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WINDING UP TIME.

"A wee. brown maid on the doorstep sat,
Her small face bid meath a wide-brimmed hat.
A broken clock on her baby knee
She wound with an ancient, rusty kew.
"What are you doing, my pretty onei
Playing with Timel" ] asked i'm fun.
Large and wise were the soft, dark eyes,
Lifted TO mine in grave surprise.
'Vsc windin' him up, TO make him go,
For he's so drefful pokey and slow"
Winding up Tmci Ah baby mine,
How crawl these heightened moments Of thine,
How sadly slow goes the staid old man,
But he has not changed, since the world began,
He docs not change, but in after years,
When he mingcs our cup OF JOY with tears
And duties are many, aud pleasures fleet,
And the way grows rough meath our tired feet,
When The day is too short for It's crowd OF
cafes,
And night surprises us uuawares.
We do not wish to hurry his feet,
But lind his go pg all too fleet.
All, baby mine, some future day,
You W II throw that rusted key away
And 10 Pb0bus' car will madly cling,
AS II whrs along, like winged thing,
And wonder how, years and years ago,
You could ever have thought that Time was
slow.
-Hdnn1L ". Gaze in The Current.
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What Killed Alexandria, Va.

A visitor to Alexandra a few days
since was much impressed with the
loveliness of the place, and asked
native what made the city so dead.
You see them big factory build
ings," said the loquacious Virginian;
''well, thar was company formed by
some nOrtherners to take them build
ings, fix 'em up in shape, and run a
big cottOn-mill They had the money
to do it. Them buildings had been
idle for years. They was put up befo'
the wah and the city had to buy 'em
for taxes. Everything was dead fiat
and the Yankees thought they ought
to have the place at a cheap rent for
five years, being as they was expert
menting with their own money.
They'd a brung five hundred people
here, and would given our folks
sonnet! ing to do besides. Dye 'spose
they got any encouragement? Not
bit of it. Our council jest run up tho
rent to the top notch 1t amounted to
sayin', You can't have them buildings
at no price So the cotton mill fell
through, and them buildings hasn't
had tenant to this day. That's only
one case. Every Yankee that came
here to put up his money and do some
thing we froze out. BY and by they
got tired trying and they quit. Now
we'd like to get 'em here. but they
won't dot. It's too late. We're dead
for fact, stranger"
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Education at West Point.

Adjt.-Gen. Drum, of the army, thinks
that there is room for reform in the
system of education at West Point. He
would throw open the school to large
number of students and have only a
picked number of them actually ap-
pointed into the army. He believes in
giving large number of students a
military education and then in sending
them back to civil life, where they can
be useful as military professors at the
schools throughout the country in
helping to keep mp the various militia
organizations, and in case of an emer-
gency could be relied upon for organ
izing and handling troops. The pres
ent system at West Point has tenden-
cy to make IA boy over into a machine,
and to give him false notions of his
position in life. None of the BOYS
there are taught anything about their
own country. None of them come out
of there with any correct notions about
the character of this government.
Their after life in the army tends to
make them creatures of routine, ex-
cessively timid and conservative. All
of the great generals of the war were
West Point graduates who had left the
army and gone back to civil life.
NeV York World
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A WOMAN'S REVENGE.
CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER I.
The time for the marriage of Ned
BY and Ruth Hatford was drawing
near. Bly, was the most promising
young man in the neighborhood Of
Gray Eagle church, Arkansaw. He
possessed many good traits of charac-
ter, yet he had not that steadiness of
purpose necessary to the achievement
of-well, people who knew him said
that unless he cultivated tenacity he
would never set the world afire.
Ruth was a quiet, even tempered
girl. In the picturing OF gentleness,
she could have appropriately served as
q model
Saturday evening. Ned was to come
and spend Sunday. Ruth stood at the
farm gate, looking down the road.
She saw Ned coming and she waved
her handkerchief at HIM. .He is the
dearest man in the world" she mused.
81 will spend my life in devotion to
him."
There she stands" Ned mused.
Good girl, the right kind of girl to
make good wife but--heigho.
"Ned, thought you never would
come" she said advancing to meet
him.
81 thought that l was making good
time. Ruth"
On. you might have thought so for
1T is much more wearisome to wait
than it is to trave."
Yes. l suppose so. Is your father
wellP' he asked as he opened the gate
for her.
"No, not very. His cough does not
Saam tn Opt anv heftar ~
''SOrry to hear it. Shall we 90 to
the house or walk awhile?"
"YOu have walked enough, Ned.
Why didn't you rider"
''Well, | was out in the woods,
thinking, when the time for me to set
out arrived, so | thought that it would
be saving time to walk rather than to
go back to the house and catch
horse"
Mr.. Hatford, with feeble tread, was
walking up and down the porch. He
cordially greeted the young man, for
whom he had pronounced regard.
Believing that he could not live much
longer. and with natural anxiety for
The welfare of his daughter. he looked
upon Ned as he would have looked
upon a son.
GLOW are you feeling, Mr.. Hat
fordP" the young man asked as he
seated himself in large arm chair
which Ruth had drawn out from an
adjoining room.
81 am not at all we'll, Ned. To tell
you the truth, l believe that my time
here Is short" >''~-r~-
."Oh, don't say that, father" the
girl implored.
IL cannot help but say it, Ruth,
when feel it so strongly. 1t should
not make you sad, for it is much bet
ter to be dead than it is to suffer with
out the slightest hope of recovery. 1t
is the pain of this world that makes us
willing to try the fortunes of the
world to come. There is one thing
that cannot help bat regret: This
farm is mortgaged for all it is worth.
Being hard pressed, in consequence of
inability to look after my affairs, COM
PEELED me to go in debt"
Ned made no reply. Ruth looked at
him with an expression Of eagerness.
She longed TO hear him tell her father
that it made no difference. "He is devils
ing some noble plan," she mused, but
Nod's face showed no signs of generous
contemplation.
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"Ruth." Ned remarked when the old
man had withdrawn, "let us walk out
into the garden"
They walked among the flowers
which the girl had so carefully culti-
waited. The air was sweet with the rich
perfume of roses.
"Ned, something seems TO be weigh
ing on your mind"
81 am not very we'll"
81 am so sorry. Can / do anything
for youP"
mo, I'll be all right after
awhile"
They walked in silence. Ned's man
ner was restless, and his frequent
sighs did not escape the girls obser-
walton.
"Ned, please tell me what is the
matter with you. Something must be
troublingyou
Ruth, let us sit down here"
They sat on rustic bench. After a
few moments of meditation, Ned re-
marked:
81 fear that you are deceived in me,
am"
Nov please don'tupbraid yourself.
You are the best, the noblest man in
the world"
He sighed wearly. "No, l have be-
gun TO believe that there is nothing
good about me. Ruth, L"
"What, Nedp"
IL cannot marry you now. My cir
cumstances-"
Now, Ned. you know that makes
no difference.
''Let me get through. My circum-
stances are such that l cannot afford
to marry-cannot in justice to you af-
ford it. Another thing, l have lived
here in the country all my life and
have never seen anything of the world.
1t is all right with a woman, but
man who has never been around don't
amount to anything. have thought,
for several days, that we'd better in
definitely postpone that little affair of
ours. l want to 60 out west l want
to see something"
She had arisen. The moon,
coming from behind fleecy fragment
of cloud, threw its light upon her col
Orless face.
'.Then you-have been deceiving
me. You don't love met" she said
with a sob.
"Now here, Ruth, don't talk that
way. You can find better husband
than l could possibly be. Ruth, where
are you goingP"
"To the house"
81 hope that-l have not offended
you"
'Oh, no." she replied in n tone of
sarcasm, ''the courteous Mr.. Bly,
never offended anyone. Good bye"
Here, Ruth, just minute"
She did not turn around
Now L hare fixed it, he mused.
81 intended to break it gently, but
failed. Woll. have simply done my
duty. l would be miserable if / were
to marry and settle down here. 1t is
impossible for a man to explain him
self to woman. Hang it, she don't
want to understand me. | am sorry
for the old man-and sorry for the
girl, of course. Well, for that matter,
l am sorry for myself All over.
Now I'll show the people that can
accomplish something.
CHAPTER ii.
Ruth did not tell her father. The
next day when he asked why Ned did
not stay all night, she replied that he
had business appointment which he
was compelled to meet. Two days
later, the old man died. Just before
passing away, he spoke in high praise
of Ned. The girl was almost heart
broken, but she spoke to no one of her
greater grief. The flower of her love
became the thorn of hate, and deep
within herself, she burned with re-
vengeful desire.
The farm was sold and Ruth went
out west to live with her uncle. Sew
eral years passed, but she had never
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subject drop. venture to say in a
short time that man will do precisely as
you wished; he will never permit you
to think he has traded the least bit on
your common sense. Now, some wo-
men under such circumstances would
crow over the husband with Il told
you SO, and now come to my way of
thinking" ABSURD, ladies absurd never
let man know you lule him, yet rule
him in all things, if you can.
believe that it is perfectly possible
to keep your husband SO perpetually in
love with you that he rather likes to be
ruled than not. Never ask for new
dress till after dinner, and never press
your husband to buy what he can't
afford. How many men are brought
to ruin through the extravaganza of a
silly exacting wife. The reason that |
say postpone requests till after feeding
time is because man is so partial to
good food that if it is good, and he has
enough Of it, his temper will be so
heavenly afterward that in very graft
tude he will be prepared to do anything
in the world for you. Never be jealous
without cause. To be Jealous Of the
young lady whom your husband sees
home, inwardly wishing her at the devil
and himself in bed, is simply putting
thoughts into his head which would not
have entered otherwise. At the same
time, remember the prayer Lead US
not into temptation and do not, on
any account, trust your husband with
any one who has not a great respect
for herself. | may say, trust no wo-
man, but trust your husband till you
find him out If any young woman
goes for him, take the three-legsed
stool to her, and make yourself so
doubly agreeable to the man that he
will never dream of looking at another.
0, what an easy task it IS to manage
the man you love; and really they all
want managing.
When | hear men say: Il have the
sweetest little wife in the world, hut she
is not very affectionate," or, "she don't
care to go out with me-" etc, then l
see there is a screw loose somewhere,
and he goes flirting around while she
stays passively at home (for the most
part miserable) and not knowing how
to remedy the evil. But if wives go
out with their worst halves, and take
their stand in this way, there would be
fewer heartaches and less use for di-
vorce laws. | should like to see my
husband Gf had one) go out every
day driving & splendid team alone, while
l sat at home. l should just like to
see him try it. I would never, in the
first place, let him get into the bad
habit of leaving me out of his pleasures.
l would make myself SO agreeable that
he would always make me his fast COM
panion, and believe me, ladies, if you
would be companionable to your
spouses, feed them well, dress tor them,
make yourself indispensable to their
comfort, you could manage them as
easily as baby, and withal withhold
not portion of that soft aattery which
is so dear to every mans heart. Man
thinks himself strong; but, 0, how
weak he is in the hands of wife pos
sessing tact. Hoping my receipt will
beat that of giving the man the latch
key and going lonely to bed, l con-
clude.-.Sgn Francisco Macs Letter.
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For the Benefit of the Fund of the
BarthoIdi Statue of Liberty En-
lightning the World.

This colossal statue was given by the people oil
the French Republic to the people of the United
States as a monument OF Ancient friendship, and
as an expression OF the sympathy OF France in the
Centennial Anniversary of American Independ-
ence.
ltis $50 feet in height cost $3.50 900 to which cost
more than 250.000 Frenchmen subscribed. and it
is far finished that will be ready to be ship
ped to this country in the course OF the coming
summer.
There has been voluntarily contributed about
500 $50 towards the pedestal for the statue which
is to be placed on Bedloes Island. at tho entrance
of New York harbor, and about 81 so 900 10 still
CURED.
The foregoing is from the report OF the EIeeu.
tive Committee to the General Committee Of the
Fund OF which the Hon. VIM. NJ. Evarts 10 chair
man.
With view of aiding the object another COM
mittee. under the supervision OF the Hon. Rufus
+. Andrews, has arranged for new issue Of art
subjects, to he offered tho public generally, who
will thus be able to secure a magnificent tandard
steel engraving, and at the same time have the
satisfaction OF contributing to the Pedestal Fund.
The following subjects have been selected. viz:
Washington Irving ard his Friends. 2Sx35
Shakespeare and his Friends. 2sx.6
Falstatf Mastering his Recruits .......2sx36
Landing OF the Pilgrims.
Depa rture of the Pilgrims .... 2sySo
Farmers Saturday Night.
Preaching OF John Knox before the Lords
of the Congregation in St. Andrews. .2sx36
These engravngs will be from the original
plates. and will be as fine the first proofs which
were sold at 500 each. They will be forwarded
by mail. and their receipt guaranteed. The price
Tor each will he SIS, which must be sent with the
order Persons wishing to subscribe, are respect
fully requested to do so as soon as possible.
All orders. drafts, &c. must be directe and
made payable to the Secretary
p o. Box 2.049. New YORK City
mar Sim
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Tho RIurEaSs.

A MISUNDERSTANDING girl storped a.
the Post Office and called cut:
Anything for the Murph5s
ono, there is not
Anything for Jane Murphy 49,
"Nothing.'
"Any thing for Ann Harnhy %
"No."
"Anythins for Tom Murphy ,"
No"
"Anything for Bob Murphy -
No !; not biz
Anything for Terry Marpiy.?''
NC nor for Murphy, nor Denis Mar
ply, Pete Murphy, nor Paul Murphy, nor
for any Murply-dead. living unborn,
native or foreign, civilized or uncivi,ized,
savage or harbarons. male or female,
black or white, franchised or disenfran-
chised, naturalized or otherwise. Ne
there is positively nothing for any of the
Murphys, either Individually, Jointly.
severaily, now and forever, enc and in
separabie "
The girl locked at the Postmaster III
astoniELment and SAID
'Please to look il there is anything for
Clarence Murphy"
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FOUND AT LAST =!

THE FAMOUS'LOSTC CABIN" MINE
L which is surrounded by mining district the
of the age. Miles ana miles OF rich placers and
quartz leads, pronounced by experts to be the
ticulars of this new and wonderful mineral belt ::
Of its first discovery how to get there when to
go and how to become the pOssessOr of claim,
together with gist OF the laws of mining govern
ing the same: also fund OF information of the
Western Territories concerning the mining. stock
and agricultural interests. and authentic data of
the great oil discovery in Wyoming, will be sent
to any address in the world upon receipt OF 81.
All questions propounded will be accurately and
reliably answered. Reference furnished when
d sired. Address.
REID & JONES, Rawlins, Wymoing.
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Tie Flag of Truce 1t ApUomattOx.


General Z. W. Whitaker, who was a
cavalry officer under General Custer, in
correcting some errors that appeared in
the New York Critic in connection with
certain war relies in the possession Of
Mrs. Custer, writes . Washington cor
respondent of the Detroit Post, makes
the following interesting contribution to
the incidents attending the surrender of
General Lees army Tho flag Of truce
at Appomatto1 was not tied to pole
and carried at the head of a little col
una OF cavalry, bat was in the hasds Of
Captain Simma, Of General LongstIeet 5
staff, who alone met and arrested the
charging cavalry column OF ten Thousand
man led by General Custer b. vigorous
flourish OF q white towel and an err, ph attic
declaration that General Lee asked the
suspeGson Of hostilitiss. Undor General
Clusters direction accompanied Captain
Simms back through the Confederate
line Of battle 10 inform Gsnerai Lee that
lilo CEaIGc HOulti not u: HalICu SNc6pb
on announcement OF unconditional sur
render. The truce came in-o my pos
session when Generals gordon aid Long
street asl.c;: mo TO take it and announce
the surrender to Geaslal Ord's Federal
infantry l;ue of battle that was then
sweeping in from the south westward and
reached an uDco:afortably short range.
My recollection is that | gave that
trucs to General Custer, first cutting
from it small piece for myself, and that
General Sheridan presented tc hirs. Gas
ter this table on which tie articles of ca
pitulation were written, aid stated in =
letter to her at the time that the country
owed more to her gallant husband for
the glorious event OF that day than to
any other person. Ii an wrcng, Of
| course some o! tho many living ;.artici-
| pants in the event will correct ne, and
the truth of history will be reached
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dress, and Il twO-re!It stamps i'tr postage,
will receive free for one entire year, a hand
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Something for tie Baby.

What terrible attiiction about the house
is a cross, crying baby. \ young man on
the very edge of matrim"ny might easily
I've frightened from his purpose by having
too much of that SORT of music al the homes
of his married friends. Yet babies cry
comia1niy only wien they are sick. One
reaspoo,iiul of Parker. Tonic. given the
little one. will i,ring rest aud sleep to the
baby AMI all in the holse. O,i,y - cents,
at druggists
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pARTER-S tonic

Makes fast and firm friends OF all who use it.
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women and aged persons ii iinParts strength and
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Yes, am pretty tired" is said. Il
sat ue all night with a corpse" WAS
it 6 wake - asked friend "N",' he
answered sadly. ''ii was not awake, it
We dead"
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From London Glue.
A singular case Of murder is repor. 81
to have occurred the other day at liabi
ganj, in Assam. A respectable Moham
medau. it appears, elopsd with the wife
Of a hiunipuri gentleman OF A,ssD2para
The sggricred husband, on becoming
acquainted with ths cnm.tauoss u III.
affair, proceeded immediately to the Mo-
hammedan and demanded the instant
restoration Of his spouse, but on an
explanation from the seducer be was
induced To return with a present OF Rs
800 instead of his wife. Tais dubious
transaction came to the knowledge OF the
husbands fellow villagers, and they,
acting under stronger sense of wrong
than appears to have actuated the luS-
band proceeded in IA body TO the Moham-
mad aus residence and murdered him.
The murder in due course was reported
to the police, who, on invest; eating the
matter, found that the Munpuress, some
~po III "tIt dEAtDuS W TAKE
upon themselves the responsibility of the
crime. They stated that they all killed
the man that no ono took Il more prom
inent part than another, and that they
we're all equally guilty. Under the cir
cumstauccs ths police had no alternative
but to arrest the whole body Of villagers
and the case is now under Investigation.
A Bsngales paper, in narrating the above
rcumstarcc>, says: WHIST q strange
unity. Wa are afraid in a Bsngaee viii
lage the Queens evidence would have
been forthcoming as sooa as the investi-
CATION began. But in whole army of
Munpurees not single man could be
found out as Queens evidence" Alas
ter the degensracy Of the Beusa!ees
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Don't Give Up.

Don't Give Up.
Catarrh-T or COY RS.
! was Il sufferer from
catarrh of the head
and throat. BY a few
applica tons of Ely
Cream Balm | re-
ceived decided bcnC-
ht-waS cured by one
bottle Charlotte Par
kcr, Waverly, \. y.
l bought medicine
in l3Slates.but moth
ing helped me till
l got Ely's Cream
Balm, In four days
| could hear us well
as ever. l am cured
of catarrh as we'll. II
is the hest medicine
ever made.-Garre
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ELY BROS. Druggists, Owego, N. Y.
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Rough OH Itch cures humors. eruIT;nGs. ring
worm. teitcs salt rhcum, frosted feet. chiilba rs.
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Rough on Tcothac

II you are losing Your grip on life. t.y Wells
II cath Remover" Gocs direct to we;,h spots.
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Ladies who would retain freshness aud vacity
Don't tail try Wells Health Remover.
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- A Leading ordOnPhy-
Fits
" stefan Establishes an
Office in New York.
From Am. journal of Med.
CDR Alb. Meserole, who
makes specially ofEpilepsy
has without doubt treated
and cured more cases than
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been astonishing have heard of cases of over 20
years standing cured by him. He guarantees cure.
Large bottle and Treatise sent Free Give Pc. and
Express address to
Dr. ABB. MESEROLE, No. % John St., New York.
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Hacking irritating Coughs. Colds. Sire Throat.
Liquid. 2jc.
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A Mohammedan i.iopemant.

Strengthening. improved. the best ion hackache,
..aInS III chest ~ side rheumatism neuralgia.
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wells Health Remover" restores health aGd
vi2or. cures Dyspepsia, Headache. Nervousness,
Debility. 81.