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WeaTing the Web, "This mom I will weave my web," she said, As she stood by her loom in the roey light, And her young eyes, hopefully glad anl clear, Followed afar the swallows flight. " As soon as the day's first task are done, While yet I am fresh and strong," said she, " I will hasten to weave the beautiful web Whose pattern is known to none but me! "I will weave it fine, I will weave it fair, And ah! how the colors will glow!" she said; " So fadeless and strong will I weave my web That perhaps it will live after I am dead." Bnt the morning hours sped on apace, The air grew sweet with the breath of June; And young love hid by the waiting loom, Tangling the threads as he hummed a tune" Ah! life is so rich and full," she cried, "And morn is short, though the days are long! This noon I will weave my beautifol web I will weave it carefully, fine and strong." But the son rode high in the cloudless sky; The burden and heat of the day she bore, And hither and thither the came and went, While the loom stood still as it stood before. " Ah! life is too busy at noon," she said; " My web must wait till the eventide, Till the common work of the day is done, And my heart grows calm in the silence wide!" So, one by one, the hours pass on, Till the creeping shadows had longer grown, Till the house was stilL and the breezes slept! And the singing birds to their nests had flown. "And now I will weave my web," she said; As she turned to her loom ere set of sun, And laid her hand on the shining threads To set them in order, one by one. Bat hand was tired, and heart was weak; "I am not as strong as I was," sighed she, " And the pattern is blurred, and the colore rare _ Are not so bright, or so fair to see! "I most wait, I think, till another morn; I must go to my rest with my work undone. It is growing too dark to weave,"she cried, As lower and lower sank the soil! She dropped the shuttle; the loom stood still; The -weaver slept in the twilight gray; Dear heart! Will she weave her beautiful wet In the golden light of a loDger day? ?Mrs. Julia C. R. Dorr. WHAT WAS IT ? I* 7 I was engaged to Angelina Melville, and I thought myself the luckiest man living. Angelina was so handsome that ?no stranerer ever saw her without ex pressing admiration, and one did not weary with the face after yea:rs oi . familiarity with it. She was well-bred, accomplished and a great heiress. I had reason to believe she was very fond of me. No man could be more entirely content than I was as I leaned back in the first-class carriage which took me from Glasgow into the country, to the Vale of Cruix, where I was to preach a few Sabbaths. The pulpit was vacant, and I was going to try my wings. With my pecuniary prospects I scarcely thought I should care to accept a call to the Yale of Cruix, but I had no objection to filling its pulpit for a few weeks, especially as Angelina had gone to the West coast, and Glasgow was warm and stuffy and stupid. Casual remembrance of elegant parsonages built in Queen Anne's style; of a study where the footfalls were softened by Persian rugs, and the doors draped in portieres of velvet; chairs and a desk, carved richly as some old confessional, flitted through my mind. And I thonght also of a table spread with silver and rare china, with a lady at its head who resembled a queen. And I breathed a luxurious sigh as I awakeced from my day dream to a knowledge that the words "Yale of Cruii" were being shouted on the platform, and that the train was coming to a standstill I seized -ny traveling-bag from the rack overhead and hurried out of the carriage. The porters had just pulled __ four cr five trunks on the platform. Two old wagons stood in the road, one driven by an old woman in a sunbonnet, the other by a red-haired boy with bare feet; and a queer, knockkneed horse attached to a queerer old gig, was standing at a little distance. A young man in a light summer suit, and a city family bent on rural Happiness, were my companions on the platform. The farmer put his trunk in the first wagon, kissed the old woman in the sunbonnet, took the reins and drove away. He was evidently the son of the family, come home to spend his vacation. The rest of the trunks and city family? mother, father, little boy, nursemaid and baby?were put in the wagon and driven by the boy. When the train moved away I was left alone on the platform?alone, but for the station-master, who sat upon a bench amokin&a clay pipe. In a moment more the official without looking at me, made the remark : "Deacon Stevenson has come for the new minister. He's over in the hotel and tttiII Via Ko/?V vn a rmnnfft " "Thank yon," said I. The station-master took no notice of me, but, having climbed upon a stool and made some changes in a time register on the wall of the station, locked the door, put the key in his pocket, and sauntered away down the railroad. I took his place upon the bench and waited. In a few minutea a prim little old gentleman appeared upon the top of the hill, carrying in one hand a tin can, in the other a tin pail, and under either arm a brown-paper parceL I knew at a glance that it was Stevenson. "Are youMr. Mactaggert?" he inquired rrnldlv. as ha anr,rnarhed_ " I want to know! I hadn't any expectation of being kept so long, but, yon see, it saves the women folks trouble to fetch things when I drive down. Step in, won't you? I'll jest hang this can of ' paraffineile on behind. Some dislike the smell?maybe you do. The sugarloaf, tea and coffee can go under the seat as well as not. How's your health, sir, and Wry-do you like the Yale of Craix?** I answered that my health was good and that I had not, as yet, seen much of Vale cf Cruix. "No, you haven't," said the old gentleman. * "Well, yon'il drive through it now.** And he shook the reins and the old horse began to stumble along. And on we drove past certain rows of brick houses very much like ea^h other, and with the same flowers in their front gardens, until having passed the church, wo came to one happily set about bv -i-s ?t < t??. ?-i-? ? uiu uafc-ureu?, i;e:uic uuo ui nuibu we drew up. A girl stocd at the gate? a fair girl in a blue muslin dress and white spron. "Take the sugar, Mary, before it gets u ?set," said the Deacon. "This is Mr. ulactaggert, that's to preach for us. Mr. Mactaggert, this is my daughter Mary." We bowed, and she vanished with the parcels. "What a lovely little creature!" ssid I to myself. "Nothing like Angelina, but so pretty I" And I found myself thinking of her as I washed my hands and brushed my hair in the blue-walled bedroom on the second floor, with white fringed counterpanes and curtains, and rtif Afl AfTAll f Vt/\ TT\ nr^f nl . 1 WW kOliUUUCUwCO VIti VU9 Auttuw*piece* on either side of the China vases of roses. There -were only four of us at the table?the Deacon, his wife, a-stout lady, who never said more than she could help, and Mary. She had spent the last winter at Glasgow, and we talked about all she had seen. She was self-possessed without being forward, aDd oh, so pretty I Now, Angelina was j tplendid and queenly, so this was naild --? praise that she could not have objected tc, only I said it very often. I preached on the next Sunday. It was settled that I should spend the summer there. I wrote this to Angelina : with rr.p it <?ops fJlUVC J VU not matter whc-re I am?this stupid place as well as any other. Address to the care of Deacon Stevenson. 1 shall remain with him while I preach here." It was a pleasant summer, despite the dullness ol the place. Hew good the I quaint old Deacon was whet, one really fenew him! How motherly was Mrs. Stevenson! As for Mary, she grew sweeter every day! I have often wondered what Angelina wonld have eaia Ccula she have seen me helping her to pick blackberries, to ficd the runaway cow, to carry h^me the milk pail, driving her over to the country grocery, ; and returning with a freight of groceries?Angelina, -jrhn knew nothing domestic detail, and whose m grammed and })erfnmed letters T ere often bronght over from the offic* it. company with the paraffine can. I wi my sermons at one end of the ronnd table, while Marj sat at the other sewing. Between us was a lamp with a ereen paper shade. Now and then a big bug would fly into the window and go humming about our heads, or a moth wrmld frv fiint'A i+.tt winoe nvpr thft chimney, and I would dri7e it out. The old people would go to bed after awhile, and then Mary a ad I would find ourselves hungry, aid she would go into the kitchen to find "something good." I always held th 3 light for her. And when something good waf. found we ate it in the back j>orch, sitting side by side on the step like two children. She was so like a child, that little Mary, that it seamed no harm to ask her to kiss me good-night, or to hold her hand in mine, as it rested on my arm, in our long walks h?m e from church on Sunday evenings. The summer passed; October came. Angelina returned to the city and wrote to me. It was while we were eating peaches and cream in the back-porch that evening that I said to Mary : "I will tell you a secret if you will keep it for a while, Mary." "Oh, of course I will Mr. Mactaggert." "I am going to be mairied this au uuinn, ?xjlo*lj j jk oaiu* letters you always thought came from my sister came from the lady who is to many me. She is very beautiful, very rich, very ; stylish, bit very kind. You must come and see U3 Mary, when we are married. I shall tell Angelina how good you hive been to me?what a sweet little Bister I found, out here in the Yale of Cruix. Why, Mary?" For, as I spoke, I felt the little hand I held grow cold and heavy in mine. I saw her sink backward. The big china bowl of peaches and cream slipped with a crash to the ground and shattered to pieces. I caught the joor child in my arms. In a moment sr e came to herself, and . said she had overtired herself, she Tho-cr Viar} Vsapti hakin# all , *"*VJ " ~~" O day, and it was warm. And now she ! bade me goo t night. Bnt I did not see her next uy, nor the next. She kept her room, and was not well enough to bid me good-bye. Poor little Mary! I felt very miserable. However, Angelina met me at Glasgow. She was more beautiful than ever?more elegant in contrast to my simple country friend?and very soon I laughed at myself for the thought that had been in my heart. Of course I said I it was the baking that had overcome Mary?it was not my news. I had only ' been to her as a friend?as a brother. I had not made love to her ; above all, I j had not flirted with her. But I thought . of Mary a great deal, and I missed her ' every hour exactly?oh, yes, exactly? as I might a sister. I wrote to Mrs. Stevenson, and her I answer was very brief. - "I haven't much time to write," she said in her postscript. "Mary is sick, and besides being driven I am anxious." This letter was in my pocket on that day when Angelina and I went together to the bazaar for the benefit cf the church of St. Matthew. Af terjwe had roamed about the bazaar and bought all sorts of knick-knacks, I escorted Angelina to a seat, and there sat down to wait while one of the ladies who, "on this occasion only," were doing good, hard work, brought us a tray of refreshments. As we sat there sipping our coffee two women sat down at the next table with their backs to us. "lam very tired, are you not, Mrs. Russell ?" Aid the other answered : "Yes, I am tired. I don't think that it is worth the while to co me all the way from Yale of Cruix to Glasgow sight seeing." This was the voice of Stevenson's nearest neighbor, and I liked her and respected her, yet did not feel quite how Angelina would like an introduction. and so refraining from looking round and making myself known. "I think we'd better have tea," said the voice. " It's more refreshing than coffee. Oh, how is Mary to-day. Think of my never asking before!" "Mary is poorly," said Mrs. Kussell. " Oh, Mrs. Cnllen, what a pity it is that flirting young minister came down to Vale of Cruix. I don't know what Mrs. Stevenson was about to let him do as he - did. We thought he was courting Mary. She did, poor child. She just loved him dearly. And the day before he went away he told her he was engaged to some girl in Glasgow. I'm afraid it's broken her heart. She told me all about it. * Oh, Aunty Bussell,' she said 41 know I ought to be ashamed, but I i can't help it He seemed to like me so. I T -i?n J:. -c A nope X Hiiaii UitJ U1 LUlO 1CICI, 1U1 iuc is nothing to me.' Ashamed! "Why, it's he that flight to be ashamed. Of all the things, a minister to be a cold, cruel flirt, and that is what Hugh Mactaggert is." I listened, but I could not move or speak. I felt as though my heart was also breaking, and ob, the time I suffered ! The women drank their tea and left, and then Angelina turned to me with a cold, sarcastic smile. "I see by your face that the little story is perfectly true, Mr. Mactaggert," she said. "Angelina,"' I faltered,"I have done nothing that should give offense to you." " Nothing but love another woman," she answered. "Love her, and let her ' T-V ?X I I see it, meaning to marry me. jl/oh l | thiDk I'm hurt; indeed, 1 am relieved! I should have kept my word to yon, but for this; but not so gladly as I once should. You are a very good-looking man, but on the whole you don't suit | me. I met Mr. S., ?tt Millport, and he does. Frankly, I have been thinking what a pity it was that I must decline his offer. As for this?Mary, is it not I wouldn't she make a very good minister's wife ?" j It came to my mind that she would? j that she was the only wife for me; that! I Angelina, splendid as she was, would i never have made me happy. Bat I only said: "Miss Melville, if I yon desire your freedom I have no i choice." "I desire it greatly," she answered. " It is yours," I said, with a bow. After that I think that we were both | happier than we had been f or day?, and shook hands when we parted. That night I wert up to the Yale of j Cruix, and told Mary that my marriage I was broken off, and that she was the j only woman I had ever loved. She tried ; j to summon up her pride and refuse me, , ! bnt failed in the attempt and Jet me i j take her to my heirt. To day I am i ; pastor of the church at the Vale of j j Cruix. Mary is my wife ai d we are as j j plain and quiet a pair as you could i i fancy. I even help my wife pick cur-v: ! mnia o-r./} T nurj fnV<vn ft film flfc thp ! ; iauv^ auu uuw ? - ? _ | garden when help was scarce. But 11 | do not envy Mr. S. his wife, nor pine j for the luxurious possibilities that I j j lest with Angelina. Mary and my little j j home content me. Eut one thing is on my conscience. ; j I have never been able to ask my; self the question " Did I flirt with Mary? j | If not, what was it?" " ! The standing army of the United ' I States numbers about 20.000 men, rank ! ; and file, and costs $30 000,000, or I $1,500 per man a year, while France ' | maintains an array of 1.500,000 at a ; cost of $100,000,000, or abont $66 per ; J head. ' >mmm The researches of French antiquar- ! ians have brought to light the records j j of ninety-two processes against animals j I tried in their courts from 1120 to 1740, j when the last-, the tm! aad execution 1 of a cowj took phee. Diffenderfer's Method. "Archibald, my boy," said old Mr. Diffenderfer, the rich commission merchant, the other day, as he called Itis i son into hifi private office, "my dear j boy, I have just execnted the deeds by VtUIUil JL iCl/UC Hum k/uomcoo \j\j-\LObj a.^u leave yon sole active partner in the wealthiest honse on the coast. Naturally vou expect me to give you some timely ".nsel for Your future business gui.d9 J." Teerect!" replied young D., who a member of the Bohemian Club, and knew it all. "You probably suppose that I wish to enjoin upon you frugality, temperance, integrity and punctuality as the sure means of success. Not at all. Those virtues are all very well for the copy boot, but the only real requisite to success in life?especially in this State ?is a really good reciprocating dummy enemj." "A what ?' queried the scion of the house of D., as he put his feet on the desk and lit another cigarette. "Why, a first-class, bitter, unrelenting dummy enemy. Something like my dear old friend Guffev, for instance." "Why, I thought you were down on that man the worst way ?" ''That's just the point?that's just the I joke of it," said old D. with a chuckle. "Fourteen years ago I met Guffey on the steamer, coming round here from New York. We had both failed in trade, I in Boston, he in Philadelphia ; both of us fairly driven out of business by the usual slanders, jealousies and underhand defamation peculiar to?well, to everywhere." "Why didn't you go into partnership?" asked the junior. 'Til tell you. After talking the matter over, Gaffey and I agreed that the only way for a man with small capital to get along was to have some trasted friend on the outside who would keep him posted as to the doings of his enemies. Some one whom they would talk to, don't you understand ?" "I catch on," remarked the youth. Ca ttta fn o/*f o a ao ITW WJUVIUUVU bV WVV VMWU WWMW* U dummy enemy, And from the day that we stepped off the steamer down at the wharf, Guffey and I have never spoken to each other,except on the 1st and 15th of each month, when T visit him in disguise, to compare notes." "Well, by Jove!" "It's a fact, though. Every time my enemies?and everybody has them ; they sorter grow, somehow?put up a job on me, or lie about me, or try to injure me in any way, they go to Gufiey and attempt to rope him into the plot. He sympathizes with them ; says that I'm the biggest old wretch unhung, and then sits down and writes me the particulars. Good scheme, that, eh ?' J and the old merchant laughed until he was black in the face. "Well, I should smile," grinned the other. "Of course I do the same for Guffey. Why, I can't tell how many thousand j times I've scowled at him on the street and remarked to whoever I was walking with : 'There's the miserable scoundrel, Guffey. Look at the airs he puts on because he is rich, I'd like to break his rascally head with a club." "Was Guffey rich then ?' "Why, no; of course not, at first. It whs a part of our scheme, don't you see, to brace up each other's credit under the cover of abase. For instance, I'd apply for a big discount at some bank, and tho cashier would slip around to Guffey for information, knowing he'd give away all my weak points. Guffey would scowl and 6ay, 'Well, I suppose the old villain is solid enough, but blame a man who'd tnrn his mother-inlaw out of doors on a cold winter night. The old beast! I wonder they haven't tarred and feathered Diffenderfer years aco. Thev sav his grandmother is O ~ " / ?~ o ? ?- | in the poorhouse. With all his money, too ; just think!" "And does that help von ?" "Why certainly. A bank cashier doesn't care for grandmothers. What he is alter is stingy old capitalists and other Mnldoons. Why, Guffey once borrowed $50,000 because I privately told McLane that G. had swindled the government on a half million contract. Mac had him np to dinner the very nest dry. * Think over what I have said, my dpar boy, and go thon and do likewise." And promising to look carefully around np at the club, which was cram full of dummies of all kinds, young Diffenderfer dived into his ulster, and hastened to get up on Kearney street before the matinees let out.?San Fran VWW X VOV# >'ovel Kernedy for Shipwreck. Perhaps at no point on the east coast of Scotland do the waves come rolling in more fariously in stormy weather than at Peterhead. Situated as it is on the most easterly promontory, it is fully exposed to the German Ocean. As far back as the days of Earl Marischal it was found necessary "to build ane bulwark at the mouth of the haven" there, and since then many improvements have been effected with a view to the safety and convenience of the craft > which during the fishing season in the north sail out from the harbors, there I to reap the harvest of the 6ea. But of all attempts made in this direction the latest is in every respect the most extraordinary. It consists simply of "throwing oil upon the troubled waters." The idea is not altogether a new one. but so far as we are aware it has never received that attention which it would seem to deserve, iar. anieias, a Perth gentleman; Mr. Armit, submarine and wreck engineer, Broughty Ferry and Mr. Yeaman, one of the late members of parliament for Dundee are, j however, now determined to thoroughly j test its efficacy. The experiments are to be carried out at the bar of the north- i ern harbor of Jfeterhead. Here aI wooden building has been erected on the quay wall, in which a tank with the | oil and a force-pump will be placed. From this tank the oil will be conveyed by iron pipes to deep water?a distance of some two hundred yards?and thence in a gutta-percha pipe across the harbor entrance. The piping will be kept j stationary by hea^y blocks of metal, and it will be perforated and fitted at intervals with "roses," to permit of the oil being properly distributed. From the pipe the oil will be forced by the , ?** "-4-Via cnrfo/?fii rtf I pump, ai-iu. nux nc^ iv uuu v? . the water, and form a film; and while ! it is not expected that by this means ; the volume of the waves may be very j much lessened, it is believed that the wind will be prevented from breaking their crests, which it seems is one of the great dangers to which small craft are exposed. Should the experiments . be rendered with any degree of success j the same thing could be done in a vari- j ety of circumstances.?Puden. Echo. Taccinaliou. The vaccination question seems to come up every now and then in this VI .1 11 - ' country as weu as m Hiurope, ana uiB:e is a growing party which strongly: opposes the practice. Our friend the Hon. A. E. Giles, of Hyde Park, sends ! ns a copy of the Xor/olk County j Ga.ette, containing a letter from, his pen, ' in which he urges the repeal of the compuLory vaccination law of Massachu- i setts. This law prohibits the admission : of any child to the public schools who ! has not been vaccinated. BIr Giles j quote3 the Eclectic Medical Association . of Connecticut as having passed a reso- i lution. in which it declares its conviction j against the practice of vaccination, and ; all legislation making it compulsory, j Darirg the discussion an army surgeon I related some of his interesting experi-j ences during the late war. He was em-' ployed by the government to vaccinate i the soldiers. They were drawn up in i line and compelled to bare their arms ; for him to operate. He said that some ; of the sores produced were frightf al,and ' some of the arms would swell to inordi- j nate dimensions, even endangering the ! lives ot many, xei, ne amrms, i\. .sept ; off no pestilence, and he declares from-J his own experience and observation that i vaccination is the veriest humbug imag-! inable. The one who gave this testi-! mony was Dr. Pease, of Thomaston.? i Dr. Footers Monthly. J? A FORTUNE 1>~ CLOCKS. The Thirty Thousand Dollar*' Worth ol Clocks Used by a Philadelphia Publisher?Some Wonderful Timepieces. A Philadelphia Record reporter has been paving a visit to the private omce of George W. Childs, proprietor of the Public Ledger, and has written an interesting acconnt of the wonderful clocks which the room contains. A glance around the room, says the reporter, revealed clocks in every placo where snch heavy articles conld be put. On Mr. Childs'writing desk were tbreo odd-looking timepieces. On the top was a clock made with lapis lazuli case, one foot high and ten inches broad. Stone as it is, the clock case is worth more than its solid weight in gold, and is the highest priced article in the room. Immediately below is an odd-looking ornament consisting of two uprights supporting what at first glance Appears to be a ball, but which is a Japanese clock, the dial completely covering the front half of the sphere, and cnrious hands pointing out Japanese scrawls to denote the hours. The works inside rock like a cradle. There is a third clock on Mr. Child's desk, an omamen tal steeple clock, which is set in a stand that indicates the day and date of the month. Over the old-fashioned fireplace where the grate is suspended by a heavy iron crane there is a | basso-relievo wherein a winged Gapid is depicted bearing an hour glass, to typify the flight of time, while on the mantel immediately overhead is a bronze and marble French clock of beautiful design and exquisite finish and of such fine workmanship that it varies liardly more than a minute in a year. It has a perpetual calendar attachment, and cost over ?800. On either side of the mantel, under the life-size pictures of Messrs. Childs and Drexel, are clocks marking two periods in French history. One has a case of tortoise shell, inlaid with bronze scroll work, such as was fashionable in tne time of Luis XIV.; the other is in tlie Bocoeo style, which was popular during the time of Henry IV. The bronze | case, nearly three feet high, is profuse | in decoration of a debased style that succeeded the first revival of I Italian architecture. Above a huge ebony cabinet filled with curios of eve::y variety stands an antique English clock, ; 'frith square ebony case. It is very j plain and very old, the seconds being' measured by a verge escapement, which was* supplanted more than 200 years! ago" by the pendulm. Another expensive clock on the walls has a case of malachite ornamented with bronze. This is Russian work. The clock stands on a neat bracket of malachite and bronze that was made in this country to Mr. Child's order at i. cost of *$250. The glance around the room from desk ! and mantel, and bracket and cabinet, ! now strikes three hall clocks, the dearest treasures of the collector. The " convent" clock, which came from an ! Austrian cloister, is over 200 years old, | is roughly made, and is exceedingly ! crude in its mechanism. General Grant's present, sometimes known as the Grant clock, and often named the Klingenburg, clock (after its maker, John Klingenburg of Amsterdam), is of great value, .but, precious as are these two timekeepers, they are commonplace as compared with the Rittenhouse clock, which occupies an honored corner in the magnificent office. For ingenuity and accuracy and beauty of workmanship it is believed to exceed any clock in America. David Rittenhouse, a famous Philadelphian, after whom Rittenhouse square was named, made the clock in 1767 for Joseph Potts, who paid $640 to Rittenhouse. This timepiece was much sought after in the early days of the republic, 125 guineas having 'been offered for it by Lord Howe when he was holding Philadelphia nnder occupation. Later on the Spanish minister to the United States wanted to make a snbtantial present to his sovereign, and offered %>ouu ior tnis ciock. it, nowever, ien into the possession of the Barton family, who retained it until it "was bought by Mr. Childs in October, 1879. The intricacy of its mechanism is wonderful-. It contains seventy-two wheels, with 5,685 teeth. It; is operated by three weights, aggregating one hundred pounds in weight. In addition to the timepiece it has a musical attachment and a limited planitarium in miEiature. On its face are six dials. Tha main dial in the center has four hands, indicating seconds, minutes, hours and daye, the latter being so set as to run perpetually, with due provision for leap year and all the other vagaries of the calendar. The phases of the moon are also shown. The second dial accurately represents the movements of Yenus, Jupiter, Mars, j Mercury and the earth around the sun, i each of the planets being represented j.by a small gold ball that makes its j orbital revolutions around the central sun with wonderful precision. Thus far the gold ball marked Jupiter has made only nine and & half revolutions since the clock was made?114 years ago. The rim of the dial is marked with the signs of the zodiac, thus showing the location of each planet. Eauallv curious is the dial in the upper left hand corner, which describes the moon's phases in its course around the earth. The moon is portrayed by a ball, half white and half black, which slowly traverses around another ball repsesenting the earth, the moon being made to revolve on a pinion in such manner as to give the correct view of it when in its various stages of reflection. The lower left hand corner dial shows Saturn slowly crawling along its twenty-nine-year course around the sun. Another astronomical feature of the clock is its sun dial, which shows sun time, fast or slow, in comparison with mean meridian time. The movement neces3arv for this dial is exceedingly intricate and rare. The sixth dial reveals a combination of chimes, which play at every quarter, ( A Tioy^/3 ie I _IU Li. auu 1UU UUUi? XX XJ CfciU vt iu to oDe of ten numbers, and when the quarter point is reached a peal ot choral music is heard, lasting for a minnte. A gentle pnsh on a little knob on the difi brings a repetition, and the twenty tiny bells gush out their sweet, melodies. It was while the scribe was glancing at this astronomical wonder that the State honse bell tolled out its heavy midday clang, and amost at the 3ame instant a flood of music deluged Mr. Childs's office. Each of the eleven clocks, excepting the antique "English," struck the hour?the astronomical clock in deep, :rich tones; the convent clock with a high tinkling sound; the mantel clock with a softness that is characteristic of French timepieces; the Louis XIV. clock on a highly toned bell; the Rococo clock with a healthy, loud sound, and the lapis lazuli with a pleasing jingle. Then the chimes struck up, and for another minute sweet concord pervaded :he room. The efl'ecc was thrilling. The products of two continents were Drongnt inio an array that picttirea distinct successive periods in handicraft and scientific attainment. I u was a blending of time3 and peoples, of history and art. These clocks in Mr. Child's ofEce could not be bought for any money. They cost over $ib,0C0, while $30,000 j will hardly cover the cost of all his [ clocks, numbering fifty, the others j being divided amon^ his summer honae ; at Wooten, his Lon-r Branch residence i and his mansion at- Twenty-second and Walnut streets. Every rcom in each of j these domiciles has its clock, and each j clock has its peculiar merit. j Sir John Lubbock maintains in his ! last Linnzean Society paper that bees ! prefer blue flowers to those of any other I color. Bat the objection may be fairly j raised, how, if bees have so much to go j with the origin of flowers, have we so ; it* bine ones? He met this by sug-1 gesting that all flowers were originally j green, and then passed through whit? ; or yellow, and generally rc-d, before be- j coming blue. He says that an ant ra.iy live seven or eight years. Man wants bnt liitto here below, and he gets it. \ > r POPULAR isCIEXCii. i The light which f alls upon the earth from the satellites of Mars is about equivalent to what? a man's hand on which the sun shone at Washington _ 1J wuuiu XCULCJU tu XXJ^IAJU* Flourens. the French physiologist, fixing the complete development of man at twenty years, teaches that he shonld live five times as long as it takes him to become an adult. It is predicted by M. Duponchel that the next sun-spot maximum period will be before 1890. It may, peihaps, occur in 1888, but. the great probability is that it will present itself in 1892. A locomotive provided with an electric head-light has been placed on the French Northern railroad. The electricity is furnished by the application of the surplus power of the engine. Sponges obtained from great depths are often affected by an organism whose 11 V 1 -rr,;Aa-? ceild Uid I11UUII ?uu tauaio vt avi^x. Their effect is to give a coarse and worm-eaten appearance to the sponge. To test the sensitiveness of tendrils of the coboea scandens a human hair was placed on an expanded tendril. In twelve hours the tendril had clasped itself aronnd the hair and coiled into a hard knot. If one ear, the left, for example, be fatigued by listening to a long, pure note, and the hearer then try to estimate the direction of the sound, he will imagine it to be further to the left than it is, and vice versa. Moths having been immersed in sulphuric ether will recover after the evaporation of the ether ; beetles will recover from the effects of chloroform, and flies after having spent a whole day in a bottle of wine. Balloonist have a unique method of taking "soundings" to learn their distance from the earth when traveling in the air at night. A loud shout is given onil cefATiilfl ota /?nnnfp<1 rmtil the echo from the ground is heard. .From the time required for the return of the sound it is easy to compute the height of the balloon. At a meeting of the Academy of Science, Paris, on December 5, M. Faye criticised the proposal to establish meteorological stations in high latitudes. He does not think that ranch is to be learned at these places in the cause of science. It is simply a matter of conjecture whether the ice of the polar regions is the regulator of climates of the temperate zones. Modern science shows the regulator to be rather in the vast equatorial zone, whence storms travel over the two hemispheres. Instead of organizing a metereological station at Cape Horn the French gov ernment would do better to touna one in the Azores. The Nature attempts to ridicule M. Faye. THE HOME DOCTOR. Br. Footers Health Monthly advises j people never to lean the back upon i anything that is cold. Two good hearty meals in the day are sufficient for health?one before going to work, and the other after work is over; that is, breakfast and supper, or ' what is the .same, late dinner. Some lunch is needed between these meals, | but this should be light. Hot, heavy suppers taken shortly be- j fore going to bed prevent refreshing j sleep, and are among the most frequent! causes of attacks of indigestion, j At the same time an empty stomach is ; to be avoided; a few biscuits, or some-: thing equally light, is all that is re- j Too much smoking is a harmful habit, causing nervousness,shaky hands, I palpitation'of the heart, want of appetite and sleeplessness; when any of these occnr, tobacco shonld be left off, or used very seldom. The practice of boys learning to smoke can not be too strongly condemned. >7hen the joints are stiffened with rheumatism or a settled cold, the following applications are said io be capital, and enable the sufferer to mcve | with ease: Cut i?to small bits (or grate) I one ounce of castile soap, and a heapj ing tablespoonful of cayenne pepper, j Have these in a small pitcher, and then i pour on to them half a pint of boiling hot water. Stir until all is dissolved, , and add a little cider, brandy or alco! hol when bottling. An application of ! the above brings the blood in a glow to ; the joints, and on rubbing a little sweet oil to relax the muscles the patient will be enabled to walk- with perfect easa. i Savages on the Trail. One of the most remarkable features of uncivilized life is the power savages show of tracking men and beasts over immense distances. Many travelers have spoken of this as something almost miraculous, yet it is only the result of careful observation of certain wellknown signs; and we have here before us a collection of verv common-sense hints on the subject. In countries like ours every trace, footprint or wheeltrack on roads or paths are soon obliterated or hopelessly confused; but it is otherwise in the wilderness, where | neither raan nor beast can conceal his j track. In Cafferland, when cattle are stolen, if their footprints are traced j into a village, the head man ia responsible for them, unless he can show the same track going out. A wagon track in a new country is practically indelible. "More especially," say the authors of ! "Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life," "is this the case if a fire sweeps over ihe plain immediately after, or if a wagon passes during or after a prairie j fire. We have known a fellow traveler i recognize in this manner the tracks his wagon had made seven years before, the lines of charred stumps crushed short down remaining to indicate the passage of the wh els, though all other impressions had beeD obliterated by the rank annual growth fully twelve ' feet high. Sometimes the original soil being disturbed a new vegetation will j anrinflr Tin dinner t.llA TFflffOTl t?flCk. 8nd I ?r o **-o? * . thus mark out the road for miles. Even on hard rock a man's bare foot will leave the dust caked together1 by perspiration, so that a practiced eye will see it; and even if there is no track, a stone will be disturbed here ! and there, the side of the pebble which has long lain next to the ground being j turned np. If it is still damp, the man or beast that turned it has passed very recently. If a shower of rain has fallen, the track will tell whether it was made before, during or after the shower; similar indications can be obtained from the dew ; and other indications of the time that has elapsed since a man passed j by is furnished by the state of the j crushed grass, which will be more or j less withered as the time is longer or | shorter. Other indications are drawn ; from the direction in which the grass . lies; this tells how the wind was blow-; ing at the time the grass was crushed; and by noting previous of the wind, one \ ^4- J/ ?! ? r?r^o-rf. nf i iCttiUO L.1 11 ir~. au vu ^mav W- . the track was made. I ? !. ? lie Sight Hare Been Favored. The Boston Journal gave way to a little mild indignation the other day in 1 the following paragraph: "Clara Louise Kellogg sang about 88,000 worth to the j inmates of the Nebraska penitentiary the other day, and asked nothing for it. ! A man who had never stolen anything ; or made love to another man's horse i would have to pay two dollars to hear her. About the only man who gets left I nowadays, and has to pay a big price j for all the fun he has, is the honest, respectable, hard-working citizen." j There is soma truth in this conclusion, and though the tone is not quite so philosophical as people have a right to expect in a Boston newspaper, it was ; entirely unnecessary for the Omaha Bee j ' * " "VIT.1 I to retort asionows: >ve uavc w uuuu> j that if the editor of the Boston Journal i had been in Nebraska, he would have j been placed in a position where he could have haard Clara for nothing." The color line has extended into Can ada. Two citizens of Toronto were re- i fused admittance to tee skating rink j hecauee ?f tfcejr color. i FOR THE FAIR SEX. Burned to Death. In Panihatti, Bengal, a woman's clothes ignited as she ^as lighting a fire. The flames could have been easily extinguished by persons in an adjoining room if an alarm had. been given, .cut i the rales of caste would have been vio-! lated if the woman's shrieks had reached j the ears of the adult male members of j the household, and so the woman sto- j ically suffered herself to burn to death. ; The Violin for Girl*. A correspondent writes to the Queen : j "I do not know whether it made much i way in the provinces, of which my ac-! quaintance and experience are small, but in and about London, for twenty miles round, there is hardly a large family, blessed with an average endowment of girls, in which one of them is not learned or destined to learn the violin. I often attended the practices or concerts given by many amateur musical societies in and around London, and generally find young ladies among the ranks of violin players. On all sides there is abundant evidence that trie movement is general ana strong, i The violin dealers and masters tell the j same story, and I cannot donbt that ten j years hence the violin will be far more i common in the hands of young ladies ! than ever it was in former days among j their fathers and uncles." Uniform Toilets. A London paper says : A new fashion, of which many leaders of society speak ts likely to prevail, is the so-called j uniform toilet for ladies. Already the j idea has been '-aired" at several great | entertainments, and it i3 said that the ; queen of Italy is responsible for the : change. When the queen was at Vienna a special ball was given in her honor, at which all the Viennese ladies appeared in white, emulating the hue of the daisy, or marguerite, after which the qneen is named. Qaeen Marguerite herself was in white satin trimmed with ' ?j t? a suver gauze uuu ucuuwcibu ytj.uu. exquisite gardenias, the effect of the whole being enhanced by the splendor of her pearl necklace, King Humbert's latest gift. When the queen returned to Italy and gave a bail she let the invited ladies know that they were expected to appear in white. The Roman ladies were not backward, of course, and appeared in gorgeous white costumes, in most cases enlivened with stars or daisies in diamonds. Since then, at severr.l receptions held in Paris, notifications have been given out with the invitations that ladies were to appear in certain shades of color. The fashion, of course, affords play to the wildest extravagances, each woman being anxious to make an effect in the startling combinations and contrasts of materials, but to the ordinary observer it is by no j means attractive, and uniformity becomes monotony. Fashion Notes. Flower fans are the latest novelty. Tulle is the material for ball dresses. Plush plisses are worn by little girls. Flame-red birds appear on gray felt hats. Sealskin buttons are used on cloth dresses. English silk umbrellas havo colored linings. Chamberry gauz9 has gone out of fashion. Little children wear knitted wool petticoats. . Two kind3 of roses are used in dress g?rniiure. i New velvet neklaces are studded wifa pearls. Diamond stars that quiver are worn in the hair. Black is considered in the best taste for mantles. Directoire greatcoats with capes complete cloth costumes. Turkish colors and designs are brocaded in gentlemen's cravats. ?X UOU J?JJLlJtv# IV vw MX Vtvvvk t?MVM j used is prepared for curling feathers. Lace, if black, is considered suitable i for second mourning on the other side j of the water. "Large collars frequently have a white i cravat bow of lawn or mull, edged with ! laoe, tied in front. Afternoon private theatricals are very fashionable in London and in country houses in England. Valenciennes, real or imifcatioD, remains the popular lace for fine chemises and other fine underwear. Collars for morning wear are straight bands of linen fastened in front with a small gold button or stud. A great deal of spangled and tinselj striped gauze is used in the composition I of French ball dresses this year. Camel's hair cloth, serges and a new i light cloth called Ehadames, are the ! leadinc woolen dress goods of the I ? ; season. In breakfast cap3 of lace and muslin J the variety in shape is indefinite, but I Fancl on and the Normandy have the I preference. Silver gauze, dotted with silver beads, makes a lovely evening dress for a lady no longer young, but who lias preserved her complexion. Many of the large collars are of white cream or pale tinted satin Surah, shim d up around the neck and edged with a wide ruffle of lace. A new dress material just brought out by the French is a woolen stuff with a plain ground, on which heads of animals are embroidered or printed. All trains, no matter how rich and heaw. are lined with white crinoline muslin, and protected and adorned with a balayeuse of lace and muslin or lace alone. Silk handkerchiefs, in erery combination of color and shade, are used in various ways as jabots, sailor colors, breakfast caps, and gypsy and Creole kerchie/s. Moorish headdresses in loosely folded turban shapes, adorned with red or imitation jewel ornaments and made of materials to suit those of the dress, are worn with elegant evening toilets. A Rosy >'ose. Every person has noticed the drunkard's rosy nose. It is not simply red; the skin is rough and thickened, /-\1^ onr\nQraTt/?o an Tin- ! ?UIU 4 I/O TTUViV u^v?uuijw ...W.MVW .? MM plea?ant, and sometimes a laughable, impression. Bnt this affection (acna rosacea) is not confined to the inebriate, nor is it owing directly to alcohol; bnt to some derangement of the digestive ; functions induced by the person's J hab:ts. The capillary veins of the face j are in peculiar sympathy with other j organs, and through the action of the ! latter, often become permanently con- ! gested. A congested liver may be due to high i living as well as to hard drinking, and ! whichever the cause, may equally result ! in this congestion of the nose. In | women it results, in full half the cases, j from some derangement of their j peculiar organization. Jb'nrtiier, a rea nose may be caused by occupations? as that of the cook, for instance?which j keep up a constant state of congestion j in the tace. The disease first shows itself in little | rounded spots on the summit and sides I of the nose. These come and go at j intervals, gradually increasing int number and continuing longer. The j veins enlarge; the ekin becomes thicker i than in its normal condition, and in the I worst casea, there are elevated point-, | some red and solid and some yellowish ; and filled with pus. To effect a care ihe main thiDg is to I remove the cause. Let your physician j tell you what that is. The local con-! gestion may, in many cases, be relieved ! by bathing the part for some time every ! dav, with water as hot as can be borne. I " ? i? xl. _ l'ne object is to simulate me circuia- i tion.?Youth's C'.mpan ion. After all the arguments about cheapness and j quality it appears that Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup I is the best remedy for the cure of Coughs and i Colds ever offered to the public. The price is I only 25 ccnts a bottle and every druggist is tha i land sells ftad recommends it i i. Nocturnal Ramble and what Came of It. Some genius?we suspect him to belong to ' the jovial order of humanity?has said: i " The day to drone and dream, the night to J learn and ramble.1' We do not propose to ' dispute this worthy's view of the matter, but j present herewith the experience of a Philadelphia journalist, Mr. William H Cun- j ninirtnn 1719 Xnrth Twentieth street, one of whose nocturnal rambles he thus refers to, . beginning his narration rather peculiarly, however: " I am not a rheumatic, and have been troubled very little with bodily pains. Last Tuesday morning I experienced a very annoying stiffness of the neck, which grew i worse as the day wore on. Toward evening it became very severe, and I could scarcely turn my head in any direction. Arriving home at tea time It was with difficulty that 1 I could eat my meal. My wife wanted to rub my neck with St. Jacobs Oil, but I refused, saying I thought the affliction would soon pass away. Tea over, against the remonstrances of my family, I leit home to ramble toward the new Chestnut Street Opera House, about two and a half miles from my residence. I started in the midst of a heavy snow storm, and remained at the theater until the close of the performance, although I could feel my neck getting worse and becoming very painful. Leaving the play the trouble came to reach home. The storm continued; the car in which I was became blocked in nearly every square, a cold current of air swept through the car, and I did not reach my home until toward 2 a. m., by which time my neck had become absolutely rigid. Then I consented to the use of Su Jacobs Oil, which my wife ap. plied two or three times before 1 arose. I continued its use that day and by evening I was free from pain, and the next morning I amused myself by twisting my neck in any direction that suited me, and not a vestige of stiffness remained."?Boston Herald. The census returns just given in Bombay are quite interesting. Asked to state their profession or calling, the simple Hindoos have filled up the paper with an accuracy that might in vain be sought for' in any other country. In Bombay there are, upon their own contflfiftinn. frwpmtv-RiT cam biers and swind lers, one dog prisoner, sixteen wizards, and 698 tattooers. In a Cincinnati daily we notice that Mr Tim Gleeson, ex member of the Council from the Fourth Ward of that city, says he suffered terribly from rheumatism all last winter and spring. He tried all kinds of liniments and medicines without any bene fit until he used St. Jacobs Oil, the first ap? plication of which insured a full night's repose, and its subsequent use entirely cured him. It is a great remedy.?Akron (Ohio) Beacon. i " Yes," said Daisy, " I think Jack is in love with me. He hasn't told me so, but when Harry Birch escorted me home from the par'y last night, Jack looked ugly, and to-day he took an opportunity to throw an awful hard snowball at Harry's dog." =g= RESCUED FROM DEATH. j William J. Coughlin, of SomerviHe. Mass , says In the fall of 1S761 was taken with bleeding ot the ixngs followed by a severe cough. I lost my appetite and flesh, and was confined to my bed. In 18771 was admitted to the hospital. The doctors said I had a hole In my lung aa t>i? as a half-dollar. At one time a report went around that I was dead. I gave up hope, but a friend told me of DR. WILLIAM HALL'S BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS. i t ? ** ? *a mhv mvnrica t m foal I 1(5"K? "Vine ?UCii IV iu?. .. vv?^v ~ I better, and to-day I feel better than for three years past I I write this hoping every one afflicted with Diseased I Longs will take DR. WILLIAM IIALL'S BALSAM, and I be convinced that COXSl'MPTIOX CAN* BE CUBED. I I can positively say it has done more good than all the j other medicines I have taken since my sickness. ALLEN'S Brain Food-cures Nervous Debility & Weakness of Generative Organs, SI?all druggists, j Send for Circular. Allen'sPliarmacy,313Firstay.,N.Y. ; . THE MARKETS. 5 "* NEW YOKE. j Beef Cattle?Med. Nat livewt. 9%@ 10 I Calves?Poor to Prime Yeals... 9% i Sheep 5% ; Lambs 7j^@ 7% i Hogs?Live 7 @ 7 Dressed, city 8%@ 8% Flour?Ex. State, good to fancy 5 60 @ 8 00 Western, good to choice 5 90 @ 8 75 Wheat?No. 2 Bed, new 1 45 @145% No. 1 White, new..... 1 41 @ 141 Bye?State 95 @ 95 Barley?Two-rowed State 90 @ 91 Corn?ITngradedWesternMixed 67%@ 70% Southern Yellow 71)^@ 71# Oats?White State 48 @ 50 Mixed Western 46 @ 49 Hay?Prime Timothy " 8*5 @ 90 Straw?No. 3, Bve 80 @ 85 Hops?State, 1881 26 @ 23 Pork?Mess, new, for export...1? 25 @13 25 Lard?Citv Steam . 1112lAGbll12V. Befined 1140 @1140 Petroleum?Crude 6%@ 7% BeSned 8%@ 8% Batter?State Creamery 30 @ 36 Dairy 20 @ 25 Western Im. Creamery 27 @ 38 Factory 13 @ 30 I Cheese?State Factory 9 @ 13% ; Skims 3 @ 9 Western 9 @ 13 ! Eg;State and Penn 26 @ 27 I Pot.. ''3?Early Rose, State, bbl 3 25 @3 50 BUFFALO. Steers?Extra 6 25 @ 6 75 Lambs?Western 4 75 @ 6 00 Sheep?Western 415 @ 5 10 Hogs, Good to Choice Yorkers.. 6 95 @ i 10 Floor?C'y Ground, No. 1 Spring 6 75 @7 25 Wheat?No. 1. Hard Dulutli.... 1 57 @ 1 57 Corn?No. 2 Mixed 68%@ 69 Oats?No. 2 Mix. West 48 @ 50 Barley?Two-rowed State 90 @ 90 BOSTON. Beef?Extra plate and family.. 14 00 @15 00 Hogs?Live 6%@ 7 Hogs?City Dressed S^@ 8% I Pork?Extra Prime per bbl 15 00 @15 50 Flour?Spring Wheat Patents.. 7 50 @8 75 Corn Mixed and Yellow 7375 Oats?Extra White 55%@ 57% Bye?State 1 00 @ 1 00 Wool?Washed Comb & Delaine 44%@ 46 Unwashed " " 50 @ 31 WATEBTOWJT (MASS.) CATTLE MABKET. Beef?Extra quality 6 75 @ 7 25 Sheep?Live weight 4 @ 6 I Lambs 5%@ 7 j Hogs, Northern, d. w 8 @ PHILADELPHIA. j Flour?Penn. Ex. Family, good 6 50 @6 50 "Wheat?No. 2 Bed 1 42 @ 1 42 Eye?State 97 @ 97 Corn?State Yellovr 69% Oats^-Mixed... 49 @ 49 Butter?Creamery Extra Pa.... 42 @ 42 j Cheese?New York Full Cream. 13%@ 13% | Petroleum?Crude 6 @ 7 ! Refined 7^? 7M A Surprised locomotive jl A Swearing Engineer, j*. The people along the line of Kp jT railway from Tramway Landing,' mmagrji La., to the inland towns were surprised and amused at a recent occurrence. So many strange things, however, are constantly W$S s presenting themselves to the at*??*2 tention or the people now-a-days that genuine surprises are few indeed. This was the exception. We have read of the "painted ship on a painted ocean," and witnessed the "poetry of motion," jBt /?tas shown in danciug. but had never heard of decorative art in rapid flight on a railway wJfPQgrM- train until this time. People i ?pr observed, with wide-eyed won? der, the locomotive and tender and full train of cars mov>45^, lng through the country, *55? adorned on every available | /?. iM spot with the magical words? 1 j 35 "St. Jacobs Oil!" It looked Jt? Ar* gorgeous,if full display of color ; {ijj/?Z ? is allowed to mean anvtbing fl^ies^imes. It looked sublime, " TCh y, it means that my whole train looks like a traveling menagerie." said the conductor. "I laid up my train at Tramway, as usual, and, during the hours of ' balmy sleep,' I suppose some of those advertising wretches backed up their ' kit' and posted it from front to rear. I don't I know why they did it; but there stands the elongated," red and yellow facts staring you in the faec. and just as l.rominentas a rabbit s ears! It's hard luck stranger, but I guess it's ail right." ?Galveston (Tex.) Daily Journal. ~~ y Y y r?> '-( > '-L-r'v '* . : - -j -1 V \ The Americans are notthe^65ai_ smart people who understand how to ^ advertise with effect. A man in Germany has invented a hair dye called "Hamburg Gold water." The traveling igent of the firm, in order to present the magical effect of the dye, goes about with his hair parted in the middle, and on one side of the parting, it is jet black, while the other is fiery red. He creates a great deal of sensation from his resemblance to a woodpecker, and sells lots of hair dye, thanks to his go-aheadativeness. Ailments that Seem Trillin? Are often but the prelude to a complication obstinate maladies. Among the former are a fit of indigestion, loss of appetite, biliousness and inactivity of the bowels. It is highly unsafe to disregard any of these symptoms of bodily derangement. They should be attended to at once, ere they become chronic, and involve the general health. The above complaints may be easily subdued with Hosteler's Stomach Bitters. * Rheumatism and fever and ague, both maladies Tor which the above is a reliable specific, yield moat readily to it in their incipiency. The testimony as to its preventive efficacy, and fortifying influence upon the system, is ^particularly satisfactory and conclusive. Nervous ailments are among the maladies for which prompt relief is obtained by the use of this sterling medicine. Whex a man goes hunting in Australia, he kills suck game as kangaroos, wallabies, waliaroes, dingoes and bandicoots. Lord Byron, in reference to a beautiful lady, wrote to a friend?"Lady has been dangerously ill, but now she is danqerously well again."" American belles, when attacked by any of the ills that flesh is heir to, may be kept killing, and avoid being killed by taking Dr. B. Y. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," which banishes feminine weakness, ana restores the bloom of health. By all druggists. A Swedish family in New York city is alleged to have eaten seventeen puppies, two horses and innumerable cats. " First a cough carried me off, And tben a coffin they carried me off in!" This will not be your epitaph if you take your cough and Dr. B. V. Pierce's " Golden Medical Discovery" in time. It is specific for weak lungs, spitting of blood, night-sweats, and the Aavi-tr ofo Ma rtt* /MinsnmritiorL Bv all drutrxists. Is the office of the treasurer of Virginia the clerks are nine years behind in the work of posting accounts. Thront, Bronchial, and Lnns Diseases A specialty. Send two stamps for large treatise giving self treatment Address World's Dxspexsaby Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Ottees are numerous, and many of them are being shot in Bradford county, Penn. "Most Satisfactory." Newbubg, N. Y., May 27, 188L H. H. Waeseb & Co.: Sirs?I have derived the most satisfactory results from the use of your Safe Kidney and Liver Core. A. C. Smth. Ores of galena, copper, silver and antimony have been found in Polk county, Ark. Ptwe cod-liveb oil, from selected livers, on the seashore, by Cassreli, Hazard & Co., N. Y. Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians declafC it superior to all other oils. Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. Od Thirty Days' Trial. The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will send their Electro-Voltaic Belts and other Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to any person afflicted with Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, and kindred troubles, guaranteeing complete restoration of vigor and manhood. Address as abov<> without delay. P. S.?No ri&Ji inclined, as 30 dajB' trial is allowed. 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