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National Republican., 1883-10-01
A Painful Accident.

EDEY's Carbolic Troches euro colds and
prevent disease.
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Arey you disturbed at night and broken Of
your rest by q siok child suffering and crying
with pain Of cutting teeth? II 30, send at
once and got bottle Of Mrs. Windows
Soothing Syrup for Children Teething. It's
value Ia fncalculable. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend
upon II, mothers, there Ia no mistake about
It 1t cures dyssntsry and diarrhoea, regu.
lates the stomach and bowels, cures wind
collie, sottsns the guns, reduces infamma-
ton, and gives tone and energy TO the whole
system. Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup
Tor Children Tsething 10 pleasant to the
taste, and 10 the prescription Of one Of the
Gds s Gs ss s .pd 4 s as
druggists throughout the world. Price %
cent? bottle. nwR&w
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Yes bIead want bread You hsRrd what said
Yet you itand aud you ttarc.
As ineSer before came Tramp 70 your door
With such ins1lent air.
Would ! work? Never learned. Ny home It was
burned;
And haven't yet found
And heart 70 plow lands and build houfes for rcd
That burned mine to tho ground.
No bresd you have uidf Then my curO on your
And What shall sting wono,
On that VIE at your side, on those babes in their
Fall my lcyen.fold curse
Good.byl 1must Earn to creep into your barn.
Suck your eggs: hide away;
Sneak around Ike hound-liyht match in your
Limp away through hograyl
Yes, 1limp-curse these sloaOs And then my old
They yS We're riddled with ball
Down a shiloh. What, your You war wounded
Wall. you beat us-thaesull
Yet even my heart with stout pride will start
No matter which won; It was gallRntly done,
And a glorious American victory.
What, tl1d words and bread? Gods smiles on your
On ySaS wife, on your babes land please, sir, I
You'll pardon me, SIR but that fight ttcncaed mo
here,
Nay, I'll 80. Sir. adleul tn Tiire You
Have Augustus for friend,
While I-ies, read and speak both Latin and Greek;
And talk slang without end.
HcyH Oxford. But, then, when the wild cry for
Rang out through the gathering night,
As mother that cries for her children aud dies,
We two hurried home for the fight,
How noble, my brother, how btaYe-and-but
there
This tamplDg about somehow weakens my
At Shiloh! We stood meath the hill by the wood
ltsgrayeyaId today, surmise.
Yes, we stood to the LAST And when the strife
Is.hRE down in blood at hi, side.
On his brow, on his b!easI-what need tell the
resl2-
l but knew thatmy brother had died.
What! woupdson your breast? Your brow tells the
You fought at my side and yOuicliY
You the brave boy that stood At my side In that
On that b'lauen red border Of AellH
Ny brother, Ny own! Never king on the throne
God oltSS you. my life: bless your brave northern
And your BEAUTIFUL babcs, Two and three.
JOAQUIN MILLER.
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The whole thing resolves itself into a
rule-oi three Gum. y even a quiet re.
spectacle fellow like Simpson, reaiding at
BuRsora, has four wives, how many wives
well I don't mean exactly that; but how
much queerer things must people do who
are not so quiet and respectable as Simp-
con, and who live still father OF
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MEDICAL,
You Cannot Buy It in the
IS Bnr.roCms.


What an absurd idea tits 10 send
sick man, with an ailing stomach!
torpid liver, and impoverished
blood, to bar-room TO swallow
some stimulating stuff, and call it
medicine!
An enormous amount Of mischief
is constantly done by men who thus
triAe with themselves. Instead of
healing their diseases, they make
them worse. = Instead qf gaining
strength they only acquire the dis
graceful habit oftippling. .r-+
!, 1t is a point worth noting in con!
nection with Brouw's Iron Bi1teyS,
that this valuable medicine is not
sold in bar-rooms, and will not be.
II IS not a drink. 1t is remedy.
It is not made to tickle the palate OF
old topers. It is made to heal dis
ease. It is not made to promote the
good-fellowship of lot Of bibulous
fellows standing around bar and
asking each other, "What will you
takefaS 1t is a true tonic; an iron
medicine containing the only prepa.
ration Of iron which can safely and
benehcially be taken into the system.
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eyes," he said Of the actress, "she is very
unpopular in the company; she has made q
great hit and gets all the applause"

"WoRps fall to express my gratitude says
Mr.. selby Carter, Ct Nashville, Tenn, "for
the benefits derived from Ayre's sarsaparilla.
Having been afflicted all my life with
sc.oiula, my System seemed saturated with It
II came out III bio ches." Mr.. Carter states
that he was entirely cured by Ayers sarss.
parllla, and since disseminating It's use, eight
months ago, has had no return Of the scrofu.
lous symptoms. raw
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OPINION Of Eminent Dr.. R. 8. steuart,
President OF Maryland Hospital, Baltimore:
80 have used Colden's Liquid Beef
Tonic for more than year. Itcombines the
virtues OF food aud tonic remarkably, and, /
am satisfied, has saved life when any other
medicine would fail" (Remember the name,
Colden's-take no other) MWr&w
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THAT Hacking oouaH can be 60 quickly
cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guarantee 1t.
WILL You SUFFER- with Dyspepsia and Liver
Complaint shiloh's Vitallzsr Is guaranteed
10 cure you,
sIRgPEEss NIGHTS, made miserable by that
terrible cough. 6hiloh's Cure is the remedy
for you.
CArARRH CURED, health and sweet breath
occurred by shileh's CGtarrh Remedy. Price
so oents. Nasal irjs free.
For sale by McLaEe Bros. and A. 7. Young
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nr. Klng,a New nlacoyerx.

NEVER was such a rush made for any Drug
Store as Is now at Logan 4 Co.'s, bridge cor.
ner, for Trial Bottle OF DR.. Kings New Dis.
coyesy for Consumption, Coughs, and colds.
Allpersonsa afflicted with Asthma, Bronchitis,
Hosrseness, Severe Cou! his or any affection
Of the Throat and Lungs, can get Trial Bot
calling at above Drug Store. nwY&w
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Why is II that go many neglect coughs and
colds until they get consump ion? Why is
1t that SO many died Of consumption? Il
because they will not come and be healed.
Every one knows sure conquerer OF throat
and lung diseases is DR.. Wistars Balsam Of
Wild Cne;ry, and that 1t can be got at any
druggist. raw
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AMENITIES Of Prairie Journalism.-The
measley-mouthed, mocking, unhirsute
wivernish hirelipg across the track has
joined the new band. Ia, ia, Bub; We are
doing lots Of job printing now, and canno,
snare the time 10 play with you.-E1te
Hisitor.
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BuckIsn,s Arniea save.

The greatest medical wonder Of the world.
Warranted TO speedily cure Burma, Bruises,
Outs, Ulcerg, Salt Rhep,n, Fever Sores, Can.
GERS, Piles ChilhlsinS, Corns, letter, 0happed
Hands, aud all skin eruptions, guaranteed to
cure In every instance, or money refunded.
Is cents per box. For sale. ct Logan d Co.'s
Bridge Corner Drug stora.
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Ms. Surgeon Reeommends.

Dr.J. M. G. Pheeton is U. s. ex-surgeon
residing now at Bloomington, Ind. This DR..
writes to say: II recommend Samaritan
Ntrvine because itcures epilepsy. Physicians,
generally, are It's friends. MwF&w
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"TnE REaSDY 30 fsyOrably noticed in all
Did hi,s Die4

INC
"she fingered and suffered along, pining
away all the time for years."
1.-THE doctors doirg her no good !"
"And Atlsst wal cured by this Hop Bitters
the pspers say 60 much about"
Indeed Indeed! r.
"How thankful we should be for that med
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TIE Koran says "God is with the pa.
tent" We are inclined to think this
statement was written before doctors oil
medicine were invented.-L9trelL Citizen.
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AFTER seeing the poem that al. Tenny.
son got 81, 0G0 for, all We have tosay isibat
we'll give him fifty per cent. to sell horse
and bulldog for us.-Boaoa Post. Y
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How They Get at It,

Bsnson's Capcine Porous Plasters alone
reach thessat OF disease through the pores OF
the skin. ws4E
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The elder Cameron is SO years old, and
yet when Simon says thumbs up" or
"wiggle vaggle," things are lively.-Losrea
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'Rough on Rats" Clears out rats, mice,
reaches bed-bugs, files, ants, moles, chip
monks, gophers. loo.
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MEDICAL.
DR.. J. E. SMITH,
No. 14Ol CHAPIINE STREET,
Near Fourteenth Street


The best evidence Of phyhciAns success q the
testimony Of bis patients. The incrcaIng demands
Tor my professional services prove that have dealt
honofa6iy aud fairly With those who have consult
ed me. fneyer use patientg name without per
fniiEion. though have many hundred certificates
from those whom have cured after they had been
pronounced incurable. A thorough medical edu:
cation With many years h9s sI eSP csS o ea
Rnce OF tcmpeIamentAl peculiRnues aud strict at
tanlion 10 hyRlenIc management inEures success,
cure spo6Shle, and frankly give the patient my
-IioMEPROO
KIauvy and Liver diseases and kheumauEm.-
Suffered Terribly" Nothing seemed 10 help me
sNN'- - ZKPT. PHILLIPS,
Wheeling, W. Va.
catirrh, POlypus Of Hose, Impaired yoiee;-suf.
"a ed for years patent medicine ti ed TO help me.
Va 'tns4 w" CHARLES CHADDuCR,
OF Speldel q Co., Nheciing, ". Va.
DvsnepsIa and liberated Stomach. Treatment
for years failed 10 give me relief. Dr. Smith cured
me- THoMA9 HOLT, Insurance Agent.
Fl"Had them for tSTEseSn yra sp,i p5 Smith
scroiuia, Running Sores on Head.-"My sou was
stiictei for fourteen years. Nothing seemed 10
help him. Dr.. Smith cured him.
Market Street, Wheeling, W. Va
Il cilt out three neA It returned alter each oper
atiOu Dr, Smith cured mt WITHOUT k1lllet C1uAtC
or PAIN ME-. y. ~ ohyuIF
yeeks. Reported dying DR.. Smith cured me
without knife In ave weeks THou.s GOWN
Wholesale Grocer, Main b., Wheeling, n. Va.
Ulcerations Of Rectum, frolapsls aud Piles
twas given up TO die aud pronounced incufable.
DR. Smith cured nc without knife"
Martins Ferry.
Rev II. o. IAdd writes:-"Ds. Smiths PROBES
sIona services In my family have been most salts
factory, and commend him 70 all As gentleman
and skilliul physician.
MI. Margaret kOlb sayE-"I had been suffering
for seyeu years and treated BY many physicians for
dyspepsia. Dr.. smith raid had tapc-worn, and
IN eight hours removed q monster 100 feet long,"
Female Complaints Three yean In hospitals tOI
femAles, give me peculiar adyantagesin such GASES
Persons cured Of catarrh, diteeses Of heart, Liver,
stomach. kidneys skin, blood, nervous affections
and weaknesses Of men and youth, scroiulR ano
asthma testliy 10 my success.
Piles cured without the knife. r
Patients at distance may DO treated by lettoI
and satisfaction guaranteed. A chart for self ex'
Animation sent on receipt Of two threeccnt stamps
and advice returned free
COMPUTATION at once free. Ofice hours from
A. n, to7P. n, daily. Call on or AddleA
JOHN Il. SMITH, n. D.,
r,vf0.nAw No 14ni ChRpline Rt, Wheeling, W. Va.
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''My daughters say:
slow much better father Is since he used Hop
Bltters.n
"Hel. getting well after his long suffering from q
disease d clAred iucurabls."
"Ard we are 30 Glld that he uted youn Blt,ers"
"A LADY Of Utica, n Y, de2tMWPkW
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MEDICAL.
Advertising Cheats !!

ut has Income so common to write the be.
ginning Of an article, in an e:era1t, interest
afhen run 1t into some advertisement that
we avoid all such,
"And simply call attention to the merits OF
Hop Bitters In as paip, hone,t terms as pos.
sible,
ITO induce people
, ITO give them one trial, which SO proves
their value that they will never use anything
else"
'TuE REaNDY 80 fayOrably noticed in all
the pspers,
"Rsliglous and secular, Is
"Haviug . large sale, and Is supplanting
all other medicines
"rhere Is no denying the virtues Of the
Hop plant, and the pEoprietors Of Hop Bilters
have shown 4 cat shrewcneSs
"And ability
s%G E5.s to S sSs one. yA ss:1s
tion.n
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A nine.year.old at recent church wed.
ding asked; Mamma, are all tbess gen.
tlemen with white boutonieres the gust-
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AmIRAcLEIN OIL CITY.
doctors Dumfounded-D and the
paOple Wild with Excitement.

From llt OF GUY DtFFick. Jug 2IE9l IaoI.
Mis- Msggie Martin, OF this city, has been
III aud confined to her house for several
years our best physicians failed toIgiye hel
relief She took Peruna and, 10 the astonish.
ment OF all who knew her, she y now up and
about again. Mr.. Simmons, tie druggist,
sold 1874 bottles last week. He buys In gross
lots. Mr.. Cowell, too, sells 1t. Ask your
druggist for DR.. Hartmans book-"llls OF
Life" (grstisA or address DR.. H., at Columbus,
O.. for one. pAM
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A pauxh,e,,s Misery.

n I"FB.fsUN y R3t'NEHs
"Eleveu years our daughter Suffered on a
bed CT misery.
From a complication OF kidney, liver,
rheumatic trouble and nervous debility,
"Under the care Of the best physicianE,
"Who gave her disease various names,
"But no relief,
"And now she is restored to rs in good
health by as simple remedy as Hop Bitters,
that We mad stunned for years before using
it.n-THE PARENTS.
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For lame Back, Side or Chsat use shiloh's
Porous Plaster. Price % cents.
SH1LoH's COUCH and Consumption Cure Is
Rotd by US on guarantee. ltcures consump-
ton.
sHnoH's yIrAIIzER is what you need for
Constipation, Loss OF Appetite, Dizziness and
all symptoms Of Dyspepsia. Price 10 and 10
cents per bottle.
CRoup WHoorNa Couch aud Bronchitis
Immediately relieved by Shiloh's Cure.
For Sale by McLlne Bros. and A. 7. Young
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IWE PRooF

KIauvy and Liver diseases and kheumatiEm.-
Suffered Notwithstanding seemed 10 help me
cSWiI mt COt otit Of bad, IIr Smith rirPh me,n
s"u'H HV' sS' ZKPT. PHILLIPS,
Wheeling, W. Va.
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FREEl FREEl! E'REE!!!

AnVLRTIsERsi send for our selcct Lat Of
y Local Hewspapera Geo. r. Rowell q Co.! 10
Spruce street, New YofE. no20 MVP4W
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SONG OF YEARS.

golden, OH Piilon'
ana leave their empty nests in Memorv's halls
anu m IN the past with all its mysteries olden
OOllVlon' ike twilight, DER them falls.
voices my H"'e Sluu
Their flashing wings like flaming sunbeams
But all! cen while the listening ear reioice.
4hey speed away and never more return
u0d rams the moments down like golden sbowarS
rt we gamer them, and 10! they are but dew,
ANe1 iuelt ike lakes of snow, they fade like
or Elittering stars on mornings Frightening
Day is rainbow arched from morn to even
air, ''0'S VII Ihe
let win the dawn it smiles again in heaven.
90 ne When Death has kissed away Onr care
an me! me golden fancies that have persisted
ana leit behind but footprints of their cheer
some Autumn falls on every Summer cherished
Each laughing day ends with a dewy tear
1e T, VIII not for years departed sorrow
9, ne gentle lesson of the bright to-day
7H MI ne my Key toOpe the fair omOrrow
"h'h NIGHTS cold tear in smiles is charme /
away. 80 O''''i lNe
De glad, @ soul! sing not a mournful storvr
~, Iope' IKE a SIi, awakes the Futures dawn.
ny Past snail I'VE again, where bathed in glory
through Deaths huShed hall Gods angel RenfS
us on! '''eei Oechs
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Fashions Whirl.

Leather bonnets are amon, milf.
novelties. ''is iilillihery
mo Shaker poke is the latest fancy,
in big bonnets. 0 '''''S' nancy
h. Epaulet trimmings are much worn
by young girls. - u
enc silks and stripes Of velvet and
S"'lh are Worn by Parisians.
Some leading dressmakers are frying
20 introduce the straight unlooDed oij'
fashioned Ovcrskirt.
hid and alligator skins ar. ,..1 :.
omI H Ilural GolorS and in dark green
ana brown shades for bonnnts ''i
IN Europe woman begins ber
social career after her marriage and i
greater belle at forty than at twenty
Black velvet is frightened Win
cherry satin in which garnet beads ara
woVeh-not sewed-in IA flower nat-
tern. "0' pat
moss green cloth polonaise b,stb.
front and sides turned bacL ~ n il'is lht
satin. Pi0''eu
outside skirts of velvet or satin ara
plainly hcmmed or faced. being srwed
Win ollnd stitches. and are now sol
meath. 9AiII Oe-
Inc fashionable modistes are disnlav.
my carriage costumes made entirely Gf
Vclvet, or else of velvet in combination
win ,Sicllienne, Bangaline, Victnrienna
OF other soft repped silk.
Imported cloth suits are far moro
urGSSy than those made bv New York
l",lors' and come i'll high colors while
olhSr materials combined with them
Sucii as velvet, satin and Sicillenne.
Partisan brides do MOI waor ,,I,,,.,.
curing tIg the wedding ceremony and
mere IN! Is feeling here, especially anon
hlSh Church brides, that it is more
rcverential to approach the altar Will
out gloves. '''' mn
Light cloth Newmarket coats f,r
autumn are fastened on the breast h..
single button, and fall open to sbow.
the dress beneath from lis coII,r ~
We, meek down to its pulled paniers and
Nandyked tlounccs.
A favorite way of making morning
gowns is to plat the bodice in fne
plalts from the throat and imprison the
waist IN wide belt of velvet fastened
Dy silver buckle; the plating below
hips. - '''o oo'ers tue
a long Newmarket coat of ottoman
J J, win large smooth balls ON il is
uark bottle green in color, with some
VeIVet draping, and vest ornamen-
leu with white carved wood in clasns
OF dragon shape for the sash bows
ana with buttons to match.-PhiIadeJ,
Ohia Erening Ners. ''"''''
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Maryland Items.

The shooting of partridges in This
State extends from November 1st -
December Goth. ~
a whale measuring 81 feet in length
ana IA the other way stranded in POGO
moKe sound, twenty miles below POGO
hoke City, and was killed by the fish
ermen, last week.
Or. Robert Ward, Maryland State
Veterinary Surgeon, pronounces the
caItle disease in Queen Anne's County
pleuro-pneumOnia and Texas fever. but
principally the former. '
Joseph E. Elliott, the head of the
mousse of Elliott & Bro, CentreviIIr
came atoot to that town twelve wears
ago with only $3.50. Now his 6ouse
carries stock of $4,000. and does n
BUSINESS amounting to $125.OOO a year.
VIM. II. Pratt, formerly in the EN-.
Pioy or J. II. Bewley, of SMYRNA. and
lately merchant in Millington' has
accepted very fatterng offer from
thompson, Kersey & Co, of Easton
ana entered upon his duties Monday
The Harve-de-Grace Republican,
published in the great tomato-packing
section of Hartford County, saws the
tomato pack in that section is verv
light, and advises the local packers
VINO have not sold to hold on for better
figures.
The ladies of the NJ. f. Church. of
ChestertOwn. held a festival DURING
four day. The gross receipts were
over $3.50, and the net revenue abont
$3.50. The sum goes TO the pine organ
fund. The organ which it is propoSed
to purchase, will cost about SI4OO.
Still Pond NJ. E. Church was reoDen-
ed Sunday week. In the morning Rev.
). ;. Willis preached, after which Sc. 600
was raised, which, together with the
amount previously paid in, was sufi-
Gent TO liquidate the whole indebted
ness, which was s., 140. Inthe evening
rev. J. ii. Caldwell, D. D., preached.
The new station buildings near Hills
DorO called Queen Anne are about
completed, and the dwelling for the
agent Will be occupied in few days.
IL Is one of the handsomest buildings
on the road. 1t is said that the rail-
ROAD company will send an agent to
Duy all the grain to be shipped alOng
this line; but Captain Wheeler of the
w heeler Steamboat Line is determined
10 hght them to the bitter end.
A Double Wedding. Emmett Downes.
OF Denton, and Sarah Z. Jump, daugh-
ter of the late Josiah Jump, of Caroline
County, and Alonzo Crew, of the firm
OF Crew & Jerome, of Baltimore. and
Elizabeth Jump, also daughter of the
late Josiah Jump, were married in
Denton, Wednesday of last week, by
the Rev. S. D. Hull, pastor of Christ
Church. The party took the train for
New York. This dual wedding created
much interest.
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AU FAT" What kind of a man is
neg" asked a gentleman about young
socity man.
"Oh, he's mighty popular with the
women"
Is he intelligentP"
No, not particularly. You see
there's not much demand for intel
ligence in society"
docs he dance.n
"Of course"
KNOWS what's going on in theatre
calls, music, etc. 90
"Of course.n
"Au fait in everything presume ?"
"Well, / don't know whether he
owes Fay or not, but / know he owes
about every man of my acquaintance.
Who is Fay? I'll look him up and see
II he doesn't owe him too. I'll bet he
does, "-Merchaat Traveller.
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ed to the habit threading and memoriz-
plays. Night after night sat up, de-
Vourlng the tragedies of Shakespeare.
until at last the passion became So
oVerpoWering that | determined to
seek the city and enter upon the thea
Irlcal profession, | had no mother to
wound; she was dead. My beauty at
tracted instant attention. Success
turned my head-fattery ruined me.
Today l am mother and no wife :
and well for me if my son does not
curse the name of the mother who
| bore him.
Alice was weeping.
GU are young and beautiful.
When you ask to come here you cannot
cream of the perils that may beset YOU.
LIKE me, you may hear that YOUR
father has gone broken hearted to the
grave; that the man who loved Won
ana whom you loved-if there be such
is the husband of a happy wife. You
may weep for the priceless love YOU
Threw from you, for life of care, of
In1jalrdly-Won ease, of hateful splendor.
There, child, | didn't mean to make
you cry; but l do say that willingly
would L die tomorrow could bring
back nay innocent youth. Go home.
young girl, and when you are tempted
to be great, think of the STAR YOU saw
last night, blazing with a false lustre.
and remember how to-day you have
seen the setting of every fair star of
nope in one human bosom"
Alice went from the madame's palace
home heavy-hearted. Life and its aims
seemed changed to her as she turned
her face homeward.
on, father! oh, Louis!' she cried.
softly. Il could not have lost YOU
both. God help me henceforth to be
content"
50 she returned to the old parsonage.
and Louisville had expected that She
would find home in the city-heard
she had come back, and fastened
heet-toOted, to the dear old gray house.
Together they stood again in the
porch, and this time there were sweet.
Volces-and the perfume of the roses
waited by them-and kiss was given
and returned-the precious kiss Of be-
trothal.