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The Two Shores. Upon tho river's brink 1 ?tand g| Beside the runhins: water's flow, v Anil look lrom off the shore I know, v TVia ?o!a nnrl ili-nr (a iliftr land, V Unto nnojher t-horo which lies Mi>t veiled Leneath the crimsoning skies. * This is u shore and that a shore. Does the earth cease to rise once more a Beyond the river's span ? a Ah no, the shores are clasped in one, 6 The same firm earth go> s on, goes on, 1 Though hidden ior a little space . Fiom eye or thread ol man. ? Upon another shore we stand j ? Beside a darker water's flow } And catch beyond the earth we know J Faint glimpses ol another land E Dreaming in Miupbine, hall-deecried t Beyond the rushing river tide. 1 It is life here, and life is there. Wo look lrom lair things to most lair The river ioils between;? j i But held and bound and clasped in one j t Immortal lile goM on, k?cs on, Though only lrom the farther strand The union can be seen. ? Susan Ct-olidge. The Rising of the River. , i It happened many years ago, when I 1 w s young. My husband was a manu- ] . t facturer in a pretty country village, and s we lived in a iittle white house close by g . the mountain strcum that supplied the- I laetory with watf-r. It was a lovely, s r? .man tic spot. The wooded slopes of e the mountains on one side came to the s water's edge, while on the other lay the ] creen meadows, dolled with the white s houses and spires of the hamlet. Be- r I twecn us and the river stretched the t highway, following the course of the r ft ream for milis, while the water foamed I 1 ; nd sparkhd over the brown rocks, j ? making n.Ui?ic r.iabt and day. There I j a . was as happy as the day was long. It l wa- ri:y pt ic'e 10 keep my liou^c as neat ? and bright as possible, so that Tom might find rest and comfort when he -v came home tired fiom liis day's work, n Whet) everything was in readiness for c him?the table spread, the lite bright, f and the kettle singing on the hob?I t used often to hick my door, and, going ' out. U se mysflf in the woods, and, rest- 5 pg for a time on the mossy rocks 1 dreamily watc h the river singing along t to itself in a bappy monoloue. Some- \ times tLc school children woul' come e troopine through the woods, tillinsthe V air wi, h 1 ho music of their happy voices f ? Iitfln Knw friAto/^ nrolnna mil h tun- 1 ? _ i^frt locks and bright eyes, a mot ey 1 Msscmhl?2<\ with rngerd clothes and ? HrimL ss liats and 0ir ty fuces, but a very c joyous one. How they used to stare a when thev saw me, whispering to and s nudging each other with wide-open eyes; a then, unr<sponsive to my friendly ad* " vacces, darling ofl in pursuit of birds or 1 squirrels, leaving my solitude as un- 1 broken as before. a But t he long drives with Tom were li juy chief delight. The brown little horse s , - . and oppn wagon were brought to the > door plmost every afternoon, and away v we would go. frolicking like two chil- d <drrn, with Rover, the dog, following, b and the horse shading his wise old head d tin solemn disapproval of our proceed- fl ing%. First we would visit the farm- t house where Tom's father and mother e *' Jived ; eive and receive the news of the c <?av; then eff again?over the hills and o t hrouch the woods. Memory still brings n batik to me the odor of the pines and again I breathe the sweet mountain t air. v Our m ighborhood was a very social v one. and Turn and I were invited every- t / wi'ere. Picnics, huskines. tea-parties s followed each other in quick succession, r and I carae to know the pleasant coun- a - trv people well. Still, there were times v when I prew very lonely, with Tom i: ^ . away all day and no sound to be heard t pave the murmur of the river and the i .tinging of the birds. But after my a ? . habv carae I was never lonely again, u . - What a wonder he was to me at first, r with his funny little wayj! I was al* most afraid to touch him, for fear he & would drop to pieces in my arms. But v - I soon trew accustomed to him, and " many a frolic we had. while Tom sat by. t lauahing at us "Really, Moilie."he 3 w<u'dsay. "I do not kn iw which is * the biggest baby of the two." But he 1 w?.s very proud of us, for all his t-asing. c A year or two after baby's birth, my ? sister Katie came to .'-pen the winter i wMi me. She was a handsome, high- 11 spirited citv girl, and soon all hearts yielded to hf-r power and no company f was considered complete without the S beautiful Miss Lacey. "Well, Katie," i Tom used to say, "I ne?d not have c bought any wood this winter, for the r whole house is hot with the sighs of t . despairing lovers." But she was hard; - hearted and would lock at none of ( them. Among her other admirers was I a Mr. Pierce, a young lawyer lately 1 settled in the village ard a great favor- 1 i'e with Tom and roe; but I think that t " ^ *???/ /J wntlw.M nf AtiflA f bow oho r uni'C ttTPBCU mill lauiri nwoc ihimu 011V did any one else. I often grew anerry s ,with the child; hut nc anger could long s withstand the chant of her winning t ways, and, although I began by scold- r ing her, T generally ended by laughing t at her. How lovely she used to look, t as she came dancing into my room, t ready for some pleasure, with her ( ryes shir ing like stars, her cheeks ? iiKe roses, and her lace beaming with a mischief under her white hood. "I t came! I saw! 1 conquered!" was her f: motto, and she fully carried it out. I t remembrr that a great deal of snow fell \ that winter, and a3 spring came on all 1 the rivers and brooks became very much 1 swollen; but our river had never been d known to rise very high and we feared v no danger. My second boy was born in 6 March?a pretty, blue-eved little darling a ?cnH tl.o h nnninfca r?f nnp hnmp wnc ! a complete. One very stormy da}, when I my babv was about a week old, Katie 1 came running into mv room. "Oil! t Mollic," she cried, "I wish that you t ct uld fee the river. Itis perfectly beau- c t'ful. It has risen considerably above \ its banks and is Lurrying along over the c roiks in one sheet of foam." As she 1 spoke I could hear distinctly the rushing t of the water. " Leave the door open, l Katie," I said. "Perhaps I may be able t " to catch a glimpse ot it." She obeyed, p :md I could plainly see the white line of the river hurrying along. A little later i Katie came in a?ain. " Mollie," she r s id, "has the river ever risen as high as i the road?" "No." I replied, "such a thing was n^ver known. Has it now, Katie?" " Yes." she answered, quickly, seeing my excitement; "but I do not think it will rise any higher. I will go and watch." She left me, and for a time I l eard nothing but the pouring ol the rain and the ro.iring of the river, that to my ''xeited fancy seemed to grow louder and lourUr. At lant Katie entered the room. Her face was very pale, but her eyes shone with r? solution. " I think that I will go to the factory for Tom," she said, in a cheerful voice. "The r>7er is still rising, and I would much prefer to Lave him hero." "Ob, Katie!' < I cried, excitedly, "do cot leave me 1 alone with the children. Ihere sure y i Un / ! (i r> rror t ' Kytlll U*5 ll\J U?U^Vl. She was si.ent for a moment, and then i paid, gently: "There may he danger, ] Mollie. and I want to avoid it, both lor yon and ti.f children. S.ime one must ! go for Tom." i As she spoke t!:e roaring became more distinct, and, starling up, I saw that i . the water had crossed the road and, like i * ' a great shining serpent, was crawling up to our very windows. I gave a i shriek of despair." Go quickly!" X cried, i hardly knowing what I said, "and take I the children With you." " It's too late ( to take llie children but I will go, ' Mollie, and bring help," she answered, c calmly; and placing little Robbie on ? the brd with baby and me, she bade r him be a good boy and take care of t mamma. " Keep ud ycur courage, s ? *r dear," she said, kissing me. " I will \ bring he'p soon." Aly reflections, when I was left alone, were not pleasant ones, o [ wns too weak to be fully conscious of d the dancer; and yet the thought that I n was a woman, sick and alone in the n house with two children, with ? h raging torrent, rising higher and y ilk her, at our door, filled me tl with terror. But I prayed for n strength and courage as I tried * to quiet ronr little Robbie, who was ti ba ilv Jruht' ned. The b-by slept on e: cahnlv unconf-cious through it all, and it com fort* d rue to think that, as the J infant lay sVering in my arms, even so tl rijlfirht I iie in the nis of my Heavenly 1< Fattier, pcac- ful, in life or in death. t But I was not le't lone alo-'e K-itie t foon returned. her clothes wet and her n cheeks flushed with excitement. Her n long hair hurt fallen down and hune u around her like a golden veil. I hud i s?Sg>-;.r . ever seen her look lovelier. " Mollie, arling," she said, eagerly, "help will oon come to U3 now. Tom will be here Fi'h men and boats, and all will be rell." "Boats!" I cried. "Is the < pater high enough to float a boat, tatie?" " Yes," sue answered. "The ( rater lias risen above the fences by tiis time." I sat up and looked at her. How did you ever get to the factory, nd why did you not stay there?" I sked. "I did not go to the factory," ' he replied, blushing. "I met Mr. 'ierce. "Mr. Pier-el" I echoed, in i * 44 w* mn n !,? rr^i*r?rrP ISlOIlJSIlIDtriU 1* IIU'C rv <^0 lit ?v/ja*k. Jo, K:itie, toll mo all about it." , Well," she replied, demurely, " he was :oing to the river, and the river met lim; so there was a collision. But lie lown, Mollie," she added, with a change if tone, ' and I will tell you all. I had lot gone far on my way before I found bat there was to be a struggle. The vater was alieady above my knees, and he current so etronc that I could carcely keep my fooling, but I managed retty well for a time by walking along >y the fence; ! ut soon I had to cross he road, and I think then, if I had not emem' ered you and the children, my 'ourage would have failed lue. I lelt ny hold ot the fence and stepped bo dly orward. Uii! Ijow jong mc i-uucjh, va?. How tlie river roared around me, is if to mock my fear. Just at this in;tant I saw a man walking through the 3ood toward mo. As he drew near, I iaw that it was Mr. Pierce. 1 shouted 0 him to co hack to the factory for help; but could not make my voice iPard above the turmoil of the water. 1 saw his iips move, but could hear no ound. The water was by this time ? ibove my waist, the raging torrent )roke in foan around me, as if amry at my obstacle that would bar it* way. I xpected each instant to bo drawn wiftJv down to the dark death below. t thought ol the gre:it mill-wheel an< huddered. At last Mr. Pierce reached ny side. He spoke no word; but, hrowing his arm around me, supported ne until I regained a little strength. 'Leave me." I cried, as soon as I could 'peak, "and to back for help. MoJlie ,nd the children are alone in thi house, leipless. Leave me and go lor Tom, lefore it be too late." " When you are out ol danger, then I " n TI.ott vill rrturn," was ms .re safe in the house for some time to ome, and you must he taken caie of irst." I still ureed him to return; but le would not listen. "Come." he said, ' there is no time to be lost. The sooner -ou are out of danger the sooner will lelp come to your sister." I yielded at hat, and, struggling with tlie dark vater that threatened every moment to ngulph us, we slowly fought our way >ack to the house, and he has returned or help." Katie had scarcely finished ler story when the door opened and Tom came in. He was pale, but calm I md quiet. "Mollie. dear," he said, oraing to the bed and taking mo in his rms, "we must leave this house as oon as possible. I have procured help nd you must be ready when it comes." ' Tom," I cried, " I cannot go. Take Catie and the children and leave me." was trembliDg with fear and weakness nd hardly knew what I said. The river Doked to me like some mighty monster, eekiDg to devour me. But Tom and ^atie soothed and calmed me, and in a ery short time all was ready for our eparture. We soon heard a gieat houting, and, looking from the winow, saw eight or ten men guiding a loating wagon. The water reached heir breasts, and it was with the greatest difficulty that they guided the wagon lose under our window. As I looked ut, I saw tbat there was a bed in this ;ew-fashioned boat.. "Mollie." said Tom, "you wi 1 have r> inmn from the window into the iragon. Courage, dear wife; the trial fill s jon be over." The water by this irae had come in at the door, and was lowly, surely making its way from oom to room. Fear lent me courage nd strength, and, closing my e;es, ?itu a silent prayer for help, I jumped nto the rocking vehicle below. How he water raged and surged about us! 'or a moment it seemed as if we must 11 go down. But the men heid on with mited strength and the wsgon ceased to ock so violently. Tom dropped a blanket, with which o cover me, and then jumped from the window into the water among^the men. 'Katie," he called back, "we wiil reurn for you and the children. Keep up our courage." "My baby," I screamed. 'I will not go without my baby!" l'om tried in vnm to quiet mo. 1 woujc ot listen. "My baby!" I cried. "1 vill not leave my baby!" And I sat up d the wagon, as il meditating a plunge nto the water. "Here is the little fellow," said a amiliar voicp. "Take him. Mr. Stevens." I looked up, and saw .vlr. 'ierce n the window, holding the baby >ut to Tom. In the midst of my excitenent I had time to wonder how he came here. Tom handed me my little blue-eyed iarling. and I lay back, satisfied. Sever shall I forget that journey. The ain fell in torrents, the angry waters ushed around the bed in which I lay, molding my baby in my arms, expecting leath each instant. The gallant men iruggieu Uli, tut: vrtttui icatuiu^ tucu boulders, ever rising higher and )igher. Fences, young utes, frag nents of every description floated >y us, impeding our progress, hreatening destruction; but God, in lis loving mercy, saved us. By legrees we left the direct course of the lood behind us, the water -xrew lower ind lower, and the men were enabled o draw the w:itron straight up to our ather's door. Tom carried me into the touse, where his mother and s sters nxe anxiously watching for us, and oving hands attended to all my wants. The baby escaped uninjured; but I, the langer and excitement over, became unmconscious and for weeks my life was [espaired of. Not until a long time afterward was I able to hear Katie's tory. Mr. Pierce had been one of the lelpers until he saw Katie was to be eft alone. Then he determined to stay >ehind too. The water rose so rapidly hat they were obliged to seek shelter in the roof before help came. Here it vas in the midst of the danger that they :ame to understand eacti other, and Catie has since confessed to me that the rnlf hour spent on the roof ol the little louse in the pouring rain, with the lood roaring around them, was the hap>iest she had ever known. So ended the exciting episode of my ineventful life, and my grandchildren lever tire of listening to thesiory of the ising of theriver.?Independent. Insufficient Air. jlh.? uiai/Lci uuvv jJUlifUL are llll Oilier | lygienlc conditions, good health cannot je maintained if the air supply is insufficient. The purest air will become vi;iated, resulting in disease, especially in ionsumption, unless there i3 a constant means of supply. When the mortality from all causes imongthe metropolitan poiit o of Lonion was oniy ninety in 1,000, that of the Foot guards was 141 from consumption alone. The barracks furnished the latter only about one-fourth as much air pei man as is allowed in prison-cells. The armies of Europe generally are, from a similar cause, characterized by a large mortality. Dunns the Crimean war, the rate in the English army was 23 2 per cent, of the tot il strength; that Df the French 30; while in our civil wnr with its open-air life it was lesi than fix. Camp fever may be almost banished by cleanliness a"id fresh air. In 1760, Dr. Brocklesby, having built i large shed as a hospital for wuuaded joldiers and the mortality proving wonfully slight,though the treatment was )therwise the same as elsewhere, said: ' I candidly ascribe their fortunate es:ape more to the benefit of a pure, ki en lir, which they breathed thc-reiu every noment, than lo ail the medicine they ook." Thus, over a century agv>, he tumbled on a law of hygiene now unirersally acknowledged by experts. No expense was spared in the erection f a new house for monkeys in the Lonon Zoological garden, to make it ns ' luch a< possible like an English gentle- 1 lan's drawing-room. These animals 1 ad been wintered in England several i ears, and were healthy on entering j 1 tieir new house. But in one montu ! 1 tty of the sixty were dead, and the rest < reredyingof consumption. The whole j i rouble wn.9 that the room was not prop- j < rlv ventilated. Before 1836 the loss ot horses in | 'ranee by death was from 180 to 11)7 per housand. Enlarged stables reduced t tie jss to six'y-eight?nearly two-thirds- ! n England the loss is reduced to I wenty; in Germany to fifteen. Let it | ot be forgotten that where the lack is < ot sue a as to produce fatal results, it 1 lay variously impair the health.? 1 routJfa Gcniipanion. i IrOR THE FAIR SEX. Fashion IVote?. Nicely fitting .pelisses are made of cashmere shawls. Wide belts are sometiinos laced in front and at the back. T> ' -l 1 DifiUK WUUJCI1 O.U^MUKO cuiuiuiuv&^u with black are worn iti England. Walking hat* of smooth plush with satin borders are sold untrimmed. Color clashes is the expressive name giv?u to some ot the new combinations. Tvo studs are worn in the high linen collars that tit so closely about the ihroat. Lining about the lower edge of basques is prophesied by a Paris correspondent. The battlement] squure is preferi .d to the point and the scallop as a border for basques. The newest gold cloth Is of fine net, wrought with leaves and blossoms in bright colors. Clusters of three small beads sewed together are used to border basques, instead of fr nge. The Pilgrim suit is made up for children, and the Tam o' Shanter bonnet is worn with it.fl Balls are superseding both tassels and spikes as pendants from the tassels worn around the waist. ,r i- ? noml nn worMino \V J1CU liiuua nic u?v? riresses, round point and the finest duchesseare selected. Bonnets of peacock feathers, with strings of peacock blue, are pretty head coverings tor little girls. Some of the new Jerseys have their hoods and cufEs lined with white stockinet embroidered in colors. Veils of rose-colored tulle are worn by English ladies. They impart a roseate tint to the complexion. Rich, stiff white satin, brocaded in silver or gold is the appropriate fabric for an elegant wedding dress. Cashmere colored buttons and belt buckler are used on the Oriental cos LULUL'S bu mauiuuauii; ;iu pitKuu. Flesh-colored ruching is newer than cream color or plain white, but it is exceedingly trying to the complexion. Some of the new black stockings have red hands woven into them, so as to make them look jis if cross-gartered. Stockings matching the dress are to be fashionable t his winter, and cardinals here will be cheaper, as they should be The little tassel buttons are superseded by acorns this season. Some are jetted, and some arc of unadorned black silk. Buttons of riveted jet cosi three times as much as those uiade in imitation of them, but they are almost indestructible. The suits with full, plain skirts have become too popular to be fashionable and the best dressmakers refuse to cut them. Gray plaid silks, in soft qualities and Eastern colors,artf shown lor sashes and caps for wear with light evening dresses. One of the new uses of chenille is to imitate feathers, and some imported bonnets have plumes of chenille lying on their crowns. Yeliow pineapple cloth handkerchiefs, with one corner ornamented with an embroidered design in high colors, are uuuaiuui cu Clt^auu. Carriage cloaks are made of India shawls, trimmed with fringes and passementeries, displaying many shades ol rich India emoroidery. The newest caps are. not caps at all, but garlands of fiowe s or loops of ribbon twisted around the bead, and partly bidden by a scarf of lace. When velvet underskirts are worn tbe only other place in which velvet appears in the costume is in the pufi's let in t the shoulder or at the elbow. Among the silks are quaint twilled fabrics with Egyptian designs, such gas jars, lotus leaves, wading birds and ferns brocaded on their surface. Princesse gowns with fronts of colored satin are very fashionable. Severa fronts go with one gown, and a change in the tint transforms the gown. Crochet is revived in England, but instead of being done in white thread, it is marie in colors, both laces and quilts being made in contras'ing hues. Hoods are never sewn to the edge ol the garment they are worn with unless the dressmaker is too careless to finish both the neck of the^.hood and of the garment. llooks and eyes of filigree gold are placed on the bonnets to ciasp the broad ribbons, and under tbe chin to fasten the strings. Cloaks will also be fastened with them. The new basques for street wear are single-breasted, with larije collars, and have but few seams. The belts worn with them begin at the biases instead of at tlie seam under the arms. A new boot is of fine French kid, the tops of which are rolled over, the reverse being lined with silk and embroidered in shades to match the colors in ine costume worn at tue time. Dress material of heavy,^black, brocaded satin, the figures of which are outlined with jet beads, a jet tassel or ball hanging from each figure is novel and pretty. It only costs $10 per yard. When a lady wears a basque of brocaded velvet she wishes the world to understand that her skirt is also of that rich material, and so it is artfully shown here and there through^openingsjn the trimmings. The waists of evening dresses for the season are invariably long and smooth, but some are pointed and some are round, and while some have no sleeves at all, others are high basques with long sleeves. New fans are made of black cock's feathers, so arranged that the curly tips overlie each other, and the small bluegreen feathers of the pea-fowl's breast are also used in combination with the little red feathers from the wing of the gray parrot. The bride at a tin weadi g need no necessurily be a fright, for a tin crown is ali that she is cxpected to add to the ordinary costume; but the groom, in a tin hat and collar and tie, with tin butrons on his c^at and tin patches on his trousers, is a hideous object. A Curious .Petition. This was addressed to the governor of South Carolina, in the year 1733, by sixteen maidens of Charleston. It ran thus: "The humble petition of all the nifiids whose names are underwritten. Whereas, we, the humble petitioners, are at present in a very melancholy state of mind, considering how all the bachelors are blindly captivated by widows, and our own vouthlul chances thereby neglected; in consequence of this, our request is that your excellency will for the future order that no widow nrPcn m o in m nrrn <i n tt rr/-m r\ rr mon fill the maids are provided for; or else to pay each of them a fine for satisfaction tor invading our liberties; and likewise a tine to be levied on all such bachelors as shall be married to widows. The great disadvantage it is to us maids is that the widows" by their forward carriage, do snap up the young men, and have the vanity to think their merit beyond ours, which i3 a great imposition on us, who ought to have the preference. This is humbly recommendew to your excellency's consideration, and Lope you will permit no further insults. And we poor maids, in uuty bound, will ever pray." The maidens all forlorn would ha^e much approved the edict of the Portuguese king, which forbade widows more than fifty years old from remarrying, on the ground that widows of that age commonly wedded young men of no property, who dissipated the fortunes such marriages brought them to the prejudice of children and other relatives. They Loved Kncli Other. A writer in the London Truth rives the following picture of life at linden: Ttie otaer day I went to dine in a res- j taurant. There was at the next table j to me a (i rraan and his bride. After j their soup, and after their tish they ! kissed each other. During the rest of! their dinner the pauses between the j courses were not sufficient for their feei-1 ings, iind they kissed each other after I ?ach mouthful. What waj I, what j were the waiters, what were the other; quests who were dining, to them? They lo\ed each other; eating and kissing were their ideas of happiness, and they saw no reason why they should not combine the two because they did not h:ippen to be alone. The mutual affection af these artlesa beings amused me, although tLey were both so singularly hideoustt.t their ovulatory exercises seriously ab'ectc-u appetite. An A <cdotc of Jenny liind. In looking over an old pile of papei we find the following anecdote aboi one of the purest and best women wh ever trod the stage. "Sweeter, clean and more heavanly than her own mo: entrancing strains are the kind pulsa tions of Miss Lind's heart when il chords vibrate to the touch of the beat tiful and the holy. Tfie following among the most recent of her kindl offices. One of the waiting maids wb vnnnia qK/i nf?A!lnipH < Vuu. ui bu\> ivvtuu wuw vwvmw.VN, ? the Clifton house, Niagara Falls, a tracted her notice by her beauty, a tention and fidelity. It ro happenc that this young woman, by name Ma garet Atkinson, was about to be ma ried, and the r ews reached the goc vocalist's cars. She immediately pui chased for her a becoming and beaut ful bridnl outfit, earrings, gloves, boi -* - * - 1 " r\TTTY\ Imn/in n net, eic., anu wim hu ut?u Uuu<.to a ended to her toil't. This done, si took her in her own carria.ee, havic first read to her and her future busbar the beautifi^and affecting passages a] plicable to ffie occasion." A Hint to the Bex. Young ladies who adopt the masci line-looking Derby hat and ulster, cloi skirts, and imitate as closely as poss ble their brother's garb should tal warning by a recent occurrence i a New York church. A couple can in, dressed alike in coats and hats, ar on being shown to a pew one of the: immediately doffed his hat. The ushi waited a reasonable time for the oth< to show the same token of respect, ar at last, out of patience, reached over ar knocked off the offending headgea when to his horror he found he had u covered the head of a younc lady, wl wearing short curly hair, only the moi heightened her resemblance to one i I uue masculine gender. The Achincse. Acheen ha9 been some years at wj with the Netherlands, which e.ain sovereignty over all Sumatra, but whi< have had no little trouble in enforcii their claim. The kingdom of this nau extends from the river Sinkel to tl west end of the island, and has a con iine as long as that of France. It w once a poworful state; has an area 22,000 square miles, and a population about 450,000. The natives oi Sumat are principally Malays, who profes rather than practice, Mohammedanisr In appcarance, manners and castor the Achinese difl'er widely from all t! inhabitants, except the Lampongs, other parts of Sumatra. They are ta well-formed, active, intelligent, b cunning, proud, perfidious and ve cruel. Their habits are simple, thouj they are opium-eaters and slaves of tl drug. Caste prevails among them well as polygamy, their wives beii bought from their nearest relatives rates regulated by youth, physical co diiion and personal experience. Ti Achinese houses are erected on posts ironwood, and several families lv under one roof. Acheen alone pr duces 8,000 tons of pepper annually, ai exports cotton, raw silk, benzoi camphor, satin'wood, sulphur, gold a< precious stones, receiving in exehap salt, opium, manufactured goods, el The Achinese will give anything f opium?many of them subsist on it even its weight in gold, it they can g it on no better terms. They are sup rior in every way to the other Malays the island, and are far more formidah in war. Marco Polo visited Sumatra the thirteenth century; Alvaro Tale: in 1506, and Siguera in 1509, the Port guese then beginning to trade with ti natives. Ninety years later, the Dut< reached Sumatra under Houtman, wli on a second visit, was treacherous murdered at Acheen. Two vessels fro Zaeland, with Commissioners-Gener De Koi and Laurens Bikker, arriv there in 1601; were kindly received 1 the native king; procured full cargot and returned with two Achinese amba sadors. The Dutch afterward drove t] Portuguese from their factory at Pu Tzinko to the sout h of Padang. whi< became (1666) the seat of Dutch pow on the coast. Within o few years Be coolen was surrendered to them, ai the southern division of Sumatra soc followed. Various rebellions ha since occurred, with the invariable i suit oi increasing the territorial posse sious of the Netherlands. An expec tion was sent in 1865 to the king Asahan, a small state on the norths? coast, to compel him to submit to Duti authority, and, since 1872, the Neth( lands have been engaged in hostilltu more or less ac ivc, with the Acliines who are steadily melting away. Thi have been the chief obstacle to the e tire control of Sumatra, and their opp si tion cannot, in the nature of thins last very much longer. The Dutch w soon be absolute masters of the whole Sumatra. Words of Wisdom. The tongue of a fool is the key of 1 counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdc hath in keeping. Speak of people's virtues, conceal th< infirmities; if you can say no goc speak no ill ol them. Great powers and natuial^ifts do n bring privileges to their possessor, much as they britg duties. Some people think It an excess of ma nanimity to forgive those whom th have injured. All of us who are worth any thi spend our manhood in unlearning t follies or expatiating the mistakes our youth. There is a great deal of modesty this world which will gaze at aim( anything?provided it can be sc through a crack. liood nature is tne very air 01 a eo mind, the sign of a large and geuero sou), and the peculiar soil where virt prospers. How narrow our soul becomes wh absorbed in any present good or ill! is only the thought of the future tb makes them great. Spite is a little'word, but it represer as strange a jumble of feelings and coi pound of discords as any polysyllable the language. A Singular Text. Many doubtless remember the stj which obtained among ladiessome yen since, of gathering their hair togetb and piling it in a stationary mound < the upper portion of the head by tbe a of sundry little steel instruments. Whi this fashion was in vogue, an orthodt clergyman of a certain village, regardi] it ns an abomination, was determined use his influence against it and " preai it down.'' Accordingly, one Sabba morning, he mounted lii* pulpit, ai gave out as his text, "Topknot con downand in short the congregatic were much "exercised," because tl worthy pastor had preached from a te: not to be found in the Scriptures. I Tuesday they called him before i\co: vocation of the saints for the purpose making a formal charge against hi from his cure. The charge wns mad and he was asked if he had aught to st in reply. He mildly remarked that tl text was to be found in the Bible; ar that if they would hand him one 1 would point out its location and read to them. A Bible was given him, ar tin furnnH aldwlu tn f tin nl;ifO sinH rr>ni " Aud let those upon the house?top m come down!" A vote cf adjournmei was then passed. Middle Age. An exchange considers middle age i the great test of a man's character. i3 the five-burred gate which rises sui denly before him in the middle of h journey. Some men walk calmly up 1 it, open the lock, and pass through wil the same equable, steady .--tep as befon others spring over it and canter oi frisky, reckless, and ridiculous as i youth; while some, principally wonici I creep under it, and go smirking a!on< ! pretending that they have never yet ei ! countered it. Single men and wutuc like these, who ignore their years an i try to be young, iia\e been "butts f( ridicule since time be?.;*i; bujs an girls are al ways savagely merciless o t cm. And yet, this made-up, waltzir old beau, tli's wan, worn woman, cove ing notice, aping the airy graces of ros girls, how pitiable and tragical they an They have somehow misser! J heir birtl right. They have not tccuivd the grei possessions which mace the middle as solid und Jull, and must tl.ey give u their youth, too? Shall they hav nothing? The desperate hold whic they keep on it is not so laughable whe one come3 to think of it. A out in a St. Louis paper, which w took for the picture oi a St. Louis girl mitten, turns out <>;i closer examinatio to be the full-sized picture of a sugai cured ham.?Chicmo T<mea. Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack. "? I thought I had never seen two finer lt looking specimens ot humanity, or two 0 mora picturesque figures. Both were * tall, well-built, active-looking men, 5t with singularly handsome features. Bill J was dressed in a pair of corduroys t8 tucked into his high boo;s, and a blue j*eh ?" flannel shirt. He wore a broad- H? a 1 : A U_4. linH DU " uriuimeu icil uat, ui ouuiui^ivt uuu uuu y a white handkerchief folded like a little rec shawl loosely fastened round his neck to ( ^ keep off the nerce rays of the afternoon dei J" sun. Jack's costume was similar, with tru the exception that he wore moccasin.", J !Cl and had nis lower limbs incased in a ht> r" pair of comfortably greasy deerskin 1 r" trousers, ornamen :ed with ajfrin^e along J?* the seams. Round nis waist was a belt 03 supporting a revolver, two butcher- 0o; l~ knives, and a steel, and in his hand he flll J" carried his trusty rifle the "Widow." Jack, tall and lithe, with light brown bo ie close-cropped hair, clear laughing rw honest blue eyes, and a soft and winning l{* smile, might have sat as a model for a in P" typical modprn Anglo-Saxon?if ethnol- thi ogists will excuse the term. Bi 1 was thl dark, with quick, searching eyes, aquil- ,31} ine nose, and delicately cut features, and ' a- he wore his hair falling in long ringlets se over his shoulders in true Western style. ii- As he cantered up, witli his flowing air ce locks and broad-brimmed hat, he cu in looked like a picture 01 a cavaner ox Be^ ic oldentimes. All, well! it is years ago ] id now since the day I first shook hands ke m with Jack and Bill, and many changes ai er have taken place since then. At that h" er time neither of them had visited the id States or anywhere east of the Missiaid sippi. They knew scarcely more of civr, ilizatlon and the life of great cities than ii- the Indians around them. Afterward 10 they both went East and made money. re Cody has, I believe, settled down on a of ranch somewhere in Wyoming, and John Omohundro, better known as Texas Jack, has gone to other and better hunting grounds. Peace be with p? him; he was a good and kind friend to ^ me, a cheery companion, as brave as a ab Q lion, as gentle as a woman, always ready i;c ,h for anything, always willing to work, gj ' cutting down mountains of difficulties hi g into mole-hills, always in good humor, so never quarreling?a better hunting com- da . .. ? , ._ .1. ? ? J?? hii pamon men jacs was in iuusc u&ya, ui ? ag a more reliable friend, it would be hard 0f to find. There was nothing mean about ,n 0? Jack; he was?to use one of his own ot Western phrases?a real white man . :S "Well," says Cody, after the cere- p( n' mony of introduction had been got Qj through, and we had made known th he our wishes and aspirations, "I guess 0 we will both to along with you gents, c< ll' if you like, and if I can get lei.ve, and I w don't know as there will be any trouble t? ry about that. You see, Jack and I just ai started out this morning to get a load ri of meat, but there has been considerable a3 of a lire down toward the forks and scared all the game off; and as we had ]] cjT, J not got no stores with us for more than a day or two, we concluded to come r( rieht back." " Oh," I said, " the game ft of all scared ofF, is it? What an infernal ? Ve nuisance! It does not look a very o_ cheerful country to ride about in with1(j out plenty of game to 'liven one up." n> " Never you mind about deer and elk," D id cried Jack; " you have no call to worry gc about that; we will find game enough ;c, if you can hit them.^You think the prairie don't look cheerful, eh P Well, ? it does seem kind of dismal, don't it, et this time of year. Ah?" lie added, en- 01 e. thusiastically, 4< but you should see it 5J: of in the summer, when the grass is all gt ,]e green, and the flowers is all a-blowing, j, in and the little birdies is a-building of zo their nesties and boohooing around, and ee a- the deer are that fat they will scarcely Pi tic trouble to get out of the way; and as to st 3h cr.ting, they are just splendid?immense! t0 o, I tell you; ain't they, Bill?" "Yes, sir, ^ ly you bet your boots they are. But come on, m ^ack; let's forkiour ponie3 and skin out ? al for the fort; we don't want to stop here ^ ed all night, anyhow. Good-night, gentle- H jy men, we will see you in the morning and pi ;s, fix that hunt all right, I guess." And so 3. Buflalo Bill and Texas Jack " fork their 0 lie ponies and skin out," while we bundle a lu ourselves into the wagon and rattle off ii ih as fast as six seventeen-hapds high mules '< er can tear to the fort, where we were most n- kindly and hospitably received. Buffalo 1 id Bill and Texas Jack were as fine speci- e >r. mens of their race and class as could a re anywhere be found; and that is saying a r " * * " 1 * * j .4.. 1 1 e- good deal, lor iionest iieanu ?nu buuwuri is irfimcs and 1 andsjme features are not li- rare among the pioneers of Western s of civilization. It, might be supposed that ti ist these hunters, Indian trailers, cattle n 3h boys and miners are disagreeable people ti ?r- to come across. This is not the case at >s, all There arc, of cou::se, some rough 11 ie, characters, regular desperadoes. amons " cy them, and they occasionally ; hoot each e( n- other pretty freely in gambling quarrelu p io- and drunken sprees; but to a strange- ? rs, who knows how to behave himself they 9( ill are,-as my experience goes, mostci^il a1 of and obliging, if a man is civil to them n they will be civil to him, and if he does N not interfere about their affairs they L won't bother about his, unless he wants their assistance, and they will be ready c 118 and willin - to give it. Themanlysense ,m of independence, the self-respect, and ? that feeling of respect for othei-3 engen- ? Jir dered by it, which so stror.gly character- 3; >d, ize the American people, are as deeply gi marked and have as good an effect ot among the nomads of the West as in any fc so other class of the population. Of course fl if a man gives himself airs he must ex? 61 _ pect to pay for it. 1 remember rather bl an amusing instance of this, I had en- f y gaged, a hunter and guide, a lirst-rate " man, to accompany a Jriend ot mine. The day before they were to start the us guide came to me and said, "Now look 01 here. Mr. Earl. I ain't a-going t.o back it out of this bargain, because 1 told you oi in I'd go; but I ain't sweet upon the job, I " >st tell you. I never ccme across a chap E en with such a lot of side on in my life, and I don\ like it. However, I said I'd go, tl cd and I'm agoing; but I ain't a-goin at ,? us the prico I. told you. I am going to ue charge him $1 a day more." And so my it friona enjoyed his expedition in blissful pi pn ignorance that he was paying 4s. 2d. jt. a day extra for "side."? The Earl of io ; Dunraven, in the Nineteenth Century. ai iaL! ra A Tolclian. w lts In the seventeenth century?two hun- iE dred years or so ago?the dairymen of m in Scotland, whenever they had an unruly cow which refused to let down her milk tl to the milker, would bring out a tul- pi clian, by means of which they com- et rle pletely deceived the animal, and in- ai ,rs duced her to give her milk to the dairy- to pv mp.ifl I Dn A tulchan was simply a calfskin A id stuffed with hay in a rude manner. b, ile Tl is imitation calf was brought, its 0] )x head bent under the cow, and while the j)( ag mother thought her young one was r, to drawing off tbe milk, it was, in reality, ;h the cunning milkmaid who was doing ii; th so. b' id In 1617, King .Tames, as Cnrlyle, in ae his Cromwell's Letters, tel's us, ap>n pointed certain men for certain duties in " ue Scotland. The Scotch were very much "! xt opposed to these new appointments, for )n the object of them was to deceive the * ti- people and to drain the money away j tt] of from them. ] ^ m For this reason, the Scotch gave these j j ? fKn wnma nf fnl.^hana I ? t', lie w n^puintctn tuvi uuuig UJ tui< uuu?? I u ty pieces of political mechanism con- j hi ic strutted by the king's council, to de- m id ceivi; the poor Scotcli nnd " milk" them ie of tlieir revenue. 10 it In life, there .ire, alas, tulchnn friends Jj*| id and tulchan friendships, even unto this 1: day. Many a lad is decoyed into evil by ot tuichan promises and professions. "It nt is r,o harm just to drink a lceiie wine;" j ^ "just to play one game at cards;" "just to bet a smalt sum;" " just to co fishing je on Sunday this one time." What soft la; l3 of friends are these? Real ones? A trc jt thousand times no. They are "tulChans"?false?a mere similitude of the ( j3 truth. Beware of them while they are ; Ur 0 beguiling you. Satan may step in and } jk make you his prey.?Golden Days. j Tlio Capitol at Washington. 8Ui in The capitol of Washington standi by a, almost in the center of the plan of the 2;, city. The corner stone was laid in 1793 i- by Washington. The building wa3 of ,el 'n free-stone from Acquia creek painted bu d white, and was originally much smaller an ir and more symmetrical, l'c was burned 1111 id by the British in the war of 1812, and j rp n was only rebuilt after a stormy debate I by g i in Congress, which wits assembled some- j , t- where else. But with the growth of the (tr; >y country it was found much too small; m ! the extensions were ordered, their corl ner-stone was laid with Daniel Webster an it as the orator of thi? day, and they were i* ;e completed in 1863. The structure has { p cost, in all, about $3,000,000. in' c One would gather little idea of the h size of this building by beine told thai ,r<j n it i3 750 feet long by 325 broad; one [au might better comprehend it, perhaps, on lhf learning that its ground plan occupies Vci e three and a half acres. 5 's kn n In many parts of England the sprints ov< - have not been &o low in twonty-six /\ years UMMABY OF NEWS. Eaitera and Middl* StatesI dispatch from the military department of kota states that Sitting Bull has sent word is willing to surrender. The Indian runner o brought this information said that Sitting II had been influenced in the determination give himseli up by recent advices he had eived irom the Queoc or British. jeorge S. Wheeler, oi San Francisco, rour ed his sister-in-law, packed her body in a uk and then gave himseli up to the polioe. Or. Dinner informs a New York paper that will fast forty days in London. Cornell university will iend a crew to Engid next summer to row against crews Irom [lord and Cambridge universities. In an ore bed at Port Henry, N. Y., re ntly, a petrified fldh, weighing 219 poanaa, eenleetlong and three ieet thick at the gest part, was lound in a ahalt thirty leet low the surface, and twenty feet in the solid ck. I'lie ship Cnrisbrooke, from Calcutta, arrived New York the other day, having on board a fourteen porsons comprising the orew of b Amerieanbaik Witch, whioh was discoved at sea in a sinking condition. 3arah Bernhardt, the celebrated French Lri'S?, arrived in New York the other day on ocean steamer from France. By her will the late Lydia Maria Child, the thoress, gives S2,000 to tlu Hampton agriltural college in Virginia, and #9,000 to reral charitable institutions. Frederick J. Vogel, a New York bookeper, proceeded to the door of the Morgue ew days ago, rang the bell, and then shot ?tr IIDUU UOttU. Waitern ud South cm Tho epizootic or horse disease has become ' lemio in nearly every town in Southern ew Jersey. E. 7. Loieeau hit upon the idea of presaing al dnBt and ooal tar into email balls lor fuel, o patented the process and formed a iitock mpany. The manulacture was began in liladelphla five years ago. The pressed fuel, it was called, was <n* cheaper than coal, and out as good tor aomepnrposes; but thepub: did not accept it readily, and a capital ol 100,000 wtt9 gradually lost. Having ruined msell financially, and being censured by me of the stockholders, Loiseau, the other y, too'* so heavy a dose of laudanum that 9 life was save 1 witb much difficulty. A family of emigrants, consisting of one an and two woman, wore frozen to death the her day near Springfield, Minn. Henry Williams, a colored man, waa hanged Newton, N. C., lor tho murder of Charle* jaraon, also colored. The railroad war in the West has stopped ana e former passenger rates been restored. Fiitz Wolikin, while bear-hunting with two mipanions near Spear Fish Falls, Dakota, ns attacked by a large cinnamon bear. His -ad was nearly torn from his shoulders, both ms were broken, the lower jaw, nose and j>e eye were completely ton. away belore the limal was killed. Death ensued in a lew on re. Elias Simpson, chiof of police of Pittsfleld, !., was shot and killed by Elliott Baker. George Lovett, ol Uhnr eston, Mo., quar sled with his wile, beat her brains out with flat-iron, and then cut his own throat lrom ir to ear. At Bolton, Texas, Matthew A. McKnighfc ot James Derrick, tbo ball passing through e latter's ncck and striking John W. Kemp idor the right eye, killing him instantly, enick wa9 mortally wounded. From Washington From a table composed by the superintendit of foreign mails tor the forthcoming annual iport ol the postmaster-general, it appears at the amount paid lor conveying United ates mails byaea flaring the fiscal year ended me 30 was $196,684, ot which amount 153 908 was paid lor the transatlantic mail nvice, $12,637 lor the caniage ot transuciflo mails, and $30,149 to misce'Janeous eamship lines convoying United States mails i the West Indies, Mexico and South America, be money disbursed lor the transportation of ails to Europe was all paid to foreign steamlip companies, except $1,984 earned by the merican lino trom Pniladeipliia. The largest nounts paid were to the Guion, Cunard, amburg and North Gorman steamship cominieo. Adjutant-General Drum, ncting chief signal fllcer of the army, furnishes lor publication n ubstract ol his forthcoming annual repon, i which be says: For the benefit of agricullral and commercial interests 196 stations ave been maintained during the year, wonty-oight stations ot a second class, hitbno described as " sunset stations," at which single observation is taken daily at the time I sunset, have been continued in operation 'hat commerce may be further benefited repositions will bo made to have vessels nguge.i in the coasting trade of the United tates furniih this office with transcripts ol leir logs. The daily exchange of telegraphic sports with the chief meteorological office of id Dominion ot Canada has been continued, nd warnings have been regularly sent from iin offir'j to enable pignals to be displayed at le portB ol the dominion at times of threatned danger. The series ol daily telegraphic . poit9 lrom tho West Indies, extending from * ' t?__t una Dy Jamaica 10 onruauims iuu luo ?t urnatd islands, has been continued dnring the jasons ol special danger, l'hese reports are t times of importance lor tho preannouncelent ol cyclones approaching the Gu f 01 [exico, and threatening the coast ol the fnited States. The treasury "conscience lund" was inreased the other day by ?105. The cost ol tho bureuu ol onpraving and tinting for the year en-Jed June 30 was 909 045. Among tho woik done was $780,10,950 worth ol notes and tecurities, and 30.822.266 stamps ol various kinds. Over 30 hands are employed. The east wing ol the new building going up >r tho slate, war and navy departments was nished last year at a cost ol $2,672,287. The auth wing cost $3,373,939, and $975,074 has een spent so lar on the north wing, and 850,000 more will be required to complete Foreign News* The speech ol the King ol Greece in open ig the chambers, is reported as a declination [ war against Turkey. His boldnem, it is lid, is owing to a recent promiie of aid trom In^lnr.d when the coniliot begins Tho English government, it is reported, has impleted preparations lor its prosecution ol lirteen leading members ol the Irish landague, among them Mr. Parnell. Great excitement prevails in Albania over te death of lour native chiefs, who are supDBed to have been poisened. The city ol Hamburg, through ber represenitive, will shortly ask to be put in a state ol ege on account of the nihilists. Prussia will ake a similar request to Altona, Ottosen and fend&beck. Tho Mormons have tbirly-one missionaries i Great Britain, and are about to send twenty iore. t A bill authorizing American troops to cross le Mexican lrontier in pursuit ol fndiande edators has passed the Mexioan senate after icountering a bitter opposition in that body, id in the press ol the cap ilal. Tne bill is ised on the condition thnt Mexican troops ioll in like manner be permitted to oross the merican lrontier in similar circumstances. A u^rnrn Qhnnlr nt r?n rt hnnnlrn 7 a storm, has been folt over different parts f Europe. Iu an Italian province several outes wero swept away by inundations and number ol lives loBt. A railroad train lrom Dortmund, Westphart, to Berlin, was precipitated down an emuikment. Two persons were killed and venty-six injured. A whole block ol building in Russell street, ennondsey, London, cccupiod by leather .erchants, a miller, a wool merchant and iiers, was burned, involving damage to me landise to the extent of $250,000. Cape 1'own (South Alricn) dispatches giv< e following account ol a flglit bstween the ritish troops and tho insurgent Busutos: So ambuscaded yeomanry were charged by larjie body ol Basutos, who descended the lis at full speed. A hand-to-band tight ened. Tho Basutos were armed w:tn osse is, imitating the Zulus, and killed twenty. ur yeomen. Reinforcements arriving, the tsulos wero repulol with considerable loss, le Basutos made a aicond chargo at full eed, which was entirely checked by the all-directed flro ol tho Capo Town Rifles, le enemy were estimated to bo eight thound strong. The insnrgent Kurds have renewed their predationa, and soveral more Persian vil<es have been destroyed. More Persian )ops have been sent against them. A flro which originated in a Chinese shanty stioyed loity buildings iu Quosnello Forks, iti.-h Columbia. At a Land Lcaj;uo meeting in Galway, Ireid, 40,00!) persons were present and weie dressed by Mr. Purnell and others. William Deinpsey, a convict, committed icide in tho penitentiary in Kingston, Ont., piercing his heart with a piece of wire lroin lominon corn broom. A serious Are has occurred in the Central legraph ofllce at Manchester, England. Two indred wites convening thero wero melted, d the whole system ol telegraph wiro' terinatincin Manchester was destroyed. The important town of Iquique, Peru, is ported to have beeu almost totally destroyed Are. General Garibaldi and hi3 son have withfiwn their re-ignations as members of the dim parliament. l'he editor ol tho Berlin Borsen has been ed five hundred marks lor a libel on Prince Binarck. Dl tlio 14,500,000 quintals of grain imported o France during the first eight months ol 3 present, year, nine million quintals came mi America. ?'ilty students who bad left Muidont Hold, in a yacht to witness the departure ol s mail steAmer lrom Amsterdam lor India, mired too ne-ir the steamer, when thoir elit was buffeted against, its sides so vio tly that tworty-six students wero thrown srboard and twelve drowned. ['here is a strike of the miners throughout Igiam. Official Census Returns. According to official census retnrnu, th? population ot Brooklyn, N. Y.f is 566,689, in- 2 eluding 16,499 colored. u The total population ot Rhode Island ia 11 276.530; 133,034 males and 143.490 females; 73,93y are loreign bora an*' 6,597 are colored including sixty-seven Ino ans and thirty* P seven Chinese. Provi'^uao has a population Ir of 104,852. _ W The total popu1a?:".i oi the District of Coiumbia is 177.638 ? 83.594 males and 94,044 V females; 17,115 are loreign born, and 59,402 are coloierl, including thirteeu Chinese, five Japanese and six Indians. The population ol P Georgetown is 12 578, oi Washington 147,307, ^ and the rest ot the di-trict 17,763. y ? st A Fanny Court Scene. 0 Last session the New York legislature passed a law making the father of a minor responsible for the child's stealing J" a ride on a street car. The penalty was 'r fixed, and the driver instead of brutally n beating the boy or throwing him oft', a was required to hand him over to the * police. William Ryan got on a Christo- i pher street car the other day and did not pay hiB fare. He was arrested. His accuser was somewhat of a humorist j and claimed that as William was only g twenty years of age lie was legally an n infant. William -.was a vigorous-look- d ing "baby," and a half-grown beard ? seemed to utter a silent protest against the application of sach a terra to its \ wearer. " Poor little fellow," said 8 Justice Smith. The prisoner g?t red in t the face and bit 1119 up. " is your papa i in court, Willie?" Ryan fidgeted about and looked as if he would like to have the judge's head within reach as he an- * swered. savagely, "No." "That's too } bad. You see your papa is responsible , for you, and he shouldn't?really he t shouldn't?let his children run about iB this manner. I think you should have some guardian or one of your parents accompany you to keep you out of mischief. You are a naughty boy, Willie, and I'll have to fine you $10." To look at Ryan's face one would have thought he wa3 in an apopletic fit. He stammered out something which referred to " a man" and " dignity." " Willie," aaid his honor, " you could ride in a . cab much cheaper." A Mexican.Pompeii. A correspondent, -writing from Mexico, says: Charney has discovered what he very properly terms "The Indian or Mexican Pompeii?a city buried for at least 1,000 years." In my last I mentioned the discovery ol a villa near Tula. That house has now been fully uncovered, and found to contain twentytive room3, fifteen staircases and twelve corridors. Attached to it are two cisterns, with clay pipes which were used to convey water to different apartments. Some of the household utensils are of coarse clay, a few of porcelain and one article of glass! Remember Tollan, the capital of the Tolltec empire, covered not only the present site of the town of Tula, but the spot where Mr. Charney discovered the villa, and now he is unearthing, near the former building, a large palace. Perhaps during these excavations he may find historical data that will clear up all mystery with regard to the origin of the first inhabitant of the Western continent. [Detroit Free Press.] Mrs. C. Whipple, 371 Croghan Street, presents these facts: For six years I had suffered beyond all expression with Sciatic Rheumatism and tried every known remedy, but all to no purpose. At last I saw in the Free Press an advertisement of the St. Jacobs Oil, tried it and am well. I can walk without limping and sleep free from any pain. They have a macinne ac worK in wew \ York that turns out 300 cornucopias in a j minute, such as used in putting up candies. This is atthe rate of 180,000 a day, j and one cannot help wondering what is J to be done with all. ? [Wayne Co, (Obio) Democrat.J Mr. William E. Snyder, of Weal Lebanon, Ohio, says: For some time pa^t i had been severely afflicted with Rhenmatism. Seeing an advertisement of St. Jacobs Oil, I procured a bottle, and I could feel the effect of the Oil upon the first application. I am now entirely well after using one bottle. The lir-?c cows were brought to America by Columbus at his second voyage in 1493. A Word to oar Render*. When you road ot a remedy that will cure all diseases, beware ol it; but when yoa read ot a pure vegetable compound which claims to cure only ceitain parts ot the body, and j Iur >i9he4 high proof that it does this, you can safely try it and wi a the assuranqa that it will help you. This is just wi at Warner's Safe Ki<Ino7 nnd Liver (Jure doer. It cures all troubles of the lower portion ol the body and none others. It will not help the toothache, ea'-aohe nor consumption but it will put your body in a vigorous and healthy statfl where sou can onjoylilo anil appreciate its good things. Try it. Ouray wasn't " the poor Indian." Heleft about $200,000 worth of property THE MARKETS* NEW YORK Beet Cftttle-Med. Natives, live wt.. 09&@ 09 X Oalvea? Poor to Priino Veals 04 @ 07* Sheep...... 04 @ 05 Lambs 05 (4 06 Bogs?Live...... O42i0 04*a Dressed.. O5\0 (6# Floor?Ex. State, good to fancy.... 4 70 0 5 75 Western, good to fancy 0 10 @8 5 J Wheat?No. 2 Itod Ill 0 1 17 No. 1 White ....114 @115 Bye-State 1 01 @ 1 05 Barley?Two-Bowed State 71 @ 73 Corn?Ungraded Western Mixed.... 65??0 50 Southern Yellow 04 @ 53# Oate?Whlto State 40 0 43 Mixed Western^ 37 0 88# Hay?Prime 05 0 1 15 Straw?Long Bye. per owt 90 0 95 Hops?State, 188 J 18 0 23 Pork?Mess, new 18 25 @16 50 Lard?City Steam.. 8 25 @825 Petroleum?Orude........ 07 @03,^ Keflued 12 Butter?State Creamery 23 @ 31 Dairy 23 @ 26 Western Imitation Creamery 18 0 24 Factory 16 @ 20 Cheese? State Factory 10X? 13 Skims 03 @ 10# Western 10 0 12# Eggs?State and Peun 23 0 23 Potatoes?State, bbl 160 (g 1 75 EUr?LO. Flour?City Ground, No. 1 Spring.. 5 00 @ 5 75 Wheat?No. 1 Hard Duluth 1 11 @114 Corn?No. 2 Wostern 49 @ 49# Oats?State 3?#@ 37 Barley?Two-rowed State...... 76 @ 80 BOSTON. Beef Cattle?Live weight, 00 @ C6# Sheep 04??@ 06 Lambs 03,',@ 05J{ Hogs 05,^0 06 Flour?Wisconsin aud Mlnu.Pat.... 6 50 @ 8 50 Corn?Mixed and ?6Uow 68 @ 61 Oats?Extra While, new 43 @ 49 Bye?State 1 00 @ 1 99 Wool?Washed Combing & Delaine.. 48 @ 50 Unwashed. " " 35#0 36# WaTF.BTOWN (MASS } CATTLE &UIIUIT Beef Cattlo-llve weight 03^0 onjtf Sheep 0l#@ 05# Lambs 05 0 05 I Hotra 05.X@ 05^ | pniLAurxruu. Flour?Penn. good and fancy 9 SO @ fl Hi Wheat-No. 2?lied .1 12.^ 1 12y, Kyo?rftate 98 ft 98 Con:?State Vullow. 65 55 Oat??Mnod 3?tf Iiuttcr?Creamery Extra 31 (4 31 CUeese?New York Full Cri-nm Petroleum?Crude QGy,<&()"% Retlued 10 EPfsSr35^i^For Catarrh, /' mcmu RMJN^iawas.*^ * BWr> 4v-C>!--I '!l,t!c m'-'cra i1,1"0 0<" B?< fiTAnnu X^cS I"1, r.atlic ls.i.iu int.. the ros- ^b(yARRH,C-l-^HrA |tri:s: draw strong ky ^^r?-,/-'1TA?p;tf,LDFir,.^UBbroatlia through th? J ' ft?,, yIt wis. I'c absorb- il 5f _rSvicA cleaa-lng and heal- 11 5C?'.o-' \ ySJoja In,' the iltBeased mem^ ^1for 1 ^ pa/efi^3'lS0, s'onf1/ apply a 1 . '"to ana back "f the ear. nibbing In #| ELY'S CREAM BALM. ] tg receiving tlio Indorsement of the sufferer, the druggist la mil p!iy>tciati. Never lias an article of so much inerlt * Lien iiroihi.i'l fur the treatment of iiieinbranal disease# 1 as tins nevrr-fallln; KAI..M. and Is universally arknowl- I edged as iwlnj:all that l.i claimed for It. The a' plication ? Is iasv mid pleasant, causing no pain, bur Is soothing, ami Is fart superseding the use of powder;, liquids and snufls. C Price? 5(? cents. On receipt of OH cents, wl 1 m ill a II package free. Semi for circular, with full Information. EI.Y'S CKKAM HALM CO., Owego, S. Y. <j Solt! by nil IUukrIhU. . rpnK MATRIMOKIAL TIMEM, lO cents. 1 A Address F. C. Vr.n.so.v, Agt., N'ew York P. t)., K.Y. 8, /lTTim itlCTI selling onr Rubber Stamps and Mnslo A Samples Free. Cook i. lllssell, Clevehnd, Q. y ?R tfl C.9fl per day at I'.oir.e. 8unpl#? worth |Sfre? ? ?a IU Addrtn 3iuuo? k C?? Peetlana. JIc, * A dear head and quick action mast be pos* *ssed for steady and successlul effort; but ho can have such while suffering from Cold T se Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup and prooore lm? lediata relief. California has a perpetual skating and. There is a lake on the Saw Tooth lonntain, at an altitude of 12,000 feet, hich is constantly frozen. Piuhlntrton Market Prices and Xevi, For Wholesale and Retail Mtrkat Prices, iu rel'ablo information every Saturday about roduce, Food, ctc., toko the jnew iokk [abket Index and Jouunal. One dollar a tar. Sample copic* tent lor three cent amp. Address Index and Joubnal, P. 0.. ox 2033, or 218 Falton street. JS'ew York 'i y. Dr. 0. E. Shoemaker, the woll-known aural lrgcon ol Reading, Pa., offer*! o send by mail, eool charge, a valuable little book on dealess and diseases otlho ear?specially on riming ear and catarrh, and thei.* proper treatlent?giving relerences and ttiliinonials that ill satisfy tho most skeptical. Address as bove. Malarial fevers can be presented, also other liasmatio diseases, by occasionally using Or. Sai\ford'i Liver 1/iviguralor, the oldest eneral Family Medicine, which is recommended as a cure for all diseases caused by a isordered liver. Eightv-pago book sent free, iddress Dr. Sanloid. 162 Broadway, N. Y. The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., Will send their Kliidro-Volta c lielis to the ifflicted upon 30 days' trial. See their adverisement in this paper headod, " On 30 Days' W*l." Veoetine will regulate the bowels to healthy iction, by stimulating the secretions, cleansng and purifying the blooi ot poisonous lumors, and, iu a healthful and natural manlor, expels all imparities without weakening he body. Get Lyon's Patent Heel Stinenert appn?o to those new boots buiore 70a ran them over. Danahtera, Wive* and Mothers. Da. MAKOHISl'3 UTKRINK CATUOLICON will lively euro Female Wcikn ?h, aucb as Palling of th? Womb, Whites, Chronic Inflammation or Ulceration oi the Womh, Incidental Hemorrliage or Flooding. Painful Suppressed and Irregular Mensbuatlon, kc. An old art re.table remedy. Send postal card for a pamphlet, wit) treatment, cures and een lflcatea from pbyslcUna ani patlanta, to HOWAKTH k BALLARD, Utica, S. T Bold hy all Dreifiitt |1J0 per botti*. Vegetine. More to Me than Cold. Walpole, Mass., Maroh 7,1880. Mb. H. B. 8tbvkn6 : 1 wish to inform yon what Veoetise has done for me. I have been troubled with Erysipelas Humor for moro than thirty years, In my limbs and other parts of my body, and have been a great sufferer. I commenced taking Ve'iltike one year ago last August aud can truly nay it has done more for me than any other mediclur>. I seem to be perfectly free from this humor and can recommend It to every one. Would not be without this medicine? 'tis more to me than gold-and I feel it will prove a blessing to others as it has to me. Tours, most respectfully, Mas. DAVID CLARK. <i. ocn i lci, m. v., ?tty?; If has done mitre good than all Medical Treatment, Kiwmabxet, Ont? Feb. 9,1880. Mn. H. B. Stetens, Boston, 5 lass.: Sir?I havo sold during the ptst year a oonslderable quantity of your Veoetine, and I believe la all cases it has given satisfaction. In one case, a delicate young lady of about seventeen years was much benefited by its use. Her parents informed we that It bad done bcr more good than all the medical treatment to which she had previously been subjected. Yours respectfully, 3. BENTLEY, M. D. Loudly In its Praise. Toronto, Ont., March 8,1880. Dear Sir?Considering the short time that Veobinn has been before tbe public here, It sells well as a blood purifier, snd for troubles arising from a lugglsh or torpid liver it is a first-class medicine. Our customers speak loudly in itn praise. J. WEIGHT & CO., Cor. Queen and Elizabeth Streets. VEGETINE rKEPAKED BY H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. ARE YOU WEARING OUT? Id your Body or Mind wearlnj? out under excessive Inoor, care, gilcf or r>l?i arc? Do tho rumiadi. Liver, Kidneys or I'rlnary Owm* refuse to por/urta their (unctions? Are your I.iiuks Weak. Nervc.H Unstront?, U:< cd Pale and Watery, Flesh Tliln, ilusc es Flabby a ii 5p: it# cone? If bo. then no human ayency can restore you l:ke MvUT rsiTTtus, a pure, unfertneuted Kxtrurt of ll.di, Hops, Cnlisaja and Iron, and the greatest Nourishing ana Strengthening Medlcinc ever called "Hitlers " Beware of Imitations similarly named. The genuine Mai* Bitters bear the Conrurr's Siosutjre. liold everywhere. Malt Blttera Company, Boston, .trass, ^ Ton have read this notice aboat twenty times before. But did you ever act upon the gu?e?Oou go ofun m*d>, nnrne'y: To ask any hoot and alios dealer for boots wun uooarion'i raieni jk?icnier Steel Rivet Protected Sole J Quarant&i to outwear any Sole ever made. 1/ you have not, do go the very n- xt tline you want boots or shoes with solej ihatwill wear ilka iron and save repairs, and don't you buy any other. My reference* are any Sewing Machine Company or their agents In this country. ii- c. uoonRinn, 10 Church St., Worcester, Mass., and 40 lloyna Ave., Chica^oJlL RED RIVER VALLEY 2,000,000 Acres Wheat Lands bwt la tie World, for sale by tha St. Paul, Mianeapclls S Manitoba El CO. Hire* dollar* par icn allowed Um saltier far breakU? and oulLWtUoo. Tor partloalaro apply to D. A. McKINLAY, Laad Commlitloncr, Mt. Paul, 31 Inn. NATRONA'S Is the best In the Wo*M. It Is absolutely m:ro. It Is the host for Medicinal Purposes. It is the best for lUklngand nil Family I'ses. Sold by all Druggists and Grocers. PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phlla. 1 ORGAN knil for our LATEST Illustrated Catalocuk (32 pp. to), with nsu-esi sivlks. a; $.51 uu l itpnar i: orS?> Myr uaritr, ari'l up. Sent/ree. M * >0\ & IIAMI.IX OH<jaX o.. i."Vi Tremoni r?i.f -to i.m i-iiu oi., i?\V YPHK; lift Wfi'uuh Ave.. ('tl 1< 'A(iU. Do Your Own Printing Presses and outrlts from S3 to ?500. Over 2,00*0 (tylci f Type. Catalogue and reduced price list tree. II uOOVKlt. l'litlndclpliin, P?. CTTABITEB?ARent* eTerywhere to Mil onr Roodi, W by sample, to fuml ies. We Rive attractive presents nd Ural-class couds to your customers; we ifive you ?ood roflls: we prepay all express charges; wo furnUli outfit res. Write for partlcu *rs. PiCUi't.K's TKa CO.. Boy. .~iQ35, St. Unit. Mo. , ."Kf T.I ;< .IHwfTY! it. 'Sum' m'JL* "lalj j? X I** \1iIj 1'ernons want ins Employment In M-rcantill Houses. lintels Stores citloes, etc.. ami Tcacheri e>ttiti: S-li. "1 ens ii.viiu lit.-, ml , or a dre-s with stamp, I AMI ATT \ X AI.KXin. ?;t:{ Broadway, Y. City. riLUNIXlTM) Trip Arotind the World. Alio* L Ri-'leil and Mifcictl Etit rta.iim.tit-, DI-sMvInq lews. etc. ( < ! terns to Churches on 1 Socieiies. . C. llll.L, LLVKSI'V'S. 62 Centre Street. New \oris. yrouNC men month. Every pt uluate guaranteed a caj'itw situLion. A dress B Va.enline. Matiauer, Janeavl le. Wis. Ifcfin nA IIV (Jlven Away. 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FOIl EHEUM&TISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Ho Preparation on earth equal* St. Ji.cOM On. a* a *cife, turf, simple and cheap External Bemedy A trial entail* but the comparably trifling outlay of 50 CcnU, and erery one toffwing with pain cu haro cheap and podtlT# proof of to claim*. ? - - ? >? Direction! in ?i?ven L*ngu*p?. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEA1EB8 IN LTiriCINE. A.VGGELER& CO., naltimort, Md., ? T?U *4 Bv -i . \'5m :S 'l"4 - ^2 ;'.v5w V. tifa ' . VI g thy it isrow z I Bn It > ftlBiiiiliti Prlaa,$liM? H | TILLS, BCHA2BS0S * CO., TnpOHm, I 1 J5 Bnrlligt?) Tt? FRAZEB AXLE GREASE^ ^ t^I>^T> I ?t Aimrded the medal of uosor at the CMmnial and 1'turii En otitlnm. Chicago FRAZER LUBRICATOR CO. NewVorfc. 6e !* '-'3x -S? 111 ^3 : K4 I n ? ^ CELLULOID | EYE-GLASSES. ^ representing the choicest iclected TortotaeShell tnd Amber. The lightest, handsomest, and strongest known. Sold by Opticians and Jewelers. Made by SPSNCEB , 0. M. CO., 13 Maiden Lane, N'ew Tort. sap on 1 fl e r j Is the " Original" Concentrated Lye and Reliable Family Soap Maker. Directions accompany each Can for making i llnril, Soft nn.l Toilet Sonp quickly. It Is full weight and strength. As?: your grocer for MAl'OXVIFI Kit, and take no utlierr. | PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phila. i This Claim-Rouse Established i860. pensions. j New I<aw. Thousands of soldiers and heirs entitled. * I P. colons date back to discharge or death. Time limited. Address, Willi stamp, UICOUUE ?. I.EXOIf, P. 0. Drawer 3 Jj, Waahlugton, P.C. PETROLEUM *Tffl*lTT*T|l JELLY Grand Medal If U \ I] I I II H Silver Medal at Philadelphia |i f||||V III } li at Purls Exposition. lAUIfUXiVU Exposition. Tills wonderful substance Is acknowledged by physicians throughout the world to be the best remedy discovered for the cure of Wounds. Hum*. Kheutaatlsm. Skin Diseases, Plies. Catarrh. Chilblains, Ac. In order that every one may t'y It, It Is put op In IH and 35 cent hot ties for household use. Obtain it from your druggist, and you will Uud it superior to anything you hare ever Dsed. Encyclop/edia tiquette* business Thli Is the cheapest and only complete and reliable work on Etiquette anl jsusmess ana social forms. u toils how to perform all the various duties of life, anl how to appca-tu iho best advantage on all occasions. Agent* Wanted.?Send for circulars conUIiiIrs a fu I "Ifscrift oil "f tue wors an-1 x:ra terms to A';e:i Addrtss National Pcbusihsc Co.. Philadelphia, l'a. 1881. FREE. 1881. The ILLUSTRATED "GOLDEN PRIZE" tor 18S1 is now le.i'ly This elegant book contains about 200 flue cnsmvin^s. A specimen copy will be sent tree to any otioin the U.iited States, on recoipt ol a three-cent stump to prepay postage on tbo bonk. A^onts wanted. * Address F. GLE\S.)N & CO., 46 Summer Street, Boston. Ma s. The Koran. A curiosity to every one, and a necessity to all NtutfciitM of lftslory or Itellicloni TUB (COHAN" OF MOUAM.UKD; translated from the Arabic by (ieorge Sale. Formerly published at $.' 7V t new, beautiful type, neat, cloth-bound edition; price :J."> Cf!it?, anj (1 cents tor postage. Catalo ;uo of many standard wor.s, remarkably low In price, with cMra tcmit to clubs, free. Say where you saw this adveitismcut Amuuca.N Jloot Kxcua.nci:, 1'riLune liui.dln?, N. Y. DAMEL P. BEATTY'S ORGANS! 14 STOPS, SI H BAS-i&OCT. corpi.KR ESsOILY $65. Sent on Trial Warranted. Catalogue Free. Address DvSllif. ! '. l;i: VTTV. Wji-iiitiittun, N. J. ON 30 BAYS' TRIAL. We will pen 1 "lir l-.lectro-Voltale Holts and other Kl' . tric App'.t 111 "MTon tn i: for So .lays to li...so afflicted Willi Acri1.<iu />,!>,lily and <h.srin s of a )xi soruil luiturt. A s<> of the l.ivrr. ICI1H- >s. Kh.uiiuittsm, Paralysis,etc. A sure cwr yuarnnl-cil itr n? pny. Addicss Voltaic lie It Co.. Marshall. Mich. ST ?" a A ?Choicest In th. world?Importer^ prlai h \ ?I ar ;.'-t t 'oiiii atiy in America?staple H?S"4VH article?j '- 'i-> everybody?Tiade conlltiiia iy ltiiTcajiiu?A.viits waned everywhere? best Inducements?<1 n't waste time?send for Clrcu ar HOlfX WKLL3.43 VeSey St., N. Y. P. Q. ltox lgT. C79 A WRKC. $13 a day tt home easily nude. Co.'fr r'? OSUUiXa*. A HiMM X?M A Q?~ AM?H Ui -C.