A I'rosayc, I have a friend, a dear one. Her name—but why I confes Vou very rarely hear one Mow /u?(jjnaTtng-*%ucss! Her merry voice is sweeter Than any rillet's flow; Iter laugh has more of metre Than any song 1 know. Her lovely eyes that lighten When robins softly sing Are like the skies that brighten At dawn in early spring; Her cheeks—his brain is duller Than dunce's who'll not own They've all the pinky color Of apple buds half blown. You will agree it's pleasant That such a one should send Each year a charming present To me, "her dearest friend." And this year I've a presage- It makes my pulses start— That with a tender message She'll give to me her heart. —Bisstll Clinton in Harper s Magazine. A TATTOOED PEOPLE. mSSION WORK AMONG THE BUD- Dlllßlß OF SI AM. k Country Whoro tlie Young Adonises Imperil Tliolr Elves to Muke Themselves Fair In Women's Eyes—Curious Habits ol' tile People. HERE RECENTLY F arrivod in Son Fran cisco from Bium a (4 party of m ssionaries, men and women,con- j w Vu nected with the Pres- L byterian mission at the province of Lao for a number of years and is the only dis- Wt&ijj tiiictively American organization in the country, a sketch of the scene of opera lion and tho work being one will prove exceptional interest, says tlie San Fran cisco Chronicle. The boundary line between Lao and Biam passes irregularly along the eight eenth parallel of north latitude and the greater part of the Lao states lies between the ninety-ninth and lO'.st meridians of east longitude, reckoned from Greenwich. There ore six I.ao states tributary to Hiam —namely, Lakon, Lampon, Cheng-Mai, RTAUTINO' OR A JOUBME7. Muang-Nan, llluang Prabang, and Muung Prau. All are indepen lent of each other and the rulers are autocratic. The offices of chiefs In the several states are held for life, but are not hereditary and are olecto rial under tho will of tho people with the consent of tho King of Siam The tribute paid to the latter by each hief is chiefly in the form of gold and silver betel boxes, vases, necklaces, etc., with representa tions of trees in gold and silver. Taxos are collected by the chiefs from farmers and others, and it is sufficient to say that the oftlco of tux-collector is strictly "in politics," that is to say, it is a convenient iource of private gain. It is a poor '.ax collector that ran not leave his oflice a wealthy man. The Laosians have a characteristic salu tation when a wealthy or a aristocratic person passes along. It involves going down on elbows and knees ami raising the lauds to tho face, almost, in the attitude of prayer—a posture abject enough to re sult the worst features of court civili/.a ;ion in Europe. The Laosians aro un familiar with tho practice of shaking lands and the usual gi ooting is a grunt, jnder pressure they have been in lucod to follow the conventional practice, but in this case they extend ;he left or right hand indifferently. Hie Lao country between Jlaheng and; -.lie border of the Ngiou states,' ilong the twentieth parallel of utitudo, is tho principal source of the Repliant supply ir Siam, and it may hi said ot the eutiro country of Lao that it s essantia'ly tho land of Buddhist temples ind elephants. Tho latter are the only i inimals which can get through the dense jungle withoutdilliculfcy. Tattooing is practiced in western Lao to I considerable extent. As in civilized :ouufries, so called, women pinch in their waists and shiver in insufficient attire to laps; ELBPHHNTB AT BEST. please their youthful admirers of the sterner sex, so in Lao tho young Lotharios m l Adonises run the risk of tho death penalty to make themselves fair in wo men's eyes, for the statistics of tattooing iliow a steady mortality of 2 per cent, with a much larger ratio of blood-poison ing and inflammation tardily recovered from. The prevailing religion in the Lao States is Buddhism. Tho Laosian theory of the universe is a peculiar one, and sets gravi tation ut defiance. The center of the world is Mount Zinnalo, which is half un der water and half above. The former portion is a solid rot k with tliroo root-like rocks protrudiug from the water into the air below. Round this mountain is coiled a large flail (furnishing a remarkable SCENE AT CHEFG-MAT. analogy to tho em.dem of early Christian sepulchors). This flsh can embrace aud move the mountain. VV hen it sleeps the earth is uuiet; when it moves it produces earthquakes. Mount Zinnalo is full of caves, which below water ure inhabited by dragons called "Naks," and above by angels culled "Thewedas." Above the earth and around the great mountain is the firmament, with the sun, moon, and stars. Above tho water is the inhabited earth, and on one side of the four sides of Mount Zinnalo are seven bills, rising in graduations, which are the first ascents the departed has to make. If he is wanting in "merit" he can not get to tlie top; but, having reached the summit, he comes to the different chambers in heaven. In these also are degrees, and a system of government. Abovo all is the outer darkness or "Nirvana," well known as the annihilation state of non-existence, or everlasting rest of the Buddhist faith. The American mission at Cheng-mai fci OH THR :XEPI NO. under tho charge of Dr. Cheek. This gen tleman enjoys a high reputation among the nutives as a physician, howevor reluct ant fhey may liavo shown themselves to accept a chnngo of fnitli. It appears that the mission was established about twenty two years ago, its object leiug not so much to proselytize or evungolize the na tivos as to improvo their general tone and elevate their minds by instructing them in useful industries. The success of the mission, from an evangelistic point of view, was at first very uoor the number ot living converts in 1884 being less than 100. The Catholic church lias long had a fairly successful mission in Siam. Dr. Cheek has saved the lives of hun dreds by his medical and surgical skill. He has also established a boat vard at Chengnmi, wuere no employs arge num bers of men and enables slaves to bo eman cipated themselves according to the cus toms of the country by making boats for their masters. American tools are fast superseding the primitive implements of tho nutives in the work of boat construc tion. There are no newspapers in the Lao typo, but the Rev. Mr. Peoples expects to have a font of Lao type prepared in this country, and great results are anticipated from its use. Mr and Mrs. I'eoples have spent so vou years in Lao and will return in about a year's time. Mr. Peoples worked chiefly at Lakhou, an important I.ao towm There is now Quito a large party of ladies iu the Luo mission, and the pros pect* are much more encouraging than a few years ago. At Cheng-mai tuere is a MISSION PARTY, commodious scnooi room wnere tne girls aro taught the ordinary subjects of study besides receiving practical instruction in needlework, household duties, etc., with lessons in music and singing us a recrea tion. The ladies' board of tlie society in New York sends out regular remittances for the purpose of redeeming Lao girls from slavery and sending them to school. Tho elephant plays such a prominent pa l l in Laosian life that spocial legislation is invoked in its favor. The stealing of an elephant or bufl'alo is a capital offense. The buffalo is tho chief domestic auimal, but is not used as a beast of burden. The population of tho Lao district prop er is about 8,000,000; in all Hiam there are about 10,000,000 of inhabitants. Cheng-mai is the most powerful of the Lao states. When it was founded Mf'O years ago Muang Fang was the principal city. After being several times con quered aud sucked by the Burmese and Ngious respectively, it romainod deserted until about seventy years ago, wlieu sov eral princes came over from Laklion,' founded the present dynasty, and raised Cheng-mai to its present importance. The Cheng-mai market is held every morninT from 8 to 11 o'clock. The wo men do all the selling. Tho natives are decidedly partial to strong drink, and "samshoo" is the prevailing tipple. The climate of I.ao is distinctly tropical, but not unhealthy, except in the rainy season. Dysentery und fever aro the principal fac tors in tho bills of mortality. In this connection it is proper to men tion that spiritualism is a popular crAzo in I.ao. There aro regular spirit doctors and modiums, who not only ''charm away dis ease, ' but are consulted whenever any dif ficulty occurs in public or private affairs. Why Women Are Rarely Robbed. It is singular that more ladies aro not robbed on the public thorough fares, for the majority of them carry every cent tliey possess in their pocket books, which in turn are carried in their hands. I suppose, however, the reason thieves do not snatch more ol these money-books is that they know well the chances aro they would get hut littlo, even if successful in evading the police, after an assault of the kind upon a woman. The great handsome silver-tipped Russia leather affairs called purses are very attractive in themselves, hut in nine out of ten cases the inside of them is "very lonesome.'' 1 heard a professional thief say once that it was regarded as extra hazard ous in his profession to rob a woman, either iu the house or on the street, and for two reasons; Firstly, that, a woman always screams, and, secondly, slio has seldom much to he taken. A man, on the contrary, either gives the thief a chance to got away or fights, and then his watch, money, or valua hies are much easier to get at.— Louis ville PosL Didn't Want to Re an Angel. "I say, Jones, what's the matter with you? You're as uneasy as a fish out of water; can't sit still a minute." "Oh, it's smoking that makes me so nervous." "Well, why don't yon quit it, then?" "The fact is I've given up all my other had habits and I don't want to he an angel." "Well, why don't you risk it, any way V"— national Weekly. j A TRUE man of honor feels humbled himself wlieu, owing to circumstances beyond liis control, ho cannot help I huwMiug others, 1 FADS OF NEW YORK WOMEN. The Pampered Daughters of Wealth— What They l>o to Kill Time. [SPECIAL new yobk comhespondence.] fHREE or four weeks ago I wrote lot the time and (money spent by 'some well-known ladies in making collections of cer tain toilets or household Jesse Grant has just brought to her home a dozen candlesticks. She had plenty already. The lady is candlestick struck. She has been tilling her cabinets ever since slie married, and lier husband rarely returns from a journey without bring ing her another one. All nations, art schools, potteries, and kilns, aro rep resented in the modern, while her antiques aro quite like a museum col lection in number, rarity, and value. A peep at her chinas is like a glimpse of the certain Broadway house where Dresden figures, French studies, and floral effects in porcelain rival Nature in her gayest mood. A virtuoso would forget his contentment looking at tho dragons, vestal virgins, harlequins, reptiles, sea monsters, dolphins, warri ors, fishmongers, and fabled deities, modeled in bronze, wrought iron, brass, silver, and ormolo. The quaint bits of color and the lovely forms of laid work and under-glazing would make a suppliant of an independent artist. Aside from their artistic value, many of the candlesticks are priceless as souvenirs, coming as they did from im mortals, living and dead. Mrs. Wilber F. Storey, until recent ly the owner of the Chicago 'Times, and who is as much at home in the Windsor Hotel as she is in her Michi gan avenue house in the Lake City, is a slave to her handkerchiefs. When her husband was alive lie used to have them made to order, not by the dozen, but by the hundred. Most men will admit that pretty underwear is the most witching part of a woman's trousseau, but Mr. Storey put tho handkerchief at the head of everything, and paid tho bills gleefully. There was one French firm that used to fill his order, and the delicate squares were sent home in an oaken box big enough to hide a family of children in. One specialty of this house was a bobinette handkerchief made with a two-incli ruffle of the same web, and finished with bands ami hows of ribbon. Usually it required fifteen a day to supply the lady, and she kept a maid who did nothing but wash them, pull them dry, and basto iu the rib bons. There wore mulls and sheer linens; batiste and fine lawns lavishly trimmed and stitelied fiat, and point lace iu a hundred different varieties; but tho gem was and still is the bobi nette. Nothing like it was ever han dled by many women. As a supple ment Mrs. Storey wears attar of roses that costs sixty dollars an ounce, one drop of which is a veritable benediction to the senses. Mrs. William Livingstone lias a weakness for window draperies of applique lace, with her monogram picked out of the delicate web iu batiste lines. Mrs. Major General Schuyler Ham ilton, who on the day of her marriage to the distinguished soldier was pre sented with tho famous pearls of the Hamilton family, has an inordinate love for the jewels, which she is more foml of playing with than wearing. The actresses go into fads for adver tising purposes, just as 1 hey sign lit erary contributions which most of them are incapable of writing. Lillian Russell is an adept, and yet I can hardly leave her out of this letter, for she has a really remarkable collection of silver-bound toilet articles. She is mad oil tho subject of brushes, and I really believe there are three dozen alone in her outfit. She has nail brushes, jewel brushes, brow brushes, hair brushes, and manicure brushes, all woven with imported bristles and backed with silver —sterling, every inch of it, and superbly carved or ham mered. These things aro spread over her dressing and toilet tables, backs up, and if you didn't see the Freuch bed with its silken canopy and hang ings in her chamber, the polished ward robes of her dressing-room, and the porcelain tub and swinging liealth-lift of her bath-room, you might fancy yourself in the shop of a dealer in ex elusive novelties. These brushes, with the hand mirrors, jewel and powder boxes, aro distributed over the tables of three rooms, and against the white drapery they suggest a mosaic of pearl and silver. To the sight they are ad-' mirable. To the chambermaid, who has to shine them up every Monday morning, they aro appalling. JENNIE DEAN. Slie If nil Not Entirely Forgotten. Mr. Bill lis sat in liis comfortable armchair, with his feet comfortably resting on another chair. Mr. Billus was enjoying himself. He had dined, and ho defied fate to do its worst, even as another great man is said by histor iaus to have done under like circum stances long before tho period of Billus. | "Maria," ho observed, "this is the anniversary of our wedding, isn't it V "It is, John." "Twenty-three years, Maria," said Mr. Billus, reflectively, as he took the poker and stirred the lire in the grate, "is a thundering long—h'm! h'm!- long time for some married, folks, isn't it? "It is, John." "And yet it doesn't seem—h'm! h'm —as if it were thirty years since I first met you at tho Jasper County fair, does it ?" "It isn't thirty years," replied Mrs. Billus, rather shortly. "It is only twenty-six." "I mean twenty six years of course, Maria. Speaking of that fair," con tinued Mr. Billus, "I wonder if you re member that big artichoke in the agri cultural hall." "No, I don't remember any big arti choke." "Have you forgotten that long ear of corn sent in by old Absalom NVykoff V" "1 have no recollection of it." "Don't you remember tho big beet that Uncle Jakey Dubois had on exhi bition ?" " No." "Maria," said Mr. Billus, impa tiently, "where's ydur memory ? Don't you recollect the great big pump kin that weighed 17G pounds that Cal Hepperly was showing everybody that came to the fair?" "It seems to me I do remember a big pumpkin." "I thought so. Your memory is a mighty poor one, Maria, but you could not forget that big pumpkin. Do you have any idea" persisted Mr. Billus, with i growing recollections of sundry uies his good mother had made shortly after that fair, "whatever became of that pumpkin, Maria?" "I think I have, John." "You have, hey," he retorted in sur prise. "If it is all you can do to re member the biggest pumpkiu at that fair how do you happen to know what ever become of it, madam ?" "I married that pumpkin, John." The tire burned feebly in the grate, the canary bird slumbered peacefully in its cage, and amid a silence so pro found that the shadows could be plaiu ly heard dancing on the wall Mr. aud Mrs. Billus sat in their cheerful little parlor and dreamed the happy hours of their wedding anniversary away.—Chi caao Tribune. SPARKS OF WIT. PHESSING liusinessi—rouing. GOING the rounds—mounting a lad der. THE female chiropodist is the di vinity that shapes our ends. THE raining favorite—a good um brella that belongs to another man. No ONE is able to write so long a sen tence in so few words as the police judge. "I HEAR that the doctor lias given Griggsby up." "Yes, ho wouldn't pay his bill." ONE would think that a jailer would be in pain all the time with so many felons on his hands. WAITERS seem to be, as a class, quite orderly men, yet they are continually being called to order. THERE'S one peculiar thing about a horse race. You can pick the winners right along until you put up your money. WHEN the world comes to an end and all language is forever hushed. I'll bet it will be a woman who will have the last word. SQUEKUS —Do you know when the first umbrella was made? Nickleby— Oh, yes; during the rain of David, to be used as a parry Saul. DIME museum managers should in augurate a search for a woman who can play cards an entire evening with out asking: "What's trumps?" EDITH (as the one-armed organ grinder came in sight)—"Oh, mamma, just look at that poor man! All the sawdust has run out of one of his arms! Ain't that awful ?" "I AM sorry to say," said a sheriff to a young widow, •who was handsome, "(iiat I have an attachment for you. "I am happy to say, sir, that it isn't mutual," she replied. MB. BLINKS —What? Thirty years old to-morrow? You told the minister who married us only two years ago that you were only eighteen. Mrs. Blinks (wearily)— Well, I felt eighteen then. AN old man-of-war sailor, who had lost a leg in the service of his country, became a retailer of fruit. He said ho was obliged to be a retailer, because having lost a leg he could not be a whole sailor. LOUISE (of New York) —What! Have you been married eight times, Elsie? Elsie (of Chicago)— Yes, I've had eight husbands. And I've been very fortu nate, too; not a single one of them died on my hands. Miss PRUDE (while out walking with her younger sister, thinks she is rudely treated)--Were you staring at me, sir? Strange Gentleman—Bless you, 110, madam. I was admiring your little granddaughter. VISITOR —I hope, my friend, that you now see the great error you have made. Murderer —Yes, I see it clearer every day. If I'd only 'r killed de hired girl too there would't have been no one left to peach 011 1110. EDITH —I don't like electric light in a house. Jack—Why? Edith—Bo cause it can he turned on so unexpect edly by—pa, for instance. Jack- Well, let us go out 011 the piazza. The moon won't play us any trick. "MAMMA," said Tommy, as ho watched his little brother squirming iu the bath-tub, "Willie is like a piece of flannel." "What make you think so?" asked his mother. "Oh, because 110 shrinks when he's washed." TEACHER —Johnnie, is it proper to say, "Peaches is better than watermel ons?" Johnnie (who evidently has his likes and dislikes) No, ma'am. Teacher —Well, you may correct the sentence. Johnnie—Watermelons is better than peaches. YOUNG Medical Student (to his sweetheart) Do you know, Julia, thai the human heart is equal to the lift ing of 120 pounds every twenty-four hours? Julia (demurely)— Well, that's just my weight. Then 110 lifted her to his heart. uu Business. The Governor of Georgia had just dismissed a delegation of Prohibition ists, when a card bearing the name "Judge J. T. W. Madison" was hand ed him. The chief executive was very tired, having been harassed with dry speeches, and would have sent down an excuse, but the high-sounding name on the card bespoke a visitor of impor tance; so, wearily yielding, 110 told the porter to show the gentleman up. A few moments later one of the most deeply colored gentlemen in the State stepped into the room. "Dis yerede gubner?" "Yes.' What do you want?" "I'IT called 011 bizuess, sah. I's or jedge down " "You are a judge?" "Yes, Justice o' de Peace dowu in do swamp districk." "Well, state your business with mo as quickly as you can." "J'll do it, sah. Caze dat's wliut I come yero fur. Lemme see, now. Oh, yas. Home time ago, sah, I had er man named Sam Bly 'rested an' tried for stealin' co'll. I tried him myse'f and fined him four hundred dollars an' six munts in jail. Dis wuz all satis factory, 'specially ter me, but do blame lawyer lie tuck er 'peal ter de circus cou't. Now, sah, my bizness wid you isdisyere: Efyou's got any'lluence wid de jedge o' dat circus cou't, I wush you'd drap him a few lines an' tell him ter send dat case back ter me. Now, is you got much 'lluence wid dat judge?" "You old scoundrel, get out of here or 1 will have you thrown out.' "Jest wait er miuit, sah; jest Avait er miuit. I know dat nigger stole dat co'n, an' I know dat ho Avants ter tako er 'peal just so he ken skape do justice dat is atter him. Dar's anuder thing: Dat nigger is er mighty p'litieal bother down uar an' de folks wants ter git rid o' him till atter de leckshun—knows da does, er da Avouldn'ter promised me er hunnud dollars ter send him up. Now, it's er gubnor's duty ter do Avhut de folks wauts him ter do an'—liol' on, liol' on, I'll go. Neber seed sich times ez dese comiu' ober folks. llol' on, fur J'ae dun gone,"-— Arkansaw Traveler. A Horse Car Scene. Tast Aveek I siw an iu ide it that fori - I ibly illustrated a grow.ng ten 1< 11 \ of j "our gii\s." An old lady, but a j ortly viie, heavily vei ed, came iut.i a ftrcet car and sit a hu.;e, Moll-filled basket down. It chanc m! to intrude 011 the toes of a superbly plewh > CIT O I them. Then she AIIOAVG.I the , op nioii tii i'v a e that j ersons who c.ir- ! re 1 baskets ladll business to ride rmentor looked a moment in astonishment. "Take til it pail, Martha, and carry it home. Til 's basket is all I c.-.n manage," repeated the elder. "Why didn't you (ell mo who vou \ were, mother f" asked the crestfallen I girl, us she picked up the pail and went out. —( Yankee Blade. IIOW'H This! *W~" We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cunnut bo euro 1 by taking Ilull'a Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props., Toledo, O. • We, the undwai/ncd, have known F. J. Ch-ncy for tho last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in nil business transac tions, and financially able to carry out any ob ligations made by their llrm. West Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo, Ohio. E. IL Van Hoeson, Cashier Toledo National bank, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure in taken internally, act ing directly upon tho blood anil mucous sur faces of the system. Price, 750. per bottle. Hold by all Druggists. —Men are sinful just, us they are foolish, and good just as tliey are wise,—i. ©., very mixed in both respects. Some Foolish People Allow a cough to run until It gets beyond the reach of medicine. They often say: "Oh. It will wear away," but In moat cases It wears them away. Could they tie Induced to try lbs ! successful medicine called Kemp's Balsam which Is sold on a positive guarantee to cure, they would Immediately see the excellent ef fect after taking the lirst dose. Price 50c. and ftl. 7'rlal sue tret. At all druggists. —Sixty Neapolitan churches have been con demned to destruction for the sake of exten sive improvements of the city. Oregon, tlic Paradise of Farmers. Mild, equable cliinat*',certain and abundant crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and sl.u k coun- J try in (he world. Full information free. Ad- Irees Oregon Im'igrat'n Board, Portland. Ore. —Friendship is like the earthen ware, if it j is broken it can be mended. Bill love Is like a mirror, once broken that ends it. The Bent Route to Town and Dakota Is tho Illinois Central It. K. Tho shortest and best equipped lino Chicago to Sioux City.lowa, and Sioux Fulls, Dakota. A. 11. 11ANSON, (ieu'l l'ass. Agent. —The French taxes produced 8,000,000 J francs less last August and 4,000,000 francs less last September than in the corresponding j mouths of Inst year. Marie Etoze, W, T, Carleton, Lama Belleni ' and manv more prominent artbts, clergymen and public speakers use and rcccomniend as the very best remedy for hoarseness or irrit a lion of the throat and brightening tho voice, the Bronchial Wafers made by J. F. Hayes, chemist, Philadelphia. Price twenty-live cents per box. Post paid. —At the Paris Exhibition of 1807 the the- ' aires took in $2,100,000. at the Exhibition at 152,000,000, and in 1880 ftt.OiiO, I 000. I Is it economy to save a few c, nts buying a cheap soap or stiong washing powder, ami /<• I dollar* in ruin d rott d clothes? If not, use I Dobbins's Electric Soap, *• bite us snow, and as pure . Ask your grocer for it. i 1 —Sin ; 111 • I hedge hogs are horn without •pikes; but how they prick aud wound after 1 birth we all know. Uul2. Last Winter I was troubled so badly with rhcumutlsm lu my right shoulder ami Joints of my lug as uot to be utile to walk. 1 took Hood's Sursaparllla, and now I don't feel any actios or pnlus anywhere, aixl It uot I only stopped the soreness in my shoulder aud | j Joints, hut makes me I eel as lively as u ten-year- ) old hoy. 1 sell newspapers right lu j every day In the year, and liavo been doing so for j Ave years, and standing on the eold stones ain't no pienic, I can tell you. 1 ran tie seen every day Iu 1 tin; year ut corner Tompkins ami De Kulh Avenues. — W. AV. HOWARD, Brooklyn, N. Y. I Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by till druggists. $1; six for s.*>. Prepared only ' by C. I. HOOD & CO., A|Mjtheearles, Lowell, Muss. 100 Doses One Dollar FOR THE HOLIDAYS. At very considerable expense wo have placed our selves iu the CNIGUE POSITION of being able to fur nish a series of 8-JQVENILE VOLUMES -8 each consisting of thirty-two well printed pages, hound in handsome lithograph covers, Printed in Twelve Colors, at the extraordinary low price, mailed to any ad -15 CENTS PER COPY. The following is the list. There are eight kinds, each diil'crent from tin* other: BRIGHT FLOWERS. LITTLE HI'NKIIIMC. SWEET ii RAPES. BRIGHT DAISIES. MERRY WINTER STORIES. HOOD NIHIIT STORIES. THE BUTTERFLY STORIES. YOUNG AMERICA STORIES. Remember, these will be sent by mail to any ad dress for I Ac. per Conyt or we will send the whole EIUIIT lOlt SI,DO. Hoiul |M>stal note or one or two cent stamps. Tliey are now ready, PARAGON BOOK CO., 15 Vandewater Ht., NEW YORK. * dises.se knowi Is haJf cured"-* Buy a cake of Scouring Soap used for ©,ll clears ing purposes except the laundry-Try JH* You are judged by your house just as much as by your dress. Keep it neat and clean and your reputation will shine. Neglect it and your good name will suffer. Do not think that house-cieaning is too troublesome; it is worth all it costs, especially if you reduce the outlay of time and strength by using SAPOLIO. I A Cure of Cmurrb In tho htv • u-- ELI AS HOWE, . JJI*. STR S •, MOTION. M LS S, imur *TUIIY. Book-ktopinK, Buslnods Fornix M u ml. iVninniißliip. Ari Inn tie, short-hand, ete. II thoroiifthly taught ly MAII. Circulars irae 1 BI VUHI'N F nllrur 4.17 .M'ilu St., Buffalo, N. V fl DIE IM "A'I'UH'I'A. U. si; Ass BOOH |fl FOB SIOO. HOW flßftr fifl'ml* ins If you nro thinking of building a hoUBO you ought to liny tho new book, |*iilll-cr*H Aiiicrjcim Arch itecture, or every man a complete builder,pivi ured by Palliper, l'alliser v Co.,tho weilknown aielnterta. Thurois not a Builder or any ono intendin..- to build or otherwiso interested that can nllovd to l>o without It. It is a practical work aud everybody lniya It Tho bent, cheapest and most iiopnlnr work evor issued on Building. Nearly four liumln d drawinva. A $5 book ill si/e and si vie, but we have determined to make it meet tho popular demand, to suit the limes, so that it can bo easily leuelied by all. Tlii--* hook contains P4 paves lixll inches in sr/o, tndconsists of largo Oxl'2 plate pave >, iriving plans, elevations, perspective views, descriptions, owners names, actual cost of construction. no UIICMM wrl, and instructions llew to lliiild 70Cottages. \illas, Double Houses, Brick Block Houses, suitable for city suburbs, town ami country, bouses for the farm , and wnrkltigmcn'n homes for all tactions of the country, and costing from s:* to fcfi.fiOtl: also Burns. ; Stables, Heboid House, Town Hall, OliineliOH and I other public huilditivs, together with sneeitieatlons, form of con true t, and a lar.o amount of information I on the erection of buildings, selection of site, em ployment of Architects. It is worf h tfS <> any mio, | but we will send it in paper cover by mad, postpaid, on receipt of tfi.tV); hound in cloth jjr.'.no. 1 ARCHITECT (HI., |. Vandewater St.. New lurk. UTMonUon This l'uper.^j S ?MFT IITOI^TVC >W "R EVOLVERJ s 3 fl N r SB- r -"" -—=-?■ — - # ° Safety Barrel Catch. J ° MnterUUa'i't g |j '(Jjjjv' l>arrel "Pen when g< AS PERFECT A PISTOL AS 38 Cal ' > * CAN POSSIBLY BE MADE. V ' Using S. &W. p ''''^''''' ' C,,F S H JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO., Manufacturers, Boston, Mass. SBP Dealers. NEW PAT TN I . IHr ONI Y T'IIO : -R. TLY SAI I n : ,nn M A 1') K . JACOBS oil CAUTION. | No other Liniment made to resemble ST. J ACOBS OIL. CAN COM PARK WITH IX. ST. JACOBS OIL IS TIL E BEST, AND TLIAT IS WHY ITS CURES AUK PROMPT AND PERMANENT. AT PBUQUISTS AND DEAI.ERS. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. Md. rp YOU WISH A RV .. ■ purchase one of the role- \WVJR— .H orated SMITH IT WESSON A-' orms. Tho finest small arms // \V-V' DILW ver manufactured and the J) Yp-fM J Manufactured - FF&H] ' gleordoull- action, Safety JiannuerleMi and J 'IN WET motels. Constructed entirely ot LIE-T UUNL- I fly wrouitlil SIECI, carefully inspeeteu for WORK* manshiPßiid stock, they are unrivaled f>r llni-h, durnbiliiv Uml nri-N nicy. Do not be deceived LV I cheap inn lien hie cnst-lrou linitilt ions wliicli | A" E often SOI L for tlie venulno article and are not ! onlv unreliable, but dunverouH. The SMITH ; WESSON lievolvors are all stamisd upon the bar rels with ft no's name, address and DATES of pat. nta und are VIM run toed ]*erf-ct in every detail, in sist upon haviinr tho genuine article, and if your dealer cannot supply you un order sent to address IM'IOW will RECEIVE prompt ami careful attention. DOHCRPTIVECATALO'.'UE AND orioes furnishe! UPON ap niioutoa SMITH & WESSON. J IW Mention tlii. UAPI r. "IMT, NOIRRM HABIT. Only Certnin and (Irlftlfil 1 I'KKIn the World. I)r. WI BWIVI J. J,. STEPHENS, Lebanon I FRfIIER G^E IN THE WORLD 13 BL L M O C J DEL the Clenutne. Bold EVEI rwhore. PIENS1 0N 3 yrs in lust war. !■'> iid.jiidieatinv e!aims,:ittv since. CfiiSIBT "**•*"' Tackle lllack. oUHE GRIP 1 -ssirsk WSK™*- j BILLION Iron A biigiaii Works, Detroit. Nlloli, \ GENTS, now Is your clianco on our Dr. Croiiin book. Also ready outllt for "Stanley's Explora- I iionsln Alrica. II reudy to work,with Oiy profit surd. uddress Thompsou Pub. Co., tith St., I'HLLA., I'A, ac-NTS uxir I ANTEF. vi\en wiln every Gariin nt. Write at oiieo I ior terms. I'.A, Locke,? William St., L'itlMoii,lu OPIUM HABIT. I A > uluuhlc Treatise ; shielded from tho biting windA No matter what your occupation, if you arc liable to be caught in a rain or snow storm, you should have on hand a "Fish Brand Slicker' It will surely save your health, and perhaps your life. Beware of worthless imitations, every garment stamped with the " Fish Brand '* Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior coal when you can hve the " Fish Brand Slicker" delivered without citra cost. Particulars and illustrated Catalogue free. A. i- TOWER, - Boston, MasO* CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH fMS /-G-TK HEO CROSS DIAMOND BRAND. > 71-. \ NUB--U..1 alwsv r.1iu1.1... ~ A /'YJL V'AVJJL N * BRUGGUT rr Jtiumuml Pr.md. in R.-.L. 111. faille boxes. ,IM with biiieiu\\ jr\ — r.R.TM.". TAKE no other, all pills \\£Y ■FFN YSV rastrbord boxes, pink wrappers, are VY I / F ""IIIFEI-OUA counterfelU. Send 4E. V At P MM Chirheftlrr IhernM Co., Ha matter of liotw long Handing or from what cause oriviiiatlng ■ F Ten days' niefiiciiies furnished by mail rnrr eud for Book on SPECIAL Diseases, RHFCR.