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WHAT HE GOT BY 1T.

Showing That 1t Is Not Good Policy 20
Doubt Good Mans Word.
Come mighty nigh KILN fine buck
dis mawnin',' said an old negro.
Comm long through de woods an
er ole buck he jump up an bookerty,
bookerty he run off few yards an
stop still. Come in one err shootin' him,
sab. "
"Why didn' you shoot?"
'Didn' hab my gun Will me, sab"
Then how did you come within one
of shooting him?'
Case, sab. come in one o. takin'.
my gun wild me-
why didn't you take your gun?'
''Didn' hab none, sab"
You are an old fool
Look heah, dOan 'buSe er man dat
way when yer ain got no cause. l amt
got no gun, fur Teller dat / wuz err
bout ter buy one frIIm aXed me ies' one
dollar mon l could pay. So. come
in one O gettin' de gun. Eff l had er
got it | would er tuck it long wild me,
an eff Ider had it l could er shot de
buck easy, sab. So doan come 'roun'
'busin' er man when de facIs is all
ergin yer l hab knowed folks ter fetch
trouble on dar selves dat way. Er
pusson oughter be keerful in dis heah
worl' o science an SPECIFICATION. Good
mawnin'. sab. Since yer's acted dis
way, wouldenter gin yer none O. de
meat eff had er killed it. Fore yer
talked dat way 1 woulder made yer
present o. some O. de buck. See whut
yer got by it, sab. "-1rkanS0O 7rGc-
eLer
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was safe and sound at heme. Then I
filled baby's bottle and left it by him on
the pillow. and dropped asleep, quite
wearied out. Baby awoke at six, drank
the milk, crawled over into my bed, and
aroused me by whack on my eyebrow
that broke the bottle and left q bit of
glass in the flesh. would not have
believed that he could strike so hard.
1.-The blood flowed in torrents. Baby
screamed, and so did l. Harry rushed
in from one side, Amy and Fanny from
another My trunk was packed for my
country trip, and Fanny was to spend
night and day with me at my sisters.
But Amy and her brother, like two fool
ish children, would call in DIR. Sargent
TO make sure that no glass was left in
the cut
There was an embarrassing silence as
she ceased. Nine-and-thirty women,
with bent heads and flushed cheeks,
were sewing as if for life and reputa-
ton.
Amy looked around in surprise and
chagrin.
Mamma. they don't find it half as
amusing as it appears TO us!"-NdrioH
HorIdnd, IN Youths Companion.
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A METEOROLOGICAL MISTAKE
Gorgeous Visions RudeIy Shattered -
was Only Glass,

Gorgeous Visions RudeIy Shattered - It
was Only Glass.
Many are the visions of wealth thai
dance awhile before the enraptured eyes
of man and then fade into thin air. If
there be anything to the aspect of which
distance does not lend enchantment, it
is these same golden visions. But it is
only too often that q man sees riches
within his grasp only to be again left in
poverty These sage reflections, and
many others of no less philosophic and
pes5imistic character, crossed the mind
of the Times Democrat reporter who
yesterday beheld $50, 600 of the worlds
wealth vanish in the twinkling of an eye.
1t was early in the morning that the rep
resentative of the fourth estate, on enter
ing the Government building, was APP
pointed by the genial representative of
an extensive railroad exhibit, who, with
a countenance in which mystery was
blended with pride, led the way to 8
show-c case filed with precious gems ir
their pristine roughness. After sundry
locks had been turned a small, blush
pebble was produced and handed over
for examination. Somewhat undecided
as to its character, the recipient ejacu-
lated divers uncommittal ordinations,
but was promptly relieved from his in
gertrude 10y the statement: THAT, sir,
is a sapphire of nearly thirty carats. In
form and quality it is excellent, and it
may be valued at $50. 600 "
Somewhat impressed, but still pre-
serving that stolid indifference which
marks the true connOisseur, the scribe
entered upon a careful examination of
the small stone, which was equivalent
to so many reportorial pittances. 1t
was an oblong pebble, rounded as if by
attrition in a rivers bed. Constant
contact with surrounding objects had
whitened the outside, and but a faint
t;nge of the blue within shone through.
On holding it mp to the sun clear
azure, like the Italian sky sung of by
the poets, was observable. No flaw
was to be seen; in every respect it APP
pearcd 81 gem of purest ray serene,
and the pride evident in the face of the
exhibitor was easily pardOned by him
who had seen the stone.
But as u cloud suddenly dims the blue
sky, so was the beauty of the gem
dimmed by the sudden appearance OF
the iconoclastic N ncraloglst, who, not
content with admiring the color and
size, must needs Try it with cold steel. /
The owner looked on scornfully, the
reporter incredulously, the surrounding
throng breathlcssiy, while the knife
blade scraped on the noble gem. The
visiting miueralOgiSt scraped once, eX
amined the stone again, dropped it sud
denly, remarking in cruel accents
{" Glass, and strobe ScOrnfully away
The sapphire had faded into prosait
bit of broken bottle, or perhaps a relic
of the blue-glass mania that permeated
the country some years ago. At any
rate its value had departed; q paltry
nicklo formed magnificent equivalent
for what had erstwhile been equal to a
fortune. The owner looked blue as his
property, the crowd vanished, and the
click of the lock as the degraded jewel
was replaced was but n hollow mock. |
ery.-N. o. Times Democrat
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Diabetes Cured.
New Orleans Pieayune, Jan. %, 1884.

New Orleans Picayune, Jan. 20, 1884.
Mr. Mathis Doll, business place No.
"a North Peters street, residence Royal
street, between Jeanne and Bartholomew,
New Orleans, has been a most intense
sufferer from kidney trouble (diabetes) for
the last six long and weary years. He
said to us: "Even earlier than that / fire.
quently suffered from pain in the back,
and frequent making of water, but gave it
no thought until about the time stated,
when the almost constant desire to make
water became uncomfortable. The pain in
the back, and sometimes in the legs, made
me so lame at times that could scarcely
walk. i consulted one of the best doctors
in this city, and was under his constant
treatment for one entire year without de-
irving the least benefit. 1 then consulted
from time to time, during the last five or
six years, six other physicians, each one
standing in the front rank of the medical
profession in New Orleans, and though
sometimes was little relieved of some
excruciating suffering, yetupon the whole
I was not only no better, but in many re-
spects much worse. My limbs became so
swollen and sore that could not cross
my legs when sitting on a chair-all of
which, they said, was caused by diabetes.
I then tried some highly lauded patent
medicine. But they all turned out to be
humbugs. had given up all hopes of
ever getting relief, much less being cured,
when noticed in the papers some won
derlul cures that PERUNA had made in
this city, as prescribed by DR.. Hartman,
giving the name and address of each per-
son treated. called to. see him; he at
once prescribed his PERUNA, which is not
over three weeks. ago. I am so much
better that if would not improve any
more, would not for any amount that I
had not placed myself under his treat
rnent. All my pain and lameness is gone.
The swelling and stiffness in my legs has
disappeared, and instead of making water
every fifteen minutes, now make it once
in three hours during the day, and only
twice in a whole night. am, indeed,
quite well again. Don't hesitate, don't.
say humbug, but get the PERUNA at once
and take it as its printed label directs, or,
If you think this is only an advertisement,
and not strictly true, call and see me and
see for yourself"
Mrs. Huldah RIPPLE, Smethport, Nc
Kean county, Pa, writes: DIR. S. d.
HARTMAN, & Co., Columbus, o. have
used your PERUNA and it has done me
great deal of good. Have recommended it
to many of my friends, who have since ex-
pressed themselves as wonderfully pleased
with its virtues" -SsaA--
NovTIT
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Takes Him to Task.

al see,' said an Englishman, that
Richard Grant White declares that no
matter how long Cornwall or York
shire man lives in this country he can
not get rid of the peculiarities of
speech which he took up in infancy
This is a mistake. ave only been
ere ten years and can deceive any one
as to the place of my native 'Ome."
Probably Mr.. White did not think
of you," some one replied.
''Yes, but what right as e to make
such assertions? 1 admit that there
are a great many of US who continue
to drop our haiches after coming ITO
this country, but you only find it
among men who never stop to think.
If White should talk to me, I'd simply
say: MIR. White. git hout. You don't
know good English from an hole in
the ground. "-Qpie Read
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a Valuable Hint.

What are you buying nowP" asked
Ned Stevenson of Andrew Powell, on
meeting the latter in Bells jewelry
store.
II am looking for some present to
give my wife on her birthday. 1 tell
you, making presents costs heap of
money"
Why don't you do as l do? 1 have
never failed to make my wife a pres
enron her birthday every year for TWEEN
ty-five years, and am not out a cent
thus far.
How do you manage it?"
1T is very simple. After we were
married, when her birthday came
around l gave her a twenty-dollar gold
piece. When my birthday came around
She gave me the twenty-dollar piece
back, and we have kept that up ever
since, and neither of us are out cent. -
Teens SittiltgS.
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A MARGIN.

Ten thousand dollars is p margin that's di-
But lot the market drop point and thon
there's only nine.
The broker says: just as 1 thought, let's
smile ana call il fate.
Shell bloom agfu." but bloom she don't-by
three oclOcS it's eight.
They take the drink, say "egad, and put their
trust IN hcaNea, -, AZ,
And watch the rn5fEet slump and slump until
there 5 only seven.
They spread reports and rImors start, spring
all Ike wcl-snOwn tricks,
Gut mary good. with heavy hearts they see
ii drop 10 six.
Faint ana SAD and soTrowful and hardly half
alive,
Tue little lamb behoids the stake reduced to
only five.
TIo says that Wal street is a fraud, votes ev-
crsth.ug bore.
And thinaa ne u qtitquitc satisfied to get away
with four
Now, mad with race, he wildly swears the
broker hC viii sue;
Tho broker Smiles ghastly smile, the margin
drops 10 two.
They witt some more, but o, alas!-before the
G.tv is done
The bears get in their fcndish work, and down
IL fOps 10 one
Discausoiatc he kicks, and says the racket
taxes the bun,
Hes busted nat-lOr word is brought of mar.
giu there is none.
~. J.. sunday Financial Chronicle.
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BALKY HORSES.
The Proper Treatment to Cure Them o
the Hateful Vice.

The Proper Treatment to Cure Them o.
the Hateful Vice.
| often see inquiries and answers re,
lating to bally horses. 1 will give you
my receipt, which never fails-one that
I have usei always with success, and
very simple: When a horse balks in a
wagon, cart or carriage, 1 have him
taken out, his harness taken off, except
The bride, a boy or man put on the
animals back, with instructions to
make him move lively for ten minutes
up and down the road. At the expira-
ton of that time put on the harness
and hitch up, and the animal goes all
right. 1t may have TO be done once or
twice more, whenever the hitch-up after
meals takes place.
A farmer near me last summer had a
nice, young. four-year old horse, which
worked steadily from spring till mid
summer; then the horse having had a
long rest, when put to work again re-
fused to draw. lie tried him some
days, and then told me that he was
going'to send that horse to Baltimore to
be sold, because it would not work.
told him what to do. Three days after
| saw him again, and he said that he
followed my directions and the horse
worked all right
There is no use to beat or otherwise
ill-treat balky horse. The simplest
and best way is to do what l have rec
commended, as all horses will go under
the saddle, and some of the metal is
taken out of them during the ride. l
have seen horses strapped and thrown
several times in succession, and yet they
did not 90. \ New York man, living
in this section three years ago. if his
horse would not pull, would Jerk out n
fence-stake and strike the horse over the
head and knock it down. Once went
out and offered 10 buy the old horse, to
save it from such cruelty, but he would
not sell. The favorite resort with most
farmers is good. long, hickory switch,
one man TO hold the plow and boy to
use the switch, which is kept very busy.
Cor. C2tltiCGtOr.
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No. 2.
NARROW ESCAPE.

Rochester, June 1, 1882 "Ten
Years ego was attacked with the most
Intense and deathly pains in my back
And kidneys.
Extending to the end of my toes and Il
my brainl
(which made me deliTious
"From agonyilli
ait took three men 10 hold me on my bee
at times!
'Tbe Doctors tried in vain 10 relieve me
but TO no purpose.
Morphine and other opiates,
clad no effect!
cater two months / was given up r.
die ~
"When my wife
heard a neighbOr tell what Hop BitteTs had
done for her, she at once got and gave me
some. The first dose eased my brain and
seemed TO go hunting through my system
for the PAIN.
The second 2 ose eased me SO mueh that 1
slept two hours, something had not done
for two months. Before had used i've
bottles, was we'll and at W DIX as hard as
any man could, for over three week.; but
worked too hard for my strength, and tax
ing n hard cold, vas taken wtth.the most
acute apd painful rheumatism all through
my system that ever WINS known.
4 called the dc ctors again, and after sew
eral weeks they left me cripple on or Lch-
es for life, as they said. met friend and
told him my case, and he said Hop BitteTs
bad cured him and would cure me.
pOoht at him, but be was SO earnest was
Induced to use them again.
In less than four weeks threw away my
clutches and went to work lightly and
kept on using the bitteTs for five weeks,
until became rs well as any man living
and have been 50 for six years since.
IL has also cured my wife, who had been
sick for years; and has kept her and my
children well and healthy with from two to
three bottles per year. There is no need to
be sick at al if these bitters are used.
J.J. Berk, Elk Supervisor.
That poor invalid wife, Sister, Mother,
"Or daughter l!i
"Can be matte the picture of health!
with few bottles of Hop Bitters!
"Will you let them suffer ~
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Lessons of Experience.

Fond Mother - Now see here,
George, 1 want you to break off with
that girl. She is very pretty and all
that, but know her too well to want
you to risk your life and happiness by
marrying her. Why, she knows no
more about housekeeping than | know
about Greek, not bit. -
George Perhaps not; but she can
learn. -
AFTER marriage IS rather late for that,
George"
But you said yourself that you did
until after you were married.
Every true, George, and your poor
father died of dyspepsia twenty years
ago. - philadelphia CAL,
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HIRED MEN.
Some Questions That Are Deserving of
Consideration.

Some Questions That Arc Deserving of
Consideration.
Curiously enough, the term hired
man is only applied to man that
works on a farm, as though other men
were not hired. There are many grades
of hired men. A good one is cheap at
high wages and bad or an indifferent
one is dear if he works for nothing and
boards himself.
Usually, farmers do not seem to real
ize the important position that such
man holds, nor is sufficient caution ex-
ercised in filling it. In the first place,
the hired man is brought continually
into contact with the boys on a farm
He has seen considerable of the world,
at least more than they have, and his
daily walk and conversation exert
material influence over them. Many a
farmers lad has received his first lesson
in iniquity from such teacher, vet the
fathers of these same boys have won
dered at their deviations from the paths
of rectitude.
When the farmer has but one assist
ant it is obvious that much must be left
to his discretion, and that the employ
ers success depends largely upon the
information and zeal of the man that is
employed. He should certainly be in
terested to an extent beyond the ques-
ton of wages. Notice your man. Docs
he allow barp door to be slammed of
its hinges by the wind? Does he care
for the stock as though it is his own? Is
he economical in the use of your nipple
ments, seeds and time? Is he a care
less driver? Does he leave stock OK
posed to cold and storms? Does he
drink or gamble, and is the language
he uses such rs you want your children
TO hear2
Such questions are deserving of con
sideratiOn; indeed, they are of vital inn
portance to one who has the welfare of
his family and the success of his bust
ness at heart, But / am not writing in
disparagement of these men; on the con-
trary, / believe the good qualities Cf
some are never fully appreciated, and
that not enough difference exists be-
tween the wages paid the worthy and
the worthless hired man.-Field, Farm
AID Forge
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NO EMOTION.
The Cashier who Didn't Appreciate The
atricaI PathOs.

The Cashier who Didn't Appreciate The
atricaI PathOs.
On suburban theater train the
other night little party were talking
of pathetic scenes upon the stage and
how they were variously affected by
them
For my part, said a dapper young
man, L never saw anything upon the
stage that could moisten my eye 1
leave the crying to little boys and
women.
ooh. you do, do you?" replied bluff
old gentleman. an officer of one of the
railroads; every time 1 hear a young
man talk as you do l feel like telling a
little incident that once came under my
notice in New York City. A party of
u; sgt in a box; Hazel Kirke' was the
play. None of us had ever seen 1t. I
shed tear or two quietly and unob-
served. but rough old General McRae
cried like a baby. He was President
of a Georgia railroad then, and in New
York on business. He was q regular
martinez in his profession, stern and
unrelenting. He was an old bachelor.
too, and so far as is known never had
tender feeling toward woman or kin.
He had lived a life solitary and abso-
lutely unsentimental. We were all sur
prised to see such emotion in such a
man, but none of US said anything ex-
cept young George -, of Atlanta
He laughed at the old Generals weak
ness.
''Can you witness such a scene as
that with dry eyes?' inquired the Gen.
eral, with all his old sternness of man.
ner and speech.
Why. of course 1 can. l could
laugh at it even as laugh at you
I" See here, George -, said Gen
eral McRae, with great earnestness,
you are cashier OF bank in Atlanta.
In that bank my company has many
thousands of dollars deposited. Imme-
diately upon my return home every dol
lar of our deposits shall be withdrawn.
You may be an honest man, but l 10
not feel safe with our money in an in
stitution where one of the responsible
officers is person who talks as you
talk tonight
upon his return to Atlanta the
General did as he promised. And luck
lily, too, for in less than six months that
bank was nearly ruined by heavy en-
bezzlement- of its cashier. - Chicago
Herald
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Bakers Molasses Cookies. Two cups
of good molasses, one cup of butter
milk, one cup of shortening, one-half
cup of sugar, two teaspoOnfuls of sale
ratus, one teaspoonful of ginger and
cinnamon. Mix at night. roll out on
your mOlding board in the morning, cut
in squares with knife; Just before
baking wash the top of each cookie with
one egg beaten with a tablespoonful Of
molaSseS. -HoUseAoLd.
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H'rOsecute the SwindIers II!

Ifwhen you call ioI Hop BitteTs (see
= cen cluster of Hops on the white IRDeI,
Inc druggist hands out any stun called &.
u. W HIneTs German Hop BiGleTs or with
other 'hop" name, refuse IL anu shun that
druggist as you would vipeT: anu 81 he ha
taken our money for the stuff jndioL him
for the fraud and sue MIN for damages fOI
Inc sWlndie, and We Will reward you libeg.
ally for the cUEVicu
ES-NCne genuine without a bunch o.
green Hops OF the white lapel Shur al
The vie, poisonous stun with Hop al Hop.
II their name. lag I'm 10
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Wants a Fresh Dictionary.

The editor sat sadly at his desk. His
mouth was puokered with the express
sion q man assumes when he tries to cut
a tough piece of meat with n silver pie
knife His cheeks were distended on
one 5 dc by a chew of tobacco, on the
other by a mouthful of Asiatic words.
AT af-g-a-n gan-no, g-a-h-n-
hangit! CHAN! Afghanistan. james,
Yessir."
run uD to the house and tell my
wife to send Tommy down with his
geography the minute he gets home
from school"
''All right, sir.
Let me see How had best adj
wise Gladstone l wonder whether
Murgha is Il man or a place. But it's
getting late, so here goes.
To the thoughtful student of inter
national politics the recent action of
Gladstone can not but appear weak in
the extreme If he had ordered the
troops to attack Rawil-Piscde instead of
waiting for General Kushk ON the banks
of the Komarof a great advantage to
England would certainly have followed,
and Sarakhs. as far as kohn-Dilain was
concerned, would -
Williamr
''Yessir.
Bring me fresh dictionary and an
ice-water bandage for my head
Chicago Tribune.