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• The North-Weet prame was beginning to•
show, here and there, little greenish patehee,
thet told that Spring Was at hand. Through
the matted brown grass little tender ehocta
Qt " new orop were struggling to force
their way upward, and dr to. the right,
where a stray spark from an engine had last
Fall burned over several acres till stopped
by the waters of a little "branch," wise an
emerald streteh of juicy new grass, a par^
tion of whia old Bets, the little, taper -
horned Cherokee cow, was doing her best
to devour, A few venturesome fiewers were
smithies up to the welcome sun. A tiny,
striped -backed gopher was rushing busily
front his hole, where a little heap ot
fresh earth showed that Spring houee-elean.
ing had begun with him, to the abode of
a neighbor, who,
perhaps, was confined to
his undergroundhome with Spring fever.
Whatever the gopher's business was, it kept
him running back and forth between the
holes with only very short stays in each.
An old crow, who looked as if the past
Winter had gone hard with hien, sat, a
solemn, mournful heap of ruffled feathers,
on the peak of the little gray station house.
His bright eyes peered out from his coat of
rusty feathers and watched, with solemn in-
tentness, the busy gopher, just a little way
from the narrow platform. He seemed to
consider the amount of energy displayed by
the small animal as a useless waste of vital
force. Oocasionally he opened his red.lined
mouth as if about so utter a questioning
" Haw ?" but always closed in immediately
as if he bad forgotten what he was about to
say.
In the shade of a distorted tree sat Nixey,
the station -master's daughter. From her
seat, on an old, worn-out tie, she tickled
with a rozin-sveed switch an industrious
"crawfish" ha the "branch," that ran its
sluggish way just before her. With his body
half hidden beneath a shelving piece of
limestone the "crawfish" was engaged in ex-
cavating a new and perhaps more commodi-
ous hole. Carefully lowering the point of
the switch into the water, Nixey would
touch the worker below. The result would
be that the "crawfish" would give a startled
"flop," and then a vicious snap at the
switch with his lobster -like claws, and Nix-
ey would shriek with childish laughter at
his queer antics. The rozin.weed would be
quickly withdrawn before he could snap it
with his claws, and the crawfish would re.
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soon as tranquillity reigned once more Nixey
would prod hint lightly again, and the same
frightened start and flop, vicious snap, burst
of laughter, and resumed task would be re-
peated. During her persecution of the
"crawfish" the lass would, every moment
or two, turn a watchful glance toward old
Bets, greedily devouring the green shoots
on the "burnt patch." Old Bets looked
docile and quiet enough, but, as no one can
tell what freak may enter the head of a
Cherokee cow, it was best to keep an eye on
her.
A queerly arrayed little figure Nixey was,
to be sure. Still, as she was only eleven
years old and by no means expert with her
needle, and her father, the station agent,
was not over skillful in the art of dress-
making, the queer cut and finish of her gar-
ments was not to be wondered at. Her face
was sunburned and flecked here and there
with saucy freckles, and her nose had a de-
cided upward tilt. Her hair, light and a
trifle sun -faded, was tangled, and a stray,
ragged lock was continually falling down
from beneath the blue cap that Billy Sim-
mons, the train "candy and peanut Mitch.
er," had given her, and was as often pushed
back from her face, only to fall and tickle
her enub nose again.
To be precise, she bad been christened
Alice, after her gentle mother, who now lay
peacefully sleeping in the little churchyard
in the far-off Ontario village that Nix-
ey had lett when still a toddling child.
Her father had not been the same since his
gentle girl -wife had been taken from him,
and could not bear to hear the name of
Alice, so he had called the child by one pet
name and another, till Alice was forgotton
as ever having belonged to her. Then
stubby, grinning Paddy Lynch, the jolly
b tail brakeman" of No. 19, the cannon
"all fast mail, had, for no particular reason,
dubbed her "Nixey," and Nixey she be-
came to the train hands, all of whom were
her friends.
In front of the little gray depot ran the
track, and the shining rails stretched
away on either hand till they seemed to
meet each other and touch the horizon in
the distance. Without alt was silent, and
the old crow on the depot peak shifted
his position and gaped again, but uttered
no sound. Within the little waiting room,
ticket office, etc., all combined, not a sound
was heard but the monotonous, " cliek-click-
clickety-cliole " of the telegraph instrument
as the messages passed by. The operator
bowed his pale face in his hands and
coughed, and there was a little spot of
bright blood on the floor when he finished.
He was dying, he knew ; slowly, maybe,
but none the less surely. Consumption had
fastened upon him with its cruel fangs and
his days were numbered. The cold Winter,
with its blizzards and icy blasts, had ahnost
robbed him of his already failing health,
and had strengthened a hundredfold the
the power of the fatal disease. He hoped
that the coming of Spring, with its life-giv-
ing warmth would enable him to throw off
the hold of the dread malady, but it was
but hoping against hope. He would have
given up Ms situation at the little prairie
station, so far from human habitation and
everything except the tank,and the "branch"
that supplied it with water, but he had
nowhere else to uo. He had no rela-
tives and few friends, and if he should
leave the little depot and the small salary
his foiling there brought him, what would
become of Nixey as well as himself? And
so he toiled on, day after day, battling
bravely for another week, day, hour of
life. When he was gone what would be-
come of Nixey? He did not know, and the
anxiety that the uncertainty occasioned
him lent aid to the deadly disease. He
had taught her telegraphy at odd hours,
and the child had become so expert that
she could read "by sound." if the message
was not too rapidly sent, Perhaps, after
he was gone the superintendent, learning of
his faithful service and the dexterity of
the Child, would procure her a place in some
office where the knowledge of the "key"
wettld provide her with daily bread, and
the thought eoinforted him, The child had
grown used to hie wan, pale face and his
wrenching dough and did not realize that
he was near his end, He eoughed again,
and the effort teemea as if about to rend
his slender frame and narrow ohest in ttvain.
When it Was over there was another spot
of red life blood en the flour, and he rested
his throbbing head on the desk and panted
like one exhausted.
Far away in the west Nixey saw the in,
creasing cloud of smoke that betokened the
doming of the cannon ball fast mail, No. 1.
'
She Pees d t the '" orOofieh,'
giving 4 parting glange at 44d Bets, etrelled
toWerdeaflatt lattle adept,' ''P.4447
wQuict 011140 " aif 'NO.S 19? and
NixiIi'lfaaPnatfeularly dertiroita a 13414 at
the train datring U4'100'00 to " take
water," for on his last trittstablay, grinIting
Paddy had promised to bring her ecenethiag
Mee en his next lam, easel this was the
neat run " in question, A. blue race' glid,
ed from a tangle of grass, and went sliding
away aeros the " burntPateh "With Nixey
in pursait. Pj
resently, uet tat she was sure
she oould strike biril With the roziznweed
switoll he glided under a slab of limestone,
too heavy for her slender strength to turn
over. Then as she strolleil back to the
depot the train was only a flub:mg or so
away. The rapid and almost frantic cliels-
ing of the " sounder " reached her ears as
eha paused at the Qpett deer. Her father,
as pale as the hue of death, was listening to
it with startled batensity. Then from his
lips came a great plash of bleed and the
noise of the approaching trainwas dinning
in her ears as the peuting engine drew up
at the tank. The words that were being
frantically elicited off were from the next
station east, where shiftless Diok Burns bad
the habit of sleeping as much as possible
during the day. Nixey knew sleepy Dick's
touch on the instrument. Just now he was
clicking off with insane fury:
"Extra just left going west. I slept and
did not hold it. For God's sake—"
Then a great burst of blood oprang frorn
the operator's lips. He touched the Instru-
ment and wired back—
"Slower. Am spitting blood. Go ea—"
That was all. Even the word easy"
was not finished. A wave of blood burst
from the man's lips and he fell back --dead,
Nixey sprang to the instrument. Sleepy
Dick had paused at the command of the
man who now lay dead. With trembling
finger and face of sorrow Nixey pressed the
instrument. Already there came the noise
of the train starting again. Hastily she
wired : "Father just dead. Go on from
'sake.'"
Then came sleepy Dick's message:
"For God's sake hold No. 19.'
Just in time, Nixey sprang out on the
platform and gave the stop signal. With a
grinding roar and a hiss of the air brake the
train came to a stop, with the engine just
past the little platform. fhe engineer got
down from the cab, and wondered beneath
his greasy cap if the girl had been playing
some prank on him. The gayly. uniformed
conductor entered the small room close be-
hind the grimy engineer. There was a
frown on his face.
" What —" he began,
but stopped abrupt-
ly as he saw the queerly clad child prone on
the body of the father who had died doing
his duty. The little blue cap that the
"peanut butcher" had given her had fallen
off, and the untamed, sunfaded hair stream-
ed down and half hid the face of the sobbing
girl. Then Nixey told of sleepy Dick
Burns' message, and the way the conductor
sent Paddy Lynch rushing down the track
with a red flag was an astonisher to the fire-
man, who still sat in the cab.
At the rear of the train was a special car ,
with glittering plate glass windows and gilt ;
ornaments. From this presently emerged ,
the superintendent of the railroad, impa-
tient at the unwonted delay at tbe little!
waysidestation. He bustled into the small
office with stern displeasure depicted upon
his face. But, as the young engineer whis-
pered the story to him he strode out into
the air again, and some one saw him wipe
a stray tear from Ms eyes as he walked
toward the special car. He was absent but'
tew moments, and when he returned there '
were a quiet -faced man and a sunny -haired
girl of about Nixey's age with him.
After the extra train that Sleepy Dick
had failed to hold, and thus came within a
hair's breadth of causing a terrible accident,
had passed, No. 19 proceeded on its way.'
The quiet -faced man was now in charge of
the little way station. The dead operator '
lay on a stretcher in the baggage car, and
sobbing Nixey was in the special coach, and '
the superintendent's daughter, the sunny -
haired lass, was comforting the bereft one. '
Then the old crow, who had flown away
at the approach of the train, returned to his
perch on the depot peak and uttered a de- !
risive "Haw I" as the gopher one more
emerged from his hole.
The dead station agent now lies in thei
little village churchyard beside his girl -wife, !
and Nixey, tamed to a low -voiced, polished I
young lady, is the adopted sister of the
superintendent's sunny–haired daughter.
And old Bets—why, she, grown older and
more staid—is the property of the new
agent at the little station, and, as of yore, •
ranges over the "burnt patches" of each
year.
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The "Lie Failk" the "$ttaie of Scone," the
" Ston? a Destniy," tile " pilow of Evis
demo ' and Jaeob's are the eeva
eralanames &en to a stone of retaaaltable
antiquity, whisah lies enibedded beneath the
poet of he cerenation chair in Westminster
Abbev,. upon which Queen Victoria sat forty,
in yeare ago last Tuesday (Jane 28, 183$),
when, as a elender arid inexperienced girl et
nineteen, she went through with beemeing
grace the ponipoue ceremony of coronation
as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and
again, less than tsvo weeks ago, was occu-
pied by her during a portion of the oeire.
monies of the jubtlee celebration of her ao-
oession to the throne, a year end a week
prior to the formality of being crowned.
The chair iteelf is a tell° of great inters*,
but in that marvelous Abbey, so orowded
with legends and memories it scarcely ob-
tains more than a passing glance from the
visitor. That rude ohm; once gilt and em-
blazoned with color, contains the old cora
onation-stone of Scotland; a sacred stone,
which, wording to antiquarian lore, Fergus,
the first king of Scotland, brought tram Ire-
land as a palladium of his race. It is called.
the "Stone of Destiny," because a prophetic
rune has attached itself to it for some 2,400
years. The verse is in the Irish•Celtio dialect,
and was rendered by Sir Walter Scott thus:
" Unless the fates are faithlesegrown,
And prophet's voloe be vain,
Where'er is found the sacred stone
The Scottish race shall reign"
Some Irish scholars maintain that the word
smite in the last line, translated by Sir
Walter " Scottish," is derived from neither
Scots nor Scythians, and that its meaning as
given in old Irish dictionaries is a "wander-
er," thus es rrying the prophecy far back of
, the time of the first Scottish king. Again,
while the word lia is Irish for stone, the
word phcal is Hebrew, and is a scriptural
word of deep theological import. It signifies
" wonderful" and is frequently used in Holy
Writ to convey to the mind of man the in-
serntable character of the et, and thought,
and power of the Godhead. Literally, there-
fore, the words mean the " Stone Wonder-
ful."
, Tracing the stone back to Ireland, it is re-
lated that on its arrival in that country (on
the coast of which the ship was wrecked
that brought it) the Ulster prince, who was
• the Heremonn-elect, was crowned B. C. 580.
He was on the point of being inaugurated
under some particular cromlech which was
!supposed to have supernatural powers of in-
dicating which out of several aspirants was
a man favored by Baal, but affected by the
extraordinary story of this stone and the
promise, like that made to Judah, of a "per-
petual sceptre," conveyed in the Druidical
rune above quoted, he desired at once to be
crowned ripen, it, and accordingly this Ulster
King, Eochaid, of Clothair Crofinn, was in-
auguated Heremonn of Tara. The under-
stood meaning of the rhyme is that so long
as one of the race duly confirmed to mon-
archical right on that stone shall have pos.
session of the stone, the combination will se-
cure to that race the right, and assure the
possession, of monarchy.
According to bardic tradition the stone
was said to emit mysterious sounds when
touched by the rightiul heir to the crown
and when an Irish colony invaded North
Britain and founded the Scottish monarchy
there in the sixteenth century the Lia Fail
was carried thither to give more solemnity to
the coronation of the king,and more security
to bis dynasty.
The legends of this venerable stone, how-
ever, go back to a period long antedating its
first use in Ireland. Tradition avers that it
is the identical stone upon which the patri-
arch Jacob rested his head on the plain of
Luz, when he beheld the vision of the lad-
der, and. which be "set up for a pillar and
poured oil upon it." And again Jacob
refers to it when he says "And this stone
which I have set up for a pillar shall be
God's house." (Gen. xxvii.) It is also re-
ferred to in connection with the stone borne
in procession to the threshing -floor of Araue-
nah, the Jubusite, to install it as the chief
corner -stone of the future Temple of Mount
Zion, and referred to by the Prophet King
in Psalms, exviii., 22, 23.
It is said to have rested in past ages in
Spain, and Garhelus, the Spanish King, a
contemporary of Romulus, is credited with
having sent it along with his son when he
invaded Ireland. Edward I. took it from
Scone Abbey, in Scotland, together with the
Scottish crown and sceptre aud solemnly of-
fered them at the shrine of Edward the
Confesser, at Westminsterin, 1297. In the
reign of Edward III. it was agreed that this
famous stone should be restored to the Scots,
but when the trophy was about to be remov-
ed from Westminster Abbey, the mob of
London rose in a riotous manner and pre-
vented its removal. The relic is a specimen
of old red sandstone, as was determined
when a small splinter was accidentally
broken off while fitting up the Abbey in
1838. An iconoclastic writer asserts that
in color, texture and granular qualities it is
identical with the sandstone which Scoen of
Palace is built, and is a veritable product
of Scotland itself, dug from the same quarry
or bed of rock as that of which the modern
palace is built.
In the wardrobe account of King Edward
in 1299 there is the entry of a payment to
"Walton, the painter, for a step to the foot
of the chair, in which the stone of Scotland
was placed, near the altar of Edward, in
Westminster Abbey." Further evidence of
the veneration in which it has been held for
centuries is afforded by a remark of Xing
James I. at the council table at Whitehall,
April 21, 1613. He said: "There is double
cause why .1 should be careful of the welfare
of that people (the Irish) ; first, as Xing of
England, by reason of the long possession
the Crown of England bath had of that
land, and also as King of Scotland; for the
ancient Kings of Scotland are descended
from the Kings of Ireland, and they have
all been crowned on that stone." Dean
Stanley, in his "Memorials of Westmins-
ter Abbey," says that precious relic, as King
James 1. deemed it, "is the one principal
monument which binds together the whole
empire." "The iron rings," ho adds, "the
battered surface, the era* which has all but
rent its solid mass asunder, bear witness to
its long migrations."
Whether there be sense in the legend of
the stone ; whether it came from Egypt or
the Holy Land; whether or no the pre.
phecy spoken of be a reality, or dream, or
myth; whether the stone be called the Stone
of Destiny, or Jaeob'e Pillow, or Lia Fail, a
e. the "Stone Wonderful," there is no
doubt of one thing, it is a Piller of Witness.
As a throne of an empire kings have been
crowned upon it in succession for nearly 2
500 years. The sceptre of Judah has passed
from Eochaid of Ulster, the crowned. Here
-
moms. of the Irish Fcdertion, B. C. 580,
through Fergus, his lineal descendant, who
took it from Ireland to Santana, and on it
was crowned at Iona first King of the Scots,
A. D. 530; through Kenneth II, °tweed
King of Soots and. Pict, A. D. 787, at Saone
in Plata ; through the inotarehs of England
to &slime I., frowned King of Great Britain
Circumstances Alter Oases.
It is said that when the Caudle lectures
were appearing one diligent student of their
varied beauties said with a sigh which was
most significant: "They are true to nature.
No unmarried man could have written
them." Equally true, as many newspaper
men can testify, is the following item in
which is recorded the reason why a worthy
clergyman dropped his subscription to the
local paper and why he in due time resumed
it again :
A clergyman residing in the neighborhood
of Hartford, having lost his wife, submitted
a column or more review concerning her
life, requestine the editor of his paper to
have it published. The newspaper man, on
account of the length of the article and its
lack of public interest, was obliged to decline
it with thanks. Upon this the clergyman
became indignant and stopped his patron.
age. Within a year he married again, and
the newspaper in question gave a full notice
of the event. The next day the clergyman
presented himself in the editorial room, his
face wreathed with smiles, and bought a
number of papers. On going out he renewed
his order for the paper, remarking that he
was wholly unable to recall the,accident by
which his subscription had been allowed to
lapse.
Yes 1 Many an indignant contributor of a
local item that was heavy, dull and long
has, like this obituary -writing clergyman,
"stopped his paper." Alt well, the heavens
did not fall after all, and in spite of the
calamity the paper man rubbed along. No
one will ever know how much the world has
lost by contributed articles sent in as
"trifles,' being either returned or reinorse-
lessly "cub down." Of course the best
bits were always left out, and this most fin-
ished papers invariably returned! The edi.
torial mind is so stupid 1
Belgaria has elected a new Prince and
RVISSIR, growls at the impudence of the pro-
ceedieg. It fancies that the Czar ought to
haase been consulted. Apparently he has
not been. What then ? Will the great Bear
try to prevent Prince Ferdinand'e installa-
tion ? Perhaps. And should all this med-
dling lead the Bulgarians to dispense with
a l'ainee altogether and go in for something
like a repablic, Would things be improved ?
Possibly not. But the Bulgariesia might in
that case fight even mere resolutely than
ever and might evontually make good their
new republican pcsitioi.
and Xrelend ; and thence down to Qtreen.
Viet/aria), as desaended trent the grand.,
denghter f Jatnee 1. the itNit W120 4ae re
ceived anoiatina on
The 00.1001/ in Politic*
The 11(m, Williani 'Windom,. of Winona,
Minnesota,gavo an address on nedependenee
c
day an the Seloou in Politico," in whieh he
took the view that the liquor traffic is "the
stupendous crime of the niaeteenth century,
that it is the most dangerous fee of all well
regulated liberty and the direst 0111130 that
ailliets nienkind. He held very strongly
axed demanstrated very clearly that that
traffic threetens the very foundations of the
great ,Ameriean Republic and that either
that trade or :moiety itself must go, ender.
The question of the hour in the States and
in Canada also is eimply this ;--" Shall the
Liquor Power, with its dire and deadly in-
fluences rule and ruin or shall it be utterly
destroyed 1" "This malign power," said
Mr. Windom,—who by the way was Gar -
field's secretary of the Treasury,—" Iles or-
ganized and massed its nfighty forces for the
conflict. It has raised the black flag, and
proclaimed that he who will not swear alle-
giance to it, and thereby become particeps
criminis in its work of destruction and dase,th
shall politically perish. It has even drawn
the assassin's knife and lighted the torch of
the incendiary, in order to inspire dismay
in the ranks of its enemies. The time has
therefore come whou the issue must be met.
Political parties can no longer dodge it if
they would. Private citizens must take
sides openly for or against the saloon, with
its methods and its results. Neutrality is
henceforth impossible, indifference is hence-
forth a betrayal of the trust involved in
eitizenahip." In short, the saloon rules the
country and if not destroyed will ruin it.
In the United States the liquor interest
claims to have invested in the making and
selling of its vares a thousand millions of
dollars. There are at least 500,000 em-
ploye's. There are millions of poor miser-
able victims and camp followers ready to do
its bidding. The actual waste from the liquor
traffic in the S bates Mr. Windom calculates at
$1,350,00a,000 per anum. Save that andthe I
wildest dreams of George with his anti -pov-
erty sonely would be more than realized. Mr.
Powderly, the master workman, stated late-
ly that in a single Pennsylvanian county, and
in one year, $17,000,000 were spent Oil liquor I
came from working men. Why, the savings
and that of this sum as much as $11,0. 0,000
1
that could be effected through an Anti
Saloon Society would in ten years buy half
the farms of the continent, and in fifteen I
could secure the value of all the railways I
from the North Pole to the Isthmus. Let
the following specimen of Mr. Windom's ad-
dress suffice :—" The saloons stand open day
and night—Sundays included—ready to re-
ceive t e myriads of poor, ignorant and nus -
guided wretches whose childhood blighted
in the drunkard's home makes them ready vic-
tims to the teaehersof disorder, socialism and
anarchy who here find their council chamber
and their inspiration. I verily believe that
if the saloon were abolished the dangerous
classes which now menace society would to
is great extent disappear with it. What think
ye would become ot the anarchist and socialist
without his ally and assistant ? Where would
he rally his forces? Where would he teach
his treason? Where would he find inspirit -
tion for his followers? The saloon system
is itself a league of law breakers, whose ex-
ample affords a most powerful stimulus to
disorder of all kinds. It openly proclaims
its purpose to disobey all laws which Inter-
fere with its supreme purpose to make money
in its own way and at whatever sacrifice.
Upon the ruins of Judah is written 'Idola-
try,' of Greece and Rome sensuality,' of
Spain avarice,' and upon the ruins of the
Great Republic will be written corruption,'
unless there be virtue enough in the people
to rescue it from the bottomless abyss to-
ward which its steps are tending. Combine
and aggregate all the other corrupting
agencies and influences of our times, and
they are dwarfed beside the liquor power.
Indeed, but few of the other inethods of
corruption are complete without it." Strong
words but true as truth, and quite as appli-
cable to the north side of the boundary line
as to the south.
A Horse That Was a Setter.
A man had a horse who would sit down
whenever he was touched in the flank. He
would just squat down on his hind quarters
like a dog. The man tried th break him of
it, but he couldn't, and nobody would buy
him. One day a sportsman came along and
made his acquaintaince aud they took a ride
together to hunt partridges When they
found a covey the man touched his heels to
the horses flanks and he sat down.
" What makes your horse do that ?" said
the sportsman.
" Why, he's a setter," said the man.
" He sets birds just like dogs."
So thesportsman thoughthe'was a wonder-
ful horse, and he swapped for him and gave
fifty dollars to boot, and he got on him, and
after awhile they came to a creek that was
pretty deep, and as the sportsmen held up
his legs to keep them out of the water his
heels touched the horse in the flank and
down he sat in the water. When he got up
and out and all dripping wet he was as mad
as a wet hen, and said
" Well, sir, what made this horse do that
way in the water ?"
"1 forgot to tell you," said the man,
"that he sets fish just as well as he sets
birds."
An Intelligent Bird.
Old Maid—" Is this parrot for sale ?"
Bird -Dealer—" Yes, mum."
"Can he talk ?"
"Not yet, but he understands everything
you say to him."
The German Government press does not
cease warning investors against the uncer-
tainty of Russian securities.
The English House of Common e recog-
nises no reports of its debates, and has al-
ways declared that to report them is a breach
of its privileges. This is still the existing
law, although these reports have been made
without hindrance for more than one hun-
dred years.
Turkey still hesitatee about signing the
Convention with Britain if indeert by the
time this sees the light it 11051101 definitely
and distinctly refused, Such refusal will
not matter much for Britain o bet it may
matter a greatdealfor the Sultan. It is deer
to evervdispaSsionate onlooker tb at whatever
arrangement may be inade for 33ritain leaving
Egypt in five years or so, She will be in the
land of the Pharaohs for a great deal long-
er time than that, tii
alees n the meantime
she has not been driven out as the result of
a European war, France and Russia are of 1
mune anxious to raise as many diffieulties
as they can. Are these nations (pito stire
about the 'result of a general eerihmage?
Frasice voluntarily withdrew from the joint
authoritywhets it refused to co-operate with
tngland in the overthrow of Arabi What
„ 4 .1 1 1
More would it want? If Britain only leave§
Safety, that event is not at the door.
Egypt when she thinks she an do so with
Common'
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After try* various remedies„ without
obtaining relief, 1 coMmenced taking
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and wile ,
Speedily Cured. .
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I contracted a severe . cold, Witte1, and,
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Ing dangerous 1111(1 obstinate symptou IS.
My physician at onee ordered the ase of
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. His instrueti tie
were followed, and the result was a rapid
and permanent ettre.—II. E. Simpson,
Rogers Prairie, Texas.
Two yeare,ago I suffered front a severe
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medicines they prescribed, but ireceived
only temporary relief. A friend induced
me to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. After
taking two bottles of this medicine 1 wits
cured. Since then I have given the Pec-
toral to my children, and consider it
The Best Remedy
for Colds, Coughs, and all Throat and
Lung diseases, ever used in my family.— ,
Robert Vanderpool, Meadville, Pa.
Some time ago I took a slight Cold,
which being neglected, grew worse, and
settled' on my lungs. I bud a hacking
cough, and was very weak. Those who
knew me best considered my life to be
ID great clanger. I continued to suffer
until I commenced using Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral. Less than one bottle of this val-
uable medicine cured me, and I feel that
I owe the preservation of in life to its
curative powers. --iMrs. Ann Lockwood,
Akron, New York,
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is considered,
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of the throat and lungs, and is more
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Sold by Druggists. Price $1; six bottles, $5.
The Great English Prescription.
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