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- i i Patchwork. th My lady's hair is as white as milk, ' ^ And dainty luco is o'erfit spread. | I.aoe fine as any spider's web; Her dress is oi'ihe richest silk, gg Her eyes are tender, blight and blue, in And she sits sewing all day through. ni I i Site sewing with a patience rare W A cushion tinted manifold? Ol richest satins, cloth ol gold, | j And sottcst velvets wondrous lair? 01 glancing silks and rich brocade, gc In cunning skill and beauty laid. ! Gl Thus sewing all the long days through, hi She said, " I make my story, dears? psi A story lull of suiilos and tears. Au^ ^r hdv.1 crimson, white and blue, j Bright greens and pinks and purple pale, I m Are but the chapters ol my tale. ur i lu " Ihis dainty square ol rosy hue ! ha Is Iroin the dress I wore that day Your father stole ray heart away; ' CO This white, with silver threaded through, ! My wedding suit. What days divide ; .. The widow lrom the happy bride ! | er | co " Thi* sable velvet, this, this, that, Are poitions ot some splendid vest ? (" Your lather still was nobly dressM); ' ftT] This circle was a rich cravat; sii I had a dress the same that year Ho went to Washington, my dear j of W " My Harry's tie ol sailor blue j Ant] Charley's crimson sash arc here, i And your firet hall dre*8, Mabel dear; ; ^ Sweet baby (irnec you never knew, j fe. She died so soon?this tiny square, j pe Is fmn the bow that bound her hair. ! ca ! " So, dariings, let me dream and sew ? w These strips of pink and gray and gold rei The story ol my lite unfold? ! And as the still days come and po, I The happy past comes back to me. j ge( In all love's tender tantasy." i gr ?Harper's \Vtckly. ' ea | a 1 ' )?o LITTLE BLUE EYES, iin ! sn ! 9}j ' "Can I sit with you?" j pi "Certainly, sir." ao "Nice weather?" ' " Splendid, indeed." Ul " Crops growing finely." 83 " Yes?couldn't do better." I was sitting in a car on a Wisconsin j0' railroad, one day. years ago, when a 'a! good-looking, pleasant-spoken man came along, stopped at my seat, and the nc above conversation took place, the latter rartofitafter I had given him part of Pa my seat. Now, I am regarded as a social man. i ?f I like a joke; more so then than now.; j" On entering a railroad car, I always ! looked about for a talkative man, and j . then I sot as close to him as possible, a ; and drained him dry, if the journey was 1 so long enough. ? ^ And I want to state one thing more. ! ?!! Left an orphan before I could realizethe j1 \ sad event which made me one, I got j w kicked here and cuffed there, and grew j sa up between folks, as they say. I ought j to have had at the time of which I write, j a pretty thorough knowledge of human j?1 nature, and have been enabled to read ; [? evil in a man's facoif he intended me j !1( evil. I did not pride myself at being : in overkeen or sharp, but the knocking " around among strangers ought to have : :7 given any cne a good experience. 1 Well, the stranger and I fell into an easy strain of conversation as we sode R together, and in ten minutes I began to ! fo enjoy ins company. He was a well- j made fellow, finely dressed and wore a hi fine watch and a simon pure diamond ' th ring. I never saw a man who could j talk so easy and sc pleasantly. It seemed , that he had but to open his mouth and ] " the words fell right out. I had traveled in the South, so had he. ^ I had hyd the roar ot the Pacific, he knew allabout it. I had been up in a balloon, down in a mine, been blown ]a up. smashed up and repaired again and again; my new friend had experienced ; all these things and was wishing fee |l)( sornethin? of a more startling nature, i ^ We agreed on politics, and I hp-d never j met such a railroad companion. ; ^ Did you ever meet a mar. who. though I a stranger to yoa ten minutes before. I could wrest from you your s^rets which i, you had sworn to yourself not to re- j veal ? Well, he was such a man. It was j11 not Ion? be/ore he commenced asking questions. He did not seem trying to i av quiz or draw me out. but lie asked me j ? S[rations in such a sly. roundabout, way,j f1 ( at before I knew it I was giving him j *o: my history. ; 11 I was at time.just on the pointofbeing | admitted to the bar of Wisconsin jus a j F?( student ot La-v & Law. of Briefville. I L'u The firm were old lawyers with a lucra tive practice, nnd it h ul been talked over ! hi] that in about a month I should be the j by "Co." of the firm. A year before, a | ws farmer named Preston, down about four i so miles from Grafton, died, and his mat- I on ters had been put into the hands of Law j & Law for settlement. Preston had died di< rich. He had money in bank. railroad j ftock. mortgages, 'tis, and everything j he was settled un to the satisfaction of the Pr. relict and fatherless. About a vesr befori; his death, being j an pinched for money, and not wishing to j 11 sell anything at a sacrifice, Preston had j Q.u iti vru ? unnik>u?v on ins own ianr tor ; A.le $3,000. While the papers read '* f? r one ; tic year from date," there was a verbal j ">i agreement that it should t>e lifted any dav that Prestort desired. A month ! after, when, having the funds to clear af off the paper, the "old money bags": y? holoin? it refused to discharge, wishing j to secure his interest for a year. I *'e I was on my way to learn the date of I th< expiration. A fire among, our office I us papers had destroyer! the memoranda, j I c and I must go down and get the date i thi from old R?ip. who lived south of Graf- j r.e( ton. about five miles. The stronger. lit! dumped all of this out of me in about ^n tenminutes, and yet I never once sus-1 sef pected he was receiving any mforma- j W1 tion. thi "I am not positive," I added, " but I ^ raupretty sure that the time i<? the! W1 ' thirteenth, which would be Tuesday ! C?1 next." "And then your folks will 3end down i p the money and discharge the mortgage, j of course," he queried. i P?' " Oh, ye3,1 shall most likely bring it i ?ei nown," I replied, and it never occurred j 1)0 tn TT1P hnw T TW? 1 r*T7' ? ?""K'uuuiii Wii>. j v'4 Ho turned the conversation into' other channels, awl did not once at- ' ?? tempt to pump me anv further. We} ?e got to Grafton at 10:50. and to my great! surprise, he announced that he was to i J stop in the town on business for a few i pa days. I had not asked his name or! it avooation. while he knew everything 1 mt about me. at We went to the hotel, had dmner, and I ( then I secured a livery team Sid drove or out, getting through with my business an that I was back to take the 3:20 ex- sh p: c.is cast. My friend wsis on the porch j of the hotel as I drove up. carrying the 1 Rs same honest, disniiied face. ' an "Well, did you find out?" he in- "1 quired, in his pleasant way. ! ne "Yes. it was on the thirteenth, as I: mi expected," I replied. ; b\] We had lunch together, and when we 1 su shook hands and parted, I had no idea . ou of ever meeting him a<zain than I had o 1 sh knowing you. In fact, he told me that: he should sail fcr England within also week or ten days, and should not return . an to America. At parting he gave me 1 his card. It was a modest piece of ! de pasteboard, and bore the n^rae of'm George Raleigh," in old English! I' ccrint. Everything at the office went on as j th usual, and the thirteenth came at; yo length. Law *<fc Law had arranged i th with me to go down with the money, ! av and I looked upon it as a business of no I efl special importance. mi "We know you are all right." re-I yo marked the senior pari vr. as I was "te; about to go; " but I want to give you a j mi word of warning, nevertheless. I)on't j wi take any strangers into your confidence t wi until you have passed out the money, and look out wlio sits next to you." ! mi It was something new for him to! in caution me. and I could not but wonder a at it; but in the buscle of goinz abo:n d \ do the train 1 forjot what he had said. J th Ordinary prudence had induced me to pe place the money, which was all in bank j m< hills and divided into three packaees, j tal under my shirt and next to my skin, Hi where the deft, hand of a pickpocket1 az foil Id not reach it.. * , 4 j wl Interred in a newspaper, time flew dii l?v tli'* train tl"w west, and at length sa' th" hoarse voice of the brakeman wifltied me that I had reached Grafton, i da I li \d leaped down and was making for I bi! e livery stable when I heard a familiar 1 ice, and looked up to see Raleigh, c e was seated in a buggy, and had i; emingly waited for me to come in. r " Don't express your surprise," he be- . .n, as I stopped at the wheel. " T did ^ tend to go away, but I changed my ind, and like this section so well that t tm going out to-day to look at a farm ith a view of purchasing?come, ride i to the hotel.'" * r We rode up, ordered lunch, and i hile we were discussing yet, Mr. \ ileigh discovered that the form he was t >ine to see was just beyond that of old c ip's. i How fortunate! I could ride out with i m, see the farm, return in his ccm,ny, and he was greatly pleased. t 1 was also pleased. If any one had r Id me as we got into the buggy that f x>rge Raleigh meant to return with y money in his pecket and my blood c ian his hands, I should have believed t ui a lunatic. And yet George Raleigh c .d planned to do that very tning. c It was a lovely cay in June, and the i ol breeze and the sight of meadows t d green groves made my heart grow t rger. My companion was very ta ka- s 7e, but he didn't even hint at my c rand. He talked as far away as he s uld. "Oh, txcuse me!" he exclaimed, after j e had passed a mile beyond the village ! [i1 were among the farm-houses, "I j iould have offered you this before." He drew from his pocket a smaU flask wine and handed it to me. Now. I as temperate in regard to drinks. In 2t I detested the sight and smell of iything intoxicating. But I f.ad not ie moral courage to tell him so, and ind back the flask undisturbed. I ared to offend him, and so i drank, rhaps, three good swallows. He lied my attention to the woods on the ft as he received back the flask, and hen I looked around again he was just moving it from his mouth, as if he ;d drank hearty. In about five minutes I began to feel teer. The fences along the road ! ?med to grow higher and the trees to ow larger; something came to my rs that the rattle of the buggy sounded ong way off. " Iww strange! Why, I believe I am ing to be sick!" I exclaimed, hold- t g on to the seat with ail my mignr. ( " You do look strange/ ' he replied, a t aky smile stealing over his face; *'I t ouldn't wonder if it was apoplexy." I did not suspect the game lie had T ayed. His words were Tike an qfho, ] .d his fa-e seemed twice as large as it . is. My head begin to spin and my s ain began to snap and crack, and I c w greatly frightened. I "You are badly off," he continued, j oking into my face. " I wi;l drive as t st as possible and get a doctor." t My tongue was so heavy that I could < it reply. I clutched the seat, shut my t es, and he put his horse at the best j ;ce. We met a farmer's team, and I < n remember that one of the occupants \ the wagon called out to know wnat t led that man. Raleigh did not reply, ] it urged his horse forward. A tout three miles from Grafton was long stretch of forest, and this was on reached. The pain in my head as not so violent, and I was not so idly affected when opening my eyes, had settled into a sort of dumb stupor, ith a brain so benumbed that I had to y to myself: "This is a tree, that is Uump, etc.," before I could make sure at I was not wrong. Half a mile >wn the road we~ struck the rest, and then Raleigh turned the >rse into a blind .road leading back to the woods. I could not understand hat, he intended. I tried to gnippel ith the question, but could not solve "Well, here we are!" exclaimed 1 ileigh. when we had reached a point rty rods from the main road. He stopped the horse, got out and tched him, and then came round to ie wheel. " You don't feel just right, but I guess >u will be better soon,1' he remarked, Come, let me help you down." He reached up his arms, and I let go ie seat and fell into them. It seemed me as if T weighed a ton, but he cared me along without an effort, and id me down within about a rod of a ace which ran along on one side of an d pasture. Just now I began to feel j itter. The effects of the drug were earing off. and I got a faint suspicion at something unusual bad happened. ' all was powerless to move a limb; ! e sensation was like that when your 1 ot goes to sleep. ' "Can you speak?" inquired Raleish, , nding over me; "because if you can 1 will save me some trouble. I want ' know just where you have stored ' ray that money." 1 Now I be?an to realize my situation. 1 is face looked natural again, and the ' xd was off my tongue. I also felt that * rv\rr rrorc si lilflp. | ' Xil/VC JLXAJ .w ~ ^ "George Raleigh! are you going to bine?" [ asked, finding my voice at \ >t. 1 " Well, some folks might call it 'rob- j tig,'but we dress up the term a little j calling it the only correct financial t ly of equalizin i the floating currency, < that each one i? provided for, ard no J eleltout." 1 " You shan't, have the money. I will t b first!" I yelled, rising a little. . "Ah, I see-^didn't take quite enough." j| coolly remarked. " Well, I have j ovided for this." . ETe went to the huggy. procured ropes ' d a aag, nnd kneeled down beside me. ^ lad but little strength yet. and he con- r ered me in a moment. Lying on my f rht side, looking toward the fence, he d my hands behind me and then j reed the ga-* into my mouth. 'There now! You see you are nicely ^ ;ed up, nnd all because you acted like ^ Doi, instead of a sensible young law- t r soon to he admitted to the bar." \ While he was speaking?indeed while c was tying me, I had caught sight of y s white face of a little girl looking at v from between the rails of the fence. F ould see her great blue eyes and knew Y it she was frightened. There were t 1 stains around 1 er mouth and on the c tie hand resting on the rail, an** f r ew that she was some farmer's child j] irehing for strawberries. I couid not j, ?>-n liar- hor dnncrpr find T fp?irpri nt she v. ould be seen or heard. While c .leigh was tying the last knor, I nked at the "little girl as hard as T aid, hoping that she would move ay. But she did not go. ' tVell, now for the money!" said t ieigh, and lie began searchins my d ckets. He went from one to the other, a noving all the articles, felt down my p otleg, and then finally passed his hand p er my bosom and found the money. t 'Ha! here it is!" heexclaimed. draw- a out two packages. 441 don't hardly \ lievc old Grip will see any of this to- p y." f He sat down near my head, undid the s ckages, and was cool enough to go at ? to count thp money. As he com- ' 2" ced the little girl waved her hand j J me. My heart went thumpinc, for ' ixpected that she would utter a word ' shout, but she sank down from sight, ? d I caught a gleam from her frock as ? e passed through the grass. " "You see my young friend," remarked * ileigh, as he drew oflf one of his boots \ d deposited some of the bills in it, ' :here's nothing like transacting busi- 1 ss as it should be transacted. Some ? sn would have shot or stabbed you, i * it it's only the rspprentices who do i11 ch work. All the real gentlemen of ? ir calling do business as gentlemen 1 ould." P ? ?? 4.1,? s iicujrw vu me vbiin uuui, aun pim:ru ran "fifties" .and "twenties" in it, * d then continued: ">1 have it all planned out how to I al with you as soon as I fret this 1 oncv disposed of around my person. ? shall lay you on your back and vpour j e balance of the wine down your 1 roat. There's enough of it to make | 'Usleep until to-m >rrow night, by at time I shall be hundred?0f niiles v t^ay. As soon as I see the drug' tuke S "ect, I shall untie your hands and re- ( ove thegae. When you come out of v iur sleep?if you ever (Jo?you had bet- F r rrnwl to the rond, where you will r>st. likely meet some traveler, soon. I t ant to u'f the horse and bugey. otherise I would leave them for you." How cf>oliv he talked- He treated the ! utter a? if it were a regular transaction , nrKinh T full** oo^uiopaa/J tl,. L_ J ?? ^ n?>un . <un; HHJUIWCII. ril! I1HU II1?^ .. fast prisoner, and I felt that he could v i just a? he pleased. While I was (1 inkinz. T paw the little white face ap- i ar hetween th? rails again, but in a amcnt it faded awuy and its place was ken by the sunburnt phiz of a farmer. * looked from me to Raleigh and back i ain, anrl I winked at him in a way t liich he readilu understood. His face s (appeared, and I felt that I should he <' ved. 1 " No. old Grip won't get his tin to- t y," mused Raleigh, storing away the c lis in his pockets. " You will go 1F jack to Law & Law feeling put out and ut up, but they couldn't blame you; it 3 >t your fault fit all. True, had you o ,ded your business on the car and t been so free with a stranger, this vould not have happened. I was on y way to Milwaukee, and had no bought of such rich pickings here." I saw nothing of the farmer. Raleigh nished his counting, and I made up uy mind that the larmer was afraid to nterfere and had run away. My heart vent down as Raleigh got up, for I saw hat he was about to carry out his plan >f further drugging me. He turned ne on my back, sat down astride of ne, and then pulled out the flask. "Now, in just about a minute we'll >e through with the business," he re- | narked, trying to put the mouth of the j lask between myjaws. * 11J 1 ' ?? oi/lo on/} )io I l roiiea my iiunu un unc ?ui, lid not oucceed. He was jamming he flask against my teetli. when I aught the sound of a soft step, the :rash of a club, and Raleigh rolled off" ny body. He tried to leap up, but hree or four farmers struck him down, md one of the blows rendered him enseless. Before he came to I was free >f rope and gag, and we had him lecurely bound. Over beyond the pasture a farmer and iis hands were raking hay. 44 Little ilueEyes," only eight years old, hail vandered off after strawberries, and lad, fortunately for me, witnessed part >f Raleigh's proceedings. She had hurled back to her father and told him hat44 a man was all tied up out there." Jnderstanding the situation he and lis men had moved around so as to ecure an advantage, and Raleigh's capure was the result. When the rascal found his sense? he vas terribly taken back, and cursed nough for a whole Flanders army. iVe took him back to Griafton, and when saw him again he was on his way to he penitentiary to serve a sentence of ifteen years. The mortgage was duly lifted, and he gift which Law & Law sent Katy irey kept her in dresses for many a rear. Prizes for Wood Engraving. The American superiority in the mater of wood engraving having been re:ently widely recognized in England ind America, the editor of Scribner, in he April number, with the desire to itimulate the art, oilers several preniums, lor works by pupils, in the folowing article: One of the sad things?almost the only :ad thing? connected"with the tremenivus popular interest in art that has jeen developed in 'America within the ast few years, is that there are multi;udes engaged in its study with the ut;erly futile hope that in some way they ;an make it a source of livelihood to hem. How many women there are it this moment painting porcejain, and i reaming of returns, who will never ealize a penny from their enterprise, ;he public will never know, but the lumber is very large. The young men tnd youn? women in the various art schools, learning to draw, are most of ;hem looking forward to a life of renunerative art work which will never be accomplished. Lacking invention, ?enius. originality, they will not be able jo produce pictures that will sell, and ;hey will be much disappointed. The marvel to us is tnai so iew, in me presence of notorious facts suggesting apposite action, should think ot becoming engravers upon wood. The busiest people we know of in the United States ire wood-engravers. We do not know of ane who has not all lie can do, and more too. Every good engraver is busy up to the measure of his strength and endurance, and even the commonplace and poor engravers have their hands full of commonplace and poor work, of which there is an enormous amount done in this country. There is a vast field for this latter work in all sorts of illustrated catalogues, and second and third rate 4- Kfl rtoM nVAmiQPQ fn pui iuuiuuto ; axiu nib uviu vs& vuiitfw W become larger rather than smaller. We feel that art-schools themselves are much it fault in not providing facilities lor teaching this branch of art-work, and the very first thing for them to do is to ?stablish classes ~ in wood engraving under the charge of competent masters. There is no question that a good engraver on wood can get a good living. There is a good deal of question as to whether an excellent painter "or sculptor 3an get his bread by hi;; work. Pictures ire luxuries, while engravings are in the line of great business enterprises that demand and must have them. There is a prejudice among artistically inclined people against the work of the jngraver. It is widely regarded as Dretty purely mechanical, but, in these Jays, it takes an artist to engrave, and nen can make great reputations in the irt-world as engravers. Mr. Linton, VIr. Anthony, Mr. Cole and Mr. Marsh ire eminent men?men as well and favoribly known as the best of our artists, md known for the same reason, viz., hat they are artists. In order to attract attention to this imnnrtint fiplrl nf npf-worlr we lave concluded to ofl'er three premiums ,o pupils for the best work as follows: S100, $75 and ?50, respectively, to the irst, second and third best specimens of vood engraving, produced and sent to his office any time during the present rear, 1880, by pupils in any art-school >r under any private teacher in the Jnited States. We shall need to see only jroofs, accompanied by the teacher's :ertiticate that the competitor submit,ing them is in reality a pupil who lias lever done engraving for the public or or nay. We propose, as the board of judges, fclr. Alexander W. Drake, superintendntofthe department of illustration in kribTier's Monthly and St. Nicholas, Mr. Timothy Cole, a practical engraver of he first rank, and Mr. Theodore L. De finne, who is probably the best printer if wood engravings in the United States. fVe can assure all competitors that they rill have at the hands of this board competent and lair treatment. Its decision vill be rendered January 1, 1881, and he awards will be piomptly made. In ase any pupil wishing to compete has eally aone unimportant work for pay, ie or she shall send proofs of it, and t.he udges shall decide at discretion whether t is important enough to vitiate the laim to be considered still a pupil. Purchasing Diamonds. Purchasine diamonds for the retai rade is, I am told, a very difficult and lelicate task. The buyer takes his seat ,t a table with a large sheet of white >oper spread out before him. On this iaper is poured out the contents of cerain of the packages, in which diamonds re delivered into the hands of the wholesale dealers. The keen eye of the urchaser-expert at once singles out the lawed, shallow, ill-shaped" or yellow tones. These are sweptout ruthlessly, ;nd are definitely rejected. The remainng stones must next be paired?a very lifficuit and delicate operation. To cilitateit a tin piate mounted on four eet and pierced with holes in graduated izes is produced. On this the selected liamonds are laid, and are shifted to ,nd fro till each diamond is fitted into a lole proportionate to its Bize. Then he stones are subjected to a second and inal examination, trie nu/er pounwne ipon every one that presents any defect, uch as irregularity of shape, lack of irilliancy, dullness ot water, or yellowless of '.int. The matched diamonds .re then carefully put up in pairs, either n small cases or simply folded in paicrs. The refuse diamonds are generally old to French jewelers, to make up the wonderful flowers and stars and insects hat one sees blazing under the gaslight n the windows of the shops on the ^lais Royal. In fact, French customrs as a ciass are far more easily suited n diamonds than are Americans. They ike something showy, and look more tc ;eneral effect than to th#1 absolute perection of each individual stone. J ?ould therefore advise our countryleople, when they comc abroad, to adIress themselves to American jewelers ?hen they wish to buy diamonds, ano iot to suffer themselves to be tempted iy the dazzling gewgaws displayed on he Rue de la Paix or in the Palais loyal. They will only pay half as ouch again for them as they are worth f they buy in those latter places, and hen. if they wish to dispose of theii lurchases or to have them reset in a iew lorm, they will And themselves rith a lot of flawed and imperfect stones * t- J- T TT Ti n tneir nanus.?ijucy zjuu/ki a j m u letter. An Englishman who has been traveln*r in that part of Siberia which exends down into the hollow of the earth, ays that ho rode through the country m horseback at an expense of a cent a uile, and that he saw a large district hat produced splendid wheat which :ould be bought at sixpence for fortv >ounds. f FOB THE FAIR SEX. Fuhion Rote*. Hats for the season are large. Bonnets are decreasing in size. Pongee silks are again fashionable. Chips are the most popular American bonnets. Black costumes will be as much worn as ever. Ribbon garnitures will be much used by milliners. Crape fabrics of every kind are very fashionable. Linen collars will never go entirely out of fashion. [ Colored laces are imported but not yet in demand. Coiffures of married women are high and elaborate. Spanish colors and Spanish designs are popular. Golden hair is now less fashionable than ashy blonde. White toilets will be very fashionable i or?o5n tViio Qiimmup. | ?s..w. Rhine crystals set in silver are largely I used for ball slippersPheasant brown is one of the most fashionable spring colors. Linen cuffs are worn frequently when the collar is discarded. Mantles and mantelets bid fairtotake the place of dolmans and visites. Imported bonnets for spring and sum: merare largely of Tuscan straw. Languedoc laoe of'the dark ecru tint, ! called IsR'jelle, i9 much sought for. Crowns of beaded tulle will be worn with chip brims of mottled colors.' Quantities of white French bunting are found among goods of that kind. Large, round, embroidered collars will be worn by children and misses. Dress fichus of figured silk-muslin are .arge enough to drape the whole bust. Strings to bonnets during the summer will be discarded by most young ladies. The newest Breton lace has the design darned in with silk instead of linen doss. Hairdressers have discovered how to dye or turn the hair ashy blonde or drab. The wearing of white or colored spencers with black or dark skirts is revived. Bonnets covered entirely with flowers and with very few cr no leaves are again in vogue. Tim fnll cIootto wnt.hpreH into a cuff J. UU lull D*w?<f v, ? ? at the wrist, is revived for house dresses. Old fashioned lutestring ribbons, with tape-like borders or feather-edges are revived. Among fashionable crape fabrics the most beautiful and novel are the Yeddo crapes. Buttons are engraved, painted and enameled in the most fanciful colors and designs. Feather trimmings for bonnets are in the form of butterflies, rosettes and thistles. Scotch gin;hams are still worn by many conservative ladies of acknowledged taste. Turkey-red is revived in the form of the Turkey-red oil calicoes worn forty years ago. Many summer bonnets will be draped with barbes and fichus of black or white I Spanish lace. Creamy white embroideries, made for I the purpose, are the newest silk muslin j neckercuiefs. I French buntings in all colors, as well i as black and white, aie found among ( late importations. I The latest importations of French j buntings are of tine and thin texture, ! and have a crape finish. New ribbons are of satin on both sides, and irregularly dotted in rich colors on a contrasting ground. Imported suits of batisto and the new cotton crapes are lined throughout the waist as silk's are. Valenciennes and Breton continue to I be the favorite lace for infant's and small children's wear. A favorite among spring bonnets has a full crown of rich silken material with a wide brim of fancy straw. Gypsy hats will be worn far back on the head, the front projecting in poke i shape and the sides turned down. Tuscan and chip hats are frequently j trimmed with three smali tips, each of I a different shade of the same color. Quantities of tiny green bugs and I beetles ara placed among the feathers | and flowers that trim chip bonnets, j The fashion of making the entire i basoue of a different fabric to that of the J skirt and its draperies prevails this season. Tight l>ficIiiKt The belief has been Current of late years that the dreadful habit of tight lacing is out of fashion, but there is reason to fear that it is not so much of an evil of the past as has been supposed. A painful impression has lately prevailed that a youtig married lady, moving in very fashionable New York society, whose death occurred not long | since, was a victim to the pernicious ; practice, and those well qualified to ! form an opinion aver that there are I many here who pursue it. The Lancet quite lately remarked on this subject: Surely enousli lias been said as to tight lacing to make it plain that danger must attend the process. The process of improving nature by forcing the feet into tight boots, and the divers other devices with which fashion beguiles the love of personal embellishment, are sufficiently monstrous; but the audacity of attempting to compress the trunk, which contains the central organs of life, for the sake of appearances, surpasses belief. Perhaps the recent death fr om tight lacing, in which the heart was so impeded in its action as to render life impracticable, may have some deterrent effect; but we doubt it. Fashion will prevail, and wasp-like waists will be cultivated in defiance of nature.? Health Journal. How to Detect Oleomargarine* There are several way.; of detecting oleomargarine. One is by the microscope. The difference between it and pure butter is shown at once under this glass. Pure butter shows a mass of globules similar in size and appearance, with intermediate layers of salt and water. Oleomargarine shows a mass of what appears to l?e fan-shaped and | Jibrous crystallizations entirely different ! in character ann appearance irom Duiter. Professor De Smedt tests it as follows: A piece of oleomargarine the size of a walnOt is placed in a wineglass and ether poured on sufficient to cover and dissolve it, which is hastened by stirring with a teaspoon. The whole becomes soluble, but the salt is immediately precipitated, w4ien the liquid mass is poured ofl into a saucer, or, what is better, a small glass plate or saucer. The work of evaporization commences at once, and continues until every trace of the ether is gone, leaving the stearine or tallowy substance openly exposed with its offensive odor ana appearance. The character or appearance of good butter is not changed by a similar test; the fatty substance left after the evaporization of the ether retaining the odor of ti yi a \^ _ t _ pure ftutier toiaiiy unxiKe mat oi me stearine from oleomargarine. This test Professor De Smedt thinks better and every way more satisfactory than the microscope. As a general thing, however, any persons used to marketing can satisfy themselves from the greasy smell of the artificial butter of its character. It is not, as a general thing, so dense as pure butter, and usually has a whitish appearance on the outside.? Washington Star. So far this has been a year of famines. In nearly every part of the globe food has been so scare that large portions of - -?haTTo Knnn SUVtTill pupuiiltiv/uo ua*r> utou uwvivubu of the means of life. In Brazil there is a famine almost as terrible as that in Ireland. In Silesia, in Italy and on the steppes ot Russia hunger ravages the people. In the latter country bands of starving men and women lieht for garbage and for roots, which is all they have to depend on for sustenance. ! This is accompanied by diseases, among J them the diphtheria, the spread of which is increased by a belief of the peasants 1 that a piece of bread inserted in the | mouth of a corpse dead from the disease ; and then given to the children, is a safe-: guard against them. In Persia parents are selling their children for food, or' fiving t.hem poison rather than see them ; ie before their eyes. NEWS NOTES. Eastern and Mlddla Stataa. In St. Louis Conra'l Hieman, who had been drinking to exceas, killed his wife and stabbed fatally the inlant that was in her arms. Hieman also stabbed his brother in the back and attempted to kill his nephew, whom he wounded, but the boy escaped by outrunning the maniac. Hieman was arrested. A few days ago a United States treasury check for $310,600, drawn by the department in payment lor three months' interest on four per cent, bonds was paid in New York?presumably to William H. Vanderbilt. This interest represents $31,050,000 of principal. The daily Income from that amount of bonds is $3,460. The Rhodu Island senate, by a vote ot 13 to 20, has rejected the proposed constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote lor school officers. City Comptroller Thomas B. Leggatt and Assistant City Treasurer Daniel W. Leeds, convicted of having conspired to defraud the city of Elizabeth, N. J., in the sale and purchase of city bonds, were sentenced?the firstnamed to seven years' confinement in the State's prison and to pay a fine of $2,265, and the second to lour years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of $1,000. The United States ship Constellation, laden with provisions and clothing for the starving people of Ireland, departed on her voyage ol ""w o four Hoti? ftnm the Brooklvn navy yard. The cargo consisted ot 1,346 barrels ol potatoes, 675 baircls ol flour, 1,144 ban eh. o' cornmeal, ICO barrels ol oatmeal and a large amount ot clothing. A whale killed off the coast of Massachusetts has beon on exhibition in Now York the past few days. The monster is sixty-five leet long, forty-five leet around the body and i9 said to weigh seventy tons. A. R. Corbin, a brother-in-law of General Grant, and founder of the paper now known as the St. Lonis Globe-Democrat, died in Jersey City, N. J., a lew days ago, aged 6eventy-ono years. During a procession in Cadiz, Spain, fourteen persons were hurt?some mortally?by the fall of a balcony. William H. Kemble and others convicted for attempting to bribe members of the Pennsylvania legislature, failed to put in an appearance on the day they were to be sentenced at Harrisburg, and their bail was declared forfeited and writs issued lor their arrest. When the contribution plate in a Brooklyn P. K. church was examined alter it had been passed around the other day, it was found to contain a check tor $1U,UUU. The Now York Democratic State convention lor the election of delegates to the national convention will be held at Syracuse, April 20. Hanlan, Courtney and Riley have signed articles to row for a ?6,000 purse, given by a Rochester manufacturing firm, on May 19. Most ol the New York striking piano maker* have gone back to work on their own terms. The opening ceremonies of New York's new museum in Central park, called the Metropolitan Musenm ol Art, took place in presence ol President and Mrs. Hayes, Secretary Evarts, Peter Cooper and other prominent persons. [ Alter the delivery of several speeches the i President declared the building open to the I public. I Two tinsmiths while at work on tho roof ol the Seventh regiment armory in New York I were blown from the building by a heavy gnst ol wind and lell sixty leet, one being instantly killed and tho other sustaining probably tatal injuries. . The Tammany hall executive committee issued a call lor a State convention, to be held on the same day and at the same place designated in tho call of the regular New York Democratic State committee. The American Fish Culturnl association held its annual convention in New York, listened to the reading or a number of papers on subjects relating to pisciculture and banqueted on fish. M. d? Lesseps, projector ot the Panama canal, has sailed trom New York tor Europe alter a visit of several months to this country. Western and Southern 8tatoe.: Three men were killed by the explotnor ol ii boiler belonging to a sawmill near Columbus, Ga. At it. Charles. >ic., vViHmiii Burton, a colored boy sixteen y?a.m olil. was hanged lor the xnarder ot JaineH Cbattorbuck in February, 1879. On the same day at Fuirfleld, Texaa, Allen Towles, a colored roan, was hanged for murdering his wile, and at Corsicana, Texas, \lonzo Whiteman, nho colored, Buffered a similar penalty lor the murder ot John E. Henry, his rival, at a ball. M. do Le8sep8, of Suez canal fame, was tcudered a banquet in Chicago a lew clays ago, on his return lrom the 1'acitJc slope. Within ten days fully twenty converts to Mormonism have lelt Lawrence county, Ky., lor Utah. Three deck hand9 of the steamer Guiding Star were at work in her wheel at Cairo, III., when the boat wns accidentally started tip, and the men were dashed into the water, l'wo of them were instantly killed and the woo tatnlltr ininrftd. Thirty men were at work in a mine at Gaston, W. Vtt., when an explosion ol firo-damp took place. Two meu were burned to death and live seriously injured. _ Portions ol the "West have suflered heavily from a destructive storm. At Chippewa Falls, Wis., Duncan creek oveiflowed its banks and ran through the town, carrying away two dams, three bridges, a cooper and a carpenter shop. News received from stockmen ol Utah, Idaho and Oregon is to the effect that the loss or cattle by bad weather, want of leed and disease ha* been large beyond precedent. George Mitchell, a San Francisco painter, has become insane over the 13-15-14 puzzle, and has been taken in charge by the authorities. The San Francisco municipal election resulted in tho victory for tt o Citizens' ticket by a vote of 16,339 to 10.246 for the Workingmeu's ticket . The lormer are charged by the latter with having used illegal ballots. On an issue raised in Forest, township, Til., the State supreme court has decided the question of permitting the reading ol the Bible in the public schools in favor of such reading. A fight in Lasalle county! Texas, between Hall's State troops and a band ol Mexican desperadoes resulted in the killing of two Mexicans and one Texan. Prom Washington. The Senate committee on poatofflcel and post-roads has agreed to report and recommend the passage of a bili authorizing tbe p slmaster-general to adopt a uniform canceling ink and stamping pad. The bill limit* the c .st of securing the nse of the desireti eppliances by the government to ?25,000 .Some ol the statements lurnished to the committee by postofllce officials concerning the fxtont to which the revenues are defrauded by the use of washed stamps, estimated the amount of loss at not less than $1,500,001 per a>>num. The House committee on war claims has decided to make adverso reports upon eigh Villa, involving the payment of $110,000. jLHinnK u recent uveiy ueuuw iu me ouuuio on tho Geneva award bill between Senators Thurman and Blaine, the former was suddenly seized with illness, caused by a rush ol blood to the bead, and had to be conveyed to the cloak room and laid oh a sofa. A doctor was at once called and Senator Thurman was taken to his home, but recovered in a short time. Five or six hnndred children celebra'ed Easter Monday on the White House grounds, in a manner that seems to be peculiar to Washington. Nearly every child had a little basketful ol gaily painted Easter eggs, and the amusement consisted in rolling these eggs down the terraces, and eating them when the shells were broken by collision. The following is tho latest statement of the United States currency outstanding: Old demand notes. 861,195; legal-tender notes, all issues. $346,681,016; one-year notes ol 1863, {'47,155; two-year notes ol 1863. S13,000; two-year coupon notes ol 1863, #22,350; compound interest notes,?247,340; fractional curpnnnn oil uaniu Of ? AO ? 3111 33 . 1 69M57l3r""' """"" The receipts lrom internal revenue for the month of March were about ?59,000,000, aud' those lrom customs about 519,010,000. The receipts lrom internal revenue lor tho last nine months of the Jlscal year amount to about 839,500,000, and the customs receipts to $137,000,000. Foreign News. While silting in his offlce at Toronto Ontatio, lion. George Brown, t.ditor ol th?. Globe, was shot in tho thigh by one Bonnett ii discharged employee, who was arrested. At Luzerne, Switzerland, in 1881, there will be a Swiss agricultural exhibition, whirsh will last ten days. Foreign countries will be admitted, with some restrictions as t<^ the articles. The exhibition will comprise ar branches of agriculture?horsed, cattle, ut*nwis, machines, products ot dairy, seeds an ? manures. Norway has continued until 1888 her prohibition against the importation ot potatoes limn Amnripi on ncconnt of the potato bufi. The prohibition is in lorce in other European ouniries also. By a recent earthquake in Tokio and Yoko hatna, Japan, many houses in those cities were badly injured and much property wet lestroyed. Over 100 medical students, arrested cloven | months ago on suspicion ot being Nihilist*, have been released by the Russian government. During a mutiny at Mineral de Troge>. Mexico, the natives killed two American^ one Canadian and two Mexicans. Frauds amounting to $525,000 have be?n liscovcred in the Overland custom house, S? [''tterabunj. A St. Petersburg dispatch reports increased severity toward the Jews of Russia, instead ol the concessions which were ?:xpect? d to fol- I low the recent twenty-flfth anniversary of tho | czar's accession to the thione. Jt? St. Petersburg tho Jews nre compelled ti> represent, themselves as 1'rotest.nit C'hrisiiuns in order to escape expulsion by the police, and in other provinces where they have been established in business tor many years they aie being ruthlessly expelled. Daring a speech at Enniacorthy, in Ireland, Mr. Parnell, the agitator, was received with groans and hisses lrom an .opposition faction, who also assailod him with bad eggs and oranges. He was nearly hnrled off the platform and was compelled to give up his attempt to speak. Late news from the seat of war in South America is to the effect that Arica, Pem, bad been bombarded for three days by the Chilian navy and much damage done, and that 14,000 Chilians had occupied Moquegua without opposition. During a thunder-3torm at Foxburg, Pa., a tank containing nearly 10,000 barrels of oil was struck by lightning and destroyed. Fifteen occupants of a printing establishment at St. Petersburg have been arrested for supposed connection with the Nihilists. The King of Siam is to visit the United States after a tour in Europe. The possibility of war with China is freely discussed in St. Petersburg, and Russia ia said to be endeavoring to induce the King of Burmah to join the proposed Japano-Siamese alliance against China. One hundred and twenty mon were killed and four hundred wounded by accidents duriag the construction of the St. Gothaid tunnel. Samuel Price and Edward Rainer, aged fourteen and fifteen, while playing in a small boat off the dock at Toronto were carried out into the lake. The boat, containing their I dead bodies, was found near Niagara the next morning, Toman flnr/^rm RAn nAtt'fl ft VA.T7AAr.nl ri hftrflA Muscndin won the two-mile hurdle race at Kempton park, England. This is the second race which that horse has won in England this Masoa. Verdi, the well-known composer, has been decorated by the president ol the French republio, with the cross of the legion of honor. | A cable dispatch trom Alexandria, Egypt, states that the Egyptian obelisk presented by the Khedive ot Egypt to the United States has been embarked lor New York. John Bright has been re-elected to the British parliament trom the Birmingham diatr Ihe emigration lrom Germany to the United States is largely on the increase. COflreBBOSIONAl. stjkmabt. taut*. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania/introduce'! i joint resolution providing for a commission 10 consider and report what legislation i* needed lor the better regulation ot oommerce imong the States; said commission to consist of three Senators to be appointed by the n resident ol the Senato. three members of the konae of Kepresentatives to bo appointed ny i he speaker, and threo commissioners to be ippointed by the President, who shall fit during the recess, and inquire generally into the conditions that will most favorably afle:t the transportation of the commerce among the States carried by land and water mutes, securing thereby to the people the required lacilitles at the lowest rates, tho :reatest certainty and economy in time, am! ihut will prevent unjust discrimination, an;! o report their recommendation to the nex; Congress. Referred to the committee on commerce. i he bill to incorporate the national educational association was advocated by Mr. Blaine, reada third time and paved. A message Irom the President, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution, inlormation in relation to awards of the mixed commission, organized under the treaty of April 25, 1866, between the United States and Venezuela, was presented. The bill introduced by Mr. Kernan to provide for an international exhibition on the anniversary of the recognition of American independence, in 1883, in New X'ork city, was ' discussed. Mr. Kirkwood presented a memorial of the Iowa legislature, praying for the passage of h law protecting innocent users of patented artioles. Mr. Kernan presented resolutions of the New York legislature, setting forth the appropriateness and desirability ot an international exhibition in New York in 1883. On motion of Mr. Paddock the bill introduced by him to equalize homesteads was taken up and passed. The bill providing for an international exhibition in New York in 1883 was passed. Mr. Herbert introduced a bill prescribing and defining tbe manner 01 guaranteeing 10 each State a Republican iorm of government. It provides that whenever the President shall ascertain that there exists in any State a controversy between two organized bodies, each claiming to be the legislature of such State, and such controversy cannot be determined by the lawlully constituted authorities ot such State withovt resort to military lorce, he shall communicate the fact ol such controveisy to the Senate, which shall determine which, il either ot the two bodies, is the legislature of the State. Mr. Blackburn offered an amendment to the consular aid diplomatic appropriation bill, providing that if any envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary or minister resident shall be absent from his post tor a snnce ol four months or more in any one year, the salary of such officer shall be Ulty per cent, ot the amount appropriated, the other fifty per cent, to be returned into the trea>ury. Rejected?yeas, 55; nays, 70. Mr. Cox introduced a bill providing tor celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the treaty ot peace and the recognition of American Independence by holding an international exhibition of arts, manufactures and products ol the soil and minis, in tbo city oi New York, in 1883. Mr. Robertson introduced a resolution reaffirming the Monroe doctrine, and applying it to the proposed Panama interoceanic ship canal. Mi. Morton introduced a bill to secure a unltoim standard ofvnlue. Mr. Clymer, Irom the appropriation committee, reported the army appropriation bilL together with a report thereon, and. it wa# read to the committee ol the whole. The r? port states that alter a deliberate study of the estimates and a lull inquiry ol the variou* officers ol tho war department, the committer had concluded that the estimates of the department could he reduced ?1,201,675, leaving the sum of #26,4^5,800, which is recommended in this bill, and which is ?371,500 less than the amount appropriated for the present fiscal year. The bill, the report includes, oontains nothing but the absolute regular appropriations lor the supply of the army. The consular and diplomatic appropriation oill was passed as originally reported by tRe appropriation committee by a voteo! 191 jtols to 15 nays. A mammoth petition, 188 vards long, was presented by Mr. Brewster. It boio the ' names <jl 34,000 ladies belonging to the Temperance union in the several States and Territories and the District o( Columbia praying for a commission to inquire into the alcholio liquor Unfile n.ul lor such legislation an will prohibit the manufuctui e and salo ol intoxicating liquors. It was reterred to the special committee on the subject. The contested election case of Bradley vb. ^lemons, lrom Arkansas, was taken up, and t>e minority resolution oi Mr. Weaver declaring t he seat vacant was rejected by 30 to 152. The majority resolution declaring Mr. Slemons, the sitting member, entitled to the seat, was adopted by 149 to 21. Mr. Stephens presented a" petition ot 3.000 soientiflc gentlemen in various parts of the country asking for the adoption of the metric or decimal system of weights and measures. It was referred to the committee on coinnge, of which Mr. Stephens is chairman. Pearls from the Maine Coast. Referring to the announcement that a pearl weighing twelve grains, taken from a fresh water mussel near Portland, is on exhibition at New York, and one found near the same place a few years ago was sold to the Empress Eugenie lor 81,500, the Portland (Me.) Press says: It may not be probably known rnat pearis are oicen iounn in oysters and clams in this neighborhood, and scarcely a week passes that somebody does not offer these gems for sale. As a genoral rule they are either unsalable on account of imperfection or color. The true gems are always distinguishable. Perhaps a dozen pearls a year will ! be purchased, varying in value from five dollars to twenty dollars. It is also a known fact that lastsummer a drummer for a well-known jewelry house in New York was at Mount Desert, and one of the fishermen residing at that place brought him two pearls. Upon looking them over the drummer risked the man what he wanted for them. He said a set of jewelry for his girl. The drummer offered him a set valued at twentyfive dollars, which the man eagerly accepted. The drummer had the pearls set in a pair of earrings and disposed of them for ?800. They were found in oysters or clams off Mount Desert Foreign Bodies in the Ear. At a recent meeting of the Xew York Clinical society, I)r. G. H. Fox mentioned the case of a patient who for several days had had pain in the ear, with impaired hearing. A wad of soft paper was found firmly impacted in the ear, and was removed. The man had taken a surf hath a few days before, and had first felt the pain and deafness immedately after having been struck on the side of the head by a wave. The only way that he could account for the presence of the paper in his ear was that it had been carried in by the wave. Dr. A. A. Smith alluded to the rase - r - l-j..?v,;,,, of ui ;i Jiui.y wuu uau unu w t?'iid her in labor, and who complained of headache, dizziness, and nausea,without any evidence of kidney trouble. She soon found that she was somewhat deaf and Dr. Smith discovered and removed from her ear a wad of cotton half an inch long. which had been inserted five months before, tier symptoms at once disapp ;ared. There are twenty-one quicksilver mines now being worked in California. % A Conductor Who Backed Down. Before ttlfe train left Bay City yesterday morning for Detroit a woman nearly < six feet tali and having a complexion, like a fresh-burned brick, entered the depot followed by a dog almost as big as.a yearling calf. Having purchased a ticket, the woman stood beside the train until the conductor came along, when she led off"with: " You have been pinted out to me as the boss of this tram." *' Yes'm," was the modest reply. "Well, I'm going to Detroit fur the old man." "Yes." "And this dog is going along with me. He goes where I go every time in the year." " Yes, he can go down in the baggage car.5' " Not any he can't! That's whit I stopped you for. This 'ere dog is going 'long in this 'ere car and nowhere else!" "The rules of the road?" "Rules be hanged! My old man can be banged around by everybody, and he never Remands his rights; but Lucinda [ hain't Thomas?not by a jug tun:" "Madam, let me?" 44 I don't wapt no clawing off!" she interrupted, as she peeled a pair of black mittens off her big red hands. " I'm going and the dog's going, and what I want to know is whether you want to raise a row on the cars or have it right now and here!" The conductor looked the dog over and was about to shake his head, when the woman began untying her bonnet and quietly remarked: 441 s'pose, being as I am a woman, it would be no more than fair for the dog t j sail in with aie. Come here, Leonidus!" 44 Madam," replied the conductor, as he felt a shiver go up his legs, ,4take your dog and get aboard!" 44Honest Injun?" 44 Yes." 44 No row after the cars start?" 44 No." 44 Then that settles that, and I'm much obleeged, though you did kinder hang off at first. Leonidus, toiler me and behave yourself ["?Detroit Free Press. Say "Tick." The following example illustrates in an amusing manner the absurdity of the ancient rule for 44 minding the stops" in jading: A country schoolmaster, who found it difficult to make his pupils observe the difference, in reading, between a comma and a tull point, adopted a plan which he flattered himself would make them proficients in the art of punctuation. It was this: In reading, when they came to a comma, they were to say tick; tttIi nn 4-Viatt nomo fn d flPmiPrtlriTl thow TT 11UU tliVJ VM%UV VW M WUU?tVW<WM| ?>?V f were to say tick, tick; to a colon, tick, tick, tick, and when to a full point, tick, tick, tick, tick. Now, It so happened that the worthy master received notice that the parish minister was to pay a visit of examination to his school. As he was of course desirous that his pupils should show off to the best advantage, he gave thrtn an extra drill the day before the examination. "Now," said he, addressing his pupils, "when you read before the minister to-morrow you may leave out the ticks, though you must think them as you go along, for the sake of elocution." So far,, so good. The next day the minister was ushered into the schoolroom by the master, who with smiles and bows, hoped that the training of the pupils would meet his approval. Now it so happened that the first boy called up by the minister had been absent the preceding day, and in the hurry the master had forgotten to give him nis instructions how to read. The minister asked the boy to read a chapter in the Old Testament, which ne nnint/iH mif-. THp hnv onmnlied. and in his best accent began: " And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying tick, speak unto the children of Israel, saying tick, tick, tick, and thus shalt thou say unto them, tick, tick, tick, tick.' This unfortunate exhibition acted like a shower-bath on the poor master, while the minister and his friends almost died of laughter. The Way to Health. The only true way to health is that which common sense dictates to men. Live within the bounds of reason. Eat moderately, drink temperately, sleep regularly, avoid excess in anything, and preserve a conscience "void of offense." Some men eat themselves to death, some wear out their lives by indolence, and some by over-exertion, while not a few sink into the grave under the effects of vicious practiccs. Ali the medicines in creation are not worth a farthing to a man who is constantly :md habitually violating the laws of his own nature. All the medical science in the world cannot save him from a premature grave. With a suicidal course of conduct he is p'anting the seeds of decay in his own constitution, and accelerating the destruction of his own life. The cost of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is only 25 cents. A bottle will convince even th> qio t incredulous of its excellence. In Powder Form. Vegetine put up in this form comes within the reach of all. By making the medicine yourself you can, from a 50c. package containing the barks, roota and herbs, make two bottles of the liquid Vegetine. Thousands will gladly avail themselves of this oppor tunity, who have the conveniences to make tho medicine. Fall directions in every package. Vegetine in powder form is sold by all drugiiiatd and general stores. If you cannot buy it oi them, enclose fltty cents in postage stamps for one package, or one dollar for two packages, and I will send it by retnrn mail. H. R. Stevens. Boston, Mass. A Household Need. A book on the Liver, its diseases and thoir treatment sent tree. Including treatises upon Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Biliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspepsia, Malaria, etc. Address Dr. Sanlord, 162 Broadway, New York city, N. Y. The Voltaic Belt Co.. Marshall, Mich. Will send thoir Electro-Voltaic Belts to ih? afflicted upon 30 days trial. See their advertisement in this paper neaded, " On 30 Dayi Trial." 1 Walking made easy with Lyon's Heel Stifft ners; they keep yonr boots and shoes straight. For sore throat, gargla with Piso's Cure, mixed with a little water. Belief is instant. Don't be without C. Gilbert's Starches. A CAKI>.?To all who are suffering from the error? anil InillKTtloM of youth. n<-rvo<? weakness, tarty decaj, loss of matiheod, He., I u ill s-nd a Keclpc that will cur. you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remeitv was dl.v cover?l by 11 mUMotmry lu South America. Se-d a selfaddressed envelop" to the Rev. JOSEPH T. I Nil AN. NttfionD..Veiu York tVy. Daughter*. Wives and Mother*. Dr. MAHCIUSrS UTERINE CATIIOLICON will poilUvely cure Female Weakness, such as Falling of the Womb, Whites, Chronic Inflammation or Ulceration of the Womb, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, Painful, Suppressed and Irregular -Metrelnuitlon, tc. An oid and reliable remedy. Send postal card for a pamphlet, with treatment, cures and certiflcatcs from physicians and patient*, to 110WARTH t ilAI.LAKO I'tica, N Y. Sold by all DniggWU?ll.in per bottle. THE MARKETS. vswtobx . Bm1Cattle?Med. Natives, Utb wt.. 09# ? 10# ClklTM-8Ute Milk OS!*? 07# She*p 06?? 07# 07#? 08# Doga?Live 0iH9 M# Dressed 00#? 06# Floor? Ex. State, good to fancy.... 5 35 ? 6 75 Western, good to fancy 5 46 ? 8 00 Wheat?No. 1 Bad 1 46#? 1 4? No. 1 White 133 ?134 Bye?8t?te 90 9 93# Barley?Two-Bo wed State 63 ? 75 Corn?Ungradod Woatern Mixed.... 63X? 64X Southern Yellow 65#? 55# Oats?White State 42#? 43 Mixed Western _ 35 ? 41 Hay?Retail grade# 75 ? 80 Straw?Long Rye, per cwt 1 CO ? 1 00 Hops?State, 1H79 27 ? 37 Pork-Mew, 1125 ?11 60 Lard?City Steam 7.50 ? 7.56 Potroleum?Crude.........06#?U7# Refined 07# Wool?Btato and Penn. XX 48 ? 60 Bntter?State Creamery 21 ? 37 Di.iry 23 ? 30 Western Imjtation Creamery 27 ? 32 Factory 21 ? 29 Oheeee?State Factory 13 ? 14# Skltns 05 ? 10 Western 10 ? 14 EfjRH?State an J Venn 11 (? 11 | Potatoes Early Rose, State, bbl... 1 23 @ 1 60 i BUFTALO. " Flour?City Ground, No. 1 8prln?.. 8 25 ? 8 78 i Wheat?Red Winter ,.... 1 38 @1 45 Oorn?New Weatern..: 48#<d 48X1 Oat*?State 44 & ?5 Barley?Two-rowed Stato 66 g 70 I * BOSTOX. Beef Oattlo?Live weight 06,'<0 C6 i Sheep C6V? 07 | Hogs 06X<& 06Jtf | Flour?Wuconaln and Mlnn.Pat.... 7 00 @8 50 Oorn?Mixed and Yellow 60 Q 61 ! Oata?Extra White 61 0 64 Bye?State PO <4 93 , Wool?Waahed Combing & Delanle.. 63 Unwa?hed. " " 40 ft 43 ( BmaHTON (UABB ) OAT TLX HABKKT Beef?Cattle, live weight 06 ($ 05 V | Bheep 06 07}* Lamb* , 07>4 j Ho?i 06XO 06* PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Pcnn. choice and fancy 6 12)tfO 6 28 Wheat?Penn. Red 1 36 @ l 38 1 Amber 137 ?137 | Rye?Btate >-H & 88 ! Oorn?State Yellow r><34<3 '6 Oata?Mixed 44^9 44* Bntter?Creamery extra 36 9 87 Oheeae?New York Fac.ury 14^0 14% fttroleom?Crude .07 <a0734 Beflnw) 07% ' i A Warning. An intelligent writer calls the attention of consumers of kerosene oil to thfc pernicious and unhealthy practice of using lamps filled with that article with 1 the wicks turned down. The gas which should be consumed by the flames is by this means left heavily in the air, while the cost of the oil thus saved, at the present prices, would scarcely be one dollar a year for the lamps of a house- ] hold. His attention was called particularly to this custom while boarding in < the country, where kerosene was the ? only available light. A large family of children living in the house were taken ill one night, and on going to the nursery the mother found the room nearly j suffocatine, with the lamp turned down; ( whereupon %the physician forbade the i use of a lamp at nieht, unless turned at j full head. He says lie could quote many , cases, one of a young girl subject to fits of faintness, whicb, if not induced, were greatly increased by sleeping in a room with the lamp almost turned out. Besides the damage to health, it spoils the paper and curtains, soils the mirrors and windows, and gives the whole house an untidy air and an unwholesome odor. 1 The milling interests of Minneapolis, Minn., have increased very rapidly, and according to the Tribune ot twit cuy the mills have twenty-eight and oneeighth acres of flooring, all covered with expensive machinery, having a daily capacity of 19,275 barrels. Last season's product reached 1,551,789 barrels. The man who said he would pay his subscription as soon as his corn is all harvested, is going to avoid payment by leaving half a dozen stalks standing till next fall.?Salem Democrat. How to Get Sick. Expose yourself day and night, eat too much without exercise; work too hard without rest; doctor all the time; cake all the vile nostrums advertised; and then you will want to know How to Get Wellt Which is answered in three words? Tjike Hop Bitters! See other column .? Repress. When exhausted by mental labor take Kidney-Wort to maintain healthy action of all organs. _ m FRAZER AXLE 8REASE, /tHATU JOrT] rl!!2Sla*] i mfhat i shall i i mzwsaxj* i / loo Arret this\ CREASL3/) FOR BALE BY Alili DEALERS. Jvardtd th4 MEDAL Of HONOR at Uu CtnUmmU . and Far it Kxvtiiliont. ! Chicago. FRAZER LUBRICATOR CO,, S>wTwk P AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ICTORIAL HISTORYoftheWORLD Embracing full un<l authentic accounts of every nattei of ancient and modern times. and Inc udlnu a klstorv oi the rlsi and fall of the (ireek and Koman Empires, thf middle asej, tlie crusades, the feudal system, the reformation, the discovery and settlement of the Xew World, etc etc. It contains 672 fine historical eiiK.'avlnjr8.and Is tl:i most complete History of the World ever published Send 'or specimen paxes and extra terms to Agents. Address y*tio.V4(, Pi;m.ismxc Co., fhl.adelphla. # THE VICTOR Double Huller Clover Machine ~rstwair*nti hf-p I, tho on!'/ kind that ha* rrer ilCTnZFsqK&l bulled 100 buiheli of lecd L 'X'lp |!Hri in one day from damp ui wet itraw. Send for DefSCkSvTIf wriptive Circular and Trlco ? vj^Ty C0|"'i'1,^i """"J IIii*er*to*vn Agricultural Implement Mfg. Co. Stnin ichert vou taw Advertisement. X-acemtown. ail NATRONA'iff Is the l*?t In the World. It is absolutely pure. It Is tht best for Medicinal Purposes. It Is th<? b-st for lia'.lns and all Family I'ses. Sold by all Diuastota and Grocers. PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., PM!a. 3EATTY ORGAN beattyeiams \cw Organs 13 stop*, 8irt Golden Tottfue Reedt, 5 <>* ? 3 kneetwclit, walnutnuf,winit'dB(tool k bookSOH New PlanoH) ilool* toftr A book, #143 to 99t8. Befort TOU bur I* ?ur? ?o writ# Br. Illoitfated Sewip?p?r??nt Pre? i.i J?, iianiel. P. BfiATTY. WashiacUn, Sew CARLETOJTS HOUSEHOLD H# ENCYCLOPEDIA. Bert yaliable ilocl* Book srer arlatM. A freasnry of knowledge. Then haj aerer before b*ea pvbllske* la mm olome. to much useful Id forma tie* m fT rebjoct Beautifully illustrated, price 13.00. A Whol* Library to One Volume. Sold ooly by mbocrtjtlon; fhseadwi TO AGENTS rbook **Mli * *?>*? < ?, ?! ?. w. anLgroy? oo, nbu?h?w.g.T. am. Established lf?8. HJIra Patents procuredin the U.S. and all foreign BH countries, in the quickest time and heat man- 1 ?il ner. All patents taken through this office 1~| receive a (rratnitons notice in the Mentt/ie Jvl Atrurimn, which has a larger circulation than ) **4 all papers of its class published in tho U. S. Km combined. Terms Moderate. Pamphlets of HU information, and consultations free. Address fcu MUNN it CO., 87 Pam Bow, Kxw YOML, KJI M|) (inn < ON LIFE & PROPERTY. ViUjUUU ^ JIO.000 Will p.M to nny WHV j who ?vii KXrUtPK .1 I.AMI* ftllr?k with rtVO our MAKKTY ATTACIIWK.M. -*\Vv JUiled frci? for !UicU. Four for fi. t VAJ FOR I Amenta Wanted. MaIo or Pt-iiult. J S. S. NEWTON'S SAFKTY I.AMI* ID., o? I BlNOtlAMTOX, N. Y. OO 1>1>? I Salkkkoox, 13 WEiT Mboauwat. N Y $10,000 CASH! The Kansas City Weekly Timkm will distri! ut? I "ho ubovo amount toils Mil.scribers April 30,1H80. i <>ne grand premium of .f/.0U0, cold or greenback.', Premium liat aud specim- u copies free. SPKCIAIj katics to 3gents and getters up of dubs. Address The Times, Kansas City, Mo. "ON 30 DAYS' TRIAL; We will y:E'l our Electro-Voltaic Belts and olhti ilectric Appliances upon trial for 3J days to those afTll ted witli Nrrvow Dfbilitv and &iieasa nj a ptrtctai nattrt. Aleo of the Liver, Kidneyi, Klieumatl?u, Paralysis. 4c. A tare art fuaratdecd or n jwy. Addrf Voltaic Bolt Co., MarahAlI, Mtch. County Bonds! >fl**oiiri, Illinois :'is I lian-ns County and township Defaulted I5..u.!.- pur>lia*ol at tiejt rates i?y Saml. A. <?Hylor<t, St. JLoum. Mo^ SpMMk !<Nr ?i!l bf aoCMU,?rt)>>rn' I _ iCV \ n?, Ui|M, a?Ur of ?tw. u4 lw> ^ I ~ I I P-*** ?<T**r hl*rv I wS?*? |0? will flm ro??i. Md 4*w^0i?r? UCYT nc l/[M Our Pnclalmeii itA I Ur nlN itiooey Hcglntei has iMl.OOO name HEIRS WANTED ii.se, 1 lor ? subjects I ireat Britain from ItWS. I'rn-. SI OO. RIC1IAKD.M? x (JO., 711 Sansotii Strett. FhiUiMplila. YOUNG MEN ,JSS?83Ki7i month. Every xri'luate guarantied a pavlnv sito- ; *tion. Address It. \ ulfiillnf, Ma:iam-;. Jiuieijville, WW. i TIATXT To >Iake Your Own Kt'BIJI ll JtlvJ VV SiTA.Ml'S una INKS. Cata...,-ue | free, 'f. N. H1UKCOX. ft 1 Cortian.lt Street. -New \ orfc. 17IUSKILM, Fossils. KimwII* of the Coal Flora, Anttira- ' . cite Mines, fcr ft 1 hvkI upward per package. HeJ* ttrcd hellers at my risk. ! <.? . rullot Hul, llazletou. l'a i IMPERIAL CARDS"? oSStT ROCK.WOOD, 17 Uulon Square, New \ uri. d T>LYMOrTII Rock Fur*.from purc-bre :tock. 5 X SI per down. T. M. \tTU.KV, II?d!yme. Conn. u t> 0 K Will buy the host COH W SHEIXEH In th( i, ?+?t> Worl(L_AdilreM C. UOUDARI), Alliance, Ohio. a 1 A <'t?. f?r 1.1 (JA)IF, In neat box: SI per tin* i 1 U ?;KM CO., UUOXJirar l Ave.. Philadelphia. Fa. { IT* 4 T?AfG ' 'nr Snlc. ST'I for Catalog: L STAI'l.fc.S A CM., llRrjC'inbur.-. V.i | $5 tn $2fi at Iii.iim. ?an,pifs wonti $.'> r.e?. , y 1' u A<i'lr<'i? Sii>go!? k Co.. 1'ortlanrt. Muloii. ^ C'Cil a WKKK m your own town. Terms anJ $"> " ;tm I <ruu free. A'Urc'a* II. IUluctt t Co., Port lain, .V.-Ue ? TTXTC! Hevolver*. Catalocn? I^w. A<K'fMi 0 iJT_U JA io (ireat U'-tcrn Gun Works, Plttsburc. Pj wanted : s I'M&t wu?*i. ''Jlfl' l:re. l'DO; l.r.'S TEA CO.. Hoi 'J-tt, fit. L?uli. " .<* IOXKS' AGRICULTURAL STORE. PHILADELPHIA ?3 Well". IJcIiardsonA Cos mi mam mm PERFECTED BUT I <i'ivos Hiiftfr Ihoirill-rilioii color tlioyrar round, i of Ii ilrvincn wy IT IS PERFECT, 1*"? lui'i'<n;il I>i(>1<<iu i?t S. Y. I.M'rv I air. A>k vonr i!rmrirt?i ' t cost*. v.iio un'jit. wbvre lo act If. WELL*. JilCll ===== 1 Vegetine. > DV POWDER FORM 60 CTS. A PACKAGE. Dr. W. ROSS WRITES: Scrofula, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Weakness. H. B. Stxtzvb, Cotton: I hare boen p>MtWa| nedidne for twenty-flve year*, and m resMdj or 8crofu!a, Liver Complaint, Dyapepeia, &heun> ism, Weakness, and all dlaaaaea of the blood, ] lave never found its equal. I have eold TllttOD or seven yean and have never bad one bottle r? a unied. I would heartily recommend It to thOM tM A iced of a blood purifli-r. M Ob. W. S08S, DracgM, Sept. 18,1878. * Wilton, Um. Vegetine. 4 f V i * 1 ' \ .' One Package in Powder Form Cured Scrofula. HOW T9 REDUCE YOUR OOCTORT WLU tt Bxzkzx St., Eut Boston, ICaas^l Bept. SO, lSTt. f , Mr. H. B. Btxtxhs?Dear Sir: My little daughter .Stella hu been afflicted aIon* time with Sera* uU, unffering everything. I employed differ?* phyMolana In East Boston, but they helped M noue. I bought tome of yonr Powsxx Fobm VMS tike, and my wife ste*p<d It and g*re It to the chill according to the directions, and we were snrprMi in a fortnight'* time to aee how the child had gained in flesh and strength. She la now gaining ?v?J day, and 1 can cheerfully recommend yonr rni| to be the beet we hare erer tried. Beapectfully yours, I. T. WIBE, Yegellne Is Sold by all PrngglgU* POND'S EXTRACT j Sudduu Inflammation, Control* all HemorrhaffHt Acute and Chronic, Venous and Jfucovt. The Wonder of Healing. H BY WOOD SMITH, Iff. D,, HI. K. ** *? A/? Af rt th? Hmmltal for Women la Soho 8quare, London, writing to "The Lancet," under daw of August 23,187#, says: "POND'8 EXTRACT Is a good preparation. I have used It for some time (ten to fifteen minimi) .with ; marked benefit fat , cuet of passive uterine hemorrhage." I ? POND'S EXTRACT. THE VEGETABLE Fill DESTBOTEB. OR. ARTHUR GUINNESS, F.R.C.S., of England, Bays:" I have preseribed POND'S ' EXTRACT for Hemorrhages of different kinds, for Hemorrhoids, and for affections of the eyes, and also in Rhenmatlc inflammatory welling of the joints, with gTeatjncceaa." Also sopported fej the following able phyiidans: POND'S EXTRACT. HBALI3Q?COXFOBTI56. DU. HERRING, a physician of national reputation, says: " This medicine comprises the virtues of Aconite and Arnica, and contain* ? tonic property which renders It Immensely ^ superior to both." POND'S XTRACT. A BE30WXED MEDICI5E. DR. A. E. SUMNER, of Brooklyn, N.I ' writes in the Medical Union:" Out of 189 cum of Egyptian Ophthalmia (disease of tho eye), 180 cases were cured by POND'8 BX? TRACT." POND'S EXTRACT. USED ONCE-USED ALWAYS. DR. H. G. PRESTON, of Brooklyn, N.Y.: "I know of no remedy so generally useful in i family." CAUTION. \ POND'S EXTRACT ia told only In bottlea with the name blown In the gins*, and oar landnopo * trade-mark on buff wrapper. 1ST It is unsafe to use other articles with onr fl directions. Insist on having POND'S EXTRACT. 9 Refuse all Imitations and substitutes. fl Prices of POND'S EXTRACT, 50a, (LOO & 11.76. V EF~OCTl Nbw Pahphist with Histo*t O? 1 Otrm Preparations, Sent FREE on atpuu- % tio* to 4 POND'S EXTRACT CO.f 1 18 Murray Street, New York. I haaflDruggitti. ; M yrnu-iroi4 ^ fSE2Jgjjai HifliBii DON'T DESPAIR because an other remedies ban Called; bat try tbls remedy and you will sot be deceived. It will can when all othen fail DIRECTIONS "*ob using mrc n MM accompant each bottlb. For Sal* by all lltdlolat Dealer*. Acme Library of Biography. 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It U pat op in 15 and 25 oh* of We* Z<?r now.^ao M ?iv.\ uuuuji it nuiu id you will tiii-i !t ifuperior to anything you Have ?r? smmm ith? "OrlKln.il" Ooiu'Mitr tcl I. ye ana KMat.'o Fanraf ojp M-iker. Uirci tsoiM in > xiupany each Can for matin 1 (? ??. Soft iwi'l Toilet soup qnlckly. I: is fog vuhtanrf strength. Ask your grocer for Mil'UXI* "IKlt, and take no otlierr. ENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phih. >7'j a ffEEK. $12 a day atfiome easily made. CutUy <ddrm TacatO.. aiu-tmta. XMp?. ^ fTTT A YEAR and expenses to Afents. Outfit free. ?4 4 4 Addno p. p. vjfrkXBr, August*. Maim. "ER COLOR ? he lnrccst Butter Buyer* rerwtm ..* n-e. rl by alltlio b"?t < rP!i!;n :l*-?. Av r?V<j '!> ! ' > tor n'Tchnnt f -rlrtiT v r'ff fo;i?-"c v -. v. i { I.YKUS?"* <k CO.. i.'iTlnj:-. .if. \ t, Ill Ill