin goods intended to be smuggled were purchased. A lady consults an ex perienced "packer" in a Parisian house with regard to tho best method of concealing a piece of dress goods so mat it will pass the custom ofii cials undetected. The advice is freely given, tho contrivance suggested is Ingenious, and perfectly well known at tho custom house, which receives, If the game is worth tho candle, an Intimation of how to recognize tho fi iZceauf purchaser and would-be; smuggler, and w hat to look for whee she is searched. Darwin asserted that some species of (railing vines can see. They always ake for the nearest object around which they can twine. A DOCTOR'S AOVIC8 It ore er Iwe About Gloves, u Well . Other BinU. The dove Is an essential part of woman's attire, as a matter of adorn ment and one of essential service. Warmth and cleanliness, a safeguard gainst variations In tho weather, Qd a protective influence in general, Is the function of the glove. Thi flesh of the hand is as delicate ane sensitive as that of any other portioc Dt the body; in fact, more so that that of either face or limbs. It must, therefore, be furnished with a protective covering at such times a. external conditions warrant, Cold bands, chapped bands, rheu raatlsra, and many other complaint) may often be prevented by a propef rlove, tbe variety of which depend? to a certain extent upon the choice o the wearer. , Undressed kid, silk, and lisle threat nay be classified as best. Tho fullj Iressed kid is practically 6ulted foi jnly evening wear. In cold weathet i heavier glove should be wornj Woolen and dog skin are to be pre- .'erred, but if these anrjear to vou at anslghtly you may clothe your handi with a glove of lighter texture and wear a muff. Tho muff Is, in lu province, of the same character ai he glove, but It is an article of con renlence which is rarely ornamental. A few rules in regard to gloves ma? e worthy of your observance. Wash, ind thoroughly dry your hands betoni placing your gloves on them; do not nave them very tight about the palms nd wrists; let them be of porous ma: terlal and in all respects comfortable In taking them off turn them insid silt for airlDg. There are persons who think thai gloves should be worn at night ic order to preserve the softness of thi lands. If you wish your hands to loot faded, wear gloves at night; but 1; you wish them to preserve thefj natural characteristics, use glove when you are not in reposo. While walking about in sun, wind ir rajn, gloves will do you a ven jood service; at night, however and here the hours of sleep are referred t they are ill-suited to any one. The custom of wearing gloves a night originated with the ancient j,v'KptIans. Cleopatra, it is said nuuiuereu mis among ner eccontricl ties; bnt the folly was more fully do veloped during tho rolgn of Louii XIV., of Franca To-day persons whc affect the manners of tho antique French may be selected as conspicu bus among those who wear gloves at night, and a cursory glance at theii hands will be sufficient to make ar 'ndellble stamp on tho mind. Naturally tho hand of woman I molded by what she does with it lu various lines, under ordinary c.ircumj stances, mark the contour of the dil ferent parts of the body. All should bo in harmony. l;ut if you put i pasty, greasy, and leathery covering over tho hand- you make them fad) In advance of their time. Frank II. Ingram, M. IX, in New York World A Difficulty Solred. Sir Frederick Goldsmid tells ai amusing anecdote about the construc tion, under his superintendence, of a telegraph line from Bagdad, in Asia Minor, to the Terslan capital of To heran. The frontier line between Turkej and Persia was so undcflnablo that a tract of no less than seventeen nillei of land over which tho telegraph would have to be carried was in dls puto, each of the two countries claim 'ng the right to its possession. Now, the engineering stores whicl our Grvcrnmcnt supplied to tht Turkish Government differed to those supplied to tho Terslan Government. The former had wooden telegrajit poles, the later iron ones. The Per sian Government in their jcaloui hatred of the Turks, feared that if wooden poles were erected across tht disputed territory, posterity would regard them as a proof that the tec Itory was Turkish. On the other hand, the Turks ob Jected to Iron poles being used, les in the far future they should be ad duccd by Persia as cvidenco that thf land was hers. The way Sir Frederick contrived t ret out of the difficulty did credit t his ingenuity and resource. lie so: up first a wooden pole, then an ifot one, then another wooden, then at iron again, and so on altcrnatlnt wkx1 an iron for the wholo sevei Ven miles. Plain and Ueutonable Knowledge. A sound and strong statement o. what is right and why It is right, o' what U wrong, and why it is wrong, If a most needful foundation for ani other moral or religious training that may follow with the young.- Frore tho lack of this plain and reasonable knowledge comes much of the con fusion of mind which falls to detect the sophistry with which self-interest will plrad against tho calls ol honor and of duty. People drift intc wrong-doing of every kind far oftene! than they dolilicratcly plunge into It, and the lack of a clear conception and a thorough comprehension of lt nature frosi the beginning is fre quently the first cause. How this want can best to supplied, as a fit ting preparatlcn for life's arduous and responsible duties, is a matter worthy the consideration of every well-wisher of the rising generation. Hitherto it has been strangely neg lected; but, if tho conTlction of m great importance bo once firmly Im planted in our hearts, suitable meth ods to promote It will not be long in following. No one, whether in the home, the school, or elsewhere, who has the care of the young can avoid s share of obligation in this matter. Better follow the sternness of a trntb than tho glitteriog delusion of a lie. Men oi'ten follow lies becamo they shine. "German Syrup 99 Mr. Albert Hartley of Hudson, N. C, was taken xrilh Pneumonia. His brother had just died from it When he fouud his doctor could not rally him he took one bottle of Ger man Syrup and came out sound and well. Mr. S. B. Gardiner, Clerk with Druggist J. E. Barr, Aurora, Texas, prevented a bad attack oi pneumonia by taking German Syrup in time. Ha was m the business and knew the danger. He used the great remedy Boschee's German Syrup for luns diseases. a fkA TiiSJMfw !" ri.nle monthly nli) U17 ' K f'W B.F. Jiihlisiin & ., No 'I Smith llil.st .Itii. .., i,. I v2 AOKNTS Sella policy the people want: Solid; sensible. No Meillritl KxamiuHtion. LarKPCom miaiiun. Adress Kevcr'M Fund Asso., l'lilla. S Hood'snCures "lam glad to recom mend Hood'f Sarupa rUU and Hood'i Pill. I hare loflered Very much with severe Sick Headache. After taking six bottles of Hood'i Sanaparifia WAMl and two boxes of Hood's e? r terrible d Urate. I know Bood's Saraaparilla is the best medicine I ever took." Mrs. H. M. Lattix, Pine Valley, N. V. Mood's Pills cure liver ills. 2Tc per box. so GLOVE FLIRTATION. When you wish to le ar-quainted, carry your gloves with the finger tips downward; if you wish to say, Intro duce me to your company," use them as a fan ; for saying, "Be contented," hold them loose in the right hand; "I wish to get rid of you very soon," bite the finger tips; "Yes," drop one of them; "Xo," clench them rolled up in the right hand; "I am indifferent," draw one glove half way on the left hand; "(let ride of your coniiany," fold them up carefully; "Follow me," strike them over the left whoulder; "I love another," tap your chin with them; "I am engaged," toss them up gently; "Be careful, some one is watching us, twirl them round your fingers; "I hate you," turn them inside out; "I am wtisfied," hold them loose in your left hand; "I wish I were you, jmoothe them out gently; "I am dis pleased," strike them over tho hand; "I am vexed," put them away; "Do yew love me?" put one on the left hand with thumb exjiosed; "I love you," drop both of them The earliest Amerian coinage was made for the Virgina Company at the Bermudas. The coins were of brass, with a "hogge on one side, in memory Of the abundance tif hogges that were found on the islands at their first land ing." Dr. Brewer, of Cambridge, making all allowance for the Chinese inventive, lying faculty, allows them to have Iieen ictjuaintcd with tho projierties eif the magnetic needle B. C. 1715; while the 3arly French Jesuit priests, who had no interest in supporting any mythical stories in the land of their adoption; lielieve trade routes and canals to have been in existence aliont the same perio 1, that a svsteni of regular marriages had lxn introduced among the ioplo; that weaving was understood; banks and bank nob s in existence; gunpowder; a p',".ilar calendar reformed B. C. 14'JS; a knowledge of lunar eclipses, and a division of the coplc into classes, eaeh wearing a dress distinguished by its colors. A raniarkablo discovery has been made bv Professor Ktnrueric'i. He liud- that the blood of an animal which has recovered I rom an infectious dis lovery is likely t j prove of tho greatest importance. Tho snike worm is tho name of a jmidl creature, which, when alone, has shuoHt no power of lucoaietion. Large numbers of thum, by forming a close rojie-like procession, move with case from place to p'acu. Ueware of Olntmonf. f.r Catarrh That foaialn Mercery. as mercury wi 1 nurelr destroy the sn.s of 4mt?U and completely tloraiitre the wholo system when entering .t t hrntih t he mucous surfaces. Such articled should never bo used except on Sre-srriptions I rom reputab!e phy-dtan,a the HiiiaL3 they will do in ten fold tothei?ool vu csn possihly derive from thcuu Hull's Catarrh, i "nro manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. To!e lo, O., contain no mercury, and Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood an t mucous surfaces or the svstem. In buying Hull's Cat irrh Curo be sure to get the genuine. It is taken internally, and is ma.le in Toledo, O'iIo, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Te-timonlals free, t rToid by Druggists, price 7V, icr bottle. The Greek style of building, modi' Bed o modern needs, has ln-cn most sncccsnfully mej in Paris, where many oalaces are seen of this col struct ion. We Cere Rapiare. No matter of how lone standing. Writ for free trealhw, tobtlmon als, etc, to S. J. HolleuswortU A Co., Oweuo, lioga Ox, N. x. I'rice Si; hi mail. SLla. Herbert Spenoer has invented a little, ear-machino by which ho can shut out 11 scmnds. POSTAL Gl I1E FOK 1893 Contalnlnlne I1 the post ofTlces rrang l al phabetically. In HUles and Counties, with all other matters relating to post ofUce alT.tlrs c in be ordered from It. Sai.ioek. I'. O. Box. llti 1'hlladslplila. I'. So business inin should be wltbout It. Price SJ.ki paper cover with lilou.hly; tIecloib cover with monthly. Crime is rapidly increasing all over Argentina. Statistics show that it has more than doubled during the post two years. Plil yon ever go within a mile of a soap f.ic toryf If so vou know what . .aterial they nmke soup of. iHibblns' Klectric Soap factory is as free from odor as a chair factory. Try it once. Ak your grocer for It. lake no imitation. To tho residents on other planets, Jiat u, of course, providing there are inch beings, our earth is a bright blue this on account of the rerulean hue if onr atmosphere. It Is a great thing for a yonng man to get out a little and come in tontAct with other peopla tnd see how they live. B. F. Johnson Ac Co., Richmond. Va.,aro giving man young mens Shance to do this, and at the same time to put, noney in bank rp dly. 1 ry them and see. A steam jet easts but a slight shallow, but if it is givem a charge of electricity it takes an orango brown hno and its ?iicdow is very dark. Cmui'i KlIn'jr Cnre for Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright'a, Heart, Urinary of Liver Diseases, Ner vousness, &-c. Curo guaranteed. 831 Arch Street, Philad'a, SI a bottlo, 6 for 5, or druggist. I0JO certificates of cures. Try it Tidal waves will often acquire a vel ocity of ono thousand miles a minute. After Breakfast To purify, vitalize and enrich the blood, and give nerve, bodily and digestive strength, take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Continue the medicine af let every meal for a month or two. Hood's Pills cure constipation. 25c A Frenchman declares that vegeta tion can be aided by electricity. Pota toes planted in tho path of the electrio current grew enormously, and electri fied tomatoes becamo ripe eight days before the others. Frsirr Axle Creaae. The Frazer Axle flreasc lasts fonr times af long is any other. I'se It. and save your homes and wagons. A trial will prove that we are right. retrolenm, which is popularly sup posed to bo derived from coal, is, ac cording to advanced science, more probably the result of the action of water on metoL Beecham's Pills cure Indigestion and constipa tlon. Beecham's no others. 25 eta. a box. T- A4.,'a,M Vial i OTTO flint a nnrdlv LCUllllUD J.v.w - j ....... j vegetable diet makes people amiable nnd easy tempered, while meat renders them savage, fractions ana cruel. . Four eyes see more than two. Successful experiments have been; uade in burning brick with electricity, t They are proposing to pension teach-' ers in .England. yfjm I DIC KILMER'S SWitiP-fiOOT CURED IV1E And Made Life More Enjoyable. Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Dinghnmton, X. T. Gentlemen: "It affords me pleasure to give you a recommendation for Dr. Kilmer's sWA.nP-IIOOT, of which I have taken 3 email Dottles, n nas nearly removed the ef fect of the It heuraa f lam of about 7 years standing, also a severe weakness of my baric nH L 1,1 nra nf almut ftjZZLjRj lO year standing Av.;ijsVi''1 L and has helped a severe friy i-X.-.'; SrAiifcJ. attack of inHamma t aitStf$rtiii of the UaMsr. mWSY which I am sure swinp-BooT w. R. ciiiLSO.s. will entirely cure me of In a short time. I purchased tbe medicine of b. li. Stone, the Druggist here In Ilutlcr. Ind." March, 7, 10. W. 11. Chilson. rheumatism! RHEUMATISM ! Swamp-Root Cures. Dr. Kilmer Sc Co., IliiiKhumton, N. T. "For the past twenty yenra I hnd been trouhliil with Itlieumallsiii and doctored a Rrcat deal without rcHlizinir any benefit. Two years airo mv attention was called to lr. Kilmer's SVA.11I KOOT, which a hirfhly recommended to mo. 1 thouirht 1 would try a bottle and I u-d fourteen bottles. It has done me e more good than nil the Iloctors and all the other med icines I had ever taken in the past twenty years. The past yoar has been one of comfort In place of sulterinir. A Kreat nmnv arc uinir your JVA!nP KOOTln Van Wert. Yours respectfully. Mrs. Calvim Fablkv, Van Wert, Ohio. Feb. 10th. lfSO. SWAMP-ROOT. ihe Great Blood Medicine- at llniirhli, 60a. mr 41.00 lln. Iavallds' Clde tm llsaltk" and Dr. Kilmer A ., Blnchunlun. It. T. US' n Anointment U Cun Piles. Trial Free. AtDruggists-''-- Do Not Ce Deceived with liistr, Fii.mH an.! PalnU which talo tho hun-l. Injure tht irttn &nl burn r1 The KUtn Hun Nl.v. Hnllh is Urllllant, Odn liM. DumMe. an J the oo.iimr vvj for no Un r hlaKS petrkswe with evcrj imrciiaaA. MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS WITH 14 1 THOMSON'S 11 Its I , H"' n-s- CLINCH RIVETS. No tools r"Hl!rrl. Only a hininir nested to drlva n.l c inch th m tAti'j arid quicfc.r, leeriuf tha clinch tiso ntly Maiih. K-ijuirlrg n bu to u tni in lliv lea' her uor l.'irr l r U'S ll;vts. Ttisy are etrtfnff. loiixta and durable. Ulhioni now la uxt A-i ieti.ti... uniform tip I. r'lt "I ln l"O0. Ak your dewier lor itieMt. i: -u4 4c. la lUiui tor a x mi 1 1, l,.- .it.. Mau'id by JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO., WAt.TIIlU, HAS. A Skin of Beauty Is a Joy forever. 12. 5072ATO-3 GBIEHTEL CREHUI, or jlLlSICHL BEBH7IFIE1 .f3 3 KfPiOTr Tan. Krwklea. Pinv P l r Mottf a...'. Wlrls. l a ft n 4 fttid-lfhi-K:-its virtu t VH trMt um t-t of a r-v; lfV:; ivTL I fure.tUprnp- v-,-' - tS " w J er'.y in ml. A c-f : no fiiinTci f. tt.if ni.iit.rin. sua i h ir.stinciniio.t ir. I. A. fuyr "alt ui a kilv of Aittt -fi in pMiifitt i: v" Itt'tft etl w Aw. I - .i,f,lr,'t .,,-,f fg tyrant' nn thf ltat Uamifut fl '"Mm fJu,t,'.uw.', Ulir t..n!e will lit BIX tlMintl.S, UsLfifc- it eva-ry tlav, A r.Uiri rlht'l r nnv.. u - rii'n.K-' ti:ilr nttl-fti r.ji.ry to the nktri. t- KItT) T. I '!K J N" l'rop...1;..rit.lniieM..N Y. fr lv all 1 ' t is,- Hil l K -i f--. li.KKli lijaKn :iirot:-i':ul tf.v T" s.. ('..ttn.lrt't. u.itl Ktir!1. s lt.iirt of It .St- itnttHiiohx $!imi Ufanl foi irtt-tt ..ti l p-..,f . f nnv one -llu c tl. aii.. Unlike t!i3 Dutcn Frocsss Xo Alknllcs OB Oilier Chemicals 'jr-'r are ri'rd In the lircpratloo ot TV. BAKER & CCS VBreaSfaStCocoa uhlrh it abrnvluUilf pur aud lolubte. ii tketrnath of Cocea BjfieJ " jx with Str.&, Arrowroot ot cm Suear. mod it far trior am r.oinicai, totting Uss than one cent a CMp, It Is delicto ua, nourtshing, and tA9uf Sold bjr 6rorer Ttry whartv. T7. BASER &CO.,Dorcheiter. Hau. Best in the World! Get the 6snuinc!EQ A-t I F aB" boiatverywnere: FOR FIFTY YEARS I MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has bwn rttrA hr Million of Mothrra for tliflr rhil'lrvn wiuio leethlntr fT otr Fifty Vi-ars. It sortthes thr child, softras the gTiiiis, aliars all pain, euros wiml oullcand ai uie tMitb rrninij inr aiarriKPa. Iwcnti-llve Cents a Bottle).' JTa M I LY ll EOT'C I NEi f lleadarhf, Coittpatluft. Itiaj i'omplcxloii. ti-lve Itraath. and ail dtsurdirs ol UiO fltAMuacL. I RIPANS YARtfLrft f art peatly yet promptiy. Jrfrt I a- uirir f DUia liy dt-mn?litU r m-rtt dy lutUl. B"r I (ft Tialsi.TSc. I'ack&yf t buztMft. ui un SiiiiH'gn, iirvsaj L ,"'- , ''-: ""AT, CO., VrsrTsrk. JEWIS' 98 V LYE (PATENTED) TheaMteat and pnrtit T y mniit. L uiiko other I. ye. It being a hno powtlfr anl py ki in r&11 with ivmovaMrt HiL th cuotfnts are lwar ivadY ff.r WU make th Heal prfuinwl UktA Sap lu 2-1 m1nuls without hotlinir. It la the Kajt f.T clranjinjc sau plp tll-lnfivtlng finks. r.ot wasl.lnir NntleA, jUnta, treea, etc. PEKKA. 8 ALT M'FO CO. 1000,000 theSiiBTPAt-i, I)i htu Bailsoad Company in Minnesota. Send for Maps and Clreu. Ian. Thej will be sent to you Address HOPEWELL CLARKE. Land Commissioner, 8u Paul, Uisn. x PRAWmfi nu i v pflir.Tir.Ai cvfirru YJ'TCaCHC. IS.CHHI a tTUPCNT Ml C . WMMfM, P. Ptaol Remedy bold br drusKlMA ! Ma. K.T. Hsielll , mmm iS I '.I m (3 ill II f fl FRAZER nXii Ibr Catarrb Is the pa. 4 "itfbiV j or wnt bv bdaii I i WarreE, Fa, J ANCIENT YIONUMENTS. SepnlehnU Enlns of tho Zepitca Indian la Mnxico. Anion? the go u'chral nvnunicnl .-f Mexico tha iiios-t icmarkable pei Laps are those of Mltla, in the slate of Oajaca. They are in a seduded and gloomy valley called the "place of sorrow." Here, It Is said, was the burial place of the Zar-oteo klngs.and this was the Westminster Abbey of the ancient Inhabitants. Here the IIyIdr came to mourn with ostf-nta tlous sorrow, aided ty a body of priests whoso lives were dedicated to expiatory sacrifices for the dead. The ruins are extensive and In itcturallv pecul iar. They Indicate the existence of edifices, the w lis of which were ol adobes, or sun-dried lu iiks r indura ted clay fated with tut, siories, so ar ranged as to foini ornauieutai fig ures in relief, strlkiia'.y like tlioe of the ancient Etruscans. The build ings were all raised i n terraces and anancea around the fiur sides t a quadrangular court. They had lout' and wide halls, the ceiling of which were surpirted by columns. The walls of luine of the. e were hiyh'y ornamented with regular fltrjrt's. Vassaues led from them to mill, dark, unventilatcd thamhtrs. tuw lobbed of the rMr huiuan iciics in".v were intendtd to preserve. These tombs were opened by tho Spani.udi. who even soujht In graves trie goia that was the aim of many of tueir expeditions. Blc Bank Notes. It is said that two notts fcrone hundred thou -and ioundi eich ai.d two for fifty thousand touads each were once engraved and i sued. A butcher who had an a-wed an im mense fortune as an a my contra' tor la war-time went with o et f the fifty thousand i.ound notes to a pi i vato banker, asking for a loan of live thousand pounds, and wished to de posit the lirgo n ite as security with the bank, stating that tt had been :n his possession for several years. Th ? sum a-.ked for was of coursa hand d over at (ncc; but the financier ttok o-caslon to hint to the hold. -r the folly of which he was guilty In hoaid log such a sum an 1 so sacriUc ng thi: Interest. That is all very true and so nd sens , sir," replied the man; "but 1 likes the look o' the critter so ver well that I have t.ot t'ot!:er one i i thi samti at hon;e." A wealthy but e cntrlc kTentl'iii"ii In London once framed a ba' k pn t bill for thirty thousau I pouujs an;; exhibited it ln hit suidy. At hi. death," wiilch oce.ir.cl flvo years la ter, the eitraorJinary jiicture was iron p'!y taken down fruui tho va:; a:ul cashed by his heir). It it said that siveral years a o, at a nobleman's house lu the neighbor hood of the Marble Arch, a disput -arose alxiut a certain pas -a;c which wis declared to be scriptural. A learned dean who was p esont deny Ing that there was any such text iY the sacred volume, a lilble w..s callc-t for. After quite a search adutty til U.ble which had lain upon a she!; Ince the death of tho peer's uioilici was produced. When tho volum was opened, a book-marker wa found in it which upon examinatioi proved to be a bank post-bill for 'orty thousand pounds. "Why It had been placed there was never discov ered. Perhaps the l&d-.' had th uhi it a pood means of inducing her son X) search the Scriptures. Ve the Right Word. Tronouns are stumbling bio ks t many who speak the mother tongu, wrrectiy as a rule. A person doo ot know what to do with'thel: hands," they say. or. "One doe; not itive their best things away fu. notning.- ir speaking of two per sons, you will hear that "Ruby ha Invited John anl I to sunner " or "Lawrence Is tolng to Chicago with aiiiarea ana l- The placing o: another name before the conjunction blinds them to the awkwardness o: setting I ln the objective ens.?. The wo.d "nice" is freourntlv and taken from its sin Cc.r.c or neat, delicate, dainty, to stand fot agreeable, charming or viru-.ous. 'Ihus, the term "a nice girl often does duty ln describing a joung woman who, whatever else she mar be, is more than nice If she is gentle good, winsome and well-bred, an,, whose nlceness ou.ht tn v tav.,, for oranted. "Lorelv." Intho 1.111J way, is appuea ejua iy to a beloved rriena, a nne painting, or a favorite pudding! FIGS AND THISTLES. Small sins cause great sorrow If you wantDconle to rencnt nreacr rcrientance. Ir doosn't take anv ability at all tt be a growler. There Is no river of life in tht land of death. Scccess anywhero requires slnglo ncss of purpo.-c. The moment you kill faith yoi break all the tanks. A flower will smell good no mat ter where you put it. Fame is a bright robo but it soon wears out at the elbows. The best way to preach Christ is to preach what he preached. I'KorLE who carry sunshine will them are always welcome Yov can't discourage a man while he believes God loves him. The angels are God's servants, but ledcctucd meii arc his sous. A doubt is the heaviest thing you can pick up and try to carry. Tkolt.le always runs to meet tht man who rocs out to huut it. No rARADiSE Is 6afe from whtcr the devil cannot be kept out. Give the past to God and deter mine to make eood use of the future. Kouody has ever found happincs who did not seek for It ln God's way. Ose of the easiest things to bo lieve Is a pleasing lie about ourselves The prayer that does not brin? u pearer to God puts us farther away. Confession of sin Is impossible un til there Is a willingness to forsake it The woman who never takes anj interest la the fashions needs medi cine. "DON'T BORROW SAPOLIO 'TIS CHEAPER I KNOWLEDGE TrTnrrs romfort nnd ImnrnT-.-vii . .,u ana tends to personal enjuymftit when I ' ' J 'lb 1M1CQ rightly used. The many, win) HVe bot. ter than others and enjoy life mirr( w ita less expenditure, by nmro pruniptly adapting the world's 1-. t j.rn.hicts tr the neel3 of physical being, will attest the value to healili of tL,rj ir- lirjuij lnTntivrt nrlncinlos rTnltr:ici-.l ;.. ., ... . 4 . IUQ remedy, fcj-rup of I lt:. It3 excellence is due to il r.rMmi: in the form most accopt.iblc ai.d i.lfa .-.lit to tne taste, ttio roirr-hm ami truly beneficial properties (if a rfnt lax ative; effectually c5cniiMn;r the -v-tern dispelling colds, lieail::ch s : :n "f, v, --' and permanently curing t 1 1 -1 : j ':itl ,n. It has given satisfaction to 1 t.:Uil met with the approval of tuf ii.i'li,--,! nrofession. becau-e it n t ; . t' ... t ; 1 I neys, Liver and How-Is v.-it!.t.;;t tvrat. lening them ami it is M-rf.-ct!y 11. 0 fruin every objectionable suli-i.,: Syrnp of Figs is for s:,l 1 a'l ilru-r. pistsin 00c and $1 botih l.in' it i ufactured by the Califon.i:t i i.' .vn:rj Co. only, whose name is print-ion .V.-r'.-package, also the imnie, Syr;i. 1.1' l'iL.' and being well informi-1. y.,;i will uj. ,'Xceit any substituU; ii ua.r-1. m 17 tL- .1 - 'An airreenblo lamtlro al x-rrr-o. Tovrr- OADWAY'S I'tire'y trcpi-iaMc. inii'l a .i i perfect liiestinn, euai;- : hea'tliful regir.irtty. r..r ii:.- -Olders of the S Vt a.-h. lav.-:. 1 I'.ladder, Jfervoa,i.ii-u'--s ' ' irenes.'.. LGSS GF AFPETITE, SICK HEAOAGh'Z, IKDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS. COHiTIPATiDN, DYSFEPSiA. Inu frotr. liiorders of 1 r -- -i (in tj iti-n. In w.ii 4 ! ir . I- . s l b " 1 in I lie Ii ail. A cio i! y ol Ui" . n.. . .N . a. lle.irtburu. J-isya-it f..r i " o. l :. ..m f Weiubl m the Mmii.iCIi. out 1. ; t i:i tu-..iiK-Ing or Flutleniig tu tlic i'it i ln ; i-n, Vk In i in r li of t e Uf.ift, tiiii i'' i r 1 1 M lirealhiii, KiutJeril:-; at t..e ll-;r , .i.'hUir "r SutT- cauini rt'tis;itl-.iS wl-en :n y .-tu:, lKiia or Wtrbs Le;ui e xuf siuht. l' cr r lu,t 1'aili in the Ht-atl. l'ficionr ! 1 r-;n ati t. Yellowness of ttie km ;iiul '. i'.ui 1:1 1 1 Mile, 1 reaat, LimM, ami iS.iu i- n 1 .u-i.es ol lit-tat. ruriiiiic ( ill- Mesh. A few Ui-s sof l:AlW. S I I!. IS w: Tr e the system from all tlieabvc-i ti,"i ,i.;i 25 CENTS n i; Ito.V. FoM ty liiut.i-ts Serrt stamp for postage to 1:a1waY i ( i Now York, tor our boK ol ad i nLiajTJxixioruxixrxra rOo You fcleep 1 eacetji'y J Sirp, thon rexrtttp of all tVtvt: v:-',p ri miJ ntiri (f the deine-,; ihim (-..-- ..f t!. n.i. 'r jfrum fttilvla caro rlii, w'i . d,.-,; ' SOOTHZU THE HEARTS or wekH r-Wfrtr-d wttll tolU of the J.V. ror iHiior. 3 cTHE HIGHLY TEMPERED STEEL WIRE? r' Ps 'Spring !Bed vum "tnvlilns sp anl fT.t iiea. 1H nrt be ltooriM bv r!4r i r ImitatloBA, fir "they arc uot w i. jfttu' Exh1MtM at 51 Warren .-, Nf V t, u No. 2 HaniiltoD PIn, Bton. r Ftr tnUeby ail retiaui DfAtT. free ti ram Tne KiaUTvi iric:i.arii U Genuine FUcrmiav r ivutl for Money Fnvlnj rr!ni?r. l"rc. 3 Atlas Tack Corporation. Rinn. b I Wj.TEnor?T Pton, New Vp. !h:'a! n - "3 I ttirCAcn, PftlUinore, N-m Kr .t-" . - L I ( Ar-Tt niit Taunton, in.. . . J hitman, Muan.; i uxNurj. r 1 n ri-TJTjajxnjTJariJxiT n nr.- mm I! ui 1 OUTt'NF are nnt ni'.e in a 1 wh are fculrl'tl with rea-".1: " 1 ' htil.t write to u for our N V W K ( (tre.wht' h teem with rm'.-.r. ..- n- 1 1 f rwartl ad vice ami (iiftm.iHl"ii. "! f to thoi wht wouM lncre:t- t h 1 r t: -mate ;tck ExchanKe iruti-n Hi :; A WOODWARD & 00.,' .': , :t -I '3 'It -1 ri ,s ;:i:. ..-. '. V. in ih- ! V0:M.0l ! It.pvir. TncFiH it it and si r"r;r.:: proof, and will kefp you d y in t-i' : new PuMMKL bLt KL.C .-. a ; r envera tlie entire sadil'.c. Itov .ri i t itniv a o:it if the " l ih Itra v:. ts ' ej ratir-tne (V-e. A.J. i i K . C0iTRECURED5::-'!;::r' rHlL.4.,r. ti utoni-; DO(-t-. Coioli0'frtt K inlorat-r:! t" of ( ' abt aiUMati. tM&d iar tlictUar. TROUBLE." B J V. s Pilfxrim ? IN THE EUD.
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