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IS?' JS'-. Christmas With The Poets, i, happy morn! rise, holy morn! (r?w forth the cheerful clay from night, >h, Father, touch the East, atu. light ?light that shone when Hop? was born. ?Tennyson. i' ? !'s a song in the air, meres a star in the sky, 'e a mother's deep piayer and a baby's low cry; bto star rams its fire while the beautiful Jie manger of Bethlehem cradles a King! ?J. G. Holland. ight that erst no name had worn, t a happy name is given ; i that stable lay new-born, peaceful Prin of Earth and Heaven. ?Alfred Dommell. Rejoice, our Savior He was born On Christmas day in the morning. ?-1Old Christmas Carol. [ over all waters, reach out from all lands, lores of voices, the clasping of hands; lymns that wore sung by the stars of the morn, longs of the angels when Jesus was born! ?Whittier. This day Shall change all griefs and quarrels into love. ?Shakespeare. - This happy day, whose risen sun Shall set not through eternity; This holy day, when Christ, the Lord, Took on Hhn our humanity. ?Pha;be Carey. ' But the star that shines in Bethlehem Shines still and shall not cease, And we listen still to the tidings Of Glory and of Peace. ?Adelaide A. Proctor. But peaceful was the night. Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace on earth began. ?Milton. Who taught mankind on that first Christmas t day What was to be a man; to give, not take; To serve, not rule; to nourish, not devour; To help, not crush; if need, to die, not live? ?Charles Kingtley. ihen pealed the bells, more loud and deep, r. i*God is not dead; nor doth he sleep! The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, ' With peace on earth, good-will to men!" ?'Longfellow. p'- f: <me say that ever 'gninst that season comes v. Wherein onr Savior's birth is celebrated, . The bird of dawning ngeth all night long, 5 8? hallow'd and so g ctcious is the time. ?Shakespeare. With gentle deeds and kindly thoughts And loving words withal, >. Welcome the merry Christmas in, i.- And hear a brother's call. gjfr ?F. Lawrence. Bo, now is come our joyful'st feast, i Let every one be jolly: Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. ?Wither. , At Christmas be merry and thankful withal, i And feast thy poor neighbors, the great with * the small. ?Thomas Tvsscr. Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale, Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol eft could cheer . Hie poor man's heart through half the year. ?Scott. The poor will many a care forget; The debtor think not of I'is debts, ? But, as they each enjoy their cheer. Wish it were Christmas all the year. S^V'.v" ?Thomas Miller. ;i". As fits the holy Christmas birth, fN Be this, good friends, our carol stillBe peace on earth, be peace on earth, - ^ To men of gentle will. ^Thackeray. p RATE'S MOSS. A CHRISTMAS STORY. ' Xt was one of those strangely mild ' winters, of mingled drizzle .and fog, which seem so emphatically to upset all our traditional notions of what a good old-fashioned Christmas should 'iy It wanted but three days to Christmas day, and the weather was a most perverse combination of April and Xo^ vember. Cheerless enough was it in the lighted streets of the tpwns and ;; cities at 5 o'clock on this December j . evening. It will therefore 1*3 easily " Imagined what sort of a prospect was . presented to the eyes of travelers?if, | indeed, there were any?through the Lincolnshire fen-country. In one of the wildest parts of its interminable swamps, and not many pmiles distant from the Wash itself, there stood an old building, partly farmhouse, partly nondescript. A * farmhouse proper would not have thriven in this district, on account of u the very small proportion of arable to the vast expanse or reed-cov-1 ered swamp. There were, however, ? around the house, which stood on higher ground than the greater part * of the surrounding country, a tew tolerably well-cultivated acres of land, turnips forming the chief portion of the crops. The house itself was along, low building, nearly all of wood and one-storied, and haci as much of a : .home look about it as could be ext/ pected, considering that it stood quite alone on a small expanse of cultivated land, an oasis in the midst of the dreary flats, and was some six or eight miles distant from the nearest market town. The master of this building was a man about sixty years of age, who, ???*!% trifa on/l /I o 11 rrlit ?>*? nnrl 1 W AVU iUO TIUV UIIU^UVVI, l?UV? u young man in his employ (an orphan, 1 whom he had brought up), formed the household of " Marsh Farm," as it was called. Ralph Furriner was a curious mixture of shrewdness and stupidity? that is to say, of shrewdness relating to his own immediate affairs, and of stupidity as to what actually went on in the outer world away from his own isolated dwelling. The old man fol lowed a double occupation, which may bo briefly described. lie supplied the nearest market town, and sometimes some of the London dealers, with wild ducks, widgeon, teal and other birds frequenting the fens in winter. During the remainder of the year he fattened a considerable quantity of domestic ducks and geese for the market, the loality being especially suited to the rearing of this branch of the poultry trade. In all this, and the cultivation of his small farm?if it really deserved such a name?he was assisted by Robert Stenhouse, a stalwart, active young fellow of six-and-twenty, who, left an orphan at an early age, had been taken charge of by old Furriner, and became quite one of the family. Very little need be said of the duck-shooter's wife and daughter. The former was simply one of those motherly, home-loving women who are to be reckoned by tens of thousands in every class in England. Rose Furriner was a line rosvcheeked, strong-limberl woman, of fiveand-twenty, who helped her mother in her home duties, fattened the geese, baked the barley bread, and even helped to cultivate the farm. She was " engaged" to Robert Stenhouse. What else could be expected, when she never saw any other young man, and he scarcely any other young woman? They were to be married this Christmas, and would continue to live at, r Marsh farm. So all things would go on as before, and the little community would not be broken up (as so many other domestic communities are) by marriage. Mrs. Furrinerand her daughter were % plucking a couple of plump wild ducks ? for the family supper, while the old man, comfortably seated in the chimney corner, smoked his pipe and joined occasionally in the conversation. The - quaint appearance of the interior of the Klonlr_r!iftnro<l lrifr*hon nnrl tllPnil' V1U vifivn?AMtvvi w? ww?*v>*, mmv. ?..? J ; turesque faces of the group in the ruddy fire-glow, formed a tout ensemjfc hie worthy of the pencil of Teniers. **It's a rare fine night for teal," said Furriner, removing his pipe from his . . mouth, and suffering a cloud of blue smoke to esc&pe up the chimney; "and p: I'm sure Bob '11 stand a chance to get a leash or two." " Yes, and you're growing laisy, father, or you wouldn't be sitting there idle in the corner, and Bob out alone on the fens," said his daughter. chap in Lincolnshire, be the other who he might." " Oh, mother!" cried Rose, laughing, " did you see all the young men in Lincolnshire?" " She took stock of a pretty good lot of 'em, I can tell ve!" said old Furriner, chuckling as he winked at his daughter. "I had my share of notice," remarked the dame, complacently. "Many a time I've been near up to my neck in water of a winter night, waiting to get a shot at a widgeon or a gold-backed teal for your mother, Rose, just as Bob's out now to please your whims," said her father. " To please my whims, father!" exclaimed Rose, indignantly. "Why, what do you mean? He's gone because he said it was such a likely night for teal that it would be a sin to lose the chance." " lie's hist crone because he knows a leash or two of teal would fetch a high price now," said her father. "And a certain yftung woman fancied a red cloth jacket she saw at B? a month ago ; and Boh thinks the price of the teal will pretty near buy the jacket. Rose blushed consciously. " And that's why I'm sitting in the corner smoking my pipe like a sensible man," continued her father, looking at her crimsoned cheek. "D'ye think I'm going to paddle about the fens up to my neck in mud on a night like this for the money earned to go on my daughter's vanities? Xot I," said he, smoking away furiously, but with a twinkle of good humor in his eve which quite belied his words. "Up to his neck in mud, father?" put in the mother, anxiously. "You don't mean to say our Bob will be up to his neck in mud?" And the good woman looked a trifle uneasy as she turned and listened to the rain beating heavily against the lozenge-shaped panes of the windows, for had she been really Robert Stenhouse's mother he could not have been dearer to her than he was. " Don't I though!" said the old man, nodding his head vehemently. "And what then ? Never fear, he's all right. I He can take care of himself." Rose took her father's view or tne matter, and was quite easy as to her lover's safety. Not so the dame. "Just listen to this rain, Ralph!" she said, persistingly. " Well, it do rain a bit," said he. "Rain a bit!" repeated the dame. " It's enough to drown the very ducks themselves. Why, Ralph, it's never rained like this, all the thirty years we've lived in the Marsh." The old man was struck by the manner in which his wife persisted in her fears (a most unusual circumstance with her), and, not without some anxiety himself, he slowly rose, laid . i down his pipe, and cautiously half opened the door. But he had no , sooner done so than both rain and wind rushed in, with such fury, that not only was the candle, which old I Furriner held, extinguished, but also the candles upon the table at which the women sat busied with their preparations for cooking. Rose, who was by nature extremely ( lighthearted, burst into a laugh. But i i t? LUIS roust'u Ilfl UIWLllCl, nnu iuui?nantly threw upon the table the half- ( plucked duck she held in her lap, and said, in a tone of great asperity: ( "And you to laugh, lass, when your , sweetheart may be drowning ! Shame J on ye!' " Drowning, mother!" said Rose, : growing deadly pale, and pressing her hand to her side; "you can't surely ( mean that?" . Mrs. Furriner hesitated when she glanced at her daughter's pale face, j for she had relighted the candles. She did not indeed believe that her < future son-in law was exactly in peril of his life; but at the same j time she was aware that a passage j through the fens, which must now be j gradually becoming one vast sheet of ] water, would be extremely difficult, and probably also dangerous. The old j man, too, began to look serious, as he resolutely took down a suit of oilskins, ] ^ ith which he prepared to cover his . somewhat shrunken, but still sturdy : Umhd j " What art about ?" asked his wife " I'll even go and meet the lad my- , self," was the reply. " Why, Ralph, the path tracks must ] be all under water." "I'll go, I tell ye," said he; "and take the brown pony; I'll maybe be of ] use. I know my way for miles and ( miles beyond Rate's Moss, where Bob's , gone after the teal, and happen has ( lost his tracks. I'll go, I tell ye !" "Then I'll go, too," said the old , woman, firmly. "Chut, chut, Polly," said her hus- , band; "who's to look after the girl. , then ? We can't take her, lass." "Ay, that's true!" said the dame. All this while Rose, with pale face and trembling lips, had watched the I anxious, troubled looks of her father and mother, and her heart boded she knew not what of ill. "But is there any danger, father?" she stammered. Furriner moved impatiently, but made no reply. " Best tell her all," said her mother. " Of course there's danger, lass, such a night as this. Take care of thyself, old man," she added, kissing her husband as he prepared to start with as much warmth as she had done in their earlier days; "and be sure take Brown King; the critter's as much sense as a Christian, and u good deal more than some of them." " Ay, ay; cheer up, old lass," was the answer." And the old man returned his wife's embrace and was gone. The rain poured doun in torrents that seemed to threaten a second deluge. as Furriner sought the little stable where Brown King, little dreaming of any interruption to his privacy, was quietly r&posing on his litter of peastraw; and not without considerable resistance on his part did his master I make him comprehend that he was re quired to leave his comfortable bed for the bleak and desolate fens. At last, however, he was duly saddled and bridled. Furriner turned the pony's head in the direction of Kate's Moss, a famous resort of teal and widgeon, to which he knew that his future son-in-law had proceeded. When there he trusted to his own knowledge of the feus, and to the sagacity of his pony, to lind young Stenliouse. Rate's Moss might have been about three miles from tiie Marsh farm?no great distance, it is true, in the welllighted streets of a city; but a formidable one in the fens of Lincolnshire, on a dark and windy night in December, when the nocturnal travelers were an old man and a pony. The wild fowl shooter knew every j inlet, pool and reed-covered islet of the fens; but with such violence did the rain beat in his face and so rapidly was the water rising, that he felt seriously .alarmed as to the result of his adventure. At first, indeed, ho had but little difficulty in proceeding ruj)idly in the direction of Rate's Moss ; but lie was growing old, and at last, feeliner that his knees were becoming numbed and chilled by the wind and the rain, he thought it better to give up the idea of steering the pony and trust to the animal's own sagacity. Brown King, who was well aware that Rate's Moss was the usual hunt-1 ing ground of his masters, no sooner found the rein slackened than he took his course in a different direction from that in which the old man had been guiding him. The pony in fact was j right, for Furriner had been wanderl ing about, almost in a circle, being j unable, through the darkness, to disI cern the well known spots, which in ! the daytime would have served him as landmarks. Half an hour had elapsed, and Furriner knew he must be close upon the j spot he desired to reach. He hallooed with his might, in the hope of hearing some response from his adopted son, straining every faculty to its utmost tension to catch a reply. Nothing, however, but the continuous pliishing of the rain in the surrounding pools, or the occasional" quack " of a startled mallard, broke the ominous silence. I pricked ears and startled glance of Brown King, who. with his sense of hearing, more acute than that of his master, had heard, or imagined he heard, an answer to the old man's shouts, and began to move forward at a sharper pace. "Whoa?steady!" called Furriner, scarcely able to keep his seat, from the uncertain nature of the bog through which Brown King wsis stumbling. But the pony would not "whoa." On the contrary, he scrambled through reeds and mire with as much alacrity as he could summon up, and at last suddenly halted, and placing his forefeet firmly on the most solid piece of ground he could pick out, pricked up his cars again, and gave a loud, sonorous neigh. Even the benumbed faculties of Furriner were aroused at this. " He hears suminat, danged if he doan't!" ejaculated the old fellow, joyfully. "Well done, King, boy!" As if to reward the sagacious animal's efforts, a shout?faint, it is true, but still distinguishable?was now heard, in answer to its friendly neigh, upon which Brown King again began to move forward, but this time more slowly than before, picking his way wi+h the utmost caution and judgment. They were now in the very center of Rate's Moss, and it was really marvelous how the poor animal, without faltering, went so steadily in the right direction, while all the experience of his rider was of no avail. Suddenly, and so close to them that it made Furriner start as if he had been shot, they heard the voice of Robert Stenhouse. "Here, father, quick! quick!" it said; "I'm nearly dead already." " Where art, lad ?" screamed the old man, straining his eyes in vain to see through the pitch-black darkness. "Where art?" But the young man, in despair, and no doubt impelled by a sudden instinct, made no reply in words, but gave a short, sharp, shrill whistle, well-known to Brown King. The pony recognized it instantly, and, with a neigh of exultation, turned abruptly to the left, whinnying as he went, as horses do when they follow the call of a friend. Not more than forty yards did the docile animal travel before he brought his rider face to face with young Stenhouse. But what a situation! The young man had descended from the more solid part of the surrounding land, and jumped, as ii, appeared, into a large pool amid the reeds, for the purpose of picking up a dead bird. The rain, however, had rendered the w ater far deeper than he expected, and moreover, the thick black mud which formed the bottom of the pool had become a perfect quagmire. The intense cold, too, had so far benumbed young i Stenhouse's hands and feet that he was all but powerless to assist himself. There he stood nearly up to his neck in thick, slimy ooze, which had almost i the consistency of birdlime. The situ- : ation, which in the daytime ana a auferent period of the year would have been ludicrous, was now serious. The i more the poor fellow struggled, the deeper he sank. On the other hand, if j lie remained still, the cold would stag- i nate his blood and insensibility and death would follow. i Old Furriner, who took in the danger , of the position at a glance, turned pale and clenched his hands together beneath his riding-cloak. lie, nevertheless, tried his utmost to encourage the : nearly exhausted young man. " Cheery, laddie, cheery 1" he said, dismounting from Brown King. "Bear 1 i good heart." i " Ay, ay, father," returned the other, j faintly. " Stay a bit, Bob," called Furriner. 'Throw me your shooting belt." " , With terrible exertion the young man did so. lie had previously thrown it over his shoulder to relieve his waist from its weight, when he first found liimself sinking deep into the mud. " Now your handkerchief," said Furriner. The old man tied the belts and the ( iiandkerchiefs belonging to himself : ind Stenhouse together, and even their neckties, but was still unable to reach the poor half-dead young fellow. ?? Tho lirirllo fntlior tho hrirllfl I" hp I.UW exclaimed. / Yes,yes," cried the old man; "to : be sure, to be sure! IIow could I forget it?" i He added the bridle to the length of liis extempore chain, and by dint of , considerable exertion managed to , throw one end of it within a few inches 3f the young man's shoulder, which, , with the exception of his head and arms, was the only part of his body visible. But hero arose a fresh difli- , culty. Robert Stenhouse's lingers were , no benumbed by continual exposure to the severity of the weather that he was . unable to grasp the friendly rope. Making a tremendous exertion, however, he caught hold of it with his teeth. " I can't hold it, father!" he called out, despairingly. " Put your fingers in your mouth, lad," called out the old man; "that'll warm 'em a bit, and don't struggle." The young man obeyed, and as the storm had now somewhat abated he was a?ie. uner suuie ic? huuhlw, tu partially thaw his frozen fingers. Then, by the direction of the duck-shooter, he secured the end of the bridle as firmly as he could around his arm. But the efforts of the old man were found totally inadequate to assist his comrade to climb to the higher ground. For a moment a dull despair fell upon both; but young Stenhouse, whose usually not very acute perceptions were sharpened by his imminent peril, bethought him of Brown King. " Tie your end to King, father," he shouted our, his strength fast failing him, " and make him pull." The pony seemed to understand what was expected of him, and allowed the chain of handkerchiefs and belts to be fastened around him. Furriner so managed this as not to impede the action of the animal's hind legs, and after a good deal of straining on the part of Brown King, and a good deal of coax ing anil encouragement uii tiie jj.tri, ut his master, Stenhouso was so far extricated from his perilous situation as to be able, with the help of the old man, to clamber to the higher ground, whereon stood his deliverers. Furriner carried a small brandy-flask, which was of infinite service to both the men, and in a briefer period than might have been expected the younger had recovered the lull use of his faculties. Even the pony seemed to be aware of the service he had rendered, and stood, with arched neck and expanded eye, waiting for the applause he had earned. " He shall be pensioned off, when he gets old, for this night's work, shan't lie, father," said the young man,patting the shaggy sides of the animal. " Aye, that he shall, Bob, and what's more to the purpose, he shall have a double feed of corn to-night," returned the old man, the tears glistening in his eyes. "And now let's get back, or the women will be in a tine pother." 'pv.a ?aiirnmf fr^yi linfd'c \tacc ? Iir JUUlilUJI IIVUIV ItVUI J 'WW M was a little more satistactory to old Furriner tlian lie had anticipated it would be, and was far more quickly performed than before. A large string of wild fowl hung from the holsters of Brown King's saddle, a prize which young Stenhouse had nearly paid for with his life. "Rose's scarlet jacket was near costing dearer than she thought for, eh, father?" he said, gravely. "Ay, thou wast a'ways overrasli, laddie," said the old man. " Let this be a caution." "Hut then, father, Rose?" " Ay, ay, I know all about that," interrupted the old man ; " well, well, I've been young myself, But remember, Bob, there ain't no real courage in fool-hardiness. A man ain't to risk his life for the whi;r* > of a pretty girl, not if she was twu'y times engaged to him, that's my view on't. Reasonable efforts to please is one thing, and unreasonable follies is another." "You're right, father," said he; " and Rose '11 say so too." What Rose said, you may guess, readers all I Our^lgfliience is measured and ex HUMAN-ANIMAL TRAITS. The Practlco of Suicide?HypnolUm and Catalepsy in Beasts. Birds and Reptiles. In all forms of animals we may find the suicide, the lunatic, as well as the victim of hypnotism; in fact, animals, the lower ones as they are termed, seem affected by the realities of life very much as are their intelligent superiors. Suicide among animals is quite common, and the story of the nlrl /irnucinrr-cwpAnpr Tin mpjinsjin V4U ~ ? isolated case. Dogs have been seen to deliberately drown themselves, and the same has been cited among other animals. .Curious eases of gradual suicide have been observed among the animals known as holothurians; one, the synapta, being an adept in the art, if so we may call it. In life the crrature is elongate, often jus clear as crystal, bearing a tint of delicate rose or pink, while the body is dedecked with seemingly silken bands of the most delicate texture. If the creature is placed in an aquarium and totally deprived of food for three weeks,a perceptible change will be discerned; not emaciation, but an indentation appears, forming a circle about the animal, gradually growing deeper and deeper, until finally, by muscular contraction, a complete severance of the part is accomplished. The animal has found that retrenchment is necessary, and has decreased its size, thus lessening the demand. If food is still kept from it, soon another ring appears, and a second part is thrown off, and so on, at intervals, until in a few days the animal that was eighteen inches long is now a small oval mass surmounted by the flower-like tentacles, resembling a sea-anemone. This is the head and mouth for which the entire body has been sacrificed, and it too, finally dies, f food in the shape of sand or food is ofin mitiiiinM Tim pffpnt. of starva OUXi Ilil/UUVlUi A*4V tion varies in different animals. Subject an adult Ilydroid medusa to it, and it will change to the polyp form ?the larval form of its kind. In the higher forms of medusa a decrease in the number of the young is noticed, while among inollusks such privation has produced changes in the progeny that were pronounced at first specific. Certain moths, partly starved, lost in their larval stato the power of spinning a cocoon. Indeed, the lack of food, and forcing animals to partake of certain kinds, is often productive of the most remarkable results. If the parrot, so common in Brazil, is fed upon the fat of certain fishes, the green feathers change to red; and it is said that if the richly decorated Indian bird, lori rajah, is deprived of its accustomed food, its beauties of color wane. Bullfinches grow darker, even black, under a hemp-seed diet, and the orange-colored canaries, now so much in demand, are said to owe their brilliant tints to dieting on Spanish peppers. Scorpions are extremely prone to suicide wnen suojecteu to great pnysical pain. Place one within a circle of (ire, and it will invariably throw forward its toil and wound itself fatally, seemingly preferring to die in this way than to endure the torture of fire. Spiders and ants attempt the same, tearing off their own legs and stinging their bodies. Crabs and lobsters often throw off their claws and logs and so escape, while some of the starfishes, when lifted from their homes, fairly drop in pieces. In the island of Lugon, Semper found a snail that, did he attempt to take it by the tail, would throw off that useful member and elude his grasp. The same is true of the so-called glass snake, which often breaks into several sections when alarmed. Insane horses are of common occurrence. One of the most peculiar phases of these mind affections is hypnotism, that in man or beast has within the present year attracted so much attention. The term, perhaps, originated n.. Urnirl wIki in 1 R.11 r#?vivp<] the excitement aroused by Mesmer in 1778, referring the phenomena of animal magnetism to certain psychological anil physiological influences in the subject. lie applied it to his patients, and succeeded in performing many painless operations that have been repeated in the curious experiments of Dr. Hammond. That animals are subject to similar influences has long been known. Herein lies the magic of the snake charmer and the charm of the snake itself over the young bird. The most venomous snakes have been drawn from their holes by the actions of these mediums, and handled by them with perfect safety. Dr. Spry refer to an authentic case as follows: " An eminent physician, skeptical on this point (serpents and birds being drawn and held as by a charm), in company with other. English gentlemen, thus tested the fact: Taking a serpent-charmer along, they brought hiin to a distant pile of rubbish, and causing him to lay off all his raiment that there might be no deception practiced upon them, they watched his movements. Approaching the pile with a serpent-like hiss and nervous working of the features and limbs, which became more and more excited and violent, presently serpent after serpent, of the most venomous kind, showed their heads and gradually * A ji 1.1. ~i moved 10warn uien cnmjuui, uuw, reaching out liis hand, he took them as so many lifeless withes and deposited them in his basket." As early as 1646 Atlianasius Kercher, an Italian monk, wrote upon what he called " Experimentum mirabile," and his experiments upon the imaginations of certain hens, tying and then releasing them, but, by the use of chalk marks, leaving them under the impression that they were still fast, are not devoid of interest. Professor Czermak, of the University of Leipsic, has made interesting experiments with animals, and evidently finds a satisfaction in the work, as he says: " With annuals every one feels safe from all thoughts of deception." One of his most interesting experiments was with crawfish, with which he appeared a medium of decided power. His passes caused tne animais to become stiff and immovable, standing on their heads and in other curious positions, while other passes enabled them to crawl off. The playing 'possum of many animals is undoubtedly from a similar cause. We have often seen hermits in the South drop as if dead when touched; insects will do the same, and hardly anything but positive njurv will induce them to move. Some Cold Winters. The following statistics of the good old winters are curious: In 408 the Black sea was entirely frozen over. In /Oi, noi oniy me jjkick sea, out wiu straits of the Dardanelles, were frozen over ; the snow in some places rose fifty feet high. In 822 the great rivers of Europe?the Danube and Elbe, etc. ?were so hard frozen as to bear heavy wagons for a month. In 860 the Adriatic was frozen; the crops totally failed, and famine and pestilence closed the year. In 10G7 the most of the travelers were frozen to death on the roads. In 1133 the Po was frozen from Cremona to the sea; the wine casks were bur.st, and even the trees unlit liv tlw? nftinn nf flic, frost: with immense noise. In 1336 the Danube was frozen to the bottom, and remained long in that state. In 131(5 the crops wholly failed in Germany; wheat, which some years before sold in England at six shillings the quarter, rose to ?2. In 1339 the crops failed in Scotland, and such a famine ensued that the poor were reduced to feed on grass, and many perished miserably in the fields. The successive winters of 1432-'33-34 were uncommonly severe. It once snowed forty days without interruption. In 1408 the wine distributed to the soldiers in Flanders was cut with hatchets. In 1684 the winter was excessively cold. Most of the hollies were killed. Coaches drove along the Thames, the ice of which was eleven inches thick. In 1709 occurred a cold winter. The frosts penetrated three yards into the ground. In 1715 booths were erected and fairs held on the Thames. In 1774 and 1745 the strongest .'lie in England, exposed to the air, was covered in 1 ss than fifteen minutes jyith ice an eighth of an inch^hickfr^^^S.OO,, and jtgain ; ' - ; - - | :*; NEWS EVENTS. Eastern and Middle States. On* of the recent curious happenings of Brooklyn was the arrest of a husband for kissing his wife upon the complaint of his irate spouse. Henby C. Munrnr, president of the board of trustees of the Brooklyn bridge, and a prominent citizen of Brooklyn, died a few days since, aged seventy-two y$ars. Mr. Murphy had boen a member of Congress, United States minister to Holland under Pierce, and State senator. He had also written a number of historical volumes. The provisions of the new penal code re- | iatinir to sabbatn-DreaKing were nK>nuuoiy enforced in >Tew York and Brooklyn on the first Sunday that the law went into effect, and in consequenco an unusual quietness prevailed all day throughout the metropolis. In New York the police made over 100 arrests, mainly of bootblacks, drivers, barbers and cigar dealers, but tho great majority of arrested persons were discharged by the justices without fino. The sale of newspapers was also greatly affected. The enforcement of the law created great excitement, some amusement aud much comment, prin[ cipally of an adverse character. The steam or H. Folgor, of Cape Vincent, N. Y., has been wrecked in Lake Ontario. The captain and crew of eight men were lost. The special train conveying Mrs. Langtry, the English beauty, to Boston at tho conclusion of hor theatrical engagement in New York, struck a wagon at Thompsonviller Conn., and killed two bovs in the vehicle. Amonq the twelve hundred gentlemen present at the reception given to Governorelect Cleveland by tho Manhattan club in Now York were General Hancock, Governorelect Waller, of Connecticut, and many leading Democrats from various States. An address was made by the recipient of the reception. A sensation has boon caused in Philadelphia by tho arrest of an organized gang of grave robbers that has for nearly twenty yearB been despoiling Lebanon cemetery. Three men?two white and one colored? were arrested while driving a wagon contain ing five bodies to a medical college, it is asserted bo many bodies have been taken from the cemetery for dissection that it is almost empty. Tmt next Pennsylvania house of represen tativos will consist of 113 Demoorats and eighty-eight Republicans, a Democratic majority of twenty-five. Judge Samuel T. Woboesteb, brother of the lexicographer, Joseph E. Worcester, exmember of Congress from Ohio, and member of the judiciary of that State, died at his residence in Nashua, N. II., a few days ago, aged sevonty-eight years. Soutn ana west. Mosu Locxsakt (colored) was hanged a Edgefield, S. C., for the murder of another colored man named Blalock. Thb coroner investigating the case of Annie Von Behren, the actress shot in a Cincinnati theatre by Frank Frayne, rendered a verdict of accidental death. Miss Von Behren was engaged to be married to Frayno. The steam barge R. G. Peters caught fire on Lake Michigan and before aid could be obtained went to the bottom. The captain, mate and crew of cle?en men were all drowned. At Durnngo, Col., Dr. Evetzky entered the office of his partner, Dr. H. A. Clay, and firod several shots, inflicting wounds which resulted in doath. Dr. Evetzky then blew his own brains out. Ho had been cowhided by two women, who accused him of talking disparagingly about them, and belioved his partner had something to do with hit cow. hiding. Geneiul M. C. Butt.eb has been re-elected United States Senator tfy the general assembly of South Carolina. The steamer Enterprise was burned ofI Point. N. C.. and Cantain W. A. Thompson, W. H. Hancock and a colored man were drowned. Thk National Dairy fair was opened at Milwaukee, Wis., with a largo display of ex hibits. Nearly .ri00 delegates, representing all parts of the United Stales and Canada, as well as Great Britain, attended the tenth annual convention of tlio Batter, Egg and Cheese association, held after the opening of the fair. At Louisville, Ky., John Trinler, of Chicago, killed hin wife by cutting her throat with a razor, and then put an end to his own crislencc. Tub boiler of the propeller Mopping Star, which plio3 bet' e n New Orleans and Magnolia Plnntati n, exploded with terrible effect. Of ths tvuiity-one persons on board, three wero killed outright, eight drowned and six badly if not fatally scalded. In the course of a dramatic performance given by the young men of Makanda, HI., in the village school-house, James Perl had to fire a rorolver at his brother John. He had neglected to withdraw the ball cartridge* with which the weapon was loaded, and when he fired his brother fell to the floor of tho stage, shot in the head, and expired. sreakeb Tison, of Mississippi, was shot and instantly killed at Baldwin iu that Slate by Edward Saunders. A dispatch from Jackson, Miss., gives this account of the affair: " Domestic trouble in tho family of Colonel Tison's brother culminated in an j attack on Edward Saundera, a merchant in Baldwin, by the two Tisong and a son of each, which resulted in Saunders being badly beaten and injured. While confinod to the houeo he was ropeatodly informed that Colonel Tison had threatened to kill him. Going out for the first timo on Monday he carried his shotgun and shot Tisou on sight' killing him instantly." In Chihuahua, Meiico, the Indian chief Jnh and his band stolo a large number of sheep and cattle from several ranches, and a party of about thirty Mexicans followed them, but were lured into an ambush and surrounded by the Indians. One Mexican broke through and went for help. A party of about seventy men went to the assistance of the rest, but wore headed off by the Indians aad compelled to witnos# the slaughter of every man of the thirty Mexicans without being able to help them. When the friends of the victims went to bury them they fonnd, not far from where the massacro occurred, the bodies of five Americans, who had also J been slaughtered by the Indians. . A collision between a passenger and a freight train near Hinton, W. Va., resulted in the death of one engineer and two firemen and serious injuries to five other men. At a Mexican wedding fenst in Sabal'o, a small Mexican town near Las Vegas, N. M., Francisco Notan, a drunken guest, shot and killed two brothers named Rovall. Notan then proeoeded to his homo and cut off his wife's ears. Ho was arrested. From Washington PnorKssoB E. Stone Wiogins, LL. D., astronomer of the Cunadiau finnnco department, has written a lotter to President Arthur predicting a very destructive storm in the early part of March next. He says that the storm "will first be felt in the Northern Pacific, will appear in the Gulf of Moxico on j tho night of the 9th, nnd, being reflectod by the Rocky mountains, will cross this meridian from the west at noon of March111, 1883." He says farther that "tho New England States will also Buffer severely from the wind and floods," and that "no point outside of harbor, in the whole area of the Atlantic, especially north of the equator, will be a place of rafcty, for this will be pre-eniinontly the greatest storm that haa visited this country j since the days of your illnstrious first Presij dent." Duetuo November the national debt wa3 decreased $C,n34,142.89, leaving the total debt at $!,910,824,073.02, and the total cash in tho treasury at $287,867,173.93. In November the United States minta coinod 292,100 gold picces worth $",272,(XX); 3,57"?,200 silver pieces (including 2,300,000 silver dollara) worth $2,42!),800. and 4,742,200 minor coins worth $12G,GGG. Tub total receipts and expenditures of tho government (exclusive of postal receipts and I ?A.ikAlnni ,.AA? nrflfnt 13~[>i:uutiuiu?y XUl UIO ItlOV 113 Dill ;viu nviv. Customs $,J:X),410,7:i0 Internal revenne 140,497,595 Direct tax Ki0,142 Sales of public lands 4,751.140 Miscellaneous 31,703,Ml Total $40:5,525,250 Net ordinary expenditures $257,981,440 Surplus revenno 145,543.810 Pkeswent Arthur has appointed Clayton McMichnel, president of the Philadelphia associated press, as Unitod States marshal for the district of Columbia, vice Charles E Henry, resigned. Thk following are the claims allowed by the Garfield board of audit: Professional services: Dr. D. W. Bliss, $Pi,500; Dr. D. Hayes Agnow, $.",(XX); Dr. Frank II. Hamilton, $5,000; Dr. Robert Reyburn, $4,000; Dr. Silas A. Boynton, $1,000; Dr. Susan A. Edaon, $3.000; total, $27,500. Services and supplies: Total, $5,929.93. Extra services by govornmont omnlo^s; Total, $5,440. I gvrihi ii AnrriV >' / ' #. >.<* ;*% I l The transit of the planet Venua across the | face of the sun was an event for -which I the astronomers of the world had Ion# been preparing. The phenomenon occurred within | a minnte or two of the calculated time, and although all over the United States the atmospheric conditions wero far from generally favorable, interfering in many cases with an observation of one or more of tho contacts, .the results, on the whole, wero highly valuable. They were such at any rate as to leave accurate data on almost every point that can be of interest to the astronomers of the twenty-first century?in 2001? when Venus again will cross tho sun. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent in preparing instruments and in sending expeditions to different parts of tho world to observe the transit, and the finest skill and best learning tho world affords were enlisted in tho effort to make tho observations successful. On tho whole, good results wero obtained throughout the country, particularly at Washington, Princeton, New Haven, Cambridge, Amherst and Philadelphia. At Princeton, N. J., 188 and at New Haven more than 150 photographs wore taken, the four contacts being observed at both places. Professor Harkness is well satisfied with j tho observations taken at Washington. Precisely at 9:05K)G a. m. (Princcton time) the small black spot representing Venus in the telescope intruded itself on the large white disk representing the sun, and tho first contact of Venus with the sun in tho transit of 18S2 was duly observed and chronicled by the astronomer. Tho approximate distanco of the sun from tho earth is 92,400,000 miles, while tho approximate distance of the planet Venus is 24,000,000 mile3. Venus is probably a trifle smaller than the earth. Notwithstanding tho vast distance between. Venus and the sun at tho firet contact?aa the first intervention of Venua between tho Bun and the earth is called?by the aid of Professor Young's telescope and the spectrum it appeared as if the black spot touched tho white disk in its passage across it. The fourth and last contact took place at 3:03:47 p. M. Clerk McPhebson has made up the list of the next House. One St two names are yet in doubt, but Mr. McPherson soys he makes out a Democratic majority of fifty-nine. Nominations by the Preeident: BrigadierGeneral John Pope to be major-general; Commodore Earl English to be chief of tho bureau of equipment and recruiting in the navy deportment; Wm. H. Smyth, of Albany> to be major and paymaster in the army; Colonel Geo. E. Waring, to be a member of the national board of health. Foreiea Newm. A new Turkish cabinet has been appointed with Vefyk Pasha aa prime minister. An ordinance has been introduced in the German bundesrath forbidding the importation of American pork. Queen Victoria prorogued tho British parliament until February 15. The Most Roy. Archibald Campbell Tait, D. D., archbishop of Canterbury and primate of all England, is dead in his seventysecond year. A special cable dispatch says that the state of Ireland is worse than is suspected, and that altogether the prospect for the winter is quite as bad as it has been for years past. Ababi Pasha, at his trial in Cairo, Egypt, by court-martial, pleaded guilty to the charges of having revolted and refused to obey orders to cease the revolt, and with having, in violation of tho orders of the khedive, refused to disband the army. The court sentenced Arabi Pashi to death, but the khedive of Egypt commuted the sentence to exile for life. Fibe has destroyed the BoyaT Alhambra theatre. The British ship Fiona has been lost at sea with nil on board. A collien foundered off Berwick, England, and ten persons were drowned. The floods along the Rhine have resulted in a loss of millions of marks. Near Mayence sixty houses were swept away. Louis Bl.vno, the noted French historian and journalist, born in 1813, and Anthony Trollope, tbo well-known English novelist, born in 1815, are dead. The Caffres, who have been at war with the Boers, are boing driven into caves, where they are blown up with dynamite. In one cave fifty natives were killed. Foun more Egyptians prominent in the lato revolt pleaded guilty to tho chargo of re. bellion and^were sentenced to doath, but their sentence was commuted to exile for life by the khedive. A fibe Which provod tho most destructive one in years burned down a number of business houses and other property in the heart of London. The transit of Venus across the sun was successfully obsorved by the American observers in New Zealand. Struck Paradise. About forty miles from Green Bay, on a highway blazed through the woods, and no house within six miles of the spot, a Boston pipe land man met a family in a one-horse wagon with a ragged cover, and drawn by a horse so thin that the grinding of his ribs could be plainly heard. " Stranger," called the emigrant, "are there any lightning-rod men in this section ?" " Guess not." "Any life insurance agents?" "No." " Any sewing machine fellers ?" " Haven't seen any." "Any marriage associations, divorce courts, politics, horse races, lawyers or doctors V" " I think not. This is a new town* - - * 11.2-t. ii. Ua/, n snip, ana jl nun i unim n juw u stugtc settler yet." " Then whoa, Lycurgus!" called the man as he drew rein. "This is the place I'm looking fur! Unload the children, Sally Ann, and I'll get out the bed and cook-stove and git ready to squat? If this ain't next door to heaven it's about as nigh as our family will ever git."?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In jail at Los Angeles, Cal., is a four ^ i r n ? ieen-year-om uuy, >j<vuu~3 uicm, mm has a criminal record second to none in the country. The past three years of his life have been mostly spent behind the bars of the prison he is now an inmate of on a charge of burglary, and, as he has pleaded guilty, he will short-1 ly take up his quarters at San Quentin i or Folsom. Yankee Drollo fr* Stories or Old\ WB5wB^'/V9^ On tho Stump. vP Victor Huffo^o C%n%r^p ^>A\ Word pjcturoa Brilliant Artie caa^s^g> tbs Hsii ?reat fKffi 1 WtttXt OlrliTwfflcoi 'jlwfjl \ \\M\|| doW| to Btart!^ thai/ li 11 \ vlllvIA Wliat a Techn / \ ? SPECIAL OFFER.?To any one who bi to January 1st, 184 rORTY-SEYMTH CONGRESS. Senate. Senator Davis, of Illinois, president pro tem, opened (he second session of the Fortyseventh Congress by calling the Senators to order at noon. After prayer by the chaplain the cn9tomary resolutions were adopted for the appointment of committees to notifj the President and House of Representatives, respectively, that the Senate had convened and was ready for business A resolution to print 20,000 copies of the tariff commission's report was referred to committee on printing Mr. Heale, of Maine, introduced a bill to increase the pumber of the judges of the Alabama claims commission to nvo....The Senators listened to the reading of the President's message. Mr. Brown presented the credentials of W. Barrow, chosen to fill the unexpired term of the late Senntor Hill, of Georgia....On motion of Mr. Anthony the standiug and select committees as they existed at the close of l;ist session were continued Petitions were introduced by Mr. Dawes, Mr. Ingalls and Mr. Cockrill in relation to the passage of the pendin* bill for the increase of pensions to soldiers who have lost limbs or are :nDonnp unuer equivalent aisaDinues Resolutions wore offered by Mr. Beck calling for an investigation into the political .ssessmonts of (jovernraont employes; also calling for a statement of the number of pensions granted and applications pending, and a joint resolution for an amendment to the Constitution empowering the Presi dent to veto a part of the appropriation bill. Messrs. Voorhees, Sherman, McDill, Vest. In galls, Chilcott, and Miller (New York) presented petions for the passage of the bill to increase the pensions of one-armed and ono-logged soldiers: referred to the committee on pensions.... Mr. Beck's political assessment investigation resolution came up, and Mr. Hale offered a substitute, Betting forth the names of tho members of the congressional executive committees of both parties, reciting allegations against the Democratic committee, and directing the committee on the judiciary to investigate these charges, as well as those made against the Republican committee. Mr. Beck said the substitute proposed to investigate matters over which Congress had no control, and was evidently intended to embarrass the legitimate investigation proposed in the original resolution. After u brief discussion the substitute was ordered printed. Xlonse. Tim Bflivind unwinn of thfi Portv-RCventh Congress was opened by Speakor Keifer at 11 a. M. The gallorie3 were filled with spectators. In his opening prayer, the chaplain of the House alluded to tho deaths of Representatives Lowe and Updegraff, and gave thanks that the other members had been preserved during the recess in health and prosperity. The speaker then formally declared the session opened, and the clerk proceeded to call the roll of members. The call disclosed the presence of 202 members....The following named gentlemen wero then sworn in as members of tho House to fill vacancies: R. R. Hitt, of Illinois, to snccced Mr. Hawk; Seaborn Reese, of Georgia, to succeed Mr. Stephens; Charles M. Shelley, of Alabama, to succeed himself. Mr. Calkins, of Indiana, presented by request a memorial against the swearing in of Mr. Shelley, but asked for no action be. yond the reference of the memorial to the committee on elections, which was done. Mr Monlton, of Illinois, presented a petition from John P. Caine claiming to be elected as a delegate from Utah. Referred to the committee on elections.... A resolution was adopted providing for the appointment of a committee to inform the President and the Senate that the House was ready to proceed to business....Mr. Herbert introduced a bill to further to protect executive officers and employes of * Q4a+Aa rfftvnitimnnt from rwtHtiml mo umiou wwvvo ^v?viumvwy... assessment. It prohibits any Senator or Representative in Congress, or officer appointed by the President, from requesting or demanding -from any of the officers or employes of the government money or otherthing of value for political purposes. The President's message was received and read. Mr. Kelley, chairman of the committee on ways and means, reported 8 bill to abolish the internal revenue tax on tobacco, | snuff, cigars and cigarettes. It was referred to the committee of the whole, and the minority was granted leave to file a minority report....A bill was passed to repeal and amend certain acts pertaining to the shipment and discharge of seamen. Mr. Kelloy. chairman of the committed on ways and means, reported a concurrent resolution for printing 20,000 copies of the report of the tariff commission, and it was passed A number of executive communications were laid before the House and appropriately referred.... Mr. Haskell presented a memorial from the non-Mormon people of Utah, and it was referred to the committee on the jndiciary The House went into committee of the whole on the Indian appro iriation bill. The total amount of appropriation provided for in the bill is $5,208,being $274,200 less than the appropriaonmink voor. and 4l.616.776 es* than the estimates 'The bill was read by actions and passed. The Origin of Life. Men of science may amuse themselves by speaking of life being brought to the earth by the arrival of a meteor, in reality a fragment of some once peopled world which has been destroyed by conllict with another or by internal disturbance. 13ut this is more a scientific jest than a grave reality. Astronomy knows nothing of worlds coming into conflict. On the contrary, the laws of motion assure us that if anything is so unlikely that it may be regarded as absolutely impossible, it is the encounter of two orbs in mid space; nor have we any reason to suppose that a planet can be rent into fragments by internal convulsions. If we had, we have not the slightest reason for supposing that orbs thus unfortunate would be more likely to be inhabited than their more lucky fellow worlds. If these were inhabited already, we gain nothing by bringing to them the fragments of other worlds which have exploded; and if they were .not inhabited, while the Durst or snattereii worlds were, we are called on to imagine (for no one can believe) the absurdity that only inhabited worlds are liable to destruction, for the benefit of those which are without inhabitants. To which .absurdity this additional one is superadded, that the seeds of life would survive the destruction of their planet home, and the journeying through millions on millions of years (rather millions of millions) which science assures us they would have to make through the cold of interstellar space before they would faU on any other world. And all these absurdities to no purpose, so far as the origin of life is concerned, for they take us back but a step, which brings us in reality no nearer to all life.?Professor Proctor, in lielgravia. Diphtheria and Cats. Dr. William Bunce.of Oberlin, Ohio, has seen two marKeu instances iu which it seemed almost positive that diphtheria Jiad been introduced into families by cats. Just previous to the occurrence of the disease in his patients the family cat had been observed to have diphtheretic membrane in the ! throat which, in one case, the children hud endeavored to remove before they, themselves, were taken sick.?Dr. Foote's Health Monthly. ?$?$& REFERENCE to the ? t\ ? B 'waft* P?Pn'nr authors this ' a !?WS5 the Coupaniox for the ; * dinnry one; hat it inclade* only a mustrai A Serial Story of Boy Life In America, 1 A Serial Story of Boy Life in Great Brit A Serial Story of New England Life, by 6. Serial Story for Girls, by ... A Serial Story of Southern Life, by Amusing College Stories, by . Stories of Old-Time Poor-nouses, by Old Now England Peddlers' Tales, by Tales of the Old Dutch Farmers of New siscersces arcd Anecdotes (Illustrated.) ries nt Oiil-Time Fair* and Shows, by . James I Time Quack Doctors and their Hcmcdies, bv Edgar Kn numerous Anecdotes of Electioneering, fitump Spcrik Hon. S. i :t Homo. A cbgtly description of the home life of Private Secretary. .... Richard Le i of the Hcuso of Commons. A* seta from the I. y H. W. Ie3. Urminixcences of Dean Stanley and Pictiircsqco :mitistcr Ab'iry, by . . . Canon F. w. i mily of Denmark. Articles of ivr*r,r.*l Ane linintcr at WasM:i;:on, . . . Hon. Car] n Loaders. A series of articles containing personal II. Hubert 15. I.oe, "Stonewall" .Tnekson, John O. Oalhc . Hon. Alexander H. Ste S| Impnrlnnt .nrflrlfs will he piren by two of tli Diirimr.*, .showiiiir tlie ordinary ean?es of tlie.sc for incut. TIipsc articles will not bo merely technical Common Nervous Ailments. A Paries of r l'lio Hluirt. History of a Nervous Man. T Win ] mi.l ^lurjilcd?iu<?i, fc>omuambuli?m, etc., b, The Help Series. Literary Labor, by James F Saleswomen In City Stores. Tlmlr w.iccs an Charles Vance I icatlon. now to Clioose n ttilli'i'p. Advnnt/iep* < y Dr. William A. Ham n a Living: in Art. By the I'riusipnl of thr \v<>rr :r rnlon, Susan N. C I'iippr* tclllnirhow to start In dl(Ter?ut kind* of bimii >i practical details, to tbftt a boy rcodiiiR these paperu ma ica! Education Costs, By thp Profeiuor of Km o of Technology, Ilobokcu, . Robort II. Till The Editorials of the Companion will pive The Children's Page sustains its reputatio nbscrlbes now, and sends ns $1.75, we wl 33,. and a full ycar'o subscription from tha The Wilmington (Del") KTetos Bays'. fA I). Shaw, Esq., proprietor Grand Union Hotel, New York, Indorses St. Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and neuralgia. There are no less than 884 deer parks south of the Tweed in England, thirty-one of which contain red deer. Eridge park, Sussex, is the oldest; the largest is at tho Cheshire seat of Lord Egerton,of Tatton. The extent of the park is 2,500 acres. From the Danvers (Mass.') Mirror: Mr. Geo. H. Day, of this town, was cured of rheumatism by St. Jacobs Oil. It is said that there are upward of 3,000 steam plowing machines now employed in England and Scotland. Mrs. Cole, of Windham, N. H., declares that her life was saved by Hood's 8arsaparilla. She had 37 terrible Scrofnlons sores. Fob dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits nnu general ueoiiuy, iu uiuir vuauua forms; also as a preventive againBt fever and ague and other intermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphornted Elixir of Calisaya," made by Cnswell, Hazard <fc Co., New York, and sold by all Druggists, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. Thn Fraxer Axle Gkrm Is the best in the market. It is the most economical and cheapest, one box lasting as long as two of any otner. One greasing will last two weeks. It received first premium at the Centennial and Paris Expositions, also medals at various State fairs. Buy no other. There was a young lady quite fair Who had much trouble with her hair, So she bought Carboline, .. . . And a sight to be seen Is the head of this maiden, I declare. ^ "Bough on Eats." Clears out rata, mice, flies, roaches, bed-bugs, ants, vermin. 16c. Motheb Swan's Wobm Sybup, for feverishness, restlessness, worms. Tasteless. 25c. Stbaiohtk* your boots shoes with Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners, and woar them again. Mas. Stowo, the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," is said to be regardod in some English circles as a colored woman. - <i THE TRANSFER Of pub lio confidence from other preparations of Sar laparilla and other Blood Purl fieri of whatever name to Hood's Sarsaparilla is the signal triumph of a merlton clous article. The people are quick to recognize true merit, and this is why the sale of Hood's Sanaparill* Car exceeds all similar preparations. Ono hundred doses 91 ciui only be spplied to Hood's Sarsaparilla, and (s an unanswerable argument as to medicinal strength and economy. x CATARRH. We bslieve that nine-tenths of all eases of catarrh are constitutional. We also believe that a reliable constitutional remorty like Hood's Sarsapurilla, that strikes at the very root of tho disease, will care a very large proportion of all casee. In confirmation of this belief we offer evidonce showing tho effects of Hood's Sarsv parillanpon this diseaso. A mother says: "My boy U.vl catarrh so badly that I could hardly keep him in clean handkerchiefs; he has taken ono bottle cf Hood's Bar laparilla, and that terrible amount of discharge has stopped." Another writes: "I havo bad catarrh four years. Last April the dropping in my throat became so troublesoms that I became alarmed, as It affected my right lung. I took two bottloe of Hood's Bansparills and it cured mo. My appetite, which was variable before, is first rato now." Charles EL Ciurriv, Lowell, Mass. HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA. Bold by Druggists. 81. six for $5. Mido only by C. T. HOOD dc CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maw. A Splendid Remedy far Lang Diseases. Dr. Robt. Newton, late President of the Eclectic College'of the City of New York, and formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, nsed Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam vary extensively in hia practice, as many of kia patienta, now living, and restored to health by the ase of this mvala ble medicine, can amply testify. lie always aaid that so good a remedy ought not to be considered merely as a patent medlcino, but that it ought to be prescribed freely by every physician aa a so re reign remedy ia all eaaes of Lang diseases. It i.l a sure cars for Cjiuamptioa, and has no equal for *11 pectoral complaints. Kclllnger's Liniment. Applied to the head relieves headaohe, and prevents tbo hair from falling ont. H ^ wBl S3sm tailEDt FOB RHEUMATISH, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Ho Preparation on earth equal* St. Jicom Oil m a safe, sure, simple and cheap external Bemrdy. A trial entalla but the comparatively trifling; outlay of 50 Cent*, and erery on* wffering with pain can hare cheap and poaitive proof of iu claim*. 1 ~ Direction* In Xleren Language*. 1 ? 80LD BY ALL DBU6GI8T8 AHD DEALEB3 IN MEDIOirrE. A. VOGEUER & CO., Baltimore, ltd., XT. 8. M ft Y il C 4? Remember that ,#n?TETTT&W'? ^ IJIlyl I LR V C7> the Ufe-pnnciple, nWrwaiATa or whatever you may " ehooeotocxll there. caoae* of dlwaM and U to throw In reinfortementa. In cither IHnHBHlr4 words, whan (uch an emergency occur*, ' ? commence ft OOOTM sss III apply for our Aim*b cure fits; When 1 lay cur* lUo nui mean merely to ?top to?m lew tlae aad taaa hare them tatara afaln, I mean a radU aalrore. 1 kara made the dlaeaae of PITS, KPILEF8T mr FALLING 8ICKNSSS a llfa-loaj itndy. I warrant my ranedr to rare the wont aaiaa. Becana* athara bar* fldl*dlanoraue*fbriietaewr*c*lviDf aeon. Send a nee far a treatlie and a Pre* Battle of my lnfalllbl* Maiady. Qlra Kxpraia and Paat 0?ce. It coau jon toothing tor a trial, and I will core yna. Id?ra? Dt. H. O. BOeT, 1M Pearl St.. Ifcr lorfc. err] AKtv rU-* ^HAi fr-'l AMD WOT iJVUJJ FjtES. J. H. BIRCH A CO.. MBtfBUiq JOMPA Mitribntora announced below will show that nea conntTj, and many of those of Great Britain. 1 fear 1883. The Announcement will be fonnd in part of the features of the rolama for the cominj :ed Serial Stories. by J. ain, by Harriet ] Harriet Pr< Mar He York, by Euf >. Illustrated Trav< >arton A Serial Storv of Adventure, b Life in an Irish Flahingr Villa? owles. Tales of Old SbipB and Sailors i'ltr. <utc., old Times on the Missouri, by Mi - A-f?er tlje Mindanao Pirates in I\"urt* Adventures in a wmung wui AmocU* Tao Fiftieth Tiger. A carrative 01 parrar of (be London Telegraph, c<!i>t?< iiy Child Life and Homo Life in J< I Bille. Incident*, by a traveller in that ct re-minis'- Railway Horoos. Thrilling ?tori? >un, etc., "The Kii eiiiau'a Story"llin I.i phens. Boy," und 'Expr?? Meieenger Kile jecial Articles. c most distinguished Neurologists in the world, c ins of human suffering, and giving general suggestu treatises, but will be enlivened by curious and i!l;i aprrn, by Dr. E k? I'ropur Use of tbc Mind, Hallucinations nnd Pi-lu y Dr. William !n The H 'arton. Parlor Experiments in Science d isoporSlllott. Entertainments for Charitable >f Hiiro. moncl. Tableaux with Authors. Direct!* mil'* Art by 3o.rtor. Concerning Floors, Doors, and iehR and to tlie dccora:Iou of Iheec iraporbto y act on Inexpensive Art Furniture. A [Incorinc be fiiniit-hed in the bent tante witlic irston. coit, etc., by the Curator of the T.iv ctear and impartial views of current events at hoi n for charming pictures, poem6 and stories adaj 11 send (Subscription T?rIoo SI.75 t date. 1 Please mention in tchat paper i'S CCffiPANIOftJ, E VwlBtMBalandSztenulVM, CURES 1 HEUMATHQC ! Boras, Scalds, Chilblains, Froat Bite*. Chapped HsndL Flesh wounds. Sprains, Bruises, ErtprnalPolsoOS. Caked BrttUtS, Sore Nipples, Toothache, Cramps or Spurn* of Stomach, Colic, Asthma, or Internal Pain, Lame Back, Bite* of infmls, Galls of all kinds, Sitfast, Hlngbones, Cracked Teats, roll Evil, Garget in Cows, Spavins, Sweeney, Scratches or Grease, Foot Hot in Sheep, string halt, Windfalls, Roup in Poultry, Foundered Feet, Fistula, Cracked Heels, Manse in Dog*. Ask your nearest Dealer or Druggist for one of our Almanacs for 1883. From the Christian Leader N. Y^OcLtt, *71. Merchant's Garolixq On*?We hare made spodal peraonal inquiry in regard to the merits or this celebrated remedy, and find it a genuine article of rare value. It is by no*icans a new remedy. Tbo establishment which product's it dates its manufacture as far back as 1833, slnco which time it has been stoadlly growing in public favor. The patentees are amoiur the foremost business men of the city of Lockport They are every way reliable. From the Toledo (Ohio) Blade, July ?, 187L Merchant's Gabouko Oil.?This Old ? standard article, under the admirable mas* agement 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, there Is no reason why it should not double its present usefulness. No family can afford to be without it. For family use, , u well as for auimals, It Is simply indispensable. SPECIAL NOTICE. All we ask is a fair trial, but be ton and fotlow directions. The Gargling Ott and Merchant's Worm Tablets are for sate by all druggistsanddaak era in general merchandise throughout the world. Large Size $1.00; Medium 60 c^ Small 8(04 Small Size for family use 25c. Manufactured at Lockport, N. Yn by Mer> chant's Gargling Oil Company. /"S: ? - gm natok U unfillin??a4 aWuSAMAMU^hSSf SS^%2r ^ouit 4?^i si sr^ss* A 4 l*AMffwi OffhiTia Bit. w?s|ffisS lL ilrfeia jTT Zv/ ^Jfe5tfiviidS THE DE.8. A. RICHMOND MEDICAL CO-,, Magic Lanterns Outdone by th? U|A| Pictures from books, papora, card*, etc , IIHII can be cast upon the wall Kreitly eilijucafl; :< . . IUUI ehromo carda rOh all lArlr eoUxrt.xlim worksofa witch in motion. Photos flnUipd^oUftM^ ;.? or ton tinwe larger; aaefqlto portraitjCtMW .. .> tonr?. WoaendtheFolyoptl(??nd aOOcomtontowju r elegant chromo carda and portraits, by au tar **} * Onr circulars toll how to obtain it free. Asente waolM. Murray Hill Pub. Co., 129 E. 28tb St, N. T. ADD TOUINCOME Olul?otrerethciure*tnieaTuofmalcin#resculormortUilj ~ J!S pn)flt?i,roralnTesfmenta()r>lOto$TUOOofmoredeallBfin . mmmuM Cjub.^I^poru lent yeekly^^Mjdcmkjrmla monthly. p?ittbn*montiji.?tini?vta* original amountmakJM \,_2. money In Club, or rerarnedon demand. Sltarca.fliieacli, Explanatory circalar?*ntfree. RehaSlccorrapoBdepa ^ wanted ererrwliere. Addreaa it e. KzhdaLL * Co, Com'n Mcha, 177 k 17? La SaOa flC CHioaeo>?.* ^ Imt? ? portly rmm?6i in tboaMad* of cut* of th? ??km ?a4?lg? .> fflul35&%W5n^a TWO vmnSHljOS^ __ ' >, ;".. / . . B . . . . J?g!Ji ? ? ?? HHnBHBSi' /- > ':-"-jt^ CTM?wiin*mu?f*ut. B B^OWKbByrnt ?*???f004. ..>;??&&& M P?Inttnu. jolS^r^agg^^^r^';*? ^ tire sistera ia three month*. _ Any pew* who will take one irtl! eseh nlzhtfrom 1 to 11 weeksauyr beiwteeid tosoondheslthlfsoch*thlnxbedo?uB. Bold??Jwhere or sent h* mail for ejjrns letter sUapa. I. S. JOHNSON Sc CO* merly Bangor, Me. tTUs K, Y. Slnwr, S20 quiet, handsome sndXrabie. ?tai on test trial-plan when desired. **mppjr Oman 4 M )U*d*, U stop*; Vechaiifeal Sab i Iliiiihnijfc wl th t3 stool sjidtl Book, onijr $3. Also sent on test trial-plan It de- . K: sired. Elmnt esse, ms*nifle?? tone, durabls Inside sad eat, Ctiv eular, with testimonial,free. Ask OH?yns<fcOO..I7TMrd>T,Ctitcs<o TDIITUaxnirT- Mumn, . I If U I n *iiiii|is*iiw,is?iiM / WrHMn?q Mm(? ITM7M3. * *.-, BUSINESS FOR YOUkfi NQl v iM WANTED?A limited nnmber to leam T?tamph* tones. We will (if* a written fnirantsstofnnnlh jood piyinir sitn*tl<ins as toon M competent. fl rMrsss S?,M>rE11L" gta>H?gjg THRESHERS b?e> THB AULTMAN A TAYLOR CKX.MaasfUM.OL 4 cents Wanted for the Beet and Futoat-eeUinc A pjctcmtl Books and Bibles. Prices reduced B per cent. National Publishing Co. . Philadelphia, Pa. YOUNG MEN gS^ySRSSHlSSJ ; '3 tion, addiets Valentine Bros., Jaaesrille Wis. Watchesifii Mrfyjp'.o BUSINESS OPPORTUNITYis oAsrsd storekeepw* to make 9100 by inrestus* tS or 910. Inclose to. it imp toCostar Co., 405lirMM8Met; K. I. CT) /"l*COLEMAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, . JP, Newark, N. J. Write for 0?Ulo?a.| A Sore Cure for Epilepsy or Fits In 94 bow*. Presto poor. Da. Kacil, 8844 Arsenal si., fit. Loaia. Msw MTflM Ill 1 ^ ' tIj all of the most distinguished and iave been engaged as contributors to many respeo, we think, an cxtraorT. Trowbridge. 1 William Black. Beechor Stowe. I sscott Spofford. B ie B. Williams. I nry A. Gordon. fl J. D. Chaplin. I Wm. A. King1. jene M. Prince. 3l and Adventure. I y ... c. A. atepnens. h 0, by . . Juliau Hawthorne. H , by . Capt. F. Luce. S A Mlssourian. H a Dutch Gun-Boat, by H Lieut. P. P. Grinnell. SO in the North l'aclflc, by Macomber Brett. f Adventure by the Special Corrnpondrut Phil. Robinson. B ipan. Curious Pictures and PnmestJc E] luutry, Prof. E. S. Morse. i of mil road men. Among others will he IM fc or Their*;" "8kip Dustln. the Water y," by . Walter A. Moore. lescribfnff Nervous IH jns as to their treat- 9tt strative Anecdotes. EH ;rown-Sequard. ions, 'I'he Cause of i A. Hammond. lousehold. B 1, Piinplo end eudons, by Prof. W. C. Richards. WM Purposes. Advice and smrirMlions, by George B. Bartlott. )nn for Charmin* livening Entertainments, Kate Sanborn. Windows. (living the latest ideas m |HH Janot E. Ruutz-Reee. |Qfl eciirn of pnpcr* showing tl:nt a home may mt largo expenditures, trtvintr detail* n? to ^B| crpool Art Museum. Charles Dyall. ne and Abroad. >tcd to the little ones. HB . Specimen copies free* v you read this advertisement. ioston, Mass. I ^ A