The Belleville Telescope from Belleville, Kansas • Page 6

THB FALLOW Tbc days iccro bright, and the year was young, Aa the warm sun cllmed the And a thousand flowers their swung, And the larks were slngtng For an nngel swept on silent wing To the grave whore the dead earth lay; And tbc blister dawned as the angel Spring Rolled the rugged stone away. Then the fields grow green with springing corn, And some with (lowers wore bright; And each dny came with an earlier dawn, And a fuller, sweeter light. So the year grew older noon by noon, Till the reapers came one day, And In the light of a barvent moon bore tbc sheaves away. But one field lay from the rest apart, AH Bilont, lunc, and dead; And tlic rude share ribbed Us quivering heart Till all I'cs life had ficd. And never lilndo, and never a flower On lis silent ridges stirred; The sunslilue called, and the passing shower- It aiiaworud never a word.

It soojncd as If sonic curse of 111 "Were hrnoding In the air, Yet tbu fallow field did the JInster's will Though never a blade It bare; For Itturncd Its furrowed face to heaven. Catching the light and rain: It was Us tfa'jbath- one In That It inlgliL grow rich again. And tbc fallow Held had its harvest moon, Kcnping a golden spoil; And It learned Its ever brightening noon That rest for (lod was toll. Words. VVilAT DID THE DOG SEE? Montague observes, "things unknown arc tlic principal and true subject of impo.stiire, forasmuch as in the lirst place their strangeness lends to tliein credit, and moreover, by not beiuf; to our ordinary dis- cour.sc, tliey deprive us of the means to question and dispute them." The incident I am about to relate is strictly true in all save that I have appropriated a (ictilious name for the parties involved in the narrative.

In tlio summer of 18G7 I was journeying leisurely tlirough Western Ohio on liorseback, when lato one afternoon I discovered my horse had become lamo in one of his forelegs. Dismounting, I made an examination willi tlio purpose of discovering tlio prcci.so location of the injnry, but, failing in this, I flung the re ns over my arm and led my poor beast toward a farmhouse which was near at hand. I found the owner, Abel iSlielly, seated on the porch, smoliing his pipe, with his wife sitting by, enjjaged in knitting. Introducing niysclf and explaining my situation, 1 inquired if ho could accommodate mo with a resting pliicc until I could resume my journey. He acquiesced at once, assuring me that I was perfectly welcome, and, mo to his wife, laid down his pipe and began to examine the feet of my horse.

"I Clin see nothing at present," ho remarked, "tliat indicates the seat of the injury, but I'll put him in the Invrn, and if he docs not improve by to -morrow we'll determine what is to bo done." Loading tlie animal away, he shortly returned to the house. In the meantime I liad entered into conversation witli Mrs. Shelly, who was a very well informed person, but I judged by the remarkable pallor of her faee that she was not in particularly gi health. Mr. Shelly conducted ino to a room, where, having deposited my saddle.bags and taken a refreshing wasli, I returned to the porch and was soon engaged in an interesting conversation about crops and the general topics of the day.

I discovered my host to be an unusually bright and woU-road farmer, with a certain seriousness about him that forbade anything like unseemly familiarity and which was sure to inspire re- in a considerable degree. Ho WHS an Kiistorii man )y birtli, but had Ijcou settli 'd in the West for twenty years. IJeyond his wife he had no Viiniily, aiul it struck me as being singular that I saw no liiuids about tlu: place save an old uegru, who was slowly performing duty in the cow yard. After a' lioarty supper and a smoke with ciirn -eo)) pipe 1 went with Mr. Shelly lo till', to take a look at my horse.

In turning an angle of the building lu! grasped me by the arm and I 1(M1 nie (juiokly aside. His action slartl lue for an instant, but tlu: lurxl ifi()niLnrt pcrueived ills motive. Chained near the jiath was one the most immense and ferocious- I lunslill's 1 ever beheld. A iuaguilie creature to look upon, but a terror to meet if one were unprepared. "Down coraniauded my companion, as the dog was in the act ril' spriusriiig to liis feet.

The animal rcsumeir his eroucliihg attitude, and went on to say; "That dog is inviiliiablo to mo as a guard, lie is absolutely fearless, and will shrink from no danger, no matter how appalling it may apiieifr. Hut his fe- rneious nature compels mo to keep liim chained (hiring the for I vcr- believe he would kill a stranger if be eneounlered him in the place. 'J-ln -i lure," I remarked looking back, "I like to make friends with him, I'lir 1 liaveauinnatefondnessfordogs." Shelly shook liis bead. "Don't iryit," lie said, wouldn 't have you )iroaeh him under any consideration. That dog will tlirow an unruly Hteer and hold him so securely that be can 't rise.

An ordinary man stand but a poor ehanco of gct- away from him alive." (Jii our way back from tlio stable wo passed Captain's kennel and to look at him. Mr. Shelly putted ills head, wliile the animal fctrotehcd the lenj of liis chain toil me, regarding mo all the while with a look that seemed to bo any- tiiinirbut unfriendly. There seemed to bo so lioncst a purpose in the brute's eyes tlat I instinctively put forth my Jmud and laid it caressingly on his Inigo liead, when to the amazement of bis luaster the creature actually licked 3iiy hand in token of amity. I really laiighed at tlio consternation depicted in Mr.

Slielly's countenance. "Well," lie exclaimed, drawing a long breath, if I had not witnessed the thing I never could have believed it. Why, that animal is a tiger in disposition, and I never believed him capable of friendship for any but my wife and self. Old Reuben, the negro, is torrilicd when he comes in tlio vicinity of that dog. His demeanor toward you is certainly very surprising." -It was tlio custom of Mr.

Shelly to loose Captain when they were about ilosiiig rctiringranti-to chain him up early in the morning, before it was likely there would bo any callers at the farm. The follow- iug morning I arose very early, haying passed a restless night, and hnding it iiniiossible to take a morning nap I dressed and went down stairs, seating myself on the porch. I had entirely i'orgotton the fact that Captain was loose, and as I sat inhaling the fresh air from the pines I was startled to behold the dog standing by my side, gazing fixedly on my face. For a moment I was undecided how to act. Hetreat was show fear might induce tho brute to fix his fangs in my throat in an instant.

I was afraid to speak, lest a strange voice might alter nis purpose if it was pacitic. theirefpre, looked kindly at him and smiled. Majestically striding up to mo ho laid his broad head upon my icnce and 1 cautiously began to caress him. Dhring the operation Ml. Shelley fortunately appealed upon the scene.

Hp gave fl quick gUooe toward me, and, calling the dog, took him to his kennel and chained him. Then it was I explained to him tho circumstance of my early rising and the unexpected meeting of Captain on tho porch. "1 don't quite comprehend your good luck with tho dog," he remarked, "but I would advise you in future to keep, within doors until you have seen me about." "If you have no objection," I replied, "I would very much like to feed the dog once. I will be very careful, but I really will consider it a will consent to my request." "All right," he returned. "You know what I have said about his terrible nature; therefore be on your guard." That day I carried Captain hi.s dinner, and he devoured it while I stood by his side.

Froni thenceforth I had not a misgiving as to his good disposition toward me. 4 I was detained at the farm for six days before tho lameness of my horse allowed mo to resume my journey. During this period I became mueli attached to Mr. Shelly and his wile. Captain and myself'had grown to bo such good friends that wo had taken several strolls together over the land.

Notwithstanding my host and hostess appeared to be ail'eclionatcly attached to each other, there was certainly something wrong at the farm and it could not escape an observant eye. Once or twice I had come upon Mr. Shelly and his wife uuexpoctodly, and I thought I detected traces of tears in Iier eyes, wliilo lier manner evidently betrayed fear. Still her husband was so kind all the while that I could not avoid pondering on the matter. I never intruded my presence upon them if I could avoid it, but it sometimes would occur In spite of me.

One afternoon I came into the room abruptly and found Mr. Shelly fanning his wife, and caught a remark he uttered with strong emphasis. "We must sell this place," ho said, "forit appears impossible for you to have a day's happiness here, and I would sooner s.acri- iico it than see you die slowlj' before my eyes. Oh, 'tis too hard!" and he kissed licr brow. Turning about, he saw mcand knew I had heard his expression.

"I think I will lie down," said JIrs, Shelly, and as she passed me I noticed her face was as pale as the dead. When she had gone up stairs, Mr. Shelly turned to me and said: "I suppose you perceive there is something amiss hero. see no hands about the place and general state of idleness reigns supreme Of course there is a reason for it, and I am going to tell you what it means. The only thing I am afraid of is that you may consider me a madman or fool, but swear to you what I am about to relate is as true as holy writ.

I am an honest man, sir, and a truthful one, consequently I do not lie when I say we have short, a ghost here. I pray you do not hastily imagine that I am a' weak and superstitious man; you shall be convinced, for you may sec the whole matter with your own eyes and tlien judge for yourself. My wife's liealth has been failing ever since this thing came anout, and it breaks my heart to witne-s her suffering. I can't lind a ready purchaser for the place, and old Ueuben is the only person wlio will remain with me, but, you see, he hides as much as possible indoors. Look," he continued, pointing across tho road to a piece of woodland, "do you ob.serve vender fallen tree?" I gazed in the direction indicated and saw the trunk of a large tree lying prone on the ground.

It was, in fact, a huge log, from which tlie bark had long been peeled. continued, "at irregular intervals the ap- paiition appears on that fallen tree, arrayed in tho traditional wlnle drapery, and it walks up and (lown, swaying to and fro and all the time waving its arms towards the house, A half hour ago it was visible, but it Viinishos as quickly as it appears. I am not under any powerful hallucination. I am a rational, sane man. and what I tell you is theearnest truth." "I have witnessed some strange affairs myseli," I rejoined, "luit let mo ask you if you are positively sure there is notricklnthe thitigP" He gave a hollow laugh.

"Hanging in the house," he said, is my repealing rifle. Men will tell you tliat 1 am the best shot in tlie country, and that's saying a good deal. 1 can kill a sparrow, iind perhaps a bulterlly. You observe that log is not more than (if ty yards distant, and yet I swear to you I have repeatedly drawn a dead aim on the thing as "it danced plainly in sight. I have lircd, but still it always stood shaking its arms wildly in the air.

I've shot dozens of times at it, but I can't kill it, for it is not human." "No one would try the prank for some motive or other?" I questioned. "For instance, suppose they wished to buy the place cheaply, perhaps this ghost story might induce you to sell at a saerificel" vou think," he returned ly, "that any one who knows Abel Shelly would care to assume such desperate chances before his rifle? Oh, no. There is nobody who would lake that risk. Besides, I should have killed it long ago if there wjis anything to kill. It always comes in the afii'r- noon," continued Shelly, "biit never at night.

You reverses the accepted tinieof nocturnal visitation." "I do not consider myself more courageous than men generally," 1 replied, "but I would be glad it you would notify me if this object appears again during my stay. Perhaps I may bo able to investigate more satisfactorily than you have done." "Very well," he replied, "I will do so." 1 had .1 sweet sleep that night and no ghost haunted my dreams, and it was only when 1 awa'kenod that I recalled the conversation of the previous day. I could not doubt that Mr. Shelly and his wife were both thoroughly honest in their convictions, still 1 could not bring myself to accept tho thing as supernatural. I dressed and, as was my custom, went out to the kennel to visit my friend Captain, for by this time there was a mutual attachment between us, and I would sooner have trusted tho beast's loyalty than I'wouldfmost men's.

With Captain for an ally I should feel comparatively safe, for he was tho perfection of bravery. The day was pleasant, there was not a cloud tho sky, and a gentle wind -blew-with Dinner had been very late, foi Mrs. Shelly was not well. It was drawing toward 5 o'clock when I took my accustomed seat on the porch with ray pipe. Shelly joined me; his wife was sitting inside by the window.

My eyes were involuntarily turned toward the fallen tree. Shelly divided my thoughts, for he shook his head gravolj', smoked on and said nothing. Suddenly there came a half-suppressed cry from Mrs. Shelly, and at the same instant her husband exclaimed: "There, don't you see it? Look!" I gazed steadily at the spot, but could discern nothing unusual and told him so. "And you don't see it?" he cried.

"Watch how it waves its arms towards us and dances on the log." I arose to my feet and went to tlio edge of tho porch. foot of the tree trunk was visible, but nowhere could I discern a ghost. I absolutely could see nothing But the wenther baaten anci docaylcg log, "HoaTens!" exclaimed Shelly, "observe how wildly it tosses its arms and how its drapery trails." I took a steady look at the speaker, for and I said: "I will try and solve this thing." "Don't go there," Mrs. Shelly, as I stepped down on the ground. I made no reply, but walked straight to Captain's kennel and unchained him.

"Old boy," I said, patting his head, "you and I will try it together. Come along." The noble fellow appeared to comprehend me, for he looked up inmy face, licked my ly by my side. He didn't frisk or gambol, but behaved with the seriousness becoming the occasion. I went straight down the road, mounted tho fence and umped over. Captain keeping a little my advance.

I had excited tho noble creature by talking to him until tho hair "stood stiffly up on his neck and his eyes glanced like coals. To my utter consternation when ho was dashing ahead bravely and about twenty feet from the tree, he gazed in a dazed manner for an instant, and uttering a sharp cry, dropped his tail between his legs and rushed back to the house with all his I looked at his retreating form with a sort of bewilderment and at tho tree. There was certainly nothing unusual visible to my eyes at least. The bare old tree trunic that was all. I smiled tis I mounted it and took several turns up and down its length, and then walked back leisurely to tho house.

Captain was lying by his master's chair, trembling in every limb. Tho dog was surely terrified. "I saw nothing," I remarked. "Hut wo Mrs. Shelly.

"Every step you took the thing followed "you, waiving its arms over your head. I am so sorry you went there. Something will surely happen you if you are not careful. You were too rash. It was too perilous," and she wrung her hands.

"It has gone now," said Shelly. Seventeen years have elapsed since then, and I am not conscious of any particular evil having overtaken me, but there is one thing I would very much like to Shelly and his wife did not see a ghost, what did the dog Times. Tlie Chinese Theater. From an illustrated article under the above title, by Henry McDowell, in the November Century, we quote tho following: "The Cliinese theater, however, is perhaps seen at its best in tho evening. Wh.at jHishing and chattering and quarreling there is, to be sure, as you make your way thrpugJi the celestials who throng the box-oHice! The bux-ollice, too, with its little jiigeon-holes, seems rather small for the purpose.

But, as the Chinese always bring the exact sum, no change is necessary, and everything moves with admirable dispatch. You probably have engaged a box, or as tlie Chinese call it, and as your name has been posted up conspicuously upon it, there is no chanco of mistake. "The stage is ablaze with brilliant costumes of red and gold. The lights from the iron chandeliers flare heavily in the draught. Processions of armies, emperors, statesmen, and generals enter in rapid succession through a led-curtained door on one side and pass out through a red-curtained door on the other.

Now the emperor is holding an audience. The next moment his troops are engaged in bitter combat witli the retainers of some unruly v.as,-al. Every species of crime, every form of human passion, is crowded into the brief moment of the fleeting scene. A messenger from heaven, standing on a chair, delivering his high summons to a fairy lish. is next presented to your confused imagination.

Then, whirling in angry passion, a painted-face king, pulling his feathers loudly threatening all manner of dreadful things. The orchestra keeps up its infernal din. Ill shrill falsetto the characters sing through a sort of high-pitched recitative. "Presently you p.iss down behind the stage, through the paint-room, where an actor is making himself as ugly as veimilion and umber can well do it; then by moans of a narrow stairway down to the dres -rooui, rich in its very confusion, and strewn around with costly brocades and satins wlierever the convenience of the last actor had left them. It is not long before you lind yourself standing on tho stage, so near the too, that the emperor's robes touch you as he sweeps superbly by.

Then you are hurried back to your box again', where it is explained to you that the lighting is still going on, and that So-and-So has killed So-and-So and is -ertf on horseback. You leave the theater of the oldest people in the world with a confused idvn of the plot, burlesqued by your interpreter and still more highly colored by your heated imagination, with the blare of the trumpet and the strident wail of the liddlc in your ears, with the smell of all Chinatown in your perhaps, but with little added to your stock of information." PASSIHG EVENTS. Tennessee has over six hundred Baptist preachers. Georgia boy of 11 yoars-is -Borving term in prison for murder. Baltimore boasts more pretty young girls than she has had for years.

The leading hotel-keeper in Central Mexico is named Jesus Christ Gonzales. An unsuccessful attempt to form another American club has been made in Paris. California has just received from the federal government over $30,000 rebate OB her-wartaxes; About $90,000,000 in United States greenback notes were destroyed by tho government during the last fiscal year. There is such a glut of apples in New York that farmers are selling their crops as low as 8 cents per bushel. Tho bald heads of Texarkana, are using hair restoratives so that they may be caressed by the local female barber.

Ninety-five thousand sheets of paper are daily consumed in printing Uncle Sam's money and international revenue stamps. According to a San Francisco letter the Caucasian is no match for tho Mongolian in cunning or fertility of resources. Since 1800 the total appropriations for tho erection and mai'ntenanco of the white house to date amount of $1,700,000. A silver star marks the spot in tho Baltimore and Potomac railroad depot where Garfield fell when shot down by G.uiteau. There are fourteen million cattle in this republic, one beef creature to every three men, women, and children in the United States.

At a recent display of graptis by the California State Agricultural commission ninety-three varieties of choice wine grapes were exhibited. Buenos Ayres, Santiago, Japan, Australia, Calcutta, and Berlin are heavy buyers of the products of a New York street-car manufactory. Philadelphia lawyers alarmed by the fact that there li.aa been a diminution of 60 per cent in lawsuits in that city during the past ton years. Fires in the Santa Cruz, mountains have driven deer ijito the lowlands, and they have been shot in the streets of Alma and other towns. One of the largest orange trees in not the in a grove near Tampa.

The trunk is feet 3 inches in circumference, and it bears from 10,000 to 12,000 oranges every season. The cotton tr.ado of- Augusta. this year has been considerablj' decreased by the I OA- stage'of water now existing in tho Savannah river, which prevents boats from coming within sixty miles of the city. The overhead wires having considerably disfigured tho new city hall of Philadelphia, a project is on tho tapis for constructing an underground passage for them. The cost will be in the neighborhood of Woodstock, will soon be a paradise of trees, the town liaving recently accepted an oiler by H.

C. Bowen to "improve and ornament the public highways and public grounds, by setting out trees, for the sum 000. An aged lady died recently in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, was buried in garments" tlio material of which was raised and spun by herself, and the articles made by her own hands more thtin sixty years ago, and laid away for the purpose for which they were used. The addition of architectur.al attaches to the German embassies in London, Paris, and Washington has proved a very great success. The reports of these oflieials are not only of value to the ministry of public works, but are received with great interest by tho profession and public at large.

A hithoito mysterious individual, known as the "Naked man," who has been frightening women and children by suddenly presenting himself before them in lonely jjlaces, w.as captured near Waterbury, and turned out to be one of the neighbors. He don't give any sensible reason for his foolishness. Two Comstock, men hiive made li bet on the presidential election. The winner will visit any saloon in the city as ofien as he chooses for twenty-four hours after final returns of tho election arc received, and tho loser will accompany him and pay' for all the drinks called for, but must not take a sup himself. It will bo teasing day for the loser.

Some United States coins of rare value arc found in a catalogue issued by a Philadelphia collector. A silver dollar of 1801 is valued at $600, a Carolina elephant copper is rare at $150. A brass coin struck about 1616, said to be the first coin ever issued in America and one of tho three existing, is worth $100. On one side are two on the other the figure of a wild boar surrounded by the words Characteristics of Smokers. A gentleman who is a great "fumigator" says that he lia.s pnilosophized about smokers, with the result: "An even-tempered, quiet man never goes to an extreme in choosing his cigar.

A nervous man wants something strong and furious; a mild man something that smokes, and nothing more. Tliere is a in the way men handle their cigar. If a man smokes his cigar only enough to keep it and relishes taking it from his mouth to cast a look at the blue curl of smoke in the air, sot him down as an easy going man. Ho has keen perceptions and delicate sensibilities. He will not create trouble, but is apt to see it out wlien once begun.

Beware of the man who never releases the grip of his cigar, and is indiflerent whether it burns or not. Ho is cool, calculating, and exacting. Ho is seldom energetic physically, but lives easily off those who perform the labor. The man that smokes a bit, rests a bit, and fumbles the cigar more or loss, is easily afl'ectcd by circumstances. If the cigar goes out frequently tho man has a whole-souled disposition, is a devil-may-care sort of a fellow, with a lively brain and a glib tongue and enerally a fine fund of anecdotes, hold half of the cigar in the mouth and smoke indifl'erently is a lazy habit.

They arc generally of little force and their characters are not of the highest strat.a. A nervous man, who fumbles his cigar a great deal, is a sort of popinjay among men. Holding the cigar constantly between tho teeth, chewing it occasionally, and notj caring if it is lighted at all, arc characterisTics of men who have the tenacity of bulldogs. Tliey never for- et anything or let go their holds, he fop stands his cigar on end and experienced smoker points it straight ahead, or almost at right angles with his course. Such has been my observations with regard to smokers SI.

Louis Qlobe-Demoeral. A Washington lady says It Is mock modesty that prevents the women from riding the tricycle. They object on the ground that a look undignified, but the lemln- Inc expiirt claims that a woman on borsetiack Is much more undignified. An alligator weighing thirty pounds wat recently captyred lu tlie Allegheny river Froeport, Pa, Island A Los Angeles, gentleman h.as brought from Gauteranla a plant called the "melon shrub," which grows to the lieight of about three feet. It is an evergreen, with a beautiful purple and white flower, and bears a fruit shaped like a rifled canon shell, four inches long, by from two to three inches in diameter.

This curious little shrub bears a melon of most excellent taste, with the outside streaked with yellow and brown, and an inside the color of a cantoloupe. Tho shrub blossoms and bears in four months from the seed. Bill Richmond, who claims tojiavc stolon one thousand horses, and to have had live wives at one time, besides acting in other capacities not allowed in good society, appeared in Scott county, Arkansas, a few dtvys ago, and simultaneously horses and cattle began to disappear. A posse was organized to hunt Willi.am, and tho posse celebrated his capture by firing a volley into the air. Tho horse of Blair, one of tho men, became frightened at the report, and, turning suddenly, the rifle was discharged, killing him instantly.

Ramon Galindo, of Yantepec, conceived the idea that Maria Matiana, a harmless old woman living by herself, was a witch, and that she was easting an evil on his family, and sharpening his dagger plunged it into -tlie-opigastrio region-of -her-abdomcn. The poor woman died in horrible agony and after a brief trial Galindo was sentenced to live years in the penitentiary. The judge's reason for giving such a light sentence was because G.alindo swore on the-staud that he was in the sincere belief that ho had rid tho community of a dangerous witch. One of the most interesting discoveries relating to our early colonial history has just been made by Henry F. Waters, the London agent of the New England Historic Genealogical society.

It IS a description of New England, written by Samuel Maverick about the year 1660. Maverick came to country, according to his own account, in 1624, six before tho great emigration under Gov. Winthrop, and he was Ylhy the Immlffranta Cane. The armies of Europe when on a peace footing, aggregate over three million men. To support this large force the people are taxed nearly six hundred million dollars every ear.

Theactual tax is much greater han this amount, for not only must the workers pay this vast sum to support the soldiers, but the labor of these three million men la lost. Tho men are producing absolutely nothing and consuming much. The standing army is thus an institution which works in both directions. It is a two-edged sword. Were the as soldiers they would bo working at some useful occupation and would bo earning enough to support themselves.

That is to say they would be earning as much as they now cost, or would bo producing obout $600,000,000 annually, for most of the men would join the irodueing classes. There would thus JO not only a saving of $600,000,000 but an actual gain of tho same amount every year. Wl lien the magnitude of these figures is realized, it ceases to be a wonder that the tide of immigration sets very strongly westward from Europe. The more intelligent those with tho most independent minds, will not submit to tho extortion, and leave for America. The fact that it is tho more independent and intelligent who resent such treatment and who leave their native lands in consequence, is the reason that m.any of tho European rulers so strongly oppose the immigration of their subjects.

The very men who would make good soldiers arc those who are driven out of the country. America, however, profits ny Europe's shortsightedness, for wo gain the material we want. The men who refuse to submit to tyranny or oppression in any form are the men who make good San Francisco Daily Report. A OSTON paper has tho following: Mr. Geo.

E. Colby, the famous young Chicago artist, is not only noted for his genius in tho artistic line, but also for the remarkable strokes of luck which unexpectedly fall to him. During the present summer Mr. Colby has met with an incident worthy of publication, and. one which proves the existence of a star of good fortune under which he was born, and which has ever hovered over him.

It happened near tho Glen Ellis Falls, a noted point of interest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. On a Sunday morning in June a party of tourists started from the Glen House to visit the falls. After beholding tho grandeur of the roaring cataract for a few moments some of the party became venturesome and began to crosB and recross the rocks above the rushing water. It was in attempting this that a young girl of about sixteen summers lost her balance and fell, to tho horror of all present, for no one could live in the mad waters below. For an instant she swept into an sarved her life; for, quick as thought young Colby sprang to her rescue, and, holding on with determined strengh, managed to keep her and himself from washing down till rescued by some of the parly.

Mr. Colby was rewarded for his bravo act with a check for $1 ,000 from the hap py father of tho girl. Both rescuer and rescued were nearly exhausted with their eflbrts for life; "and as both are "f.ancy free," Mr. Colby's friends are surmising. She was also by far tho prettiest girl in the party.

Wouldn't Play for Keeps. "Ma, is it wicked to pl.ay marbles for keeps?" my son, it is very wicked." "Willie Grim to play, but I wouldn't." "That's right. I am proud that you had the courage to redise," "I told him it was wicked, and led to and ho called me a boo- "Well, never mind." "Oh, I don't. 1 matched pennies with him and came out 7 cents ahead," Mischief is Wrought by bad cooking, tough meats, late hours, business worries, irregular livers, sour dispositions, evil iligostion and impure blood. Much of this mi.s- chief can bo overcome by the use of Brown's Iron best tonic over made.

Mrs. Emilio Crawford, Roidsvillb, writes, "After trying Brown's Iron Bitters wo are persuaded that it is all that it claims to good and reliable tonic." Thousands of others in like manner. It is very hard for the well-baliinced iniui to understand why others cannot and do not resist temptations that would be iiuHorlcis over himself. lie cannot see that tliey arc merely living out the conditions in which tlicy were born and which they must outgrow before they can go higher. He docs not realize that personal responsibility extends only as far as knowledge and opportunity allow, and that punishment for an ofiieuse never reformed a single offender, nor detericd any from com- mlttlng a criudnal act that he was cither naturally Inclined to do or that he was luflueuced to do by surrounding FuoWt UeaUh Mo'itMy.

Woman's Face. "What furniture can give such finlsn to a room, as a tender woman's face," asks George Elliott. Not any, we are happy to answer, provided the glow of health tempers the tender expression. The pale, anxious, bloodless face of the consumptive, or tho evident sufl'erings of the dyspeptio, induce feelings of sorrow and grief on our part and compell us to tell them of Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery," the sovereign remedy for consumption and other diseases of tho respiratory system as well dyspepsia and other digestive troubles.

Sold everywhere. Best Goods are Put In Smallest Parcels. The old proverb is certainly true in tho case of Dr. Pierce's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets," which are little, sugar- wrapped parcels, scarcely larger than mustard seeds, containing as much cathartic power as is done up in the biggest, most repulsive-looking pill. Unlike tho big pills, however, they are mild and pleasant in their operation- do not produce gripping pains, nor render tho bowels costive after using.

Several British noblemen were rcconlly arrested In Yellowstone park and heavily fined oil-speclmens from curious ledges, which they proposed to carry away with them. At certain seasons of the year nearly every person suffers to a greater or less extent from impurity of the blood, biliousness, This should be remedied as soon as dlBcovercd, otherwise serious results may follow. Sherman's Asn ITTKUS will effectually remove all taint of disease and restore you to health. A pet bear broke his chain at Gainesville, and attacked a number of tiathers In the water, so seriously squeezing one that he drowned before he could be rescued. Tbc new enniblnatlon of Smart Weed and Belladonna, us used in Carter's Backache Plasters has proved to be one of the best that could bo made.

Try any of these popular plasters in any ease of weak or lame back, backache, rheumatism, neuralgia, soreness of the chest or lungs, Ac, and you will be surprised and pleased by the prompt relief. In bad eases of chronic dyspepsia, a plaster over the pit of the stomach slops the pain at once. Ask for Carter's Smart Weed and Belladonna Backache I'lasters. I'rlec 25 eent.3. George W.

Fisher was arrested at licading, having 405 1-cent postage-stamps, which he offered for sale cheap. When you visit or leave New York City, via Central depot, save Baggage Expressace and $3 Carriage Hire, and stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite said depot. Six hundred elegant rooms fitted up at cost of one million dollars: $1 and upwards per day- Kuropean plan. Elevator. Restaurant supiilled with the best.

Horse cars, stages and elevated railroad to all depots. Kanillies can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first cluiis hotel in the city. Help AXTKU and gentlemen to take nice llghl, plea.sunt work at their own homes (distance no objccll(m); work sent by mail; $3 to a day can be quietly iiuule; no canvassing. Please address at once. Ueliable M'I'g Philadelphia, Pa.

Box WXi. 011 Siieculiitlon. To buv Petroleum on a margin Is to gamble, to buy 'Petroleum in the shape of C'arbollne the world renowned hair restorer and dresser Is legitimate business, and should be encouraged. Farmem nnd Stockmen. Ttieonly rrmctly Hint rcndily ciircia Giillfl, and Wtmnils nn horscp iiml nitllc.

nml lUwnya lil-lncHtlie linlr In llic iirlKlnnl color. 1H Vi-UTlnniy CiirlioMaavo. In WlconlH nnd LOU cnnH. nt or liy innll. J.

W. COLE I'loii'rs, UlacU Klvcr Falls, Wis. Dyipepsla, Gonoral DoMIlty, Janadioe, Kabltaal tlon, Iiivor Complaint, Slclc Hoodacho, Diseased Kid- no7S, £to. It contains only the Purest Orsgg, among which maybe enumerated fSICIL? ADH BASI isa itmtz, CESSA, EIO It cleanses tho system tboronshly, and as i PUBIFIER OF THE BLOOD la UnoqTsaled. It Is not an Intoxicating beverage, nor cat Itbcnsod 03 snch, by reason of Its Cathartlt Properties.

FRICKLT ASH BITTSaS GO. Solo Proprietors, ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY. STOPTnATTEUltllJljli case of colifiiunption coinmoncefl with a coiiKlr, occil- sioncd by Imvinp taken cold, which if allowed to run its course will soon work its way into the air paBsages and thou to the lungs, ff ndt, eheclmlb7 some snch vahmblo COUK I I renu'dy ns ILERT'S KXTRACT OF A II AND ClIIiliUY, wllich is nnrlvallod for all diseases oC the throat nnd langa. dnngerous etifllr) of Fickne.is and expensive doctors bills Ijy taking this valuable medicine in Benson.

A.fk your dniggiat for it. A all who nro sulforlng from errors and indiscretions of ynutli, nervous weakness, early deeny, loss of manhood, I will send a rocipo that w(ll euro y(Mi, FIIKK OF CHAROK This great remedy was discoV 'Ti 'd by a missiomiry in poutli America. Bend sclf-ziddresscd cnvelopo to EV. OSEPU T. 1S.MAN, Htalion New York.

WHEN IlOliSHS ANU CATTLH are Hpiritloss, scraggy and feeble, they need treatnient willi Uncle Sam's Condition it jiurilios the blood, iniprovofl the nppelite, curci coi.n.H and invigorates the Hystoni and will keep ho alliuial in a lieallliy, eondilion. DH. WINCHELL'Sl'KIS'rHINO SYllDP is junt tho nicdieino for nicdhers to luivo in tho hnusofor tho children. Jt will cure couglis, colds, sore throat anti regulate tho bosvels. i)(i not fail to givo it; a trial, yiui will be plonsnd with its charming effect, yold by all druggists.

PUniFV Till-; BLOOD with liilorfs Daylight Liver Pills. They net direelly on (iio Liver, Stoninch nnd Bowels being mild cleansing but never griping or painful. HAVF, YOUK HAIINKSH-by oiling with Uncle Sam's Harness Oil which will iimko it soft and linblc. This la tho best oil ever lundo for leather, old by (dl harness makers. In 11150 were Intro duced, and their success as a cure for Colds Coughs, Asthma, and Droncliills has been un parallelled.

RHEUMATISM, BPllAINSand Bruises nro pernmuently relieviul by Undo Sam's Norvoand Bono Liniment. Sold by nil druggists. DR. JAQUES GERMAN WORM CAKES never fail to destroy worms and remove them from the system. NERVOUS Weakness, bility, cured by Sexual De- Wells' Heulth SI.

"ROUGH ON COUGHS." Troches. Liquid, Coughs, Colds, Sore STINGING, Irrllnllun, Inllnmniallon, nil Kidney nnd Urinary Coiiiplnlnts, cnruil by "niichu-pnlbn." "ROUGH ON PAIN." Qnlck cure, Cramps. N'lMirnl gin, lihcMinuilIsm, Aelii'S, I'nln-s Sjirnlns, llendaeho. It Is certain that the Northern Pacific can not carry wheat at 13 cents a bushel, without loss, and it Is quite as certain that the company expects to make up for these prescn losses at that future time, when, according to their anticipations, the Cape Horn route will have been abandoned and the railways of Call ornia and Oregon will have a monopoly of the wheat transportation of this eitco Chronicle. Delicate diseases of either sex, however induced, radically cured.

Address, World's Dispensarj' Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. The prodigious Increase of fish In tho bar bor of Santa Barbara, this year Is unprecedented. Fine catches of mackerel are bclui; dally-made from off the wharf. REENVILLE, May 8,1883.

"Was attacked with severe kidney disease. OST'S and LlverJ EMEDY was advised, ond one bottle completely cured me." Chas. H. Alexander, Foreman Dye House, Shetucket Mills. "I will certify to the truth of tho John A.

Morgan, Druggist. Greenville, Conn. Qeorge Dolling, a miner of Scranton, died from tbc effects of a bite Inflicted by one of tho large rats which were the pets of the miners. To ODRB a sore throat, gargle with PIso's Cure for Consumption. 25 cents.

The great "if" upon which all predictions hingd, good crops, has more than liaiea. r- 1 Pura Cod -tinr Oil made from ieleeted livers, one of the first permanent settlers on the shores of Massachusetts bay. His fortified house on Noddle island, now East Boston, was, ho says, the "an- ticntcst bouse in the government," Patients who havo onoo taken itJpiefer it to all others. Physicians have decided it to any other oils in market. Chippid Hindi, Face, Pimples, Mid Sldn, cared by OASWnb, byuBlng JnsiP -THE BEST TONIC.

This medicine, combining Iron with pure vegetable tonics, qule'tly and complelely Cures Dyspepsia, jiidigeKtion, WenUnesa, Impure Illtiod, illnlniiUjCbills nttd Fevers, und NciiralRln. Itia an unfailing remedy for the Kldncyn nnd IJvcr. It is Invalunlilo for DLsenscs pecullnr to IVoMicn. and all who lend sedentary lives. lldocs not injure the tcclli.

cause hendachcor produce Jrnii Itenrichosand pnrines the the appetite, ahls the ns.sluillntioii of food, relieves Heartburn and Ilclclilug, and strengthens tho muscles and nerves. Kor Interiniltoiit Fevers, Lassitude, Lack of Energy, it has no equal. The genuine lins above trade mark nnd crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. IIKOWMIIEJIUAI, DAITIIIORE, HO.

"I Have Suffered r' With every dlsoaso Imngtuabla for the last three years. Our Druggist, T. J. Anderson, "Hop Bittern" to me, I used two bottles Am entirely cured and heartily recommend Hop Bitters to every one. J.

D. Walker, BncW nor. Mo. 1 write this as a Token of the groat appreciation I have of yonr Hop Bitters. I was sffllctcd With Inanmmotory rhoumatHml 11 For nearly Seven years, and no medicino seemed to do mo any Good III Until I tried two bottles of your Hop nnd to my surprise I am as well to-day as over was.

I liopo "You may have abundant snocoss" "In this great and" Valuable mcdleine: Anyone I wishing to know more about my euro Can learn by addressing mo, E. M. Williams, 1103 15th street, Washington, D. 0. partji holdnfi over fence): Losing anil don't TakeWniniiT's I NDIAN KOKTAUI.E ILLS, my boy, and you'll talk ollicrwi.se.

I takes 'cm regvilarly. They purify the blood nnd euro all bilious eompliifnls. Perfectly sate to talto, being purely vegetable. WORLD'S FAIR NEW ORIEANS will be open to the public on December 1st, next, and continue until Juno 1st, 1885. The Memphis Short Koutc South will enable people in the West and Northwest to visit the great Exposition at a trifling cost, as this new route (the only direct line between the Week and South) make the trip to New Orleabs a comparatively short one.

During the groat Fair, round trip tickets to New Orleans, good to return until June Ist, will be on sale via the Memphis Route, at very low rates from Kansas City and all poluVsIn the West, and will bo made to accomniodato the In the best possible manner. Entire trains, with new PtUlman Buffet Sleepers, between Kansas City and. Memphis, where close connections are made with all lines South nnd East. Tho Memphis Short Route South Is the only direct lino from tho West to Chattanooga, Atlanta, Nashville, New Orleans, Jacksonville, and all Southern cities. Round Trip Tourist Tickets are sold via this route to all the pleasure resorts of the South.

Send for a map and time card of this Short Route, and note particularly Its quick time and superior accommodations. J. E. LOCK WOOD, General Passenger Agent, Kansas City. LYOIA E.

PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND POSITIVE CURE roR All tliOKO painful CoinplntntN and Wenkncsiics so common to our best FEMALE rOPULATIOX. rrlc In llquM, pill or loicnee font. ns purpotR ia BcJcllf for the leellimatf heating of dtaeaee and the relief of pain, and that it doea att it ctatma to do, thouaaitda of ladica can gladly It wUI euro onlli 'Oly all Ovarian troublea, InQammft- tlon and Ulccratlun, Falling and Pisplnccmcnts, and con.ioqucnt Spinal WoakncES, and la particularly adapted to Clio chango ofllfo. It reniovcfi Kalntnc Flatulency, dc -itroTsall craTinff for Htlniulnnt4, and rellovca Wcalcnu.sl of tlio Stomach, le cures lUoathig, lU-adaolics, General Debility, Stoople-ssneafl, Pcproflslou and Indl- -tocltngTjfibearinirdownrconstng and buckaclio. Is always ponnanently cured by Ita uno.

Lettersot Inquiry confldenlially answered. 2'urealcatdruog(ata, KIDNE.Y-WOR' THE SURE FOR CURE KIDNEY DISEASES, 1 LIVER COMPLAINTS, CONSTIPATION, PILES, AND BLOOD DISEASES. PHYSiCIAHSEHDOnSE IT HEARTILY. "IUdnc7-'V7ort ia tho most eueccsaful remedy I over lucd." Dr. P.

0. Tallou, Uonkton. Yb "XJdncy-Wcrtla alvraya reUablo." Er. n. Clark.

So. Horo, Vt. "Kldncj.Wort hoa cured niy-n ifo after two yoan 0. U. SummorUn, Sun nm.

Oft. irj THOUSANDS OF CASES itluu ctirod wUcroall oloo had failed. It Is mildf butomclent, IN ITS ACTION, but barmlcca in all oasci. CT'ItcIcansoi tho Blond and Rtrenctbcnsoai New Life to cll tho important organs of tlio body. The natural ooUon of tho Kldaeya rostorod.

Tbo Liver la clcansod of alldiscase, and tbo SowelB move freely and lioalttifiiUy. In this T7ay tbo Vforat diBcoaca oro eradicated tlie oyetccit nacB, uqvnt on oar, SOLO or CBCflflUMi Dry can be Bcnt by mail. nrxxs, Aca.nuru«ito» Vfc WORT The UYERS' UIDE is issued Bept and March, each year: 221 pages, Si 11 inches, with over S.SOO a whole picture gallery. ives wholesale prices direct to consumers on all goods for personal or family use. Tells liow to order, and gives exact tW cost of cv- crythingyou MB use, drink, cat, wear, or have fun with.

These invaluable books contain inforniation gleaned from the markets of tlio world. 'Wo will mail acopy Freo to any address upon receipt of tho ccntn. Let us heat from Ecspodfiilly, MONTGOWIERY WARD CO. ti WabMb Avuiuo, -I conildor your Remedy tlic beat remedy In existence For Iiullgcstlon. kidney "And norvous dobillty.

I havo jast" lloturncd "From tho sontli in fruitless soaroh foy lionlth, nnd iind thnt you'- aro ''oinis mo moro Good Tlinn nnytliinR olso A month nRo I was oxtrcmoly "Emaointod And scnronly nblo to wnlk. Now I nm GniniuK strenetli! unci "Flesh And hardly a dny imssos but what 1 am complimentod on my improved aoponranoo, and it is nil due to Ifop Bittors! J. Wioklilte Jackson, Del. tir Xoiic ffcnnlne without bunch of on the Willi 0 Inbcl. Slum all the vile, poisonous stuff with "Hop" or "IIop 111 their luune.

WHITMAN'S'NEW PATEMT LOVE loan. This 10 cents liy (JOUUTSHIP and MARRIAGE. VViiiidcrflll Kccri'tB. revelations and discoveries fur mnrrletl slnKlc, Kecurlnir hcnitli. wealthntld happlnefs hnnit'ome book of pogcs.inallcd foroniy tlitf Union I'uhllaliliiB Newark, N.

.1. RioelTin ririt rrcmluia V. lula r.lr, ISM, IMI ant O.llHid.IlD im.and Otaad O.ld Mtd.l In- C.llfotBlaSliw fjlr la IMJ. Tb. I.

BatlafaoUoa gnanutMi. Praaa mads uU 10 toQi la ft" A bala mlnutoi. BitlifaoUoa naraaMd. Tbra. balM any alh.r Bend for ClroalaH.

UUli, Ooia ahillm, 00., au no. DR. HENDERSON, eOBandeOS Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, 9i Autlioilzcrt to treat No "Speclnl Wcakiu Kansas City, Mo. -Iioi-lzcrtto treat Ncrvona and Weakness, (nicfti Debility (toss ofsexxKil power), Nervous Dchllity.ctc. Cures Kuaran- iced or money refuodefh Charges low.

TliouMnds ot cases Expcrlcnca Imiwrtant, All medicines ready for use. Ko mercury or injurious medicines used. No aetentlon from iiess. putlents at a dlstanco treated by express, medicines sent everywhere free Troia iptze or brcakntic. state yonr cnso ana dond for termlj Cnnsallntlon freo nnd coofldentlah personally or by let.

icr. ABUUIC for botu aexea-llluotraled-scnteealed lu plalu envelopo for 60 In itampa. lioo my Frea Jfastunt; THE TIFFIN MACHINERY! For Horso or Steam Power Hundreds of tho host men.in 30 SUtoa and Territories use It and will havo no other I RELIABLE! DURABLE! SIMPLE! Eatabllshed ovor .1 yoara.wo have ample taelUtlcB to nil ordora promptly, and to aatisfactlou of our customers. Cata- luff no FRKE. Address NXMAN, Tiffin, OIilo.

lABookofnaarlyaiOpaifM numerous cngravliiRS iro- vculi which 1 thoBc Ishould'know. Ilundrcdi of I Weakno.s. clc, lent for.Wcenti (money or po.toEo Addre" I)r. Cor.Uroadwny aud Lucai St. Ixjuw.Mo.

MARRIFT SECRET Debility, flemiiial Weak 'Commercial Block," Cor. I llh 4 Main bTTGrW. FITZPATRICK, 003 Wyandotte Tieuta all-DIficosea of BYE AND EAR Keeps LADY AGENTS ffi LINGUIST'S Hi 'INAL EAI.TD OBSET Ajlf OoractCo 4ia Now Y( 4 ()ply to 'ork. jmjl Uii. J.

MAUlCT, Manaeer, IU MILTOX Omo. jf4 ni orheirs send stamp for clrcijir Vlll niEnS "howini: who is enti.lSd UUI kl IW bounty, Z. Ci WOOD, I'cntton Washington, D.t- ASTHMA DYE HOUSE for the best nnd fastest selllnKPIotOrlal Boi.k8,BlblS AlbuiiiB, 10 AT I'ua. Chicago SHfiewO FARMERS AND STOCKMEN Find it pays thoin togivn Unelo Condition PoW" der freely to diseased stock, nnd occasloiinlly to all; he- caiiso It purifies tho Wood, aids digestion, stimulates tbo various funcllotts to healthy secretion, nnd thus promotes growth, and gives sinootli, glossy coat of hair, MIZCir cows are much heneOtcd by tho ocea. alonal use of L'nelo Sam's Condition I'owdcr in slop or feed.

HOas fallen faster when it Is Kivcn Ihreo or four days in succession every month or two. (1iscn.ses common to sheep, such aa coughs, colds, Bcnhs, eic, aro relieved by this powder." Wo rniitlon all who de-Hire a intly merf- Utriaua article to iittra and ask for Vnele Sam'a CoiulUloii J'oivder, aud accent no other aa a subatUute. PREPARED ONLY BY THE EMMERT PROPRIETARY TONIC BITTERS The most Elegant IJlood PoriBer, Liver Invigom- tor. Tonic, and Appetizer over known. Tho first Bitters contniiiinK Iron ever advertleed in Amerl.

ca. Unprincipled persons nro irnltiiilng the mmei loolcout for frauds. Seo that tho followinR alsna- is on every boltio aud take none otheri 81, VAVt, BONN, Bmjgutlt CbemHI i' iMAKE HENS LAY upoonfiil to each pint of food. It will also Mid cniti CHICKEN CHOLERA, It iB well-known lad that most of the Horse and Cattle Powder sold in this country la worthless! thai Sheridan's Condition Powder Is pure and very valuable. Nothiner IlarLli will make bens liiy lilxo Conrtltlon Powaor, Dose, oitoteMpooaltal AUo ftinUahad IB Jiift JOHIW OQ'i EARN BHOET-HAHD i liflllH TYPE WBITINQ hero.

Situations 1 nishcd. Address Valentine Jimcsrillo. ctiancc ever Ad. J. D.

Unoivw, Scdalia, AIMTC 0 TAIN I UILS) Wholesale nnd retail dealers In all I'AlMTenB' I ClODelaware Kansas City. experienced Uook and niblc Agents I every County. Liberal Salaries Paid. Address, slating eiperlcncc. P.

O. Uox g. St. Louis, Mo. A GENTS WANTF.D for tne Deat and rjistesl-iolUni Pictorial Books and Ullilcs.

Prices reduced S3 per cent. ATIOHAI. USLISUIKO St. Louis, Mo. Wo.

43i applylner to ahy of advertlsei-s, do not forest to say Uiat you aw the Bdtrertlsement In this paper. CHICAGO, ILL..