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EBnHP^* :ABMSCKIBED. BBHr" ??? I^^^Bocki Jiat Kmlt Fire?A Phosphorescent | ^I^^Vlioil-AnlibAls from Which Emanate j H-- TJgtat?Dead Animal Matter Illuminated. A New York medical man told some QHfe friends about a curious rock found , HHr just beyond Salt Lake City. Said he: "It is a well-known limestone, resembling ||^E|p a soft sandstone, colored somewhat with oxide of iron, and so phosphorBMM|escent that the slightest scratch or "blow produces light, but stranger yet. different colors are produced at will. !If metal or glass is used to strike it, a red light lasting several seconds is the -"Tesult. Rub two pieces together and a white light appears, while if a piece is heated in a glass tube it glows for several minutes witli a deep red, finally turning white. It was first discovered by some miners. "It is not so remarkable," continued the speaker," that so many persons believe in ghosts, as the ordinary run of people cannot be expected to familiarize themselves with all the phenomena of i nature, and a little superstition with equal parts of ignorance, well shaken, produce sometimes the most astonishing results. I was called to attend a case the other day, and found the family convinced that the man waa going to' die, as a ' sperrit' had been seen hovering over him. "When I tried to laugh tnem out of it they told me to call at night and see for myself, and so I did. Sure enough, when I looked into the darkened room there hung over the patient a luminous mist, a very fair sort of a ghost, but merely a phosphorescent exhalation from the patient,which I had some difficulty in proving, and I doubt <" if they yet believe me. Such cases are by no means unusual, not only with man but all animals. As early as K^.' 1687 a work, now rare, was written on . the subjcct of Fabrini, of Leipsic, but as regards positive explanations of the cause of phosphorescence of the human body atout as much was known then now. Phipson, the English cheinist, says that he has seen a pink meRjHfe tallic light in the eyes of a man in total darkness. One*of the strangest ^^^^^rases of light-giving higher animals in the monkey observed by the H " naturalist Reniger. In passing through a forest late at night he saw two bright lights, and thinking that it might be some rare insect, attempted to take them in a net, but they moved away. He fired and brought down a Hpit monkey that fortunately was only wounded in the leg. He kept it for some time, ;ind its eyes were so brilliantly luminous in perfect darkness that they illumined Ta 'l objects within six inches of them, and coarse print could be read by the (t-' light. A case well Known to me raf- Italian medical profession, and recorded by Bartholini, was that of a C' lady who*suddenly discovered that she < ; was luminous in the dark. The slightest friction produced a luminous halo about the entire body, so that she was jg?. called mulier splendens. The unfor? tunate lady was convinced that she t&s was the victim either of some super||pK natural visitation or a slow combusg%v,tlon; but she was not aware of any ill effects, and the strange condition gradually disappeared. MJDr. Lane, while in the Arctic re|&?'gions, had some curious experiences. ?2f: Strange lights appeared on the handle ggj: of his revolver, and by many of the ' men were considered ill-omens. Phosphorescent light appears about some persons previous to dissolution, but only after extreme and long prostra- j ' tion. In England and Scotland strange ? I'fy lights of any sort about persons are ( called elf candles. These ghostly i lights are often seen about dead ani- ( ; mal matter, the phenomena having . first been brought to the notice ; fifdf scientific men in 1592. < ? In 1641 a poor woman bought a piece i v of meat, and, having occasion to go ( H Into the pantry wiiere it was in dark- \ g^ness, was horrified to find the meat ' H seemingly ablaze with light. Numbers ( ? of persons visited it the next evening, ( ? among them Bart'nolini, the famous j ; Danish philosopher, who obtained a . piece of the fiery meat and found that , the luminosity disappeared when it be- , % gan to putrify. ( "In many countries about springs, ( Km damp ground, swamps or stagnant . k-pools, curious patches of very phos ' y.offnr Koiffl Aff on IOUCUii Uianuu mill, Wi??u u?u | and are considered especially by j elgian peasants to be the buin- , latter of comets and shooting { and Mulder, the chemist, called , ucilage atmospherique.' It was cally analyzed by him and Cams, ound to be the curious mucus uwelops the egg of the frog, lookike jelly. A remarkable light- J according to Sir John Richard- : s found in the gecko, a curious . from the East. It has been ) lying on a branch which was < ,ntly illuminated by the strange 1 f light they gave out, and when i an along it seemed like flashes of i 1 yellow light darting in and out t I the trees. They are subjects t Bat dread to the natives. In [r. parts of the Eastern country c I . I travelers navo seen tunuua ugius i moving in and out among the leaves s of certain trees and on dead trunks. < For a long time the nature of this phe- s nomena wa? unknown. By some ob- ] servers it was referred to as that of in- ; sects, while others considered it some ] peculiar phase of vegetable phosphor- ] eijcence, but finally the light giver was i captured and found to be one of the 1 tree toads. In many animals the l phosphorescence is confined to cer- l win parts of the body, but in this ease it was diffused over the entire sur- i face, so that the delicate form of the : little creature, with its sprawling legs, stood out in bold relief in lines of fire. The uses of this property to living animals are not known, but they undoubtedly serve some purpose in the economy of nature, the explanation, how IE^e^er, of a phenomena appearing in ? animals both living and dead, would K7. be difficult, and has never been Sucre cessfully attempted, although the | writings on the subject, especially in C; earlier times, are replete with theoI* ries and suggestions." > Japanese Mechanical Contrivances. E|;: A recent writer on the Japanese says: The whole of the manufacturing processes of Japan are conducted withW out the aid of mechanical contrivances aT whatever, and with the simplest of Kr tools. I do not think the country R? boasts a saw of sufficient length to cut W/- through a large log of wood. The saw P*. has the form of a butcher's chopper, re and when it has cut well into the angle g| at tj^ tnd of a log, the log is turned ||> arfowork begun on the opposite side, jg* By repeated turning a plank is cut. &f'IThe plane cuts pulling toward the W&. workman, and so does the saw. I never w saw a lathe with a continuous rotary g motion, save in the royal arsenal, which Bp is nothing more than a European P workshop; and I never but once | saw a labor-saving contrivance i of any kind in the country. Rice is husked by being placed in a assort of mortar into which a pestle :*faUs. The pestle is attached to a ^horizontal piece of wood, supported by ! 1.1'u*crum *n ^le center* en<* ^opposite the pestle a maD stands?thus rthe pestle is raised; but by his jumpF ing off the pestle falls: By this reI peated stepping on the end and jump 'ing off, the process of husking the ' rice is accomplished. In the corner of a field I once saw one of these mills fefwith a kind of bucket placed on the Lend of a beam, where the man would | f-stand. A small waterspout coming ! t. from a hillside filled this bucket with idjrater, when it raised the pestle ; but W^ct of raising upset the water, and ! ^thua let the pestle fall. This, as I fwrafottt said, is the only machine , [ thai I ever saw in Japan, yet the pro- ! ductlons of the country would lead me . ;,to infer that machinery of an ad- j jjTaaced character must be common. , /.various forms of water wheels are 9{|iown, but during my travels I never j ?*aw one. | General C. A. Evans, of Atlanta, ( uses a walking-stick made of a limb ?from the oak tree under which Wesley -preached his first sermon in America J -i ? 1 Youth is in danger until it learns to * look upon, debt as furies. t W ' ?& ; ; >" , * Female Spotters. It is the custom of some ?f our railoads in the North and "West, say3 a Chicago paper, to employ female spotters to catch up conductors and make ;hem lose their situations. Many of these spotters are very pretty girls, md when the conductor comes along to collect fare, the fascinating spotter discovers that she has lost her pocketbook, ticket, money, photograph of her mother and everything she had in the world, sobs, puts up a distressed mouth and begs the conductor not to put her off the train. The conductor is usually a manly, big-hearted fellow, and he grants her request and allows her to ride free, and the fascinating spotter reports the conductor, gives the number of his train, and he is accordingly waltzed up to the superintendent's office and discharged for disobeying orders and allowing people to ride without showing a ticket, a pass or paying fare. A short time ago a conductor on a Cincinnati train was diseharged for allowing a poor, sick :iu U.-l.l fron TllP WOIIltUl 11/11 <l U111U tu x iviv Iivv.. pocr sick woman was a spotter and the child was borrowed for the occasion. Bur every cloud has a silver lining. Once in a long while the poor spotted conductor takes a trick, and then the managers of the railroad and the spotter laugh out of the other corners of their mouths. Tom Gibbons was a passenger conductor on a run from Chicago imto a town in Iowa, and one morning before he pulled out a telegraph operator whispered to him to watch out for a handsome female spotter who was on the train, or would get on it at some way station. Tom tumbled to the racket and winked a wink that raised a small cloud of dust on the depot platform. About fifty miles out, sure enough a goou-Jooking miss gut on the train and after she had nestled snugly into her seat, Tom charged down on her like the wolf on the fold and demanded her fare. She smiled graciously as a young alligator and commenced rummaging her pockets, after her purse; and first she went through one set of pockets and then another, and then she tried to turn red in the face by holding her breath, and pretty soon she said: "Goodness gracious, alive! I believe I've lost my pocketbook." Tom said he guessed not, at least he hoped not, and suggested that perhaps if he felt around in her pockets he might possibly find it, and offered to assist her in every way, but she bocame indignant at his rather obtrusive kindness, and finally broke down into the regulation sob and hysteric business and begged Tom not to put her off, and she told him she was on her way home to her father's funeral, that she would get him the money at the station, that she was a poor schoolteacher all alone in the world, and a great deal more which might have influenced Tom had he not known just exactly who she was and what she was there for. So Tom told her it was of no use; it was pay or be dumped, and although some of the tender-hearted passengers said it was a " shame," ana then shoved their money farther down into their pockets without offering to whack up for the girl's fare. Tom waited until he was about nine miles from any house, in the depth of a dismal forest, with a heavy rain-storm howling in from the northwest, and there he dumped Miss female spotter right in the mud to hoof it in to the next station by the rays of the cold, white moon. "We understand that one of the maddest women in Chicago visited the superintendent of the railroad the next [lay. She told him that she wanted to 3ettle up right away quick and go out of the spot business right on the spot. And the company paid her off, and the next day Tom sent in his resignation, and thus the company not only lost their fascinating female spotter, but Dne of the best and most valuable men they had in their employ. "The truth of the whole matter is, a conductor who has the interest of his employers at stake and will do what is right, is always a humane man, and although he is not liable to be imposed upon by dead-beats, he should not be isked by any company to make a brute -?f Viimctilf tn pdsicf t.lio t.pnrfnl ?nnp:il?i )f an unfortunate maiden or a woman ipparently in great distress. A man who is brute enough to do this will not lesitate to steal the company blind if le gets the chance. And the officers svho ask him to sink his manhood ire as monumental brutes as they ivould make of him. Manufacturing: Oil Paintings. Oil paintings, twenty-four by thirtysix inches, mounted and stretched, are 3old in this city, says the New York Sun, at a profit for $50 a hundred. Eight artists have been known to proiuce 125 of these paintings in a day Large, handsome, flat Dutch gilt frames 'or the paintings sell for $1. These ire wholesale rates. The pictures reail for from $2 apiece up, and one of hem has been sold as high as $250. Chev are sold chiefly by peddlers, who :arry stocks of them through all the nining towns of the "West. Many show an amount o? labor and skill in ixecution which it would seem impossible to command for ten times the price asked. They are all landscapes, is nothing else sells so well. The paintings come in many sizes, but the price does not vary much. They generally represent a river, mountains in the distance, a bit of country with fences and trees, and here and there a farmhouse. One of the largest of these oil-painting manufactories is in Greenwich street, where there are rooms filled with racks containing hundreds of finished paintings. On an upper iloor a reporter saw eight persons, six of whom were young women. They were hard at work, and painting rapidly. The proprietor, Mr. William Levin, is an artist who studied four years under Gerome in Paris. Finding very little money in nigh art, he invented a process for the rapid production of cheap paintings. The paintings are made on heavy muslin, which is first wet and stretched tightly on long frames. It is then cut into the required size, and stretched by a machine on a square pine frame, where it is made fast. Next the muslin is tinted a light blue, and after this has dried it is ready for the painter. A coating of oil is first put on it, and then a stencil plate is laid on the muslin. This stencil is of thick paper, with all sorts of odd shapes cut in it. A boy stands on one side of the table and a girl on the other, and near them are several small pots of paint. They daub the paint into the holes of the stencil plate with great rapidity. "When the stencil is removed the muslin is seen to be spotted here and there with paint. Another stencil is then used, whose holes correspond to other parts of the muslin, and more paint i3 daubed in. Two more stencils follow, and when the work is done the muslin is completely covered with a patchwork of varied colors. It is then handed to a young woman who blends the background. She uses several brushes in running the colors into each other, and finally goes over all with a large camel's-hair Orush. The result is surprising, rue patchwork becomes a harmonious combination of blended tints. The muslin then goes to a man who blends the foreground in the same manner. Next it is dried and passes to the finisher, who works from a model hung on her easel. She outlines the trees, fences, shrubs and other accidents of scenery with extraordinary rapidity. The colors are mixed ready to her hand, and she has simply to lay them on. A fourth and more skillful artist gives the finishing touches of light and shade. It finally goes to the artist, who may be called the architect. He puts in the palaces, castles, houses and boats. The rapidity and skill with which all work is due to long years of practice. The paint used is common house painters' paint. In the paintroom are racks containing small pots of paint of .'{,000 different tints. The title of the "City of Churches" ias now pjissed from Brooklyn to Philidelphia, the latter city leading the list with 593 churches. New York comes iext with 489, and Brooklyn is now ,hird in the list with4 285 churches. I AFTER THE INUNDATIONS. Thousands of People Rendered Homeless and Property Worth Millions Destroyed. An Indianapolis (Ind.) dispatch graphically recites the suffering and losses entailed upon a portion of that section of the country by the recent floods. The losses, exclusive of Cincinnati and immediate vicinity, where the damage done also amounts to millions of dollars, will aggregate over $3,000,000. Says the Indianapolis dispatch : The waters have now receded from the flooded districts in tho valleys of the Ohio and Wabash rivers, and something like an adequate id6? can be formed of the damage done. At Lawrenceburg about six hundred houses were either totally destroyed or so wrecked as to bo uninhabitable and 4,000 u*?rlmATirtant people art* UUIUCKrsanuu^uuuv, uvrv..v.?.. upon charity for support. Every business ninn in the city is absolutely ruined, and during the past ten days men who have been regarded as prosperous and well-to-do have been compelled to call upon the local relief committees for food for their families. Down the river for ISO miles the country is devastated tou width of three or four miles. Fences, sheds, barns and houses are swept away. The farmers havo lost all their stock and agricultural products. Their property is greatly damaged, and it will tuke them years to restore their property in the condition it was before the flood. At Madison the loss will not reach over $200,000, and this will fall generally upon the manufactories, although 130 residences were either inundated or washed away. At Jeffersonville the destruction was most appalling. A city of it,000 inhabitants was completely submerged to an average depth of twelve feet. The people were fortunate to escaj e with their lives, but in no case was their personal property saved. The stock of 200 business houses was ruined, so far as water could do it. The suffering hereainonir the peoplo was terrible. A thousand laboring men, mostly with families, not only are thrown out of employment for weeks to come, but their houses and household goods are ruined. One of the government supply depots is located here and nearly five hundred soldier*' widows who were employed as seamstresses in making clothes wero rendered homeless. The waters in subsiding have left the houses full of mud and debris, and broken furniture and crushed walls indicate the force of the waves as they swept in from the Ohio. Two miles below Jeffersonville the little village of Charleston was under water so deep that the terry ooais ran over u. hum across on the Kentucky shore Portland, a thriving manufacturing town, was almost entirely destroyed. At New Albany the manufacturers suffer a loss of . >400,000, and 3TX) houses were taken from their foundations and carried down the river. Further down the damage was not so great, although Leavenworth, the seat of Crawford county, was almost destroyed. Of the intervening country between Lawrenceburg and New Albany, on the Indiana side, estimates are but little more than guesswork. The principal damage is by the washing away of fences, sheds, stables, stock and agricultural products: $:!00,000 would be but a small estimate for this. A summary of the total loss from New Albany to the Ohio line is as follows: Jeffersonville $92.">.000 New Albany 730,000 Madison 200,000 Aurora 150,000 Lawrencebure 850,000 Intervening country 300,030 Total $3,155,000 At Jeffersonville there are 8,000 persons without homes. At New Albany about 8,000, at Madison 1,000, at Aurora f>UU, at mwrenceburg nearly 4,000. anil in the intervening country 2,f>(W, or a total for the whole district of 24,000. A Snake Trap Wanted. The destruction of human life in India by venomous snakes is appalling, and the number of cattle killed by them is a serious drain upon the resources of the people. In Bengal i alone about 10,000 persons are fatally bitten every year, and nearly as many more lives are lost by the same pests throughout British India. These are deaths officially registered Sir Joseph Fayrer, the most competent living authority, believes that the reported deaths do not nearly include the whole number. The cattle killed by snakes number between two and three thousand a year; also, in all probability, an under statement. Of late years considerable rewards have been offered fnr Irillinor nf vpnnmmis snakes. and thousands have been destroyed, to the material lessening of the death rate of people and cattle; still the country is overrun with the pests, and is likely to be until better means have been devised for taking and destroying them. In 1880 the deaths reported as from snake bite were 19,060; and 212,776 snakes were killed at a cost of over $4,500, in rewards. The next year (1881) there were fatally bitten 18,610 people; and 254,968 snakes were destroyed at a cost of nearly $5,000. The snakes which do the mischief are, according to Fayrer, the cobra, the liungarus coeruleus or krait, the echis and the daboia or Russell's viper, all of which are most conspicuous snakes and easily identified. There are others, such as Bungarus fasciatus Ophiophagus elaps, which are dangerous, but comparatively rare and sel UUill IJ1LC7 1UU1I, ? illiu IUV it j VII , | being confined to the sea or estuaries, are, though very poisonous, not so dangerous to man, and the trimeresuri, which are both uncommon and at the same time are not so deadly as to endanger life. It is proposed that a score of snakehunters shall be organized in every district, whose duty would be, under proper supervision, to seek out and destroy these pests. In several provinces gangs of paid snake-hunters are already at work, with very encouraging results. It appears that only kanjars or men of similar caste can engage in this work, the taking of life of any sort being a violation of the religious laws of most Hindoos. It is doubtful whether the snake-killers will ever pursue their task, however well paid, with a degree of care and thoroughness likely to destroy their occupation. If the snakes are to be exterminated, it will have to be by other means. "Would it not be possible to devise traps in which snakes could be taken alive (by members of castes who could not kill them) to be turned over to proper authorities for destruction ? Or traps might be made into which snakes could be enticed to their own destruction, traps which onc? set would go on performing their beneficent work endlessly, without the intervention of a caste-ridden people, and without putting upon any one but the trap-setter responsibility for taking life. The scope for invention in this direction is very wide; and in view of the circumstance that the patent laws of India are quite favorable to inventors, and the fact already noted that the /?nnm?vni"ntnnnf orvrl er^oral 1 n/m 1 glMV/lUlU^UU <?uu T K.L Hi ?VUU1 governments have seriously undertaken the work of ridding the country of deadly snakes, and are spending large sums for the purpose, it is clear that a simple, cheap and efficient snake trap would find a ready market there. If a trap could he produced that people of all castes could be induced to use, its success would he enormous. There are 200,000,000 people in British India alone that need such protection.?Scientific American. The Heads of Great Men. It is usually supposed that men of j great intellectual powers have large. | massive heads, but the theory which i Dr. Gilbert, physician to Queen Eliza- j beth, was the first to suggest, is not I borne out by facts. An examination of busts, pictures, medallions, intaglios, etc., of the world's famous celebrities almost tends the other way. In the earlier paintings, it is true, men are distinguished by their large heads, but this is attributable to the painters, who agreed with the general opinion and wished to tlatter their sitters. A receding forehead is mostly condemned. Nevertheless, this feature is found in Alexander the Great, and, to a lesser degree, Julius Ciesar. The head of Frederick the Great, as will be seen from one of the portraits in Carlyle's work, receded dreadfully. Other great men had positively small heads. Lord Byron's was remarkably small, as were those of Lord Bacon and Cosmo de'Medici. Men of genius of ancient times have only what may be called an ordinary or every-day forehead; and Herodotus, Alcibiades, Plato, Aristotle and Epicurus, among many others, are mentioned as instances. Some are even low-browed, as Burton, author of " The Anatomy of < Melancholy," Sir Thomas Browne and Albert Durer. The average forehead of the Greek sculptures in the frieze from the Parthenon is, we are told, " lower, if anything, than what is seen in modern foreheads." the gods themselves are represented with " ordinary, if not low, brows." Thus it appears that the popular notion of the matter is erroneous, and that there may be great men without big heads?in other words, a Geneva watch is capable of keeping a3goo:l time as an eight-day clock.?Journal of Bcicnce. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Eastern and Middle States. Pbofesbobs Swift, of the Warner observatory at Rochester, and Brooks, f the Red | Houso observatory at Phelps, N. Y., report the discovery of a new comet. The Rev. Dr. Paul A. Chadbourne, president of the Massachusetts Agricultural college, died in New York, to which city he had come for the purpose of attending ex-Governor Morgan's funeral. Dr. Chadbourne was sixty years old, had been a member of the Massachusetts State senate, president of Williams college and of the University of Wisconsin, and was widely known. The ocean steamship Republic arrived in New York with the greater part of the crew of tko freight Btoamor Glamorgan, from Liverpool, bound for Boston, on board. The Glamorgan was sighted by tho Republic in mid-ocean in a sinking coudition. After several dangerous trips of tho Re. public's life-boats, in one of which a sailor belonging to the rescuing party wns lost, tho forty-four men remaining on board the Glamorgan we: e transferred the steamship. Tho captain, second officer, second stoward and two seamen of tho Glamorgan had been washed overboard and lo3t, and a stowaway had his neck broken; while threo of tho rescued seamen had been seriously injured. Geeat excitement was aroused in Lawrence, Mass., by the announcement that the Augustinian socioty, a chartered Catholic organization formod in 1870 to receive the deposits of tho parishioners of the church, had suspended, with liabilities of about .^.r>40,000. The depositors number 700? a majority of them being poor female mill operatives. About $?30,000 is owing to depositors, and the balance to mortgage holders. Tho suspension is said io be duo to bad management, resulting from business inoxporience. Tho priests of tho various Catholic churches of Lnwrence in their Sunday discourses promisod that all tho money would in time be paid to the depositors. - 1 etm UNE snimi iviorstj Iiin ucuu uju.^ uously for months to produco in New York tho "Passion Play," in which Christ's c:uciflxion and other scriptural scenes nre enacted by actors in costume, with scenic and other staga acct s ;ories. Both tho out. going and incoming mayors refused Morse a license to produce the play, and his appeals to the courts have also hitherto been in vain. Despite these rebuffs Morso invited about 700 persons to a rehearsal of the play in the theatre specially built for its performance,and the opening scene had actually begun when the police stopped further proceedings by arresting the manager. The First National bank of Union Mills, of Union City, Penn., has suspended. It is believed the depositors will bo paid in full, but the stockholders will lose something. Gilbert L. Crowell, president of tho Empire Silver Mining company, of New York, has embezzled funds intrusted to him amounting to more than $000,000. Most of the money taken belonged to the Talmnn estate, of which he was the agent. The monoy was spent by him in trying to make the Empire mine in Utah pay. Crowell has made a general assigument, showing $GG4,?!00 liabilities and ?51,170 assets. Tnc judiciary committee of the Pennsylvania house of representatives reported favorably a bill to remove the State capital from Harrisburg to Philadelphia, under certain specified conditions. Habdly more than a fortnight after the death of ex-Governor Jewell, of Connecti* cut, his widow also died in New York of prostration caused by her bereavement. Caroline Bebniieimeb, a poor New York widow, while washing clothes for another famil}*, foil from a window upon a circular saw revolving underneath, and was cut in two. Louis P. Cabman, late secretary of llio defunct Manhattan Fire Insurance company, of New York, disappeared, and investigation of his accounts showed that he had misappropriated about $40,00Q. Many of the fishermen at Gloucester, Mass., refused to go to sea on account of the prophecy of Wiggins, tho Canadian astronomer, that a terrific storm would take place on March 11; in consequence several vessels all ready to sail for the fishing ground were nnablo to leave. Senatob Orvillk H. Platt, of Connecticut, has been elected a member of the Republican National committee, in place of the late Marshall Jewell. The Massachusetts assembly by a vote of /7 to CO, rejected the bill giving to female citizens the right to vote for city and town officers, to hold city and town offices, and to vote in town meetings. South and West. A desperate but unsucce3Biui aitempi IO escape from the Missouri State penitentiary, at Jefferson City, has l e.m made by some of tho 3,3C0 convicts there confined. Eight convicts armed with knives suddenly seized the two foremen in one of the shops, and at the same time the leader of the revolt set fire to the building. In an instant the prison was in an uproar. Men with hose to rnt out tho fire were driven back and the hose was cut by tho convicts. Citizen volunteers appeared from all quarters and kept tho convicts at bay until the ringleaders could be secured. Three buildings were corsjmed. and the losses to the State and to private contractors aggregate about $000,000. Four rroro t vmV?n)*1tr fnfjillv hnrnflrl. Eleven persons?five of them womenwere injured, bnt none fatally, by a boiler oxplosion in a St. Panl (Minn.) brewery. Ellis Cbaft, one of the men on trial nt Grayson, Ivy., for the murder of the three Gibbons children, the terrible tragedy that was followed by a lynching and a fatal fight with the militia, was found guilty and sentenced to dea'.h. Four hundred troops guarded the jail during the trial. Twenty-five convicts at work strengthen ing a levee near Helena, Ark., disarmed their guard, killed Major James Gant, a planter who was pursuing them, and escaped. Five inmates of the Western Lunatic asylum, at Staunton, Va., were quickly killed by taking poison that is supposed to have been mixed, intentionally or accidentally, with their medicine, and two more were not expected to recover. Typhoid and malarial fever as well as pneumonia have broken out in the flooded uinti Schilling, the saloon keeper of thebarned Newhall house, has been indicted by the Milwaukee grand jury on the charge of having fired the building. Tiif, entire town of Vanghan, Miss., with the exception of two building?, has been wiped away by fire. W. M. Davidson, member of the Arkansas legislature, while intoxicated, drowned himself at Little Rock. When nows of his death was received the legislature adjourned. Shawneetown, 111., has been ulmost rained by the floods. Tho town is an awful scene of desolation. Thero are great gaps left by houses swept away. In 0110 addition four solid blocks of dwellings have entirely disappeared. Tho Presbyterian church llontpfl nwnv n milft. Thn villnrr/vt nf Rlnr.t burn and Raleigh, Ky., have l?5an noarly wiped out. Over one hundred houses in these plaoes are gone. At Colnmhus, lty.? over ten feet of water spread ovor the town filled nearly all the store.". James Elliott, a notorious prize-lighter and ex-convict, had a desperate pistol encounter with a "sporting" character named Dunn in a Chicago restaurant. Nine r.hots were fired, and then the men met and clinched. Finally Elliott fell back and died in twenty minutes. Dunn, who had received two slight wounds, was arrested. Thomas W. Palmbb, of Detroit, hn? been elected to the Unitod States Senate by the Michigan legislature to succeed Senator Ferry. The contest wis long and determined, several weeks being consumed and eighty-one ballots being taken before Mr. Palmer was elected Prom Washington. .me ituniiiiJKiuu Krmiu jury nas HKllCieU W. H. Brown, who was a member of the first star route jury, on the charge of having received from James A. Ke'son a sum of money to influence his action as a juior in t ho case of John Long, het!er known as the " Banco case." It is alleged that at the time of tho trial the jury failed to agree, eleven standing fcr conviction and 0110 for acquittal, the latter being Brown. It is further alleged that Brown was paid $100 for " hanging tho jury," and that James A. Nelson was the person through whose hands the money passed. Nelson is also indicted on the charge of having corruptly endeavored to influence a juror's action. Letters passing between the navy department and Commander Gorriiito, and which led to the latter's resignation and its prompt acceptance, have been published. Commander Gorringe resented a remark of Secri*?ry Chandler i:b insultin;;, and thereupon res-?ned. Secretary Chandler charges that 'Jommander Gorringe has been an insubordinate and troublesome officer. V . ' .. . .. '< V. ??????????????? The President nominated John TT. Foster of Indiana, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Spain. Mr. Foster was for Bix years our minister to Mexico and two years minister at St. Petersburg. The joint congressional conference committee on tho postoffice appropriation bill agreed upon October 1 as the date at which two-cent postage shall go into effect. It is estimated that tho total internal revenue receipts for the present fiscal year, which ends June 30, will be within $2,000,000 of those of last year?$144,000,000 as against $ 146,000,000. TnE department of state received an application from the British government for the extradition of Mr. P. J. Sheridan, suspected of complicity in the Phoenix park murders. The secretary of state, upon the application, issued a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Sheridnn, and it was placed in the hands of Mr. West, the British minister. Mr. Sheridm was in New York city, where he had been employed on the editorial Btnff of an Irish newspaper. FuBTnEn nominations by the President: S. G. W. Benjamin to be minister resident and consul general of the United States at Teheran, Persia; Wickham Hoffman to be minister resident and consul general of the Unite! States to Denmark; Lucius H. Footo to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Corea: Dwight T. Reed to be secretary of the legation and consul-general of the United States at Madrid. Fubtiieb confirmations by the Senate: Samuel C. Wingard to be arsociate justice of the supreme court, Washington Territory; John W. Foster, of Indiana, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Spain; Wickham Hoffman to be minister resident and consul-general to Denmark: Dwight T. Reed to be secretary of legation and consul-general at Madrid; S. Q. W Benjamin to be minister resident and consul-general at Teheran, Persia; W. P. Sutton to be consul-general at Matamoras; L. H. Footc to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Corea; La Rue Peck, of New York, to bo United States consul at Fort Erie, Canada; Robert G. Dyrenforth, of Illinois, to be assistant commissioner of patents. Fubtheb nominations by the President: Martin I. Townscnd to be Unitod States attorney for the northern district of New York; John Paul to be United States judge for the western district of Virginia; Edmund Waddill to be United States attornoy for the eastern district of Virginia; Decias S. Wade to be chief justice of the supreme court of Montana;' William E. Church to be associate justice of the supreme court of DaVotoh. In the stur-route trial the other day an extraordinary colloquy took place between Mr. Merrick, of government counsel, and Colonel Ingersoll, counsel for defense. The witness Rerdell was being cross-examined. Mr. Merrick said he should interrupt without regard to the wishes of counsel. Mr. Ingersoll (warmly)?I do not want the regard of counsel, and would consider his regard as an insult. Mr. Merrick (turning quickly toward his opponent)?I never give my regard to a puppy. Mr. Ingersoll (involunturily picking up a heavy inkstand and rod with angor) ?You are a dirty dog. The court, pounding vigorously upon the desk, finally restored order. Judge Wylie was visibly shocked and outraged. Mutual apologies were then made by the two lawyers. The President nominated General Charles K. Graham to be naval officer, James L. Benedict to bo surveyor and Andrew F. Perry to be appraiper in the New York custom house ; Silas W- Burt t> bo civil servic examiner, and Eliliu Root to be the New York district attorney, vice General Stewart L. Woodruff, removed* The president of the Senate appointed as the committee to inquire into the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi river Messrs Logan, Jones, of Nevada! McMillan, Jonas and Walker; as visitors to West Point, Messrs. Cameron, of Wisconsin, and Harris, and rs visitors to the Naval academy, Messrs. Lnpham and Camden. Pension expenditures during February? $9,781,119. During February tho public debt was reduced $7,630,078. leiving the principal, loss cash in the treasury,at $1,580,276,114; cash in the treasury, $; OS,200,748. Ax the United States mints there were coined during February 98,840 gold pieces, worth $1,960,WO; 3,010.000 silver coins,worth $2,401,000, and 4,754,000 iniuor coins, worth $136,500. Foreign News. Twenty-two persons were drowned by the wreck of a steamer in the Bosphorus. Mb. Pabnelt,, on the day after he had been attacked in tho British house of commons by Mr. Forster, replied to that member's charges of having inciled to murder and having winked at outrages. Ho declared that the prisoners in Dublin charged with llio Phcenix nark murders warn rv4 members of tho land league, and accused Mr. Forster of asking him to turn informer against his associates. A fabcEii containing several ounces of dynamite, with a fuse attached, was found in the postoffico at Ballydehob, Ireland. It was addressed to Earl Spencer, Ireland's lord-lieutenant. The St. Petersburg Golos, a leading Russian newspaper, has been suspended six months for criticising the government. Since Mr. Forster's attack on Parnell in the British house of commons tho London police have be?n guarding his residonce. Extra police precautions have also been taken for Mr. Gladstone's safety. Kevolutionaby troops have captured Quito, tho capital of Ecuador. Srx men are said to have already been enrolled to fill the gaps in the ranks of tho " Irish Invincibles" made by tho arrest of its members for tho murders in Dublin. Much distress from want of food prevails in comity Donecnl. Ireland. Rj.nwnfJ ir. used for food, find there is a sick person in almost every house. A paper bomb, charged with powder, was thrown into tho courtyard of the Chigi palace, Rome, the residence of the Austrian ambassador, and two similar petards were thrown at tho same time?one before tho Austrian embassy to the Vatican and the other in front of the royal palaco of the Quirinal. A Malta dispatch says that the steamer William Dickinson has beun abandonedThirteen of her crew are missing; fourteen were saved. A secret society known as the " Black Hand," having for its objcct tho collectiveinstead of individual rights of property, js causing much troublo in Spain. A band of masked and armed men, supposed to be members of the society, entered a farm at u_.?Wnrrfinn Anrlnlnsia. ntltl mtirclnrnH tho men, assaulted tho women and destroyed every thing on tho place. At Malaza thirtyeight persons wero arrested charged with belonging to tho society. English and French papers have been quite generally discussing the application of tho British government for tho extradition of P. J. Sheridan from the United States and Frank Byrne from France?two men charged with being connected with the Dublin murder conspiracies. The festivities at Berlin in honor of tho silver wedding of the German crown prince, who is married to Quoen Victoria's eldest daughter, were of the most splendid character. The city put on a holiday appearance, thore was a gorgeous procession, with other scenes of pageantry and splendor. PORTT-SETENTH CONGRESS Senate. Iu discussion of tho legislative, execntive and judicial appropriation bill, upon the amendment increasing the salary of the public printer from ftS.fiOO to ?1,000, a debate orono as to tho influence of the Typographical union upon the management of the government printing office. Messrs. Bock Anthony and Kollins charged that the government printing office whs under the domination of the Typographical union, and that no printer could work there unless he belon^A'l in thnt. hndv. Mr. Yonrhees said the printers had a right to combine for their protection. The amendment win agreed to and the bill was passed. A bill was passed to punish the f; lte peraonntion of officer.? and enu loyo< of the United State'....Tho House l>i 1 to prevent the importation of adulterated or s unions tea* was lapsed Tiie Four h of July claims bill wa* pas.-o.l . . Hi'ls were passed grantingrensions to.the widows.of 11 earAdmiral Hat union t find (Jeneral G. K. Warr>:ii The disagreement of conference committees on the pcstofliio appropriation bill was reported and a niw conference committee was appoin'e l. The following communication from Mr, Davis, president pro tern of the Senate, was read: "In view of possible exigencies that might affect tho public servico, I deem it pio. er to give notice of my intention to resign the ollice with which the Senate honored me, at noon on Saturday, the 3d of March, proximo.".. .Mr. Miller presented several teleg.a-us from printers and other workingmen of New York protesting against any action to exclude union printers from the government printing office. Mr. Voorhees ateo presented se\eral similar communications. Mr. Anthony said that no such exclusion was proposed, and Mr. Daves said lie hoped this declaration would go out as the answer to the telegrams received on tlus subject The following conference committee 011 tho tariff bill was appointod: Messrs. Morrill, Sherman, Aldrich, Beck and BayarJ. Upon motion of Mr. Ingalls the following resolution in regard to the tariff bill conference committee was passed: Besolved, That it is the opinion of the Senate that the conference on the House bill 5.538 (the internal revenue tariff bill) should be full and free, and that if the Senate conferees become advised that any limitation has been placed by the House upon the action of their conferees the Senate conferees shall retiro and report the fact to the Senate for its consideration... The bill to give increased pensions to onearmed and one-legged soldiers was taken up, debated at great length, amended and passed....The sundry civil appropriation bill was reported The House bill to provide for the restoration of citizenship to such citizens of the United States as have become naturalized citizens of Great Britain was reported adversely. Messrs. Mahone and McDill were apIn fViA pnnfArfinftft rnmmitfpfl Or t.h? J'UJUlVM ",,V V ?- - ? ?.V tariff bill in place of Messrs. Bayard and Beck....The sundry civil appropriation bill was considered. The bill as reported from the committee appropriated $24,835,000, being $9,000 000 less than the estimates and $753,0W) less than the act of last year. Houm. The Sennte amendments to the army appropriation and the fortification bills were non-concnrred in Mr. Williams, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, reported back the repolution calling on the President for all correspondence which has taken place between the United States and Russia in regard to the treatment of Jews in Russia. Adopted. , The bill to appropriate $10,000,000 a year for five years from the national treasury to assist the several States in maintaining their common Bdiools was discussed without action.. . .Tho bill to prevent the importation and salo of adulterated tea was passed The sundry civil appropriation bill was passed .. ..The majority report of the special committee on the improvement of the Mississippi river was received. The Senate amendments to tho District of Columbia, the legislative and the postoflice appropriations bills were non-concurred in and new committees of conference were appointed.. .The deficiency bill was reported. The amount of deficiency for 158;} is $485,118, and the total of the bill is $2,037,989.... Tho Senate joint resolution for the termination of the fisheries articles of tho treaty of Washington was passed. Upon Mr. Reed's motion tho House, after a long and exciting parliamentary struggle, referred the tariff bill as it came back to the House from the Senate to a conference committee of ten. The vote stood 129 yeas to 22 nays, thirteen Democrats only voting and all against the resolution, together with nine Republicans. The speaker appointed as the House members of the conference committee Messrs. Kelley, McKinley, Haskell, Randall and Carlyle. Mr. Randall having declined to servo on the tariff conference committco, Mr. Spcer was appointed in his place The river and harbor bill was further considered and amended....A bill wits reported to adjust tho salaries of postmasters The Senate bill was passed appropriating .^100,000 for tho erection of a public building at Jofferson City, Mo.... A bill was passed for the reappraisemdnt of the transport Planter, captured by Robert Smalls.... The speaker announced the appointment of the following members to attend the ceremonies of the unveiling of the statue of Joseph Henry, late secretary of the Smithsonian institution: Messrs. Wait, Aldrich, Brown, Kassou, Candler, Walker, Pettibone, McClure, Cox, of New York, Itosecrans, Knott, Tucker, Cartin, Gibson and Robeson. The most exciting scene that occurred during the past Fession took place in its last days, during the disensson of the river and harbor bill. Mr. Van Voorhis, of New York, offered an amendment to strike out the appropriation for the Sacramento river, and after a reference to Chairman Page, of the commerce committee, said: "This is so damnable, so outrageous that nobody but a gambler or cutthroat would think of tacking such a thing as that to such a bill as this." Mr. Horr sprang to his feet and demanded that tho words be taken down and reported to the House. This being done Mr. McLane offered a resolution for the expulsion of Mr. Van Voorhis. The House and the crowded ? " ?; in n fnvnr nf or glUiuritJM wuru luuucuKuvij iu ? > *v?w w<. citement and much confusion prevailed. After some debute the New York member apologized to the House and declared that he had intended no personal allusion. Mr. McLane withdrew his mot:on, but Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, offered a resolution that Mr. Van Voorhis should be reprimanded nt the bar of the House. Mr. Page uryoJ him to withdraw it. Mr. Van Voorhis again apologized. Mr. Herbert refused to withdraw his resolution, but afier some conciliatory remarks by other members the resolution was defeated by a vote of sixty-six to seventy-eight. Mr. Van Voorhis withdrew his amendment and the bill was passed by 112 yeas to 90 nays....The general deficiency bill was passed 1 iie conference report on the fortification appropriation biU was agreed to. A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY REVIVED. One of tho Murderer* of 'he Gibbon* Children In Kentucky Sentenced to Dcnth?A Crime that wns.Succccdcd by Hloori*lie<I. Ellis Craft has been sentenced to death at Grayson, Ky., for participation in the murder of the Gibbons family. Bufore sentence was passed upon him, the prisoner made a speech declaring his innocence. The crime for which Craft was convicted was the murder at Ashland, on the morning of Decern- j ber 24, 18t<l, of Robert Gibbons, aged seven- i teen; Fanny Gibbons, aged fourteen, and 1 Emma Thomas, aged fourteen. On the night previous Craft and William Neal went to ihe house of George Ellis, awakened him, and prevailed upon him to accompany them to the Gibbons house. They entered the house ' * i li.J by a window anu ?eai ana urait usstumeu the two girls. Emma Tlioinas recognized Neal, and said she would tell her mother. Ah Robert was abont to give the alarm Craft struck him on the head with an ax, killing him instantly. He then turned to Fannie and killed her also with tlio ax. Neal then killed Emma Thomas in the snme manner. They then saturated the girls'clothing with oil and set fire to the hoi:.- o. burning it to the ground. At first there was no clew to the murderers, and a reward of $1,000 was offered for their capture. The father of the victims, J. W. Gibbons, was suspected, ho being charged I with the crime by his wife. Ho, however, proved an alibi. On January 3, 1882, George Ellis confessed, and implicated Craft and Neal, who were arrested. Neal made a full confession of his guilt. January /? the prisoners were taken to Cutlettsburg, the county seat of Boyd county. Early in tho morning people began to arrive, and before noon nearly 2,000 had assembled, including r.ll the male population of Ashland. Judge Strong, fearing violence from the crowd, engaged a steamboat, and with th'r y deputies and the sheriff the prisoners were started down the Ohio toward Ashland. The mob, under threats of death, compelled tho captain of nnother steamer to get up steam and start in pursuit. After an exciting ch<!93 as far as Ashland tho crowd gave up the pursuit, having heard that Iia ff'a ofnomoF hn/1 fnlron nlmnrfl ^nvPTlf v - rf soldiers at Riverton, be o.v Catlettsburg. On January J', by special act of the legislature, a grand jury was impaneled, and returned true bills against the three pr:'s mere. Craft and Neal had separate trials, which resulted in their conviction, and they were sentenced to be hanged 0:1 April 14,1882. Ellis, who turned State's evidence, was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. But the dreadful crime had stirred up tho pooplo to snch a pitch that a life sentence sto ned to them too mild a punishment for either of ti e wretches who took part in tho tragedy. Accordingly, on the morning of Juno it, 1K82, the day after Ellis was sentenced, a crowd of several hundred men arrived at Catlettsburg on a special train from Ashland, took Kllis from tho jail and thence to Ashland by train, and hanged him to a tree near tho scene of tho murders. Neal and Craft obtained a stay of proceedings pending an appeal, and on September 13 tho court of appeals reversed tho judgment of tho lower court and remanded tho cases for new trials. They were granted a chaugo of venue to | Carter county. On October ;x) they were taken to Catlettsburg, guarded by 220 State troops. Thence they embarked on a steamer for Muysville, Ky. A mob, five mile* below Catlettsburg, were out in ferryboats to intercept them. As the Granite State, on which the prisoners and thoir guard were, stoamed by, the crowd opened lire, which was returned by the troops with fatal effect, ono of the crowd beintr killed and several wounded. Five spectators on the river bank were also killed and twenty-one wounded. After lying in jail in Lexington till February r>, where they had been taken after the encounter of October .'H), the prisoners were taken to Grayson, Carter county, where they were lodged in jail. Four hundred troops accompanied them i:n 1 guarded the jail during the trial, both infantry and artillery being called into fe.*vite. There were no attempts at disturbance by the populace. Craft, when called upon to plead, a lid: '' I'm not guilty; it's a 1 a lie." Substantially the samo testimony was presented by the prosecution as formerly. The testinu uy for the defense was very weak, and there wrs no doubt from the beginning of the tri:?l that the verdict would be for murder in the first degree. 'I ho judge sentenced hiin to bo hanged May Health Statistics. .Last summer iwo ausuu i?iuiu? met at the railroad depot. One of them was very thin, while the other was exceedingly fat. " Where are you going?" asked the thin one. " To Eureka Springs." " What for ?" " I)r. Uradly Karnes advised me to go there to get thin. I am too fat. Where are you going?" " I am going to Eureka Springs." "What for?" " I)r. Dradly Dames advised me to go there to get fat. 1 am too thin." When they returned to Austin the fat one was fatter than ever, and the thin one was twice as thin as when she started.?Texas Si/tinys. A Fireman's Fortune. The San Francisco (Cal.) chrmirlc, ; in an article on the lire department of San Francisco, gives the following i from Assistant Chief Engineer Mat " r ' - ? ... tliew jsrauy: * i navu hwh juujcti, n# , an aggravating pain in niy chest fur over four years.- J resorted to various < modes of treatment to obtain relief. I have had my chest terribly blistered. No physician could tell what was the matter with me. Two weeks ago I 1 commenced using St. Jacobs Oil. It 1 has cured me." Dr. Ott has leirned that the rattle ; ] snake's tail ma ces sixty vibrations a I < second. " I \ STABTLING STATISTICS. The Shadow Hanging Over New York City and the Kntlre Conntry?A Tribune Opinion. The nation has been horrified at the bornibg Of a Milwaukee hotefy whereby over eeretity lives were lost. This event carried terror because it was sadden and appalling; bat Sad the same disastrous results to life and mb come Bilently they would have been onnoticed, not only by the people of the land bntalso by the very community in which they occurred. Fatal events of a far worse nature have taken place in this very city, but they have attracted no attention, nor would they now did not the Bureau of Vital Statistics bring them to our notice. "Figures do not lie," whateverelse maybe uncertain, and the report on the deaths of this city is a startling comment on its life. Daring the past year the enormous increase of certain maladies is simply appalling. While the total mini* A a 1 anil tKn rlnofh uer UX UCUU13 11(19 uilllimoi i, o**vi MIV u*w%?v?? rate on most diseases has decreased, still it in far greater in one or two more serious disorders than wi s ever known before. More peoplo died in the city of New York in 1882 from Bripht's disease of the kidneys, than from diphtheria, smollpox and typhoid fever all combined! This scarcely seems possible, but it is true, and when it is remembered that less than one-third the actual deaths from Bright's disease are really reported as such, the ravages of the malady can be partially understood. The immediate query which every reader will make upon such a revelation of facte, is: What causes this increase? This is a difficult question to answer. The nature of the climate, the habits of life, the adulteration of foods and liquors, all undoubtedly contributa; but no immediate cause can be certainly assigned. Often before the victim knows it the disease has begun. Its approaches are so stealthy and its symptoms so obscure that they cannot be definitely foreseen, and are only known by their effects. Any kidnjy disorder, however slight, is the first stage of Blight's disease. But it is seldom that kidney disorders can be detected. They do not have any certain symptoms. Mysterious weoriness; an unusual appetite; periodical headaches; occasional nausea; uncertain pains; loss of vigor; lack of nerve power; irrogularity of the heart; disordered daily habits; imperfect digestion ?all these ond many other symptoms are the indications of kidney disorder, even though there may be no pain in the region of the kidneys or in that portion of the body. The serious nature of these troubles may be understood from the fact that Bright's disease is as certain to follow diseased kidneys as decomposition follows daath. It is high time the Doctors in this land I who have been unable to control kidney troubleB, should be aroused anu compeneu to find some remedy, or acknowledge one already found. The suffering roblic needs help a*?d cannot await the tardy aciion of any ha'r-splittinc code of incorrect y formulated tl. ories. If the medical world has no certain remedy for this terrible disease let them acknowledge itand seek for one outside the pale of their profession. For the discovery of this remedy and for its application to this disoase, the people of this city, the people of the whole land, not only those who are suffering, but those who havo friends in danger, are earnestly and longingly looking. The above quotation from the New York Tribune is causing considerable commotion, as it seems to lift the cover from a subject that has beome of national importance. The alarming increase of kidney diseases; their insidious beginnings and frightfuj endings, and the acknowledged inability of physicians to successfully cope with them, may well awaken the greatest dread of every one who has the slightest symptoms. It is fortunate, however, that the surest relief is often found where, possibly, least expected, and that there is a specific for the evils above described we have come to fully believe. Within the past two too liouo frflnnflntlv ?fi?n statements nf /onto ? parties claiming to have been cured of serious kidney troubles even after hope had been abandoned; but in 'common with most people we havo discredited them. Quite recently, however, a number of prominent and well known men havo come out voluntarily and stated over their signatures that they were completely cured by the use of Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. Most people have been aware thaPthis medicine has an unusual standing and one entitling it to be classed above proprietary articles generally; but that it had accomplished so much in checking the ravages of kidney disease is not so generally known. Its great worth has been shown not only by the cures it has effected, but also because a number of baso imitations have appeared in the market, fraudulently claiming the valuable qualities of the original Safe Cure. If it were not valuable it would not be imitated. The above may seem like an ultra indorsement of a popular remedy, but it is not one whit stronger than tho facta admit. Whatever assists the ^orld toward health and consequent happiness, should receive the hearty indorsement of the press and all friends of humanity. It is on precisely this principle that the foregoing statement is made, and it merits the careful consideration of every thinking rerder. SELECT SIFTCNGS. The horse Is a native of Africa whence lie was first introduced mio Egypt, and thence into other countries. In 1816 Lord Schworterbury gave 16,596 francs for a tooth of Isaac Newton, which is now set in a ring and worn by the eldest branch of that family. The Taylor family, in Wayne county, Ind., weigh 2,796 pounds. It consists of twelve members, the heaviest of whom weighs 335 pounds, and the average is 233. The cathedral church, built in Lubeck in the years 1170-1314, has a curious clock. On the end of the hour hand is a little clock which keeps exact time with the large one. "Wasps' nests sometimes take fire, the ignition being caused, it is supposed, by chemical action of the wax upon the paper-like material forming nesis. JLt is ueneveu tutu mauv jujsterious lires in haystacks and farmers' buildings have had their origin in spontaneous combustion of thisnature. The Chinese minister at Washington is said to be very rich, and, according to a correspondent, is well fixed for clothes, having a wardrobe valued at $150,000. lie never appears twice in public in the same costume, but what he does with his cast-off garments is a mystery. Perhaps he gives them to his poor relations. Mrs. Augusta Smith, of St. Louis, is one of the lightest of sleepers. She is awake twenty-two hours out ?f every day on the average, and when she does slumber it is scarcely more than a doze, during which she is partially conscious of all that is going on around her. She is strong and healthy, with a good appetite, and not particularly nervous. The physicians are unable to bring on sleepiness except with drugs. A curious experiment was recently made at Paris to determine the power of a crocodile's jaw. The animal was fixed on a table with its upper jaw connected with a dynamometer. An electric shock caused him to give a sudden snap, 308 pounds was marked on the instrument, and it was calculated that the contractile force of the muscle causing the movement was 1,540 pounds. The muscle of an ordinary sporting dog showed 360 pounds. The Calcutta correspondent of the London Times says that the census returns from the Northwest Provinces and Oude show that the Chamars, the lowest of the castes, exceed the Brahmins in number by no less than 7,000.000. Among other curiosities of the returns it appears that those provinces contain 1,100 actors, 3,000 ballad singers, 146 healers by incantation, thirtythree gamblers, ninety-seven snake charmers, fitty match-makers, four poets, 10,000 singers and dancers, four story-tellers and seven thieves. The cultivators of the soil number seven and a half millions, the landlords 10,000 and the money lenders 40,000. Pat Him in the Bill. The following story is told of the Karl of Stamford, "a great sporting nolileinan," who died recently in London: He had unlimited faith in the power of money, the supremacy of the aristocracy, and the general worthlessness of al It he rest of humanity. One day he and a few patrons of the turf were dining at the Star and (iarter, at Richmond, where Thackeray says it will cost you ten and sixpence to look at the waiter. It costs the earl somewhat more than that sum. lie had some words with the waiter and, thinking the man insolent, he sprang up, and, to the horror of all present, sent the unfortunate man neck and heel crashing through the window down on the terrace below. The man's cries alarmed the whole neighborhood, and the landlord came breathless up the stairs,and said: "My Lord, you have killed the waiter." " Thash all ri," hiccoughed the earl. "Jusht put the villain down in the liill." The injured waiter was interviewed, lie named the sum that would satisfy iiis wounded feelings, and it was put lown in the bill and cheerfully paid by ihe boozy earl. i i Contractors look forward to an ac' tive season of railroad building, for railroad officers are insisting that many links must be constructed to connect systems already under way. Australia is trying to get rid of the j English sparrow by the bounty process, and heads and eggs of the birdj come in by tens of thousands. The man who la in the wrong uses hard words and soft arguments, while the man who is in the right uses soft words and hard arguments. Phvalnlnn* Aat. San Leandho, Cal.?Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Yi! Dear Sir?I have employed your " Pleasant Purgative Pellets " in my practice for the last four years. I now use no other alterative or cathartio medicines in all chronic derangements of the stomach, liver and bowels. I know of nothing that equals them. J. A. Milleb, M. D. Pbince Cjiables, of Prussia, who died recently, was as inveterate a smoker as General Grant. For sixty years past he had smoked from twenty to twenty-four strong I Havana cigars daily. Dr. Pierce's "Golr'e 1 Medical Discovery " has become so thoroughly established in public favor thntweie it not for the forgetfulness of people it would not be necessary to call attention to its power to euro consumption, which is scrofula of the lungs, and othor blood diseases, as eruptions, blotches, pimples, ulcers and " liver complaint." Mant orchards 1* California are leased to Chinamen, who pay the highest prices, but by their economical management generally come out whole. now Women Wonld Vote. Were Women allowed to vote, every one in the land who has Used Dr. Pier.-e's "Favorite Prescription " would vote it to bo an unfailing remedy for the diseases peculiar to her sex. By druggist'. The London Times estimates that at the present rate of increase the United States will have in 1932 a population of 190,000,000. Gbt Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners applied to new boots or shoes before you run them over. Japanese army officers have been sent to ctrtrK- thn militnrv BVfitem fol lowed there. Don't Die Id the House. "Rough on Rats." Clears out rata, mice, roaches, bedbugs, flics, ants, moles, chipmunks, gophers, loc. The Fmzer Axle UreiM Is the best in the market. It is the most economical and cheapest, one box lasting as long as two of any other. One greasing will lR8t two weeks. It received first premium at the Centennial and Paris Expositions, also medals at various State fairs. Buy no other. Baldhended men are informed that there is but one avenue of escape from their affliction, and that is Carboline, a deodorized extract of petroleum, the preat hair renewer, which, re(e ltly improved,is moire efficacious than ever. For Thick Honda, Heavy stomachs, bilious conditions?Wells' May Apple Pills?antibilious, cathartic. 10 25c. " Solid comfort" can be realized by those suffering from all forms of Scrofula, if they will take Wnnri'w SAnmpnrj^i nnd be cured. Nklnnr Men. Wells' Health Renewer restores health,vigor, curesDyspepsia, Impotence, SexualDebility.il The company in which yon will improve most will be least expensive to you. THOUGH HALT RHEUM Does not directly imperil life, It is a distressful, vexatious and resolute complaint. Patient endurance of its numerous Tory small watery pimples, hot and smarting, requires true fortitude. If the discharged matter sticks, itches, and the scabs leave underneath a reddened stirface, the disease has not departed, and Hood's Sanapnrilln, in moderate doees, should be continaed. FAMOUS CASE IN BOSTON. "My little four-year-old girl had a powerful eruption on her face and head. Under her eyes it was regular scalding red and sore, like a burn. Back of her left ear we had to shave her hair close to her bead. Kivo or six physicians and two hospitals gavo up her case as incurable, save that she might outgrow it. When it bogan to maturate I became alarmed. In throe weeks, with Hood's Sarsapariila, the sores began to heal; two bottle* made her eyes as clear as ever. To-day she Is as well as lam." JOHN CAREY, 16*D Street. South Boston. ATTEST: I know John Carey. He is an honest, good man, whose statements are worthy of entire credit. I believe what be says about his child's sickness. CLINTON H. COOK, Milk Street, Boston. HOOD'S HARSAPAUILLA. Sold by Druggists. (1; six for f 5. Prepared only by C< I. HOOD ?fc CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mua. Lost FiUth In Physician*. Why la it that bo many persona use proprietary medicines, or patent medicines, as they are commonly called? Is it because people ioso faith in physicians? There are innumeia ile Instances where cures hare been effected by 8coviH's Sarsaparilia or Blood and Liter Syrup for all diseases of the blood, when they hod bees given over br their physicians. It is one of the best remedies ever offered to the public, and as it is pre pared with the greatest care, as a specific for certair disease?, it is no wonder that it should be more effectual than hastily written and carelessly prepared prescriptions made by Incompetent physicians. Take Scovill'i Blood and Liver Syrup for all disorders arieing fron Impuro blood. It is indorsed by leading professions: men as well as_by emlnont physicians and others, *4T?e*t Cough Bal-min in the World." Try It _ JJPricolOc. t'.W. KinsmandcCo..Augusta,Maine Men, below par. from age, or mental excesses, will find that Allen's Brain I'"ood restores former vitality and vigor; $l~At druggists and at Allen's Pharmacy, 315 First Ave.. N. Y. It never fails. Our Watchful Guardian and.Falthfel Pro* tector Restored to Active Daty Again. Mn. Henbt A. Watkemav, of the city of Providence, B. I., for many years the faithful and vigilant night watchman of the Barstow Stove Company's vary extensive establishment, having been confined to his home several weeks by a very distressing illness, on resuming his duties again avails himself oi this early opportunity for stating briefly a few plain facts. Mr. Waterman says: "A few months ago I was taken down with a severe sickness, which confined me to the house quito a long time, and much of the timo I was so very lame as to be unable to walk, and my left leg, from the hip to the toes, became monstrously swollen, aud I suffered extremely from the constant intense pains produced by so great inflammation. I was trying the various so-called cures all the time, and was under the treatment of a physician seven weeks, but getting no substantial relief. At this time an old-time friend, a notice officer, called unon me. and during our conversation Informed me of the great benefit which he had obtained by the use of Hunt's Remedy, and urged me to try it, as he considered It a wonderful medicine. I commenced taking Hunt's Remedy, having very little faith that It would do much in such a stubborn case as mine, but my doubt was soon dispelled, for before I had taken one bottle I began to get better, the severe pains disappeared, the swollen leg gradually decreased in size, and I was encouraged to continue the use of the Remedy, and the improvement to my health continue*; my appetite is good. I have regained my strength, and I am now performing again my duties aa watchman at the foundry. Every night I go up and down stairs more than one hundred times and am in good condition, and feci that my recovcrv is due to Hunt's Remody alone. My severe sickneu and tex-ibly swollen leg was caused by the diseased suto of my kidneys, and I think that it Is a moat valuable medicine that will so speedily relieve and cure such a severe case as mine. I therefore mo?t cheerfully recommend Hunt's Remedy to all afflicted wltn kidney diseases, as I know It to b? a safe and reliable medicine. 1' Pbovidejjci, December 5,1882.'' rWxrnnc m* SERMmM F'OFL F>J?INm CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache. Headache. Toothache. Sore Tlironl.SMcliIne?..Sprain*. ISra'ara, Hum*. Nrnl<U. Fifiil Ultra, AND ALL OTHER IIOIIILT I'AI.NS AMI At HPS. 8olJ bv Dru(glit< >ti'l t>f?ltr?iMi-rt wh'r?. Fifty C?du bottl*. lllmtlooi In 11 {.Mi?iiii;ri. TIIF. ClIAIiLF.M A. VOIiKI.KIt CO.13 (<l'i?Mml*A. TOUILtatCU.) lUlllaurr, S. A. NY N U?n _ V P V S? pih . Invalid* who are rePi IF c.Iff ring vit-al stamina kUkOT troubloK." K .stomach^ ^ It roller^at one? Biinw, IMlsa, Chapped Handi or IJp?. Corni.nunlonn.SetUd.i.Brutaej.SorenMS of feet.handi. eyea.ete.; ItehioKfromany eau?o. CSe. Alk your drug mm Rt't, or rend to 93 Fulton Street, H. Y.hmJ lfc0 k kiTCtl -A ifo-U-llll* Mill-Mil n 'III Ul | Mf All I Cll a wholesale rmrii'tv Home in PhiladpfWu phia. Reference and deposit fur samples reitiired, (iltAYltH.I, .t CO., 420Market St., Philadelphia, Pa NATURE'S 0% WILSONIA MAGNE I.III'OKTANT TO TIIO.HE WHO IIESITA' of Any diHi?niM? toxcept in ran* very extreme ensefl), Reference, by permission, Parle National Bank, New WILSONIA Appliances jtifjF are MADE TO FIT THE DIFFERENT PARTS nt All diseases that are curable, and some that are considered READ THE SUBJOIN For fuller information, price lists, etc., address prim TlTK PARTOn I SinR: I have personal knowledge of the very marked spinul difficulty, amounting to partial paralysis, contini iiractico: tile other, great distress and enfeeblement fri head. In e.ich case tne cure has been entirely satisfactor One writes: "I got ' Wilsonia' for Neuralgia of the twenty-livo pounds in wuiglit." Another: "Iliad a strok since. 1 draggHd one foot in walking, and could not walk I can usu my limbs us wall as when n Ixiy." Another: "I Knees. I got ' Wilsonia,' and am now able to walk anl pepsin, Rheumatism, t-onstipition and Diso.iae of tho K a time. 1 bought ' Wilsonia,' and am as well as any one al Wilsonia Magnetic Clotl ... LYDIA E. PINKHANTS i YEQETAELE COMPOUND. < la a PoritlTg Cnro Fer all thoae Palafal Coaplalataaad Weaknews m nuii u oar I ?at female yayvlatla*. i Vedlelna ftr Worms. Iareated bj a Weauux. Prepared bjr a TToman. TW flwlal Eilul MMrrtry Kate flu Din ef Wgttrft Wit retire# the drooptntf spirits, Invigorates and haraonlxeetha oi*anlc fnnctlons, ylrfi elasticity and flrmmw to tha (tap, restore* the nattxral laatre to the eye, and plaata on the pale check of woman tha freak ro??? of llf?'? tfrriag and early summer time. , Phytlclant Use it and Praacriba It Freefjr.^S It removes falntness, flatulency, daatroya all cming tor stimulant, and reUerea weakness at tba stomach. That foollnjr of bearing down, canning pain, weight and backaohe, la alway a permanently cured bf tto ase. Far tha rare ef Kldaer Complaints of either aax this Cwp?u4 la waaryaaeed. , LYDIA E. PI.TKHAiTS BLOOD TTTBTTHM jnll eradicate every veetisre of Eumors from the Blood, and give tone and rtimgth to the system, of man woman or child. Inrlst on oaring it. Both the Compound and Blood Portlier are prepared at tS3 and 235 Western Avenue, Lynn, Kn*. Price cd either, ft Six bottles for |3. Sent by mall In tha fonn of plllf, or ofloaangtt, on receipt of price, $1 per bos for either. Km, Plnkham freely answers all letteraaC Inquiry. Xacloae <ct> (tamp. Send for pamphlet. Ho family should be without lydia X. P1.VKHAJT8 LIVE a fills. Th?r core constipation, biliousness, and torpidity of '.he liver. SS cents per box. Sold by all Drnggiata/fSl 0) anssBi ilUArfAlBfltDBVHMHBHH HAS BEEN FROVED A The8URE8T CURB for W KIDNEY DISEASES. | Doea a lame bade or a disordered urine todl. > cate that yon are a victim? THEN DO HOT , HESITATE | use KIDNEY- WOUT at on09, I (dmggiita recommend It) and It will speedily overooma the disease and restore heal thy aotloa. I It Is a 8URSCUREfor all j DISEASES of the LIVER, i I It has ipeciflo action on this moat Important organ, enabling It to throw off torpidity and In- i I action, stimulating the healthy aaoetum of the 1 Bile, and by keeping the bowel* In free condition, effecting Its regular discharge. i Rlaloalo If youareanflhrlrgftom 1 1*1 CI 1011 d ljave the are billons, dyapaptic, or constipated, Kidney. ; Wort will rarely relievo and qulakly care. I In the Spring, to oleum* .the System, every I one ihoald take a thorough course of It * 1 9 q/I]ao Toroomplalnts pactcttarto 1 hflUlvBi yonrrex, suohaa pain and I weakneeeea, XXDNEY-WOBT la nnsurpoawd, i " as It will act promptly and aa&ly. Either Ber. Inoontlnanoe, retention of urina, I brick dturt or ropy deposits, and dull dragging 1 | pains, all speedily yield to lta ouraHve power. I Brit Acta at the aa?9 tlmo on the FJimilltB, | LTVER. AND BOWELS.Per Constipation, PUea,orBhetnnatlflmlt la o permanent enre. k ^0LD^YDRUC^8T8^Prlo?^UWj ^ DIAMOND fkvrc ^WL Dyes Ever Hade. % to- FOB BILK, WOOL, OR COTTON. DRE88E8, COATS, SCARFS, MOODS, YARN, STOCKINGS, CARPET NAGS, RIBBONS* FEATHERS, or any flibrlo ot fancy article eaafly and perfectly oolored to any hade. Black, Brow a. Green, Blae, Scarlet, , Cardinal Red, Karf Blae, Seal Brown, Ollrt Greea, Terra Cotta and SO other beet oolon. ,','r Warranted >ut and Durable, Each package will ^ oolcr one to fburlbe, of foods. If you hare reveT naed Dyes try thcee onoe. Vera vrill be deligkted. Sold by drngglata, or send tu 10 oenta and any oolor wanted ?entpoet-paid, 34 colored aamplea aadftietofflmcycardaaeatfinraSc. itstBp, WELLS, BICEUBDSOX Ac CO., BnrllnrUm,T<. SOLD and SILVER PAINT. Bronze Paint. Artists' Black. For gliding Fancy Basket*, Fnunea, Lamp*, i Chandelier*, and forallklndaof ornamentalwork' Equal to any of the high priced kind* and only i lOota. n package ,at the drufyiata,or poet-paid fro* WELL*, JBICHABDBOX it CO.. Bnrllaytaa,^ ' ^ m m V%V^ I* unfailing and I a Cat I CiMAHITito'P'' ; V^tma < -a IH w_ _.0 |L| If.stimulant, Samarium v ?| D f M & Nervine in Invaluable. Vl JJ Y 1 ft ? Tbonaands proclaim it ! tli<> moet wonderful In rtgorantthntevoMiMtnlnedthpslnklngeTatem. For tale by all Druggl-ns. 1TT>: I>K. 8. A. BICHXOND MEDICAL CO. H"l(> l'nipriftnra. SL Joseph. Mo. XX.?NOTICE.?XX. I AS BLUE FLANNEL GARMENTS Oi Inferior Quality ofGooda . are gold *1 the "genuine Middlesex." wliicb arenol nude by that mill, Tile Middlesex Company, loonier to protect their customer* ami the public, give notice *h?Kh*??rtor ?UOtotblnr made from THE JI1DDLB?BXdTA?(DARD INDIGO r.LUE FLANNELS AND YACHT CLOTHS, sold by n.'l leading clothier*, tnur t bear the SILK HANGERS," furni?h<d by the Selling Agent* to alt parties ordering the goods. WENDELL, FAY & CO.. SELLING AGENTS, MIDDLESEX COMPXNT, M anil 88 Worth St.. New York: 117 Franklin fit.. i J Boston; iBlA^hcstnutSt., Philadelphia, r^ iWUBtmi ooKPonin) or FUSE COD LIYEB L OIL AO LIBE.J To ConmiinptlTefi.?>fany have been bnppr to ?i*e their testimony in fa?or of the use of "Wi/bor't Pur* Cod Lirrr Oil and Limr." Experience ban proved it to be a valuable remedy for Consumption, A?thm?, Diphtheria, and all diseases of the Throat and Lun#?. Mnnufictnred only by A. B. WlLBOR, Chemist, Bonton. Sold by all drugglsta. VRVHCR tflSlA Leading London Phjc* gig SEgflLcj Iclon establishes an Kr|l|"?|L1' Ofllcoln NcwYork ra I wi for the Cure of f 0 f IS EPILEPTIC PITS. y A A FromAvxJuvnalofSiedicint, Dr. Ab. Mescrnlo (late of London), *ho make* a ?pohu without doubt trertod and cured more eases than sny other llvlnjj physician. Illssr.cctw has simply been astonishing; wo lmvo hrr.rd of cases ol oror ? years' Handing successfully enrol br him. lis hss published a work on thl? disease, which bo sends with a Urge botllo of bin wnnd?rful euro fr.-*e to any sufferer who m*y ssnd tliulr express anil P. 0. AU<lre?? *' ujrls" any uno wlshlwt aetiro to?<l<lre?s Dr. AB. JlKbtUOLK, Xo. #? John St., New Tort t This N.Y. Singer, $20 With W set of Attachment* Free. Warrant*! |x-rfect. Llirht running. quiet, handsome and durable. Sent on test trial-plan when desired. Happy Home Or~?n?l 4 Mrll Reeds, li stop?: Mevhanical Siih Bass, octave coupler, t knev hw*IIs, with S3 stool and 81 Hook, only tTS Also sent on tent trial plan Ifde sired. Klepant <iwe. nifu.*nlt1?in' tone, durable insideand out. ("ii cular.wlthtestlmonial.i.free. A:k G. l'ayne A CO. 17 Third ar,Chirac* Jjl I'-lf flri'inirf? & 19 (ORES WHEN All CISC FAILS. 3 PH Best Coo jfi Synip. TMUwifood. ?J Im Use In time. Sold bydruKKiata. U JgEnBBEHB3Zgl ~~ IMITATION STAINED GUS& Indescribably beautiful. Easily applied to window -.IfC "' rencea, samples, etc., 25o. in stampa. A?KNTS' IllvKAI.D. Ifipp. 3;li?(luc.): fearless in it* denunciation* of sundry humbug*. Indorsed byfcl'.WXlRoveminent otticitlsand citizen*, l/arr r/iruiert W in rain immry. Subscription 60c. >'K\V subscribers 0X1.T vJ.jc. #'Jil to tinder of lonitvst word, each edition oTHerald. 1? lj;jf S.M1TII, Philadelphia. Pa. consumption; I hare potltlro remedy for the above illseaae; br its thousand* of cuei or the wont kind and of loaK standing hare been cured. In Joed, *o strong U rojr faith Id lu *fflc*cy. that I will Mnd TWO BOTTI.I& KREK. together wltb VAIX4BLH TKKATI8E on this dUnun, to any inJTcrer. (ilve Express and r. O. addro**. JDR. T. X. aLOCl'M, ill Pearl8L. SgwTork. Common Sense Chairs Ind Backers. Strong, durable and comfortable. No Iglit, trashy etnlt, liut good, honest home comfort*. Special discount to clergymen. S?-n>l stnmp for cat*ogue to ] *. A. .NlM I.AlK, .Hottvillc. Ouon'fijjii Count), ,Ni'\v ^ ork. reviIWEAK Ol'T. SAI watchmaker*. By mail 2V. Circular) I JUWUlrw. J.S.BmcH&Co..38l)?rSt..Ji.Y. VftllUC lickl I^am telegraphy here and we will I UUHH men give you a situation. Circular* free. VAMiNTINK HROS., Jnne?vlllr, XVI*. feC I a Mn per day at home. Sample* worth $Sfre*. 10 QbU Address Ntinson & Co.. Portland, Mc. tec awffk In yonr own town. Terms and 85 outfit #wv free. Address H.JIallett A Co., Portland, Mc. A SCntM Witntcil for the Best and FastoKt-aolllng J\ inctonal Books and Bibles. Prices reduced JP per cent. National Puburhino Co.. Philadelphia, Ta. Crj r1 COLEMAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, 1}i Vy? Newark, N. J. Write for Catalogue. A WEEK. $11! a day at home easily made. Coolly f la outfit frvo. Addres* l'ni'K A Co., Augusta, Me. A Sure Cure for Epilepsy or Fits in 24 nours. Ere*, to XX poor. DB. K-Hugg. am Arsenal St.. si. lxrnis, .no. vn remedy; TIG APPLIANCES. TE.?Tbk Wilkonia CompastwUI undertake the care and, if a cu>< be not effested, will refund the money. Yorlc. slt^V THE BODY, and TO BE WORN OVER THE UNDERCLOTHING. I incurable, yield to the benign influence of " Wilsoiiia." ED TESTIMONIALS. W :ipal office, 35 East Mth street, New Tork. ;if THE PRKsnyTKniAX Chukch, JAMESIICRI;, N. .1. benefit of your garments in two canon: one of serimui led for two years, and unrelieved by the best medical i>m diabetes, with swollen feet, and troubled eyes and y. Yours truly, Uf.nj. S. Kvehf.tt. Kidneys laat August. I am cured, and have sained :e of Paralysis 18 years tut?, and had Rheumatism over one-fourth of a mile. ' Wilsouia'cured me, and now had Rheumatism for 23 years, with Anchylosis of the am free from pain." Another: " t had Catarrh, Dys idneys. I was confined to my room for mveral weeks at ; my age (s3) could expect." lino- Ha 25 East 14th Street, llllft V(J?| NEW YOKK. 7 d