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. TIMELY TOPICS. One of the mining companies at t . Xorth Bloom Nevada. comnleted a clean up after twenty days' washing, and the result was a gold barseventeen inches long, seven inches wide and eight inches thick, valued at about $115,000. It weighs about 450 pounds, i and is the largest gold bar ever cast in the United States. It is said that within the present de cade Montana is likely to head all th States and Territories in the produci tion of cattle. Four years ago there were not more than 6,000 head in the ^ Territory, this season there will be about 50.00O sold from there, and the prospect is that the stock-raising busi-; ncss will continue to increase very | rapidly for a long time. t Pelee Island, Lake Erie, the south- j ernmost land in Canada, must be a good place in which to live. It is said to possess a climate which produces j superior wines, sugar cane, peanuts, sweet potatoes, all small fruits, Sgs, : almonds and cotton. The last product, ' incredible as it may seem, has beer raised for several seasons. The win- j ters are very mild, the temperature r averaging abouc sixty degrees. pvv - i Commissioner Loring, of the United j States agricultural bureau, offered. $14,000 in prizes for essays upon I r various branches of husbandry, design- j ing to pay the prizes from the appro priation for experiments in beet sugar j and sorghum culture; but First j Comptroller Lawrence, of the treasury : department, apprised the commissioner that the intended diversion of money j _ .. without the authority of Congress I ~~~ would be illegal. . Here. is a remarkable statement; "going the rounds The aggregate i wealth of the .State of New York is estimated at $7,000,000,000. This is : about a seventh of the estimated wealth of the whole United States, j William II. Vanderbilt is supposed I upon the best of grounds to be worth $150,000,000. This would make him j Wv * - him the possessor of about one forty- j ==* . sixth part of all the wealth of the Empire State, and of about one hundred and twenty-second part of that of the k whole country. That is to say that this individual, in a population of over 50,000,000 of people in the United States, represents in wealth the imDortance of nearlv 200,000. There is a little romance in the association of the new tenor, Biorkstein, with Christine ZS'ilsson. the Swedish | nightingale. He is a young Swede, j aged twenty-three, and while a boy J vowed in the name of the prima donna ; to devote himself to music, though' destined by his parents for the navy.' "When Xilsson was last at Stockholm ! Biorkstein was a persistent follower, j and she was somewhat annoyed by his j attentions, but one evening she was; serenaded and was struck by the clear I tones of the tenor of the quartette, and sent for the singer, who proved to be her young admirer. She took him under her patronage, and placed him under one of the best masters in Paris. ' i 4 J. _ 2. 1 y i! a teaeiiers xuetamg iu x*cuii?>i- , vania, Superintendent Luckev, of the ! Pittsburg public schools, opposed the J use of the spelling-book. "When a j word stood by itself, it was dead, he ; said ; when put into a sentence, it had life; and a spelling-book generally did j more harm than good. He ridiculed the popular method of teaching elocution. and declared that pupils could deliver the speeches of Webster, ^Calhoun and Clay fineiy, but when asked to rca.l a newspaper could not do so ^ intelligently. He advocated the reading of newspapers in schools, and stated^. P^T that in Pittsburg public schools the ' Scholars thus associated places and events readily, and were not likely to forget either. The United States ramcs first or tne , cations of the earth in the number of ; ppstoffices, having 42,989 offices, the j ^? next highest being 14.549 in Great Britain. Switzerland leads in respect j to number of offices for each inhabitant. with one office for every 993 ; inhabitants, the United States having; one office for every 1,167 indabitants.! France and Germany have by far the largest number of letter-boxes for the j reception of correspondence. Great j Britain conveyed the largest number ; of letters last year?1,176,423,600, the United States ranking second, with 847,S20,029 letters. The United States appears, however, to have conveyed nearly double a* many postal-cards j and newspapers as were sent in any i ^ foreign country. The United States has the largest number of miles of ! railway transportation. "With, jrespect to gross postal revenues, those of Germany aggregated 100.229,319 francs, and Great Uritain 168,335,765 francs, j An immense amount of harm hasj "been done by the current notion that in order to make any structure fire-1 proof it must be incombustible. Me-1 chanics says this has been one of the ; leading reasons which has prevented I steamboat men from attempting to make the upper works of our river | steamers fireproof. The fallacy of the J idea is easily seen when we consider j that cast-iron buildings have been j utterly destroyed by tire, and that! ?. -- wooden buildings have had whole 1 floors bnrned out without injuring! other portions of the building above or below. "What is needed is a structure j ' ? n r. .:i? ; mat win resist nre, ami mis t-au easily be obtained'in wood. A wooden shut- ; ter carefully covered with tin with- i stands the effect of fire longer than : one of iron, and if the principle of the ; tin-covered shutter can be adopted in cert:an parts of the joiner work of our river steamers they can be rendered : no far fireproof that when flames break jj- out around the boilers, near the engine, or in the freight, the fire will spread so slowly that it can be controlled. The will of Miss Barbara Scott, a : wretched old woman who inherited several fortunes and increased them by every means which her miserly instincts could devise, has been upheld by the superior court in Montreal. MeGill university gets $40,000, and various hospitals, churches an'd charitable instil utions receive the rest. For years before her death she lived iso- i iated in the old familv mansion in the ' suourbs oi me cuy, unm me uui anu ; filth became so intolerable that the board of health was forced to interfere. She refused even to employ a female domestic, but allowed an old i man to visit the house daily to do i chores. She died without an attendant, and when the executors took possession thousands of dollars were found rolled i up in scraps of old paper. Not the least remnant of food was discovered in the house, and the doctors thought she starved herself to death. The relatives, who were practically ignored, tried to break the will on the ground B of insanity, but the court held that! t:ie testatrix was of disposing mind j^^^^jchough eccentric. Many amusing stories are told of .1 PViinrmipn <rivp> PV1 IQC it> ill ?luvu 'wiii.mwv.? . ^ ___ <Ience in Christian courts of justice, j I In England it is the custom to break a j I china saucer over the head of the Chi- i Hj nese witness: and this is supposed to ! I insure truth-tilling. There was a I Hi Chinese witness in a trial which was gn recently held in San Francisco. The judge, evidently riot being quite satisthat the witness understood the j $? vho Hs hwJ Just gen? j 1 through, asked him, as is usual in j such cases, if he understood the na* t tilre of an oath. " Perfectly," replied i the witness with the utmost confidence;! " I know that if I tell a lie even' one in the court will be damned." An j: equally amusing illustration of the ig- j norance of the Chinese in the matter of our judicial oath was furnished j some time ago by the native usher in !: the consular court at Shanghai. He was observed to be making an anxious; 1 search for some missing object; and on j ' being questioned by the judge, he!' stated that he was looking for the little ! i book which is given to the witness to : ! smell! And this man had been for j eighteen years usher of the court! | : j1 From 12,000 to 15,000 carp ponds in ; | ali have been stocked since the United j States fish commission began the; work. About 11,000 applications are now on file from different parts of the Union, and new applications are con-! ' stantly received at the rate of fifty to j : one hundred per day. As the value of I the carp for food, the ease with which j it is kept, and the rapidity with which I 1 the species multiplies, as well as that: J oi its growtn, oecome Known m a i county or neighborhood, the demand! for young fish to stock new ponds of i course increases. The hardy constitu- j tion of the carp renders its transpor- i tation alive and in good condition from ; place to place an easy matter, and is i another strong point in its favor. Small tin buckets partly filled with water are now extensively used for this purpose. Each of these buckets has a capacity of about one gallon and is fitted with a cover, in which are two small holes for the admission oi' air. Twenty young fish can make a long journey by express in one of these buckets very comfortably without a ( change of water. It has been found by experience that the young fish taken from the water in the spring nnnpar to be more tender and do not ; "r r -- ? -bear transportation so Avell as those taken in the autumn. It is found, j too, that the growth of the carp in j the South is about twice as rapid iis in the Xorth. : WOKDS OF WIS? )M. Good, the more communicated, more 1 abundant grows. I Pride hath two seasons?a forward ; spring and an early fall. ' Woman is the nervous part of humanity ; man the muscular. < Absence from those we love is self ! from self! A deadly banishment. j A noble part of every true life is to 1 learn to undo what has been wrongly 1 done. The people may be made to follow a I : line of action, but they may not be made to understand it. Be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams?the more they are j condensed, the deeper they burn. At the bottom of a good deal cf the j. oraverv xnat appears m tuc ?unu i there lurks a miserable cowardice. j Men will face powder and steel be- j cause they cannot face pubiic opinion, i The finer the nature the more flaws j will it show through the clearness of it, The best things are seldomest seen in their best form. The wild grass grows well and strongly one year with another; but the wheat is, by reason of i its greater nobleness, liable to a bit- ] terer blight. < He is good that does good to others. : If he suffers for the good he does he ; is better still; and if he suffers for : them to whom he did good, lie has ar- j ! rived to that height of goodness that i < nothing but an increase of his suffer-i; ing can add to it; if it proves his 11 death, his virtue is at its summit?it j : is heroism complete. ! 1 __ 1 Food Hakes the Man. Speaking roughly, says the Lancet 1 man is constituted by the 1 i fluid he consumes, and the remaining j fourth by the solid material he appro- j priates. It is therefore no figure of j speech to say that food makes the man. i AVe might even put the case in a ! stronger light and affirm that man is j his food. It is strictly and literally 1 true, that "A man who drinks beer ! thinks beer." We make this conces- j sion to the teetotalers, and will add j that good sound beer is by no means a ! bad thought factor, whatever may be i the intellectual value of the commodity j commonly sold and consumed under | that name! It cannot obviously be a matter of indifference what a man eats j and drinks. He is, in fact, choosing \ his animal and moral character j when he selects his food. It is impossible fcfr him to change his j inherited nature, simply because modifications of development occupy ' more than an individual life, but he j can help to make the particular stock j to which ne ueiongs more or it-ss uct-x v or fleshy or watery, and so on. by the way he feeds. We know the effect the feeding of animals lias on their temper and very natures; how the dog fed on raw meat and chained up so that he cannot work off the superfluous nitrogenized material by exercise becomes a savage beast, while the same creature | fed on bread and milk would be tame j as a lamb. The same law of results is j applicable to' man, and every living or- ! ganism is propagated "in its kind" with a physical mental likeness. This is the underlying principle of development. Happily the truth is beginning, though slowly and imperfectly, to find a recognition it has long been denied, j ?? 3Irs. Lanirtry. j Describing this noted English pro- I bpuntv the Christian at ! Wort:, published in Xew York, says: | Our lady readers will he pleased to i learn that Mrs. Langtry gets up at an | early hour, and with her friend, Mrs. j Labouciiere, takes an early walk. She ? is a street pedestrian, and thinks noth- | ing of twenty miles. She is a very ! good oarswoman and pulls a long j stretch easily. Her hands are very j large, but well-shaped and white, and ; she seems as well as a woman can be. ! Iler taste in dress is very simple. She ! wears tweed and llannel dresses, and j very plain little brimless hats?no jew- ' elry, and. evidently likes Quaker colors. I One of iier charms is a perfect un- : affeetedness. She has the manner and i speech of a well-bred boy, when she I talks of horses, boats or out-of-door- j sports, a natural consequence of being i brought up with brothers. Less of j the consciousness of being stared at j than this worid-renowned beauty be- j trove omilf] hardly be found. She Duts I her heavily-gloved hands in the | pocket of her ulster and walks off, evi- j dently thinking of any one but Mrs. ; Langtry. She is of a very cool, unim- ! pressionable temperament, and has a ; good voice, with a remarkable faculty ' for making and keeping friends. Voted for the Party. A story is told of Randolph, of i Roanoke, that wonderful child of genius, which is so replete with piquancy as to induce me to believe in | its truth. A bitter personal enemy of the great Virginian became the candidate of the party to which the latter belonged. lie stood, as was the custom j of the olden times, on that side of the court-house which was taken up by his party friends, greeting with friendly recognition those who cast their votes for him. When Randolph walked up to the polls and in a firm voice voted j for his enemy, the latter advanced. witii exienueu nauu, iu greet mm. l tliank you, sir. I thank you, sir," he j said, with some nervousness. Kan- ; dolph put his hand very coolly behind him, squeaking forth at the same time: "I didn't vote fur yon.sir ; I voted for : the party DLsjxztrfu FAJLJI, fjAKJUiia A3D HOUSEHOLD. 11 ! i Controlling the Horse. < The reins may guide the horse, the 1 bit may inspire him by its careful ma- * nipulation, and the whip may urge him ? forward to greater ambition; but the 1 'mmifin vni'fo i> nmro nnt&nt. tlian all ^ these agencies. Its assuring tones will i more quickly dispel his fright; its se- * vere reproaches \> ill more effectually j c check his insubordination; its sharp, s clear electric commands will more! ( thoroughly arouse his ambition, and its :c gentle, kindly praises will more com-'( pietely encourage the intelligent road ^ horse than the united forces of the bit j and reins and the lash. No animal in ' domestic use more readily responds to I the power of kindness than the road s horse.?Live Sfock Journal. How to Pluck Poultry. I have known persons on market t clav to go out and kill t welve or fifteen c fowls and to bring them into a room ! c where there would be half a dozen I \ women and boys pulling a few feathers j i at a time between their thumb and j e forefinger, to prevent tearing them.; t Now for the benetit of such I will give i our plan : Hang the fowl by the feet i c by a small cord; then with a small a knife give one cut. across the upper r jaw, opposite the corners of the mouth, i After the blood has stopped running a c stream place the point of the knife in s the groove in the upper part of the ] mouth, run the blade up into the back f part of the head, which will cause a J t twitching Of the muscles. Now is | c your time, for every feather yields as 11 if by magic, and there is no danger of j t tearing the most tender chick. Before j t he attempts to flap you can have him ! p as bare as the dav he came out of the ! i; pgg.?Journal of Horticulture, a Comparative Weight nnd Vield of Egg*. \ A correspondent of the Country]Gen- i i: tleman gives the standard yield and j s weight of eggs for the different do- j t niestic fowl as follows: Light Brahmas \ and partridge Cochins, eggs 7 to the i: pound; they lay, according to treat- n ment and keeping, from 80 to 100 per annum, oftentimes more if kept well. | a Dark Bruhmas, 8 to the pound, and i ( about 70 per annum. Black, white e and buff Cochins, 8 to the pound; 100 j 0 is a large yield per annum. Plymouth j p Rocks, 8 to the pound, lay 100 per 11 annum. Houdans, 8 to the pound, lay ! ij 150 per annum: non sitters. La Fleehe,j t 7 to the pound, lay 130 per annum; non-: n sitters. Black Spanish,? to the pound, lay I p 150 per annum. Dominiques, 9 to the j c pound, lay 130 per annum. Games, 9 j t\ to the pound, lay 130 per annum, j Crevecceurs, 7 to the pound, lay 150 i p per annum. Leghorns, 9 to the pound,j s lay from 150 to 200 per annum. Ham- j c burgs, 9 to the pound, lay 170 per an- ^ num. Polish, 9 to the pound, lay 150 ' o per annum. Bantams, 16 to the pound, i a lay 60 per annum. Turkeys, eggs 5 to i s the pound, lay from 30 to 60 per an-! t aum. Ducks, eggs vary very greatly j c with different species, but from 5 to ! i 3 to the pound, r.nd from 14 to 23 | s per annum, according to age and keep- j ;i ing. Geese, 4 to th'j pound, lay 20 j p per annum. Guineas, 11 to the pound, j c lay t>u per ?.nnum. 1 ?'! Preservation of Harness. s We give herewith a few hints on the t proper care of a harness. A harness that has been on a horse's back several , hours in a hot day becomes wet and t iirty, and if not properly cleaned it s soon loses its finish and the stitches rot s md break. Immediately after re- s moving the harness from the horses it "T should be thoroughly wiped with a dry :loth, and every strap straightened out ? and hung up. Twisting up reins and ? traces does them a permanent injury, f and if wet when twisted and allowed t to remain in twist until dry, they will c become set and when straightened out x the stiching will be greatly weakened r if not broken preserve a harness t the first_poi^?(go keep ?~c soft and wefffnieS. with grease, not s covered with grease on tne suriace, but all the pores filled so as to keep out ^ water. "Water absorbs grease rapidly A and is destructive of the leather and , mountings. Mud in drying absorbs ^ the grease and leaves spots upon the c Ieather. The perspiration from the f animal, while absorbing the grease, ( injures the leather by its saliva prop- ? erties, and if a harness is to be well ? kept it must be cleaned of all its de- [ stroying elements. Cleaning whenever s used is the only safe way; yet it seldom j occurs that a harness is cleaned more ( than once or twice a month. The proper course is to clean by rubbing with a dry cloth every time the harness is used, and when all the ? straps are nearly dry, rub them with j a cloth that is well saturated with grease and lamp-black. As often , as once a month the harness should be t;.ken apart, every strap unbuckled 1 and all mountings removed that can be ; each strap should then be brushed ^ to remove the dust from the surface 1 and in and around the stitching, then ( rubbed with a dry woolen cloth. If red spots show themselves on the <* leather where it has been rubbed, color : '' vi?I , CJiem Willi Vinegil. UlUUK, LUGO.! rtj'i'iy cl coat of neatsfoot oil, and soon after a . coat of tallow applied by a brush ; allow the straps to remain in the grease several hours, then rub off the surplus ] by a rag ; rub thoroughly so as to clean , oil the surplus grease and to give a 1 good finish to the lather. All steel mountings should be kept in quick- , lime ; silver and brass can be cleaned J with tripoli, or by rotten stone, or by I some of the scouring soaps. American Cattle. The New England Farmer, in an article on the cultivation of a liome , breed of cattle that shall take the place of the foreign breeds that are valuable for a special purpose, says: "What we want is a cow of good size, so that her steer calves will, when grown, make oxen that can draw a full load. Her form should be such that when her days of usefulness are beginning to be numbered she will bring a good price at the butcher's, and | she should be so good a milker that j she can feed her own calf and after- \ ward supply the family with miik, but- I ter or cheese for a number of months, j It is not necessary that she; should be so much given to J milk that she cannot be dried : off with safety before calving. The J general purpose cow, weighing from i nine to twelve hundred pounds alive,! should produce st eers that will easily j weigh thirty hundred pounds per pair ! at four to five years old, and she j should be able to give from twelve to ! sixteen quarts of milk per day for five !' or six months, that will make a pound j of butter per day. or two hundred j pounds per year. Such cows can be 1 ' 5 ' ~? - .ill /iiif-frtrCii'rrn 1T>(1 I I0UI1U. clUlUi.1^ LlCc; I <111 VHU ivn.ljju Uiiu native breeds of cattle, and they are always in demand, just as a good, lively, intelligent, round built, ten-hundred family horse is always in demand. Such animals will find more buyers : than any other class, simply because j they are adapted to the wants of a' greater number of persons than is any i other class. The time must come, sooner or later, when an animal will be valued ! according to its ability to do, and not for its family connections alone, and when that time does come the great j milker of one breed will be on about j the same level with the great milker of j another breed, and the beef animal I will be valued not so much on account of his place in the herd book as from ' the fact that he can lay on more pounds j of good meat on his bones for the . amount of food consumed, than can i some animal. It is true that we have 1 no American breed of cattle now. There are a few farmers scattered 1 ai ~ f>*?k /- rvnntrv tier? ana mere;, j who bave for a longer or shorter] )eriod beeu orceuing American cows | vith skill and good judgment. There : ir*> a few such herds in the vicinity of I Worcester, Mass. They have descended j 'roin some extra good mother cows, j tnd their offspring are doing credit j )oth to their parentage and to their j breeders. If every American farmer, who j inds himself possessed of a superior \ :ow, would strive to perpetuate her i tock and let her calves take the place >f the inferior animals which are too >ften kept for breeders, the time would ome after awhile that we could have tn American breed of cows of such ligh excellence that there would be ittle need of going to Europe and >aying fancy prices for imported itock. Recipes. cookies without jluus.? xaivr. | avo cups of sugar, one cup of butter, j >ne - \ip of milk, one even teaspoonful. >f soda dissolved in the milk; hot vater may be used instead of milk if I t is thought advisalle; use flour I nough to make a soft dough, roll i hin and bake in a quick oven. Vegetable Soup.?Four quarts of i old water, a half-pint cf sma.1 barley, ind two tablespoonfuls of best drip)ing, or a lump of fat from cold roast. ( >eef, or any fat from meat which is itherwise not needed; a teaspoonful of ( ;alt; of pepper, half a teaspoonful.. ( L,et this boil gently for two hours, the our quarts will then be reduced to i wo. Shred up two large well cleaned arrots in slices not too thick, also four arge onions finely shred or chopped, i wo heads of celery, and three or four ; urnips cut up in very small pieces: ' >ut all these in when tiie soup is boilng. Let it boil gently for an hour ;nd a half. Mix in a b isin a piled ta>lespoonful of flour with a little cold vater till it is like crerm; burn in an ron spoon a teaspoonful of moist ugar till it remains trc acle. Pour on his a little boiling water, and mix it vith the flour, tiien pour the whole Qto the soup, stir it w ell, let it sim- 1 ner once, and the soup is ready. Apple Marmalade.?Peel, core , nd thinly slice good cooking apples ' apples that cook to .1 smooth pulp '( asilv); allow three-quarters of pound J f loaf su<?ar to one pound of apples; ! ! mt the sugar in a preserving pan (a j in or iron saucepan will turn them lack), with half a teacupful of water o six pounds of sugar; let it gradually nelt and boil it for ten minutes. Then mt in the sliced apples and a few loves, cinnamon or lemon peel to avor, if liked. Boil rapidly for an iour, skim well and put in jam iots. It should be quite a mooth pulp, clcar and a bright amber. olor. "Will keep good for twelve nonths. Another way, to look like range marmalade: Choose hard pples that do not cook to a soft pulp, uch as russets; core, but do not peel 1 hem; make a svrup of three pounds ' ?i ioai sugar to a pint ui waiei, auu toil it for twenty minutes to make it yrup. Put in the apple thinly sliced md boil quickly for an hour; llavor as (referred. This marmalade bears a ;. ^reat resemblance to orange marmaade in appearance if the right kind of J ipples are chosen. Sufficient syrup hould be made to three parts cover he apples. Stir frequently. Deep Apple Pie.?To make plain lastry, mix together lightly a quarter >f a pound of lard or butter, a teapoonful of salt, a pound of flour and uflicient cold water to make a paste i.:^c 4-r\ will Anf On?k U'OV till CllUUgU tu 1 Ull VUV. \SLM\S ?f cw V-. nixing is to put theso ingredients into , chopping-tray, and chop them together with a large knife ; another is o make a paste stiff enough to roll of the lour, salt and water, roll it half an inch hick, spread quarter of the shortening >ver it, fold it and roll it out again, and,,^ ise another quarter of the shortens?^*'' epeatingth^^*f^^fitiraii is "used; he i||3ay for the making ifpi^s/* ^^lippTe pie, pare and lice tart apples enough to fill a deep :arthen baking dish heaping full; line he edges of the dish an inch down vitli a strip of pastry; put in the ap>les, sweeten them to taste, and flavor he pie with a little grated lemon rind >r a little ground cinnamon ; cover the ;op with pastry wet at the edges with ;old water to make it adhere to the (trips on the sides of the dish; cut (mail holes in the top crust, brush it >ver with beaten egg, or with a little lugar dissolved in water, and bake it mtil the apples are done in a moderate i )ven. I Household 3.lint*. To keep tinware nice and bright ! >cc>ur it every two or three weeks with inely-sifted coal ashes. .'Machine grease may be removed rom wash goods by dipping the fabric n cold rain water ant. soda. Do not put glass articles that have leld milk into hot water, as this causes ;he milk to penetrate the glass, and it ;an never be removed. To clean hair-brushes, use ammonia xnd hot water: after washing well, shake the water our; and dry on a '.-oarse towel; they will look as good .is new. If you put soda in water with which rou are to wash windows you will iind that lmger-marss, putty stains, i etc., will be much more easily removed i than if clear water alone is used. ; Silver should never be washed with j soap if you wish it to retain its origi- ! nal luster. "When it requires polish- { in<r use a piece of soft leather and j whiting and rub hard. To make boots and shoes waterproof : Melt in an earthen vessel, over a slow fire, half a pi;: t of linseed oil, one ounce of beeswax, half an ounce of rosin and one ounce of oil of turpentine. If new boo:s or shoes ar? saturated with this mixture, and left to hang in a warm place for a week or ten days, they will Le not only water- j proof, but the leather will be soft and pliable. The soles may be rendered waterproof by applying a coat of gun copal varnish to them, and repeating it until the pores of the leather are filled. A Big Li zard. While we were ha\ ing bath and coffee the next morning, two of our men had rowed over to an island contiguous to our own, and brought away a couple of guanas, or iguana-, as they are more properly termed. They had caught j them on the trees overhanging the sea j with a rod and noose, which they had j managed to throw over their heads. : These animals are so stupid that they j will allow themselves to be trapped in j this manner without even an effort tc ' escape, and this mode of catching them ! is constantly practiced. It must be j done, however, by skilled hands, as I I have often tried it myself, but could ! never succeed; those I obtained were always shot. They { .re capital for tiie table, the flesh when divested of the skin being white as t hat of a chicken,and quite as delicate in flavor; indeed, were it not for the shape of the bones and joints, no difference could be per- j ceived, but if there is any I am inclined i to give the preference to the guana, i The guana is of the lizard tribe, about ! three and a half feet long from the ! point of the nose to the tip of the tail, | which is two-thirds of the length ot | the body. It is of a dark dingy blue, j tinged with green, the sides of a yel- j lowish green, with black spots; there | is a saw-like ridge running the whole ! length of its scaly back to the end of I the tail, which gives it a fierce appear- i "*"? 1.H+ it in f ><- + norfr.ptlv tinrm aiiUC, MUt X V ? , i<>s. I have known many people refuse to taste it, from a repugnance to eating what theT- billed a huge lizard, even when, as on the present occasion, it was served up in a delicate fricassee, with tomatoes and peppers, in true Creole style,--London Field, ' rUK Tll? rALB SJEiX. A GLr!*-; Club. A pretty story is told about four j homeless working girls in Xew York who determined to abandon the hor- j rid boarding-house, pool their earnings and make themselv-s as real a home as ' can be found beyona a parent's roof, i They rented a third-story ilat and | hptrn n rcipraticris. Thev were Door and "O "I V IT were obliged to start with only one i room carpeted, a stove, some ' chairs, a j clock, a table, a few cups and dishes, j knives and forks, and two mattresses, i but no bedsteads. Little by little the furniture was increased; now by a | chair, next by a bedstead, again by a bureau, and so on until from being com plete extras were added. One of the girls got $20 a week as a milliner; an- : other $12 as a clerk in a Broadway cand v i store; another got $10 or $12 some- ; where else, and the fourth was a dress- i maker, and because she worked at { home was made housekeeper and called j steward of the club. Until the house | was furnished all pooled their earnings, but since then each has paid every i Saturday a share (graded in accord- j ance with their income) of the week's j expenses, including a stated sum as i flta atmrarrlflcc Tlifi m'rl? ' zaiiil J CV/ kJUts a. ?,aj.*w dress tastefully and live better than ( their neighbors. They live along with- j out quarreling, and run their pictur- j esque establishment according to rules framed and hung in the parlor. One of these rules is that no member of the club shall receive the visit of a gentleman except in the presence of I one other member, and that all the members who are in the house shall be present in such cases. A Storr of Court Eii:jnctto. Lady Florence Dixie writes to the Dublin Freeman's Journal: " In the Irishman of, I think, two or three weeks back, there appeared under the head of 'Query't* e ,'ollovving question: i 1 To put Lady 1 jcrence Dixie's cour- ! age and frankness to the proof, we ! shall ask her a question, and we shall expect a plain and straightforward j incvur TlTaeshp T.nrlv Plfirpri^p. T)i\'ip i ?ever expelled from the court of Queen Victoria? And if she ever was expelled from that court, will she be frank enough to tell us what was the cause?' The occurrence which was i some years ago the subject of re- j mark in London 'society'papers was ; in each and all related in the | form of a joke, and may be truthfully ; and simply explained as follows: j During o.ne of my many expeditions to j foreign parts I had occasion, for con- ; venience sake, to cut my hair short, j and on my return to England was pre- ; sented at court on the occasion of my marriage. I was very young then, and though I had been to court before I was not aware that the etiquette of same was so stringent that a head uncrowned by feathers was not the right - "r ? J.* J x tiling, i, m consequence, uiu iiui wear them. The result was a letter next day from the lord chamberlain, reminding me that it was not etiquette to attend her majesty's drawing-room without feathers and lace on the head, and begging the next time I attended a drawing-room to kindly observe this rule. To this communication I at once replied, expressing my regret at having unintentionally infringed the etiquette of court rules, and there the matter dropped. Later on an order came out in the Court Journal regulating the number of feathers and the length of veil which court rules for the future enforced on those who were desirous of attending drawing-rooms. The subject for a short time;,gave the; society journals goocLfoodfor and harmless jok$i|J||pSich I, like many others, h%uffiy jlluied. It not, however, being f^fpecjiliar ambition of my life to attend driving-rooms at court, nor to wear false?hair in order mat i may oe enabled tc3 don feathers and a veil, I have simp^ preferred to keep my hair short and to- forego that ' immense pleasure!' of attending any more drawing-rooms." Fashion Notes. Dolmans remain in vogue. Feather bands will be much worn. Beaded bonnets are much in vogue. Both long and short cloaks will be worn. Mousquetaire gloves take precedence of all others. Velveteen is the popular dress of the English woman. Small Talma mantles are worn at present in Paris. In millinery llowers are almost superseded by leaves. Red is the favorite color for plush and velvet turbans. The Russian redingote has become too common for street wear. As many bonnets have low and flat crowns as high, upright ones. The popular gimps are either metallic and military or of satin cord. Bands of grebe appear on some of the handsomest bonnets and turbans. Redingotes and overcoats will be trimmed with furs as the season ad- j > CllXV/^O. Bustles are not worn by the most fastidious and exclusively fashionable women. Black and dark-colored kid gloves will be popular for evening wear this winter. High round collars, fastened in front with a tiny gold stud, are again fashionable. I Chenille marabout ruches and ! fringes trim many handsome wraps and dresses Le?tuf bonnets trimmed with leather ,e are the latest freak of Parisian fancy. Turbans, to be fashionably worn, must not conceal the bangs or waves on the forehead. Leading Xew York dressmakers do not make up suits or costumes to be worn over hoops or bustles. The handsomest hats are made of velvet, and are trimmed with from two to twenty-two ostrich plumes. Larsre collars of embroidery, or heavy lace, with cuffs to match, form a part of every dressy suit for little girls or boys. Long plain cloth pelisses, finished with collars and cuffs of plush, are the first fall wraps for every-day and business purposes. Large long buckles in colored and iridescent metals are used to fasten the looped draperies of silk and fine woolen dresses. Many handsome tailor-made suits are composed of a good and substantial quality of black or dark brown or dark green cashmere. The use of ruby red, terra cotta electric blue and other "art colors" in children's garments makes them more picturesque than ever. Fancy contrasts in bonnets and hats is the latest fashion shown, having the crown of one color and the brim of another, and the liking of red for green is seen in many of these two colors. In the new silver jewelry, darkened to resemble old silver, many humorous conceits appear. Comic faces are on I the brooch, while others have Green away children, owls, monkeys, doves and fighting cocks. "When old Captain Marlinspike heard J that his friend the schoolmaster was in i the habit of punishing the unruly !:;ds j by seating them with the girls, he I shook his head as he remarked: " A j misplaced boy is very dangerous, my j friend."?Boston Transcripts Motner LoTe. TTe were at a railroad station one night last week waiting a few hours for a train, in the waiting-room, in the only rocking-chair, trying to talk a brown-eyed boy to sleep, who talks a great deal when he wants to keep awake. Presently a freight train arrived, and a beautiful little old woman came in, escorted by a great big Ger - 1 riarmon illclLI, ctllU CI1C V taiivcu. ii_L uui iiiuii, iiu giving her evidently lots of information about the route she was going, and telling her about her tickets and her baggage check, and occasionally patting her on the arm. At first our United States baby, who did not understand German, was tickled to hear them talk, and he "snickered" at the peculiar sound of the language that was being spoken. The great big man put his hand up to the good old lady's cheek, and said something encouraging, and a great big tear came to her eye, and she looked as happy as a queeu. The little brov/n eyes of the boy opened pretty big, and his face sobered down from its laugh, and he said: "Papa, it is his mother !" We knew it was. but how should a four-year-old sleepy baby, that couldn't understand German, tell that the lady was the big man's mother, and we asked him how he knew, and he said: "Oh, the big man was so kind to her.'1 The big man bustled out, we gave the rockingchair to the little old mother, and presently the man came in with a baggage man, and to him he spoke in English. He said: "This is my mother, and she does not speak ?nglisd. She is going to Iowa, and I have got to go back 011 the next train, but I want you to attend to ' her baggage and see her on the right car, the rear car, with a good seat near the center, and tell the conductor she's my mother. And here's a dollar for you, and I will do as much for your mother some time." The baggage man grasped the dollar with one hand and grasped the big man's hand with the other and looked at the little German with an expression that showed that lie had a mother too, and we almost know the old lady was well treated. Then we put the sleeping mind-reader on a bench and went out on the platform and got acquainted with the big German, and he talked of horse-trading, buying and selling and everything that showed he was a live business man, ready for any speculation, from buying a yearling colt to' a crop of hops or barley, and that his life was a busy one ana at times lull of hard work, disappointment, hard roads; but with all of his hurry and excitement he was kind to his mother, and we loved him just a little, and when, after a few minutes' talk about business, he said: "You must excuse me; I must go in the depot and see if my mother wants anything," we felt like taking his fat red hand and kissing it. Oh ! the love of the mother is the same in any language, and it is good in all languages.?Burlington Hawkeye. Costly Furs. The principal call now is for fur of the fur-seal and sea-otter, says a Xew York paper. Of the latter about 5,000 are taken yearly. They are only found in the Xortli Pacific islands. The best skins are valued from one hundred to five hundred dollars, and are especially affected bv the wealthy Chi- ! nese. The Russian sable?though why so named is an enigma, the choicest specimens coming rrom ivaintciniiKa? is extremely f<asliionable throughout the world, the fur being valued for its great beauty, and being unique from tue ?act the-hairs turn and lie equally well in ?jij position. 35 The ; animal is related to ilie weiist*, pine and stone martens, mink, etc., but exceeds them all in the beauty and length of the over hair ; that is long, flowing and o f a rich bluish dark shade, wearing extremely well, the pelt being tough and durable. Xearly 100,000 are caught yearly at all points, bringing from ?30 to $150 a skin, and ihe lady who would wear a perfect set o? furs from it must pay nearly $2,000. The American marten?from Labrador and Great Whale river?is much in demand. Artists' brushes are made from the hairs of the tail, and for this and other purposes over 130,000 are captured yearly, valued at $25 per skin for the best. Of pine ... a ftAA AAA ~ .1 T4- ^ martens iuu,uuu arc useu. jlu a, nui brown, being often passed off by dishonest dealers as Russian sable. In this country the better class of mink retains its popularity, the dark chestnut browns and blacks being rich and elegant in the extreme, and often passed off upon the innocent purchaser as Russian sable. The dark blue, lustrous shades are most admired, and come from Maine, Nova Scotia, the Middle and Northwestern States. The trappers realize, or should, from $5 to $25 per skin for the 250,000 animals killed yearly, Ermine skins are now rated at about $150 apiece, and the coat of Louis IX. was probably worth at the time $2,500. One of the most fashionable furs is that of the silver fox. It is a rich, dee]), glossy black, with a bluish tincre. So beautiful are they that $500 has been given for a single skin, anil La lloutan states that in his time the skin of one of these foxes brought its weight in gold. Skins frequently bring $250. Of the 2,000 caught yearly, about 1.000 are used in England, and they are occasionally seen on the streets of New York. Cheap grades of furs arc made from the Siberian squirrel, muskrats, rabbits, wildcats, badger, coon and even the domestic cat, of which 1,000,000 and over are killed yearly ; yet the attentive observer about Xew York is often reminded and forced to observe the supply exceeds the demand. Other animals used in trimming, etc., are lions, tigers and bears. Of the former 500 are used by the trade every year, while 20,000 bears, 500 tigers, 100,000 buffalo, 100,000 chinchillas and (5,000,j 000 squirrels have been and are used i yearly in various branches of trade, j " ?. Cinders in tne i-ye. Persons traveling by railway are subject to continued annoyance bv flying cinders. On getting into the eyes these are not only painful for the moment, but are often the cause of long ! suffering that ends in a total loss of ! sight. A very simple and effective | cure is within the reach of every one, j and would prevent much suffering and j expense were it generally known. It ! is simply one or two grains of flaxseed, i These may be placed in the eye with! out injury or pain to that delicate j organ, and shortly they begin to swell ; and dissolve a glutinous substance | that covers the ball of the eye, enj veloping any foreign substance that I may be in it. The irritation of cutting | the membrane is thus prevented and the annoyance may soon he washed out. A dozen of these stowed away in the vest pocket may prove in an j emergency worth their number in gold. ?Indiana state Xentiw:!. \ The Salem (Mass.) Register men I tions: Mr. J. S. LeFavour, artist, sur: Drisinsrlv benelit-'d by .St. Jacobs Oil. ' Rheumatism twenty years. The system of co-operation in Franee : is rapidly extending among farmers j for the purchase of seeds, manures i and implements of the lirst quality, t The members of the society bind them; selves individually to guarantee the payment of ;ill orders given. The Albany f X. Y.) A r-:;iis observes: J Jud<;e Mcfiowa i. this city, was cuier. I of rheumatism by St. Jacobs Oil. During the past century the population of the U nited SLates has incre.is d j eleven fold and the churches have inI creased thirty-seven fold. ? A PROFESSIONAL COyTESSIPy. Tke Unasa&l Experience of a Prominent Man .tlade Public. T>iPt following article from the Democrat and Chronicle, of Sochester, N. Y., is of so striking a nature, a=d emanates from so reliable a source, that it is herewith re-published entire. Li addition to the valuable matter it contains, it will be found exceed- j ingly interesting. To the Editor of the Democrat and Chronicle: Sib: My motives for the publication of the most unusual statements which follow are, i first, gratitude for the fact that I have been saved from a most horrible death, and, sec- i ondly, a desire to warn all who read this j statement against some of the most decep- i tive influences by which they have ever been ! surrounded. It is a fact that to-day thou- j saads of people are within a foot of the ! grave and they do not know it. To tell how j I was caught away from just this position j and to warn others against nearing it, are my objects in this communication. On the first day of June 1S61,1 lay at my residence in this city surrounded by m7 i * ' ' --- * I menus aim wtunuy iui iu? ucaw. .uuarvu i only knows the agony I then endured, for | words can never describe it. And yet, if a few years previous, any one had told me that ! I was to be brought so low, and by so ierri- | ble a disease, I should have scoffed at the j idea. I had always been uncommonly strong | and healthy, had weighed<>ver 200 pounds and I hardly knew, in. my own experience, what j pain or sickness were. Very many people who will read this statement realize at times that they are unusually tired and cannot account for it. They feel dull and indefinite pains in various parts of the body and do not understand it. Or they are exceedingly hungry one day and eutirely without appetite the next This was just the way I felt when the relentless malady which had fastened itself upon me first began. Still I thought it was nothing; that probably I had taken a cold which would soon pass away. Shortly after this I noticed a dull, and at times a neuralgic, pain in my head, but as it would come one day and be gone l the next, I paid but little attention to it. I However, my stomach was out of order and my food often failed to digest, causing at times great inconvenience. Yet I had no idea, even as a physician, that these things meant anything serious or that a moD itrous disease was becoming fixed upon me- Candidly, I thought I was suffering from Malaria and so doctored myself accordingly. But I got no better. I next noticed a peculiar color and odor about the fluids I was passing?also that there were large quantities one day and very little the next, and that a persistent froth and scum appeared upon the surface, and a sediment ? 1 .1 t .11 A ? -3 T j: O X settled in tne Dotcom. anu yes, ? uiu uut re- | alize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these I symptoms continually, I finally became ac- j customed to them, and my suspicion, was wholly disarmed by the fact that I had no pain in the affected organs or in their vicinity. Why I should have been so blind I cannot understand. There is a terrible future for all physical neglect, and impending danger always bringB a person to his senses even though it may j then be too late. I realized, at last, my crit- j ical condition and aroused myself to over- | como it. And, Oh ! how hard I tried 11 con- | suited the best medical skill in the land. I ! visited all the prominent mineral springs in America and traveled from Maine to California. Still I grew worse. No two physicians agreed as to my malady. One said I was troubled with spinal irritation; another, nervous prostration; another, malaria; another dyspepsia ; another, heart disease; another, general debility; another, congestion of the base of the brain; and so on through a I long list of common diseases, the symptoms of all of which I really had. In this way 1 several years passed, during all of which time i was steadily growing worse. My coil- I dition had really become pitiable. The j slight symptoms I at first experienced were developed into terrible and constant dis- ! orders?the littlo twigs of pain had grown to oaks of agony. My weight had been reduced from 207 to 130 pounds. My life was a torture to myself and friends. I could retain no food upon my stomach, and lived wholly by injections. I was a living j mass of pain. My pulse was uncontrollable, j In my agony I frequently fell upon the floor, j convulsively clutched the carpet, and prayed j for death. Morphine had little or ho effect i in deadening the pain. For six days and j nights I had the death-premonitory hie- J coughs constantly. My urine was filled with 1 tube casts and albumen. I was struggling j with Bright's Disease of the Kidneys in its \ last stages. While suffering thus I received a call from my pastor, Rev. Dr. Foote, rector of St. Paul's church, of this city. I felt that it was our last interview, but in the course of conversation he mentioned a remedy of which I had heard much but had never used. Dr. Foots detailed to me the many remarkable cures which had come under his observation, by -means of remedy, and urged me to try it. As a practicing: phjsogan. and a graduate of the ural and common wTru"ail regular pracauon^ ers, and derided the idea of any medicine outside the regular channels being the least beneficial. So solicitous, however, was Dr. Foot?, that I finally promised that I would waive my prejudice and try the remedy he so highly recommended. I began its use on the first day of June and took it according to directions. At first it sickened me; but this I thought was a good sign for me in my debilitated condition. I continued to take it; the sickening sensation departed and I was able to retain food upon my stomach. In a few days I noticed a decided change for the better, as also did my wife and friends. My hiccoughs ceased and I experienced less pain than formerly. I was so rejoiced at this improved condition that, upon what I had believed but a few dr.ys before was my dying bed, I vowed, in the presence of my family and friends,should I recover I would both publicly and privately make known this remedy for the good of humanity, wherever and whenever I bad an opportunity. I also determined that I would give a course of lecj tares in the Corinthian Academy of Music : ! nf ti.io cfafincrin full the svmrjtoms and I almost hopelessness of my disease and the I remarkable means by which I have been saved. My improvement was constant from that time, and in less than three months I had gained 26 pounds in flesh, became entirely free from pain, and I believe I owe my life and present condition wholly to Warner's Safe Kidney and Li-.*': Cure, the remedy which I used. Since my recovery I have thoroughly re* investigated the subject of kidney difficulties andBright's disease, and the truths developed are astounding. I therefore state, deliberately and as a pnysician, that I believe that more than one-half the deaths whith occur in America are caused by Bright's disease of the kidneys. This may sound like a rash statement, but I am prepared to fully verify it. Bright's disease has no distinctive symptoms of its own (indeed, it often develops -without any pain whatever in the kidneys or their vicinity), but has the symptoms of every other known complaint. Hundreds of people die daily, whose burials are authorised by a physician's certificate of "HeartDisease," ''Apoplexy," "Paralysis," "Spinal Complaint," "Rheumatism," "Pneumonia," and other common complaints, when in reality it was Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer people, realize the extent of this disease | or its dangerous and insidious nature. It steals into the system like a tmer, mannests its presence by the commonest symptoms, and fastens itself npon the constitution before the victim is aware. It is nearly as hereditary as consumption, quite as common and fully as fatal. Entire families, inheriting it from their ancestors, have died, and yet none of the number knew or realized the mysterions power which was removing them. Instead of common symptoms it often shows none whatever, but brings death suddenly, and as such is usually supposed to be heart disease. As one who has suffered and knows by bitter experience what he says, I implore every one who reads these words not to neglect the slightest symptoms of Kidney difficulty. Certain agony and possible death will be the sure result of such neglect, and no one can afford to hazard such chances. I am aware that such an unqualified statement as this, coming from me, known as I am throughout the entire land as a practitioner and lecturer, will arise the surprise and possible animosity of the medical profession and astonish all with whom I am acquainted, but I make the foregoing statements based upon facte which I am prepared to produce and truths which I can substantiate to the letter. The welfare of those who may possibly bo sufferers such as I was, is an ample inducement for me to take the step I have, and if I can successfully warn others from the dangerous path in which I once walked, I am willing to endure all professional and personal consequences. J. B. HENION, M. D. Rather a Mistake. Occasionally very awkward consequences have been known to follow from acting on the spur of the moment. It is related of Lord Ellenborough that, when on one occasion he was about to sot out on circuit, his wife exnrpssoil a. wish to accompany him, a proposition to which his lorship assented, provided there were no bandboxes tucked under the seat of his carriage, as lie had too often found there had been when honored with her ladyship's com pan. oefort Accordingly they both set out together, but had not proceeded very far before the judge, stretching out his legs under the seat in front of him, kicked against one of the flimsy receptacles which he had specially prohibited. Down went the window with a bang, and out went the bandbox into the ditch. The startled coachman immediately commenced to pull up, but was ordered to drive on and let the thing lie where it J was. They reached the assized town I in due course, and his lordship proj ceeded to robe for the court. "And I nftiv where's mv win-? Where's mv wig?" he demanded, when everything else had been donned. " Your wig,my I lord," replied the servant tremulously, { was in the bandbox your lordship ; threw out of the window as we came 1 ?long-"?Chnmbtri Journal, Fob dtsfepsia, mnigrsno*, depression of R spirits and general debility, in their rations B forms; also as a preventive against fever and J ague and other intermittent fevers, the "Per- gj ro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya." made i 3; k,. "Rs^Ardtt Co.. New York, and j g sold by all Druggists, is the best tonic; and 3; for patients recovering from fever or other | siclaiess it has no equal. 3! " JBLX'tl L'-FAIIiA." $ t Quick, complete oure, ail annoyingKidnoy, j Bladder and Urinary Diseases. $1. Druggists. I\ Fob Thick Heads, heavy stomachs, bilious- 3 ne3s?Wells' May Apple Pills. 10 and 25c. | Ths market is flooded with vile compounds i for the rejuvenation of the hair,but Carboline, ? the great petroleum hair renewer and dressing, j| as now improved and perfected,takes the front V rank as the best preparation 6ver offered. Nothejg is uglier than crooked boots? J straighten them with Lyon's Heel Stiffeners. 2j How to Shorten I.lle. f, The receipt is simple. You hare ocly to take a Tiolent J cold, and neglect it. Abernethy, the greit English 1 s=rza'2, asked a lady who told him she only had a I a conzh: "What would yoa hive? The plague?" Beware I 8 of "only coughs.'' The worst cases can, howeTer, be 2 cured by Dr. Wa, Hall's Balsam for the Lungs. In ? Whooping Cough and Croup it immediately allay* irri- T tation, and is sure to prevent a fatal termination of the 6j disease. Sold by all drujgists and dealers in medicine. 6 Dr. noser's Vegetable Worm Syrup Isoneofthe Jnostplewantor pilatable preparations ? for worms we havo ever known. It is thoroughly efficacious, and never requires any other medicine to carry it off after using it. A1.LE.VS BRAIN FOOD!?Most reliable tonic for the Brain and Generative Organs. It pos:tive!y cures Nervous Debility tnd restores lost r; ririle powers. Sold by druggists. SI; 6 f?r S.J. / ?rr>c by rnnil or. receipt of price. JOHN H. ft ALLEN. Chemist, 31?> First Avenue. New York nf THE MARKETS. 8 SEW TOBK. Beef cattle, good to prime lw 11 @ 12 Calves, comii to prime veals 7 @ 10 Sheep Lambs Hogs?Live 6><@ 7*^ Dressed, city d% Flour?Ex. St., good to fancy 4 SO & 6 75 West., good to choice 4 45 (5 8 00 Wheat?No. 2 Red. I 07^(oj 1 07& .No. l >vmte a vo (tu i wz,i Rye-State 72 @ 74}? Barley?Two-rowed State... ?4 (g Corn?UngTad. West, mixed. 76 @ 88 Yellow Southern 86 @ 87 Oats?White State 46 @ 52 Mixed Western 38 @ 43 Hay?Med. to ch. Timothy.. 85 @ SO Straw?No. 1, Rye..... 60 @ 69 Hops?State, 1881, choice ... 1 10 @ 1 20 Lard?City Steam 12 25 @12 62^ Petroleum?Crude 8J?? 8 /& Refined Butter?State Creamery 37 @ 33 Dairy 16 @ 23 West Im. Creamery. 26 @ 33 Factory 16 @ 19 Cheese?State Factory 8 @ 12A, Skims 2 @ 6 Western ^5 @ 123^ Eggs?State and Penn c0 @ 31 Potatoes?State bbl 2 00 @ 2 25 BUFFALO. Steers?Good to Choice o 50 @ G 00 Lambs?Western 5 00 @ 5 CO Sheep?Western. 4 15 S 5 CO Hogs?Good to choice Yorks. 6 75 @ 7 00 Flour?C'y ground n. process. 7 25 ? 8 25 Wheat?Mai,HardDnluth.. 1 17 @ 1 IS Com?No. 2, Mixed 70 @ 77 Oats?No. 2, Mixed Western. 40 @ 41 Barley?Two-rowed State... 78 @ 78 BOSTON. Beef?Ex. plate and family., r/ w (gis w Hogs-Live 8% City Dressed 10 Pork?Ex. Prime, per bbl.. .19 GO @20 CO Flour?Spring Wheat patents 7 25 @ 7 75 Corn?High Mixed 89 @ 90 Oats?Extra White 53 (5 54 Rye?State 80 @ 85 Wool?comb & delaine, No. 1 44 @ 46 Unwashed combing. 25 @ 35 WATEBTOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Beef?Extra quality 7 50 @800 d-ioorw-T.ivA trpicrVit A&/(3 rfiA Lambs 6 (& 7 Hogs?Northern. d. v? 9 @ 9% rnn~vDEU?HiA. Flour?Perm, ex family, good 4 75 @5 2.> Wheat?No. 2, Red 1 10 <5 1 10% Rye?State 70 & 70 ^ Corn?State Yellow 82 & 82 Oats- -Mixed 69 @ 69 Butte -?Creamery Extra Pa. 37 @ 37 Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream... 13 & 13% Petroleum?Crude 6 & 7 j Refined 7&@ 7^8 j FOE Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, ^ Backache, Soreness of the Chest, , Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily i Pains, looth, tar and Headache, trostea Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Ho Preparation on earth equals St. Jacow Oil 1 as a safe, sure, simple and cheap Extern.-.! 5 B?nedy> A trial entail* but the comparatively tricing outlay of 50 Cents, and every ono soffericg with paia caa havo cheap and positive proof of its claim*. < Directions in Eleven Languages. ' O SOLD BY ALL DETTGGI8T8 A2TD DEALEB8 IH ITEDICniE. A. VOGELER & CO., JBaltimore, 3?<L, V* 8. jL. K T N C?46 , _ ^CBJpjgSRrjSS--^. Old fashionaljt* | I dt r 1 S S" rcmedisa are rapidly 1 U U*?la \ givingground before nV celebbate#^*9^ the advance of this conquering specific, pletionas ameans of . __ l-ver wUf>L dormant, Efe. CTOMACH ? and promotes a regE 1?W&?ul"~b^? ^ITTEfl4^ Dei1- i ?190 Library for ?@ Ji j $(>.75 buys ft library of lou volumes of choicest $1 to $l.CO Sunday-school books, sent postpaid. Books all cataI logued and numbered: put up in pamphlet form, wire stitched, light and flexible; will outlast most expensive. I One hundred and fifty-six books now issued. Catalogue ! free. Sample book and library exchange, ten cents. I DAVID C. COOK, Aii Adams street, Chicsgo. , | ^.%UU?P? or! il i^L^L%UmUw?&f^LZLli*tJU. N'fiLISH "REWARD DOOKS, Imported rewardJLl/buoVs for Holi- B iri.iv rewards Superior to anythipR in this country for the money. Books in quantities tor be., 10c. and upward. Beauti- t ful books for Soc. toSt'c., with bij? discount for Norem! ber orders, to introduce; catalogue free. DAVID C. I ! COOK, <6 Adams street, Chicago. ^ 2 lor Catalo^M. L. H. RoSfccU, dtntMttf, Ct. A pent* W anted for the ard Fastest-sollinc a Sl Pictorial and Bibles. Prices reduced 23 per cent. National Prbushing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. yoiihg ks&ss?;^.?sas& ( tion, address Valentine Bros... J.-.nesTilleJWis. COLEMAN BISIXESSS COLI<E<<E, Newark rS. J. \Vnte for Catalogue. Cole:nan A Palms, Props. i rPCC A IS-p.-.fT'- treatise on Nervous I>ebihtv. Ad I I1SU dress I., (i. Volkinar, West Farms, X. Y. " WHAT WILL THE WEan ?* b s m B QG*QQS'S&lgnai rpQJ^ STOll.U GT.ASl* Il?34wJSdtte F^S6iiESj^.S^6S2,-:i3S in adrtr.ce. It wiil tetl w J* s>SS*j?SJ=".- /???'? .' 53 diroc^ioti?invaluable |i!SJ j4??. accord&S to it? predictfo * |?2^X?;5S?* Has inaccurate therraon x,-?4 ?' ',?? combination.. lk;s great l32f, jj ii-'S tfySS m-st eminent Phys-.cia: 5 i??i?V a 2 0-f*? .fjAis find S;:..muric man of the | ?iat??3 f - x jft t$l?$ T/i<? Thermometer and 2k J*r-\?~ -ITg wish ailrar plated triaia;: t = I ^5^5?->>*3 namei^. We will send yoi *i??wc3 few -r - .{ order. ).-. receipt o? ^ i5 c S ?3 aci: \ ?v--<S?ly ?"inS them. A tr, 1^4 ,.11 -Jfei' #>?? SICiliT. .last the thin ' I krii 2 ss$ li 3g&2? everybody. U. h. Posts* f? PP ?SSf<"lE ferrod. .tKent* wantc ?l>Ji 5 few-fj ? ' -Sj.iS! Addres* all orders to C> Jra = I ^LK: StK !?j f Larrcst ntabtithmaU c ACiS?5^! N*. Y. We refer to tho > P??S?*ff Jfatiozal Banks, or any bt |! Sg s-5 I "Ssinfc; ITrSe s/?>ur J'o< < ej B?f__=H >: fs -' u5-: or>1rr.iraftr>n i 5 ?r <" Th:-. will imikc a 13 f? V.R'.i; WIIA' If ^ cl Si'VS ?' IfiTMi Pool's Barometer ft' trai lesJ? jn p-. oa it every time. Cwt, < 5 g ri w= i if 5 v . - ? JJarotnoter rece.vcd in i C ^ J <ir^~??iv|s perfect s itisfactica ia e* P Mi J?5 ? at two dollars. OJ Eh.\S"f * <a ? pool's Barometer has ai [j f*|j *?| i JfcJ .pSg the weather. It is a wont | pi iL ?4 pB BEWARE OF W< B Nfif ?. ? ; '&??& without oar Trade Mark, Rfc? v litiC raea:, aa below: ( fl3 WwSer*I?aotw^w I SSSSStmSsSifsSSidkt w? wiii rtfoad jrcur sasae; HAS BEEN PROVED | The SUREST CURE for f srm^EY DISEASES, f ' ^1 Does a lame back or a disordered nrineicdi H > . 'W-aSji cats that yon are a victim? TH22T DO 2T0T |t -38 HSSITATB; uao KLDN2T-WOST at 0M?, 4 / . ; --fjgS (druggists recommend it) and it-Trill rpeadHy fl overoome the tUsnem and reatorehra]rtiy action. ? '^9 It Is a SURE CURE for a!) if 1 DISEASES of the LIVER. $ 1 1 Zt has specific actios on this most important ,V . organ, enabling it to throw oflf torpidity and la- & - - PSi action, nt<TTiTi7?t-l'Ty thn VmgltViy nft>? W \~_tr' ? Bile, and by keeping ths bowels is fits? ccndi- r - 7 :;-4i 1 Hon, eflectisg its regular discharge. v s^Sa 1 If youaresnffisriagfiom C Jyfidlai ICSn malaria, hav? the chills; ? are bilious, dyspeptic, or constipated, KidaayL *1 : JSt Wort willsnrelyrslieveasdquicily cure. la the 8prtag, to cleanse the System, ogcry ? '""^g one should take a thorough course of it * - i I arjlec :?or complaints pcculiartolP DuOVII vO ? yoursex. snchca pain and f ; -weaknesses, KUDNZT-WOKT is unsurpassed. ,5 ; J?g2 asit-will act promptly end safely. # Either Sex. Xncontinenoe, retention of trrfno^ jC , ' \ brick duster ropy deposits, and dsU dragging ;9 . 1 pains, *11 *pt edily yield to its curatiTo power. ^ j E^It Acts at the same time on the XUCJ^XS, 3 tttt-tt) i-\-n T!nvrirrs._d ForConstipation, 'J ;$nee,orHh?n=iati3mit.i3 aper=A2eatcaie. ;k [S0LD For Internal and Externag^rjjfl Bams, Scalds, Chilblains, J'"^ *| Frost Bites, Chapped Ean? .?.. Flesh Wounds. Spra External Poisons, Sore Nipples, Toothachc, Cramp6 or Spasms of StomachT^"5*??? Colic. Asthma, or Internal Pain, ! Lame Hack, Biles of Animate, Galls of all kinds, Sitfast. Kingbones, Cracked Tcatt, *l|g Poll Evil, Garget in Cows, Spavins, ^ Sweeney. Scratched or Grease, Foot Rot in Sheep, Strinxhalt, "-Jc Windgalls, Roup in Poultry, ..Ql Foundered Feet, Fistula, ; Vfs Cracked Heels, ilange In Dogs. Ask your nearest Dealer or Druggist for ' one of our Almanacs foriSS3. From the Christian Leader X. 7^ Oct. 28, TL Mercka>t's Gargling Oil.?We have I made special personal inquiry in regard to _vj the merits of this celebrated remedy, and ? > ? wi:irc r"-f)Hp cf rare value. It is by uo means a new remedy. The establish- '"*'-31 ment which produces it dates its manufeoture as far back as 1S33. since which time it has been steadily growing- in public favor. ' The patentees are among: tie foremost business men of the city of Lockport. They are '..r-Ssg every way reliable. -jg? From the Toledo (Ohio) Blade, Jul]/ 6,1S7L Merchant's Gargltnq Oil.?This Old % standard article, under the admirable man- yi^Sk agement of John Hodgre, Esq., has reached -? &j?9 an enormous sale. It is an honestly compounded article; it has merit, and now fbat the best business talent of lb? country is handling it, there is no reason why it shoul-i : not doable its present usefulness. No famil* "" " " >" "ffnrd tn h* without it. .For family use, as well as for animals, it is simply India-1 pensable. 1 SPECIAL NOTICE. 1 All we aok is a fair trial, but be sure and ; " 1 fotlow directions. v>- . The Gargling Oil and Merchant's Worm Tablets are lor sale by all druggists and dealers in general merchandise throughout the 32Sj world. Large Size $1.00; Medium 60 c.; Small 25c.;' Small Size for family use 25 c. Manufactured at Loclcport, N. Y., by Menchant's Gargling Oil Company. V iGCMKicoBdnre i la V En 5 ? ? W Q MJXC OF?? itf ANTFDI SubscriptienBooks IBS II o 10BU7 THE FINEST IN THE WORLD,*-'! t*? ft-*. ^ !>tM)i2*>s Accurately written.cleany printed ouSa* ' ^^.-> aper, elegantly Illustrated and beautifully bound. 2fo T-ggiaB ther book* their equal. AH new ana no compatiUMk erri to ry clear. They satisfy U>e Agent bccaoae tiieyaell MX, the people on account of their ralue. 'Hawman's America."^ Ueenplir from the n?*m& B?Ki?r? to July flt hw. The only book cororing the sobject. The Lives cf the James Brothers. ^ he only complete account of tho Xiuosri o?u*w^ ; -. >.v 'Tim iiw?iWt.wsssaa5,aga -M Upiomtim. lacindintr fdjiaiujx "???, AYES, HALL and K>C LOXC. 'Pictorial Family Bai?."5S,g&5? a, tlslarkath ?cnl<Hii O. th? \ow TriliB?>lJ|MkH H iLi ij 11 n 11 Ml H| The most LI d:R7*fcr HS8OI6 EOLSE. IttOBFT SMUKI. St >ELAYI. J*.-a] Write qutcHy for dreaUrj and terms. Territory is 1 apldly being taVen. 3S*. COBCXS 4fc COOK PUBLISHING CO., ^ j & 88. 89 & 100 BEotwpolitaa 31ock. CgICi.00, IU> 1 w GUK?.? A.HO giona, St. Vitas Dance, _ A Alcoholism. Opin* Eat. Va * , A inc. Scrofula and mil 18k - E*** Jferrous and Blood Di*easea. To Clergymen, TSMfteg Lawyers, Literary Men. lf?Tihh Merchants. Bankers. Indies ana all whoa* >*9 6&B?y sedentary employment I causes Nervous Prostra. I .ion, ^IrrepUarities ^ot V"-'j| My ^CA I bowels or Kidneys, or who require a nerr* .- -v- ~V& BKral tonic, appetizer or IS stimulant. SAMARITA_N NERVDfE is in* r.c-*,,-" 'rT,, ' valuable. Thousands W ?1EVEB EAIL8. proclaim it the roost N*.-' nB w?S tf&T wonderful InTi^oranl ' 'i%H Kb |l RV Vff B4 fiu that errr sustained the ^HYIK^S^jsc-^ 1 HE?E DR. S. A. RICHMOND MEDICAL CO* ; '/fM Sole Proprietor*, St Joseph, Mo. " flpsps This K.Y. Singer, $28 M MJ i?2S??3?f With 18 set of Attachments Free. Warranted perfect. Llpht running. TSS HnLb /4mI quiet, handjome and durable ^.:it > .' ' ? ?? whrn 5s2*SI IJSft! Happy Mom? OremaMt * Wtt ; ? ~5B W?S..Nw^ wSl Reeds, 12 stops: Mechanical Sub qgSa aSfegj Bass,octavec?cpler.2ki>?^o^.^ ' J with ?3stoolana*l Book, onjy^s. / fy (IT Also sent on test tnalplan if de- ~~->A B\ fi/k. sired. Elesrant case. ma*niflc?il *V?>J rr^TCt. "ii ton*. durable Inside and out. ClrcaIar.witht<^monlaJ8.free Aric G. Payne & CO. .17 Third ar,CWc?so COfiSOMPTWK - iha.ro a posltireremodyWM ess tfcocs*iTd* of cxus of the went kind and of tone SSsdlni^Tveb.?n cured. In Its emc*cy, that X will Mr.d TWO BOTTLES FK2S. to^i"r.f^.ViLPUL2T?E>TISE.;!bl. Yon car: for one dav's vms~k have a bacdjomft -aTir- ranted Perfect Brorscrailf ITf*!! ? PUIIM Sendnameon post*l cardtooa? i wnQwIlriSii OKASGE JT7D2 CO., Puialliher?, ?8X Broadway. 8.T. -jj "FHASBH J Bc*t in the vrorkl. <;et'he gennlne. Ejcrj rp.cktufr has onrtra<lc-!n.T.rk ar?l Is marked Hf cu!5zswsSeAUESnSttnST Hfl fc? BestCoushSyrep. Tastw gooc^3 ? Use In time Sold by d rn^lst^^L?_^ " >M^jaaBEBBaw^-s^B C| Y war WA3TI-HOTTTr TaKaxMH. w5A If m vwt ft LmmMt tM?tacb<, fiwW iuuA ^TC ?k?k?r? ?r ? b arr cr?wta ?f bftir o* b?J4 C^TK\ V - O ind. ?r c? T81CS?>. STIXXCTHTX u4 ixvigojut* MM hair u:>Mn <?a'i t? b*?i>?n?4. \t+ ?w* Try tb? rrnl Sptairt vkkfc kM 2C3VXR TEX 'ffilSj yAILKD, 3~dOSLT MX CXN78 ? Dr. J. GONZ*. *8256569 <- 2. HHlW ??? " stmm < *3 i?iiii(ni fti A A TEA('HER> BISl-KS. "Oxford" SSi B "SB 2 Teacher's Bibles, concordance, encycl? k?Ba h? 3 IVid Vc? pedis, dictionary, tables, naps, etc. Hi st complete teacher's Bibles extant: MO pages, plaia lindin^, gilt edge, tor One Dollar and Thirty Cents. Ji:t Bibles from 40 cents upward, DAVID C. COOK, .^v^gj <5 Adaras street, Chicago, Illinois. ^ \ I._ E~%iB W IXtiaaKiravciiiKa f ncwwnw THE AULTMA.N i. TAILOR CO., Jfapafield. Ohic. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS. ?M j Fnnjc^d and plain, choice, ce'.r patterns, for Sjonay-schoo!s and home rifts, lc. to $1 each. Address )A\'IP C. COOK. 46 Adams street, Chicago, HI. JER BE TO-lORROW ? M Service Barometer v* 5 AND THEIOIOMETER COMBINED, H =3j TEIjXi TOU! 1 wo correctly any change in the weather 12to48boon hat kind of storm is approaching, and from whit to navigators. Farmers can plan their woT^^w ns. Slaves 50 timosi its cost in aeiagleseaso* w.,1 acter attached, whi r': alone is worth the price ol tiu. WEATHElf IX DICATOR is endorsed by tho IN THE WORLD! irxnetcr are put in a nicely finished wslant fr^me, S3, ore., making it a beaatifni &s well ts cse/nl ori a sample one,rf?/:'rcrc(i/>^,toyourpUce.inKOod jfl H >r sir for 84. Afients are making from$5to$20 ^8 ftf / vitl convince yotu Order at oncc. It wells at S to si 1 to farmers, merchants, etc. Invaluable to ; Stomps taken if in good order, but money pro (I everywhere, aona :or yjircniar ami \VE(JO THERMO.UETEIi WORKS, fthe kind in the voridAjsvrezo* Oswego Co.* , ayor. Postmaster. O-untv Clerk, Fist and Second -JH isiness house in Osttc^o. N. Y. - B County and State v:ainl>j,ana remit by money k or rfqistered^ letter, at our risk. iM eamitul ana \ ery lselr.1 Present. D TIIE PUBLIC SAY ABOUT 2T. works as well as one that costs ?o0. Toe csnj^H "has. B. Rogers, Ship "Twilicht," San KranJM :oo<i order, and must say that ??e^. ry respect. It is neatly madaSi :o. B. Parsons. II. C. Kc-k . <. ?ready saved me micy tunes i JE tcrfol curiosity and w<vks to.'pc. ' SB F. J. Ro3r.srs> JETHLESS OTITATjOXH' M ted stature ot J. A. Pool O. . m ranted Perfect and RdW^J& . on receirioc th? r, P1?m? tuw rrher* r'jM yfllH