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POPULAR SCIEXCF. The Attoch bridge, in British India, ?when completed will have five spans, two ot 80S feet each and three of 257 feet. It will be entirely of iron. The conjunction of two heavenly bodies in eclipse j of the sun and their opposition in eclipsesof thernooahave no in:Utonce, M. l\ Denza states on the magnetic elements of the eartL. For. a p?riod of forty-four years none ol the men employed in a Ger man ultra-marine had Jt>een observed to suffer from consumption. The im munity of the employes is attributed to iho constaut production of sulphur ous aeid by the burning of sulphur in the course of the peaking of the ultra mar ne. Brohme's experiments se9m to show that in the plant there are two opera ..tioiH taking place ?making sugar from carbonic, add and the conversion of the same sugar into ftarch. Th's is not a very new fact, however. It is well, though, t > be reminded of it now and again, if only for the sake cf re freshing the mexory. The number of eggs varies greatly in different animals, as it is in propor tion to the risks during development. Thus, the eggs of aquatic tribes, being unprotected by the parent, and being largely consumed by many animals, are multiplied to prevent extinction. The spawn of a single cod contains millions of eggs; that of the oyster 6,0C0,C01 A queen bee, during the live years of her existence, lays about l,0Od,C0Jeggs. Take a slim glass tube, eight or ten inches in length, closed at one end, and as large a* your finger, or, as one might say, a gl :ss tube a little larger than the usual style, put in an ounce or two of oil, paste a pie e of paper on " the outside of the glass so that its lower edge will be even with the top of the oil; add to the contents * of the tube two or tluve time3 as much soft water as the suspected sample, and -^drake the whole well up for several minutes. When the mixture has settled, which will take an hour ortwo, the contents of the gl?ss will be di vided into three parts. Below the oil will show, above will be the oil, and above that again the water with the a'cohol absorbed from the oils. TYOItDS OP WISDOH. . Too much reserve makes u smi3er able. . . Pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives. He that doeth no injury fears no injury. >- A love of money is a preat enemy to honesty. The first great work is t hat yourself may to yourself be true. Hope softens sorrow, brightens plain ' surroundings, and eases a hard lot. Trust not to the omnipotence of go'd, nor say unto it, " Thou art my confidence." Paith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe. A man can always conquer his pas sions if he pleasei;' but he cannot al ways please to conquer his passions. When a high-minded man takes pans to atone- for his injustice, hia kindness of heart shows in the best , and purest light. Hab'ts are the daughters of action, but they nurse their mothers, and give birth to daughters after her image, mere lovely and prosperous. Let a man have a fervent love for what is pure and just and honorable, let him have a cor.lial abhorrence of what is sensual, mean, tricky and un generous, he will not go far wrong. -'-:-'?mshs The Good Old Times. : The more you find out; about the _mnch vaunted " good old times," says an English paper, the better pleaded you are not to have lue!in them. The people did not only live like dogs but they fed like hogs. A pauper in a workhouse would, icicle now at the meal which a noble used to devour then. The roalit beef of old England . was unheard of; beef was only eaten sa1t?iT~3nd boiled, and bread was a great luxury, not in common use even by the nobles. The records of the Percy family, in the time of Henry VH., show the extreme coarseness of the mode of living, and an extract or two from the household book of that famous family will give a good idea of the manner in which the most famous noble of the time lived. The perman ent household numbered lb6 persons and the average of guests was fifty, and the whole of the washing for these 216 persons was for one year 40s., a sum probably equal to ?2 in the present ? day, most of which was for the chapel linen. . From midsummer to Michaelmas was the only time they indulged iD fresh meat, and the instructions say: :"My lord has on his table, for break? jfast, at 7 in the morning, a quart of ;beer and wine, two pieces of salt fish, six red herrings, f ^ur white ones; and ;on flesh days, half a chine of beef or 'mutton boiled." At dinner, men rank ing as knights had a table cloth, which was washed once a month; and as they had no napkinand the fingers were extensively used in feeding, this portion at least of their linen must have been in a sad condition. Until the thirteenth century, straw was the bed of kings, and before that date the king and his family shpt in the same chamber. The first change was to throw a coverlid over the sleeper; then another was used, and the persons un dressed, their linen being substituted for blankets. Beatrice says she would ??lief sleep in a woolen," which shows that such a thing was done e :en in Shakespeare's time. The use of noth ing but coarse dirty woolen next the skin, seldom changed, and the heavy, exciting nature of highly-salted food, on which all lived, of course tended to produce those diseases for which hos pita's wer,; founded all over England, hospitals for leprosy in particular abounding. Tictiins of Temerity. The suicidal recklessness with which Captain Webb threw away his life re calls the words of Shakespeare: "-hj die 1 As one tl a: had beei studied To throw away ihe dearest thing he owned As 'twere a caiele-s trifle." The earliest records contain illustra tions of the same temerity. There is !Milo, who, to show his strength, ai> tempts to rive an oak by sheer muscle, but^is caught in the tree and is de voured by wolves. In later days thtre is Green, the aeronaut, who attempts a descent from a balioon by the use of a parachute and is picked up a corpse. There is Sam Patch, of Genesee Falls notoriety, who was possessed with a mania for dangerous leaps, his compen sation being fame and a collection taken up in the crowd. Like Webb, he became the victim of his own folly. During my boyhood Sam Patch was rather a distinguished character. I was then living at Sand lake, and well remember that Isa ic 13. Fox (who was then a leading business man) returned from a Western tour and mentioned that he saw Sam Patch take his list leap. lie stood on a plank pro .'acted over the falls and a breathle s multitude saw him takefhis farewell to life. d\ing a; the Tool dieth. 2so one has since then essayed the Genesc'e falls, and no one will ever again attempt the Niagara whirlpool. Xo one has undertaker the ascent of the Sfatterhorn ?ifiee Lord Dotig'a* anl his companions, Hudson and Hadow, together with thtir guide, per ished in th.- attempt.?,; 12c. mit,"' \n Troy Time:'. The Pennsylvania ral'road owns Baore than Sft> locomotive* FAliM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. How to Control a Fio c!;. Take a ewe Iamb to the boose and >na?:e a pet of it Use nothing but kindness, and give it a name, teaching it to come at the call. "Whenever the lamb obeys give it something as a re ward, such as a grain of corn, piece of bread or anything that is acceptable, . but never give it a blow. When the lamb is grown place it in the flock, and you will need only to call that one sheep, when all the others will follow. As sheep follow their leader, the train ing of one is the tra:hing of all. and it is ft saving of time and labor to do so. Pood for Postures, jin English paper, in commenting upon the subject, remarks that the Cheshire dairy farmer, by free use of bone manure laid on grass lands, makes his farm which at me time, be fore the application of bone manure, fed only twenty head of cows, now feed forty. In Cheshire two-thirls or more, generally three-fourths, of a dairy farm, are kept in perfect pasture, the remainder in tillage. Its dairy fanners are commonly bound to lay the whole of their manure not on the arable, but on the grass land, purchas ing what may be ne.essary for the arable. Th9 chief improvement be side drainage consists in the applica I tioa of bone manure. In the milk of each cow, in its manure, in the bones of ea h calf reared and sold off a farm parts with as much earthly phosphates of lime as is contained in half a hun dred weight of bone. dust. Hence the advantage of returning this mineral mjnure by boning grass lauds. The quantity of bones now commonly given in Cheshire to an imperial acre of grass land is 1,290-to 1,500 weight. This dressing on pasture land will last Beven or eigtit years, and on mowed about half that period. A Brnt/.c. A recent bruise in a horse or other animal may be cured principally by fomentation, but a very severe injury may involve considerable inflammation, and require poulticing, laxative fool aral laxative treatment, if a bruise bfi followed by abscess, an 1 the tiis charge of fetid, dark-colored, purulent matter, the strength of the animal should be supporte I by generou; feed ing and the alministration of tonic remedies. Such stimulating topical applications as camphorated sp rit may be of eminent service. If a bruise be followed by a hard, callous swelling, an embrocation composed of half an ot.nce of camphor, one ounce of oil of turpentine, tni one and a half ounces of soap liniment, should b'j rubbel W'2ll into the part twice a day; and if the swelling still continues a blister mast be applied. If abscess forms, proper vent should be male at the most dependent part for the ? scape of the matter; but an abscess should not be cut into before it has fully ma tured, which may b3 known by a pit ting or soft place at some part of the surface of the swelling. When the matter has been let out and the wound properly cleaned with warm water, daily applications of tincture aJoes or tincture of myrrh generally prove sudl cient.? Prairie Farmer. The Treatment of Dairy Cowe. Mr. J. A. Smith, a Western dairy man, writing of the importance of teed and proper treatment - of dairy cews, gives some excellent suggestions on this topic. He says that dairymen are often surprised at the light weight of their milk the next morning after a cold rain-storm, through which their cows have suffered unstabled, and it is only a natural result of such tre it rr ent The cow does not eat as much, for one thing; a?d another is, part of w hat she does eat goes to ropair the waste of her system in withstanding the effects of the storm, and that keeps a per cent, out of the milk pail, until she has recovered from the effects of such exposure. It is also true that a cow, affected by short feed or painful exposure, not only loses in the quantity oi! her yield of milk, but in the amount o!i fatty matter it contains. In a word nature has so organized the cow that she revenges herself on her owner's pocket, for cruel neglect and short feed; and a farmer might just as well try to dodge taxes and wealth, as to escape the unwise treatment of a cow. In point of fact, when thus treatel, she takes the cream first, and gives the owner what skim-milk she cannot as similate. The only way to get a profit oat of her is to fill her so full that she runs over, and take the surplus for your gold mine. Tnruipi an n Farm Crop. F. D. Curtis, who is a strong a Ivo cate of roct-crops, thus writes to the Agriculturist: A turnip crop will fit a incalow for corn, as the so 1 will be rotteJ, rea iy for giving the maize a vigorous start, an I the ground will be more mellow and all the richer on ac count of the turnip?. The sod shoul 1 ba turned over as svoon as possible after the elov. r or hay crop has been taken off. It would be well to roll t. e ground and Hatten the swar.l to hasten its (ie.ompositkn, an! a few days be fore sowing time harrow it thoroughly. A. dressing of finely rotted manure should fun be spreai upon the surface and cultivate I nto the so 1, the ground b.dng pulvi rizo I and m de as mellow as possible. If wool ashes can be pro cured they will help the crop if they are th'nly scattered on the top. a pound and a half of seed sown broad cast is ample for an acre. The see 1 should be covere I with a brush drag. As soon as the turnips are up they w 11 be benefited by a dressing of plaster (aulphateof lime) at the raie of two bushels to an acre. Good phosphate will make turnips grow, if harrowed ir.to the ground with the seed, using 100 poun.is to the acre. The advan tages of a crop of turnips for the lat ter part of autumn are manifold. If the farmer does nut wish to harvest, the ii he can turn on his entire :t >ck, and the hungry animals that m ght have roan ed over frost-bitten, barren fields will luxuriate in plenty. The Art of Hay-Making. Here are some timely suggestions on hay-making which are nut new, but are nevertheless useful and well worth reproducing: In cloudy weather giass dries but slowly, and" is liable to be stacke 1 or housed without suilicient curing. Therefore the wisdom, when practi cable, of cutt'ng meadows in fa r weather. The precaution should also be observed of cutting only so much grass at one time as can be properly bandied. Grasses dry much more rapidly if cut after the morning dew is off than t'ney will if cut when the mowing is dune. Iiapid drying is an absolute necessity when the best quality of hay is desired. There is nothing that as sists in quick curing more than a good tedder; farmers who have much grass to harvest will do well to provide themselves with so valuable an imple ment. The true art of hay-making cons'sts in curing grass just up to the point at which it will do to put into the barn, and no more, in order to ;;rrest the loss of sugar and starch at the earliest possible moment. Grass quickly cured is, other things being equal, more nu tritious than grass longer exposed to sh .fting winds and scorching sunshine. Some farmers consider one good hay day suthcient in which to expose the gr.iss befor- being housed, while others require two, even three days. Some prefer to let it lie on the ground juat as it was left by the mower; others cure it in the windrow, and still others cure it in the cock. This difference of practice in the method of curing results chiefly from th>i difference existing in the curing quality of the various grasses. Timothy,, for instance, cures more readily than, herds grass, while the common grasses require still longer time than the herds grass. Timothy will dry suffi ciently in one day if the weather be propitious. During the early part of the season two days are usually re quired for properly curing heavy gras Later, when the grass i s nearly ripe, it can be cured in one day. Clover contains more water than ether grasses, consequently it requires . a longer time to cure it prorerly. Cur ing is better accomplished in the c. ck than in the sun, for the succulent leaves and t mc'er b orsoms of clover, if expose! to the scorching heat, are quickiy browned and loso their sweet ness. Previous to storing in the bam, the cock ought to be turned over and expose:! long enough to dry the hay whi-h lies close to the ground. Clover, as it lies s attere 1 by the mower, will be injured :f the dew falls upon it. (lover hay w 11 not shed rain, and hence when stacked out in the fields should be protected either with patent covers,' that h'ng or a thick top-covering of wheat straw. Great care should be exercised in properly forming the cocks, in view of wet weather, whea meadow hay is to remain in the cocks for an indefinite time. First of all, do not make the cocks too large, and let them be as sharp at the top as possible, w ith the sides nearly perpendicular, and finally provide them witlrcLth caps. Reilrcs. Corn Oysters.?Mix well together one quart grated corn, two teacups sweet milk, one teacup flour, one tea spoon butter, two eggs well beaten; season with pepper and salt, and fry in butter like griddle cakes. Mashed Potatoes.?Pod one dozen large potatoes and when they arc cool drain dry, put in a little salt, pepper and butter ; add a little butter while beating. Beat briskly w;th a fork for five minutes until light and creamy, and serve immediately. Lemon Pickle.?Put in a jar one teacup of common salt, pour over it one pint of boiling water and put the lemons into this ; cover it over with a plate and leave it for five days. Drain off the old salt and water and add fresh, and at the end of ten days let the lemons drain again. Then pour over them as much hot vinegar as will cover them, with plenty of cayenne pepper and ginger and a little shalot. Tie down the pots and look to them occasionally, as the vinegar wastes. Rhubarb Jam.?A correspondent of the New York Tribune saj's : Out into pieces about an inch long ; use a sharp knife in cutting and leave the skin on. Put a pound of sugar to every pound of fruit and leave till morning, pour the syrup from it and boil till it thickens ; then add the rhu barb and boil gently. Put up as you do jelly in tumblers ; it will keep well. I have read that rhubarb can be used with more expensive fruits in making marmalades without its presence being detected. nottacholtl Hint*.. Spot3 may be removed from the car pet by an application of ox-gall or am monia and svater. To remove mildew, rub the spot well with soft-soap, then cover with a mixture of soap and powdered chalk, and lay upon the grass in the sun. For macaroni with cheese, or for Welsh rarebit, cheese which is too dry for the table may be used; when it is grated and melteck if it seems at all stiff, add a very little cream to moisten it Curtains are draped much higher than they used to be. It is no longer considered essential that they shall meet low down, but it 13 good form to tie them back so that one may look out, of the window, or so that a small table may be placed close to the window. Kins Mtesa. The death of King Mte a, of Uganda, removes an African potentate of whom the record of travelers in the dark continent gives rather a pictur es |uo glimpse than a complete and satisfying description. The most striking account of this personage is certainly that given by M. Linant, a lieutenant of Gordon Pasha, by whom he was sent to that prince's capital cm the shores of Lake Victoria. Mtesa's chair used to be placed on a leopard's skin in the hall of audience, so that the hind clawj served as a kind of footstool, while the tail stretched along the floor in front of him. A number 0' charms and a large tusk were piled up in a heap bedde him, and his grand vizier and other courtiers w<re con stantly employe 1 in "smoothing down the cretises in his trousers"?a unique, and, perhaps, the strangest mode of expressing complete f-e.vility ever de vised by a barbarous despot. Another traveler, Colonel Long, of the Khedivial army, brought back such it favorable descripticn of Mtesa. al though he only saw him once, that Ismail wished to send him a nagnifi cent carriage, which General Gordon, with his usual good sense, intercepted en route. The late khedive also sent two sheikhs to convert Mtesa to Mo hammedanism ; but they do not s; em to have had much success, as ho was strongly opposed to the tioetrines of Islam. He des.ribed himself in a let ter to Gordon Pasha as " the son of Suna, king of Uganda,"' and hi a'so said that he " wanted to be good friends with the English." After this 1 -tter, introducing himself as it were, I he fhowed every desire to keep on amicable terms with Egypt, and those travelers and missionaries who reached his s'ate were generally well treated by him. His hit r correspondence consisted principally of requests for the articles of Europe which had either ( aught his fancy or seemed n ost suit able to his wants. A looking-glass, gold and silver hire, a stamp with his name on it and some gold and silver coin?, such as sover eigns, napoleons and dolhrs, he asked for repeatedly, and generally managed to obtain, lie even sent some of the watches he had received as presents to Europe to be mended, and showed in many other little wavd hi.s desire to learn more of the Rrea'. world he had heard of in regions milder than his torrid kingd; m r -und Lakes Albert and Victoria, and to establish some friendly relations with the Europeans who had reached his territory in their search for the sources of the Nile. One incident in connection with bis government has been pre erred,and as it throws some licht on the mode of waging war in that part of Africa, it may be quoted. An. island called :>asse was the particular object of his ambition; but its inhabitants pre ferred their liberty, and. being expert divers, whenever Mtesa's war canoes approached, they dived underneath them, and, cutting the withes, sa ik boats and crews together.?London Timis. The Jttessatre of the Whetstone. In the great church at Kiiskild. Nor way, there is shown a large whetstone, which was sent to the celebrated Queen Margaret by Albert, king of Sweden, in derision, intimating that women should sharpen their ne -dies, instead of aiming at war. The wit, which is very poor, was better an swered by the queen, who replied that she would apply it to the edge of her soldiers' swords. She was as good as her word; she fought Albert in a pitched battle; gave him an entire overthrow and made him prisoner. In j that situation she kept him seven years and then released. him on verv i l.a-d conditions. There are about thirty, thousand I Christian Indians in the United States, 1 one-half of whom are Baptists, F-UTS FOB THE G1L7BIOUS, Piute Indians eat worms. A double eagle weighs exactly the same as thirty-four one-dollar bills. It is estimated that the pawnbrokers of New York city collectively have fully $20,000,000 of pledges in their possession. The curious discovery j is been made that the microscope i^a/fail to show lines or errors in ruled lines which may be detected with the un aided eye. Chinese thieves are capable of cut ting a man's, finger off in a crowd in order to steal a ring. They do this with those broad knives which have sheaths simulating fans. The worshipful company of barbers in London has a gilt cup, given to it by Henry VIII. It is ornamented with bells, and every man who drinks out of it has to ring them by shaking the cup afttr he has taken the whole of its contents. After the hattle of L?tzen "Wallen stein distributed 85,210 gulden among officers who had behaved well; but he executed as cowards eleven officers by the sword; he hanged others; some had their swords broken by the hang man under the gallows, and the names of many were nailed in inEamy on the gibbet. A cock book published in 1759 gives directions how to " unjoint a bittern," " unlace a coney," " display a crane," ,; unbrace a duck or mallard," " rear a goose," "dismember a heron," "wing a partridge or quail," " a'llay a pheas ant or tea'," " lift a swan," or " thigh, a woodcock." To-day, the very mean ing of many of these phrases is for gotten, so much less elaborate has table service become. In the old Roman law if a father wished to disinherit a child he was required to insert a special clause to that effect or such child could get the will rendered void on the ground tint he had been forgotten. Bluckstone, in his "Commentaries," conjectures that this gave rise to the custom in Eng land of leaving to a disinherited child the sum of one shilling to show that he had been remembered. From this custom springs the well-known phrase: M I'll cut you off with a shilling." The most humble of the civil func tionaries of the French republic are the naval cat?. There are some hun dreds of thr-m, and their im portance is duly recognized by the state, which supports them in such comfort and dignity as befits their official position. The French naval cat enters the serv ice in his kittenhood, and spends the fiTit year or two of his active career on board a man-of-war, whore he is berthed in the hold and permitted to devour whatever he can catch. Having thus passed through apprenticeship, he is sent ashore and quartered, at one of the five naval ports as a terror to the rats and mice that swarm in the vic tualing yards and store sheds. He is then entitled to an allowance of five centimes a day, :md this sum is regu larly paid on Ids behalf to the director of cats, who lays it out on horseflesh for the use of his forces. I An Exeitiujr Trip. A short sketch of the memorabb trip of the Maid of the Mist, on which were the only persons who ever went through the whirlpool rapids and the whirlpool itself and came out alive, will be of interest. The boat which made this trip was built in 1854. For awhile she took passengers from both the American an 1 Canadian shore, and ran up very close to the foot of the falls. Owing to some change in-her appointments, which confined her to the Canadian shore for the reception of passengers, she became unprofitable. Her owner, wishing to leave the place, determined to sell her, and he received an offer of little more than half her cost if he would deliver her at Niagara, opposite the fort. This he decided to do after cousultation with Joel R. Robinson, who acted as captain ?and pilot on her trips under the ftvls. Mr. Robinson consented to act as pilot for the fearful voyage, and the engineer, Mr. Jones, agreed to go with him. A machinist, Mr Mclntyre, volunteered to share the risk with them. The boat was put in co nplete trim, all super fluous articles being removed from the deck and hold. Notice was given of the time of starting, and a large crowd assembled to see the fearful plunge, no one expecting to see either boat or crew again after they should leave the doclc, whi.h was just above the rail way suspension bridge. About S o'clock in the afternoon of June 15, 1861, thto engineer took his place in the hold, and knowing that their flitting trip would be short at the longest, set his steam valve at the pioper gauge, and waited the tinkling signal that should start them on their flying voyage. Hobinson to;ik his place at the whe.d and gave the start ing signal. "With a shriek from her whistle and a white puff from her escape-pipe, the boat ran up the eddy a slu rt distance, cleared the smooth water, and shot like an arrow into the rapid under the bridge. She took the outside curve of the rapid, and when a third of the way dow n it a jet of water struck against her rudder, a col umn dashed up under her starboard side, keeled her ov r, carritd away her smoke-stack, started her overhang on that side, threw Robinson on his ba k, and threw Mclntyre against her star board wheel-house with such force as to break it through. Every looker-on breathed freer as she emerged, shook her wounded sides, ^lid into the whirl pool, and for a moment rode again on an even keel. Robinson rose at once, seized the helm, set her t > the right of the large pot in the pool, then turned her directly through the neck of it. Them e, after receiving another drench ing from the waves, she dashe 1 on without further accident to the quiet bosom of the river below Lewiston. The boat was seventy-two feet long, with seventeen feet breadth of beam, eight feet depth of hold, and carried an engine of 100 horse power.?Buf falo Express: A Rat Destroyer. An English scientist in Australia has discover, d a fungus that produces in the rat family a fatal skin disease. He proposes to rid the country of field mice, rats, and possibly the pestiferous rabbit, by inoculating a number of them with this particular bacteria and turn them loose to spread it. The authorities have been advised lo await the result <f further eipei invents be fore a (optingthe plan, lest great harm come to the people. It is now known that the dreadful trichina; is bred to perfection in rats and transmitted to whatever animals cat them, particu larly hogs: also, that the germ of tape worm is found almost, if not quite, exclusively in fresh beef, probably de posited there by some sort of liy. It is also known that germs develop ditfer ent'y according to the kind of an m i! in which they lind lodgment. All kinds of meat and bread are full of their, but they can all be destroyed bv 212 degrees of heat. An Alarmed Maiden. "I'm si alarmed, Lizzie," excla'med a St. Louis gin, who was engage! tc be married to a young army officer. "He hasn't written me in three days." "There is no occasion to get ex cited," was the rea suring reply, "he is out of the reach of Indians; there if no epidemi: where is stationed, am! when he la t wrote you he was in per fect health." "Oh, yes. 1 know all that, Liz ie." said the timid, agitated creature, *? bul then there's the army ?worm."-*it?fop? lyn EogU* FOB THE STAX? SEX. TheCfBlcea? SUnlster3? Wlie. A recent letter from the national capital says: Everybody in Washing ton has been curious for months to catch a glimpse of the Chinese minis ter's young wife, but .the Celestial custom of excluding the ladies from the public gaze prevented any gratifi cation of the general desire. The old diplomat himself, with his petticoats and parasol, is frequently seen upon the avenue, walking with a shambling gait (he rarely rides), and all of his secretaries and male attendants are familiar personage-! to those who spend much time out of doors. A few even ings ago the minister left the lega-< tion, accompanied by what appeared to be a youthful-looking little boy, and entered an F street car. He looked1 like a boy, and as he dressed very little different to the ministers and others of the legation, a casual glance would certainly lead the. spectator to conclude the little stranger, was of the male sex. Pretty soon the minister's companion put out a foot? one of the daintiest imaginable?and the truth began to dawn upon the' other passengers in the car. The rnin-i ister's wife was before them. Tim little lady looked about her curiously,; as if she was enjoying a great treaty in being permitted to get out of doors' and look about her. She wore plain' black or very dark purple silk "The1 males wearswarths of linen about the ankles but in her case the loose pan talets extended down to the shoes.) The yoke of her gown, or frock,' differed from that of her husband in; being shirred like a "Mother Hub bard." Her hair was very long and black, and was drawn up into a roll and-pinned at the back of her hea I with turquoise jew.els. Nothing else' was worn upon her bead. At Seventh street the pair alighted and greatly en joyed the walk down to Pennsylvania avenue, gazing into shop windows on the way, the minister's wife looking with the wonder of a child at the sights around her. They strolled leisurely along, as if out for the day, and though they said little the curious eyes of passers-by, as they turned to look at the wife, evidently annoyed the husband considerably. NnvH and Notes for Women. When an officer came to arrest the thieving boys of a Wisconsin woman' she fainted and died. The waiters aL, the Thousand Island Park hotel are girls mostly from the Oswego normal school. The Russian woman has loud ways and a loud, unpleasant voice, .she al most invariably smokes. Mrs. Hendricks and Mrs. McDonald are said to be better politicians than their respective husbands. A Western la'Jy has been sent to an insane asylum because she thinks she has a bird singing inside of her. A few establishments where women may step to have their boots cleane I and p dished may be found in New York. nelen Taylor, stepdaughter of John Stuart Mill, is the first woman elected to the presidency of a standing com mittee on the London school board. Mrs. Henry War.l Beecher does not bear her years so l:ghtly as her. husband, and she is described as looking bent, wrinkled, broken and old. A reward of $7 has been offered by the Atlanta Constitution for the woman who'has learned the art of pulling the street car bell at the right moment. Two Chicago girls tested their abil ity to hold. their breath. One could not begin breathing again when she wished to, anl was with dilficulty re suscitated. Miss Lee, daughter of the late WiU liam . P. Lee, of Neyv York, who List' winter was declarikt"- the prettiest un-. married woman in Home, has been betrothed to-Mr." Uenis?n, a wealthy London banker. Miss Lillard did not die in Cincin nati, though the doctors said that she could not possibly recover, and she re gards the restoration of her health as a miracle. Therefore, she is about to open a hospital in which prayer will take the place of medicine. Mrs. Myra Bradwell, of the Chicago Legal News, says an exchange, is one s of the intellectual and physical steam engines of that city. She is editor and proprietor of the Legal News, an able lawyer, a good wife, a model mother, a splendid housekeeper, possesses social qualities of a very high order and does more work every day of her life than twenty ordinary Chicago lawyers. Pnnhlon Note*. Very low cut slippers, with a tie across the instep, are the favorites. The shell-shape I straw hat meets with only a I'm i.cd amount of popu larity. Jerseys are much worn, but only for fatigue, shopping an:l traveling cos tumes. Short bodices, with long points back and front, grow more ;ind more nu merous. In Paris the tournure is growing into irinoline, an! often hoops are worn under short skirts. It is said that there will he as many positive colors worn this fall as inter mediate or mixe 1 shades. Parasols, sunshades anil umbrellas are in general large and of every pos sible silk or cotton material. Black stockings are worn with dresses of any color an 1 on all occa sions by both ladies and children. When the material permits, the flounce scadoped into the form of dog tooth molding is most effective. Panniers are sir rt and full, made in | every variety of shape, and often open over the middle of the front breadth. The Louis XV. costume and every thing which perr.ains to the Pompa dour period is^iore than ever in vogue. Back drapery must be ample whether it descends below the large pouf or falls straight to the bottom of the skirt. Soft twill plaid silks mako elegant skirts worn under crepe de Chine or Indian cashmere polonaise; or basques' and draperies. Underskirts are made very simple, the most fre juent trimming consisting of a simple plating or full ruche around the bottom. The newest French dresses have narrow skirts for the founda'.i'tn, upon which are superimposed full draperies and flounces. Anything like regularity in the ar rangement of drapery or dress orna mentation is now considered the op posite of good taste. Single colored muslins, in blue, pink, ecru, apple green an I lilac, and trimmed with lace and ribbon, form the prettiest of summer costume-". Many of the imported polonaises are cut with casement or In art-shaped bodices, or in graduated Vandykes, the longest reaching from the throat totlw belt in front. Underneath this open ing is set an embroidered plastron oi satin or velvet, and sometimes it is covered with applique work in silk am.' jet.__ I Horrlfletf. A number of ladies on a steamboai on the Mississippi were horrified on having an or: inary-looking man among the passengers pointed out to them a< I one..'- who had buried seventeen wives.* j lie was a.grave-digger, but that didn'l ! occur to the horrified ladies. Georgia has $19,000,000 invested it manufacturing industriell TOM THUMB. Additional Incidents in t* 6 LUt'e .Han's Life mHIi Two Halts to Queen Victorin? It was in November, 18 12, that the great ?howman, P. T. Barnum. first heard of the general. Tom Thumb was then fourteen years old, two feet high, weight less than sixteen pounds, and was considered the smallest child for his age in the world. He was per fectly formed, bright-eyed, had light golden hair and ruddy cheeks. He was very bashful, but, with a little coaxing, would talk with any one.' .When Barnum first engaged him he agreed to give him' $3 a week and . traveling and hotel expenses. His first public appearance was in New York on Thanksgiving day, December 8,1842, at the American Museum. At the expiration of the first engagement Barnum made another contract with the general for one year at $7 per week and expenses for himself and mother, jbut before the expiration of the con tract he had become such a great favorite that Barnum increase! his salary to $20 and afterward to $50 per week. He was taken to Europe in 1844, where he appeared before all the crowned heada, and from them he. received valuable tokens of regard and esteem. At this time he was fourteen years old, but was advertised by Barnum as twenty-one years old.' All Eumpe, from the" nobility to the peasant, seemed to have a perfect craze to see him, anil Barnum, in his "Life," speaking of the success of Tom Thumb's first visit to Europe, says : " The word of approval was, in deed, so passed around in high circles that uninvited parties drove to my door in. crested carriages and were not admitted." "When first presented to' Queen Victoria the general exclaimed, "Good-evening, ladies and gentlemen." A burst of laughter followed thn salu tation, in which the queen heartily joined. When asked by her majesty how he liked the royal paintings, he replied that they were "first rate." It is customary in leaving the royal pres ence to back out, and the general and Barnum were both given lessons in1 the art by the lord-in-waiting before tfcey were admitted tothepalace. Bar-j num, in speaking of the way in which, they left the queen, says: "The lord in waiting was perhaps' mollified toward me when he saw me following his illustrious example in retiring from the royal presence. He was accustomed to the process, and therefore was enabled to keep some what ahead for rather aback) of me, but even I stepped rather fast for the other member of the retiring party.! We had a considerable distance to trav-: el in that long gallery before reaching, the door, and whenever the general found he was losing ground, he turned around and ran a few steps, then re sumed the position of 'backing out,' then turned around and ran, and so continued to alternate h's methods of getting to the door, until the gallery fairly rang with the merriment of the royal spectators. It was really one of the richest scenes I ever saw. Run ning, under the circumstances, was an offense sufficiently heinous to excite the indignation of the queen's favorite poodle dog, and he vented his displeas ure by barking so sharply as to startle the general from his propriety. He, however, recovered immediately, and with his little cane commenced an at tack on the poodle, and a funny fight ensued, which renewed and increased the merriment of the royal party." At the second visit of the general to the queen, the queen introduced him to the Prince of Wales, saying: "Gen eral, th:s is the Prince of Wales.'" " How are you, prince, oil fellow?" said Tom Thumb. The queen then asked him if he would sing her a song, at the same time asking him what song hi' prefene!. " Yankee Doodle" was the prompt reply. In 1-47 he ap peal el before Pre ident Polk at Wash ington, an.l had audience with all the Presidents since that time, In every city in the United States he was a great success. His first, appearance in this city was at old Carroll hall, on Bal timore street, corner of Calvert, in 1848. He also appeared at the New A ueiican museum, where the Baltimore and Ohio building now stands, under Mr. John E. Owens' management; at Front Street theatre, Ford's Opera-house and the Acad my of Music. Charley Howard, the veteran min strel of this lity, says: "I trave'ed I with the general for live months in 1848, and used to carry him from the' hotel to the theatre every ra;ny or snowy night. He was the most irri-, table fellow I ever saw. He was al-. ways in a bad humor, and would get up every morning crying; but he got over that in after years/' During the burning of tha Newhall house in Milwaukee about a year ago the general and his wife barely e. caped with their lives from the burning building by means of a clothes line. He lost at ibis lire s >me of his decora tions, medals, etc., to the value of $9,000. In 1863 be was married in Grace church, New York, to Minnie Warren, who survives him. The gen eral had little or no voice, and h's per formances consisted of dancing and fair imitations of actors and a< tresses.' Both Mr. and Mrs. Stratton, the par ents of tin general, were large people. Mr. Stratton was five feet eleven inches high and weighed 1C0 pounds, and Mrs. Stratton was nearly as tall and weighed more than her husband. At the time of his death the general had grown quite fleshy.?Baltimore Amer ican. A Diamond Story. Colored diamonds are supposed to j be manufactured nowadays for the un wary, but I have heai d of a new dodge, I says a letter in the Boston Journal, A photographer who has had consid erable experience in expert detective, cases said to me: " We have a new u-e for photography?the testing of pre cious stones. The business b -gan in this way: One day last year a diamon 1 expert with quite a reputation in the business wa< asked by a stranger to buy a remarkably line diamond. Eight thousand dollars was ;isked for it. The expert tested it in every manner known to the bus ncss and examined it carefully with a g'ass. It was a mag nificent stv ne. of superb color and shape. He o.Tercd $7,0u0, and the man' took the money and went away. A day or two after that the stone was shown as a great 1 argain to some other experts, one of whom, after ex amining it- closely for a long time, de clared that there w.is i oinething very peculiar about the way in which the light came through the stone. The owner was advised to take it to me and have it tested by a ray of sunlight sent through a camera. It wa< brought to my studio with several other dia monds, nd whereas one diamond would allow a beam of light to pass clear and straight, the seven-thousand dollar stone seemed to have sonn thing in it which stopped the beam. A powerful microscope was then brought into play,and the fine diamond was found to be two stones joined together with marvelous dexterity by the aid of what is known as Canada balam, the material used by till opticians in join ing two lenses. Each stone was worth about (1,250, and the loss on the trans action was M0. The stones camo apart upon th : application of certain chemicals." A servant girl Tell on a"bracker, Her skull s ie did nearly crack it, St. Jacobs Oil applying Ssved her from dying? It proved to be 'tjust the racket." A steamboat captain fro n Goshen, Was hurt by a boiler explosion; On the pains in his hip St. Jacobs Oil got the grip, He calls it tho all-healing lotion. Leadville, CoL, has 8,230 wo k m ininers? THE DANGES OP OTEB-ESEBTIOB. A Stalwart Man^SJBSHKT Weaker Toon i c hild and Then Bccovern Hie Former Strength. (Waterloo, X. El, Observer,) In these days of rowing giants and athletic heroes fine physical aevelopmeflt is raor? c bs'_rv cd th 'u over before since the time of the Athenian ramm. A man who shows the' elements of pbysieU r-dwer is looked tip to tax more than in the days of our ancestors possiHy because there are few specimens of well-developed iranhood than then. As emissary of this paper met a magnificent specimen of physical power a few days since in the person of Dr. A. W. McNames, of Waterloo. His muscles, which showed an nual de\elopment, were as hard as wood. At his request the writer sought to pinch him in the arms or legs, but found it wholly im p Dssible. A reahzation of what is meant by m iroa man wa* fully made manifest. ''Have yon always been so stalwart as this ?" inquired the news gatherer. "Not by any means, was the reply. " When a young man I was always strong and active and felt that I could accomplish anything. This feeling so took possossion cf me on ono occasion tint I attempted to litt a box which four me i found it impossi ble to n.o.e. Isacoeedad it placing it on tho wagon, but in two minutes from tb it time I was unconscious and remained so for hours and when I leeovered consciousness I vomited a large quantity of blood. From in it day I began to g:ow weak and sickly. I believed that I had suffered some internal iajuryand experienced a general debility, which ssemea similar to the effects pro duced by malaria. My back was very weak. I lind no appetite, and at times loathed food. My 1 p3 were parched and cracked. My head felt as though it were entirely cpjn at ihi 'op and it p: ined me on tho side intenssly. f;i six weeks' time I had fallen away from 101 pounds to less than 170. I was in a mcst w. etched condition. I was completely dis couraged." ?? What did the doctors say about you ?" "Almost everytbiag. I consulted no less than b x diJerent physicians. They ail ti 6 ited me and none did me any gocd. At th: t time I was suffering intensely. I could nut sit upr'gut but was obliged to rest in a cramped, uneasy position. I was compelled to urinate every live minutes, and I passed over threo quarts every day. I was not living, I was existing. One night (how well I remember it!) my wife 1 aJ put the children in bed, when the feeling came over me that I should live but a very short time. My wife and I talked matters all over, and I gave the irinulestdi restions as to what she should do ; Jtter I was gone. I was not in n flighty condition by niiy means for the doctor, on leaving town the d y following, ba Je me good bye, enying I o ntver oxj e;ted to see me again, for I was sjiTeriugwith Blight's dissase of the kidneys in its last stacc. Within the next few days more lhan iw.nty friends came to bid me g(Od-bye. Among the number was Dr. John L. Clark. He asked me what I had rsei in the way of medioines. I told him. Pe then recom r.ec?ed a remedy of which I had heard much, but about which I was very skeptical. If faith were an element of [ ower it cerlainly was lacking in my case." " And so j on did not try it ?" " Un tho contrary, I did try it and to my surprise it seamed to go to just the spot, indeed, itwai the most palatable thing I had taken into my month for months. I relished if "And did it cure yon ?" "Lollcok as if it did?" "Yes, indce 1. What was it. , "Wurnor'b Safe Cure." " A proprietary molicine 1" '?Ol cj-rso. What ofthat? I suppose I r nco had as great a prejudice against adver tisod medicines ai any one could have. When I was studying me.licine at Ann Arbor/ ! Mich., I used to vow with the rest of tho olnssthat wo would fight all such remeiies at nil times. When n man comes clown to tho last hour, however, and bids his wife and f ionds good-bye, sucli bigoted prejudices as the e nil vanish, I can assare you, and any remedy that can enre is gladly welcomeJ." " Ai.d i.o.v ha.'o you been since then ?" "As well?or bettor, than before." "Lo you still e ert your strength?" "Cortainly. But I do not over-exert, as formerly. My birength is increasing every day, and my health is number one. I know that my life was saved by Warner's Sa'e t uro, and I be ieve that it is the best medi cine that was evor compounded by nn/ chemist or physician. I am wil ing the doc tors should sneer at me for such a statement if they cV.oo e, bat 1 h ive proven its truth, ni:d am prep.ued lo stand by it." 'J ho above o\\ erionce should be of great i ahie to all who are suffering. It shows the ds e.itivo nature of this terrible malady: that all symptoms are common to it and thai there is ono way by which it can bo abso lutely avoided. Shooting Stars. Tho number of meteors which fall to the earth is very great, and to those unacquainted with the figures wili ap pear astounding. The number which may be seen upon an ordinary even ing, when shooting stars are not nu merous, will vary from threo to ten per hour. But a single observer sees only a portion of the heavens, and it has been estimated that a complete circuit of the heavens visible from any point would exhibit an average of thirty meteors an hour. For twenty ? four hours we should have 720. But the portion of the earth's atmosphere intercepted by the horizon of any place is not large, so that the number of me teors which might he seen over the whole earth would be more than 116,000 lilies the number visible at a given point of its surface. Calling this ; num er 10,01)0, and multiplying by ? 720, the nunioi r visible from one sta I tion in twenty-four hours, we get j 7,20:>,000 as the total number falling ; to the earth in one day. Hut this esti , mate only covers those which are vis j ible to the naked eye. It is estimated j from the observations of Pope and j Winnecke that the telescope used by i the latt r showed fifty-three times as j many meteors as are visible to the i naked eye. Multiplying by fifty-three, ! we get upward of 400,000,000 meteors : as the number which the earth en j counters every twenty-four hours, i Great as this number is, it must be re numbsre I th-?t an increase of optical power would render it still greater, i and that the real number of meteors j entering our atmosphere remains un ' calcu'ated and perhaps incalculable, j Notwithstanding their number, it will be understood by the reasoning above .(hat one who looks for them cannot 1 expect to see very many within a given j time, even whin the earth is passing 1 through a meteoric stream.?Boston I Ihrahh Dr. Stile.-. Trooklyn, N. Y., was cured b/ I T r. Elmoto's Rhen untine-Gcut dine of very ] 6 ?vero Rho imail m and kidney uiseaao of :?? e.'.il years' standing, after trying ovory ; th ng clso without benefit._ Mknsman's Pr.rTONTZKD beef tonic, tho only preparation of beef containing its entire nulri '?? tious properties. It contains blood-making, ' force generating and life-sustaining properties; ? invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and nil forms of general debility; also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the re sult of exhaustion, nervous prostration,over work or acute disease, particularly if resulting from puhiinnaryconiplaintH. t! swell, Hazard & I Co., Proprietors, New York. Mold by druggists. Lton's Patent .Metallic Heel Stiffencrs keep new boots und shoes from running ovor. Sold by shoe and hardware dealers. THE MARKETS. NEW XOBK. 9 l lift cattle, good to prime I w 8 (ft <i ('alvos, com'n to prime venls " (i? I beep. 4)a@ Ci's . 1,'imos. B.Hwi 7't,' Itogs?Live. :-U("! Dressed, citv. 7%ra j I lou:? '? x. St.. good to fancy 4 .TO (it, 6 00 West, ^oo.l to choice 4 60 (it 7 J5 Wheat?No'.' He 1. 1 1 ??@ 1 15*$ No. 1 White. 1 10 @ 1 10'.; |;vo?Stato. ?-S ('?) M\4 , Ifeirley?Two-ro*edState... 82 (<6 '.0 ? lorn? Ungrnd. We-t. mixed, 5! (i? 6.1 Yellow Southern. 10 (i? G5 ? lets?While Stale. 47 (!b 5lW Mixed Western. :?) (<b 41 : Hay? Med. lo |>r. Timothy.. (i? (<i? 10 Straw?No. 1, Bye. 65 (ni 10 l.nrd-City Steam. 8 40 (?8 45 [ Lutter?-tu"eCreamery. 22j^@ 25 Dairy. II) '(A 21}^ West. Im. Crcnmery 13 (ob 16 Factory. 9 (!i> 15 i Cheese?Slate Factory. HJ^tW 10}^ Skims. 2 @ 5% Wtstorn. 6 (to I rggs?Slate and Penn. 21 ? 21% '.'otaloes?State bbl. 1 25 (i? 1 Gl UUFPALC. ?'leers?Good to Choice. 5 7' (& 6'.'5 i ! ambs? Western. 5 T? (a 6 00 ! Sheej.?Wertern. 4 75 m 5 25 i I'ogs?Goodtochoice Yorks. inO @615 i Hour?C'y ground v. proco-s. 750 (n5 S0J ! iVI.eai?No. 1. Hard Duluth.. 112 @ 112)^ , I orn? No. 2, Mixed Now_ 55 (a) r>7 ii.ils?No. 2, Mixed Western. 41 (th 42 larley?Two-rowed State... .7i (a) 80 UOSTOX. B:>ef?Ex. plate and family. .15 .r0 ta 1600 tiogs? live. ?>?l(g> G% Northern Dressed? 7 (cf 7^ j Cork?Ex.Prime,perbbl_1500 (a) I f lour? Winter Wheat patents 6 75 (?7 00 ? i or;:?High M xed. 67 (5 67^ Kits?Fxira White. 54 (0 55 dye?Sta'.e. 75 (a) 80 WATT mows (mass.) cattle mabket. liecf?Ettra c-uality. B2? (^6 75 :^hcop?Live weight. .'I (c? 5 ! Lambs. !W$ 7 Hogs?Northern, d. w. 7^(4 7k PHiuinELPntA. Flour?Penn. ex family, gcod 6 00 (fb 5 75 Wheat?No. 2, Bod. 111.?; It; e?State. 63 (a 65 Corn?State Yollow. 68 @ (2 (late?Mixed. 3? & 4) Butter?Creamery Extra Pa.. 22 @ 23 Chccss?N. Y.EnllCyonm..,, WH<!& 11 Good Notts from Texas. Mr. Thomas A. Howabd, of Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas, under date of April 6, 1883. writes as followo: " I have been suffering during several years, from severe illness, ana a general breaking, down of my physical system, and have tried; the treatment and prescriptions of many, doctors far and near, and traveled to the Hot1 Bprings and other mineral springs famous' tor their remedial qualities, drinking the waters and Bathing systematically in their healing depths, but all to no avail, as I steadily failed m health; and although informed by. my physicians that my ailments and weak nesses were the result of kidney disease of a dangerous character, they could give me nothing to cure me. During the past two years my sofferings at times were dreadful, and I had the most indescribable pains in the; regions about the kidneys, the paroxysms of which were so severe as to render it impossi ble for me to sleep. While in this deplorable and discouraged condition I was persuaded to try Hunt's Remedy, and after using less than half a bottle my great sufferings and paroxysms of pain were entirely relieved, and I could sleep better and longer than I had in two years before, and although I am now on my third bottle only my improvement is very remarkable, and I regret that I did not know of the wonderful curative powers of Hunt's. Remedy before, as it would have saved rhfl years of suffering. I heartily recommenit.it to all afflicted with any kidney diseaeeaHL disease of the urinary organs." "Hit My Case Exactly." Please allow mo to speak in the highest terms of Hunt'a Remedy, for it hit my case exactly. I had kidney and urinary trouble pretty bad. I was recommended Hunt's Remedy. I took ono teaspoonful as direcied. I felt a decided change at the first dose. I took two bottles, and have felt like a new man over since. Please recoive the sincere thanks of myself for the benefits which I ?ought vainly for and found only in Hunt's Remedy. I will cheerfully give this samo opinion of Hunt's Remedy to any one who wishes it, by addressing ROBERT D. ARCHER, 811 Linnard Street, Philadelphia. March 14,1888._ Wnr h a crow a b ave bird.'' Rechn e he never slows the whits feather. Advire to C'oiisumptlve.i. On the appearance of the nrst symptoms? as irtneral debility, loss of appetite, pal lor, chilly sensations, followed by night sweats and cough?prompt measures for relief e h r.ild be taken. Consumption is scrofulous disease of the lungs?therefore use the great anti-scrofnla or blood purifier and strength restorer?Dr. liorco's " Golden Medical Dis covery." Superior to cod liver oil as a nu tritive/and unsurpassed as a pectoral. 3or weak lungs, spitting of blood, and kindred affections, it has no equal. Sold by druggists tho world o*er. For Dr. Pierce's pamphlet on consumption send two stamps to World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,N.Y Tax Arm? of tho Cumberland statue of G: red will co3t$f.O OOJ. Woodue?by, Md.?Rev. W. J. Johnson says: "I have used Brown's Irou Bitters in my family, and they have proven a splendid health invigorator."_ Detboit fj.bids by ordina. es the use of ?to \m v h -ties. Decline of Dion. Imro'ency of mind, limb or vital function, nervcu3 weakness, sexual debility, etc, cured by Wobxd'b Dispensabt. Medioai, Associa tion, Buffalo. N. Y. Address with two stamps for uamph'et. _ What IB t;er?orstkindof fare soldiers cm Jvj oa ? Warfare._ Bcokhanxon, W. Va.?Drs. Newlon & Blah report that Brown's Iron Bitters are giving general satisfaction._ Ne_ei canfido are:ret to yoar relativot. RIoxl willte'l._ No matter what yonr ailment is, Brown's Iron Bitters will surely benolit yon. Wit at ship doei a literary rirfit) inrad?? Authorship._ A Btarlling fnc1. Heart dieoao is only in fer or in fatality to consumption; do not suffer f.om it but us? Dr. Gra es' Hear* Pogu'ato-. It has cured thousands, why not you ? ?1 at druggists._ Ltotit employment?Building castles in the fir. ''F.ve years ago my life was a dread all the time from heart disease; H.nco nsirg Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator, t' e English !ai j uagewo ikl fail me intel'i 'rr the Rood I received.'*?Fate Musgrove, Cjlorna, Ind. For sale at druggists._ Cool proceeding?An ice man eloping wi th anlcegir'._ Dr. Fiorce's "Favorite Prescription" is everywhere acknowledged to be the standard romedy for female complaints and weak nesses. It is sold by druggists. Even dynnm'te is n 'ul'rr i*1 d CATAnun.?Messrs. Hood & Co., of Lowed, believe that the lest way to treat catarrh, and the only way to get permanent roiief, is through tho blood. A ccnstiturional disease roquires a constitutional remedy. Hocd's Sarcaparillit is a b.'ood purifier and constitu tional medicine that ci n be rolied upon, ar d has cured, numerous ?cases of catarrh. Wo think this claim a reasonable one, and gladly give it room in our columns. Thousands, yes, millions, of bottles of Ca r ooline have been sold, and the sale still goes in. If there were no merit in this great nat iral hair renewcr do you suppose that tho people would still buy, as they continue to do. "Rough on Kni.i." Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, bedbug*, ants,skunks,chipmunks,gophers. Lie. D'g'sU Save trouble and expense in washing, and always have nice fitting collars and cuffs, by wearing Ohrolithion._ . "nucliu-Pulba." Tho Quick, complete cure, annoying Kidnoj', Bladder, Urinary Diseases. $1. Druggists. Gnsmnc. Gastbixe slioulu be tauen beforo or after meals to in'.uro i>erfeet assimilation of food. [/Abiiii.NK is in liqnid form. Sold by druggist'. "Solid comfort" can be realized by those, suffering from all forms of Scrofula, if they will take Hood's Sarsaparilla and bo cured. .Mother Swnn'a Worm Syrqp. Infallible, tasteless,hnrmless,cathartic;fover Ishness, restlessness, worms,constipation. 25c. SCROFULA Whether inherited or developed by clrcumntmces misfortuno or neglect, if nut mppremed, progresses bj aiiradaal, unol.strvodand painlessprocess. ThoKlandu enlarge., tho i-kin breaks out in sores nnd nlocrs, the fltah wni-tes, nnd the bou-s decay. Tho best reran 'j furthcMi serious evils is unquestionably Hood's Sarai pnrilla. It purities tho blood, rnstorcs tho wasted form, drives away that tiro 1 feeling which invalids complain it, aud infuses energy nnd spirit Into every tibru. Terrible Sores ou Neck Mies NELLIE Maine, ttockvillo. Conn., wsb troubled for two years with terriblo scrofula K.r.?s on her neck. One was as lnrge naher Iisnd. Sho got discouraged, when a friend advised Wood's Sarsapa-ilia. Shob.mc.bt ?bettle, cnJ npothcr, nnd a third. After takingthe*! tho soreshenled, nnd all t-.Kr.Hof them live dfappeared. She has not been truubted since. 20 Kuren S Ycur? When I began to tako Hood's San aparilla 1 had 2d scrofulous K.ren an my leg and nil over my right foot. 1 have taken threo bottles, and im on tho fourth. I havu but two pores left, and Hum-mo getting alon3 tirst rato. I haveluid these lores for the Ust uigbtyeiin.?Thoma? \v. Babtlktt, Providence, B. I. Ilood'n Siirftniinrilln Sill ly Druggists. $1; sis for $5. Prepared only by C.iLJIOOD a CO.. Apothecaries. Lowell, Moss. Henry'? Carbolic Salvo ls the nest S:\lvo for Cuts, Bruises, Ulcers, Salt Ithenm. Tetter. Chapped Hunds, Chilblains, Corns tutlall kinds of Skin Eruptions,Freckles and Pim. ,-iIeH. Get Henry's Carbolic Salve, on aU others are rounterfcits. Price 25 cts. How to Shorten Life. Atierncthy, the great English surgeon, asked a lady ?-hn told him she only had a cough: "What would ion have ? The plague ?" Beware of "only coughs I" The worst coses con, however, bo cured by nr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for the Lung*. In Whooping Cough .ml Croup it immediately allays inflammation, and Ls lure to prevent u fatal termination of tho disease. Sold by all druggists aud dealers In medicine. OF'OIE*. PAIN. cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache. Headacht, Toothache. More Tli rent, .?in o 1J Ina?. M|>ru I tm. Iti-iiUcs r.iiiT.v Mcnlela, i'r?,?t Ulfe*. AMI U.I. UTHXK I10IHI.Y PUSH ,l.M> AllltS. Sol,ll.j liru(|l,uui| Detter* <niiT?rll*rt. HrtjrCrau? bol?c IMraetlMi* In tl l.aiii(i..irri. THK I'll lUt.ES a. VOOKI.BR co. '3 V3UM.UOI I. A. Vuoi;U.ll A CO.) Bulllumrs. a.I.. CIL A .V Y N V ?32 ? CDCC T Hy return mall?A full description of IT s% Wm & ? Moody's New Tailor Systomoi* Brest tnttuig. D.W. Moody A Co.. 31 W.iKU. Cincinnati. O. i Like an In olden times it was thought t and keyholes. The generally apprc up the keyholes and stop the crack preventive measures, the evil things as they pleased. .-'-.? So comes malaria now-a-days. and it comes m by the crack. We si a leak in the plumbing, or an openii: some unsuspected source and ungua ' ? We cannot always keep malar drive its effects from our systems. I time, malaria has not a c;hoat of a ch ciaei 0 Your druggist sells it, and yc PINKHAM'S TOETAELE COMPOUND. ^ re Care for all FEMALE WEAK 3SESj. Including Lcncorrbeea, Ir regnlnx and Painful Blecstrnatlon, Inflammation and Ulccralion of the Womb, Flooding, PRO- ? LAPSUS UTERI, &C. rjyPlearani to the taste, cCcnclona and IrflTaodiata In its effect. It is a great help in pregnancy, and ra Beves pain during labor and at regular periods. . / rnTsicuits rss rr irc> ruEScnniE it iuxxlt. tsrFon ALiiWEAxsrsssa of tho generativ9 organs of either sex, it 1] second to so remedy that hai crsr been before tbe public 1 and for all diseases of the KrosXTB it is the Greatest Bemtdv in On World. , tS^KTDN'EY COSrPLA?fTS of Either Sex Find Great Belief la Its Use. LYDIA K. PEVKIIASrS BL?D? r?IUiUC? will eradicate every vestijo of Humors Iron: the Blood, at tho rame time will givo ton* and rtrengtn to tho system. .&jmarvcUouj in results as tho Compound CF"Both tho Compound and Blood Purifier are pre* pared at 233 and 2? Western Avenue, Lynn, Ha* Price of etthH-,81. Blx bottles for $5. Tbe Compound Is sent by mall In tho form of pills, or of loienges.cn receipt of price, ?1 per box tor cither. Urs. Plnkham freely answers all letters of Inquiry. Enclose 3 oeaO stamp. Send for pamphlet. Mention Vila Paper. , ryr.tdu II. Punua1? Ltvzn Pnia euro Constipa tion. Biliousness and Torpidity of the Liver. 23 cents. ja-Soldby cU Dr-nzffista.-S? (q . DYES.** Bast Dyes Ever Hade.; ?3? 70'B I3LLK, WOOL, OH COTTON. DRESSES, COATS, SCARFS, HOODS, YARN, (ITOCKINCS, CARPET RAGS, RIBBONS, FEATHERS, or any lb brio or fancy artislo easily and perfectly colored to any Shado. Blaci, Brown, Green, Blue, Scarlet, Cardinal Bed, Nary Bine, Seal Brown, 01171 . Green, Terns Cotta and ?0 other best color*. Warrantee! Fast and Durablo. Each, paclcago will ooloronot4>fburibs.ofgoods. Ifyouhavorerax used Dyes try theso enco. Yon will bo delighted. Sold by druggists, or sond us 10 cents and any color wanted sent post-paid. 24 colored samples nnd a sot oi'fancy cards sent for a So. stamp. WELLS, BICHAEDSOXA CO., Burllogton.YC GOLD and SILVER PAINT. . Bronze Paint. Artists' Black. For gilding Fancy Basic eta, Frames, T/t Trips, 1 fThftrriwHiw^ nnA IVveMI Vln.l.wfnTTHimivntnT wrtrV. Equal to any of the high priced kinds and only ' lOots.apaclcago^tthodrugs^ra.orpcst-paMfrom ' WELLS JtICHARnaOXACO.,Burllngton,Vt. 1 Ho-i.-tt;r':i St. mich Bitters, by increasing vitH power and ren doting tho physical functions rogularaud active, keeps tbe ny tim in gcod wotking order, and protocts It egalntt djsoase.- F< const:; at! n. dyspep. sla and liver com 5 plaint, nervousness, f kidneynrdrhjcmstio ailments, it is invalua ble, rnA. it atTords a tun defense atairst malarial fevers, 1 e s-dos rumoring all traces of' snch disease from th? "ystem. Frr Irls by all Drngg'gtsj anil Dctlcrsg' norally B*lB*BEPIa* PEOPLE breed vermin, and ? 9 H BU H wm kee 1 llriv housekeeper* linny nmnj iSBUS H ? COSTAR'S EXTERMINATORS. LBV EBB S a 5 to IS cunts worth clears out Rats, Mice, Roaches, Bedbugs, AutJ, Flies. Lice, Moths. Only Infallible rvmietlios. FY1-1 from potion. At all stores. 405 BrooraeSt., N. Y._ Silver Pro Stovo Polish, He. .Sift Boxes). >sP!ELKORE'S/ R. O. Is the rju'cVo-t, ploasintest, >t//>-. mr-at und best ro ner.y lor kidney. ssSffiSr^?K' liv-r, st mich, bh.iTc- and bta/ ^^CAyt ?fIst?IH, and only rial tn'ativoef a ^VY^c/VT^ discovered ftr acuto nnd chrorlo <Tc$s?^<Y?' rheumati-m, goat, lumbago, ssitt* Vi^TtSt. ?>? ica. ntmtMb, 0:0. H/iscn 0 I here, leas canes Br;t ft dbwaso and dyspopila In :: v.- ?<?',; ? 11 forms of rhe-imatlo disorders in 3 to U::< ski?:,?!'??? ;| .nil?mm?ioq' itvl flny. Ccn uiiir_tahn irtr. d: ul ioI: 1 lo poop'.u ctrrd who had tilo l In vTrifonA j tiilua'ssj Purely hotanic, harmless, and nie? to 1rin<. a-:; ;o dracg st to get it; If he decline* wnd to us for it?tar 11. ? 111: ii?lue. Klmnro, A'laras <fc Oa., II* Wiiiiam ?t., N. TRYTt It relieves at onco Burns, Piles, Chapped Bands or Lips. Coms, Bunions. Scalds,Brulnes,Soreness of fast, h onds. eyes, etc.; I lihlntr from any cause. sr^..^ltyourdrnE mo gist, or send to M Fulton Street, In Y. Inrnrmnttnn regarding Tojasaud Arkansuu lands. LOW PRICE. Leait PPL? ?14 Manm ikjssa Credit. Kichsgrlc?lti! ? ? ? ??? rnlKWI tBmUU |BtItl? prujUcinjf Wheat, Kyo.Oats.C'c.n, C'ott,ii, Gniiwt.|., and all (Jliolco Fruits: iiearschools.churohcHond railruads. l-'itEE farotoall whopurchai?) land. For raap^ of Texas, Arkansas. ICan ?aa and .Mis. mri. with nil iniormatian (sent freel, ad dr. J. U. JlcBeatli, Si. England PanH.Agt., -Jpj Waabiugton St., Boston; D.W.Jan iwilz, So. Eant'n Pass.Agt., 133 W. Baltimore St.. Balto., Md.! J. J. Fowler. Eastern Pa-s. AKt. Utic?, V.J.. or U. It. .HcCLELIiAN, Our..Eaat.P<-ss.Agt., 213 Broadway, Sew k ork. FRAZER AXLE GREASE Best In ttie world. Gcttlioffcnnjnc. Every pncltnst! Inn our trnilc-miirk nnd i-i marked Frozer'h. SOLI* EVEltVUllEUE. Inerrred during their scrvlc? or partial Imsof Kl tritt or hcarlnu'. piles, illarrnaHt, rheuma. tlsm.orany other dlaablllty entltlca yoo. Wl.low?, child, ren, or dependent [.nrcnts entltlo i. I'enalon procured whore dlschargo I? lost. Nawdlsclianr?s obtained. Honor abio dlsebargM and pensiona pmeursd fur dcaorters. Pen. ? Ions INCREASED. Bsjsetsd elaima auccomfulh ftroaceutad. Hack p?y and bounty collected. EXPERT ti land enact. Inn,: attention given all klnda u( govern, mcntclalina. Advlcufree. Ad'a with stamp, L. C wool, li.'i st, Wathlncton, I). C. To nil Soldiers wtM are In any .annul disabled by rcaaon cj woanila or dlieaaa s of a linger, or to*, ontlrt 25 cents, postpaid. Jl. treatise Horse and His Diseases. Oontainino an Index of D'sM?es, wh'rh gives the Sympt..inH. OuiSa and tho IS M Tr. atnient of oaflh. A Tahlo giving all tbe iinnci|uil ilnigs used for tho Horse, w.th tlio mdinnry d.si>, oftVetsand sntMota whena pohMW, A Tahlo with on Ensra?ing of the Ilonw's Teeth at dilfsrei.t ages, with rules for telling tho age. A valuable collection <n Receipts andmaeb <>tli?-r ?.il iml'lo In'i rmation. li<i-p:ige Book sent I iany address in th ? United Stati'? or Usnada for Si cents. CLQIl Batkh. ? F.vo (,'opios, $1.00; Ten Copies, <".7'; Twenty Copie, gXtiUtOne Hundred Oopie?, jli.oi. One, Two and TbreoUent Stampi received. Address HOESE BOOK COMPANY, T.14 Leonard St., Xctr York. H iSI3. Tho WE1V CAT,T:^I>AIt of the 1SSL KKW KNGLA.N1) CONSERVATORY of MUSIO lleautlfnlty lllnstrntcd.ftl pipes. KEIVT FBETffi to roanelf and iuiisIchI irl-n is. Send names and addriws to K.TOltBJBE. KranfclnSi .llostmi. Mass. TV T.nrQt.itand fcr?f mipatntrt Mw>le, t.ttrrnni nnd Art Sclwol.triit llOM K/ur uoung ladies, in tu world. . CURES V/HERc Alt CISC FWIS. r JtestO.cu-h siynip. TMUM?o<vJ. \~\ -'?ifd by rtnii TITANTKD?LADIES to tako our New Fancy Work it at tbelr boroe?, Incity nroounlry, t ml earn SO to S [ 2 per w"? k. milking i;....!:. tor our .Sntnmer nn.i Kail trade. S.-nil 15c, forivirnnte and particulars. IH'I) NO.N 31. CO., 'JC.r, sixlli -\v?., NorJk'orB. 4 grntn 1Vnnl<?<l for Ilm lle.t Fa.s:e?t.s?llln? A pictorial Pioiiksand HM-. l*rH.n rmliimda per cent. National l'L'ULihuiho Co., I'hiUdelpbU, Pa. SM KKfS line writing inp?r. in blotter, witn raienaar, mall l^r ~c. \gcwtH Wanted. Economy Phis rise <:.?.. Nawburyport, Mass. YilillrV? IS.FV- I'<":,^,1 loiography !i-re and wo will ? WUliu yoDasituatiun. Cireularsiree. VALLNTi.Nf. l.it?).-.. Junosjvilic. ?Vi?. QTfJAWEKK. ilJnd.iyathomneaailymade. Costly Ol- outtit free. Aiidri->s TfiJlX A Co.. Augusta, Ms. ClOUCMANBasineasCtil!e/n, Newark, N..I. ?Terms / S>4i.. PasitiOBS *or graduate!.. \\ rit" for Circulars. CJ? in Ci Oft per ilny at home. Samples worth *ifrS3~"~"? $0 10 Qd\3 Ad Irsjj Stissos 4 IU3.. PoaUndTMs. ttfifif week!ay??i.rown t . .n. T -r.i.. w'u :'So tot odo freu. A'ldreat H.Hallltt A Co.. P.irtli nd. its. Kvil Spirit. /? y tiat evil spirits came ;rr*through cracks ved way to keep them out was to plug s with cotton. Notwithstanding' these had their own way and often came in We try to keep it out of the keyhole op up the crack, and lo! it comes from g from seme neglected drain, or from rded direction. -> a out, but we can give'it battle and f Brown's Iron Bitters is taken in ance. TJiis is. the great family medi i ought to kc<rp-*a bottle- in the house HlHHflHHIKii^HHtaiai^Hm