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TRIFLES. ! 'What will it matter in a little while, That for a day "We met and gave a word, a touch, a smile, IT pen the way ? "What will it matter whether hearts were brave, And lives were true; That you pave me tbe sympathy I crave, As I cave vouThese trifles: Can it be they make or mar A human life i Are souls as lightly swayed as rushes are Bv love or strife ( Yea. yva ! a look the fainting heart may break, Or make it whole; And just one woril, if sai l for love's sweet sake, May save a soul: ?May Smith, in the Philadelphia Record. w nppmmT\*iTY \^i. i. v;m t-ui jl Dora Leonard leaned her pretty elbows on the window-sill of her father's otlice and peered out over the forest of chimney pots and irregular roofs which that retired comer of London offered as prospect. She nodded to the little lame boy in the fourth story across the court, dropped a handful of biscuit crumbs for Vixon, Mrs. Tottenham's parrot, on the roof below, and was imperiling her life to steal a spray of scarlet Virginian creeper dangling from a neighbor's balcony, when a strange pair of eyes shining A A. 1 3 \ tnrougn tne same creeper siarueu ner into propriety. The balcony had hitherto had for its sole occupant a white-haired professor in a velvet skull-cap, who had shown no desire for even a .nodding acquaintance with Dora. Who could this newcomer be? His eyes were beautiful?so dark and expressive?and the hand that held back the vine was delicately shaped and white. Dora took another peep, through the curtain this time. He had advanced a little and leaned against the balcony railing, and, while appearing unconscious of her presence, watched quietly for the return of the pretty apparition seen at the window. His dark Southern look was so different from the rosy faces and blue eyes that Dora was accustomed to; and the girl. looking at nun. coum oniy iiuiik. ut u pictured Homco whose face hud once naunted her dreams for many a night. "Dora, dear, close the window; these draughts arc most dangerous at this season of the year," came in drowsy accents from the head of the Leonard family,nodding over the copy of the Time*. "Papa, you never speak of Professor Mudie now. I hope you have not cut the old gentleman's acquaintance?'' "31udie? lie is no longer our neighbor, he left No. CO a week ago.'' "Indeed! lias any one else taken his rooms?" With the keenest interest Dora waited for her father's reply. "Some foreign-looking chap has" taken the lodgings; I saw him this morning at 0 o'clock, smoking on the balcony in the most outlandish of dressing-gowns and ??noririfr in it fnirlv nr>r>rl tenor. I must ? ??j p ; admit, some incomprehensible rigmarole. I must sec that the windows are more carefully barred at night; there is no tell, ing what these swarthy vagabonds may do?" "Oh, papa!" Dora was prepared to follow this exclamation with a lecture on the iniquity of maligning one's neighbors; but seeing that her father had dozed oft into unconsciousness, she was forced to reserve her remarks till another occasion. Living in a remote part of London with her father and a maiden aunt, both of the strictest ideas in the bringing up of young people. Dora's existence had little novelty or excitement. The return of her brother Bob from college was always hailed with delight as a season of merry-making; but the remainder of the year passed monotonously enough. "Without knowing why, the girl's interest for the dark-eyed foreigner in the adjoining house had* been keenly awakened, and she longed for an opportunity to tell him ? ~~~^i>ffier sympathy for his loneliness in the great city. But it could only be. through a happy chance that they could know each other, for she dared not make any decided advances toward a perfect stranger, and she knew that her father would not exert himself in the young man's favor. Years before a much-beloved cousin of Dora's father, who had tilled the place of a younger sister in his heart, had been beguiled into a marriage with an Italian nobleman, which had resulted disastrously and severed all connections with her friends. Since then Mr. Leonard had regarded with suspicion and dislike every foreigner that came under his notice, and Dora knew well that she could expect from him no pity or interest for Romeo, as she privately called her unknown hero. While at college Dora's brother Bob had become the happy recipient of a pair of monkeys, the gift of a friend in India. An old college chum agreed at first to i? U1XVC taiu Ul i auiiiinio, miu iimv wore on *he grew heartily sick of his 1 bargain and wrote to Hoi) that he must take the responsibility of his mischievous pets on his own hands. Bob informed his family that they might expect any day the arrival of the monkeys, but the old gentleman, Mr. Leonard, replied promptly that on no account would he allow the uncouth brutes about the place, destroying the furniture and ornaments which it had been the work of years to collect, beside frightening the servants out of their wits. The thing was preposterous? If Robert would keep savage animals, he must provide a home for them elsewhere. " The dear boy has his heart set on these monkeys, and will be sorely disappointed.'' said Aunt Matilda, feelingly. It was a weakness on the part of the old ladv to spoil and indulge Bob in the .-i! a...4 ,.i.? ??/i ??? kuiuu ucgrtru uiai sue icttuitu uuu *v/irectcd Dora; and she would willingly have spent her last penny to make her beloved nephew happy. Dora strayed one afternoon into the J office, but instead of having her usual post-prandial chit with her father, she was asked to guard the premises during his necessary absence for an hour. The place was quite deserted, and she might take a book and make herself comfortable without fear of interruption, till her father's return. The room where Dora was to keep her vigi! was, for a lawyer's office, very attractive; there were numerous books, an easy chair or two, some flourishing plants, and across one side of the room a cabinet of curiosities of considerable value, which it had been the delight of Mr. Leonard's heart to collect and arrange. The gein of the collection was a cracked porcelain plate of the time of Louis XI. of Franco, declared by connoisseurs to be of very great value. Dora had not been ten minutes alone before aunt Matilda, her eyes big with excitement, put her head in at the door. %w^''Dora, there is a man with the monItetevdeclaring he will not be kept waiting a moment longer. I have promised to drive in the park with Mrs. Graham, and there is no one to look after Bob's pets but you. I would not send them away; so I told the man to bring them j up here. They have chains about their necks, and " "But, Aunt Matilda, papa will be furious at seeing the monkeys?in his office, especially! He declared that Bob should not send them to the house at all." "We must not disappoint the poor boy, Dora. Kate will return from the milliner's in half an hour, and I will leave word that she is to take the animals to her room then: so your father need know nothing about it. They certainly will do no harm alone in so short a time." Further discussion was ended by a man very red in the face making his way without ceremoDV into the room. He set a large basket on thfloor, exclaiming: "There, you chattering varmints; it's glad enough I am to get. rid of you! The attintion those beasts attracted all along the streets, mum, was enough to make an honest man afhamed." Two pairs of bright ( yes peeped from under the basket cov?r, as if begging for freedom, and the next moment two fine, full-irrown Singapore monkeys were ) capering about the roon: as much as their I confining chains would permit, p " "Chain them to the fender, and they - will be sure to be out of mischief," said Aunt Matilda, watching to see this command obeved. and then following the j porter down intqthe street. Dora, left alone with her unexpected ! guests, tried to strike up an acquaintance J with them, but they seemed dull and un- ! responsive. They crouched down side , by side on the nig, and fell into a kind of doze; so Dora, relieved of all anxiety as to their conduct, returned to her nook in the window. There was a thin curl of smoke coming through the vine on the balcony, and she V.. - could hear the rustling of the leaveR of a book. It was pleasant to know that Romeo was near, and it was also pleasant to have him aware of her presence. Could not Bob, when ho came home, be prevailed upon to extend a friendly hand to this dark-eyed stranger? Hut his holiday was so short, and he had so many old friends to look up, that she was afraid he would only make game of her fancy for Romeo. Dora's reverie was suddenly interrupted by a clattering of the tire-irons; the smaller monkey, released by the other, was carefully ins]>ecting the glittering poker and tongs, while the elder monkey, without effort, unfastened his own chain and left it lying 011 the lloor. He gave Dora a knowing look and started 1 on a tour of investigation about the room, the girl timidly following to rescuc whatever of value might come in his way. He at length spied, half hidden on the disused grate, the kettle of the spiritlamp which served to brew Mr. Leonard'* ' tea, still partly full of water which had ! not yet cooled. The thirsty monkey j plunged his head into the little kettle, j which proved, alas, so tight a tit that it ! utterly refused to come oil: Hiinueu and frightened, the monkey darted about I the room, shaking: and twisting liis head I till the water flew in all directions. This j was the signal for a wild frolic for both ; the monkeys, which Dora tried in vain ! to quiet. While reselling the inkj stand from the clutches of one, 1 the other tore in shreds as many I as he could seize of the valuable law papers scattered on the table. The elder monkey having finally freed himI self from the kettle, flung it with n crash into the court, and then sprang to the cabinet, where the Louis XI. plate was enshrined. Dora was horror-strickcfi as she saw I the monkey dexterously undo the fasten| ings and take the plate from its velvet i bed. She felt that something desperate i must he done to save me precious rcuc. | The clerks were all dismissed, no servant was within call, and there was no one to help her. The monkey raised the plate above his head and began an exciting chatter with his mate. Dora Hew to the window, expecting every instant to hear the crash of the priceless porcelain, and, i leaning far out. with as steady a voice as she could summon? ''Do please come* and help me; the monkeys are destroying everything?there is not a moment to lose!" In her fright Dora hardly realized that the long-wished for interview with Romeo had come at last. A far harder heart than Romeo's could not have resisted those beseeching tones or the I ptetty. appealing look on the girl's face, j and in an instant the young man had swung himself from the balcony to the j office window, and sprang lightly to the j floor, took in the situation at a glance. | "Can you save the plate?'' said Dora, clasping her hands convulsively. But her words were unnecessary. With an ease and quickness that seemed magical, the new-comer had dragged the heavy table against the cabinet, and, with the further aid of a chair, raised himself to the monkey's perch. With a cry of delight Dora saw the monkey slip to the floor, leaving the plate unharmed in Romeo's hands. At this juncture the door opened softly, and Miss Matilda peeped in timidly. Romeo, with his legs dangling from the top of the cabinet, was the first object her eyes lighted upon. "I)ora, what is the meaning of this? Why is this?person intruding here?"' " It means. Aunt Matilda, that we have to thank this gentleman for saving papa's plate from the monkey's clutches. You may well imagine the scene that would have ensued if it had been broken. Please don't waste any time in exclamations, but take off your gloves and help me to put the room in order before papa comes. Fortunately for you, he is unaccountably delayed." Miss Matilda, completely frightened into submission, flew to assist in putting the room to rights, and. with the aid of Dora and Romeo, order was soon restored. The torn letters and papers were hastily collected to be re-copied, the monkeys were dispatched to the atic, Romeo reluctantly retired, and when Mr. Leonard at length returned, he found I Dora sitting quietly as he had left her, with her book, at the window. A ncrI vniicmso of mnntuT und ft miir nf dim | pled checks unusually flushed escaped the notice of the man whose miud was full of the details of a new case which he had been discussing. ''Dora, do you not think we had better include the young man next door among our guests for Wednesday evening?'' Miss Matilda asked of her neice. "Bob can call there the day before, and your father will think the acquaintance has sprung up entirely through him."' "We certainly owe a civility, aunt, and I think your suggestion a very good one." Dora answered, quietly, though her heart beat high with pleasant anticipations. Antonio Sardi, which proved to be Romeo's proper nanv. lost no time in writing an acceptance of Miss Leonard's kind invitation for Wednesday. Dora, reading his polite note at the breakfast table, left the envelope lying unheeded near her father's plate. Later, while the two ladies were discussing the important quest ion of flowers for the auspicious evening, Mr. Leonard entered the room with a torn envelope in his hand. ' What induced Bob to strike up a friendship with the young scamp next door? lie might have been better employed during his short holiday," he began. " Oh, papa, he's not a scamp ! lit'? Dora stopped suddenly. ' Then what riijht has he to make use of that seal? Look ! Is it not the fac simile of your grandfather's. This fellow had some foolish idea of appealing well connected, but lias unfortunately stolen a seal that is very familiar to us. I will inquire into this and speak to Bob; one cannot be too cautious with these foreigners." The old gentleman's investigation concerning the seal threw the* Leonard family into the greatest excitement. On questioning young Sar.li lie told a clear, succinct story of his past life and parentage. His fatiier, an Italian of noble family, had married an English lady, whom i he deserted shortly alter the birth of their only child. They heard of his death in Russia afterward, and a few years later his mother died also, leaving him?Antonio?alone in the world. It was his mother's crest that lie had used upon the note addressed to Miss Leonard; it was strange that it should so resemble the seal of the Leonard family. vnur mnthprcvcrmMMilf nf friends in England?" "Rarely; the subject seemed to her a most painful one. and 1 never broached it." "What was her name?" Mr. Leonard asked, his voice trembling with emotion. ''Gertrude Ramsay." ' Why did not all this dawn upon me before? Roy, if your story is true, you are the son of our beloved little Gertrude, who left us long ago. and whose loss 1 have never ceabed t<> mourn. Come with me; the others should iejoice with us in the return of the wanderer." Every doubt of Antonio's identity was soon removed, and the foreign cousin was treated as an honored guest among his new-found friends, to whom he endeared himself through many charming 4 | n.uir> \*i tiiauiLiti. " We liuve to thank Hob for a most agreeable addition to our family party," said Mr. Leonard, gazing on the group assembled about the fire one evening. "Thank rather Hob and the monkeys, papa, said Dora, snly. " Monkeys! What do you mean?" The story of the rescued plate was obliged to be told then and there; but Mr. Leonard found it impossible to be angry after all that had happened, and a hearty laugh ended the awkward sccret. In gaining a cousin Mr. Leonard was obliged to part with his daughter, for the love that had silently sprung up long before between Dora and Romeo would hide itself to longer; and when Hob came home for his Christmas holidays a gra-.d event took place?the first bird flew from the parent nest, and Dora went with her dark-eyed lover and husband to see the bright skies of his native land. Wealthy Senators. Seventeen United States Senators are worth, in the aggregate, $55,350,000. They are Fair, of Nevada, $18,000,000; Miller, of California. $4,000,000; Sawyer, of Wisconsin, $7,000,000: Brown, of Georgia, $5,000,000; Palmer, of Michigan, $7,500,000: Sabin,- of Minnesoto, $2,000,000; Bowen, of Colorado, $2,000,000; Hale, or Maine, $1,000,000; Miller, of New York, $3,000,000; Don Cameron, $"">,000,000: Plumb, of Kansas, $500,000; Pendleton, of Ohio, $2,000,000: Sherman, of Ohio, $250,000; Van Wyck, of Nebraska, $350,000; David Davis, of Illinois, $4,000,(/00; Bayard, of Delaware, $100,000; McPherson, of New Jersey, $250,000. SELECT SIFTINGS. j ?? r A hen's nest has just been patented in Washington. Roast elephant is a sacred dish in Tonquin and Annam. Russian prisoners were first sent to Siberia in 1710 by Peter the Great. Henry III. compelled all persons hav inga yearly income oi .tin to oe Knigmeu or pay a fine. Hummelsburg, near Berlin, is the largest goose market in the world. They handle '20,000,000 a year of the succulent bird. One of the notable bridges of the 1 world crosses nn arm of the China sea at Sangang. It is five miles long and has ' three hundred arc-lies. The carp was originally a native of Central Asia. It was introduced into Austria in 1227, into England in 1504 and into this country in 1830. Men who transform modern paintings into old masters do so by covering the fresh painting with a paste and baking it in an oven until the proper cracks appear. In Paris there are men wlio make a living by collecting linseed plasters from the hospitals, pressing oil from the lin. seed and selling the linen on which it is ! spread to the paper manufacturers. Hissing means different tilings according to where you happen to be at the time. In West Africa the natives hiss when they are astonished: in the new Hebrides where they see anything beautiful. The Hasutos applaud a popular orator in their assemblies by hissing at 1 him. The Japanese, again, show their reverence by a hiss, which has probably somewhat the force of the '* hush" with which we command silence. The inhabitants of Panama say that the gallinazo, or black vulture, had feathers on its head before the deluge. Noah. 011 opening the door of the ark, thought it well td give a word of advice to the i released animals. "My children," said he, "when you see a man coming toward ' you and stooping down, go away from him; he is getting a stone to throw at you!" "Very good." exclaimed the gali* *~ - fcvK..* if \m Ann fllrmi^v IJIIil/.U, will ? 11.11 11 lit ua'vviiv . 1 in his pocket?"' Noah was somewhat taken aback at the reply, and decided that in future the gallinazo should he born bald in token of its remarkable sagacity. Probably the most wonderful tree in the world is the Baobab or Maibey bread tree. It grows only to the height of forty j feet, but is thirty feet in diameter. The ! age of this tree is quite incalculable. Humboldt considers it " the oldest living organic monument of our planet.*' A good-sized room can be cut in the trunk 1 of the Baobab, with comfortable accommodations for thirty men,and the tree still live and flourish. The fruit, which is : nourishing, is about a foot long. The tree grows very slowly, a specimen at Kew, in England, which is more than eighty years old, having only attained a height of one and a half feet. The oldest j known Baobabs arc estimated to be over . 5,000 vears old. " Chopping Down a Tree. IIow a tree is chopped down in the ! Maine woods is thus described by the Boston Transcript: The chopper works upon one bended knee. Before beginning to cut, he has looked to see which way the tree is inclined. For this he steps back a short distance to where he can sec to its very top. If he is in doubt lie lifts his axe by the end of the helve | 1 and lets it hang freely suspended. This , gives him a plumb line by which he measures the inclination of the tree. But < it is not enough to determine in what di- j rection the tree will fall most readily. It may be that large trees are standing right in the way of its falling on that side, and against these the tree will l>e lodged. It must be carried to the one side or the other, and herein consists one of the mysteries of woodcraft?the skill | to guide a tree in its fall. He will direct it with the greatest ease. Having decided where he wants it to go to avoid the risk of lodging against other trees, or of being broken by falling on uneven ground, or to have it lie so that the logs will be convenient the tree, that is, he cuts upon the side j toward which he will have it fall, and in ! such a manner that the line of the kerf j shall he exactly at right angles with the j line along which the trc-e is to lie. If the tree stands nearly perpendicular, and has no inclination to fall as he wishes, the chopper cuts a little beyond the heart on that side. By doing this he removes the base when the tree is ready to fall and rests upon a base of but an inch o, two in breadth, so much from the cen- > ter of the stump. The effect of this will be very great in moving the base so that the center of gravity will fall on the side desired. Though he works in so cramped a posture, the chopper cuts the stump so level and so smooth he thinks his little boy could spin a top upon it. Having undercut the tree with the greatest care, the woodman now changes < j his position a little, but remains on tnc 1 same side, rests on his other knee, and shifts hands, that is, wields the axe with i the other hand forward. He now cuts i upon the other side, leaving the stump i two or three inches higher according as l he wishes to gain advantage for the last few strokes. The work goes on with I little concern until the base is no thicker i than a plank and quite as even, then a blow is aimed full at the center, and the i chopper looks quickly at the top to noio I the effect. If he perceives a tremor in i the trunk, or if a bit of bark or moss is < loosened from its hold, he knows now .? every stroke will tell, and he aims these 1 with the greatest precision. Soon ' as ever the top bows to its i fall he marks the direction in i which it is moving. If he wishes to < bring it more toward him he strikes a t blow upon the further edge; if to carry 1 it further from him, the blow is given t upon the side that is nearer. These last i strokes need to be given with great nicety, t If feeble, they will fail to effect their 1 purpose; if of too great force, the tree ( will be severed from the stump upon J that side, and then all control of it is 1 ) lost at once, and it plunges blindly for- 1 | ward. A tall tree like the pine is broken i ! from the stump by a force acting quite ' ! differently from that which is applied in i i the case of shorter trees. In its descent < ! the pine acquires at its top a centrifugal 1 I force so powerful as to lift the tree from 1 ] the stump and carry it forward live or six feet before it reaches the ground, t I When it does come to the earth the t:q> c ! Mtwl tJin toith ctriL"ssinip ti'inri nnd !' j the tree lies half buried in the snow. ji A Sleigh-ride in Itussin. ; Traveling in Russia is a very different t thing from the easy and rapid process to which we arc accustomed, with our j lightning express trains. But to the man of leisure, able to appreciate the varying aspects of nature, and to discover their beauties, Russia will afford many new experiences, and reveal much novel 1 grandeur. In Northern lands the snow is so pure , and beautiful that instead of awakening i a feeling of sadness it inspires joy and i < ? t i :?i.i -..i....* : ! pleasure. it iui? tuu UII^UI, ? iiiuiiuiig | j attractiveness of marble. The lilies are ^ not whiter and chaster than its white Hakes. The trees, adorned with drops and branches of hoar-frost, resemble lofty ! candelabra in Venetian glass, and the earth, adorned with the nuptial robe that : winter has woven for it, reminds one of a j pale bride being led to the altar. And | then the snow?is not this real Russia, j the Russia of our dreams, the Russia that I displays its pleasant, child-like smile be- ^ | neath the flocky coverings of its cradle ? { I On the hardened snow see how the j j sledges glide along lightlv and silently! | una Iiriglll UI1U Minn IJiyw ?k .? ^ j good pace, and in a light troika, those vast j i frozen regions, destitute of roads, bridg- v j <8 and villages, and you will experience j ! the healthy delight of the cold air, the j ; pleasurable sensation of the infinite and r j the unknown?you will be seized with s what has been called the vertigo of the J 1 North. When the sledge is thus rapidly j j whirled along, you feel as if you were no n longer on earth, but in space, in the t ! clouds, in the moon. You seem to he borne along in a balloon, which liurrrics (| I you onward, and in its flight just skiins j ! along the silverv layer of the clouds. I l ? : Successful Doctors, A physician in New York city has i given to a Sun reporter a list of eighty f ! ummindnt nrnctitioners. in that citv. ? j who yearly derive an annual income of | over $10,000 from their business. All t j have sj>ecialties. Th? laigest income s I named is that of Dr. T. G. Thomas, who j ! makes $o0,000 a year, with diseases of { ! women as a specialty. Dr. Robert Tay- > j lor earns $:55,000 in treatment of deform- j] ities. The informant estimates that the (. total earnings of these eighty physicians v ! is ov?r a million and a quartur of dollar? 0 j very yenr. j"'Chickens are killed in Florida by snapping^otf their heads with a whip. ' t Vs. SONGS AND SONG-WRITING. A SUBJECT FULL OF INTEREST TO LOVERS OF MUSIC. Word* nnd .flimlc ?Iu*t bo Fitted? sonjfH in Ancicnt and Modern Tluicii-Storj' of n Noted Soup. At a meeting of the New York Historical society, Chief-Justice Only read an interesting paper on "Songs and Song-writing.A song he defined as a piece of verse fit to he sung. Rythm, lie said, was not only not required, but was pften a positive obstruction. What was necessary was that the words should be fitted to the music. Great poets were <rrtrwl unnrr writnra nml irroflt mVUI ?v..6 ? I composers were seldom able to create song music. In the one case Shakespeare and in the other Handel was an exception. As an illustration, the lecturer cited the song of the lady in the tower ln"Quentiu Durward." This he pronounced an exquisite piece of verse, but Bishop, the great English composer, found it impossible to set it to music, although Miss Stevens, afterward Countess of Essex, desired to sing it. The great bulk of the songs which had become popular were, he continued, written to music already existing. Burns' and Moore's melodies were notable examples. Moore was accustomed to play an old air 011 his piano over and over until he became thoroughly imbued with its spirit, and then the music suggested the subject. , In this way the noise and confusion ' original with the music of "The Carnival of Venice" was changed into the quiet of '-Row gently here my gondolier." "Scots wha'lute" was once the slogan, 4!llay tatty, tatty," to which the Scotch fought at Bannock hum. The measured beat of the drum is still recognizable in it. The original airs were either dancing tunes, funeral wails or religious chants. Some combined two of these characteris- j tics. "Garryowen," one of the most rollicksome of airs, when played slowly he- i came one of the saddest. Otic of the earliest known Egyptian hieroglyphics had the cxact form of a guitar. These people had seventeen different musical instruments, including all the three divisions viz., of concussion, w ind and string. A harp was discovered in a Theban tomb, with catgut strings, which, on being touch after a silence of over o.OOO years, yielded the old familiar sound. Cliampoillon translated from Egyptian hieroglyphics a son'g sung by the ancient thrashers. Two similar songs have been unearthed from the cuneiform writings of the Baby o '.ans. Except as to the Greeks, who had as many songs as we have, and the early Christians,who had devotional sontr, all evidence as to the subsequent existence of popular song is merely fragmentary until the end of the tenth century, when the troubadours made their appearance. These were lyric poets who carried their art to a perfection that has never been surpassed. Their songs were nearly all love songs, but were artificial compositions above the comprehension of the people. Thev were an aristocratic class, and included kings in their numoer. The troubadour liaa, as a ruie, two attendants, one to compose the music and the other to sing the song. They were succeeded by the Trouvers of Northern France, who wrote for the people at first but afterward became exclusive, like the others. Contemporary with these were the Minnesingers, of Germany, the purest and sweetest singers of all. Later on flourished the Jougleurs, minstrels, haqicrs, or gleemeti, as they were variously called, and comprising two classes. One sang songs in combination with juggling and the exhibition of animals on the village green. The other went from castle to castle and always met with a willing reception and a liberal reward. Their wandering life afforded them all II1C? COIKUllOIlS liUCt'39(llk> IV Uiv joys and sorrows of nil degrees of society. Such songs as the German folk-songs could only originate in countries having national music. To Italy the world owes most of the improvements that have been made in both vocal and instrumental music. Yet as a people the Italians never had any national music. It was only peoples with a diversified country and a diversified climate who produced songs with character: The nature of the musical instruments cf the people also ] rod need an impression on its songs. Incidentally, the lecturer said that the first information as to the use of the violin showed that it was an English instrument: that " Yankee Doodle " was originally an old sword dance, and that the Portuguese and Spanish Jews used as part of their service?that known as the blessing of the priests?a chant sung 3,000 years ago. He narrated the history 01 JMlien Arooil, UUtlCI ivuun u no ''Robin Adair,which he claimed to be one of the finest love songs in existence. ' Eileen Aroon," which signifies "sweet pearl of my heart, "was written by one Carroll O'Daly, an Irish knight. O'Daly loved the daughter of a neighboring chieftain, Ellen Cameron, who returned his love. Her parents were opposed to the mutch, und, O'Daly bavin# gone abroad, made her believe him untrue, and secured her consent' to marriage with his rival. O'Daly returned 011 the day before the 1 wedding. On learning what was about to take place he composed the song, and, next day, disguised as a harper, sang u to the bride. In response to the question, " Wilt thou go or stay with me, Eileen Aroon V' she contrived t:> whisper1 that she would go, and they fled together lud were married. Robin Adair was u young Irishman of | iukkI family, wlio was graduated from the Dublin University as a surgeon, and set out on foot tor London about 1700. Dn the way he had the good fortune to ?et the leg of an English countess who uad been thrown from her carriage, rhrough her offices lie was introduced into English society, and eventually loved ?.<1C Intmil liv tVlf> flilllfrhtor lint ?> fk.T * V . ??r? if the Earl of Albemnilc. who learned lie air from him ami wrote the new ,voids. The lovers being separated by heir difference of station, the lady pined intil the earl was compelled to consent o her marriage with Adair to save her ife. Ilcr disease had gone too far. howiver, and she soon died. Adair became surgeon to (Jeorge III. and was knighted, >ut to his death, at seventy years of age, ic always wore mourning for his bride. V lady friend who had heard her sing 'Ilobin Adair," wrote down the words infl music and gave them to Braham, a clcbrated English tenor of the period. \To other song except "Home, Sweet Iome," ever had such popularity. The lecturer analyzed the song charnceristics of the various nations, singling nit the Poles, the Germans, the English ind the Irish as superior song producers. Hie French songs were, he thought, too Cnnnitli cnnflrc \Vrf* miiiriui, IIIUUCJit .. w.w vithout character; of the Scotch songs, hj earlier ones were much the better; in hose of other nations he found various xcellenecs, but, as a whole considered hem crude or monotonous. Phenomena of n Tornailo. Appalling accompaniments of the cy lone were perhaps never more eomplctey illustrated than in Izard county. The ourse of the storm was from southwest o northeast, and commencing one and a lalf miles southwest of Melbourne. The iwatli cut through the county is fifteen uiles in length. The width of its track nries from two hundred vards to three- I jDarters of :i mile. ICight or ten miles iway the cloud accompanying the torlado was observed to be of an inky black olor, " boiling,"' and almost incessantly lhuninated by flashes of electricity, 'ive miles distant the same character of toiling black cloud was seen to be folowed by a long pillar of intense white loud. Nearer at hand the white cloud, ippareiitly driving the whirling black me before it. defined itself as a pillar of ire. In tlie midst of the storm the survivors 'iewed the cone of the tornado as a huge jail of lire rolling along the ground. .Mr. i. Ii. Toler, of La Crosse, whose house he tornado also destroyed, and being in ts very midst, details that the condition if the center of the cyclone was that of a ystcm of fiery balls as large ns one's humb, their multitude greater man any luman mind could conceive, and in that pparent state of ignition hustling hronrrh the air. This exneriencc of Mr. r?"~ i roler is shared by others who were in its nidst, nnd almost every one wrecked in he storm at La Crosse is tatoocd with iruises the size of a quarter and half doliir, which must have been done either iy a mass of pebbles heated to redness or iy small bodies of some kind having orce enough to bruise but not to penerate the skin. At the distance of eight and ten miles he flashes of electricity were so incesant and the commotion of wind nnd hundcr, and possibly falling timber, as o almost paralyze one with tenor, searer at hand the sounds were magniied tenfold, with also an additional acompaniment for the ears of those who fere first beyond the edge of the storm f millions of exploding bombs and torpedoes.? little /fori Gazette. What relation docs the door-step bear o the door-mat? it's a step-father. HEALTH HINTS. Scratches of all kinds are generally painful. If the wound is made by a pin a little poultice of bread and milk should be applied for an hour or so, and then salve until it is healed. One of the best ways to cure sore throat is as follows: wring a cloth out of salt and cold water, and keeping it quite wet bind tightly about the neck. Cover this with a dry cloth. It is best to use this remedy in the night. One of the most necessary helps to health is keeping the feet warm. Very few people are able to do this, especially ladies, because they dread making their feet large. But if they could once be convinced of the many disfigurements made by having cold feet, they would gladly wear thick woolen stockings. One of the best ways to cure a cold in the head is as follows: Take a glass of hot lemonade. Then undress in a warm room, and sit with the body wrapped in a blanket and the feet in a tub of mustard and hot water. Get the body in a good perspiration, and then g?> to bed, after drinking more of the hot lemonade. Wrap up warmly and go to sleep, and in the morning your cold will have disappeared. One physician reports a case of poisoning from red stockings, and another fol lows it up by a case of poisoning from blue stockings. In the last case the trouble was manifested in the form of 1 lnrfa nf o pustulous stun enipuuiis un iuu itga ui ?? boy. It is important to remember that the dye stuffs employed and the materials used in the manufacture of hat bands as well as of stockings are occasionally of a nature to produce skin eruptions. The remembrance of this will often serve to explain and relieve skin eruptions which seem both obscure and obstinate.-l)r. Foot<:s Health Monthly WISE WORDS. lie who knows his power, doubles it ; he who is distrustful of it, destroys it. It is no vanity for a man to pride himself on what he has honestly got and prudently uses. Ideas generate ideas ; like a potato, which, cut in pieces, reproduces itself in ii multiplied form. [ Do all the good you can, tc all the people you can, as long as ever you can, in every place you can. Mimicry is the business of the comedian and cannot be resorted to in the drawing-room without great risk 011 the part of the person who hazards that dangerous accomplishment. There are a set of malicious, prating, prudent gossips, both male and female, who murder characters to kill time; and who will rob a young fellow of his good name before he has years to know the value of it Througn life man is liable to error.and requires check, rebuke, and counsel. He should be his own good spirit, hovering over himself in moments of passion, temptation, and danger, and reminding himself that he owes a duty to his Maker, with which the opinions and con V??vn r>r?tViinrr tn Bcqueiicua ui mv- ?<?m? u<?.v ? do. Life, in regard to the earth, is a passing stream. The reality is the hereafter. How the Treasnry Is Guarded. A party of Englishmen who recefttly visited "Washington expressed surprise at the absence of guards at the treasury. "Why," they sain, "at the Bank of England, the military is always on duty, and to got past it and into the building is worth one's life, unless he has authority. Here I don't see a guard." But there are guards, and plenty of them, only they don't wear rca coats and parade up and down the street in front of the building. That isn't the way we do things here. "Uo you sec tnis armory," saiu lupinm Cobaugh, the chief of the force, to your correspondent, opening a door as he did so and displaying line after line of loaded revolvers. They were of the largest and best variety known to the military authorities. "We have sixty men armed with these," he said, "and nearly all old soldiers. I should like to see any successful attempt to rob the treasury. These men are divided into watches, and arc on duty in all parts of the building at all hours. After the force of clerks and officials go home at night, our officers enter and inspect every room, see that the safes are locked, the heating apparatus all right, and the water turned off. If a safe is found unlocked a man is put in charge of it. and the person whose duty it was to see it locked is sent for. Of course that does not happen often, and the man who does forget once to lock his safe does not forget it twice: but occasionally we do find nffnt- tlin rnnma oro in. . UIIU U JJl.il. IHtU <|l ivi iuv ivviim W>w ... spected and the guard set, the lieutenant makes his rounds every two hours, and the watchman patrols his beat every fif- i teen minutes or oftencr." " Has there ever been an attempt, successful or otherwise, to rob the treasury ?" " Nevor. It would be an impossibility." Colonel Webster, chief clerk of the Treasury, is the head of the watch, j though Captain Cobaugh has the personal direction of their movements. They are all inspected by Colonel Webster, and are liable to visits at all times of the night from the secretary or his chief clerk. Treasurer Spinner, it is related, once found himself in ft very nervous state of mind at night nnd unabl? to Bleep, having an Indefinable feeling that something was wrong at the treasury. He tossed about awhile unable to sleep, and finally dressed himself and started for I lie treasury, to be met by a messenger coming to tell him that a safe conJ taining millions of dollars had been found unlocked. It is said that he always slept in the building after that, and always I visited the safes in person before retiring I to see that they, were locked. Perhaps it was his nervousness over the fright that made his signature so crooked.? Baltimore American. Bear and Child. llenry Flynn, of Inskip, C'al., let his throe-yea 1-0Id daughter ride upon a horse that he was taking to pasture, and after she had ridden about forty rods from home he lifted her off the horse and told her to run home. On returning he found that the child had not reached home. Goiner to the snot where lie last saw her ho saw her tracks in the sand. Search was made nil night in the forest for the lost child. In the morning, as the searchers were passing a swampy spot where the undergrowth was thick, they heard her voice. They called to the little girl, and told her to come out of the bushes. She replied that the bear would not let her. The men then crept through the brush, and when near the spot heard a splash in she water, which the child said was the bear. They found her standing upon a log extending about half way across a swamo. The bear had under taken to cross the swamp on the log, and, being pursued, left the child and got away as rapidly as possible. She had received some scratches about the face, arms and legs, and her clothes were almost torn from her body; but the bear had not bitten her to hurt her, only the marks of his teeth being found on her back, where he had taken hold of her clothes to carry her. The child says the bear put her down occasionally to rest, and would put his nose up to her face, whereupon she would slap him, and the bear would hang his head by her side, and purr and rub against her like a cat. The men asked her if she was cold in the night, ami she told them the old bear lay beside her, put his "arms" around her. and kept her warm, though she did not like his long hair. A Town Started In a Night. The following good story, which illustrates thi' rapidity with which towns arc built up in new Territories, was told the Xorth >r intern Lumber man by a gentleman who was looking around in Dakota recently. lie was present when officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road arrived at a point thirty miles north of Mitchell, and planted a town which they called Woonsoeket. At the time only one farm house was standing in the vicinity, and a car was used as & depot. This was Thursday, and on Sat urday of the same week there wentwenty shanties, a livery stable, two stores, a saloon, a hotel, and three lumber yards. There are men who have loaded lumber on cars without knowing where it would be unloaded, and then run it to the first new town they hear of ; heine started. Tint it is not best to im aginc that nil of the yards which nre es- 1 tablished so suddenly in the new Dakota ' towns have complete assortments or are models of neatness. A few hundred feet ! of lumber thrown down by the track con Ktitutes a yard, which grows and is put ' into shape as the town progresses. ' Between lt<70 and 1M80 the population ' of the United States expanded at the rate of three percent, per annnm, or thirty percent, altogether, I he aggregate increase during the decade being 11,- 1 594,405. 1 AMONG THE PRESS WAGS. good thx3tob dzflhzd out by vbwbfjlpxb HtncomzsTi. Three?The Ball* He Will Go To?He Couldn't?Lime-Kiln Club Mottoe*?He Han No Baggage. TnnEE. "I hear your uncle is dead," said a sympathetic neighbor to Mr. Twomly, an Austin gentleman. " He is," replied Twomly, gravely. " Did he leave any testament ?'' "Yes, three of them." "Three of them!" exclaimed the neighbor, wonderingly. " Yes, tnc Old Testament, incw lesiament, and the Bevised Edition."? Si/tings. the balls he wii.l go to. "IIcllo! Beaky,''said young Yeast to his friend Crimsonbeak, meeting at the club the other evening. "Are you going to any of the balls this winter?'' "Oh, yes, I expect to," answered Crimsonbeak, taking his friend by the hand. "Which ones are you going to?" continued Yeast. <iiir~n :r ii.a ?v "Wfll, Ji uic |ii'cncut 9IUIC ui ill J V.\chequer continues," replied Crimsonbeak, noticing the dilapidated condition of his clothes, "I expect to go to the three gilt balls."? SUitennnn. he couldn't. They climbed down out of a lumber wagon in front of a photographer's, and after he had hitched the horses and she had brushed the dust off his overcoat, they walked up-stairs. "She wants her fortergraf tftok," observed the old man to the attendant. "How many?" "Well, I reckon we can use up five or six." "What style and price?" The woman pulled a parcel from her pocket and carefully unwrapped it, and revealed a cabinet photo of Mary Anderson. "I want jist sich a pictur as that," she explained. "You mean the same size?" "No, sir; I want it finished off to look just as she docs. Copy that just as closely aa you can." The attendant had some explanations to make in regard to photography, and these explanations disturbed the couple very much. "Will you guarantee to make her look as good as that pictur ?" asked the husband. He couldn't. "Then we don't trade! We want what we want, or we don't pay. Come, JUULJIUi . " But it seems as if you could if we paid for it,*' she pleaded with the attcndent. He was firm. " All right, then," she announced, as she pulled on her gloves. I told him in the first place it was better to pay two shillings a piece for these photographs and write my name on 'em, but it was a rainy day and he just as lief hang around the city for half a day. Sorry we can't trade, but that photograph is me just the same."?M. Quad. I.IMF.-Kn.N* Ol.n? MOTTOES. On and after the first of the new year the following mottoes and greetings will be printed on cloth and hung on the walls of Paradise hall; "Credit am an enemy to entice you to buy what you doan' want." "Dar am no danger of de well cavin' Ill II JOU KLX'JJ Ull IUJJ. "If life had no sorrow we should grow tired of Jiearin' each odder laugh." "Gmy ha'rs should respect uemselves if dey want to be respected by odders." "De man ^0 eats apples in de dark must not let his stomach be too pertickler about worm holes." "While color has nuffin' perticklerto do wid treein' tie coon, doan' pay too much for a valler dog." j "He who judges de character of a Cusson by his clothes am buyin' a mule y de sound of his bray." "De pusson who has no temptations am one of de biggest sinners in de crowd." "Kind words cost nuffin ! Dat's de reason so many ol us um wimn 10 uirow away Rich a heap of 'em." "While honesty ?m de bes' policy, <]oan' be too fast to express your candid opinyun of your nay bur." "Bumps on a man's head may exprews his traits of character, but you kin find out all you want to know about him by ^oin' on one excursion in his company." "What we do to-day am dun fur tomorrer. What we intend to do to-mori rer won't buy meat fur dinner."?Free Pre**. HAD NO BAOOAOK. Vam 'l'Anl/1 nnmp lu^rrn Kv nnnnnv. I I 1711 i^UUUlU UttU jUUgv I?j ances. The other day a little weazen-faccd man, wearing a $3.50 suit of clothes, went to one of the big hotels and registered himself from Texas, asked for a room, and if breakfast was on the table. The Olympian clerk gazed at him scornfully, and languidly remarked: "Any baggage?" "No,'' replied the guest. "In that ease,'' said the clerk, "the rules of the house compel me to insist on payment in advance." "Very well," said the guest, without hesitating or appearing offended, "take two days' board out of this," and from a wad of greenbacks as big as his arm, he produced a one hundred dollar note. ''I beg your pardon," stammered the abashed clerk, "but we are so often tuken in, and your facc not being familiar to me, I?" "Xo offense," cheerfully responded the guest; ''business is business, and rules rules. It does look a little odd to be without baggage; but us cattle dealers ain't much on style, and?" "That's all right, colonel," said the clerk, "put up your money; we know a gentleman when we see him. Jim, show .this gentleman up to 140. Call for the best in the house, treneral." The old man stowed away an ample breakfast; got the clerk to give small bills for a fiuv; asked where Billy Coolbaugh, the banker, had his office; inquired when they had dinner; desired the clerk to tell Mr. Farwell, if he called, that he would be back at 2 o'clock; then went and hasn't been seen since. The clerk subsequently discovered that the fifty dollar bill was bad. and the sad event has cast a gloom over the hotel office. ? Chicago Times. Facts About Birds. The Rev. Mr. Wood, in a lecture delivered in Boston, treated on birds as exhaustively us the limited time would allow. lie explained the peculiar structure of the skeleton, combining the greatest strength with the least weight, and described the peculiar breathing apparatus, which also serves to increase the buoyancy of the bird. The air even enters the hollow bones of the limbs and wings. lie related, in illustration, an nnccdotc of a sportsman who, desiring to put a wounded bird out of pain as speedily as possible, held its head under water for some minutes, but the creature remained as lively as ever. Upon making an examination it was found that one of the large wing feathers had been shot olT. and that the bird had been breathing through the quill. The vertebra* of the neck in all mammals arc alike in number. Those of birds vary from thirty in the swnn to nine in the common sparrow. lie gave a curious description of the method by which birds of prey change the focus of their eyes, which, ns in the case of the hawk and eagle, for instance, are telescopic; when looking at objects at a distance. A hawk half a mile in air will discover a field mouse on the grounds As hi; rushes downward to seize his prey, the form of the eye is changed so as to always keep the object within the foeu, of vision. Birds are analagous to reptiles in many points of their structure, and it is thought by some that the denizens of the air of the rresent have been gradually developed from the reptiles of the past. As compared with their bulk ! biids are enormous eaters, the food con- I sumed largly going to the production of heat. A Novel Clock. A gentleman in Brussels claims to have j (' contrived a perpetual clock. It was ' started in the latter city about one year I i ngo, and up to a recent date is said to ! i have been running perfectly. An up J ' draught is obtained in a tube or shaft Inexposing it to the sun. This draught j turns a fan, which winds un the weight ; j nf the clock until it reaches tne top, when it actuates a brake that stops the fan, but j , leaves it free to start again after the : J weight has gone down a little, and thus j i he nower is stored for keeping the clock ! I in motion. j , From the complete returns ot the last ! French census it appears that the female ! sex exceeds the male by 122.254?thus, i males 18,056,518, females 18,778,772. ? MM How Hard Honey is Hftde. "'We don't make money here," said Philip Van Wyck, the chief clerk of the assay office in New York to a Tribune reporter; "that is, we don't convert bullion into coin. We receive gold and silver from depositors, melt and assay the bullion, form it into bars and ship the bars to the Philadelphia mint, and in the course of a few days that institution sends us back the coin." " But docs the depositor have to wait for payment until the coin gets back from Philadelphia asked the reporter. " JNot at at all," said tne cmei cier*;the government furnishes us with a bullion fund amounting to over $35,000,000, out of -which we pay the depositor just as soon as the fineness of his metal is determined by assay, the weight ascertained and the value calculated. In fact, all our deposits, except in cases of remeltand re-assay, are made within two days "Now," said he, picking up a bright new double eagle, "you know how easy it is to spend that coin, but unless you arc familiar with the work you can form no idea of the time and labor it took to make it. From the time the bullion from which this double eagle was made reached the mint until it was converted into coin, it had passed through no less than ten annll OO molfinor fl 1 lfiV UI911UWI pi yutoacj, nuuu uo ing, forming the metal into ingots, rolling the ingots into strips the thickness of the coin, cutting from the strips the planchets' or 'blanks,' annealing, milling and adjusting the 'blanks' and coining or stamping the pieces, beside sundry minor operations incidental to minting. Now, examine that coin closely under the glass and see how well the work is executed. The Romans excelled in the art of engraving, and many of their coins were masterpieces. But we cannot afford to throw up our central designs in such bold relief as the Itomans did, for in the hurry and bustle of our day and the rapid handling and piling of coins, we would soon wear the face off of the godo Ti'irirro nff nf thn pjirrln ucoo UUU 1 liV/ ii augo v/ii v? vmv ? while our designs are in bold relief, yet we make them low and protect them as much as possible from the abrasion ana wear by 'throwing' up the edge of the blank technically called 'milling.' . " But let us see what they are doing in here." said the chief clerk, as he stepped into the 'weigh room,' where truck loads of silver were being weighed. " That scale you see there is a model of accuracy, and will weigh from ten thousand ounces down to the one-hundredth of an ounce. This small balance weighs from twenty ounces down to the onefive-thousandth part of a grain. In fact we must have accuracy in this work, not only to check our operations, but to maintain the reputation of this office, which is such that our stamp of weight and fineness passes current in all the commercial centcrs of the world." Hide and'Horn Furnitnre. In the Spanish sections of North and South America, the first thing which strikes the stranger aDout tne nousenoiu is the picturesque and unique furniture of native manufacture. There are some objects of factory make, imported, but these are more for show than use. The staple furniture of a Spanish-American house is a part of the country itself. You suspend your sombrero (broad-brimmed hat) at the door on a hat-rack made of the straight stem of a mimosa or some other rough-barked tree, with polished horns for pegs. You resf. your saddlebags on a stool made of bamboo or unbarked branches, with a seat of rawhide, the hairy side out. Your hostess receives you, rising from an arm-chair constructed of three splendid bull's horns fastened to a rough cylinder of wood, with rawhide stretched between the horns to form the seat and arms. The abundance of cattle in these countries has brought the ingenuity of the natives into exercising itself to utilize the products of the herds, and the result is the various forms of domestic furniture. A peculiarity of all Spanish-American furniture is the absence of metal in its construction. Wooden pegs arc used instead of nails to fasten the horns to the wood, hut the manufacturer annears to have a rooted objection even to the use of these. He relies principally on the leathern thongs with which he sews and ties everything together. And even his knots are peculiar. They are never the hard knots we commonly use, but an intertwisting of the thong or cord, such as is popular with sailors. These knots vary with the countries in which they are found. Knots used in Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico are different from those of Old Mexico, while in Central or South America nearly every State has a different method of mr.klag them. But I ?1. 1iaii.ai.oi. flwi ftirnifnrri ia wjhjiuwi ui mnutt/i made, it is very durable. The writer brought the chairs, stools and settees from Venezuela. They were not new when lie bought them, and they have been in constant use, needing only an occasional bit of cord or a nail to keep thcui sound. Our farmers may find suggestions here for the use of horns and other waste products of slaughtered animals. Horseback Riding for Girls. Horseback riding is now ranked among fashionable accomplishments. This is sensible and of far more benefit to girls than the majority of the so-called accomplishments that are inflicted upon them. It is a healthful, pleasant exercise. People cannot advocate too strong-* ly or encourage too highly all exercises in the open air. Our girls get too much ?u.. 1 nf fl,? clln ,1T1J ui liju uuuac aim iuv ubiig w* tuv auu >uiu fresh air. While at school they are kept at their books and practicing during the best part of the day, and they spend the time in making themselves "accomplished" that they ought to spend in makirig themselves robust and strong. Accomplishments are all very well, and it is desirable that girls should be educaten in music, dancing, singing and all the arts that make a woman charming and graceful, but the trouble is in these days that by the majority of people these things lire considered the great essentials until tfte time comes when a girl makes her first bow in society, then society becomes goddess to whom all devotedly bow.?New York American Queen. In some of the large saw-mills in the northwestern lumber districts a small appliance is attached to the trimmer, which automatically stamps the name of the cmimnnv or mill on everv board that 1 y ? - - * passes over the trimmer. in the four years between 1S70-S2 there were 107 condemnations in England and only fifty-one executions. Uncle Sam's Nary. In a communication published in the Army and Nary Journal, Commander J. . B. Coghlan, U. 8. N., states that the consultations of eminent naval and other surgeons, respecting his rheumatic atirack, failed to allord him the slightest relief. By advice of I)r. Iloyle he used St. Jacobs Oil, which wrought a complete and, as he says, wonderful cure. John Carr Moody, Esq., lawyer at Vallejo, C'al., was likewise cured of a severe joint trouble. Typhoid fever is cured by from thirty to 200 cold baths. A cure at last for Catarrh. The evidence is overwhelming that Ely's Cream halm got 8 more directly than any other to the scat of 5 he disease, and has resulted in more cures than i all other remedies.? Wilkesbarrc (/'?.) I 'nion Leader. (Not a liquid or snuff, see adv't.) J I have been a sufferer for years with Ca | tarrh, and under a phjsic'an's treatment fcr over a year. Ely's Creain Balm gave mo iinmediaterelief. 1 believe Iain entirely cured.? G. S. Davis, First Nat. Bunk, Elizabeth. N.J. "Ktirlni I'nibn." Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases. $1. Druggists. Hood's Sarsaparilla gives an appetite and imparts new life and energy to all the fun' - I tiuns of the body. Try a bottle and realize it. ! "Rough on Corn#." Ask forTVells'"Hough on Corns." 15c. Quick | complete cure. Corns, warts, bunions. ivu.t ?;io v?it( If it is a coucrh. take Piso's ?t uttk ?*? -? j ? ? , Cure. Sold bj> druggists. 25 eta. Rheumatism Cured ; Our best physicians agree that outward applications j never cure Rheumatism. The best oils and liniments | nniy alleviate lh? pains. Rheumatism it, a constitutional alTlction, originating I n impure* aud disordered blood. Hood's S usaparillu b the proper remedy, because .'n purifyiiiK the blood i or.vetH the acidity in which Kheumatism begins to a. t ! Remarkable Case ot a Sea Captain Capt. Mitchell, of tho barque " Autoine Sain," X fork and Havana trade, came home in May, 18X2, in- I irely holplas* with Uhmimatism. lie went to tho mountains with his wife, at whose ro [ ptest rapt. Mitchell made use of Hood'n Sarsaparilla. fie comniHiced to improvo right away under the inluence ot Heo 1'h Sarsaparilla, and was soon able to re. urn to Brooklyn. In two mouths from h a first trying ' food's Sarsapiir.lla, his Rheumatism was gt ne and lie J tailed in command of hiH vessel a well man. His wife | vrites: "My husband is >" years of age and his health s now better than it has been for some time Ho Iihh I tamed several pounds in weight. If any wish to ic- j piire inore particularly, thejr can a ulre.su Mrs. M I. i klitcholl, ;yi Monroe street, lirooklyn. N Y Hood's Sarsaparilla Si U by all druggi?tn. l*rico, $t; six for So. Pr? j lared only by C. I. HOOD ?t CO.. Apothecaries, Low- j ilt. Maas. I KTT?tminiM iim i , I , ' . ; ,i ' irnmmm+mm^ "SfreakWeUof theBrM?e that Carries U? Baftlr Orer,w Is an old adage, and as these words seem to apply to my case I me them. For several years I have been terribly troabled with my kidneys and liver. I had intense pains in my loins, back and hips. I could not lie down, or sit down at times as the pains were more than I could bear. I was treated by physicians here in Syracuse that did me no good, and I also tried several medicines that gave me no relief. I finally went to one of our druggists here in Syracuse, and was recommended to use Hunt's Remedy. I purchased a bottle, as I found it had been used with wonderful success here by others, and I had not used one bottle before I began to improve, could rest, which before I had been unable to obtain; the pains in my limbs and back were all gone, and it oertninly has dono all that was claimed for it in - - - ? ~ '1 my case. In fact, Hunts nemeayuud mau? a complete care, and I mort heartily recommend it to the public for kidney troubles in general. You are at liberty to nse my name for the benefit of others that may be in | doubt as to the great merit of Hunt's Remedy. Gratefully youn, A. Woodbutf, With the Dry Goods houHe of D. ilcCarthy <t Co. Syracuse, N. Y., June 11,1883. Salmon can swim twenty miles an hour. Being entirely vegetable, no particular care is required while using Dr. Pierce's " Pleasant Purgative Pellets." They operate without disturbance to the constitution,diet or occupation. For sick headache, constipation, impure blood, dizziness, sour eructations from the stoinarh, bad taste in mouth, bilious attacks, fain in region of kidney, internal fever, Klr.otn/1 fnalinrr ahiiir. stnm.ich. rush of b'ooa to heid, take Dr. Pierce's '' pellets.'' By druggists. Canada has twenty-one cotton factoriea. A Fortane. may be ma le by hard work, but can neither do made nor enjoyed without health. To those leading sedentary lives Dr. R. V. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" is a real friend. It stimulates the liver, purifies the blood, and is the best remedy ror consumption. which is scrofulous disease of the lungs. By all druggists. Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools. Dr. Pierce's " Fnvorlte Prescription " always l.ecomes the favorite remedy of those who try it. It is a specific for all female "weaknesses'' and derangements, bringing strength to the limbs and back, and color to the face. Of all druggi-ts. It is said that Engiann uas i,iw remaie medical practitioners. "I have taken one bottle of Dr. Graves Heart Regulator for heart disease, and find it all I could desire."?A. A Holbrook, Worcester, Mass. At the Crystal palace exhibition in London are two $50,000 cats. Years add to the faith of those cured of heart disease by use of Dr. Graves'Heart Regulator. For thirty years it has proved itself a specific. ?1. He who cultivates a taste for reaiing in his youth plants good seed. Pubest ahd best cod-liver oil, from selected livers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard <fc Co., N.Y. Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians declare it superior to_all other oils. Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswell. Hazard <fc Co., New York. All pain in lha nervous system, wind colic, cramps, &c., cured by Samaritan Nervine. "Samaritan Nervine cured my son's fits," writes Mrs. S. M. Parkurst. of Girard, Mien. A Remedy forLaif Disease* Dr. Robert Newton, late president of the Eclectic college, of the city of New York, and formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, used Dr. Wm. Hall's Bab am very extensively in his practioe, as many of his patients, now living, and restored to health by the use of t'us invaluable medicine, can amply testify. He always fa d that so good a remedy ought to beprescrib.d freely by e^ery physician as a sovereign remedy in all ca~es of long diseases. It cures consumption, and has no equal for all pectoral complaints. Walnut Lear llair Restorer. It Is entirely different from all others. It is as clear as water, and as its name indicates Is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It will immediately free the head from all dandruff, restore gmy 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. Aak your druggist for it. Each bottle is warranted. Smith, Kliije & CO., Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia. Pa., and C. N. Cbittento.v, New York. 'ilrae ta Money. lime and money will be saved by keeping Kidney-Wort in the house. It is an invaluable remedy for all disorders of the Kid- 1 neys, Liver and Bowels and for all diseases arising from obstructions of these organs It has cure 1 many obstinate cases after nundr. (is of dollars hal been paid to physicians without obtaining relief. It cure3 Constipation, PiljB^ Biliousness and all kindred disorders. Keep it by you. Wisely Adopted by Dairymen. The adoption, by most of the prominen? dairymen and farmers of the United State \ of the Improved Butter Color made by Wells. Richardson & Co.. Burlington, Vt., is a proof of their wisdom in a business point of view. Nearly all winter butter is colored in order to make it marketable, and this color is the best, in regard to purity, strength, permanent* and perfection of tint. Tot Voice of the People.?No Family Dyes were ever so popular as the Diamond Dyes. They never faiL The Black is far superior to logwood. The other colors are brilliant. Wells. Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt Toons Ladles, If you want your hair to have that peculiar " " * ?alwava ftrlnrnfl ricn. glossy appeajoxico > "j - -? ?the neadof beauty, u*e Carboline, the natural hair restorer and dressing, Mr. J. Eager, importer, 3+ Cliff St, N. Y., tells all bis sick friends if they take three bottles of Dr. Elmore's R. G., and it fails to cure them, he will pay for it, because tbree bottles cured his wife and other friends. "Rough on Ooaghi." Knocks a Cough or Cold endwise. For children or adults. Troches, 15c. Liquid, 50c. Prevent crooked boots and blistered heels by wearing Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffenera. Occasional doses Dr. Sanford's Liver Invi;orator will keep the liver in good order. Sure. ' fSP=====!lI THE GREAT GERMAk I? '''] REMEDY |pl*n"|?iM rfiQ DA IK) I uciuiDowmj| run nun. | UHKIMATISM, PKZS| Sciatica, Lumbago, W J | It.M'H ACIIK, HEADACHE. TOOTHACHE S0RE THR0/jT> l F"an?mF?,,,8Si5 QUINSY. swKrxiNG.^ I ||||||( SPRAIN*. iilil ijiit!inunmiiEin^"|ifi| Sorsness, Cuts. Bruise*. 11 /lfliiv'1IHH111P 'St FROSTBITES, !' fill lh rtUlhlr M\ BIHIXS. M'ALDK, ;l|l TliluinliatflnflfltiiniKtJ^A|)(Jo ,|,prbodilyncliet I il (iiRiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiii'ii i i'i iu-,d l! 1 11! I' FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLt 3!:!|l|lill.!l ll!lllill!i!> tel' 'l| Soldlivnll DriiKglHtsnn; tfiimpT'id wa^-ir j -'f iillill!'iilliiiiUllli ill The Charles A. Vogeler Co i' !' ti'llMil'itl*' I! (Sucoo?or? to A. VOOELXR 4 CO.) V'iSii -Jlgl lUlllmorr. ?<^ C^S. A ' " NYN U?52 i-== fdjreement from emlforemoit r< n'l among : ert'w a* an alterative liver and bowels, and emuipu For ?a!o by Dm?. , Rtst*?:id Dealer*. to 'J whorn n^pljr for Hos i -"M B IKa??- ST I cATA R R H ELY'S CREAHBALH 1 . jwhen applied by the fin I IP ' into th8 nmriU 1 fej//A B^'-^ nlWiU be ?b?orbed, effectI 3n Cy4>v. runrpCOVvlually cleanain# the head I ?I<52?f*Ur?N Iof c",?rrhal Tlrnj. causV tADI ,n* hoalthJ' secretions m?wppwrjj(?|J3 i&Alt al!?y? inflammation. TjnY'f *fcl\JyjC OJ/kprotectsthn mombnnift. i3"ie naA>' p"***?* jP' / V^y^oMfrom additional colda, Mj completely lieala the ^ ,t38B ""rce und re9,oP'!> tante "u<^ SUP"- A tuw ap S23wPx^eC^ plications relioro. .1 vrrramv \v USJl IIhvrougn trtwmzm utit j gy - cure. AgrccIflAY^^EVER^X"80 Sen^for TKIOE 50 CENTS. BY MAIL OR AT DRUGGISTS. ELY IJIJOTIlEltSj OWEGO, N. Y. It Don't Often Happen Whero a reliable house, in advertising their ragultr business, will son J, its (his house does, for one dollar, a complete sample outfit that will enable any one smart and enterprising to easily make $.1 to .$10 per day and expense*. Send the all and two stamps for return toTHU DANA HIOKIORD 00.. Bar. ^.tiMmroadwaj.N.Y. CONSUMPTION. Ihare a positive remedy for tha abovo dlaeaso; bylt? use thousands of cases of tho worst kind and of long standing haro been cured. Indeed, so strong Is my faith In Its otllcacy, that I will send TWO B0TTLK3 FREE, together with u VAU'AHI K TKKATISEou this dlseaM,tO any sufferer. (ilvo Kxpress and I'. O. addross. DR. T. A. SLUCIM, 161 feailSt., New York. ^khSPATFNTQ LABI-Xn". I M I llll I w RKIsirEs! Ue*m>ir !,nnr inrritlinn. Send 2 stamps for -II >/?. Book on '.'alrnlf, I.. HI S<i 11A}It rut. Liifjer, \Va*hinytont D,C\ 4 u?>ntn wanted,Ladles or Gentlemen, for a MONEY A)l.4KlX(i I lusiiicss. Small capital required. No | canvassing. Send stamped addressed envelope for illtis. tratod circular, Itoyal Art Oo., 81a B'dway, New York. j STEEL ENGRAVINGS lor X.MAS or Scrap Kaolin free lor pomiicp, 0 cchIn. Send to llltOWN, liox 11. II., I'll 11 ndelphla, I'u. I Aft I'OI NDS OF SOAP FOK *2.00 IIIIE Send ?I .inland ?;et reeeipt Money refunded IUV if receipt fails. This oiler good for In days and will not apnerr again. STAND \ItO SOAP CO*, llux 2:H>. Minncitpoli*, .>liim. j|k m I'.l l n'r ft '!)?* cii- iM'inrnlllp 11 uic {[ JB flf ? <'oli'iinili Humiios* Colics p. Newark, NVw Jersey. Pnoitinca for \J graduates. National patronage. V'rito lor Circulars to H. COLEMAN A CO. raraywivu rR'yrixG prgsnfI I W Wlfl NATIONAL TYPE CO. JSi A A JUiriULA.PA. loG-page Boolt 10c. *p l- AAA per darat home. SampleswortnCifree. < #0 TO Address Sxi.HO!) A (Jo.. Portland, M?. PHiEMX PkciouaL wiu oure jour cuugo. Price 146c, = htm CM? aurmx. m1wm taken >ick a year ag& Witto bilious fever." "My doctor pronounced me cored ball got sick again, with terrible pains in raj Back and rides, and I got so bad I Could not more I I shrunk I From 228 Ibe. to 1201 I had been doctoring for my lrver, but it did me no good.- I dla not expect to live more than three montfea. 4 I beean to use Hop Bitters. Directly my ap- 2 petite returned, my pains left me, mj euui* system seemed renewed as if by magic, and after using several bottles I am not only as sound as a sovereign but weigh more than I did before. To Hop Bitters I owe mr life." Dublin, June 6, '81. R. Firz Patrick, chapter ii. "Maiden, Mass., Feb. 1,1880. Gentlemen? I suffered with attacks of sick headache." Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in Out most terrible and excruciating manner. No medicine or doctor could give ma relief or cure until I used Hop Bitters, "The first bottle Nearly cured me;" The second made me as well and strong as when a child, " And I have been so to this day." My husband was an Invalid for twenty years with a serious " Kidney, liver and urinary complaint, "Pronounced by Boston's best physicians? Incurable Seven bottles of your bitters cured him and I know of the " Lives of eight persons" In my neighborhood that have been saved by your bitters, . % And n;any more are using them with great benefit "They almost Do miracles F ?Mrs. E. D. Slack. How to Get Sick.?Expose younelf day and night; eat too much without exercin; work too hard without rest: doctor all the time; take ail the vile nostrums advertised, and then you will want to know how to g;t well, which is answered in three word*?Take Hop Bitters 1 I 1 a ViMIHI Health andHappiness. < "ip w?2d0?0tibs <y?our 5- bwe ooie. Are your Kidneys disordered? "Kidney Wort brought me from my crmve, M It were, afu>r 1 bad been girra up by U beat dActor* la Detroit." M. W. Dereraox, Mechanic, Ionia, MkA. Are your nerves weak? "Kidney- Wort cured me from nerrout wetime* dfcc., Miter J wm not erpected to lire."?Mi* M. M. B. Goodwin, Ed. Christian Monitor, Oerekad, <* Have you Bright's Disease? "Kidney-Wort cored me when my water Wa? Ju*t like dMuk and then Ilk* blood." frank Wiljon, Peabody, UtM. Suffering from Diabetes ? "PMnjw.Wrtrf ! thm wn<wHttfri remedy I hare ' I war"usecLdiree almost" Immediate rtlletr" _ Dr. Phillip a Ballon, Monkton. Vt Have you Liver Complaint? "KJdney-Wort cured mo of chronic lirer Diseases after 1 prayed to die." Henry Ward, late Col. 03th Nat. Guard, K. T. Is your Back lame and aching? "Kidney-Wort, (1 bottle) cured mo when I was SO lame I had to roll out of bod." 0. H. Tallmaffc, Milwaukee, Wis. Have you Kidney Disease? "Kidney-Wort made me Bound In llrer and kidney after years of unsuccessful doctoring. It? worth |10aboi"-8im'l Hodges, Wllliamstown, Weal Va. Are you Constipated? "Kidney-Wort causes easy cracnotions and enjed me after 10 years uso of other nWicinea.". , Nelson Falrchlld, BL Albans, Vt. I Have you Malaria? "Kidney-Wort has done better than any other remedy I have erer used In my practice." Dr. It. K. Clark, South Hnro, Vt. Are you Bilious? "Kidney-Wort bos done me more good than any other remedy I hare erer taken." Mrs. J. T. Galloway, Elk Flat, Oregon. Are you tormented with Piles? "KldMy-Wortpermanrftfiy cured me of MewHf piles. Dr. W. C. Kline recommended It to me." Geo. H. Horst, Cashier H. Rank, Myerstown, Pa. Are you Rheumatism racked? ^ "Kidney-Wort cured me, after 1 was riran up to M die by physicians and I had suffered thirty rear*.* ~ Elbrldge Malcolm, Wet Bath, lfatiw. Ladies, are you suffering? "Kidney-Wort cured mo of peculiar trouolea ot eereral years standing Many friends use andjm^se Ik" airs. CL. uuuvimu*) <?v ???? > v I If yon -would Banish Disease II and gain Health, Take | The Blood ClkAnskr/ \ ???? , 5^/X^N Epilepsy, w <3<EVER FAJl^>^ Spasm*, Conrut- . 8t|^ 8lonflt Falling ' mFIDVIiiB<5fcfai?,8wVitM. ; W Dance, Aldhctr &THE BREATHS syXuZ, Scrofula,: Xingt I y c d v r I Eva' ^ ^ f W E H I C [ Diseases, pytptp^ i ?!-??r-i-ryKnenmatiBin. Nervous Weabtm, Brain Worry, Stood Bom, Biliousness, Coetivenm, Nervous Prortratioiy. Kidney Troubles and Irregularities. $1.60. . Sample Testimonial*. . "Samaritan Nerv ine la doing wonders.' Dr. J. O. MrLemoIn, Alexander City, Ala. "I feel it mv duty to recommend It" _ Dr. D. F. Langhlin, Clyde, Kansas. "It cnred where physicians foiled." ^ Rev. J. A. Edie, Bearer, Pfc $3* Correspondence freely suurwewd. The Or. S. A. Richmond Med. Co., St Joseph, Mo. For testimonials and circulars send stamp. (V At Druggists. C. 5. C'rittenton, Agent, % 1_ OL1ADDI Crick, Sprains, VTreawhss, Um* OflAKrhkii' p Ally si* - - " w | Heart Disease, Sore Muscles, ' J Pain in the Chest, and all pain-* ? nd aches either local or deep-seated arc instantly rt lie rod and ipccdily cured by the well-known Hop Platter. Compounded- a* II is, of the medicinal Tirtucsof freeh Hops, Gums, Balaamiead Extracts, it is Indeed the beat poln-klllln*, ?UnmUt1?c, soothing and streagtheaing Porous Plaster erer nude. Hop Platter* are sold by all druggists and country stone. IS cents or Atb for Mailed on receipt of M (J pries. Hop Flatter Co., , ?? Proprietors and Manu- E) I A O P facturers, Boston, Mass. rkMO I Bilm UrCoatedtongue,bad breath, rourstomachandnrsr disease cared by Hawley's Stomach and Llrer Pais. St Ota. SGOOD NEWS TO LADIE81 Greatest inducements era offered. Now's your time to sjtnp orders for onr celebrated Tens and Coffecfl.uidsecareabeant)fnl (Sold Band or Moss Hose China Tea Set, or Handsome Decorated Dinner Set, or Gold Band Moss JJeo rated Toilet Set. r<>T rou particulars auars?a THE CJREAT AMERICAN TEA CO.* P. O. Box 881 ud g Vegey St.. NewYork. TO SPECULATORS. R. LINDBLOM & CO., N. G. MILLER &C0. 6 A 7 Chamber of 86 Broadway, Oommeroe, Chicago. New York. GRAIN & PROVISION BROKERS Members of *11 prominent Produce Exchanges in N?w York, Chicago St. Louis and Milwaukee. We Imve exclusive private telegraph wire between Chicago and New York. Will execute orders on oar judgment when requested. Send for circulars oonUinlng particulars. ROBT. LINUBLOM j CO., Chicago. r.VAil ?^TlTiJ7iTl mm It relieves at onee Burns. Pile*, Chapped Hands or Lip*. Corns, Bunions. Scalds, Bruises, Soreness of feet, hands, eycs.cte. .Itching from any i-ause. ecc. Aslcjourdrot wmmrz. Cist, or bond to #2 I'ulton Street. M. Y.? >sP-ELMORES^ K. O. is the quickest. plMnota* /<lt ?ur st anl bust rem idy (o?. kid n?r. "XJ&jiyTyV liver, stomscb, b Udder aiad blood ciseasee, and only raal ctwnw* JE discovered for meat* wvt rbroaio ? #?%STSS3!is,a' S5KSiSt~ i less case* Brutht's disease and dyspepsia i&t Wftka afl forms of rbeurjatic disorders in 3 to U w<?eka? reUevse Inflammatory in 1 day. Can refer to bandreds of retU> ble people cored who had tried in vain everything eiee. Purely botanic, hannless, and nice to 1rink, Ask soar druggist to get it; if be declines send to as forlt?take nothing else, Elmore, Adams A Co., luo William St.. N. Y KB MM ^2BS^H5Za3GElSl fa CUKES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. S PJ1 Best Cough Syrup. Tasios (rood. Ua wj Use in linn*. Sold bydrtigglsm. Bg TIIKRFTLEIl ROOM. FATH ER COLUMBIA'S PAPER mum to elect Butler and Reagan. It offers the following campaign iatPH ?t any Piwtolfioe: From Jan. I till Butter lainaugurated PrvfHent, $1: First Butler voter, luc; frit . club of 10, one address, $1; succeeding c'ubs of 10 or multiples of 10, one addreo, $2. Each number rlforoi'sly illustrated hy Worth. Act at once?the battle if on. Make checks to order of and address FATHER COLUMBIA. 252 Broadway, New York. P^raWSllEG! v tBS with in niiFK hands a- fket! R Thirteen First Prtmiums in succession. Ok wkTI'e most omf. ruble. durable and ctefnl. Bfc\ SB II. K. Government Manufacturer. A1JBM| J&4 S? no Invalid Kollins Chairs and 'Jratchej. Illiiatr.itfd pamphlet of 160 fl 4(01 Broadway, New frork. FRAZER AXLE GREASE liratln (be world. (Jet the Pennine. Even Pnckngc hue onr trade-mark nnd in marked Frazer's. hOLU KVIiUVWllEHE. HELP WANTED. Men. Buy*. Women, nnd (iirl?, for nil occupations in S'cw Yorh i n vicinity. For particular*, address Wm. rl -teller A Co., No. 7 Warren Htre?t, New York. ""?* DVKK'H IIKAltD K.1XIC S?\ |||| in,'t.i wwv... & ...! riCl oi JV-I^UL* .?i''pl^^.^l7^ w-. ? ?? 'i4-m. L. A. L. SJIIHt Jt 10., ifralt, I'*IiUd?, IU. 70 A WEEK, $12adayathomeoasiljmade. Ooatir 9 ? fc oulllt free. Andrew Thus A Co.. Augusta, Me. VnilUn UC11 Learn te|p(rr?phj here and we otfl lUUrtU men give you a situation. Circular! fro*, VAl.i:NTlNE IJKOM., Jnnenville, WU. 4 (iciiIh Wail tod fur till* Hin.t anil Eaateatsellinf J\ Pictorial Hooks anil Bibles, Prioes re luced 33 per cent. National Pi'umshino Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 2C a week in your own town. Terms and oat# )Ou free. Addros II. lULLtir A Co., Portland, Me. G'amphop. Milk i? the Lrat Liniment. Priced cent* Tin Tin flv return mall. Tnll PwHptloe I'll PP Moody'* >e\r Tailor .Vratrmof I H. 11 flDraaa Cutting MOOD I A 00,CU?i?a*tf,0?