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EsiV if- , ENGINEERS MAKING LOVE. Near'y evcy engineer on the New York and New Enclsnd railroad has a sweetheart or wife In New ErlUln, Conn. Every train would whistle a salute to some fair dame, and the din grew so fearfully car-splittinnthat theauthoriticshavehad itstopped. It's uoon when Thirty-five is duo. An' she conies on tin.e. like a flash of light, An' you hear her whistle. " Ton-tee-t??o:" Long 'fore the pilot swings in si^ht. Pill Moil.lnn'c /Irivillir lipr ill t(V(laV An" lie's call in'his sweetheart, faraway? Gertrude Hurd?lives down by the mill; You might see her blushin': she knows it's Bill. ' Tu-die! Toot-ee! Tu die! Tu!" Six-five a. m. there's a lo-al comes? Makes up at Bristol, runnin'east; An' the way her whistle sings an' hum > Is a Jivin" caution to man and' beast. Every < ne knows who Jack White cullsLittle Lou Woodbury, d .wii by the Falls: Summer or winter, always the same, She hears her lover caliin' her name? '' Lou-ie! Lou-ie! Loc-iee!" ? At six fifty-eight you can hear Twenty-one Go thunderin' west, an ! of all the screams That ever startled the rising sun, Jehu Davis sends into your dreams. But I don't mind it: it makes me grin? For just do? n here where the creek lets in, His wife, Jerusha, can hear him call, Loud as a throat of brass can bawl? " Jeee-rooo-shee! Je-hoo!'' But at one fifty-one, old Sixty-four? Be ston express runs east, clear through? Drowns her rattle and rumble and roar TV ith the softest whistle that ever blew. An away < n the furthest edge of the town. Sweet Sue Wintlimp's eves of brown Shine like the s'arlicht, bright an'clear. "When ;-he hears the whistle of Abel vicar, " You-ou-ou. Su-u u-u-e!" Along at midnight a freight conies in, Leaves Berlin some time?I don't know when? But it rumbles along with a fearful din, Till it reaches the Y-switch, and then The clearest iK>tes of the softest bell ^? That out of a brazen goblet fell, U-_1? v--n:? >,<>r Hro.ims? ?? ttivt* jiiiium u?iv v*. . ?- ? To her like a wedding bell it seems? "Nell, Nell, Nell: Nell, Nell. Nell!" An' somewhere late in the afternoon, You'll see Thirty-seven go streakin" west; It's lcal, from Hartford: same old tune New set for the girl that loves him best. Tom Wilson rides on the right-hand side, Givin' her steam at every stride; An' he touches the whistle, low an' clear. For Lulu Gray, on the hill, to he:ir? '*Lu-lu! Loo-loo I" So it goes on all day an' all night. Till the old folks have voted the thing a bore; Old maids and bachelors says it ain't right For folks to do courtin' with such a roar. But the engineers their kisses will blow From a whistle valve to the girls they know, An' the stokers the name of their sweethearts tell. With the Belle! Nell! Dell! of the swaying bell. ?Robert J. Bvrdettc, in Life. 1HE ffisiI-HIXG. A young farmer who was very unlucky s sat on his plow a moment to rest, and just then an old woman crept past and cried: "Why do you go 011 drudging day and night without reward ? Walk fife- two days till you come to a fir tree that stands all alone in the forest and overtops all other trees. If you can hew it down you will make your fortune." Not waiting to have the advice refpeated the farmer shouldered his ax and started on his journey. Sure enough, after tramping two days, lie came to the fir tree, which he instantly prepared Jo cut down. Just as the tree swayed, and ??- "^fefore it fell with r. crash, there droppou its branches a nest containing two eggs. The eggs rolled to the ground and broke, and there darted out of one a jSj;, young eagle and out of the other rolled a gold ring. The eagle grew larger, as if :> by enchantment, and when it reached the ?;V size of a man it spread its wings as if to try their strength, then, soaring upward, itcricd: "You have rescued me ; take as a reward the ring that lay in the other By' egg: it is a wish-ring. Turn it on your finger twice, and whatever your wish is it snail be fulfilled. But remember there is but a single wish in the ring. No sooner is that granted than it loses its power, and is only an ordinary ring. Therefore, consider well what you desire, so that you may never have reason to repent your choice.'' So speaking, .the eagle soared high in the air, circled over j'". the farmer's head a few times, then darted, like an arrow, toward the east. The farmer took the ring, placed it on his finger, and turned on his way home ward. Toward evening he reached a towir where a jeweler sat in his shop be^^^^JrriTd a counter on which lay many costly rings for sale. The farmer showed his own, and asked the merchant its value. "It isn't worth a straw," the jeweler answered. Upon that the fanner laughed heartily, and told the man that it was a wishring, and of greater value than all the rings in the shop together. The jeweler was a wicked, designing man, so he invited the farmer to remain as his guest over night. "For," he explained, "only to shelter a man who owns a wish-ring must bring luck." So he treated his guest to wine and fair words; and that night, as the farmer lay sound asleep, the wicked man stole the magic ring from his finger and slipped *on, in its place, a common one which he - " ^ had made to resemble the wish-ring. The next morning the jeweler was all impatience to have the farmer begone. He awakened him at cock-crow and said: "You had better go, for you still have a long journey before you." As soon as the farmer had departed the jeweler closed his shop, put up the shutters so that no one could peep in, iy.. bolted the door behind him, and, standing in the middle <>f the room, he turned the ring ana cried: 1 wish ihsi;ijiu\ to possess a million gold pieces!'' Is'o sooner said than the great, shining gold pieces came pouring down upon him in-a-golden torrent over his head, shoulders and wois. Pitifully he cried . for mercy, and tried to reach and unbar the door: but before he succeeded he stumbled and iell bleeding to the ground. As for the gjpiden rain it never stopped till the weight of the metal crushed the floor, and the jeweler and his money sank through to the cellar. The gold still poured down till the million was complete, and the jeweler lay dead in the cellar beneath his treasure. The noise, however, alarmed the neighbors, who came rushing over to see what the matter was; when they saw the man dead under his gold, they exclaimed: "Doubly unfortunate he whom blessings kill." Afterward the heirs came and divided the property. In the meantime the farmer reached home in high spirits and showed the ring to his wife. " Henceforth we shall never more be iron) /l?.nr IViff " Wild. * Our fortune is made. Only we must be very careful to consider well just what we ought to wish." The farmer's wife, of course, proffered advice. "Suppose,"' said she, "that we wish for that bit of land that lies lx'twcen our two fields.'" "That isn't worth while," her husband replied. "If we work hard for a year we'll earn enough money to buy it." So tue two worked very hard, and ar harvest time they had never raised such a crop before. They had earned money enough to buy the coveted strip of land and still have a bit to spare. "See," said the man, "we have the land and the wish as well." The farmer's wife then suggested that they had better wish for a cow and a horse. But the man replied: "Wife, why waste our wish on such trifles? The horse and cow we'll get anyway." Sure enough, in a year's t ime the money for the horse and cow had been earned. Joyfully the man rubbed his hands. " The wish is saved again this year, and . yet we have what we desire. How luck}' we are!" But now his wife'seriously adjured him to wish for something at last. "Now that you have a wish to be granted," she said, 4' you slave and toil, and are content with everything. You might be king, emperor, baron, even a gentleman farmer, with chests overflowing with gold; but you don't know what you want." "We are young and life is long," he answered. " There is only one wish in the ring, and that is easily said. Who knows but sometime we may sorely need this wish ? Are we in want of anything ? Have we not prospered, to all people's astonishment, since we possessed this ring ? Be reasonable ana patient for V awhile. In the meantime, consider what wc really ought to wish for." And that was the end of the matter. It really seemed as if the ring had brought ii blessing into tne nouse. Granaries and burns were full to overflowing, and in the course of a few years the poor farmer became a rich and portly person, who worked with his men afield during the day, as if he, too, had to earn his daily bread; but after supper he liked to sit in his porch, contented and comfortable, and return the kindly greeting of the folk who passed and who wished him a respectful good-evening. So the years went by. Sometimes, when they were alone, the farmer's wife would remind her husband of the magic ring, and suggest many plans. But as he always answered that they had plenty of time, and that the best thoughts come last, she more and more rarely mentioned the rinir, and at last the good * ?* i* * I woman ceased speaKing 01 u aim-jemcr. To be sure, the farmer looked at the ling and twirled it about as many as twenty times a day; but he was very careful never to wish. After thirty or forty years had passed away, and the farmer and his wife had I grown old and white-haired, and their wish was still unasked, then was God very good to them, and on the same night they died peacefully and happily. Weeping children and grandchildren surrounded the two collins; and as one wished to remove the ring from the still i hand as a remembrance the oldest son I said: " Let our father take his ring into the grave. There was always a mystery about it; perhaps it was some dear remembrance. Our mother, too. so often j looked at the ring?she may have given i it to him when they were young." So the old farmer was buried with the I .. l t,, 1?. | rni?j, uim ii niut iHTii x, ?x, i wish-ring. and was nut: yet it brought j as much good fortune into the house as j heart could desire.?Ami" Kir/ibuy, in | St. yichnht*. English Herring Fishery. i The herring tishery?as studied from ! the deck of a yacht on one of the line ! mornings when the ''Usher is out on the j sunny sea"?is extremely pleasant. Nor i can anything be more charming than the lines of boats which shoot out of the indentations on the wild roast as the sun is sinking beyond the moors, where the last grouse has been slain for the day, ! and the peaty odor proclaims that the ! gillie, like his master, is enjoying his otium cum?something more nutritive. Even for the guests on board one of the boats there is amusement and genuine excitement of the sportsmanlike order to be obtained from witnessing the operations of casting and drawing the nets in which so much gold and happiness is every night lifted out of the deep. The adventurer nice as to his supper had. linwuvfir liettor stnv ashore, since the comestibles of a Wick fishing boat arc unusually limited to a loaf of bread, a bag of "hard tack," and a keg of water not always innocent of the ancient fish! like smell which pervades every corner I of the craft. The boat is unmoored, and j pulled with great oars into the tideway, j the brown stretch of weather-beaten canvas is spread to the breeze, and away go the six seafarers into the cast. Soon the shore with its sparkling lights disappears, and bv-and-byc the 'jerring hunters are alone with the star." and the "merry moon," which, according to the song of Elspeth Mucklebackit, is loved of the lisher-folks. quarry. The waves around are dotted with shifting jfleams as the boats, rocked by wind and the rolling swell, toss their lights to and fro. But in an hour or two these gleams are scattered further apart as the little fleet goes further and further out to sea. and each bark chooses its own "ground." There are phosphorescent lights on the crest of every billow, and then the nets are shot, for to the experienced skipper this is the sign that his prey is sweeping through the water. I This done, the crew may spin yarns. ??:;t ! their frugal supper, or sleep as best they | can until day dawn.". But at last comes the time for hauling in the nets, and? with a heart light or heavy, according as their luck has been good, or they have toiled al! night and caught nothing? making for the shore lined with eager waiters on their fortune. This is the lightsome side of the lisher's life. The sadder aspect of it is that which is at this j moment witnessed?as it has been witi nessed a hundred times before in a score I of little northern ports. Fortunate will i be the fifty missing boats if they have j only had to cut their costly nets adrift I and run for life to land. But it is posi sible that this is not the worst, and the I next few days may bring us the news that ! not only the nets, but boats and fishermen have perished in the storm.?bunion Stmnhml. | Women Hired to Carry Heavy Burdens. A number (if Italian men who supply most of the Italian colony in and about Mulberry street with provisions make daily trips to the wholesale markets, where they buy in considerable ?|iiantities. Instead of employing wagons to carry the goods to their customers, they hire Italian women, who put the bags and bundles containing their purchases on their heads and transport them in that way. Women carrying burdens in this manner can be seen every day in many j parts of the city, walking along as unI concernedly as though they were not i weighted with loads weighing anywhere j from forty to eighty pounds. An Italian | gentleman who pays much attention to | the doings of his country people in this city said that his attention had been called to the hiring Italian women for these purposes. "It is done for economy,*" he said, "and is a custom brought to this country from Italy. From ten to fifteen cents a load is paid to these women, and they are glad to got the money. If the practice was stopped they would think they were being ill treated. In Italy, especially in Campania and in the Neapolitan I provinces. the peasant women are accus tomcd to work of that sort. I have scon them with heavy bundles of faggots and with barrels holding eight or ten gallons of water oil their heads. I once put one of their bundles on my own head by way of experiment, and it hurt the top of my cranium so that I was glad to get it off. The women are very expert in balancing their loads, and it is not unusual sight in Italy to see half a dozen of them with filled water barrels on their heads running home from the village fountains/'? New York Sun. The Duke and the Dude. I The following story is toi<i oi an J'.nI jilish nobleman, recently decease:!: The (hike was once in church when a collection was announced for some charitable object. The plate began to go round, and the duke carefully put his hand into his pocket and took out a florin, which he laid on the pew before him, ready to be transferred to the plate. Heside him sat a little snob, who. noticing this acj tion, imitated it by ostentatiously laying I a sovereign alongside the ducal florin. ; This was too much for his grace, who j dipped his hand into his pocket again and pulled out another florin, which he | laid by the side of the first. The little snob followed suit by laying another sovereign beside the first. 11 is grace quietly added a third florin, which was capped by a third sovereign on the part of the little snob. Out came a fourth florin to swell the duke's donation, and then the little snob triumphantly laid three sovereigns at once upon the board. The duke, not to be beaten, produced three florins. Just at this moment the plate arrived. The little snob took up iiis handful of sovereigns, ostentatiously rattled them into the plate, and then turned defiantly toward his rival as if he would say. " I think that takes the shine out of von." Kiinev his chiifrrin when the duke, with a grim smile, put one florin into the plate and quietly swept the remaining six back into his pocket.? Family Jhrnhl. How the Informer AVas Huried. The body of James Carey, thr Irish informer, was followed to the grave at South Africa by Mrs. Carey and her children, the district surgeon and the assistant magistrate of Port Elizabeth. A crowd of negroes also gathered in the burial ground. Xo minister was present, and no arrangement was made for religious services; but just as the coffin was lowered into the grave the surgeon, Doctor Ensor, who for some time had labored under strong emotion, spoke in a clear and distinct voice as follows: ''Friends, in the absence of any official minister, I think it only right that a few words should be said over the grave of I his pour man. ia;i us pray. r^verv head was immediately uncovered, and Doctor Ensor offered up a short prayer. Earth was then thrown on the coflin, and thus terminated the obsequies of James Carey. There are in New' York city 824 miles of gas pipes, 48G miles of water pip?s, 391" miles of sewer pines, 14$ miles of , steam suply pipes, ana fifteen miles of | underground electrie wires. v'--vKi.-i . ...... ..V,., A CHINESE EATING-HOUSE. VISIT TO ATX ORIENTAIi RESTAURANT IS NEW YOEK. Strange Dislies Partaken of by a Hc? l??rtcr"-Tho Course* aud the Food ('hinciic Idolatry. Sam Lee is the famous Chinese res j taurateur of this city, and his shop on Mott street is the resort tor ins nauoo countrymen, who regale themselves with a first-class dinner rooked in true native style. Sam belongs to the Auli Wall faction, having been born outside the great wall that encircles the ancient empin-. Only a few, such as wealthy washcri men or fortunate gamblers, who have j beaten the inexplicable game of tan, which is in continual progress across the j street, become reckless enough to squander twenty-live cents for a Sunday i dinner at the Cafe Chine, as it is familiarly termed. For certain dishes, such as duck, fish and game, Sam's reputation stands unrivaled. and the almond-eyed gourmands i linger long to smoke the after-dinner cigarette, which accompanies every first class meal, and discuss current home events. You likee China dinnec ?" said (Jon Lung, the vice-president of the Woo Foo company, to a \\'?r/</ reporter. A nod in the allirmative caused him to say: " Bella good. We go to Sam Lee: him cookee boss." And he looked over the broad rim of bis armored spectacles I ?which gave him the appearance of a | dry fog in search of a hath. The dining hall situated 011 the second floor was reached by means of a narrow staircase which led to a room tilled with small tables neatly covered with figured damask. The walls from the ceiling to the floor are covered with the various newspapers which are intended to be read as the guest munches his meals. In the far-oft' corner behind a little counter stood a solemn Chinaman who tilled a number of little saucers with the contents of half a dozen grotesque jars in front of him, with the gravity of minister*. while round about ranged 011 shelves were countless numbers of little teapots each holding about a cup. There was 110 smell of cooking, as the kitchen is on the roof and the dishes go up and 1 down the dumb waiter with military regularity. The dinner was served by a waiter in spotless white, who arrived ' ? u?A J UCannif a irav ??n nmui huu i??w I of rice boiled in sticli :t way as to lia ve ! each kernel retain its distinct form, a jug of enrry sauce and four chopsticks. Without waiting (ion opened the ball by mixing his rice and curry, then raising the cup to his mouth by a peculiar shoveling action soon emptied the dish, while his welcome guest was vainly attempting to catch on to a grain of rice with the sticks: a spoon soon remedied lie defect, and the meal proceeded without further interruption. "lie has forgotten to bring the bread," was the remark ventured as the next course, consisting of roast duck cut in slices, over which was poured a peculiar smelling mustard sauce, and a plate of preserved ginger was brought on. ' Chinaman no eatee blend?no good," answered (ion, as he steadied the chopsticks, and grabbing a slice of duck dipped it first into the mustard then into the ginger. Chopsticks proved but a iwir molnirv fnr ;i knife and fork, and I ^on's aptitude in their use rewarded him ?..;h a linn's share of tin* duck, which was a very palatable dish of excellent flavor. Time was called, and the last round, comprising six varieties of preserves and a pudding, that looked like a hole, lined with a thin layer of dough stulTed with nuts, was tackeled. It was in perfect harmony with the rest, and so light that it appeared to digest itself in the mouth without bothering the already tilled stomach. Two pots of tea with an odor of roses, and two small cups, holding about twice the quantity of a large thimble, accompanied by two cigarettes, ended the repast. The mention of sugar and milk again aroused the Celestial's indignation, and he shot forth a volume of criticism on j American taste. I The bill, amounting to sixty cents, was j paid part 111 pennies and the rest in I ,.K. .1 li;iir wliir-h lie iuin.ii.- uk...<. ? " <"> carried in the inside of Ins loose blouse. And Sain Lee, to show his good fellowI ship, "set 'em up" in the shape of a : glass of "rice brandy." It is, by the | way, not a drink that is likely to be I copied by American barkeepers. It I could no doubt be easily imitated by j judiciously mixing a large quantity of astral oil and aqua fortis. At the Joss-house the high priest received the nabob with a salute, and donned a cap which was composed of bamboo sticks about two feet high, about which painted papers hung in great profusion. He escorted his visitors to the I rear room where the altar, tilled with hideous-looking idols in all conceivable shapes, stood surrounded by a number of Chinamen who lay before it prostrate, with the backs of their hands resting on the lloor. while their noses touched the rug. They were muttering something, occasionally raising their heads and gazing intently at the big idol, then dropping back again. The priest removed his hat, and stick: it Iwiffin ) Illf- .1 H-? II^IIIUI ...|M ...... ... low wail which causi-d the suppliants to rise, and, dusting their bajrtry trousers, left the room, the short service was ended and red slips were passed around. They were advertisements of Ham Sou, an importing grocer, who desired his friends to notice the fact that he had lately received a few choice little josses, or gods, which would be sold cheap for cash.? jVi if York' ]\'<>r/</. English Skylarks in America. Of late years, says the Buffalo Courier, many attempts have been made in various sections of this country to acclimate the skylark. In most cases the bird failed to j thrive, and its admirers came to the conclusion that further efforts toward its acclimatization would be useless. In New Jersey the experiment has been more successful. Two years airo Mr. l'furlimd. otiblisher of the New York Si/a, imported eighty-four skylarks and I liberated them on his lawn at Kidgei wood, as was noted at the time in these columns. For some time they kept in one flock, and then some dispersed, leaving a flock of about fifty. Subsequently these paired and scattered through the adjoining country, many staying not far from where they had been liberated. They were to be seen every day, soaring high and pouring forth the song that only a lark can sing. When winter set in the larks disappeared, and many doubts were expressed that they would ever return. Spring came, and some were seen, proving that the j bird could withstand the rigors of a northern winter. During the summer some were again heard in several parts of J Bergen and Passaic counties. The third j summer of their liberty shows yet | stronger proms <u men- ii;iniriii/.;iiion I :iik1 ability to breed in this country, j they bcinir -t-ti and heard in more places. ] One man in lloboken found a ne>t with j four younjj ones and another nest which j had been vacated. This was within three miles of the place where the original j flock was liberated two years a <ro. These si?;ns of increase are noted with much satisfaction by the people of New .Jersey. The Lumbermen's Meals. ! A Maine letter says that an interesting souvenir conies from the lumber woods in the form of a communication written very le?ibly on a fine sheet of birch bark, and incased in an envelope composed of j the same, material. The letter is dated j Mattamiscontis, Kan<r"c seven, about fif- j teen miles from any settlement, in a lumber camp where Mr. John McGregor has j a crew of men engaged in cutting spool i i wood for his factory. The writer /rives j some idea of how some men live in a I !/,/#/??/ ? Hni. #?omn Imilt fif ! V/... ....... ,, ... - j rough logs of poplar. The roof is covered ] with c?*<lar splits four feet long and laid I the same as shingles, making a very good j covering though not very tight. The j tloor is made of poles laid on the ground. We have two stoves, one a large heater and the other a cooking ' stove. For sleeping apartments we i have a berth made the length of the i camp, which is nineteen and a half ; feet and accommodates fourteen men. j In front of this, and on a range with the j two stoves, is the 'deacon's seat,' of the j ! same length as the camp. Our fare is j | pork and beans, bread and cookies, gin- I j gerbread and doughnuts, dried apples, j I beef, codfish, mackerel, tea and molasses, j j For our breakfast we have pork and | beans hot from the oven, with ginger- J i bread and tea. For dinner, which is | eaten in the woods, we have beans, I doughnuts and bread, with tea, and oc- | easionally beef. For supper we have codfish or mackerel with potatoes or i fried pork. We get any amount of fresh j perch and pickerel close by the camp, in ; Mattamiscontis lake. Fish forms a | promineut item in our diet.'' I ? ;' * ' .. ? SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Tf ia flint. ,a Paris firm has pat cnted an invention for the iustantaneous formation of steam. Engineering is responsible for the statement that a vessel constructed of paper has been launched in St. Petersburg. She is driven by steam. It has been calculated that to make the OoO,000 tons of paper annually required for the supply of the world, days' medium flow of water down the river Thames would be needed. Captain Schufeldt, of the United States army medical corps, has forwarded to the Smithsonian institution a collection of some li.(?00 specimens of vertebrates and invert el nates collected around New < )rlcans. An ingenious apparatus called a "firedamp indicator " has been invented in (icncvjL Everv hour or half hour the air of the mine is forced into the burner by a bellows and the result is registered in the central oflice. * Celluloid will not be as popular in the future as it has been, if a new substance which has been made up in Loudon proves successful. It possesses all the hardness and brilliancy of celluloid, and is, beside, fireproof. When cattle are intended fo be ma' lieiouslv destroyed in India they arc pierced with a thorn of the A rims precatorius. Death ensues on the second day. Strange t<> say. the pounded seeds, taken internally, have little action. A writer in the Journal of Scirnrs, in an article on Cram and Its Amenities," claims that brainwork is not by itself physically injurious, but that, when within reasonable bounds, it is distinctly favorable to long life : and he enforces his argument with some happy illustrations. A new and curious use for the euca lyptus tree, already famed as an antidote to malaria, was discovered by accident lately in California. The leaves, it has been found, act as a preventive of that incrustation of steam boilers which leads j to their gradual corrosion and is said to be almost the sole cause of explosions. Dried apricots are likely to be a prominent article of export from California. Heretofore this fruit has been put up all most entirely in tin cans, but, in consequence of overproduction, the canning factories reduced the price paid to the farmer to such a figure that lie was driven to experimenting with various processes I of drying, and discovered a method that ! leaves the fruit in a delicious state. Among the various substances found on the coated " human tongue after a microscopical examination are the following: Fibers of wood, linen and cotton: fibers of spiral vessels, fibers of muscle, in one case eight hours after eating: starch grains, cheese mold, portions ol potato skins, stales, moths, etc.; hair from legs of bees and of spiders, pollen of various flowers and their stamens; hairs from various leaves, in one case the wing of a mosquito; fragments of the leaves of tobacco very frequently, and oi chamomile flowers, etc., occur repeated I v. The Worth of Money. Did the man get anything for his money who spent several thousand dollars for a team of horses, but who nevci drove them himself and cared nothing about driving? No, he got nothing foi his money. Did the man get anything for hi.< money who, liking poultry, bought twelve hens and a rooster and spent mucli of his spare time "puttering" about hen-coops, making hen-coops, repairing hen-coops, whitewashing hen-coops, planning new hen-coops, studying treatises on poultry, comparing notes with his neighbor who kept hens and rejoicing every morning over truly fresh eggs, hot from his hen-coop? Yes; lie got lots for his money and is still getting it. Did the man get much for his money who. caring little or nothing for flowers, spent many thousands of dollars foi keeping up his lawn and fancy flowet garden, beside a hothouse and a high salaried gardener, but who dared not cut - 1 * nlKorwn' (I UUlltjlU'l iiiiim*; IIIU piMUiivi . ? (Iiifviivvi No. lie got very little for his money. Does the woman on the fifth floor wIhj has lnit a box of mignonette on the window-sill, which she so carefully watches over and cultivates, get anything for her money? Yes: the mignonette has paid for itself one hundred times over. Then what is money worth ? Monev is worth the amount of pleasure it brings. Some people have spent $100 on a Fourth of July spree, and got only a headache for it. Others have bought a cheaper article of the same sort for $2, and realized comfort at the rate of live cents a minute. The main point is to use Wisdom with a big "W" in the expenditure of cash. The wise man seeth green apples on the stand, but avoids them and clears the colic. The simple boy passeth on. lie seeth. He buyeth. He eateth, and soon he erampeth. Money is not all. Oh, no! Hut money and knowledge how to use it are a great deal.? j\Vir York (r'riij>/iii'. Host and Recreation. Mr. John Roach, the largest shipbuilder in America, gave, before a committee of the United States Senate, a remarkable sketch nf his own history. Beginliinir as a penniless boy. he set before himself ;i measure of success to achieve, and had attained it after conquering almost insuperable difficulties. JIc had been obliged to work overtime as a boy to pay for his board. At one time lie wandered through Illinois as a tramp, without a dollar in his pocket, lie was now the master of shipyards in which over three thousand men were employed. Of these men, one out of every live owned his house, the value of the houses averaging from one thousand two hundred dollars to live thousand dollars; bought and paid for out of their savings. The gist of Mr. Roach's remarks lay in the fact that the man who chose to be rich, to live decently and respectably, and to elevate his children, could do it in t his country, as he and his successful workmen had done, by sobriety and steady, uncompromising devotion to work, lie said in this connection, the man who works a week, and then takes a week oJT to get drunk, or the man who goes on picnics or a fishing every now and then, will not succeed. It is hardly fair to put drunkenness and fishing in the same class of moral evils. Nor is the idle thriftlessness of the selfish tippler to he identified with the rational occasional amusement which every laborer with mind or body should take for precisely the same reason that lie sleeps at night. Mr. Koach probably did not mean to do this. Jt is a ^ood aim to place before a boy at the outset that he should acquire a certain amount of property and own his own house; but it is not the whole aim of life, nor is it the highest. Rest, recreation, a wise, generous outlay, are required of every man who would keep his body healthy, his temper sweet, and his sou! at peace with man and God.? )"'////*.s Com/inn ion. ? Kalmucks. A specimen of primitive nomad life is 1WHV nil vil.w 111 flu. T-inlin <]' VfflmiMtiv'i. tinn :it I'aris. where a party of Kalmucks have pitched their eaniel's-liair tents on its well-kept lawn. The caravan consists of six men, six women, two girls and four small hoys, the business of the latter being to rush toward each visitor entering the inclosure with open hands. demandiuiT tobacco. Without distinction of sex or aye they all smoke short pipes, the women while sewing their red leather hoots and the men while watching the cooking of their frugal meals. The Kalmucks. with their yellow faces, small black eyes, thick lips, prominent cheekbones and straight black hair arc not unlike the Chinese. Their costume is plain, the red boots forming the only ornament, except that the women sometimes wear triangular pendants in their ears. The most interesting member of the caravan is the high priest. In his robe of red silk and with long beard and fine white hands he presents a very dis tinguished appearance, and willingly explains the '' mechanism " of his religion to the visitors, to whom he grinds out prayers by .his small " prayer mill." This machine, which is not unlike a small cylindrical-shaped pepper-mill, prints prayers on strips of yellow silk. Every afternoon the Kalmucks, headed by their priest, prepare for a theatrical departure to the steppes. Their tents are rolled up and put on their camels' backs, their sheep arc driven together, the women mount their horses, and the caravan, preceded by a yellow flag, begin their wanderings, wluch, however, never carry them beyond the inclosure.?Pall Mull dnzeltc. The once famous tribe of Cherokee Indians is now reduced to about 1,000 persons, and they suffer a steady decrease, which will extinguish them by the middle of the next ccntury. . " .* \ NOVEL AND INTERESTING. HOW POBTtrWES ABB TOXTJSTD IS GOLD AXD SILVEH. SWEEPHTOH. Bid of AVoodctt Floor Yielding' Up* ward of Two Thousand I)ollan~ Valuable .Tidal Duitt. There arc houses in this city, plain looking from without, but with roofs intrusted with precious metals and floors studded with bits of silver, gold and diamonds. There are cobwebs hanging from the ceiling; but they are sprinkled like the spangled lace of an oriental bride. The men and women in the houses are ill-dressed and grimy; but their fingers are tipped with gold, and their hair is dusted with glittering ores. With all their riches, however, such houses are only greasy shops, with rickety, dark stairways. A reporter of the climbed three flights in one. He entered a room whence lie might have been sent away well-oil for life: but all he received was a choking whifl of sulphuric acid, or some other acid, and all lie saw and felt was a furnace which a number of workmen were supplying with bits of an old floor. The ashes were being scraped into barrels. " Making pulverized charcoal for bilous people ?" asked the reporter. "No, sir; just burning some precious wood," was the answer. "You see, m1w.ii \x.-n in over] from our old ouarters in the Peterson building we brought the old floor with us and left a new one. I expect these bits of firewood to yield us upward of $2,000. The floor has been , iu use about ten years, and, grain by grain, it has been filled with costly metals. This charcoal will be ground in a mill, and thence will go into a crucible for amalgamation with mercury. By squeezing out the mercury through chamois skins we will regain the gold and silver that has been ground into the floor by hundreds of feet." 1 ' What becomes of the metal dust that is wept up?" 1 " We treat it in a similar way. Our employes are required to wash their 1 hands in a tank, and the. dirty water 1 passes through a series of sieves before reaching the waste pipe, so that very little of value is allowed to escape. A Newark firm uses no less than five tanks for its refuse water before it passes into a well. A few years ago the firm took out the mud from the bottom of the well, worked it, and obtained several hundred dollars of metal. 1 The sweepings and settlings of a shop like ours are worth from $3,000 to $">,000, f^ flin L-iml nf wnrk done. If m:uuiu<.ig v..v ....... _ we get up many diamond settings and plain rings the waste is large. In chainmaking or watch-cases work the loss is ; not so great." "What is the value of a floor?'' ; "That is hard to estimate. Dorison ' & Age, of Newark, burnt a floor 50x100, and obtained a return of $5,000. Ajcwi dry establishment on Sansom street obtained $800 for one recently burnt." : " Cannot the workmen carry away the ; gold dust without detection ?" " I have heard of such things. We had a man in our employ who had curly hair and was continually running his fingers through it. On inquiry we found he had been discharged from a New ; York factory for carrying gold away in . his hair, which was afterward redeemed by a line-tooth comb in the way manyJJ mother redeems her boy's scalp." "We do not reduce our sweepings," said another jeweler. "We take our ' ?a ....i. i I sweepings, mini mciu iiuu |jui>mr.b them, and send out sample packages to [ the assayer. The value of sweeping yearly I should estimate at over $4,OUO." r At the United States mint, where more gold is used than in any other manufacturing placc in the country, the devices i used to recover vagrant particles of gold r and silver are both novel and interesting. C'hicf Clerk L. II. Copperwaithc said: i *' The value of our sweepings for the fiscal year ending June HO was $14,204.40 gold and $0,820.12 for silver. We arc very careful to reclaim all the gold we can. Nearly every month we have the roofs of all our buildings swept and the sweepings refined." " Does that pay you to sweep the ' roofs?" ' Pay us! The sweepings for one i month amount to $290. We occasionally sweep the roof of the Presbyterian ! church. You wouldn't expect to find gold in a sewer, would you? Well, we scraped about sixty feet of the street sewer, and, apart from the rats we caught, reclaimed if.'iOO worth of gold and silver that had washed from the roof of the building during heavy showers." " How often do you scrape the sewer ?" "Well, wc shall scrape again soon. But after that there will be no need. Wc i arc having a well dug to catch our rainwater in the future. We had a surplus last year of twenty-one ounces of gold over the amount allowed for waste." " IIow do you guard against your workmen carrying gold away V * "The workmen leave their working clothes here, and they are washed from time to time." " What becomes of the gold thaj escapes through the chimneys ?" " Every time a crucible is open a certain amount of gold is bound to volatilize, but it drops on the roof and in the streets. Occasionally a crucible upsets, and that causes a considerable volatilization. We had a felt roof on one of our sheds that was taken off and reduced, yielding a large amount of gold and silver. The old Pennsylvania depot, before Mr. Wanamaker bought it. had a felt and gravel roof, which for years had been absorbing gold that is, no doubt, in ! some city dump." " How valuable do you think the ' roof was ?" " Judging by the roof taken of! the mint-yard, I should say at least one dollar per foot. So, you see, Uncle Sam "?* 1.1 lias many thousands in some asn iiuu[? around town."?Phitwlelphia Ketra, Comparative Position of the United States. | The United States is but 100 years old; Great Britain, dating from William the Conqueror, 800 years; France, dating from Charlemagne, 1,100 years; Germany and Austria the same;and Russia, dating from Peter the Great, 350 years. In round numbers the population of the United States, upward of 50,000,000, is greater than that of any of the above nations, except Russia; its wealth, its agricultural production and the value of its manufactures far ahead of any. The following statistics, approximately correct, of the present population, wealth, debt, expenses and production of six i li-Hflinrr nntimm nf the earth, nresent some comparative statements of a surprising character, and show, in a strong light, the greatness of this country: Population. Wealth. United States W),150,(XX) $5r>,(XX),(KX),000 threat Britain 34,.r>05,0<X) (MM!,(XX) Fraii'.-e 37,160,000 40,000,000,000 Germany 4f>,307,000 25,000,000,000 Russia 82,400,000 15,(XX),000,-000 Austria : .39,175,000 14,000,000,000 Annual Debt. Expen liture. United States *1,800,000,000 *257,(XX),000 Great Britain 3,800,(XXI,(XX) 415,0c0,000 Fr:inco 4,(XX),(X!0.000 650,000,000 Germany 00,000,000 150.000,000 i Russia 2,000,000,000 000,000,000 Austria 2,(XX),000,COO 370,000,000 PRODUCTION. Agriculture. Manufactures. United States.. .*7,500,000,000 $8,(MX),(XX),(XX) Great Britain... 1,200,000,000 4,(XX),(XX),000 France 2,0()0,<XX),000 2,r>00,00:>.000 Germanv 1,S(X).000,0(X) 2,200,000.000 ' Russia..* 2,000.000,000 1,300,000,000 I Austria 1,000,000,0X1 1,500,000,000 ?? A Great Whale limit. The Glasgow (Scotland) llemhl describes a recent exciting whale hunt which took place at West Voe, Dunrossness, and resulted in the capture of twenty-eight marine leviathans: Early .in the morning a number of six-oared boats were proceeding to the fishing when they observed the shoal disporting themselves close to Sumburgh head. They immediately gave chase and succeeded in driving them all ashore. An eye-witness describes the scene of slaughter as wild in the extreme. Along the head of the Voe were spread the whales, lashing the water into foam in their death struggles, while in the midst of the blood and foam the men, wading waist-deep in water, were seen going from fish to fish and plunging lances into the monsters' sides. One big fellow managed to get his head to seaward, and away he went at a great rate, sometimes below and sometimes on the surface; but he had been wounded mortally, and he ? i i a. _ _i * was easily oruugui usuun; u^ujm. A Plausible Ojcction. " Going to visit Germany this winter, j I hear,'' said Mr. Piimsoll to olfl Uriah I Pettigrew, whose reputation for stingi- j ness was almost sublime. "Yes, I thought I would go over in about two weeks." "Don't believe they will let you go ashore?" observed Piimsoll. " Why won't they let mc go ashore?" anxiously inquired Pettigrew. "Why, you know Bismarck has declared against the importation of American hogs."?Sifting*. y =i FASHION NOTES. Serge is again worn. 1 Plaids are all the rage. Skirts grow fuller all around. The blouse bodice is in high favor. Vjiossy wool UIUIIUS uiu null! iiguiu. Jerseys arc more popular than ever. The hair is worn highc in the back. 1 Lavender and lilac shades are revived. ! .Muslin and lace balayeuscs are revived. Madras plaids arc worn over plain ; woolen goods. Ancient Genoese printed cottons are used for decorative purposes. Hiding habits are made longer, and a new color is very dark crimson.Gray is one of the popular colors of this season in both woolens and silks. Ecru lace dresses draped over rose pink I silk is a favorite combination for evening wear. A fashionable evening dress is that made of ecru lace and worn over a surah of the same shade. Fashion confines herself closely to small bonnets. The capote is prominent in nil the newest imnortations. Bridemaids wear short trains on short Kate Greenaway dresses in pale colors, with bonnets to match, if the wedding is at church. The colors preferred for girls' dressy suits and outer garments are pigeon gray, sapphire blue, and red in the garnet and ruby shades. New English walking costumes arc made with narrow skirts and great quantities of tucked draping, bu*. the waists are quite plain. Clasps and buckles of metal, jet and smoked pearl adorn the sashes and draperies of little children's, misses' and ladies' dressy suits. One bird no longer suffices for trimming a bonnet, but several are found in a group if large, and a dozen may form the cluster if small. Among prevailing models are the princesse dress, with a long basque added at the back, and the polonaise, with pulled or gathered drapery. Thorn is such a variety of shapes in mantles that every lady will have an op- j portunitv of suiting her individual taste | in the matter of wraps. Parisian dressmakers insert a small pillow bustle, stuffed with horsehair, under the plaits of the skirt in the back, attached to the waistband. Plain velveteen and velveteen brocade is shown in many rich shades and will be largely used for whole suits and for combining with woolen or silk fabrics. The skirts of dresses have very narrowbands, or are attached to a cord instead of a belt, to permit the dress body to fit close and smoothly over the waist line. Mousquetairc gloves are worn in all lengths from eight to twelve buttons for street costume, and a yard long or more with very short-sleeved evening dresses. The present tendency is to elevate the back hair. The front bang is now graded, making three separate cuttings necessary to get them into the required style. Carved wood ornaments for bonnets are tlix? novelties of the season, and are mainly of light woods of pale ecru tints, representing tusks, griilins, dragons, prehistoric animals, tridents and harpoons. A very broad triple box-plait, with wide ribbon passing through buckles down the center and drawn diagonally to the side seams where it terminates in butterfly bows, is one of the latest modes for trimming the front of a dress skirt. Fancy mantles for fall wear have a large scarf of black lace fastened in front in ample folds, a short pelerine formed of three lace flowers, and a tight-fitting back, like that of a bodice, covered with embroidery and fringes of jet and chenille. Velvet is plaited, pulled, shirred, waved, box plaited and kilt plaited, in many or most dressy costumes, but after all, it looks best when made up in severely plain style with no trimming, save passementerie and rich lace, Mack, white or colored. A Dog Carried Off by a Snake. Mr. Pinkcy Davis went fishing the other day down on Whitewater. He took his gun along and also a benchlegged liste to tree squirrels for him. While Mr. Davis was sitting on a log, fishing away, he heard the water splashing in a slough near by. lie thought it was a coon or some other kind of animal, and took his gun and went out to see. lie approached the edge of the slough stealthily, and when lie got near the edge of the water he saw his faithful little "bench'' taking a bee-line across the deep slough toward the opposite bank. " Bench" wasn't swimming, nor could he have swam if he had wanted to. for he was in the possession of a monster black snake. The snake had the dog in its mouth, and was swimming with him iirrrms thii slou<rh somewhat like a do? o # (does when you throw a stick in water anil tell him to get it. Mr. I), ran around to the other side of the.#longh to meet the snake and try . to save his faithful "Bench." lie {jot around just as the snake was crawling out of the water. Mr. Davis says when the reptile saw him lie spit the dog out and reared up on it?; tail, and licked its dagger tongue at him in a threatening ami savage way. The snake stood on its tail a minute, then laid its- head across one of the lower limbs of a big tree and crawled up. About the time it got fairly up in the tree .Mr. Davis shot it out. The snake measured ten feet and live inches in length and seven inches through the middle. After the dangerous reptile was dispatched Mr. Davis went to see about his dog. When he got to the place where the snake spit the canine out he found poor "Bench" just kicking his last. The dog died, not from poison, for blacksnakcs arc not poisonous, but from the tight squeezing it received while in the mouth of the snake.?Jurkxon ('unit, . Jlmk. Asia's Floating Gardens. Among the most remarkable illustrations of human energy are certainly the j floating gardens in Kashmir, in Eastern | Asia, the more so that they are the work i | of an essentially indolent population. 1 I For their creation an expanse of water J about nine miles in circumference ha \ been utilized, on which masses of weeds, 1 grasses and aquatic plants grow and be- ' come intertwined and entangled. These ' form the soil, as it were, on which culti- j ration is carried on. Divisions are made < in them, they are cut level with the sur- ] face of the water and then banked over . with river mud. Properly prepared for , this purpose this soil is sown with melons , and cucumber plants, and a crop is raised | < which is unequalcd in any country for 11 quantity and quality. These melons and j . cucumbers are sold in a good season at I i the rate of ten or twenty for two cents; in dear seasons they bring two cents I 1 apiece. Floating gardens in Mexico are | * t --1 ? i-.? ii.. !1 upon milCIl UiesaillU piilll, mil an- iir>ii.iu? I ( devoted to Uu: cultivation of flowers. j f - ?. i i The First I'mhrolln. IJ ( The umbrella was seen in the streets of I j (ilasjfow hv Dr. Jamieson in 17N2, on his c return from Paris. When he commenced I unfurling it crowds of people followed j him in amazement at the speetaele. j About 178!) an attempt was made to j manufacture umbrellas by Mr. .John * Gardner, father of the present Mr. (lard- c ner, optician, ibichaiian street. Scnex" ' had in Ids hands the first umbrella that j ^ ever was made in (?las?row. It was. in- I deed, a very clumsy article. The cloth S was heavy oil or wax glazed, lined, and j 11 the ribs were formed of Indian cane, ^ such as, shortly before this time, ladies n were accustomed to use as hoops to ex- e Till, li'indli" was I Si " I""" ; . massy and strcm^r. and, altogether, it was 1 a load to carry.? Sniff i*h-.1 imi-inin. ? ? ii Showers of Fishes. it The coast of Mexico, near Vera Cruz, : ' not long ago had a shower of fishes, causing the utmost consternation. A ; j, similar thing happened at San I.tiis if Potosi. Superstitious people talked i> about the end of the world. The fishes J were a species of sardines not familiar in ! (1 the neighborhood. A shower year.- ago | M in Wales was of a small fish known as j si stickle-baeks, sprinkling the ground over I ' an area of several sfptare miles. They j j,J were alive when they fell ; yet if caught 1 ( up by a whirlwind ironi any r>i me j ui brackish ponds near the sea in which this ' species of fish abounds they must have j been conveyed through the air a distance I of thirty miles. Mrs. Langtry says that Oscar Wilde is i destined to do great deeds in the near | ? future. This probably means that he in- | n tends to destroy the manuscript of the ( new play on which he has been engaged i for some time, and embark in the respect- 'c able and ennobling occupation of sawing wood.?Norristoicn Herald. ? ftUBSTTONS, Were I bird to fly tin to theo ' 1 [n the wild weather,-the wind and rain, Beating my wings at thy window pane, Would thou thy casement open to me ? , in thy soft hands where I nestled warm, i [ should forget the cold and the storm, 1 Sheltered with theo. * Or would thou cold and unheeding be, Turning to leave mo affrighted there, , Fluttering, throbbing, in mute despair ? t Then, thou no pity showing to mo, f Fainting I'd fall in the stormy night, J Death 'neath thy casement's mocking liy' ) ( Driven from thee. f Were I a leaflet to float to the?, Drenched with the dows of the aing 1 sweet, Lying in sunshine, low at thy feet, "Would thou not, tenderly lifting me, ( Keep me to prove to the winter snows, 1 That the dead summer had her rose, > Cherished by thee i 1 Or would thou, finding no joy in me, Leave me to perish besido thy way, A little rose-leaf withered and gray? Oh, my heart, unremembered to be ; There in tho sunlight moldering to lie, Crushed by thy feet as they hurried by, Forgotten by theo ! All miTTI T\ A V HUiUUll Ut JL II Tj 1/Al. A muff is defined as " a thing which holds a girl's hands and don't squeeze it." Correct; and any fellow's "a muff" who will hold a girl's hand without squeezing it. Emory Storrs is said to possess 300 neckties. What advantage to him if he gain a thousand neckties and loses his own collar-button under the bureau ??New York Graphic. A scientist asks: "How was man distributed on the earth?" "Well, brother, judging from a painful experience, we wouid say it was by means of an insidious banana peel. Almost any man will forget his ten-dollar umbrella when lie leaves a restaurant; but give a woman a parasol worth $1 and take her into fifty restaurants, and she will not forget it oncc.?Puck. "Whipple, the essayist, defines poetry as "the protest of genius against the reality of life." "When a poet gets kicked out of the editor's sanctum it is the protest of the reality of life againt genius.? Lowell Courier. ""What shai I write about?" asiccu a young reporter of the managing editor. "Oh. write about the first thing that corner to hand," was the brief order. The scribe drew pay for an article on door-knobs.?Chicago Inter- Ocean. It is one of the unexplainable things of moral ethics how people decide so promptly as to how little rain and bad weather it takes to keep them away from prayer-meeting; and how much is required to keep them away from a good show. " No, sir," said the young lawyer who was paying attention to a fair maideu, "no, sir, I don't like a circuit court. There's no fun in being chased around the house by a cross dog before getting a chance to dive in the front door."? New York Journal. "Do you know why you and George remind me of two shades of one color?" asked a young lady of a companion who had been engaged for a good many years. "No," was the reply. "I'll tell you, ' % 1 ? mnfnli " mon; ICS Dccause yuu uuu u uimw, ? Philadelphia Call. When an editor in Japan stays out with the boys all night, or attends a last spike banquet, or encounters some other obstacle that sets him back in his editorial work, the paper goes to press on time with two or three blank columns? and an unusually large edition is sold.? Norristown Herald. .. A gentleman visiting a school had a book put into his hand for the purpose ol examining a class. The word "inheritance" occurring in a verse, the querist interrogated one of the youngsters as follows: "What is patrimony?" "Something left by a father." "What would you call it if left by a mother?" '' Matrimony." 1 A Xorristown married man can heavily | discount Vcnnor as a prognosticator. When the former starts for home at 1 o'clock in the morning he always predicts a "storm" within an hour, and never made a miss but once, and then he found his wife sound asleep when he readied home. Next morning she declared that she had been drugged.? Norridoicn Uerulil. "What are you doing there?" demanded a policeman of a man who sat on a fence howling. " That feller in the house shot my dog because he howled and I'm carrying out the dog's contract. I'm going to howl here until I think the dog's death has been sufficiently avenged. If he shoots me my soawiil howl out my contract, and if further harm should befall my family my wife will come out and howl till he can't rest. Oh, but we are howlers!"?Arkansaw Traveler. Shakespeare uses more different words than any otheV writer in the English language. Tlxere are about 1.1,000 different words in his plays and sonnets, while no other writer uses as many as 10,000. A few writers use 0,000 words, but the greater majority do no-; employ more than 8.000. In conversation, only from 3,000 to 5,000 different words are used. A Partially Dead Man. The Morning Herald. Baltimore, Md., states: Major B. S. White, of this city, describes his miraculous cure as follows: "I have been a partially dead man for ten years. Doctors attributed my sufferings to the enlargement of certain glands. The quantity of medicine I took without relief would be sufficient to set up a firstclass apothecary shop. Finally St. Jacobs Oil was recommended. I had my spinal column thoroughly rubbed with it. All those knots, kinks and stiffness have passed away, and I am myself again." Jem Mace says that in the course of his pugilistic career he has won as much as s? 100.000. A Lncky Chanco. Of all men no donbt the mechanic and Inborer suffer more from disease than any other class?not always in the disease itself, Imt. />irpnmstnnpes snrrrmndinc tlioir cases. Who can depict a ino-o horrifying scene than that of the prospen lis meclianie, ivho. by some dreadful disease,, is reduced in [lesh and strength, having no ;)ower of control, a helpless prey to some malady? Perhaps the family of the worthy man may be suffering for the necessaries of life, all besause " father " is unable to work. Why then do not all men grapple with the first symptoms of disease (of whatever name ; 3r nature), and thereby prevent this sad ' picture. This is just what Mr. Hibam Franklin, of Naugatuck, Conn.; did when he began to feel i heavy, dull pain in the small of his back, ;vhich steadily grew worse until he had to do me of two things: either give np work or ' lie, or look around for some means to cure iidney disease, and a lucky chance threw in lis way a safe and certain means of de- 4 ivornnce. ' The facts in Mr. F.'soase are these: His business (mason and builder) requires him o bo exposed in all sorts of weather. Recently, from a severe cold, he contracted a lisease of the kidneys, and like many others >egan using everything at hand. Not iindng any help, as a last resort he began taking lunt's Remedy. The first bottle giving derided benofit, ho continued its use until ho Hid used three (.'5) Dottie.% wnen mi irouoie lisappeared. Mr. F. is now attending to msiness, a well man, and recently remarked o nn acquaintance: "One trial convinced no. as it will you." We need scarcely add .1 ant's Remedy is purely vegetable, and nei'ts a want never before furnished to those tillering from kidney and liver complaint, Iropsy, ote., and the utmost reliance may bo >laced in it. Tin: Prince of Wales is investing largely in ine rnttli*. li ic:> la. 't (). t )h.> r T have suffered from acute , fla:iuna'ion in my nose a nl head?often in ' he night having to get up and inhale sal; a-id later for relief. My eye has been, for a week t a time, so I coul i not see. 1 havo used no nd of rerne lies, a's > employe 1 a doctor, who s lid it was impure blood- but I got no help. used Ely's Cn an Balm o.i the recommendtion of a friend. 1 was faithless, but in a 3W days was cured. My n .se now, and also ly eye, is well. It is wonderful how quick 1 ; hel(>eil me. Mils. Ueuroik S. J ldso.v, j J lartford, Conn. (Easy to u-e. Price .V) ets.) j Wnlnut liCaf Ilalr Kc.?torcr. | It is entirely different from all others. It I E ; as clear as water, and as it-; name indicates j <a jx'rfeet Vegetable liair Restorer. It will i nmediately free the head from all dandruff, ( estore gray hair to its natural color, and pro- J j uce a new growth whero it has fallen off. It j i oes not in any manner affect tlio health. 1 hich sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate of 1 Ivor preparations havo done. It will change I Kht or faded hair in a few days to a boauti- , il tr'?sv brown. Ask vour dru_'iri-<t lor it. aeTi bottle is warranted. Smith, Kline & \ 0., Wholesale Agents, Phila lelpliia. Pa., ' ad C. N. Crittentox, New York. j j Carlio-line*. C Sorrow and gloom the soul may meet, I . Yet love wrings triumph from defeat; And the coarsest, hair rati still bu fine I S 13y using idagic larboline. Decline nr.Hiin. I j< Nervous Weakness. Dys; op i i, Impotence, | cxual Debility, cure 1 by ''Wei's' Health He- j a ower." $1. a iitotlier Swnn'* Worm Syrup. O Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic; for iverishna-a, restlessness, worms. 'S> cents. P Walking made easy with Lyon's Heel Stiffen- ^ ra; they keep your boots and shoes straight. A DETECTIVE'S EXPERIENCE. 91a Succewfnl Undertaking' and Escape from an Impending Fate. (Buffalo, A" Y.t New*.) One morning several years a^o, iust as the lull pray light was beginning to s-how itself | n the east, a small band of men might^havo , eeii seen deployed about a house on ferry tci'Pt, in Huifalo. There wasnothing special !ither in tho dress or appearance of the men o indicate their intention, but it was plain hat they had business of importance on land. Suddenly a man appeared at one of be windows, took in the situation at a glance, ind, swinging himself outward with wo^derul quickness, scaled the* roof of the house. Hiis man was Tom Fallard, the notorious ounterfeitir: and, armed to the teeth and tolly realizing his situation, ho defied just'ce md tho officials below him. Some of the offi ers, knowing the desperate character of the nan, propose ! to shoot him until he wa' died, liut one of the number promptly p*'?" este l, and declared that if his b.-otber o'?lei-s would ass'st him to ascend he would c.iPtire the man alive. Accordingly he b ga'i ho difficult and dangerous task, ami suc eeded in bringing his prisoner to the ground in safety. The man who accomplished this task was Mr. Thomas Curtin, the present superintendsnt of the city police of Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Curtin is a man who is known by every prominent detective ana poiiccixiuu ?u America, and he stands pre-eminently in the front of his profession. Quiet and gentlemanly in appearanco and manners, he possesses a courage, combined with marked physical lowers, that make him the terror of evil-doers and the pride of law-abiding citizens, Few people can realize, however, the trials, exposures, and even privations, to which the members of every municipal police and fire department are exposed. Compelled to 1)0 on duty at uncertain hours, subjected fo the most inclement weather, and often necessitated by the nature of their duties to protracted undertakings, they endure a nervous and physical strain that is terrible. Siii h was tne experience of Mr. Curtinin former days; and it i3 not surprising that he found himself suffering from a mysterious physical trouble. In relating his experience' to a representative of this paper he said: " At times when I was on auty I would feel un unaccountable weariness and lack of energy. My appetite was also uncertain and my head seemed dull and heavy. I did not fully understand these troubles, but supposed, as most people suppose, that I was suffering from malaria. I tried to throw off the feeling, but it would not go. I thought I mighl < vereome it, but found I was mistaken, and ( finally became bo badly off that it wa almost impossible to attend to my duties. 1 nave known any number of men in the polict and lire departments of this country whc have been atflicted as I was, and I doubt noi there are to-day hundreds similarly trouble: who, like myself, did not know tne cause, 01 really what ailed them." ' Your present appearanco, Mr. Curtin does not indicate much physical debility,' aid the interviewer as he looked at the ?1 younds of bone and muscle standing neirlj five feet eleven inches in height before him. " Oh, no; that is altogether a thing of th; post, and I am happy to say that for mun than a year I havo enjoyed almost perfee Jicalth, although I now realize that I was 01 the road to certain death by Bright'a disea-i of the kidneys and traveling at a very rapi< pace." "How did you come to recover so com pletely That is just what I want to tell you, foi 1 believe it may be of greet service to man' others in my profession, who may possible hear of it I began the use of a popula" remedy at the earnest solicitation of a num lx'r of friends in this city, and found to m i;reat gratification that I began feeling better This feeling continued and I gained ii strencrth and vigor until now I am perfee h 11 -3 ml! A11?? nA11/*V A 1?J! well?UI1U vvmmy imv/ugu lj-io auoui uiiiuuuui'1 of Warner's Safe Cure, which I believe to b the best medicine for policemen, firemen railroad men or any other class of people ex jMsed to danger or a change of weather, eve discovered. Since my recovery I hav recommended it everywhere, and never knev a co.-e where it failed eithertocureor benefit 1 would not be without it under any con sideratioa, and I am positive it is a wonder fully valuable and at the same time entirel' harmless remedy. Indeed, I see that Di <-;ur.7i, dean of the United States Medica College of New York, indorsee it in th highest terms." ' So you experience little difficulty in th execution of your duties now, Mr. Curtin do vcu " None whatever. Our department wa never in batter condition than at present." ' And do you never have any fear of som of the desperadoes whom you nave been th means of bringing to justice ?" Not in the least. Such men do not tr to retaliate, partially because they have no ihe courage, but of tener because they respec ,an officer who does his duty." The policemen, firemen, lettai* carriers an other public employes in ttils country have i rart cu'ariy trying life. When, therefore a simple and pure remedy that can restor mid sustain tho health of all such men i l r.n-1, it should b; cause for great-bongrati aiiou. especially when recommended bvsuc n n an ns Superintendent. Thomas Curtin. c iiiffalo. ' A Christian* policemen's association he been organized among the policemen i London. "Tlirew Away Her Supporter." *?. Dr. Pierce:?A neighlwr of ours was so J fering from " female weakness" which th doctors told her could not be cured without i supporter. After considerable persuasion m; wife induced her to try your " Favorite Pre scription." After using one bottle she threi away the supporter ana did a large washing wliicli she had not done in two years before Jas. Miller, 4^-xi Jacob St., Wheeling,W.Vt British Columpia contains 12,00j Chines and receives 10J more every month. ^Saltmaksh, Ala.?Dr. Jas. B. Mills sayi 'several oi my pacionts naveusea crown s iro Bitters for chronic indigestion with benefit Arthur's bedroom in the White Houso; furnished in light blue. If your lungs are almost wasted by eon sumption Dr. Werco's " Golden Medical Dit covery'" will not cure you, yet as a remedy fo severo coughs, and all curable bronchia] throat and lung affections it is unsurpassed {Send two stamps for Dr. Pierce's larg pamphlet treatise on Consumption and Kir dred Affections. Address World's Dispen sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y James A. Harris, of Florida, gets $W,(XJ net out of his orange crop this season. dardanelle.ARK.-Dr. M. M. Croomsays " Brown's Irou Bitters is the best medicine h the world and is eifocting miraculous cures. Eastern capitalists purpose to build a immense hotel at Salt Lake City. Woman ami ITer Diseases Is the title of a large illustrated treatise, b; Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, >'. Y., sent to an; address for three stamps. It teaches success ful self-treatment. Over Canadians are engage ! in th umber business. For age l men, women, weak and sickl; children, without a rival. Will not cau? u 1 x"> v, ueauuvuu. uruwu a xi uii -uittci o. Baskdai.l is a new town in Nebraska. My mother began gaining from first des she took of Dr. Graves' Heart .Besrulator She is riil of those Lai feelings about he heart now, the relief is permanent, othe remedies only helped for a few minutes. Mis Claia I3ra It, Lawton, Mijh._ 81 per bottle. Atlanta, Ga., is moving for a permanen art and industrial exhibition buildinr. For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spii its and general debility in their various forms also as a preventive against fever and aguo anc otherintermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphor ated Elixir of Calisaya," mado by Caswell Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all Drug gists, is the beft tonic; and for patients recover ing from fever or other sickness it has no equal Your health depends on the purity of your lilno 1. lVopIo who realize this are taking Hood s Sursaparilki with the best results. Chroiithion collars and tuffs will not turn yellow nor grow stiff, liue other waterproof ?oods. <Jet It, Sure! Wells' ''Rough on Rats'' Almanac, at d'g'sts, or mail forCc. stamp. K. S.U'ells, Jersey City. Mr. J. R. Harvey, 140 Bridge St., Brooklyn, iys: " I have no more dread of intlanmajry rheumatism since Dr. Elinor's Rtieutnainivlioutaline brought me out of the torriblo mdition I was in last year." MaYreMEOI FOR. 3PAIN. CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headachi, Toothache, loreThronl.Sirflllnf^Sprnlni.BrnliM Ktirn*. *i-nl<Ia. Froit Ultra, ash hi orniit hoihi.v rnxs ami aiiiis. ioMb/ DruRgl?t? ao.t Ifalertocrrwhere. FIftj Caau a UottJe. !>irectlon? In 11 Laii|u?|et. THE 11AICLE8 A. VOUELER CO. 13 .ruoMMori it A. VOCiiLXR h CO.) Baltimore- Bd.? C. S. A1 ^ N Y N U?12 nnnn ft'/ rrhim mail. Full IWrlpltnn pKp b Jlondy'* ?o Tailor of L XI/JJXI Uri'SS Cuttiujj BOMUY * e0,tla<laaatl,0. Battle of 1 500,000 Volumes, the choicest litem 'nr. Lowest prices ever known. NOT \ IK FORE payment on evidence of good S Vesey Street, New York. P. O. Box Worn, Weary, "As weak as a cat" is an expre luficrers who are trying to tell how fo session, for a cat is one of the most ; :nce. It would be more correct to sa hat gives the idea of utter inability to on who feels thus is eenerallv worn, i Sometimes it is a case of overwori >hmcnt. The blood in the system of a wretchedly thin condition. It need: nd strength. This is to be had by t nly safe and proper preparation of i overfill tonics. The physician and the uv*v.iluuble a remedy Brown's Iro: very-day use. 1 Ask the most eminent ohyridan Of any school what fcthebert thing in the f world for quieting and allaying all irritation of the nerves and curing all forma of nervous I complaints, giving natural, chfklHto refresh* I ing sleep always f / I And they wffl tell yotfnnheeitatfcigiy " lum nt WVUiO *WH| Vft - U'm - . OHAFZSB X. "X Ask any or all <rf tha mart tmfnwrt pbyaldans: "What la the beat and oo^rremedy that can be relied on to core all diseases of the kidney? and urinary organs; such as Brlght's disease, diabetes, retention or Inability to retain mine, &Q dJaeasea aod ailments peculiar to Women"? " And they will tell 70a explicitly and emphatically 'VBuchu." Ask the same physicians "What is the moat reliable and surest cure for all liver diseases or dyspepsia; constipa-' tion, indigestion, biliousness, malarial fever, &c. " ana they will tell you: Mandrake I or Dandelion P* Hence, when these remedies are oombinea with others equally valuable And compounded into Hop Bitten, such & wonderful and mysterious curative power is developed which is so varied in its oDerations that no disease or Ui health can possibly exist or resist its power, and yet it is Harmless for the most frail woman, weakest invalid or smallest child to use. CHAPixa n. "Ptttato "UMt dMd ?r BMd/ djlflf" For years, and riven up by physicians of t Bright* and other Kidney diseases, liver complaints, severs coughs called consumption, nave been cured. Women gone nearly crazy 1 From agony of neuralgia, nervousness, wakefulness and various diseases peculiar to women. People drawn out of shape from excruciating pangs of Rheumatism. Inflammatory and chronic, or suffering from scrofula 1 Erysipelas! Salt rneum. blood poisoning, dyspepsia, indigestion, and in fact almost all diseases frail Nature is heir to Have been cured by Hop Bitters, proof of Which can be found in every neighborhood "j in the known world. ! CatarrH ELTOEfflALM applied by the fin. LY'S into the nostril*, WwCRFfiJl ?*'" be absorbed, effect. i w MT^^upreCO^lualIy cleinsing th0 he4d - A I ^ Lf I0'catarrhal Tirn?. can*i/?^tADJin,t healthy secretion*. ^ WJ^rrVrD ffl UJ Jit allays inflammation, fnArrt? Ci\Mif GjMprotectstho membrane ' jr- ly>v CjFvSflof the nasal passage* ) AgSlfrom additional colds, . y jjBBcompletely heals the MHB<S^ !?5nre8 aDd resf orw ***** 3 smc"' ^ '?w 0 plications relieve. A ( \J5Jl \lXorougk Irratmtnt trill 1 H5SNreyER^r?r^ l t*BIOE 50 CENTS. BY MAIL OB AT OBUOGISTS. ELY BROTHERS, OWECO, N. Y. ^ ..nCTFTTthvJ-SrS^S:. HUV|1\ Plaint,&odinohronlo . 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Ask roar | druggist to get It; if he declines send to as for it?lake ' uotmagelse, ElmorcuAdamsikCo.,lU3WilUamst,,N.Y ' riTOPTICtl WONDER ar 1 bnslnen. iswag A NEW. original, cheap lantern, for projectimrwid en? ' kuvinirplintwriplin, chromocinK opaque pk-turcaand a otijo-ts. Works liki! niacin and delights and mvst.flet i) evcrvfxxly. Si'ndforonrfullandfrpcdcscriptivodrcolar Ml'lUUV HiLL PUB. CO., Box KS. N. Y. City, N. Y. ^ FRAZER ? AXLE GREASE ! e Beatln the world. Get the genuine. Every package bos our trade-mark and in mortem! inraier>?. SOLD KVKttYWUKKK. It relieves At oneo Bams, Piles, Chapped HandsorLips.l " Corns,Bunlons.Scalds,Bruises,Soreness of^eet.handfcl 3 eyes,etc. iltchlngfromanyeause. 8fie. Ask your arn?* crist, or send to 02 Fitfton Street, N. TO SPECULATORS. 1 R. LINDBLOM & CO., N. G. MILLER ACQ., CAT Chamber of 55 Broadway, Commerce, Chicago. 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The wearv per- * :~A ,?i ??,i _j J r tvuim-u, WUV.1U1, illftU Wll'llliCU. k, and sometimes of imperfect nourperson who is "as weak as a rag" is in s iron, to impart richness, redness, :aking Brown's Iron Bitters, the iron in connection with gentle and : druggist can tell the worn and weary ^ Bitters has been found in actual " J