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^ j EPITAPHS. r 8nw Quaint Specimens of Tombstone I..lt& Z erntnrc. The quaint epitaphs in old burials-places always form an interesting Eh; study. Many samples of odd morK tuary inscriptions are to be found in 8^ ancient graveyards in America, but I* we cannot rival England in this reC ". gard. Macmillan's Magazine contains E^&n article by the Rev. F. Bay ford llarVrison on "Churchyard roetry," in B^rhich he presents a great many curius specimens gathered from out-of-the&? way nooks and corners of the British r- kingdom, from which we copy a num. L5 ber, with the author's comments in some instances: It seems hardly fair to place on the ' tombstone of one who cannot ex postulate or resist such lines us tnese. ; - "which may be seen in a churchyard in the Isle of Wight: ^ To the memory of Miss Mnrtlm Grin. 8he was so very puro within, ? She cracked the shell of her earthly skin, jj&Sv And hatched herself a cherubim. If'V In a cemetery near Windsor tlrts verse of holy scripture appears on a i-' headstone beneath the name of a man who died, advanced in years: "Behold, I come as a thief." Given thus without any coutext, the first suggestion is that the deceased i- says to the passer-by: " Behold, I come j?- as a thief!" One requires some time and some thought fully to take in the object of this epitaph, "if one may call |b it so; which is, doubtless, to act as a *r" warning to those now living, as we may suppose it once acted to the dead & man at our feet. Of a lawyer his tombstone bore tes* timony to his unprofessional conduct by recording that he was "so great a lover of peace that when a contention arose between life and death, lie immediately yielded up the ghost to end the dispute." A Mr. Charles Lamb, not the Elia P'- with whom and for whom we have laughed and wept, sleeps beneath an epitaph of which even the authors of the words of comic songs might be ashamed: Here lies the body of poor Charles Lamb, Killed by a tree that fell slap bang. Who will not wonder at and admire ; the skill, the originality, of the genius f whose brain furnished him with the ^ means of putting into verse the sad g-_ event whtch he has thus recorded? The wedding day appointed was, The wedding clothes provided; But ere the wedding day arrived She sickened and she died dead. After this instance of a poet's ingenuity in overcoming the exigencies ? and difficulties of rhyme, it may be as "well to point out how another genius ? did not overcome, but evaded, similar ^difficulties. The following appears in churchyard in Devonshire, and I)ev^/onahire men pride themselves on their indomitable energy and pluck: Here lies John Meadow Who passed away like a shadow. N. B. His name was Field, . but it would not rhyme. This is really very neat, and much y more worthy of record than any coup?Vjet ending in shield, yield or wield ggirould have been. Here is an epitaph " of which the leading idea is so uncomxnon yet so true, that it is well worth reproducing: ieoo Alexr. Meffen f-;-.Chief-constable Stirlingshire / Our life is but a winter day ^ Some only breakfast and away others to dinner stay and are full fed the oldest man but sups . i and goes to bed large is his debt that lingers out the day he that goes soonest Has the least to pay. Another quaint conceit was the inacription in memory of " Mr. Thomas & Smith of Elmly Lovet, who through . ; the spotted veil of the smallpox yielded ??Up a pure and unspotted soul to God, K'?pecting but not fearing death." &y A puzzling epitaph?puzzling be> cause the lady was either very thin, or c thebunghole unusually large?is the & following from Stoneliouse churchyard. ? Gloucestershire: In memory of John Collins and Maiy his wife l&8he( ) May 1st 1791. ( ) 74 &-He 1 f Avg. 19tb. 1797,} ^totls f 78 ' Twas as she tript from cask to cask Sf. In at a Bunghole quickly fell Bfey Suffocation was her task She had no time to say farewell. S|:;. The collection concludes with the ^following epitaph: Here lies the Landlord of the Lion, He's buried here in hopes of Zion; Hj" wife, resigned to Heaven's Will, Carries on the business still. p The force of advertising could go no ^further. The OYersrrowtli of Cities. All over the world the cities are Bgpcowing faster than the country that reSmtst feed and clothe them. PopulaWon is rising everywhere, even in SralmoBt stationary France, nearer to & high-water mark. It is running west0 ward in strong currents through every B&opea way it can find, and as it runs jj^ the whirlpools are getting deeper and ^'quicker that sweep the yeomanry into js^the maelstrom of city life. The counpiry feeds the city with its grain and r^- meat, and with the fresh life its cont-r'anminc enercries demand. Its unceas Q Q ? Ing cry is, give, give! This is an age of concentration?concentration of money, of power and, not by any : means the least significant, of popula? tion. ' The figures of this citifying of the population of this country, as given in , the compendium of the census, are ... startling. In 1790 one-thirtieth of our " ?people lived in cities; in 1800 onetwenty-fifth; in 1810 one-twentieth. This was not changed in 1820. In 1830 .. one-sixteenth; in 1840 one-twelfth; in & 1850 one-eighth; in 1860 one-sixth; in pi 1870 one-fifth; and in 1880 the city ^population is 22.5 per cent, of the K whole, or almost one-quarter, In England the population increased ??I 10*71 1 QQ1 K,. Q 11Q 17fl ? VWWtrcu loll t?iiu iuui uj u,wu,nv. F Of that the cities gained 2,860,079. |?. Almost all of the increase was in the hiving centers. K' The figures for France are still more jljjb striking. In 1876 the population of eg the whole nation was 24,945,064, and fT.of this 11,960,724 were in the towns. ? In the five years that have followed t the whole country has gained but 389,\ 679, and of this Paris has absorbed L 537,000. Out of an annual advent of | 77,934 new souls the metropolis captures 67,400. The rest of the country : gets only the remaining 10,500. t; All the tendencies of modern life have been toward the development of I the agencies of exchange and production. Prices that used to be fixed in thousands of local independent markets that hardly ever heard from each other are now regulated either by some of onr giant combinations or by the cosmopolitan influences of boards of trade -and stock exchanges. The spinners who once drove their wheels by the fireside of home with one foot on the treadle and the other on the rocker of Pa cradle have been consolidated into mammoth factories. The weaver is no longer a village figure in the landscape fp of England. Our artisans, once their own masters, have had to enlist in the service of steam, and are massed by t he railroads at the strategic points of trade and commerce.?Chicago Tribune. SELECT SIFTIXGS. Few people know that the pineapple is valuable for the fiber it produces. According to one practical authority the leaves of both the'wild and the cultivated kinds yield fibers which, when spun, compare favorably in strength, fineness and luster with those '?. obtained from 11 ax. "*"CrThis curious story occurs in a Paris paper. A man who was very close to a tree struck by lightning asserts that he was saved by crouching on the ground and covering himself with a woolen umbrella. He was enfolded anA nnmnlotplv pptrifiPf 1 bllt | received no hurt !* In 907 Alraanser the Great marched tJrecity to the ground and drove away 10,000 captives, some of whom were I compelled to carry away the doors of M the Church of St. James for the mosque of Cordova, others to carry the bells, and all to oear something to lay at th6 feet of the caliph, in token of subjugation, J %'''hi-' THE FARM AM) HOUSEHOLD. ThsvGot Thermometer*. "Some years ago," says the Derbyshire Advertiser," I)r. Voelcker gave a lecture on cheese-making to a number of farmers' wives and dairy-women. At the close of his remarks a lady said: * What you tell us is all very well, but can you make a cheeseV* 'Yes, I think I can,' he answered, * but at any rate I will try if I have a fair chance, and see the thing done from beginning to end. The produce of a great many cheese dairies is spoiled by the cows being milked with dirty hands, and so forth.' 4 Very well,' said the doubt ing cheese-maker, 4 if you will come I | will send to the station for you.' A date was agreed upon, ;ind at half-past o on a cold morning the farmer's wife sent her trap for the doctor, who was then residing in the neighborhood. So lie got up and drove five miles to see the cows milked. "When the rennet was about to be put in he asked her whether the temperature was right, whereupon she dipped in her hands and said, 'Yes, I think that will do.' The doctor, however, inserted the thermometer, and found that it was just ten degrees lower than it ought to be. Hereupon her husband, a smoothfrocked farmer, who was standing by, said: 'Ah, Sally! I tell you, you have spoiled many a cheese for me by feeling the milk with your hands, instead of testing it with the instrument.' At last a large cheese was made and marked, and when sold fetched more money than the good woman had been in the habit of getting. After this nearly all the farmers in the neighborhood presented their wives with a thermometer apiece." Hint* ConceriiInfl;<iover. Clover is sown, as a rule, early in the spring, whether with some grain crop, the cultivated grasses or as a crop by itself. A practice common in the Northern States is to sow clover on late snows in March or April. The analysis of red clover indicates what manures will increase its growth. It contains from thirty-two to thirtyfour per cent, of lime and about the same per cent, of potash, with nine to ten per cent, of phosphoric acid, magnesia, etc. As lime enters so largely into its composition, lands deficient in this respect require generous applications of lime. Deficient soils are also benefited by gypsum (sulphate of lime), the phosphates and wood ashes. Common stable manure, containing as it does all the elements of a good fertilizer, is also suitable as a top dressing for any pasture or meadow. While gypsum is not always a success on ordinary soils, sown broadcast at the rate of one to three hundred bushels after the leaves are developed, it seldom fails to promote a remarkable growth of stem and leaves. Experiments made by Dr. Pincus, of Germany, regarding the action of gypsum on clover made it appear that the sulphates check the development of the (lowers and also of the seed, from which he inferred that, while the application of gypsum is favorable to a large increase in the yield of hay, it is not favorable to the development of the seed crop. Commissioner Killebrew, of Tennessee, says he has rarely found benefit from the top-dressing of gypsum on clayey loams; its effects have always been apparent on a strong limestone soil. In a dry season gypsum is undoubtedly beneticial on all soils, and it always serves a good end in its highly stimulating effects on well-restored lands where there is a good coat of clover. Bones are also an invaluable aid to clovers, their leading elements being lime and phosphoric acid; nitrogen is also abundant. A dressing of bone dust will often quite restore old pastures which have been long cropped and the phosphate of lime exhausted. Grasses are greatly benefited by wood ashes. Atop-dressing of ashes may be applied to grass on all kinds of soil with the assurance that they will pay the expense attending the application. For permanent mowing lands ashes are advised when they can be obtained in sufficient quantity. Coarse manures ought not to be thrown on clover, as they are liable to injure the plants. An excellent topdressing for meadows, to be applied ] after the last cutting or in the spring, when the soil is poor, is barnyard manure composted with muck, peat, 1 leaves, sod, potato tops and other per- j ishahle vpsretable matter. . -0 Professor Levi Stockbridge.of Massachusetts. after a series of experiments ' with mineral manures at the Agricultural college at Amherst, prepared the following formula for a fertilizer to be sown on clover?broadcast?in the early spring to induce an increased yield: Nitrogen, forty-three pounds; : potash, forty pounds; and phosphoric acid, eleven pounds. These materials i he advised to be supplied in the form of sulphate of ammonia, twenty-four percent, dry salt, 215 pounds; muriate potash, eighty per cent, dry salt, eighty pounds; superphosphates, eighty pounds. This amount was designed for one acre.?New York World. Fnnn nnd (inritrn Nntcn. Scions for grafting may be cut any time after the leaves fall and before the buds swell in the spring. If cut in the fall or winter, they should be kept in a damp place. Where grapes are inclosed in pape bags for protection against insects, a horticulturist advises making a few pin-holes in the bottom of it, to permit the moisture to escape after a rain storm. To cnrp warts nn rows' bacrs II. fr Abbott, of Maine, recommends to saturate them three times a week with kerosene oil, and in a short time they will all be gone, leaving the skin smooth and free from soreness. The watering of pot plants requires special care. As a rule water should be used at a temperature not lower than that of the surrounding atmosphere, and preferably after exposure for some time to the air. There is little, if any, fertilizing value in coal ashes. Applied to a clay soil in large quantities, they render it lighter and more porous, allowing air and sunshine to penetrate more freely. For this purpose they are much used by gardeners. The absorption that takes place by means of the root is principally, though not exclusively, that of fluids, while the absorption that takes place through the agency of the leaf is chiefly, though not entirely, that of gaseous matters. A correspondent of theGermantown Teleyraph makes his granary distasteful to rats by "daubing all the angles on the outside of thebuildin<r with hut pine tar for the width of three or four incline ?in<l nnv upiim nr rntfL where a rat or mouse can stand or gnaw." Professor Bessy, of the Iowa Agricultunil college, says that no application to wheat before heading will prevent smut, as the disease is an internal one. But by applying caustic lime to the seed, which has been previously well washed, the danger from smut will be greatly lessened. A French chemist reports that water made slightly salt, and to which, when boiling, bran in the proportion of one quart to every gallon has been added, has been found in a series of experiments to increase the yield of milk twenty-five per cent,, if given to the cows in their ordinary drink. To break dogs from sucking eggs break an egg, and after pouring out part of the white put in seven grains of tartar emetic; lay the egg in the yard where the dog will find it; he will be sick for a day or so, but will not be injured. Should one dose fail, it?it. seldom iinwfivpr. that the second dose is required. When the farmer is feeding high- i priced grain to fatting stock in winter j he has at least the satisfaction of i knowing that the manure is of corre-1 sponding value. A farmer who fed | three horses and four cows through | the winter found in the spring that at j $1 per load their manure was wortli j $4 per week during the feeding j season. "When the subsoil is loose, open and : gravelly, subsoiling is unnecessary; J upon such land itis generally sufficient; to turn over the fertile surface soil j and to go no deeper with the plow than the soil can be manured. Grad* ] - v.~ ually, as the soil can be enriched, the plow may go deeper, but much injury may result by plowing a thin, gravelly soil too deeply at first. In pruning trees all stems half an inch or more in diameter should be covered with some waterproof substance like grafting wax or shellac, of the consistency of cream. The bark and outer wood will thus bo preserved, and the wound will in a season or so be covered with new bark. If this precaution be not taken the end of the branch will decay from exposure to wind, rain, heat and cold. A mixture of beeswax, melted with twice as much olive oil, smeared while warm, over fresh eggs will keep them well for a year. Eggs thus prepared and packed in air-slaked lime keep better than others packed in oats; eggs covered with melted parafline keep the best of all, and those of them put down in weak brine, in which they sink to the bottom, keep better than others packed in dry salt or in plaster. There is a (Jernian preparation of salt, saltpeter and borax, which will keep eggs for five months, equal to the fresh. The salt and lime mixture, and the German salt, both keep the shells in perfect condition, and simply rinsing will cleanse them.?New York Herald. Kerlp?'?. P wt? at- T,att.?This is composed of boiled milk, or, rather, milk brought to the boil, and coffee, half and half. Have a large coffee cup, put in sugar to your taste; take a pot of the hot milk in one hand and a pot of the hot coffee in the other, and, holding them eight or ten inches high, pour each at the same time into the cup, so as to make a coam on the top.?The Caterer. Eggs a L'Auiiore.?Have fifteen hard-boiled eggs, separate the whites from the yolks. Chop the whites'with half of the latter. Prepare a stiff cream sauce, put the chopped eggs into it, then pour it into a dish. Strain the rest of the yolks through a sieve, arrange them on the others and pour some clarified butter; add a pinch of salt. Put in a hot oven. The eggs must cook without browning.? Jean Columbia. Tomatoes AVitii Cream. ? Stew until perfectly tender one can or one quart of peeled and sliced tomatoes; add to them a tablespoonful of butter, a teaspoonful of salt, and a quarter of a saltspoon ful of pepper, and beat them quite smooth; mix a tablespoonful of flour smoothly with a cupful of milk and stir it into the tomatoes ; as soon as the milk and llour are thoroughly mixed with the tomatoes serve them on a hot dish covered with slices of nicely made toast. Tongue Soup.?Put a small tongue into a soup kettle with the trimmings ? e ??i,i mm uones ui cum i,uh,i\v,u. j.iuu v.. v or three quarts of cold water, simmer slowly four hours, removing all the scum as it rises. Take out the tongue, skin and clean it, leaving it to cool. This will make the breakfast dish. Put back the trimmings and the root, with a carrot, a turnip, an onion and one head of celery; a little cayenne. Boil an hour longer, remove from the fire, strain through a fine sieve. When cool, remove all the fat, cut the turnip and carrot in dice; add to the liquid. Let it come to a boil. Serve hot, with boiled rice. IIoilMChold Hint*. To remove oils and varnishes from silk fabrics use benzine, ether and soap very cautiously. It is a common paragraph in the newspaper: " How to clean rusty flatirons." Beeswax is often recommended; so is kerosene and white wax. None of these are really effectual. The wife of a carpenter says she always uses the half-worn pieces of sand paper that her husband throws away. .She rubs the rusty iron over it a few times, and it is perfectly smooth and ffee from rust. To prevent scarlet flannel or worsted goods of any description from losing their color when washed, put half a cup of flour with a cup of cold water and let it boil about fifteen minutes, anil then mix with the warm suds in which the goods are to be washed. Do not rub on a board, but squeeze and rinse up and down several times. Make the suds before putting the article in, and so avoid rubbing soap on it. If very much soiled use several waters ; have them of the same temperature if possible. The Doom of Steam. "Whatever else may survive in the future J.)r. Siemens is certain that the steam engine is doomed. Its fate is first to be confined to the driving of large dynamo machines, which will distribute force at present supplied by a myriad of small and wasteful engines, and then to be superseded altogether by the gas engine. Gas and electricity may be mutually hostile, but they are to unite their forces in order to extirpate the steam engine. The unpardonable sin of the steam engine is that of waste. Even the best of them consume two pounds of coal per horse-power per hour, whereas, says J)r. Siemens, when the gas-producer has taken the place of the complex and dangerous steam boiler it will not take one pound of coal to develop one horse-power for an hour. But before gas banishes steam it will supersede coal as the agent for the development of steam. A pound of gas gives forth exactly twice the heat of a pound of coal, and even this may be improved upon. To burn raw coal is to squander our inheritance. Dr. Siemens gives some startling figures to prove that the by-products of the coal annually used in gas-making are worth three millions sterling more than the coal used in producing them, without allowing anything for the value of the gas. Besides the products already utilized, 120,000 tons of sulphur are now wasted every year, which may yet be converted into a source of income. By abolishing the use of raw coal. Dr. Siemens maintains that science, with some magician's wand, will "banish the black pall of smoke which hangs over our great cities, and restore to them pure air, bright sunshine and blue skies." Vrwi-oVioii wo pvpn h.ivft to suffer as compensation for the multiplication of enormous gasometers. The coal will be converted into gas a1, the bottom of the mine- a prospect not altogether to be contemplated without alarm by the workers in fiery seams?and the gas carried by pipes wherever it is wanted. Electricity will also be made largely serviceable for the distribution of power. Even after allowing fifty per cent, for loss in transmission, the gain is still chiefly confined to lighting public places. The gaslight will hold its own as the "poor man's friend," and gasheating will become universal. Thus in the near future Dr. Siemens unfolds before our eyes a world in which there will be no smoke and no steam, and where coal will only be visible in the immediate vicinity of the pit. Electricity will light our streets, gas will cook our dinners, and driving power will be laid on by wire wherever it is wanted. There will be no pollution of rnrorc fnr pvprv waste nroduct will be ! "'"""I J i utilized, and the sulphurous fumes which have converted whole counties into scenes of dark desolation will be employed in making the wilderness to blossom as the rose, and in restoring fertility to the exhausted soil. In short, science at last will begin to banish all the manifest abominations by which "the black age" of manufactures has defeated the beauty of our land.?Pall Mall Gazette. How to Start an Echo. We cannot vouch for the truth of I *1-- cinrv 1111f. J>n A llSt.ill I nit; junu>1 jug ? gentleman said he was an eye-witness of the occurrence: He was on a steamboat on the Hudson river with a party of excursionists. The boat stopped at a place in the river where there is a wonderful echo. One of the gentlemen asked everybody in the crowd for a pistol with which to wake up the echoes. Nobody had any pistol, but a gentleman from Arkansas said that he had something that was a blame sight more reliable than a pistol, and pulling out of his boot a knife with a thirteen-inch blade, handed it over to the party who wanted to Stir up the echoes,?Riflings. IIIEWS OF THE WEEK;' Eastern and Middle States. Lane S. Lennibon, a fourteen-year-old boy living in New London, Conn., became bo affected by reading dime novels that ho killed himself with a pistol shot. Assignments have been made by the Now York firms of Humphrey & Co., leather merchants, and Wiley, Wickes <fc Wing, the liabilities of the former being $000,000 and of the latter $400,003. The most prominent bill passed by the Now York legislature?the bill compelling tho elevated railroad to reduce its faros from ten to five cents?was vetoed by Governor Cleveland on tho grounds of its unconstitutionality and for other reasons. A Philadelphia sneak thief entered a private apartment connected with tho treasurerV ffifA of tho (rr.firantre Trust and Safo Do posit company and carried away about ?70,000 in bonda. Habvky N. Follansbee, clerk of the superintendent of the Boston police department and treasurer of the Police Itolief association, has ombezzled $20,750 of invested funds of the latter organization. He has been speculating in Union Pacific and other stocks. Donlap's grain elevator and mill in Albany, N. Y., caught fire in the sixth story and soon the entire structure was in flames. Two laborers and a fireman were killed by a falling wall, and eight other persons were injured, one or two with probably fatal remit. About 150,000 bushels of grain were in the elevator, and the total loss is estimated at 8215.000. Two envoys from the large island of Madagascar, situated off the eastern coast of Africa, arrived in Now York the other day Their names are Ravoninahitriniarivo and Ramaniraka, and they are an embassy from Ranavolana, queen of Madagascar, sent to this country to exchange ratifications of a revised treaty of peace and friendship botween the two governments. The envoys ! left their island homo last August accredited to France, Great Britain, Germany and the United States. They have already visited the first two countries, been snubbed by France andseciirod a ratification of a treaty with Great Britain. Women have Jbeen refused admittfiuce as I students to Columbia college, New York. Municipal olections have been held throughout Maine. In Portland John W. Deering (Democrat) was elected mayor by 174 majority over Libbey (Republican), the present incumbent. At Bath there were three tickets in the field and no choice was made for mayor. Lewiston elected Dr. Garcelon (Democrat) by 219 majority. In Auburn George A. Woodman (Republican) was elected mayor by 10 majority. Rockland elected George Gregory (Democrat) mayor by 30 plurality. The Republicans in Saco reelected Mayor Owen by 1!)S majority. At Gardiner Perkins (Republican) was olected without opposition. Captain Mackenzie, of New York, the chess champion of this country, will contest in tho international chess tournament to take place next month in London. The secretary of the interior, the commissioner of Indian affairs, Senators Hawley and Logan and others have been on a visit of inspection to tho Indian school at Carlisle, Penn. Spbino charter elections have taken place in various cities and towns of the New England and Middle States. At Utica,Ithaca, and Newburg, N. Y., the Democrats elected a majority of their candidates, and at Oswego, N. Y., a Republican mayor and a Democratic council were chossn. Burlington, Vt., elected a Republican mayor. Dr. Garvin, leader of the equal rights movement in Rhode Island, has been elected to the State legislature over his Republican competitor. Goyebnok Cleveland's veto of the bill reducing tho faro on the New York city elovated railroads was sustained in the assembly by sixty-six to fifty-five votes. Ukiaii Moyeb was hanged at Middleburg, Penn., for the murder of John Kinteler and wife in December, 1877. The condemned man confessed his guilt on tho gallows. His brother, Jonathan, was hanged in March 1682, for participating in the crime, nnd a man named Etiinger, also convicted a? a participant, died in jail in 1881. The "Cambridge," one of 'the lar^e apartment houses or fashionablo flats now so numerous in New York city, was almost entirely destroyed by fin>, and two of the inmates?Mrs. Mary H. Wnkeman, fifty-six years of age, and l.er daughter Rosa, twentyone years old, wife and daughter of the exsurveyor of the port?lost their lives. The loss on building and to tho ten families occupying tho flats is about $110,000. The seventeenth body cremated in tho Washington (Penn.) furnace is that of Henry Seybert, a wealthy resident of Philadelphia. Mr. Seybert was born in lfcOl, was without relatives, and his vast estate, amounting to over $1,200,000, has been left to charitable and educational institutions. The total number of bequests is seventynine, amounting to $1,246,090, the largest of which is $120,000 to the University of Pennsylvania for the endowment of a chair of mental and moral philosophy, and tho endowment of a ward for chronic diseases. Iu 1876 Mr. Seybert presented Philadelphia with an elegant clock and I e'.l, whiclnvereerected in the steeple of Independence hall at a co?t of $20,000. A sudden caving in of an old niino at Mt. Carmel, Penn., endangered twenty-nine houses, the public road and railroad depot. There wr.s only a thin shell of frozen earth left between the houses and the mine. Some of the houses had to bo pulled down and carried away. Michael McGloin, a young man under twenty-one, and Pasquale Majone, an Italian, were hanged in the New York Tombs. McGloin murdered a F:ench saloon keeper whose place ho was robbing, and Majone killed his wife and mother-in-law in a fil of jealousy. South and West. Governor Cameron has been personally engaged in an expedition against tho illegal dredging and destruction of oyster beds in Virginia waters, and has captured several schooners and made many prisoners. Sino Lu.vo, a Chinaman under sentence of deatli in the San Francisco jail for killing one of his countrymen, cheated the gallov b by hanging himself on the night precoding his execution. "VV. 3 Pratt, president of tho Bank of Mobile, vice president of a railroad and a prominent Alabama capitalist, was run over by a freight train at Birmingham, in that State, and instantly killed. Whole tracts of country along the Mississippi have been overflowed. Much loss and suffering will rosult. From Helena, Ark., to U?mpbi9 there was no lanu to do seen, tna V?( cr covering the for miles back into It wintry. Two large mills &t Redwing, Minn., have been destroyed by fire, entailing estimated losses of $2C0,000. James S. Botnton, president of the Georgia senate, was sworn in as governor at Atlanta, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Stephens. An election for Mr. Stephens' successor will take place April 21. A METEoa of extraordinary size and brilliancy shot across the sky at Richmond, Va., and exploded with a loud report, causing great excitement. The meteor lit up the heavens for nearly two minutes, and the report of its explosion was heard in several counties, in some places shaking doors and windows and creating the impression that it was an earthquako. Masiileb & Reany, of Baltimore, builders of iron steamers and lugs, have failed for about $"00,030. Samuel G. Wyman, the heal of or.oof the oldest dry goods commissi in houses in Baltimore, and a very wealthy man, died of heart disease the other day, aged seventyfive. He contributed to the support ( f dozens of small mission churches in the State, and was educating forty or fifty little girls, daughters of Maryland and Virginia soldiers killed in the late war. His magnificent residence has been left to the church ho belonged to for a parsonage. An unprecedented rise ,in tho Mississippi has resulted in tho complete inundation of five countics in Arkansas. Tiio losses to all classes are very heavy, and much suffering will follow. The Tenno-so3 houso of representatives has passed a Stale debt bill which provides for the payment of fifty cents on tho dollar and three per cent, interest on all but the State debt proper and the bonds of tho educational institutions within tho State, for which it is proposed to pay par, with the contract rato of interest. A. L. Johnson was shot dead in tho courtroom at Teyarkana, Ark., in the presence of tho judge, jurors, attorneys and over 100 spectators by C. E. Dixon. sheritT of thr county. The trouble was caused by Dixon's making war on gambling institutions in which Johnson was silently interested. William Lane, a well-known auctioneer of Cleveland, Ohio, dangerously wounded his divorced wife, who was about to marry, and then killed himself. gj : ., i . _ ... i m L I III I ?i*? At midnight a fire was discovered in the house of Simon Cronise near Newmarket, Md. Mrs. Cronise helped save six of her children, throwing three of them out of a window to her husband standing below, but perished with one child whom the heroic mother refused to leave without an effort to save. An old deaf mute in the house also lost his life. > Joseph B. Loosns was hanged at Springfield, Mo., for tho murder of David Levett. Robbery was the motive of the crimo. Three men were crushed to death by a falling wall during a firo which destroyed Watkins' block, Nashville, Tenn., doing damage to tho oxtont of $250,000. Ex-Governor William Spraoue, of Providence, R. I., was married at Stnu iton, Va., to Dora Inez Cahert, formerly of Connecticut. The bridegroom gave his age as fifty-one and the brido hers at twenty-three. Both parties have been through the divorce court. Goveunor Crittenden, of Missouri, has pardoned Clarence Hite, one of the Jesse James gang, reported to be in tho last stages of consumption, and it is supposed that he will now be used as a witness against Frank James. Moke than 75,000 people?fully 50,000 of tlietn visitors from outside tho city?were present in Atlanta, Ga., during the memorial services held in tho capitol over tho remains of Governor Alexander H. Stevens. General Gordon read resolutions of respect to the memory of the deceased, and General Toombs, tho lifelong friend of the dead governor, delivered the eulogy. Other spoakers followed. In the afternoon tho funeral services were conducted, tho Rev. Dr. Talmage, of Brooklyn, delivering tho closing address. Tho funeral possession was a milo and a half long. From Washington. On the last night of the session of Congress tho President came to the capitol be. tween 0 and 10 o'clock, accompanied by tho members of his cabinet, and occupied tho ?' President's room," near the Senate chamber, for the purpose of promptly examining all bills presented for his approval. The marriage of Senator Tabor, of Colorado, to Miss McCourt, of Chicago, at tho leading Catholic chuich of Washington, in presence of President Arthur and a distinguished company, has been followed by tho declaration of the priest who united them that lie has boen deceived; that both parties to tho ceremony had passed through tho divorce court unknown to him, and that whilo tho marriage is legal in the eye3 of the law there was no real marriage in the eye8 of the Catholic church. The affair has era" ated quite a sensation in Washington. Toe aggregate amount of all the appropriaJ tion [bills passed by tho last session of Congress is ?229,327,511.30, made up as follows: Pension, $8G,275,000 ; Military academj-, $318,057.50; fortifications, ?070,000; consular and diplomatic, $1,290,755; navy, $15,894,434.23 ; army, $24,081,350 ; postoffico, j $4t,4S9,520; Indian, $5,302,055.91; legisla[ tive, $20,40-1,290.22; sundry civil, $23,900,. 147.47; District of Columbia, $1,099,807.23; deficiency, $2,813,187.80; agricultural, $405,I G40; miscellaneous bills, involving appropriations of money, $750,000. No river and harbor appropriation bill was passed. The aggregate of the appropriations for last year, including $18,738,875 for the river and harbor bill, was $295,509,039, and for the preceding year, including $11,441,300 for the river and harbor bill, was $219,307,983.38. Secbetaby Folqer has ordered that the word cents bo stamped on the new nicke'live-cent pieces. .Tamks Gilfillan. treasurer of the United States, has resigned to take the position of treasurer and manager of a New York trust company. During the Forty-seventh Congress 10,G70 bills and joint resolutions were introduced in the two houses (8,018 in tho House and 2,C5l' in the Senate), and of these 832 were introduced in the House and *'57 in tho Senate during the sf ssion just closed. Aside from the regular annual appropriation bills, 1G3 bills and joint resolutions havo passed both houses during the session and havo become laws. Congressman Belpord, of Colorndo, was the hrst witness for tho defense in th3 star route trial. Beforo leaving tho witness stand he asked permission to make a statement concerning a check which Rordell, the witness for the prosecution, swore had been given to Belford by S. W. Dorsey; but the court denied the request. Notwithstanding the denial. Mr. Uelford exclaimed indignantly: " I state before the liviqg God that I never saw such a check." Thereupon Judge Wylio fined the witness $100 for contempt of court. The London statistical agent of the United Slates department of ngriculturo reports con; inued raisin and floods in England, great injury to the wheat crop and gloomy apprehensions cf lite worst failure for years. T..e area is reduced, and much resowing will be necessary. There is also much alarm at the spread of foot and mouth disease among cattle. One of themostimportant measures passed on the last night of the recent session of Congress was the bill "To modify the postal money-order system, and for other purposes." It provides that for the transmission of sums under ?5 through the mails the . postmaster-general may authorize postmasters at money-order ofiiccs to issuo money orders without corresponding advices, on an engraved form to be prescribed and furnished by him, and to be known as "postal notes," for which a fee of three cents is to be charged. These notes are made payable to ucarer wnuu uuij nxoi[ii.-u t?u uujr money-order ofTico which iho remitter may select, or at tho offico of issue. Tho nolo bocomes invalid upon tho expiration of three months from the last day of the month in which it was issued; and the holder, to obtain tho amount of an invalid postal note, must forward it to tho superintendent of the money-order system at Washington, together with an application in such manner and form as tho postmaster-general may prescribe, for a duplicate, payable to such holder, and an additional fee of lhree cents is charged for the issue of tho duplicate. Money orders are authorized to be issued for sums of less than $103 at rales graded from eight cents for a $10 order up to forty-five ct nt* fcr one of $100. . Judge Lilley, an old man of seventy, was assaulted and severely injured by exSenator S. W. Dorsey in the latter's residence. The assault occurred during a conversation in which Dorsey accused Lilley of obtaining Rerdoll as a government witness in the star-route case. Ah oljempt to assassinate ex-Secretary Blaine, by shooting into a carriage in which lie was seated, is reported. Mr. Blaine treats the matter lightly, and says that the hole through the windows of the landau in which he rode was probably made by a pebble thrown by some boy with a " devil's sling." His family, however, are said to take a more serious view of the occurrence. Foreign UTewa. A Cairo (Egypt) dispatch fays that the false Prophet has been defeated losing 2,OCO men. The editor, proprietor and printer of the j London Freethinker have been sentenced respectively to twelve, nine and three months' 1 imprisonment for "blasphemous libel." A memorial tablet in honor of Professor ] Morse has been unveiled in front of the < house formerly occupied by the groat Amcri- ' can inventor in Rome. ] Premier Gladstone was received with ( chccrs on entering the British house of com- i mons for the first time since his return from ' fljtTmf.s. Vrunce. '* ? I The const of Great Britain has been v.'siteo i by ft severe gale. Two vessels and three f men have been lost at Dundee, throo vessels J at Sctrborough, one vessel at the Isle of Man and two lives at Whitstable. ^ WitoniAM Paiik, the country seat of the ? Earl of St 1 afford, in England, has been f burned. i In the case of Phipps, the Philadelphia almshouse defaultor, who fled to Canada, the judges of the court of appeals in Toronto i decided that sufficient evidenco had been t brought out against him to warrant his ex- i tradition for trial for forgery. ] J. 11. Geeks, the English historian, is dead. 1 The British steamer Gloucester City, from Bristol, England, bound for New York, Las J foundered. All her crew were saved. Anorr thirty people are suffering from 1 famine fever in the Swineford pojrhouse in ^ county Mayo, Ireland, and there are 703 ] names on the list c f persons needing relief. ' n*t._ l._. i 1S47 ( J.I1U Ul&UUnn UCVll juim | Peoplo who refnso to enter the workhouse ' ' are dying from want of food outside. j ' i Heavy ruins in Bombay, India, have destroyed 2iO houses find rendered hundred? ( of persons homeless. j The prisoners sentenced to denth by the ( Alexandria (Egypt) court-martial for having j massacred Christians at Tanta last summer, i are being executeJ on public nrirket days at j the spot wherj their crimes woro committod. Seven of the malefactors woro hanged in one week. These executions are carried on in i the presence of British and Egyptian troop*, ( who aro absolutely necessary to prevent the ] criminals being set free by the mob. 1 - ' ,v ' .. . THE WORK OF COJiGBESS. Senate. Mr. Morrill explained th? conference report on the tax and tariff bill. He said the internal revenue part of the bill provides for the repeal of the taxes on banks and bankers whether State or national, except the tax on tlio circulation of national banks. That remains as heretofore. The stamp tax on bank checks and drafts and on matches, perfumery and patent medicines is also to be abolished. The tax on dealers In tobacco is largely reduced, and no change has been made in the provision that producers may soil tobacco at retail to an amount not exceeding $100 annually. The tax on tobacco it is proposed to reduce from sixteen cents to eight con's per ponil-1, or one-half, and the same proportionate reduction is proposed of the present tax on cigars and cigarettes. Mr. Morrill said that the bill, if adopted, would reduce the revenues about $75,000,000. After a long debate the Senate at half-past 12 A. M. agreed to tho conference report by a vote of 32 yens against 31 nays, as follows: Yeas?Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Anthony, Blair, Cameron, of Wisconsin; Conger, Davis, of Illinois; Dawes, Edmunds, Frye, Harrison, Ilawley, Hill, Hall, Ingalls, Jones, of Nevada; Kollogg, Lapham, Logan, McDill, McMillan, McPherson, Mahone, Miller, of New York: ^Morrill, Piatt, Plumb, Rollins, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Windom ?32; nays?Messrs. Barrow, Bayard, Brown, Butler, Call, Cameron, of Pennsylvania; Cockrell, Coke, Fair, Garland, George, Gorman. Groome, Harris, Jackson, Jonas, Jones, of Florida; Lamar, Maxey, Morgan, Pendloton, Push, Ransom, Sauslbury, Slater, Vance, Yan Wyclr, Vest, Voorlices, Walker, Williams?31. Tho following pairs were announced: Messrs. Camden, Ferry, Halo, Saunders and Mitchell, with Tabor, Groover, Beck, Hampton and Johnston. Upon motion of .\ir. iiayanl a vie or thanks was given to Mr. Davis for tho able and impartial manner in which ho had prosided over the deliberr.tious of tho Senate. Mr. Davis, in resigning his office as president pro torn of tho Senate, made an address thanking the Senate for tho good-will oxpressedin Mr. Bayard's rcBilution. Mr; Anthony offered a resolution declaring Senator Edmunds president pro tempore of the Senate. Mr. Pendleton moved to amend so as to make tho retolution apply to Mr. Bayard. The amendment was lost. Mr. Edmunds was then olectod. Standing by the clerk's desk ho said : " Senators, I beg to thauk tho Senate sincerely for tho hon-ir it has confcr.*ed upon me, and to say that I shall endeavor to discharge ti e duties imposed with fidelity. As I think that under the law I ought to tako an oath of office I ask the Senator from Rhode Island, the oldest Senator present, to administer it. Mr. Anthony administered the oath and Mr. Edmunds thou took the chair.... Tho river and harbor bill, on objection of Mr. Ingalls, went over till tho next day, TOtiinV, nen/tfinniivtriiimi t>i?hill Mr. Tabor presented the credentials of his successor, Mr. Thomas M. Bowen. of Colorado. Mr. Brown presented the credentials of Mr. Alfred H. Colquitt, of Georgin. Mr. Windom presented the credentials of his successor. Mr. Sabin, of Minnesota.. ..The deficiency appropriation bill was passed with an amendment directing the attorney-general to pay Charles H. Reed for his servicis in defending Guiteau whatever sum ho may consider n proper compensation, not to exceed, however, $3,000... .The bill to refund to the State of Georgia money payed out for tl o common defense in 1777 was passed The House bill providing for the transmission of small sums of money less than $5 through the mails by means of postal notes payable to bearer was passed. At 3:15 a. m. Sunday morning the doors ol the Senate were re-opened. A message was received that the House had agreed to the conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill After further routine bnsiness the president pro tern., Mr. Edmunds, brought down his gavel and said: "Senators: I The hour has arrived at which by the Constitution and laws of the United States the Forty-seventh Congress terminates. It becomes the duty of the chair, therefore, to declare this session adjourned without day: and in doing so he wishes you, each one of you, a pleasant and safe journey to your homes, on l every felicity in your future lives. The Senate stands adjourned without day." Honiie. The Senate amendments to the postoffice bill were agreed to and the bill was passed ... .The Houso took up the Mississippi contested election cases of Buchanan against Manning. The resolution, which grants the contestant leave to withdraw papers without prejudice, was adopted. This confirms the right of Mr. Manning to the seat.. ..Mr. T>1 ,1 (U n1|Uc nnrl nnac r lower uiuvcu iu ru^icuu uu? a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment granting to tho President power to veto specific i!eni3 in bills making appropriations of money, while approving of the remaining items in such bills. Lost? 101 yeas to f>8 nays?not the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative.... Mr. Cartin moved to suspend the rules and concur in Senate amendments to the bill increasing the pensions of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm or a leg in the service. Agreed to Conference reports on the legislature appropriation bill, appropriating $20,404,2%; in the nnval appropriation bill, appropriating $15,894,000, and on the army appropriation bill, appropriating $24,081,000, were agreed to. The House deeidod by a vote of 155 to 81 that Air. Cook, Greenbacker, of Iowa, was elected, and that Mr. Cutts, who had occupied tho seat for two years minus one day, waA not elected to Congress. Mr. Cook was sworn in, and the sixth Iowa district was, therefore, represented exactly twenty-four hours in the Forty-seventh Congress In the contested election case of Leo (colored) against Richardson, of South Carolina, tho elections committee had reported in favor of-Mr. Richardson, but their report was overruled by the Hcuse, fchich, by a vote of 124 to 114, declared that L"e was duly elected. The Democratic members refused to vote on the final motion and loft the Houso without a quorum....Mr. Kelley presented the conference committeo report on the tax and tariff bill, and nftor debate it was adopted by I lf?3 yeasnnd 11G nays. Of the 1.'2 votes for i the bill, 19 were contributed by Democrats, ns follows: Messrs. Beltzhoover, Erinenlront, Klotz, Muchler. Randall and Wise, of l'6nnsylvania; Hardenburg, Harris and Ross, of New Jersey; Morse, of Massachusetts; Ladd, of Maine; Bliss, Hardy nnd Scoville, of New York: Fulkerson and Wise, of Virginia; Speer. of Georgia : Shelley, of Alabama, nnd Wilson, of West Virginia. Eleven Republicans voto.l in the negative, as follows: Messrs. Buy no, Campbell, Errelt and Miller, of Pennsylvania; Dawes, McKinley, Rico, Robinson, E. B. Taylor and J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, and Hubbell, of Michigan. At 4 a. ri. the sundry civil appropriation bill, which appropriates $'28,890,147, was passed....Numerous attempts to givo the colored contestant Loo,of South Carolina, the seat occupied by Richardson, wore unsuccessful The u?uil resolutions of thanks to the speaker wero offerel upon motion of Mr. Randall, but some objection to their passage was made, and a division was called for, resulting in 80 yeas to 8 nays.... At 0:20 Sunday morning a recess was taken until 9:30 a. m. The usual scenes of confusion and disorder consequent upon the last hours of a Congress occurred. At 11 o'clock an immense crowd occupied the galleries....Mr. Reese, of Georgia, offered a resolution, which was unanimously passed, expressing the sorrow of the House at the death of Governor Stephens A committee to wait upon the President and inform him that Congress was ready to udjourn wns appointed, and at ll:/?5 this committee 1 f,?. rUilUrLUU lliat II1U x ic^Juyuw imvt iui?u i communication to make to Congress. Tlio speaker then made his closing address, declaring the House adjourned pine die?and the Forty-seventh Congross was a thing of the past. The Increase of Pensions Act, The following circular has been issued by the commissioner of pensions at Washington and approved by the s&cretary of the interior: The following regulations are prescribo:l for the purpose of carrying into effect as speedily as possible the provisions of the act of Congre.-s, approved March 188:5, increasing to ?-0 per month the pensions of those who have lost a leg at or above the knee or an arm at or above the elbow; and of those who have been so disabled as to bo incapacitated for performing any manual labor, but not 80 much so to roquire regular personal aid and attendance, who are now receiving a pension at the rate of ?24 per month, and to $-'4 per month the pensions of those who have lost one hand, or one foot, or been totally or permanently disabled in the same, or otherwise so disabled as to render them incapable to perform manual labor, equivalent to the loss of a hand or foot and now receiving $1S por month. Inasmuch as the said act has immediate Bffect upon such admitted cases as have been adjudicated at the rates of $L'4 and ?18 per 41. ?? ,,?r,l w.nii.1,1 LIlUliLJl IfPjiOCliTvg J nv tviiuiu Iipi'livmit/ii by the beneficiary is necessary to he made, ather than to forward to the commissioner jf pensions the pensioi certificate, accompanied by a letter statins, in the handwriting of the pensioner, ins present postjffice address. As soon as possible after tho receipt of the pension certificate aforesaid, ;he pension conunissionerwill reissne to him .1 new certificate for the new rate, and will forward tho same to the proper pension igent to inscribe tho name of such pensioner on the roll a' the increased rate, and :o make to the pensioner the proper paynent. In tho case of amputation, the certificate vill lie reissued without any further medical sxamination. Tho intervention of an aye:it >r attorney in such admitted cases as are ttTectod by this act, being unnecessary, will tot be recognized. Mrs. Dawson Dinner, an English ady of rank, who traveled very exensively some time ago, made a inique collection of locks of Jiair 01 irime notabilities. At Alexandria she egged a lock from Mehemet Ali, who ;aid that in a collection containing Nelson's, Napoleon's and Wellington's iiis was unworthy to lie included, but ihatif slit:thought otherwise he wonl l leave a request to Ibrahim Pasha lo present her with his head (lie had no iair on his hea l) and if she did not jutlivc him it was to descend to the son or daughter who inherited her collection. The effect of frost upon plants is to :ause exudation of the water from the nterior of the cells, and the formation if i:e outside and between the cells, [f the thaw lie effected gradually, the ivater is reabsorbed and the life of the jlant is unaffected. It is stated that a toad which was "ound frozen as hard as a stone in a ;ake of ice at Woonsocket, R. I., upon ->eing put into cold water revived, and s now as lively as ever. SLANDER. 1 'Twas but a breath? And yet the fair, good name was wilted; And friend once fond grew cold and stilted, And life was worse than death. One venomed word, That struck its coward, poisoned blow, In craven whispers, hushed and low? And yet the wide world heard. 'Twas but one whisper?one? That, muttered low, for very shame, The thing the slanderer dare not name? And yet its work was done. A hint, so slight, And yet so mighty in its power, A human soul, in one short hour, Lies crushed beneath its blight! HUMOR OF THE DAY. The money lender never neglects his business. He takes all the interest he can in it.?Picayune. Patent medicines are now made that will cure everything except hams.? Philadelphia Chronicle. If you think nobody cares for you in this cold world, just try to learn to play the fiddle in a populous neigborliood.?Siftings. " Ma, mf.y I go on the street?" " Yes, my dearest daughter, Provided tho young man will treat To cako and soda water." A Detroit architect has ;calls from nine different cities. He estimated the cost of a certain building for $14,000, and it was finished lor $11,000.? Detroit Free Press. "If you fall off that balcony you'll get hurt," said one lriend to another. "No, I shan't," said No. 2; "there's nothing about me to break; I'm broke already."?The Judge. A little boy of four years was sleeping with his brother, when his mother said: "Why, Moses, you are lying right in the middle of the bed; what will poorJIIarry do?" " Well, ma," he replied, " Harry's got both sides." A family paper published a long article entitled," Housekeeping Hereafter." "Oh, dear!" groaned a distracted mother of five children and keeper of one instead of two servants; " if I thought there was going to be any housekeeping hereafter, I declare I'd never die."?Burlington Hawkeye. The Ithaca Journal tells of a little four-year-old, who, upon retiring, proceeded to say her prayers as usual. "When she had repeated the line, "If I should die before I wake," a thought seemed to strike her, and after pausing a moment, she .added: "What a rumpus there would bo in this house!" She then repeated the concluding line of the prayer and scrambled into bed. A Terrible Panic of the PastOne of the most disastrous panics ever known in New York occurred in October, 1853. Thomas F. Harrison, at present assistant superintendent of the New York grammar schools, but at that time a principal in one of the high schools in that city, thus describes it: The school-house in which the panic occurred was in Gretawich avenue, near Jefferson market. The building was four stories in height, and contained at the time 1,500 children in the several grades. The girls' department was upon the second floor. One afternoon in October, mv sister. Abby Harrison, who was at that time the principal of the department, was conducting a recitation in the furthest class-room. Calling a little girl to her side, she told her to go out and get her a glass of water. The child hurried out into the next room and said in passing that Miss Harrison wanted some water. Some one said "Fire," and in a minute all were in confusion. The children rushed toward the stairway. Unfortunately the doors of the school-house swung inward. The children crowding up against them were not able to force them open. The railing gave way, and in a moment the children, pushed by those behind them, were forced over the edge into the well below. Down they fell, one after the other, until there was a pile of them not less than twelve feet high. Fifty of them were killed. The shock to the principals of both the male and female departments was so great that they died within three minutes after the accident. A remarkable botanical specimen is reported to exist in Pedur, India, in the form of a date palm which changes its position morning and evening. The a. _ - * ? - A. 1 it.A tree is ext'ven miaul neigut, ;uiu iu me afternoon is inclined so near the ground that children may pluck its fruit from branches which in the morning are far above their reach. Important Proclamation. Tho Hon. Peter Bowe is sheriff of the city and county of New York. Recently, in conversation with one of our reporters, Mr. Bowe proclaimed the following fact: "I consider St. Jacobs Oil an excellent remedy, and one that ought certainly to find its way into every household. Mrs. Bowe always has a bottle of it there, and makes a family remedy of it."?New York Evening Telegram. Thirty-nine pieces of orange peel were found on a Hartford sidewalk, in a short distance, Monday, which shows that the legislators of this day are mure extravagant than those of twenty-five years ago, who carried the peel home in their coat-tails and dried it for custards.?Banbury News. "Female Complaint*." Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir? I write to tell you what your " Favorite Prescrintion " has done for me. I had been a great sufferer from female complaints, especially '' dragging-down,'' for over six years, during mncli of tiie time unable to work. I paid out hundreds of dollars without any benefit till I took three bottles of the "Favorite Prescription," and I never had any thing do me so much good in my life. I advise every sick lady to take it. Mas. Emily Rhoads, McBrides, Mich. ~ About thirty ferries connect New York city with Long Island and New Jersey. 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Patient endunnoe of 1U numerous very small watery pimples, hot and smarting, requires true fortitude. Ifthe discharged matter sticks. Itches, and the scabs leare underneath reddened surface, tho disease has not departed, and Hood's SoTSJLpnrllln, la moderate doses, shottld be continoed. famous case in boston. "My little four-year-old (firl hid s powerful eruption on her faco and head. Under her eyes It Wu regular scalding red and gore, like a burn. Back at her left ?r we had to shave her hair close to her head. Fbt or Ml physicians and two hospitals save up her cam as incurable, save that she might outgrow it. When it began to maturate I became alarmed. In three weeks, with Hood's Sarsaparilla, the sores began to heal; two bottles made her eyes a* el?ar as ever. To-day she Is as well as lam." JOHN CAREY, 164 D Street, Sooth Boston. ATTEST: I know John Carer. Ho Is an honost, good man, whose statements are worthy of entire credit. I believe what bo says about his child'* sickness. CLINTON H. COOK, Milk Street, Boston. HOOD'S SARSAPABTLLA. Sold by Druggists. 81; six for $5. Prepared only bf C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. Satisfactory Evidence. J. W. Graham, Wholesale Druggist, of Austin, Tex. writes: "I have been handling Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for the Lungs for the past yoar, and have found it one of the most salable medicines I have ever had in my house for Coaghs, Colds and even Consumption, always giving entire satisfaction. Pleaae send me one gross by Saturday's steamer." Dr.Green's Oxygenated Bitters is the oldest and best remedy for Dyspepsia, Bilions. ness, Malaria, Indigestion, all disorders of the Stomach, and all diseases indicating an impure condition of the Blood, Kidneys, and Livor. Dtirno's Catarrh Snuff cures Catarrh and all affections of the mucons membrane. "Best Cough Halnninlin thefWorld." Try it. Price 10c. F. W. Kimbmam A Co,< Augusta, Maine. The convenience of sending goods by mail or express is well assured by LEWANDO'S FRENCH DYE HOUSE, 17 Temple Place. Boston, U. 8. A. Of {he many remedies before the public for Nervous Debility and weakness of Nerve Generative System, there is none eqnal to Allen's Brain Food, which promptly and permanently restores all lost Vigo?: it never fails. $1 pkg.: six for $5. At druggists afld at Allen's Pharmacy, 815 First avenue, New York City. Kejolco, ReJolcc, " nc In Alive Again.U "Was Last, but Is Found." Under date of July 9,1882, E. B. Bright, of Wind?nr Trfvlrq. CV?nn.. writes a plain, modest narrative, whicf), from its very simplicity, has the true ring of fine gold. He says: "My father is using Hunt's Remedy and seems to be improving, in fact, he is very much better than he has been for a long time. He had been tapped three times. The first time they got from him sixteen quarts of water, the secdnd time thirteen quarts, and fully as much more the third time, and he would constantly fill up again every time after he had been tapped, until he commenced using Hunt's Remedy, which acted like magic in his case, as He begun to improve at once, and now his watery accumulation passes away through the secretions naturally, and he has none of that swelling or filling up which was so frequent before the functions of the kidneys were restored by the use of Hunt's Remedy. He is a well-known citizen of this place, and has always been in business here." Again lie writes, November 27,1882; "I beg most cheerfully and truthfully to state, in regard to Hunt's Remedy, that its use was the saving of my father's life. I spoke to you in my previous letter in regard to his being tapped three times. It is the most remarkable case that has ever been heard of in this section. For a man of his years (sixty years) it is a most remarkable cure. He had been unable to attend to his business more than a year, and was given up by the doctors. The first bottle of Hunt s Remedy that he used gave instant relief. He has used in all seven bottles, and continues to use it whenever he feels drowsy or sluggish, and it affords instant relief. He is now attending to his regular business and has been T fhof several inonma. ? urn ticucuw/ hiumo you shculd publish this letter, as we thoroughly believe that father's life was saved by using Hunt's Remedy and these facta given above may be a benefit to others suffering in like manner from diseases or inaction of the kidneys and liver." f Tfhlkt Invalids who are reflflNl til P Dw>COTerin*Tlul "tamin* ease to tboa^wbo sufand kidney troublss. mfil0" ?'??C stssssa QhTER* ffi&firsr &s ^ B M WM > ere generally. KELI^S Roaches, Bed-Ban. Mice, Hi Moths, Flies; Fleas, Ants, Lie* M|uU|kJ|Kt ? > Birds, Chickens; Insects. UnHMCL Infallible remedies. No Poison. No ztuxutm. niicTiD 405 Broome 8t.. N. Y. Use only IflfJ I A11 Silver'Ore Stove l'ollsh-eleisnt 5-cent niters. s H 5 How to Preserve Flowers. * How to preserve flowers in their perfect state of beaatj bu been the study of men here end abroad for year% but Tory little waa accomplished. On celling ft few days ago at Mr. Le Moult'i Laboratory, 411 Fourth Avenue, this ertiet, with hie qiaal politeness, showed us through hie different departments, and we m?y u; we were well pleased with our visit. Mr. Le Moult has gained ft world-wide reputation as a preserver of natural flower*, and his many years of study in incloeed walls has been rewarded by his success in preserving flowers in all their natural beauty.? From Frank Ltilie'i ' 'Laditi' Journal," R? nroMMw entirely mv own. I can so perfectly pre serve area the most delicate flowort that they will last forever. Highest prize and ipeoial award at all principal exposition!. * Everlasting Desips ol KM Flowers. The beanty of these U great, they equal freeh flower decorations, and hare the additional merit of ptrma. nence. Very suitable for parties, churches, birthdays, fain, fonerals, grave decorations, etc. Horseshoe*, baskets, wreaths and crosses made of bright-colored flowers and skillfully arranged. Price, according to size, 61.60, $2.60, $3.60, (extra large) $6. Fart Desips a Specialty. Wreaths or crosses same price as colored designs. No extra chargo for any name or motto yon may desire on your work. Estimates given on all the latest designs, such as Vacant Chair, Scroll of Honor, Gates Ajar, Hells, Horn of Plenty, Slcklos, Broken Column, Pillows, Masonic, Odd Fellow links, Harps, Anchors, etc. Send for Circular and highest references. Importer of and dealer in French glass shades. Money must be sent with all orders. Address 30311L Lo MOULT, 411 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YOKK. CONSUMPTION. X bare a positive remedy for tbe above disease; by Its use thousands of cases or tbe worst kind and of long standing have been cured. Indeed, eoetroa^ Is mj faith Id Its efficacy, mac twin sonu i w u dv< * * < ??, ?wgelbar with ? VALl'ABLK TKEATIRK on thl. dl*?*M,tO aoraaffoior. 01 vo ExprMs and P. O. address. PB. T. A. SLOCUM, III Pearl at.. Haw York. ?9 CORES WHIII ALL ELSE FAILS. B E9 i ^?vT>Tirs BE1RD ILlXrHv""^ #W| mmf miu*,']. ?M ftjvl (sel ^ Afil /to <?%. llMi ,?|UJ <14 nr. IjlM 1 iTI UpRL/ 1/-/ yriMJmI IVi 4?m JRV ffnA *mL Will yr*?*lt?r eu.,itamp?or lilrcr. L.l.L.SBITH*lU.SoleAf U-raJatlM,!!!. UNLKITH STOCK FAloFYoit HALE.? As a whole or in parcels, each with improvements; buildings mostly new; 4tKl acres; one of the finest stock and grazing farm!* in Maryland; situated in a thriving section of Harford county. Healthy and convenient; good roads; land and water of excellent quality. For terms and particulars address THOS. A. 11AYS, C'hurchvillo, HarfordJJo., Md. Mention this paper. IMITATION STAINED GLASS. Indescribably beautiful. Easily applied to window | glaas._A.Wil references, samples, etc., 25c. in stamp*. I A<;i;vr.N- IIKIC.11.ii, pn. SfH6(I0c.): fearless in its denunciations of sundry humbugs. Indorsed byoUU.UUilKOveniiiientoflicialsand citizens. Harectiancei In coin m??ep. Subscription Wc. NEW subscribers ONLY 2.jc. $Jtl to tindor ??f longest word, each edition <-ni?ruld. I.. I.C.H S.UITH, Philadelphia. Pa. SENT KREE OF POSTAGE A BOTTLE OF A'ml ii Sure Cure for Corns, without pain orexpense, on receipt of 2'tc. AGENTS Wanted. Address A. .Wa.IOK. 231 William Street. New York. vniiyp MCU Learn telegraphy hern and we will IUUNU EflLH give you n situation. Circulars free. v.\iii'.vi'i>n iiiios., .i.-tnesviiio, win. 6C l. pe'day at home. Samples worth $a free. )9 10 WfcU Address Stinbon ACo.. Portland, Me. NATURE'S OV ? A Ana Aim WILSSUNIA MAIiNt IMPORTANT TO THOSE WIIO HESITAl of any disease (except in somo rare, very extreme cases), I Reference, by |>ermissioii, Park National Bank, New WILS0N1A Appliances are MADE TO FIT THE DIFFERENT PARTS nf AU diseases that are curable, and some that are considered READ THE SUBJOINI For fuller information, prico lists, etc., address princ The 1'astob c Sins: I have persona! knowledge of the very marked spinal difficulty, amounting to partial paralysis contmu practice; tho other, great distress and enfeebloment frc head. In each case tho cure has been entirely latisfactor: One writes: "1 got ' Wilsonia' for Ner.algia of the twenty-tive pounds iu weight." Another " I had ? strok Bince. I dragged one foot in walking, and could not walk I can use my limbs as well as when a boy." Another: "I Knees. I got ' Wilsonia,' and am now able to walk and pepsia, Rheumatism, Constipation and Disease of the Ki a timo. I bought ' Wilsonia,' and am as well aa any one at a as wiisoma magnetic uiotr tbttr*. Editor* Hm cboreU* good llkeaca of Hit. lydta E. PlnJ^ earn, of Lynn, Via., who above*11 other hums b?l^ ?^ w+sfnTiv MiiAft tha "Dear Friend of WonAft as iome of her correspondents lore to call her. rt* U sealously deroted to her work, which 1* the oatooms of ft llfe<tudy, and Is obliged to keep *tx lady assistants, to help her answer the large correspondsnco Which daily pouri In upon her, each bearing Its special burden of suffering, or Joy at release from It. He* Vegetable Compound lea medicine for good and not em purpose* 1 hare pcnonaHy Investigated It and Unsatisfied of the truth of this. On aMOttnt of lti proven merits, it Is recommended and prescribed by the best physician* In the counter. On* iayi? "It works ttk? a charm an J saves much r*!" It win cure entirely the worst term of falling' of the uterus, Leucorrhceo, irregular and painful Kenatruatlon, all Ovarian Troubles, Inflammation and Ulceration, Flooding!, all Displacements and the ooo equent spinal weakness, and Is especially adapted to the Chang* of life." It permeate* every portion of the system, and give* ft#w lift and vigor. It remove* falntness, flatulency. destroys >11 craving for stimulants, and relieve* weak' a?eit of tha stomach. It cures Bloating, Headaches, frarrcrua Prostration, General Debility, Seepleem***, Depression and Indigestion. That feeling of bearing down, causing pais* weight and backache, is always permanently cured by its use. It will at all times, and j under all circumstance act In harmony vlth th* law j that governs the femala system. I It cost* only $L per bottle or 'or $S., and Is sold by I druggists. Any advice required a* tospecial ease*, and J the names of many who have been re.'"tored to perfect M health by the use of the Vegetablo Comj."ound, can bo obtained by addressing Mrs. P., with stomp for reply, at her home In Lynn, Haas. For Kidney Compla'nt of either sex this compound to unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show. "Mrs. Plnkham's liver Pills," says one writer, "are . the bat in On tcorld for tho euro of Constipation, Biliousness and Torpidity of the liver. Ber Blood Purifier works wonders in Its specitU IU10 end Lids fair ?' to equal th* Compound In Its popularity. All must respect her as an Angel of Mercy whose sols tobition is to dogood to others. tutia/fotntri*. p*_ a) Mrt- A. U. D I HBWIgjgggftg*J Eft Bl _ J E FOR THE PERMANJENF CURE OFf T E CONSTIPATION. | , Ko other disease Is so prevalent la this pons. 3 1 try 08 Constipation, and no remedy hit crrer B 1 cqualled,the eelebratod ECDWEY-WOET as 4 2 euro. Whatever thocaose, turnover obstinate 5 | the cuo, this rsmody will arrurtomo It ? Oil PC TH3B dletreralnff oowplalnt J I rI kCOi is very apt to be complicated 1 with ocmstl potion. Sidney-Wort strengthen J . the weakened parts and quickly core* all kinds I 1 of Piles even when physicians and. mrdlfitnes J hovobe&rofcdled. J RHEUMATISM* u?3g$] DEHPUX CTTEB, as It 1* for ALL the paiartil % diseases of the Kldneyaf Liver and Bcfcralfl. 1 It oleasses the system of tho acrid poiaoa Oat! oaa:es the dreadful suffering which only the I victims of rh?um?tiimoan realize. J I THOU8AJND8 OF CASE8 ? ofthe worat tonas of this terrible disease haw 4 been quickly jslKved, and In a short time 4 ' PERFECTLY CURED. 1 tyIt eleaasest StreajftheM and ctres Wew? 1 Life to all the Important crg?na ofthe body. J The natural aotion of the Kld:?<y? 1? restored, fi I The Liver Is cleansed cf all disu^0> Hi the W Bowels move freely and hoalthfU'ly. 4 I t3TIt Acts at the tamo tlrno en thoKIUNlT?. W LIVES AND BOWEL8..&3 SOLI) fcjr UBL'tiCU-^ i *1. LiqiTD or DHT. Dry can bo ecnt by mnil, t,' IWZLL8, RICHAr-dON k CO.. Pnrilngton,Yt. (W) [prwvwr^rt^rwri^vwTwi A NEW DISCOVERY. j I 13Tor Mren! yean we tun nrmjoca toe *?. Dairymen of America with an excellent artificial color for batter; *o meritorlonj that It met1 I with great MM everywhere reorirlnjf the highest and only prlzee at both International, Dairy gain. 1 EFBut by patient andidentlflo chemical re- Jj earchwe hare improved in lereral pointa, and I i now offer thli new color ai UU bat in tkewortd. It Will Wot Color the Buttermilk. It; 1 Will Wot Tum Ranold. It la the ' 8trongeat, Brighteat and Oheapeat Color Made, I ' tyind, while prepared In oil, l??o compounded that It ia ImpoMlble (or it to become rancid. I I OTBEWARB of all imitation!, and of all other oil colon, for tbey are liable to become, ' rancid and ?poil the batter. I OTIf yoa cannot get the "improved" writ* m to know where and how to get it without extra f (expense. . (48) ?j \ WSLL8, RICniRDSOX * CO., Berflafloa, TL f ' ' ' ' ' ' I THE PUREST AND BEST Remedy Ever Made?It Is Componndod from Hops, Malt, Dacha, Mandrake and Dandelion. The oldest, best, most renowned and valuable medicine in the world, and in addition it contains all the best and most effective curative properties of all other remedies, being the greatest liver regulator,,, blood_ purifier, and life and health restoring agent ' on earth. 7i nntrr IiVo on/1 OT'imr in thfl Aired and lb giYco uon uiu uuv* t?5v? ?0 infirm. To clergymen, lawyers, literary men, ladies, and all whom sedentary employment* cause irregularities of the Blood, Stomach, Bowels, or Kidneys, or who require an appetizer, tonic and mild stimulant, it is invaluable, being highly curative, tonic and stimulating, without being intoxicating. No matter what your feelings or symptoms are, or what the disease or ailment is, use Hop Bitters. Don't wait until you are sick, but if you only feel bad or miserable use the bitters at once. It may save your life. Hundreds have been saved by so doing, at a moderate cost. Ask your druggist or physician. Do not suffer yourself or let your friends suffer, but use and urge them to use Hop Bitters. If you liave lameness in the loins, with frequent pains and aches; numbness of the thigh; scanty, painful and frequent discharge of urine, filled with pus, and which will turn red by standing; a voracious appetite and unquenchable thirst; harsh and dry skin; clammy tongue, often darkly furred; swollen and inflamed gums; dropsical swelling of the limbs; frequent attacks of hiccough; inability to void the urine, and great fatigue in attempting it?you are suffering from some form of Kidney or Urinary Complaint, such A as Bbight'8 Disease of the kidneys, stone or inflammation of the bladder, gravel and renal calculi, diabetes, stranguary stricture and retention of the urine, and Hop Bitters is the only remedy that will permanently cure you. Remember, Hop Bitters is no vue, uruggea, drunken noetram, bat the purest and beet . medicine ever made, and no person or family should be without it. Don't risk any of the highly lauded stuff with testimonials of great cures, but ask your neighbor, druggist, pastor or physicians what Hop Bitters has and can do for yon and test it ^ mM. Is unfailing and Infalt A MM# JL If|T*J k liable In curing EpU. f I 11 Efceptlc Fits, Hpumj, Convulsions, St. Vltui CURES AND 1 ^Jance,^AI?)holl^n, w ururD niCfi who^equlre a'nerve lfcJ?tVCR FAJLS"rf^ tonic, appetiser or llf 1*,stimulant. Samaritan < >1 P^FI WH^yervlneislnvaluable. W MJ* Thousands proclaim It mo moot WUUUCl 1U4 IUM t-'JiICA L t.'O. Sole Proprietors. Su Joaeph, Mo. mVRVl JSC A heading London Pliyr* nfi H IH Ml lclon establishes an aPH lll?* Office In Mew York Hp H for the Cure of 8 1 II EPILEPTIC FITSp 2\3 PB 01 WWFr?m-A Jov.rnzlcfhlcdic\ni. V Dr. Ab. Mf wrolo flato of London^ who makes a spo- ^ ctalty of Epllepajr, hu without doubt treated and cured j morecases than anyotherltvlnff phjratclan. Illsfncceta 4 has simply been astonishing; we navo heard of coics ol over 10 years' atandlnj aucoeasfnliy enred br him. U? has published s work on this dlsoaae, which ho sends with alarms bottle of his wonderful euro free to anysnff.Tfr who may send their express and P. 0. Address V a Mvli" any one wishing actiro to addreia Ih. AB. MEaEKOLB. No. M John 8t, New York. FRAZER AXLE GREASE _ Kent In the world. _<Jet the gennine. Evcrj nnrKiijfc mm unr n uui *kiuh\ hum hi mnr?rn Frazer's. .SOLI) EVERYWHERE. M SHEETS line writme oaper, In blotter, wnu calendar, by mail for tf.jc. Attrntu Wiwitcrt. Economy Pkistino Co.. Newbury port, m.uvj. A rilTOMake money sellinjt our Family MedMlgPM I ^icine*. No capital required, btanrtHUbll I Ward Cure Co.. 197 Pearl St.. X. Y. *CC? week in your own town. Terms and $5 outfit J00 free. AddreimH. Hallf.tt A Co.. Portland, Mb. 1 scntn Wanted for the Best and Fastost-sellinjt A.Tii'tonal Books and Bibles. Prices reduced 33 per cent. National Pcdlishino Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. C T> /"I COLEMAN BUSINESS COLLEGE.' , IJs Newark, N. ?L_ Write for Catalogue. 70 A WEEK. 812 a day at home easily made. Costly * I t outfit free. Address TnuE & Co., Augusta, Ms. #1 A dajr at home. 16 samples, worth $5, by return mail # ? FREE. Address MASON ?fc CO., Montpeller. Vt ITN REMEDY. TIG APPLIANCES. [*E.?THE Wilbonia compant will undertake the core md, if a euro be not effected, will refund the money. YoA. THE BODY, and TO BE W0RN 0VER E -UN" DERCLOTHING. incurable, yield to the benign influence of "Wilsonia." _ ED TESTIMONIALS. ipal office, 25 East 14th street, New York. >r THE PllESDYTEIUAN CHURCH, jAMESPrRn, N. J. benefit of yonr garment" in two cases: one of cerious ed for two years, and unrelieved by the best medical ^ im diabetes, with swollen feet, and troubled eyes and r. Yours truly, IIenj. S. Everett. Kidneys last August. 1 am cured, and ham gained a of Paralysis 18 years ago, ami had Rheumatism ever one-fourth of a mile. ' Wilsonia'cured me, and now had Rheumatism for 23 years, with Anchylosis of the am free from pain." Another: " I had Catarrh, Dysdneys. I was confined to my room for several weeks at my a^e (63) could expect." sj lino* Ra 25 East 14th Street, I llllg UUlf NEW YOltJK. J / , ,|