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BF.'-'T"v " ~ v ' ^ oil-well scouts. The Straicuy Employed in Di?covcrln?r tho Condition of n NrwIy.Fonnd Well, mill the Method* Employed to Keep the Secret. In an article on life in the Pennsylvania oil regions the New York Hun fays: It is for the interest of the owner of a new well to keep secret the result of the drilling until he has made his transactions in the market in anticipation of the effect likely to be produced when the well is opened?that is, when the facts about it are made public. If Unwell is a gusher, it is for his interest to keep it a mystery till he has secured leases of the lands lying around it, for these suddenly rise to enormous prices on tho opening of the well, in view of tim urniiiisp of ;l new tract awaiting development. All the prominent operators have men in their employ whose business is to find out the trutii about these mysteries. The field men sj employed are called scouts or loghuggers, and between them and the owners of wildcat wells the shrewdest strife of the oil regions is carried on. Toe life of a scout is different from that of any other man in the oil region. Much of his work must be done in the night. He is compelled to make long journeys on foot and to sleep many nights on the ground. lie must know all there is to be known about an oil well, must be cautious about coming to conclusions, and, above all, thoroughly t rust worthy. 11 is pay is about $150 a month, and he usually gets a percentage of all profits resulting from transactions made on information furnished by him. His expenses are paid by the operator in whose interest he is working, and he may use his discretion as to lu.w large a bribe it is necessary to offer a guard at a well for a sample of the sand or an opportunity to pass the lines ami gauge the llow. Many of the scouts have had experience in drilling wells and guarding them, and all are men who have an intimate knowledge of the oil fields, above and below ground. One of the best scouts is a college graduate. He o uL-illfitl f.nrrinfiT :ind has done perhaps as much work as any man in the oil region in the way of preparing statistics of production and in writing upon that topic and kindred topics. lie is a scout because he can command large pay and good percentages. "When a producer sets out to make a well a mystery he knows that he has a task before him. The high board fence which he puts around his well, a hundred feet or more from the derrick, prevents the scouts from getting samples of the sand unless they do so by arrangement with a guard. If the scouts succeed in obtaining a thimbleful of sand they can make a good guess as to what the well will amount to. Some of the scouts have as many four or live hundred phials of sand, each of which is labeled with the name or number of the well from ^ which it was taken. In some tracts the sand is of the color of pulverized lire-brick, in others it is chocolatecolored, and the experienced scout can see something significant either in the composition or color of every sample * 1 *1.?4- KA Avnmmna UI NdlU lllilt III; UIUIHUW. . "This," said a scout, holding up a phial in which was as much gray sand 51s could be taken upon the blade of a penknife. " was very precious at the time it was obtained. It came from G4G in Cherry Grove." After an owner of a mystery has V made provision for {preventing the scouts from getting any of the sand, he must make arrangements for keeping them so far from the well that they cannot hear the flow of oil into the receiving tank. So lie cuts underbrush and surrounds his well with an almost impenetrable brush fence, on the outside of which he stations guards with rifles or pole axes as weapons. As .?. many as a hundred guards are sometimes employed at a single well. If the scouts are unable to make their : r* way throughputs line and get within iicnp| r^in<.p of the tank, they must a^ffistto sight for indications as to what y. doing at the well. The wag of the walking beam will tell him within fifty feet how far down in the rock the drill is cutting, though a stranger can only see that the beam oscillates with a . slower mot ion as the well grows deeper. Jf drilling has ceased, the scouts watch the ventilator of the receiving tank with the aid of a lield glass, noting the number of hours out of twenty-four Kjpsrv? y 71 > that* the inllow of oil causes gas to escape from the ventilator in a " thin cloud. Knowing the number of gallons that will flow through the pipe 7^. in an hour, they can compute the result ; of :he Hows that have taken place in the '* ' twenty-four hours. Another way of telling how deep a well has been drilled . is l?y watching the cable through a Held glass when the tools are hauled ? "up. As the rope is wound upon the -* bull wheel the coil runs to one end of "the axel and back again, and so on, :'-T like thread wound evenly on a spool; ' and by watching the weaving of the . rope back and forth where it conies in sight above the roof of the derrick>rhouse, the scouts can tell how many layers there are of the rope that is . ' ^vound up, and can make a close guess - *' .as to the niuuber of feet of rope drawn from the well. An old scout told the followingstory ' of an exploit which made Scout S] "" Hughes famous throughout the oi region: - Ten days before the Cherry Grove W ildcat, 646, was opened, excitement :ts to what the well was doing was at $" fever heat. It was believed that she ;n was flowing strongly, but nothing was known for certain. Xo scout had succeeded in getting past the guards, and no sandhad been secured. Si Hughes was * ? r f\nti ILs* XL en working lor V. ciu\Y<uicuiui. vcvu* wallader offered him a tenth interest [ in all the land secured on any informal' r. - tion which he would bring from the ; -well. Hughes suddenly disappeared, [V jSone of the men in the field knew Vhat had become of him. Three days f' . later ho reappeared, looking as though had been drawn through a knot[ ?;-?: ."hole. Cad wallader began buying land near 046. He took in partners, a stock ? .company was formed, more land was* . bought and the wells were sunk. . liugheshad been lying for forty-eight Jhours under the derrick iloor of G40? lying there in the cold mud with .nothing to eat, and he had piped off -? the mystery so {hat he knew exactly ??^.;what she was doing. How he got in . %--";;there nobody but himself knows. The ' stockholders in the company that began operations on his information kicked about keeping rhe bargain tc ?;?. give him a tenth interest, and offered rliim $4,500 for his work. Hughes refused it. He said he would have what h he bargained for or nothing. He is ttill a scout in this field and the r matter is unsettled." Another scout, speaking of Hughes exploit, said that, although the mattei was unsettled, Hughes was sure of at least $50,000 for his two days' ant two nights* work under the derrick lloor of 040. By such expedients as have been de scribed, and by many others, the scout: i/btain information as to the closely guarded mysteries. Then they haster lothe nearest telegraph station anc ? send cipher dispatches to the operators HE 3 ir whom they are scouting, tening m< ^B Jesuits of their work. The codes usee ^B' i >r this purpose are extensive enougl to convey any necessary informatior concerning doings in the oil field ^B~*/ doing into the exchange with tlii: ^B knowledge ;is to the well that is at trading the greatest attention as beinj Ihe most likely to have an effect on th ^B " market, the operator possesses a grea | alvantage over all who do not have a ^B.. ' trustworthy information. In spite o t ie strife between them, some of th ^B-' p??uts are on the best of terms wit] the producers to whose wells they hav ?iven the closest and most unwelcom ^B attention. When the mystery is open? S'(the game is ended, and scouts and pre ^B^^ncers laugh over the strategy wit] ' vhich it w;is played. According to a recent return, ther H are 1.457 theatres in Europe. Ital; ^Kki/^eads the list with 348; next come ranee, with 337; Germany, 194;Spain Great Britain, 150; Austria am H fct^arv, 132; Russia, 44; Belgium H Bj^ind. 22; Switzerland, 20; Swe I^^^^^^^Hniorwa *, 18; Portugal, 16 Turkey and Greece Strange Sights in a Chinese City. "Within a circuit oC ten miles, says a correspondent in a description of Canton, more than a million human beings have a home. They surge and swarm and crowd in every direction. From long before daylight till long after midnight the air is tilled with the shouting, yelling, screaming, gabbling and clamor of innumerable tongues. Canton is one solid mass of buildings, with no public parks, no public squares and no shade trees. Here and there we see a great temple, and now and then a tall pagoda. The city has long since outgrown a first wall, built centuries ago, and has overflowed a second wall built in more modern times. The " foreign concessions," or place of residence for foreigners, called by the natives "Shameen," is a beautiful spot in the upper suburbs of the city. It is really a small island, separated from the mainland by a canal and fronting on the river. Its lino mansions, gardens, shady avenues and shrubbery make it "like !an oasis of civilization in a desert of barbarism." Here are the " hongs" of the great tea and silk merchants and here several of the missionaries have their homes. All who approach Canton will notice many large buildings, so tall that they loom up prominently above all other buildings. Some will guess that they are temples, and others that they are palaces or stores, but no one would surmise that they are simply pawnshops. Being several stories high they form a striking feature of the city where all other buildings are so low. The pawnbrokers of Canton do an immense business, and their shops are strongly built, and are arranged for safety against lire and robbers. The Chinese pawn their clothing and valuables whenever they have no present use for them, as a mere matter of storage and safety. "We look in vain for what an American would call a street in Canton. There j are innumerable narrow lanes, alleys and passage ways, from three t<> ten feet wide, so intricate and crooked that without a guide one would be lost in ten minutes if he attempted to thread their endless labyrinths. These streets arc well paved with long narrow slabs of granite, worn smooth with the pressure of innumerable feet. They are often covered with boards or matting to protect the passers from the burning rays of the sun. The streets of Canton are so crowded tliat one can hardly find room to move, and are so narrow tiiat no wheel vehicles ever pass through them. A\'e found great difficulty in passing with our sedan chairs. It was one continual fight for passage. But by incessant shouting our chair-bearers managed to clear away. When we met another chair it was only by louder vociferations and more violent gesticulations that our coolies managed to pass. The houses of Canton are low brick buildings, with open doors and windows, and balconies running along in front, the carved roofs, covered with enrions-shaped tiles, projecting over the street. The stores are very small and entirely open in front. Looking up anil down the street one sees an tndless profusion of long, narrow, gaudy signs, with fantastic gold letters on red, green and black background. These are suspended perpendicularly over the store doors. As we pass along the scenes are new, strange and endless. Now we meet a Chinese wedding party, then a Chinese funeral. Here are crowds of men as industrious as any in the world, there a few women hobbling along on their deformed feet. Here are minstrels making horrid din, there are fortunetellers, of which there are hundreds on the streets. Here are gambling tables, . and yonder opium dens. Here a traveling barber, ready to shave you for three cents, there a . traveling restaurant and everything ready to cook you a meal in two minutes, and for two cents. Here you can taste the tasteless birds'-nest soup. There you can eat dog and cat or rat to your heart's content. Here is carved on \iT/vn,7orful fli'lfr. Will ll.'irdlv know which to admire most, the ingenuity or the patience that did the work, there silk shops where you wonder again how such beautiful and costly fabrics can come from such dirty holes and such awkward looms. Here is a stand where betelnut is sold to its victims, there a drug store where we saw snake skins, deers' horns and rhinoceros hide on side for medicine. The names of many of the streets denote their specialties. "Curiosity street" has stores that are perfect museums. "China-ware" street is beautiful with that style of ware. " Shoestore street" is a mile long and full of shoemakers. "Jade-stone street" has many stores which are entirely filled with necklaces, bracelets, earrings and ornaments made of that precious stone. The names of other streets are curious, poetical, and somewhat contradictory or in contrast with reality. The "stieet of humanity" is tilled with gamblers. The "street of a thousand-fold peace" is full of sorrow and suffering. On the "street of benevolence anil love" ' is the temple of horrors. The " street of nine-fold brightness" is dark and 1 gloomy. The "street of a thousand beatitudes" is full of poverty and distress. The "street of refreshing breezes" is noted for foul odors. On the other hand, the "street of a hundred sons," and the "street of a thousand grandsons" and "Old clothes street" are each true to their names. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. The researches of Messrs. Itiehet and Bondeau indicate that artificial respiration may be a valuable agent in the resuscitation of persons who have bet-n exposed to cold until life is nearly extinct. After a recent violent storm on the English coast a quantity of saline , matter was observed on windows at a distance inland. The deposit is believed to have been made l?y ocean spray, which in this case must have . been blown by the wind at least sixty ! miles. The manufacture of lead paint in America was begun by a young man named Harrison. He started a factory ( of sulphuric acid and white lead in ? New York in 1798. Xow there are , 145 factories in this country engaged ( in the production of paints and lead , pigments. The importation of tin plates into l the United States has increased in a , remarkable degree within the last few [ years. The imports in 1870 were . 1,507,000 boxes; in 1875, 1,920,000 boxes; in 1870, 1,800,000 boxes; 1877, i 2,140,000 boxes; 1878,2,100,000 boxes; , 1879, 3,120,000 boxes; 1880, 3,380,000 boxes; and in 1881. 3,000,000 boxes. ' There are about twenty boxes of eom mon tin plate to the ton. Two of the i chief causes of the increased demand [ for tin in the United States are found : in the enormous canning industry and the growth of the tin-rooiinir business. A recent correspondent of Nature is 3 very much worried about the earth's . atmosphere, which, he says, has bei come so polluted by the burning of 1 coal that in the year l'JUU all annual $ life upon the globe will cease, killed by > carbonic dioxide. Another correspond1 ent, joining this prophet of evil, shows ! that while most of the gas is washed i out of the air by rain, some products of combustion (or rather in3 complete combustion), as hydrogen _ and the hydrocarbons, remain. Of t these unburned gases 100,000,000 tons e have escaped into the air within thirty t years. What will be the result of this s accumulation? According to Profes{ sor Tyndall hydrogen, marsh gas and e ethylene have the property in a very \x high degree of absorbing and radiates ing heat. From this we may conclude, e says the correspondent, that thcincl creasing pollution of the atmosphere h will have a marked influence on the (j climate of the world. The mountainous regions will be colder, the Arctic regions will be colder, the tropics will be warmer and throughout the world 0 the night will be colder and the days yr warmer. I n the temperate zone winter s will be colder and winds, storms and rain-fall greater. 1 ? Adversity has ever been cjnsidered - -w the state in which a man most ; easily becomes acquainted with him FOR THE LADJES. Courtship In Mcxico. Courtship is carried on in a most extraordinary manner in Mexico. The part a man plays in courtship is called" doing tlie bear;" which is a translation of "hacerel oso." It is quite a common expression in Mexico J to say: "I am doing the bear to Miss so and so;" or for the girl to say: " That young man is doing the bear to me." " llacer el oso " consists in passing up and down the street where the object of the gentleman's admiration resides between the hours of 5 and y o'clock every afternoon, with his eyes fixed on the balcony, where she is standing, if she wishes to encourage him or some other " oso." f.mt rir nn linrsnhiifk. itv .....V , but the latter position is more effective, :is lie is nearer the balcony, and looking up from under the wide brim of his large Mexican hat is very impressive. Then lie govs to the same church and to the same mass as she does and looks at her all the time she is praying, and he ought to be doing the same. If he sees her in the theatre he never takes his eyes from her face anil is utterly regardless of all that is going on on the stage. lie follows her also on horseback to the public drive, or Mexican Central park, glancing at her from under his "sombrero jarano." lie walks after her in the street when she goes out shoppingaecompaniedby some elderly lady; in fact, he follows her everywhere without ever speaking to her, unless he happens to dance with her in a ballroom. If he receives a great amount of encouragement, then he passes up and down the street where she lives, not only in the afternoon, but at other hours in the day, and stands for an unusual length of time in a doorway on the opposite side of the street, making signs to her with his handkerchief and with the smoke of his cigar. (In Mexico, joined to the language of flowers and the fan, there is also the language of the handkerchief and of the cigar.) "When lie finds lie cannot express all he wants to say to her with these signs, then he writes to Jier, and when it is quite dark he throws his notes on the balcony, tied to a small bouquet so that they may fall well at the feet of his ladv lc^ve, or he pays some servant to act the part of Mercury, and in that way sends and receives letters. This epistolary courtship sometimes lasts for years, and very often comes to nothing. Uefore visiting the house some person; of influence proposes the young man to the father or mother as a " liance*' for the young lady, and if they accept hjm then lie is allowed to visit, hut on ly sees and speaks *o his intended wife :in the presence of the entire family. I_n every case the Mexicans are obliged to do the bear. It requires an immense amount of patience, a special study of the manner of using the eyes and a great abnegation to do the bear as it ought to be done. Patience is tried by standing for hours in a doorway; the eyes must be able t?i express a great deal at a considerable distance, and abnegation is proved by walking and standing in the street, in the sun and in the rain, as the weather is no excuse whatever for not finding the"oso"at his post. If a man wants to win the heart of a Mexican beauty he must muster up courage and gc through this routine, as it is impossible to gain her affections without doing the bear to her. Ftuition Fnnplca. Tight-fitting dresses are no longer in favor. Satins are still worn by fashionable women. Crystal and pearl beads ornament many dressy evening toilets. The latest French dresses fit loosely rather than tight to the figure. Ottoman rep is the rival of satin, but has by no means displaced it. The owl is a favorite design just now in silverware, jewelry and wood carving. In new bracelets the rococo style formed with small jewels of different kinds appears. Myrtle, w hite roses, lilies and lilacs .lii-i.i* f.iv/ir with oranffe blossoms ?is Vunuv' " ?" o bridal llowers. Twenty-button gloves are required fur evening dressesjnade with straps in place of sleeve. Belt bouquets of white and blue violets tied with white and blue ribbons are worn with evening dress. Infants', sacks and caps aro made to blend botli in color and stitch. They are knitted of Saxony wool dotted with silk lloss. New necklaces pass around the neck soastoform three rows; these are fashionably set with turquoises, pearls or small diamonds. The latest whim in New York fashionable life is to wear a diamond solitaire in one ear and a ruby or sapphire matching in size anil setting in the other. Deep capes of fur, far too closely resembling those of stylish coachmen, are worn by ladies of the creme de la creme, but are becoming only to those of tall, slight figare. The latest quilt for a baby's bed is made of triangular pieces of colored silks joined together by feather stitch embroidery in gold-colored filoselle. It is lined throughout with white satine. Some of the new window shades fo houses are of line cream-colored linen upon which unconventional designs have been, painted in water-colors They look very well from the interior but are less effective from the outside In Europe the fashion of giving real. lace by the bridegroom-elect to his bride has gone out, and in place furs are presented, and no eorbeille is considered complete without a sealskin pelisse, trimmed either with beaver or Kamschatka seal. M Some of the brocaded stuffs \\$i large birds and animal heads in realistic treatment are being used for the underskirts of handsome evening toilets, the ruche at the bottom, the hip and back draperies and corsage being of velvet, lined and piped with satin, or of satin lined and corded with velvet. It is stated that a pastry cook at Bologna, has produced a very novel substitute for a newspaper. It is composed of very delicate leaves of pfstrv, ?. ....... ,',i on WIlll'Il Will V ill 111:11Jiiiiiivvi, not with ink, but with chocolate liquor. Thus, after its literary contents nre devoured, the reader may devour the production itself. TVISE WORDS. By taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it ovei he is superior. Riches are given to make life pass comfortably; but life is not given only to mass riches. To-morrow's fate though thou he wise, Thou canst not toll nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not to-day in vain, For it will never come again. Each man is a hero and an oracle tr somebody, and to tnat person whatevei he says has an enhanced value. He who is false to present duh breaks a (law in the loom, and will iin< the Haw when they have forgotten tin cause. Power, in its quality and degree, i; the measure of manhood. Scholarship, save by accident, is never the measure of a man's power. A cheerful temper, joined with inno cence, will make beauty attractive knowledge delightful, and wit good naturcd. If you want to gain a reputation foi eccentricity, and to be universally ' dreaded, if- not naiea, ruurt out un plain truth 011 all occasions. When fate has allowed to any rnai more than one great gift, accident 01 necessity seems usually to contrive thai one shall incumber and impede tin ' other. In every man's cup, how hitter so ever, there are some cordial drops, somi good circumstances, and which, il wisely extracted, are suflicientto mak< him contented, and, if not happy, a1 least resigned. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Eastern and Middle States. Tns National Association fiir the Protection of the Insane and tho Prevention of Insanity held their annual meeting in Philadelphia. At the Washington (Ponn..) crematory the body of the threo-year-okl son of the late Dr. S. Hawn was reduced to nsnes. mo child's father was cremated in this fnrnaco in March, 1880. This has been the first caso of a child being cremuted in America. Sixteen bodies have been incinerated thus far at Washington. Hcsters on Chesapeake bay who kill docks at night with cannon aro being raided. Hon. Lewis Sei/te, ex-member of Con. grcss from the Rochester (N. Y.) district, slipped on the ice, receiving injuries which resulted in death. Dukino 1882 Ihero wero 2,001 fires, resulting in a total loss of $4,194,900, in New Yorkcity. Thirty-two persons were arrested for disturbing a meeting of the Salvation army in Allegheny City, Penn. Mace, tlio English prizo-fighter, and his protege, Slade, a Maori, whom ho has brought on from Australia to vanquish Sullivan, tlio American "champion," wero preventod by tAo New York polico from giving a pugilistio exhibition at tho Madsion Square garden. TnK Vermont liquor law has been declared unconstitutional by tho supremo court, and a number of persons imprisoned at Rutland for selling liquor havo been discharged. Two large Now York piano lactones?mat of Iluzleton Brothers, on Univorsity place, and that of Bohr Brother.", on Eleventh avenue?were burned tho other day. Tho aggregate loss is about $2,">0,000. IticiiAiiD K. Fox, proprietor of a New York illustrated newspaper devoted to the doings of tho criminal classes, was arrested on the charge of instigating a prize-fight. Ho is the "backer" of blade, tho Maoij brought over from Australia, to light with Sullivan. The committeo on agriculture of tho Massachusetts legislature listened to an interestinn discussion on tho expediency of furnishing a bounty for the destruction of the English sparrow. It was asserted that the bird was causing great and increasing damage to the crops, its ravages on apples being particularly destructive, nearly one-half that crop last year having been destroyed by it; it drives away other birds that would destroy injurious insects, while it will not touch such , vermin; it is rapidly driving away the native small birds, while it.has lest all the taste for , insect food that it ever had, and it is remarknbly fecund, but cannot bo destroyed without incurring ?a penalty therefor. If tho bird should become common in the West, it would ? ? ontav )u. 1. C?rn.it imisntipn. No Ollfi M.muuuimv. .. B - ? appeared in behalf of the sparrow. Jancaby, 1883, has proved an nnpreeedent, cd month for disasters by land and sea. The New York Sun says that the fatal and terrific ; collisions, fires and explosions, and the alarming death rate, the list of business failures, and the overwhelming series of shock' ing casualties that marked the month will mako ifc memorable for years. More than a thousand lives were lost by the , various disasters, including about 400 persons i who went down with the Cimbria, 268 killed j at a circus fire in Russia, seventy-four killed at the Milwaukee fire, about forty men toru i to pieces at an explosion of giant powdei works neir Oakland, Cal., and more than seventy persons killed during the great in1 undations aloug the Rhine. The lower houso of the New Jersey legisla? ture has passed a bill making a majority vot< > of u jury a verdict in civil cases. ! A fibe which broke out in the carpenter shop of the lnraau steamship pier on the XT 1U ?I XT ,f 1. i ? , ixurui river, vw iuik, esiuuuuu mpiuiy uuu soon enveloped the entire pier. The National line steamer Egypt, chartered by the Inrnan company, was lying alongside the pier loaded, and soon canght fire. All the pier, with the ! exception of a small part of the shore end, together with a largo amount of valuable ; freight, was destroyed, entailing an estimated loss of ?2,000,000. A fire in the Bear Valley coal mine, a| Sbnmokin, Penn., will prove unusually disastrous, as the only hope of conquering the flames is by Hooding the mine with water, which action leaves the works idle eiptht oi ten months and compels 400 men and boys to seek employment elsewhere. I'etkk CoorEn presided at a mass meeting ! of protectionists in New York, and addresses 1 were delivered by the presiding officer, V.'illiam M. Kvarts and others. Resolutions i were adopted recommending "American. built ships," ''adequate protection to American industry," and the enactment of laws authorizing business corporations to pension faithful persons who had been long in their service. An address to the people was ordered to be sent to every Senator and Congressman. A nouKinLK caso of death and destitution lias been discovered near Wilkesbarrc, I'enn A man nnmod Leonard and his son were found dead in bed, his wife dying and two young children in the last stages of starvation. South, and West. George TV. TnAuonuEn and his brother-tec law, Charles Myers, two young men who had become desirous of imitating the exploits of the bandits of the far West, in 1881 murdered Joseph McKinney, an inoffensive farmer, whom they shot from his horse in cold blood. The murder took place near Moawequa, III. Myers was sentenced to imprisonment for life for his share in the crime, and a few days since Traughber was hanged at Taylorvillo, going to his dcom in the fear and trombliny born of abject terror. Since tlio Nowhall honso disaster Milwaukee 6eems to have become a prey to the flames and to fatalities therefrom. Shortly after the dreadful hotel lire the explosion oi n calcium light 011 the stage of a local theatre killed several person? and nearly created ;i panic. Only a few days ago the sixty pupils of the Milwaukee female college were aroused from sleep in the dead of night by an alarm of lire, and were compelled to make their escape from the burning building in their night dresses, suffering severely from cold and exposure. Aijd on the same night four Mihvaukeo fire, men were killed by n falling lloor at another fire. The deficit in the accounts of Polk, tho Tennessee State treasurer, amounts to if21)2,427.25. A family of nine negroes living in Laurens county, S. C., killed and ato of a goose that had been bitten by a dog which is supposed to havo been mad. About two hours thereafter tho entire family became sick and were thrown into convulsions. Four of them died the same night, and the other five were not expected to recover. Five negroes were drowned while attempt, ing to cross the Ogcecliee river at Egypt, Ga. Dhkyer, Col., has been visited by a wind storm which demolished a dozen buildings, tore < he roofs away from many more and injured a number of persons. Charles Foote, a colored laborer of Baltimore, received seven lashes on his bare (JACK IOr UUcUlllg ilJlU JUCklllK lllh Xllis is the first case under the law passed by the hist Maryland legislature making wife-beating punishab'c at the whipping post. Uknkual Chaiii.es F. Mandkrson (Republican) was elected United States Senator by the Nebraska legislature on the seventeenth bailor. Gi;kat excitement was caused at Montgomery, Ala., by tlio discovery that Isaac HVincent, llic State treasurer, was a defaulter for a large amount. Mr. Vincent sent a letter to his chief clerk stating that his accounts were short, and that he intended to ) start for Mew York to straighten t.'ia matter out. The {letter was laid before Governor O'Neil, who forwarded a communion tion f_in regard to tlio embezzle1 ment to both ho :ses of the legislaI ture. An investigation of the treasurer": ncco'ints by a co ninittoo showed that the deficit amounted to ?2li7,000, which is secured ' by good bondsn.en. The money has I ecu 1 ? >l.-an will?in t\\o lncf fu-ft vnnrn nnil un<;iKAf1 to spo;*ulate in c -tton. It was staled by o:ic witness at the investigation that more than flOij.O'O was lost through speculations ir New York city. Thirty-nine cadets at tho United Staie? naval academy, Annapolis, Md.. were placed f in continenicnt for insubordination. * One of tho most disastrous snow-slide? 2 ever known in the Reeky mountain region has occurred about three miles from l Crested Butte, Col. Thirty men employed r in a coal mine were startled from their sleep t by an ominous rambling noise, and almost 3 instantly tho avalanche was upon them, The building in which they were sleeping was crushed to atoms, and itf occupants were hurled down tho mountain C side. A rescuing party started out from ^ Crested Butte as soon as the news was rel ceived there, and after several hours of indefatigable labor the men wore all uncovered. Seven of them were found dead and Arna a prolonged contest Dwight M. Snbin was elected by the Minnesota legislature to the United States Senate as Senator Windom's successor. On the last ballot Sabin received eighty-one out of the 135 votes cast, 'Windom receiving thirty. Mr. Sabin is a member of the Minnesota State senate and is thirty-nine years old. Two Mexicans, rival claimants for a girl's hand, locked themselves in a room at Socorro, New Mexico, and fought a duel with axes. One man had his head chopped off and the other was fatally wounded. Charles Cobb, who recently shot a sheriff and a constable while they wero trying to arrest him, was taken from tho jail at rt'infield, Ivan., by a crowd, and. hangod to a railroad bridge. From Washington. Foreman William Dickson, of tho first ci" mnifl iiirr. has been indicted by the Dis trict of Columbia grand jury for corruptly endeavoring to influence his fellow-jurors in that trial. At the recent convention of agriculture in Washington F. D. Curtis, of Charlton, N. Y., read an interesting paper upon swine. Ho said that notwithstanding tho suspicions which have been cast upon American pork by foreign health commissions, and tho edicts of governments debarring its importation, the records of mortality in America demonstrated beyond dispute that fewer disorders are caused by its consumption hero than in any other country of nn equal population, and that tho swine of the United States were freer from parasites, and from disorders of all kinds, than aro those of any other portion of tho globe. ex-cononeflsman Acklen, of Louisiana, has withdrawn his contest for William P. Kellogg's seat in the next Congress. Colonel 0. H. Ibirit, chief of tho bureau of engraving and printing, is dead. Dumnq his visit to Washington tho Marquis of Lome, Canada's governor-general, was tho recipient of many attentions. Ho appeared in the Senate chamber and was presented to tho Senators. In tho House an informal reception was hold, the marquis being presented to the House committee on foreign relations first, and then to the members generally. Queen Victoria's son-in-law attended tho first reception given by Mrs. McElroy (President Arthur's sister) at the White House, and a reception given in liis honor by General Sherman. On Sunday he dined with the President. A bill to provide for the purchase of the house in Washington in which Abraham Lincoln died has been reported favorably to the House from tho committee on public grounds, with tho recommendation that $12,000 bo appropriated for tho purposo. Late confirmations by tho Senate : S. G. W. Benjamin, of New York, to bo charge d'affairs and consul-genoral of tho United States at Teheran, Persia ; E. Richards Edmond, of Syracuse, N. ;Y., to bo consul at Medellin ; Joseph Wesson, consul at San Bias, Mexico, vice Smith, resigned ; Thomas N. Dawson, of California, consul at Barranquilla ; Roger S. Green to be chief justice of Washington Territory; John P. Hoyt to bo associate justice of Washington Territory; M. D. O'Connoll to bo United StateB attorney for tho northorn district of Iowa. President Annum gave a state dinner to (he supremo court justices the other evening This was folio wo.I iu a few evenings by a reception to the diplomatic corps and oflicots of the army and navy. The total numbor of coins oxecuted at the mints in Jamury was 8,721,003, worth $5,222,050. Duaiso January the national debt was reduced $13,03(5,883.87. The totnl debt less cash in the treasury was, on tho first, $1,593,908,792.97; cash in tho trorisury, $318,785,631.84. j Pension payments mado during January ^ amounted to $1,815,502. i Government receipts during January were: Customs, $17,109,577; internal reve. | nuo, $11,584,349; miscellaneous, $3,291,510: total, $32,015,400. | Okdinaky expenditures of tho government in January wore : Civil and miscellaneous, $0,103,483; war, $3,978,314; navy, $1,032,029; Indians, $025,778; pensions, $1,315,562; | total, $13,055,120. Foreign Mews. A heavy gala along the British coast has caused great damage and loss of life-- At Yarmdtith a schooner was lost with all hands. At Oldham two persons were killed and six injured. At Liverpool tho German bark Star, from Wilmington, N. C., was totally wreoked. Choleea has scourged the southern part of the stato of Chiapas, Mexico, and has not yet disappeared. Whole families died in a single flight. On some plantations there are only three or four persons left alive. Tho town of Tuxtla had 8,000 inhabitants, NJ0 of whom are dead. Of tho 6,000 in Tonala upward of 1,000 are dead. This town has suffered most severely, twenty to thirty persons dfing daily. Steamer Agnes Jack was wrecked near Swansen, Wales, and her crew of twelve were drowned. Off Mumble's Head, Wales, the German bark Admiral Prinz Adalbert went ashore, and six oi tno crew or a meboat that went to her assistance were drowned. All but one of the bark's crew were saved. In a desperate battle between Mexican soldiers and bandits the latter were routed, s?*?d had eleven of their number killed) while the former had six killed. Fbance's disturbed conditior following the death of Gambetta. and the manifesto of Prince Napoleon culminated in the resignation of the French ministers. President Grevy called upon MM. Fullieres and Jules Ferry to form a new ministry. 1 A violent storm in Hungary destroyed most of the houacs in tho district of Ora: vitzn. At Madrid, Spain, a French aeronaut waa killed by the collision of his balloon with a ! house. In tho English lake district the heaviest floods that have occurred for twenty years 1 have prevailed. A portion of Keswick waa 1 submerged. tiiiike more wrecKs. witu mty-six nvc3 ' lost, are reported to liave occurred during i tho recent terriblo storm on the British coast. M. Jules Feriiy, having declined to undertake tho formation of a new French cabinet, it was decided to revert to a combination ministry under the presidency of M. Fallieres, all tho late ministers, except M. Duclerc, General Billot and Admiral Jaureguiberry retaining their portfolios. An Irish priest reports that the suffering people of Donegal are subsisting on food only lit for beasts ; that private charity cannot cope with the widespread distress there; that the government alone can do so, and that things will very soon como to a crisis. A hand of Montoneros attacked the town of l'uira, Peru, but were repulsed, many being killed on both sides. i A Prussian decreo ordering youths horn as T)nnish snb<?f?ts. now rrsiiliinf in KpMoatvin either to enter the Frisian nruiy or loave their homes, has erased intense indignation throughout Denmark. Switzerland lias rejected the naturalization treaty proposed by the United States, according to which nationality is forfeited by residing for a certain period abroad, on the ground that this clause of tho treaty ij contrary to Swiss law. A famine prevails in tho province cf Khor. son, Russia, and a number of peasants hav? committed suicide to escape witnessing tho misery of their starving families. Cetewayo has been reinstated as king of the Zulus. The large Italian steamer Ansonia has been wrecked on the coast of Tripoli, North Africa. Twenty of tho crew perished. An explosion at tho fireworks factory of Senor Meyra, in Amacueca, Mexico, killed i tho proprietor and four members of his family and badly injured sevoral other persons. Czar Alexander's long-deferred coronation has at last boon settlod to take place at Moscow itjujr -i. i T\ventt-t<trf.e persons were killed and > twenty-eight injured during a panic in a I wool factory at Bombay, India, caused by i dust blowing into one of tlio rooms, t A hciiooneu and two other vessels have i been w recked off Lnndy Island, Wales. The i crews of the three vessels were drowned. After several scenes of violent uproar tho French chamber of deputies, by a vote of i " !:> to lf!>, passed a bill which prohibits the Orleans princes from filling any civil or mil. itary post, empowers tho president to expel ' them, and imposes a penalty of from one to i five years' imprisonment for the violation of a decree of expulsion. This bill is the out1 come of Prince Napoleon's recent manifesto i claiming that he ought to be made tho ruler ; of France. , It is announced by Chinese papers , that Yung "Wing, who graduated at Yale in 1854 and has lived in Ilartiord until within a year, has, on his return to China, been appointed taotoi, or . chief magistrate, of the city of Shanghai. Yung "Wing's appointment is remarkable from the fact that he is a i ] professed Christian, has an American jLwt6M^,wears no THE WORK OF CONGRESS. Senate. Mr. Piatt introduced a bill raising tht poasions of those now receiving $18 to $'24, find of those receiving $21 to $30....Mr. /vn n^lAtiUnfin ivj-uiiuiiu, iruui uiu uuitiuuiicu uu reported favorably the bill to encourage the holding of a world's centennial cotton exhibition in 1884....Mr. Harris, from the committee on epidomic diseases, reported favorably, accompanied by a report, the bill to repeal the law of June 2, 1879, to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious disenB3a....The tariff bill ww further discussed; the duty on several kinds of iron was reduoed by votes from JJO to 27 to .-50 to 23. Mr. Logan, from the Senate commits on appropriations, reported the army appropriation bill. Some important chances wore made by the Senato committee. The bill as it came from the House was $24,G9G,500. This was increased to $25,471,500 in round numbers, a net increase of $775,000... .Several petitions of workingmen against lower rates of duty than those recommended by the tariff commission were presented....Mr. Walker presented the credentials of his colleague, Mr. Garland, reelected as Senator from Arkansas. A bill was introduced to authorize the secretary of the navy to transfer to the secretary of the interior, for entry and sale, all reserved lands not needed for naval purposes The joint resolution providing for i continuance of the work of the tenth census was amended and passed.... The tariff bill was further considered. The bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal company of Nicarauga was reported favorably, with amendments. The bill to provide for holding a centennial cotton and industrial exposition in 188-1 was passed The House resolutions in relation to the death of the late Representative Orth, of Indiana, were received audjaid before tho Sen ate. Mr. Harrison, Mr. JL'rye ana air. vcnrhees made appropriate addresses, and the Senate adjourned as a mailt of respect to Mr. Orth's memory. A joint resolution was introduced providi in# for an amendment to the Constitution empowering tho President to veto one or more items in an appropriation bill, the veto not to affect other portions of the bill. Mr. Morrill introduced a resolution suspending tho coinago of silver dollars....The sugar and tobacco schedules of the tariff bill were dienssed. The duties on sugar were reduced from forty to forty-two per cent, with a lose to the rovenue of about $11,000,000. IIOIIMC. Petitions were preserted against the transfer of the revenuo marine lifo saving and marine hosoit?l service to the navy department, and against the transfer of the iignal service to tho interior department....The speaker laid before the House a message from the President relative to the joint resolution "to refer certain claims to the court ol claims." which becomes a law under constitutional provision without his approval.... Tho message states in effect that the President finds no sufficient grounds for the legislation demanded, but prefers to lot it become a law without his approval, not finding it so objectionable as to demand bis disapproval. A bill was introduced by Mr. Deustor, of Wisconsin, directing tho commissioner of agriculture to set apart for distribution among tho snfFerors by the lato disastrous floods in tho valley of the Rhino, Germany, such quantities of seeds, plants, vines, saplinns nr f?r:iins as innv not be renuired forthn ordinary u.=ci5 of the department of agricul- I tiire at the present lime, and to roceive such J contributions of grain, etc., for the same [ purposo from private parties, and to make proper provision for their storage, shipment and delivery. Mr. Deuster said ho had no doubt the German steamers would carry the contributions froo of charge The committee on elections reported in the Mississippi caso that neither the contestant, Buchanan, nor the contestee, Manning, was entitled to thr. seat....The tariff bill was furthor discussed. Mr. Candler, from the committee on commerce, reported back the joint resolurion accepting the invitation to take part in ;he general colonial and export trade exhi>ition to be held in Amsterdam in 1883. Referred.... Mr. Caswell, from the committoo >n appropriations, reported back the postofSce appropriation bill, with Sonata amendments thereto, recommending concurrence ir some and non-concurrenco in others of ;hr?e amendments. Among the amendment*, non-concurred in wero those appropriating |;18f>,000 for special mail facilities and fixing fuly, 188:5, as the date when the two-cent postage shall go into effect. The report wa9 igreedto. The Senato amendments were concurred in to tho House joint resolution innkinc appropriation for continuing the work of the tenth census The tariff bill was further discussed. A proposed tax of ten por cent, in quinine, which at present is in the free list, was stricken out on motion of Mr. Flower Resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Representative Orth, of Indiana, were passed, and several eulogistic speeches delivered. Triccs Fftid for Furs and Skins. The following are late quotations for furs and skins in the 2s ew York market: Antelope, Indian handled, per It) $ 35;?$ 40 Antelope, white man handled 20(2? 25 Bear, Black, Northern and Pastern, per skin 12 00@ 18 00 Bear, Southern and Southwestern 7 00(5) 11 00 Bear, cnbs and yearlings 2 00(2 C 00 Beaver, Northern, Eastern and Canada, per lb 3 35@ 3 75 Beaver, Northwestern 2 25(a) 3 00 Bo iver, Southwestern 1 7u($ 2 00 Beaver, Southern 1 1 75 Badger, prime, per skin H0(a> 10C Badger, unprime 10(a) 25 Deerskins, \V. Reds and Short Blues, per II) 40@ 43 Deer skins, blade tails, winter skins 32@ 35 Deerskins, Southern reds... 38(<i 42 fisher, Northern, Eastern and Canada, per lb 8 00@ 12 00 Fisher, Western and Pacific Coast 7 C0@ 10 CO Fox, Silver, per skin 20 00@ 00 00 I Fox, Cross 4 u0@ (j 00 Fox, Red, Northwestern 175? iihj Fox, Red, New England and Canada 1 M@ 1 75 fox, Red, New York 1 40@ 1 50 Fox, Gray, Northern and Northwestern 95@ 1 10 Fox, Gray, Southern, cased.. tS0(a> 90 Fox, Gray, Southern, open... G0(i? 75 Lynx, per skin .! 50@ 4 50 Mink, Northern, N. T., New England and Canada, per ?kin 7/>(<?> 1 10 Mink, Western 50'in Mink, East Virginia nnd North Carolina 50(fa 60 Mink. Southwestern 40(4- 55 Mink, Southern <J0@ 40 Musk rat, Northern, Eastern, i Canada, Ne v York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, fall and winter 14@ 18 Muskrat, Michigan, Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.. 14@ 17 Muskrat, Iowa. Minnesota, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and North Carolina.. 12(3) 1C Muskrat, Black 15@ 20 Marten, per skin 1 25@ Opossum, Northern, No. 1, large, per skin 35@ ^ 38 Opossum, Northern, No. 1, medium 20@ 23 I Opossum, Northern, No. 1, ' 11 mo, in smuu xuw Opossum, Southern, trush out 8@ 11 Otter, Northern, Eastern anil Canada, per skin 8 00@ 10 00 Utter, Western and Pacific coast 7 00@ 8 00 Otter, Southern and Southwestern "i 00(3 7 OD llaceoon, Michigan. Northcm Oh a and Northern Indiana.. 7 00 Murray Hill. Joaquin Miller writes in the Philadelphia Times about Murray Hill, one r?f New Vork's noted spots: Murray Ilill, as you know, named after one of the lucky ones who held on to his cabbage, patch till the spreading, growing town reached and absorbed it, is not really a hill, only a little swell in the land. But it is the highest point on island of Manhattan that is yet subdued to streets and brown-stone fronts. And yet, low as it is, it is a height that Hundred oi uiousaims oi oravt; m-iins have been broken to rcsu-h and hold. How few, indeed, hold their place here for any length of time, even after years of toiling, stealing and struggling to reach it. When I first pitched tent in this town one of the finest houses that crowned Murray Hill and fronted Fifth avenue was held by the man who "struck oil." A good, kindly man he was, too; and his family of pretty children, born and brought up since the first How of oil on which he floated into power and prominence, I found to be cultured, refined and altogether lovely. J3ut you seek for their family in vain on Murray Ilill nmv. Some braver or more reckless soldier in this mighty com. mercial battle that wages here cease lessly has stormed their pretty castl carried it sword in hand, and the great, gloomy and sullen old brown-stone front that knew mv happy young friends knows them no more. This man and all his family have gone down in the fight. In the roll-call of fashion on Murray Triii 11m !in?wi>r< not to his name. Killed? "Wounded? Xo one knows. Xo one stops to inquire. He is missing | at muster-roll when fashion gathers her votaries for the gay season. That is all. That is the end. And so it goes all the time. I know another man who invented a patent hinge. lie bought a house on Murray Hill and gave gorgeous shows for full two months. One day a suit was decided annuling the patent. The next week his face was to be met with no more on Murray Hill. Another man. who invented a patent screw, is established there and seems to be more fortunate than his neighbor with the patent iron hinge, lie says he has screwed himself on to stay. Crimes' lead into one another. They who are capable of being forgers .are i ... - ???1 I I ??a?? SCENES OF HORROR. Details of the Destruction of a Russian Circun^IIniidrrdn of llvca Lost. The Vienna correspondent of a London pnper gives the following details of the recent burning of a Russian circus : The performance had reached the fifth item in the programme, some clowns being in the ring, when anpther clown in acting costume rushed in, shouting " Fire !" At first the poople thought this was part of the performance, and laughed; but immediately afterward the ringmaster rushed in and gave the alarm. The scene of horror that ensued was indescribable. The audience were so closely packed that motion was almost impossible. Some in despair flung themselves from the galleries, and parents unable to save themselves made a desperate uttempt to savo their children by throwing them down into tho ring. Some of the men wearing the long coats of tho Russian Jews were entangled on spikes and remained hanging in the air, while the whole building resounded with heartrending cries. In tho ring, where the clowns had been performing, there was a carpet, and for a little while the children were safe in tho center of this; but when the frown-mi tieoulo in their desnair heiran jumping from the dress circle and galleries, the whole ring became one inextricable mass, in which the children were trampled to death or suffocated before the flames reached them. But even this was not the worst. The horses soon bccamo unmanageable, and about a dozen of them, driven mad with pain and terror, broke into the ring, trampling to death tho people huddled together there. AH this occurred in less time tlinn it takes to describe, and in twenty minutes all was over?at least half tho people who had been in the building being burned to death or suffocated. At the windows and various exits scenes of tho most horrible description were enacted, some of the strongest, in their efforts to extricate themselves from the struggling mass, forcing others weaker than themselves into the liatnes. The fire brigade was summoned; but the engine was delayed by falling through the ice, and when it arrived the water in the tanks was frozen. The doors of the circus opened inward, and the sido entrances were nailed up. Effoits were begun on Sunday to recover tho bodies. At tho main entrance tc the circus lay tho burned and blackened bodies of a heap of victims, their heads fairly outside tho door, while their bodies were held as though in a vice by tlioso who had crushed npon them from behind. Further inside the ruins many of tho bodies were burned to a cinder. Tho total loss of life has been ascertained to bo 2B8, and of those 187 had op to last night been identified and claimed by their relatives. Twenty-one bodies are still awaiting identification, wliilo snty others have been literally burned to a cinder and are past all hope of recognition. Among those who perished are said to bo two English clowns, one of them named Weston. The head of the Bourse committee and the colonel of the police are among the victims, tho majority of whom are said to bo Jews. A Jew named Bercsowac, whose wife and three daughters wero killed in tho circus, attacked in tho open street on Sunday M. Korosiloff, the chief of the Merchants' Guild, and after severely wounding him wiLh a knife attempted to commit suicide by cutting his own throat. It is stated that Kg osiloff, in effecting his own escape, had pushed back Bercsowac's [ wife into the fiarnes. Four women who lost their husbands went mad in the confusion and horror of tho night. The Missing Link. There is now being exhibited at the Royal aquarium in London a strange hairy little creature named Krao. Ki'ao is described as a very brightlookinir. intelligent girl of about seven years of age. She was caught, according to the account given of her, in the forest near Laos, and brought to England by Mr. Carl Bock, a Norwegian, who, since the expedition described by him in "The Ilead Hunters of Borneo," has been exploring Siam and the wilder States to the northeast. Hearing in various quarters of the existence of a race of hairy-tailed men, similar in appearance to a family kept at the court of Mandalay, he offered a reward for the capture . of a specimen. A man was caught, and with him the child now exhibited, and a woman of similar appearance then allowed herseif to be taken. "When the little one attempted to wander the parents called her back with a plaintive cry, "Kra-o," and the call has been adopted as her name. The eyes of the child are large, dark and lustrous; the nose is flattened, the nostrils scarcely showing; the cheeks are flat and pouch-like, the lower lip only rather thicker than is usual in Europeans; but the chief peculiarity is the strong and abundant hair. On the head it is black,[thick and straight, and grows over the forehead down to the heavy eyebrows, arid is continued in whisker-like locks down the cheeks. The rest of the face is covereil with a fine, dark, downy hair, and the shoulders and arms have a covering of hairs from an inch to an inch and a half long. There is, it is said, a slight lengthening of the lower vertebra;, suggestive of a caudal protuberance, and there are points in the muscular conformation and otherwise which will provoke discussion. Krao has already picked up a few words of English. She is said to be of a frank, affectionate disposition, and shows truly feminine delight in her clothes, jewelry and ribbons. The showman exhibits her as " the missing link."?Neto York Htrald. "W hirlwinds Caused by Fire. Whirls may be set in motion by whatever causes a strong upward motion of the air. An extensive lire fre quently produces tins etteet. wnen large fires are burning on the Western prairies, violent whirls are frequently formed, having a force sutlicient to lift a man from the ground and transport him to a considerable distance. At such times the llaiue is sometimes collected into a fiery column, rising to the height of two hundred feet or more. Some years since, during the burning of a cane-brake in Alabama, several whirls were formed in the midst of the llames, some of which rose to the height of two hundred feet, and in form resembled the upper cone of an hour glass. Similar effects were produced by the conflagration of Moscow, September 14-20, 1812. rreeepi anu nucuee. "Charles," said an Austin parent, "you must not allow the boys to lead you into trouble. "When anybody asks you to do anything you do not think is right, learn to say mo.'" "Yes, father, I'll try." "Xowgoout, my son, and chop up some firewood." "Xo." "What do vou sav, vou voung scoundrel !" "I don't think it is right, and I say no." Whack ! whack ! "I'll teach you to be disobedient."?Texas Hiftinys.. At a Bad Time. mt^/1 on T "R Pnrrhlnn TT. SJ. "W. WUlilAUllliV.1. U . ?.. . -v. writes to us from the Navy Yard at Maro Island, Cal.: An enforced residence of two years in California made me the subject ot most painful attacks of rheumatism. Consultation upon my case by eminent naval and other surgeons failed to afford me the slightest relief. Dr. Iloyle recommended 1.0 me St. Jacobs Oil, the happy result of the use of which was my complete and wonderful cure.? 1 Yashin fjton (D. C.) Army and Navy Register. The strongest and most common of the several kinds of paper made in Japan is manufactured from the bark of a shrub called mitsuma. Golden Mkiucat. Discovery" (Trndomnrk registered) is not only a sovereign remedy for consumption, hut also for cou sumptivo ni^iit-swcnJs, bronchitis, coityhs, spitting of Mood. weal: lungs, shortness of breath, and kindred directions of the throat and chest. By i!racists, A Gkokoia man is trying to make sugnr out of watermelons, which will yield, he claims, about _ i,(KX> pounds of sugar to the acre, worth ten cents a pound: an acre growng ;H..!"00 pounds of melons. To I.nrtie* SuJTerini: ftom functional deranjrer ents or any of the painful disorder-! o-* we: knesses incident to their sex, Dr. Pierce's treatise, illustrated with wood cuts and colored plates, MiL'L'ests sure means of complclc h lf-curo. Sent fort lira; letter | o-ta.<,'e stamps. Address World's .Medical Asmiiciation. Iitiffnli>, N. V. _ W. I). IIowklls got S'J.'i f?>r his first poem published in tlie Atlantic- years ago. Unlike other cathartics, Dr. Pierce's " Pollota do not render the !o;ve!s costive after operation, but, on the contrary, establish a permanently healthy action. Hcing nitirrh/ vegetable 110 particular care is required while using them. By druggists. Giikat Britain's champion chimney (Townsend's, Glasgow) is l it! feet liiirh. F;irms anil Ilonio*, Tlio best in tlio world, are easily obtained in Dakota, Minnesota and Northern Iowa. Get ready to move in tho Spring. First come, best served. County maps, description of lands, rates of passage and freight, furnished free by Wili.iam II. Lv.su n, Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul It. It., Rochester, JS. Y. No trouble to answer questions. "Hou?h on 11 m?." Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, bedbugs, mts,skunks,chipmunks,gophers. l?c. D'g'sts. Stuaiohten your 0oot?&shoes with Lyoa's Patent Heel fftiffeners, and wear them agam. Hoke.?We are pleased to notice Jthat the' testimonials relating to Hood's Sansaparilla are from New England people, and many are fronfLowell, the Home of this medicine. We are assured that the Bale of this article in Lowell, where it is beet known, is wholly unprecedented in the annals of proprietary medicines. We leave it with you to decide as to the probable merit*! of an artiole with such a solid foundation. Sold by drnggfata. William Black is supposed to be making the largest income of any English novelist living. mother Swan's Worm Syrup. Infallible, tasteless, harmless, catharticjfeverighness,restlessness, worms,constipation. 25c. The Frazer Axle Grease Is the best in the market. It is themoet economical and cheapest, one box lasting as long as two of any other. 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. A millmn Krttflne Af PovKnlino o extract of petroleum, will produce new hair on a million bald beads, which is something that no other preparation ever discovered will do. Dose Oup. Advertisement in another column. H uchiM'tUha." The Quick, completwcure,annoying Kidney, Bladder, Urinary Di.'enses. $1. Dmggistg. Good health is the greatest of fortunes; no remedy has so often restored this prize to the suffering as Hood's Bareaparilla. Try il Toe total cost of the now capitol of the State of New York so far has been $14,222,993. THOUGH SALT RIIEUM Does not dlrectlj imperil life, it la a distressful, relations and rosolute complaint. Patient endurance of it* numerous very small watery pimples, hot and smart in*, requires true fortitude. If the discharged matter sticks, Itches, and the (cabs leave underneath a roddonod surface, the disease has not doparted, and Hood's Sana* par 111 a. In moderate dosos, should be continued. FAMOUS CASE IN BOSTON. "My little four-year-old girl bad a powerful eruption on her face and head. Under her eyes It was regular scalding red and sore, like a burn. Back of ber left ear we bad to shave bor hair close to her bead. Five or six physicians and two hospitals gave np her case as incorable, 4ATe that she might ontgrow it. When it began to maturate I became alarmed. In three weeks, with Hood's Sarsaparilla, tho sores began to heal; two bottles made her eyes as clear aa ever. To-day sho is as well as lam." JOHN CAREY, lMD8trect, Bouth Boston. ATTEST: I know John Carey. Ho is an honest, good man, whoee statements are worthy of entire credit. I believe what he says about bis child's sickness. CLINTON H. COOK, Milk Street, Boston. HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA. ' Bold by Druggists. 81; six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD <&: CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maaa, The Sccret of Living. Sconll's Sarsaparilla or Blood and Liver Syrup will care Scrofulous Taint, Rheumatism, White Swelling, Qout, Goitre, Consumption, Bronchitis, Nervous Debility, Malaria and' all disoaaos arising from an impure condition of the blood. The merits of this valuable preparation aie to well known that a passing notice is but necessary to remind the njadjre of this journal of the noccssity of klwoy* haying a bottle of Scovill'i Blood and Liver Syrup among their stock of family necessities. Certificates can bo presonted from many leading physicians, ministers and hoads of families throughout the land indorsing it in the highest terms. Wo are constantly in receipt of certificates of euros from tho most reliable source3, and wo do not hesitato to recom* mendjt. Wo recently overheard a sufferer from Nervous Debility toy of AIIcii'm Iirnln Food: "It ii Meat, Drink, LoJging, nnd a week's washing thrown in." M druggists and at Alien's Pharraacv,21A Jst ave., N.Y. P|||| FOR PAIN. OURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, or? Throat, Swelling*, Sprains, Bralsea, Barn*. Sc?1di, Frost Bites, UD ILL OTIISR DOOILt ring A3D aches. 8?lAr Drujjliuind Deftlerf tTcirwban. Fifty Cum botll*. UlrMUom la 11 Lin|?M??. TJ1E CHARLES A. YOKELKR CO.,,s (Btmwn i* A. voijil-f-K A CO.) ?<L, C. L k. NY~N U 6 iC?CIS3Si<S'^??53lS^O InTilidabroken dowu If IB jj) II B 8 1 iD he4ltb ,nd ,plrlU pur?itii.t[0*6i^ terriblo oxb&tution vyt.. th.it follows ths it. tacksofncat?din4ae( Tntxr/jqiy thousands who hare by tbo' B1ID8 mOJDJ a?5i^%h?c 5?jra-?.s IHALL'S lungs.BALSAM Cures Consumption, Colds, Fncuutonia, Influenza, Hronchlnl Dilllcnltlcn, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Asthma, Croup, Whooping Cough, nnd nil Disease* of the Breathing Organs. It soothes nnd heals the Membrane of the Lungs, Inflamed and poisoned liy the disease, and prevents the night sweats and tightness across the clicst which ncconiitany it. Consumption Is not an incnrable malady. HALL'S llALSA.il will euro you, eren though professional aid tails. ????a at^C En^n0S" Reliable, Durable and Economical, xeill furnM a horet power icilh % leu fuel and irater than any other Engine built, not fitted with an Automatic C'lt-off. Send for Illustrated Catalogue "J," for in/'iruiali.iu and Pncea. h. w. PayctSSomb. Box i6u. Conine. N.Y. ADD TOiilNDOME Oiuii* offeri theatireat mcatisol malting regular monthly nrollts from lnvextmentsofflO'tofliiUOur more de&llngln 8RAIN. PROVISIONS & STOCKS Mae 11 member gets the benefit of combined capital of Hit ;iub. lteporu aent weekly. Dividend! paid monthly. Club 13 paid shareholders back their money (? pro/Ut in past three months, still leaving original amount making money In Club, or returned on demand. Share*. $10 each. Explanatory circulars sent free. Reliable correspondent* wanted everywhere. Address U. K. Kendall & ??., frnt'u Mchts.. 177 & 173 La Salle St.. Cnicxaci 111. FilAHIP npRA Bailtinthostromest tnuINt DtUdsb^.'?rSA? work, cither with or Dflll CDC ftves DUILCIfO m'IKm ? " Smoke Stacks and Sinoltin* Furnnccs built, and all innnon work for liollerts Engines, etc., ot short noticc. Mljrhrwt references for beat work nnd LOWEST PRICES. CHtS. DIH6ER.83 St. Marks PI., N.Y. THE REST ; B BB&aEJln?p 8 For Two Dollars. Demorest's Illustrated Monthly. Sold by nil Newsdealers and Postmasters, or tbo Editor of (liis pnper will take your sub crlption. Mend twenty cents for a specimen copy to \V. JliNMMiS DEMUREST, Publlnlicr, 17 Enat I ltli Street, New Vorlt. IMITATION STAINED GLASS. Indescribably beautiful. Easily applied to window flaw. I,UK) references, kudiiIki, otc., '25c, in stamps. , AtiE.NTS' HKRAI.D. 16 pp. SJittf (loc.): fearleas m its denunciations ot sundry tmmbugn. Indorsed by 6CO,UXJ government officialsand citizens, .'tart chauci to com numrn. 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Give Hi press and r. 0. addons. ?ft. T. A. M.t.'Cl M, 1S1 i'curl St.,2>ow York. Hand-Power Elevators A?! Moist Wheel* for stores, fietories, etc. Dumbw.'liter* (pat. Keh. H, |h7*51 tor llive!ltr*c ho'.ss;"*, ilflta, etc. Th"!n>st in !? . I'rio-.nid i'jtiii nl-i.-.rpr.ncpjilicniion, ( wt'tloti lire*. l'*a?:T.--v, |:{i . ii i.tti Av?., S.Y. Gommsn Sense OStairs Au I K.'fivers. Sttcug, durable an.I roi::foitntiJo. No IjtstJt, u.i.?l<y htnrf, hut hornet limine comforts. :al discount t<? t ip.-jfytnitji. Semi stump for cat** l?kus to 1-. A. SINI UIKS Jl?rltVilits Oiioil .New \ in k. <5 Q F^by watchmakers. BymaiIlV>o. Cir<"t!ar.> IL Ulrce. J.o. iSir.CF A CO.. 38 Dry St.. >" v Pk ? AM Neuralgia ami (,'hronrc Diarrhea, or any I Rn h Bowel Complaint. Why sutler rrhulia carLHvi>tIi7 tain cure for either maybe obtained for jo cents jor hotli lor il. Postage stattuistaken. Address H. K. Kyiv.vt.KS. hox 'J.V. Ottawa. Putnam Co., Ohio, YnilWR MCU I-eani teiejrnpi:/ lie.-o ami we will lUUnU IflCll give yo'i n situation. Circulars free. VAI.IiM'IMC BKOS.. .Juiieavillr. Win. 6C 1 _ (Jon perdayr.t home. Samples worth 5."> free. 93 IU Jtv Addrsas Stinhon ? Co., TorUkud, Me. psy ci Ey Eza B 0 Via na V7tati'>n I'or pri:-e*.?tc. write To* AULTMAN A TAVL01C CO. 5laiu!ield,0._ &CC ? week in your own town. Terms anil $"1 outfit gOO free. Address H. ll.\LLKrr X Co.. Portland, Me. A R.""' Wmiteil f?r the Bi>m anu hhwi-wuiuj xV l u tonnl Book* ami Hible*. Pr'i-o* reduced per cent. National I'ciu.isdiso Co.. Philadelphia, 1'*. CI 1> t\ COLEMAN BUSINESS COl.LKfiK^ /# !) V7? Newark, N. J. Write for Catalo^uo. *79 A WKKK. $l2iidayat home easily made. Costly v' ? outtt fri'o. Addrasa Tut'K .t Co. ,_A uplifts, Me. A Sure Cure for Epilepsy or Eita in 24 nours. free to poor. Dn. KncsK. Ajwualat.. St. Loaia, Mo. This N.Y. Singer, $20 J) I^^Bl With Jg n-t of A f tncfiirn-iits Free. fl*i" J i*--'? l.ight running?. hn>ue<jcj /WW quiet,haudxome ami durable. sent PSA'SbiS f U on trial-plan when de.-ired. 56 kll .V.S. /cfln "PPT ,,onJ? 'Irjjnnl l 4 I ltd iWr raKfli Heeds, 12 Kojki; i'cclunieal Hub " vi.-jh ?i_* kbti Jloas.octnvc coupler, 2 l;n?-e awells, fwlili $3 Hooland 81 Book.onh |?J. AIko lent on teat trial-plan If desired. Klepont cone, mr^mlilcon' l ton?, durable Inaiile and out. Clr I "TfT ? 1 culax, with testimonials, I rro. Ask I O.P4yn*&Oft.i7 Third >T.Chlc?jro | v^gwoman camv^heaith ofwomajk ^sympathize withlns the hope an ^^w0man.^^^the race^) / lydia e. pinkham's vegetable c0mp0t7nb. - ? ? - ?? * * ? nroilt* 22 A Sore euro lor an nuuuu > NESSES, Jnclndlnff Lencorrhoea, Ir? regular and Painful Menstrcation, Inflamti at! on aud Ulceration of the TV tmb) Flooding, PROLAPSUS UTERI, &c. ty Pleasant to the taste, efficacious end Immediate In it< effect It Is & great help In pregnancy, and refieves pain during labor and at regular periods. rnrsiajLismiT ajd peischibe rr fbqxt. tVFos ill WZAXjraasa of tho genenitlvo organ* of either sex, It Is second 'o no remedy (hat has ever been before the public j and for all diseases of tb9 Emzrzrs It Is the Ortatut Remedy in the World, per KIDNEY C0.HPLAINT8 of Either Se* Find Great Relief in Its Uuo. LYDIA E. PFNKHAM'S BLOOD rfKEFIEK will erndleato every vestlgo of Humors from the Blood, at tho game tlmo will give tono and rtrength to th^jy stem. As marvellous In results as tho Compound. GTBoth tho Compound and Blood Purifier 'ire prepared at 233 and 235 Western Avenue, Lynn, Jims. Prleo of either, (1. Six bottles for $5. Tho Compound Is Bent by mall In tho form of pills, or of loicrges, on receipt of price, 81 per box for cither. Mri I .nlrham ' freely answers all letters of inquiry. Enclcse 3 cent stamp. Bend for pamphlet. Mention th.lt Paper. tyLrou E. Pmnwit's Lrrra Prr.ru euro Constipation, Biliousness and Torpidity of tho Liver. 2? cents. 49*Sold by all Drofrgists.~C* (J) fERMANENT^/lE^CT j CONSTaPATION. ? ITo other dlscaso is so provaltet la *v? conn\ try cj Constipation, and no ro=iody liaa over I ' equalled tho oolebrated KIDN3Y-WOET aa *, ' cure. Whatever thecauao, however obstinate I the case, this remedy will overcome it. 1 DIE CQ THI3 dlctromlnc complaint I n very apt to bo complicated L with constipation. Kidney-Wort strengthens ? the_weakencd parts and qulc^y curcs all kinds ( ' f 01 ?tTLC3 evoa wuca liimiuiihw ? have bcforu tilled. J RHEUMATBSft! ??aW0ir-|| DEEFUXi CTJBE.m It la for /T.T. thoprjaftall diseases of tho Kidneys, Liver and Bowels. 1 , It cleanaoat^io system of tho ccrid polscn tha? 1 cau'oa tho drwadful cuffcring which only tho J victims of rheumatism can roalizs. I I TH0U3AN03rP CASES I ofthe worst forms of this tcrriblo disease hav? j bcca quickly relieved, end Inn short tlmo ' PERFECTLY CUHED. 3 | tyltelennac, Btrcnctkcmi nnd rfres XetrJ/ 1 tifo to til tho important crc?y of the body. J Tho nature! ccticn. cf tha Eidncyc JJ restored. A * y: ) The Liver 1j c'.oon^d cf ell dieeneo, 0?d the a Dowels movo freely ond LcalthfU2y. ; J I tylt Acts tX the earnc time en 1 i^e EBKB78,8 LIVKR AI<D BOWSLS.JZI MJUI by J 81. UQt'in or DKY. Dry can bo bo;it byir-tH. IWELL3, RlCnAKPgOX tt CO., Snril ngtoo, Vt. (W) 3 ^ DiAMO^Dr DYES.! ^SKS^ ?t y ^ Best Dyes Ever JO-rOB BItK, WOOL, OB COTTGK."** DRE88E8, GOATS, 8CARF3, HOODS, YARN, 8T0CKM0S, CARPET RACS^ RIBBONS, PCATKKR8, or uy ftbrio 01 fancy article euUx and perfectly colored to any ahada. Black, Brava, Greta, Bias, lu'let, Cu-dlaal Red, Wary Bine, Seal Br*?% Ollra Green, Terra Oatta and SO other beat oolora. Warranted Taettudlhmblo. Each package will color one to torn? lb*.'et?oedfl. Zf you have narer need Eyea try theaaaoce. You wfllbadaUgkted. Sold by drngglita, or aend na 10 cents and uff oolor wanted aent post-paid. 24 colored amrtpVa and aet of ftney oarda aent fbr a 8c. stamp. WELLS, BICHASmOX A 0?w BoUactciMTk. GOLD and SILVER PiUNT. Bronze Paint. Artists' Black. Tor gliding Taney Baskets,' Tracts, Lamps, Chandeliers, and fa all hindattf ornamental work? Equal to any of the higt prlcod klnfia and only lOcts. apaokafre, at the droffEtetStOr post-paid from WELLS, CICHjLEflSOy JL: CO., BnrUacton,Tt. ^(1 . i,x uiiiniini^Kon retail a (H|AKI r/l >1 11.11)11! incuuiiK g fllWiMll fl MA ftfrentic Fits, Hpasms, 3|M' Convulsions, 8t. Vlttu U CURES AND Dance. Alcoholism, w NEVER FAILS. > n| ~ m &l K< Stimulant, Samaritan M Dlfl N BPITervlneU Invaluable. uf a B?~ Thousandsprt>clalmIt w thi? mwt wonderful Invito rant that ever sustalnodtlie sinking system. Fof ale by all Druwrists. THK DR. 8. A. RICHMOND MEDICAL CO.. Sole Proprietors. St. Joeepb. Mo. IOC?NOTICE.?XX. AS BLUE FLANNEL GARMENTS OI Inferior Quality of Good* are fold as the "genuine Middlesex," wblchirtnol made by that inill. TUo Middlesex Company, is order to protect their customers and the imbue.pre notice Ibsthereafter all Clothiiut made from TUEMlDDLESBt STANDARD INDIGO CLUE FLANNELS AND YACHT CLOTHS sold Mr a.'l Icsdln? clothiers, mnM bear the "SILK HANGERS," fambbtd by tbo Selling Agents to all parties ordering the goods. WENDELL, FAY & CO.. , 8BLLTNO AGENTS. MIDDLESEX COMPXJTr. mm mtiA m? Wnrth Rt v?i? York- lt"7 Franklin St. Boston; aiicheimut Btj i'MUd?tpbl?. ^g&Bgtsbanf^ ..*zrw v , gPwr^a5&EIA8TIC TBUS3 k eipikau,wiu *iilf liljilii Ball in cmur, iuUf*?i t??irUiU araruoit r H jx*Woo? of tfc* boiy, vhlk tha Mtiaa B g? 1 ll B tha ctopr?W kt>tha HR? 78088 Jf btaaUamjufaatpaiaaawnW SSr wtScirbi?c?. wu& U|U town tat H?roUkb?ld*jcanJ? l*7an<l slffet, aaJ ? f*4leal cm crrtalo. Illi 1117, iut& tail it)'?. Malbjsuil. OcaUn (im. ? E6QLESTQ5 TETS3 CO., CHagO. UL gggBBBgj UOSE CUP & C0SE-SCS2 v7, ^WCT?7c7Tw the Invalid's boon and norac'* dnllfjht oNff r GIVEN FREE^nlf^ <JJ JfKAI.Tn MONTHI.Y to thow; sending _ MHKSa u only 4 letter sUimpt fnr a 3 month*' P JJ trial subscription. Tho Ilosa CUP m J O measures accurately one drachm nnd > f 0 prevents mixtiikcs; the cork - scrcr < i_ nrcveiiu breaking air lea and knifc5 f 1 blades: tho Health Monthly prevent* 5 V g human ill*. Add rex* M. HILL PUU. % B CO, Box 7S3, Now York City. JSEEEBB^aSlSl CORES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. B Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes good. EU Use In time. Sold by druggists. M ! L lz|i f J ^ no oth?r. H. H. WARNER & CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. fWTills remedy la on nbaoluto spcclflc foi the dlac.nr* of wnmcn: for (he self.liiilirtcd ncrvons troubles of yontb, and for die debility which precedes old iirc. Aft ntntHtir.i show that all dtac&Jieft nrixe from (he liidiicyit 01 ^fl Jlrer, we cnn auaraniet freedom from dNenne lu reason of >^c power which " >pd Llrcr t are ywewey