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WAS IT AN uNKISp FATEi

Janet Russell was the belle of the vil- lage, Canadian village on the St. Law renee, and was admired by all the swains who dwelt in those parts but her "steady company" was handsome young fellow John Miller-son of the village postmaster, who also kept general store. John and Janet went together to rustic frolic one night, and on the road John asked the old question, which was answered in the sf frmativc. Things went nicely, but at last, Janet dancing twice in succession with a young fellow whom he had looked upon as rival, John felt bad, and on the way home sharp words passed between them. The girl told him she wished it had been Charley Hall (the rivaD who had asked her thequestion before mentioned, whereatJohn said he would give her day to take that back ,and if not-why, all was over between them. Janet relented when she had time to think about it, and the next mo ming wrote 8 note to John and dropped it into the let ter box at old Mfr. Miller's store. Time passed on. A year or. so after that Charley Hall and Janet Russell were married, and John Miller was welded to another girl. Some five years passed and old Miller died, leaving his property and his store to his son, who at once set about making i'm. provements. And it so happened that the day the old letter box was broken up, Mrs
 Hall, accompanied by her eldest daughter four years old, was, in the store. A letter dropped to the fl DOT a workman picked ii up, and with the remark, "Heres an olG letter addressed to you" passed 1t to John
 At the moment he \ was talking to his ole
 sweetheart He took the letter, and turned
 it over and over in his hand. As Janet,
 eye fell on it she blushed. John opened
 the note and read it, then he handed it t,
 Janet with bow and the words: "Tha has been in the box ever since the day af
 ter we went to the dance at Turner's 1!
 Mrs. Hall took her child by the hand an,
 went home without word. Janet's poo little note had been caught and conceale' , for nearly SIX years, and had changed tn
 current of two lives; but for better o worse, who can tell :?
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and relations to this
 world and going out
 into the coldand dark unknown: in { h c very thought of the deep grave, to which I've all are going, and in the agony and pain that precedes
 them both, hat naturally mako the strongest quake. !
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All grocers sell Brussels soap,

A Nasal Injector free with each bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 50 cents. w. D. Heald, agent. 4
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Dant give up because you feel blue and are troubled with that tired and all gone feeling Do as uid, use bottle of Sulphur Bitters, it will make you feel like new person it did me.-Jennie Holmes, 354 Fremont street, Boston
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THREE BOTTLES.

1nhEAG oOIIAEb. Iregard S.S.S. as certain cure for Rheum- atism. as three bottles cured me of that trou- ble with which had been painfully afflicted for several years. l.. O. WILLIFoRD.
 Rock Mills, s. O., Oct. 27, 1888.
 Nine years ago scrofuia attacked two of my children, and they were badly afflicted with that disease, which resisted the treatment oi my family physician. was persuaded to use Swifts Specific by seeing an account of cures in my county paper. The improvement was apparent from the first few doses, and in a short time my children were cured, and are still sound and well. JOHN WILLIAMS.
 Lexington, Va.
 Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable rem- edy, and is the only medicine which perma- nently cures Scrofula Blood Humor, Cancer books on B ood and Skin Diseases, mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,,
 Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
 TerNight and To-Morrow Night, and each day and night during this week you can get at all druggists Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, acknowledged to be the most successful remedy ever sold for the cure of Coughs, Group, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Asthma and Consumption. Get bottle TO- DAY and keep it always in the house, 30 you can check your cold at once. Price soc. and $l. Sample bottles free.
 For the restoration of faded and gray hair to it's original color and freshness, Aver 'sHair vigor remains unrivalled. This is the most popular and valuable toilet preparation in the world. All who use it are perfectly satisfied that it is the best.
 I suffered from acute inflammation in my nose and head-for week at a time could not see used Ely's Cream Balm and in 8 few days was cured. It is wonderful how quick it helped me.-Mrs. Georgie Judson, Hartford, Conn.
 cold of unusual severity which took last autumn developed into 8 difficulty decidedly catarrhal in all it's characteristics, threatening return of my old chronic malady. catarrh. One bottle of Elys Crdam Balm completely eradieated every symptom of that painful and prevailing disorder.-E.W w. Warner, 165 Hud- son St., Rochester, N. Y,
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do not wonder, that the poet in writing of it said:
 For thou art terriblei'"
 In connection with this subject come the timely remarks of the well known Dr. Boditch He says:-"There are at least million people In their graves to-day, who might be well and in the enjoyment of life and health. Why then did they die7 Simply because they were thoughtiess, needless and neglected to use proper caAe and the right remedy. No man or woman, who has regular habits, is careful in
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"Take a PiII?"

"Take a PiII?"
 sWhose 2" "Why, Ayers, of course" AYERS PILLS arc the best. They regu- late Digestion, cure Blliousness, Collie, and Constipation. relieve Sick Headache, Nen- ralgia, and Rheumatism. They contain no calomel and are sugar-coated. Mild, but effective, they are the favorite family med icine. As an ,after-dinner pill, used ny thousands.
 Ayers Pills,
 Prepared by Dr. J. c. Aver & Co.,, Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine.
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From the New Haven Union.)
 MT. A. Borbonner, we'll known throughout New England as the agent of Samson, Murdock & Co.,, Boston, Mass, has been using Faricon for the past three months, and reports it as truly wonderful remedy. It is causing the hair to grow all over hs haaI
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"Hackmetack," lasting and fragrant per. fume. Price 25 and 50 cents. w. D. Heald, aOent
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Not without it's drawbacks-the toboggan slide.
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the right means until 1t Is too iater'
 These ststements, coming from the high Seserve. They show clearly that no man or Ioraan need despair, but can expect health, hsppiness and long life, by care, proper living end the use of the right remedy.
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regard s. .S.S. as 8 certain cure for Rheum- atism. as three bottles cured me of that trou- ble with which had been painfully afflicted for several years. l.. O. WnLIFoRD.
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For the restoration of faded and gray hair to it's original color and freshness, Aver sHair Vigor remains unrivalled. This is the most popular and valuable toilet preparation in the world. All who use it are perfectly satisfied that it is the best.
The National tribune., 1889-01-24

we found it clothed in white and six inches
of snow upon its battlemeuts. We stopped
at the gate into Mongolia looked at its carving
and then rode short distance into the interior
We mounted the tops OF the wall riding up the
inclined plane which leads to it from the out
side of the gate on our donkeys, and went from
tower to tower until we reached point from
whence we seemed to see all creation. The
snOw-clad mountains of Mongolia, with the
caravans of camels moving along them stretched
away to the north until the camels became the
size of birds and the sky and the mountains
met To the south was China, also mountain
covered as far as we could see, and to the north
and the south there were nothing but noun
tains of snow. Up and down and through
them all ran this great stone barrier, its towers
rising above the peaks, where they seemed to
kiss the.hOrizOn at the south. and its pathway
leading up the mountain at the north 1t was
wonderful sight and it well repaid the jour
ney.
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miles from Peking, and it lies in a valley sur
rounded by mountains, which rise like walls.
and seem to fence in the great tombs, making
an amphitheater as it were. We entered
through grand marble gate, beautifully
carved, and passed through long avenue of
statuary. This avenue was perhaps 80 feet
wide, and on each side of it were pairs of tigers
lions, unicorns, horses camels and elephants
each cut from solid blocks of marble and each
Of mammoth size. One of these great stone
Jumbos was kneeling and l sat down upon his
leg while my wife took picture of myself and
guide beside it. Our domkeys were so frightened
at the animals that they would not pass by
them. and we had to lead them outside of the
marble walk and down through the long road
on each side of which stood what | supposed to
be the marble statues of the Emperors them
selves. These are giants in stone They are
in full Chinese dress, and they look as somber
as the Sphinx in their impressive surround
ings. The gate and this avenue of statues
makes this entrance to the tombs wonderfully
impressive. The gate is so feet long and so
feet high, and there are two great columns of
stone near by, around which marble dragons
twist and climb.
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We slept that night at Nankow in a Chinese
inn with three pigtailed watchmen in front
of our door, and with the donkeys braying US
to rest in the next room. Our room looked
out upon a courtyard, and the whole inn was
more like a stable than a hotel. Camels,
donkeys, hogs and sheep were herded in front
Of our door We added hay to our mattress
and slept on a ledge called a kang, under
which fiues of fire were supposed to run, but
which was in reality as cold as 4 stone. We
had plenty of skins, however, to add to our bed
clothes, and the dinner which Nan cooked in
the kitchen of the hotel for us was favored
with that hunger which the Germans say is
the best of sauce During the four days which
we were away from Peking we had TO rely
upon such hotels. They were seldom clean and
never comfortable. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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the road was so narrow that we had to step
aside for the caravans of camels, which, in lines
Of six camels each, formed single file at times
nearly mile long. These camels carry six
thousand tons of tea into Russia every year
Each camel has two big tea-boxes strapped on
each side of its back, and these bob up and
down as the camel goes with his sea sick mo-
ton and his soft, velvety feet silently and con-
temptuously along. He is led by his nose, and
a stick thrust through the leshy part of this is
fastened by rope to the beast in front of him
The last camel of each six has an iron bell about
his neck foot long and as big around as a
stove-pipe. This ding-dongs as he moves. and
announces to his Mongoian driver that that
six of the caravan is all right.
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SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

The New York Medical journal: " In an ex-
perimental observation Of IS boys of all classes of
society and OF average health who had been using
tobacco for periods ranging from two months TO
two years p showed severe injury to the consttu-
ton and insufficient growth; b showed the exist
ence Of rreguarity of the heart action dsordered
stomachs coughs, and craving for alcohol; I3 had
intermittency OF the pulse, and one had consump-
ton After they had abandoned the use of tobacco,
within six months one-half were free from all their
former symptoms, and the remainder had recovered
by the end OF the year.
According TO a German scientific journal they
using electricity in India to prevent snakes go
ing into dwellings. Before all the doors and around
the house wires are laid isonted from one another
and connected with IN induction apparatus. When
tile snake attempts to enter the house or go under
II hc completes the circuit as he cFawls over the
two wires, and if the shock ne gets doesn't kill
him. il Is likely TO frighten him so that he goes
away from there soon as he can.
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The Mongolians themselves are the most
savage people we have met, and it makes ones
blood curde to meet gang of them in one of
these narrow passes, as we did about nightfalI.
They are very fierce and rough in appearance.
Clothed in dirty sheepskins, their bronze faces
are shaded with fur caps, and as they ride on
camels or walk along leading the caravans, they
scowl fercely at the passer-by. l had learned
one Mongolian word, "mundo" which means
how do you do?" and | remember saying this
to one of these Tartars He turned sharply upon
me. coutorted his face till his eyes started from
their sockets, and be looked like the very devil
on camelback. He rOared at me in gibberish
l could not understand, and my guide warned
me to be quiet. Other caravans were more
kind; but remember one, consisting of both
women and men, who laughed and ieered at
me when they saw me on foot. 1t was hard to
distinguish the Mongolian women from the
men. They rode astraddle of their ponies or
camels, and they had bright beads hanging
down from their caps over their faces.
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Scriptures over again. The " two women are
grinding at the mill here as they probably
still grind to day in the land of Palestine Chi
uese cooks know nothing of the double-roIler
patent process flour, and the boiled bread which
the people here eat is made from first to last by
hand The thrashing is the same as it was in
the days of fails, and the winnowing of the
grain is the work of the wind and gravity.
There are twenty thousand imperial roads in
China. This is a statement which the books
on the Empire give. 1t sounds big, but when
one sees the roads he gets another idea The
road by which we went to the wall is the great
highway between Mongolia and China, and it
is the avenue of millions of dollars of trade
every year. 1t was probably once good, but it
is now worse than the open fields.
The feet of thousands of donkoys, Of tens of
thousands of camels, and innumerable Chinese
carts have cut the plain down many feet, and
muddy gorges and rivers of filth spot this great
highway. Oftentimes we had to leave the road
and go out into the fields in travelling the one
hundred miles which we made in going TO the
wall and back again. We could not make over
thirty miles day, and at times our animals
were in the mud up to their bellies. At places
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The Nankow Pass is one of the worst roads
in the world, though it was probably at one
time one of the best Its stone highway has
become broken and scattered, and the rugged
ragged mountains which now rise on either
side of it are not rougher than the road itself
1t is impossible to pass through it on ponies
and cart. which attempted the other day to
60 to Mongolia had to be embarrassed and car
ried this 10 miles and more on the back of
camel There was snow on the mountains
when we left Nankow, the walled city of the
foothills, and started cut for the great wall
We picked our way in and out among the
stones for 10 miles, now stopped by droves of
sheep and herds of hogs, and now standing
aside to let the caravans of camels pass. As we
neared the wall the mountains became more
PERCEPTIONS aud the path wilder. We wound
in and out among the hills, up hill and across
stream, until at about noon we had our first
sight of this great Chinese structure. It
cuts its way across the snow-clad mountains.
zigzagging into the rugged valleys and going
from peak to peak as though it had on the
seven-leagued boots of the fairy tale Many
times we thought we were close to it. and a
sharp turn would show it to be still miles
away. As we rose higher the snow became
deeper, and when we got to the wall itself
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PERSONS AND THINGS.

-"Cohabs is the latest Western slang for Nor
mons.
The financial affairs of Plymouth Church are
in critical condition, and there indications of
great difficulty IN meeting the current expenses.
The receipts during the past year have been only
trlfe over $4,000, and the expenditures have ex-
ceeded that amount by $1,000. DIR. Abbott who
was paid 5000 last year, wants his salary raised
$1,000.
-Signor Btz, who once the most famous OF
slighL-oi-hand performers is now helpless inbe-
Germany 65 years ago. but came to this country AT
the age OF 10. Ills proper name is David Batchis
Marie Van Zaudt, the prima donna, is his grand
daughter.
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He great wall of Chi
nal
There is no doubt of
its existence. | have
seen its stony wonders
wi t h N V practical
American eyes. I have
tramped along its top
in a pair of Philadel-
phia shoes, and have
cooked a square Ameri-
can meal inside of its
parapets, upon an alco-
h oI stove which |
bought at San Francis
co. What a wonderful
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THE CHINESE WALL.
Where It Is, What Ii Is, and How It
Looks.

4 Graphic Description OF the Wonderful Struet-
ure-An Interior Trip through the North Plain
The Muic-Littcr and the Chinese DOnkey-The
Toaibs of China and the Greatest of Her Grave
yarls-COuutry Scenes and Farm Life-Chineso
Roads and Chinese TraTcI-The MOngoIian Camel
and His Tartar Ridcr-GH Top Of the Chinese
Wall, and a Lunch in lis InteriOr-Chinese Conn
try Inns and ether Interesting Gossip about the
Widest Part of the Celestial Empire.
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One Secret of Longevity.

Those anxious TO prolong this rapid transitory
existence Of ours beyond the average span, should
foster his digestion, negatively by abstaiuing from
indiscretiOns IN diet and afrmatyely by the use of
that peerless stomachc, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters when he experiences symptoms OF indigestion
The impairment Of the digestive function is fatal
TO vigor. Subdue with the Bitters, also fever and
ague biiiousness and constitution
The National tribune., 1889-01-24
BEAUTIFUL HOMES
AND
HOW TO MAKE THEM.
BY MRS. C. S. JONES AND HENRY 7. WILLIAMS.
'' This Book is One of the Best Com
panions a Lady Can Have"

There is no better or more valuable book for any
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pages with b85 illustrations. II viii tell her iEnumerI-
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Then each in the house is taken and discussed
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Then follow full directions for making all manner Of
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and all manner of Miscellaneous Fancy Work.
All these illustrated with drawings and patterns
giving the most graceful ideas.
1t is the best book of the kind on the market.
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Itis awonderful evidence of the possibilities
of this Chinese nation, and when it is considered
that it was made before and without the use
of the modern inventions and engineering, it is
doubly great 1t was finished 200 years before
Christ was born, when Greece was still q factor
in the worlds history, and when Rome was APP
preaching her greatness. How many empires
it has seen rise and fall 1t has stood the
SHOWS and storms of over 2,000 years, and it
bounds the country now, as it did then, of these
pig-eyed, yellow-faced millions whom we very
wisely have concluded to keep away from
American soil. As it lasts without repair, so
do they last, unchanged. They own more ter
ritory now than they did then, and they could,
l doubt not build another wall equally as great
today. Ifthe railway mania ever gets hold upon
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Asking Too Much.

mother was correcting her little boy the
other day, and, appealing TO him, asked how he
would feel if he had son who wouldn't do
that, and so on. When she had reached the end
of the inquiry he answered:
Well, mamma, if 1 had little boy eight
years old don't think I'd expect the earth of
him."
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All Credit to The Doctors.
[Burliagfon Tree Press


DR.. SpOuter (who is rather inclined to talk
shop)-Did you know that mankind was subject
to two thousands different diseases, Miss Debut?
Miss Debut-Indeed! And to think that
there were only three or four when the doctors
first began!
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covering 13 acres and considerably less in
hight than the Washington Monument The
great wall of China would, if its brick were
spread out, cover some of the best parts of
Egypt, and its work is incidentally greater
than the monuments of the Egyptian Kings.
twenty-five feet would be a good hight for a
two-story house, and 10 feet is the width of an
ordinary city paTlor. Imagine continuous
line Of two-story houses, built in q solid block
from New York city across the great State Of
New York, cutting the northern edge of Penn
sylyania, on across Ohio, across Illinois. jump
ing the Mississippi, cutting the long State Of
Iowa in halves and reaching to the big city Of
Omaha, and you have not yet more than the
length of this great wall. Its top is as wide as
your parlor and you could drive six horses
abreast along it, and if they were ridden by
ladies their riding-szirts need not touch their
ncighbOrs' horses. This is a solid wall, and the
top of it is paved with brick. The sides are
faced with great blue brick, each of which
weighs from 40 to go pounds, and the whole is
so cemented together that it forms a solid mass
OF stone. The interior is of earth and pebbles,
and the whole has become one mass by age.
At short intervals the wall is cut off by great
brick towers 1t has at certain places mighty
aTched gates of stone, and the facings rise sew
eral feet above the walk on the wall and have
many holes through which arrows could be
shot and the archers be protected at the time of
the shooting. The base is 10 feet thicker than
the top, and the great brick sides slope in beau
tiful masonry. The whole is i'll many places in
as good condition as when it was built, and it
is wonder to even modern engineers. The
stretching of such a wall from New York to
Omaha would be light work in comparison
with the building of this great wall of China.
The Chinese wall is in the mountains. 1t
climbs the most precipitous sleeps. 1t jumps
gorges and crosses ravines, going up and down
as smoothly almost as piece of sculpture; and
this it should be remembered, is for more than
1,500 miles.