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(op^QBraB.qAsiNO KiiiK,) f T H E K I N D I T H A T C U R E S 35 A ^ D W I I T E , s i i & T i i m . i f i t t w n f f i l i i T ' M^iai^Elftte A Slate Mantels, MallilttE and Itooflng Paper, School Black Boardis, Etc. I l l Rlter St., 83 Ontario St., I ■'cckO lttE S . CKM*«l>iUselt« A MARVEL m COHOES! Kidney and liver Disease F O a 16 v z u u t s ^ CURED RY 3 BOTTLES! Never purchase ofTi \ SUBSTITUT_... m (a perpiTh who »rle|toii6lLjou sompthlng ^ e lse wJ*\ you cjkTl for Dana-s.) Our bof- ^HONEST DEALER who sells you whAt you B a s k for, and If you reoelve no bensm he I M IL L ffl’S P f i O W S l L , ■ “To-morrow we shall go to Grovo Farm, Mollie,” cried Millie, with a feverish fervency, bursting open the door of the kitchen, where Mrs. Mel lows was busy preparing clinueri and flung herself upon her mother’s neck, smothering her With buiming kisses. When the old lady was able to recover her breath she cried: “So he is all h. r “Eettd yourself,’' respofldea ‘ the -V tumping about the little room like * ' |i 4 p j,,'Se.\gull”£ 'S ’S ifhkd as follows : ‘ ’“DUiB toss MEi.nows : The bote fs awl o i i i f s a s s s : !T .fa,n£;rir£ffa 5 r a rn.ssu;«?s,srs^SiiP«K best dai thaer aar cotches- at tba deopo too miles drive from soar sorvant Jack.\ The boss mentioned in this letter was a rich farmer about twenty-seten years old. He had keen suddenly seized with a lameuess in both legs, and np dootot had been able to advise a cure. He had h every means of mod- all to no purpose. Hot he had been for a whole ern surgery, but a Springs, •where h !0 which at t attention of the j TONY RkMftMANA Has removed from Np. 5 to No. 3 HfiU Building, Troy, N. Y., (Junction of Eiver and First sts.) moli larger and fil ;a political oiroumSt tifnp engaged the country. He answered her questions, and the absent-mindedness with wfiiph his answers wore received, showed him that the real cause of the conversation, lady had commenced, was Wh« stor. It he has a much larger and fiber He will keep constantly on hand a full supply of foreign and Domestic frnit, a Choice line of Contectiohery, Nuts, &c„ &c. A lili GOODS FB E S H AW» CHEAP. A CHANCE TO MAKE HONEY The 0. L. Van Dusen Nursery Co , G eneva , N. Y. WS,lcCOLLra & CO., m succeeded in makiarg him speak out' ^‘’^Sal of imliflefenoe could never deceive me; I know how niuoli you do suffer, and you have no longer 4 right to deelino' niy sympathy and pity.” ; V' ’ lot want your pity,” h4 P?* ...........................it f ., _— never be .. pxfofM iix thought and; y sympo “I do ni claimed aUgi., “i uUdefstAud thiit-much,’’ she sa “The bashful poor'Recline a show compassion, but. oiSgbt they to reft | l a i t hmne thC ro”t Slid to read, batbook i m r i n ; Wl Itiftd ihg-’. , :mau was wheel ing lii£i-i#hfl 'chair ’Ulong the prome- nad'h;*’tw^' ladies' attracted his atten tion. ^yJthS.iappavent interest with which . they looked at him. When' he had ' guess we had_ home.” brought his chair to a stop in the ' The next mUrai^k^he informed shadow of a tree the elder came to ao- MeUows M d M li^that he would leave' ist him, asking for information upon \ ' ” ‘ dance which at that you the least good;” “I am of ‘the’same bninftm. .Tehu. I had daughter had taken their departure. He was hardly astonished, and ordered John to make, ready for their own im> ; mediate return home. Frank Strong hnd'bean at home for ith when he feltm peculiar easea, wun steps and ■without the least stoppage | or relapse. Two months later Frank Strong was as well as ever and moved about ds if he had never been afflicted in any way. It was a few weeks after his.complete recovery when: one. Sunday morning John came running into the room whore Mr. Strong was sitting and said, with i funny smile on his face : “There coach runnin the house. ” e on his face : “ lining, sir. I ha'v Visitora- coming, sir. I have f nning along the road tc “Strange,” ejaculated Frank. “Who soli should be comingoming to seaee me to-dayo- ? Ha. to s me t o you know the team, John ?” •John pulled another face, and with out saying a word, turned towards the door The’ coach was just passing along the side of the house, where Frank, half hidden behind the curtain, was looking out of the window. A spl&ndid sandy-haired lady’s head was looking out of the coach and trying to espy something in a window. “For heaven’s sake,” cried Frank. “Do I sea aright, or am I dreaming? It is Miss Millie Mellows that is coming, ihn, come here. Bring my rolling lut in the hall right away, and if sond late you shall be A REVERSIBLE SCANDAL. I ^ “Got out or the room, you grinning - ----- — I jackanapes!''dried the Hon. James. The Hon. James Eddystonb \Wfl» at- Tho waiter said “Pardon,\ and wont tacked to the English Foreign Offloe. j to the door. Not so much attached to it, though, 1 * “You no stay late to-morrow, don’t that he did apt enjoy his holidayilwhen | it?” be inquired, they came. Cirottihstanoos-had*'Tordod ‘ \tiate? No!\ said tho voice at the him to take his vacation late, and it traS i pilloYr; “flirit'train, oonfonhd you!” far into September when ho foniid<biin- ‘ Tha’ nsxt' morning the Hon. James '.elf at Luderne, on his way- haok^r&m ! RddyMbhi ' walked over the bridge !taly. The season was over atiMds'tseiJ ’sepaYatlng the town from the station at and one or two of the bi|| 'hoteia’<ho(d (Lheerne. > HC had slept Utile, for ha already shut up for the' winter.\’ Som'oi 'could not-help thinking of the wicked- of the others were only waiting- patiently for their preseutl visitbrs depart, to close their shutters and go to sleep for a few months. the chair and orde along to meet thf entering the house. The ladies seemed greatly surprised at seeing him. They stood still, utterly at a loss what to say. And Frank was ' no better off. Peroeiving the surprise ,■ of the ladies, he was confused himself and did not know how to find words to leeing the 1 man^Mrstr“Jliu’l^e called, my attention to it. It is truly ‘ oould .not see her YAcii,'and 'Whispered ell the time concerning your condition, striking, and I could notresist the tern- into h is oar-: “You'wifi leave us so kindness that we are tation to talk to you. Will you excuse soon ? l a m s o s o m . There Was .so here now/’ the liberty ?” mnib -yet i had \ o tefi. yoii- . And, is • And Frank ^Strong was so oyer- Her natural ways, her kindly voice UhOre nothing you would .fell mo ? 'Not wholmedwith hia ecstasy of delight and refined way of speaking made a ' a question y o u wot^d have to ask that while pressing Millie to his heart favorable impreS.sion, and Frank Strong, If you have, would it not he hettor to Hll as fi be ought to embrace his such was the name of the lame man, . do so by word of mouth ?\ j faithful Jack as well.—Ghioago Journal. was pleased with his new acquaintance. The hint,was clear and Frank u n d e r - -------------------------- — After awhile they were joined by Millie, ' stood it. She had made up her mind 1 CatdUine the Foi-poise. her daughter, whose natural kindliness to sacrifice her young hopeful life to ' The catching of the porpoise is and elegant way of expressing her him—^to be his sick nurse to the end of something that has never paid. When thoughts as well as the insinuating his days. A strange feeling came over dead he is useful in certain ways, but beauty of her musical voice, showed him; it was to him as if he should turn never sufficiently so. Under the skin she was equally as charming and around and clasp her to his heart, to is a layer of fat—the blubber—which ler for her exceeding love. «» STM CBKXMl tlX T IlN T H ST , AND SECCSD AYE.. LANSINGBCROH. N. T. J ack F kost F kbevek makes ice cream in 80 Siooxna. $ 5 0 0 .-eiV B N AWAY. We want the beat ice cream that cun b* made fer oar ex- WE WII-I, GITJK AWAT lOO JACK ritl»l»T : One Freezer will be sent to each of the first fifty parsons scad- iug us a receipt and also for the best fifty raoeipis for iaa cream received, ’ ^iteiSSsSiElSP’ qiQ otiiers will be sent a desk or pookat oalandar for 1891' AUr» A PRCSXnVT ’IVOKTH $ i,o*. Enclose 10 cents in stamps or silver to oovar postaga. Don't let this opportunity slip, you may never get another like. it. JaclR F r o s i C o m p a n y , 29 M u r r a y S treet, U e w Y o rk- musical voice, sho' ___ ^ equally as charming and around i her mother. She was tall, thank h( ige straight; her^hair sandy and her e .-TiTMiz-t,— betraying an thought aud syi • the conversation somewnat uiffittentiy ■nTQpTTTfp at first, but as she became interested jjiu u 1) 11 she lost her embarrassed manner and be- j came bright and animated. She could YUrn.,nfnAliiraw mentioning the resemblance MUllIfiClllluri: between Mr. Strong and her brother, of whom she spoke in word of praise and loving admiration which made her ap pear more beautiful and attractive than before. From that day forward the mother and daughter were daily companions of Mr. Strong, who found great pleasure in their society. The conversation was 'ed on by the old lady, king much except when her mother was absent, at which time the conversation between the young people used to he very lively. Millie evidently sympathized deeply with Frank Strong in his affliction, and. fat—the blubber—whic' is made into an ordinary fish oil, such a mhaden, selling at twenty-five s eyes,jas if tears'would force to four d C A S T O R I A for Infants a n d Children. laWnowsUad^tiedtoc^Udrenthat I Oastorla eurM OoHe, OeateiptebML MlltMsuporiortoanypresoriptlonI Sou;*^ **°\*. M auporior to any presoriptloi tU I - Od.rd l i/as& iL S 3 S S ' ^ „„ 0UOJ3I MAttTVK, D. P., ^ New York City. Aate ia teir Sleoetiogdaid Beformed Church. Kills Worms,’^Tes sleep, scMt T^ocaaitM dl- ■VVi&^t InjtedotiS medlMMctt. “ Woe several years I have reoemmeodad your ‘ OUstoria, ’ aad shall always sooteisa to do so as It ItM InvariaMr pnteuMd bsMAelat rasalte,\ Enmif ¥. PAsMa, H Vu “ The Wiitlbrop,’' ISSth Steete ooA n a Av*., HswTsskOMy. THK OtetVAdB doMVAHS, ?r.-Mt>8lUT SlSUiSW, »S«* YoS ELYS CREAM BALM 0 ATAfe . THE P-OSITlyS i iiffio m rank Strong in his affliettuu, uuu, laking no secret of her feeling, would •equently recur to it. He soon tired of that sort of conversation, however, and would tell her that he hated to be pitied. “It is wretched enough,” he would her, “to know that you are crip- thrust rorkc say to her, “to know that you pled for life; that you have be out of the throng of the active workers in the business of life, without having to think that everybody, even your friends, look upon you not with eyes of sympathetic joy, but with pity. A horrid sound, this word pity, I do not want to bo pitied. Pity enough that I can not help pitying myaelf.” “But is not human sympathy the sweetest halm with which to soothe the sufferings of those stricken by the hand of an insorUtabla destiny ?” asked Mil lie, in a Soft voice. \I do not know. It may be, but in my condition I can not realize tho thought. There is only one way to preserve my equanimity and that is considering myself altogether out of the race of the strong and healthy. I have found occupation and satisfaction in my studies, and refuse entertaining any interest in active life.” “I can not find it in me to entirely believe you,” she responded mildly, “Do what you will, think what yon may, j-et you are living with the living active world in spite of your partial helples.suess.” “You are mistaken. There is such a thing as self-limitation. There was a time when I was strong in power and rich in resou. ces ; the time is gone. I am a poor, wretched wreck of my former being.” Millie had irersisted in this conversa- bocause it evidently gave h< sed res ' “You will not get'rid of me so easily,’* ‘ she replied. “Beason -is a splendid guide to a moving * £oro»fbjit it is not force itself. The force of' life is iti tho much pleasure as it to Frauk.auk. Hee hadad H h never before said about hia suffering, but always led an air of superiority, trying to make believe that he felt above his misfortnue and did not care at all about his lack of health. Millie had been desirous to make him acknowledge jthat his sort of heroism was falsely as- * sumed and felt pleased to have at last • 3comf answer to my quest “If yon ask the right.question it is,” I eating, the curing of lealhe! 19 the calm but subdaed .reply. «lighting o f mines. But the “Mias Milliej” ho- anawered,-with an porpoise oil actually used is repressibiB- -trBmhHng'ia Ms voice, . that ojl meaae-ver take it ir ' ‘.‘let thisihemo-not-bO'disonsBed between .ktion at all. us. - Never-wouldl •faston'youthj beauty and loveliness to a wretohed wreck of nmanitythat ought to go out of this rorld, the- sooner-* tho-bettor, ■ ■ Tho earhmnst’be silent,.. My.reason oom- ily-that I. ought not to lich never become Highest of ir U in LcavenmgiPower.—LAtett U. S. Gov’t Report A s a f i i i r i E i i Y P U R E r a fowmontns. came alo lom'ei 'could not-help thinking of the wiokec 4m- inesB of' the girl with whom he had 'fallen in love. He stood at the station, land watebod for the hotel bus. As it along with hia luggage, he saw iside was the little lady; uted laCbinan was the Waiter. who received Eddy^one in tho hall •ofs bext the ooaChman was the Waiter, one of the minor hotels. Ha was’Sot a The waiter was dressed for travelling, Sw iss-few people are in SwitiTertend. he looked very radiant. As tho - spoke a httle crossly, and. *looked Voung lady stepped out of the back oi vand again at the clerk, who could- bus she caught sight of the Hon. but we go soon to glose de hotel. ” • him without acknowledging his invol untary bow. The waiter, in his tweed suit, found compartments for each of jhis departing onstomers, “You off ?” inquired the Hon. James, look an ^ final tip. leave ’ “Yes, sare.” The waiter smiled as if ‘ I possessed of a joke that he could not lone caid he proposed to do 'j^eep to himself. The engine whi.stled. clerk woke up, and the waiter '..Dot vos for vky I dell you last night simled and remarked that it^vos ver’ . gome leedle storiea I vanted you to go fine vedder, anfi added that there w as ’airly thees morning. Oxcuso me, sare, lady (ver nice young lady) staying-i^al^iog grade liberty, but it was ver’ should it we go soon to glose de ho “Well, well,” said the Hon. James impatiently; “I suppose I can stay her tonight?” “Cei-fain,” said the waiter, with a lo of relief—\for tonight, yes. You lea for Pa-ris tomorrow, sare, eh?” Eddystona caid he pr I. The ’ They looked at each other through a long vista of glass and table ornaments, and of white napkins. The waiter attended to both with con- sideinhle cheerfulness and obvious gai ety. \When the young lady’ rose; tha Hon. James politely rose’ also; and bowed to her at a distance of forty yards as she left tho room. Then he finished his dessert and smoked his The piano in the reading-room sent musio gratefully to the ear of the Hon. James. It was well ployed, and from it came snatches of Mascagni, and snatches of Collier, and snatches of Sullivan. The caohnoa from “Tne Gon- irs” made the Hon. James throw cigar and start up. ling to have a chat with this himself. lapkins on. James went to the other compartment and explained everything. \Do you know,” said the pretty niece 'of Lady Betty Ffytohe, “he told me the same tale, only he said that you—^you were the officer,” m The damsel seemed not interrupted. She was girl, wit] a vary charming eyes, and tiny very fine. It sells at from ir dollars a gallon; and whoi k a great ex- fully refined, very much higher. But, ledeveryeign of course, per porpoise, there is a very nd, after a. few moments, smaU quantity of that. Of tlie or di stort jocosely ^ ’^e the nary oil about ten porpoises are needed question 'prepared - al- , for a barrelful. It is used-for the same * purposes that other fish oik are—lubri cating, the curing of lealber and the ......................... -r. . . Tjiount of so small ___ _ _ ___ consider- iihama-nohbe disouBBed between Ml. ■ The porpoises hide is regularly nned for boot and shoe use. It is too et and oily a leather to become a ma- tial for bags, pockatbooks and the like. Cut into •trips for shoestrings it has mei'with some favor. But other wise it is not wanted. Becently a man who used to be in the porpoise business “lionT talk porpoiso to mo, sir; there is nothing in them nowadays. Years we thought there was going to be,' In my stock now I have sov- lusand porpoise hides that I rould be glad to sell, but nobody wi If a now company is goin; iinutiva signifies “a tations of them ruins of Nineveh and inuments of Egypt. As an emblem of high rank it is of very an cient origin. The king of Burmah has ’ 'o f thet’ i iuio oi i.ue Aiou. I could not help it- stoekinged ankle. “It depends on to-morrow’s’ 'post,” she said, “when I leave. M y' auh'i happiness _ _ for me.\ “It is, it is>\Bb6‘ said itt a voice in which love and pity -and supplica tion were expressed. “Love is happiness, and love bears all. If you find love^ though it appears strange aUd almost not realizable, do not reject it. Allow- nature to have her way, and all will be Weil in the end.” “Is it true? Can I believe it? Should heaven have blessed my wretchedness by as marvellous a thing?” he cried in ecstasy. But recovering his^equanim- ity immediately, he added: “No, it can not be. It has cost mff‘ days and nights and weeks of .struggle with my own feelings to form the resohition to resign myself. The resolution is formed, and has to be carried out. A man of consoieUce can flot a ct otherwise. Love is a forbidden fruit to me.” “Oh, cruel reason,\ she exclaimed. “Is this the heavenly light that destroys the luck of twc people by a cruel Word when they might be triily happy.” “Millie,\ he said tenderly, \don’t he ongry with me. liVill you continue to be my friend ?” “I will, to the end of my life,” she said, and turned away. John had been wheeling his master some time, when ho said : “It’s a pity, sure, sir, that you are a cripple.” “Why, what makes you say so ?” “Oh, I was merely thinking of tho young lady I” answered John, “Do you think she would refuse me, John?’^‘ “Of >t ask her at a l l ; such a charm ing lass can find men by the iag youi dozen.\ “Quiie right, sensible boy.” The next mooruiti( led that ag Frank was in- Mellows and her • ago we thought thi but no. In nay at oral thousand porpoise ■■ be glad to sell, but ____ If a new company is going to capture them by net it will have a job on its hands. For the porpoise is a wriggler and the porpoise is very .strong, and the net will have to be of tho heav iest -wire and -woven tightly together’.” The porpoise here referred to is just the plain, ordinary porpoise, such as one may see not far from Boston, aud even- at times in Now York Bay itself. There is another kind of porpoise known as the “white whale,” from tivelve to fourteen feet long, of a kalso- mine whiteness from tip of tail to head. But he is, strictly speaking, an Arctic porpoise, and seldom, if ever, gets as far south as the Gulf of St. Lawreuce, The ordinary species is but half the length, and even less, of the “white iourse of their Jtvos. it is generally equiva lent to saying, \Now is your chance; do your very beat and show what you are capable of.” Like a great many com mon phrases- thie expression has an old origin. In the days of ancient Home, when people wore usually the Slaves of some superstitien or other, it was thought to be unlucky to cross the threshold of a house with the left foot first, Ooiiseqttently a boy was placed at the door of themausion to remind visitors that they must put their right foot foremost. The use of th in the wider sense soon became , u . p £ l lorencc link I si straight morrow.” lot afraid to travel alqnaV'’ in quired the Hon. Jama». The cyetii'bws' Ok no!” s \ S d ; \I cM'tSt’o m e ’ pLSJ^i^ffiSghFwiaaF-?'® companion she woUld make.' ' other officers of state but one. T1 uihbrella of the king was of white silk. In the middle ages it was used as an emblem of rank in the church. Tho cardinals and bishops were allowed to have them borne over their heads in soiemn processions. All the large 'clitirobek e<)pooTa]ly the cathedral ’chtttcbcs’, owned an umbrella to bo Used is the processions. Kersey’s English Dictionary (1708) defines the Umbrella as “a screen com- nly used by women to keep room; “not early. Ii here a day or two.” 'ha waiter with tho clerk. ’Wheh Edf clystone was in bed, a knock' Caind tO his door. He was thinking df tihd de lightful evening ha had Spqn%, ind wondermg^whe^herae^y^^ iderin; self was t -------- „ .. be very jolly to stay here a dsy ‘bb ‘%o aud have a look at the' B igi‘‘‘knd— lother knock. \Como ini” The waiter entered. He ‘Was 'b'ro- ise in his apologies, and “so ve/Sorry to disturb; but might heSpdak'Vdfi’lSe', die vord?” “Fire away,” said the Hbn. JafneS. “Consaiming this lady,” oiplMndd the waiter; “ver’ pretty lady, iiioe lady, yOa; ver’ pleasant iSdy*, yes; “Well, well?” said the Hon. JamSs, impatiently from, his pillows. \Yell explained the -waU here airh Itef, '“she liner apd; caused gr-r-r-eat soandal\ (the wditk, with his hands, desoribad a large circle to give some idea of the enormity of the offence), “Oh, shocking. Shocking, shocking!” The waiter was ’s<j ifi’Uch disturbed that He could sodrobly give the details; but there was, he said, this lady (checking them off on liTs flu* gei's), and an indignant wifeVli6‘Shot, at the officer. “Nearly kilioj\bim through the heart, joost hero,” sai,d'fhe waiter, making a click with his ffibttth, to represent the report, and a^ ^ b g his fist against his chest. “Good graoiousl” exclaimed ,feddy- VXAU»U, uuu. . ................. .. stone; “do you mean to tell ihe that |n°M h fs puiloftrm “Ver’ same M y ,” saM the Waiter,', l^kahim L a g a in/U .H a r p o r ’sBazar. J ■Wliy Slio nrofco H er EngaKemont, “Why did you break your engai ment with poor Thin Hotchkiss ?” “Hush, don’t tell any one, hut he w ling BO disgustingly fat. Win THE UMBRELLA. nEPRESEI 'FOUN or A ncient Origin as an Emblem of High Kank Peculiar Uses to W hich it Was Put in Early Times - Iiitroducocl Into England in the Fourteenth Century. The word umbrella is a dimim nibra, and s _ isentatious of th< iments The word uml )tn the Latin ; dia its use is very ancient, and it had also apparently some religious signifi cation. In the fifth incarnation of the god is spoken of as going o tbe infernal regions bearing •ella in his hand. The princes )lood in India have two gilt um brellas with handles ten or fifteen feet in length borne over tbeir heads, tho ;har offieer* of state but one. Tho No. 603, has con gentleman ig out, with a servant behind him Jarrying an umbrella over his head, with a handle that sloped backward. Beaumont and Fletcher and Ben Jenson refer to their use. They were at first kept in halls of great houses, and opffee-bouses, to be used in passing from the door to the carriage, hut Jonas Han- way, an eccentric traveller and philoso pher, is believed to have been the fitist fnan of note Who carried one in the streets. He encountered a great deal of ridicule for so doing. In Greece the umbrella and parasol era more used by women of rank. lu ame its use id effeminat Bobinson Orusoe, described an made by HobinsoU, and oov< skins. Tha Ghinese had adopted it at a veiy early date of their history, and were the only people who did not con fine its use tb the king and the princes of tho blood, with whom, however, the man who -was privileged must be a man of wealth and position. Tha common people made their hats broad, and of a shape BO similar to the umbrella, that with their olpak of rashes they were alike protected from the sun and rain, The Japanese have used them ever since they established themselves in their island men. DeFoe, in his , described an umbrella empire. The Odor of Boohs. prasei roaohi i, which is pul it from the ravages of oock- ihes. They will scent pure paste a block away, and come to it in shoals. In the cose of batter bound books, very little paste is nsed, and the leather has Buffioient perfume about it to oounteraot the unpleasant odor. „ Some men’s pompua walk gives awaj e pride their tongues are vainly tryiog COBGCRi;
