The Russian Steppes.
Along the Volga Don Eailway one sees
m all its fullness what the Russians ex
pressively can the' "bad steppe" i
boundless waste of desolate
land, without warmth, without color
life. Under the cheerless dimnGRR nf n
stormy evening there are few sights more
Kivuwy ana tern Die tlian the silent, eter
nal desolatiori'of this immeasnrahlp cnK
tude, amid which the clank and whistle
of the passing train sounds strange and
incongrous, It is a uositivA rplinf
catch sight of the jagged black line that
marns the position of the rocky heights
which overlook the still hidden waters of
uieuon; bub the famous river itself is a
little more cheerful than its crhostlv ves
tibule. The Volga is lonely as an old
wona aeserted, the .Don as a new world,
still unpeopled. Toward nierhtfall tlm
aspect of the whole landscape becomes
tuiu ana dreary to the last degree. The
red light fading slowly over the vast tree
less plain, the creeping shadow gathering
over the sandy shores and long, low islets
till all is wrapped in ghostly dimness
tne dead, grim silence broken only by the
plash and welter of the sullen waters, or
iue wild cry of some passing bird have
an effect impossible to describe. The
few natives who are to be seen harmonize
well with such a landscape gaunt, wiry
Cossacks, rushing along the shore like
vultures, their gray coats streaming on
the wind, their shaggy hair tossing like a
mane beneath the high black sheep-skin
cap, their small, deep-set eyes glancing
restlessly to and fro as if in quest of prey
true sons of the steppe swift, tireless,
unamiable as the wolves of their native
deserts. Yet these so-called "monsters"
are really very jovial, hospitable fellows
in their way to any one who cares to
visit them in their own haunts. Such a
visit, however, is not to be recommended
to nervous or delicate travelers, the Cos
sack form of welcome beiner (as I can I
testify from repeated experience) to seize
and toss their guest into the air five or
six times, amid uproarious shout, and
with an energy to which tho Ivugt.y
"tossings" immortalized by mv friend
Mr. Thomas Hughes, are as nothiu
Cor. Jew York Times.
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Entirely Recovered.
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Ennui in Paris. Paris is a town of
contrasts, and no people complain more
frequently of the tiresomeness of life
than the Parisians. Next to the words
esprit and spirituel the most frequently
used are cnmii and its derivative adjec"
tivea. "It has been suggested that, per
haps, if the Parisians would capture the
Bastille every morning they would not
feel so deeply bored. As it is, they are
bored for everything by books, by mu
sic, by the theatre, by their friends, by
their mothers-in-laws and, in short, by
alHhe details of life. Je m'ennuiei the
universal cry, and ton m'ennvyez is its
echo, insomuch that one sometimes feels
inclined to conclude that the French of
to-day are not so gay as their forefathers
were, and that the esprit of which they
talk so much is a name that has survived
the reality. JCnnui, however, is not a
new ailment. The bitterest cry of unut
terable tnnui that ever fell from mortal
lips was that of the Hebrew Sardanapa
lus, the lord of the seven hundred con
cubines, the greatest king, the greatest
lover, the greatest poet, the greatest ar
tist, the greatest philosopher of the East,
who, on the morrow perhaps of the visit
of the Queen of Sheba, exclaimed that
there was nothing new under the sun.
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sembles a clarionet very much like a rake
resembles a hoe; all the difference is at
one end. The voice of the oboe is very
much like that of a man trying to whis
tle with his head under water. The or
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count of its simple, honest quality to ex
press a countryman eroin": into a bank
and asking the banker to lend him 200
until Tilden is elected. In Jacobim's
beautiful creation, "Sounds from the
Kitchen, "3011 will remember that oboes
are used to convey the remarks that pass
between the cook and the grocer's boy,
who had just brought home two gallons
of maple sugar syrup in a one gallon
kerosene can, and vu-e versa. The can
did astonishment of tho cook infuses the
soul of the listener, while the efforts of
tho grocer's boy to explain away the ap
parent discrepancy between the quantity
of syrup and- the size of the can is beau-
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Fokty-two Days on Cideii. Irs.
Hannah 3ent, of East Boston, was kept
alive for forty-two days during a recent4
illness by moistening her mouth with
cider. Her stomach could not endure
tea, coffee, milk or even water, and it is
doubtful whether it ever received more
than a spoonful of the cider with which
ner 111 nu tn was mnistonei . hometmnrr
broke 111 her stomach, which gave her
relief, and she gradually recovered, and
is now m the enjoyment of her usual
health. She was attended during her
forty-two davs' fast by Mrs. Cummings,
who states positively that nothing but
cider entered Mrs. Jient s mouth uurinsr
that time. 3t is believed that abstinence
from food saved her life. Boston Trav
eler. "Those Horkid French Notels." A
society belle was sitting with a party of
friends on the balcony of a watering
place hotel a few days ago. The conver
sation turned 011 the guests of the house,
and one attractive young lady, a recent
arrival was criticised. "I don't know
how you can call her handsome," said
Miss S , in response to the opinion
expressed by Mr. R , a gentleman
of the party, "she is so insipid; then
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citizens will h:ive an opportunity tochuose
from Ffiveral uood candidates for President, in
the approaching cou test, but, lu tho realm oi
Soap,
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manufacture the most extensive assortment of
Family, Laundry ami Toilet Soaps made In the
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Nine-tenths of the people of the North
West are sufh-ring more or less from
this baneful malady. Being of scrof
ulous origin, hence constitutional, its
manifestations are as varied in form
as the rainbow is in color. Catakkh
is a scrofulous Affection of the mucous
membraue which lines not only
the throat and nasal i.assa-es hut
also all the interior eavitie tmiiu. eye,
ears, st mache, liver, Ituigo, intestines,
kidneys, bladder, and the entire cuticle
of the body, and in its different stages is
known as Humid, Dry r Cancerous
Catarrh. At first it u-uallv a fleets
the throat and nostrils, the impurities of
which ate swallowed into the stomach or
inhaled into the lung, tints poisoning
the digestive, respiratory andgenito-uri-nary
organs, and causing Deamess, Lvs
pepsia, Constipation, Chronic JDiarthcea,
.Broncliites, Leucorrhcea and IConsurap-
tton. winch latter is very often only J
Catarrh of the Lungs. Hence it is ev-1
ident that any remedy to be effectual in d)i fprc tViB?5
permanently curing this disease must!
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DR. JAMES KECK'S
Sure Cure for Catarrh1
Possesses thoscqualities in a pre-emiuent
degree, having first cured himself, and
for the la-t VI years used the Suke Curk .
in his .ractice as a physician with the
most, gratifying and unvarying success.
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residing in the JSast or at a great distance, '
but on the contrary we respectfully re
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following
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