Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f ' B' ALONE. I stand alone. The fierce rocks rise above me Cruel and cold; The forests weave their verdant chain around me Fold upon fold Across the chasm's demon-haunted blackness Rings evermore. From shadow}* depths of dim and lonasomo gorges, The torrents roar. I catch the gleam of tlow'ry, sun-kissed valleys, Far, far below; I hear the laugh of brooks, the chant of fountains, Solemn and slow. There mirth and music sikhk! the joyous 1110iuent<?; nicwl rinrr* And rise Love's holy altar-fires to Heaven, For He is King. But far above, the grand peaks bathed in silver Rise cold and clear, And Heaven's own splendor gilds their snowcapped summits, Drawing me near. Ob! heart, be brave: Our path lies on and upward Through woes unknown. Who gains the heights where glory rests unclouded Must walk alone. ?Sarah D. Hubart, in Chicago Current. Mil. BLUES KIN. Not far from the military post of Fort Garland, which is situated in Costilla county, Colorado, almost at the foot of the Sierra Blanca, the peaks of which arc 14,000 feet above the sea, a rushing stream tumbles from the summit of the Trincheru iuto the San Luis valley, and then flows calmly for a score or so of miles to its confluence with the Rio Grande. On the bank of this stream, which takes its name from the peak whose perennial snows give it existence, there awells a gentleman whom I propose to call Blueskin, for short. I hesitate to announce the name he goes by, as his peculiarities with firearms have not been confined to the extermination of quadrupeds; and I am here for my health, as are most of the "honest miners'' hereabout. "What his name was before he appeared in Colorado is not known to even the oldest of the pioneers, for lie came out when the country was being weaned. In 187?, many years before it was thought possible for a locomotive to climb the rugged sides of the rocky cliffs that encircle what is known as the San Luis park, the mails and what few tourists came that way were brought over the Sangre de Cristo pass by stage, and in addition to the natural difficulties of such a trip were those offered by a band of Mexican outlaws, three in number, whose depredations were so frequent and so successful that the governor of the Territory was at last induced to offer a reward of $500, to be paid to the proper party upon evidence of their capture or extermination, certified to by the nearest civil military authority. Mr. Blueskin, who had at that time but lately recovered from the effects of an interview with a grizzly bear, at the close of which the bear had become merchantable ?for food, and Mr. Blueskin nearly so, but for scientific purposes?Mr. Blueskin proposed to himself to see what he coula do toward obtaining the reward, as his doctor's bill for repairs was a little heavy; and so, without announcing his intention, rode one morning carelessly on his broncho up the road toward the Sangre de Cristo, and for the space of a day was seen no more. If his disappearance excited any remark among the English speaking community, which, outside of the fort, was not more than half a dozen in number, it was expressed in a semishrug of the shoulders and the single word "Bar!" The Mexicans grinned. All Mexicans do?even when dead. If Mr. Blueskin had not mentioned to me what he had done after he left the main road and struck into the pinons that fringe the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo, it would require but few words to relate what occurred after he came out again; and as he is the only witness in the case, it will be necessary to present his own testimony as to what did occur. He soon found a trail and followed its ascending, sinuosities until it became lost in the jumble of holders which formed the base of the peak. Here he halted, alighted, looked anxiously about for a moment, and then leading his sure-footed beast toward what seemed to be an utterly impenetrable mass of rock, all at once disappeared with the animal. Almost immediately he came into view again, but alone, and then carefully retraced his steps for nearly a mile, frequently pausing as if to listen, and bringing his rifle down from his shoulder into both hands as he peered forward into the pinnons, which, as be descended, grew more ana more dense, and thus increased the difficulty of traveling. Suddenly he stopped, and after another look forward, behind and on each side of him, struck of! to the left. This time there was no trail to guide him, but he kept straight on as rapidly, and, thanks to his moccasined feet, almost as noiselessly as a snake, until the now lessening growth of timber bi ought into view, at a distance of less than a hundred yards, what appeared to be an extinct crater, * save that its sides were formed of immense holders which some convulsion of pre-historic days had piled up in the space of an acre with striking precision. C Within this was the Robbers' Koost. But, as it was time for the stage to come through the pass, about a mile beneath, none of the gentry were at.home. Blueskin had counted upon this, but with a trapper's caution he took no chances, and, after placing his broad-bladed hunting-knife between his teeth, slung his rifle across his back, and, crouching to the "round, crawled upon his stomach until he had gained a crevice between two high rocks commanding a clear view of the robbers' abode beneath, which a careful scrutiny assured him was untenanted. Then, as it was still light, and not probable that the objects of his expedition would be where he wanted ? ! * - i? c v?j.? i?;/i luuul luuc 1ui mhuc iiuuis, jlte iaiuuu>i 11, and iikc an Indian, an animal, or a child, went to sleep, having first placed beside him his loaded rifle and the two revolvers he always carried in his belt. He was quite secure, as his position was inaccessible from below, and could only be reached bv the route he had taken. He knew that the robbers, once in the wide area beneath him, would be at the mercy of his aim. and he knew also that in that there was no mercy, and so, as he had only to wait for his prey, the sleep he sought and found was needful ; and refreshing. Mr. Bltieskin's slumbers were, light, and he awoke at the sound of voices which announced to him that the robbers had returned. Hut he did not stir. He knew that their ears, fine and wary as his own, would detect the lightest sound made bv him. and so he laid awake, as he had slept?on his back? and waited. Men who hunt learn to wait. He could hear the robbers, who spoke m Mexican, which he perfectly understood, discussing the luck of the night's forav, and he judged that it must be after midnight. Soon a crackling noise and sudden brightness, which threw into bold relief the dark arms and darker foliage of the stunted pines, and ft flying column of bright sparks, which chased each other toward the stars, told him that a tire had bcc^| kindied, and he knew that it would not be long ere the robbers would be at supper. And this was what he was waiting for. While eating and drinking, their vigilance would relax and give him an opportunity to take in the situation. And. as song and laughter arose and mingled, he stealthily turned upon his face. The robbers were seated upon the ground, not fifty yards away, their backs toward him, their faces toward the tire which threw its weird light upon the entrance / - to their retreat. In one corner, to the right, was a log hut, and near it stood a rude stable built of poles and roofed " with branches, within which were three Hmnphns On the wound were saddles and bridles, blankets, rubbish, and two or three empty mail bags. Mr. Klueskin, lying facc downwards, took up his "Winchester," aimed carefully?a flash! a report! and the man in the middle fell forward almost into the fire. The two others leaped to their feet, and, with ready rifles, glared angrily in the direction of the smoke of Blueskin's gun. They saw nothing, or, rather, saw a second flash, and ere the report awoke an echo which tore the air with a long, Bplitting sound, another robber fell writhing in the cinders. The third might have ran, or he might have fired; what his convulsive movement meant will never be explained, for he fell dead across his companions before the echo of the second shot had melted. For the <pace of at least a minute, Mr. Blueskin lay as silent and motionless as the three staring corpses in froat of him. Tfren, turning on nis elbow, a glance at the Blanca peak, above which the Polar *. .. Star and its "pointers" glimmered brightly, told him that it wanted ye two hours of daylight, and so he went t< (deep again, while the unreplenished tin dwindled from red embers to blackene( ashes As the sound of the morning gun of For Garland cleft the air he was on his fee once more, and rapidly journeying to ward the place where the day before h had cached his broncho, and ere the sui had mounted above the tree tops Mr Blueskin, on his broncho, rode within th Robbers' Roost. Alighting, he walkei up to the corpses lying stark and starinj in the cold, rosy light of morning, an< gazed at them for a few moncnts thought fully. Then he took his way to the hut within which, having found some food lit* made a tolerable meal, the first sine he had quitted his ranchc on the Trin chera. Going toward the stable, his foot struc against one of the empty mail-sacks; am he stooped and picked it from thegroum and once more walked over to where th three grinning corpses lay sprawling i the black and reddened ashes. He knel by them. Was it to say a prayer Scarcely. Mr. Hlueskin is not devout To search for booty? Perhaps. At any rate, when Mr. Rlucskin aro? from nis knees and whistled to his broti cho, which came to him at once, th mail-sack which he lashed to thepomim of his saddle was no longer cmptv. Atu ... l . . l 1 i ?< as -Mr. J4H1CSK1II rout' snmiv uih til ill Bobbers* Boost. foul birds hovered ovt the three ruddy corpses. At noon of the same day Mr. Blueskiu with the mail-sack, appeared before th commanding ofticer of Fort Garland and in the quiet, halt-melancholy draw which marks him, said: ' Well, gineral, I've got em!'' To which thecommaudante replied pc litely: "Ah. yes. Take a seat, Mr. Blucskin (Jot 'cm,' did you say? Yes, certainly but?er?got what?" 'Them fellers wot the reward was t be fur. And I'd like a writin' or som kind of a showin' from you, so as I ki git to go to Denver an' git it." "Ah! yes. In?deed! Well, wcl very good of you, I'm sure. But?e: cuse me?what evidence have you t show that you are entitled to the r( ward ?" Mr, Blucskin gazed for a moment wit melancholy eyes at the general, and the slowly untying the mouth of the ma sack, he turned it upside down, an frnm if rnllod iirross the floor three cor heads. Slowly and sadly, he asked: "Will them do?" Mr. Klucskin got the reward. A Sea-Cow?A Rare Specimen. The San Francisco Alt a says that rare and valuable specimen was brougl down from Bchring's island by the Alask Fur company's steamer St. Paul, whic arrived there from the north. This wr no less than the skeleton of an Arcti sea-cow found on Rchring's island by I) Leonard Stejneger, a member of seiei titic societies both in this country an Europe, who was sent to the island i the interests of science by the Smiths< nian institute. The doctor was ban pered in his researches by the jealous of the Russian officials, who are ac ing in the interests of the Russia Imperial academy, which is also cagcrl searching for a specimen of the set cow, but in spite of their ii terferencc lie succeeded in earn ing away a skeleton which is t the greatest scientific iuterest. This p< culiar animal, which is now supposed t be extinct, ouce made its home on tli island. Whether it has lived anywhei <?lt? iu n m wet inn Thf> fossil beds ( Europe contain bones of sea-cows, bv none which could have belonged to an mals like this. In the Indian ocean thcr arc also sea-cows, but they arc rare, an they are not like the Hehring's island ei tinct spccics. The sea-cows of the India ocean have teeth, but those at Behring' island had none: only two rough bon plates in the mouth with which to crin up the seaweed on which they liveo when, resting their arms on the shallow sea bottoms, they browsed in droves c Hocks along the sfeore. Whalers killed th sca-cows, natives used their bones t make runners for their dog-drawn sleighs now with the fathers of natural histor it is announced that this is an interestin example of how easily a species may b< come extinct ; and with the satire of tim it is told that the natives who sledge over snow and ice on these bones, ar now prodding up the shore for mile* guided by a curious and unfailing in stinct which detects a stone or shell fror a bone of a sea-cow, and rival scientifi institutions arc urging them on with th hope of a reward in modern gold The only account of them by a observer is that of the scientis Steller. who was with one c Behring's second expeditions, whic was wrecked on this island an wintered there in 1741. The specimei brought here on the St. Paul is perfeel with the exception of the end of the tai and the wrist bones. In addition ther is a collection of seventeen sea-cowi skulls, all in a good state of preservation The animals, when alive, must have bee from twentv-eicht to thirty feet Ion; with a head about two feet long. Il arms, of which there were two on th seal-like portion of the body, had n hands. They were simply blunt end: which were carried on the back whe the cow swam and let down to support: as it fed. The mouth was small an unarmed with teeth; the eves were small the ears, merely small orifices in tb head, without any sign of external eai the tail and fins were like those of whale. A Landscape in the Land of Fire. A remarkable landscape it is; picti csipie beyond description, and altogetht unlike the idea generally entertained ( Fuegian scenery. That portion of which an artist would term the "fori ground" is a cove, which is shape somewhat like the shoe of a mule? rui ning about a hundred yards into tl: land, while less than fifty feet across tr mouth. Its shores, rising abruptly froi the beach, are wooded all around with thick forest, which covers the steep sid< of the encircling hills as far as can I seen. The trees, tall and grand, are < three kinds, almost peculiar to Tierra di MICgO. Une IS !l iruc ucuun, uuwiui as much lnrch as beech; the third, a aromatic evergreen of world-wide cclcl rity, the "Wintcr's-bark.*' Hut tliere also a growth of buried undorwooc consisting of arbutus, barberry, fuchsia: flowering currants, and a singular feri also occurring in the island of Jua Fernandez and resembling the zamia ( Australia. The sea-arm on which the cove opei is but little over a mile in width; its oj posit e shore being a sheer el ill", risin hundreds of feet above the water, an indented here and there by deep gorg< with thickly wooded sides. Above tl cliil's crest the slope continues on u] ward to a mountain ridge of many peak one of them a grand cone towerin thousands of feet above all the other That is Mount Darwin, wrapped in mantle of never melting sfiow. Alon j the intermediate space between the cliil 1 t ,>,,) f|?. ttnou-.linn is illicit of WOO< land, intersected by what might be take for streams of water, were it not for the color. Hut they arc too blue, too noisi less, to be water. Yet, in a way, the are water, for they are glaciers; some < I them abutting upon the sea-arm, and fil ! ing up the gorges that open upon it. wit facades as precipitous as that of the cli itself. There are streams of water ah which proceed from the melting of tl: snow above; cataracts that spout out froi the wooded sides of the ravines, the glistening sheen vividly conspicuous ami the grenerv of the trees. Two of thes curving jets, projected from walls of vc dure on opposite sides of a gorge, mei midway and, mingling, fall thence pe pendicularly down; changing, long ei they reach the water below, to a colum of white spray. Little would one expect to find parrot j and humming-birds in that high latitude I vet a flock of the former chatter in tt I evergreens, feeding on the berries oi ti I wintcr's-bark; while numbers of the la i ter are seen, flitting to and fro or poise on whirring wings before the bell-shape blossoms of the fuchsias. Night comes on, but not darkness wit l it. Still another wonder is revealed?tt j long continuance of twilight; the Strang ! phenomenon being due to the fact thi the sun. for some time after it hi sunk below the horizon, continues to shin on the glistening ice of the glaciers an the snow of the mountain summits, thi producing a weird reflection in the hea\ ens, romewhat resembling the aurora be rcalis!?St. Nicholas. Montana has produced at least $200, 000,000 of gold since 1863. The yiel< of silver in that Territory exceeds tho of gold, however. The Shaker? of South Union, Iowaone of the thirteen Shaker communitic in the United States?own 20,000 acre in ono of the beet parts of Louisiana. - ? j. t WISE WORDS. ? Better three hours too soon than one 1 minute too Lite. Kindness is the only charm permitted t to the aged ; it is the coquetry of white k hair. - We must consider humanity as a man c who continually grows old, and always learns. ^ Our grand business is not to see what 1 lies dimly at a distance, but to do what rr 'ies clearly nt hand. S Of all our infirmities vanity is the - dearest. A man will starve his other , vices to keep that alive. -i There aic no persons more solicitous e ahout the preservation of rank than l" those who have no rank at all. Power turns a deaf ear to the reI proaches of those who i?rc without the I power ot lcdressing their wrongs. c Virtue will catch as well as vice by contact; and the public stock of lionIt est, manly principle will daily accumu? late. lie seldom lives frugally, who lives by chance. Hope is always liberal, and they iC that trust her promises make little scrupies of level.ng to-day on the profits of c to-morrow. 1 Men seem neither to understand their riches nor their strength?of the former ? thev believe irreater thin^rs than they * t.7 ;r should; of the latter much less. Selfreliance and self-denial will teach a man i to drink out of his own cistern, and to e cat his own sweet bread, and to learn and labor truly to get his living, and \ carefully to expend the good things committed to his trust. )- Animals and Death. There is no doubt but that many ani' mals recognize in their declining powers the approach of death. The dog retires to a quiet, sequestered spot to die. It is a 0 matter of general belief that they seek c the most sequestered spot, the most hidn den thicket, where, unnoticed and alone, they can quietly lay down to eternal 1, sleep. Shrimp and prawns withdraw under stones to die, thus showing a wono derful premonition of death among even i- thn lmver orders. The poet Cowpcr beautifully illustrates this idea in lines h that arc inscribed on the monument crecn ted to his memory in front of the Memorial church at Ea-<t Dereham, in Norfolk: " ' I was a stricken deer that left the horil v Long since. With many an arrow deep infixed, My panting sido was cl>argad when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades."' The llamas of South America have regular cemeteries in weieh they retire to die, and the bones are found bleaching in a great numbers. Animals recognize approaching disso:l lution in other animals, without question, h The dying whale is at once set upon by IS the shark tribe. The aged buffalo of ic the plains, sick or starving, cannot dcr ceivc the coyote or jirairie wolf, which watch him, hound his footsteps, and d even hamstring him, so that they may den vour his carcass. The vultures of the j. Himalayas gather to the number of j. twenty or thirty about the dyingcalf and ;V composedly await his dissolution that they may fatten on his carrion. n Animals recognize death in others v without doubt. They make, as it were, J. a regular diagnosis of death. They may j. have been fooled before, but old animals r. show an especial and peculiar solicitude, ,f and once satisfied, treat the dead enemy with contempt or indifference. The she 0 bear, says Honzlan, makes use of a prolC cess of experimentation to ascertain the c *death of her cubs. She offers them )f food, leaves and then calls them; touches them with her paws and finds them cold, [. rigid, motionless, indifferent. She makes c use of observation, comparison, reflec(1 tion. The elephant bull or cow makes sure of the death of a fallen foe by n trampling on it and goring it till all poss sible life is extinct. [C Animals sometimes show a care for d their dead. The auk monkey carries off 1 the dead and wounded. Some animals ,1 bury their dead with funeral ceremonies. ,r Cassell says that gorrillas cover their c dead. Certain birds, such as the wren, 0 twitter requiems over them, and this fact .. is so well attested that "The Wren , Requiem" is well known as a mournful twitter, quite different from their usual f. chirpy, lively notes. That many animals c commit suicide is a well-attested fact, d Nogs, abandoned and kicked out by e their mostcrs, have been often known to ; kill themselves. Stag or deer, when seized by the glutton, butt their heads n against trees. The scorpion is a wellc known instance. The rattlesnake, close c pursued, will sting himself rather than | be captured, and the Indians so well u know this that, though they eat them as fnrwl tViov roinr.f tliciTi when death eomes lt J -~j v ,f in this form. These illustrations and h anecdotes show that animals possess (] reasoning powers to a certain extent, and n why not a soul??Cincinnati Enquirer. jj An Old Story for Defectives. e The story about an Indian who found s' a white man lying dead in the woods i. with a bullet-holc in his forehead is one n of the b st illustrations of the habit of r? observation which a detective must culs tivate. The Indian came into the white c settlement and told the settlers his story: 0 "Found white man dead in woods. Had 1 hole in his head. Short white mau shot n him with long gun; ramrod of gun throe it inches beyond muzzle of gun. Wore d gray wooien coat. Had little dog with |; short tail. Ilad waited long for dead io man to come along." ; " How do you know all this? Did you W 9" t%-ma Tvihirallp /I nmonrl nf flip Indian. "Oh, yes! mc saw; now show you." The wttlers visited the scene of the ir murder, and the Indian showed them the ,r spot where the murderer had waited for his victim. He had set his gun against jt the tree. It was a long one. bec.iuse the 2. bark was slightly grazed high up, and (1 about three inches above the mark left by the muzzle there was a slight mark ie made by the ramrod, showing that it ie projected three inches. The man wore [n a gray woolen coat, because where he a J had leaned against the tree little par.s tides of gray threads had been caught ,e by the bark. There was the place where the little dog sat on his haunches?his L>1 stump tail left a mark in the yielding r soil. Tiie murderer was short, because ,i when he reloaded his gun he set the butt )m a good way from his feet. The trail he js left coming and going showed he was 1 white, because he turned his toes out. 4' Indians never did. The trail also showed j (hat the one coming to the tree was older j'j than the one going away from it?hence tin; murderer hiul waited. IS Snow-Shoes in Colorado. ). The Norwegian shoe, or skee runner, is <r mostly used here, writes a 7<Y/tr(('ol.) cord | respondent, although a few prefer the j.s Canadian, or web shoe, for long journeys ic over glassy snow or when going up a (- steep mountain. Everyone here has a s. pair of these ungainly shoes?men, woiir men and children. A little fellow not s three years of age has a dainty little pair, a and can use them, too. When the bell ir rings for school children can be seen in 's every direction gliding over the glisten1 ing snow on their way to school. It is a >n favorite amusement with the young peoir pie to go coasting down hill. Often two c- will get on one pair of shoes, the gentle>v man guides the little craft and away they >f go, sometimes all light, but as often into 1- a deep snow-drift, which they do not h seem to mind, but, like little children, if climb the hill and try it over again. ;o Those working mines far up in the ie mountains could not get along without ..? ... 'PI...,. l.? ln.1,1 n j lHUM: U.IUItll dilute. I mj nuuivi i>\^ u\.im ir prisoners as securely by these walls and d l>anks of snow as if in some prison cell, ie inclosed with walls of stone. Tho.-ewho r. have mastered the art of snow-shoeing ?t f^o very fast on them and find it much r- easier to iro over these mountains in the re winter than in the summer time. There n is a Norwegian here who is willing to wager that he can go fifty miles across ts the country in a day of ten hours, but ?; that is much faster than the majority of 10 i skec runners can do. They will come ^ across the great continental divide, going t- far above timber line, and travel twenty(] five miles in a winter's day. .1 If i? h fhrillimr and mcturosmie scene u I n i - 1 to see the sturdy miners returning from h j their work. When at the top of a high ie I mountain back of the town they give a >G loud shout, and. with pole swinging in it the air, away they eome like lightning is over the glassy snow. c ' d IIow beautiful it is to behold the beauis tiful sun ealling into life the lovely flowr ers and fruits of bounteous heaven, to >- cheer the soul and delight the eye of man. Thus, sweet reflection tells us that the wind's pure and gentle breath, - by Heaven's all-wise decree, adds health d and beauty to all nature's handiwork. ;t He must drink most deeply of the bitter cup of life, who journeys through its paths devoid of cheering hope. s California is at present producing 9 about $18,000,000 a year in gold and silver bullion. j THE BAD BOY AND HIS PA. MILWAUKEE'S JUVENILE TERROR BOBS UP SERENELY. And Once IWorc iUakcw It IntcrcNting for Hiw I'atcrnal Progenitor?A Great Itabbit Hunt. "Come in the back room, Hennery, I want to talk with you," said the groceryman to the bad boy, as became in laughing and slapping his hands on his legs. ' 1 have heard something to-day that has hurt me as muc h as though you were my own boy," and the gruceryman iookcu as though it wouldn't take many good-sized onions to make the tears come. "Great jewhillikens, what is it/' asked the bad boy, as his face sobered down at the look of pain on the face of his mercantile friend. "What is the matter? Won't your creditors accept ten cents on a dollar?" and the boy looked like a lawyer, ready to help a client out, and reached into a cinnamon ba<r and took out a handful of cinnamon. "No, nothing of that kind." said the tfroeervmau. "I have concluded not to fail. But I am told on good authority that you have become bad again, and that K/wm nlavinrr tlm mnnnost. triplv y uu uatv |*41q utvtM?vWv - on your pa that you have ever played. The minister told" mo he was coming in from a country funeral the other da}-, and he overtook your pa on the road with a gun, and asked him to get in and ride, and your pa's pants were all torn, his boots and gun full of snow, and he was so scared that he kept looking around all the way to town, expecting to be shot in the back. Now, what kind of a way is that to treat the author of your being ? Say, you will have a through ticket to | the bad place, and jour train will leave 011 schedule time, and arrive at the grand central depot in hades, just as the lire is kindled. You bad, bad, boy. I have j been proud of you, and thought you would come out all right, but now I know you arc a hypocrite." ' There, there, don't put on any extra sadness," said the boy, as he quartered an orange. "Pa is all right. lie wanted us to stir him up. You see, since I have been good, pa has been neglected, and he has become sour, and his clothes don't fit. He told ma that what he wanted was excitement, and he had got to have it. He said when the boys were playing things on him, and making him scratch gravel, and he felt as though a house was going to fall on him every minute, he enjoyed himself, had a good appetite, and telt equal to any emergency, but si roc the boys had become good, and let him alone, his life was a burden, he had failed in business, and everything went wrong, and unless there was a change soon, he would lose his mind. He said he sighed for the old times, when he didn't know whether he was afoot or a horseback, and when something was liable to happen every minute. He said he was brought up to be surprised, and fall through holes, and to have everything stop, and to lead a quiet life, and just eat, drink and sleep, with no cyclones, no happy laughter of children raising the deuce, was more than he could bear. ]VIa told me about it, and the state of mind pa was in, and I felt sorry for pa. Ma told me to try and think up something that would sort of wake up pa, or ne wouid relapse into a cf!ifr> nf and have to hire a doctor. I told my chum pa's case, and he said it was too "bad to see a man suffer that way, and Ave must do something to save his life. So we agreed to take pa out rabbit hunting. I asked pa if he didn't want to go with us, and he jumped right up and yelled, and said it would tickle him half to death to go. I told him where there was a place about four miles out of town, where there was dead loads of rabbits, but the man that owned the farm drove everybody oil. Pa said there couldn't no man drive him olT, and for us to come on. Well, you'd a (tide. Pa wasn't afraid of anybody, until the man hollered to him to git. You sue, we went out to the farm, and stationed pa by a fence, and my chum and me went on the other side of a piece of woods, to scare rabbits toward pa. Then we went u? to the farm house, where a man lived that we know, and told him we wanted to scare a man out of his boots, and he said all right, go ahead. So we borrowed some farmer's clothes, and old plug hats, and went around behind the barn and yelled to pa to get of! that farm. Pa said he come out to hunt rabbits, and by gosh he was going to hunt rabbits. Then my chum and me started toward pa, wading through the snow, and pa thought we were grown men, seven feet high. When we got about twenty rods from pa we told mm to 'gu,' and he was going to argue with us, when we pulled up our guns and fired both barrels at him. AVc had blank cartridges, but pa thought he felt shot striking him everywhere, and he started for a barbed wire fence, and we loaded our guns again and nred just as pa got on the fence, and lie yelled murder. You know these barbed wire fences, don't yo*? The barbs catch on your pants and hang on. Well, pa got caught by the pants, and couldn't get over, and we kept firing, and he dropped his gun in the snow, and tried to tear the fence down, and he kept yelling, 'For mercy's sake, gentlemen, spare my life. I don't want any of your rabbits.' I got to laughing so I couldn't shoot and I laid down in a snow bank, and my chum kept shooting. Pa finally got oil the fence and burrowed in a snow bank; niul held up a piccc of his shirt, which the fence tore ofF, for a flag of truce, and we quit, and he stuck up his head and saw me laying there on the snow, and pa thought his gun had went oil and killed one of the farmers, and my chum said, 'Great hcvings, you have killed him.' At that pa grabbed his gun and run for the road, and started for town, and that's where the minister overtooK him. Along toward ni^ht me and my chum came home with four rabbits, and we told pa lie was a pretty rabbit hunter to leave before the rabbits got to running, and that we looked all around for him. lie looked surprised, and asked us if we struck any corpses around on that farm, and 1 thought I should bust. We told him we didn't see any, and then lie told us that he was standing there waiting for rabbits, when a gang of about fifteen roughs came and ordered him away, and he refused to go. lie said they opened lire on him. and he threw himself into a hollow square, the way they used to do in the army, threw up intrenchments of snow, and de< ...'1-1 l.!.,w.,.lf ...wl u-lmn finally surrounded and had to retreat, lie saw the ground covered with dead and wounded, and he expec ted he had wiped out an entire neighborhood. He said it was singular we didn't see any corpses. I asked him how he tore his pants, and he said the jjang shot them all to pieces. Then we told him of the joke we had played on him. ancl how we fired blank cartridges at him as he was trying to get over the fence, and he tried to laugh, but he couldn't, lie was inclined to be mad at first, but finally he said this was more like business, and lie hadn't felt as well before since we initiated him into the Masons, and we could play anything on him, and do anything we chose except let him alone. So you see I am not so bad as you think. Pa enjoys it, and so does my chum and me. Eh! old rutabaga, do you see?'" "Oh, yes, that is all right if your pa likes that kind of fun, but if you was my boy 1 would maul you till you couldn't stand,'' Just then a big cannon firecracker that the boy had lit and laid on the floor exploded and the groeervman went out the back door bareheaded while the boy went out the front door whistling, ''He sure and call me early, for Pm to be queen of the May." ?I'tcVx Sun. Balky Horses. Notwithstanding all that we see printed with reference to balky horses, the causcs of it, and the remedy, how little is known as u cure to horses addicted to this?infirmity, shall we call it? As Ion# as we can remember this singular lit of obstinacy in the horse has been discussed and all sorts of plans given for overcoming it. It must be remembered that what will prove a remedy for one horse will not for another. The original cause of it is doubtless neglect and ill treatment of the colt, or after it has been broken to harness. Sometimes stopping a few moments will be sufficient to start the animal again of its own accord. Kind words, patting, a handful of hay or grass, an apple, or a little black pepper put upon the tongue, will induce it to go ahead as if nothing had been the matter. Whinoiny at all times, and especially in this ease,"is the worst resort. We have ourselves induced balky horses to quietly start by some of these means, and one was entirely cured of it by letting it stand until it went on again of its own will. Sometimes the mere turning of the head and letting the animal look in a different direction, or rubbing the nose, has answered; so has tying a string around the foreleg below the knee and drawing it rather tight. Various resorts of this kind should be adopted, but never force.?Gcrnutntovon Telegraph. ? - President Washington's State. Mrs. Washington's receptions were reproached as "introductory to the pageantry of courts," out it was very modest pageantry. Nothing could have been less festive or more harmless than the hospitality of the prcsidental abode. An English manufacturer who was invited there to breakfast reports a meal of admirable simplicity?tea, coffee, sliced tongue, dry toast and butter? "but no broiled fish, as is the general custom," he adds. At her evening receptions Mrs. Washington offered her guests tea and coffce with plum-cake; at nine she warned her visitors that the general kept early hours, and after this remark the guests had no choice but to do the same. At these entertainments of hers the President was but a guest?without his sword?and found it necessary also to retreat in good order at the word ofjeommand. His own receptions were for invited guests only, and took place every other week between three and four i? sr. The President stood before the fire-place in full black velvet, with his . ii ?.1 ?? h??. Ililir powuercu uuu gniuciuu miw ? , lie wore yellow gloves and silver buckles, with a steel-hilted sword in a white leather scabbard; he held in his hand a cocked hat with a feather. This is the description given by William Sullivan, in his "Familiar Letters on Public Characters." If it was the object of Washington to make these occasions stifTer than the drawing-rooms of any crowned potentate, he succeeded. Names were announced, gentlemen were presented, the President bowed, but never shook hands; at a quarter past three the doors were closed, and the visitors formed a circle; the President made the circuit, addressing a few words to each; then they bowed and retired. It is hard to imagine that these mild entertainments could have been severely censured as extravagant or monarchical; one can better comprehend how the censure could be applied to the street eqhipage of the new President, the crcam-colored carriiigc painted in medallions, and the liveries ot white turned up with green. Yet these were, perhaps, more readily recognized ? Ai-vi a~ il.A /Ir\f li5a otntmn HH L'MaL'Illlill lu un; m^uaj va u<o uvm??v?<. It was with the desire of promoting tin's dignity that the Senators of the new nation were anxious to give the Prctident an official title. The plan was said tc have originated with John Adams, whe believed " splendor and majesty" tc be important in a republic; and there was a joint committee of Congress to consider the matter. This committee reported against it, but the dissatisfied Senate still favored u title, as il well might, at a time when the Senator.' themselves were habitually called "Most Honorable." They proposed to call the chief magistrate "His Highness, the President of the United States ol America, and Protector of their Liberties."' The House objected: the country at large was divided. Chief Justice Mc Ivean proposed "His Serene Highness;' somebody else suggested "The PresidentGeneral;" and Governor Sullivan thought "His Patriotic Majesty" would not be in appropriate, since he represented the majesty of the people. Washington him self, it is said, favored "His High Might inns " wliir.h was the nhrase used by the Stadtho'.der of Holland. It was the common sense ol the nation that swept these extravagances aside; it was one ol the many occasions in American history when the truth of Talleyrand's saying has been vindicated, that everybody knows more than anybody.?Harper11 Magazine. A Precocious Southern Boy. Master Clement Thomas Maddux, a native of Tensas parish, who has recently come with his parents to reside in this city, is a young gentleman still in his first decade, who at the early age of five began to "lisp in numbers," albeit not of the poetic variety. A youth of that age who looks upon exercises in mental arithmetic as a pastime is perhaps as rare, however, as an infant Byron or Shakespeare. The young Clement smiles at mathematical difficulties that paralyze the faculties of many older heads, and finds a deep and satisfying joy in " fractions.'1 At seven he had absorbed the whole ol Davies' scries of arithmetics, including the "University," and stood ready to take in algebra with equal avidity, but by the advice of a prominent educator this branch was postponed. Precocious as lie is, Master Maddux has none of the painful peculiarities so often seen in phenomenal children. lie is a bright, healthy boy, with ruddy checks, clear blue eyes, and a physique tjiat 6ecms quite equal to the demands of the large brain. He has all the fondness for boyish sports proper tc his age, and carries into everything the same quickness of observation and understanding that distinguishes him in his studies. His remarkable talent for ;u nnt < lilinrl intuition nor r remarkable feat of note learning, lie knows perfectly what he is about,"and if able to explain his methods fully and satisfactorily. These methods are the result of a clear understanding of the properties of numbers, and seem to* have been devised by himsell rather than acquired from others. They have all the simplicity and directness ol those employed by experienced accountants, and supplemented as they arc bj very unusual ability for carrying on mentally complex processes of calculation, they enable him to solve, without the aid of slate or pencil, problems that involve considerable ciphering for ordinary people. He will estimate with surprising quickness and accuracy the aggregate value of a crop sold in separate lots and at various prices, anel is especially delighted if these prices are expressed in fractional parts of dollars anel cents; or lie will give with equal facility the superficial area of the walls of your room, or the solid contents of your wood-pile. In geography, which ranks next to arithmetic in his favor, lie shows the same facility of combining and generalizing his information. Names are more * .1 Tnnli /i.i 1 |a ?n ? lO I11II1 IIIJIU >VU1'U9. UIIV, MUW M concrete image of the object referred to, with all its surroundings. Thus the mention of an isthmus suggests not only the two continents united by the narrow neck of land, but the two seas separated by it, as well as the possibility of a canal which might sever the continents and unite the seas, and a bridge which might place them again as they were. .Master Maddux is entered as a pupil in one of the public schools, where he will pursue the regular course, his father wisely preferring that he should become versed in all branches of knowledge ratlicr than pose as a youthful prodigy in mathematics. Though only nine years j of age, it is impossible to look into the bright, intelli cnt face, at once modest and self-reliant, and note the dome-like structure of the head, without indulging in brillant forecasts for the ripened future of so much childish promise.?Xac Orleans Times-Democrat, "Bulls" and " Bears." The means used to "bull" and "bear," or raise and depress the prices of stocks grain, provisions, etc.. are innumerable, vjirvintr with the needs of the times, but influenced much more by the combinations of capitalists and brokers. The "bulls" magnify every circumstance favorable to the appreciation of the stocks they hold or have agreed to take at a given time, while those who have contracted to deliver such stocks, or who for any reason wish to buy, do all in their power to depreciate them, and are, therefore, nicknamed "bears." Anyone who has ever witnessed a bull and hear light will not question the appropriateness of these terms as applied to the combatants in the exciting wars among the kings of the stock board. The bulls struggle to toss the stocks higher; the hears squeeze and tug to force the prices down. The former resort to all kinds of expedients to induce small holders to clin<r fast to their stocks instead of putting them on the market They persuade them by direct appeals, or by circulating encouraging reports, that these stocks are hound to rise rapidly in value; and they often combine to buy up the stock of the few who persist in selling, so as to "corner" the market. lit with fnir rnniina. thev SOIUC times enter into combinations with one another, and employ third parties to buy aud sell slocks of the same description on 'Cliange, in such a way as to create the impression that there is a greater demand for them than there really is, when in fact the sales are never consummated, or merely amount to an exchange among themselves. Often, when neither the foreign nor home news was favorable to their purposes, false reports have been telegraphed through the country by interested parties, to allcct the stock board. Similar methods are pursued on boards of trade. Two Leipsic chemists have devised a process for obtaining sugar in a permanently liquid form. This result is said to be effected by adding to a purified sugar solution a small quantity of citric acid, which combines with the sugar and deprives it of its tendency to crystallize. A BIG PRICE FOR LUMBER. 1 THE CIRCUS BOER'S PTJUTJT? SPECT7- 1 X.ATXOXT XV WOOD. ] Buying' Four Stalin for Hornes at a. Big- Price and Selling Them at a , Largo Profit* "The funniest thing I ever heard of in . the way of a wood speculation," said Charlie Stowe, the famous circus agent, "was the story of Jim Robinson's box J stalls. Jim had to take four trained j horses from a little port in the West Indies to Marseilles, France, and had to < have some box stalls built on the vessel. < He had great difficulty in finding lum- , ber, but at last a local merchant said: 'I have a little lumber on hand, and will see to four box stalls being built on board for you at no higher cost than the simple value of the lumber and work of con- ] struction.' "When the stalls were built Robinson ' was much pleased,although lie could not sec any particular necessity for making ; them of such very large and thick timbers and boards. But when he went to pay the bill and heard that the actual cost of the lumber and work amounted to $400, he was astounded. lie was too , much of a gentleman to kick or complain, and he paid the bill, but went away feeling that an advantage had been taken of him. Just as the vessel reachedMarseilles,her stewardapproached Robinson and said to him: " 'I vou'd like to buy of you ze four box stalls zat you have on board.' " 'What, will you give for them?' Rob inson asked,indifferently, wondering what anybody wanted to buy second-hand stalls for in a country where lumber must be plentiful. "'I vill give 3,000 francs,' said the Frenchman. "Robinsou looked at him in amazement, but promptly coming to the conclusion that anybody who would offer $600 for four old box stalls must be a lunatic and that he did not want to rob ! a crazy man, replied: 'Well, I'll think ' about it and let you know later,' and TTn irnnf nn fntvn trt ?|>P ! WUIIYUU. Ull, 111/ IIWUW U|/ IVMtl rv www about stabling, and when lie got back to the vessel was met by a man who said to i him: " ll understand that you have four ; horse stalls on board there?' > '"Yes.' , " 'Do you want to see them?*' , " 'No objections.' [ " 'I will give you 4,000 francs for . them.' "Jim fairly jumped with astonishment, but, thinking that he had .struck another ; maniac, went aboard without taking any ( further notice of the man. The steward ; tackled him again as soon as he reached . the deck with another offer of 750 ; francs, and Jim just had patience enough to tell him that somebody had already . seen that bid and gone better, when the r captain of the vessel stepped up and of. fered him 0,000 francs for his stalls, and tried to clinch the bargain by a threat if . Jim tried to take them away. Jim flared t up and rushed to set his men at work . getting the horses and stalls ashore. . "Just as they were commencing the . work a new man came on the scene, who . said: . " Arc you the owner of those stalls?'' . " 'Yes, I am, and what have you got i to say about it?' [ " 'I? Nothing. Only that I would r like to buy them from you.' , "So you've escaped from the same asylum, have you?'exclaimed Jim. , " 41 don't know what you mean, but I I want the stalls, and will give you 8,500 francs for them.' "'You will. And take 'cm as they ^ stand?' J v "'Certainly. I should prefer to do ( so, as I can have them taken down with ( care.' "For a minute Jim's compassion for the mental wreck who proposed to squander cash on old horse-stalls almost I got the better of him. but he hardened his heart and responded: They're yours. Cash up.' The purchaser promptly counted out the sum, $1,750, and it was | not until hours after, when he told the story to somebody who had sense about . such things, that the idea got into his mind that his kind West Indian friend , had built those stalls of mahogany or ; rosewood, or some other valuable tropical | wood, and that the final buyer of them | had, no doubt, got a bargain." Parrots as Pets. So far as can be ascertained the habit of calling these talking creaturcs by the 1 feminine appellation of Polly originated in the sneering tribute paid the opposite ' sex by the owner of the first parrot in ' captivity that learned to talk. This ! cynical individual was blessed with a better and mgrc talkative half, who made a great pet of this uncanny bird, which soon began to imitate her scolding tones 1 and did it so well that the husband gave ! it her name of Polly. It is a rank injus1 tice, however, to assume that therefore only female parrots are expert talkers. : It is a fact well known by bird dealers ' and fanciers that there is no difference [ in this respect between the sexes. Males : and females, indeed, differ so little in , appearance that it is often a very difficult matter to determine their sex. This is made doubly difficult by the fact that they rarely raise young in captivity; therefore, all these talking pets are necessarily brought when young from the ! countries of which they arc natives. The best are brought from Mexico and arc known as " double yellow-head Mexicans," from the yellow patch on top of the head, which increases in size at each : moulting until it often extends down over the shoulders, forming a golden cane that gives an old bird a gaudy appearance greatly in contrast with its age. 1 The gray parrots arc natives of Africa and are noted as whistlers, but on account of the manner In which they arc trans1 ported it is difficult to obtain a purely 1 healthy bird. Parrot experts advise against purchasing African parrots that come by steamer from Liverpool, because they have generally contractcd a blood disease, caused by the smoke and filth of the engine room, where they are generally stowed in boxes, without adequate ventilation. This ailment will carry them off sooner or later, though the bird may appear sound and healthy enough when purchased. Tl'? nf tiwlliiur thflll is VCl'V I I 11V 0 - ? similar to the plan pursued in teaching canaries to sing. After accustoming the bird to being handled he is given a lesson on his own name or some other word it is desired to teach him. After the word has been repeated a great many times, slowly and distinctly, the cage is covered with a cloth and the pupil left to ponder over his lesson, with nothing to distract his attention from it. Whenever the bird of his own accord begins to repeat his lesson, his education is practically accomplished and what comes after is only in the way of additions to his repertoire. The cruel practice of slitting the tongue doe> no possible good and is most likely to prevent what the ignorant attempt to accomplish by it.?PhiUnTfl^hitt, Times. Dclmonico and the Dudes. Many anecdotes are told of the ingenuity of the late Charles Delmonico, the famous New York restaurateur, in devising costly innovations in the art of dining. One evening some young idiots wanted to give a little dinner of exceptional extravagance, and. of course, hired one of Delmonico's private diningrooms and went to Charles for suggesI tions. lie made out a most elaborate menu, which brought tlio cost uj> to something like $40 or !?"!() a head. " Well, now, is that all that you mil suggest?'' persisted the head idiot. Delmonieo, who was not without a fund of humor, replied that of course they might end l?y throwing their glasses into the middle of the table, which would certainly add to the expense. I do not believe that he meant to be taken in earnest, but about midnight the manager of the restaurant was startled by a terrific crash of glass and rushed upstairs to find the table a wreck and to be told by the young gentlemen that it was all right; Charles had recommended this destruction of property as a genteel windup to the dinner. There was an addition to the bill of $100. A Serious Case. A violent ring at the door, ar d the doc tor poked his head out of an upper window and demanded: "What's wanted?" "For pity's sake, make haste,'" came back the answer. "It's a case of death; " ?* 1 " intd/I .if I i m .ur. cmipsun, uiiu ,>uu iiiv "imim >? . | the house immediately!" The doctor closed the window, and in j about fifteen minutes later sauntered j leisurely out of the front door and said: i j "Ah, Simpson, your wife has another j ( fainting spell, I suppose?" i "No, no; worse than that. It's her J little dog, her pet poodle. He's all j rolled up with cramps." \ ' "What?" shouted the now alarmed j physician, "her pet poodle sick? This i is indeed serious. If she should die your f wife wouldn't live a week." c And the two men dashed madly up I the street.?Philadelphia Call. \ x . : THE PHOEBE-BIRD. Fes, I waa wrong about the phoebe-bird, fwo songs it has, and both of them I've heard: ! dia not know those strains of joy and sorrow Jatne from one throat, or that each not? could Dorrow strength from the other, making one more brave \nd one as sad as rain-drops on a grave. But thus it is. Two songs have men and maidens: Due is for heyday, one is sorrow's cadence. 3ur voices vary with the changing seasoas dt life's long year, for deep and natural reasons. Therefore, despair not. Think not you have altered, [f, at some time, the gayer note has faltered. We are as God has made us. Gladness, pain, Delight, and death, and moods of bliss or bane, With love, and hate, or good, and evil?all, At separate times, in separate accents call; Yet'tis the same heart-throb within the breast That gives an impulse to our worst and best. I doubt not when our earthly cries are ended, TJio l.ictonar finds them in one music blended, ?Georye P. Lathrnp, in the Century. HUMOR OF THE DAY. "Better lay-it than never," cackles the industrious lien. The original Mary's little "lamb" was given to her by her angry mother?and Mary wept.? Wilmington Star. We arc told nothing was made in vain; but how about the fashionable girl? Isn't she maiden vain??Salem Sunbeam. Cruel: "Fancy, mummy, the hair dresser fellow wanted to shave my mus tachc off?" " Yes? Well?and did lie?' ?Punch. At this season of the year you nevei hear of elephants killing their keepers, Such stories now would do the mena g rie no good.?Picayune. T?-n lir>u? nimrrelincr :'Mv 1)11 is { 'Si-j ' 0 . v X ? preacher and will go to heaven." " Ye: an' ray pa is a doctor an' can kill you olc pa."?ArhumwTraceler. "I pride myself on ray descent,'' sail a spinster of uncertain age, recently 'One of my ancestors came over witl the Conqueror.*' "Which one was it,' cried a cruel wit, "your father or youi mother?" The Indianapolis Journal says that thi average citizen wants a lock with fou keyholes. Unless the average citizen ha improved much of late, one keyhole i: usually about all he can find.?New Yuri Graphic. "When Charlie went to see his best gir and her father bounced him through th front door, he said he would keep hi temper on the girl's account, but h could not help feeling somewhat pu out.?Siftingn. "A farmer's wife" wants to know if wi can recommend anything to destroy th "common grub." "We guess the nex tramp that comes along could oblig you, if the family can't stand your cook ing.?mmingion r rec rrena. A Philadelphia hotel-keeper seeks fr scare the rural visitor into turning o) the gas with notices thus: "The relative and friends of guests who blow out th< gas will have to pay for the amount o gas wasted before the body will be de livered." . SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. A Neapolitan gardener, after years o experiment, has produced acamelia wit) a delicate perfume, There are several railroads, both ii this country and Europe, where, to r>re vent slipping, a middle rail is used ii ?rl?tAU ftf infa nrsrta r\n < WIIJUU ttl'U U1X1U11 III/ 1U11/ v,vr?? v" ' wheel of the locomotive. The Verviers Industrial society offer two prizes of $1,200 and $340 for th best and the second best discovery, in vention or application contributing ti the progress or prosperity of the woolei trade within the last five years. Prof. A. Nantier has been trying th effect of various manures upon potatoes beets, and maize. Superphosphates am precipitated phosphate were most cffica cious in increasing the yield of potatoes Precipitated phosphate proved in ever respect more beneficial than the super phosphate with beets. The best crops o maize were raised from land treated witl the manure of the farm-yard. On the Zuider Zee interesting experiments were recently made with fog horns of a novel construction. They an sounded by steam, and arc worked aftei the fashion of the Morse telegraphs witl long and short sounds. Two ships wen provided with the fog-horns; on eacl there were telegraphists working tin horn, and the signals were distinctly 1 1 1 1 if KJ ileum iniu UIIIU-ISLUUU uvea ii wu uu tnnce between the ships was such tha they lost sight of each other. The subsidence of land in the C'heshiri salt districts of England is again beconi ing alarming. The bed of the rivei Weaver has widened out below North wich, forming a lake of about tw< miles square. Crater-like holes suddenly appear, forming in a day or two dee] ponds of saltish water. In one instance two vdars ago, the river flowed back ward into the subsidence for two minutes, filling up several old rock-sail mines in the neighborhood; from these the water is now pumped and used as brine. SewtnfbOTnrfcln# Indmtry, These remarkable items pour into our office daily. Mr. H. S. Fu ler, with thenewHom< Machine company, of Orange, Mass., writes, May -'3, 1883: "I have u>ed Hunt's Remedj in my family for over ten yeare. My wilt was troubled with catarrh of the bladder, suffered intense pain in the kidneys and loins, and urination was accompli.-hed with the greatest of agony. My friends thought that she could not recover. We tried doctors and medicines, and although better at times she would grow worse again. She was obliged to use the ur.nal as many as fifteen times in a night, and was growing worse daily. At this time my attention was called to Hunt's Remedy, and I concluded to try it; and after using one bottle she was a good deal better, the inflammation was reduced, ami the water more natural. She began to gain inapjetite, and felt no pain in the back and kidneys. She could attend to her household work without pain, and this ha 1 been a preat burden to do, even the lightest kind of work. After using six Domes me was cumpiebcij tuim. Since tnen I have had occasion to use Hunt's Remedy for kidney and liver complaint--, and found it to bo just as represented, and 1 conlider it a most wonderful medicine. I would not be without Hunt's Remedy in my family; and I have recommended it "to my friends here in Orange with equally good results." Nearly a million people receive charitable aid in Great Britain. Advice to Coniriiiipilvefi. On the appearance of the first symptoms, ns eeneral debility, loss of appetite, pa ler, chilly sensations, followed by night sweats and cough, prompt measures of relief should l>e taken. Consumption is scrofulous disease of the lungs: therefore use the great antiscrofulnus or blood-purifier and stri mjth-restorer, Dr. Pierce's '-Golden Medical Di.-covery." Superior to cod liver oil as a nutritive, and unsur|>nssL'd as a ] ectoral. For weak lungs, spitting of bio id, and kindred adoctions, it has no equal. Sold by druggists. For Dr. Pierce's treatise on Consumption K?>ri 1 two stamn-. W> rid s Dispensary ^ledi cal Association, Buffalo, N. Y. India counts Quakers. Mv mother began gaininc from first do;e she took of Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator, f he is rid of those bad feelings about her heart now, the relief is permanent, other remedies only helped for a few minut s. Miss Clara Bradt, Lawton, Mich. $1 per bottle The balance of trade?Scales. _ "Sigh No More, Lndln," for Dr. Pierce s "Favorite Prescription" is a prompt and certain remeJy for the painfu disorders peculiar to your sex. By all druggists. Ft ni. anders?Successful lisheruieii. Woinnn nml ITor Dinense* is the title of a large illustrated treatise, bj> Dr R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., sent to any address for three stamps. It teaches successful self-treatment. Mexican nickels are current in Arizona. I feel verv grateful for the wonderful cures ttmt nave Deen jieriorMieu wun r,n * * imm Balm. I have lia<l Catarrh in its worst form Jor the twist 25 years and have used everything I could h' ar of. I commenced using Cream Halm and I consider it the be4 thing; I ever tried. I recomin?nd it to every one afflicted.-J. B. Kelsey.fri Broa1 St..Now York. Camphor Milk cures aches ami pain;;. 25c. It quiets the natient ami ultimately cures him. A late encomium on Samaritan Nervine. Mr. Oliver Myers, of Ironton, O., says: Samaritan Nervine cured me of general debility. Phoenix Pectoral cures cold and cough. 25c. Purest and ii est cod-liver oil, from selected ivcrs, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard A :o., N.Y. Absolutely pure'and sweet. Patients vho have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians declare it superior to all other oils. Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough ikin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard it Co., New York. The ancients were acquainted with the vir ;ues of Petroleum. Herodotus refers to it and ;peaks of wells being found in Zante. Nowalays every Iwdy has heard of it through Caroline, the groat natural Hair Restorer. The Knights of Labor number 500,000. OUT OP THE DEPTHS. Otrr Correspondent^ a BeiMRkM and a Remarkable Occnrrcnce He Deacribes. St. Albans, 7t., Jan. 10,1884. Messrs: Editors: The upper portion of Vermont Is one of the pleasantest regions in America during the summer and one of the bleakest during the winter. It affords ample opportunity for the tourist, providing he chooses the proper season, but the present time is not that season. (Still there are men and women here who not only endure the climate, but praise it unstintingly, and that, too, in the race of physical hardships the Tho writer heard of a striking UJUOU lUilQUOVi - illustration of this a few dayB since which is given herewith: Mr. Joseph Jacques is connected with the Vermont Central railroad in the capacity of master ma^on. He is well advanced in years, with a ruddy complexion aiid hale appearance, while his general bearing is such as to instantly impress one with his strict honor and integrity. Several years ago he became afflicted with most distressing troubles, which prevented the prosecution of his duties. He was languid, and yet restless, while at times a dizziness would come over him which seemed almost blinding. His will power was strong, and he determined not to give way to the mysterious influence which seemed undermin'/ig his life. But the pain and annoying symptoms were stronger tban his will, and n# kept growing gradually worse. About that time be began to notice a difficulty in drawing on his boots, and it was i by the greatest effort that ha was able to force his leet into them. In this manner several weeks passed by, until finally one night, while in great agony, he discovered that his feet had, in a snort while, swollen to enormous proportions. The balance of the narrative can best be described in his own words. He said: " When my wife discovered the fact that I was fo bloated, .she sent for the doctor immediately. He made a most careful examination and pronounced me in a very serious condition Notwithstanding his care, I grew worse, and the swelling of my feat . gradually extended upward in ray body. The . top of ray head pained mo terribly: indeed, so 1 brullv that at times it seemed almoet as ir it iinrcfc Mv fest were nainfullv cold. and even when surrounded with hot flannels and irons felt as if a strong wind were blowing ! on them. Next my right leg became i paraly zed. This gave me uo pain, but it was exceedingly annoying. About this time I began to spit blood most freely, although my lungs were in perfect condition, and I knew ' it did not come from them. My physicians ' were careful and untiring in their attentions, but unable to relieve my sufferings. My neighbors and friends thought I was dy: ing and many called to see me, fully twenty, five on a single .Sunday that I now recall. At . last my agony seemed to culminate in the most intense, sharp pains I have ever known or heard of. If rea hot knives sharpened to i the highest degree had been run through my body constantly they could not have hurt ' me worse. I would spring up In bed, somer times as much as three feet, cry out in my agony and long for death. One night the [ misery was so intense that I arose and attempted to go into the next room, but was unable to lift my swollen feet above the little 1 threshold that obstructed them. I fell back ' upon the bed and gasped in my agony, but r felt unable even to breathe. It seemed like death. ".Several years ago Rev. Dr. J. E. Rankin, 2 now of Washington, was stationed here as r pastor of the Congregational church. We all admired and respected him, and my wife 3 remembered seeing somewhere that he had s spoken in the highest terms of a preparation !; which had cured some of his intimate friends. We determined to try this remedy, accordingly sent for it, and, to make a long story 1 short, it completely restored my health, e brought me back from the grave, and I owe s all I have in the way of health and strength to Warner's Safa Cure, better known as e Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. 1 t am positive that if I had taken this medicine when I felt the first symptoms above described, I might have avoided all the agony I afterward endured, to say nothing of the e narrow escape I had from death." t In order that all possible facts bearing upon e the subject might bo known, I called on Dr. Oscar F. Fassett, who was for nineteen years United Stages examining surgeon, and whc attended Mr. Jacques during his sickness. 0 He stated that Mr. Jacques had a most pro1 nounced case of Albuminuria or Bright's s disea e of the kidneys. That an-ana.ysls showed the presence of albumen and casts in B great abundance and that be wijs in a conf dition where few if any ever recover. Hii - recovery was due to Warner's Safe Cure. Mr. John W. Hobart, general manager ol the Vermont Central railroad, stated that Mr, Jacques was one of the best and most faithful of his employes, that his sickness had beer an exceedingly severe one and the company r were not only glad to again have his services, but grateful to the remedy that had cured ,sc 1 valuable a man. Mr. James M. Foss, assistant superintendent and master mechanic of the Vermont Central railroad, is also able to co ;flrm thia I do not claim to be a great discoverer, but a I do think I have found in the above a most remarkable case, and knowing the unusual increare of Bright's disease feel that the public should have the benefit of it. It seems tc s me a remedy that can accomplish so much it * * 1 +r* Ha oufln mnffl for 0 DD0 IBSi> Doafcto w -? -? irst approach of this deceptive yet terribl* trouble. & 0 1 Fcrniture and sash factories are springrag up in the South. e In Your Blood Pnre ? For impure blood the best medicine known, 1 Seovill's Sarsapariila, or Blood and Livei Syrup, may be implicitly relied on when everything else fa:ls. Take it in the springf time, especially for the impure secretions ol the blood incident to that season of the year; f and take it at all tim?s for cancar, scrofula, 1 liver complaints, weakness, boils, tumors swelling', skin diseases, malaria, and the jiio fhaf enmo frrtm I'mnnrA hlood. liiUU'XIUU 1UO VliUV WMAV MVM. _ . _ To injure a cheerful disposition take Scorill'i Blood and Liver Syrup, which will restore e the niind to its natural equilibrium. r High Pricrd Batter. 1 Dairymen often wonder bow their more fae vored competitors get such high prices foi j their butter the year round. It is by always having a uniform gilt edged artie'e. To put 2 the "gilt edge?'on, when the pastures do not i do it, they use Wells. Richardson & Co's. - Butter Color. Every butter maker can do t the same. Sold everywhere and warranted as harmless as salt, and perfect in operation , Dr. Stanford's Liver Invigorator has a reputation equal to any medicine in the world. r You would use St. Patrick's Salve if you knew the good it would do you. .for a cold in tfte Head, tnere is nottung so } good as Piso's RemeJy for Catarrh. ; Three PeculiaritiesTho superior qualit:e< of Hood's Sarsaparill* arese. cared by three peculiarities, viz: l Firtl.?Tbe combination of remedial agents need. , Seronil. ?The proportion in which they are mixed. Third.?The process by which the active medicinal i properties are secured. Tnese are peculiar to Hood's Sarsaparilla, and ara unlike any other. Tbe result of these peculiarities is a medicine of unusual strength, which effect* cures hitherto unknown. Unknown to Others ' Mr?. J. McClure, of Revere, Mars., had a terrible scrofulous humor on her lianas and wrists, feet and > ankles, which were sometimes "ne mass of sores. By advice of a friend she took Hood's Sarsaparilla ana ' wascured. Sho believi a it to be just what itis?"an honest medicine." ) J. H. McCnll, of Rochester. N. Y., was troublod with n -rvouH debility. Took ilood'ti Sarsaparilla and I says '' I feel like a new mar.." j Hood's Sarsaparilla i Sold by nil dnigiristi). $1; nix for $5. Made only I by U. I. Hood .t Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar. They who work earun\i tii feiic,y8nd uta tb?year ; ny ?llBmE0^^4^y?^nh^Shf^i a|ira^i-^ imparted ^by ' I nTature'decajTof 'the physical energies. ^ mitigates th? infirmltens? con"a!e?co^coT PfflVlBBpDTfi Forsaleby all Drug qITTEH^,a.u;.J " '" CATA R H H ELY'S EREAMBALM vhen applied by the So RKItLY into the nnstrili FWrfiM Rn>^ be absorbed, effect ^7% ^cunrc C0^?1 nally cleansing the head Jm ^^St" j *llr I0'catarrha' virus, caaiMR^Cg/jrT HtADj'HK healthy seoretions. PuivrrvrD^w & Alt 8ll,ys luflMnmati,5n. fJUiTt > ' tly Jjjyje c?^M protects the membrane Cy/T ^T/gBof the nasal passages y ^9,rom additional colds, g / completely heals the BH sores and restores taste "r''' 8me"- A few ap. *^yfti.^Bplication8 relieve. X v-,/q^ jjSA (thorough treatment icilt | ^?JL__ __ ^m Tn>titiceh/ rare. Acres. UAY"FEvEP n!i'Htouse- Sf'n"for r n rirculsr. PRICK .lOPFNTS. nr MAIL OR AT DRUGGISTS, ELY HKOTHKJCS, ?J\y liUO, N. Y. Paynes' Automatic Engines and Saw-Mill< Wo offer an ft) In H. P. mounted Engine with Mill, 5fl in tolid Saw, 60 ft. belting, cant-hooks, rigcrmplete for operation, nn cur*. $ ,10'. Knginn on sliils, SHO I I.... |..r I H\ II \\". P.tVNK ,? SONS, Mamifnctt.r n of all stylcH Automatic KnSiiM'N, from 2 to 3 (i H. P.: al*? Pulleys, liangTa and hnltiitf. l'lniira, N. V. iiox l HoO. jKi ma ?m information in regard to FREEexgursion Rates to Texas, Arkansas and California. Pamphlets, etc.. describing lands for salo can be had by addremmiK ).FOWLER, Kant. Pass. A(?'t, Utica, N. Y. ,1. 1). M.HKATH, N. E. Pass. Ait'l, Boston; 1 D. W JANUWITZ. S. K. Pass. Ae't, Baltimore, Md. ii.?. .HcCLKM.an. Hen. East.Pats. Ag't Mo^Puc.R.R ,243 B'dway.N.Y. mmmmm. I havo a pnsltlvo remedy fur the above disease; b? It* ; Tin thousands at cases of the worst kind and of long atandlnc have been cured. Indeed, so strong la my falta In Its efficacy, that I will send TWO BOTTLbd FREE, to* ' gfthsr with a VALUABLE THEAT18E on this disease, (9 any sufferer. Give Express and 1*. 0. address. | J PR. T. A. tiLOCUM, HI rearl 8t., Nair Yorfc. i APCIiTC U/XllTCn EVERYWHERE to sell tha | AutNIO (VANltUbest Family Knitting Machine ever invented. Will knit? pair of stuckinia 1 witlilllCELnudTOErompli'tcinSUmimites. ltwill , also knit a ({mat variety of fancy work, for which tilers is always a ready market. Send for circular and terms to the TWO.flBIjY KNITTING .HACHINE CO.. 1U3 Thlmont STUEET, BOSTON, MASS. ^(inTIIIIF CURED. JVete Method. Send K H I P 11 H PI f?ir circular. Du. J. A. HOUSE, j ICUl I UflE. ia? Fifth Avenue. N. Y. City. NY N U?? J i la with fate THE BEMAEKABLE EXPERIENCE OF A STALWAKT ENGINEER. One disease produces greater derangement in the system than all other complaints. Yet people will not heed the daily warning* of ita approach ! Peter Luwler, Dalton, Mass,, an engineer, about fifteen years ago bad a dull Eain in hi* right side. It finally felt as if a nice was run through his bacK and loins. "For weeks " he says. "I was unable to leave my bed, and when I did I waj a wreck. My fluids were thick, frequently interrupted in passage, tingea wun o.ooa, ana great utuu succeeded successful passages. My Back ached with agony. Sleep was impossible The only relief 1 got was from morphine. Of seven physicians, one said I had malaria; another, nervous prostration; another, inflamed spleen: another, incurable kidney disorder. But, under the treatment of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of Rondout. N. Y., I passed large quantities of dissolved gravel, and to-day all my kidney disorder has ended. I have no gravel colic, my appetite and strength have returned, and I am a sound, healthy man." Kidney disorder (which thousands have without knowing it) may be suspected if you have pain in making water, backache, sharp pains in the loins (caused by gravel) frequent headache,fluids, dark-colorea and scant, or light-colored and abundant, and covered with frotb, or filled with sediment, and very odorous. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy (1.00 a bottle) is purely vegetable, non alcoholic, pleasant to take, and cures in oinety per cent, of casei. t*# LYDIA Ea PINKHAM'8 VEGETABLE COMPOUND; IS A POSITIVE CUBE All thoie painftal CompUIat* *and Weaknesses so eoBunea*, ? * to our best , FEMALE rOPUXATIOir.* , Mm ?1 ta yd ?r * Its purpoit it toltlu for tfi* Ugitimat* maunq or dUeats and the relief of vain, and that U dot* au it claim* to do, thouaand* of ladle* can gladly tmtift, " * It will car# entirely a]] OrarUrn troubles, Inflammation and Ulceration, Falling and Displacements, and consequent Spinal weak no**, and U particularly adapted to ui? Change of life. ? * It removes Falntne?,Flatnlencr, de*troyiall rnring for stimulants, and relieve* Weaknwa of the Stomach. It cures Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, sleeplessness, Depression and lodfpestlon. That feelingof bearing down, caaxing pain, and backache, la always permanently cured bria w. * Send stamp to Lmn, Mass., for pamphlet. Letters of iniju^ry confidentially^answered. For taUaidrug^iit*, Thousands Hastening to their Grave*. i Relying on testimonials written in vivid glowing language of some miraculous.corei-?-* made by some largely puffed up doctor or', patent medicine has hastened thousands to their erraves; believing in their almost Insane faith that the game miracle will be' performed on them, and that these testimonials make the cares, wfcile the so called medicine is all the time hastening them to their graves. We have avoided publishing testimonials, as they do not make the cores, although we have TTrniTSANTlS TTPOV THflTTRAfrnfl of them, of the most wonderful cures, voluntarily sent us. It fs our medicine, Hop Bitters, that make3 the cures'. It has never failed and never can. We will give reference to any one for any disease similar to their own if desired, or will refer to any neighbor, as there is not a neighborhood in the known world but can thow its cures by Hop Bitters. A LOSING JOKE. A prominent phy ician of Pittsburg said to a lady patient who was complaining of her continued ill health, and of his inability to cure her, jokingly said: "Try Hop Bitters!" The lady took it in earnest and used the Bitters, from which she obtained permanent health. She now laughs at the doctor for his joke, but he is not so well pleased with i il, as it cost him a good patient. ; FEES OP DOCTORS. The fee of doctors?is an item that very many persons are interested in. We believe , the schedule for visits is 8'J.OO, which would tax a man confined to his bed for a year, and i in need of a daily visit, over $1,000 a year for medical attendance alone! And one single bottle of Hon Bitters taken in time, i would save the $1,000 and all the year's sickuess. LADY'S WISH. i "Oh, bow I do wish my skin was as clear i and soft as yours," said a lady to her friend, i ''You can easily make it so. answered the friend. "How*" inquired the first lady, i "By using Hop Bitters,that makes pure, rich blood ana blooming health. It aid It tot ! me as you observe. " GIVEX UP BT THE DOCTOBS. i ''Is it cQssible that Mr. Godfrey is op and ' at work; and cured by so simple a remedyF , "I assure you it is true that he is entirety > cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters, and only ten days ago his doctors gave him un and said he must die, from Kidney and ; Livor trouble^ ; mmssznmi i THE 8URE CURE if ""mmm FOB KIDNEY DISEA8ES, LIVER COMPLAINTS, CONSTIPATION, PILES, AND BLOOD DISEASES. | ; | PHYSICIANS EHDOBSE IT HEARTILY. | "Kidney-Wort la the most mooe?ftil nuiedj I over used." Dr. P. 0. MWL "mdney-Wort i? alwaya reliable." i Dr. E. K. Cltrk. 80. Effo? VL * "Zidnoy-Worthaj cured 2Elj "Wife Altar two ymrf orafTcrlztg." Sr. 0. XL flnmmerlla, Bun Hill, Oa.' IN THOUSANDS OP OASIS I it has cured where all else had fhlled. It is mBd, but efficient, CERTAIN IK ITS ACTIOS, but j harmless la *11 owe. ty 11 eleaaaca the Bleed and Streaftkeas ui rlres New Life to all the important organs of the body. The natural action of the Kidney* J, iw?*/rwwl_ Th? T.4vm> 4a nTnnn?A at illfUflnai. I and the Bowels more freely and healthfully. I In this way the wont diaoaaea an eradicated from the system. g pbjcx, 9100 uqum oa dst, scut bt kcwwts. Dry can be sent by mail. ' { WELXS, RICIIAJiDSOX ACO.BorliajrU?Vt. ^rai3Wigfff>5igcij j ^llgiyOffilWaiK .jrIHTI**v'sju^yya* glMjUllbiroimniBtf '0 ix croraa v Epileptic Jtt^ ^ FaUin* If Y in^Sicknew, Convulsions, St. Vitus Dance, Alcoholism, Opium Eating, Seminal Weakness, Impotency, Syphilis, Scrofula, and all Nervous and Blood Diseases* U? a o v^iergjruieu, j^awyerB, jjii-erary men, Merchant8, Bankers, Ladies and all whose sederrtarv employment causes Nervons Prostration, Irregularities of the blood, stomacb, bowels or Kidneys, or who require a nerve tonic, appetizeror stimulant, Samaritan Nervine is invaluable. J<. ^-Thousands [TUFTQRF1T] proclaim it the most y">,Aw"MI1/' wopderful Invigor- ji i i i i 11 ant that eversustaid- | II C D l/IC l ed a sinking system. L I*|C|VI| V|C| J $1.50 at Druggists. ?' 1 ' ' ' TheDR.S.A.RICHMONDr'pA||A||gnflQ N MEDICAL CO , Sole Pro-1 UUnUUkKUHl J prietori,St.Joseph, Mo. ? ^ * Chaa. N. Crittenton, Agent, New York. (9 IBM Crick. Spnina, WrvnchM, KinndliAKr mitism, NeanJgU, BeUUe*, __ _ _ _ _ __ Plourfay P?ln?, Stitch in the |9 A I M ?B Side, Bftckkche, Swollen Joints, I Heart DIm?, Sort) KomIm, I X JU-L1 ill ?Uw VUCI?, ?JLiU nu w?uw ?ww w* ' deep-seated ore instantly relieved and speedily cored l>7 the well-known Bop Piaster. Compounded, as it Is, of the medicinal virtues of freeh Hops, Gams, Balsams and Extracts, 1C Is Indeed the beet pain-killing, stimulating, soothing and strengthening Porous Plaster ever made. Bop Plotter* are sold by all druggists and country store* 16 cents or Ave for $1.00. mm fit Mailed on rocclpt of R4 IJ f price. Bop Platter Co., __ Proprietors and Manu- 13 R A ^5 p E3 I facturers, Boston, Mass. lsa#^<0 I El % ' wCoaU'd tongue, bod breath, sour stomach and llrar disease cured by Hawicv's Stomach and Liver Pills, 16eta. Walnut T>enfT1iiif Restorer. It is entirely different from all others, and Mirtnaii* indicates is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It wtU immediately free the head from all dandruff, restore gray ; h iir to its natural color, and produce a new rrowtn where it has fallen off. It does not affectt thehealth, which sulphur, augiir oflead and nitrate of ailws. prepar? ations have done. It will change light or faded fow dayi to a beautiful glossy brown. Ask your druggist ; for it. Each bottle is wan-anted. Smlthj Kllnsr4;Co. Wholesale Ag'ts, Phila..Pa..andO.W.Onttenton,W.Yt ! TO SPECULATORS, R, LINDBLOM & CO., N.G. MILLER&C0? 6 4 7 Chamber of MB road way commerce, \>ujca^fo. ?i?n GRAIN & PROVISION BROKERS Members of all prominent Produce Exchange* in New | 5Tork, Chicago, St. ix>ui? and Milwaukee. I We haro exclusive private telegraph wire between OhU I eatiu and New York. Will execute orders on our lodgment when requested. Send for circulars containing particulars. KUBT. LINDULOM A CO., Chicago. SGOOD NEWS TO LADIES! Greatest inducement# erer ofc fered. Now's your time to get up orders for our celebrated Teal and Cofl'refeand secure abeaoti< ful Gold Band or Mom Kose Chin* Ten Set. or Handsome Decorated Dinner Set, or Gold Band Mom | Deerrated Toilet Set. Fur full particulars address ! THE (illEAT AMFUK'A.N TEA CO.. P. O. Hux W. 21 and XI Vesey St., New York. W * to Soldiers A Heirs. Send stamp fAHCIAItQ for Circulars. COL. L. BIN& I 6ll?IU|ld HAM, Att'y, Washington. D. O. Camphoh Mii.k in the bff'it Liniment. Price 2i cents. A KeiilM Wanted for the Best and l'aatest-aelllng IX. Pictorial Hooks and Bibles. Prices reduced 33 pet cent._ National PrnusmNO Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Ph(Enix Pectokal will cure your cough. Price Me. n A TPUT0 Send stamp for our New Book on Pfl EpNI\ Patents. ] /_._B IN G H AJ4 ^Pat H I ball ?'Mt l..nTyer. >t.summon, u. v. A BLESSING TO WOMEN! M formation to I)., Box 1Q4? Buttalo, New York. Egfl QlBfiQiSM A Lotulliiff London H a H N>9aCL(! l?'an establishes u/ Film OIHcoin NcwYork III A EPILEPTtcVlTS; ??) B WWPromAmJcmrnalofMedicine; Pr. Ab. Meserolo (lato of London), who wakes a ?p?- 'm rlnlty of Epllopsy, has without doubt treated *nd cured M morocMM than nnyothorllvlnijphyslcliin. Bissuccesa W his simply been astonishing; wo liavo huivrd of c&ms of over 20 venrs' standing suoressfnlly cored by him. H* hs? published a work on this dlseasn, whlen ho sendi with a largo bottlo of his wonderful euro frco to any snf. forer who may send their express ?nd P. 0. Address. V* advts*env one wishing neuro to addre?s l)r. AD. HESEitOLE, >'o. #? John 8t., New York* _ r^^iT^^EMEoTFOR cmnwliA ""Wnamim *^'411 Ei.iv to use. A certain cure. Not expensive. Three montns' treatment In one package. Good for Cold In the Hood. Headache. Dizziness, Hay Fever, Ac. mra.li. "ssBM&Sfcflffi-,*. -