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RraMn,s Little ,Ioke.

teWhy, Brown. how short your coat u.s.
aid Jones one day to his friend Brown, who
wittily replied: eyes; but it will be long
enough before / get another. Some men spend
20 mucl. for medicines that neither heal nor
help them, that new clothes is with them like
sngels' visits-few and far between. Internal
ievers, weakness of the lungs, shortness OF
breath and lingering coughs, soon yield to the
magic influence of that royal remedy, DR.. R.
Y. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
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An Only Daughter Cured Of coD.um Dt,av.

An Only Daughter Cured Of Consumpt1an.
When death was hourly expected from Com
sumption, all remedies having failed and DIR.
q. James was experimenting, he accidentally
made a preparation of Indian Hemp, which
cured his only child, andnow gives this recipe
Dn receipt of stamps to pay expenses. Hemp
s seIn and viii iiS break a fresh cold in a hours.
Address Craddock & Co, 1882 Race street.
Philadelphia, Pa, naming this paper.
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The purest, sweetest and best God liver
Oil in the world, manufactured from fresh,
healthy livers, upon the seashore. 1t is alb
s~olutely pure and sweet. Patients who have
once taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
clans have decided it superior to any of the
other oils in market. Made by Caswell, Haz-
ard & Co, New York.
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Happiness.

To be happy the passion must be cheer
full and gay, not gloomy @nd melancholy.
A propensity to hope and joy is real
riches; one to fear and sorrow, real pow
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Structure of the urethra in It's worst forms.
,needily cured by our new and improved
Methods. Pamphlet, references and terms,
two three cent stamps. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 665 Main street, Buffalo,
AZ Or
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Cures Piles or Hemorrhoids, Itching, Pro-
truding, Bleeding, Internal or other. Internal
and External Remedy in each package. Sure
cure. Zoe. Druggists.
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CHAPPED HANDS, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made
by Caswell, Hazard IL Co, New York.
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MOMENTOUs

It is said that the permanence of the
California mountain forests is serious
ly threatened by the herds Of sheep
and cattle which are driven into the
mountains every year to Craze. From
the foothills to the highest meadows
every blade Of heritage and every seed
ling, shrub, and tree is devoured.
Young trees r barked and ruined,
and the roots of grasses are trodden
out by the hoofs of animals. The life
Of any forest in which all young trees
are destroyed is limited to- the life of
the full grown trees which compose it.
Under the Mexican law a creditor
can have a debtor arrested on the day
when the debt falls due. The prisoner
is chained to a post five days, guarded
by an officer. At the end Of the time,
if the money is not forthcoming, the
mans labor is sold to the government
for forty cents a day for as many days
as will be necessary to discharge the
obligation. The miserable debtor is
sent to the silver mines, where he is
chained to a gang Of felons and COM
PEELED to work underground. He sleeps
underground and never sees daylight
again until he is restored to freedom.
The interest Of the sporting world
of Paris is at present divided between
horse and balloon races, and SO general
does the new sport threaten to become
that the Parisians will soon be no
more astonished at seeing a number of
balloons above their heads than they
would be if the a~ir-ships were sc many
pigeons. Inventors are hard at work
on improved ballons, and among such
the latest novelty, which is at present
being privately trained, but will
shortly appear in public, is furnished
with a pair Of wings worked by an
electric motor. This balloon is an
uounced to be able to hold its own
against a violent current of air, and
aeronauts and their friends are looking
forward to its first appearance with
considerable interest. An aerial race
meeting. it is predicted, will be a fix
ture long before aerial navies take tc
graphing in the central blue"
The Cooper Union. New York
is doing a good work in educating and
improving the young people of thai
city. An abstract of the last annua
report shows that during the yea
there were 4,208 pupils in it's schools
OF this number 531 attended the In
1ustrial Art Glasses for Young WomeI
in the day time, including the classe
in photography and telegraphy. Nor
than 100000 persons have used thu
reading room during the year, an'
nearly 100000 books have been lent t.
readers to take to their homes. TIL
evening art schools are largely attend
ed, and there are also scientific classe
which pursue a regular course 0
study extending over a period of fiv
years. Thanks to the benefaction O
its founder, the Cooper Union appear
to be doing a larger share of thi
useful kind of free educational wori
than any other institution in the coun
| frv
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Il N U 25

Fevers, Blood, Liver and Kidney Diseases.
Dyspepsia or indigestion, Headache,
Dizziness. Sour Stomach, Furred Tongue, Bilious
Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Coughs, Colds
an~dPneumonia are cured by the use of the Bitters.
Skin Diseases, Er1ptions, letter, Salt
Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Humors and
all Diseases of the Skin are literally dug up and
carried out of the system by the use of the Bitters.
the torpid Liver and Bowels, and inparts neS
life and vigor to the whole system.
No Person can take the Bitters and remain
long unwell.
PIN, Tape and other Worms, are
destroyed and removed from the system.
a the VitiafcH Blood whenever
impure. No other Medicine so etfectually
purges the blood of deep-seated diseases.
Give the ESitters q trial. One bottle will
prove a better guarantee than q lengthy adyer-
tiSement.
ER. III. Mcdonald Drug Co. Proprietors,
San Francisco, Cal and 523, $50 u 5&2 Washington St,
Cor. Charlton st, New York.
Sold nv all Dealers and DrugpistS.
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"Rough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions
ringworm, letter, salt rheum, frosted feet
chilblains.
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20 RnuUh nm Itch

Freckles, Pimples, Salt Rheum cured. Ad'ss
Dr.M M. Hutchinson, ITO Clark St, Chicago, Ill.
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Important.
When vou visit or leave New York city, save baggage
expressaee and SIS earring hire. and stop at the Grand
Union Hotel, opposite Grad Central Depot.
M alagant rooms fitted up Mt a cost of one million
dollars, Al and upward per day. European plan. Ele-
water. Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse cars,
can live better for less money at the Grand Union
Hotel than at any other irst-class hotel In the Guy.
The French are a very Frank people.
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The mosquito always makes himself t.
hum,
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Espnzer AxIn Grease.

NFMXBF AAEC WEEtaSDe
The Frazer Axle Grease is better and cheaper
than any other, at double the price. Ask
your dealer for it, and take no other.
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Life PreseryeP.

If you are losing your grip on life, try'Wells'
Health Remover Goes direct to weak spots.
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Ladies who would retain freshness and vivac
ity. Don't fail try Wells ''Health Remover ;
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ss Rouxh o,s>Piles.,,

Servants belong to the hire types of hu.
manity.
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''T'm just immersed in my business" said
he teacher of swimming.
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$500 Reward.

Be content with your lot, especially if its
a lot of money.
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The Only Temperance Bi,ters Nm,

rs hilONn.
Made from
nj iforn
70 otS a n d
her s, FREQ
from AlcO-
EloliC Stimu-
lantS. APur'-
gatiVe and
Tonic.
This Bitters
cures G .
male Co III
plain In
hammatory
and Chronic
Es In g III BAs "a.
~tisRaH, Gout,
Bilious, Re-
mittent and
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A SINGULAR BOOK,

Sclntillating with. Sarcasm end Brilliant
with Truth. !
New York Correspondence American Rural Home.
Chap. /. "Has Malaria; )" goes to Florida.
Chap. II. 'Overworked;" goes to Euu6pe.
Chap. III. elias Rheumatism y goes to Rms
Chap, ", Has a row with his Doctor
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RMREAK MEN restored to vigor and manhood by the
ENH Howard Galyanic shield and SmspensOry
combined. Pamphlet free with POSITIVE PROOF.
American GaIyanic Co., 1iU3 Chestnut St, Phila., Pa.
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Origin Of Musical Sounds.

Groves Dictionary of Music.
The stages in the rise of music have
been as follows: First. natures instru-
ments-the cleft in the rock, the hole
in the cabin, the distant trickling wa
ter, or the wind blowing into a reed:
then the imitation of these sounds by
the voice, followed by the imitation Of
these and the voice by artificial instru-
ments. Again, the increased accuracy
of artificial instruments initiated by
the voice: and tinallf. the power of ex-
preston OF the voice initiated by the
instruments. vocal and Instrumental
music aiding each other.
can idea of what remote nations
may have done in the way of music
can only be gathered from representa-
lions of instruments and obscure rec
ords of the various periods, and these
indications are naturally too vague for
any precise estimate to be formed, but
there is no reason to imagine that it
reached a high point of development
with them. A painting on plaster in
the British museum, taken from a
tomb at Thebes, and reproduced in
MIR. William Chappeii's valuable His
tory of Ancient Music represents a
party of comely Egyptian ladies about
the time of Moses, enjoying some con
certed music. Three are PLAYING upon
instruments of the guitar or Lutte kind,
a fourth upon a double tibia, while a
fifth appears to be beating tinre by
clapping her hands. If domestic mu-
sic was customary so far back, why
was the wonderful development OF
modern times so long in being brought
about? Even the Greeks, with all
their boundiess love for and %appreeia-
lion for the beautiful, and their power
Of its reproduction, cannot be sup
posed to have gone far into the cult
walton of music. Most of their modes
are unsatisfactory to modern ears. and
are not in harmony with cultivated ma
ture. Their use of music seems to have
been to form ar accompaniment to or
atorv and to furnish rhythmical tunes
for dancing. With their vo .ces they
seem to have been inclined at times to
indulge in a mass of sound rather
than music properly so called, if we
consider Plutarch's warning to his dis
,iples against INDUCING in too violent
So~ciferation, for fear Of such calami-
.ous consequences as rupture and con-
WILSON'S. The student then. as at the
present day, apparently TOOK upon
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Wearing Slippers.

A gentleman who had travelled a
great deal and spent some years in
England was speaking of English wo-
men, and eXpatiated, us usual, on their
good health as compared with Ameri-
a women and the long walks they
took, and to finish the remark: ''But
the English ladies never wear their
thick shoes in the house. they always
change and put on slippers This
idea seems to prevail to a great extent
among American women also. that it
is the proper thing to wear slippers in.
the house. This may be a good plan
for those who live in houses kept at a
summer heat at all times, and never go
out except when attired for visiting,
shopping or something OF the kind. 1T
is also q relief to the weary housekeep-
er who has been on her feet all day to
sit down in the evening with her Slip
pers on. But the practice of wearing
slippers in the morning, when one is
liable to be called on to the step out
doors at any moment while the grass
is wet with dew, is productive of wet
feet, which in its turn is one of the
most fruitful causes of colds and all
the evils that follow in their train. In
the fall and winter months, too, the
floors are cold in the morning and a
good thick-soled shoe is much more
comfortable than a low cut slipper,
even though the latter may appear a
little more like home dress. The fact
that they a be so much more easily
and quickly put IN than a shoe may
perhaps be n reason for preferring
them, but that should not be consid-
cred for a moment.
We are not speaking of the wearing
slippers during the hot and sultry
months of summer, but the common
practice among women of wearing
them exclusively around the house.
Men are fond of donning the dressing
gown and slippers in the evening after
the chores are done. but thev do not
wear them around their work. Al
though they may be a rest and change
then. something that will support the
ankles is very useful and essential. 1t
is "a great inconvenience too, to
be obliged to change ones shoes to 60
out on an errand or to step out of
doors. Women would often be more
willing to take walks, were it not for
the trouble of getting ready. Not to
dispense with slippers altogether. for
as we have said they are often useful,
we think the general health of women
would be improved by wearing high
shoes more and slippers less.
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Amenities or War.

While we were in front of Chatta-
nooga it became fashionable along the
picket hue to exchange papers. The
plan was for a Confederate who want
ed Il paper to come to the front, shake
q Southern paper as a flag of truce,
and in this way invite exchanges. The
pickets on either SIDE i'm that lmme-
date vicinity would cease firing, the
Union soldier would start from his
line and the Confederate from his line,
and they would meet nalf way, shake
hands, exchange papers. and if there
were no officers in sight. sit down and
have Il chat. This had been kept up
for several days, when there came an
order from headquarters that no more
papers should be exchanged. But the
boys. choosing their time foreNchange,
continued the practice against orders.
There came week, however. in which
no rebel responded % waving. br shak-
ing. or 1utterings of paper or hand
kcrcllef. and we knew then that orders
against exchange had been issued on
that side rs well as ours.
But II morning qrMte early my
partner discovered II Nan on the rebel
line frantically waving Il large paper.
HE suggested that we slip away from
the reserve and 90 out and see what
the man wanted. He took a paper
waved IT, and we, started toward the
rebel in front. When we had pro-
ceeded about half way to the point OF
meeting the fellow ceased to wave his,
paper We We're puzzled at this. but
finally concluded thai he was-down IN.
y hollow, and we would see him when
he came up on high ground. So we
walked on and walked without warn
ing into Il group of soldiers at the,
rebel picket post. The men were Just
ready to take breakfast, and after the
first furry they joked us 4 good deal
about II extraordinary Willingness.
to get into their clutches at breakfast
time. When we spoke of the exchange,
of papers the officer in charge inform
ed us that orders were positive against
exchange, and that all his men under
stood it. AS this was the, ease. he
took the position that we had.come
willingly into their lines. and unf- be
could not allow us to return f=saW
at once that his men disagreed 9th
nm. but the question was how we
were to get away.
My partner. who had been a soldier
in Germany, joined in the Jokes at our
expense. and proposed that he. make
the boys some coffee that was coffee.
lhe eonfederates had q very poor ex.
cuse to1 that article, and without more
ADO ne proceeded to make a kettle OF
coffee, the aroma of which seemed to
fasclnate Inc coffee hungry s~harpshoot.
crs- When he had poured the coffee
INTO the cups and had expatiated on
the good IL would do the men. he took
up his rifle and said to me: snow let
us start for II W line followed
him. and not a soldier on that picket
post lowered the cup of coffee from
nus lips or looked u way.-Ghicaoa
Inter Ocean.
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Cruelty to Sullivan.

The svmpathies Of tender-hesrted
people will go out towards john L.
sullivan, the pugilist. His wife has
commenced proceedings against him
for Il divorce, and IN his answer Sullas
van charges his wife with cruel treat
llent and drunkenness. This is indeed
hard. The poor mar can have no
peace. His business is fighting. when
away from, and it certainly is discour-
aging. after going about knocking out
people, and coming home for a little
quiet rest, to be knocked OF. by 4
wife who ought to love and protect
him. Mr.. Sullivan could get all tho
fighting he wanted away from home.
He could whip the biggest man and
the smallest waiter girl, could take
possessions OF a saloon and throw
everybody out of doors, could unmer-
clfully beat his horses on the streets.
and any ONE could see that what he
needed when he got home was rest,
but he was met by Il cruel woman who
would whip him. o, cruel woman.
how could yoe hurt the man who
came home to be loved, and to sober
ND? Those who have seen the GREAT
Boston pugilist in the ring, or on the
rostrum, admired by thousands, and
seen strong mem try TO injure him, and
seer him knock them silly, little
thought that when he got home his
wife would cruelty maui him., knock
him down and siG on him. Had the
condition OF things been known his
enemies would have matched against
Sullivan an unknown" and placed!
his wife in front of him when the hour
came for battle. and frightened HIM
under the ropes and into the woods.
Picture to yourself. gentle reader, that
strong man coming back from New
Orleans, a victor over Paddy Ryan's,
truss, with the laurel wreath on his,
brow, and Il key of beer in his stom-
ach, wavering as he approached his
own door. trembling at the knees as
he entered his house, pale and weak as
he meets his '.cruel' little wife, crawl
ing under the bed in abject fear as she
lands him one in the ear. She snatches
the laurel wreath from his brow
and in its place puts u wash bowl, and
he begs to be allowed to come out
from under the bed. Oh what use is it
for him to win reputation as Il hard
hitter, and have his cruel wife make
4lim toe the mark ut home? Away
from home he was Il terror, and no
one could stand up before him. After
a victory he would till up with cham
payne to prepare himself for the in
evitable licking whichh he must receive
when he got home. Poor Sullivan!
What II fall it must be for the "brave''
brute to, 90 into court and charge
his litss wife with cruelty" He
oughtae be made the laughing stock
of the whole country guyed by all
the people,, the object of ~the-contempt
of all mankind, and the waiter girl
whom he struck down should empty
Stops on him out, of a second story
window, until he should call the
police to protect him from ''cruelty."
p,pk's Sam
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himself to make all the noise he could
against the advice of his instructors.
.Porson, the Greek historian, fur
Their illustrates the tendency OF CLASH
cal musicians to substitute noise for mu-
sic by pointing to several antique Gre
clan bas retaets in the temples in which
he wind instrument players are all
represented as wearing chin cloths or
bandages tightly tied round the cheeks
and brought under the chin to prevent
the performers bursting asunder their
cheeks.
another cause for the development
of singing in Italy was the necessity
for finding the best singers for the pa
pal service, in which females were not
permitted to take part. Boys were
employed as in our own cathedrals,
and counter-tenors, or falsetto singers,
chiefly Spaniards. But as solo-singing
increased in Importance. the counter
tenors no doubt began to realize the
fact that by cultivating the falsetto
they were running their more robust
registers, and the fact became more
and more patent that as soon as a boy
was beginning to &C luiresome cultiva-
ton of taste his voice left him. This
led to the custom of preventing break,
ing by artificial means. AT a not very
remote time no females We're permit
ted to appear on the stage at Rome in
any entertainment, operate. dramat-
lie, or photographic. the singing parts
being filled by the best-looking artiti-
cial soprani and contralti that could
be found
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The Repeated Sermon.

C0lGrrSAtionaliSt ~.
AT II time. when the writer was
pastor of the Sum1nerlicld church, the
Rev. Hcman Bangs was the presiding
elder, His appointment to preach was
for Easter sunday. He came and
preached an admirable and appropriate
discourse on the resur9 ection of Christ.
AT the close Mrs. Anna Knapp. a wild
ow of fourscore years and daughter of
the Rev. Smith Arnold, one of the
pioneers, came to the altar. and in the
hearing of the writer thus addressed
"Uncle Heman." as the venerable
preacher was atfectionately called by
those who had known him long:
Brother Bangs, | enjoyed your ser
mo very much. l heard YOU preach
it forty Years ago. liked it then. I
heard you preach it again twenty-three
years ago, and it was good then. and
to-day it was as good as ever" Uncle
Heman.> with that look which those
who saw fkwill never forget-of min
gied good humor aud a quizzical spirit
replied: Well, Sister Knapp, has
there been any change in the facts
about the resurrection of our Lord in
the last forty years. If it was good the
first time you heard it. why should it
not be Just as good now" Said the
old lady: We'll, Brother Bangs, we
shall soon be where you won't have to
make an argument to prove it, as vou
did to-day Neither their pictv nor
their lniirmty of old age had dulled
their wits.
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An Intelligent Horse.

N. 4. IlfneS, $500 y
There can no longer be any doubt
that the horse is a noble and intel}i-
gent animal. His admirers have al
ways insisted upon his nobility and in
telligence, but very many persons have
failed to agree with them. They have
asked: .sHow can an animal be called
intelligent who lives in terror of a
sheet OF paper living in the path, and
wherein consists the nobility of the
beast who will run away without N
provocation whatever and smash a val
liable carriage and q more or less valna-
BILE driver?:" The very fact that an an
imal as powerful as the horse will con
sent to be a slave seems to show that
he is mean-spirited and stupid. A lion
OF a tiger would utterly refuse to spend
his life in dragging a Third avenue
car, and there can be no doubt that in
all wild beast circles public opinion is
very far from accepting the theory that
a horse is either noble or Intelligent.
1t has remained for a Boston horse to
yindicate in the most thorough nan
ner his right to the high estimate
placed upon the horse by all horscy
persons. From time immemorial horses
have been introduced into dramatic
representations, and hitherto they have
accepted without remonstrance any
part which a manager might assign to
them. They have walked meekiy on
the stage, blinked at the footlights.
and walked off again at the proper
time. Some horses. trained to act in
'.Mazeppa,n have allowed large and
heavy actresses to be dashed to their
backs, and have then solemnly pranced
up a winding pathway of wooden rocks
and pretended to galiop at a speed of
nearly two miles an hour. When II
r~etlects upon the good that might be
done by i really Intelligent dramatic
horse, it seems sad that our stupid
horses should so long have failed to
avail themselves of the opportunities
afforded by the stage. How MANY op-
pressive stage villains might have been
suddenly kicked into a proscenium box,
and how many yellow-haired Mazep-
pas might have been lifted by their
hair and dropped into the orchestra?
But never until the other night has a
dramatic horse risen to a true concep-
ton of his opportunities.
The Boston horse in question came
on the stage in a quiet and undemon-
strative way. but he had evidently
made up his mind what do do. He