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" MY CREDITOR. Oh. Love! Most sovereign power? By every tender token, By every fond word spoken By every hope and sigh. The glancing of an eye, The tell-tale blush, The hectic flush. Smile?, rhapsody, or tears, Unspoken doubts or fears, Unwritten sorgs to sunshine wed, Celestial dreams by fancy fetl, From e*riy morn to midnight hour, Each day, "ach clay, Must 1 betray, And ever prove, Oh, Love! iih me! How much am I in debt to thee! / Oh, Love! I here protect By every bond and fetter I'm an insolvent debtor, With but thy revenue To cancel debts long due. Early and late I liquid* e With Love what er I owe To eithi r friend or foe; With pitying heart and willing ban 1 nntn AQnll LICO} I'M' uuivva II 4V.Mi...u With Love's accruing interest. Life ebb.-i, and yet I'm in thy debt; And, dying, prove, Oh, Ix>ve: uh me! I cannot get release from thee. ?Josephine Poltur<I. THE WOOD CHOPPER. "You are really too bad, Horace!" and a touch of the whip to Whitefoot's sides emphasized Godfrey Howell's impatient exclamation. His companion started from his reveries, and with a good-natured laugh asked, " Why ?" '* Why ? Have we not been riding side by side for nearly three hours, and have you not been mute as a fish all the time ? I've suggested opera, the weather, the state of the nation, and various other original tonics in vain; even a suguwy disparaging remark upon the fair Clemmie's beauty only called forth a lazy ' Do you think so ?'" " Why should I be .Miss Ryan's defender ?" "You admired her last winter.'' " Oh, yes, as lately as this spring; but an accident revealed to me so hollow and heartless a nature beneath her fair face, that I felt my admiration die instantly, Oh! Godfrey, are there any real and true women left f" "Sweet, innocent creatures! composed of all the domestic virtues bound in shilling calico! Pray, were you dreaming of such one in your long reverie ?" "No: I was thinking?'* " So I imagined. Conic, out with it; I am quite curious to hear what formed the subject of your thoughts.*' " I must go bac k a little to make you quite understand why they were so engrossing. You may have heard that my uncle, who adopted me when I lost my parents, was an eccentric, indeed?some said?almost a cra/.v, man. And he cer ?t.i:? I iUlUiV nail (lUUUiiai 11UIIUII?. these was a fixed aversion to authors, actors, painters, sculptors, and?I am quoting his words?'other gentlemen vagabonds.' You may, then, imagine his j fury when I declared my intention of be- | coming an artist. Every threat in the English language, every sort of abuse was poured out upon my devoted head to try and move me: but I felt Mint a higher power had placed the longing in mv soul for my happiness, and I was resolute. Then entreaties harder to resist than the threats, were tried; but my own convictions of the true aim of my life were not to be shaken. I had my little inheritance from my mother, and, . by care, I could make that cover the expenses of my education. So the threat to disinht nt me was powerless like all the rest, and I sailed for Italy, firinlv determined to return an artist. There had been a strong love be- ! tween my uncle and myself. 1 honored hi? good qualities, and was willing, for their sake, to humor his whims; and I was the only child of his only sister, whom he loved devotedly. So when I returned lie sent for me, and in his own queer way made a bargain with me. If 1 will paint him one good picture, get it admitted to iho academy, draw the prize, and i-ell it for enough to prove that my art will not beggar me, he will forgive me all my obstinacy and take me fe..- home again " "Well, where is the difficulty? You have painted pictures worthy of a place in the academy, and, if I mistake not, sold them too/' "They were all either portraits or his torical subjects. For this, my greatest effort. I want something new, something original. Historical subjects are so hackneyed, and I don't want to be represented in the catalogue by 'Portrait of a lady.' I was thinking over, for the hundredth time, all the subjects that have yet suggested themselves, when you spoke to me." "Look!'' cried Godfrey, reining his horse and pointing forward with the whip; " there is a subject!'' Through the broken gateway, which led from the road to a cottage, Horace saw his picture. The background was the stone-wall of the house, and tne surroundings were a pile of wood, a gate, and the soft, green grass. Kneeling upon the largest log, with both chubby hands, to raise the heavy ax, was a child, whose white, polished limbs and lovely face were fair enough to rouse any soul to admiration. The dark blue dress of woollen fabric was scant enough to leave the dimpled shoulders and arms hare, and the plump, white foot had neither shoe nor stocking to hide its splendid beauty. Dark chestnut curls, escaping from a scarlet hood, shaded a bright face, whose 6 large dark eyes were raised as the little one stood motionless, looking at the carriage and the two "city gentlemen." 'Lottie! Lottie! you little romp, where are you?" The child started as the voice came floating out at the open window above her. "I'm down here, chopping wood." A sweet, bright face came out among the roses which surrounded the window, and then, with a merry laugh, the sister cried: "Oh-*-Lottie, you naughty irirl!'* and disappeared to reappear, a moment later, at the door. ^*Miss Susie Laurie, by all that is beautiful !" cried Godfrey, and. tossing the reins to Horace, he sprang out of the vehicle, and in another moment was beside the young lady. 4'Tie up the horse, Horr;, and come here," he said, a moment later. "Miss Laurie is kind enough to promise us a country tea." '*1 don't know what you think of Lottie," said their hostess, as she led the young men into the pretty parlor; "for the child is perfectly crazy. Aunt Harriet felt unca<|iial to the constant gayety of a watering-piaee. this summer, and she required some change of air. So we took this cottage to rusticate for a few months. It is Lottie's first season of perfect freedom, and the child is absolutely crazy upon all country matters. Seeing some of the farmer's children in the neighborhood barefoot, she steals away and dolTs her shoes and stockings whenever she can escape observation. Ah! here she comes!" Such a quiet-looking child, in daintv shoes and stockings, with a pure white dress and demure face, stole in, that Horace entered a laughing protest against the transformation; and the cause of the stop before the gate was explained. There was something?who can tell what??that made Susie Laurie not unwilling to see Horace Lee's handsome face again, and she consented to allow Lottie to be painted. Aunt Harriet, who presided over the promised country tea, was quite willing to agree to the arrangement, an:l an appointment for a sitting Pfhe next day was made. It took a long time to get the sketches to suit the young artist. Sometimes it 8?i was too early, sometimes it was too late. r Often Lottie had escaped ana was on in the fields or/woods; yet these mishaps s: never tried the temper of the artist, or prevented his punctual appearance at the appointed time. Long walks or drives were made to look for the little wood chopper, and as Horace felt the sister's 06% hand on his arm, or heard her sweet voice in his car. he would forget his uncle, his picture, everything but the lovely face upon which he gazed, and the happiness it was to be near Susie Laurie. Oh! the old, old story! Who can tell all the whys and wherefores ? They met V. ?they loved! The picture was finished at last, and placed in the Academy to draw forth ,'C; many praises and win the prize. Yat even the renewal of his uncle's favor and i Kj, r the warm commendations of his friends : ?? did not give Horace the thrill of delight I IfeL.. which he felt when Lottfirput her arms | < " Susie says you're going to be my brother, and I'm awful glad!"?Annie Arnold in the Artist. The Rio Market. "Worlds within themselves are the murkets or mercados of Kio. Great are they in extent, rich in variety, teeming in interest and loud in smell. The visitor will have no difficulty in finding these interesting places if he follows the dictates of his own organ of smell, for the odor of the markets is greater, stronger and richer than all the other odors of the city, and can be detected a square or so away. The market I would essay -> ?i .1... to it'll you uuuui., auu mu uuv i?<u often attracted mo at times when I felt able to wade through the unpleasantness of the place, is situated on the bay shore, and has its docks for the fish and vegetable boats. Von may have seen the French market in New Orleans. If you have, and are gifted with an imagination that can picture a similar place a little larger in size, many times more curious and crowded, twenty times more dirty, you may have a faint idea of what this market may be like. In its area, which is about equal to that of an ordinary city st|uare,are comprised a greater assortment of things than could be dreamed of in a month. In sheds and stalls and stands are olFered for sale a most miscellaneous lot of merchandise, perishable and otherwise. Everything you could find in the North is here, beside the infinite variety of things the existence of which the people of the North never had the faintest idea. Next to a stall where is dis played a chaotic stock of notions aim ''general store" eoods, in many of which we recognize the handiwork of the Yankee, we find a vegetable stand, where is offered for sale everything that grows and possesses any value as food ? the fruits of the tropics, pumpkins, sections of the edible palm-trees, mandioca and other vegetable looking things that the Hoosicr could not call by name. This edible palm beats everything in the food line I know of. We see pieces of round, green, pithy wood two or three inches in diameter and as long as a stick of cordwood, and can hardly be convinced that this should bean article in the bill-of-fare of the nnfives vet we are assured that it is a popular food among the poorer inhabitants. The palm-tree serves the natives manifold purposes. They build houses and roof them with materials from the tree, they make clothing and thread, tools, household utensils, and I forget to what other uses they put the tree, beside eating the trunk. Next to the vegetable stall we'll find a crockery establishment. The bulk of this stock will be seen to be water coalers, bottles, etc., of the Dutch porous ware, which is so well adapted for use in the tropics. But of all the bewildering maze of things, animate and inanimate, the poultry booths will hold most of the visitor's attention. The boxes of chickens, pigeons, ducks, etc., that are so familiar to our eyes we pass with a glance, but the cages of canaries, finches, flamingoes, parrots, paroquets, cockatoos, and others of the plumed tribe, valuea either for their musical ability, loquacity or plumage, retain our interest. You may say that the latternamed are queer poultry. It does seem funny to see roosters and hens, that look so natural we could almost believe in the poultry department of Indiana county fair, and the rarest birds of the tropics side and side, but so we find it here. Amid the scores jf birds, the species of which I am ignorant, I found a sedate and solemn toucan, with its preponderance of bill. We saw this same bird every time we visited the place, and we became very familiar, so familiar, in fact, that the major felt freetocall him ''I)oc tor"?a name suggested by the size of the bill.? Will Wayicurd. Anything but Dirt in the Navy. Did you notice that man walk over to the curb and spit in the street? I'll bet he's been on shipboard. There a man's got to use either the spit-kids or spit over the side of the vessel into the water. They'll stand anything but dirt in the navy, you know. How is this for a daily routine: When the bo's'n pipes up all hands in the morning they turn out, put up their hammocks, stow 'em away in the nett'ngs, then sweep the decks. Mess-cloths are spread, and after breakfast the decks arc swept down again. At 11:30 a. m. sweepers are piped and then mess-cloths are laid for dinner, after which she is swept fore and aft once more. It's done twice more, before supper and after supper, making six times a day. You musn't think they sweep only. Not a day passes but that the decks are either dry or wet holystoned. A holy-stone is a big stone, Hat and smooth on one side. The ccnter of a long rope is made fast to it, and a squad of men lay hold of opposite ends and pull it backward and forward over the decks, which have been first wet down and sprinkled witn sanu. In places that they can't reach, corners. yon know, they make men get down on their knees with little handatones, called prayer-books, and scrub 'em out. After this they bend the hose to the pumps and wash the sand away. Men follow with squillgees, arrangements shaped like a hoc, with a strip of rubber tacked to the edge. They use cm' to rub the heaviest part of the water off the decks. Next comes another de tail with swabs. They are like biirheinp' horses' tails, and arc swung right and left. When the fibers get well saturated the swab is rung and used over again. Light, fiat sheet-iron charcoal stoves, the under side three feet square, are then suspended by long rods to within about a foot and a half of the deck, and swung backward and forward until the place underneath is pretty dry, when they shift them to other hammock-hooks and repeat this process. This is done three n?,i ,1,.,. iw,ir ctnn;n? umun a nttiVj diiu v* i * iiuij -owtKiiu twice. On such days the sweepers unused live times. The decks are always like the driven snow, and wouldn't soil a cambric handkerchief at any time. Now you ran understand why a sailor learns to use the spit-kids?well, cuspidorslook here, who's spinning this yarn?? Cincinnati /Inquirer. A Japanese Funeral. If it were evening you might sec a Japanese funeral procession says a letter from Japan. The funerals here are always conducted at sunset, in accordance with a superstition that is rather beautiful than otherwise. The procession is headed by priests and a company of musicians, who play upon samisens and beat on tomtoms. The colli n is a wooden tub in which the deceased is squatting as he has lived, with his feet tucked under him. There is this difference, however. The face of the dead man is looking toward the north, whereas this position is religiously avoided by the living Japanese. Indeed, the points of the compass arc frequently marked on the ceilings of sleeping rooms, that the sleeper may arrange his mats so as to avoid this unfavorable position. The wealthy class are buried in earthen jars instead of wooden tubs, but the mode of arrangement is the same. These peculiarshaped cotlins d<> not take up the space required bv American caskets, and burial lots need not be so large. One priest in the procession carries an oblong table, containing the "dead name" of the de .1 -...,1 llwi Tirofirmc ClMbUU, illiu iUlWIIlVI l/V. nil, jMw../,,., lotus blossom. If you follow the cortege, you will find your way into n surprisingly well-kept cemetery, with headstones all erect, and fresh flowers strewn upon most of the graves. Litanies are chanted and the body is lowered into a shallow grave lined with cement. Then a life-sized pink lotus plant is placed upon the fresh mound, a lacquer tray of bowls of t<*a or sake, beans and sweetmeats provided near by, and you walk away from the spot strongly moved by the solemn, tinfamiliar spectacle. 1 An Important Want. A Russian colonel soid one of his horses to a merchant at a very high price, intimating at the same time that he was verv loath to part with it, the animal being so capable and intelligent as "only to wnnt a tongue in order to be perfect." The merchant's delight at his bargain, however, was somewhat dashed by the news brought him next day by his groom that the horse was incapable of drinking properly, having only half a tongue. At this fatal revelation of the colonel's real meaning his victim at once laid the case before a magistrate; but. the defendant maintained, amid the uproarious laughter of the entire court (including even the presiding judge himself), that he had given his customer fair warniug of the defect, his words being that tne horse "only wanted a tongue to make him perfect," and he appealed to the plaintiff himself for a confirmation of his statement, which the latter, with extreme reluctance eventually gave. The magistrate pronounced that nothing could be ione, and recommended that the affair l^^^^ompromised. PERILS OF A COAL MINE. DA2TGEES ENCOUNTERED BY MUTEES . IK THE COLLIERIES. Sonic IflarveloiiN Encnpcs from ln> ( Htaiiiancons Death?saved only by f a Dixplky of (irenl \crvc, 1 "Escapes! Yes, sir; I've hud one or two near shaves; and I don't suppose < there's a man on the colliery but what 1 could say the same." ' The speaker was a hardy, toil-worn < coal-niincr, who had come to see me on > some parish business. And many is the ' thrillinir tale which, by considerable pres- t sure?for be it known that most of these 1 men think lightly and speak but little of their dangers?the country parson may ] extract from his"fellow men in black" among the coal-pits. i "Yes. sir; I've had one or two. Oncc I was let down into the sump in eight feet of water/' This man wasashaftsman. The "shaft," as vou know?or perhaps you don't know ?is the circular perpendicular "weli" by j which access is gained to the horizontal ; beds of coal lying at various depths before j | the surface. The depth of the shaft , I in various mines ranges from tens to ] j hundreds of fathoms. The duty of the ( ; shaftmcn is to keep this in repair. Often j i their work must be done sitting with one ^ leg through a loop attached to the steel- J wire rope by which they are drawn up , and down, or standing on a simple scaf- , fold hung to the side of the shaft; and a ] man needs a stout heart and steady nerve } to work placidly, suspended over a chasm I . a hundred fathoms deep. The ordinary ] Imu-ovor <>f innrnm-injr ill) and I . down the shaft is in the "cage," an iron structure open to two sides, steadied in its course by two grooves, which fit in 1 two wooden "guides" extending the ' whole depth, and fixed to the sides of ' the shaft. 1 must also explain that the "sump" is the very bottom of the shaft. 1 The shaft is sunk a few fathoms lower ( than the lowest seam of coal that is being ( worked. In the lowest part of the shaft, 1 euphoniously termed the "sump," the water which oozes from the sides of the shaft finds its way. is constantly being pumped out, to prevent the Hooding of : the pit. How could a man be let down into the sumj) and escape alive, seemed a mystery to me. "IIow on earth did you get out I asked. "1 suppose they drew the eagc. up at once?*' "Never,said the shaftman. "The engineman by mistake or accident, ran her right down into the sump, and there she stuck, while the other cage was right up at the pulleys. The eugine power ! was lost, and he couldn't get her up." "Then how did you escape?" I asked, breathlessly. 1 "Why," he answered, with a grim smile, "1 had to get out the way they catch sparrows at Gateshead." "How's that?" "The best way I could. I managed to get out of the cage. There was only just room to squeeze up between the cage and the side of the sump, and I climbed up by the timbers to the top of the water. I was near done when I got out,and then I had to travel round about and get out by a stapple. It was two hours before I got home. The engineman was nearly off his head. They were all sure I was killed, and were seeking I about how to get the cage up again." "Wasn't it awtul going down? i saia. "Didn't you lose your head?'' "I can tell you it was. The cage came flown with a run, and clashed into the water like a clap of thunder." "What did you think?" I asked. "I wonder you kept your senses." "Well," he said, "I knew what was going to happen, when I felt her going. The water came in on me, and I knew there was eight feet above me; and I thought: 'Well, it's a queer thing if I've come here to be drowned.' I had my thick leather jacket on; and I swallowed a lot of water j but I scrambled out some- , how. But it was a near thing, I can tell , you. , "Oh," he continued, "there are queer , things happen. Once, another man and I were drawn up over the pulley. That's j not the big pulleys, you know, sir; but , the little wheel with the small rope, a ] few feet above tho shaft, which we use for shaft work. This other man and I had been at work, sitting in the loops . hanging on the rope; and when the engine drew us up again, she 'ran away,' and drew us right over the pulley. At least I went over; and the other man hung on the other side balancing. My j hands were cut with the wheel; but I held on till they got us down. Hut it wn? a roughish ride, was that. Well, good night, sir." | I wondered how many lives this man 1 lia i. and how he could go away so cheer- ' j fully to meet day by day the perils of his I toil. The following may show that gratitude to a higher power is oftener felt than expressed to the outer world. Pardon a lit- t tie preliminary detail. Square tubs, on ( four wheels, running on tram lines along the workings of the pit,are used for drawing the coals to the shaft. On some oc- j casions, as when going to a distant part of the workings, one or two tubs will be drawn by a pony, each tub carrying perhaps four men. When the seams are low, 1 there will be a space of only a few inches between the edge of the tub and the < "balks" of timber placed crosswise to sup- I port the roof of the coal scam; thus the 1 men must keep their heads down to the level of the edge of the tub. On one occasion,"saidmy informant, j "three of us were crouched down in a tub. | The pony was going at : walk up a slight f rise. I can't tell you how it happened, but I must have raised my head un- , consciously above the level of the tub. ' I felt my forehead touch a crossbeam ] in the roof, and before I had time to , reflect, I knew that I was in deadly peril. ( The forward movement of the tub jammed my head between the beam and the edge of the tub. I gave myself a wrench, trying to get free: but I couldn't. All this of course passed in a fraction of ' a second, and I gave myself up as dead, f Now comes the most wonderful part. 1 At the very time my head touched the i roof, in the very crisis of my agony of ' mind, when the whole situation flashed I on me, the pony stopped. No one had touched it or spoken to it. i nau uttered i ho cry. The pony stopped. I drew down my head, and crouched almost 1 fainting in the tub. My life was saved. ' I never told my companions until we ] cami' out, when they lemarkcd how pale < j 1 looked. For weeks, whenever I went ' I down the pit, I was almost unnerved by this terrible recollection And I tell you, 1 | sir. I've read of drowning people seeing i at a glanc e all the past scenes and doings ' of their lives?1 never thought much of i it?but I tell you, every scene and deed i of mv life seemed to come before me in a < flash of light. I saw everything. I have never forgotten, and shall never forget, the feeling ( l' that day. How it was I that pony stopped and my life was saved, 1 I can't say; but if it wasn't Providence, | I don't know what else it can be." i A similar miraculous escape was told ' me by one of the managers of a pit. ''1 was down making a survey, with a man and a young assistant. We sat down to rest side by side, our backs against the 1 wall of the coal. The man was sitting on my right hand, the assistant on my left. After we had sat a few seconds, the assistant, with no apparent reason, 1 got up and went and sat at the other end of the row, next to the man. He had no sooner sat down, than, without any warning, a huge mass of stone crashed | down from t tie root on t tic very spot where the assistant had been sitting ! Part of it grazed my arm, hut did no injury. 'A near shave for you," we both said to the assistant. 'It was a near shave,' lie replied, somewhat nervously. We went on with our work. Perhaps we spoke lightly; but I believe not one of us could have said all he thought."? Chamfer* Journal. The Sparrow and the Robin. , Where did you come from so early?" 1 said the English Sparrow to a Robin < Red-breast, one cold February morning. 1 "From a lovely orange-grove in the ' South," replied the Robin. ' "Well! you had better have stayed there." said the Sparrow; "we shall have ' mow snow, and what will the Robin do *1? t i m il, jjuui i niut; v i "Look here!" said the Robin, "I'm a 1 natural born American, and won't stand any such airs from foreigners;'' and, so i saying, he attacked the Sparrow so < fiercely that his lordship was glad to slink away and hide iiis head under his 1 wing, poor thing. "Well!" said the 1 Robin, after his declaration of independence, "I think I had better go back, 1 after all; it crocs seem rather stormy, and t it's always best to take good advice, no matter if you don't like the way it-is offered."?St. Nicholas. i ? ] The British Mcdical Journal advises C that all books used by patients suffering c from infectious or contagious diseases be $ burned after convalescence, and that the t second-hand book shops and circulating r libraries be occasionally subjected to dis- e I infection. . t! MiiifriyAi V * II r t'i. IL.tfli SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. j Luminous paint has been applied to < larncss with desirable results. At night ho position of the horse is clearly indi ated, and it docs not appear that the inimal is alarmed in the sligetest by his iright equipment. In the stores of Paris glass is taking he place of wood for flooring. It costs 1 norc than wood, but it lasts longer, and jeside beinir easily kej)t clean allows mough light to be transmitted through J ts roughened surface for the employes ;o work l?v on the floor beneath. The , ?lass is cast in squares and set in strong ron frames. I Lieutenant Diek, of the Russian army, , lias discovered a new luminous powder < which has three colors?green, yellow ind violet, the last-named giving the j most powerful light. Mixed with water in a glass vessel, an illuminating liquid is produced which may prove very useful . in mining and military operations. The illuminating power lasts for eight hours, 1 when fresh powder must be added. . Dr. Carter Moffat recently delivered a lecture in Glasgow to a large audience, mainly composed of professional men and I musical critics, on voice training by i chemical means. Dr. Moffat maintained that the presence of peroxide of hydrogen in the air and dew of Italy had some connection with the beauty of the Italian i-ocal tone. A series of illustrations by persons taken from the audience, who intialed a chemical compound made to represent Italian air, ant said to have been very satisfactory?a full, clear rich, mellow tone being produced by one application. M. Girnrd, director of the Paris Municipal laboratory, says that the chemical knowledge applied to the concoction if spurious foods and drinks is of a i-nrv hi.rh order. nml would suflice to make the fortunes of the adulterators it [lozen times over, if applied in an honest capacity. The matter which seems to have aroused him of late is a peculiarly ingenious thing in gooseberry jelly. It appears that the article is made entirely of seaweed. The coloring matter is fuchsine, and the flavor is given by a compound of acetic ether, tartaric acid, aldehyde, and ?>nanthic. Inspectors often recognize it from the fact that it is "a little more elegant than the genuine article." HEALTH HINTS. Neuralgia and toothache arc sometimes speedily relieved by applying to the wrist 11 quantity of bruised or grated horseradish. Insect bites, and even that of a rattlesnake, have proved harmless by stirring enough common salt into the yolk of it good egg to make it sufficiently thin for it plaster, to be kept on the bitten part. A New Yorker gives the following remedy for frost bites: Hub the afflicted parts with pure oil of peppermint. It will also prevent the after ellect of chilblains. Care should be taken to use only the pure oil and not the essence of peppermint, as the cssence will not have the desired effect. Dr. J. S. Wilson, in the Southern World, declares that to cure a fever, or act on the kidneys, no febrifuge or diuretic is superior to the juice of fresh, ripe watermelons, which may, with very few exceptions, be taken in sickness and in health, in almost unlimited quantity, not only without injury, but with positive benefit.?Dr. Foot*?* Health Monthly. The London Dineet says: Dr. Milner Fothergil recommends the use of stewed fruits in many instances of gout and dyspepsia. Sugar is undoubtedly objectionable to many, but it is by no means necessary to add sugar to stewed fruit; if the acidity be neutralized by un alkali, little or no sugar is .required. Thrifty housewives have long been familiar with the fact that the addition of a small quantity of the bicarbonate of soda to stewed fruit reduces the acidity, so as to save the necessity of so much sugar. If about as much bicarbonate of potash as will lie on a shilling be added to each pound of fruit it will he found sufficient to neutralize the acidity and to bring out the natural sweetness. Milk puddings and stewed fruit are excellent for the dyspeptic, the bilious and the [jouty. WISE WORDS. There is no use in sweeping a chamber if all the dust comes out of the broom. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Nothing so exasperates some nature* is to be first thwarted, and then severely I..4 IVJl iliUilC. There is no contagion so mysterious ind awfully rapid in its transmission as that of a panic. Imitate time. It destroys slowly. It undermines, wears, loosens, separates. It Iocs not uproot. Oh! the malign power of one evil deed! Who can tell when and where its deadly influence will cease? An innate dignity and reserve is a true woman's sure protection unless men are L-qual to brute violence. No man, for lyiy considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the truer. In those who wish to be happy the passions must be cheerful and gay, not gloomy and melancholy. A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; to fear and sorrow, real poverty. Virtue is so powerful that of herself die will, in spite of all the necromancy possessed by the first inventor, Zoroaster, some oil conqueror in every severe trial, md shine refulgent in the world, as the jun shines in the heavens. (.'old Winters. The following statistics of the cold winters urc curious: In 401 the Black >ca was frozen over. In 708, not only the Black sea, but the straits of Dardanelles, was frozen over; the snow in wine places rose fifty feet high. In <182, the fjreat rivers of Europe?the Danube, the Elbe, etc.?were so hard frozen as to bear heavy wagons for a month. In 1860, the Adriatic was frozen. In 991, everything was frozen; the crops totally failed, and famine and pestilence closed the year. In 10(57, the most of the travelers in Germany were frozen to death on the roads. In 1133, the l'o was frozen from Cremona to the sea; the wine casks were burst, und even the trees split by the action of the frost with immense noise. In 1236, the Danube was frozen to the bottom, ind remained long in that state. In 1316, the crop wholly failed in Germany; ; wheat, which some years before sold in England at 6 shillings the quarter, rose Lo ?2. In 1339. the crops failed in Scotland, and such a famine ensued that the poor were reduced to feed on grass, and many perished miserably in the fields. The successive winters of 1432 '33 '34 were uncommonly severe. It once snowed forty days without interruption. In 1048, wine distributed to the soldiers in Flanders was cut with hatchets. In 1084, the winter was excessively cold. Most of the hollies were killed- Coaches drove along the Thames, the ice of which was eleven incurs iiiick. in iiu;i occurred the cohl winter. The frost penetrated three yards into the ground. In 1710, booths were erected and fairs held on the Thames. In 1744 and 174") the strongest ale in England, exposed to the air, was covered in less than fifteen minutes with ice an eighth of an inch thick. In ISO!), and again in 1812. the winters were remarkably cold. In 1K14 there was a fair on the frozen Thames.? Sr ten (ifir A liter iran. Retaliation. The other morning as Mr. Fceblewit, who hangs over a desk in the treasury department, was on his way to the fiscal headquarters of the government lie stepped into an avenue restaurant for liis morning bite. The commodorc of the outfit look the opportunity of presenting a little bill which had been "hanging up " till it wanted to lay down bad. "Oh," said Mr. F., "just consider it paid, and it will be all the same as if it ivas." - ? ti 4? a. At i J*. M. j>ir. r. ifiupiiuiii-u iu uic restaurant for a lunch. Hack came the consoling reply: ' "Just consider you've ate it, and it > tvill be just the same as if you actually md done so." Mr. F. went into committee of the < ^hole to do the considering.? Washing- ' on Hatchet. ?? l The number of eggs produced yearly n the United States is stated by Mr. < Jalsted, of New York, to be 9,000,000,100, valued at $240,000,000. The value if the poultry consumed is estimated at 1800,000,000 per year. The total of the wc items is $.'540,000,000 per year, rep- 1 esenting the value of the poultry and t ggs annually consumed by the people of '\ big country. ? c SOME AMUSING SKETCHES. 20MXCAL TALES GATHERED PROM VARIOUS SOURCES. A Leap-Year Effort?Students Floored ?If isniarck'* ChcrrlcN?How the (Governor's Leg flrcw On. % A LKAl'-YKAU EFFOIIT. Handsome Young Smithers?"The .veatheris getting a little more pleasant." Antique Miss Blifkins?" Yes; it is just lovely now for wedding tours." II. Y. Smithers?"By the way, I unJerstand that the government is to pursue a vigorous foreign policy." A. M. Blifkins?"Indeed! I should hink you would be more interested in lomcstic policies. Every young man jliould get a?" II. Y. Smithers?"Yes, should get a position which would enable him to cam i living." * A. Hlifkins?" Yes; for himself ind wi?" II. Y. Smithers?"Ah, beg pardon! I believe a big lire has broken out up street. I must run and see if any of my property is in danger." A. M. Hlifkins ?" Oh, don't go. That fire is nothing to the fire that burns in my?" But he had fled.?7'JiiladeljiIiia Call. STUDENTS KLOOKKD. A Lexington correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal tells a good story of old father " Raccoon John Smith," who was noted for his sharpness at repartee. He was frequently quizzed in order to hear his replies. On one occasion three students of Georgetown college, Ky., saw him coming at a distance, and arranged that they would walk about twenty yards apart, and as they passed him the first one was to say: "Good morning, Mr. Abraham," the second to call him "Mr. Isaac," and the third "Mr. Jacob." So the first called him "Mr. Abraham," and the old gentleman oniy seemed a little surprised that anybody there should not know him. The second one called him "Mr. Isaac," and the old gentleman evidently suspected something. His familiarity with the Bible made him anticipate what the third was going to say, and he got ready for him. "Good morning, Mr. Jacob," said the third student. "Stop, young man," said the old gentleman, "lam neither Abraham, Isaac nor Jacob; I am Said the son of Kish, in search of my father's asses, and behold, I have found three of them." niPMAnCK'K ClIEKItlES. The Paris Figaro publishes the following amusing incident, which is said to have taken place during one of the state dinners at, Berlin, and at which the late Lord Beaconsfield and the marquis of Salisbury were present: Prince Bismarck, who is well known to be a great eater, filled his plate with cherries; the marquis of Salisbury observed it. "Prince," said he, suddenly, "what you are doing is very unhealthy." "What?" said iTJnce uismarcK, in astonishment. "You have swallowed two cherrystones." "You arc mistaken," said the prince, with marked coldness. "Never!" replied Salisbury, with that hauteur which charactcri7.es the proud English aristocracy. "Monsieur lc Marquis!" said Bismarck, his eyes shooting tire. It was at this moment that Lord Beaconsfield came to the rescue. "Perhaps," he insinuated, in his softest voice, "you arc both right; youi highness must be so occupied with serious thoughts that you might inadvertently have swallowed a tiny stone." "Two!" interrupted Salisbury, in a decided tone. "Or two," continued Lord Beaconsfield, as calmly as possible; "and you, my dear lord and colleague, enjov such good sight that nothing escapes you. Now, prince and marquis, will you allow me to decide this difficult question?" "How?" murmured Bismarck. "Your plate, highness, if you please?" This last was in English, the correspondent adding that Lord Beaconsfield was the only diplomatist at Berlin whe never talked French. The plate was sent to Lord Beaconsfield, who at oncc emptied the contents on the table. All eyes were now fixed on him. With hi.' long, bony, agile fingers, covered with precious stones, he began to arrange what looked more like a child's game than an occupation worthy of such a distinguished minister. He put all the stones in a line, and placed a sten? on each stone. Then, in that clear, piercing voice that has so often moved the house of commons, the English prime minister began to count one. two, three, and so on to forty-seven stones, and likewise with the stems, till he counted fortynine. The proof was there?two stones were wanting. Bismarck rose and said, in an agitated voice: "Marquis, you are right!" then, turning, said in a loud voice: "Lord Beaconsfield, you are a great man!" HOW THE OOVEKXOH'S I.EO GREW OX. An old fellow from Bear Wallow visited the executive office the other day to talk with the governor and secure something to "blow" about his neighborhood. "Come in," said a pleasant-looking gentleman. " Are you the governor?" " Yes sir." " Wall, then, I've alius been mistaken about you. I had heard that you left one of your legs on the battle-field, but I see you've got two legs. IIow do you account for that?" "Easy enough. When I took my seat as governor I had only one leg with me, having, as you say, lost the other one in battle. A short time after I took my scat I noticed that another leg had begun to grow out. At first I was alarmed, having never heard of such a performance, but after awhile I decided to await developments. The leg kept on growing until the ankle was reached. It stopped then for a few days, and I thought that the resurrection business was entirely suspended, but I was wrong. The leg was only <ratheriu!j material with which to build a foot. After awhile the foot began to make its appearance. It reminded me of an old woman knitting a sock. It would have tickled you to death to see how skillfully and human-like the work of rounding off the heel went on. Occasionally it would drop a stitch, but, sir, it would hop back and pick it up. I was very anxious about the instep, but my mnrn ennn o11nvf>rl fr?r it. WILQ sllftneH olT as perfect as anything you ever saw. At last, when the performance reached the toes, hanged if I didn't think that I would itch to death, but I couldn't scratch, for that would have spoiled the work. When the job was completed I could walk as well as any man in town, and I even ran a race with an old negro down on the river bank." "Did you walk around while the growin' was goin" on?" asked the man from Bear Wallow, regarding the governor with curious gaze. "Oh, no. I had to regain perfectly quiet and allow my leg to lay on a kind of cot which 1 had prepared for the occasion.'' " Did you talk to any of the doctors about it?" " Yes, but they did not regard it rs :emarkablc. One of our leading physicians said that election to otlice was very frequently the cause of legs and arms growing out, ami gave it as his opinion that this was the reason crippled men were always after otliccs." ' It may not have seemed strange to the doctor, but dinged if it don't seem mighty strange to me." " It did to me at first, hut I soon got used to it; and let me remark that when a man is elected governor of Arkansas he will soon get used to a number of things he never heard of before." Now, when I go home an'tell the folks that the governor's leg has growed out, they'll believe it. for they don't think anythin' impossible with him, but when I tell 'em that I've seed the governor an' sot down and talked to him familiar-like, they won't believe it. Can't you give me some sort of receipt showin' that I have seed you. Jest say: 1 This here is to certify that John Killprune, of Bar Waller, has this day had a conversation with me. I axed John to set down and make himself at home, which he done, an' I found him mighty cntertainin', an' wusli he'd come agin find fetch his folks.' Jes draw up them words exactly an' sign 'em, please." "I'll do it.sir,"' and the reccipt was rlrawn up and signed. Greatly elated, the man from Bear Wallow, wont down. ,\t the state-house pate helmet the watchman, who asked: 41 That feller gone down from up vonIcryct?" "What feller?" "That feller in the governor's room." j "Ain't he the governor!" "Governor, the deuce. He's a jack-leg awyer from up the country and is here ryin1 to get a pardon for a hog-thief. I'he governor's been doJgin' him all lay.?Arkamaw Traveler. i B?! | Wouderfal Insect Eyes. Physicians call attention to the in- . creasing instances of defective or imperfect sight occurring in civilized countries, and attribute it to various conditions of 1 modern life?the overwork of the eyes in childhood, the study of books in small print, the habit of reading by imperfect light, and many other causes. It appears nnrfnin thiit in thn mftttfir of evesicht the savage has usually the advantage of the civilized man. The gift of sight is one very unequally distributed among the animal world. Some creatures enjoy it in excess, like the eagle; others arc totally deprived of it, like the earthworm. In many other instances the sense of sight, if not actually lacking, is extremely imperfect, as in the ease of the mole. Insccts arc in many eases far more richly endowed with eyes than even birds or beasts. The little creature called a whirlwig, which skims about on the surface of standing water, is furnished with a double set of optics, the upper portion of the eyes (fitted for seeing in the air) being placed in fhe upper portion of the head, and the lower portion of the eyes (fitted for seeing in the water) in the lower portion of the head, a thin division separating the two. Spiders possess six eyes?some species eight; centipedes twenty, while the eyes of many insccts (bees, butterflies, dragonflies) arc composed of a number of facets, each eye being, in fact, a cluster of eyes. Dr. Hook counted 14,000 of these meets in the eye of a dragon-fly, and Lecuwenhoek found as many as 12,544 in another specimen of the same species. The latter naturalist adapted one of the eyes of a dragon-fly so as to be able to see objects through it by moans of a microscope, and found that he could view the steeple of a church 299 feet high and 7/30 feet from the place where he stood: he could also distinguish if the door of a house, at the same distance, was open or shut. Fleas' eyes diminish as well as multiply objects, as Pugct discovered performing a similar experiment to that of Leeuwenhock. "A soldier viewed through it represented an army of pygmies; . . . the flame of a candle seemed the illumination of a thousand lamps." Blind or imperfectly sighted human beings may think with envy of the beautiful provision of visual organs bestowed by Nature on some of her children; and yet many creatures live happily with but a small share of the blessings of sight. In some of the insects who possess the largest share of visual organs, some other sense?taste, hearing or touch? is deficient. Huber believes their sense of both hearing and taste to be imper1 feet. On the other hand, the blind earthworm will retreat rapidly into its hole if the light of a candle is thrown upon it, its sense of hearing or smell warning it of the approach of the danger it cannot see. A bat's senses of touch, hearing and smell are so acute that it depends little on the aid of its eyes. Spallanzani tested this by the cruel experiment nf dnstrovincr the sieht of several bats, and then setting them free. In their flight through the room they avoided even the smallest thread placed to obstruct their way. Latreille, the French naturalist, states that there is a species of ants which are entirely blind, but pursue the same mode of life as their sighted brethren.?London Globe. Japanese Wrestlers. There arc at Tomioka several mumII temples, but of only local interest, and once a year, on the 18th of September, there is a grand matsuri, or feast day, celebrated, when the doors of the temple are opened and services performed by the priests. On this feast day celebrated wrestlers congregate here and contest the championship, in front of the temple an elevation of sand, about two feet high and twenty feet square, is made, the sides protected by matting to keep the sand in place. On this the wrestlers try 1 their skill for supremacy in the art. They are entirely without clothing, offering their bare bodies alone to the grasp of their opponents, with the exception of a narrow band which bisects the lower part of the body, and is also wound about the loins a number of times and securely 1 fastened. It is a sight that wonld dc1 light the fancy wrestlers of the Western ' world to witness these chaps tug at ! each other for the mastery. As they take ' their places preparatory to the trial of 1 strength and skill they place themselves ' in a partially squatting position, placing ; their limbs wide apart, and slap one limb ' and then the other, at the same time raising the foot and leg, and then bring ing it (the foot) down again with an eni ergy and force that portends a deter' niination that their feet shall not be ' tripped from under them. They then ' squat, facing each other, and upon 1 a signal spring upon each other as they 1 rise, catching such hold as they are able. Such wrestling ever came under our obi serration elsewhere. The style is peculiar to Japan, and appears to be more a demonstration of power than skill, as they make heavy work of it sweating and streaming as men only do when putting forth their utmost strength. Some heavy falls are sustained, while it can hardly be seen how the thing was ac* complished. At this masturi large numbers of contestants appear in the arena, so there is a large showing of glistening anatomy as they stand together under the full blaze of the sun. Fierce looks they assume as they spring upon one another in the tussel, grimacing in all sorts of contortions. Vet the best good nature prevails at these contests. It is ludicrous to see them, after they have been thrown again and again, leave the arena and perform their acts of posturing, taking positions and going through maneuvering that would impress one with the idea that they were the king-pins of the lot if they only let themselves loose and did their best. With all the crudity of movement, there must be very much skill in the methods of these wrestlers, for the falls come rapidly. The victor of the company is a proud man, and shows it?intimating by actions that he is capable of immense achievements of skill and dexterity in his art. Matrimonial Aspirants. A good story is told by the Milan (Italy) correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle. A young nobleman of that city, of marriageable age, not long ago came to the conclusion that it was time ior nun to look for a wife. His pursuits in life not being of the most strenuous character, lie had leisure to combine amusement with research. Accordingly lie advertised his want in a Milanese newspaper, requesting that every answer to the advertisement might be accompanied by the portrait of the lady who replied. The result was sixty live letters, with as many maidenly countenances as would furnish a good-sized album. Embarrassed by a choice of such unexpected variety, and desirous to gratify that sense of humor which even the serious nature of his quest could not repress, the young man replied to each of his correspondents. Without the knowledge of the others, he sent a ticket for an orchestra stall in the Scala theatre, announced that he himself would be in a particular box, the number and situation of which he stated. A few evenings later tin; theatre-going j)UDlic oi ->iiian were perpie.xuu iv u.\plain the nppcarancc of one of the rows of stalls in that immense building. A long line of beauties, in toilets of extreme elegance, unbroken by a single black coat, was observed. Furtively, and with trepidation, did each damsel from time time raise her opera glass to that box?the cynosure of many bright eyes?in which the graceful youth reposed. Suspiciously, and with darkened brow did each damsel turn to the long lile of her neighbors, and wonder at the magnetism which drew each glass to the one central post. By and by. thq audience, to whom some hint of the secret had leaked out, began to give audible signs that they enjoyed the joke. "The sporadic laughter of the theatre increased the confusion of the young ladies, and the contagion of fun turned the sporadic mirth into a general roar. The Arizona Camels Sold. The camels which were imported and 1 * J- : ?I uscii lor some uruc jh u;m > ui^ f-uuua mu freight across the dry wastes of Arizona were, after the completion of the Southern Pacific road, turned loose and allowed to roam away as being of no further use. .Mr. John Shirley, one of the wealthiest land owners and largest sheep farmers in Australia has purchased from the com- I pany which imported them the entire lot | of camels, which now by natural increase number about 400. and he will arrange for the recapture and shipment of the J animals, which will be a big job and require a good deal of time. It is proposed to use them in the unsettled and barren portions of the smallest of the five j continents, and in transporting freight across the portions which are barren and dc;titute of water, but contain some rich mines. The entire drove was purchased j fot $10,000, which is much less than the : same number could be purchased in their na ive country and be carried across the two oceans for.?Oma/iu (Neh.) Uejtuhli- | can. 1 . ' ?f .-y > THE WOOING OT. A lawyer once, anlike most of fais class ti A modest man, fell dead in love. A lass " He worshiped quite, but still his secret kep JJJ Till up the scale his cautious courage crept, n And, well assured no one his purpose knew tl He started out with this sole aim iti view? C( To wit, to woo. His way led through a wood, the shadows f*ll, 4 His waning courage shadowy grew as well, k Until he asked himself, disheartened quite, | ''Why am I here at this time of the night?" 5 An answer from a tree-top loud and clear, a In legal language couched, fell on his ear? " To wit! to wool" ? He fled in fear, although he knew no on j saw For fear, like many a lawyer, knows no law: a The bird of wisdom perching overhead v Slow flapped his wings, winked warily and E said: " Why should this be? Such haste I never r knew. ' He sure an unwise purpose had in view? 1 To wit! to woo!"' , envoy. 1 Take well to heart this text drawn from the | woodYour modest wooer never comes to good. Though all the world your secret clearly knows, And through unheard-of shades your pathway goes, Let not your courage fail whate'er you do; Your wit keep always clearest when you woo ? William Howard Carpenter, in the Century. The Monkey Market in Rio. From the poultry show it is but a step or so to the establishment of Senhor Jose Mattos Almeida de Ribiero Gomes Ca vaino, wnose piUCU ui uuaiiiuss is :u crowded with monkeys, marmosets, dogs and other little animals that may be converted into pets, that there surely cannot be much room left for his name. If you want to buy a monkey, Senhor J. M. A. de R. G. C'avalho can supply yon with almost any kind from his extensive assortment. You can buy a dear, cute little pocket edition marmoset or a great big, vulgar ape, that is good for nothing but for making a show of himself. Some of these diminutive monkeys are almost little enough to be used as watch-chain charms. Seeing us so interested in his stock-in-trade the monkey dealer tried to sell us a " critter," but we were long on monkeys at the time and wouldn't buy. The major intimated to the senhor that we would like to buy a few yards of his name, but as he said it in English the sarcasm was lost. At another monkey store we had the pleasure of seeing how the wild "monks," fresh from their native jungles, arc broken in for domestic use. This dealer, whose name I did not take time to copy, had just received a new lot of "missinglinks," a whole box-full, probably his spring stock, and as we watched him openiug and marking the goods we learned several things that would prove invaluable to us were we ever to go into the business. He would wrap his hands in a coflec sack and then carctiAnnli infn +V? Kav fnr Ann nf flin uneasy little animals, who, having just come in from the country, felt backward at first contact with city society, and they had no better manners than to scream and attempt to bite the friends who were about to introduce them into metropolitan life. After some trouble and a lot of noise a little fellow is finally secured and brought out, all the while emitting ear-splitting, almost human screams. With their hands protected by the coffee sacks, two fellows hold the little creature while a third cuts off a foot or so of the monkey's long tail. This done, the man proceeds to adjust a leather collar on him, not around his neck, as would be the case with other animals, but about the smallest part of his body, which you may know is that portion of his anatomy just above his hind legs. This operation requires considerable time?more, really, than the "monk" feels able to spare, and he signifies his disapproval in shrill screams, which, in their agonizing tones, sound like the wail of a human baby. The strap is finally affixed in a scientific manner acceptable to the manipulator, and a chain is attached to it. Next, a number of little juicy green peppers, of the kind that I know by experience to be alfired hot, are put into the creature's mouth, and he is made to chew them sufficiently to get a full benefit of the hot iunch. Alter tnis ne is cnainca ro a cage. i>ow . that the monkey is free from the hands of his tormentors he shows his fear and agony, superinduced by the rough treatment he recived and the peppers he had eaten, and makes frantic though futile attempts to commit suicide by hanging or butting his brains out on the boxes. After this it is supposed that the monkey becomes docile, and if he proves to be wicked or degenerate later in life he cannot lay the blame on the kind people who brought him from liis forest fastness to dwell among people who are, according to an eminent scientist, but his four millionth cousins.? Will Wayward. The noble mind may be clouded with adversity, but cannot be wholly concealed; for true merit shines by a light of its own, and, glimmering through the rents and crannies of indigence, is perceived, respected and honored by the generous and the great. A German doctor says: "Melt some suspected butter; soak worsted or a wick in it; when cold light it like a candle; blow it out; if it is oleomargarine it will smell like a blown out candle; if it is butter it will smell like butter." A Lucky Jt'lsberman. In the vast amount of business transacted at the Baltimore (Md.) postoffice, Mr. M. V. Bailey, superintendent of the mails, is kept exceedingly busy, but some HOW lie llilUB u cqjuiu uuui ui uiij iu,gu fishing, and from hia experience he gives his testimony that St. Jacob* Oil is the best remedy in the world for rheumatism, sprains, soro feet and joints, bruises, etc. It is the remedy for fishermen and gunners, who should always keep a bottle on hand. A New York concern makes money letting sealskin sacques. For Twenty Years. AN IMPORTANT OPINION HY AN EMINENT NEW YORK JURIST. A correspondent of the Syracuse (N. Y.) Journal send? his paper an interesting interview with one of the leading justices of the j supreme court of the State of New YorK, from which we quote: | "Yes, sir; I have been on the bench for twenty years, and have never missed an appointment through physical debilities. " In the spring of the year I make it an invariable rule to help nature ' clean house' by using a standard blood purifier, and to this I attribute my extraordinary vigor. I am nearly seventy years old." This man is a philosopher as well as a jurist. The early spring is nature's " hou-?cleaning" time. Then the blood Ls full of the impurities of the long winter. Nature needs as>istance in this work, for if the purification be not complete the system is liable to attacks of pneumonia, chills and fever, malaria, rheumatism, liver ami kidney and blood disorders, headaches, bowel derangements, and the debilitating etfects of summer heat. The use of a pure vegetable, non-alcoholic preparation is then all-important. " No, I should not like my name to bo use-1 publicly, but you may sav," said the jurist, "that the only medicino I use is Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y.?a most excellent preparation, which I always warmly commenu 10 my menus everywhere." The Favorite Remedy has been twenty years in use, and it is said that it is pleasant to Lake, cures in ninety ]>er cent, of cases, and can harm no one. It challenges the fullest comjuirison as a preventive and curative. It is purely vega table, non-alcoholic, and can beused with the utmost safety by children and adults. Wo do not wonder that it has the cordial indorsement of the best physicians and the public. Mensman'h Peptonized beef tonic, tho onlv preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious properties. It contains blood-making, force generating and lifc-sus<taimnR.properticti! , invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of general debility ] also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over- | work or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pnlmonarycomplaints. C'swell, Hazardi Co., Proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists. Kor sore feet, swollen joints, sprains, corn? or bunions, use St. Patrick's Salve. Tho short, hacking cough which leads to consumption is cured by Piso's Cure. Danger from Catarrh i Depends npon the nmoant and extent of the sorofulous I infection. Unquestionably many death* from con- ) sumption can he traced to negleoted catarrh. There n | & violent distress, protracted coughing spells, the ; eyes weep, the none discharges copiously, itml the n head seems about to snlit. 1 i In suoh esses Hood's Sarnparilln corrects the oa. I i tarrhby It* direct action in discharging the poison from thn blood through nature's great oat lets, so that J healthy, sound blood reaches the membranes and U / wholesome Catarrh in the Head jj Is more prevalent than many are aware of, and how i readily lellef may be obtained by the use of Hood's I m Sarsaparilla, listen to the following: j E I hare been a sufferer with catarrh in thn h?ad for 15 f years. Never having found any benefit from th? well i known remedies, I resolved to try a bottle of Hood's I / Sanuiparilla for my catarrh. I would not tnka r.ny I I monied consideration for the goo<l that one bottle did I Cl me.-I. W. Llllls, Chicago, III., Postal Clnrk. 100 Doses One Dollar i / "I hare been troubled with that distressing corn- J rt plaint, catarrh, and have been using Hood's Sarsapa, mi rill*, and iind it on* of the best remedies I have ever A laJceo,"?Muai Shield. Uhiosgo, ill. | m i ; < . , .. . Hla Sob's AdTtofc ' '* I bare been troubled for over twehrs yean * dth a weakneesof the kidneys and bladder, * hich the doctors said was diabetes. I ooold * j ot at times stand up, and would have to con* 0 nually use the urinal both day and night, 0 rith intense pains in my back and sides: ? lere was brick-dust deposits in my water; I * juld not rest well or lie easily in bed in any / osture. 1 was at that time employed by the [aine Central railroad, and had to give up *1. rork for a time. Fearing that it would xrner or later turn to that dreaded Bright'* i iaease, I called in iny son in Lewiston, who JJ? i in the drug business, and after consulting ?1 rith him as to my case, he advised me to um *i [nut's Remedy, as he knew of so man> sue esrful cures that it had made in Lewiston o? nd vicinity. I at once commenced using it, {[? nd began to improve. I had less pain in my f ack and sides, my water was pained nato* !n< ally with less color and no pain, and after ?sing several bottles found that my pains re re all prone and the weakness of the Idaneys nd bladder were cured, and I have no trouble ritli them now, and can attend to my buslieas; and for one of my years I am enjoying ;ood health, and thanks to Hunt's Remedy or it, and I consider it a duty and pleasure to sic ?commend so good a medicine as Hunt's on Remedy, and I have taken pains to recomnend it toothers in this vicinity. ^ You are at liberty to publish this acknowljdgment, hoping it may be the means of helpng suffering humanity. . E. B. (Jlakk, Furniture Dealer, !v Formerly with Maine Central railroad. Newport, Me., May 17, 1883. Many Iowa farmers are emieratinz to Dakota. If you feel dolL drowsy, debilitaUd, have J* sallow eolor of skin, or yellowish-brown spots "** Viao^anhii ni? Hi'tcL UU 1<K73 Ul WVAI^J UCIJUOUV MV*W.WV?V %, -? !. ness. ba/1 taste in mouth, internal heat or n< chills alternated with hot flushes, low spirits te and gloomy forebodings, irregular appetite, and tongue coated, you are suffering from te "torpid liver," or "biliousness." In many cases of "liver complaint" only part of these re symptoms are experienced. As a remedy for all such cases Dr. Pieroe's "Golden M<*iical Discovery" has no equal, as it effects perfect and radical cures. At al 1 drug stores. Two thousand British troops are in Scotand and thirty thousand are iu Ireland. Young or middle aged men suffering from nervous debility, loss of memory, premature m old age, as the result of bad habits, should tt - end three stamps for Part VII of Dime Series namphlets, Address World's Dispen- c] eary Medical Association, Bnffalo, N. Y. In France the sauce ismore important than the fish. ol VI Bad temper often proceeds from those painful disorders to which women are subject. ^ In femaw complaints Dr. R V. Pierce1* r "Favorite Prescription" it a certain cure. By all druggists. Every seventh year has been a dry year in California for a long period. "I am using Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator '! with gnat results. Had Heart Disease for nine years, so bad could not lie down. John McGuff, Pike Station, O. The Heart Regu- P labor cures all forms of Heart Disease, ner- u outness and sleeplessness. 1 ~ a Ohio has over 15,000 octogenarians. u The Mecret of Living. ScovUl's Sarsaparilla, or Blood and Liver Syrup, will cure scrofulous taint, rheumatism, white swelling, gout, goitre, consumption, bronchitis, nervous debility, malaria, and all diseases arising from an impure condition of the blood. Certificates can be presented from many leading physicians, minis* ters and heads of families throughout the land, indorsing it in the highest terms. We are constantly in receipt of certificates of cures from the most reliable sources, and we recommend it as the best known remedy for the cure of the above diseases. WaJnnt Leaf Hair Restorer. It is entirely different from all others. It is as clear as water, and as its name indicates is a perfect Vegetablo HairRestorer. It will immediately free the head from all dandruff, restore gray hair to its natural color, and produce a new growth where it has fallen ofr. It F does not in any manner affect the healthy J wWh unlnhnr. sucar of lead and nitrate of ] silver preparations have done. It will change J light or faded hair in a few days to a beauti- I ful glossy brown. Ask your druggist for it I Each bottle is warranted. Smith, Klinb & g CO., Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia, Pa., 1 and C. N. Ckittbnton, New York. I Farmers' Folly. J Some farmers adhere, even against the full I light of fact anr1 discovery, to the old fashioned folly of coloring butter with carrots, annatto, and inferior substances, notwithstanding the splendid record made by the improved Butter Color, prepared by Wells, Richardson & Co.. Burlington, Vt. Atscorei of the best agricultural fairs it has received the highe st award over all competitors. I have been very much benefited by a 50c. bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. When I began using it rav catarrh was so bad I had headache the whole time and discharged a large amount of filthy matter. That has almost entirely disappeared, and I have not had headache since to amount to any thing. Please send two more bottles.-J. H, Summers,Stepney,Ct. Wonldst see blithe looks,fresh cheeks beguUe, Aye, wouldit see December smile/ Wouldst see hosts of new roses blow? Carboiine makes the hair to grow On the balilest of tieacR The Frnzer Axle Urease Is the best in tho market. It is the moot economical and cheapest, one box lasting as ,ong as two of any other. One greasing will 1 last two weeks. It received flrat premium at j the Centennial and Paris Expositions, also medals at variou s State fairs. Buy no other | Samaritan Nervine relieves the brain of morbid faucies. It's a pure family medicine. Samaritan Nervine cured me of St, Vitus Dance,said T. J. Osborn, Richmond, Va. Dr. Sanford's Liver Invigorator-cathartie; tonia Will cure when other medicines fail. Camphor Milk cures aches and pains. 2oc. Pho-nix Pectoral cures cold and cough. 25a GERMAN ffitfflf! POH 3PAIN. : Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, j Lumbago, Backache, Headacha, Toothache, -j Mor*Tbroal,Swtlllnc)29lpralni,BrHU?? . Horno. SchIUi, Froit BlUi, a A5D ILL OTIIEK HOU1LT ril.>9 ASD K'HES. p BoiJbj DrujfliM?o<1 lliilirnifnw6?ri. vltiy Ctaua f l)ir?jtioiii In II l.aufuaiti. V TnC CHAltl.EB A. V OH EL Kit CO. 13 ~ ld.C.Li \ " N YN P-7 They who work ear _ slu f 0 ^ H En I 1 & Bk 'y anc^ lat<3 tbe yeai Q wt Ul 'IcitBBiTta **11^ round need,occasion ' CtlEBBATH a]]y> the healthful u ~ ? atimnlua impnrttd bj f WK n wholesome toni< ttliV likeHimctter'aStom ?.c.h :ik niif^ates the inrtrmi' }! fc^i^I?MAi,HrtC t?o1|0cmvsle?ceD?. ? era 3 ^ ^s*? 5? E5r *',,r sale ?>*???" ? " ^ BTTE fv* aM* u-"n " Catarrh ELY'S creambalm i when applied by the fln Sfi&flftB Lr & ijSfiHger into the nostrils m !?7 v/ffjAM RW.V''^wi11 b??bsorbed, effect vi CIIDri*COVi'lua'lf cleansing the head 3n R0^^5>jf)A5'b nr I of catarrhal vims, caus"tAD|,n* healthy secretions. ? , 'UAVrrVrD^ulul Jit aH*ys inflammation, a nAl'I CjJH protects the membrane Al Cy<\ <yijjaS"f the nasal passages ^P" . J vT^T gyB from additional col'is, I 5>j completely heals the ?95BK^^ <^<SiwiS"rt,'"'nd restores taste E y^^Hnnd smell. A few ap. E plications relieve. ^ T; US.A 1 thorough Irtu'mtnl will j' MW-FEVERStti-^te j PRICEC'FNTS. BY MAIL OR AT DRUGGISTS. EI.iV HKOTHliKS, U\V??Oi N. Y. J TU sriiuujj&xux&a. R, LINDBLOM & CO., N. G. MILLER&C0. w 6 4 7 Chamber of 66 Broadway. Commerce, Chicago. New York. Pi GRAIN & PROVISION BROKERS H Mmtibers of all prominent Produce Exchanges in New York. Chicago, St. 1/mis and Milwaukee. We haveexclusive jjrivato telegraph wire between Olil- ,' cago and Now York. Will execute orders on our judg- I? ment when requested. Send for circulars containing "ii particulars. KOI1T. l.INDBI.OM A CO., Chicago. j'l It Don't Often Happen 1 Where a, reliable house, iu advertising their regular 1 business, will send, as this house does, for ono dollar: a complete sample outtit that will enable any one smart B nnd enterprising to easily make $n to 310 per day and expenses. Send the $1 and two .stamps for return toTHB M IMNA H1CKFU1UJCU.. sa)&:Hl Broadway,N.Y. 1CCUTC lllNklTCn EVERYWHERE to sell tha MuCN I O IT API I tLJ best Family Knitting BlndiSnc ever invented. Will knit a pair of stockings with IIKE Land TOM complete in ai minutes. It will also knit a great variety of fancy work, for which there is always a ready market. Send for circular and terms n, to the TWO.HHI.Y KNITTING MACHINE n, CO., 1<>3 Tiif.MONT STREET. BOSTON. MASS. _ $12 CAPITAL AND A LIVING -j By exhibiting with a .?In?ir T.nntern. W 1 hero is n cliutirc for evorv one, B without much exertion. Our ,1lA<WC IjANTKHN and G View* for 812. W Makes nn tt.lnnt picture. 9 A llnrt. Ik-. Ki'th Ave.. N.Y. CONSUMPTION, i I havo a positive remedy f?r tho nboro dlseano; by Itm " cm thousands of cases of tho worst kind and of Ion* standing havo been cured. ludeed.sostronclsmvfaltS fie: In Its efilcacy, thru I will send TWO BOTTLES FKFR. to. ? pother with u V.W.t'AIH.K TKKATISBon this dlsnuJ to 1 aay tuflcrer. Olvo Kxpreniunl |\ o. address. I DU. T. A. SI.'MTJf, 1:1 IVarl Ht., Kaw York. i SSffi DJITCNTC I '"kki>. i hiliu vjosmi i tetrribt your inrrnhou. >i-ni I Htanips fur4U>?. Uottknn ] Vi frnl*. I,, BIX till AM. /' *'. L'iiri/er, li'it-ihiny/un, J)l\ rl: I APIITO m.iki'iiutlu'la<>fmoneyBillingtlx i'|? NliKN I ^ PiliB'iiif Wonder. Stinmplea post- or lUEall I U [p..nl,i'ic. r.,l.D.biliMUulfaloNV ha PH<?N1X PECTOltAI. will euro ynur coiikii, Priee i>c. }*r llinTlinr< I AnrMnhMl. Sond ad (III' | IIKf* forrironlnr. I>n. J. A. IIoube, IIIf I V11 Ba 1->?S fifth Avenue. N. Y. City. c 1 Rout* Wnnfoil fnr the Bent and Fastest si-HInu _ m l'lvtiirinl Hooks anil Kihles. Prices reduced :?< per m ant. National 1'flil.lmllso Co., PlulmMplim. Ph. fj JL.tny .l. l'.?V 1. .') '. V. HI. who win mull lo.l. F. HretMi.ui. ' ' > .J.iliiiatou Hullillnr, x> >r?<'lnelnnn1l. Ohio. PiMul N ile lor #8.fto ahall vrlve n eon> of theKturdnri! fil?forv ol' Frcema- P , inry, |io**t-pnld. hoilt H'Ii.'.ii dcMlren, Outllt to act u -affent In County of lil? realil.-nee for the ??lebjr ?!> " rlptlon of tbU inont dcnlrablu book. ' 'Jav* **YyU; L'ranunS! VEGETABLE' GOMPOOID, IS A POSITIVE CO El 70S \?\ ~3 AH thoie painfull CcmpUfitt* yrjim * and WesknMsei ?o eoHH?a , -J jg%ML ****** to oar bft*t * * FEMALE l'OPULATIOir,**, / Mw W l? llyrid, pin ?r liwptO ! J (4 purpote Is snlelu for the lejUlmat* healing*/ iease and the relief of vain, and that it dot* *U 'MUmt to do, thousands of ladUt can oladlyte?ti/^,*L 1 twill euro entirely all Ovarian trouble*. Ti ifTi 111? ( I -> i"*Jilnir and DlspliLcaMiita,.?MI . njMoent'splafirV^eaknesi", and In particularly aaaaa. to U? Change ot Life. # ?>, t reworca FalntaeatFlatuleoeT, deatrcyaaB iimIm r Bttmulanta, and reliarea Weafcncaa of the Bymaafc cure* Bloating, Hcadachcg, NerronJ Proetratt^ neral Debility, Bleeplerancsa, Doprcadon and tanrtlon. That feeling of bearing down, canata* paaH, d backache, la always pcrmnnenUy cared fflilK Jend stamp to Lrnn, Ka??., for pamphlet. Lettenet jnir^eonjwcntlj^y^nawcrcd. For taUatdrvggmB^ Home Items. ?"Ail your own fault If you remain rick when yon can . Get hop bitters that never?Fail. ?The weakest woman, smallest child, and :kest invalid can use hop bitters with safety d great good. ?Old men tottering around from Rheumaim, kidney trouble or any weakness wDl be most new by using hop bitters. ?My wife and daughter were made healthy ' the use of hop bitters and I recommend em to my people.?Methodist Clergyman. Ask any good doctor if hop Bitters are not the best family medicine On eartn. ?Ma'arial fever, Ague and Biliousness ill leave every neighborhood as soon as hop tters arrive. ?"My mother drove the paralysis and J mralgia all oat of her system with hop bit* y, re."?Ed. Oswego Sun. ?Keep the kidneys healthy with hop blfc> : j rs and you need not fear sickness. ?Ice water is rendered harmless and mor# y freshing and reviving with hop bitters in ich draught ?The vigor of youth for the aged and in- < rm in hop bitters ! At the change of life nothing equals Hop bitters to allay all troubles incident Thereto." _ ?"The best periodical for ladies to. takt tonthly and from which they will receivB te greatest benefit is hop bitters." ?Mothers with sickly, fretful, nursing . lildren, will cure the children and benefit * . lomdbaoW t?Hnc hon bitters dailv. ? Thousands die annually from some form f kidney disease that might have been- pre> - % anted by a timely use of nop bittara - ' ?Indigestion, weak stomach, irregularis ' ea of the bowels, cannot exist when hop bit;rs are used. A timely * * * use of hop Bitters will keep a whole family In robust health a year at a little cost. ?To produce real genuine sleep and child* ke repose all night, take a little hop bittera n retiring. reventingrestand Jeep, will Jifappeal^bysing hop bitters. ?Paralytic, nervous, tremulous old ladiet re made perfectly quiet and sprightly by sing hop bitters. CAIN || HealthandHappiness. -I MttmSi J (TBCHr? SAVE DOSE. 1 Are your Kidneys disordered? "Kidney Wort brought me from my grmr*, yN Are your nerves weak? "Kidney-Wort cared me from nerroqi makatat 4c., after Iwaa not expected to Uto."?Kr* M.K.B. Goodwin, Ed. Christian Monitor, CtordmiS Have you Blight's Disease? TUdner-Wort eared me when mj wiMr vaa Jaat Uks cfaaUt and then like bloodX Frank WUmo, P*abodys Kml Suffering from Diabetes? "Xldnsr-Wort U the most fuccessfulrMMdylbafft erer used. Qlree almost Immediate i-sHaf." i Dr. Phillip C. Ballou, luakfca, Tk Have you Liver Complaint? "Kldney*Wort cured me of chronlo LmrStaMM Wu^UUOoL CKhlUtOurd,KT. ^ Is your Back lame and aohing? "Kidney-Wort, U bottle) cored me What I VMM lame I had to roll oat of bed." 0. H. Tallmage, XUmdCMk Whb Have tou' Kidney Disease? "Kidney-Wort made me *oandlaUr?r MdkUtem after yean of nnraccearfnl doctoring, n wank $U a box."?Bam'l Hodges, Wllllamitnw, w?> Tk Are you Constipated? "Kldncy-Wort cause* easy evacuation* tad ami me after 16 yean use of other medicine*,* Melson Tairchlld, aHftm VI Have you Malaria? Tldney-Wort has dona better than say eCbsr * ?gaElSSi*n . Are you Bilious? *TQdney>.Wort has done me more good An My Char remedy I hare erer taken." *n. J. T. Galloway, EDcIfeXQnph Are you tormented with Piles? "Kidney-Wort permanently cured me of bltedhf piles. Dr. w. O. Kline recommended It to?.** Geo. a. Hoot, Oaahler K. Bank, KyttsCOT*, Vh Are you Bheumatism racked? "Kidney-Wort cured me, after 1 wai rirea up te rtU byphy^dsga^^^dtffl^jg^ I ? -?? "Z.TL ? juaaies, aro you buuwiusi _ "KIduej-Wori cured nx of peculiar frrwihlM? If you would Banish Disease i and gain Health, Take-' imsss^m 1 Th? blood cuiAtmw. CTFALLIBU ^EYERFAIl5>j[ nr cvmsa flltl)lffNFw rtmDf V |I*^Slcknesa, CotttOions, St. Vitas Dance, AloohoHam, )plum Eating, Seminal Weakness, In* ?tency, Syphilis, Scrofula, and all - v<rr-u Nervous and Blood Diseases. taTTo Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary Men. tfercb&nts, Bankers, Ladles and all whoa* ledentanr employment causes Nervous Pro#ration, Irregularities of the blood, stomach, jowelfl or Kidneys, or who require a nerre onlc, appetizer or stimulant, Samaritan Ntnru is invaluable. r t j 111 <y ggf.BMf: [THEIGREITj vonderful Invigor- .. 1 1 1 , * mt that eversustain- r ||||p|n|||l j|N id a sinking system. L N C li|V El J 11.60 at Druggists. ??I I I I If heDR.S.A.RICHMOND ^nAimiirnnn S IEDICALCO., Sole Pro-[CONQUEROR* j rietors, St. Joseph, Mo. 1 %r Jhaa.* N. Crittenton, Agent, New Yorkl (8) Consumption Can Be Oured! m I A t ^HALL'S msBALSAM nres Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia. I?uenzo, Bronchial Diiiiculties, Bronchitis, loarncnesn, Asthma, Croup, Whoopln* ough, and all Uiaeajiea of thtt Breathin* rgans. It soothes and heals the Membrane t the Lung*, inflamed and poisoned by the Isease, and prevents the night sweats and ghtness across the chest which accompany . Consumption is not an incurable malady. [ALL'S BALSA.U will care you, erea lough professional aid tails. lis porous plaster is U Eft >solutcly the beat ever in ade, combining tho rtues of hops with PI ASTER lms, balsams and ex- fc *u m m acts. ltd i>owcr Is wonderful in curing diseases where her plasters simply relieve. Crick lu tho Back sad . ck, Tain in thoSido or J,imbs, Stiff Joints and Muscles, , idney Troubles, Rheumatism, '.'ou-'lsla, Sore Chest, Tectlons of tho Heart and Liver, and an ,-?Jnaorach* any part cured instantly by tho Hop Plotter. t0~ Pry m a mm mm it. Price 2o cents or flvo for $100. _ II 1101 S- Mailed on receipt of price. Sold by " ~ all dnwrtrlsts and country (tores. . J A if Bop Plaster Company, 9IV Proprietors, Boston, Kin. ? ty For constipation, loss of appetite and diacaecsof the wels tako Hawley's Stomach and Liver Pills. 86 oenta. JEW TACOMA WASHINGTON TEEBITOBY. estern Terminus of tlm Crvnt Tr.ms-continenta Nortlurn Pacitie Itallmad, and the iture Metropolis of tbe Pacific Mvesl No city on American soil offers such inducements to vei-tor* an this. Proper ft/ trill iloubte in value here in ' next licrh' month'. Money loaned readily at 1 ar.d r. percent. jut month ou good real estate security at it-third of its present value. Section 2?69 of the cod? Washington says: "Any rate of int-Ti'f-t a^rieed upon panics to a contract, fpecii'>inic the same in writing, all lie legal ami valid.-' Intormation cheerfully givso. rrpHj)nmi?*nce ><iu tu*d. incuse smrap ior reDU. Addn s< M.I,KM C. MASON. Seal h.-tati- Broker, New Tac< ma, Washington Tar*/. S G OOD NE WS TO LADIES! Greatest inducement# arer ot fered. Now's your tune to cat op orders for our celebrated Teu and ('ofl'crN.and secure abeautilul Gold band or Mow Rose China TeaSet, or Handsome Decorated > Dinner Set, or Gold Band Mom iccrated Toilet Set. For full particulars address THE GllEAT AMERICAN TEA COO. Box 2K9. 81 and a Veaey St., New York. | A pp INFORMATION IN REGARD TO -REEexcursion Rates to Texas. Arkansas and California. 'amnhlfts. etc., de*i\diiiur I tnds for **le can be had addressing J. *(. Ka>t. Pas*. Aij'f,UtiCA, Y. ;.l. I). MfHKATH. N. K. Pass. Ag't, Boston; W JANOWIT/.. S. K. I'hsh. Au't, Baltimore, Md. II. II. MH'I.EI.r.AN. n. Kast.P&s*. Afc-'t Mo.Par.K.R . >43 B'dwaj.N.Y. IVSm Ml A Leading London Phyt* All ician establishes an Ofllcoin Now York * I I for tho Cure of | Ij EPILEPTJC FITS; 1 A A Pre viAvi. Journal of ilcdicint: ^ Hr. Ab. Mevrolo flato of London), who makes * spe- *" ilty of Epilepsy, has without doubt treated and cared >ro cases than any other living physician. B Is success a simpiy ueen asmnisuin^; nu im?w IKLIIU vt v> cr so years' standing sucress fully carol by him. Ha * published a work on this disco.'#, whlrh ho send* ih n largo bottle nf his wonderful euro fren to nny sofor w Iid may send their express and I'. 0. Address. vis*) any 0110 wish I n>r m euro to address i>r. Alt. JltbtHOLli, >'o. M John St.. Hew York. vMPHOlt Milk id 111 * best l.mirootu. I'rce'Jjcantg. asy to line." A certain cure. Not eji'l'iislve. Tbrw nth*' treatment. In one package. Good for OoM be Heart, Heiuluche. Dlnlnetia, Hay.Fever, Ac. %'?SSBSHSi?wmin