-4 DISTANT CAROL.
Mark.
leaning from the casement dark,
How the keen-kindled lixrhf
Of the pulseless winter night
Glints upon the bosom white
Of the froz n earth,
Drear, ev'u for tlt wondrous birth,
Lofty, lowly,
Human, holy,
Whereat now all earth rej< ices.
Hark! a distant, choir of voices
In a Christmas carol blending,
To the sparkling sky ascending.
Hear the far chimes' measured ringing,
Faintly blended with the singing;
Sinking, soaring,
Soft, adoring;
Midnight now hath found a tongue,
As though the choired stars that sung
High circling over them
That watched in Bethlehem,
Were echoing, echoing still,
Peace and good will,
Goodwill.
Peace and goodwill to men,
The voices wake again.
Soft chimes th?ir tones repent.
Oh, far-heard message sweet,
Bo faintly heard as yet
That men forget, *
Forget,
Come nearer; louder swell!
Soar, voices! Peal, clear bell?
Wake echoes that lost
Till all the year be past!
When yuletide comes again,
Still may Goodwill to men
Be echoing, echoing still
Peace and goodwill,
Goodwill.
—[(Catherine Van Harliugen, in Harper's
Weekly.
A CHRISTMAS CARD.
It is at otico painful and perplexing
to be answered with a heavy sigh where
one expects an exclamation of pleasure
and admiration; so it was not wonderful i
that Mrs. Austin, under tho exact con- j
ditions, looked into her husband's face, j
She was holding up for his inspection a I
largo wax doll, one of the treasures for j
Madge, the blue-eyed darling of four !
years, who was counting the days until |
Santa Clans should come. Every stitch of
Miss Dollie's elaborate costume was tho
work of Mrs. Austin's busy lingers in j
hours when Madge was dreaming of full
stockings and Christmas trees, and tho i
last stitch sot, t :e result was displayed !
for "papa's" approval.
Now pupa was quite as devoted a par
ent to Mudgo and two-year-old Harold as
mamma, and took deep interest in all
nursery matters. It may bo that the i
memory of two other curly heads and
baby faces that hud brightened the nur
sery for a few brief months and then
been hidden by coffin-lids dceponed tho i
love for the children who came later to |
comfort tho aching hearts. But it is very I
Certain that tho little Austins were us 1
much loved and petted ns children could I
be, and did not dream more hopefully of j
Christinas treasures than their parents
did lovingly of supplying them.
So it was with some alarm, too, that
Mrs. Austin put aside her last triumph
of needle-work and threw herarm around
her husband's neck.
"What is it, Charlie?" she asked.
He drew her into a loving embrace bo
fore he said, sadly:
"I met my father again to-day. Mar
garet, it will kill mo to have things go 1
on so. He was downright shabby,feeble
and broken; looking so old and so sick
that I could not keep the tears out of my
eyes. Bnt he would not speak to mo. I
said all I could say in the street, and
tried to follow him home; but he stopped
short and said: T do not know you. sir!
You will cease to annoy mo!' And I
could not make a scene in the street."
There was a choking sound in Charles
Austin's voice us ho ceased spoaking, i
but, boinga man, lie kept back the sob j
that would have followed. Mrs. Austin's i
tears wero falling fast.
"At Christmas time, too," sho said. !
"It is useless to send presents, Charlie;
ho hns sent them back every year."
Tho story this conversation referred to '
was an old 0110, a true love marriage
made in the faco of disinheritance and
patornal displeasure. Mrs. Austin had j
boon a poor girl, employed in the factory I
of Simon Austin, then a man of great J
wealth and good social position; a man
purse-proud, arrogant and full of Ids
own importance. When his only child,
his idolized, indulged son and heir, told
him of his love for pretty Margaret Hay,
a factory-girl, living in tho factor}'
boarding-house, wearing calico dresses,
and earning a inoro living, tho old man
was a maniac in his fury.
Ho would not see that tho girl was
pleasing in manner, refined in taste, well
educated and sweet-tempered, one to
brighten any home and make any good
man thoroughly happy. Ho gave a fierce
command that "the matter should end then
and there. Charles Austin, utterly un
accustomed to be erossod in any fancy,:
refused obodionco, never before exacted,
and tho conversation ended in a stormy ,
quarrel and tho young man's expulsion 1
from home.
But with a good fortune that does not!
often follow disobedient sons, Charles '
was at once taken into the employ and
favor of his mother's brother, an eccen
tric old bachelor, who gave tho young 1
couple a homo in Ids own luxurious
house. It was a new life to tho old I
gentleman, and lie took tho keenest in-!
terost in all the household affairs as '
Margaret managed them, loved and
mourned tho older children, and dying, I
when Madge was but a year old, left his I
entire large estate to his " beloved
nephew, Charles Austin."
And while the sunshine of prosperity
had no clouds for this wayward son, tho •
father's fortunes had gone all awry.
Somo commercial panic was the first blow
to Simon Austin, and an effort to repair
tho loss by speculation only added to the
disaster. Ho missed the cool, clear head
ot the son who had of late years hocn his
active nartner. tho judgment ho hud first
trained and then trusted to guide his
largo business. Ho was angry, and his
angry impulses led him into rliro blun
ders, until ho grows.) involved, that there
was no escape, and lie failed for more
than his entire fortune.
At once Charles hastened to him, offer
ing his entire wealth to save him, only to
be met by a proud, tierce refusal to bo
under any obligation to a disobedient
child or his beggar-wife.
Over and ovor again, as poverty be
camo more and more bitter to the man
broken and aged, did his soy implore him
to ullow him to help him, offer him a
home, love, care, obedience oven,'only
to ho thrown back with angry scorn.
A proud man always, ,Simon Austin
cherished lus wrath as the last remnant
of the old arrogance, and would not bond
one inch. Ho found letters trilling him
anonymous sums of money were in tho
bank in his name, and wrote back refus
ing to claim them. Ho mistrusted every
offer of service, as dictated by his son,
and roturnod to Charles every scrap of
aid sent to him. often perplexing his son
by sending what had not coine from him,
though ho always refused to believe this.
And being old and broken in health, he
sank lower and lower, unable to till lucra
tive positions, and taking the work that
gave him barely food and the poorest
clothing.
Very sadlv the son and his wife talked
of the impossibility of helping one who
would not let any appeal touch him, until
suddenly Margaret cried:
"Charles! 1 have an idea! Let mo
try to win your father over. 1 will send
him a Christmas card."
"My dear, he would not open the en
velope."
"But it will not go in an envelope.
Don't ask any questions. Let ine try,
and see if your father does not dine with
us to-morrow."
"Dine with us! Margaret, you must
be crazy!"
"Not a bit of it. Just let ine have my
own way, dear."
"Do you ever fail to get that?" was
the laughing query, for something in his
wife's face gave a fresh hope to Charles
Austin's heart.
It was a very mean room in a very
poor house where the sun of a bright
Christmas morning wakened Simon Aus
tin. Everything in tho shabby place told
of tho lack of woman's care and love.
Dust hung upon everything, disorder
reigned. There were no dainty trifles of
needlework; tho curtains were dingy and
crooked; the carpet torn and dirty.
Very wearily and slowly the old man
dressed himself, lit a fire in tho grate and
rang for the poor breakfast his landlady
provided. D'uiticr and tea ho vvut* ffup
posed to buy outside, but very often this
muddy coffee, stale bread and tough chop
or steak wero the sole repast of tho twen
ty- four hours.
It was Christmas Day, and no business
took the old man abroad; so, after the
untempting tray was removed, ho took a
newspaper and drew shiveringly to tlio
lire. But before he had read one column
thero came a knock upon tho door, and
then it opened wide and closed again be
hind a child a little girl in a quaint
Mother Hubbard cloak and hat, with
largo blue eyes and clustering golden
curls, and holding a largo flat basket full
of fresh, beautiful flowers. Whilo tho
old man gazed at her in silent amazement
she said, in a sweet, childish voice:
"If you please, dear grandpapa, I am
your Christmas curd!"
"You—you are what?" he said, utter
ly bewildered.
"If you please, dear grandpapa, I am
your Christmas card!"
"W ho sont you hero? What is your
name?"
"Mamma brought me here! I am
Madge Austin, dear grandpapa—" and
then, half frightened at the strange face
and the poor room, the child's eves tilled
and her lips trembled. "I want to go
home!" she whispered.
"Don't cry!" Mr. AustiiVsaid, finding
his senses and taking her into his arms,
very tenderly. "Don't cry, dear, I will
take you home."
"Oh, if you please, because my big
doll is there and all tho toys Santa Claus
brought, and brother Harry. What did
Santa Claus bring you?"
, "Nothing!"
"Oh!" with a very deep drawn sigh,
"was it because you are up so many
stairs? But he always comes to our
house, and mamma said,perhaps, to-day, ho
would bring us our grandpapa! We
haven't got any now, you know, and
mamma said if ho did come, wo would
love him just the same as papa, and he
would love us. And please, grandpapa,
so we will." And here the child put her
! littlo arms around the head bent low be
| fore her, and lifted the face quivering
and tear-stained.
"Oh, don't crv! Oh, please, men don't
cry; only naughty girls and boys! Oh!"
[ and again the tefror found voice in tho
pica: "I want to go home!"
"ies, yes! I will take you home.
Bring your flowers, child. This is no
place for flowers or—or—Christinas
cards!"
Down tho crazy old stairs the old man
led the child, tenderly watchful that tho
little feet did not slip nor stumble.
Through the sunny streets, unheeding
tho cold, she walked beside him, prat
tling of her homo and of the dear grund
papa that she had been taught to love.
1 hat was tho crowning amazement.
No child in a few short hours could have
been taught to talk of tho estranged
parent as this child talked. She told tho
old man of tho prayer she said night and
morning, "Ploaso, dear Lord, send my
grandpapa homo!" of tho talks of her
mother about this unknown relative
whom she was to reverence and love,
should he ever come homo, opening to
tho hardened but, 011, such a lonely heart
a hope of rest and affection, that lie felt
it would bo bitter as death to thrust aside
now.
There was no need to pull the door-bell
of the stately mansion to which Simon
Austin led his grandchild. Eager hands
were waiting to open its portals wide; ;
eager eyes were watching for the coming '
of the pair. Tender arms and strong
hands led Simon Austin into tho parlor;
Margaret's kisses fell warm and caress
ing upon Ins wrinkled cheeks; Charlie's
hands removed tho shabby overcoat;
baby Harold clung to his knees, shout
ing:
"Dandpa s turn! Santa Tlaus bnnged
dandpa!"
There was no pride could stand against
this loving, sincere welcome, so pride
collapsed.
"Do you really want mo, Charlie?" |
tho old man faltered. "It is not mere
charity!"
| "Hush!" whispered Margaret. "Do
not grieve him by such a word, lie will
never ho happy until you eome home,
dear father."
And so Christmas once again gathered
up the tangled threads of estrangement
and knit them into strong bands of home
love.
Take Care of Your Feet*
Some folks treat their feet as they
might their shoes; take 110 care of them,
and oven abuse them, as though when
| they had become shapeless ana almost
• useless they could be thrown aside and a
now pair obtained. Mistake. One pair
is all any man will have in this world.
Ihe circumstances under which they
servo us are, at best, very trying and not
altogether calculated to keep themshapo
|ly and comfortable. Abuse them and
they will retaliate ten-fold. Pinch them
, and they will make every nerve in one's
body twinge in sympathy with their tor
. ment. Wear high-heeled boots, thus
1 pitching the weight upon tho toes, and
I the spine will curve, the gait will become
: constrained and mincing and tho erect
| tor in, the forceful stride, tho manly car
riage of a free and well balanced figure
will have been lost forever.
| Begin early to care for tho feet.
\\ ear wholesome, soft and well-made
hosiery, and slices which conform to the
' shape of your own feet, whether they re
semble other people's shoes or not. Havo
j plenty of changes of foot clothing, keep
the extremities uiy and warm, and you
will have done much to conserve the
health and comfort of the whole body.
JACK KIRKIP.
Graphic Description of u Typical
Border Sheriff.
There was only one policeman to en
force the law in a territoiy the size of
Rhode Island. lie was quite as remark
able in his way as any other development
of that embryotic civilization. His
name was Jack Kirk up, and all who
knew him spoke of him us being physi
cally the most superb example of man
hood in the Dominion. Six feet and
three inches in height, witk the chest
neck and limbs of u giant. his three hun
dred pounds of weight were so exactly
his complement as to give hiin the sym
metry of an Apollo. He was good-look
ing, with the beauty of a round-faced,
good-natured hoy, and his thick hair fell
in a cluster of ringlets over his forehead
and upon his nock. No knight of Ar
thur's circle can have beeu more pic
turesque a figure in the forest than this
"Jack." He was as neat as a dandy.
Ho wore high hoots and corduroy knick
erbockers, a flannel shirt and a sack
coat, and rode bis big bay horse with the
easo and grace of a Skoboleff. He
smoked like a fire of green brush, but
had never tasted liquor in his life. In a
dozen years he had slept more frequently
in the open air, upon pebble beds or in
trencheg of snow, than upon ordinary
bedding, and ho exhibited, in his graceful
movements, his sparkling eyes and ruddy
cheeks, his massive frame and his imper
tuobablo good nature, a degree of health
and vigor that would seem insolent to the
average New-Yorker. Now that the
railroad was building, ho kept ever on
the trail, along what was called "the
rigght of way " —going from camp to
camp to "jump" whiskey peddlers and
gamblers and to quell disorder—except
on pay-day, once a month, when ho staid
at Sprout's Landing.
The echoes of his fearless behavior and
lively adventures rung - in every gather
ing. The general tenor of the stories
was to the effect that he usually gaveouo
warning to evil-doers, and if they did not
hood that he cleaned them out." Ho cur
n revolver, but never had used it. Even
when the notorious gambler on our border
hud crossed over into "Jack's" bailiwick
the policeman depended upon bis lists,
lie lmd met the gambler and bad "ad
vised" him to take the cars next day.
The gambler, in reply, had suggested
that both would get along more quietly
if each minded his own affairs, where
upon Kirkup had said, "You hear me:
take the cars out of here to-morrow."
The little community (it was Donald, 15.
C., a very rough place at the time) hold
its breathing for twenty-lour hours, and
at the approach of train-time was on tip-
Itoo with strained anxiety. At twenty
minutes before the hour the policeman,
amiable and easy-going as ever in ap
pearance, began u tour of the houses. It
was in a tavern that lie found the
j gambler.
"You must take the train," said he.
I "You can't make me," replied the
gambler.
There were no moro words. In two
minutes the giant was carrying the limp
body of the rutliau to a wagon, in which
ho drove him to jail. There he washed
the blood off the gambler's face and tidied
his collur and scarf. From thero the
couple walked to the cars, where they
j parted amicably.
"I had to be a little rough," said Kir
i kup to the loungers at the station, "bo-
I cause he was armed liko a pin-cushion,
! and I didn't want to have to kill him."
—[Harper's Magazine.
Aniin a 1 Stories*
Tlioro are said to bo about fifty buffa
loes left in Wyoming.
The London Zoological Society bus ro
! Gently acquired a white frog.
| The meduscr is a fish so Fragile "that
! when washed on the beach it melts and
disappears," says a noted scientist.
A Lawrence, Mass., man has a petri
fied turtle a foot in diameter and five in
ches high, which was found 011 the shores
of Lake Champlain.
A large snake was discovered milking
a cow at llagerstown, Md. The cow's
I owner had been at a loss for a long time
to account for the diminution in his milk
, supply.
J A Clinton, Me., man owns a bird dog
1 that has distinguished himself tho past
summer by bringing home twenty-five
chickens from the yards of his owner's
neighbors.
A stork had a ring 011 his leg for iden
tification. After two years' absence he
returned to Germany last spring with a
second ring, bearing the inscription,
I "India sends greetings to Germany."
The butterflies of Australia bathe. One
will alight closo to tho water, into which
I it backs until tho whole of the body is
| submerged, tho forelegs alone retaining
j their hold on dry land. In a moment it
( will fly away, apparently refreshed.
1 A Belfast, Ale., man who went trouting
relates that he caught a trout ten inches
I long, and was looking at it admiringly
: when there came a great rush of wings
and something took the fish from his
hands. The despoiled fisherman looked
up in time to see a big crow Hying away
with the prize.
The Blue Hen's Chickens* 99
Everybody knows that natives of Del
aware are called the "Blue Hen's Chick
ens," but not one in a hundred can tell
you why they are so called. The epithet
1 is said to have had its origin in the fid
lowing. t )ne of Delaware's most gallant
fighters in the War of the Revolution
was a Captain Caldwell, who was notori
i ous for his fondness for cock-fighting.
Ho drilled his men admirably, they
being known throughout the army as
I " Caldwell's game-cocks." This same
Caldwell held to tin; peculiar theory that
no cock was really game unless its mo
ther was a blue hen. As the mouths
wore away Caldwell's men became known
as the "Blue Hen's Chickens," a title
I which only incrosed their respect for tho
j old gumo-cock Captain. The nickname
became famous, and after the close of
the war was applied indiscriminately to
all natives of the "Diamond State."
St. Louis Republic.
Tunnel Diggers Strike (Jold.
Workmen, while boring for the Kansas
City (Mo.) Water Works tunnel under
! tho Missouri Kiver tho other day, ob
; served some brightly tinted particles in
tho dirt which they were handling, and
showed them to an engineer who had
; formerly been connected with a mining
j company. Putting the samples sub
j mittcd to him under a poworful micio
i scope, ho declared that the stratum con
| tuined freo gold in quantities to make tho
mining of it profitable. Kansns City
j pooplo are now talking about paying for
I tho tunnel with tho profits to bo made by
mining the stratum discovered. At any
rate, an assay of the gravel has been
| ordorod.—[Boston Transcript.
NOTljs AM) COMMENTS.
THE Lipun tribe of Indians in Mexico
are to the other Indians in the Kepublio
what the Pqrsces are to the Hindoos—the
saving remnant. Though an off-shoot of
the barbarous Comanches, they have
many noble traits of character, not the
least of which is their dignified courtesy.
The tribe used to be established in
Texas, and Old Castro, their chief, was a
fine specimeu of manly dignity. At a
bull in Houston a lady said that she
would give him her portrait if she hud
one, and the old chief replied: "It makes
no difference; I have your picture
stamped 011 my brain."
NOT more than half a mile from Port
Peini, Delaware, in a sheltered copse be
tween two tidewater streams flowing into
Delaware Bay, there are within 1111 area
of live acres more than fifty dugouts, or
rude earthen houses, used by the Indians
of the region more than a century ago.
The mounds are fast disappearing, but
the earth thereabouts abounds in arrow
heads, tomahawks, and other Indian rel
ics, while the bones of many savages lie
buried hard by. Some of the neighbor
ing farmers hold the land that was grant
ed to them in tho earliest colonial days,
and one of the oldest inhabited houses in
the United States, a substantial brick
structure, is still standing near Port Penn
and in go-)d repair. Probably three
fourths of the white inhabitants are de
scendants of colonial settlers.
DAKOTA, which claims every tiling so
large that if appeals to the imagination
of tho discoverer us well as that of the
man who is' told all about it, now an
nounces that it has the most wonderful
artesian well in tho world. The water is
said to spout from it a distance of 100
feet in the air, and tho supply is 10,000
gullons a minute. The pressure is 200
pounds to the square inch. A land-boom
er calculates that this well, which is at
Huron, would furnish to each man, wom
an and child in North Dakota four gal
lons of water every hour.
AMONG the exhibits to bo made at tho
World's Fair by a Paris jewelry estab
lishment will be the extraordinary "blue
diamond," which is almost unique in tho
world of precious stones, and two of the
Ma/.arin diamonds. There were originally
seven of tho Ma/.arin diamonds, and they
were bequeathed by the cardinal of that
name to Louis XIV., who made of them
tho nucleus of the afterwards famous
crown jewels. At the sale of tho royal
collection two or three years ago tho
other five passed into the hands of private
purchasers.
THE faot brought out at the late Prison
Congress that crime has increased rela
tively in tho United States and decreased
elsewhere has naturally caused unfavor
able comment, and encouraged inquiry
into tho cause of this unpleasant show
ing. Tho statement is based 011 the
great decrease shown in tho number of
prisoners in Europe and their increase
here. In twenty years the prisoners con
lined in England and Wales havo fallen
from 19,318 to 12,099, although there has
been a lurge increase in population.
Whereas in the United States in ten years
our prison population has grown from
12,691 to 19,538.
THE southern part of Washington
County, 111., is said to bo peculiarly rich
in Indian relics, which may be found on
almost every farm. The banks of the
filkhorn, Locust, Bouucoup, and Mud
Creeks, which tlow through the region,
were once favorite camping-places of the
red men. Among the relics which have
been recently ploughed up aro a battle
axo of hard Hint, pink in color and
weighing ix pounds, which is now in
the possesion of Mr. George Martin, of
Nashville, 111., a pipe-stem, embellished
with raised scroll work, a great variety of
arrow and Ipear-heads, and an axe-head
of green stunt. More interesting than
the reinaiis cf the Indian tribes is an
oddly shapid ioce of stone which a son
of Farmer jililbert ploughed up 011 the
bank of Ipcist Creek about a month
ago. Obi-crying some faint lettering
upon the son t, he carried it home, and
when it w wished, the inscription stood
out: "1). liione, 1785." Above the in
scription, Which seemod to have been
made with;a knife or some other sharp
instrumcni was the faint outline of a
rude attcimt at picturing an arrow, and
above thisan indentation the size of a
large boa'n I: appears to bo a bonu-fidc
relic of tic great hunter, Boone, who
made several hunting trips to southern
Illinois, aid passed through the country
when lie itived west from Kentucky.
IT seema that Christmas, as the anni
versary otiChrist's birth, was observed
as far bacl as the fourth century. But
we have fw details of the observance,
and it is ot until wo come to tho era
whose cus mis are preserved to us in
song and allad that wo can discover
many deta s of the festivities attendant
upon the ti ic. We learn that the good
King Artltir and his Knights of the
Bound Talj e made merry at the Christ
mas seasoi, feasting being their princi
pal methoi of observing the day, as be
came suehi body of worthies. William
the Conquior duly observed Christmas,
and since lis time tho more or less formal
observanciiof the day has been uninter
rupted. ii tho olden times, before the
Christian in., tho innumerable gods and
goddesses If mythology had played im
portant psrts in the festivals of their
believers. 'When tho belief in their ex
istence aid intluenco 011 human affairs
was swept; away, popular fancy trans
formed tliim into legoudary witches,
elves, and food spirits, and in tho earlier
masks, or pays, which became a part of
the Christies observances, wo find these
mythical bangs curiously interwoven.
As early as tic twelfth century spectacu
lar [days wire presented at Christmas
time, and fomialt a dozen centuries they
and their successors held sway in Eng
ine I. In (idnnuny some form of page
ant. s e dacHi, or play has been common
in comtecthli with the festivities for
hundreds of years.
A B>oby in Feathers.
One is reminded of the old story of the
monkey compelled to pull tho chestnuts
out of the tiro when he reads of the
booby birds of the African coast Tho
natives keep these birds tamed and use
them for fishing. A boat pushes out to
the doep water and anchors; poles pro
ject from tho sides on which the birds
sit contemplating tho waters; when one
sees a fish ho rises, hovers over it, dives
and brings it to tho surface, then be
tosses it in the air, catching it right end
downward, but before the fish can get
halfway down the bird is seized by his
owner and choked until tho fish is dis
gorged. Time after time this operation
is repeated, and tho bird s meal is long
deferred. The naturalists aptly named
the stupid ereature which seems not to
know enough to get away and enjoy the
fruits of his own exertion.
The avoruge size of an American farm in
010 acres.
Russian Typos Alarmed.
The type-setters of Russia, and es
pecially of St. Petersburg, are alarmed
for their trade, because they have
heard that in this country certain
type-setting machines are superseding
the type stlckors and putting them
out of' work. Tho St. Petersburg
compositors, fearing that these ma
chines may be introduced there, have
sent to New York for information
about them, asking if their use Is
profitable to their employers, and if it
is detrimental to the interests of the
old-fashioned compositors.
A reply has been sent from horo to
the St. Petersburg inquirers, telling
them of the various kinds of type
setting machines that have been" In
vented, of the extent to which they
are used In the newspaper, book, or
job offices in this country, and of their
influence upon the interests of type
setters. A reporter who has seen this
reply says that its effect will be to re
lieve the minds of the Russian typos.
DUDEI.Y CANESUCKER, a New York
Society inau, met with a serious ac
cident and was taken to a hospital.
One of his friends called and asked
if Duelely was delirious. "Well, yes,"
replied the doctor, "I think he is a
little cut of his head. He talked
very sensibly a while ago."—Texas
Siftings.
Fox hunting in un Httrnctmn for winter
visitors at Fayetteville, N C.
A CURE for nearly all of the common ills—
what, doctor*? Pshaw! Take Beecham's
Pills. For sale by ull druggists. 26 cents.
The rent of land in England 300 years ago
was about twenty-live cents an acre.
l i'lf; stopped free bv Da. KLINE'S OKSAT
NKUVK KKSTOUKH. NO fits after Urst day's use.
Mai veloua euros. Treatise and $2 trial bottle
Crew. Dr. nr* • ■ >•- PMIH... p„_
A Cannes (Prance) perfumer uses twenty
tous of violets every your.
Children Tease For If.
Dr. Tloxsie's Certain Croup Cure Is a bootl
;o c hildren who are attacked with croup or
icute congestive colds. Sold by druggists or
n ailed on receipt of 5J cts. Address A- A#
llax&xti. Buffalo. N. Y.
Tho State of Virginia owns about n mil
lion and a half acres of oyster lands.
A Flensing Wotine
of health and strength renewod and of ease
and comfort follows the use of Syrup of Figs'
as It acta in harmony with nature to effectually
cleanso tho system when costive or bilious.
For sale in 50c. and $1 bottles by all leading
druggists.
One hundred nnd c'gh'y millio-i tons of
coal were min d in Great Britain last year.
There is more catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable, tor a great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it 'in
curable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
countltutlonal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo
Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the
market. It is taken internally in doses from
10drops to a teaapoonful. It acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
1 hey offer SIU) for any case it fails to cure,
bend for circulars and testimonials. Addrcsa
ran- 1 j , F J- CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
l-tr bold_by Druggists, 75c.
Zanzibar will hereafter impose a duty on
c'ove stems and the organs of florescence of
the clove tree.
Enormous Demand for Kirn*.
An egg merchant, who goes from house
to house buying eggs, told us a few days
since that he expected to pay 50 cents a doz
en for eggs before Christmas.
Many yiersons who keep liens will prob
ably not have an egg to sell when they reach
fifty cents. Some one may ask, "what can
a body do when the pesky old hens stop lay
ing, and the pullets refuse to begin until
spring?" Why! do us Win. H. Yeotnans, of
Columbia, Conn., Editor of the Gorman town
Telegraph, did last winter. He says: "Last
fall I made an experiment worth giving our
readers. Until about Dec. Ist, I was getting
from twenty common hens, only one or two
eggs a day. I decided to try Sheridan's
Condition Powder. I confess I had but lit
tle faith in its value to make hong lay. Com
menced feeding, and for nine days saw very
little effect. Then the hens t>egan laying,
and in throe months laid 858 eggs. Part of
the time the thermometer was 12 degrees
below zero, and my hens were laying a dozen
eggs a day, while my neighbors (who did not
use the powder) wero getting none. 1 now,
wit hout hesitation, believe it is a valuable
aid to fanners for egg-production." Well
might he believe, tor nearly 72 dozen eggs,
in three mouths, from twenty common hens,
with eggs worth 50 cents, is worth having.
I. S. Johnson & Co., 22 Custom House St,
Boston, Mass., (the only makers of Sheri
dan's Condition Powder to make hens lay).
Will send, postpaid to any person, two 23
cent packs of powder, and a new Poultry
Raising Gui le, for 00 cents. The hook nloue
costs 25 cents. For SI.OO Ave packs of
powder and a book; for $1.20 a large
pound can and book; six cans for $5.00, ex
press prepuid. Semi stamps or cash. Inter
esting testimonials sent flee.
Thirty-four IIOUIMIH of rnw nugnr make
twenty-one poutn'e of refined. 1*.~2
Malaria
In bellevod to be caused by poisonous miasms arising
from low marshy land, or from decaying vegetable
matter, ami which, breathed Into the lungs, enter
and poison the blood. If a healthy condition of the
blood Is maintained by taking Hood's Rursaparllla,
one is much less liable to malaria, und Hood's Sursa
parllla has cured many severe cases of this distress
ing affection even in the advanced stages when the
terrible chills and fever prevailed. Try it.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for sr>. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
llnod's Hills.—For the liver ami bowels, act eas
ily yet promptly and efficiently. Price, 35c.
"August
Flower"
This is the query per-
What is petuallv on your little
boy's lips. And he is
It For? no worse than the big-
ger, older, balder-head
ed boys. Life is an interrogation
point. " What is it for?" we con
tinually cry from the cradle to the
grave. So with this little introduc
tory sermon we turn and ask: ' 'What
is AUGUST FLOWER FOR ?" As easily
answered as asked : It is for Dys
pepsia. It is a special remedy for
the Stomach and Liver. Nothing
more than this ; but this brimful.
We believe August Flower cures
Dyspepsia. We know it will. We
have reasons for knowing it. Twenty
years ago it started in a small country
town. To-day it has an honored
place in every city and country store,
possesses one of the largest manu
facturing plants in the country and
sells everywhere. Why is this ? The
reason is as simple as a child's
thought. It is honest, does one
thing, and does it right along—it
cures Dyspepsia. Si
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr,Woodbury,N.J.
you ARE INVITED
To call and inspect our im-.
mense stock of
DRY GOODS,
Groceries, Provisions,
FURNITURE, Etc.
Our store is full of the new
est assortment. The prices are
the lowest. All are invited to
see our goods and all will be
pleased.
J. P. McDonald,
8. W. Corner Centre and South Sta., Freeland.
FERRY & CHRISTY]"*
dealers in
Stationary, School Books,
Periodicals, Son? Books, Musical
Instruments,
CIGARS and TOBACCO,
SPOBTING GOODS
Window Fixtures and Shades, Mirrors,
Pictures and Frames made to order.
Pictures enlarged and Framed.
Crayon Work a Specialty.
lilSFim M3B&
The name of every newspaper published, luiv
j ing a eireulation rating in the Ameriean News
paper Directory of more than 35,000 copies each
issue, with the cost per line for advertising in
them. A list of the best pupers of local circula
tion, in every city and town of more than .",(**>
population with prices by the inch for one
month. Special lists of daily, country, village
and class papers. Bargain offers ol' value to
small advertisers 01* those wishing to experi
ment judiciously with a small uinount of money.
Shows conclusively "how to get the most ser
vice for the money, 11 etc., etc. Sent post paid
to any address for :m) cents. Address, Geo. P.
How ell & Co.. Publishers and General Adver
tising Agents, 10 Spruce Street. New York City.
& C. D. ROHRBACH,
Dealer in
Hardware, Paints, Varnish,
Oil, Wall Paper, Mining
Tools and mining Sup
plies of all kinds,
Lamps, Globes, Tinware, Etc.
Having purchased the stock
of Wm. J. Eckert and added a
considerable amount to the
present stock I am prepared to
sell at prices that defy compe
tition.
Don't forget to try my special
brand of MINING OIL.
Centre Street, Freeland Pa.
E. M. GERITZ,
21 years in Germany and America, opposite
the ( critrai Hotel, Centre Street, Freelaeu. The
Chcupcst Repairing Store in town.
Watches. Clocks and Jewelry.
New Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry on hand for the Holi.
days; the lowest cash price in
town. Jewelry repaired in
short notice. All Watch Re
pairing guaranteed for one
year.
Eight Day Clocks from $3.00
to $12.00; New Watches from
SI.OO up.
E. M. GERITZ,
Opposite Central Hotel, Centre St., Fix jland.
GO TO
Fisher Bros.
Livery Stable
FOB
FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS
At Short Notice, for Weddings, Parties and
Funerals. Front Street, two squures
below Freeland Opera House.
JOB
PRINTING
HUKJUT*D AT THIS ORIOB AX
Lowest Living Prices.
Cm! ME!
The undersigned has been appoint
ed agent for the sale of G. B. Hurkle
& Co.'s
Highland Goal.
The quality of the Highland Coal
needs no recommendation, being hand
picked, thoroughly screened and free
from slate, makes it desirable for
Domestic purposes. All orders left
at tho TRIBUNE office will receive
prompt attention.
Price $3.75 per two-horse wagon
load. T. A. BUCKLEY, Agent.
PETER TIMONY,
BOTTLER,
And Dealer in all kinds of
Liquors, Beer and Porter,
Temperance Drinks,
Etc., Etc.
Geo.Ringler&Co.'s
Celebrated LAGER BEER put
in Patent Sealed Bottles here
on the premises. Goods de
livered in any quantity, and to
any part of the country.
FREELAND BOTTLING WORKS,
Cor. Centre and Carbon Sts., Freeland.
(Near Lehigh Valley Depot.)
H. M. BRISLIN,
UNDERTAKER
AND
Also dealer in
FURNITURE
of every description.
Centre Street, above Luzeirne, Freeland.
The Most Successful Remedy everdiscov
-Bred, as it is certain la its effects and does not
blister. Read proof below :
KENDALL'S SPAVIN ME.
BELVKRNON, Pa., Nov. 27, *9O.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.:
Gents—l would like to make known to those who
are almost persuaded to use Kendall's Spavin Curo
the fact that 1 thluk it isa most excellent Liniment.
I have used Hon u Blood Spavin. The horse went on
three legs for three years when 1 commenced to
use your Kendall's Spavin Cure. I used ten bot
tles on the horse and have worked him for three
yeurs since and has not been lame.
Yours truly, WM. A. CURL.
GERMAN-TOWN, N. Y., NOV. 2,1889.
DR. B. J. KENDALL Co..
Euosburgh Palls, Vt.
Gents: In pralsoof Kendall's Spavin Cure I will
say. thatayear ago I liatl a valuable young horoe be
come very lame, lio< ic enlarged and swollen. The
horsemen about here (we buvo no Veterinary Sur
geon here) pronounced his lameness Blood Spavin
or Thorough piu, they all told mo there was no
cure for If, he became about useless, and I con
sidered him almost worthless. A friend told me of
the merits of your Kendall's Spavin Cure, so I
bought a bottle, and I could see very plainly great
Improvements Immediately fromltsuse.aml before
the bottle was used Up I was satisfied that It wag
doing him a great deal of good. I bought a second
bottle ami before it was used up my horse wag
cu I t'll and has been in the team doing heavy work
all the season since last. April, showing no nioro
signs of It. I consider your Kendall's Spavin Curo
a valuable medicine, nnd It should bo in every
stable In the land. Respectfully yours,
EUGtNE DEWITT.
Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for $5. All drug
gists have it or can get It for you, or it will bo sent
to any address On receipt of price by tlio proprie
tors. DR. 11. J. KENDALL CO.,
Enonburgli Falls, Vermont*
SOLI) BV ALL DRUGGISTS.
A. RUDEWICK,
GENERAL STORE.
SOUTH HEBERTON, PA.
Clothing. Groceries, Etc., Etc.
Agent for the sale of
PASSAGE TICKETS
From all the principal points in Europe
to all points in the United States.
Agent for the transmission of
MONEY
To all parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts,
and Letters of Exchange on Foreign
Hanks cashed at reasonable rntos.
S. RUDEWICK,
Wholesale Dealer ID
Imported Brandy, Wine
And All Kinds Of
LIQUORS.
THE BEST
Beer,
Sorter,
-A.le And
Brown. Stent.
Foreign and Domestic.
Cigars Kept on Hand.
S. RUDEWICK,
SOUTH HEBERTON.
JPCIENT AM
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