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,-r v^-v v ~ Wandering from Home to Home. When swallows wore building in early spring Andtho roses were red in Juno; When the great white lilies wero fair and sweet, In the heat of the August noon: When tho winds wero blowing tho yellow wheat, * And the song of tho harvest nigh, And the beautiful world lay calm and sweet, In the joy of a cloudless skyThen the swallows were full of glad content In the hope of their Northern nest; Were sure that the land they were tarrying in Of all other lands was tho best. Ah! if they had heard in those blissful days Tho Voice they must heed say, "Go," They hnd left their nests with a keen regret, And their flight had been sad and slow. But when summer was gono and flowers were dead, And the brown leaves fell with a sigh, And they watched the snn setting every day Further on in the northern sky. Then tho Voice was sweet when it bid them "Go," They wero eager for southward flight, And they beat their wings to a new-born hoi?e When they went at the morning light. If the way was long, yet tho way was glad, And they brighter and brighter grew, As they dipped their wings in tho glowing heat, As they still to the southward flew; Till thev found the land of the summersun, The land where the nightingale sings, And joyfully rested 'mid rose and song Their beautiful weary wings. Like swallows we wander from home to home? We are birds of passage at best? In many a spot wo have dwelt awhile, We have built us many a nest. But the heart of the Father will touch our hearts, He will speak to us soft and low, Wo shall follow the Voice to the better land, And its bliss and its beauty know. ?Mary A. Barr, in Harper's Weekly. A STRANGE STORY. CHAPTER I. " Then to take whatever the gods may send, Putting to scruples and doubts an end, Is the sensible way to live, my friend." So sang a clear voice, with more of nature than cultivation in 11. rerhaps there was more of conviction and acquiescence in it than of music. "Whether there be such a tiling as "luck" or not, it is certain that careless Guy Crawford had found life very good and the world very pleasant while taking "whatever the gods had sent" him. The scene was scarcely calculated to stimulate one to musical efforts. Overhead were the wet and drooping branches of tho trees, under foot the soaked soil, and all around the dreary moan of the rain-laden wind. The rain had fallen all day long in an almost silent torrent. As evening came on it had lessened a little, while the wind had increased, in power. The world seemed now one dreary, vacant realm of night and storm. But Guy Crawford, wet and weary, cold and in darkness, alone and lost, tramped sturdily on; and as he pressed forward lie san<r. over and over again: " Then to take whatever the pods may send, Putting to scruples and doubts an end, Is the sensible way to live, my friend." Guy Crawford had left the little railroad station at noon. lie expected his friend there to meet him, but he had been disappointed. Asking the station-master for directions he set out on foot for his destination. It involved walking twenty miles ; but he said to himself that he liked walking. It rained ; but rain wat better than heat and dust. '. . Guy Crawford readily met each objection which came up in his mind. His friend would Send for his baggage, J he said to himself; his friend could lend him'drv clothes when he arrived; Sy: his friend would have a warm welcome for him. Guy would have laughed at being thought more than a moderately sen o sible young man. But the man who let the brighter features of his past and the de.irer hopes of his future shut down so near together in his mind as to make the present almost unreal, was a philosopher, whether he knew it or not. * "When night had fallen Crawford realized that lie was lost. lie believed it might be midnight now ; he could only dimly discern objects about him ; he had not seen a human face or a human habitation for'hours. But he sang, nevertheless, as we wi*? ' said, and in the song one side of his character stood fully revealed. Guy Crawford would take life cheerfully as * . it came. lie would not pause in a '.t course which opened before him because of doubts as to the end of it all. But, despite the debonair way in which he sang ol putting scruples to an emi, mere was a siroug umu-icurrent of principle anil honor in the course of this- man's life, for all the manifold ebbs and flows on the surface?ebbs and flows which ran to and fro with the .varying impulses of circumstances, or fate. t Guy Crawford would have thought of no alternative. lie would have said " fate " at once. j He sang the three lines over again; then muttered to himself: * " That's all right; but it is a very natural thing fur one to ask himself why in the world Clinton was not at the station V" Down the rainy gale ran his voice again: "Then to take whatever the gods may send, Putting?" "Stop your noise!" said a harsh voice at iiis elbow, and a heavy hand was laid on his shoulder. " Stop your noise." Something else touched his forehead: he could not see what it was. His im.v; pulse to fig)it was conquered by its contact, however, for he guessed that it was the muzzle of a revolver. "Bring a lantern!" said the man who had captured Guy; and a light was produced almost immediately. But little was visible. The raindrops on the branches shone in the light, and, having hung for a.moment _ in brightness, dropped one by one into the blackness; trees and a- fence near by stood half-outlined. There were several horses tied to the fence?horses which looked spectral and shadowy as Guy saw them. | In the center of the lighted space I. 'here were two men besides Guy. Both a were evidently disguised and both were 1 heavily armed. f " Come on," said both of them in a * breath to Guy; and oneof them added: \ "Don't you dare to make a noise I above a whisper." I The light went out; a hand rested in '' anything but a gentle manner on each shoiilder, and the philosophical singer ^ was hurried away by his two strange captors. Cuy Crawford was not frightened; he was surprised and startled, but not frightened. lie had little money with - i * ? 1- 1.. lino, no vaiuauie jeweis, uui) <m wu watch, no papers, ltobbery would be nothing to liim. lie didn't exactly welcome the curious episode in which he was taking an involuntary part; but he thought of it in wonder, instead of fear. The line he had been singing ran through his mind?" Then to take . whatever the gods may send "?and ' the full force of his position, regarded ft v as a ludicrous comment on the sentir ment it expressed, burst upon him. To have saved his life he couldn't have helped it?lie laughed out loud! 1" You infernal fool!" hissed one of the men in his ear. " This isn't funny, r even if you think so." ^ "I know it," answered Guy; "it's - a very solemn and serious affair. But _jyhy don't you take my money and | watch at once, and let me go ?" I " We don't wart your money and I watch, man! We've money and I watches enough, without going hunt* ing for them on such a night as this. What we want is a man. We want ^ They walked for a while fn a comparatively open road; they turned aside into a narrow path later. At length they climbed a stile and entered an in closure. ^ The dim light of the stormy night was enough to show white and India tinct masses hero and there. Guy recognized them as monuments and headstones. They had entered a cemetery. A walk of a quarter of an hour? really that, but seemingly longer?had carried te<'m into what Guy 1'clt was a particularly desolate and retired part of this desolate and retired place. They made a turn in an avenue which was closely hedged with evergreen, and a strange scene lay before them. A half-dozen lanterns stood on the ground or hung from the trees. In t)ir? tlm<4 1i<rlitr>il n rrroim of siv V..V, ~ . --n?v- ? t-> 1 men aiul one woman stood near a large and handsome monument. The woman was wrapped in a long cloak and was heavily veiled. Jler arms were bound to her sides. She stood in a dejected attitude, leaning against the monument. Guy Crawford could believe she was crying from the way her head was bent; but her face was concealed from even the slightest view. One old gray-haired man, with a frightened face, stood near her; his hands, too, were bound. The rest of the men were free, were disguised, some of them with masks, and were as well-armed as the two who had captured Guy. One of the captors held Guy Crawford, while the other stepped across the lighted space to the man who seemed to be the chief. The leader made an impatient movement, and said something in a tone so low that no one but the men to whom he spoke. could hear it. lie wjis evidently angry. The man answered in a louder tone: "Not the right man? How was 1 to know.? 1 wouldn't have supposed more than one man would he tramping about the country on such a night except he was well paid for it. This fellow came along shouting some nonsense about 'taking what the gods sent,' and we took him at his word, you see, and took him." The leader laughed?a low, stilled laugh it was; a laugh that was shut in by the disguise which covered his face?but it showed that something had pleased him. He spoke .again, and as low as before ; and the impatient man with him answered: "He'll do, you say? I should hope so. Why, i wouldn't go hunting through this black night for another one for tiwce the pay you oiler!'' The leader spoke again and the man betore him nodded an<i turned away, lie spoke loud enough for all to hear: " Whoever fails to do what he is or dered to-night will not have a chance to disobey orders again in this world!" To the woman he said: "You know this place? It is your father's grave." Her head was bowed and remained , bent lower than before. lie turned to the old man. 41 You know the girl? You preached at his funeral who lies here." "I know her. I knew him. You are right," he said. ****** Morning again. Rain still fulling, J but a break in the clouds low down in the eastern sky almost lets the sunlight through. The party who have made the past night a mystery are mounted now?all but Guy Crawford. The two captives are captives still?he alone is free. The one who has been spokesman during the night turns to him as they are ready to move off. "As our way lies east this morning, yours lies west. You may go first. Never cross the path of any Of us again, and be thankful in what the gods sent you hist night there was hope for you. Be thankful for life this morning." cnAFTER ir. It is a beautiful morning. Fall has come, but it is not late. Many summer tourists will linger at mountain and ocean for weeks yet. A young man walks along a narrow strip of sand. At his right: is the ocean, cmnnt.h ns thp. summer sea. free from the buffeting hands of the storm, ever becomes. At his left is a low line of cliffs, high in some places. They are scarcely more than twenty feet opposite him. We have thus far had only the merest glimpse of this man. Looking at him now, we see that he is young and strong, handsome .and noble-looking, and with one paradox written on his mobile face?a puzzled look of care in the midst of a carelessness which nature gave him when she endowed him with the characteristics which make him what he is. We have heard more of him in the past than we have seen of him. Let us listen now. He is singing, a little more thoughtfully perhaps than when we heard him something more than a year ago, but much the same as then: "Then take whatever the cods may send, Putting to scruples and doubts an end, Is the sensible way to live, my? ? Hnn/lnncu rrr?ir>mnu ?" * v,mu',v,w 6l . The climax was not unnatural when one considers the cause. A lady had ventured too near the edge of the cliff, and went over just as he came opposite her. Although steep the cliffs were not perpendicular, and Guy sprang forward and helped break the fall by catching the young lady in his arms. She was unconscious when he caught her, but recovered enough to smile her thanks to him, and to present the three young men who climbed hurriedly down to the beach to her aid as her three cousins. Guy had done little?except act on the precept embodied in his favorite song?for the lady would have fallen on the sand but for him, and had already escaped the danger of the rocks on the way down. She had, however, or affected to have, a great deal of gratitude, and Guy Crawford always found a smile of welcome for him when lie sought her side. To be with her became a liabit, a joy, a part of his very life. The three cousins might look coldly at him; lie never knew it. The woman might be more than kind to him; he never guessed it. His own heart might have startled his intelligence, but he never questioned it. Never any of these, until he stood one night with a telegram from his employers in his hand. His vacation, which was to have lasted for a month ! longer, must close, lie had only one more day to remain. In the light of coming parting he knew it all at last. "I cannot go," he said; "I cannot leave her ! But I must." lie thought a little; then he said: " If I had only known I should have gone long ago. For her peace and mine I should have gone. I see it now." * * * * * Miss Maude Walton waited longer than usual that evening for the customary invitation for a walk along the beach. Guy Crawford felt that farewell must be short, and lie knew that, in honesty, it must be hard. Together in the moonlight night j they walked along the sands. The gravest crisis in their lives stood before j them. TTp rnnid not know how much of life and happiness lay within the reach of his hand if he put it forth in truth and honor. He could not guess how much the woman before him would shut back behind her lips and never utter, though the silence slew her heart, if a coward and a traitor sought what she might say. " 1 am going away to-morrow. I have received a telegram which makes it imperative." "Yes," she answered, with much the look that a heathen priestess might wear who found a Haw in the idol she served. But a look of faith in his truth came back to her face as lie continued: " Yes, I am going ; I ought to have gone before. I never knew?God help me!?until to-night that I loved you. I have been blind to my own heart. I must tell you I love you?I do; but we can nevei be more than friends." 'You have not asked me to give you any hope." "No?nor shall I. I have no right to do so." " A true woman would never let a lack of wealth deter her." " I know it/' " I refused eacli of my cousins today." " I am sorry. Sinco I can never win you for my wife T wish some nohle man the good fortune which cannot be mine." " One of my cousins is not a good man. One of them is as great a scoundrel as ever lived." "You should find some little excuse for liiui in the fact that he loves you. Xo man can be wholly bad who truly loves a good woman." " lie doesn't love me. He merely pretends he does." "Merely pretends. I don't under Slillld. " I'll explain to you. I liavc a small fortune from an aunt; but my father's fortune was left with strange conditions. llo loved my cousins almost as well ns lie did me. lie wanted me to marry one of them, hut did not care to say which one. If his wishes were carried out I was to have half his fortune and each of my cousins a sixth. Unless I marry one of them I lose my share, and it will he divided among them. Unless each asks me except for the reason that T am already engaged to one of the others, he loses his share, t<> lie divided among the rest. Two of these men love me. One does not. 15ut my share of half a million dollars would he a temptation to any scoundrel, wouldn't it?" " Perhaps so. I can scarcely say how low a man might fall. "Which one is it V" A look of puzzled horror settled down on her face. "I don't know which one and I never shall," she said. " What do you mean?' He came a step nearer. " Tell me why you have not asked me to he your wife, while you st ill say you love me, and I will tell you." "W?n will not. liflipvp lllf. Voil will think I am a mere trifler." " Tell nie the truth, no matter how strange it is." " A Veil, I will. Somewhere in the [ world 1 have a wife living. I never J saw her, I never expect to know her. I married her one night at her father's J grave, with a revolver at my head, j She was closely wiled. My captors and hers were in disguise. I love you, but a minister married me to her. The rascals forced him to give her a regular certificate; my name is in it. It is legally binding. I think it is even morally binding, since I chose it deliberately rather than death." "Guy Crawford, my name is in that certificate, too, and the certificate is in my pocket. One of my cousins was the leader in that plot which robbed me of my fortune. God only knows which one of the three it was, except the coward hirelings who helped him. Had you tried to win my promise to be your wife without owning to this, I should have carried my secret to my I n-iHi urn Tint T lnvp vnii jinil T V >? Ull "v ~ J , have tried as hard as a woman modestly may to win you. I think I have loved you ever since that terrible night when you became my husband. Are you satisfied to take what tne gods have sent you ?" CIIATTEK III. Our closing scene is five years later. The marriage which had taken place in that rainy night had been supplemented by another ceremony?a happy one this time. The guilty man has died and ihas confessed his crime. The other two cousins have restored the money that the young wife should justly have. It is evening. Mrs. Crawford has just told the wonderful story of herself and her husband to an interested audience of neighbors and friends. "A natural question suggests itself," say a half-dozen in concert. " The question as to why you were not at the station to meet him, Clinton V" says a practiced man. " My question is as to whether G uy Crawford would have fouikl life as happy as he has if Clinton.had met him?" asks a speculative one. Providence and fate, chance and coincidence, each of these had its adlw.r^nt in flip orrnillV rind ill faVOr Of each there are questions asked. Up the hill comes the manly form of Guy Crawford. The light of the setting sun shines around him. His boy Guy runs to meet him, and the wife and mother follows the two with a look of which father and son may well be proud. " Hark," says Clinton, " I hear the heart of my question beating up the breeze." All listen, and up the hill comes the music of a happy and honest heart? "Then to take whatever the sods may send, Putting to scruples and doubts an end, Is the sensible way to live, my friend." As the voice ceases Clinton asks, " Is the song true?" A natural question, dear reader, is it? The Savage Gelada. When a prize comes to be offered for the biggest, ugliest, most savage and rarest monkey, it will undoubtr?llv mitn tlir? ftpl'irln. tlint. a Yow York wild beast und bird importer had in his place. According to the authorities on natural history, the Gelada grows.to be as large as a man. If so, this specimen is only about half grown. The dog-faced baboon is a beauty beside him, and even the gorilla is comparatively amiable. The (lelada's head is comparatively small, aft of his enormous protruding muzzle, and looks as if it merely held brains enough to furnish the malace that burns in his wicked little eyes. Xol even an alligator has more openness of expression than he, and such teeth as his not even a lion or tiger posses. The canine fangs are a good inch and a half in length, keenly pointed at their tips, anil their inner edges are almost as sharp as razors. Travelers aver that his sprightly habit in combat is to " spring upon his enemy and lmry his teeth in the throat, then to violently push the antagonist from him, cutting the throat to ribbons." The beast looks as if he would act in just that way, if he thought it was the meanest thing he could do. His j nose consists of two ugly broad nostrils with a double tube connection up into his head. When lie wants to show his frightful teeth he Hops his upper li.> +>,.,+ rixen I '(U 1\ tiHIU i.IU.3V VI V* upon itself. On liis breast is a large lozenge-shaped patch of skin, bare of hair, which becomes brilliantly crimson when he is very angry. It is always rather red, for his temper is never good. A mantle of very long and thick black fur springs from his neck, and falls down over his shoulders. His anus and legs are very long and powerful, liis linger and toe, nails are like an eagle's claws in length and sharpness, and lie can use either hands or feet equally well in grabbing, tearing or clawing a piece out-of the hand" or clothing incautiously put within his reach, lie is said to be an unconquerable and treacherous savage, capable of no such thing as gratitude, affection or good nature. What he pines for most is a light with somebody. In his native wilds, in the high mountains of Abyssinia, il.UUO to 12,001 J feet above the level of the sea, he revels in combat with the regular baboons of the country, lighting with clubs, stones, teeth and claws, and always coming off victorious except when there is an overwhelming force against him. In captivity he spends his time plotting malicious things and lying in wait for chances to do them. There must be plenty of (Jeladas in Abyssinia, for the books of natural historv tell us that"thev are gregarious, and generally stay up in the mountains, liut make incursions in very small bodies of 100 or 200 down to the lowlands, and do great damage to the fields of the natives." But they are exceedingly rare in captivity. In Europe it has never been found practicable to keep one longer than twenty days. In its wild :te it lives on snails,worms?to :* t ^ which it turns over big stones?:m I ;ipon the cr -ps of the exasperated farmers in its vicinity. It was at the house of the bride's parents after the wedding. On a table were exposed the costly presents. Two gentlemen were examining them. Said one suddenly: " These, you say, are the bride's presents, but what does the groom get?"/ "Oh," replied the other, "he gets tjie woman." First gentleman: "IS that all? Poor fellow!"? Boston Transcript., \ / Modest Benevolence. Fifth avenue, New York, contains two ladies of great wealth, each of whom may be said to live alone, with the exception of servants. One df these is Mrs. A. T. Stewart, who occupies a place which cost $1,000,000. The taxes alone on this grand establishment are $12,500. She has a dozen servants, and a housekeeper, but otherwise lives alone, though often visited by her young and expectant relatives. The other is Miss Harriet Lenox, sister of the philanthropist, who occupies the house built by the latter, when Fiftli avenue first became an aristocratic street. She lives alone, with the exception of the servants, but her nurnose in life is to carry out her brother's philanthropic schemes, for which reason lie made her sole heir. Old Robert Lenox, the founder of the family, had four children, a son and three daughters. Harriet is. the last of the line, which, in her death, will become extinct. She is, like her late brother, a recluse, but devotes her time and her wealth to benevolence, which is administered through approved channels of usefulness. Kobert Lenox's name appears in the first Xew York directory, dated 1780. lie was a thrifty Scotch merchant, and an elder in the "Presbyterian church. Two of his daughters married, but Harriet remained single, and so did the son, James, "who was one of the strangest bachelors on record. He did not care for society of any kind, did not love horses, or anything of a sportive character. He was, 011 the other hand, a student, and devoted himself to books. He was an economist, and yet showed a remarkable turn for benevolence, but exercised it in the most private manner possible. The senior Lenox left $300,01)0, which was then called a large property, but lie also had a farm of twenty acres five miles from the city, which he always considered an unfortunate investment. The land was poor, and at $10,000 the purchase seemed a blunder. Ilis son, James, liriwuver lived to see the time when a lot (in size one-sixth of an acre) sold for more than the entire cost of the farm, including taxes. Fifth avenue runs directly through it, and it fronts the Central park. The old farmhouse still stands, and is occupied by James Gaddis, who has supplied his patrons with vegetables for many years, lie has become rich and owns many houses, but is still proud to be gardener of the Lenox family. .Tames and Harriet Lenox lived for more than a third of a century in a plain-looking house in the lower part of the avenue. The house was different, sociiilly speaking. from any other in New York. The only visitors admitted were the pastor, the physician and a few family connections. On Sundays, the brother and sister walked over to the church, which stood on the other side of the same avenue. They never attended any other church, nor were seen in any other places of public resort. Theatres, concerts, lectures, were alike unattractive to this quiet pair, who were all in all to each other. The only variation was the summer residence in Newport, where, however, the same seclusion was maintained. In this way a lifetime passed, and it was- one of great activity. James Lenox did a day's work every day, and when death closed his career of fourscore he left a noble record. The funeral was in keeping with his previous habits. The hour was not announced, and there were no invitations. A small circle of kindred assembled, and after the prayer the undertaker conveyed the remains to the place of interment, followed by a few carriages. On the following Sabbath the pastor informed the congregation that, in obedience to the wishes of the deceased, no funeral sermon would be delivered. The illustrated papers applied for a picture, but were refused. However great might be the public desire to behold a likeness of the philanthropist, this was contrary to his purpose. A portrait had been painted, but it was private property. It had been expected that Lenox would Tn.ik-ft snmft liberal beouests: but. on the other hand, lie merely bequeathed the estate to Harriet. Having acted as a faithful trustee all his life, he placed the trust in her hands. She knows his wishes, and since his death they have been carefully fulfilled. The income is administered for benevolent purposes. Agricultural Wonders. Stalks of wheat six feet high, with heads six inches long, are the pride of California farmers. A beautiful tuberose, with a stalk six feet high, is the property of Mr. A. 11. Lutz, of Lancaster, Pa. The lorlgest cucumber ever grown in the South was on exhibition in Xorth Carolina. It is forty-seven inches long. The corn crop of Texas this year is estimated at 140,000,000 bushels. The vjilue of the agricultural products of that State is $94,071,998. The largest tobacco leaf reported this season was grown by John C. Dougherty, of Lancaster county, Pa. 1 -1 I nn,l JLC IS ioriy-six liicnes lung <iuu mcuir,!seven wide. William Pfeiifer, of Gunpowder, Md., exhibits a stalk of corn measuring sixteen and a half feet from the root to the top, and ten feet two inches from the root to the ear. Griflin, Ga!, has the largest peach orchard in the South, containing 50,000 trees and covering nearly 600 acres. Four hundred grafted apple trees and 5,000 pear trees stand on the same farm. There are 12,000 head of Jersey cattle on the Isle of Jersey and 6,000 on the Isle of Guernsey. The exportations from both are nearly 3,000 head per year. Several hundred come to the United States. A rose bush bearing over 1,000 buds is the pride of a garden in Charlestown, Mass. It is thirty-five years old, and it covers over 100 square feet of ground. A single stem had sixteen buds, and stems having twelve, ten or less were quite numerous. A Plucky Soldier. Private llinkson, a reserve man belonging to the royal Irish brigade .attached to the Gordon Highlanders, bayoneted seven men during the charge of Tel-el-Kebir, and was afterward attacked by "three Egyptian ollicers. A bullet was sent through his right cheek and passed out of his neck, but he succeeded in bayoneting two. Before he | killed the third another bullet struck mm almost in mo same ju;u;e, ujn-mn^ the lirst wound and following a similar direction. While lying on the ground lie was fired at again by an Arab, but was rescued by two men of tin* army service corps, with only a slight additional injury-to one of his lingers. He suffered from locHjaw for three days, and how he recovered is marvelous. It is thought that he will receive a distinguished conduct medal.?London Telegraph. Sad accident: "A man while shaving accidentally cut off his nose. In | his excitement lit* dropped the razor and decapitated one of his toes, llasI tily picking up the dismembered portions of his anatomy he clapped them to the bleeding wounds and bound tliem im tightly. After the llesh had I grown fast and healed up he removed [ the bandages and was filled with liorj ror when lie found a well developed toe in lieu of a nasal organ, and vice versa. Now, whenever lie gets a cold, I he has to remove his shoe and stocking { in order to blow his nose.?Baltimore American.The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: Mr. Charles Iteis, No. 1011 Second Carondelet avenue, this city, was cured by St. Jacobs Oil after sixteen years' suffering with rheumatism. Geological examination of the delta of the Mississippi now shows that for a distance of about 300 miles there are buried forests of large trees, one over the other, with interspaces of sand. The Boston Globe brings this item: Charles S. Strickland, Esq., this city, was cured of rhueniatisiii by St. Jacobs Oil. ___\ If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess there would not be much envy I in the world. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Eastern and Middle States. An expert accountant has been going over the books of the Poughkeepsio (N. Y.) officials and several of them are charged with deficiencies in their accounts. A demand to make good theso alloged deficiencies, aggregating over $30,000, has been mado. The third of the sorio3 of three races in New York, between Myers and George, American and English pliampion amateur runners, has been declared off on account of the former's illness, and the modal given to the latter. The first raco of half n milo was won by Myers; George captured tho second race of one mile, and the third and deciding contest was to have br.eu at three-quarters of a mile. 11. C. WKLsn, superintendent of the Cold Spring powder works near Allentown, Pa., was blown to pieces by an explosion in the niter vault. Near Scranton, Pa., the roof of a mine fell in with a terrific crash, instantly killing Albert and Thomas Williams and fatally injuring Sylvester Williams, a brother of Albert. Three cheeses, each weighing 2,000 pounds, were on exhibition in New York a few days since. They were made in Whitesboro, N. Y., and were intended for exhibition in Glasgow, Scotland. An ordinary chcoso weighs sixty pounds. The engineer of the great bridge between Now York and Brooklyn states that tho structure will bo ready for use March 31,1883. A poor lad employed as cash boy in a Boston dry goods house, together with his sister, hns fallen heir to $2,.!XX3,000, left to them by an uncle in Australia. The wife of Chief Engineer Melville, of tho lost Jeannettc, having recovered from tho insanity which developed itself upon her husband's return to their homo in Philadelphia, has been released from the insane asylum atNorristown, Pa. The Now England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute fair in :Boston was remarkably successful this year. Preparations aro already .being made for tho exhibition of 1883, at which it is proposed to compare, on a large scale, the products of the South with those of the North. The legislatures of thirteen Southern and Southwestern States have been asked to furnish appropriations to secure State exhibits. A large number of individual applications for space from Southern States have already beon received. A fibh broke out in the Short Mountain colliery, at Lykens, Pa., throwing 1,600 men and boys out of work. Tiie resignation of Governor-elect Cleveland, as mayor of Buffalo, was unanimously accepted by the common council. Professor Henry Diurru, a distinguished American scientist, died a few days ago nt his home in New York, aged forty-five yearB, Mrs. Rebecca Lockwood, aged ninety years, a wealthy resident of Philadelphia, was burned to death, having accidentally set her clothes on fire. Guiseppe Pellito, an Italian laboren living in New York, murdered another Italian's wife, after making arrangements to elope withiier, and then killed himself. Following is the official voto for Penngylvania's governor: Piittison (Democrat), 356,791; Beaver (Republican), 315,589; Stew art (Independent Republican), 43,7*13; Armstrong (Greenback-L:ibor), 23,484; Pettit (Prohibition), 5,19(5. Total vote, 743,803; ~ - t- -1 1 11'.. 4A <W) ratuson 8 piurumy, -i Public funerals in cases of contajjious diseases are now prohibited in Boston. DinmiEiuA prevails to such an extent in Philadelphia that it has almost become epidemic, and the board of health haB taken steps to contract the contagion. The joint Congressional committee appointed for the purposo of inquiring as to a remedy for the depressed condition of the American ship-building and carrying trades has been holding Sessions in New York and taking testimony. In connection with the .n*e*aial celebration at Newburg, N. Y., Washington's old headquarters, next year, it is proposed to rebuild the old "Temple" in which General Washington refused a crown. A disastbous accident occurred the other evening at a now air shaft of the Oxford colliery, Scranton, Pa., caused by the giving way of a largo platform upon which an immense quantity of ice had accumulated. The kc went crashing to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 125 feet, where a num ber of sinkers were nt work. Two mon, named Hopkins Hughes nnd Patrick Eochfort,were instantly killed, nnd James Roborts, William Hayes, and Thomas Walkins, the >ntractor, wero probably fatally injured. A club exclusively in the interests of authors has been started in Now York. 'A lauok number of prominent citizens were present at the funeral sen-ices of Tliurlow Weed in New York. Tho pall-bearers wero General James Watson Webb, ox-Governor Edwin D. Morgan, Hamilton Fish, Frederick W. Seward, Charles O'Conor, Isaac Bell, Alfred Van Santvoord, James C. Bo wen, John McKeon and John II. Van Antwerp, of Albany. South and West. A semotjs riot, growing out of a general dislike for tho city government, occurred tho othor night at Opolika, Ala. Tho row lasted all night, many show windows and ? ??./* nn/1 thrno mnn xvnrf\ wounded. Mississippi pilots, testifying before the Congressional investigating committee, at Helena, Ark., asserted that the river has not been improved for navigation during the last twenty years and tlmt all works put up to protect tho banks must prove useless. Gboss earnings of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for tho last fiscal year were ?18,383,875.75. A stage containing three passengers was robbed near Campbellsville, Ky., by a single masked robber. Official returns give tho following as the vote in Indiana: Hawn, Republican, 210,23-1; Myers, Democrat, 220,018; Leonard, Greenback, 18,520; Myer's plurality, 10,G84. Congress: Kleiner, Democrat, 1,G43* plurality; Cobb, Democrat, 3,G<11 majority; Stockslager, Democrat, 4,585 plurality; Holman, Democrat, 3,194 plurality; Matron, Democrat, 3,/WW majority; Browne, Republican, 7,31:5 plurality; Peelle, Republican, 87 pin rality; Lamb, Democrat, 2^7 plurality; Ward, Democrat, 875 plurality; Wood, Democrat, 1,014 plurality; Steele, Republican, 333 plurality; Lowry, Democrat, 3,3G3 plurality; Calkins-, Republican, 301 plurality. Mr. William A. Russell, a merchant in Reisterstown, Md., was shot doad by one of two burglars who had broken into his store. A boiler explosion on a plantation in l'ointo Coupee Parish, La., instantly killed the engineer and fatally injured two colored laborers A bitter railroad war prevails in the Northwest, and passenger and freight rates have been reduced to almost nothing. The fare between Chicago and St. Paul was reduced to twenty-five cu and freight was taken at any prico th.it ..hippers chose to offer. Tiie Chicago Railway Ayr reports that 1,008 miles of road wero completed in October, malting 9,1$ miles in ten months of 1K*\ The noted racing sire imported Buckden is dead. His owner, Captain Cottrell, of Mobile, had just refused an offer of ?J'J,000 for him. 13. II. Cbapstek, for ten or twelve years postmaster at Shelbyville, Ivy., was found dead ina stable on his premises the other morning with a bullet hole through his head. A pistol was lyinir by his side, indicating that he had committed suicide. A Dk.vvkk (Col.) dispatch nays that ttio mails between that city and Eastorn cities, particularly Now York, Buffalo and Cleveland, have been systematically robbed, and that the looses in drafts, bills of oxchanyo and postal money orders amount to more than $f>00,000. These lastaro not real losses> but Denver banks and business houses have been forced to make their transfers of money inrou^n ux^ru^ cuiupuiiiua, muvu iu their cost and iuconvenionce. From Washington. Dtmixa Octol)or 57,803 passengors arrived in llio United States, of whom 44,905 were emigrants, 8,:i07 citizens of the United States returned from abroad, and .'3,.'357 aliens not intending to remain here, i Ij. G. Mautin, supervising special agent, has submitted to the secretary of the treasury a report of Jho operations of the special agoncy service for the fiscal year ended June .'JO, 1882. Amount recovered on account of seizures, fines and suits, $811,579.48; increased duties, Jj;7<?ll,440.12; miscellaneous, ?12,15:1.25; total, $871,179.15; Number of seizures, 217; appraised value, ?91,475.02. Reduction in expenses recommended, $18,.">22.05. Number of arrests, f>4; number of reports received, 2,070. Of these reports, 58 relate to smuggling, ?19 to undervaluation, (54 to miscon. duct of customs officer, 182 to seizures, 12'.) to inspection of customs districts, 15 to suits commenced and 2,20i> to miscellaneous subjfiOta. Dubinq the past fiscal year there were in- : spected 5,117 American vessels and 20,467 officers licensed?an increase over the statistics of Inst year of 338 vessels and 2,CGI officers. The receipts of the department were $279,889.30 and the expenditures $227,015.03, leaving a balance of receipts of $52,273.07. During the year 205 lives were lost in fortyone accidents, as follows: Fifteen deaths in fifty-three explosions, seven deaths in sixty fires, sixteen deaths in thirty-four collisions and sixty-one deaths by accidents from other causes. Of the lives lost but fifty-six were those of passengors. Commissioner Lobino, in his annual re port, estimates the yield of grain in iwz as follows; Corn, 1,Gill,000,000 hnshels; wheat, 410,000,000 bushels; oats, 470,000,000 bushels; barley, 4,1,000,000 bushels; ryo, 20,000,000 bushels; buckwheat, 12,000,000 bushels. A census bulletin, just issued, embraces a table of statistics of manufactures in the United States, showing the capital invested, the number of hands employed, the amount of wages iciid, the value of materials used, and the yalue of products, for all the establishments of manufacturing industry, gas excepted, in each of the States and Territories, as returned at the census of 1880. The following are the totals: Number of establishments, 253,840; capital, $2,700,223,COG; avernge number of hands employed?men above sixteen years, 2,025,279; women abovo fifteon years, 531,753; children and youths, 181,918; total amonnt paid in wages during the year, ?917,919,074; value of materials, $3,394,310,029; value of products, $5,:JC;),GC7,70G. Foreign News. Tns government troops in Ecuador have defeated the insurgents in a battle. A. school-house near Quitnper, France, caught are, and nino children were burned to death. Five men were killed and nino injured by an explosion at the dynamito works in Llanclly, Wales. Two buildings occupied by William Whitoly, one of the principal London draper?, have been partially burned; loss over $500,000. Egtptian troops ordered to the Sondan to? fight against the false prophet are deserting in largo numbers. Twenty-five persons have been arrested in Lyons,France, charged with being revolu tionists. An extradition treaty between tho United States and Belgium lias been ratified by both governments. It is rumored that the legation of China in tho United States will shortly be ordered home in consequence of the passage of the recent Chinese bill. Queen Victoria, with the Princo and Princess of Wales and other members of tho royal family, reviewed 8,000 of tho troops which took part in the Egyptian campaign. Vast crowds were on tho streets and at night London was illuminated in honor of the review. General Wolseley was at tho head of the troops, and tho review excited great enthusiasm, being unprecedented since the close of the Crimean war. Seventeen alleged Nihilists have been arrested at Odessa, Russia. A madman named Sanders has boen arrest '? t ****/! mnrrtAr Mr. uu 111 jjuuuuu iui Gladstone). An explosion of a powder magazine near Guayaquil, Ecuador, destroyed a church and several houses and killed a number of persons. After tha trial of Arabi Pacha had proceeded somo timo it was reported that the commission of inquiry was turning it into a farce. Mr. Broadley, of counsel for defense, withdrow. Mb. William TV. Astob, the new American minister, presented his credentials to King Humbert at Rome. Fon their services in the Egyptian war Admiral Seymour and Goneral Wolseley have been gazetted peers. The British steamship Wearmouth was wrecked on one of the Magdalen islands, and of the twenty men on board sixteen lost their lives. Canada claims $1,000,000 from the United States for wrongfully charging twenty per cent, duty on hay when the proper duty was only ten per cent. Decorations to officers and soldiers who distinguished themselves in the Egyptian war, to the number of 370, were presented by Queen Victoria. The Earl of Harrowby and his brother, Hon. Frederick Dudley Ryder, both died on the same day in England. The former was born in 1?98 and the latter in 180G. In the Joyce murder trial at Dublin Michael Casey withdrew his plea of not guilty, and counsel for the other four prisoners also pleaded guilty, making an appeal for mercy. tj.o j?irirrr* fi,r>n spiitorifiGd thorn to be hanired. The steamer Winton, with grain from tho Black sea, foundered off tho island of Ushant, coast of France, and thirty persona were drowned. An explosion of gnnpowder occurred in the barracks of Madrid, Spain. Nearly the whole building was blown to pieces, and fifteen soldiers were injured. Eleotic lights have been largely introduced into tho prominent establishments in Japan. Tub Princo of Wales asked that the sentence of ten years' penal servitude passed on William Brookshaw, the writer of a letter lireatening his li/e, be reduced. The captain of a steamer which has arrived fit Snnderland, Eflgland, reports that off tho coast of Norfolk his vessel passed a large raft to which three or four corpseswero 'ashed. The death is announced from the Western coast of Africa of King Omora. Ho leaves 700 widows. Of his ninety-five children, seventy-sovon are still alive. His oldest son has 400 wives. The Dublin United Ireland says Mr. Dillon will go to America soon to make a lengthened sojourn with his brother in Colorado. H? insists nnon resitmini? his seat in the house of commons. Thurlow Weed's Career. The death of the aged politician and journalist, Thurlow Weed, at his home in New York, removed from life a man who took a leading part for many years in the struggle for power among political parties in this country. Mr. Weed was born at Cairo, N. Y., November 15, 1?J7, his father being of New England origin, while his mother was an English woman. At nine years of ago young Weed was employed on a Harlem river craft plying between Gatskill and New York. The next year ho entered a printing office at Catskill. Removing to Cincinnatus, N. Y., the following year, with his parents, he remained with them several years, helping to support the family. In 1H11 he again entered a printing office?that of the Lynx, at Onondaga Hollow. The paper died after a year's existence, and Weed thon worked a while in r cannon ball fonndry at Syracuse. Returi ing to the printing office, ho published foi . short time a newspaper at Manlius, and, the second war with Great Britain being in progress, then enlisted in the State militia for service on tho northern frontier. When he entered the service he was at workjn the office of the Herkimer American. Curing his short-lived service in tho army ho was promoted to tho position of quartermaster sergeant. Going to Cooperstown Mr. weeu worked thcro some time, and then wont to New York and found employment in a printing oflice. While working in tho metropolis he went to Albany 011 behalf of tho New York Typographical society, which was at that time (LSI(J) applying for a charter. In 1K1S ho began at Norwich, Chenango county, tho publication of an agricultural and general newspaper, tho columns of which gave promise of his later success in a wider lieldof journalism. Soon after he disposed of his paper and removed to Rochester. There after a time ho purchased tho Trlfi)rii))lt newspapor and conducted it in the interests of Do Witt Clinton. 'Henceforward lie rose rapidly in political promineuco and power. He was olected to tho State assembly in lN'Jfi-7, and lead in the anti-Masonic movement of those days. In IKS,'! Mr. Weed changed tho name of his paper to tlio .1 /1 Masonic fuu/nircr. In IftiO ho settled al Albany, and commenced tho publication of tho Kvniimj Journal, an anti-Jackson Whig paper, which was made the organ of the party, and also of the State government whou that party camo into power. The election of Governor Seward in 1H,'{K and 1H10 was duo largely to his management, and from that time forward h*> was recognized as tho leader of tho Whig party. The election of General Harrison threw into his hands a large pat ronago of executive appoint mollis, which ho useii solely lor tno neneiit, of tho p.'irty, declining to accept any position himself. At this period he refused n cabinet position anions other high offices. Ho threw his great inlluence with success for the nomination and election of General Taylor in IH4K, but received a crushing defeat in tho Scott campaign in lKr?2. William II. Seward was his favorite for tho Presidential nomination in 18fi0, but ho gavo hearty support to Lincoln during tho campaign. Iu November, 1801, he visited Europe at tho personal request of Presidont Lincoln as ono of throo commissioneuB sent abroad on behalf of tho Federal government. Of late years ho had taken no active jiart either in politics or journalism, but in his day his capacity as a campaign manager was 1111equaled. Never an orator, ho was tho power behind tho throne, and directed tho movement of tho pieces on tho political chessboard. The election of DeWitt Clinton as governor of New York was accredited in a great measure to his tactics. IIo settled down in New York city in 1X6;", and after a short connection with tho Commercial Adv/rtiser and tho Times, finally retired from active journalism in IHChS. although occasionally publishing articles over his own signature. His house was tho Mecca at every campaign of political pilgrims from all parts of tho Union. For some time back ho had been confined to the house, his chief ailment being feebleness from old ago and a lack of assimilation of food from weaklier j of his digestive organs. THE FLOWER CITY FURORE. The Commotion Canned by tho Statement of a Physician. An unusual article from the Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat and Chronicle was published in this paper recently and has been the subject of much conversation both in professional circles and on the street. Apparently it caused more commotion in Rooheater, as the following from the same paper shows: Dr. J.B. Henion.who is.well known not only in Rochester, but in nearly every part of Amorica, sent an extended article to this paper, a few days since, which was duly published, detailing his remarkable experience and rescue from what seemed to be certain death. It would bo impossible to enumerate the personal inquiries which have been made at our oflice as to tho validity of tho article, but they have boon so numerous that further investigation of the subject was deemed an editorial necessity. With this end in view a representative of this paper called on Dr. Henion, at his residence on St. Paul street, when the following interview occurred : " That article of yours, doctor, has created quite a whirlwind. Are tho statements about tho terriblo condition you were in, and the way you wore rescueu such as you can sustain? ' " Every one of them and many additional 01103. Few people ever get so near the grave as I did and then return, and I am not surprised that tbo public think it marvolous. It was marvelous." "IIow in tho world did vou, a physician, corao to be brought so low?'' "By neglecting tho first and most simple symptoms. I did not think I was sick. It is true I had frequent headachos; felt tired most of tho time, could eating nothing one day and was ravenous tho next; felt dull indefinite pains and my stomach was out of order, but I did not think it meant anything sorious." "But have these common ailments anything to do with the fearful Bright's disease which took so firm a hold on you?" "Anything? Why, they are the sure indications of tho first stages of that dreadful malady. The fact is few people know or realize what ails them, and I am sorry to say that too few physicians do either." "That is a strange statement, doctor." " But it is a true one. The medical profession have been treating symptoms instead of diseases for years, and it is high time it ceased. Wo doctors have been clipping off the twigs when we should strike at the root. Tho symptoms I have just mentioned or any unusual action or irritation of the water channels indicate the approach of Bright's diseaso oven more than a cough announces the coming of consumption. We do not treat the cough, but try to help tho , lungs. We should not waste our time trying to relievo tho headache, stomach, pains about the body or other symptoms, but go directly to the kidneys, the Bource of most of these ailments." " This, then, is what you meant when you Baid that more than one-half the deaths which occur arise from Bright's disease, is it, doctor?" "Precisely. Thousands of so-called diseases aro torturing people to-day, when in reality it is Bright's disease in some one of mnnvfnrmq Tt. is ft h vdrn-headed mon Bter, find the slightest symptoms should strike terror to every one who has them. I can look back and recall hundreds of deaths which physicians declared at the time were caused by paralysis, apoplexy, heart disease, pneumonia, malarial fever and othor com mon complaints which I see now were caused by Bright'B disease." "And did all these cases have simple symptoms at first ?' "Every one of them, and might have been cured as I was by the timely use of the same remedy?Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. I am getting my eyes thoroughly opened in this matter and think I am help' ing others to seo the facta and their possible danger also. Why, there are no end of truths bearing on this subject. If you want to know more about it go and see Mr. Warner himself. He was sick the same as I, and is the healthiest man in Rochester to-day. He has made a study of this subject and can give you more facts than I can. Go, too, and see Dr. Lattimore, the chemist, at the University. If you want facts there are any quantity of them showing the alarming increase of Bright'B disease, its simple and deceptive symptoms, and tliat there is but one way by which it can be escaped." Fully satisfied of the truth and force of the doctor's words, the reporter bade him good-day and called on Mr. Warner at his establishment on Exchange street. At first Mr. Warner was inclined to be reticent, but learning that the information desired was about the alarming increase of Bright's disease, his manner changed instantly and he spoke very earnestly: " It is true that Bright's disease has increased wonderfully, and we find, by reliable statistics, that in the past ten years its growth has been 250 per cent. Look at the prominent men it has carried off: Everett, " "RtcVinrv DUinner, VliOeu* rt Jiauu, vmiouwi( A/IOUV^ Haven and others. This is terrible, and shows a greater growth than that of any other known complaint. It should bo plain to every one that something must be done to cheok this increaso or there is no knowing where it may end." " Do yon think many people are afflicted with it to-day who do not realize it, Mr. Warner?" "Hundreds of thousands. I have a striking example of this truth which has just come to my notice. A prominent professor in a Now Orleans medical college was lecturing before his class on the subject of Bright'8 disease. He had various fluids under microscopic analysis, and was showing the students what the indications of this terrible malady were. In order to show the contrast between healthy and unhealthy fluids, ho had provided a vial tho contents of which were drawn from his own person. 'And now, gentlemen,'he said, ' as we have seen the unhealthy indications, I will show .you how it appears in a state of perfect health,'and ho submitted his own fluid to tho usual test. As ho watched the results his countonance suddenly changed ?his color and command both left him, and in a trembling voice he said: 'Gentlemen, I have mado a painful discovery; I have Bright's disease of tho kidneys,' and in less f.hnn n vfiiirhnwnn rtfiml." "Yon believe, then, that it has no symptoms of its own and is freqnently unknown even by tho person who is afflicted with it?" " It has no symptoms of its own and very often none at all. Usually no two people have tho same symptoms, and frequently death is tho first symptom. The slightest indications of any kidney difficulty should be enough to strike terror to any One. I know what I am talking about, for, I have boon through all the stages of kidney disease." " You know of Dr. Henion's case?" " Yes, I have both road and heard of it." " It is very wonderful, is it not?" " A very prominent case but no more bo than a great many others that have come to my notice as having been cured by the same means." " You believe, then, that Bright's disease can be cured?" " I know it can. I know it from the experience of hundreds of prominent persons who were given up to die by both their physicians and friends." " You speak of your own experience, whnrt was it?" " A fearful ono. I had felt languid and unfitted for business for years. But I did not know what ailed me. When, however, I found it was kidney difficulty I thought there was little hope, and so did the doctors. I have since learned that one r>f thn nhvsicinns of this city pointed mo out to a gentleman on the street one day, saying: 'There goes a man who will bo dead within a year.' I believe his words would have proven trne if I had not fortunately secured and used the remedy now known as Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Care." "And this caused you to manufacture it?" " No it causod me to investigate. I went to the principal cities, saw physicians prescribing and using it, and I therefore determined. as a duty I owed humanity. and the suffering, to bring it within their reach, and now it is known in evory part of America, is sold in every drag store and has become a household necessity." The reporter loft Mr. Warner, much impressed with the earnestness and sincerity of liis statements and next paid a visit to Dr. | S. A. Lattimore, at his residonce on Prince street. Dr. Lattimore, although busily en. nnrmA Tirinn some matters connected with w Ml'"* * ? . tho State board of health, of which he is one of tho analysts, courteously answered the questions that were propounded him: " l)id you make a chemical analysis of the case of Mr. H. H. Warner some three years ago, doctor?" " Yes, sir." " What did this analysis show yon?" " The presence of albumen and tube casts in great abundance." " And what did tho symptoms indicate?" "Aserious diseaso of the kidneys." " Did you think Mr. Warnor could recover?" " No, sir. I did not think it possible. It was seldom, indeed, that so pronounced a case had up to that time ever been cured." " Do you know any thing about tho remedy which cured him ?" " Yes, I have chemically analyzed it and upon critical examination find it entirely free from any poisonous or deleterious subfltruices." Wo publish tho foregoing statements in view of tho commotion which tho publicity of Dr. Hellion's article has caused and to meet tho protestations which have been made. Tho standing of Dr. Henion, Mr. Warner and Dr. Lattimore in tho community is beyond question, and the statements they make cannot for a ihoment be Tlmv mncliwivfllv show that iJright's discaso of tho kidneys is one of the most deceptive and dangerous of all diseases, that it is exceedingly common, alarmingly increasing and tlmt it can bo cured. "WISE W011PS. It is sad but true that we can silence our conscience easier than our desires. Genius makes its observations in shorthand; talent writes them out at length. Xo accusation should be advanced except upon proof sullieient to sus tain it. Tin1, best penance fur envying another's merit is to endeavor to surpass it. lie who selects his companions with rare is more likely to make unto himself faithful friends. A more glorious victory cannot lie gained over another man than this, that when the injury began on his part the kindness should liegin on ours. A word?a look, which at one time makes no impression, at another time wounds tin- heart; and, like a shaft living with tin* wind, pierces deep, which, with its own natural force, would scarce have reach oil the object aimed at. _ SCIENTIFIC NOTES. Iron chess-boards and chessmen with concealed magnets to steady them are sold in Berlin for the convenience of travelers. ' The great red spot which has been visible on the surface of the planet Jupiter for several years is reported to be growing fainter, and the early disappearance of this remarkable object seems imminent. Experiments conducted * between Munich and Miesbach have proved conclusively that electrical energy capable of being converted into mo tive power can be sent over an ordinary telegraph wire. The hurricane which destroyed the nave of the pavilion of the exhibition at Trieste also damaged the electric light apparatus. A man, while engaged in repairing it, accidentally received the full discharge of the electric current, and wjis killed on the spot. Heat and light are identical in character, though different in degree. All solid bodies become self-luminous at the same temperature, which is about 1,000 degrees. When the body is raised to the temperature of 1,000 degrees it emits red rays; at 1,200 degrees, orange rays; at 1,300 degrees, yellow rays; at 1,500 degrees, blue rays; at 1,700 degrees, indigo rays, and at 2,000 degrees, violet rays. In warm-blooded animals the heart's action ceases in a very few minutes after the destruction of the nervous centers, or after the circulation of the blood in its own vessels is by any means arrested. Not so with coldblooded animals, however, as the heart of one of them may continue to beat for many hours after it has been emptied of blood, and even after it has been cut out of the chest. The pulsations of the heart of an eel have been seen to continue for six hours after separation from the rest of the body; of a torpedo, for nine hours; and of a salmon, for twenty-four hours. A Remarkable Burglar. Mary Morris, a petite fourteen-yearold girl, with a remarkably sweet face, which seemed to beam with childlike innocence, was sentenced by a Chicago court to two years in the house of correction, she having pleaded guilty to fourteen indictments for burglary and larcency. The judge remarked that it was one of the most astounding cases of which he had ever heard. This girl is the most remarkable burglar of modern times. For the past two years she lias plied her vocation, committing innumerable daring burglarie? by night, and well-nigh filling the house of her parents with dress goods, jewelry, diamonds and articles valued in all at $10,000. A large part of the plunder had been disposed of, the revenue supplying the entire family wants. Eight hundred indictments could have been found. The story of her crimes and escapades would fill a ponderous volume. Her mother, Helen Morris, was sentenced to three ana a halt years in the penitentiary as an accessory. According to the New York Sun the journalists and authors of Germany are united by a stronger bond of good fellowship than those of any other coun try. Every year they meet in convention, coming together from all parts of the country, and have banquets, excursions and other enjoyments. The local authorities in the places where they assemble usually help to entertain them and show them honor. Their latest convention met in Brunswick. A notable feature.of these assemblies is said to be the large proportion of delegates who belong to the fairsex. The number of women writers is said to be growing every year, and it is thought that if they keep on increasing in the san\e ratio future conventions may find them in the majority. ? ?'rr mm Advice to Consiiipp'tlTea* On the appearance of the first symptoms, as general debility, loss of appetite; pallor, chilly sensations, followed by night-K^'eats and cough, prompt measures of relief sftould be taken. Consumption is scrofulous disease'of the lungs, therefore use the great anti-scrofulous or blood purifier and strength restorer, Dr. Pierce's " Golden Medical Discovery.'' Superior to cod liver oil as a nutritive and unsurpassed as a pectoral. For weak lungs, spitting of blood and kindred affections it has no equal. Sold by druggists. For Dr. Pierce's' treatise on Consumption Bend two stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. i In 1881, Eureka Springs^ Ark., had a popu Irttion or -4,mju. inow peopie is an n, can claim, and half the business houses and j dwellings in the town are vacant. . Womnn and Ilcr 'DImmm is tho titlo of a large illustrated treatise bj Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., sent to any address for three stamps. It teaches successful self treatment. England has thirty electric light companies, with a capital of over *30,000,000. Nearly as much money is similarly invested in France. " Sigh No More, Ladlca!" for Dr. Pierce's " Favorite Prescription" is a prompt and certain remedy for the painful disorders peculiar to your sex. By all draggists. ... . A convict in tho Idaho penitentiary has recently invented several patentable articles. i 'i? Frazcr Axle Urease. One greasing lasts two weeks; all others two or three days. Do not be imposed on by the humbug stuffs offered. Ask your dealerforFrazer's, with label on. Staves your horse labor and you too. It received first medal at the Centennial nnd Paris Expositions. Sold everywhere. Skinny Men. " Wells' Health Renewer" restores health, euros dyspepsia, impotence. $1. Wells' "Rough on Corns." 15c. Ask for it. Complete cure. Corns, warta, bunions. Pube cod-liyee oil, from selected livers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard & Co., N. Y. Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians declare it superior to all other oils. Chapped hands, face, pimplos and rough skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.. Now Yorly Get Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners applied to now boots or shoes before you run them over. Carboline, a natural hair res'orer and dressna nrar imnrmwl nnrl 1 is DTD nounced by competent authority to bo the best article ever invented to restore the vitality of youth to diseased and faded hair. Try it. Reinnrkuble Escape. John Kubn, of Lafayette, lad., had a V017 narrow escape from death. This is his own story : "One year ago I was in the lai>t stages of consumption. Our host physicians gavo my caso np. I finally got so low that'ourjdoctor said I could not live twenty-four hours. My friends then purchased a bottle of Dr. Wm. Ilall's Balsam for tho Lungs, which benefited me. I continued until I took nino bottles. I am now in porfect health baring used no othor medicine/^ Ilcnry'B Carbolic Salve. Tho bent S"lvo in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcere, Salt Kheuin, Tetter, Chapped Hands, CbiL. I>l;;lni, C'oni*,.and all kinds of SUn Eruptions, etc. O I Henry's Carbolfcl Salve, as all others are butiinitutions. consumption: I have a positive remedy for the above dlseaso; by its c>? thousands of cases of tbe wont kind and of lone standing have been cured. Indoed, so strong Is tny faith In Its efficacy, tbat I will send two bottles FREE, together with a ValcablB tkeati8b on this disease, to any sufferer. Give Express and P. O. addresa. SB. T. Ju 8LOCUM, 111 Pearl Bt., New York. ciyciiuES^-??? ImI ? Wll " " ^'tation For price*, etc. write Hot AULTMJlN A TAYLOIi CO. Mansiiild. a_ gd^Akfcr' ' /Jl "THAT Hi AND NOT gq wiLL wino \ej*NYwatk_LJ WEAR OUT. CflY Tib* Watchmakers. By mall, 25 cts. Circular* PUXjIJ FREE. J. H. BIRCH A Cp.. 38 DeySt.. y.Y. BJ II Wr.I'Y, Tyndall, Spencer, FamotM Scientific nil Z Works, I;")!-. Catalogue freo. .J. Fitzhkuall Hr#?.*Co., 30 Lafnyotte Place, New York City. ftflf _ J. jEWr.I.UY, SlLVEBWAUK, retailed wm OiPltOd at wliolcMik" rule*. Frioclist f-P*. i miviiww T. W. Kennedy. P.O.box8oO, N. Y. i Kent* Wanted for tlin Heat itml Fii!>tobt?clling ?\ I'irturial Books ittiil Bible*. Frees reduced 33 per ent. NationalPuklisuini;Co.. Philnuulpbia, Pa. Yn'IWfi MPH ?nnt tolftnm Telegniuby in a I UUI1U >T:t few months and bu cortaiu ol a bllualion, address Valentine Hron^.l.wsville Wist. / iOI,li.l!.\N Ifl'.NlNK.sS ( OIJ.IvliK, Newark; v>'N.J. WnteI'orOiilaioKut). ColemanAI'nlius,Props. PR PC A I'i-n.iKe t rent ism on Nervous Debility. Ad* ' ntL ilrets |? VolUmar, West Forms, N. Y._ I^DK SAI.IJ?Overall elierip fnrnsin West Virginia. 1,'imihr.iseiit. J. 11. Bmsrolt. Marticsburs, Vv.Va. i Sure Curo for Epil?|.ay or FiU in 24 houij. Free U> I \ poor. Ub. KBUBE. Areonalat.. bt. tonla. Mo. "WHAT WILL THE WEATI ?Pool's Signal Oii ai'QKJi ki.as Tt will detect and mdic ir. advanco. It will ' * d:;iHsti<>n?inVRiunblt; iir.cordinK tuiis |?r?"ln*tn lias an accurate thori:ioi combination. Tins itrrii ir-ost eminent 1 liysina and Soient ihc inonof thi Tho Thermometer and U with silver i.luiiwl trimmi namciit. We ?vill send >o u.-der, on receipt ol 5< 1? daily selling them A lt k'KJHT. JuKt tho tint o-oryboily. U. S. Post as forrod. Acoiituwanti Address all order* to O." < /.iirut at Mtnbli*hm*nt < Worwfor to tho B National Hank*. or any > TLlB Ti,:Al"wil.V a I find l'ool'a Uaroraetw on itcvory time, .Ca?t,< Unromotor received in i porfoctiajisfaetion in cji atlWM Barometor has a the weather. It u a worn beware of \y< without our I rade Mark, menu m Ucluw; ^ Every Instrument wnr 81-1 wide. If not satisfies HO vrtU refund your swat mmn FOR RHEUMATISM, 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. 17o Preparation on earth equidj Sr. Jacobs Oil u a safe, sure, simple and cheap External Rfltnody. A trial entail* but the eonrparatlrely trifling outlay of (0 Cents, and erery one wffering with pain can haro cheap and pool tiro proof of Its claims. ? q Directions In Eerec languages. 1 ? SOLO BY ALL DBUCKJI8T8 AID DEALEB8 IB MEDIOIBE. A. VOGKEL?R ? UU? Baltimore, XV. #. i< H Y N P?47 For Internal and External Use. CURES RHEUMATISM, J Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Frost Cites, Chapped Hands, Flesh Wounds, Sprains, Bruises, External Poisons, Caked Breasts, Sore Nipples, Toothache, Cramps or Spasms of Stomach, Colic, Asthma, or Internal Pain, Lame Back, Bites of Animals, unm 01 uu mnus, diuusu Hlngbonos, Cracked Teats, Poll Kvll, Garget In Cows, Spavins, Sweeney, Scratches or Grease, Foot Hot in 8heep, StringhUt, Wlndgalls, Roup in Poultry, Foundered Feet, FWula, Cracked Heels, Mange in Dogs. Ask your nearest Dealer or Druggist for one. of our Almanacs for 1883. From the Chrittian Leader N.Y., Oct. 28, "71. Merchant's Gargling On..?Wo have made special personal Inquiry in regard to the merits or this celebrated remedy, and flndlt a genuine article of rare valuo. It is ' by no means a new remedy. Tho establish ment which prcduors it dates its manufacture as far back as 1833. since which time It has been steadily growing in public favor. The patentees are among the foremost business men of tho city of Lockport. They art every way reliable. From the Toledo (Ohio) Blade, July 6,1B7L Merchant's Gargling Oil.?This Old standard article, undor 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 business talent of the country is handling it, thcro is no reason why it should not double its present usof ulnees. 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 la a iair mai, dui oe suru auu follow directions. Tlio Gargling Oil and Merchant's Worm Tablets are for sale by all druggists and dealers In general merchandise throughout the WLaige Size $1.00; Medium 60 c.; Small 25c.; Small Size for family use 25 c. Manufactured at Lockport, N. Y., by Merchant's Gargling Oil Company. PATENTS CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT? Send a rough sketch or (if yon can) t doU1 of your invention to GEORGE JE. LEMON, Wnshlngton, D. C., and^PrcllmlnaW Examination will bo inaae of all Lnitod Butcs patents of the samo cI&bm of Inventions and yon wfll bo advised whether or sot a patent can be obtained. FOR "THIS PRELIMINARY EXA3HNA. TION NO CHARGE IS MADE. What wiMa Patent COST tion?s^^tawS^d|?ltopj2 ? Government application fee of glo. ana So lar the drawtntfs required by the Government. Ihia la payablo when application in made, and la all of tup ' expense unless a patent is allowed. Whem allowed, the attorney's fee (825) and the final Govern, ment fee (1*20) is i?yab!o. Thus you know beforehand, for nothing, whether you are going to get a patent or not, and no attorney's fco is charged unloss you do get a Patent. An attorney w*qm fee depend/) on his success In obtaining a Patent will not advise you that your invention is patentable, unless it really is patentable, bo fu aa his beat judgment can aid in dotcnnJninef too question; hence, you can rely on the advice given oiier ? preliminary elimination is ha/1. Design I'oU cnU and tho Registration of Labeict* Trade itlurknand Kc>ismdcm sccurcd. Caveat* pre. B pared and liled. Applications In revivor of Rw Jected. Abandoned, or Forfeited Casesmado. very often valuable inventions are paved in these classes of cases. If you have undertaken to *ecuro . your own patent and failed, & skillful liatdlin* Of tm'CMe nay toad toailOC?I. Sondmonwrittoii request addressed t-> the Commissioner of Patents that he recognize George E. Lemon, of Wuh intrton. D. C., as your attorney In the case, irivina tho title of the invention and about tho date of filing your application. An examination and re. port will cost you nothing. Searches made for title to inventions, in fact any information relating to Patentn promptly furnished. Copies of Patents moiled at the regular Government rates. (25c. each.) ltemcmbox this officetow been in successful B operation sineo 1865, and you therefore reap the ben. elits of experience, bolides reference can be (riven to actual clients In almost ever}* county in tho U. 8, Pamphlet relating to Patents free upon request D CEO. E. LEMON, I 610 15th St., WASHINGTON, D. C. ^ttnrnoy-at-Lawan'd Solicitor of Amerf? W can and Foreign Patents. MSI?? I I WANTED i SuhsoijifionBooks I I THE FINEST 77 THE WORLD* the tm.u H Mm lilac. Accurately writ ton, clean/prinvd on line | P>Per. dn?an tJy UJutiatad and bMUiUIaJijr bound. No other book* their eqaal. All new *nu no competition. H Territory clear. They uUify the jl|Mt bocttue they loll fa*, tbe people ea Aeoount ot Uelr r&lus. M "Newman's America." Blo^rmphy from tblNeaW Ballim to *mlr U| fUx. The only book atrering the rotyect. 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Third av,Chicago SflSJLil Fnrnons' t*ur#rniivc run maun ^_ Blood. aud will completely chango thn blood in tba entire system in three months. Any person who will Uka one pill each night from 1 to 13 we?kd may be restored to sound health if auch a thing be possible. Sold everywhere or sent by mail for eight letter stamp'. 1.S.JOIIXSON& CO.. lto?ton, .Has*., for- . inerly Hnng'r. CURES WHERE All USE FAILS. S H Boat Cough Syrup. Tastes good. S3 9H Usolntlme. bold by druggists. 3 HH ^nHBBHaBgga TRUTH ,s ?w. ha&ti.nei. H I * W m iUiirrM?pftr.<a|i5??r. Afllvvkatr / Vf\ P.J :lolo*.?i, will, fcI jo ett>14. ?iUi ige, h#>?n. / fwD# \ e?!?? rttjtt m4 lack dti.r, **1 ? lUKIUCT NO' . TO3*? I Tl'KX of jottr future buii>tni or "iff, ?ith oaa/*, tint' /-? i tnd pl?c? of a?oUr.(, tad dtl? of c.arritf*, pi/eta.'oc* v,..^*3lkS/ Jo?llj proJjcttd, ftfovoj rctvncl U *Jl not nuified. YJtfK * Ad4mshrof.L.M*r*iQ?s.lo?l?ai'7Pl.tB??Ua.M??i. HER BE TO-MORROW ? I Service Barometer H S AND TIIKIllHOMKTKR fOlLDINEI), jXJ> TEIiL YOU! ato correctly any change in t h<> vreathor 12 to 4Shoors rlmt kind of HfiTrra u approaching, and from wbat lo imviKiitorH. 1'aruKTH can plan their work ins. Sn v?"m 50 time* Its rout in a single wason. iMDfnr attached, which alone is worth thepricc of tho |^H| t WKATHKlt INIlIt ATOIl i* endorsed by tho JiJSWBEST IN THE,WORLD! ammeter aro put in a nicely' finished walnut frame, ih's, etc.. makius it a beautiful a* well as useful oru IV saraiiln ono, delivered free, to your placo.in good or six for I. AkciiIm are makniK from 45 to $20 nil icill convince U"u- Order at onco. It Hells at ik to sell to furmcM, merchant#, etc. Invaluablo to :o Stamps taken if in Rood order, but money pro!'<1 i>rerv\rliprr> Knml for Circular and terms. iWEIJO TilKiOIO.JIKTEU \VORKS, H rif the kind ill tile V'rtrtd io??vetfo. Oswi'bo Co.. um ,iayor, Ho>:t master, County Cleric, First end Second usiness house in Osweeo, S. Y. , Outntt/ iiud .state plainly, ana remit by money k or r>vi*tercd letter, at our rink. teiiuiii'ul mid Very Useful Present* ^Mfl r tmi: public may about it. r works at well Mono that costs $50. Ton can rely Jit.vs. b Huof.hs, Ship "Twilight," San Francisco. KiKid order, and must say that the instrument given H|H ry respect. It iannatly mado and wonderfully cheap k.o. li. I'aHSOSB, M. </. K. II., Office, Detroit, Mich. lready saved mo many tinivs it* cost, in foretelling lurfuJ curiosity and works to^perfection. |^H F. J. Robriitron, Milwankoo, Wis. DRTOLFSS IMITATIONS. None eennino |H and siKiiaturo of J. A. Pool on th? back of itinera"marik ? fl muted Perfect and Reliable. Sizo91-21ncheafeia? 1 on rrtceivini the instrument, retarail a?oooo an J J