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>w-; r.jf- ' W'' LIFE LEAVES. The day. with ils sandals dipped in dew, Has pa-sed through the evening's golden gates. And a single star in the cloudless blue For the rising 111 >rn in silence waits : "While the winds that sigh to the languid hours A lullaby breathe o'er the folded flowers. Tje lilies noil to the sound of the stream. That winds along with lulling flow, And either awake, or half ndreani. I pass through the realms of long ago : While faces peer, with many a smile. From the bowers of Memory's magical isle. There are joys and sunshine, sorrows and tears, That cheek the path of life's April hours. And a longing wish for the coming years. That Hojx? ever wreathes with the fairest flowers : There are friend>hips guileless?love as bright And pure as the stars in the halls of night. There are ashen memories, bitter pain. And buried hoi -es, and a broken vow ; And an aching heart by the reckless main. And the sea breeze fanning a pallid brow ; And a wanderer 011 the shell-lined shore, Listening for vjices that speak 110 more. There are passions strong and ambitions wild, * And the fierce desire to stand in the van Of the battle of life: an t the heart of the child Is crushed in the breast of the struggling man; But short are the regrets and few are the tears That fall at the tomb of the banished years. There is a quiet and peace, and domestic love. And joys arising from faith and truth, And a truth unquestioning, far ab >ve The passionate dreamings of ardent youth: And kisses of children on li|>s and cheek, And the parent's bliss, which 110 tongue can speak. There are loved ones lost! There are little graves . In the distant dell, "neath protecting trees, Where the streamlet winds and the violet waves. And the grasses sway to the sighing; breeze: And we mourn for the pressure of tender lips, And the light of eyes darkened in death's eclipse. And thus, as the glow of the daylight dies. And the night's first look to the earth is cast, I gaze, 'neath those beautiful summer skies, At the pictures that hang in the hall of the past: Oh, Sorrow and Jov, chant a midnight lay When to memory's wildwood we wander away! | RECLAIMED. How slowly he walked! Poor old man! Joe Pollard, ex-president of the O'-*.. v. 1 I- ..f Ifio DiniCMllilu i;.uiiv in ?i'j'imi.-i. v i,... was faded, his boots were seamed and gray, his hat greasy and quaint-patterned. Only three years ago, and no more stately, vigorous, hale gentleman walked the streets than Joseph Pollard, Esq.; now he was "old Joe," and sometimes "poor old Joe." When he failed, iie was 7 "living in great splendor. People to this day point out the Pollard mansion, and tell you of its former greatness. Happily, there was no dishonor attached to his name. lie had given up all: home, horses, carriages, everything that could be dispensed with. His only daughter?her name was Josephine, but all her friends called her Jeddy?gave a birthnight party only a week "before the trouble came, on her eighteenth birthnight. Never a happier or lovelier girl than she. Universally adr: : . mired and respected, bright as a sunbeam, witty, merry, generous. In all that throng of beauty, amid the flowers and the feasting, that man would have been bold indeed who could have presaged coming ill fortune. Ouly one week later, and the dreadful Qjg news came. Joseph Pollard was bankrupt. The cashier had been dishonest, several large firms had gone down, and the run on the bank had completed the Wi ruiDThe father found a place as an assistant bookkeeper, but he h::d formed the habit ri|v' of drinking at his own table. Little by little he sunk at last into what seemed an ^ utterly hopeless state, lost his business, his pride, and almost his wits. "My dear,'" wrote Aunt Prue, when * . she heard of this misfortune, "put your father away. There are plenty of places; ' and come and live with me. Enough for one is enough for two." "Aunt Prue," wrote Jeddy, indignantly, "I am nshamed of you. What! counsel me to put my own dear father in the poor-house, for what other place is open to him? No. I will share ins misfortunes if I have to work my fingers to jgyy^. the botift." * "Jedd\\ I'm useless. I'm broken down and good for nothing," whined poor Joe, I day after day, as Jeddy sat and stitched ? her life into the work she had undertaken. "Father, you are only fifty-eight S * years old." was the answer. "Many a man lias begun life anew at your age.'' "Ah! if I only could!" he would make reply, and drink again to drown his misery. Jeddy had carried much of her fine wardrobe with her into the poverty of her surroundings. Of course, she made over and toned down the material, but ggs the lady," as one of the coarser neighbors said, was upon her, Ku "and couldn't be mistook." Everybody pitied her when old Joe gK*. came reeling home: but few knew how patiently she put up with his infirmity, now she soothed and coaxed him. with I WII at l^IlUt'X'MIC ill.-? wants, and even when it would seem that he was scarcely entitled to her rc* spect, honored him. To her. under all his wretched disguises, he was still father. But her constant duties wore heavily upon her. She grew pale and thin, then S*y feverish and hectic ; but still sin; worked on. Tnret times a handsome carriage and pair were seen before the door of her plain little home. The first time a rich aunt came to rcmonstrate with her and oiler her a home. ^^~^"Skcvfound her preparing the- poor meal over thf- tiny cook-stove. "Jeddy, you are the best girl in th;* world, but you must go hack with me. if only for awhile, and leave that man to rat> take care of himself." This was after a most affectionate W-'- greeting, for Jeddy was her favorite niece. Kfefc; "I couldn't leave father," was the re?C: sponse. ' But I can't see you killing yourself by inches. What does he care? One per* '* son is as good as another to one who has " * * ' ? !?-.! .... 1. .. i -iosl uil his liner seiisinuuies, as iic nas. "Oh, no; at times father is his old self ?even?even at the worst," she faltered, "he don't forget that he is a gentleman, jji He never was unkind to me." "Fiddlesticks? Your ideas of duty jrf are exaggerated. Come, now?don't dasappoint ine?take a little rest. 1 have come all the way from L on purpose ?* to carry you back, and the last words p your cousin Kitty said, as I left her. , st-i: were: * "Mother, don't fail to bring Jeddy back, 1 want to see her." KjT . Tears came to Jeddy's brown eyes, as she reiterated: "I cannot leave fatl jr." P44And here you aio, losing all your beauty?all your advantages, ami even your health?I can see it! For your father's sake, you ought to ?o. It would make a new creature of you to see old sights, and old faces, and to live a while ?~}ike a Christian. Why, child, the walls are damp; how do you live.'"' "It isn't living, aunt, it's only staying," said Jeddy, trying bravely to smile; '"but that I can't help, while father lives. There's nobody in all this wide world to care for him but me. I know I might live in ea?e and comfort if I went with you; and <>h. sometimes i" my heart does long so for a little of tin-v old-time jov! It would he like looking iniomnuusi:?I'lii-j Clin iii'iivi'iiuui r. 'Zigf 'r. There sounded a heavy sigh. Both women turned round to see the old, gaunt man in the doorway, the tears f streaming down his eheeks as he held v?-* forth his trembling hands as if in benediction. "Go, Jeddy, go, angel?don't stay for '? me?I'm not worth your care," he said, pitifully. W..* Ti.rlrlv tVionrrhf nHlf'CU ise. Loatr ' ^Wl "VV,V1?' '"x'"G"" ------ ? ?- ? o after the splendid carriage bad gone, she sat there holding the gray head against her shoulder, soothing and petting him and lending a willing ear to hi* promises -of amendment. The second carriage brought a stylish ; . young gentleman, with whom her friends 4' had often coupled her name, lie came ;r with an offer of marriage, but Jeddy gave him the same soft but determined _ . answer, "I couldn't leave father," and he, too, went away, disconsolate. The thirad crriage contained one who I had always been a friend, aiso a young gentleman, who had lately returned from a foreign tour. lie asked no questions and expressed no surprise, though the change lie saw affected him painfully. But, like a true friend, he resolved to aid both father and daughter. To this purpose he followed the former, and quietly tried to hinder him from the abuse of his appetite, and gradually gained his confidence. Then lie told how sadly the change in his daughter had troubled him. "Change!" exclaimed old Joe, "howis she e ha aired ?" "Is it possible you do not see that she is at death's door?'' "What do you mean? At death's door ?my child?my angel? You will kill me! What have 1 but her.'" "You have (Jod, and He; will help you to redeem yourself. If you do that, your daughter will live, if you do not, she will die." That night old Joe went home full of doubts and fears. He watched his child, sick at heart from the news he heard. "I can make her live?and I will!" he said, resolutely, to himself. "I am not an old man yet"?lifting his bowed head ?"with God's help I will be a new one!" He went to the curb outside and broke his pocket-flask in a hundred pieces. The >11.vt J.iv Ik. ( inn. Ihhiii- sober : tke next. lie had found a place?a small one. it was trill*, but in the old hank when* lie had once reigned master. Everybody saw the change. Old Joe had new clothes, he was respectable to outward seeming. Once more he became a man among men. His knowledge of the business, his integrity. gained him a better position. Day bv day he took steps upward?day by day the color and brightness came into liis daughter's face and her step grew light and her tones joyful. It seems like a miracle, but is not, that old Joe rides in his own carriage again. He is Mr. Pollard again, cashier of the bank, and a power among his fellows. It was just trusting in GodandGod helping him as he helped himself. But the best of all is. his glorious daughter by sacrificing herself, bv her noble fortitude, by her ' ? i patient care, naswon a p:ace m uiMitmi, and in the hearts of all who know her, j prouder and more enduring than the throne of a ijueen.?-Y/x Ikuixon, in Youth's CoHtjxinion. Cattle Ranching in South America Life on a cattle ranche under the tropics begins with the dawn and ends at nightfall. Except at the slaughtering time, it is a lazy, shiftless life. The ranchero takes it very easily indeed, and none of his dependents are particularly hard worked. The women do more than the men at all times, and between their domestic and agricultural duties develop what little industry one is likely to enTln.it. lii.irn lr>r<]< Hlll'llll lllf tuuiiin. 1 ,,v" "vov * i" middle of the day in their hummocks. At morning there may be some riding out to investigate the condition of the herds, and at evening cows with calves, which may be needed, are driven in. But at noon every one who wears pantaloons or the apologies for them, so popular there, takes to his hammock. to sleep out the heated part of the day. In the dry season, indeed, labor of any kind is absolutely impossible, when the sun is at the meridian. Travelers halt to spend it in the shade, and make up at night for the lost hours between twelve and three o'clock. The cattle arc left to nature's carc entirely. They are branded with a hot brand or by gashing their rumps or slitting their ears, and turned out loose to shift for themselves. From time to time %y may be "rounded up," or in plainer English, driven into the limits of a certain distance from the ranche. But this is only performed when the grass is wen devoured, and hunger likely to drive them to more distant and strange pasturages. The native raneheros of South America are, as a rule, an amiable and quiet rac e, whether Creole or half-breed; their wants are few, their tastes siiflple. and their vices insignificant. They have vast families of children and are indulgent, though somewhat whimsical parents and masters. However rich they may be in their flocks, they are generally poor in purse, for they kill or sell their stork only to meet their needs. A man on the South American plains is said to be worth not so much monev but so manv i? i :? .,/M iii'ilii i?i raiuc, iinu it jn mi j/1 niv i.v> ....x, to the count. lie keeps a regular census of his herds by perforated boards Into which pegs are stuck. Some ranches have their walls almost covered with these boards, and the master will keep pegging them up as if he was engaged in a game of cribbage with nature, and constantly winning. As a rule each peg represents a single animal. We only found one ranche where the count was kept with pegs for the thousands, the hundreds, and the single heads. The Scent of the Buzzard. While digging sweet potatoes i noticed u very luxuriant growth of the vines covering a small mound in the field, and inquiry n vealcd the feet that a horse and a cf".'had been buried there some years before. Just then nothing impressed me in that connection save the immensity of the potatoes which we found overlying these two graves, but in the afternoon and during the following day, buzzards shadowed the farm by scores, seeming to obey from all quarters of the heavens a mysterious summons to convocation. I soon perceived the sweet potato field was the "radiant point" of each speeding shadow. Huzzard after buzzard 1 traced as they appeared in various portions of the sky with half-folded wings, reminding me of mute serial hounds j '"coming down the scent." their course as swift, silent, and undeviating as an arrows, n was a strangely interesting spectacle to behol 1 them swoop within a few feet of the horse-hades, and rise again with the slow, reluctant flaps, indicative of disappointment, then return to deliberately "beat" and "quarter" the ground, serially speaking, with all the tact and persevering sagacity of their canine compeers; in fact, the performance was suggestive of a fox-hunt, in which Reynard's place was represented by the dead bodies, "earthed'' in this case, however, fur other than Reynard reasons. One of the vultures in particular showed an extreme faith in the guidance of its smelling powers by alighting without demur on a fence half a dozen paces from the center of attraction, where, after some time of manifest uneasiness and uncouin posture. 11 was jomeu oy a few of its more dubious companions. This visitation of uncanny birds continued long after, though I never saw so many as at the first when the crop was plowed out. this disturbance probably releasing for a time the peut-up odors. I could detect no taint in the atmosphere of the place even while working in the freshly plowed ground, yet hundreds of buzzards assembled from far and near, and with unerring accuracy pointed out the place of burial with overshadowing wings. In consequence of these observations the theory that the vulture family are enabled to detect the existence of a dead body bv scent, unassisted by any of the remaining senses, and this, too, at great distances, and when such carcass had lain deep under the ground for sev' eral vcars, was to me satisfactory proof. * * ' VTi ? 4 ?American jxniumiuu. A Mexican Hacienda. Much, says a correspondent of the Indianapolis Jinirnul. has been said and written about the extent and possibilities of these Mexican haciendas, but probably few people realize the enormous extent of some of them. In the Central and Northern States of Mexico are found estates large enough to hide many a principality of Europe or States like our own little "Rhody." A million and a half of acres ?of this fruitful soil which bears everything grown in both temperate and tropical zones, and produces two crops a year ?is a neat little farm, by no means to be ' despised," as the immortal Sairy (iamp said of "vittals." The famous Solado ranch, for example, contains over six i i? - > ? ?i. i: iiuimri'ci srjuurt' iiiiii-k. n uw *?? the States of Jfuevo Leon, Coahulia, Zacateeas and San Luis I'otosi, on the highway to the city of Mexico, and on the line of the Mexican Central railway. It is at at an elevation of 4.000 feet, on the famous central table-lands of the republic. Its boundaries extend more than one hundred miles from north to south. Chains of mountains, how rich in mineral wealth no man kuows, traverse it, and flourishing farms and mining towns are met with at frequent intervals. The fact is, all Mexico is owned by a commrativeiv few individuals, which is the reason why there is such a wide dis- I tinction of caste and so little progress in agriculture and manufactures. Generally the proprietor of these vast estates enjoys life abroad or in the city of Mexico, and his peons living on the land take about as much interest in the cultivation thereof a? would negro 6laves without an overseer. ' i THE RAGE FOR RARE GEMS EXORBITANT PRICES THAT WEBS PAIS FOR PAKGY STOVES. How Imitations arc .Hade?Who the Buyer* of Valuable Stones are? What Some Gem* arc Worth. " What do you think of that?" said a gem e\j)trt to a Philadelphia Times reporter, holding out a rich stone. The reporter suggested that it was a five-carat ruby. "Well," said the expert, "it's glass; market value, about ten cents. It is a fine counterfeit, however, and I got hold of it in a curious way. Some years ago I sold its counterpart to a Baltimore lady, who was then going to Europe. While there she showed the stone to many persons. who admired it. At a party one evening it was passed around anions the guests, and did not find its way back to the owner until later in the evening, but. as they were all friends, she thought nothimr of it. When she returned from Europe it was brought to me to be cleaned, and I found that the stone I had sold for a number of thousands of dollars had been removed and this one put in its place. The lady refused to follow the matter up and gave me the stone, that would hardly be suspected, except by an expert." "Is this sort of thing uncommon?" j asked the reporter. "No," was the reply: ''but the stones are sold in cheap jewelry, and no claim of value is made. There arc people, of course, who wear bogus gems for one reason or another, and their manufacture is quite a business. They are generally made of glass, with about 50 percent, of oxide of lead. This is known to the trade as strass, and is the basis of imitation gems of all kinds, only dilFerent oxides being used to produce different tints. If you wish to make a ruby you would have to use about these ingredients: Silica, :5S,2; red oxide of lead, .M.O; calcined potash. I.N; and parts of calcined borax, alumina and arsenic acid. Melt one thousand parts of this with forty parts of glass of antimony, one part purple cassius and one in excess of gold, and you have Lfot the material, when cut, that you have iust declared worth several thousand dollars. ' The rage for fancy stones," continued the expert, "is unabated. Five years ago you could not sell a ruby, sapphire or any of the fancy gems?that is, in paying quantities?and they were so out of fashion that fashionable women kept them in their jewelry cases; but the Prince of Wales started the rage two years ago by wearing a ring with a diamond, cat's eye, ruby and sapphire set in it, and since then they have been all the fashion. The ladies wear them. but. strange to say, they are more popular with gentlemen. A favorite wrinkle is a cat's eye between two rubies or diamonds. "Expensive? I should say so. Here is one that is worth $2,000 to any one that can buy it," and the expert handed out a smooth greenish stone, in which myriads of ciliated lines horizontal to the plane of the stone were seen, resembling I the shafts of light in labradorite. ''The eye." continued the dealer, "is produced by lengthened vacuities left in the structure at the time it is crystallizing, and the light striking upon them produces the beautiful star that changes with every movement of the wearer. Sapphires are favorite stones at present, and bring large prices. The largest onejinown is now in the Museum of Natural History at Paris, and has quite a romance connected with it. It was originally found in India by a poor lad, who took it to the great Roman jeweler, Raspoli. He found a buyer in a German princc, and it finally reached Perret, a Paris jeweler, who sold it again for $:i 1,000. ''Who buy the most valuable stones asked the reporter. "2sot always the richest people,'' was the reply. "There are numbers of collectors who pay exorbitant prices for furious or entire stones. All wealthy people, of course, have their gems, and young men of fashion often have a collection of rings worth $20,000. I have a customer, a Spanish nobleman, who comes hereabout once a year, who spends $20,000 yearly in jewelry. It is a perfect mania I ii-i'fK 1 In tttAc t?tv?rl nf tVw? lirincrfs them hack and we buy tliem and sell him something new. I have known him to wear nearly $100,000 worth of jewelry, and yet not look overdressed. IIis i sleeve-buttons were two enormous diamonds, cut with his arms, and so ruined; in his watch were set rubies and diamonds of great price, his studs were white old India stones, and in a seal he had a ruby that was of incalculable price. He would be a perfect mine to a thief, and I have heard it said that he had the finest collection of gems south of the United States. 'The topaz is fashionable?that is, the rare kind. One. known as the Grand Mogul, is valued in Europe at $150,000. It weighs 157J carats. Among the crown jewels of France there was an amethyst of a beautiful violet and red tint, valued at $2,000. Here are some stones," he said, rolling out a lot of emeralds, beryls and aquamarines, ''that, though chemically the same, differ much commercially. The aquamarine is a favorite with ladies because it retains its brilliancy in artificial light. Here, for an example, is a blue sapphire of two run ts that, a vou see. is resplendent I with light, but at night is comparatively insignificant, while this aquamarine, valued at $1"), glows in the evening with remarkable brilliancy. I sell numbers of them for evening wear, ami they make a fine display. They vary from ?<> for very small ones to ?75 and .$100 an ounce?not carat. Mr. Hope, probably the greatest gem collector in the world, possessed a beryl some years ago weighing six and one-half ounces and valued at ?2.82.*). It came from the Cangavum mine, East Indies. There is a beryl over two inches long in the crown of England, and an aquamarine has been found in the town of Monzinskaia. Kussia, that is reported to have brought, on the authority of Professor Dieulafait, over ?100,000. So. you see, the cheapest stones, so to speak, bring big prices sometimes. Turquoise is much used now to produce effects in fancy jewelry where a sort of rough mosaic is required. That it was valued in this country is proved by the discovery of an old turquoise mine in Mexico. The shaft leads UIMILT ;i III'Hilluuii, itim rviJi iit*.- niu^ii I tools of the unknown miners were found | there. There are two kinds, the old and new rock; and to show the difference between the two, when the Dree collection was sold an old rock turquoise that measured forty-seven inches by forty-three brought nearly $100, while a new rock stone, thirty-nine by thirtyseven inches. was sold for $22.50. ' Other gems in great demand now arc the hyacinth, heliotrope, zircon, peridot and toumalinc. The latter is a beautiful gem. always found crystallized, many of them rhombohedral and of many colors. Those from Elba are white and black. Siberia produces rich red ones. Sweden blue and Brazil green and blue. These show the curious phenomenon of diehroism, or showing two or more colors. Lapis-la/.uli and Labradoritc, rich stones, arc greatly used in sleeve-buttons. The former lias long been esteemed, and the old French crown jewels contained a cross of it valued at $517,000. A saber with u handle of this was presented to Louis XVI. by Tippu Saib, that cost nearly *2,000. Here is a quartz crystal. I not a gem, that is valued at $100. it is a perfect Dilll. in ino days 01 oiu nonie thcv were used to cool the hands.*' A Curious Transition of Color. In the twon of Springfield, Ohio, there ives a young girl who is, and of right ought to be a mulatto, hut the color of whose skin is constantly changing from deep brown to a snowy white and back again to its original hue. The Springfield <i'Mw, which describes this phenomenon, says that she is the daughter of a well-todo drayman named James Keemer. The transition is not effected bra slow process of uniform fading, but by the appearance of successive white spots which finally monopolize the entire surface. It follows Willi ill Cl'llillll Mil *??'?? (II 1111*4 (I.IIIMUI iliation the girl presents an exceedingly striking aspect. Thus the reporter of the (t'obr, who was recently admitted to an inspection of the phenomenon, remarks : " Very often the neighbors say they are accustomed to seeing the child run about during the warm weather with one foot and ankle as dark as any little colored ' girl's need he. aud the other as white as ?!... ,>r !>.. fuir/.ai I rid v in the land. Kre quentlv one band is a dark mulatto color, while the other will be spotlessly white and almost transparent. Often the child's face will be entirely white but the eyelids, they retaining their original color. When she closes her eyes the cffcct is striking. Quite as often, the face will be entirely brown and the eyelids alone white, giving the girl an unearthly appearancc when the lids are down " Of the "30,6 >0 square miles in Illinois only 650 are water. I FASHION NOTES. Greys of all shades are In fashion. Astrakhan ribbon is woven in tufts. Ivy is much used for indoor decoration. Only brides wear white undressed gant de suede gloves. "Waistcoats are much worn with cloth and wool dresses. The 8'-. allow is a favorite bird for trimming in Paris millinery. ? llIKIIlg JUUJU'lM. llglll tilling, ure Vll > popular for young ladies. A new velvet ribbon is plain on one side and ribbed on the other. Matelassc and Ottoman silks are most in combination with velveteen. A new flower for bonnets consists of red cactus made of split feathers. Marabout trimming appears on many of the handsome cloaks and dresses. Applied embroideries are more fashionable on thin fabrics than the old-fashioned body embroideries of silk thread. Valenciennes lace is again in vogue for trimming evening toilets of silk and velvet. but the reign of Duchesse lace is unabated. The most beautiful fabrics for the evening dresses of the winter arc the tulles and gauzes embroidered in gold and colors. Beaded stomachers, slashed sleeves, standing collars are the accompaniments of the present style of the powdered coiffure for evening wear. Parisian dressmakers now insert a small pillow bustle, stuffed with horsehair, under the plaits of the skirt in the back, attached to the waistband. White kid bonnets arc imported, trimmed with a flat garniture of pearl and crystal bead-work or hand-painted around the edges in small delicately-colored flowers and buds. Though less universally worn, the reign of large-plaided materials is not over : but few costumes are made of them solely, combinations of plain woolens or velveteens being considered bettcrtaste. The newest have the tunic and blouse front draped on the cross, the diagonal lines not then having the effect of increasing size. The style of a certain waist worn a half century ago is now copicd and admired by ultra-fashionable young ladies. The waist is sharply pointed front and back, while over the front is laid a shirred piece which reachcs'from the throat to the extreme point, where it ends in a hmv Mm! ends of satin ribbon. The sleeves are puffed and slurred, and arc exceedingly high on the shoulder. Ornaments for the hair are seen to a great extent. Every variety of device and pattern is seen. Tortoise-shell is the favorite metal used, and inlaid with gold, or even plain; these tortoise-shell pins are very pretty. Half moons, stars and various terrestrial devices are used. Onyx-headed pins arc studded with diamonds and pearls. Some of these ornaments are shaped as daggers, and other designs are wrought in gold and silver. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Experts in chemistry have estimated that the cost of London's winter smoke and fog is $2.1,000,000 'annually; that is to say, constituents of coal to this value i escape unconsumed, and assist in forming the sooty vapor. The herring fisheries of Scotland cmploy nearly SOO.OOO people, one-seventh of the population. The boats represent a money value of $:5,600.000. The annual yield of cured fish has risen from 1)0.000 barrels early in the century to 1,290,000. and has trebled in fifty years, while in the same period the value of the rw.ta ei.vcntv-fivp 1HT fCIlt. Mr. Ryder, the cmbryologist of the United States fish commission, has finally solved the problem of the culture of oysters from artificially impregnated eggs. At Stockton, Md., there are millions of young oysters about three-quarters of an inch in diameter, which have been hatched from eggs artificially impregnated fortysix days before. Hitherto the difficulty of oyster culture lay in the fact that the spat could not be retained, as it floated through even the finest filtering material. The most profitable industry of the new Swedish colony in Aroostook county, Maine, is that of raising potatoes for the starch factories, of which there are twentysix. The largest of these made last year 392 tons of starch from 1)8,000 bushels of potatoes. The process of starch making is simple, consisting mereiy oi grinning the potatoes, washing the pulp, and settling the-eturch in three vats successively after it has been thoroughly washed with clean water to remove all impurities. Furnace heat is employed for drying. The use of food substances?such as meats, lentils, peas, beans, etc., in a dried and finclv-powdered form is said to be attracting very favorable attention, especially in France. In this form the food is very nutritious, and is easily digested and assimilated. It is stated to have been tried with remarkable success by consumptives and other persons having weak digestions. The powder, of which a few spoonfuls are equal to the meal of a person with a healthy appetite, may be kept in bottles for an indefinite time, and may be taken with a little milk, gravy, wine, water or other liquid. Prof. Clifford Richardson, of the United States Department of Agriculture, has completed a two-years' task in the analysis of nearly 2,000 specimens of wheat from various parts of the country, and comparing them with each other and with European wheat. lie says the main fniliiur of our wheat is a deficiency in al buminoids, which arc regarded as the most valuable portions of the grain. Among our wheats the highest percentage of,* albuminoids was 17.15. while a Russian wheat from Minnesota contained 24.."50 per cent., twenty-four different specimens averaging 10.48 per cent., the lowest having 10.08 per cent. In the east our wheat is the poorest, falling below the general average in albuminoids and ash and in the size of the grain. A regular gradation of improvement from east to west is found until the Pacific coast is reached, where there is a most remarkable falling off in everything but the size of grain. It is in the country between the Mississippi and the mountains that the best grain is produced. Tlic middle west, represented by Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee, hold an intermediate position between this district and that on the Atlantic, coast. The latter shows plainly that its soils have been more or less worn out, the middle west that it is losing its fertility, and the far west the fact that it contains those stores of plant food, and nitrogen especially, which makes a rich grain. WISE WORDS. Hy the errors of others, the wise man corrects his own. Value the friendship of him who stands by you in time of storm. Knaves will thrive where honest plain- j iit'ss knows not lirnv to live. Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength. A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough. Intemperance in aims is the source of many of the life-failures, which we constantly witness. Always speak the truth. Make few nromises Live im to voiir encasements. Keep your own secrets if you have any. When you speak to a person look him in the face. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue. Life, in its very essence, is movement and transition. Not what we have, but what we gain or lose; not what we are becoming, not where we stand, but whence we came and whither we go, constitute its real interest and worth. To be good and do the most good we can now and here, and to help others to be and do the same; to seek with all onr might the highest welfare of the world we live in and the realization of its ideal greatness and nobleness and blessedness ?this is religion. Thinking much about self, especially the impressions we have made or are gointr to make upon others, tend always to deprive us of self-possession. Wc prow anxious and perturbed, lose simplicity and naturalness, and full into the very blunders that we dread. And frequent failures weaken our courage and make us shrink more and more from what wc ought boldly to approach. Tribunes of the people were first chosen at Home 404 B. C., when the people, after a conflict with the senate, had retired to Mons Sacer. The last tribune was Rienzi, who in 1354 was assasinated, after having assumed the position and reformed many abuses. The educational fund of Texas, present and prospective, is $100,000,000. AMONG THE FUN MAKERS. TIDBITS DISHED OUT BY THE WITS ln OP THE PBESS. (P re The Terrible .Small Boy?Oh, mam* ol ma?Hrother Gardner DiMioune* ?( on Famous ."Tien- A Lakeside Mno u in p. l)( THE TERRWLE SMALL nOY. "Mr. Crimsonbeak, will you show me "j your chickens if I come down to your b< house some day?" asked little Johnny Yeast of that gentleman, the other even- m ing, when he and his wife were calling ar at the Yeast residence. w " Why, Johnny, I don't keep chick- in ens,'' replied Mr. Crimsonbeak, gently bi patting the boy on the head; "what th made you think I did?" ai " Why, whenever I hear mamma men- ly tion your name, she always calls you the gi . Kni T nnn'f ?on Vinw f<r | nuii-jjuv rvcn uunwanvi , i/??v a vi*<* v >.v? v. you can be hen-pecked if you don't keep w nny chickens." fr Johnny suddenly vanished from the room, and took his father's elevator for tl: the garret.?Sta(en:nia>. tl; w OH, MAMMA. "i ' Mamma," said a pretty young woman P' of Clifton, " I have been reading an in- " teresting article on the wearing of the w hair among Japanese women and its sig- ei nificancc." " " What does it say ?" a' " Well, among other things it says T much may be read from the arrangement i'1 of a woman's hair?" J1 ' I think it is different in America," interrupted the mother. " Why, mamma ?" "Ahem, daughter; I should say judg- tc ing from the way you looked after Henry is went away last night, that much may lie }c read in the dis-arrangement of a woman's is hair." n "Oh, mamma!"?Merchant Traveler. fc tl nROTIIER GARDNER ON FAMOUS MEN*. ' I)c odder night," began the president, ^ ns the Limekiln club came to order, "de ft, ole man Birch cum obcr to my cabin an' S; cried bekuse he had not becum a great ^ an' famous man. Dot sot me to linkin'. "Cicero was a great man, but I cannot c find it on record dat he eber took any V( mo' comfort dan Samuel Shin does. m Samuel has 'nuff to cat an' drink an' w'ar, an' of an ebenin' he kin sot down a in a snug co'ner an' eat snow apples an' 01 road de paper. He am harmless to de ? community as he am. Make a great man of him an' he might invent a new sort o' P' rcligun, or originate a new theory in s<i pollvtics, or do sunthin' or other to upsot de minds of half de people. . "Demostnenes was a great man. but !?( I can't find dat a coal dealer's collector . could put his hand on him when wanted, 81 as he kin on Giveadam Jones. Youcan't. 1' find dat his wife was a good cook, or dat rc he had a bath-room in his house, or a cu- C1 palo on his barn, or dat he relishes his . ilinnni- nnv rinri TCrtidder .Tones. ? while he hud de same chilblains an' head- s aches an' nightmares. As Givcadam now c< libs an' circulates children kin play with P. | him, wood-piles in his nayborhood am safe, an' mo' dan one ooo' fam'ly am in- ? debted to him for a shfllin' in money or a ftl basket (if 'taters. Make him a great philosopher an' who kin tell how many rows P an' riots an' broken heads could be laid jj to his door. "Plato was a great man, but I can't ~ find dathewas fed on pcrticklor fine beef or mutton, or dat his tailor gin him an extra fit, or dat he got a discount when he bought ten pounds of sugar at once, ir When Way down Bebcc gets sot down in t< front of his cook-stove, a checker-board d on his lap an' a panful of pop-corn at his In right hand, wid five pickaninnies rollin' al ober each udder on the floo", he am takin' w * % T> 4.1 !l neap 1110 conuori nun rimu u\ci u dreamed of. He has nosoarin'ambishuu. si He neither wants to save de world nor d spite it. He makes no predickshuns fur hi people to worry ober, an' his theories b nebber jar de dishes of! de shelf. Make him a great man an' his comfort an' happiness fly away, an' he sots himself up to tl teach an' command an' becum everybody's antagonist. "I)e man who sighs to trade fa'r y wages, a warm house an' a peaceful h h'arthstun fur de glory of Bonaparte am a dolt. si "De man who sacrifices his clean, h humble cabin?his easy ole coat, his co'n- h cob pipe an' his pitcher o' cider fur o de gab of an orator or de delushuns of a philosopher trades his 'taters fur wind- d fall apples. Let us purceed to bizness." ?Detroit Free Pre**. w a i.akkside musing. h " Do you love me truly, Harold?" Lurlinc Nevorsink was even more beau- ^ tiful than usual as she stood in the soft, mellow light that streamed from the clian- b delier overhead, and, looking down fondly upon her, George AY. Simpson felt that to wreck forever the happiness of her young life, to plunge her soul into the turpid 9' depths of despair and hold it there by the heels, were a crime than which none could ^ be more black. He knew that this girl, h whose weird, passionate nature made her heart a lute for every passing joy or grief n to play upon, had given to him the one best love of a woman's life?her first. It was something to be tenderly proud G of, this love?something not to be worn a lightly on the sleeve where all might 0 s no it. hut tucked careful lv away in the woodshed of a man's soul, se- h euro alike from carping criticism or cruel r) jest. And yet as George W. Simpson gazed tenderly into the dark, lustrous h eyes that were nglow with hopeful expectancy, he felt that the maelstrom of passionate adoration into which Lurline Neversink had allowed herself to be I drawn would one day cast her young heart bleeding and torn upon the jagged rocks of his refusal. It was a terrible, maddening thought, and it came with awful force to George as he stood in that palatial mansion, his feet sinking into z] J the velvet carpet until he was in danger ^ of becoming coek-anKJeu, anu nearu inc words with which this chapter opens. w Heading tenderly over the girl, George 01 kisses her in a chaste, New Haven (Conn.) manner, but does not dare trust himself to answer in words the fateful I question she has asked. And then they pass into the music-room, which is separated from the hall by a portiere of navy-blue velvet. The windows of the room are shaded by cur- E tains of the same rich color,' and the G walls between them arc covered y< with paintings. Statues of Mozart, M Hcethoven and Guido filled niches, while al )ver the low mantel hun^ a full-length e.< j portrait of Maud S. No word was spoken al until Lurline had seated herself at the t( piano, and then it was simply a request tl that lie hand her a certain piece of tl music. As he stooped forward to com- T ply the outlines of his face were brought ci | into strong relief against the ruddy back- oi ' -i < i 1 r a ni I ground 01 Ills It'll cur, turn uuniui ^itau ?< at him intently. His was such a counte- tl ! nance as one sees in old Italian portraits, tl in some Vandykes, showing power tl strangely blended with passion. His if mouth, beautiful as a woman's, with its ri j smile generous and rare as a split cod| fi:?h. was tightly compressed and as blood- lc less as marble. His eyebrows, dark, gi straight, and finely penciled, met over tc his dark gray eyes, and in the latter there was a fixed, resolute expression that boded no good to a square meal if he fr should happen to meet one. oi At last the music was found and Ltirline besran to sinir. Carried awav bv vi j tin; inspiration of the moment, she sang ui I on and oil until sit last she paused from si j sheer exhaustion. And then, seeing that c< George was not at her side, she turned to fii I the fauteuil at her left. Tiiere he lay? ft i dead in all the proud grandeur of his glorious manhood, while on his forehead 01 (ell. the " golden dawning of a grander i day." He had died at the moment when hi he was passing the stone that marks the w loftiest point on life's highway?died li where manhood's morning almost touches tii it, and while the shadows were falling tl | toward the West. The mellow light I from the chandelier stole into the hushed c< chamber of death and wandered over his ts stately form that lay powerless and cl stricken, over his noble, handsome fare, tl telling, even in {lentil. of the deathless tr love he bore her. gi He had forgotten to plug up his ears, o! Chkatjo 'J'ri/mite. p " ? 11 lVn(or Pnwlu ji? llnrnmnforu ... Ill ;i new book called "The Fowler in ai | Ireland" Sir Ralph Paynr Gnhvert states <"< | that the movement of the water fowl iu- tl | dicate approaching ohan^cs in the wcath- ft cr more surely than any barometer. Thus, $ I :t .1..,.i,? n.. i.,,t ?i,..o,.r .1 ? ll uj i'uv ?i c?yi v ?? uuvi ??. oiiuv, ?* | violent gale may bo confidently expected, h " Snipe, like duck, will rest and feed in tl prospect of a disturbance of the elements, d When the gale comes roaring down, per- f' ! baps accompanied by rain or sleet, these I birds will rise from their retreat, und | whirl about like dead leaves in the murky sky." An arrival of wild swan intimates \ a severe frost ; if they leave suddenly as p l they came, the weather will turn mild h again. Herons will break away from ? their fishing when it is coming on to blow J from a certain quarter, for 'they dislike C beating homeward in the teeth of the S wind. - c : 1- /' . . . Some Facts About Peanuts. Africa certainly conferred a blessing the universally popular peanut which "Owb so well throughout the Southern gions that we will soon be able to cut ! their now lar^e importation alto:ther. In Virginia they are called peanuts;" in North Carolina, "ground :as;" in South Carolina, Georgia and ississippi, "pinders;" in Alabama, ground-nuts," and in Tennessee, "goo:rs." Tim liMimntinti nf r?r>nnnts for the ,,,v J?V|? ..." , ? arket is an interesting operation. They e first put in an immense cylinder, from hich they enter the brushes, where each it receives fifteen or twenty feet of Hflhing before it becomes free. After lis cleaning process the nuts drop on 1 endless belt, which revolves very slow. On each side of the belt is a row of rls?black, white, tan-colored and ushed strawberry, some of them? hose duty it is to separate the poor nuts om the good ones. Those of the nuts that "pass" goon to ic next room, where more girls await leir arrival and put them in bags which, lien filled, are sewed up and branded as cocks," with the figure of a rooster rominent on each sack. These are the No. 1" peanuts. The poorer nuts, hich were separated by the girls at the ldless belt, are all picked over again; ic best are singled out and branded, tcr being put in the sack, as 'ships.*' he "ships" arc not so large nor so fine i appearance as the "cocks," but are ist as good for eating. The third grnde of nuts is know as eugles," and the cullings that are left om the "eagles" arc bagged and sent > a building where the little meat that in them is extracted by a patent shelr. This "meat"?for by this name it known to the dealers?is put up, clean id nice, in 200-pound bags and shipped >r the use of confectioners and manufacirers of peanut candy. There is also an oil made from some of ic nuts, and in this specialty,, I am told, large trade is done by wholesale drugists. Of the peanuts there is nothing asted, for even the shells are made uscil, being put in immense sacks and sold > livery men for horse bedding, and a :*ry comfortable, beautiful bed they iake. I see by one of the Atlanta papers that mill is to be built for the manufacture f peanut flour, which, it is said, makes iost excellent biscuit. In parts of corgia I have eaten pastry made from uanut flour,'and it was excellent, rc mbling eocoanut in taste somewhat, thoucrh much more oily and sweet. lie kernels of the peanuts are ground | etween ordinary millstones, and the our^s '"bolted" or sifted through wire eves in order that all the coarse, sharp ieces and the leather-like skins may be 'moved. The refuse?if it may be so died?makes excellent food for pigs. The cultivation of the peanut will, hern? long, be one of the industries of the outh, and bids fair, in time, to rival jtton growing as an occupation, the rofits to each acre of land being about le same, and peanuts are much easier to row than cotton, requiring less care and ttention. There is one objection, however, to eanut flour as a steady diet. It is said > be very injurious to the teeth, causing lem first to turn yellow and then decay. -Corresjxmdence Phihnlelphia Pre*?. " txittin" Dad Home." The other diiv a man who was stairirer lg drunk navigated up Michigan avenue j ) Third street, and there flung himself I own on the ground for a sleep. He had tin there about ten minutes when a boy bout nine years old. his bare feet red ith cold, and his hair showing through ic crown of his old hat, came down the reet as if in search, and soon espied the runkard. The lad shook him vigorously, ad directly the man sat up, secured a race for his back, and growled out : "Whazzer want wiz mc !'' ' It's Jimmy, dad?it's little Jim," was ic reply. "Whozc lizzie Jimmy ?" "Why, dad, don't you know me ! I'm our own boy. Ma sent me to bring you ome. Can you walk ?" "I gucss'er can." muttered the man. id he tried to rise up. The boy gave im all the aid possible, but he was not alf up when he lurched over and rolled n his back. "Oh. dad!" wailed the boy. breaking! own all of a sudden, "you are drunk!"' j "Yes, I'm junk." "I can't get you home, and the police I ill put you in jail! Oh, dad! what j mac your "Vhaz maze me?*' sleepily answered He man. "bay, dad," continued the boy, as lie ent over him. "little Katie's awful sick." j "Zlias so? Well. I can't help zlias." "Can't you go home?" "No. You shtay here while I 'er I leen." "Oh! I can't?I can't! Everybody nows you're drunk, and everybody will ' oot at me?" "Whaz!" exclaimcd the man, as he used on his elbow. "The boys are hooting at me now, and ic men across the road are laughing! h, dad. it's awful to git drunk! It's ivful when you are ashamed to look any no iu the face!" The boy leaned against the wall and id his face and cried. The drunkard | ibbed his eyes, braced to a sitting posi- ; on, and by careful management reached j is feet. "Jimmy!"' "Yes, dad!" "Shame?perfcckshame! I'm 'er brute, am. I'm shorry, Jimmy, you know I'm lorry." "Yes." "I'm goin' home." "I'll help you." "No, shur; you go zhat way?I'll go lis; then er boys won't hoot at you. um?go 'long." The boy crossed to Fourth street, and hen he was too far away to lie suspected [ relationship the father braccd up and artcd up the avenue muttering: "I'm er brute, I am, an' I orter be kicked, j had, an' if I drink any more I hope or I D shot, I do."?Detroit Free Pre**. ? Tiny Travelers. "Come here a moment,"said Inspector lchler, of the Emigrant Bureau at Castle aruen, 10 a ?>ew 1 onv ?/?'// ?'n n jium i esterday. The reporter followed, and fr. Elchler held up a little German boy bout two years old. ''This is the youngit chap I have ever seen who came across one. It is a common thing for parents > come to this country and go West, and len after they make a little home for lemsclvcs to send home for their children, here was a German and his wife who ime over about five years ago. A frif-nd | f mine in Europe told them to find me | id I would set them right. Well, when | ley camc here they told me they had left ; irec little children behind them with j leir grandparents, and wanted to know | I would look out for them on their ar- 1 val. ''I promised. A year after a little feliw about five years old came up to me. . live his name, and said his parents had ?ld him to look out for me. ' "Where are your brothers V I asked, j "My father could not afford to send >r us all at once, so we'll come one-by- j ne." "Two years and a half after the arri- ! d of the parents the whole family were ; uited, and it seemed strange to me to j :e these little lellows going aionc so infidinglv to meet their fjither. Tlic , ither is now mayor of one of our West- ! n towns. I "What is the average age of the little | ties wlio come alone "Well, about six years, although we live ipiite a number coining here alone | ho are between three anil five, but this | ttle fellow"?referring to the boy he ' rat drew the reporter's attention to ?"is J ic youngest I have ever seen. ''It would be better for the children to , une unaccompanied, for the sea caplins are tender-hearted. Whcji they lind ; lildren on board they take them to , leir own cabins and give them the best j ) eat and drink. A curly-headed little j ill came from Sweden, and ?he had one F those little flutes which she used to 1 lay on board for the amusement of the ussengers. There Happened jo ih* ;i mi f opera-singers on board. and the child mused them so much that tin y yave a 5nccrt for her benefit the nigh' before icy arrived here. and the little trirl >und herself the happy possessor of | 112." The little fellow, whom tin- inspector ad been holding by the hand during ie colloquy now began to cry for lii> ! j inner, and the kind-hearted men .started lr a restaurant. Hon He Doubled His Trade. ! Mr. Benj. W. PatOD, pharmacist, Globe i 'illagc, Mass., says that the miraculous nin-cure, St. Jacobs Oil, has greatly j elpcd his other business, and the sales j f the remedy have doubled in one month. , le keeps a large supply always on handi< iffiecrs of the Army and Navy pronounce | t. JacotsOil to be the greatest oaln- j ure of the age. -I A SONG OF TIMH. How worn a theme is that of time I Then why do I begin to rhyme Upon It now f Because to-night the air is filled With voices that will not be stilled? They will not cease. And always sing the same refrain Of Time that ne'er will come again, Of Time that flies. Of all that Time sweeps in his flight. The voices sing to me to-night, Time cures all care. That is what I would fain bolleve, My heart therewith I do deceive, With faith in Time. Oh ,voices singing, be you mute, You touch a chord on my heart's lute But seldom played; Yet filling the air around With a sweet melancholy sound, A Ti'ma 1 A DUUg Wfc x nuo I | Of time that was, of days so fair When all was young, and love was thereLong days ago 1 Be still ! be still! that sad refrain 1 I dare not listen once again To that same song I Maybe I hold those days too high, And yield them far too oft a sigh, Those long days since I Yet as they were the fairest yet Of all my days, then why forget That happy time ? Though if it still should be my fate To live yet happier days, the date Of that sweet time. I'll bury, then, within the grave "Which holds all things forgotten, save Thn nrfisont. tim?. Nor heed a voice which whispers low, "The sweetest song is that you know Of long ago." So with the voices in the air I mingled mine, and, lo. was there A song of Time I ?London Society. HUMOR OP THE DAY. An oat is better than a wink to a blind horse. The age at which many marry?The parsonage. A sweet thing in bric-a-brac?An Egyptian molasses jug. "Why are you so distant?" said a tramp to a beefsteak in the restaurant window. The generous give according to their means, others give according to their meiiuutsa.?? iMxyum. A new style of writing paper is called "Dude.'' We infer that is a kind of fools-cap.?Statesman. If you cannot rest for an hour rest for thirty minutes. Half a loaf is better than none.?Philadelphia Call. Aided by its 400 physicians, Cincinnati is enabled to boast of one of the finest cemeteries in the world. Who wrote Shakspeare? queries a contemporary. Probably some fellow who wanted William's autograph.?Boston Courier. "I have been exploring the waist places," remarked Dr. Duday, on returning from a late visit to his darling.? Derrick. Miss (uncertain age)?"I pride myself on my descent; one of my ancestors came over in the Mayflower." DeSmith ?"Was it your father or mother?"? The Judge. H-armless. ? Sportsman (who has missed again): "I say, Mumbles, the birds seem to be afraid of me." Keeper ?"Well, sir, they didn't ought to be, for you never 'urt any on 'em."?Punch. "Maud" wants to know if it is immodest to speak of night-caps. We certainly cannot see anything immoaesi uuuul iu but at the same time it is better to avoid slang and frankly say ' 'hot-toddy."?Philadelphia Call. Now the comely blue-eyed maiden, With her papa's greenbacks laden, To the store proceeds, the winter styles to scan; "I have got the real best reason To look charmingly this season. For I must book a "husband it I can." A German writing in one of the Berlin papers of his campaigns, gives the following interesting item: "In this battle we lost the brave Captain Schule. A cannon ball took off h> Lead. His last worda were: 'Bury me on the spot where I fell."" The remark of Lord Coleridge to the effect that "John Bright built himself up on Milton," suggests to tne .irnanwa Traveller that if Mr. Bright had been an American, and an Arkansas man, he would have "built himself up on Bacon." He was a lover of the lugubrious, melancholy sort, and as they sat in the parlor he drew up to the piano and thummed over "When you and I were Young." So rapt was he in his own performance that he didn't observe her flush with indignation, tear off his engagement ring, and leave the room. ' I cannot sing the old songs," She raspingly did toot, While at an asthmal organ Her fingers she did shoot. "Thank Heaven!" growled the parent, With manifest ado, "An' pray they'll fix the new ones Just so you cannot, too." ? Yonkers Gazette. An Arkansas editor announces that he is compelled to retire from his paper "on account of being so afflicted with the gout." Tho excuse won't be generally accepted, as everybody knows that an editorial position is an-ti-gout in its workings, tending to a plain diet of crackers and cheese washed down with water. Nobody ever got the gout on such fare.?Pecks Sun. A Centennial tiouon Kxnnmion. About a year ago the Cotton Planters' association of America began to agitate the question of holding a grand Centennial Cotton celebration, in New Orleans, in December. 1S84. The first bale of American cotton ever exported was shipped to England in 1784, hence the significance in having such exhibition next year, lint the idea has since grown into a world's fair project, on a larger scale than was even the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876. The main building, as determined upon by the directors, will cover an area of one million square feet, or fifteen per cent, more than was occupied by the principal structure at Philadelphia, and, although it is yet too early to say definitely whether the project will he generally popular enough to insure a brilliant success, on the elaborate plan contemplated, it is certain that, in the Crescent city and throughout tne poum, as well as in many of our manufacturing renters, the idea is received with much enthusiasm, and warm promises of hearty support are made.?Scientific American. More than 2,000,000 visitors attended the international fisheries exhibit at London. Coal of good quality, in apparently inexhaustible quantity, has been found in Idaho. The White House now contains portraits of all the Presidents of the United Stutes exeent Mr. Buchanan. A thousand years ago glass was formed into ewers by some Asiatic people; iron could be hammered into the most beautiful and thinest of bowls, and the Persians made metal peacocks with spreading tails; wood carving was as well understood in Japan 1.200 years since as at almost any later period; sculptures in marble were as perfect then as now; and the manufacture of porcelain in China was as thoroughly understood and as successfully practiced then as reccntlv. Aiv yon bilious.' Try the remedy that enro l -Miv. Clement, oi Franklin, N. H. Ho-wl's Sarsapurilla, made in Lowell, Ma93. bronchitis is euivd by frequent small doses of l'is<i's Cure for Consumption. Catarrh At thisMUMion of Iho year everybody bus a cold, and some very bad one*. Ity frequent exposures the me n branes nt the nose become very ennsitive, and ratirrb and influenza are epidemic. Relief may ho obtaino 1 liy the use of Hood's .Sarsiiparilla. Kor many years in -.uceesslon. I ewinning so far back I don't remember wh"n, I had the catarrh in my head. It consist d of an cicessiru flow from my nose. Ringing and Bursting Noises in my bead. .Sometimes the hearing in my left ear was inected. Five years ago, about this season of the year, I began to use Hood's Sarsap.arilla. I vli helped right away, but I continued to us* it until I fell myself cured. ? Mrs. Khr.a H. Catillield. Lowell. M is-. Jerome Hrowuell, merchant and ejtensivo miller at Victor. Ontario county. N. Y., writes: " 1 have used Hood's/, -aiaparilla for iny catarrh, and it haa helped me. L .?der llo-id's Sannpanlla onn of th" best remec* '^kblocd-diseuse to be obtained." I C #Doses One Dollar The it 'arkable results in a disease so universal, and with auc'i a variety of charactcrstics as catarrh, pr >ve how effectually Hood's Sarsaparilln. acting through tho tjlood. reachcs every part of the humin system. Hood's Sarsaparilla Soli by aJi druggists, 31: aii for $5. Prcjwrcd only byC. I. Hood A Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maee. ? ? A Moion'a Affair. I have been troubled for a number of years *ith kidney and bladder difficulty; at timee have suffered a great deal with the weakness caused by the iniiammation and intense pains in the back and loins. I tried many medi- ; cines that were recommended, bat none of j them eeemed to reach my case until one day j I related my case to one of our druggists i here in Anburn. Mr. Smith was very urgent j ii.-t r oknni/i f?v Hunt's Remedy, for he knew unii x auuu?u , of many who had used it with wonderful ' success. I purchased a bottle and used it, ! a:id found a good deal of benefit.and com- j ineticod to improve rapidly, and the pains in 1 the back were relieved. I gained strength I and vitality, and after using four bottles I | have been completely cured, and have recom- j mended it to others, and give this statement voluntarily, believing that, from my own ! case, Hunt's Remedy i9 all that is recom- j mended, and you can use this as you choose j for the benefit of the public. William 0. Clabk, Mason and Builder, 83 Van Anden St. Auburn, N. Y., June 3, 1883. Browo'a Cojm. Mr. William E. Bkown, of Gardiner, Me., on May 1(5,1883, forwards the following statement of his severe illness and the means by which lie was cured: "I have been alllicted with indigestion and liver disease for a number of years: everything that I ate distressed me, my stomach and bowels were very weak, and I suffered severe pains in my back and 1< i-is. I u*ed many medicines that were recommended from time to time, but found no relief nntil I tried Hunt's Remedy. I l ave used but one bottle, and I have experienced such a remarkable improvement in my condition that I cheerfully recommend Hunt's Remedy to all who are in need of a suro cure for kidney or liver diseases." The California orange crop will not be as short as expected. firrntoHt Discovery Since 1402. For o ughs, cold, sore throat, bronchitis, laryngitis, and consumption in its early stages, nothing equals Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery." It is also a great bloodpurifier and strength-restorer or tonic, and for liver complaint and costive conditions of the bowels it has no equal. Sold by druggists. Mork sweet corn was cured in Maine this season than ever before. Wlmt'fl Saved in Gained. Workingnien will economize by employing Dr. Pierce's Medicine*. His "Pleasant Purpa ive Pellets" and ' Golden Medical Discovery '' cleanse th*> blood and system, thus pi eventing fevers and other serious disea es, and curing all scrofulous and other humors. Sold by druggists In India 700,000 acres of the best land are planted with the poppy. Young, middle-aged, or old men, suffering from nervous debility or kindred affections, should address, with two stamps, for large treatise, World's Dispensary Medical As| sOl-iatiqn, Buffalo, N. Y. After an absence of several years tbe buffaloes are returning to North Texas. The renowned Dr. Clendenning says onethird of all his dissections showed signs of heart disease: it' you have it in any form, use Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator. *1 per bottle at druggists. A school for Indian children is to be opened in Philadelphia. Physicians have long prescribed Dr. Graves' H' art Regulator for heart disease, why?becau-e it is a sterling preparation for a neculiar disease, an 1 thirty years' use war rants it $1 per bottle. There are four farmers in the >"ew York State senate. Ii cm-tied from Dcntli. William J. Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass., says: In the fall of U7G I was taken with bleeding of lungs followed by a severe cough. I lost my appetite and flesh, and was confiued to my bed. In 1S77 I was, admitted to the hospital. The doctors said I had a hole in my lung as big as a half dollar. At one time a report went around that I was dca I. I gave up hope, but a friend told me of Dr. \\ n?. Hall's Balsam for the Lungs. I got a bottle, when, to my surprise, I commenced to t'eel better, and to-day I feel better than for three years jait. Walnnt Leaf Hair Restorer. It is entirely different from all others. It is as clear as water, and as its name indicates is a j)erfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It will immediately free the head from all dandruff, restore gi'ay hair to its natural color, and produce a new growth where it has fallen off. It does not in any manner affect the health, which sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate ol silver preparations have done. It will change light or faded hair in a few days to a beautiful glossy brown. Ask your druggist for it. Eacn bottle is warranted. Smith, Kline & CO., Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia. Pa., and C. N. Crittenton', New York. Many persons in Fltbcon are using Kly's Cream Balm, o Catarrh remedy, with most satisfactory results. A lady is recovering tlie sense of smell which she had not enjoyed for fifteew years. She had given up her case as incurable. Mr. Barber has used it in his family and commends it very highly. A Tunkiiaimoek la'.vyer, known to many of our readers, testifies that he was cured of partial d ;afn<.ss.?1'ittntoii {lJa.) Gazette. For dyspepsia, indioestic/. depression of spirits and general debility in their various forms, also as a pmentive against fever and ague and otherintermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosp^arated Elixir of Calisaya, ' mado by Caswell, Hazard A Co., New York, and sold by all Druggists, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal Hair-dressings should be fre3 from rancidity, should neither gum nor dry the hair, and should lie of such a nature that the hair bulbs would receive strength. Carboline is the only one that seems to fill the bilL 25 Cent* i Will buy a Teeatihe on the Hokse and His Diseases. Book of 100 pages, valuable to every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken. Sent postpaid. New Yobk Hobse Book Co., 134 Leonard Street, New York City. Tliat llunband of Mine Is three times the man he was before using " Wells' Health Rcnewer." $1. Druggists. Millions liave died with Bright's kidney disease and rheumatic disease?. Dr. Elmore is the first to discover a cure. He has treated thousands with his Rheumatine-Goutaline and never lost a case. It always cures. Cntnrrh or the Bladder. Stinging, irritation, inflammation, Kidney, U rinary complaint> cured by Bachu-paiba. $1. The cheapest and prettiest collars and cuffs are the C'hrolithion. Try them and see for joursclf. The greatest Engine in the world is the new Baxter jxjrtable, in use all over the world. Descriptive circulars free. Address J. C, Todd, 17 Barclay St., Newjfork^ ."Hotlier Swan's Worm Syrup. Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic; foJ feverishness, restlessness, worms. 25 cents. 2'tc buys a pair of Lyon's Patent Heel Softeners, makes a boot or sh>e last twice as Ion,. THE GREAT GERMAN 1 REMEDY I FOR PAIN* lllffinmrnmrimniflflllllr i Relieves and cures h3rU?l rheumatism, pCJ c . Neural*!.. r Sciatica, Lumbago, m??> n.U'KACHE, HEADACHE. TOOTHACHE. BflNanuum j S0RE THroat. QUINSY. 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CONSUMPTION. 1 have a positive remedy f??r tbo ftbuvo disease; by Its nsa thoasands of ca^es of tho wor.it kind and of lonff | tandlng have boon cured. Indeed, ho strong I* my faitb In Its efficacy, that I \rill nend TWO HOTTLES FREE, to* goihor with a VALl'ABLK TREATISE cn tills diabase, to I Any fluH'crcr. Cilvo Ex pre** nnd 1*. O. r.ddre?M. I Dli, T. A. SLOCl'M, 1 sI I'tarl tit., !.'u?r York. fBIWlf9 PRIVTIXO PRESSES. I ? H Sf* NATIONAL TYPE CO. j a li a aji I'm la.Pa. iuj-pa*:c Bockloc. ' 3<? ^TAMPR <"AN ,,E l?? jlHIBrJ "c. stamp* and one lr. s .vii i d net a Um-pnyM book nn HOHSK AND I)|.s...\SI S. llnrnc limit. Co.. 131 Leonard >l.. N. V. i .ty. \\\\NTK1>-I.A1>1KS TO TAKE Ol'Il NEW i 11 I'Viic* work at their honn?s, in city - r country , ! mill earn Nf! In SI- per week, making goods for our ' Fall and Winter traile. Send l.">e. for samplo and inrtn-itliir-. Ilnilu n Mfc, Co., U?i> Sixth Ave.. N. V 1J men TO 1*. A. M Or.iphie c* .t.1 Eiigr?%In|f j J?\ of mi Aitcitfnt in?:lan>nSfencfrorn?t tjrwly tLcoT*r*l >&jrCcv|>u?u TaMol. alto, tft- Urko nrw illatlraUd IT Caial.-iM ? f Slit* >nir t' -ck? nc.l good*. With bolt. m /\^\prlre?; nl*>,au .-Itrr wv 1 u? r-M?vo *>" ?oi t^> . / >[. A KLDDING ACO. Mufoic Publithcr?aoilMaaufi*ciuTer?,t31 Broadway, New York* ^ >ag*. i>^ki-s itr\iti> n.mit^v jhpft| fliiiiMM ?>.. ? ??.?>L. a. I.. Mil III A < 0.. AjroU. I al.lluf. ILL. ? E (a ?Oft Pfir <l?y?t hump. S.mipleswortm^frns. i $U 10 $?U Addrusi SriSSON iCj., 1'orllKud, .Ms. I I'HiEXIX i'Ki'l'oiiAl. will t'ili'i< ,v?iir?.MUitn. I*i.?< -.?. aa s?i:i:ts <i >< uririitK |i:i|"t, hi ui 'ltT, with hi | iil-nn.ir. l.v mm! ! ?r AkimiIs Wiflilrtf. VV KcoM'MV l'ttisriNii ?v>., Nmvln:ryi>orl, .Mm ; 'n"ii'7"2 V7 ?-**'t/ri| rnnt/. Villi Pr**rlptlrtT> ! L 9/ r> Sj New TnllorS.uifui of JT J^jjJ^jjiJii-s.HCuttJuK Jt00l)v*w>,tu?uii*u.a BAD, BAD, I borne blood is bad because it is p it contains impurities. Some men ha\ it docs not poison the mosquitoes whe The rich red color of good blood Blood which has not enoutrh iron in it f^on in whose veins it circulates cannot The efforts of expert chemists to ] can be assimilated with the blood have which is an important part of Brown1 which freely enters into the blood. It ihe desired j^ood. WV.i]-:, poo.-, thin blood may be >1 Im.V'be purified by the use of A KOTKD BUT TTNTITXKD WOKAM. IDm the Botfen tiMft) Vcttn. Editor* The above la a good likeness of Mr*. Lydla E. Plntc? ham, of Lynn, Maas., who above all other human being* tony bo truthfully called tho "Dear Friend of Woman," a* somo of her correspondent* lore to call her. 8b* Is zealously dovoted to her work, which is the outcomo of a life-study, and Is obliged to keep six lady assistants, to help her answer the larsre correspondence" which daily pours In upon her, each bearing ita special burden of suffering, or Joy at release from It. Ee? Vegetable Compound Is a medicine for pood ana bob evil purposes I havo personally Investigated It ami am satisfied of tho truth of thK On account of Its proven merits. It I? recommended and proscribed by tho best physician* In tho country. Ono says: "It works lileo a charm and saves much pain. It vlll euro entirely the v.-opjt form of -falling of the uterus, Leucorrhoea, Irregular and painful Menstruation,all Ovarian Troubles, Inflammation and Ulceration, Flooding*, all Displacements and the consequent spinal weakness, ar.J is cspccially adapted to the Chang# of Life." It permeate* every portion of tho i>ystcm, and gives now life and vigor. It removes falntness, flatulency, destro rs all craving for stimulants, and relieves weakness of tho stomach. It cures Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression and Indigestion. That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight and backache, Is always permanently cured by its use. It ill at all times, and und<ir all circumstances, net in harmony with the law that governs tho female system. It costs only Jl. per bottle or six for $5., and is sold by *3 druggists. Any ad vice rcqi; ircd as to special eases, and ( the names of many who l:ave been restored to perfect ! health by the uso of the Vegetable Compound, can b? obtained by addressing 3'rs. I'., with stamp for reply, at her home In Lynn, Mass. For Kidney Complaint of either iez this compound If v unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show. "Mrs. Pinkham's Liver Pills," says onewrlter, "ar? : , the bat in the vorl<i for tho euro of C onstipation, \ Biliousness and Torpidity of tho liver. Her Blood 1 J Piiriiler works wonders In its special lino and bids fair J to equal the Compound In its popularity. ill must respect her r.s an Angel of Mercy whoso sola > ani'.iition in to do good to others. rMIiulclpLia, l'a. (?) "Sirs. A. M. D. ' '.tJtfjJ'l ifflSTITTEifr ?S8.tfc? py ,a|."^ Hostettert Stomach jjrr>me remedy far sti nation, dyspepsia, w debility, rhenmattaa- bi??i-"rtc stemest **i ^|tteb_s,^s^? Catarrh elt's creahb&lh when applied by the fin. BlTt LY 5. "TWlBger Into tbe nostrils, WSf Lfj?AtdL pMyA "111 bo absorbed, effectV C>l7Vi ^ CliBreCOVS1! "al|r clMn"n?1110 1**d 3a Ro^M/^ayJto i,-.,M I of catarrhal vims, cans- , ; A M^^ZPOln" * "tAD|in? hcl,tJlJ secretions. rU*VCrVTD?lw JU allays inflammation, | MWi i ?(\ Mt/X GJM protects tho membrao* >, VSvj-^^^Bof tho nasal passage* /' 'ri^S Sf y '.on: p letely heals th? ,<<rw> an<* reatoIea J-C smell. A fow ap^<yli..^iiHcaliona reliere. .4 US A I thorough irtatmerU teiU noriticelg cure. Agree hay-fever ?&;- ?-"? [ww! ZUctrlo ApplitsCH irt Bast a 30 E?y?' Trill, to men only, young or old, WHHU are suncria? irom uuuun, Lost Vitality, Lai k or Si:u\ e Foec* a*d Viaott, Wasting weaknesses, and all kindred diseases. 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SF H Best Cough Syrup. Tastes k xhI. CJ ^ig@m^BEyp SAD KLOOD. oor and weak. Some is bad bccausc re such bad blood that the wonder is > come to bite them. A is owing to the iron which is present. ; is always unsatisfactory. The perbe said to enjoy good health. produce a preparation of iron which : resulted in that perfect preparation 's Iron Bitters. It is the only one is the only one which accomplishes made rich and strong, ar.d impure that Great Iron Medicine, Browris 3