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Show t I fr SKETCH. will soon come whistling merrily irom among the pines, array-ein a suit of new clot he-- u :th w lute shirt and red and im pocket-tide- d v. till jieanuts and stii Ic randy. is lad aiit m a neiv speckled calico dres, with Ho wers in her hair, and a knot of ted r.bl-oat her throat that heauu'.u,,y matches her cheeks. The old road brings no sad memories to her, but calls up sweet dreams ot future happiness. buptier comes at sundown afe.astoi crisp fried meat, hard biscuits and bitter black codec. Even these were palatable, however, alter a long days rids through those desolate pine wilds, and Mr. Stubbs invitation to set up and eat hearty was cheerfully accepted by the traveller. Soonie's beau came in during supper, a fuzzy faced, silly looking young fellow, who went quite of? his head at the sight of the stranger and could only giggle and look more foolish than ever. Ir. ttooBies eyes, however, be was vary precious piece of evidently humaaity, thougii she cast many pleasant looks towards the guest. As soou as the supper things were cleared away Mrs. Stubbs fixed the beds, and instructing the traveller to lie along with the old man, she and Soonis left the room. You kin sleep iu here with me," said the old man, rubbing his bare feet on the floor and tumbling Into bed with only so much preparation as a hog might take, and was soon snoring frightlully; this effectually banished sleep so lar as our traveller was concerned. In a tew moments the ladies came back into the room and Mrs. Stubbs turned in. Soonie and John Henry were now left alone before the great fireplace, she standing on one side ot the hearth nervously toying with a china cup and saucer of gaudy pattern, her only treasure except a flaring chromo ot Joseph and his Brethern, which bung on the wall, while he chewed vigorously and exqiectorated freely to the imminent risk ot injuring her Sunday dress. IIow silly and frightened he looked as Soonie, seating herself, began idly picking at her frock, blushing vividly, and left the openingof the evening exercises entirely with him. taw a mighty big chicken fight uo ter the store this even', huh, huh," eweeth-s- rt . A Fen Pis :jro of Lifo Among tho Lowly in "io .'tats of Coorgia. with a low, A io: hou-e, two-roo- - it diiiiififf.i'vii worm- fer.oe arc-un- i R. ragged Iioik Mickle viue Rt the sule of the door, wh.cn is never closed, stunted rose whiter or summer, a bushes bordering the path of white 6and that glistened blindingly in the the sun of a mid'iimmer day, from the broken sate to the rickety door- step. 4 traveller drew his horse up at the gate, and after the fashion of the country, slivicteJ, 'Hello! lie heard a sonorous growl from within the house as if an immense, African lion had been disturbed from an afternoon siesta; then a shrill, shattered voice commanded, You, Watch, git right back thar, and the great dog immediately retired to his favorite couch beneath the high, uncurtained bedstead. A few moments later there protruded from the open door an enormous corncob pipe Jrom which thesmokewas curling in a hazy blue column. As the several sections pipe with, it seemed,made itself visible, of sttm, gradually it became e ident that the other end disappeared in an old womans mouth a dry, expressionless mouth, surrounded with ever widening ot circles wrinkles, as is the centre of a tree, which ciicles took in a long sha p nose, a hooked chin, two e eyes, and finally bright, iiinl-- r the folds of a cotdisanpeaied ton Landketclwef bound over snowy hair. Then the handle of the pipe was with an eifort extracted Irom its accustomed place between the old cracker mothers lips as she called, Ole man, lines sum un as wanster inqui-itii- see you. , The pipe is replac'd and the thin column of bUi smoke curls lazily up ns the st i anger cits in silence under the clo-- e m i ut iny Irom the eyes above the primitive pipe, as well as from a pair of Aright, si any orbs, dimly visible thrnu li a crack between two logs of the c.ib n. Presently a thick stream ol dark yellow Hind is proj cfed from around a corner ot the building with the force and volume of a lawn sprinkler, a heavy iu of tobacco is Hung out among tre ut nnted ro-- e bushes, and in appearance, r.n old limn dii arte with a it.: n and s.cn r frame, yellow bkin, thin: nay lo ks, f:om which proycts an ar.'ii ine i.osu and peer htiiti.'.e Mel furt i e eyes roa.ts f.owly ; into view. He wmi patched and darned blown j an dot, a- -, and as it is summer he s at all. lie does nt'! near any speaks lii'-- t say.n: in a. uiearli: Good tv- n tollable light, niist-- ! i 1 1 h-- to . , C - rl Up , slraigcr ai. and enters the the glaring semlooks as cool and ipath gloomy as t grotto. Then became face to face vitii the girl of the starry eyes, who initej appear, perhaps from the contrast with her homely sur roundings, a rate vision of girlibh liout-e- wliHn, outi-iie- 4 r , loveliness. As the strantpr bowed she smiled bashfully and said Good mawnin, ; ( though it is lat no one makes I in .urn the atternoon, but arequainted. whom the mother said he. Did you, he, bo; which whupped? said she. 1 s i e ,.s y - bol I d yr it I et gw CmUHa. ore-roome- d - I ;- , t 5 -- I ' b.t-iv- , 1 Price enl. i 1 l.e si. res t'l.i-i-e- c!n me tvujli siv a bit st- i f li,ie byruji. bal's were M things iu Huston in The Fall of the Rheumatism u, large ecu indirale nv a ted nose ill'll- o! Dr. Bulls 35 cents. -g il tender as far- J03o. There is charming elasticity about a girl of eighteen springs. All the sc entisi s still assert thnt it would take a cannon ball only eight days to reach the moon. The flower trade of London is estimated to amount to 5,000 a dav. te rti-wIs eassedfty ex -ceas 0t Ucic ecttf to Ue feem. aCMftathe flbroes tHwuea. forOeaiarty aad rsmti J the local wti-i-ifi ms f da petas "1 a.ftrs ia efte bock soi sOaoMlen, cog to om joiaia st tbe baces, amities, bias 4 vrlerjw Ttoaaads el ftpffwayiHBa a poaltiT people have tout to Ben nd terKsseat eure tor rbatosatoia, ttee!ittDew by U iwrif jtinc a4 x acat(a. eagJtaes tbe ecmag asses tbe w bole eddity eg Use bloe lad Tbe mortality among consumptive has been materially deereueeo of late year by the use of 8cotta Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, with llypophosphites of Lime and Soda. llithisis, Bronchitis, Abscess of the Lungs, Pneumonia and Throat Affectiona are completely subjugated by a timely use of this excellent pulmonic. Palatable as milk. Sold by all druggists. Tho population of Germany, to the laet census, is 46.855,704. according For Throat DibKAsts and Coourb uee Browue Bronchial Troches. Like all really good tilings, they are imitated. The are sold in boxes. genuine only There are 30,000,000 books published in Germany every year. Eadlral ara fop Epileptic A body. Hoods Sarsaparilla rireiw. by ea ky C. L BOOU jfsfriotcil with he Water. Sore Free, use Dr. Nans Druggists id! It. Xc. f t.n SIOKBEflDfiBIia ) Farmer, Nov. ITMUirlinaeiikit' kuwc UCXta CARTER'S fo HuaimgiHMu tiwei6ew boa T.v dt Ohm! at fo. fiufol voertA LSVait. i,t ra.lfo u, Bow.Zaj Nirmy Varafobfo Itit U leutu CASTZS 1312232 CS, UTTISiZi Small Pill. Small Dose. Snail Price,! I MuffAjai Sera CnrssU tsuausaa 1354 I ClArk St. EeSf2aCa-Eiaiiaif- 'w IT 'Jr ': i B3 b -- SCECECa: IimSNjf witk the Graatnt ;;S0Ll ieJ ' tee so. 1 ewcago. Ills. SUCCESS- - MA.XaT.xia- Em. Oirciiic, Kcnca vA Fiirit! bNFRVOUS DEPUTY. Leto Memory, LffbtunzSt Cmes, Tirnbls aU Dreams, Head and ttocb Axas and rhecffecis early decay mm pedfeep Cvenpcmption ov (idled Irg swat ortbdt vttb icieabkilly luitulty, never (hng Mkccesa. S PHI U 9 and all bed Stood mi Skin Dtl eases pertTbane-nticrvrrd. teadiiig to dKIDNKYsod UkMNAliYciwnvIctoes Gleet, GcDorrboesi, SknUu , Vertcwcele and aU dmeascs of the Ocmio-linw- y Organs unvt tHwuuy without injury (o hieeiacb, kvhwya et eihsr Ovvabs. No expensnento. Ageearfcjapemticeim portact. CoasuKatkca five anti sobered. HaF bend 4 cents iw Ceielhesued Works Chronic, Nervous and Defeats frienaveik bd Thoss cunicHipkatu Clarkes erte braced guide Msde IS cents, both m cento Doctor. if 2 for Dr. tout Pcmsie, each Cstub he old A fneiA&y kCtor o li' k; sbane.ami add gukten AKvt "1 tfe's (bwfcrct) Enoi a, bjturmdkj bUdtcms War cxpOSUiS rASk;vi.V and wiuibjs seiit everywhere, ilouik, f ia , u AwHs F. D. CLARKE. M. D.. rio. 1HO hirer, LllCAUt, I LI,. S3 Ftti3 State d ffaBR Ml ifcocrat Bn wff With SW( AAiU-v- . iEsricsii Far, a seal a AU sl f if 7 n any by a 4 tsrrtoKir a, lEisup. Eiiiis CATAfIRH nAM; lCVf?A 'CURIO Si. 00. FOU XorAity Ptscets, CNHALASIT. i obi itoarrb. Ant.ustok c., WM ss ht'er, If by iLA.e to i? ms pro-cf aTGU fshbisiiioa. hHjwriiir lo tM Bffta r np v, 'j os A trfert cars Trial mi bv Noii C.UAKAimED tssB com. an Cosr.tr a urai. 1. HrnUf ptu, &. Pirveu'irist'-aurlcuvoiiiMKOUJU- CALI 0., m. Laiua. Ks DAYGrTR!AL.- - w Twra 168SSad aesTto iad Lm a vumfi d t 1 ELYS CREAMJALM-I suttered from CatahrH Civilized man is creating an era of aud not only the great quadrupeds and some fcnmnn species even but harmless birds must go. No loss tlnm 500 birds, belonging to twenty-five species, have been lured to destruction in a single night by the torch of the statue of Liberty in New York harbor. Borne places already report a scarcity of birds, and tinder the influence of augmenting adversities many species may soou disappear altogether. There is more catarrh ia thi section of th country than all other disease p'ut together, aud until the fast fewyearawaasup-pose- d to le incurable. For a great rnaoy years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and pres ribed locat remedies, and by iniHgined. !u the January number of The Western constantly tailing to curs with local treatoriel, illustraied, published at Chicago, ment, pronounced ft incurable. Science will f! U bus proven catarrh to be a constitutional appear an article upon this subject, witli therefore and diseane, rimps and illustrations, setting forth requires constituWages ir.S3 adPer Pay. plu.r, nto vnfK'd cwfBl tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, at great length and very thoroughly the fr j manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., To- gesso a for amiixatiou and the Lerjefi s Centennial Manuractur.ng Co., Cinc nnit., Ohio tw ledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure who'll would accrue to all psrties, and dean! csrd 'tln'iti tn Adlr-- s rit ft od on the market. It ia taken internally in scribing tlie vurioni States hiih would b CANTER? Lok PoM). M D.. auroi. kat.w,L A donesf-oy, tliedcm ludropetoa teaepoonful.Itncta pdde.l to the meman galux upon the blood ami mucous surnciiiiipiini d by pri.f..se d.rtct'y ms. 8emltu cents to the publishei r face o! the system. They offeronehundred dollars for any cuss it fads to cure. Send fur sample copv. wfi TrWOTfS rrro W I ,v for cirriilrfre an i testirnoni lie. dlies, r Anr1!" t.'re.d ( vy iaii-- 8 Icrfqnly Cf Viz.)n-.r, ..h fa F. J. C1J FNI7Y CO., Toledo, O. PUSoid ii. etL da wc.ghed 2'j poui ' by Druggists, 75c, Bre-vsle- C liPi b Ltblsi B P',-f- -- wny ibHfMte -g. ttUHaiiAASSA. Or mS Sevwlnr. SStinito ' Aw. lUwwtvwn, . k tH iwvrnwV bwvri. 5WlSe,Si CM M GWi J L sum 4U IS, tcMf OfBUr HSflA cuhed 3A8T CtnVLAH A&7H28A CW 5 -- tmtontfer s1Jjwk tbs mato sVtoiSsvtsaab. taf T fvresresosw.'urttdbt bl LTvwhsmg-Mkaortas totev ? asvrs n lbs tasdmds, to ej xrwrto omc jL stswai toe eta- iwH , rvssns tksasjpSsifMriaid. IT Vws fur 5 rnasyss say 4 j T 114 VT. fViwwft, Bk L i IKE rKit. IM i LIFE IBSURAICS MUTUAL CaUPiHX Cl.iel ul asm lack. Veit ASSETS (l3AO.V.-iium is. vuv wr. lini TV. CASH o -- a. m OBLLHLL, TVrutM. oonsonPTioH I Hat s spiLia nr igtottstoAwSwiW. bytossss a-- i tiaadiws Uioeujeds to cases d US bars toss med. wwc m ito towi m k ' itwy thal fdnatos i win sssd bectoe bvi, t ffwss P,l..iinr.H m iwvBvtoABfrftws. TOLEDO JhL WEEKLY BLADE. Tbe be Wesfcfr irvtoSA-vr- s to Cto Chtosit Pfass. nrcaieijtta. toi.uud, -- titou bated sceniv AKtoapbuoi iie Safe and 1 r'seuta. Tir u edited wild rriereaaCi4 gsseso a os, AUtbs v bv sf br Wrynd, as sstrs tfvf'Jlly . M K Very f'lt ed dsnsrmesrs. OVLt . afiiSto ft Vrg . w f? i.i yo try tj re id . OtJary s SAVE LiOiiZY oxs, Iat vrtioAi. ( si'ilnfSimldAWL j U arr4rae. htnvs Ls4ito. i 'rijuA, 4 whieai - tva-- tiD-- a, r ' i1'- dd ? '! jr SfHilivtieIeiieiUCSir t W. -- f ',u strptt. 'iHLPtpu;i La.:6 bZ ant-- v if - ii. 4 1 K t u.izr. i- ? : r - .r b S tirsrwTVNA ii f 14MS II towd. UStoM fftw m ) JOrdES tm j r, $5 it, OEFB t E'yi-Crea- vi 1b 1 A L E catarrh 12 yearn Thedroppings in t l the throat wer ifJto r on tlie fink. the SWIFT P M'ECIFC i e?tlre1r a ecefuMo modi cine and is tbe vny medicine which has t er cured Blood X'oUon, Scrofula, Blood limners ami bln trod diseases, hend forour books onI Blood and bkin diseases, mailed tree. TJJK MV FI MT.OMC CCk lBawer tf, AtUuta, iia. 5 tSD.vS . k.wa --ml.V tWS JPArsftfrj?ciCHT' r v Th left took Morcurr, Mu.NupMr.HH Mixture, which rumed ins digestion ami tiflTo him nieroui ml rhetimMltMu. 'i hs on the rijiht ?wiri s SUEfinr (S. ft h ) which forced out the poison, mi built imu up Irons aa ifn J .n yV s'fr,adpto . Icirv . Bolt-- in jnrssPfcfi tnsr ns A 'd hrurs y srrt' ,?, voi a radical i ' tlm Bon ctueo orftti tti Hetvja to hwi cut e Caresiai Iras. fruas aoJabirPrr4 BC7f if' naueeatiug. noee lied elmoe1 Since fir1 daily. days use of havt had so including the West Indies, in one majestic soreness inbleeding entire) r nation lias been the cherished dream of inG. David1. gone. in all and telligent philanthropic people the countries which would he affected by son. with Boston such a combination. The influences which Budget. A particle ii applIM In o each nouril ar d Is are at work to bring about euch a glorious abi. o cents at druggists: by mail, regisresult are not only most powerful and in- tered price Sorn's B ft.LT KOI HERS, M Warren St. Kew York. as cessant, but gain in volume and force tbe years roll away. Tbe natural condiW i FT STUDY. Lfl Penmanship, aw Arithmetic, Fhorthund, etc . thfr- is tions of the continent, the characteristics ireuhirs free. oufrhty tfiughf by mml. J.owralea. of the various peoples, and the best interUUYANT's COU.ECiK, iM Mam bt., Butfaio, h. . ests of all combine to make such an event ' Sf per rtav bamnU worth $ Mivm probable in tbe no very distant future. not 'ina.rtiie b'rt feet, ttt te The subject has of late been brought more bafetv Rein Holder Co., Holu, Mien ot mind the public closely to the attention and mtkaonan(?wafUD,fwaitkia than ever before, and the agitation of the M Cwf?w vthhrlwAttf f! wivr'd TThe must relates as to Canada, bring question ysaa. IwwIJlkL umt, Ul A 1101. Nbul with it an earnest consideration of the same question as affecting tbe other portions ot tlie continent. When the destiny of tbe North American continent shall have thus been worked out and tile union accomplished, a nation will have been established the like of which the world never saw nor the historian diijs-tr.i- - am I -- Ay A Mr. off-th- Mulw I diwtuiMtsaal Outac. a. (MM ram I PILLS. Ski Fill. Dfo! i tawflwa&imwlAl- C7tTnx IVER 10,-00- 0 I jocko was interviewed by tho Fanner reporter, and slated: I bought ticket No. 40,755 through Mr. Tom Khmn, who is keeping books for Good-bar- , Love & Co., Memphis, Tenu. I weighed tlie matter carefully, thought of it iu all its different bearings and before I ever inve-tea single dollar in the Louisiana Stato Lottery. Finally, after making up my mind, I have invested, from time to time, an aggregate of not more than ten or twelve dollars, I struck tlie lucky number in the Ootobor drawing, mid have the of money for tlie prize, $.300,000 being $15,000. Mr. Locke was born in Tate county. Miss., abont 24 years ago, is gentle and kind in disposition, ever ready to lend a helping hand to any lamlalilo enterprise or charitable undertaking. 'I lie tteepeftl Depth. A sounding of 4,655 fathoms was obtained northeast coas of Japan, by tho United Htates steamship Tusea-rora- ; 4,475 fathoms south of the Ladrone islands by the Challenger; find 4,561 fathoms north of Porto Rico by tlie United Btntes ship Blake. The British ship Egeria now rejxuts two soundings of 4,430 fathoms and 4,295 fathoms to the south of the Friendly islands these depths being more thau 1,000 fathoms greater than any previously known in the southern hemisphere. The annexation to the United States ot the varioas countries lying to thenorth and aontb, and the ultimate union ot all the countries ot North and Central America, rmpMWiaaly Doses One D&llar. fOO Thoms The oldest and larg-i-- t in the world Helteve In Itllraclr. is a chestnut near the " Jit. Etna. The fitory the other day about the Corea lias concluded a commerciu! treaty little boy who tried to walk on tho water in the bath tub recalls another of with Buss i a. an equally pious little girl. 81ie was 8 rears old, and lived iu the country. Mhe had started one day rather late for school with another little girl about her own age. On their way they caught a plimpso of a clock dial through an open door: it lacked five minutes of 9. Oh, dear! exclaimed the pious litile girl, its five minutes to 9, and wo will be late to school. Im afraid we will. XT COKQUER0 Jennie, said the pious little gill, kcueves ano cures HEADACHE, toll I'll impressively. you what we must do; well kneel right down hero EHEUMATISH, Tocthacho, Sprains, and pray that we don't be late. NErRATGIA, BKCISES, Hm! said tlie other. I guest wed Sciatica, Lmbago. Bttrns and Scalds- better skin right along and pray a3 wo At DrncKiNte and Dealers. go. THE CHASLES A. VCCELER CO., Baihmcrs, Iff. skim" and got there. They TI roii Jumped. Paring the war of the rebellion of the Maine soldiers made allotments of their pay to the state tnasuiy, to be drawn (lining tl.eir absence be their families or bv themselves on tlmir return. George Kite hen of the I'ir.t Idnino cavalry, who enlisted in 1S01, recently wrote from California, a. king tlm state treasurer from Auu.d.i to send him $10 that lie left there in 18,14. Tlio accounts were ovethauled. Kitchens balance was found, nml tlie $!0, with accrued interest, $74.70 i.i nil, was sent to him. Kitchen was a character and tjjs gtpjj- is toJ4 of him: During a skirmish be said to a comrade; Do you see that long, lank reb with n straw Baton? Well, watch hint jump? So saying lie tired, aud os the smoke rose he himself leaped into the air, exclaiming: By thunder, the wrong man Kitchen was carjumped that time. ried from the field cursing the lean reb that stood edgewise. Cold water Wlna F JTI. Locke (lie Happy Man. olJwatcr fMlss t; v fw CO, LewciJ Usm. Fit. C T X,1Uer rieass inform yoar reader thst I have e positive remedy for the above named aiaasss which 1 warrant to cor the worst cassa. Bo etron is my faith in tho virtnssot this medicine thst I will send free s sample hottlo and valuable treatise to any sufferer who will iv. no his P. O. end h xprees address. My remedy has oared thonsends of boneless cases. 21. G. Bool', kl. C. lbd l'eari BL, New York. soil's br;2a AecoiNiicg liecren.tug tlie Death Rate. ldErpAm PAIN. ed bad Qifldrea. j For st.Siie-- s ar.d soren-s- s of Ihe muscles nod jomls u! iheu nati-iend oeur.Pgia suitui-iPitlVKliou Oil. tquuls g ' t It-a- d Wfeaa I pi-a- , tee I ItVdilH y e Fr Tl f Habit. personal friend of the Eev. Dr. George W. Field, of I.angor, Me., the powerful preacher, says he is a very absent minded man. When on the street, in the cars, or even at his dinner, his mind is often so fully concentrated upon the subject of liis next sermon tliat lie appeals to Lake no notice of circumstances. At one time, traveling betwen Bangor and Boston, as the conductor of the train passing through the car making collections of tickets came to Dr. Field, tho reverend gentleman glancing up quickly from a reverie, looked into his face a moment, then extended his Laud and said, Good afternoon sir; but I think you have a little advantage of me. What name? Lewiston Journal. A The ice was broken, and when the traveller again looked towards them their chairs were hopelessly jammed arid all outlines were confused. It may have been that the presence of the handsome and well dressed stranger promoted John Henry to unusual boldness to-n- i :ht; at any rate 1SU9. IKON AND S I ELL. 1SS?. he was soon telling his love in true backwoods heroics. If lie was bash- The Latest nud Ktrlglitrst (lirlsfnmw anil New Y'ears Annual Ity A Nfiaik ful and awkward, she ivas coy and KSotite. of tlie I. rent Keck shy. Perhaps she, too, was thinking Thousands of renders who linvo of the traveller and comparing his with eager delight the pages of i nsy, unstudied giace with John scanned Walt Htejihens, the Genius of fctenm Henry's heavy, lumbering manner, (188d). Voltagal, the Genius of Eleo-tiicit- y bhe he'd back and long bePetroleum and Natural (l'iSti fore putting her promise into words. Gas (187), aud (Jonl nml Coke Oh, Soonie, he finally blurted out, will tie happy lo know that the! if you likes me, and dont, likes to (1883), latest addition to tho famous Bock I Island say so, just squoze my hand, series, Iron and Steel (18S33, This appeal was nv'oftbly irresisti- J dedicated to the and Girls of for the next moment there was America, is now Boys ble, ready for distribuquite a reciprocity in the bunging line tion. between them quite unanimous, in This work embodies a vast deal of fact. Her heavy masses of auburn useful and interesting information. In bair hung over his shoulders, and her the conijiany of his boy and girl visitors, A Man penetrates the mines, explains bangs was all mussed up with his carroty forelocks, while the red ribbon their underground workings, follows the at her throat and his flaming necktie mined produet to the furnace and emelter, and describes the various prowere indistinguishably mingled. The fire burned slowly out and was cesses to which it is subjected aud tlie that comjiels it to assume not replenished, but Henry staid un- machinery til the traveller, with many sad mem- the multiform shapes of rails, piping, tools aud other fabrics for general ories tugging at his own heart, drew nails, the cover over his head and slept, use. The are from original despite the snoring of his strango old sketches engravings and photographs, and admirabedfellow. executed. Besides tlie smaller picWhen heawokethenext morning the bly tures there are numerous full page views entire family had been long up. The of scenes in the Iron Monntni i (Mo.), old man was out feeding the stock; Gogebic, and Cornwall (Pa.)iniiiing disMrs. Stubbs sat in the door-watricts, .mil of Iron .and Bteel Works at smoking and looking down the lonely 1neblo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and other road, thinking, perhaps, of that fair, places. The work lias been prepared brave-hearteboy who so long ago with great care, and is written in tlie went out that way to jine Guvner Same attractive, colloquial style which Brown, as the smoke curled blue characterized its predecessors. The book makes a very handsome apand lazily from her pipe; Soonie was The cover is in itself a marmaking bread at a table a few feet pearance. vel the design being as unique as the from the bedside. effects are beautiful and artistic. Good ruawniu," she said, with a color The paper is superior aed typography smile on her ripe red bps, which looknd press work first-clasAlthough the ed sweet and tempting until he thought ost incurred has been very consideraof John Henrys tobacco-staineble, the public will be pnt in no greater mouth and shuddered. than heretofore. Enclose ten Youd better be gittin op., she txpsnse 10) cents in coin or stamps (for postage) said, breakfas is most ready. Bd address, written plainly, to Get upl It certainly was time to Geo. H. Smith, Assistant Genaral Ticket to was dons but how that sad le get up, Passenger Agent, CVieag. and your order wifi be prompt? fiffsd. with a blooming and bright-eye- d young lady looking calmly m Ths Indians sf Otdfeown its., distance of six feet? have organ I zed a prinUag Ira.Uni, How he suffered as the time few onward and sha loitered abont the table, and would not go away ner turn her back upon bim. Tbe blsewlte were all made, and she bogan to Wh mot. w go Is Cm tori X Rato the table, calling him a lazy boy, Wbrw afe wsa s Child, rbr mint for Ontailt, and began telling him it was time to WVt ibt bnm9 Iflas, ht lvi Culw get up an wash. The young lady troonie . ends Icings him directly a drink o! cool sprng water in a small, long handled gourd, which is white and as light as cok, and which seems to impart an ami cable flavor and sweetness to the water; but as the weary traveller ni.-ttgoonies and in taking the gourd aid her eyes while drinking, it may L that the virtue did not all lie in tin gourd. The mother s ts Seside thedoorway, knitting, smoking ami gazing down the lonely sandy road as she had done every day tln-i- last titty years. Along that road, s k ttlls the stranger, her old man brought her to this ; home the day tiny were married only' he wasn't an od mau then, but one of the finest in the country; along that road her only son Benny nn relied tway to jine Guvnor Brown, but he never came back; along that roid later on came one division of Shernans conquering hosts as they swept ever the already desolated country onto the sea, and along that road some lay in the near future she will be ca ried in a rough pine box, on a jolting ox cart up to the burying ground at New Prospect Church and laid to rst. Old man Stubbs, with similar thoughts, perhaps, sits near her, imlustrio uly chewing a new tobacco cud and basking in the sun on the and . asking at intervals, like doorstep, minute guns: j "And what did you say your name mout be, mister? though the guest had not as yet mentioned it. And you are from where, mister? A year later the traveller returned failing to use the name after obtain- thnt way. ing it. Half a mile p the road bo stopped And what mout be your business at a new cabin, and in mister? clinging still to bis favorite tbe Soonie with a eob sat doorway title pipe in her mouth, and she was alterAnd be you a Yankee, mister? nately knitting and rocking a white M hila gratifying his hosts curiosity haired baby. In the piny woods all the visitor glances curiously about the children have white hair. A dog the room on his own account. About inside house growled heavily, but the open fireplace at which the family was the silenced. Soonie recogquickly cooking is done are ranged the only nized the traveller and called her cooking vessels known in cracker-io- husband. an oven to bake bread, John Henry came slowly into view A frying in which they front behind the house, ejected a pan poll about all meats, a to shower of tobbaco juice upon a flower boil preens and a coffee deep inpot pot which bed, threw a well worn chaw among they compound a black decoction, the straggling rose bushes and said, t long and bitter, and which they all in one breath: drink enormously, unassisted with mis Goodeven tollable light, either sugar or milk; strings of red ter. pepper hangpn long festoons from the overhead, along with home Winona, Minn., bad a lit.mised hams, ears ol popcorn and tleH. Choate ofwith a burglar. Abont 3.30 experience .bigs of unknown contents; on pegs a. m. awakened by the barking of About the wall hang the entire ward-cpbe- s bis he illwas the stables. lie noticed a light dog of the family. Two tall beds fill in the library, and thinking it his sister, of his voice fe rear of the cabin, and under one railed to her. At the sound these Vi,vch is growling at the the light went out. He touched the electric bell to awaken the household and hurried 8! ra e. y iirafching (leas. into the library. The burglar ran through f OOOI 10 s n: g frequent-gangethe dining roo n and kitchen thro 'h the lU'per, ij castur g ant up the cipn door. Mr. C'hoste and G. B. .urtey u fcndy followed to the outsuie, but the b.i.'giar Ut ik f , gy ri'icrioou, and her had made his escape. I J Nebraska Leads New York. The eighth animal report of the state bo.,rJ (,f health of New Yotk. though containing a few valuable sanitary papers, is not sueli a volume as the Empire state should put forth a. its annual contribution to health science. M'e impute no dereliction of duty to the members of the hoard, rnr luck of skill iu samiarv science, lint consider it rather the fatiit of t lie legislative authorities, who mnke such meager provision for scientific xvork. liven the young state of Nebraska, with its well equipped pat homological laboratory, is doing more to foster scientific research than the great state of New York. Let us hope that qnr legislators will spare a little of the time tlmt is annually given to practical politics and devote it to the consideration of matters concerning tho public health, sup!ortiiig considerate action with liberal appropriations to the end that onr state mav assume its proper place in the front rank of progress and all that concerns the welfare of its citizens. Buffalo Medical Journal December, 1883. Tlic Ita'nf.tl Problem. by no menus settled that forests inen-a-lainfall, us is quite generally fi'heed. Irom an analysis of many senes of observations recorded in New i'.iigla.id and on western prairies which have undergone radical el.auges m respect to tlitur forest covering Mr. I.euiy Gannett has reached the conclusion tlmt wooded areao have no influence on raiufall, though they important produce, notwithstanding, economic effects, 'lhey act as reserfrom the to rain back the voirs keep rivers, preventing floods, but also, as much water is evaporated from the leaves without reaching the earth, permanently diminishing the flow of the streams that irrigate arid valley a They also reduce the extremes of temperature, act as windbreaks, and otherwise serve useful puiqiosea. Rot Tit I nit t'.r a moment That catarrh will in time wear out. The theory hi false. M.a try to believe it boon use it would be pleasant if true, but it is aet, as all know. Do aot let an acute attack of cold iu the head remain unsubdued. It ia liable to develop into catarrh. 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