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Candor. "I know what you're going to say," she said, And she stood up looking uncommonly tall; "You are going to speak of the hectic fall, And say you're sorry the summer's dead, And 110 other summer was like it you know, And I can imagine what made it so. Now aren't you, honestly?" " Yes," I said. ^ 'I know what you're going to say," she said; '' " You are going to ask if I forget That day in Juno when the woods were wet, And you carried me"?here she dropped her head? ' Over the creek; you are going to say, Do I remember that horrid day. 2\o\v aren't you, nonestiy r 1 es, i saiu. "I know what you're going to say," she said; "You are going to say that since that time You have rather tended to run to rhyme, And"?her clear glance fell and her cheek grew red? "And have I noticed your tone was queer. Why, everybody lias seen it hero ! Now aren't you, honestly?" Yes," I said. (,I know what you're going to say," I said; * " You're goiug to say you've been much annoyed, And I'm short of tact?you will say devoid? And I'm clumsy and awkward, and call me Ted, And I bear abuse like a dear old lamb, And you'll have me, anyway, just as I am. Now aren't you, honestly?" "Ye-es," she said. ?Harver's Weekly. ^ THE PRINCESS OLCrA. Alone in the starlight of a bright night in autumn Harold Vincent waited, f lurking in the blackest of the thick shadows cast by a half-ruined group of statuary, gleaming ghostly in the stillness and gloom of a remote corner in the garden of the Palais liomanzefT in St. Petersburg. Surely a lit emblem of the Homanzeff family were these broken figures, rearing their fragments proudly on the spot whish had been their home for centuries?a relic of past greatness, old, despoiled, their glory departed, but still haughtily erect as the race over which they seemed keeping'guanl. Irreverently and impatiently did this fair-haired, blue-eyed young Eng iishman stamp his heels on the pedestal of the statue, while he gazed eagerly and fixedly at a small door leading from the palace into the garden. For what seemed to him an age, though in reality it was scarcely half an hour, his watch was unrewarded. That could be the motive of this noc.urnal visit? lie appeared to be a well-to-do young Englishman?a gentleman in position and character. Still neither this nor a long rent roll and good looks could entitle him to an entrance within these hallowed precincts. At last the door opened and the lights from the corridor within shone for an instant upon no less a personage than the beautiful young Princess Olga, the only child of the house of KomanzefT. The obscure intruder fondly murmured as he watched her approach? "She is coming?my love, my sweet!" and, as she reached the statue, a pair of bold arms drew her into the shadow while Harold, unrebuked, pressed one kiss and then another on the girl's rosy lips. " My love, how late you are!" he exclaimed, tenderly. "I began to think I had my scramble over the wall for nothing to-night. I certainly shall break my neck there some time, or be found impaled on one of those villainous iron spikes in the morning?a victim to too soaring aspirations." "Xo.no, Ilarold," the young girl answered, smiling a little sadly. "You will be safe enough after to-night, for, my love, you must never come again." " But, Olga," began Harold, in dismay. "Yes, it is only too true," Olga declared, with something like a sob in her voice. "1 have very bad news, Harold. By some means or other the count has learned our secret. Furiously jealous, he has complained to my * lather, who is more angry than I can tell you. He has told me that I am to be ready to marry the count within a week. Oh, Harold?and I detest liira more and more every day!" " Olga, my darling, do you love me well enough to trust me entirely to take any means I may see tit to save you from this iniquitous marriage? Will you place your future in my hands, believing that I will ask you to do nothing which will be unworthy of you ?" "I trust you and love you with all my heart, Harold." "Then take courage, my own; before the week is over you will have nothing more to fear from the count." "Ali. Harold." cried the crirl. sadlv. y , CJ "you little know how hopeless is any r* thought of escape! From now until my marriage 1 am to he watched continually, day and night. My father installed in the house to-day his maiden sister, who lias made herself responsible for me during the week. It is with the greatest difficulty that I have stolen a few minutes now while the. maid is preparing her for the night. She must discover my absence immediately, if she has not already. I must return instantly." " Yes, dear, you are right?you must go," 'Harold replied, gravely. "Wait one moment. You say you can trust vnnr mnirl ?" " Thoroughly. Poor Babette ! Her hopeless passion for a policeman, too poor to ever think of marriage, lias made her heart very soft for the sorrows of other unhappy lovers." " Tell her I wish to speak to her when she goes to market to-morrow. I have no plan as yet, Olga, and can communicate with you only through Babette. But, even if you "hear nothing of me for several days, rest assured, my darling, that it will not be because I am idle. Xow, good-night, my own! I daren't keep you any longer." "With a heart which as yet felt very little of the hopefulness that he had been striving to instill into Olga, Harold watched her slight figure fitting through the garden walks until she had disappeared safely within the palace, after which he as quietly as possible took his perilous way over the garden wall, whence he dropped noiselessly into the street and disappeared in the darkness. Harold Vincent had made his first appearance in St. Petersburg only a month before, on his homeward route, after an extended trip in Scandinavia and Russia, and found shortly, even in the higher grade of Russian society, the welcome which his wealth, his genial kindly nature, and his un bounded liberality always procured ior liiiu. A few days after his arrival he had met the young Princess Olga at a ball given by the English ambassador, and l'rom that evening he had in life an aim and object which up to the present hail been its only want?the firm determination to win the fair young aristocrat for his wife, in spite of the many obstacles in bis way. The dilliculties .were almost insurmountable, for, though the events of the week which followed gave him ground to believe that the lady of his love was by no means indifferent tc him, he also learned that a few weeks before Olga's father had formally betrothed her to a gouty old nobleman with the bluest of blood, one of the largest fortunes and the most jealous disposition in St. Petersburg. Prince liomanzeff was rich in nothing but pride of name and ancestry, * Sorely was help needed to prevent the utter ruin of the ancient Palais RomanzefT, and to pay a few of the debts of the last bearer of the name. But not to satisfy ins creditors, nor even u save his ancestral home, would the ok' prince's haughty pride have consented to ally the KomanzefF blood with an} other a whit less ancient than its own so when Count Kolachewski came for ward offering such a lordly price foi his daughter, the shadow of his gene alogical tree was quite enough to hid< his wrinkles, his crooked shoulders and his grizzled head. Olga had dif ferent ideas on the subject, but that 0 of course, was a matter of no impor tance whatever. The jealous count had discovered the existence of a rival, though the lovers had cheated themselves with the , belief that their many precautions had kept their secret hidden from all the world, and a crisis had conic, finding Ilarold more determined than ever to win his wife in spite of her title. The next morning little 13abette blushed and smiled with pleasure as the handsome young Englishman, whom she knew that her beloved mistress loved with all her heart, approached her where she was buying grapes and oranges lor the princess, and, after a cheery "good-morning," asked her it' she had time l'or an ice in the cafe over thj way. "So you have a lover, Babette?" remarked Ilarold, a few moments later, as he enjoyed the girl's unfeigned sat isfaetion with the cukes unci ices so lavishly provided for her entertainment. "What a happv fellow he must be!" " True, sir, I have a lover?as handsome a policeman us ever you saw. But I am afraid he is not so happy as you think, for we are both too poor to hope ever to marry," sighed Babette. " Your mistress tells me that his beat is on the street where you live?" " Yes, sir, he has managed to be placed there, because I often?when I am not busy in the evening?I mean?" " l>s, I understand," remarked Harold, approvingly. "You go down to the gate sometimes and cheer up the poor fellow a bit. It's a very lonely street, and it's real charity for you to give him a little of your society. Upon, my word, Babette, you're a very good girl! I wonder if we couldn't do something to help that policeman? you and I. I have a plan; now listen." The plan, whatever it was, sent Babette almost flying home to her mistress, with dancing, shining eyes, glowing cheeks, and a heart almost bursting with delight and excitement?all of which she had to hide as best she might until the evening, for only then had she an opportunity to speak a few hurried words to the young princess ??*i n1(1 ill tut; iiiuiui'iiiui > mwuuv vt bnv watchful and wary aunt. * The days passed on until only two intervened before the wedding of the Count Kolachewski with the Princess Olga ItomanzeiT. From his sister Prince ItomanzeiT had heard with some satisfaction?though it was of course of trifling importance?that hisdaughter had evidently overcome her repugnance to the marriage, her tears and complaints having ceased entirely, while she seemed to have quite recovered her spirits. The count was to bid adieu to his bachelor gayeties at a large m isquerade ball that evening, which Prince PomanzelT was able to attend, leaving his daughter alone with her aunt, who, as the eventful day approached, did not in the least relax her vigilance, in spite of the apparent docility of her charge. On the previous evening Babette had paid a hurried visit to her faithfid policeman, whose duty kept him in the vicinity of the palace only the iirst part of the night, from 10 till 2. The young man had then given" the waiting-maid a note and a small package, both of which she had, immediately upon her return to the house, handed to her young mistress. The package contained only a small quantity of white powder. Prince Konianzeff and Ids future son-in-law reached the already crowded ballroom rather early in the evening. They were passed on the stairs by a mask very handsomely dressed as Lohengrin, who entered the room almost beside them, and very soon after unmasked, showing the blue eyes and light brown hair of Ilarold Vincent. " Conceited imppv!" snarled Count Kolachewski, gazing spitefully alter the tall graceful figure?such a contrast to his own?strolling from one group to another, yet always somewhere in the neighborhood of the prince and his companion. " For my part I feel much easier for the assurance hispresence gives me that for this evening at least my daughter is safe," remarked'the prince. A few moments later Lohengrin wandered into one of the smaller rooms, watched a game of cards for a short time, then remasked, entered the lofty corridor and disappeared for half an hour. Slowly he passed through the corridor and down the broad staircase, stopping now and then to exchange a jest with some entering mask. Beaching the street he quickened his pace, and walked on hastily for a block, then turned from the fashionable thoroughfare into a quiet side street, which very soon led him into one retired and shabby enough to have been miles away instead of close to the center of the great metropolis. He stopped before the door of a smoky little cafe, evidently principally frequented by the working classes, and, entering, ran up a low staircase and knocked quickly at a door at the top, which was immediately opened by a young man in policeman's unifofm. The room bad no other occupant, and the two somewhat strange companions transacted the business which had brought them together behind a locked door. Only a few moments passed before they descended into the street; but a close inspection would have shown a strange change?black eyes instead of blue gleaming from under the mask, while the short hair, almost hidden by the mufller around the policeman's throat, had faded from black to light brown. At the door the two men parted, the policeman calling his friend back for an instant as he moved away to ask hurriedly: "You didn't forget to give her the sleeping powder V" "No, indeed," replied Lohengrin, and he went his way. returning to the ball, where he continued to lind his pleasure always in the vicinity of Prince RoiuanzefT, while the policeman walked on quickly whither his duty called him, to the neighborhood of the Palais ltomanzeff. When he arrived at his fiost lie was not surprised to find that the policeman who preceded him had already departed, for he was fully half an hour late. Fortunately the street was very retired, and passers-by at that hour were very rare, and his breach of duty had been unnoticed. The weather, for the district, was mild; very little snow had as yet fallen; but the evening was raw, and the air laden with a dampness which seemed to penetrate to the very bones. Not a star was visible, and a thick fog lay like a veil over the city, making even the gas-lights appear little brighter than far-off stars in the gloom. Up arul down before the KomanzefT palace tne policeman paced quickly, as if his whole duty was to guard that mansion and its inmates alone, stopping often before the great entrance gates to gaze up at the windows, cov UUUUWCJW, lltv MU1IIIVU ?u*M \ /.?* fort within, until the chill dampness compelled him to move on again. Olga and her aunt had passed rather a busy evening, taking advantage of the absfjjice of the gentlemen to set in order various weighty trifles in preparation for the all-important wed. ding day. Olga was ghul of any ex' cu.se for constant motion and occupai tion, anthing to conceal and divert at( tention from the trepidation and ex> citement which had taken possession j of her. At last, however, everything . was complete, and Olga rather eagerly l suggested retiring for the night. , Since Mademoiselle Komanzeflf's ari rival, a part of her plan of espoinage had been to occupy the sleeping-room with her niece, so that not even during the long hours of the night was the poor girl free, and she was always expected to retire at whatever hour best suited the elder lady. On this night mademoiselle seemed > in no hurry to seek the repose which [ her niece dutifully suggested she so I much needed after the fatigues of the - day, and the young lady was forced to wait, with what, slip nould command, until her aunt had given her a detailed and minute description of her mother's and most of her relatives' weddings before the summons came to retire for the night. At last the bell was rung for Babettc and the glass of mulled wine which Mademoiselle Romanzeff considered an indispensable aid to slumber, and to [ which Babette added this evening a ; white powder, glancing fearfully about j her before hastily stirring it into the [ wine; and presently quiet reigned in , the palace. As the last light was extinguished the policeman below stopped short before the gate, and for fully fifteen minutes stood immovable, gazing intently toward the gloomy mansion, its outlines almost distinguishable in the darkness. Suddenly he started forward eacrerlv. as he heard his name whispered breathlessly almost at his very elbow. " Harold?oh, Ilarold !" At that moment the sound of approaching footsteps became audible, and the policeman scarcely appearing to notice the two female figures who had left the palace and drawn near so noiselessly under cover of the darkness as to elude even his vigilance, said very softly, as he turned in the opposite direotion: " The carriage is waiting round the corner. I will join you immediately." The two figures vanished in the gloom; the policeman quietly paced up and down .until the solitary wayfarer was out of hearing, and then followed in their footsteps, murmuring exultantly as he, too, disappeared round the corner? "She is won?wo are gone over bank, bush and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow!" quoth young Lochinvar. Immediately afterward the sound of swiftly-retreating carriage wheels left the Palais Komanzefl to silence and solitude. Ilarold Vincent took his lady-love and her maid directly to the house of his sister in London, whither they were soon followed by Babetta's happy lover. Here they remained until all preparations necessary for Harold's marriage with the Princess Olga were completed ; and at last, one happy day just before Christmas, all the flags in a remote little village in Devonshire were waving and all the bells ringing to welcome the arrival of the muchloved young squire and his beautiful foreign bride. Babette and the ex-policeman, now man and wife, came with the luggage, and immediately entered into proud possession of the pretty little lodge guarding the entrance to Harold Vincent's home. Prince Komanzeff made no attempt to pursue his daughter. The report which he received on the day after her flight of her elouement with a policeman so filled his soul with horror that he swore such a renegade could have neither part nor lot with the illustrious family of RomanzefT. So he erased her name from the family Bible, and went on accumulating debts which tiiere was now no hope whatever of paying. Wolf-Children. In depicting the temper and disposition of the wolf, such adjectives as "ruthless, cunning and treacherous" are invariably used, and with perfect justice. It would appear, therefore, at first sight almost incredible that there should bo many instances oh record where children have been carried away; and instead of being devoured, as would assuredly have been the case had the marauder been a panther or leopard, they have been suckled, tended and reared by them. Some of these have afterward "been recovered, and at this moment there exists a specimen wolf-child at Secundra, a small missionary station a few miles from Agra; so that the story of ltomuius ana itemus may not ue su entirely without foundation as we have hitherto been led to suppose. Wolves as a rule prey upon the docks and herds of the inhabitants of the villages in whose neighborhood they have made their dens, and upon such wild animals as they can hunt down and capture. Among these latter may be mentioned the gazelle-antelope and the black-buck; and many and ingenious are the devices they resort to in order to achieve their purpose. But in the northwestern provinces of India, as about Agra, in Oude and Rajpootana, they are also very destructive to children. Hindoos of all classes are exceedingly superstitious regarding the destruction of these predatory brutes, and consider the individual who has been unfortunate enough to shed a drop of wolf's blood doomed to suffer some grievous calamity. Hence, though a government reward of three rupees per head is offered, it is only the very lowest of all castes?the "Domes or Dungars," as they are called?who will take the trouble to snare and destroy wolves. These people lead a vagrant life and bivouac in the jungles, and have no superstitious dread of killing any living thing. The following hypothesis may explain how it comes to pass that so cruel and relentless an animal as the wolf should sometimes be found enacting the interesting part of fostermother to one of the human species. A female with cubs goes prowling about in search of food for its young, and succeeds in ravishing an Indian home of its infant for that purpose. The cubs, for some reason or other? not oversensitiveness, certainly, but because their carnivorous instincts are as yet comparatively dormant?merely lick the child all over. This probably, according to the code of wolfish etiquette, is equivalent to having eaten salt with an Arab, and the infant is henceforth adopted by the parent and suckled una brought up witntne cuos. Although the human tendency is to go on two legs, we know that even among ourselves babies commence by crawling. Now, man is essentially an imitative animal, and seeing the wolves going on all-fours, the .ilien naturally tries the same method of progression. It would appear, however, that it has found the hands ill-adapted for use in lieu of forefeet, and as a rule the elbows are employed for that purpose; in consequence of this choice, the knees too have to be used instead of the feet, and hence horny excresences are usually found on both the knees and the elbows. Perhaps the subjoined true narrative of a wolf-child that has been captured in India may prove interesting. One morning many years ago Mr. II?, who happened at the time to be magistrate and collector of the Etawali district, was out riding, accompanied l.w <? nnnnln nf sn\v:irs nr mounted orderlies. They were {jessing over a portion of road that lay in the vicinity of the ravines of the river Junnia, when two half-grown wolf-cubs crossed their path ; and following them more slowly, came a very remarkable-looking creature, which shambled along on all fours in an extraordinarily uncouth fashion. This turned out to be a wolf-child. Letting the other two gc unmolested, the three men proceeded to hunt down the human cub, and succeeded in bringing it to bay. As they wished to take the creature alive, and were altogether unwilling to hurt it in any way they found the greatest difficult) in attempting to secure it: for it fought, bit and clawed with extreme fierceness and pertinacity; indeed, having driven it into a corner Mr. II? and one of the sowars had tc mount guard, while the other native proceeded to the neareit village and got a stout blanket for the purpose ol throwing it over its head; and it wju bv this means that the capture was al length effected. All the way home the wolf-child behaved like a mac thing, screaming and howling, now piteouslv, now in a paroxysm of im potent rage. It was, however, taker to Mr. II?'s house; but it would not be comforted, and for a long time re fused all kinds of food, including raw meat. The creature was a boy 01 about nine years of age; and it ma] be here stated that no female wolf child lias ever been heard of or seen It is not easy to assign a suflicienl reason for the fact that females hav< never been so discovered, unless w< suppose that, being less vigorously constituted, they have been unable t< withstand the terrible hardships o: such an existence, and have very soor sickened and died.?Chambers' Jour nal. An artificial fuel is made from an thracite coal dust by a Philadelphia company. The new fuel consists o the coal dust, of which thousands oj tons are annually wasted in the an thracite coal region of Pennsylvania mixed with pitch or some similar sub stance. This is pressed and cut int( pieces about the shape and size of hen'j eggs. - FOR THE LADIES. A New Profession for Women. The following is from Franklin II. Xorth's description of the I3ellevue training-school for nurses in the Century. The stranger in Xew York who may chance to visit the east side of the city in the neighborhood of Twenty-sixth street will have his attention called to a long, grayish, four-story prison-like structure, with ii wing, situated in a block wln'fli pvfpnds to the. East river, and inclosed by a high, forbidding stone wall. This is Bellevue hospital, the chief free public institution of the kind in New York. For many years it has been famous for the high medical and surgical skill of which it is the theatre, its faculty embracing many leading members of the profes sion in the city. For many years to come it is likely to lie popularly associated with another high development of the curative arts?the results of the founding in 1873 of the Bellevue training-school for nurses, and of a new profession for women in America. * * * To find a person capable of taking charge of such an institution proved ^ difficult task. Miss Bowden, otherwise known as "Sister Helen, of All Saints," then of Baltimore, but formerly of the well-known school at University college, London, was finally selected. Equal difficulty was experienced in procuring assistants for her. Advertisements were inserted in the journals, and physicians were applied to ; but such was the scarcity of educated nurses in this country at that time, that, after a search of many months, and after the most liberal offers, only four were found who were in any wise capable, one of whom proved inefficient. Later on, Sister Helen, compelled to return to England, was succeeded by Miss Perkins, of VnrwiVti f'nnn under whose man agement the school lias continued to increase in numbers and usefulness. At first but six pupils were obt ained. The scheme adopted?that developed by Miss Nightingale?demanded in the .applicant a combination of requisites the mere enumeration of which appalled many who had been encouraged to seek admission to the school. These are: Good education, strong constitution, freedom from physical defects, including those of sight and hearing, and unexceptionable references. The course of training consists in dressing wounds, applying fomentations, bathing and care of helpless patients, making beds and managing positions. Then follow the preparation^! application of bandages, making rollers and linings of splints. The nurse must also learn how to prepare, cook and serve delicacies for the invalid. Instruction is given in the best practical methods of supplying fresh air, and of warming and ventilating the sick room. In order to remain through the two years' course and obtain a diploma, still more is required, viz.: Exemplary deportment, patience, industry and obedience. The first year's experience was far from satisfactory. Among seventythree applicants, hailing from the various States. only twenty-nine were found that gave promise of ability to . fulfill the conditions. Qf these ten were dismissed for various causes before the expiration of the first nine months. To serve medicine to the patients in the wards of a great public hospital smacks not a little of novelty and romance, and goes frfr, at first, to compensate for a hospital's unpleasant surroundings and its odor of disinfectants; but a short period of wound-dressing and night-watching is sufficient to dispe. such illusions. Every year young women whose abilities warranted their admittance at the commencement of the course have been permitted to de part before its completion, owing to an evident distaste on their part for the duties imposed upon them. But the managers, though surprised at the result of their first efforts, were not discouraged. As time went by the number of applicants increased, and, though the high standard first established was not departed from, the proportion of those capable of fulfilling the requirements multiplied. Some applicants, who did not seem especially adapted to the work, proved most efficient, and on this topic the managers say that, after their long experience, they have found that the fitness of an applicant can be determined only by absolute trial. The nurses at the Bellevue school may be divided into two classes: those who study the art of nursing with a view to gaining a livelihood or supporting tlieir families, and those who look forward to a life of usefulness among the poor sick. All are lodged and boarded free of charge during the two years' course, and are paid a small sum monthly, while in the school, to 1 r A1?nAn.ioDomf ueiray wil*u acium ucucpiwi; and, in order to avoid all distinction between rich and poor, every nurse is expected to receive tins pay. Fnnklon Note*. Roman striped silks are used for fulldress occasions. Langtry bonnets, gloves and slippers are the rage. Gilt and amber beads border new French hats and bonnets. Collars and cults of ficelle lace are in high favor, as they look well and never wear out. Crochet buttons never go out of fashion, but fancy netal and composition buttons are in high favor. Drap d'ete and Henrietta cloth are used for handsome and dressy suits, out of mourning as well as in mourning. Ruby, very dark pluin color, and golden brown are the shades most in vogue for velvet costumes for the promenade. White underskirts are completely superseded nowadays by colored lliinnel balniorals and petticoats of colored quilted satin. A plain, well-finished black cashmere skirt and a jersey waist of any color preferred, or black, makes the best kind of a utility costume. Waists of black or dark-blue jersey webbing, witli colars and eulTs of scarlet or pale-blue cashmere, are in favor with young ladies and girls in their teens. Plaids of every description?lioinan, I Tartan, Oriental and Swiss, in every shade and size?are worn for skirts, with overjackets of velvet or plush in a monochrome color. j Small muffs of dark feathers have i two birds' heads?one head split?for [ ornamenting the front. A collar to match has another pair of heads on . the left shoulder. When Henrietta cloth and drap , d'ete are used for dressy suits by ladies ' not in mourning the approved trim; mings are soutache embroidery and heavy knotted cord fringes. The plaited llounces on black satin > skirts made for winter have the inner > plaiting of terra-cotta or strawberry : red instead of the white stripes so [ fashionable for summer dresses. Large clasps of steel or gilt play a 1 great part in fashions nowadays. ' They are used to trim hats, shoes, I dress bodices and cloaks, and to drape tunics or to ornament the sash bow on r the back. { Black and other colored velvet ^ jaquettes are very fashionable, worn """? > <rrnot v'iriofv nf l?f differ . U,u >1 .....v-v,. r ent material and colors. The skirts of [ such dresses are, trimmed around two, thirds of the lower portion in many ^ different ways, the upper third being usually enveloped in a wide scarf, I draped in folds over the hips and end, ing in a graceful bow and sash-ends at j' the back. f One of the newest round liats of the > season is in the "Chapeau a Crenaux," f and one of the models exhibited is of i black velvet, with the; wide brim turn. ing up very high on one side and simply curving up on the other. The, edge to this hat is buttlemented?that is, cut out into squares, and finished i with a fine gold cord. Around the ecf centric-looking crown are laid, one over f the other, soft half-plumes, full and - lluffv, of old gold, dark green, scarlet ' and bronze. The inside of the brim is also of black velvet, the only color > brightening it being the gold cord ? which outlines the edge of the batr tiemeatedborder, ' I . g, : > mmim NEWS OF THE WEES, i I Eastern and Middle St ites; Foun tons of powder oiplod'ed at tb 0 Keen an lime works, Smith's Ba Bin, N. ?/. Dennis Golden and Joseph Cameron, wl 10 had charge of the powder house, weroblofm to fragments, some parts of them being found half a mile distant. ,p? ? 1 -1:1 linoiMimpa r>f #.)in %7oll JLAliS JJUiULltU OUUlUJKi ? - known artist, Mr. Albert Bierstadt, r.t Irvineton, on the Hudson, known *3 "Mn'ikasten," has been laid in ruins by fire. So quickly did the flames spread that not moi:e than a score or so of the many valuable oil - paintings iu the building coukl bo saved; the remainder, together with many other valuable works of art and curiosities, were reducod to aslies. Mr. Biorstadt estimates his total loss at .$100,000. A tabad* at Buffalo, and a banquet in Boston, wero the methods by which the jubilant Democrats expressed their satisfaction at the election of Governors Cleveland and Butler, both "of'whom mado addresses. lira one-mile running race bet ween Myers, American amateur champion, and George, the English champion, took ulace in New York and was won by the latter. A train near Clarksville, Pa., was derailed and the rtugine, tender, baggage car and two passenger cars wero thrown down a gorge thirty feet deep. Tho engineer was killod and the fireman soriously hurt. Paiye & Saokett, Providence, woolen manufacturers, have failed, with liabilities estimated at $800,000. Geobos W. Bitroesb, who began thorn annfacture of friction matches at New York in 1831, and was tho first to engage in tiiat business in America, died the other day in Norristown, Pa., aged seventy-eight yeaxs. Completed returns of the Now Hampshire vote give ^ale for governor 38,398, Edgerly 3f>,900, scattering 031). Halo's plurality over Edgerly is l,4Uf> and his majority 559. The total vote was 70,237. Last year tho total vole for governor w:i3 Bell 41,442, Jones 40,813, scattering 919. ? - ??i T ? /> i'XYB coal barges iounaorea m .uujjg ismuu Sound during the reoent gale. Ellert Albee, the defaulting cashier of the Ashuolot (N. H.) savings bank, has bocn sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the Stat? prison. Reixtuns received at the New York protluco exchange show the majority at the recent State olection in favor of the constitutional amendment making tho canals free to bo 241,575. A New York State senate committee, appointed Cor tho purpose of investigating the evils of grain speculation, held a meeting at Buffalo and took testimony. Alonzo Richmond, ex-president of tho Jittfalo board of trade, testified that the sysi ;u. of grain dealings in futures disturbed th ; business of the entire commercial world. A water-toweu, sixty-five fcot high, designed for the New York lire department, was being tested at one of the city piers when it suddenly overturned. Beforu tho crowd of spectators could escapo it killed one man, fatally crushed a second and badly injured a third. The steamerCity of Worcester was on her way from Now York to Norwich, Conn., when she ran into and sank a barge in tho East river. The barge was loaded with sugar, and had on board Captain William Taylor, his mother, wife, three children and two deck hand". Captain Taylor was saved, but ail tlm rest wore drowned. At Fhillipsburg, Pa., Mrs. "William Stark, twenty-two years old, ri bride of only' three week?, committed snicido by taking poison. Thk annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences took ploco this year in New York. Many interesting papers on scientific matters were read by leading scienter. William Steinitz, champion chess player of tho world, arrived iu this country a short time ago, and has been defeating tho best ulayora of Philadelphia. South ami West. Two colored brothers?Samuel and Milton Hodge?wero hanged .at Knoxville, Tonn., for murdering their brother-in-law. A Louisyillii (Ky.) dispatch says that Congressman John G. Carlislo, of Kentucky, has announced himself as a candidate for speaker of the next House of Representatives and that ho expects most of the Western Democratic members will bo for him. Father J. B. O'Donogiiub, pastor of the Catholic church at Morrow, Ohio, died from the effects of a blow from a monkey wrench, received at the hands of Timothy Green, a railroad employe. Green declared tho priest ,lm,nnnr?il ln'a wifn no n fhiftf hofnrn flip congregation. Recent measures to suppress polygamy in Utah have been answered by the Mormon* at a meeting of the higher priesthood by their compelling every priest and bishop to marry moro than one wife or resign. One monogamist resigned his office; tho others obeyed tho order or pledgod themselves to do so. Total number of yellow fever cases at Pensacola, Fla., up to the 11th, 2,1J2o; total number of deaths, Y.i2. Flames destroyod a cabin in Lunnenburg county, Va., occupied by a colored family, every member of which wa3 burned to death. Fire ai Frankfort, Il'y., destroyed the Major Opera house, belonging to tho city and containing a portion of the city records, and oilier property. A msPATCii from Santa Ana, Cal., fays: "Josiah B. Smith, a fisherman, murdered Ids fourteen-year-old son by cutting his throat. Ho and his wife are insane on reli^ous subjects, and claim that the Lord commanded the sacrifice." The people of Jackson county, Mo., are lionizing Frank James, the bandit. All nges, sexes and kinds of society are represented among his admirers. Tho men go, they say, to hear Frank tell of his wonderful exploits, and the women for the purposes of consoling and pledging their influence with tho governor to secure a pardon, should ho be so unfortunate as to bo convicted. When first incarcerated James was givon a bare cell, but tho sympathizing people made up a purse, and at present the stone floor is covered with a rich Brussels carpet, and tho wall* are adorned with elaborate paintings. Fresh vases of flowers are sent each morning by some admiring female friends. Complete returns from Illino if on superintendent of public instruction givo Raab (Democrat) 2,S(JS majority over Statton (Republican). At Ashland, Ky., the coroner's jury inquiring into the cause of the death of Colonel Reppert and others who wero killed during the transfer of tlio murderers Neal and Craft from Catlettsburg to Lexington, rendered a verdict in which they find that the deceased persons wore killed by the State militia on tho steamer Granite Stato guarding the prisoners, and that the said firing was not done in tho lino of duty; and further, the jury holds Major Allen, commander of the troop*, culpable for ordering and permitting the fire. A fire at Crockett, Texas, destroyed the court-house, in which were the jail and postoffice. All tho records woro lost and two prisoners -one white man and one colored? were burned to death. Fbightfol havoc was caused by tho explosion of the main boiler in tho Forest City iron works, at Cleveland, Ohio. Tho building was completely wrecked, four men were instantly killed, ono or two more received fatal injuries and several others .were badly, hurt. Ono man standing 200 yards away from tho building was struck by a pioce of flying jron and cut completely in two. New Mexico lias returned ft Republican delegate to Congress. Yellow fever's ravages liavo ceasod at Peusacola, Fla., no new cases being rc In the Illinois legislature tho Republicans control both branches and liavo a majority of twelve on joint ballot. A DEitnicK 100 feet high fell at Cleveland, Ohio, killing threo men?two colored and one white?and badly injured a fourth. Two brothers named Butlor quarreled, near Texarkann, Ark., with Charles llowoy, Jr., a merchant. Ilewoy wus followed by tho Butlers to a cabin, and as the two pursuers crossed tho threshold ho shot both dead. A mm of incendiary origin destroyed fifteen of tho eighteen business houses ii: Iliverton, Neb. Tho estimated loss was $70,000, and the citizens wero compelled to appeal for aid. TnE Alabama legislature organized by electing George P. Harrison prosident and W. C. Clay secretary of tho senate. In t.ho j house W. F. Foster was elected speaker and D. W. Melver secretary. Brave Beau, a Sioux Indian chief, and a notoriously bad character, was hanged at Yankton, Dakota, for the murder and robbery of Joseph Johnson, a discharged soldier, near Fort Sully in 1 Goveunok Camekox. ?>f Virginia, has commuted to imprisonment for life the death sentence of Mary Booth, a colored girl, aged fourteen, who was convicted in Surry county of poisoning tho wife of R. C. Gray and his overseer, Mr. Jones, . A PROFESSIONAL CORFESSION. The Unusual Experience of a Prominent Man Made Public. JTbe following article from the Democrat and Chronicle.. of Rochester, N. Y., is of 00 striking a nature, and emanates from so reliable a source, that it is herewith republished entire. In addition to the valuable matter it contains, it will be found exceedingly interesting. To the Editor of the Democrat and Chronicle: Sib: My motives for the publication of the most unusual statements which follow are, first, gratitude for the fact that I have been saved from a most horrible death, and, secondly, a desire to warn all who read this statement against some of the most deceptive influences by which thoy have ever been surrounded. It is a fact that to-day thousands of people are within a foot of the frave and they do not know it To tell how was caught away from just tlus position and to warn others against nearing it, are my objects in this communication. On the first day of June 1881,1 lay at my residence in this city surrounded by my r' J J :ii x J TT n iPj.y : -> As a construction train was backing up from Grain Valley to Oak Grove, Mo., it collided with a hand car, on which were four men. The men on the hand car jumped, escaping injury, bat the construction train of five cars and a caboose was ditched, and a brakeman and two section hands were killed and thirteen others wounded. Aftf.b a bitter contest the Georgia legislature, in joint session, elected ex-Governor Alfred H. Colquitt to the United States Senate for the long term. For Ben Hill's unexpired term his son, Ben Hill, Jr., was defeated on joint ballot, receiving 99 votes to 116 for Pope Barrow. Barrow is forty-one years old and a leading lawyer. A KECKFTiON was given to Mrs. John Biown, tho widow of John Brown, in the Eamsos senate chamber. Governor St. John presided and delivered an address. Jaspeb Spauldino, a well-to-do farmer liviing near Itaub, Ind., knocked his wife and little son senseless with a whiffletiee, and ihen cut their throats with a . razor, after which ho cut his own throat with the same instrument. His mother-in-law discovered dered practicable. xue oDjeet or m? guide-books is to furnish intending emigrants with trustworthy information concerning the United States, General Wbioht, chief of engineers, in his annual report, says that an appropriation of $150,000 should be made for examinations and surveys and contingencies for rivet and harbor improvements for which there is no special appropriation. The estimate fo: tho amount required for military surveys, reconnoisances and surveys of military reservations by the engineer officers attached to the various headquarters of military divisions and departments, is $50,000, being an average of $5,000 for each of the nine military divisions and departments west of tho Mississippi river and $5,000 for publication of maps. A large amount of unfinished business will come before the second session of the Forty-seventh Congress. During tho lust session of Congress there were introduced in the Senate 2,283 bills and joint resolutions and in tiio House of Representatives 7,182 bills and joint resolutions. About 800 propositions wero reported favorably to the House of Representatives and about .'500 bills and joint resolutions passed that body. The Senate passed nearly 500 bills and joint resolutions, but of these only abont 300 found their place on the statute book. A Washington glazier asks tho board auditing tho expenses connected with President Garfield's sickness and funeral to assist him in securing a government appointment, becauso one of the bullets fired at the late President lodged in his glas3 and putty box and shattered its contents ! Auoct seven-tenths of the mail that is sent from Washington goes free under frank or in free envelopes. The office ranks second in the United States as to the weight of tho "mails dispatched, New York being first. Foreign Hews. Tiubty families, comprising ICQ persons, have been evicted from the estate of Isadore Burke, in county Mayo, Ireland. General Lynch, tho commander-in-chief of tho Chilian forces of occupation in Peru, has levied a fresh tax of $5 on certain see tiona of tho Peruvian tradespeople. A Victoria (British Columbia) dispatch says that the United States revenue cutter Thomas Corwin has arrived thero from Al.iqlm. Before leavimr thore she shelled and burned an Indian village, killing many of (ho tribe, who held a number of whito prisoners. Natives of the Sooloo inlands attacked a Spanish fort, but were completely routed with a loss of seventy killed. The Spanish loss was fifteen killed and several wounded. Stanley, the explorer, ia preparing for another expodilion to tho Congo river A/rica, for the purpose of establishing a solid trade with the native kings. Eupeiiob William opened the Prussian landtag in person with a speech in which he said that Germany's relations with all foreign government", together with the revivr' of commerce and good harvests, gave as;.'. auccsof peace and prosperity throughout the empire. Dubing the first production of Tennyson's new pastoral drama, "The Promise of May," in tho Globe theatre, Loudon, a strange scene occurred. The Marquis of Queensbury, an avowed free-thinker, was present and while the play was in progress he rose excitedly from his seat and loudly protested against Tennyson's representation of tho principles of free thought, as enunciated by one of tho characters of the piny. At the dosire of an official the marquis left tho theatre amid much confusion. A pbaibix fire on the Mongolian frontier of Russia covered seventy square miles and destroyed many Cossack outposts and villages. General Tomas Reina has been appointed governor of tho province of Havana, vice Brigadier A rderius, resignod. AiSalima, Ontario, William Trimble and his two daughters, aged twenty-five and eighteen years, were poisoned by some herb lea which they had taken for a cold. Mr. Trimble and one daughter died the following day, and tho other daughter was not expected to recover. Patbick Joyce was sentenced in Dublin t) bo hanged for the murder of one of the Joyce family Strong evidence against Arabi Pasha was taken at Cairo, oiio witness testifying that Arabi ordered him to fire Alexandria and to murder the khedive. A MUMiiEit of the French chamber of deputies and tho editor of a Paris newspaper have fought a duel with swords. The editor was wounded in the arm. A young merchant named Partes, with several friends, was trading with Jeventos Indians in Central America, when tho whole party was attacked, killed and oalon by the treacherous natives. A gale which raged along tho English coast proved heavily disastrous to shipping and to life. A brig was lost with all hands o!T St. Ives and a small vessel went ashore in St. Ivt B bay. Another vessel was totally wrecked at Ilaylc. Five pilots were drowned while atteniping to reach a distressed vessel i:i the Firth of Forth. Da. CroiTi'iiiei) Kinkkl, a noted German revolutionist of lft'!8and distinguished man of loiters, died a few days ago in Switzerland, aged sixty-seven years. Dr. lvinkel was arrested by the German authorities in 1S-1JI, tried on the charge of treason and sentenced to imprisonment for Ulo m me lorirtss ?r Spamlau. 'Through tlio aid of his fornuer pupil, C'arl Sehurz, !n> escaped in lKoO, visited America, ami in lSri(> becninu professor of archaelogy at the university of Zurich, Switzerhiud. . ? The eolTee plants sent to Manatee county, Fla., from Cuba are growing finely. The Salem (Mass.) n<<j>st,r mentions: Mr. .1. S. LeKavour, artist, surprisingly benefit'd by St. Jacobs Oil. ilhcumatism twenty years. The yew in Tortworth churchyard, riloneestersliire, is said to date back to the time ot Julius Ciesar. 'J'he Albany (X. Y.) Aryusobserves: Judge McOmvan, this city, was cured of rheumatism by St. Jacobs Oil. The cost of steam power in Xew York city is estimated at ) aunualiy. the whole l'amily lying dead on tlio lloor of the kitclion. The cause of the act was insanity. From Washington. Secbetast Foi/Qeb has issued the one hundred and. nineteenth call for the redemption of bonds of the five per cent, funded loan of 1881, continued at throe and a halt I>er cent, from August 12,1861. Engineer Melville, in his narrative before the Jeannette board of inquiry, said that in the retreat from the vessel Captain Do Long relieved Mr. Collins from duty on account of disobedience of orders. Annual reports from tho several Indian industrial schools have been received. At Hampton, Va., the totid attendance during the year was OG, and there aro now there 84 pupils?30 girls and 54 boys; at the Forest Grove (Oregon) school there are 91 pupilsfit boys and \\1 girls?and at the Carlisle (i'a.) school 183 boys and 102 girls were in attendance at the end of the fiscal year. There wore over $5,000 worth of wagons, harness and shoes made by students during tho year. The progress of tlio 8tudont3 in their studies is regarded as highly satisfactory. A. Wasiitsoton dispatch says that the object which George Jacob Holyoako came to this country from Englaud to further?thut of obtaining a national uuide-book compiled from materials collected by tho government, revised under its authority and published in its name?is steadily advancing. In Mr Holyoake's late interview with Mr. Frelinghuvsen, the secretary assumed the desirability of such a work and considered alone tho doyces by which it could be ren ineiiur* uuu wtuuug lur my uuuui. xicuvwu only knows tho agony I then endured, for words can never describe it And yet, if a few years provious, any one had told me that I was to be brought so low, and by so terrible a disease, I should have scoffed at tho iden. I had always beon uncommonly strong p.nd healthy, had weighedjover 200 pounds and hardly knew, in my own experience, what pain or sickness were. Very many people who will read this statement realizo at times that they are unusually tired and cannot account for it. They feel dull and indefinite pains in various parts of the body and do not understand it Or thoy are exceedingly hungry one day and entirely without appetite tho next. This was just tho way I felt when the relentless malady which had fastened itself upon mo first began. Still I thought it was nothing; that probably I had taken a cold which would soon pass away. Shortly after this I noticed a dull, and at times a neuralgic, pain in my head, but as it would come one day and bo gone tho next, I paid but little attention to it However, my stomach was out of order and my food often failed to digest, oausing at times great inconvenience. Yet I had no idea, even as a physician, that these things meant anything serious or that a monstrous disease was becoming fixed upon me. Candidly, I thought I was suffering from Malaria and so doctored myself accordingly. But I got no better. I next noticed a peculiar color and odor about tho fluids I was passing?also that there were large quantities one day and very little the iiATf nnrl that a nnrfiistAnt frnth nnrl o/?nm of every other known complaint. Hundreds of people die daily, whose burials are authorised by a physician's certificate of "HeartDisease," ''Apoplexy," "Paralysis," "Spinal Complaint," "Rheumatism," " Pneumonia," and other common complaints, when in reality it was Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer people, realize the extent of thischueaae or its dangerous and insidious nature. It steals into the system like a thief, manifests its presence by the commonest symptoms, and fastens itself upon the constitution before the victim is aware. It is nearly as hereditary as consumption, quite as common and fully as fatal. Entire families; inheriting it from their ancestors, have died, and yet nono of the number knew or realized the mysterions power which was removing them. Instead of common symptoms it often shows none whatever, but brings death suddenly, and as such is usually supposed to be heart disease. As one who has suffered and knows by bitter experience what he says, I implore every one who reads these words not to neglect the slightest symptoms of Kidney difficulty. Certain agony and possible death will be the sure result of such neglect, and no one can afford to hazard such chances. I am awaro that such an unqualified statement as this, coming from me, known as I am throughout the entire land as a practitioner and lecturer, will arise the surprise and possible animosity of the medical profession and astonish all with whom I am acquainted, but I make the foregoing statements basea upon facte which I am propared to produce and truths which I can substantiate to the letter. The welfare of those who may pos sibly be sufferers such as i was, is an ampie inducement for me to tako the step I have, and if I can successfully warn others from the dangerous path in which I once walked, I am willing to endure all professional and personal consequences. J. B. HENION, M. D. Xot that Kind of n Blow. The other day as a young man carrying an immense pair of blacksmith's bellows on his shoulder passed along the street lie was accosted by a dilapidated-looking stranger who said: " Excuse me, sir, but will you kindly do me a great l'avor? Will you let m? take one pull at your bellows? They ?they?remind me of the long ago, when I lived at home in the dear old place, and every morning when I came down t<> breaktiist found my good old mother oil her kpees lief ore a-greenwood lire, blowing, blowing with her precious bellows ! .lust one blow, my ?lo!ir fellow?iust one blow !" ' Yon shall have it," said tho other, "with tlio greatest pleasure in the world. Stand hack so I can get a good whack at you ! Next to kicking a thieving dog I should admire to get in one blow or a dozen on a fellow that would let his mother get up and"? lint the stranger was gone?Detroit Post. * Oldest Trcu in 1 lie World. The Ho tree of the second city of ! Amarjapoora is in all probability the oldest tree in the world of which the age can be ascertained by historical evidence. It was planted 2*S B.C., and is therefore now 2.17" years old. Sir.lames Kimnerson 'fennel, in his work on Ceylon, gives reasons for believing that the tree is really of (his wonderful age, and refers to historic documents in which it is mentioned at ; different dates, as 1S2 A. I)., A. I I)., and so on to the present day. "To i it," says Sir .James. kings have even dedicated their dominions in testimony iif a brlitT that it is a uraaeii ol me identical li<,' tree under which CJotama llml'liia reclined at Urumelaya when h:* underwent Ids apotheosis." Its leaves are carried away as streamers l?y pilgrims, but it is too saered to touch with a knife, and therefore they arc only gathered when they fall. The Mannfactnre of Tiles. Tiles, being a thinner ware than bricks, have to be made of a purer and stronger clay. They also require more careful treatment,but the process of manufacture is not essentially different. There are many varieties of tiles, but for practical purposes they may be reduced to three, namely, paving tiles, roofing tiles and drain tiles. In weathering, the clay is spread in layers of about two inches thickness during winter, and each layer is allowed the benefit of at least one night's frost before the succeeding layer is put upon it. Sometimes the process is affected by sunshine. The comminuted clay is next placed in pits and allowed to mellow or ripen under water. Then it is passed through the pug mill, and the tempered product cut in thin slices with a piece of wire fixed to two handles, in order to detect any stone, and appeared upon the surface, and n sediment settled in the bottom. And yet I did not realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these symptoms continually, I finally bocamo accustomed to them, and my suspicion was wholly disarmed by the fact that I haa no nnin in the nffected organs or in their vicinity. Why I should huve been so blind I cannot understand. There i? a terrible future for all physical neglect, and impendipg danger always brings a person to his senses even though it may then be too late. I realized, at last, my critical condition and aroused myself to overcome it. And, Oh I how hard I tried 1 I consulted the best medical skill in tho land. I visited all the prominent mineral springs in America and traveled from Maine to California. Still I grew worse. No two physicians agreed as to my malady. One said I was troubled with^pinal irritation; another, nervous prostration; another, malaria; another dyspepsia; another, heart disease; anothor, general debility ; another, congestion of the base of the brain; and so on through a long list of common diseases, the symptoms of all of which I really had. In this way several years passed, during all of which time I was steadily growing worse. My condition had really become pitiable. The slight symptoms I at first experienced were developed into terrible and constant disorders?the little twigs of pain had grown to oaks of agony. My weight had been reduced from 207 to loO pounds. My life was a torture to myself and friends. I could retain no food upon my stomach, and lived wholly by injections. I was a living mass of pain. My pulse was uncontrollable. In my agony I frequently fell upon the floor! convulsively clutched the carpet, and prayed for death. Morphine had little or no effect in deadening the pain. For six days and nights I had the death-premonitory hiccoughs constantly. My urine was filled with tube casts and albumen. I was struggling with Bright's Disease of tho Kidneys in its last stages. While suffering thus I received a call from my pastor, Rev. Dr. Foote, rector of St. Paul's church, of this city. I felt that it was our last interview, but in the course of conversation he mentioned a remedy of which I had heard much but had never used. Dr. Foote detailed to me the many remarkable cures whioh had come under his observation, by moans of this remedy, and urged me to try it. As a practicing physician and a graduate of th* schools, I cherished the prejudice both nat urr.i ana common witu an regular practitioners, and derided the idea of any medicine outside the regular channels beine th# least beneficial. So solicitous, however, was Dr. Foote, that I finally promised that I would waive my prejudice and try the remedy he so highly recommended. I began its use on the first day of Juno and took it according to directions. At first it sickened me; but this I thought was a g&od sign for me in my debilitated condition. I continued "to take it; iho sickening sonsation departed and I wai able to retain food upon my stomach. Iii a few days I noticed a decided change for the better, as also did my wife and frienda. My hiccoughs ceased and I experienced less pain than formerly. I was so rejoiced at this improved condition that, npon what I had believed but a few days before waa my dying bed, I vowed, in the presence of my family and friends,should I recover I would both publicly and privately make known this remedy for the good of humanity, wherever and whenever I had an opportunity. I also determined that I would give a course of lectures in the Corinthian Academy of Music of this city, stating in full the symptoms and almost hopelessness of my disease and the remarkable means by which I have been saved. My improvement was constant from that time, and in less than three months I had gained 2G pounds in flesh, became entirely free from pain, and I believe I owe my life and present condition wholly to Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy which I used. Since my recovery I have thoroughly reinvestigated the subject of kidney difficulties andBright's disease, and the truths developed are astounding. I therefore state, deliberately and as a physician, that I beliove that more than one-half the deaths whith occur in America are caused by Bright's disease of the kidneys. This may sound like a rash statement, but I am prepared to fully verify it. Blight's disease has no distinctive symptoms of its own (indeed, it often develops without any pain whatever in the kidneys or their vicinity), but has the symptoms then passed through the pug mill again, after which it is generally ready for molding. To take the case of pan tiles (hand molded) the molder turns the tile out of the flat mold onto the wash ing-off frame, on the covered surface of which, with very wet hands, he washes it into a curved shape. Then he strikes it with a semi-cylindrical instrument called the splaver, and conveys it on this to the flat block, where he deposits it, with thc^ convex side uppermost, and, removing the splaver, leaves the tile to dry. The tile is afterward beaten on the thwacking frame, to correct any warping that may have occurred, and trimmed with the thwacking knife. In the kiln, which is constructed with arched furnaces at the base of a conical erection called the dome, the tiles are closely stacked in upright position, on a bottom of vitrefled m-icks. The fuel used is coal, and burning continues usually about six days. In making pipe drain tiles, the clay is first molded to a proper length, width and thickness, then wrapped around a drum; the edges are closed together and the tile is carefully shaped by the operator's hand, sometimes assisted by a wooden tool. Tiles as well as bricks can be made by machinery* with suitable dies almost any form of tile may be thus had, which is producible by the advance of a* given section of claV parallel to itself. In other machines pressure is exerted on the clay in a mold.?American Pottery Reporter. William Bassett, of Camden, N. J., was a well-known colored man. His great age, 126 years, drew attention to him, but what wns more remarkable was that he retained his vigor almost to the last. He was born in Delaware, near Smyrna, in 1755, where his parents were slaves of the Bayard family. During the war of the Revolution Bassett, then a young man of twenty-one or twenty-two, was working for a farmer named "Wilson, twenty miles from Dover, where he had moved shortly before the war began. While there he married and became the father of a large family, each member of which he has outlived. Upon the death of his wife Bassett married again. When the war broke out in 1812 he left his home, and became a body servant for Colonel Morris, of Jackson's army, whom* he accompanied to New Orleans. He married his.third wife upon his return to the South. He never saw George Washington. . Fob dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits and general debility, in their various forms; also as a preventive against fever and acne and other intermittent fevers, the J; erro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya, made by Caswell, Hazard <fe Co., New York, and sold by all Druggists, is the beet tome; and for patients recovering from fever or other 6ickness it has no equal. The market is flooded with vile compounds for the rejuvenation of the hair, but Carboline, the groat petroleum hair renewer and jessing, as now improved and perfected,takes the fron rank as the best preparation ever offered. buchu-paiba." . r Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases. $1. Druggists. Fob Thick Heads, heavy stomachs, biliousness?'WeUtf_May^PPlePd^ 3oc. Nothing is uglier than cr 5?k|d hocj?' straighten them with Lyon s He?! Stifienera. Ho\r to Shorten Life. Th? receipt is simplo. You have only to tak# a Tiolsnt cold, and neglect it. Abernethy. the great English ?urg*on, askod a lady who told him sho only had a cough: "What would you ha?e! The plague?" Beware of "only coughs." The worst cases can, howorer, b# cured by Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for the Lungs. In Whooping Cough and Croup it immediately allays irritfttion, Mil ifl 9ure to prorent a fatal termination of tho disease. Sv-ld by all drusgista an.l dealors in medicine. Dr. Kojccr'? Vegetable Worm Syrup Is one of the most pleasant or pihtiblo preparations for worms we havo evor known. It is thoroughly effl-^ cacious, and nover requires any othor medicine to carry itolTafterumnKit. . I,I,i;.VS BKA1N FOOli:?.Most reliablo tonle for the Bruin mid Ucnerntlve Organ*. It poxitively cures Nervous Debility and f^t'ires J??1 Virile powers. Sold by druggist*. Sit ?{??&? free l.y nn.il on receipt of price. JO 11a tl. 41.T.F.N. *RlS F>r*t New Ynrk lis FOR fevmmivinf MUUVUAU1 AVAVJkl 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 Fset and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Ho Preparation on earth equals St. Jacobs Oil u a *a/e, sure, simple and cheap External Rsmedy. A trial entails but th?. eompnraiivel/ trifling outlar of 50 Centf, and every ona suffering with pain can havo cheap and positive proof of It* claims. _ Directions In Eleven Language*. 80LD BY ALL DBUGGISTS AND DEALEES IN MEDICINE. *A. VOGELER & CO., Baltimore, Md., U.S.A. j N~TNU?-tO~" Old fashionable { jfMv I I | rKL remedies nro rapidly IIIII ? 1.1 t iir^T giving ground before the advance of this * conquering specific, ^ dormant, SiSas &m?ur 1/ N t; 1.1 S II -REWARD T)00 K S-. ill Imported reward Albooks tor Holi-JJday ru? .iru? Superior tn nnytliitiK "? tins country fur the money, li.x.ks in i|u<iutiti?? for Sc., lUc. and upwara. liejiitiI til hooks for Joe. toaiic., with big discount for NovumIter orders, to intriduce; catalogue free. DAVID 0. COOK, 4o Adams street, Chicago._ SCROLL SAW DESIGNS1 Sewl for New C'itt!iloij!o-. L. II. KumwII, titration!, Ct. _ WHAT WILL THE WEA O Pool's Signs fr.i:..jVssscasssa 0It STQUM Of. (KHPi It will d?c?^d n } 8HS& P? M ET.E,RV,=:?1 in advar.co. It will tJ ;?rjr^nii direct ir.r.?!nvnl ii ill IWi jtm.- !R,Jy ja'yW accoraia* to it prod ,lifS55r.'ir|? Ml L|| Has an accurate tliei lit SmV comhljstton. This? Bini.it eminent Fhyt fi^i^ itic^uin ol Add^ailMpPW^ NatlonM Bnnksfi'r *' "'"rf^nW' ? l'llis "I" mako HMA1) W 1 I find Pooj'3 Baron on it every time, ,?-? Barometer receive perfect satisfaction 11 at two dollars. ajsssrss? meat, an below; Rver* lnstrnmont t 31-1 wide. If not sat) wa ^rill island your o SHAS BEEN PROVED i TheSURrST OUflK for KIDNEY DISEASES. | l>oos a lama hack or a disordered urine iodl. I i cats that yon arts a victim? THEN DO NOT ' ; HESITATE i hm KXDNET-WOET at onoe, , I (drugglsta recommend It) and it will speedily 1 overcome tho disease and restore healthy action. I It la a 8URECURIfor all DISEASES of the LIVER. It has (pedflo action on tbfa moat important ' OT&an. enabling it to throw off torpidity and inI action, atlmnlatlng the healthy secretion of the Bile, and by keeping the?bowela infiroeoondiI Hon, eflSsctlng lta reffular dlacharye. ( | Molorlo If you arc sagbrlncfrom | fwl Ql all CI a malaria, have the chills, | I are bilious, dyspeptic, or oomtlpatod, Sidney- , Wort will surely relieve and quickly cure. ; I I In the Spring, to cgeanao the System, every 1 , , one ahould take a thorough course of it I off Sag For complain ta peculiar to LdUivOi your cel. cuohca pain and I weaknesses, KLDNEY-WOUT la 'ireurpaaaed, ! as it will act promptly and oafely. Either Sex. Incontlnenoo, retention of urine, I brick duat or ropy deposits, and dull dragging 1 . 1 pains, all speedily yield to ita curative power, I i HTIt Acta at theaame.ttae on the KIDNZYB, | ' ' LIVED, AND BOWELS.X3 For Constipation, ' . Piles, or Eheumatlam it la a permanent cure. , f 80LD BY DRUOOI8TS. Prlcogl. _(H)j 1 For Internal and External Uie. CURES RHEUMATISM, J Burn?, Scalds, Chilblains, Frost Ultes, Chapped Hands, Flesh Wounds Sprains, Bruises, External Poisons, Caked Breasts, Soro Nipples, Toothacbe, Cramiw or Spasms of Stomach, Colic. Asthma, or Internal Pain, Lame Hack, Bites of Animal;, Galls of all kinds, Sitfast, Ringbones, Cracked Teats, roll Evil, Garget in Cows, Spavins, Sweeney, Scratches or Grease, Foot Rot In Sheep, StriuKhalt, Windfall*, Roup in Poultry, Foundered Feet, Fistula, Ciucked Heels, Mange in Dogs. Ask your nearest Dealer or Druggist for one of our A lmanacs fur 18S3. From the Girtetian LeaderN. Y? Oct.28, '71. MEncHAirr's OAnoLixo Oil.?Wo have made special personal inquiry in regard to the merits or this celebrated remedy, and find it a genuine article of rare value. It. la by no means a new remedy. The establishment which produces it dates its manufacture as far back as 1(533. since which time it has been steadily growing in public favor. The patentees are among the foremost business men of the city of Lockport. They are every way reliable. From the Toledo (Ohio) Blade, July 0, 1871. Meiicttant'8 Gauglinq Oil.?This Old standard article, under the admirable management of John Hodge, Esq., has reached an enormous sale. It is an honestly compounded article; it has merit, and now that the best bu?ine*s talent of the country is handling It, there Is no reason why it should not double its present usefulness. No family can afford to be without it. For family use, as well as for animals, it is simply Indispensable. SPECIAL NOTICE. All we ask is a fair trial, but be sure and follow directions. The Gargling Oil and Merchant's Worm Tablets are for sale by all druggistsand dealers In general merchandise throughout the world. Large Size $1.00; Medium 60 c.; Small 25 c.; Small Size for family use 25 c. Manufactured at Lockport, N. Y., by Merchant's Garglin/ Oil Company. . . AGENTS;0?? !? WANTED i SubscriptianBooks THE FINEST IN THE WORLD, m* the tm.t. c*t Mlllnf Accurately wrltLeasweurir printed on line paper, elegantly illustrated and beautifully bound. No other book* their equal. All new ana no competition. Territory clear. They satisfy the Agent becaoso they sell fast, the peoplo on account of tliclr value. "Newman's America." *"5?lS5!72S Blogranbjr from the M??in4 HatMvrs to Jul; M> SMSS. The only book covering the subject. The Lives of the James Brothers. The only oompleto account of tbo Mluoari Uaiiawi, "The Jeannette." SgrSETtf'T.5C Kxplormtica*. including FnA\KLU, kA.HK, If AYES. HALL and HE LO.IG. "Pictorial Family Bible." plete norlc, containing bath ?<nlM?onlnl*?w Traioiueai. 11 ore features and Illustrations than any other edition. The most i.inKHAL TcnxiM granted by any PUB, Lism.HG BOU& mum ucalucs, KO OKLAVI. Write quickly for clrAlar* and terms. Territory la rapidly being taken. COBUHH * COOS PUBLISHING CO.. Mb ML M k 100 Metropolitan Block, CHICAGO, ILL. - !f nt^bt Isnnfaning"and to/afe" ? IWAnl rj fek ble in coring Eptleptie a^oui. ihdAH 25, A Alcoholism, Opium Eat. \k - A ing. Scrofula and ail tri IK Nervous and Blood Dis k. A*A yr eases. To Clergymen, vHol Lawyers, Literary Men, wMK . Merchants, Banker*, Ladies and all whose ~ t sedentary employment /9fl^L I cauaeenerroairrcmrv * / >100, Irregularities oi JviBl / tk?* blood, stomach. If I bowel* or Kidneys, or _JL who require a nerre W UJRxBt tonic, appetizer or H JEdMB stitnul&st. SAMARIi itLfrrrtrm TAN nebvwe U in. ' valoAblo. Thooiands few MCVCKEA1LS. >* proclaim it the most |Ulhw _ ? wcTiderfnl' Inri^oranl ^RVIN^ fo! H W eale by all DnnatwU. THE DR. S. A. RICHMOND MEDICAL CO, Sole Proprietors, St Jownlii 3Io. RQIS D GIRLS Ton ean for ono day's work have a handsome warranted PznrzcT BrxxrHOiiflTPUOPIJllH Send name on poetal card ton A I LnauIiAIII ouaaz JTOD CO., milihera, TO!Broadway, M.T. FHAZER AXLE GREASE ' Best In the world. Oet the jjennlnc. Every 1 j>acka<e hna our trade-mark ?ml In marked I Frazer>a. WOLD EVERY WHERE. I BBB| This N.Y. Singer, $20 I With tS net of Attachments Frefc I lTTTfnllliir'LErii perfect. IJifht running, tnfrwlfc f \W quiet,handsome auddurable. s'cnt EiSti I J on tc,t trial-plan when detlred. I IBie^'tv tc]ni "TP7 1,0010 Organs: 4 fetf I BBll V^arDB Reeds, 13 stops: Mechanical Hub ^i?^ai irr art it>?? rwtnverouDler.2kneeswells, ^ with S3 (tool and $1 Book, on) v $75. AI'O Benton test trial pinri ifdosired. Kleirant onse, moKiiiilcent k tone, durable Inside and out. Clrllw 1 I ctilar. with testimonials, free. Auk IfrHayne&C'o. ?7 Third ar,Chicago M BestCoushSyrutx Toateagood. IM ||jj Uaolntlma. Sold by druggist*. ffi SIOG Library for SOS 9b. <6 bays a library of llAJ volumes of choicest $1 tianday-schoul books, sent postpaid. Hooka all cat*, logued and numbered; put up lu pamphlet form, wira stitched, light and llexible; will outlast most expensive. Ona hundred and fitty-six bonks n?w i>sunl. Catal?rn? fr?e. Sample book and library exchimxe, tea ceuU. DAVID C. COOK, 4ii Adams street, Chicago. CBV WHT WAJTl M05IT! TmrnimH. " Ol A 1/ TO* Vkfit ft UlBTlMl MUlllbl, S**i?C AwPl pTQ ihiktn f ft h?t*r rwtk bftlr b%14 V I O *<uU ?i W TUICK8N. STtSNOJUM^ftn* WfjM HTiaOIUTI Ulf HAIR MJWMn mmm . ? I ? _ ___ Ttj tb? niii SpabIi* 4iM*r$rj ?h*k ku MIYfll TET JaILID. 8?cJl>MLT SIX CI NTS u Dr. J. flONXA. H UZ. 1m 1M*. fetM, Km S?tcm W til IntWIIwi WT M |Bl CONSUMPTION. I I bare poiltlr# remedy for tb* shore dltrue; by its Hi* tboasands of cases of tb* wont kind and of looc MB Undinebars been cured. Indeed, to stronff In mv fatta la It* emcacy, that I will send TWO BOTTI,Ei FKt->- 19 gethor wltb a VALUABLB TKKATI8E on Ibis duwe, to . Bfl Mr sufferer. Give Kxpmi and F. 0. address. PH. T. X. BLOCUM, ltl PearlBt.. KmrTortr. AI AA TEACH KR'M BlIlMiM. "Oxford" Jltl I Teacher's Bibles, concordance, encycloWlllvV p?dia. dictionary, table#, maps, ?to. Must couiplute teacher's Bibles eitaut; 140 pages. plain bindimr, gilt edge, for One Dollar and Thirty (.Vets. Gift Biblxa from 4l? cents upward. DAVID 0. COOK, >ti Adams street, Chictgo, Illinuin. SAW W3l LLSiSSS THK AULTMAN A TAILOR CO., Maasfisld. 0;.ic^_ j^B rUIUISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS. fringed and plain, choice, new patterns, for Sunday-schools and home gifts, lc. to $1 each. Address DAVID COOK, <6 Adams street, Chicago, 111. %^a I I Jf.wf.LRT, StLVEKWAlir., retailed fc? STI* H A C ?' vvhol.-sal* rato,. Price IHt f-? >. WH will llGw T. W. Kennedy, P.O.boxMO.N.Y. J^H ? Wiintril for tho Best and Fa*test-*elllng "Pictorial Hooks and Bibles. Price* roaucea .? pur cent. National PruunHi.s'0 Co., Philadelphia, Pa. ^ VmiHfi UriJ If yon want to learn Telegraphy in a Iv JnU wen f,.w months and be certain ... a situalion, address Valentine Bros., Janesville Win. /"iOLE.MAN BIJ.S1NE.SS toi.i.i ;c r, Newark^ Wt Write for Catalogue. Coleman A Palms, Props. MIH CDCC A Irt-pajfe treatise on Nervous Debility. Ad lCC dress I,. li. Yolknnir, West Farms, N. Y. THER BE TO-MORROW? il Service Barometer ASS AND THEItMOMETFR f'O.TIBINED, ILL TEIIII YOU! H idicato correctly tiny change in tli1 weather 12 to <8hoor? nil what kind of storm is approaching, and from what !?le In nnvijrntnr*. Farmers can plan their work ictions. SitvcM HO times its cost in a singlo season. 'mumater attached, which aloan is worth the price of tha Wat \VK.4TIIEft INDICATOR is endorsed by tha SftJSteBEST IN THE WORLD! id Barometer arc put in a nicely finished walnut frame, nmings, etc.. makini: it a beautiful ai well as useful oril you a sample one, i/i'/iiYrV'f/w.toyourplaco.ingood I. or -ix for ?j 1. AKt'tits nrc making from $5to $30 I trial trill a h chirr yon. Order at once. It hcIIm nt T__.tn.I.U?? thine to sell U innnrrt, iumuuiu}?w. ~ tl.iew Sti:iiT? taken it in Rat -1 oriirr, hat money pretilled rvi-rvwlH-rr. S.t.iI for <".reular iind term*.OSH fUiO tuuiwo.hktkk works. kind i',i r.'..' ?r?/ ('(< i0.? ?'( ,*!(?. Oawi'KO Co.. ho M iyor, 1'oitmaater, County Cleik, Tint and Second iv huxinefw hotiso in Oswiro, K. V. (fi.v, Omntu md Stat? I'latnlv.ana remit oy vioneu nr reqMered Irttfr. at f.ur rtfk. n Hemililul mid Very 1'irt'ul I'rrscnf. HAT TIIE PUBLIC SAY ABOUT IT. leti-r works <i? well nsone that cocts ?C0. Toil can rely pt, Cuas. II Uoop.ns, Ship "TwiliRht," San Francisco. 1 in pixid order, and must say that t!io instrument jrivrn i every respect. It is neatly mad* ardwondorftillyc. <v.i> Gki>. It. I'Altsnxs. M. K. K.. Uilice. Detroit, .'tlicll. an u.ready saved me many timos it* cott, in foretelling wonderful curiosity and works ^perfection. F. J. Kobkhtson, Milwaukee, 'Wig. WORTHLESS IMITATIONS. None genuine I irk, and ait;naiure of J. A. Pool on the back ot instrunr rnrrnnteil Perfect and Reliable. Sire9 l-Sineheefone stied on receiving the instrument, return it at onco ana lonty. 11*?m ?UV9 where you law ?ur advertisement.