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"'r\ ' f^0 SIGHTS AT SISG S >*G. ~"? ~' " I Tbe Prisoner's Paradi-*~-'The Old Jail? ! The " i.i'e Men"?The Daily Routine? T??* Pnddleand Dark Celln? Chapel cad ! llMpltal. A correspondent of a New York paper has been visiting the Sing Sing prison, about which he sajs: Turning from the verdure-clad hills and the park-like acres which inclose Sing Sing to the immense buildings which lie at its foot I and within its high walls, there is the j place of confinement for State criminals, ; where thev are dreadfullv punished, i and vet so well treated that this prison ! is familiarly called the prisoner's para-: dise. Erected in 1S25 und many times enlarged and improved, it has held the most notorious convicts of this State. Its stone corridors are well worn, the rutted flags telling of the tramp of the army of beings who have by their rnisdoiogs banished themselves from the society of their fellow-creatures. The long row of cells look gloomy and dingy and unrelenting, and one unaccustomed to this place cannot but see the ghost of misery within the bars of each door, and speculate upon the degradation, remorse, the hope and despair of the wretches who have occupied them. The mess room, with its seats for 1,200, r- - is also suggestive of the keen punishment of this prison, for although there is full and plenty to eat, and such as is served is excellent, yet to be compelled to herd with such a company and eat off tin, sitting on a stool, is not 1 . . 11. . t L .luxurious, 10 say ine least. After a tour of the old jail cue is sternly impressed with the fact that it is a place of punishment. A term in S.ng Sing pris a means hard labor, w aich a man mu-t learn to do, do well, and this while suffering every deprivation that makes life agreeable. This is the intention, most faithfully carried out. There are 1,500 convicts in thepris? d, 300 of whom are colored. Besides ths officials and guards there are 300 men each day on the grounds teaching the convicts the trades. Xine hundred are employed in the foundrie?, where stoves and ranges are made under contract, and the remainder are distributed in the laundry and shoo shops. The convicts all look hearty and Thr>?:? whn arrive at the iail ill generally come to good health after growing accustomed to the regular way ox living?early hours, plain fool and wholesome labor. Once get accustomed to the latter, they dislike a holiday, for that means being shut in their cell?. Sunday5, when they gel but two meals, and are confined from 10:30 o'clock a. si. nntil the next morning, they call " Hell day." How busy a place is Sing Sing prison may bo known from its not only having become self-supporting, but from its clearing about Si,000 monthly besides. There are forty men in this prison serving terms for life. Michael Gorman, who murdered his wife, has been 1 r\Y> f.TTOn T'C ^'iic VIU^V !?.? ^ WW*V? :- _ He is an old man, and takes care of the rszs^ chapel. Ishmael Freeman, a colored 3u?thodist preacner, also a wife murjF dtr=:r, is in for lift; Hayes, who killed Delaney, has passed nine years of his ' life sentence, and is so well behaved that he is a waiter in the principal keeper s office. J. Llojd Haigh is ike most noted criminal in Sing Siogr, from his social position before his disgrace. He is in the shoe-packing department, and, like all the gentlemen prisoners," gives no trouble. "JoGnny- nope, tne uans burglar, is serving his eighth term, and this for twenty years. Ira West, a lad of seventeen years, is imprisoned for life for burning a barn, and, with the others who have seen better days, has to labor with the lowest class of criminals, and march to his meals or cell with his hands on their shoulders, be they white or black. Shaving the heads of convicts has been abolished at Sing Sing prison. Their hair is cut short and their faces are shaved weekly. They are not permitted to have newspapers, but books ** ' * -.11 3 J3 ana story journals are auuweu uuu sapplied. Two papers of tobacco weekly are <?iven to each man?nearly all chew ?and it is said that many of the female Busp ' prisoners when there chewed the narcotic weed also. Letters may be received daily and written monthly. Friends are allowed to visit for half an hour every two months. In conversation with the principal keeper, John Dixon, who, for twenty years, has stood firm and faithful at his post, hit- views upon punishing convicts were obtained. Without the nse of the "paddle," or leather implet. 0 r* i- - il. u . menu lor nagging, ne states it wuuiu uc impossible to keep in subjection the hundreds of desperate characters who are to prison, and who make an effort there to imitate their comrades and 'to fight their say, as they have been if. - :'y accustomed to doing. About three times & a wet-k Mr. Dixon is called upon to paddle a criminal, -who is handcuffed and fastened to the wall by the "brace* lets" before punishment. The dark cclls are ten in number, and adjoin the room ? where the padding is administered. Theie is absolutely nothing in these eelis but the stone walls and floor, and ??v ^ ??nef 1 l*A AH ' kilt? ILkk'll ill ^/UU<0UU^CU L lauow j.um uuv latter to rest. Oaly bread is given them while ia this durance vile, which is frequently more dreaded than flogging. Tee chapel of the prison is one of its most interesting apartments. Services are held here Sunday by a Methodist preacher, and monthly by a Catholicclergyman. A choir of the convicts, who sing finely, delight the congregation with excellent music. Two of the convicts are physicians, "sent up" for malpractice. They are employed in the hospital, where there are nine men disabled by burned feet from accidents in the foundry. This department looks Very neat and comfortable. Deiil Worshipers. An interesting account (says St. James's Gazette) of the Yezidis or devil worshipers is given by Major Trotter, consul lor Kurdistan, in a memorandum on the different races inhabiting his consular district, just primed in the further correspondence respecting the condition of the populations of Asia Minor Syria. The dt?vil worshipers are, j pays Major Trotter, a very curious race of people, v>ho are scattered in groups ; about the consular district to the num-' ber of about 20,000. They universally \ pp'j^k the Kurdish language. They are \ beiievbd bj sorae to bo the remnants of the lost tribe?. A Syriac manuscript of date A. D. 323-3, contains the statement that tiie Yeztdis, or Izidis, are cf j Hebrew descent. The great peculiarity j aboat them is tbeir religion, w>- *s ba^ed on the idea that there* * o spiriU of nearly but not ov- ?i power, the good and lh. At present the good is in the a ^ant, but the turn of the other may some day come: and as the good spirit cannot fro n his nature possibly do them hurm, it is in their opinion of great importance to be on good terms with the evil spirit. Their religion is, however, mixed up with several forms of Christianity, and they use, it is said, the rite of baptism and make the sign of the - _ cross. Their religious center is at. Sheikh Adi, a village in the mountains ea?:t of Mosul. The Yezidis hare teen accused by the Snnnite Moslems, who detest and despise them, of the perpetration of the most horrible orgies dur in? tbeir nocturnal ceremonies; but Major Trotter believes the accusations to r.e false. These woo know them be t tpeak rather favorably of them than otherwise. They are, however, famous freebooters. The Turkish of5cial*, in order to t-r;ng them under conscription. insist that they are Moslem s and enroll them as soldiers in the distrfrts where they are mostly found. Their habits are generally agricultural and pasteria.1, and the devil worshipers, TTu-itevcr mav be their merits, are not a well-educated race. An Indiana woman is the proud owner ^*of a washboard over one hundred years W <.]d. Washboards never wear out in Indiana. It is said that in the intestines of flies an 1 other insects are Mood-vessels, the smallest branches * hereof are 200,000 tian*? less than a hair in sizs. BELiyiOUS READING. The True 3Ietbod. The world, if ever it is to "be reformed by men, and through men, can only be so by the personal intercourse of living men?living epistles, not dead ones. Love, meekness, kindness, forbearance, unselfishness, manifested in human seuls, uttering themselves by word, look and deed, and not-by mere description of these sentiments, or essays upon them,can alone regenerate man. Neither money, nor schools, nor churches can ever be substituted for living men. Not ministers going their rounds like policemen,with black clothes and "white neckties, nor elders taking statistics, nor deacons giving aims, or ladies, tracts?ail good; but we want Chris! tians, whether they be smiths, or shoemakers, or tailors, or grocers, or coach diivers, or advocates, to remember their own responsibilities,their own immense influence for goou, and to be personal ' ministers for good. hove. Says Spurgeon: "Love to Christ ; smooths the path of duty, and wings ; the feet to travel it: it is the bow which impels the arrow of obedience; it is tlie mainspring moving the wheels of duty ; ; it is the strong arm tugging the oar of } diligence. Love is the marrow of the | bones of fidelity, the blood in the veins ; ofpintv, the sinews of spiritual strength: i ves, the life of sincere devotion. He I that hath love can no more be motion ! less than the aspen in the gale, the sear : leaf in the hurricane, or the spray on ; the tempest. As weJi may hearts cease ! to beat as lo^e to labo-. Love is inj siincc with activity; it cannot be ' idle; it is full of energy; it cannot conI tent itself with littles ; it is the wellspring of heroism, and great deeds are the gushings of its fountain ; it is a ! giant ; ic neapeia mountains upuu | mountains, and thinks the pile bnt lit| tie; it is a mighty mystery, for it changes i bitter into sweet; it calls death life, and | life death ; and it makes pain lesspainj fal than enjoyment." j * Kelifflonn News and Notes. The Baptists in France are said to j ka~e doubled in ten years. France pajs ten million dollars yearly [ in salaries to prelates and clergy. The new version has 3S4 changes in j the epistle to the Ephesians, which I **at? fains nnlv 1 ;"r> verses. The Southern Presbyterian church i has two churches m the province of J Pernambuco, Brazil, and two other con! gregstions. / The sales of the Mbody and Sankey ; hymn-books, which are called by the ! name of Gospel Hymns, have reached I 9,337,000 copies. Bishop Huntingdon has ordained two young Indians as deacons in the Episcopal church. They were taken prisoners three years ago, and will now return as missionaries t-j their tribes. A single Methodist college, the Ohio Wesleyan university, is represented by two missionaries in Japan, six in China, three in India, one in Italy, two in South America and one in Mexico. The Rev. Mr. Soper, a Methodist j missionary in Japan, on a recent tour to ! the north of Tokio, baptized twentynine persons of both the educated and uneducated classes, who had been converted through th6 labors of one of the native preachers and assistant. In France a man is not allowed to be an active Young Men's Christian association member after he has attained to the age of thirty years. In England, age is not taken into consideration, the Earl of Shaftsbury, president of tne London association, being eighty years of age. The Presbyterian German Theological seminary at Bloomheld, N. J., lias sent out more than thirty edacated GerI man missionaries who are now preachi ing to their countrymen in the United States. Another institution, at Dubaque, Iowa, is also educating German ministers. Anecdote of Calhoun. Few statesmen have wielded such a powerful personal influence as John C. Calhoun. His hold upon the young men of th9 South was wonderful iu its tenacity. He so fascinated them that j they became his enthusiastic disciples, and were proud to call him master. His sway over the conservative educated class, clergymen, doctors, judges, lawyers, journalists, w?s as powerful as over the young men. He was not a man of the people. From them his habit of abstruse tftought and the severe logic of Lis utterances seemed to divorce him. Yet even the uneducated classes loved him. They did not understand the man, but they trusted the statesman, and obeyed the leader. An anecdote shows the characteristic power of the great South Carolinian, and perhaps indicates one of the quali ties of his character that gave him influence ovor the common people. When Mr. Calhoun beg.m his political career, a fierce struggle rased in South Carolina. One party sought to overthrow an aristocratic feature of the State constitution. The proposed change was earnestly resisted by the conservatives, and tho contest excited the whole community. Mr. Calhor.n and Mr. Yancy were the leaders of the hostile parties. Each was the idol of bis band. They met in public debate, aud then followed one of the strangest scenes in American poii Xf. ItjL 1 liiuv;* pil^HWT V/Ulli^COUU himself a convert- ?o his rirai's viows, and joined his party. Yaiity's frieuds were almost struck dumb with surprise. One of them, an eccentric man known as ' Uncle Jacob Marvin," was a violent partisan, who could see nothing right in an enemy i and nothing wrong in a friend. He | loved Taney, and hated Calhoun. Wheu he heard that hi.? friend and leader hud gone over to his personal foe and political enemy, he swore, with much blasphemy, that he would trash Calhoun. Straightway he started to execute his j threat. Find'ng Calhoun, who had been informed of Marvin's vow, walking on the piazza of his hotel, the angry partisan took a stand where his enemy would nass him. Mr. Calhoun approached, bowed, spoke a kind word of salutation, held oat his hand, which was not taken, and then with a bland smile passed on. " Uncle Jacob" was spellbound. , Several times Calhoun passed and re | pacsed, each time with the same gentle! uanlv palutation. At last the unmanned ! " Jacob" could no longer withstand the genial advances of his great adversary. Impulsively he grasped Calhoun's hand, and telling him his errand, begged his pardon. Arm-in-arm the two walked the piazza, while Mr. Calhoun, in language adapted to "Uncle Jacob's" understanding, cautiously pressed his political views. The fierce partisan became another of Calhoun's converts--, and after that i one of the fiercest of his followers.- j Youth's Conn pinion. Pearls ia Tennessee. I A mstrr ncfrr Vioc C V^TTI T) Cf Ttn "ITi , UL VT illUU JIXJ Aitt-a1 ?.^ *** Rutherford comity. Term. A correspondent says: At first only a few persons could be i found wading in the river and assidnI ously hunting mussels which yielded I fine pearls, wbi<jh were readily sold, i Now not less than 500 people are en! gaged daily in raking the bottom of the ! stream, delving down in the mud for ! mussels, which are piled along the J banks, opened and critically examined ; for the treasures contained in many of | them. It will not be long before a mussel may not befound in theriverin the locality mentioned. The Americans informant says that one pearl was secured that brought SSO in New York. The general range of value, however, was from fifty cents to $25. There are 390 educated fem.ile physicians in active practice in twenty-six states of our Union?the majority in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. : : . lp? FAR3I, GABDES i>D HOUSEHOLD. Increasing Farm Mannre. A very good plan for increasing tne ] snpply of home-ma^e manure is prac- [ ticecl by the New York nurserymen,, which may be adopted by farmers gen- | I erally with equal success. It is j merely by placing iD alternate layers rich stable manure and tnrf or sods nntil the heap is some six feet high and as long as you please, and then, after a : time, beginning at one end of the pile j to turn the whole over. As the and sods j rot thev will absorb the rich gases I - ? i i. * -1. ! i generated by tne man tire, ana wuira | might otherwise escape, thus formin ga i most excellent compcst for all kinds of ! crops. The Constituents oi Plants. Most farmers are apt to think that crops , ; derive most of the substances they feed i j npon from the soil. This is a mistake. Take, for instance, the hay crop; the carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, which constitute ninety-two per cent, of the organism of the plants, all come from the atmosphere and enter into their structure, while the other eight per cent, is made up of nitrogen and Eiiierai elements derived from the soil. j i if onr.or tViftf, all tlift I ! XAV^ U1W ! farmer has to do is to supply the nitro gen and mineral ni3tter by means of i fertilizers containing tliem, the other | ninety-t<vo per cent, being supplied by j i the atmosphere ; hence the necessity j I for frequent stirring of the soil for the ! ; free admission of the air. j For many years the use of salt as a j i fertilizer has been highly recommended i by certain agriculturists, while on the i j other hand there hivo aho been many ! j cultivators of the soil who could secure j I no benefit from its use. Practical ex-' perience shows that on some lands the : application of salt is decidedly ben- j elicial, on others absolutely iojuriqus, ; while on still other soils no effects are noticeable. I'otahh lor Crops. I Grain farming, where tJie straw, fodJ der, hay, etc., are all consumed on | the farm, does not exhaust the soil so j much of its potash as of its phosphoric acid and nitrogen, these latter being the principal constituents of the grain; and therefore when wheat is sown on a clover lay it is not necessary to apply potash to tho land?nitrogen and phos! phoric acid being the principal elements to supply here. An 1 so in the spring, J ff you wast to know whether your land | is^deficienc of potash or not, put a little j hen manure on a row of corn, on anI nf'liAi- a Trsirtnrft of hen manure and ashes, and on a third ashes alone. If the land is deficient in potash the difference in the prodnct will show it in the i superiority of that in the last row. How to secure from an,acre of ground j the greatest possible amount of proi duce, v>ith the least possible expense, i is the great problem of farming. Xatui ral conditions place certain well-defined j limics, within which is simply a matter | of f-cience and practice to solve this j problem. i Kerosene poured on the nests of cat| erpillars until thoroughly saturated will j destroy them. J-/-LJ aui^uui is vvu cvo icuiguj a\jj* | lies on cattle by one who says lie knows ' it is effective. It should be sprinkled all over the body and worked into the hair. ItcciDes. ! Baked Tomatoes.?These should be ; peeled and prepared as for stewing; | mix well with bread crumbs; cover well on top with bread crumbs and pieces of butler ; bake three quarters of an honr. Cream of Tartar Drtstc.-Two spoonfuls of cream of tartar, the grated rind of a lemon, half a cup of loaf sugar and one pint of boiling water. This is a good summer drink for invalids, and is cleansing to the blood. Egg Sauce.?Take yolks of two eggs boiled bard ; mash them with a tablespoonfal of mustard, a little pepper and j salt, three tablespoonfuls of vinegar and I three of salad oil. A tablespoonfnl of catsup improves this for some. This sauce is very nice for boiled fish. Honei Cake.-One quart strined honey j half pint soda, half pint melted butterf one teaspoonful sugar dissolved in hal, I cup warm water, half nutmeg and teaspoonful ginger. Mix these ingredients and then work in flour to roll. Cut in thin cakes and bake on buttered tins in a quick oven. Fish Sauce.?One-quarter of a pound of fresh butter, one tablespoonful of finely chopped parsley, a little salt and pepper and the juice of two lemons. Cream the butter; mix all well together, : adding at the least a teaspoonful of j mayonnaise. Less l9mon jcrico may be ! used if preferred. Tomato Soup.?To one quart of -water | i add eigbt large tomatoes, cut them in j j small pieces, boil for twenty minutes, ! | then put in half a teaspoonful of soda, j | let it boil a few minutes more, then add j i o v\i-r>f r\? mi IV KAQSlYn fLR < j CU*J\J IIU a Miuv v/i. k)?? vvv 3 W-? | i you won id oysters; breadcrumbs, sago, j | barley cr rice may be added. j Potato Pudding.?One pound pota-; j toes boiied and well mashed, one-quar- j i ter pound of butter stirred in while ! | warm, two ounces of sugar, the rind of j half a lemon chopped fine with the j juice, a teacupful of milk ; butter the j tic, put in the mixture,. <ind bake in a ; | moderate oven for half an hour ; two j i eggs may be added. Scotch Tart.?Take a deep square ; j tin and line it with rich paste, select j j pleasant tarl apples, peal and core, qnar- i | ter and .cut in bits. Fill the paste with I apples end cover the whole with a layer j an inch or more thick of sugar, and i sprinkle with small bits of butter. Bake j in a quick oven and have it well browned, j When rightly made the apple is soft j and candied. Serve warm. _ Measuring by the Eye, A correspondent of the Boston Tran- i senpt suggests that the childern should be exercised in measuring by the eye. ! He eays that years ago, when he went j to school in a little weather-beaten j schoolhous9, the scholars had most sxcitj ing contests over the teacher's favorite j exercise of iiavmg them estimate: i with the eye the size and weight of different objects in the room. He would hold np his cane and have each scholar teli how long he thought it was, and it was a Incky child that could come within a half a foot of the right length. He would measure an urchin and then have the scholars try to repro! duce the measure on the wall. He j ! would mark off an inch, or a foot, or a > i yard, in some conspicuous place, and | | then see how near anybody could i j come to chalking the same length up- j j on the blackboard. ! And it was astonishing how wide : | astray one would go. The fact is, our j ; eyes deceive r.s ridiculously, even upon | I the commonest things. i At first thor.ght which -would you j I say \?us the taller, a three-year-old i j child, or a barrel of flour ? And could j ' anything but actual measurement con-; ! vince you that the same child is half as j j high as a six-footer ? j There is on old saying that a child | two years old is half as tall as he ever | will be, and after a few experiments; j in measuring one can easily believe it, j j but not before. A Beautifnl Science. j Astronomy is a beautiful science. Wc are told that if a railway was run from I the earth to the nearest fixed star, and | the fare was one penny for every huni dred miles, and if you were to take a mass of gold to the ticket office equal to the national debt?or $3,800,000, 000?it would not be sufficient to pay for a ticket to the nearest fixed star j aforesaid. If this be the case, it matters j very little to us whether snch a railroad I is ever constructed. It wonld be mighty j discouragiDg to go to the ticket office j withamass of gold eqnal to 83,800,000,- j 000 and be informed that the fare was ' $5,678,032,000. If the ticket agent' j wouldn't trust till we got back we'd be j | compelled to forego the trip.?HforrLs-1 j toicn Herald. THE HOME DOUIOB. 3IJlk Diet for the Sick. Let me feed a sick patient, and who ! will may give the medicine. In all ill-! ness far more depends upon the proper j, feeding of the sick person than is gen- i , erallv believed. If the strength is sus-; ( lained from the beginning by nourish-! ! ment, given judiciously, there i3 a better . prospect of its being equal to the de- i: maud tbat must be made upon it later. :; *? ii... j.- A ' I5egm( men, irorn me u.isu vu 8**^ ;. liquid nourishment in small quantities j, frequently. It is more easily swallowed j and digested than anything solid, how- j ever delicately prepared, and as there is generally thirst, it is, as a rule, readily i taken. The chief reliance must be j placed on milk. One pint is equal to a ! i full-sized mutton chop, and it is incom-;! parably more nourishing than animal j broth, not excepting beef tea, that has j; too long held a rank to which its merits j are far from entitling it. Boiling meat coagulates the albumen, ; the principal nutritive element, converting it into a solid which is carefully eliminated when the broth is strained, j leaving behind a mass of shreds floating in water. Milk, on the contrary, j contains fourteen per cent, of solid! matter, and is ricii in tlio constituents j necessary to supply tlie wants of the ! system. One-eighth part lime-water j added to the milk will prevent it from disagreeing with the most fastidious ' stomach. Where there is no nausea a small tumblerf ul may be given every two , hoars. If there is the slightest tendency to sickness it must be cn.i:ted for an hour or two, and then resumed in very small quantities, a tablespoonfnl or less being given, iced, or as cold as possible, every half hour until the ! disagreeable feeling has passed away, i If the sick person is fond of milk, he i will take it for some time without growing weary of it; when it b^ins to pall i the nurse must tax her ingenuity to j make a change. If stimulant is ordered, j it may be put in the milk. A teaspoon-! ful of sugar, with a few drops of essence : of vanilla, alternated with essence of | lemon or rose water, makes a pleasant j variety. If tea and coffee are permitted i by the physician, enough of either to { flavor the m;ik mav be added without j : pruu uuj.iiaj-ij ljyju-iiuuo cuovu. When the yolk of an egg cannot be borne, the white may be given with perfect impnnity. Albnmenized milk is prepared by shaking in a wide-mouthed bottle or jar one pint of milk with the whites of two eggs. These are so thoroughly incorporated by this process ! that few would suspect their presence, | and the mixture is much more nourish- j ing than the milk alone. A delicious j ! egg-nog is made by beating the yolk of I | an egg separately asd adding to it three j teaspoonfuls of sugar, with the juice of j i half a lemon squeezed on it; when well j i mixed the milk is poured in; the white ] beaten to a stiff froth with a small tea- J spoonful of sugar and a few drops of j monle juice is heaped on the top or j beaten through the milk, accordir ~ to j the fancy of the maker. Orange juice ; may be substituted for the lemon, or i sherry used to give it flavor when stim-; ulant is allowed. Albumenized water : I is a refreshing and at the same time a i nourishing drink. It is prepared like ! j the milk, by shaking together the whites j ! of two eggs and a pint of cold water, j j and flavored with lemon juice, a slice of! | lemon being left floating in the glass, j j Cold toast-water can be used to make it. j Sometimes when an invalid is tired of! ! milk in every other form he will take it j j in the shape of ice-cream; not the de-j ; leterious compound consisting princi- j pally of corn-starch, and in which the cream is conspicuous by its absence, but wholesome home-made ice-cream, i with nothing in it but good, rich cream, pure sweet milk, white of eggs?the yolk3 should be omitted except for convalescents?a little sugar and flavoring. A thin boiled custard, made with two eggs to a pint of milk and given cold, is j a pleasant cnange. O'atmeai, inaian j j meal and barley gruel, made with j I plenty of milk, are desirable articles of j | diet." If chocolate or cocoa can be | borne, a little added to the milk will | disguise the taste of which the palate j has grown weary. In short, milk being ! the staple, there is practically no limit I to the various ways in which a clever nurse can disguise it, to the great comfort and benefit of her patient, who would be more surprised than any one if he were told he wasliviog principally on milk and eggs.?.Vrs. Scovil in Christian Union. The Power of the Press. One of the old-time editors of Michigan was boastiDg the other day that he had never been sued for libel, or attacked in his sanctum, but he c- aid call many narrow escapes. Twenty-five years ago lie was running a re a- not j paper cn Use line of tlie Michigan Cen- j tral railroad. A man named Carson, who was running for some county office, was given a bad racket, and the editor received a note that if he had anything j more to say he might expect to receive ; a good pounding. He had a still more j bitter attack the next week, and the ; paper was hardly mailed before in walked Carson, the candidate, accompanied by a brother and two cousins. The four were strapping big fellow?, and each was armed with a horsewhip. The two compositors and the "devil" 1. ?- 11 ,1 TT~ 4-U^ got oui< wimau speeu. xie reaxt^cu mc j situation at onc-e, and began: " Walk in, gentlemen; I presume yon j have come to horsewhip meV" "We have," they answered. "Very well. Have you thoroughly j considered the matter?" "It doesn't need any consideration," replied Carson. "You have lied about me, and I'm going to lick you within an inch of your life!" "Just so, my friend, but first hear j wnat j. nave to say. uia von ever near of the press beicg stopped because the editor was cowhided?" v< I dunno." I " Well, you never did. Lick me all yon choose, and my paper comes out week after week just the same. The power of the press is next to the lever which moves the universe. It makes or break3 parties, builds np or tears down, plants or destroys. Aggravate i the editor and the press becomes a ! sword to wound and kill. Wallop me if you will, but next week ITU;ome out | more bitter than ever." There is ;:n e mbarrassin gsilence right here, and the face of jsach-h^rse-^hipper had an anxious look. " It will go out to the world?to < America, Canada, England, France? aye ! clear to Jerusalem, that the Carson family of this country live on roots and Johnny-cake ; that they stole a dog from a blind man ; that they murdered a peddler for a pair of two shilling suspenders ; that the women are club-footed and the men work their ears when they sing ; that the " '' lV7A *A/rrt 1 ftv A*ir\fiAT? W ii'Uv OiiO JlOp^UJliXX OUVOW^.iVW price to 1 he Herald ?" interrupted Carson. " Only twelve shillings a year." "Put us four down." "Very well?six dollars?that's correct. Run in and see me?all of you, and if any of you want to see any of my Detroit exchanges I shall "be only too j glad to : erve you."?Free Press. <)ueer F reak of Nature. | Here is about the most strictly local | work of a whirlwind on record. A ship : with $300,000 of British goods is passing Rio Janeiro on her way to China. Sbe s sailing cine knots, with no cloud in ; sight. The captain in his cabin hears a crash. Goes up to find the mainmast Ijing over the starboard side, with raizzentopmast, foretopsail yard and foretopgallantmast?the mainmast twisted cn nea'-tne decs. ine mate saia ne | had heard a rushing sound ; the whirl- ] wind struck the sails on the mainmast j with a thud?those on other masts be ine xmtonched?acd away went the mast and spars mentioned. The ship was otherwise all right, the wreck was cut away, and she sailed safely mto Bio. ? ... The stage settings of Hooley's Thra- j ter, in Chicago, are so arranged on ISun-' days as to represent a pulpit, and the ; congregation that gathers is very large. 1 .?*=*SQ@smm SATED FKOM~TfiE SHAKES. Fire Days and N'ishtn of Azony o"i a Spar In Mid-Ocean?Crazed by snficrluar. James E. Karris, the shipwrecked mariner from Philadelphia, who was placed in St. Joseph's infirmary a few days ago, has recovered from his delirium, and by request he has prepared for the Xeic3 a narrative of his miraculous escape. He writes: We left Philadelphia with a cargo consisting of 210 tons of coal, bound to "Wilmington, X. C. Onr crew consisted of five men? two seamen, one cook, the captain and mate; the oldest man on board was only twenty-three years of age. After we rounded Hatteras we were struck by a Hurricane, 'rue vessel was wxeuaeu almost instantly, and all of us went into the rigging. I had made up my mind to die. I did not think it was possible that I could be saved. The thought never once crossed my mind. I thought my time had come and made up my mind to die like a man. I shook hands with the captain and bade him good-bye, asked God to bless us and save us, and then a sea swept over and the vessel began to sink. I -was under the water some time before I discovered the vessel was sinking. When I did I let go of. the rigging and commenced swimming towards the surface and came near suffocating before I reached it. The first thing I did on reaching the surface was to get out of my clothes, so I could swim better. Then I saw a piece of white pine scantling SoatiDg off. I succeeded in getting hold of that and managed to keep myself afloat with it. It was about four inches square and fifteen feet long. Shortly after I got hold of this the captain came up. He was then nearly gone and did not have life enongli Hardly to Keep ms neau out of the water. He soon sank and I never saw him more. His Dame was Enoch Camp, a native of "Philadelphia, aged about twenty-one. He was very handsome. I have been sailing with him fciuce January 1, 1881, and we were like two brothers. Thus the vessel and all on board perished except myself who, through the providence of God, was saved. My dog was clinging to the piece of timber with me. When the vessel went over he was in the cabin; how he managed to get out I do not know. Sometimes the seas would strike us, knocking us away from the piece and nearly "3 *-<" VY7k/vr> -If TTT/vn7/3 QC OTJ7Q V UrUWxJJLLig Ux>. ?t uca aw ?tuuau we would swim back to it again. The poor dog was nearly drowned, and his master not ranch better. He wonld swim up to me and pnt his head on me and whine so piteously, asking me the best ho could to save him, and to end his sufferings I killed him and pushed him away from me. And then (God forgive me) I tried to drown myself, as I expected every moment to be cut by a shark, and I knew I could not live much longer that way nohow, so I let go and T\T2l"U rv\/vnKVi nr>??n T SUCX. YVItU cjica oiiu. iuuuvu v(.vu, j. drank salt water by the pint. I could stay under very well tuatil I would go to draw in my breath; then the water would rnsh up my nose, suffocating me. Then I would have to come up again. I made two attempts to drown myself, and then gave it up and awaited until God saw fit to take me. I often sit and think how it was possible for me to be saved, and how I was saved I do not know. I was on that piece of timber about six hours. Sometimes the sea would mo off and throw it some distance from me; then I would swim back and get hold of it again. After a long time, or just before night, I discovered a larger piece of timber floating ahead of me. After trying very hard I finally reached it and crawled upon it. I found it to be a piece of the cabin about fom feet wide and twelve feet long, with three small windows along one side about 32 by 18 inches. I never had anj hope of being saved until I got on this piece. I began to have some hope then of being saved if I did not starve tc death. I wished then for my poor dog I had killed. I was laying at fall length on my raft, clinging on each side with my hands, when I happened to look ovei the side, and, oh, heavens and earth! there I wag followed by a pact 01 nungvy sharks "swimming all around me. Yon can just imagine how I felt, and how I cluncr to that raft. Why it was they never interfered with me while ] was in the water I do not know, unless it was because I kept in motion all the time. Sometimes the sea would break ovei my raft and capsize it. Then I would crawl on top of it again as quickly as possible, thinking all the while of the sharks around me and expecting every moment to be seized by them. It was now very dark, and the wind wa3 moderating in a measure and the sea was going down somewhat. It was still ** - - -ii squally ana continued so an mgut, with rain. Naked, and tlie rain beating down upon me, I felt as though some one were pelting me with gravel. I was cold, too, shaking all over, and my teeth knocking together all night. How I prayed for morning. It was the longest night I ever spent in my life. Finally day came and the squalls blew harder, but I did not think the seas were so high, which was a good sign. I was now beginning to feel thirsty and hungry, and when it would rain I would hold my head up, open my mouth and try to catch some rain water, but the salt spray would fiy in my mouth. The sharks still kept watch about my raft. Throughout the day I kept a lookout for vessels, though I knew if one should sight me it could not rescue me " * mi _ 3 /Hi j \ ill tnac gaie. xne any ^ ixiursuayj passed away and darkness settled down again upon the face of the deep. The wind moderated considerably during the night, and the sea grew quite emooth. It was calm nearly all day Friday. I had not seen a single sail, and was so thirsty I could have drank my own blood. The sharks were still about. Friday and Saturday passed with nothing to mark them. My mouth and throat were parched. I was exposed to the sun long enough Saturday to bum my body. Saturday night I did not feel right in my head. I was growing delirious, and knew it, and tried to shake it off, but could not. Jnst about dark I saw a vessel five or six miles off, in the direction of which T nraa ^ nff,incr_ and another off to the right. I soon saw that the ono to the right was a light ship. J. imagined that I was close to land, so close that I could see it plainly, and cried aloud foi help. Then I would listen to hear some one answer. I thought I had some one with me, and I sent him in a small boat to get me some watei and I waited for him to return, Then I would imagine some one was handing me a pitcher of ice water. I would grab it and drink, only to find it salt. I would try to stand up and would fall over board, I was so weak. Then I thought my raft was on land, I could see the trees and bushes plainly. Then I would jump off the raft, thinking I was on land, and would go twc or" three feet under water. I made several attempts during the night to ge< off on land, but always found water, At times I would think I was about tc run into a tree and would put out mj hands to stop myself and would gc overboard. Then I imagined I was or land, about 12 miles from Wilmington W C,.. and was naked. I saw men ai work, a "white and colored man and*? woman. I asked them for water and they sent me to their boss. I went tc him and he showed me a lighthouse and told me I would have to go there before I got water. Then he put me In a flat-car that ran on a railroad and I had to propel the car along with mj feet. I could not get any closer tc the lighthouse, let me work as hard as ] ccnld. Neither could I escape form the man who sent me there. Then I would think the windows in rov iafl were beautiful springs of water, and would get on my hands and knees tc drink, only to find it salt. Sunday morning the snn rose out ol a clear horizon, not a cloud visible in the heavens. I discovered I wus on my raft again, but could not thicls how I got there. That is the last thing I remember until Monday evening. "What 1 suffered and went through t i ^ aHMHMBnMHBBnnBBVa j with I can never tell. Capt. S. ] i Foot8, of the steamship Santiago c j Cuba, says he picked me up Monch 1 morning, somewhere abcnt Bull's ba ,3 ? t a il.i i _ .1 *1 uoijuiuua, axiu lrom icat Jiiiiu man's hands and his crew I receiv* the very best of treatment.?Savanna (Ga.) Times. The ChameleniL. In a lecture at the London Zooiog cal Garden by St. George Mivart, son curious things were told of the cham leon. His eyes move with comple independence of each other; one mt be directed upward and forward, whi the other may gaze downward and bae ! ward. Its tongue is a wonderful orga six or seven inches long, with a cu ; like depression at the tip. Its lin j movements are verv slow and delibe J 1 XI are; inose 01 us eyes ana tongue, on tj contrary, are remarkably rapid. The chameleon lives largely up< flies, and at first sight it would see impossible that so apparently torpid ai slnggish an animal should be able reach and seize creatures active ai possessing the power of flight. At tJ warm season, when the chameleon's a petite is keen, it may often be observi ! when a fly has been introduced into i j cas;e to move about with comparati' ; celerity, attentively watching the fii ; movements, now with one and now wi ! the other eye. Sooner or later the i i settles for a few seconds somewhe ! within half a foot's distanca of the ch meleon's head. Then the chameleor mouth may be observed to open and t] apex of the tongue to protrnde. In i Virto olinf rt/vni? nr\A fllfl flrr li jLLLSUa-J-i U llf XJ.UO OUUU a^vtiU OXIV4. biiv *JIj J-i disappeared. In fact the chamelei has spit out, as it were, its enormous I extensible tongne upon the inse< secured it bj the viscid secretion wi which the tongue is coated, and aga withdrawn that organ together with tl : prey, but the whole has been effect* with such amazing rapidity that tl observer's eye cannot follow'the mo\ ments of the reptile's tongue. It projected and withdrawn without t! slightest noise, but in the twinkling an eye. It is this tongue which is, > i ? iV .1 i it were, tne cencer oi me cnameieoi organization, and this tongue-mo veme is the very essence of its exii-tenc Without it the animal's life would be ii possible, while the very slowness a] deliberation of its, other movements a a gain, >ince they enable the chamelei to advance upon its prey within shootii distance without alarmiDg it. Carious Sea Inhabitants. Thprp is <l ^nntirmal warfare coino- ( in the deep?a constant struggle fort] means of sustaining life. The carni orous devour the vegetarians, and t! mud-eaters swallow both animal ai vegetable forms ; and this runs all t] i way down the scale, from the shark ai the equally ravenous bluefish to t] least of tne annelids. These last?tl ' sea-worms?are wtry, but they cann escape their enemies. If thsy were ' confine themselves to the bottom where thev feed, and where many them prow to the length of a foot two?they might in a measnre escap though they would still he a prey tot] . scrip and other fish that know how . dig for them; bnt they ]ove to swi i particularly at night and in the bree i ing season, and then they are snapp* np in countless numbers. They ha ; almost every variety of forms, and th< ; structure is marvelous?monsters wi i hooked jaws at the end of a probosc: . and with sides of bluish green, th j throw off an infinite variety of iridesce 11 hues. Somo of the spa-worms ha 1 j scales, others have soft bodies ; sor i are sluggish, and curl themselves i , into balls when disturbed: others a restless, particularly at night; some a round, others fiat; some build tubes ! sand and cement, woven together, t they make a colony of mauy hundri i membe'-s; the tubes of others are sc . and flexible, and some, when disturbe i withdraw within their crooked, calc ; reous tubes, and close the orifice wi i a ping. One variety of the serpnlte h l three dark-red eyes; another variety h clusters of eyes on each tentacle. T ! amphipods were accounted of no gr? . value till it was shown by the Fish Co] mission t*at these small crustacea fr [ nish a vast amount of food for both sj ; and fresh-water fishes. Indeed, the ; j is not a creature that swims or cra^ i that does not bee me the food of foi i other animal. A beach-flea is caught i by a scup or a flonnder, and squi , make terrible havoc among young mac ereJ, while sharks and stingrays fi: | something appetizing in the gasterpc aud Book Ravine. ~i"' I? 1"? i Mr. Ryan, librarian of the Kilken: Library Society, made books his ido denying himself every luxury and no1 few necessaries in order to add to I collection; the well-famished libra of which he was custodian being insu] i cient to satisfy his literary craving He lived in the upper part of t ' society's premises, but admitted no o to enter his rooms for any purpo ' I whatever. On his sudden death, : 1866, their privacy was perforce invade Eis bedroom, or what passed for sue was found to contain nothing in t way of furniture save an old sofa, whi had served him for a bed, upon whi lay a pair of old blankets, his sc nightly covering. Piles of books we I heaped . up promiscuously in eve : direction. So in his sitting-room, the was scarcely space to move for du > covered volumes, of which the own had apparently made very little uj ! contented, like many another coliectc wi:h merely having acquired them, wealthy eccentric living in a Fren i provincial town was not open to ti reproach. He dwelt aloco ia a seciud II house, admitting no one but a ch: woman, who prepared his meals, anci I ocr^r-f: trim hrouffht him thirtv r? " ?/ forty journals at a time. One day ev they could not obtain admission, a: the police were called upon to int< vene. Upon entering the solitary be room in the house?a room as squal as it well could be?the recluse found dead on the bed, which cou only be reached by passing through t ravine, the sides of which were coi posed of thousands of newspapers a: ' novels, whose perusal had been the sc delight and occupation of his wast life.?Chambers' Journal. >"ot on Speaking- Terms. In the San Franci^o custom hor ' there was employed .light watchm 1 a character calied i>arney McGlor McGlone was known as a good humor* i ready-witted felloe, but haviDg had t misfortune to incur the enmity of 1 superior officer, the latter soug s | eagerly with persistent malice to fi: 'I i - ?jy;.:?t ?, grounds suihui^hij uuuu wmuu tv j commend Barney's removal. Night afi night he watched, pouncing down unexpected hours, only to find Earn vigilant at his post. Not a word won pass between them, the officer alwa retiring baffled and mortified. At Jeng ? his persistency was rewarded. Bam ! had been putting in his time at "poke: ' instead of strengthening himself sleep for his weary vigil from midnig 1 until morn, and the night being ve ' chilly, he wrapped himself in his ov. ' coat and tried to steal fitful snatches 1 sleep, hoping the night would be t i cold for his relentless pursuer to cc ' tinue his hunt. He reasone.i direci 1 opposite from the officer, who, guid ! by the music of Barney's snoring, wi ' malignant joy stood watching t ' sleeper in triumph a moment, and th u "McGlone!" No answer. "X ! Glone !" he shouted. Barney awe J with a cold chill running down hisbs r j at the sonnd of Iiis enemy's voice, b ! j kept silent, and ?implv stared at his : : terlocutor. " McGione!" he aga \ i shouted, "I've canght jou asleep/' B; ' ney, now thoroughly alive to his dangi ;! exclaimed: " You did not, sorr." "Th ! I why didn't you answer me when I call > ljO jou?" *' Because, be jabers, I war I on shpakin' turnis wid yon, so;r." B; n*y was reported, but his esphnati i j as given was acct-pted for truth, and 1 i i miraculous presence cf minJ saved h: ; j his position. ! A cook ought to be at the head of ! provisional government E. j A Persistent Gimlet Man. ie ; "I should like to sell you a gimlet," ! lJ ; said a careworn-looking man, as he: -' i walked into an office the other day. : "We have eo use for one," replied j i the cashier. ! | "But you should always look into the misty future," went on the iiend, i demurely. "Next winter you will j : want to 'make holes in jour boot-heels, j ;i-! so you can get your skates on." 19 j "I use c:Ul> skates?no straps re- ; e-: quired." te! "You may want to screw some i ay j boards together sorae time, me oia-1 le I fashioned method of driving the screw j k- j in with a hammer is pernicious, as it i n, i deteriorates the tenacity of the fangs p ' of the screw, as it were." ib j "Nothing to-day, sir." t- ! "This gimlet also acts as a cork- j iie I screw." j "I don't want it." Dn ; "It may be used as a tack-hammer, j m j a cigar-holder, and a tooth-brash." id j "I don't want it." to i "It is has an eraser, a pen, an ink- j id ! stand, a table for computing combe | pound interest, and a lunch-box atp tachment." . ?d j "I can't help it; I don't want it." its | "I know you don't; you'r one of ve i t.hosa mean men that won't buy a gim- j f's j let unless it has a restaurant and a trip : th j to Europe and an Italian opera com-: 3y ; pany attached. You're the kind of a I re j man who ould lire near an electric a- ! light to save a gas bill." i's i And the peddler walked out with his j he I mental plumage on the perpendicular, j in | ?Xtsic York Star. as j ? Dn ! A Card. lv i [olen Falls (N. Y.) Times.] it, i Glen* Falls, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1S80. th j Hev. IUb. L. N. St. Oxge: in j Bear Sir?Will you please state below tie what satisfaction St. Jacobs Oil gives ?d j you,which you got of us some time ago, j be i asd oblige," Leggett & Busn. j e- j Very elective, is i l. n. St. Oxge. be j of The largest boat on the great lakes is as being built at Cleveland, Ohio. It is to l's be of iron, 302* feet in length, 39 feet nt breadth of beam, and 25 feet depth of :e. hold, and to have a capacity of 3,200 ;n- tons. 1(3 j | [Cleveland Leader.] J Mr. Orlando Weatherbee, fays an ex; change of ours, proprietor "The Spencer ? j rharmaey," Spencer, Mass., report*: ; My customers speak very highly of the I ?reat German remedy, St. Jacobs OJ, ; | it having always given excellent sati-- j 3n i faction. One of them, Mr. Henry i ! Uclcher, has been greatly benefited by i v~ J us use in a case of severe rheumatism, i 2e : Jiud he refers to it in terms of highest ! id I Praisot ? I The reigning monarch of Abyssinia j j cuts off the noses of those who take j ; snuff and the lips of those who smoke, j Ot ! 44 Lies ! I53s TJrs !" I V>> or, foaf rriTT frip'wl for if VO!lTrOnld Sflft I ; the strorij:, healthy, blooming ni*D, women j ! and children that have been raised from beds i of i of sicklies-*, suffering and almost death, by the \ or ' use of Hop Bitter.-, you wonll say, " Truth, j lP j glorious truth." Seo" "Truths" in another! ^ | column. to i Frozen meat is being shipped from ' m ! Australia to England with success. d. j HOW TO SECURE HEALTH. " ! It Is s!ran:;c any one will suffer from derangements . brouiht on by imnr.re blood. when SCOVILI/S SARSAi'.r l'Aiur.i.A AN'DSTn.i.ixntA.cr blood and liveb th SYRUP will restore health to the physical organization. It !s a strengthening syrup, pleasant to take, and the BEST > BLOOD Pl'KIFIlii: ever discovered, curing Scrofula, at Syphilitic disorders. 'Weakness if the Kidneys, Erysipelas, nt jlaiaria. Nervous disorders, Debility, Bilious complaints ^.g and Diseases of the Blooil, Liver, Kidneys, Stomach, i Sd.u. etc. ? 0 J j Ecley'M Carbolic Tree lies prevent all conta3P 1 gious disease.*", such as Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, re ! Whooping Cough, and cure Coughs and Colds, re j Pleasant to the taste and a good disinfectant. ,0' I WARRANTED FOR 34 YEARS j AXD XZWSR FAILED Sd t To CURE Croup. Spawns, Diarrhcea, Dvsenterv and )IC Sea Sickness, taken internally, and GUARANTEED ^ I !>erfectly harmless; also externally. Cuts, Bruises, ? Chronic Rheumatism. Old Sores, Pains in the limbs, a- bade and chest. Such a remedy is De. TOBIAS' l VENETIAN LINDIENT. in i j sTNo one once trying it will ever be without it: as j over GOO physicians use it. j US ' 25 Ceatu will Bay a Treatise upon" iibe j kg | Horse and his Diseases. Booh of 100 pages. Valuable ' . j to every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken. !at| Sent postpaid by NEW YORK NEWSPAPER UNiON, 31- j ?-10 Worth Street New York. 3; I HiE XAUKETS. 116! 5 re S u ,lQ | NEW TOUK. I Deef Cattle? Med. Nat.livo wt. 9 @ 11% 116 ! Calves?Good to Prime Teals.. 5 (gi 9 cip * @ 5M ds ' ijanibs 6% ,ir. Hogs?Live 7 'A | Dressed, city...'. ?>>s@ %/i i ?irv <rrwvl to fancv 6 SO (ct 8 50 >d. i ' West'eni/g'od to choice 7 10 @ 9 00 I Wheat?No. 2 Bed 1 55%@ 1 56% No. 1 White 1 51%@ 154 ! Rye?State iW @ nv i Harlcv?Two-rowed State 85 @ oJ la i Corn?UnaradedWesternMixed 63 @ 76% L ' i Southern Yellow 72%@ 73 ' ! Oats?White State 52 @ 56 lis J - Mixed Western 43 @ 47 .it ; tlav?Timothy 90 @115 ffi. i Straw?"So. 1, Rye 65 @ 75 j j Hops?State, 1S81 22 @ 26 J i L'ork?jless, new, lor export...19 75 @20 00 ! Lard?City Steam 12 40 @12 40 tie | lie.ined 12 72%@12 72% ica Petroleum?Crude 7 @ 7l/t . j Kelined 7%@ 7% t , ' Butter?State Creamery 28 @ 36 j >0. : Dairv 23 @ 26 ] li, Western Im. Creamery 21 @ 27 be ! 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I Sheep 4 @ 5% id | Lamus 5%@ G}? | he : Hogs, Northern 9 *@ 9 j m_ ; PHILADELPHIA. j i Flour?Penn. Ex. Fanulv, lair. 7 50 @ 7 50 j , ! Wheat?No. 2 Eed ." 1 49 @ 1 55 I )le j itye?State 1 00 @ 1 00 ! ed Corn?State Yellow 7G%@ 77 I " - * a*i, l ] wT.ih?AllXeU HV ""74 ! Ikittor? Creamery Extra. Pa.... 85 @ 36 j Cheese?New York Full Cream. 13 @ 14 j : Petroleum?Crude 7% j l?e ! llefined 77% j SB i : . "T | s| ^ I nd | re-! Female? Weaknesses. *63T ' ' _ j Xo better remedy in the whole materia medicahaa ; yet been compounded for tbo relief and cure of , j Female Complaints, of the ordinary kind, than | lid Vf.gchse. It seems to act in these cases with nn- ! | wonted certainty, and never fails to give a new and j -Jf j healthful toco to the female organs, to remove re- : 'tQ j taxed dfibiJity ar.d unhealthy secretions, and restore | 6T j a healthful vigor and elasticity. One of the most j r ? ! common of these complaints is Leucorrhtta < r j .' j Whites, which are brought on either by the presence j ; of Scrofula in the system, or by some affection of the ; lit | womb, or even by general debi'ity. For ail these : rv j complaints, and wh"n <lan;,r>-r Region to threaten j . v.oasan at the l.trn of life, Yix.-tixe can be com- ; A* ! minded without'jualification. The great prevalence j 0 l ' f these disorders, and their cure by Vegetbje, has i 00 anipiy shown that the sure alleviating agent remains ; _ cot y<-; to be discovered, but is already known, and '* j is a favorite %vitii American ladies. Too long has it J V ! beent he custom to prescribe nauseating and uncer- ' ed 1 tain remedies in place of what is pleasant, efficacious .k to c.irry you safely through -ad disc3ee. ne en i Jc- A Splendid Medicine?Heart and Kid- ! ^ ney Disease, Female Weakness* j ut GuiGGSvrLi.r, 111., July 25.187x. ! ID- It. Stevens, l>o>ton?Dear Sir: I was aiUictt.i v.-'h llnifl .lud Hi'iHey ?, iirrl other Fttiuti* \ Ih-ss-'x, ;i;jd doctored wi; h several physicians and jr. r i i ived no beneat until I tried your Ykc.i.tinf., .iad a:t'T :ai;ns two bottles I was completely cured, jr, an 1 hav?: been a bealthv woman e-.<-r since, aUhouch j an: it: inv Gilth year. I do heartily r-.-conuuend it as a s;0?-2idid niodkim* to all atihcted as I have bleu, ' f>f1 ana 1 biess ihc day that it 1>11 into m<- hands. J1* MKS. il.ua i HOUSON. Q t _____ |i Yegetisie. im PREPAID BY H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass, , Vegetinejs Sold by All Druggists. .. The Pulse. ? one knows what a norma! /it is a variable element. The ? , table may be of interest: Not even> , , . , i _ v * newly-born infant. 130 to 140 ffj: ? S 1st year 115 to 120 following*^, od year 100 to 115 Pulse in tht^^ ?e&T , 95 to 105 Pulse durinj ? 'th to -^th year 80 to 95 Pulse during ? 14th t0 21st year 75 to 80 Pulse during! : 21st to 60th year 70 to 75 Pulse during 75 to 80 Pulse dnrinja -aatory or acnte diseases the pU|^ 4U:"fji jise to 120 or even to 15# in Ininfl&mnJ^7 pulse may ra the adult, and become so u. ^ - ? j the child that it cannot be counted. . Muscular exertion, mental excitement, I digestion, alcoholic drink and elevation above the sea level, accelerate the pulse, and, as a general rule, it is more frequent in the morning than in the evening. It is lower in sleep, and from the effect of rest, diet, cold or bloodletting. The pulse of a grown woman exceeds that of a man of the same age j as much as ten to fourteen beats a minute. and according to some authorities is less frequent in the tall than in the short person, the variations being about four beats for each six inches of height. Only Hair A lire. There are hosts of men and women who, to coin a phrase, are only half alive. That is to say, they have seldom" if ever any appetite, are nervous, weak, firfgetty and troublcu by numberless small pains and aches. In the presence of vigorous, exuberant vitality they seem mere pigmies. Sach persons are usually fond of frequently dosing themselves, swallowing in tiie coarse of the year enough drugs to stock any apothecary's shop of average dimensions. This, of course, defeats instead of furthering the end in view, viz., the recovery of health and vigor. Were they to seek it from an unfailing source of vitality," Hostctter's Stomach Bitters, how diflerent would be their case. Tlien vigor * * ' A- ? ? fr-n-nnno ! \VO':!U return to meir uouluuku ?w slow of health to their wan cheeks, their trembling, uncertain gait would grow firm and clastic, appetite, that grandest of all sources, would gi\e a relish for the daily food, were it ever so coarse, and refreshing slaep would crown the tasks of the day. Miraculous escape: A few mornings ago Mose Schaumburg. on returning from market with a basket full of spare ribs for bis Sunday dinner, was horrifjed at seeing four or five of Lis children leaning half way over the second-story window. "Schildren," exclaimed the ercited parent, "go vay irom dot window. Yen you all falls out and preaks your necks den you vill say it vas not you vot done it. Go pack, I dells you." Not a Beveraee. "They are not a beverage, but a medicino, with curative properties of the highest degree, containing no poisonous drugs, fhoy do not *- ??* '1 "*" ?n olr<Mj?Tr /IfclinitotPfl svstem. but I'CiVl uunu MU y build it up. One bottle contains more hops, that is, more real hop strength, than a bar cl of ordinary beer. Every druggist in Rochester sells them, and the physicians prescribe them." ?Rochester Evening Express on Bop Bitters. The man who gets into a pickle isn't always sharp.?Lowell Citizen. Fob dyspepsia, indigestion, depression ot spirits and general debility in their various forms, also as a preventive against fever and ague and other intermittent fevers, the Fereo Phosphorated Er.ixip. of Calisaya Bass, made by Caswell, Hazard & Company, New York, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic; and for patient recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. Yegetixe.?The great success of the YegercrE as a cleanser and purifier of the blood is shown beyond a doubt by tho great numljers who have" taken it, and'rcceivcd immediate relief with such remarkable cures. 25 Cents Will Buy a Treatise upon the Horse and his Diseases. Book of 100 pages. Valuable to every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken. Sent postpaid by New York Newspaper Union, 150 W oith Street," New York. Bed-Bags, Roaches, Rats, cats, mice, ants, flies, insectB, cleared out by "Bough on Bats." 15c., druggists. Petrolia, Pa., Jan. 5, 1S79. Messes. Kzsszdy <? 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IE *if i 11 if ^WS P 1 1, 1 to lifts & I ii | j>r. ?.r^TTAr*rr, hzadachk pil } r.Jiort time bor.h SICK arid ZS'URVOUS t th? r.crvo::-; system, clconsc the Eton: I regclar iiscUhy action of the bcvrels, 1 A f::il sl^o ix>x of these valuable P" 3 T.-Iete caw. 3nai:-;?i to any address on. cLamr?' ^~cr salo "by all'dra^Ist*; at enr: 1 tftSKEor, | Used and approved by the kstKn* CIAK'S of EUROPE and AMERICA * i' mi-iu ??m? ^ | The most Valuable sk JsLgf&^^^SZEl DISEASES r.irtWRyj, HZMOBRHOI CcBghi, Cclds, Sere Threat, Croup a ?~Try them. ?5 and ?0 cent ijtt a CEA'tO JTEDAL AT THE PHILADELPHI *:LTEB 5IEDJX AT THE PAS1S ?) A TOUGH HORSE STOBY. W The Cincinnati Enquirer lately published ' the following horse story, -which we give just as it appeared: WA curious instance xjli of sagacity in the horse occurred recently ' in the stables of Mr. A Tough man, situated i f: ' on North Elm street Mr. T. has for a long ;C% time been in the habit of using St. Jacobs . - i Oil, the Great German Eemedy, in his ex- . tensive stables. Among Sir. T.'s many horsesis a great,powerful Canadian draught ???,: horse. This animal in course of time got T.^ he 1""^ the St. Jacobs CTtl \j^ct,thatoneday . .. -uc./ "^Wxom Dusmess, bottle very well; so well', recently on Mr. T.'s return'..? upon entering the stables he '^ught^PBjlMMBjS licking the sore shoulder of a beast whim stood beside him: the animal, giving a wise ; w f v?, W survey to his licking work, turned his head and caught up with his teeth from the box <38^ J used as its receptable a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil. He threw the bottle on the floor sis? with violence enough to break it. and then W&B deliberately licked up the St. Jacobs Oil ??we have ClUQ UppiICtl it Lij iuv/ vuvi ? 7 seen the laws of association belied by beings with less sense than Toughman's horse. The word has passed among us, and when ,-^r we see a man who won't try the Oil, we . i say, * He is worse than Toughman's hoise.'3 ' ; 3 To many this may appear as a very " tough " story; and were there not proofs innumer- * ' ;-}? able of the efficacy of the Great German Remedy they would be justified in so designating it The testimony, however, is 33 plentiful and pointed, and is from people 4K whose long experience in matters appertaining to horseflesh entitles their opinions - to profound consideration and respect. Egr ofbusiness-weak- Wtw man of let- v n ened by the strain of WW ters toilii; ?r over m Id- M your duties avoid Bff nlgit wort, to res- B aB stimulants and use W tore brain nerve and BE nF 9 Hop Bitters. E waste, use Hop B. g M d^n^o!n0or0<tosipaBaoa^^S?aremar- B ?-* rlcd or single, old or B young, sneering from B 9 poor health or languish Ifing on a bed of sick ness, rely on H o p jg Bitters. I Whoever you,are, ipffv Thousands die an- B % * n whenever your feel iljfc f? nnally from some B 8 that your system afeji form of Kidney H 9 needs cleansing, ton- 425^t>disease that might B ?* ?? heen nrevcnied H ! C." B lw? or stanmauaif, w* withoutintoxicating, ^S'^by * timely use of taho Hop fr?-r??< HopBttters V Bitters. BAreyvadv?- '^HK pepsia, 0. I. C. or urinary com- ?:r???? . " plaintf disease iHi . Qg| as I hop ?gg -m Y^<7iH De W^nmrnft tobacco,or ekes ftBnTFRS mL If yon are sim- Wl Ul1 _,So]dbydrag ply weak and |1J iirwro gjsts. Scndta? -/m10vrspirited,try 3 NEVER areolar. -V;?| itt It may ||| hop Brmss save your 8 LA V "~? life. It hii ? f/\I L XTa ^Js saved hun- M. Bot?ea*r,z.T. CJredS. jBHBBBMiB 4 Toronto, Oct. ?Vj MAM1CT0BY c if? MloMe Depot, |d Hn|! 465 FULTON ST., ' BROOKLYN. 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