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THJE GENUINE
DR. C. McLANE lS
• J, "CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS,
FOR THJ? CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
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Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
PAIN in ,th«~ right side,the:
edge of *if»cf On pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely.able to lie
on the left side; sometfihes the pain is
felt tinder the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the to{W)f "t|iq
shoulder, and, ii*4ni|tigies
for rheumatism in - the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe
•fite And sickness;'the bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with la\; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally li|gsWJ!|mem
ory,
sation raving "left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
weariness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
he complains of a prickly sensa
tion of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer
cise would be beneficial to him, yet
he csn scarcely sutpmqS up fortitude
enough to tfy it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy.'. |Sfcj*Cral of the above
symptom# attend the disease, but cases
kave occurred where few of thapa ex
isted* frci of the bfltdy,
after* ireatft, haS shown 'the LIVE* to
have been extensively deranged.
*AGUE AND FE'VEJH
DR. C. MCLANE'S I4V§P®ILI.S, IN
cases of Ague Afip; *evwi, when
taken with Qujjiine, are productive of
the most happy results. No bettes
cathartic can boused, preparatory to,,
or after faking Quinine.' We would
adyisg all who are' affifcteffwith this
disease to give them a TAIRTKTAU
For all.bilious derangements,anaaf
a siihpfe putgativ'e, tjiey are unequaled.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
The genuine are-never %ugar coated.
Eyety box has a red wax s«al on the lid,-
with tie impression. DR. MCLANE'S LIVER
PILLS.
The genuine MCLANE's LIVER PILLS bear
thfe signatures of C. MCLANE and FLEMING
BROS, on the wrappers.
Insist upon having the genuine, T)R. C.
Liver prepared by Flem
ing Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being
fall of imitations of the name McLane,
celled differently bat same pronunciation.
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Poetry.
It 1£.%1 TI Fl'l. fill IV CM,
Beautiful facc§ are those that wear—
jit matter little if dark or^air —
Whole-souled honesty printed there. # %
ffi t f
! crystal panes where heart-fire* glow,
Beautiful thoughts that burn below. f
Bcatifjti, iiys ane those whofc words;, v j
•Leap from die"hearts like songs tt birds,
Yet whose utteranca'prudence girds.
Bcautisui hands'are thole that do
Workrthat is earnest and brave and true.
'Moireut by moment the long day through.
Beautiful feet arc those that troY
On kindly ministries to and fro—
i Dowto lowliest w«yS, if god wills it so.
Beatitifulpboolderg drethogcTMt bcSr
Oeasftlessburdens b.f liomety Care **''
With patient grace and daily'prayer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless
Silent rivors of happinoss, *
Whose bidden fountains but few may guess,
~ . . —J,ittlet living Age.
Trtu i.ovmt'* Dicea.ti,
Mr. Pierro RuVmond was engaged to
Jftnie Martin, arid* his slcdp was troubled
, by many dreams abort? his Idol.
He dreamed that they'we're in a dark
wood. Jaime was struggling in (he ever
tightening folds of a boa-constriotor with
, human face like that ot Lindley Gray, a
discarded lover of Janie, While ho striv-.
pigf vainly to cry out—to hasten to Iter
assistance —seemed paralyzed in-every
J limb, helpless and motionless as u tuarble
| statue. . "
lie awoke, bathed in cold perspiration,
with a painful sense of the vividness and
rea'ity oNhe horrible vision that had op«-
pressed his dreams.
t Surely something has happened to
Janie. Surely some dark peril hung
threateningly over her future.
Buf bevoon her house
was quite well.'
Imiiik I will see her for a minute.'
siyd lie. - ■ .. ■ •
" r h S e fi69L
' wrohfMffnaymond walk SSp To Miss
Jtfartin'g sitting room?' t »
Janie was hurriedly filling her trunk, in
the midst ot a chaos ot feminine proper
ty.
•Janie! Surely you are riot going
away?' ,
'I Uiiist, Pierre. My step-mother, who
is very ill, wants me to come to her at
ence. I must travel night and day.'
Jafte handed the dispatch.
1 'Yoiu'iStepinoihcr is very ill; Bot
Reeled td recover. toiier at once.
.. /, j , • ,! ' A. MONTAGUE.
'And who is tliis A. Montague? Janie, '
had you not better wait until you hear
more definite tidings?'
• 'Until my stepmother is dead? She
was Kind to my iafttoC and his children.
I must*go by the noon train.'
LWhere is it£' '
/In Dandsdale. "1 go as far as C
by train, and tjiere tijo stage coach.
4 At %&iighL'
"** Mimft,' said rlfcrre,'} shall certainly
go with ymi.'
•You 9ball not.'
'Butjisten to me, dearest,' and Pierre
told Jauie bis dream.
She laughed heartily and postively for
bjil hiijLto accompany her, and if he per
sisted she would consider it a sign that
he dein«ed ti&ir engagement to be at an
end.
•Your business nwaits you,' she 6aid,
'and I am in a great hurry.'
Jauie gave Pierre a parting kiss and he
left.
His dream troubled him. .
It was a brilliant starlight night wbeu
the trim little figure of Jauie Martin,
with and veiled face, took
her seat in the Stage coach—cold enough
to bave the windows'closed.
'Of*)y two passeugers beside the out
side one,' muttered the driver rather sav
agely, as he slammed too tho door Vnd
mounted to his place behind the horses,
where a, mil darkjpnrc already sat.
Janio glanced at the other passenger—
AMSOFPLS KB old lady, in a beaver
bonnet, baregyyil, and a huge
old fashioned bonibaziiit cloak, with
donble capes, who sat nodding, ffith tier
elbows 011 the lid of the square wicker
Janio thought it wonld be better, in
their ioriliness, to begin acquaintance.
" 'lt is \csff oold to night,' she remark
ed, in a conciliatory tope.
'Eh?' demanded tfc old woman, pats
ting bcr to her ear.
& cold niglft,' «i#d Janie, at tbe top
of |er sweet litleva#sf?* vm ■
It was. plain that the old woman wonld
not be much company for Janie, and she
abandoned her social essay in despair.
Still a deaf woman wa3 better than
nobody at all.
Janie frit that, all alone in tbe coach,
she would have been very lonely, in spite
GRAHAM, NO, WEDNESDAY JULY 30 1879
ol the nervous thrills sho experienced
once or twice when happening to look up
hj the coach rattled through the gas light
ed suburbs, #be canglit the quick vigir
laiico fePthe old woman's furtive siTewn>
tlliuice instantly withdrawn.
li was not pleasant* and Janio almost
wished that she had consented to Pierre
Raymond's wijh to accompany Iter as an
escort on the long and lonely journey.
Pierre's dream, laughed at nnd foigot*
ten at the time came back -to her now
With distinctness, oddly blended with
qnpjcasiu)i recollections of Liudjey
Gray.
'I am a goose,' mentally protested
Janic, 'and I'll go to fleep.'"
But site could not sleep,
Onward rolled tlie lumbering conch,
past tho suburbs,, beyourt »hp fcw»cittteis
ing habitations that clung to tho outskirts
of the little town, into llio open country
wood*, whore the solitaiv farm houses
that thev occasionally passed were nl
ready closed and darkened for the night
—Woods whfre the rustling of dead
leaves, addying downward, sounded like
wierd whisper#; valleys where the moan
ing sound of lonrly streams kept up the
monotohv; drcary'ldlf'sides; past them
them.alf the stage coach lumbered and
jolted, until suddenly they plunged into
the dark recess oi an evergreen wood.
Janie gave a quick start—it was the
I very wosd had described to
I her so vividly outlined in his dreain. •
In an instant Ihe warm blood seemed
to congeal icily in her veins.
'.Nonsensel' she murmured; 'it is meje
coincidence—l>ut 1 wish wo were safely
out ol this dismal place. Wo bavo ont
lived tbe ago of highway robbers and
midnight brigands, yet—'
Tlic coach enmo suddenly to a stands
still. N
Vfath a sick sensation of terror Janie
leaned ouf of thb' window. . :
Through the frosty freshness of the
night air came perceptibly to her senses
tliat peculiar order of chloroform.
"The coacfi'mau bad fallen'from bis box.
and lav like one dead on tbe roadside,
the reins trailing boneath the hoofs of the
ducilo horses; while theontsidc passen
ger had descended quickly, and hurrying
around to the coach door, flung, it open
with a hoarse, exultant sound, like a
laugh.
The lantern that bo carried displayed
h'l3 evil,, triumphant face; in fact, lie
made no attempt, to bide it any longer.
'Ltndley Grey?' shrieked Janie re
coiling to the further end of tho vehi
cle.
'Ves, Liudley Grey I' h» answered,
jeeiingly.. 'Do'nt fnucy me tor a trvel
ing companion, my* haughty spirited
yuung lady, eh? It is my turn to dictate
terms, now; you arc in my power at last.
Out with you, old lady.' •
He turned savagely toward the other
passenger, giving ht-r arm u pull to 'exs
podile Jier descent.
The old wotrr.m tottering uncertainly
to lier feet, hesitated an instant on the
step oi the coach.
The next instant a'blow—short, sharp
and sudden —descended directly between
Lindley Grey's eyes; and be fell like a
log on tho roadside carpet of fallen
leaves.
The bombazine cloak fell off; the square
wicker basket rattled to the ground.
'Here, coachman, up with ybu,' cried
j a clear manly voice, to the bewildered
Jehu, who was just raising himself on
one elbow, aiul stareing vaguely around
like one awakened from a deep slumber;
help me to tie the rascal hand and foof,
He won't get up again In a hurry.'
'Where ami? what has happened?'
cried Jeha..
•You've been drugged, but you're all
right nbw.
'What are yon going to £o with that
villain there?' asked the driver.
'Leave bim here by tbe roadside jump
011 yopr box aud drive 011. 'lhe scoun
drel is sufficiently punished.' '
'But Where's the old woman? And
where did you drop from ?'
The tall stranger laughed*
'I am tbe old woman '
Jelin was not certain whether he was
in a land of enchantment or not, aud
Janie sobbingliysterically, found herself
clasped in a tender hold.
'Janie, my precicns one, do'nt cry so
bitterly. You arp safe now.'
'Oh, Pierre! what would have happen
ed to me if yon had not been wiser than
IV
v 'lf nothing had happened to yon, Ja»
nie,'he said, 'you . would never have
known who yonr fellow-traveler was. I
am glad that through the inedinm of a
tronbled dream, was so distinctly poins
ted out to me my psth of duty!'
Janie's step-mother was found ifj per
fect health, and surprised to see her hus
band's daughter so pale and wearied.
Tbe story oi the pcriloy* journey and
the lying dispatch were all related.
Tho party returned 16 the i.'f^y, find
soon after (lie pretty Junie MartlfS* wes
mnriied to Pierrel'ayinond and neither
of them ever beard ol Lilidle) Grey from
that tiino. i
But though they stonily declare
they are nq believers in .aid,time super
stitions, tliov uro botbs'.iglnh inclined H»
put faith in (ho fantastic prophecies of
dreams.
t nißDß«'lt AWFIIL FATE.
A writer on Australian life relates the
following story in the Boston Comnier
cial Bulletin: One evening on return
of idle miners to camp, there was a ter
rible outcry from one of the tents.
Scores of miners rubbed jn a body
to the placo whence tSo. cry issued
and found a miner bending over his
mate, who having been sick had not
gone out that day. The sick mau was
dead, With a dagger in his heart, and
the box ou which lie lay for a4*fd showed
evidence of having been broken open and
rifled of its qonteiiH. . The bQjy was still
that tho doed- bad but
recently been perpetrated. The miners
immediately scattered in pursuit of the
murderer or murdei%rs. An hour later
a man was brought in one of the, most
villainous looking characters I over 'be
held. His pockets were filled wi'hgold,
which was identified by the surviving
mate as the property of himself and hie
dead comrade.
There was no mistake about the mat
ter. 'Hie bags in which the dtufc waa
continued were marked with the joint,
names of tbe mates, uml the identity of
tho nuggets the surviving matfl swore to.
This was sufficient, to establish the guilt
of the accused. Some were for hanging
him on tho s|>ot, but the hw-abidin'g por
tion ol'the community being in the ma
jority. He waß remanded for the night
and a guard placed over him.
Next morning lie was missing How
be had eluded the guards they knew not,
but that he had escaped there could be
no doubt. Wiiat Was worse he carried
off the with bim, which bad been
'placed in safe keeping in the prison with i
him to be used as testimony against
llfnl;
It was deemed idle t.o pursue him,
but a description of the "murderer
drawn up aud circulated and a rewaid
offered for his capture, or live. A
week passed away without auy tidings
being heard of the fugitive. At tbe end
of that tim») a native came into camp,
and leaving a letter for the presiding
magistrate, disappeared as sudden* as be
came. The letter was cart, but it was
,to the point:
"Mr. Magistrate: Jjm Bt-ll (the
murdered man) was oneo a mate of
mine. He waa a good man. You will
find Bill Grimes, his. murderer, at the
head ot Dead Ho|*e gully; I. have kept
the gold for the reward.
KANGAROO Brix,
''Capt. of the Bushrangers."
A party of miners immediately pro
ceeded to the locality described, expect
ing to find the murderer fastened to a
tree 01 rock. What was their horror to
find nothing but a fleshless skeleton,
every bone picked olean until it glistened
like ivory in the sun. The bushrangers
had robbed tbe murderer, and then driv
ing stakes into tl.e ground they had
fastened him, back down, to an ant hill.
The ants of Victoria are as voracious as
death. The murderer bad bsen eaten
alive!
Whenever certain tribes in Africa will
n battle the rude drums known as Tom-
Toms are brought forth and beaten as ef
fectually as was the fnemy . The semis
nude fighting men blow upon reeii pipes
and utter tearful jells 'that resound
through the torest and stir up the tnou*
keys to a hideous chattering. There is
a great feast at night, which is made
more important by the slaughter of many
hostile prisoners. On such occasions any
young lady of the tribe, wire has been
contemplating matrimony, is apt to seize
the opportunity, so that an additional
halo of glory may rest upon her nuptials.
We've seen onfi of these brought upon
the scene in triumph, while the mati
cians pounded a' wedding march with
their fists,
Five years'pgo the wife and child of a
Mr. Chandler were drowned by the Mill
river.flood in Massachusetts. She wore
at the time a valuable diamond ring..- A
tew days ago some workmen digging in a
bank discovered something bright, which ]
on investigation proved to be a ring
which hat since been indeotified as the
yne worn by Mrs. Chandler at the time
of her death.
~ FiITUFtJI.MiVIMB
Dean Stanley lift tho course of n recent
sermon (o children in Westminister Ab«
bey. told a touching .story of en Edin
burgh street bov. Two gentlemen wrf-e
standing at tho door c»C a.hotel one very
cohl day', when a little boy with a Hitn
blue lave, hfa fbet bare and rcrt with the
cold, and whb nothing to cover him hut
a bundle ot rags, caino and said: 'Please
sir, buy some matches.' .'Ito; don't want
tfny,' the gentleman saiif. 'litft they aVe
onry n pennv box,' the ffcwTf Ifttle feltftW
pleaded. * Yes Utit voft too wo doiv't
want a box,'tho gentleman said again.
1 1 hen I will gleye twa boies for a pen
ny,* the boy afthlat last, and so'lo get rid
of hint, the gentleman who tells the stftry
says, '1 bought a box; btft then I toulld I
had no change, so I said, 'I. will buy ft
box tomorrow.' -Oh, do buy them to
night, please,' the boy pleaded again; *1
will rmi and get yd the change, for I am
vetry hnngry. Bi I gave Mm the fcMfling
and ho staialed away. -It waited for him
but no boy came. Thou I.thcugbl 1 had
host my shilling; still there was thai fn
the boy's face 1 f rusted and I did not like ■
|to think bad of him. ■Late in the even
nig I.was (Ail a boy wanted to see inaf 1
when he was brought in I found it was a
smaller brother of the bov that got my
shilling; but, if possible,"stilt more 'rag
ged and poor and thin, lie stood a mos
mnnt diving inta his rag Mitt if he was
seeking something, and then said: -ArS 1
you * the gentle.nan that bought tho
matches frirSandle?' 'Yes.' *Wcel, tlietr
here's out o' ybr-shilling ;■ Ban
dio cannot come; he is very ill i a cart ran
oyer him ami knocked him down, and
lie lost his bonnet and matches and veiir
sevenpence, ftlid both his legs arc broken,-
mid.the doctor says he'll die, and that's
a'.' And tbcp putting tho lour ponce on
tbe table, the poor child broke down into
great sobs;' The two little things Jived 1
alone, their father and mother being
iiead.-Poor Bandio was lying on a bun
dle of shavings. 'Ho said: 'i got the
change sir,.and was cowing back) and
then tho horse knocked ine down, and
both inv legs wi!re broken} and, oh,
lieubyl little Itenbyl 1 am sure 1 am dy
ing, and .who will tuKo caroof. you when
lain gone? What will yo do lteu'>y?'
The kilid hearted gcntlcmim took the
lad's hand and said he wotifd'alwayt take
care of> Ileattf/ Poor Sandy hud just
enough strength to look, up us if to thank
his protcctpr, and then the light weirt
out of blue eyes forever. -iV'. Y. Tri
bune.
SOHEiniNti ABont THE zvt.va.
The Zulus live ID a beautiful and fer
tile land in which they have two Wveits
iu every year, and need scarcely do more
than scratch the soil and sow their seed
to secure an abundance of . vegetabto
food. There at e rich nasHtres 011 which
lurgo fterdd of cattle feed, so that beef Is
'plentiful; aifd as the busb, or 'hlauzi,' us
tliey call it, is full ot • antelopes, wild
and buflaloes (to say nothiug oi
larger game), and many ot the men, are
keen hunters, they are particularly well
oil for meat., They are also great lovers
ot' beef, which has'beeu compared to thin
gruel made with weak bock, and though
this beveuagßis .not very riutosUatiug,
they drink such quantises of it iu the
course it the day that they are sleepily
stupid by night. The Zniu idea ot pei
feet happiness is plenty of beet, beer and
nothing to do but just o sit still, eat,
drink, and listen to whatever news and
gossip any one may be able to tell thein.
The women do all the field and garden
work, with the exception of hoeing tho
king's corn, which is done by tho mou
who present themselves at the royal
kraal every spring • tor tliis purpose..
There is, however, one particular office
which woiren are forbidden under puin
of death to perform, and mat is, railing
the cows', which is always done by men
and boys. They are a remarkable supers
stitious people, and believe devoutly iu
signs, omens and dreams. A man will
not go out hunting if he has bad a (fremo
ot'ill success 011 tbe previous night ; and
il he has a Wonderful escape from dan
ger or accident, always attributes it to
the care of bis 'Ehlose,' or guardian an
gel. Their ideas of a Creator are very
iudislinct, and'consist merely in a tradi
tion that the 'big one ot all' brought their
nation originally 'out of the reeds,' and
Dbisaionafies have not been welcome
among them, because King Oolewnyo has
always thought that it he once admitted
them a foreign army would soon follow,
and to u*e his own expression, "eat bin*
up.'— Scottish American Journal.
A ROAANTIC OTARBf ACB,
1 '-i " ' .
A son of a New York millionaire was
an inmate of the Homeopathetic Asylum
for the Insane, at Middletown, N. Y.,
last #fA(er. While tfifcre he'YStrhed tW6
acquaintance of one of the attendants, a
young lady of a slight, delicate and
.pretty face. The advances of ihe inva-'
lid were modestly received by the ser
vant girl and were evidently • not dis
tastefully to herj as in due time they re
sulted in an offer of marriage on his part
which was duly accepted. Upon the
young gentleman's notice to his mother*
of his proposed marriage, ahe, with a
display of sense and regard for the hap*
pint-SB of the young couple seldom wit
nessed in hei station in life, interposed
no objections, after having satisfied her
self by diligent inquiries that the pro
posed brido was ot respectable parentage
and irreproachable* character. The
parental consent was then given, and
the yonng gentleman having recovered
1 from his malady the wedding oeremony
was performed in the village. Thegeq;-,
tleman took his bride to 4lie cjjtv,. wh&re.
she was cordially received by his rela
tions..
NO, 21
Gleanings.
• ~t : -» 3
T LONE of the4i*rd«t tasks evf-r set A
iiiaii is to forget the goods deicls he I.an
done and to chide himself..fur the evil.^
Happy is he wbo lias banted «to do
the plum duty of «he moment quickly •
and chtftfully,- » heiever and whatever it
be. ,
In the Sonth, since the war, over 200-",
000 negroes have the Methodist'
church. ! ■ u-jt |,,j 'pf
Texas is the third sheep State in the
Union. t?*rlitoryiia rnnßs highest, next
Ohio and then Texas. ;
Willie asked his mothetf where tlie
stars came frorft. Wet reply ww: 'My
rf6n, Ido not kno#.' f W«ll, I do,' he
•anlf *'he Moon lard 'em.
Mamma—PTTook, Regy, at the pretty
white cow that gives us the' hice "white
milk." Little boy—"And does the pret
ty hrown cow give us the nice brown
coffee, mn?" • .
'Have yon Blasted Hopes?' asked a .
lady of a green librarian, whose face Was
much swollen by the toothache. "No,
ina'arti, but I' have a blasted tooths
ache." •» '
A welMcrtown evangelical clergyman,
oil being accused of leaning toward Uni
versalisift, replied that hi hoped every
body' Woald go to heaven, Surd,* s«it
he, 44 there are some persons I wh>h were
therd now."
Foitfth of July is the day when On*
*efathers pledged their lives 1 , thfeir for*
ies and sacred honor. Theyonng inen
of bhe present day will go them -better,
abd pledge then watches and even their
boots for money enough to get tight cn«
In the opinion of the New Haven
Kngiiter, you mfghfe *s well undertake
o | ut u brfrn door in your vest pocket
as to try? to ccnvince a woman thut she
luoks just as well in last summer's suit
as Bhe will in sometbinc new, fashionable
aud altogether "lovely."
The other day, as two friends were
talking together in the street, a donkey
to bray and wheeze and cough in
a distressing manner. "What a cold
.that donkey.ha*l" said one of the men.
/'And, l«y the way, that puts me in mind
—how is your cough?"
• Some fellow may follow the fickle
goddess of fortune for a whole lifetime
and never net near enough to kiss the
hem of her garment, wnilo, flat-footed
luck pursues others with a club and
knocks the gilded balls of wealth
straight iuto their hands every clip.-
Rome Sentinel.
" W.hen a roan pops out of his front
door suddenly witji the intention of hur
rying up the street, and sees an indi
vidual oply a few yards ahead to whoni
he owes twenty dollars; how qufckly he
will remember that he forgot something
in the hofase or bad pressing business
down town.
An inebriated individual flit dowh on
an open barrel of hard pitch in Balti.
more, and fell asleep; When he awoke
the heat of his body had softened the
surface of the mass sufficiently to stick
him fast., and it was necessary to cut the
seat of hia trousers out before he could
be •.
A home for working girls was lately
opened in London under very encourage .
ing an«ptcea. Working girls betweeu
the agtfS of J3* and 18, who have no
parents or friends in London with whom
they can reside, are boarded at 4 shil
lings 6 pence per week. . This first home
contains 37 rooms, and others are in conv
temptation.
"Bub, did yon ever stop to think,"
said a Lynchburg grocer, recently, as he
measured out half a peck of potatoes,
"that these potatoes contain sugar, wa
ter and starch?" ''No, f didn't replied
the boy, "but I heard mother say that
you put peas and bean's N'n >oitr coffee,
and about a pint of watee in every
-tpiak* of oysters yon sold." The ffubject
of natural philosophy was dropped right
thei e.— Lynchburg Newt.
"Fiaiprt did you see those nice litf'e
guns, down to the stori?" asked a si*
year old boy. "Yes, Harry, I saw them,
but I have so many to feed and
clothe I cannot afford to buy you one,"
replied his father seriously. Little Har
ry glanced at the cradle with no loving
expression on his face. Finally he said,
'well, papa, I tell you what to do, you
can swap little Tommy for a gun.
THE YELLOW FEVSR DEATHS LAST
YEAB.— lieforring to tljo yellow fever
excitement of lust week, tho Louisville
Courier-Journal republishes Irom its
columns of November 12, 1878, a table
containing the approximate list of deaths
lu tho South last year from (he -scourge,
baslnglts figures upon statements re
ceived by it direct bv telegraph and mail.
Its lo'btinisr hp"of the dSatlis of last year
show 13301 attd: tne Courier-Journal
the total mortality lu round numbers af
j 14.000, which is probably not fav l'roui
the mark.