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WOH1NLN SICKNESS

In no situation, and under no cireum-
stances, does the female character APP
pear to such advantage as when watch
ing beside the bedside of sickness.
The chamber of disease may indeed be
said To be-woman's home. We there be-
hold her in her lovelest, most attractive
point of view-firm, without being harsh;
tender, not weak; active not quiet; gen
tie, patient, accomplishing, vigilant
Every sympathetic feeling that so pecu-
harly graces the feminine character, is
there called forth: while the native
strength OF mind which has hitherto
slumbered III inactivity, is reused to its
fullest energy With noiseless step
she moves about the chamber of the in
valid; her listening ear ever ready to
catch the slightest murmur; her quick,
kind glance to interpret the unuttered
wish, and supply the half-formed want
She smooths with careful hand the I'M
easy pillow which supports the aching
head. or with cool hand smooths with
the feyered brow, or proffers to the
glazed and parchihg lip the grateful
draught, happy if she meets one kind
glance IN payment for her labor of love.
Hers, too, is the low-whispered voice.
which breathes of life and hope-of
health in store for happy days TO come;
or tells of better and of heavenly rest,
where neither sorrow nor disease can
come--where the dark power of death
no more shall have dominion over the
frail, suffering, perishing clay. Through
the dim, silent watches of the night,
when all around are hushed III sleep, it
Is hers to keep lone vigils, and hold
communion with her God, and silently
lift mp her heart in fervent payer, for
prolongment of q life FOR which she
would cheerfully sacrifice her own.
An " hea. exhausted, she sinks to
brief repose, forgetfulness is denied.
Even in sleep she seems awake to this
one great subject of her care. She
starts and rises from her slumbers,
raises her dropping head, and watches
with dreamy eyes the face she loves,
then sinks again TO rest, to start with
every chime OF clock or distant sound,
which formerly had passed unheard, or
only served as a lullaby to her sweet
sleep.
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When the Roman Emperor said; 81
have lost day." he uttered sadder
truth than if he had exclaimed, II have
lost kingdom Napoleon said that
the reason why lie beat the Austrians
was that they did not know the value of
five minutes At the celebrated battle
of Rivoli, the conflict seemed. ON the
pointef being decided against him. He
saw the critical state of affairs, and in
stantly took his resolution. He dis
patched flag to the Austrian head
quarters with proposals for an armistice.
The unwaryEAustrian soldiers fell into
a snare. For few minutes the thun-
ders of battle were hushed. Napoleon
seized the precious moments, and, while
amusing the enemy with negotiations,
arranged his line of BATTLE, changed
his front, and IN few minutes was
ready 10 renounce the farce of discus
sion for the stern arbitrament of arms.
The splendid victory of Rivoli was the
result. The great moral victories and
defeats of the world often turn OH five
minutes. Men loiter, time flies, and all
the great interests of life are speeding
on with the sure and silent tread of
destiny
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SowLNG 80 - ALONE

Mr.. Chas. L. Flint, the well known
writer on grasses, .dvocates their seed
ing alone, and generally late in summer
or fall, and asserts
LIST. That earlyfall seeding without
grain should be adopted in practice in
preference to seeding in spring.
ID That, as a general rule, it is poor
economy to take any grain crop, either
bad practice to reduce the land by the
draft which a grain crop makes upon it.
Sd. That wherever from any local
reason it becomes desirable to take a
crop of spring grain, it is more eeonomi-
cal to SOW the grain alone in the spring,
and to pillow up the stubble and SOW the
grass seed alone in the early fall.
4th That in cases where it seems de-
sirable to SOW grass seed in spring, it is
better to SOW it alone and let it take its
chance, without compelling it to strug-
gle for existence under the disadvanta-
ges of a grain or another crop.
9Th. That in seeding down in August
or early in September, we are following
nature as to time, and that, unless the
ground is already tich and in high condi-
ton, it is necessary to give the seed the
benefit of an application of manure on
or near the surface to which the seed is
applied.
9th. That in this selection of seed for
moving lots of hay, we should choose
varieties to mix that blossom at or near
ly at the same time, and not mix very
early and very late varieties together.
These propositions are clear and east
" understood. IbeIieve their adoption
and application in practice upon every
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The only merit that can claim for the
following narrative is that it is a ne
story. 1t has a moral at the end of it,
but ! claim nothing on that, as it is
merely thrown in to curry favor with
the religious element.
After I had reported a couple of years
on the Virginia City Nevada Daily En-
terprise, they promoted me to be edi-
tor-in-chief-a I lasted just a week,
by the watch But 1 made an uncom-
monty live newspaper, while did last
aud when I retired / had duel ON my
hands and three horse-whippings prom
ised me- The latter / made no attempt
to collect: however. this history con-
Germs only the former It was the old
fash times" of the silver excitement,
when the population was wonderfully
wild and mixed: everybody went armed
to the teeth. and insults had to be atom
ed for with the best article of blood
your system could furnish. In the
course of my editing 1 made trouble
with Mr.. Lord, editor of the rival pa
per He flew up about some little trife
or other that / had said about him. L
do not remember now what it was. l
suppose called him thief, or body
snatcher, or an idiot, or something like
that. I was obliged to make the paper
readable, and / could not fail in my
duty TO a whole communitf OF subscrib-
ers merely to save t1.o SA1.essoS-----se- -
siti;ves,ess or an individual. Mr.. Lord
was offended, and replied vigorously in
his paper. Vigorously means a great
deal when it refers to personal edito-
rial in frontier newspaper. Dueling
was all the fashion among the upper
classes in that country, and very few
gentlemen would throw away an oppor-
tunity of fighting one To kill a per-
son IN duel caused man to be even
more looked up to than to kill two men
in the ordinary way. Well, out there,
if you abused a man and that man did
not like it, you had to call him out and
kill him; otherwise you would be dis
graced. So / challenged Mr. Lord, and
did hope he would not accept; but /
knew perfectly well that he did not want
to fight, and so I challenged him in the
most violent and implacable manner
And then l sat down and suffered and
suffered till the answer came. All our
boys-the editors-were in the Office
"helping" me in the dismal business,
and telling about duels, and discussing
the code with lot of aged rufians who
had had experience in such things, and
altogether there was loving interest
taken in the matter which made me I'M
speakably uncomfortable. The answer
came-Mr Lord declined. Our boys
were furious, and so was lon the sur
face
sent him another challenge, and an
other and another: and the more he did
not want to fight, the bloodthirstier l
became. But at last the mans tone
changed He appeared to be waking
up. 1t was becoming apparent that he
was going to fight me, after all. l
ought to have known how it would be-
he was man who never could be de
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envy MICROSCOPE

An abscure Englishman has antici-
pated Yankee gNius in cheapening this
beautiful md useful instrument for
the benefit of the million. There is a
man who sometimes stands in Leicester
Square, London, who sells microscopes
at penny each. They are made of a
common pill-box, the bottom taken out
and piece of window glass substituted.
A small eye hole is bored in the lid, and
thereon is placed the lens, the whole
apparatus being painted black. These
microscopes are fully as effective as
much more costly instruments sold in
the shops An eminent microscopic,
who examined some of them, found that
their magnifying power was twenty
diameters The cost of lens made of
glass of such power would be seventy
Nive cents or dollar On cutting one
vof them in two, it appears that the lens
was Canada balsam, transparent gum.
The balsam had been heated, and care
fully dropped into the eye-hole of the
pill-box. 1t then assumed the proper
size, shape and transparency and polish
of very background glass lens. The
ingenious microscopic has made and
sold these cheap little instruments for
fifteen years.
AFTER her noble generosity to her
companion in affection. Chicago feels
authorized to indulge in little harm
less mirth at Boston's expense. The
Chicago Tribune propounds this comm
drum If Chicago, being a wicked
city, was punished, why was Boston,
being good city, was punished in the
same manner?
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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
LANDS

The Chicago Railway Review, IN
speaking of the products OF the home
stead lands ON the line of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, which have been ex-
hibited at the various State fairs this
year, and especially of the handsome
display at the American Institute fair,
concludes as follows
These results, especially when 1t Is
remembered that the great and natur-
ally affiuent region of the northwest,
now opened to enterprise, was within
five short years a wild waste; that with
in even two years there was hardly
white man and no farmers in two of the
most productive counties represented
among the productions briefly all
TO, and that only three years ago AN I'M
mense extent OF that country was abso-
lutely unknown to the eyes of civilized
man. Such results as these afford an
interesting study to the lover of national
development And again, they teach
what a railway may do in and for new
country for to the Northern Pacific
Road Is our nation mainly indebted for
such speedy and rich returns from the
capital and labor expended in turning
a wilderness into garden Perhaps no
so striking and convincing example ex-
lists Ia the whole history of railways.
1t amounts to a clear demonstration that
the Numbering malcontents. so ready
with their lugubrious prophecies that
this railway is too near the frizid zone
to ever have a lucrative local traffic,
must seek some other project to growl
about. 4 soil fertile s-.9"gns 90 pun
forth ..,.>,I. ssrSs~~ sl. anu sffffer climate
mild enough and summers long enough
to mature them, as the company by its
opportune and elaborate exhibition of
them has clearly demonstrated, can
hardly be termed unpropitious.
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NOW TO USE 4 GRINDST0NE.

First don't waste the stone by running
it IN water; but if you do, don't allow it
to stand in water when not in use. as
this will cause soft place.
Second-Wet the stone by dropping
water on it from pot suspended above
the stone, and stop of the water when
not IN use.
Third-Don't allow the stone to get
out of order, but keep it perfectly
round by use of gas pipe, or a hacker.
Fourth-Clean off all greasy tools be-
fore sharpening, as grease'or oil destroys
the grit.
kifth-Obserye: When you get stone
that suits your purpose, send sample
of the gift to the dealer to select by; a
half-ounce sample is enough, and can
be sent in letter by mail.
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This advice, given by bluff Captain Cutie to the
forlorn Mr.. Toots is cordially tendered to all who
are laboring under that cloud Of depression AID
melancholy which usually accompanies chronic
indigestion. biliousness habitual constipation and
nervous debility. Cheer up.' woe-begone inva-
lids The causes of your gloomy feelings, though
they may be chronic and of long standing, are not
incurable \ course Of Hostetter's stomach Bit
tiers, the purest and genial Of all vegetable
stinuIaats and correctlves, are especially adapted
TO cases ike yours Will relieve you OF your bodily
ailments aud consequent mental misery speedily,
certainly, and without pain. The chils and damps
of the present season. in fact ali its atmospheric
conditions, are unfavorable TO dyspeptc, bilious
and nervous sufferers. They need siimulant, as
well as a tonic and Alternative. This wholesome
vegetable preparation combines Ihe three. While
Increases the digestive capacity Of the stomach,
and changes and regulates the condition Of the
liver and the bowels it gives agreeable impulse
TO the mental faculties and steadies the nerves.
Unmedicated stimulants are never advisable
they are too exciting. and often act disasterOusly
on the other hand. the sham tonics which contain
no diffusive stimulant, and are surcharged With
drastic evacuants thai almost turn a man inside
ty and they PROSTATE II entirely Hostetters Bit
tiers has no affinity either with the dangerous e3-
Chant or the still more dangerous cepletent. II
simply strengthens and regulates the body and
clears the mind This is the whole secret OF the
cureS-
a SrRIKTNG evidence~uf the high esteem in
which the Charter Oak stoves held Is the inn
mense number OF them tuat are annually sold
, l80 III l57I!
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The Night After Christmas.

ILLUSTRATED BY D. scArTBRoooD.
Twas the night after Christmas, when all
through the house
Every soul was abed, and as still as a mouse;
Those stockings so late in st. Nicholas care
Were empty Of all that was eatable there.
The darlings had duly been tucked in their
beds,
With very fun stomachs and pains " their
heads.
was doing away In my new cotton cap.
And Nancy was rather far gone in map.
When out of the nursery rose such a clatter,
/ sprang from my sleep, crying, What il the
matter 2"
flew to each bedside-still half IN doze-
Tore open the curtains, and threw OF the
clothes
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THEfEED.

When Christophe Columbus discov-
cred the island of Sn Salvador III 1892,
he sent 10 SnaniaSs into the interior
to examine the .ouItry. They related,
ON their return, thaifhey had met many
of the inhabitants lolding some herbs
in their hands and hhaling the smoke.
when l;ob+o5 Tbehttle fire. brand was
called tobacco, vru "ilicn mas Deeh
adopted all over Europe, and in Havana
They still saw pigbar IN Tobacco, for
smoking a cigar. Iswas to Sir Walter
Raleigh that we oFe the lntrodnctlon Oh
whilst Ten Not, ambassador of
France to Spain, pions y mo i,,s
own country 4 being already we'll
fPortu Gal Catharine
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50 To SIS PER DAY made by Agents selling
Address II. d. BRIER s. CO.. Atlanta. Ga

DISEASED LuSGs ARE GREATLY on THE IL
CREASE N THIS CoUSTRY.-The sudden chang
ing of weather has done much TO give rise to
Consumption But there are thousands of
cases who bring it on by their own imprudenoe.
such as wearing damp clothing. and going from
the warm room into the cold air and checking
the perspiration, which causes irritation of the
lungs, and then matter or phlegm will collect
which nature will try to relieve by coughing
it up, to prevent pustules from forming. If
nature does not raise the matter with ease and
stop this Inflammation, tubercles viii soon form
and Consumption will soon follow. Aliens
Lung Balsam will cure and prevent thousands
of cases of Consumption, if it is only taken in
time.
For sale hv al Dr11onisfs
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CABLE SCREW WIRE Doors AND SHoEs.-A
word of explanation may not be out of place.
The cable wire acts screw, is strong and
firm. and at the same time is elastic and COM
Portable. 1t il much preferable to the old
method of pegging, and quite as soft and elias
tic az sowed work but much stronger and less
liable to rip, and much less expensive. We have
tried the cable screw shoe, which has proved
all that is claimed for it. The increase III this
new method of manufacturing boots and shoes
il very rapid and promises to supercede the
wood peg and wsxed thread The Standard,
Chicago.
As A remedy for bronchial affections and
chronic diseases of the lungs. nothing ever
before discovered equals Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. 6Oi.
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When my Nancy exclaimed. for their suffer
ings shocked her.
Don't you think you had better, l9ve, run for
doctor z"
1 ran: and was scarcely back under my roof
When heard the sharp clatter of old Jalap's
hoof
might say that had scarcely turned myself
round.
When the doctor came into the room with a
bound.
He was covered with mud from his head to his
foot,
And the suit he had on was his very worst
suit
He hardly had time to put that on his back.
And he looked ike Falstari, Ralf fuddled with
sack;
His eyes. how they twinhed Had the doctor
got merry
His lips looked like port, and his breath smelt
ike sherry
He hadn't been shaved for a fortnight or 30.
And the beard on his chin wasn't white as the
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SOCIETY MATTERS.
INVITATIONS. ETC.


Those who contemplate meeting their
friends, giving party, or having
gathering, as 1t is variously donomi-
mated III different sections of this great
and glorious land, . will do well to read
the following latest styles of invitations,
etc:
Skeleton scIisS, ike the long, az =
one. fashionable = 8 J - 1or invita-
and visiting cards. There is a revfV
fancy for the menograms that fell into
disfavor this season; these are now made
in characters tomatch the engraving and
are very large and intricate; white mono
grams are used for wedding invitations
The note sheet for invitations is very
large and almost square. Tying the
cards of the bride and groom together
is also in vogue again. All abbrevia-
tions and figures in invitations are con-
sidered inelegant. The invitation form
ulas most approved at present omit cat
Home, " Compliments of, etc, and
merely say, Mr.. and Mrs. Smith de-
btlG VI 4t1AoS O1OMn D
pany." Wedding receptions now usual
ly have a German at the close of the
evening, and this is announced by the
word 81 German in the corner of the
invitation sheet Visiting cards are of
unglazed Bristol board, are quite small,
and are placed in an envelope when
handed to the servant at the door.
Small beaded envelopes are used for
this purpose. The fashionable station
ers shows fifteen or twenty varieties of
tinted note paper of the faintest posi-
BILE hues. Large square envelopes are
used, and the note sheet is merely dou-
bled when placed inside.
THE CHAIRS OF SOCIETY
Somewhere in his fDunciad," Pope
speaks of being
.-stretch'd ON the racks of a too easy chair
But we may feel quite certain that at
the time at which he made the remark
the poet was not visiting in parlor
furnished as many modern parlors are. i.
Not that our company rooms are desti-
tute of slaborately cushioned anS..spa-
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Address THE SUN. New York City.

The huge, drastic, gripping, sickening pills,
constructed of crude, coarse and bulky ingre-
dents are fast being superseded by DR.. Pierce s
Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or Sugar-coated,
Concentrated Root and Herbal Juice, Anti
Bilious Granules-the Little Giant" Cathartic
or nluttafHl in pdy-ro Physic. Modern chemical
science enables DIR. Pierce to extract from the
juices of the most valuable roots and herbs
their active medical principles, which, when
worked into little Pellets or granules, scarcely
larger than mustard seeds, renders each little
while they are much more palatable and pleas
ant in effect 25 cts. vial, by druggists. 620.
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. But inspecting Their tongues spite Of their
teeth
But inspecting their tongues IN spite Of thoir
teeth.
And drawing his watch from his .waistcoat be
meath,
He felt Of each pulse, saying. Each little
belly
Must get rid"-here he laughed-'Oof the rest
of that jelly
1 gazed on each chubby. plump, sick little elf,
And groaned when he said so, in spite OF my
self
But the wink OF his eye, when be shysicked
our Fred.
Soon gave me to know had nothing to dreadl
He didn't prescribe; but went straightway 10
work
And dosed all the rest-gavs his trousers a
jerk
And, adding directions while blowing his noss,
He buttoned his coat, from his chair he arose,
Then jumped in his gig, gave old Jalap a
whistle,
And Jalap dashed of as if pricked by a Utilise
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TIE American Ag,ictAurist, speaking about
the great merits Of CABLE SCREM WIFE
Boots and Shoes. says "A trial of these goods
for several months past, and the testimony we
have from dealers, prove this method of fasten-
igg soles TO be cd Improvement th0e is
40 ripping. the wiOholds until the sole OF the
shce is fairly worn ont.
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No Person can take a. $50 Bitters accoTr-
ing 10 directions, and remain long unwcl, provides
their bones destroyed by mineral poison or ote1
means aud the vital organs wasted beyond the poini
a 81 repair. -
in the Shoulders. Coughs 1ighuess Of the Chest Dir
zuess Sour Errctaons u the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth. Bilious Attacks Papitation OF the
Heart Inflammation Of the Lungs, Pain IN the regions
Of the X duevs and hundred other painful symptoms,
are the osprings Of Dyspepsia. In these complaints
Il has no equal and one bottle viii prove letter guar
antee of as merits tllan a lengthy advertisement
Foo. Female Complaints. Ia Young " o.d.
married OF single at the dawn OF Nomanliood, or the
tur, OF life these Tonic Bters display 50 decided az
influence that a marked Improvement Is soon pefeep-
tble.
maffsn1 and Cont, Bilious. Remitient and Inter
mitte Feve-s Diseases Of the Blood, Liver hloneis
and Bladder. these itiers have no equal Snch DIS
eases are caused b. Initiated Blood, wh'eh y genefAJ
nroltced bv arrangement 81 The Digestive Organs.
They are "a Gentle Purgative AS well as
a Tonic. possessing also the peculiar merit o aching
a. a powerful agent reviewing Congestion - innani-
nation OF the Liver aud Nscerh Organs and 40 Bilious
Diseases. %. 81.
Rbeu,, Bloiches Spots Pinples, Pustuics bois ar
bunce, Ring-,sornls. Scald-H Head, Sore kyes, tfy-
sipeiS Itch scurs Dcoiorstions Of the SKIN, huiois
and Disease Of the Skin. Of whatever name of nature
literally dug up aud carried out OF the system I'D o
shert time bv the use OF these Bitiers
csrrxcTtff- -x-nOusnuds proclaim NiNHGAR BIT
rRRs the wonderful lnsgo9ant that ever sustained
the sinking system. -
Druggists lad Gen Agts. san Francisco and New York
~ SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS z DEALERS.