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Tlie Impossible. Man cannot draw water lrom an empty well, ?0 Or trace the stories that the gossips tell, Or gather ihc sounds ol a periling bi ll. Man never can stop tho billows' roer, Nor ch'iin the winds till they blow no more, tc Nor drive true love lrom a maiden's door. P< >.an cannot o'ertake a fleeting lie, Ol Change his wheat to a field of ryo, Or call back years that have long gone by. ri M >? ?i,i v.,i>,or Timp. (Jain the height ol j; peak that he cannot climb, C Or trust the hand that hath done a crime. t< Man cannot a cruel word recall, Fetter a thought, be it great or small, 9 Or honey extract trom a drop ot gall. Man never can backward turn the tide, 0 Or count the stars that are scattered wide, Or find in a tool a trusty guide. s' b Man cannot reap lruit lrom a worthless seed, r Kely tor strength on a broken reed, C Or gain a heart he hath caused to bleed. t 0 Man never can hope true peace to win, d Pleasure without and joy within, a - ' Living a thoughtless life of 8in. r \ COURTSHIP BY PEOXT, 1 3 "Indeed!" said the deacon's wife. I j I knew by that she hadn't heard a word j we lmd been saying. " Why, yes," I repeated, a good deal ? - -^discouraged, for I saw I must begin ^ again at the beginning?"she is more T ..than 100 years old and entirely destitute. ^ Yet she did not complain of anything j but the cold. She was formerly a slave 0 in Kentucky,but somehow strayed away a up hero, and now lias outlived every- e b'edy that has ever belonged to her. I \ rl could manage to get her in the colored e woman's home 1 or the rest of her life, I ^ should be glad. But as she isn't a resident of the city, it will be necessary to vn?t? hor Virtaiv) A HaIIov q jtppIt ATra lioyt thinks it is." P "Certainly, that would be the best - thing to be done," replied Mrs. Deacon, " waking up a little. "Still, I don't know t what we can do until we have called a ' meeting of the society." ^ T'.sat was much likelier! If the vestry ^ was on tire, she would have stopped to fall a meeting of the society before she 5 would have ventured to throw on a dipper of water. ? " But the poor creature is freezing and starving," said I, impatiently. "Can't 41 you, as president of the society,empower V 1 me to give her at least one- of those j! woolen sacks we have on hand?"' ? " I don't know but I might t^o as Jar j us that, though I suppose it isn't exactly ? ;n order." returned the deacon's wife, \ leaning back in her chair, and smooth- 1 ing the table cover between her thumb andjtinger. . She seemed to be meditating, so I ^ waited for a minute, and then she said, ??hrnnH v , " What do vou think of Mr. Brodhead i, Bella?" * t "There! I shouldn't wonder if he t. would give us something!1' I exclaimed, v going down on my knees in my heartfto <; the deacon's wile for my injustice. "He ? is a man of means, and a generous man, 1 I've always heard.1" s The deacon's wife looked puzzled. T " Oh, your old colored woman!" said a { lie, directly. " I wasn't thinking s-.houthcr; I was thinking of you. Mr. t] . Brodhead has a very high opinion of f( you. Bella. Did you know it S1 "What you mean, Mrs. ~n 1 - ? ford ?" said I, as surprised as though the 0* man in the moon had winked at me, for j) inv friends all knew how T d^teofo^ cnr>h _ talk. And. besides, I never considered Mrs. Shackelford that sort of a woman. . Her attention was usually centered in u the sewing society and her flower gar- _ '* den. * r But for once some other idea had _ . taken possession of her mind, and, as her thoughts always ran in grooves, she ^ never could harbor more than one at a . - 'time. __ ? " Mi\ Brodhead is a nice man, and a fine-looking man," she said, looking at " ' me sharply. 44 A man of means, and a j. generous m:.n, as you say." ' I suppose so," I replied, gathering . my shawl about me. " *-4 Oh, don't you go yet, Bella.cr your waiting to see you, and I consid The dropr.iug in quite providential.l was a <!eacon and I were talking of calling on ^ you this very evening," said the deacon's 11 wife, putting out her hand to keep me ^ froei rising; 41 and, when I saw your * . blue shawl turning in at the gate, I said h to myself: 'That's as marked a token as Jitebecca at the well, with the pitcher on a. her shoulder.' I haven't the gold ear- s' rings and bracelets to oflcr yen. but I ^ have all the rest," she added, laughing b " r.ervously. , Just now the deacon csmc in. Now there is, in the opinion of his wife, but u e-pjc reason why Deacon Shackelford ** "didn't make the world. He found it already made. And when he came in, J1 the looked up to him as though Atlas tv hnd come, and she could safely drop the va OIIWU4UV1 gv oa ng golden apples. S1 " I was just speaking a good word for P Mr. Brcdhead to Bella, deacon," said ?! she. u "Ah! and what does Bella say?" re- ^ turned the deacon, looking as though it ?' were a question of investing in real ? estate, or the price of gold. "Beila doesn't say anything," I re- S! plied. "Certainly not before she is a' asked." " You need not wait long, if that is a all." an3wrred Deacon Shackelford. "I'll ask .vou now. Have you any ob- 1 ction to an offer of marriage from Mr. n Brodhead? There!" " He is a very bashful man, Mr. Brod- J*' head is, Bella, and so he got U3 to help p him a little. Why, he is in love with J.1 you." interposed Mrs. Deacon Shsckel- " ford?i4 he is in love with yuu down to n Lis boot?." v " Let it run out of lm toes, then," a aid I, beginning to feel like new ?' * : " yeast. " But you can't have anything against Cl the man," persisted Mrs. Deacon. "And n think! a.'ter a while you won't have , our grandfather and your Aunt Susan- d sail to talk to, and you will jriss it if ? yno don't have somebody in their place, J* t is best to think of these thing*. And " you won't tind a kinder man, if you ? search the world over with a wax can- , die, than Mr. Brodhead." " "Mr. Brodhean well encuvh, Mrs. Shackelford. I don't deny that. But t'ne idea of making a proposal of this 91 sort through 'middle-men!' It is too 11 absurd!" I sajd, laughing, nnd put on 9* my hat. y" So 1 went home to my class 3 in em- ,! broidery, and drawing, and wax-work i ^ -r to making A Susannah's caps atd j* grandfather's coffec. M ifey was full j1' of monotonous work in those days, and iome'imesl had a strange, uncomfortnOle impression of a machine wound up di nnd running without any act of its own. S(J I'.very evening when I was putting the m things away after supper, and feeling the great noise of the wheels mnn> thnn it u<ual, us though the machine needed !,J oiling, the front gate slammed, and steps in c:tme along up the walk. st: " I knowed some one was coming dfI 've knowcd s.ll day some one was talk- in ? ingof comin?,'' said Gitty Pullen, who, * to accommodate," as sheoiten told us, sh ]jad kindly consented to rule over our kitchen and us with a rod of pine in the su form of a crutch. As Gittj- liad no home, no money, and re only one foot of her own, but as good as four ears and two tongues, it might seem so sometimes that the accommodation was two-sided. Jiowever, things are not bl what they seem. an "I knowed it was Mr. Corliss!" pur- th s-ucd Gitty, triumphantly, ai? grand- wi father opened the door and disclosed the figures of our minister and his wife. " I to oan tell his step us far off as I can hear Ea it. Did you ever notice his eyes?" she th continued. " They look like two holes on burned in a blanket. And he holds his to head just like Deacon Shackelford's old si( white horse." And then she disappeared in the mi kitchen with her crutch and the cat, da while Aunt Susannah put in her teeth. *'' put on her black silk a^ron, and wtnt it < with her meeting step into the parlor. When I followed her,soon after, t found her talking in as steady a flow the fas*' waters ca:? e down at I^odore to Mrs. do Corliss, who sat by the woodb ine win- in1 (low, with hands folded in her black net- is ted mit:s ar-ioss her Jap, and lur tea- ah colcrtd < urls shaking their hep.ds, as it kn were, at the world and its vanities; th while grandfather, who had been senior tu deacon for fifty year-, and who had no ro idea even the et urch edifice cou'd stand th without him, was already in deep dis- un cession with Mr. Corjiss upon the tjues- cri lion, then absoibing and disturbing us, of as to whetherourSabbath-schoolshould of hereafter be called a Sunday-school. a i 411 can never consent to have a religus organization known by a heathen ime," grandfather was saying, as I fid heard him say half a hundred times ?fore. So there was nothing for me to do but ?sit and smile and listen; for granditherand Aunt Susannah were not the srsons to yie?d tne uoor wuen it was ice theirs by priority. " Mr. Corliss, is it not time for us to i?" s:iid Mrs. Corliss, at early starising, with her measured dignity. "Certainly, my dear," replied Mr. orliss. rising at once, with his head ;ill bent to catch grandfather's last sendee. " Bella, put on on your hat and walk at with us a little way. It is a charralg evening," said Mrs. Corliss, turning > me after taking a ceremonious leave f Aunt Susannah. Of course I went for my hat. I liculd^ as soon think of insisting on reathing in an exhausted receiver <is of efusing to follow a suggestion of Mrs. !orli>s\ Or so I supposed then. But I rembled in my heart, and began to run vcr in my mind all my little over;ones and under-dones She had such , Lady Superior way tV;t, though I eally loved our minister's vife. I airays felt a sense of guilt, ai..i r.tver at iome with her. But it seemed it was not that I had teen late at church or absent from the ewingsociety this time. Neither had I , bow too many or a bow too few on my Junday bonnit. Worse, though; Mr Jrodhcad had been to her. " My dear," she began, as sweet and s cold and as stiG as a dish of frozen ustard. " I want to have a serious talk pith you 011 a serious subject, and pcrlaps I misbt as well say at once, Mr. hodhead lias solicited the good offices f Mr. Corliss and myself between you nd himself, lie seems to be a very arnest admirer, but a very diflldent one. Vliat should you say to the idea ol ntertaininga proposal of marriage from im?" "I couldn't think of such a thing for moment, Mrs. Corliss. I have no exectation or wish ever to marry any me," said >, feeling very much annoyed. Mrs. Corliss sighed severely. " Mariage is a divinely-appointed instituion," saui slie, " and not to be lightly et aside without due consideration and rayer. You are not now prepared to ive a final answer to so important a latter. It comes upon you suddenly, 'ake time, my doar friend, to think it ver carefully, prayerfully, and with a iew to what is your duty." Mip. Corliss shut her lips tight, as bough to keep her teeth in, and tlien ;issed me good-night?a soft, clammy ;iss. which made me feci as though I ranted alun'p of sugar. Accordingly, went in the house and ate one, and bought r.o more about Mr. Broadhead oramoidli and a day. At the end of that time Aunt Kent .sked me to o down and do up her caps. Lunt Kent was a dear, good old lady, ruo lived in a little yellow and white ottage at the en 3 of the graveyard, where er husband and seven children were ying in one pathetic row, under the ieds of heart's-ease and forget-me-nots, i 5ut when they went she adopted all the J rorld into her warm, motherly heart, lo, though she lived alone, witli a little ream-colored greyhound, she had a arge family, and whoever was sick, 01 orry, or needy, went to her, ns well as whoever wished for sympathy in health nd gladness. Dear Aunt Keat! When I went in, here she was knitting a checked sock jr young Mrs. Cable's first baby, with uch a look of peaceful repose on her ice that one would be willing to go ver the same weary path of suffering, : it should lead at last into such a land f rest. "I don't know when I felt sorrier," iid she,when I was settled at my work y her s'.de, "thenldidfor somebody ?ho came to me last week in a love afair. lie is a man of whose love any roruan might be proud, but he is so full t humility and self-dis rust that he oesn'teven dare open me suryect to the oung woman herself. And I don't now oui it win cosi mm 1119 me. ne ays he is sure it would if she should efuse him, and I guess he is sure about In an instant Mr. Brodhead flashed ito my mind, and my heart rew harder ian the meeting-house steps. " Why, Aunt Kent," said I, " it is too bsurd! lie has already been to the linister and to the minister's wife, and lien to the deacon and to the deacon's rife, to ask them to intercede for him. j wouldn't have a man anyhow after he _ A I _ I. f I 11 au maae such a goose 01 nimseii. Aunt Kent opened her eyes in mild ?tonishment, and then I remembered tie named somebody. Then I stopped uddc-nly and felt my cheeks begin to urn. "Dear child," she said, tenderly, when you have scon a few more of the ps and downs of life, you will think lore of a good man's love than you will 3 these outside mannere. Mr BroCiead told me he had been in this strait > some of our mutual friends, but he apposed they had not spoken with you. .nd we must not judge him by the :andard we would apply to some peole He is shrinking to tiworousnes3, sp?cially with ladies. And he says he ! conscious that he always appears his rorst before you. Poor man! I've ?en him sit at church with his eye3 xed on the ribbon of your hat, as it uttered a little in the wind, and looked 3 hungry and so hopeless, my heart just died for him." This time my face flushed with anger 3 well as shame. 411 feel humiliated, Aunt Kent," said . "1 hope nobody else has seen liira aake such a silly spectacle of himself.", "Beila. my dear, jou arc wrong," inJrpose;! Aunt Kent, gently. "We must ike pec;ile as they are, not a? we would avc m:; Ui them. The man is cast in a elicate, sensitive mold, and this is early or <; ::te a matterof life and death rith hiu.. I doubt if you are loved gain by so worthy a man, i?nd I am are will not be any more sincerely. I ope you wifl not be so misguided as to Lirow away such a treasure, only for a amantic notion." I could not laugh at Aunt Kent's tener earnestness, but I shook my head nd felt immovable from the bump of rmness down to my boot soles. And ius ended the third lesson. Weeks after this, one day in the dawning of the year," when the bees ummed and the lilacs bloomed, I went it to dig blood-root where the road ran irough a bit of woodland, a little north : the village. Because if we didn't need , somebody might, and Aunt Susannah msidered a few roots and hoi jS "so indy to have in the house." Presently felt an unconscious, magnetic drawg to look up, and there stood M>\ rod head. To this day I cannot tell 3W he came there. It was as though :! had shot up like a held lily, ri<rht out ' the ground, arid he stood with his eyes ropped shyly as a girl's and his handime lips trembling. I pitied him alost as much as Aunt Kent had done. " It will kill me if I don't speak, aud sviil kill me if I do, and you don't >tea," said he, throwing out his words jerks, like water running from a raight necked bottle, and looking.^ud:nly at me with such pathetic feeling his great brown eyes that I began to elabaehcd. For what was I that he ou'd he so stirred by me? lou couldn't cure :iny ior me, i tpposep-'said Mr, Brodhead, humbly. " Perhaps I might, I don't know,'11 plied, almost involuntarily. "Dear me!' But a love story sounds different when a man tells it himself. And so, presently, it wa3 I who tremed and cast down my eyes and blushed; d it was Mr- Brodheud who looked as ouch he was master of the whole orld and the stars besides. Aunt Susannah, waiting behind the Dodbine window, thought I was thering herbs to stock a pharmacy, for e sun hud dropped behind the cedars l the top of Mount Margaret when i ent home with Mr. Broditead by my ( le, my hands empty,but my heart full. 1 Yes, we are engaged, and are to be irried two weeks from nextWednes- ; y. And the moral of my story is thi : ; [f you want your business done, go; . net, asnd." A Mechanical Watch-Dog, An ingenious substitute ior a watch- , e has, we are told, been devised by an pernor whose name is not iriven. It neither a phonograph nor an electric irm, but an application of the wellown singing dames. When a long. ] in ol gas is introduced into a i be of glass or metal, it can be made to I ar and sing very loudly; moreover, I e flume can be made to keep mute .< it.il th<3 opening of a door or window 1 eatfsadrait; and it is a contrivance ! this sort wnich, by emitting a series ] barking noises, has earned the title of < nechanical watch-dog. i T^j?T5.r FOB THE FAIB SEX. An Address. The postmaster at Centreville, Md. reports having received a letter in his office with the followine address: Will the clerk in the office? The best-looking man? l'leaso forward this letter "As lust, as ho can To Miss Bulah Cook, A little way down. In Queenstown, Md., Is where she can be lound. She's as sweet as a peach, An<l as lair as a lily. And as nice as can bo found, In a place that's so chilly. Fashion IVotcs. Smoothly-fitting eowns are in higher favor than ever. They arc too becoming to be willingly dropped by any wom:tn who has a good figure. Handsome pineapple silk neckerchiefs have tiny peacock's feathers embroidered on the ends, the pluuage being delicately copied in line shaded llos3e3. Hoods are now attached to house dresses this winter. They will be lined with silk matching the dress facings, and the cord which fastens it about the waist. Some of the very rich new brocades are in four or live bi:ght colors. They are worn over satin skirts trimmed with plaitings that repeat all the tints in their pattern. Italian aprons, made of linen or silk with bands of Smyrna insertion and edging, and Greek aprons of black satin or Surali silk, richly embroidered, are all the rage. Very large collars are placed in little girls' coats this autumn. They are made of piush and with a cord terminating in spikes constitute the whole of the trimming. Tiny plaited flounces of silk, pressed iu such a way that they ruffle them ' - 1- _ 1. _ selves in a way tnat is meant 10 db duwitching, cover the plain satin and velvet skirts this season. An ulster of gray waterproof satin is the latest garment that has teen designed for rainy days. The time of wearing only dingy colors in rain or snow seems to be passing away. There is no doubt that casquins of of velvet brocade will continue to be worn in the winter; always over skirts of different material. Brightly-colored casiimere and Japanese mixed material are also considered in good taste. The proper gown for a bride's mother to wear at the wedding ceremony is of lavender, lilac, mauve, or pearl color. The bride's best gown, after her wedding costume, is of satin brocade wrought in gold. Jet fringes will be U3ed in almost incredible quantities on some of the silk gowns to be shown at the next openings. Not only wili the fronts be covercd with overlapping rows of fringe, but the same style ol trimming will appear on the sleeve. The overdresses of embroidered cloth which were imported a lew years ago were not very successful, but those wmcu nave corud 101* mis winter win probably sell well. They are embroidered in jet and silk, and their cost is not very great considering their elegance. The corsages of new dresses are made with as few seams as possible, and are therefore of the simplest shapes. The short side forms of the back are used almost without exception, though some modistes still prefer having two side forms in the way introduced by Worth several years ago. Among the liberties taken by fashion is the introduction of hooks and eyes for the outside of dresses in place of buttons. The hooks are about an inch in length, of various styles and designs. Some are brilliantly enameled on metal, others are steel cut in glittering facets, gay iridescent steel, steel and jet. Shirred satin fronts or plastrons the whole length of the dresses are the marked.feature of the satin and velvet princesse dresses imported for very small girls. They come in pale blue, rose, lavender and cream colors, and have the deep collar of plush or of shirred satin edg d with white embroidery. Gold beads mixed with chenille nrc used in patterns on the cro <vn of bonnets. and in lace that surrounds the [ crown or edge3 the brim. There are I also leaf trimmings made of pendent strands of chenille tipped with tinsel or with gold beads; these have the effect of fringe, and are very handsome in amber and golden shades. A drapery of jet is the novel trimming for the small beaded lace bonnets that will be worn through the fall and early winter. This is com cosed of a net scarf more than an eighth of a yard wide, richly wrought with fine jet beads in patterns of sprigs or leaves, and finished in the scalloped lace-like cages witu a narrow fringe of the beads. The checked mouchoir3 are imported in heavy English homespun, and will be much used for traveling and shopping dresses, accompanied by a small turban of the checked clotii, with a gay wing for its trimming. These are made very simply, and consist of a kilt skirt with the borders at the bottom, a short wrinkled apron overskirt, and a belted basque. Plush is used for collars and cuffs of misses1 jackets, and for the small walking coats worn by. cnildren of two or three years of nge. The large collar of walking coats when made of plush becomes an elbow cape, and i3 half as long ns the coat itself. This is very prettily shown o^ garnet ca3hmere coats with plush cjipe3 and spiked tassels, or on those of heliotrope cloth. Among 'coming novelties reported by Harper's Bazar are lozenge or egg-shaped patterns in dark velvets. The figurc-s are large?at least an inch long?and are UlUUli XliUiU t'UtXLlVU UIUII Lliu JJl/iXvadotted goods worn at present. The ground, of the same shade, is basket woven satin and is nearly concealed by the velvet lozenges. This is shown in prune, bronze and myrtle shades for costumes. What They Siii.J. A gentleman lately took down verbatim the conversation of two fash ionable ladies during a morning call, viz.: "How do you do, dear ?" 44 Pretty well, thank you." (They kiss.) " How have you been thi3 age?" "Pivt-ty well. How have you been?" '"Very well, thank you." ' Pleasant to-day." "Yes, very bright; but had a shower yesterday." "All your family quite well?' "Quite well, th inks1. How is yours ?" "Oh, very well, thank you." "Have vou seen Mary B. Jately ?" "No, but I have seen Susan C." "You don't say so J Is she quite well?" "Yes, very well, I believe." " Must you go P" "Ye3, indeed; I have seven calls to make." " Do call again soon." "Thank you; but you don't come near me once in an age." " Oh, you shouldn't sny so, dear; I'm sure I'm very good." " Goodbye." " Good-bye, dear." Children's Rails. A prominent feature anionic entertainments in Paris are children's parties. The decorations and toilets are made as prominent features and as elaborate as among older society followers. At one of the children' balls was a child of eleven decked in thousands of dollars' worth of diamonds, una :i toilet of luce worth $000, with :i gossamer Jan mounted in turquoise and pearls. Where all should bo joy, life and light in this youthful crowd, there are t ie same rivalries, heart-burnings and envious leelings that embitter and spoil the pleusuie of older hearts. Supremacy of the IiresNinuker. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, in he. lecture on " Modern Society," strongly portrays the supremacy of the dressmaker of to-day. "The fashionable women say to her: ' Do how you will with me. Make me modest or immodest. Tie up my feet or str.tight.cn luy arms, till the U3e of them becomes impossible. Deprive my figure of all the drapery, or npholster it like a window frame. Nay, it me in the middle of a movable tent, but arrav me so people will .ook at me nnd say I look well.'" Women in England. The'London Truth says: I see that at Exeter a farmer was sent to jail for i month for shooting a rabbit on his own 'arm. The same magistrates, however, Felt that a line ol five shillings was a mflicient puni.-liment for a man condieted of brutally .assaulting his wife. Should any ot these worthies be married [ hope their vivos will properly appreciate the f ict that rabbits are rabbits, ffhiie wives are only wives. l"Mj? ?BUMIBI I ??Mill 1 ? ? ! ? ? H I Know My Boy Bill ? As the overland express was snorting through Almeda yesterday on its way to New Yoik the engineer suddenly whistled down brakes, the conductor frantically shouted and jerked the signal line, and witli many a jar ann squeait the long line of cars was brought to a stop. The cause of this sudden "fetch up" was a fat old lady with a red face and n green parasol, who had planted herself squarely in Iront of the engine, and was making the most frantic "signals for it to pause. " What's the master; anything on the track?" asked the engineer, excitedly. " Nothing but me," said the old lady, stiilly. " Has there been asmashup? Is there ?there a draw bridge open?" " Don't poke fun at me, young man; I wans to seethe proprietor." "The what?" "The man who runs this thing?the captain?or whatever you call him." " What do you want with the conductor?1' " None of your business. 1 want to see the head man?the boss?ar.d to onct." " Wall, ma'am," said that functionary, running up, watch in hand. " What's up ? What can I do for you ?" "You go through Chicago, don't you?" " Why, of couree. What, is it?" " Know my son Biil?Bill Skinderson -there?" "No. For heaven's sake get off the track, you oid?" " Don't sa=s me, you red no?ed gorilla, or I'll inform on you. Deary me, I thought everybody knew my boy Billprominent man there?runs the biggest fruit stand in town, and?hands off, you rascal. Don't dare to tech me. I'll move when I'm a good ready." "Well, hurry up. What do you want?" "OliP T t.limipht vou'd chance vour tune. Well, I wish you'd just stop over a day or two at Chicago and took up Bill and tell him that littie Marian Jane's janders have kinder worked round into fits, and there's more hopes. She's sorter?" "Start hor up, Jimmy?" yelled the furious conductor; and if the old lady hadn't hustled her skirts nnd humped herself she would have had a lii st-clasB case of damages against the company. After that she stood apoplectic with rage, shaking her parasol at the disappearing train, and announcing her determination to go right over and see Governor Standard the very minute the dishes were washed.?Sara Francisco Post j The Earth's Population. T.. n.. ill liiti ut;w issue %j2 ucum ??i/?ner's well-known "Bevolkerung der Erde" there are several points of fresh interest. Since the hist issue, about two years ago, the population would seem to have been increased by about 17,000,000, the present population of the earth, according to Belim and Wagner, being 1,450,000,000, as against 1,439,000,000 two years ago. This, however, cannot be set down to absolute national increase, much of the addition being, no doubt, the result of new and more accurate statistics. The new issue has, for example, to take account of several new censuses, some of them in countries where the population has not been accurately counted for many years, if at all. The total population is divided nmong the continents as follows: Europe, 315,920,000, or at the ratio of 32.5 per square kilometer; Asia, OO A 7AT AAA 1 Q *1 no** oniinlrl lnmotflr Africa, 205,679,000, or 6 9 per square kilometer; America, 95,495,500, or 2.5 per square kilometer; Australia and Polynesia, 4,031,000, or 0.4 square kilometer; the remainder, 82,000, belong to the North Polar region, mostly Iceland and Greenland. Although the census of the United States has been taken some months since, and a few of the data oozed out in an irregular fashion, Herren Behmand Wagner have not made any use of the results, wisely preferring to await oflicial statistics. They calculate that the census ought to give a result of at Ie:ist 47,000,000. The editors have also made a fresh planimetrical calculation of the area of Africa, yielding a result of 29,283,390 square kilometers. Of this area about six and a third millions are forest and culture land, the same area savannahs and scattered woods, 1,500,000 bush, I 4/200,01)0 steppe and 10,500.000 desert. This last item seems appalling, but it should be remembered that much of the j desert may be reclaimable, and that it incluae3 large areas of fertile oases. A new planimetrb calculation of the area of South America, yields a result of 17,732,128 square kilometers, differing greatly from the sum of the official areas given by the South American j governments.?Pall Ifall Gazette. An Eccentric Monarch, . The most eccentric European sovereign is Kine Ludwig II., of Bavaria. Recently he celebrated, or rather there was celebrated for him, his birth, and the seven hundredth anniversary of his dynasty, the Wittelsbachian. The king did not show himself in his capital on that occasion. lie caused a letter to be written, thanking his people for their congratulations, and asking them not to go to any great expense on his account. When he was young he would dress in tlie general bunting costume 01 the country, appear among the dancers on the village green, make love to the village beauties, and, after a day or two disappear. Ho has several small chateaux among the mountains, from which such excursions were made. lie was eager to join the imperial confederation, knowing that it would relieve him of most of his royal responsibility. Always a friend of artists and actors and actresses he began very early in his reign to add to the galaxy of Munich beauties whose portraits adorn his palaces. No longer bored with military matters, the reception of ambassadors and the signing of dispatches on foreign relations, he devotea himself entirelv to art, and erected the "Winter Garden," which is the great mystery and wonder of Munich. Ilis opera-house i3 the most perfectly arranged in Germany, and when he visits it he visits it alone; none of the public are admitted. One day he ordered "King Lear" to be played. The acting pleased him, and he bestowed numerous orders upon the actors, but the stage machinery, he said, was detective." There was thunder and lightning but no rain. He called the manager to the royal box, and ordered that tlie water in the huce cistern on the roof should at the next representation of " Lear" be allowed to fall through a large sieve on to the stage. The next occasion was again private and strictly royal, and when it thundered and the I lightning flashed, the king shouted /or I the rain, which acaordinelv was turned on.?London Truth. Washington a? an Athlete. General Wilson relates an account of a conversation with Mr. Custis, from which he obtained some interesting personal reminiscences of Washington. During a visit at Arlington House, Virginia, in 1854, the writer asked Mr. Custis if Washington could, like Marshall Saxe, break a horseshoe, and received for a reply that he had no doubt he could had he tried, for his hands were the largest and most powerful he had ever seen. Mr Custis then gave several instances of the general's strength, of which I recall the following: When Washington wa3 a young man he was present on one occasion, as looker-on. at wrestling games, then the fashion in Virginia. Tired of the sport, he had retired to the shade of a tree, where he sat perusing a pamphlet, till challenged to a bout by the hero of the day, and the st ongest wrestler in the State. Washington declined till taunted with the remark that he feared to try conclusions with the gladiator, calmly came forward, and without removing his coat, grappled with 1'is antagonist. There was a fierce struggle for a brief space of time, when the champion w;is hurled tb the ground with such tremendous force as to jar the very marrow in his bones. Another instance of his prodigious power was his throwing the stone | across the Rapnahanuock at Fredericks- i burg, a feat that ha3 never been per- i formed since. Later in life a number of young gen- ! tlemen wer<j contending at Mount ' Vernon in throwing the" bar. Washington, after (looking on for some ' time, walked forward, saying, "Ailow , me to try,7'and grasping the bar, sent , the iion flying through the air twenty ( feet beyond its former limits. Still < later in his career, Washington, l whose age, like a lusty winter, " frosty yet kindly," observed three of his work- ' men at Mount Vernon vainly endeavor- 1 ing to raise a large stone, when, tired of , witnessing their unsuccessful attempts, , he put them aside, and taking it in his iron-like grasp", lifted it to its place, remounted his horse androde on. % HEWS OF TFE WORLD. Eastern and Middle StatesThe project for an international park at Niacara Falls is being pushed. mo Historian, ueorgo rsancron, nuo jusv celebrated bis eightieth birthday at Newport, It. I. A statue of the poet Robert Burns, has been unveiled in the Central park, New York. Tbe statue was received on behalf of the city by Mayor Cooper, and George William Curtis delivered an address. Aicnibuld Forbo3, the famous English wax correspondent, arrived in New York a few days since. He will make a lecturing tour ol the United States. Josoph L. Martinettc, a young grocer ol Jersey City, was bitten eleven years ago by a small pet dog. On the following day the dog died of hydrophobia. Tbo other day Mnrtinette was seized with spasms, . rothed at the mouth and was unable to drink. The doctor who f ttended him called to his aid Dr. iToulin, ol the Hudson county board of health, and the two physicians agreed alter investigation that tbo case was one ol genuino hydrophobia. Alter terriblo euflerings tho young man died. The surgeon-general of Now Jersey and o her physicians declare it ia preposterous to suppose tho young man died of hydrophobia eleven years after he had been bitten. A championship gamo ol billiards in Now York, between Slofson, the present champion, and Schaoler, resulted in favor of the former, who mado GOO points to tho latter's 43'}. Schaefcr. however, mado the highest run on record at tho "champion's gamo''?312. Great numbers ol largo whiLo butterflies mauo tiieir appoarance in tno vicinity 01 Lackawaxen, Pa., to the alarm oithe farmers. I lio mass was so dense in places that it presented the appearance of a snow-storm. Several business houses in Troy, N. Y., wero burned out a few days ago, causing a loss ol about $100,000. O I.cary, the pedestrian, sailed from New York lor England the othe-- day, accompanied by Doblor and Guyon, who will contest lor the Astley bolt, now held by Howell. On the first day of registration in Now York city 72,580 voters enrolled their nameB. This is nearly double the figure, lor the first day ol registration last year, and 16,000 names aheac ol tho first day's registration in 1876. A fire at Waterbury, Conn., destroyed the extensivo works ol Holmes, Booth & Haydeni; containing many costly machines and tools, | The estimated loss is ?>200,000. Tho United States grand jury at Trenton, N. J., has lound three indictments against Congressman Charles H Voorhis tor allegec embezzlement ol money belonging to the First NationsBank of Hackeusack. Mr. Voorhis, who failed in November last, was indicted in April l'or the alleged embezzlement ol $5,00( Irom his lei low townsman, Jacob P. Wesicr. veil. Full returns from Delaware give tho Demo crats in tho election lor inspectors 9,529, Ke publicans 3,673; Democratic majority, 856 On tho vote for assoasors the Deniocra's re ceived 9 495 and tho Republicans 8,806 votes; Democratic majority, 689. The Vermont legislature has organized bj the :e-elcction ol James L. Martin as speakei ol the house and Chauncey W. Brownell, Jr., as secretary ol the senate. At Pottsville, Pa., Charles Wilthow, whe had lived unhappily with his wile, shot anc mortally wounded her and then killed hira> sell. A lire at Lowell, Mass., destroyed Chase's mills and the woolen factory ol Luther W Faulkener & Sons, causing a total loss ol about $300,000 and throw:.og 425 persons oul ol employment. Professor Benjamin fierce. tiio eminent profeasor ot mathematics at Harvard collcge, died in Boston tho other day, aged seventyone years. Tho Boston Ilcraid has unearthed in thai city a bogus medical college conducted on th( Philadelphia plan by one ot Dr. Buchanan's former prolessors. The Pennsylvania State hospital tor tho intano has been formally opened at Warren by Governor Hoyt in the presence ot a large company ol viVi'.rrs. Western :.cd Southern States. Oliver & Robinson, tobaoconists of Rich mond, Va., have tailed for ?188,000, wit! assets placed at g'160,000. Cotton reports Irom various points in Loa isiann, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas Georgia, Tennessee and Florida iudicate f. (cii'i .rr nfT in tbn prnn us comnarcd with last year. Two boilers in a saw-mill at Bay City, Mich, exploded and were hurled 450 leet. Xho Are man was killed and three otner persons wer< ba'ily injured. The steamer Isaac Bell, together with hei enrgo ot 750 bales of cotton and other mer chandise, while lying at her wliart at Ports mouth, Va., was destroyed by fire. Sho woj valued at $2 0.000, and the cargo at $41,000 At Atlaula, Ga., thirty-eight persons have been indicted by the United Status grand ju:^ lor armed attacks on revenue oftlcers. A circular issued lrom tho oftlce ot the American Humane association at* Chicago states that" the time tor recoiving models and plans (or an ' improved cattle car,' in competition lor tho $5,000 prize offered by this association, which time was heretotore announced to expire on October 1, 1880, is herehv extended until January 1, 1881, which extension is final." liy an explosion of a gasoline stove at Wil liam Clarke's residence, Jacksonville, Florida Mrs. Clarke and her throe children wen burned to death. Thomas Hughes, the well-known Englisl author and member ol parliament, has foundec an English colony in Tennessee. Tho cere monies attending tho lormution ol the colonj were opened with religious services, conducted | by Bishop Qu;nto.rd, of Tennessee, after whicl j Mr. Hughes a ad others made addresses and a | poem was nmd. The new town is calloc Rugby. The election in G eorgia has resulted in th< ro-elcction ol Governor Colquitt by Iron 25,000 to 50,000 majority over his competitor ex-Senator Norwood. The Ropublicaus line no State ticket in tho field. The epizooty or horso disease has reachet Chicago. An angry man at Lcolonia, Ohio, drove hit family out of tho houso and ?et fire to the nrpmiaes. Ho neglected to provide a mean! ol escspo and perished in tho ilutnts. A bootblack at Hot Springs, Ark., shct nnc killed tho man who intimated that ho was s linr. Tho tourist party oi Justice Donohuo, ol New York city, were returning irorn the Yosemito, in California, in a coach, when the vehicle capsized. Father Traynor, a Catholic priost ol Now York, had a leg broken, and death followed amputation. Judge Donohuc and his wilo and Mr. Walton were slightlj injured. From Washington* The daughter ol ex-l'retfdont Zachary Taylor has been paid ?10,000 by tho treasurer. This was tho balance of tho salary which General Taylor would have received had ho lived until his term ol olllce expired. Tho surgeon-general in his annual report states that 24,8G0 seamen were treated duiing the year at a cost ot $-102,185. During September tho public debt -was reduced ?'8,974,891.08. Ihero is cash in the treasury, ?199,945,200.40; total debt, less cash in tho treasury, ?1,915,594,182.66. Tho following statement shows tho coinage executed at tho United States mints during tho mouth of Soptember: Jfo. of D nominations. J'iecet. Value. Donblo-eagles 73 010 ?1,4G0,320 Engles 109.070 1,090,700 Hall-eaglos 292,910 1,464,580 Three dollars 16 48 Quartor-cagles 10 40 Dnilarfl 16 lfi Total gold 475,056 ?4,015,76-1 Silver dollars 2,301,000 ?2,301,000 Cents 2,3S0,000 23,800 Total coinage 5,151,056 ?6,340,561 Tho report ol tho commissioner ol tho general land ofllco shows that dming the fl:cal year ending Juno 39, 1830. there were surveyed 15,699,253 acres of public lands and 652,151 acres of private land claims. Disposals of public lands during the year were made as follows: Acres. Cash entries 850,740 Ilomesto id entries 6,045,570 rinibcr-culLure entries 2,193,184 Agricultural college scrip 1,280 Locations with military bounty land warrants 88,522 Swamp lands patented to States..... 3,757,888 Lnnds certillod lor railroad purposes 1,157,375 The amount ol foreign gold that has como to this country since July 1 last is estimated by tho treasury ofllcials to be about ?35,0o0,000. The statistics relativo to mail transportation show that on tho thirtieth oljune, 1880, there were 5,862 contractors for the transportation ol tho mails on public outes. Tho ujigregato annual cost ol the enliro service lor tiic. fiscal year endod Juno 30, 1880, was ?22,296,269. It is estimated that the coinage of silver lor tie fiscal year will amount to about #28.000.000. Foreiun Newi. Tho Spanish government has resolved to proceed against all priests who iii.roducu politics into their sermons, and to dismiss all mayors who are notorious Carlists. A reward ol ?5,000 has boon ollered lor tho irrest ol the murderers ol Lord Mountmorres in Ireland. All tho editors of the chief journals at St. Peton-bun* have been summoned bef >ro Gen3ral MelikofTnnd told that their continual dissuasion ol a constitution for liu?sia has lvglily lispleased the czar; that nothing more on the subject would be allowed to appear, and tlmt luring tho present reign it would bo promaSuro to discuss a constitution. 1 ho interna1 ional exhibition at Melbourne, Australia, has been lonnally opened. All t'ie principal nations aro rcDresonted. A largo number of Turkish priests and dignitaries have united in an appoal to tho sultan to resist tho demands ol tho great powers. A syndicate lor tho construction of the Panama canal is said to havo been ionnod in Paiis, Thirty mon wore killed, by an explosion in an arsenal at Osaka, Japan. Thirty feet of the masonry and an immense mass of -rook have lallen in the St. Gothard tnnnel, under the Alps." Four men were tilled and many wounded. Mr. Lowell, the American minister to England, will deliver the opening address of the session of the Edinburp; Philosophical instituM ? i oon Qi UOM ior loou-oi. "he notice of tho Newfoundland authorities ha9 been directed to some complaints made by Gloucester (Mass.) flsbormen ol ill treatment at the hands oi Newfoundland fishermen and an interference with the just rights of United Pintos fishermen in British waters. While at Uj>per Small Point the orew of tho Gloucester schooner Minnesota were attacked by the people on shore, furiously pelted with stout a and compelled to floe to their vessel. A number of residents of Victoria Bay, Canada, bad been attending church at Megantic, and after Borvice twelve crowded into a small boat to return home. When near their destination the boat capsized and Mrs. John Murray, her son Angus, Miss McKenzie and Miss SlcDonald wore drowned. A f ro at tho Louvre, in Paris, damaged the building to the extent of ?200,000. M. Jacques OtTenbach, tho French composer, died in Paris tho other day, ago 1 sixty-one yours. Kx-Govornor Rubi, of Mazatlan, Mexico, has been executed by the military there lor participation in a recent rebellion. Heavy rainB have caused disastrous Hoods in liohilcund, Bengul. Many lives have been 1-.^*. KAAM ininrml lU3t mm tuo Uiu?yu UUOU uiuwu "'JU'VU. At Mark ham, Ont.. two brothers named Hoy quarreled, when the elder struck the younger on the lorehead, inflicting a probably fatal wound. Their lather, seeing the tragedy, loll dead^ A flr?aa been raging in the town of Ax, France. Thirly-flve houses had beon borned at last reports. Advices Irom the Fiji islands by way of San Francisco state that the natives have murdered Captain Mcintosh, Mate Saflney and four ot the crow ot the schooner E-jperanza. The schooner was stripped and burned. Last month a boat's crow belonging to the schooner Dauntless, ol Fiji, was attaoked, end second officer Fmzer and Mr. Nichell, government j agent, were murdered by the natives. ' Wolf nnd Shepherd?A Fable. i Once upon a time a wolf observed a 7?mVi fppHincr nut. nf <*iullt ol tllG slieD hard in charge and it determined to have a dinner of mutton. While skulk; ing along toward its victim the wolf fell : over a cliff and was badly injured The shepherd heard its yelis of pain and " came running up to dispatch the animal \ with a club. I "Hold on! Hold on! I want to . argue this case!" cried the wolf. " But you are a philosopher and I am only a shepherd," was the reply. "It was your lamb who pushed me over this cliff." said the brazen wolf as ' lie sat up; and by the use of big words, ' wise looks and arguments based on , " ifs," he convinced the shepherd that it t was his duty to take him home and hea] | his injuries. When the wolf was able to walk he i demanded a lt>mb as compensation foi I his bodily suffering and loss of time, The shepherd demurred, hut the woll quoted an old law by which any person 1 harboring a wolf should be fined and ; imprisoned, and he declared that he would go before the nearest official and make complaint. This brought the slionherd to time, and the wolf had lamb for dinner. To get rid of him the ! peasant reduced his fare to black bread and water, but the wolf ate what waj ; given him and explained: ! "I shall not pain strength and be able i to leave you until I have better food." The peasant tlien changed his fare to the best, and the wolf ate his full anc J observed: ! " As long as you can afford such fare you cannot grumble at my staying." In a few days he demanded a fullfjrown sheep to soften the pangs of parting, and when the shepherd complainec . the wolf cried out: i " Why, I am workiug for your inter est, not mine. The less sheep you hav( to mind the less care you will have." Tki*. tlio alionVinrrl ? .1.1113 SV/piiiat.1 J OAA?i AiV/WV* urj v> Mlivf/utvrv.; 1 and the sheep was killed. While eatinf ' it the wolf got a bone in his throat anc called out for he'p, adding: | 41 It will l'ii! much easier for you to re\ move this bone than to dig a hole and burv me.*' c "By falsehood you g.iined my sym pathy," replied the peasant?" by phil osophy you got into my house; by logic ' you ate a lamb; by subtlety you beat mc out of a sheep; by Providence yoi have a bone in your throat, and now bj thunder you must help yourself, tor 1 t won't!1' , MORAL: Don't feel yourself entitled to a washtub because somebody gives you i clothes-pin.?Detroit Free Press. i The Art of Not Hearing. When the telephone was first intro duced, the newspaper " funny man" dir not fail to remark that Mr. Edison was on the wrong track; what people needec i was not a machine enabling them t< I hear things far off, but something tha would help them not to hear tiling: ' close by. The saying had more se nse n I it than its source would lead one to ex 1 pect. Who has not sighed, when pes J tcred during a busy hour by some bore 1 for a machine that would make him ob , livious to the rattle of his tormentor'; I toneue? , But, though no machine has yet beer I iu^entod for this purpose, the art of no! hearing may be cultivated to an almos! i unlimited extent. So many things ar< said which are coarse, abusive, profan< 1 ?so many others rasp the temper?thai ' the better way is to cultivate one dea; f f hftf f A oil oil oil fMnna * 4VI } tliili IU1U bUilU LU ouvu btnugo . Ttie power ot the will in this respect is k astonishing. Another good effect c; having a judiciously deaf ear is thai ; when people find you do not hear whal i they say, they soon become tired of talk ing. Many a quarrel would be saved ii s the one to whom a hasty, cross word is I spoken did not hear it. Somethings 1 are better ignored than noticed. The ' art of not seeing is as valuable as that ol hearing, and bath should be taught and practiced in every well-regulated family. It is a great thing in a teacher or parent, or in anybody wno has to do with children, to know when not to see and hear things. Breaches of discipline are sometime's venial, and a wise man sometimes will not observe that there has been any breach. Some people possess these arts to perfection. A well-bred man or woman never hears a vulgar or ill-natured remark, even when made to him personally, unless it is so made that he cannot avoid noticing it. What a happy gift it would be if every pastor could be enwit'll lliiq fnp.iilt.v. Ppnnlfi t.lion would not talk scandal to him, knowing that he never heard anything of the tort. They would spare him those illnatured criticisms that now occasionally vex his foul, and that flattery which is more pleasant, but also more dangerous. Our advice is, cultivate the art of not hearing things. It is a more valuable thing than the "cultivated ear" on which so many pride themselves.? Examiner. She Kept the Secret. Apropos the Tarrytown-Andre centennial celebration a New York paper tells the following story, which shows that a woman could keep a secret one hundred years ago. Mrs- S^e, an old woman living on the Bedford road, about two miles from the Tarrylown depot, tells a picturesque tale of succceding events as it was told by the participants. Mrs. See, familiarly kno-.vn as " Aunt Betsy," says fl>nf r* *,ortn r*f 4 4 ftlz ???OVQ 1' Willi fllOir prisoner wont directly to"AIug Tavern," near White Plains?a hostelry presided over by A tint Polly Heed. Strange to 3ay?considering her sex?Aunt Polly Wii3 notorious for her curiosity and inability to keep a secrct. While ham and eggs were sizzling in the pan for the hungry "Skinners," Aunt Polly w:is struggling to ascertain the identity of the melancholy youna: stranger, who waB so handsomely clothed in a blue overcoat, claret-colored coat, and nankeen waistcoat and breeches. Finally Paulding seized her by the wrist and drew her close to him. " Can you ke p a secret?" " Yes," stammered the old woman with hardly suppressed eagerness. We've got a British spy." In three minutes the old woman had intrusted household cares to her girl, saddled her white horse, and wag galj loping to the next house, in a place then called "Twitchinsrs." But the fences and brush prov< d an obstacle, and Aunt Polly was forced to make a long detour by the road. The "Skinucrs" finished their meai and departed, making a straight cut across the country toward "Twitchings." Ai they approached the house they caught sight of Aunt Polly living up the road on her white horse, daylight showing between herself and the saddle at every leap. Her hair streamed out behind. In one hand she swung her huge poke bonnet by the strings, while she shrieked in a shrill, quavering voice: ' They've got.the spy! | They've got the spy!" ' 1 Over-Exertion. Long-continued exertion without 1 proper intervals of rest is followed by a " peculiar sensation of fatigue, and often c by tremor or cramp. Fatigue is due, in part, to the failure of contractile material, and an accumulation of waste- j products, in the muscles, but, in the a main to exhaustion of the nervc*cen- T tcrs that supply stimulus to contraction. n Both tremor and cramp are probably j caused by excessive muscular irritabil- s ity, the former being due to short, a irregular explosions or muscular force, the latter being a prolonged contraction of the muscle. When over-exertion is ^confined to a 1 small group of muscles, these, instead ( of becoming enlarged and strengthened, i as is the case when exertion and rest ' are duly interchanged, suffer chronic exhaustion, which shows itself in a j species of paralysis?as in the palsy or ; cramp, severally peculiar to writers, i telegraphers, type-setters, violinists, ' pianists, tailors, milkers, and men of ' various trades whose work is mainly ' with the hammer. It is computed that the pen-blade fnrop.r. if industrious and disposed to do lull work, delivers nearly 29,000 accurate strokes a day, and in ten years over 88,000,000, each stroke involving expenditure of nerve-force, both in the nerves of the brain which calculate the distance and amount of force necessary, and the nerves of the muscles engaged in the act. Another result of over-exertion is irritability of the heart, similarly due to exhaustion of nerve-force. The heart may become dilated, so that valves?one i or more?cease fully to close the openings, or the valves become thickened and incapable of ready and compkte action. The elastic tissue of the great arteries leading out of the heart may be weakened by over-distention, and the i walls may, during some strong effort, i so far give way as to torn1, a pouch, or 1 even to stretch out into a fatal aneur- ' ism. 1 This irritability of heart gives rise to , palpitation, cardiac pain and rapid pulse. i It is estimated that thirty-eight per cent, ot cases of this affection among ; our soldiers during tne late civn war i were due to long and rapid marches, or to other forms of over-exertion. Pro. fessional pedestrians nre proverbially sbort-livea. Mountain-climbers, and i persons who carvy gymnastic or athletic exercises to excess, and especially laborers whose work is severe, and who also suffer from intemperance, foul air ! and improper diet, are peculiarly liable i to heart disease.?Youth's Companion. 1 Tweedledum andTweedledee: "Bob [ Brown, did you say that my father had not as much sense as Billy Smith's lit, tie yellow dog?" "No, I never said ; any such thing. I never said your father had not as much sense as Billy Smith's } little yellow dog. All I said was that ' Billy Smith's little yellow dog had more sense than your father: that's all I ; ever said." " Well, it's well you didn't [ say the other, I tell you."?Boston ; Transcript. | [Chillicothe (Obio) Rosa County Register.] [ A Lady In the Matter. ' That "woman's wit is often superior to man's wisdom," was convincingly ! proved in a circumstance that occurred in this city recently. It appears^ that 1 Mr. Ludwig Schwarzler, a widelyI known Grocer on Station Road, suffered with a very painful rheumatic headache to such a degree, that he was obliged to kopV t-.hp n.5ri of a nhvsician. All modi cines he used were of no avail. This induced Mrs. Schwarzler to buy Sc. 1 Jacobs Oil. She procured a bottle for her husband. With the second appli cation he found relief. The pain left ! him, and he is as well as ever again. A remtdy acting as promptly as this cer? tainly deserves univeis.il patronage. ' " Be you good?" asked a bright little chap ot Miss Bud, his Sabbath-school : teacher, the other day, "Oh, no," was 1 the becomingly reply. " You ain't? Well, I knew you wasn't pretty, but I ' al vays thought you was good." ; [Fort Wayne (Ind.) Sentinel.] Will Wonders Ever Cease 1 1 Mr. John G. Fledderman, the weil. r known Merchant Tailor.in Union Block, writes: "I was a sufl'erer lor many years with Neuralgia and Rheumatism, and found no relief until I tried St. Jacobs Oil. After using two bottles i * was entirely cured." Milkweed is becoming a valuable plant in California. In its young state t is used lor food, while from its fiber J and gum overshoes can be manufac ' tured. 3 The Pleasures of Hope. j When the body is bowed with pain an in(l tense longing tor relief blinga bopo. This 3 may brighten tho suffering but it does not euro. At a timo like this how welcome is _ such a friend ns Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, bringing hope, health and bappi" ness and the joys of a renewed life. ! We have heard ol sineing fish and. 3 have often seen a bass drum. For Consumptives, Delicate Females, Nurs: iDg Mother.-", Sickly Children, and the Debility ^ oi Ago, Malt Bitters, prepared by the Malt ' Bitters Company, are the purest and richest 3 nourishing agent in looda or medicine ever i compoundfld. t ?. f THE MAKKETS. NEW TOBK ! BeeiCattle?Med. Natives, live wt.. 07 0 10& f Calves? I'oor to Prime Veals 05 0 07jj t Bheep.... O*?i0 05J< ' Lambs 0 4^0 OG^ Uogs?Live .tint O4)f0 05?j Dressed O6*j0 07 f FlOiir?Ex. State, good to fancy.... 4 20 0 5 65 Western, good to fancy 4 3f (4 6 25 ' Wheat?No. 2 Red 1 06.^0 1 08 I No. 1 White 108 0108^ Bye?State M 0 93 r Barley?Two-Bowed State 87,Jtf0 81% Corn?Ungraded Western Mixed.... 6OJJ0 ol% Southern Yellow 61 0 55j< Otto?White State 42)*0 4:iy, Mixed Western^ 40 0 43)* Hay?Prime a........ 105 01 10 ' Straw?Long Eye. per cwt 00 0 05 ' Hops?State, 1880 25 0 :10 Pork?Mess, new 15 CO 015 52 Lard?City Steam 8 30 0 8 65 Petroleum?Crude 06X003 lteflned 10% flutter?State Creamery 23 0 33 Diary 23 0 27 Western Imitation Creamery 21 0 25 Factory 16 0 21 Cheese?Stato Factory 10?*0 14 Skims 06 0 10*f Western 10 0 12>tf Eggs?State and Penn 21 0 2j Potatoes?State, bbl 1 50 0 1 72 BUFFALO. ' Flour?City Ground, No. 1 Spring.. 5 50 0 0 00 Wheat?No. 1 Hard Duluth .,1(8 0 1 08 Corn?No. 2 Western 45X0 4."Jtf Oats?State * 36^0 37 I T.o.n_..n,r?H SfAtft fifi Ot 70 UaLLVJ * "V w BOSTON. Beof Cattle?Live weight 00 ft 0C>% Sheep..... 0~>%?$ OCtj Lambs 00 @ (C,VJ Hogs 05 ,'4(4 0C>'i Flour?Wisconsin and Mlnn.Pat.... 6 50 @8 25 Corn?Mixed and fellow 6(5 ft 58 Oats?Extra White, now 44,fcft 48 Bye?State 90 (.4 05 Wool?Washed Combing & Delaine., 47 ft 48 Unwashed, " " 35 ft 30 WATEilTOWN (MASS ) O ATT LB MAKKET Beef Cattle?live weight 03?Xft 04^ Sheep 04 ft 04 >4 Lambs .. 05 ft 06?J Bogs 05.\i? 05 *4 PHILADELPHIA, Flour?Fenn. goouanaiancy o o j 19001 Wheat?No. 2?Red 1 07.!*? 1 07<tf Bye?Stato 03 <4 93 Cora?State Yellow r,< Oats?Mixed @ 39 Butter?Creamery Extra..., 32 ? 32 Cheese?New York Full Cream 13.)*? 11 petroleum?Crude 00^(907X Beflued 10 * SjIj I'ernoua Himti x Kmiuiymrnt Iti .Mercantile 7% lluUjts, Hotels, Stores, <Mil vs. i lv'., mi l Teachers \ tleslrlh.' School engagement'.call.or address with stamp , MANHATTAN" AGK.NOY, lililO Hroad?ay. X.Y.Ctty. i YOUNG MEN .aJSteffiS " month. Kvery graduate ?atarsinteed a pay In- situation. Address It. Valentine, Manager, Jauesviilc, Wis._ 4. ? ? A YKAU ami expends to afrits. K / / / Outfit Free. Addtess lIf J ? a B l?. (> VIUKERY, Aiutl t i, Maine. NUinVICII ITWIVEItSITY, Selentlfle and A Military Collcsc, Xorthfleld, Vt. Terms reasonable. A few frre ncliolmnhlpH. nnnn innunn i Mall tiga Po?taT with your address. ~ BOOK AGLNTS ' It will ray .V'lii, A. iiOliTOX x ? XJUUn flUUH 1U CO.. ailt Commerce St., I'lii'a., 1'a. 1 SPK'IAIXY V.il.l'tB'.K informntlon ! i for M.1KHIKI? !?! .? Circulars fi. e. ' l3A.tr >!oi:sf. it Co., 41 West lltii St., New York City. 1 AIil.KWS llrntn Food?ciireB Xervons Dehllltj ? ,t Weaknesi of Ceueratlve Organs. SI-all dim:.: , Send for ( ir'i'r to A : mi's Pharmacy, itlit Pirst Ave.,N.Y. .J Ip'flfftflft ,;v <?01jl?c;iven Away. S.n 1. t /, Skifr'Siji IB a S'ainp for particulars. Addn-- ioe ji vbuvu .Mk-<kx(;eii, Lew sl.uruli. 1 nlwiCo..!*:!. CCC A WEKK In your own town. Terms and JS Outfli ^ free. Adilreai U. Uallktt k Co.. Portland. ?Uinr | ft77AWEKK. $12adayathowe eaullr male. Cost'? K Outfltfre#. Addrosa T?o? tOo., AUKTistn, Maine. . Lilo is short at most and oar daty is to pro- Q ong it. Use, therefore, Dr. Ball's Cough RJJ iyrnp for Coughs, Colds, Bronohitis, Hoarse- IB iess, etc. Sold everywhere. Price only 2$ Iff tents. I | A prominent newspaper man in San 11 iYancisco recently celebrated the second |H .niversary of his" marriage by a paper I vedding. The presents were of paper, ,nd included pictures, books, napkins, able covers, mats and tidies, lamp hades, clove and handkerchief boxes . ,nd writing paper. The guests wore mciful caps of paper. The Voltaic Belt Co., ftfarahc.il, Mich., Will send tboir Kleciro-Voltaic .Belts to the lfllicted upon 30 days' trial. See their adver:isement in this paper headed, On 30 Days' rrin'." Are Yon Ifot In Good Health? [t the Liver is the source of your trouble, fou can find an absolute remedy in Db. Sax?ord's Liver Lnvigorator, the only vegetate cathartic which acts directly on the Liver. lures all Bilious diseases. For Book address Dr. Sasfqrd, 162 Broadway, New York. " Ho laughs well who laughs last." A new idea embraced in Ely's Cream Balm. Catarrh is cured by causing discharge, not by drying up. The application is agreeable; no one in annoyed by its use. Price 50 cents. 881 & 883 Broad Street, ) Newark, N. J., May 29, 1879. j Messrs. Er.r Bros., Druggists, Owego, N. y.?I wish to recommend your "Cream Balm." During the past live years I have suffered from Catarrh, have used without re* liel remedies prescribed by various physicians. I was advised by a Inend to try Ely's Cream II Balm. I am using a second bottle and lee) II confident I shall be completely cured ot a IS disease that has seriously affected not only I i my nostrils, but also my eyes and my sens* IjJ of hearing. I if W. A. BBINTZIXGIIOFFEB, JB., B Wholesale Tobacconist. I Veoetine will regulate the bowels to healthy ? iction, by stimulating the secretions, cleans- , ing and purifying the blood ot poisonous iC, bumors, and, m a healthful and naturnl man- bu aer, expels all impurities without weakening the body. Get Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffener* applied to those new boots before yon ran them over. Vegetine. More to Me than Cold. _ _ Walpoli, Mass., March 7,1880. MB. H. U. bTEVENS : I wish to fnform 70a what Vegetete hu dono for me. I have been troubled with Erysipelas Humor for more tbau thirty years, in my llmba and other parts of my body, and have been a great sufferer. I commenced taldng Yeoetink one year ago last August and can truly say it has done more for me than any other medicine. I seem to be perfectly free from this humor and can recommend it to everyone. Would not be without this medicine? ? tis more to me than gold?and I feel It will prove a L blessing to others as it has to me. f Yours, most respectfully, Mas. DAVID CLABK. J. BENTLEY, M. D., says: It has done more good thiin all u Medical Treatment. all dr Newmarket, Ont., Feb. 9,1880. Mn. H. R. Stevens, Boston, Mass.: Sir?I have sold during the psst year a considerable quantity of your Veoitine, and i believe in all cases it bos given satisfaction. In one case, a delicate young lady of about seventeen years was mnch benefited by its use. Her parents informed me that it had done her more good than all the 1 medical treatment to which aho had previously been subjected. Yours respectfully, J. BENTLEY, M. D. Loudly in its Praise. Tobonto, Ont., March 3,1880. Dear Sir?Considering tho short time that Veok* Hue has been before the public here, it sells well as a blood purifier, and lor trouoics arising irom sluggish or torpid liver it is a first-class medicine. II Onr customers speak loudly in its praise. 1 J. WEIGHT & CO., Cor. Queen and Elizabeth Streets. VEGETINE J PREPARED BY W H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. ? Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. ^ 70,000 SOLD YEARLY, The growing popularity and aiHTalnesa or t;\ISliUIV A' or rADiAin vuumia u ihown by the fnct that SEVENTY TIIOUSANI> are sold yearly In the United State*. ? The best are the M1S0I i HAHLIH , ORGANS' which have been awarded mcnijT disti.nctioss tor demonstrated superiority at xt2ry ONE Of tile GREAT fPORLD'S Industrial Exhibitions for thirteen years, with- A out one single exception. NEW STYLES Are ready this season with Important Improvements. FOR LARGE CIIC'RCFIES, splendid organs, with great power and variety, at $570, $480, $390, and less prices; t FOR SMALLERCHURCHKS,SCHOOLS,Ac.,$&t to$200 | and upward. Sl'PKRH DRAWING ROOMSTYLE3 at f SLMO to $510, and upward. A GREAT VARIETY of SMALLER ORGAN'S of equal excellence, though less capacity, or In plain cases, at $S1 to |200 and upward. Also furnished roa monthly or quarterly payments, $5 r and upward. These organs are certainly unrivaled in excellence, while the price* are nut much higher than thine of very inferior fnstrutnenU. Itefore purchasing any Organ send for latest ILLt'STHATE1) OAl'ALOGUK <32 pp. 4to.), containing full ( description} and prices. Including new styles, and much useful information for the purchaser of any organ, which will In- sent free and postpaid. MASON L HAMLIN t OKGAN CO.,ir,-l Tremont Street, BOSTON; 46East k 1 Itli Street, NEW YORK; 1-19 Wabash Avenue, 1 CHICAGO. 8 SAPONIFIES! Is the " Original" Concentrate! Lye and Reliable Family tS Soap Maker. Directions accompany each Can for making Hard, Soft and Toilet sonp q'llcklv. It Is full A weight and strength. Ask yonr grocer for SAI'OIII17Kit, ami take no otlierr. Q PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phlla. = PETROLEUM TT A fl|1T T1TT1 JELLY ? Grand Medal If jl \ H I I 1 If Silver Medal 5 at Philadelphia II Jl ) || II | IB I| at Paris I Exposition. llUJJUillll Exposition. ffl This wonderful substance Is acknowledged l>y phy- j? siclans throughout tlie world to lie the best remedy dls- ? covered for the cure of Wounds. Hums, Rheumatism, K Skin Diseases, Piles, Catarrh. Chilblains, 4c. In order that every ono may t\v It, it Is put up In 15 ami 21 cent bottles for household use. Obtain It from your druggist, and youwU! ilud It superior toaoythlug you have ever used. fSMrll Encyclopedias I TIQUETTEsBUSINESS j T !i is the cheapest and only complete and reliable ( nn Ktlnin'tti> ami Iiusiness and Social Forms. It n tolls how to perform nil the various duties of life, and. how to appear to the best advantage on all occasions. o Ancnt'i Wanted.?Send for circulars contnlnlrg a o full description "f the work and extra terms to Agen s. q Address National 1'cui.ishi.nq Co., I'hliiidelphiu, l'a. ? TEHULOID I EYE-GLASSES. *? ? representing the choicest selected Tortoise-Shell and N Amber. The lightest, handsomest, and strongest known. Sold by Opticians and Jewelers. Made by SPEXCEB 0. M. CO., 13 Maiden I-ane, Xew York. fWMV s:s will positively cure Female u eakness,such ns Fait " tut? of tho Womb, Whites, Chronic Intlammat.'onor Ulceration of the Womb, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, Painful, Suppressed ami Irregular Jlen* , truation, &c. An ohl and reliable remedy. Send pos- ?J, tal card for a pamphlet, with treatment, cures and " CCTUIICUlfS lrtJIll U(l)?Kiua^ anu uaiinun, 1?/ n\jYf nrth A Italian), Utica, N". y. Sold Cy ull DrunglsU? p <51.jO pt r bottle. _ SORE EARS, CATARRH. ? Many people are ntllicte<l with those loathsome diseases, >r,t very few ever get well from them; tliisisowinz to i mproper treatment otihj, as they are r?ailt!y curable If utiperlv treated. This is no Idle boast but a fact I have . tl >roven over an?l over again by my treatment. Senil for f< )? little ltuok. free to nil, It will tell you all about tbe?! ' d natters an l win; I am. Sly large Hook. 375 pastes, octavo. . J >rice by mail. .Vblress 1 I>1C. C. E. .SHOEMAKER, Aural Surgeon, " ^KendliiK, l'n. ]. W. rATNE & SONS, CORNING, N. Y. E anuTAIIJUIHUKU 1N-1U, Patent Spark-Arresting Kncines.tnoiintcU and on skids. Vertical Engines wit h wro't <(J boilers. Eureka Safetj- pow? Til crs with Sectional boilers?. Ar; can't be exploded. All nv with Automatic Cut-OiTs. From ?150 to 92,000. *;il Send for Circular. StatO *' ? where you saw thla. ? ON 30 MISTRIAL" We wll! sen i i.nr l-.leclro-\ oil ale Kelts and other ' . tri.; AppUuiiecsupon trial for .to days to those afflicted 14 iili AVrr?iM l>rl/ilitu am I iltwivt of a i*rs<iiuil ruiturt. pi so ot tin- l.iver, Kiiliieys. Klieumatistn, Paralysis, etc. i; aire cure i/wirarUteti or tiuI'mj. " * v. Address Voltaic Kelt Co.. Marshall, Mich. g-j WHISKER^ Sel \<JK!VTS. Male and Female,make ?:?*15 dally, 11> seiiiu.- hi I:N't?icA.\?i: T? >i< Vl)KI'.Mlive prev.miv m-d .in- r>r /? '.:/ ? Aef . i. il.il-iriitl iml J''in 'I- ?'?. ^ " "" - merits. KISI.KV \ CO.. 1.11 Cji mil . u St..New > > '? . IAPA A WOMTH ! AliKNTS V.\\ XTIU> j fl ? SnVl 75 I test Sell iii)t Artlctw In the world. a ? samnefi-..- JjiV nuitNso^OetroltjJUJch. ;K fn <590 Per Jay at borne. Samples worth, fA free v9l O iU vpt U Atitlrew Siutsoa k Co.. Portland. Me. i k f GREAT GERMAN REMEDY RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, i BACKACHE, gout, II ~ SORENESS CHEST, SSr ??fl SORE THROAT, I tfffilMIIirl QUINSY, SWELLINGS IlllfTSI 8PE^N8, FROSTED FEET 1 ** burns illfiiiM II B^XiZ}*, IprJ GflieralBodilyPallB, ? 3 TOOTH, EAR uriniruc OjlLM ACHES. S'oPreparation onearthequal* St.JjlOomOn uiun, m, simpli and caxar External Remedy. A trial entaiU t the comparatirely trifling outlay of SO Cairn, and itiij s Buffering with pain can harts cheap and poeiure proof of eUim'- DIBKCTI058 15 XtXTKS Li.5GCi.GIS. SOLD BY AU DRUOSISTS AMD DEAIEISII MUIML A. VOGELER & CO. Baltimore, Jftf., U.S.A* HTM H-No 41 NOW READY! Tiie 14th Semi-Annual "23 ?or? MME. DEMOREST'S ? M 'ort-Folio of Fashions. ? < ft < ; 'M \ larce and beautiful Book of M folio paces. Published March and September. Containing over TOO Large lmtratlon* of the Latest and Best Styles, including the standard and useful design* for Ladles' and Chllen's Dress, with French and English descriptions, lount of material required, etc., etc. Every lady wants is book. Price, 15 cents, post-free. ALSO, .. - 'vl The 20th Semi-Annual ?or? - /' MME. DEMOHEST'S VHAT TO WEAR. Published In March and September. Contain* the latest formation on every department of Ladle*' and Chllen's Dress, Including Material*, Trimmings, Traveling, eddlng and Mourning Outfits, Costumes of all deacrlpins, Jewelry,CoIflUres, Millinery, etc., etc.,with valuable formation for Merchant*, Milliners, Dressmakers, and idles generally. 120 pages, large 8vo. Price, IS cent^ ist-free. Address, MME. DEMOREST, /? i 7 East 14th Street, New York* REMEDY FOR CURING 'nnirlin Pnldn Dnnnnln'tin Aflflimo lUiips, uuiufi) muiiuiiiua, iwiuiua, CONSUMPTION, ml nil Throat and Lnns Affections. Indorsed by ttl Press, Physicians, Clergy and Aflllcted People. TUT IT. YOUR REMEDY IS lUi'S LIE MM. Sold by all JTeiUclne Dealers* 'RAZER AXLE GREASE. f > /IFnutn woA /THAT IS JtJST | I ^ V , [ WHAT i SHALL J 1 WAZWSMOEf 1 00 AFTER THIS 1^1 \ GREASEI KOU S \I.K BY A(.l. DEALEB81 ranted the UK DAL OF HONOR at lie Cbitennid and J'aria Easfositicms. nicago. FRAZER LUBRICATOR CO. NewYor*. raif n bb nE nOWilWZ.1 FOR BOOK-AGKITTh selling our two tyUruUdhj illustrated books, Life of SEN. HANCOCKSS m author of national /aw, higlJy indorted by Gen lancock, the party Umtert, anil preMt&Iso hifo of >EN. GARFIELD li'ixblit (an author of tciiU cHebritu), algj strongly dorntd. Both official, imm/nvbj popular, selling ver 10,000 a week ! AjnUs tnakluf: SI O a dnj! utrtls due. cacti. For bf?t book* aim Urmx, aJdresj ulck, HfUHAKD BROS., Philadelphia, Pa. Thin Clalm-IIouie EitablUhed I860. DEMCIflMC l ii u i u n ?i cw I>n\v. Thousands of soldiers and heirs entitled nslons d.ite back to discharge or death. Time UmU^d. ildrese, with stamp, <;eokuk e. i.gxoiv, 0. Drawer !l'45? WMhlnjjtoB, p. C. 1ATR0NA V the best In the World. It Is absolutely pore. It Is tho *t fur Medicinal Purposes. It l? the best for Raking and I Family l/sca. Sold by all Druggists and Grocers. ENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phi la. T^e Cri^Jt rHE BOWELS, and the K1DNEY8. These preat ortrans aro the Natural eleaosertof I ImSv-rtrm. Ifthnv wnrk wMI. hrnlth will bo ncr. I ect, if thtyl'ecoinoclopped, dreadful diseases aro evclopcd oceauso the blood is poisoned with tho amors that should havo boon ezpellcd naturally. iipNEY-WOHT will restore the natura.' action, nil throw oil the disease. Thousand have been urcd. ami all may bo- For sale by all DrnOTrista. fhe Koran. I curiosity to evei y one, and a necessity nil students of Hi?lory or Kellfion | K KOKA.V (IF MOHAMMED; translate from th? ltilo by George Sale. Formerly published at $2.74: t v, beautiful tyjx-. neat, cloth-bound edition: prlr? i centand O cents for )>.>sta>re. t'stalocue of man; n lard works, remarkably fow in price. with extra icrmi clubs, free. Say where you saw this advertisement xmc.ty Itoos E?cu.t.%ut, irilunc Hulldlng, N". Y. DAMIEL P. BEATTY'S ORGANSI STOPS, SL'II BASS ?fc OCT. COL'PLEK SKHJLY $65. nt on Trial Warranted. Catalogue Fro*. lress DANIEL F. UEATTY, Washington. N. J "RUPTURE Heved and cured without the Injury trusses inflict by J. A. SHERMAN'S system. Office. 251 Broadwaj, t York. Ills liook, with photographic likenesses or cases before and aftt r t tiri*. mailed for lOjent-s. TOC.TQ BA.1 OB ULU, ! ? ?kWkm, r*"^ * Wf P #rW m-a-, ?r?^Ws M4 h J \U bur M7 *Ur% Jm'l h fL m \ Immhtfg'i, U\ ??d ?IJ >11 ?* Ut %k$ nfc SiMM'Wsas MW ---