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PAYING THE CHURCH DEBT. j "Ob! hnsbnwl, I heard such a sermon to-?1av, By dear Mr. Stigciis. who said we would pay >\-xt Sabbath the debt on our church, and, , said he. 'Whoever subscrilw-?Oh! how happy he'll be.' And all may this glorious privilege share ; By naming the sum he surely can spare; You just sign a slip and you weekly can pay? Oh! can you imagine an easier way ' " And dear "Mr. Stig^ins said all can afford To give back what only ltelongs to the Lord, Who will repay treble?lie-iue-' if we should T.uf liiti.r woM fiM'1 tlu? mom good.'' 4 es. wife, of that privilege all sliouM partake, A sacrifice for such a cause we must make; I. being unselfish, will let you. I guoss, Feel good?so we'll sacrifioo your u-w silk dre&s" "Oh! husband, I couldn't. My six won't suffice. Our pastor meant you would with joy sacrifice A few of your pleasures. 1 t bought vou'd be g'ai To give up your x>i;>e and your pa; ers s i bad.' ' ? Xnrristmrn Ilrrtthl. ONE YEAR AGO. What stars have faded from oir sky, What hopes unfolded but to die.' What dream so fondly pondered o'er Forever lost the hues they wore! How like a death knell sail and slow, Toils through the soul "one year ago."' Where is the face we loved to greet; The form that graced our fireside seat. The gentle smile, th * winning way, That bles e I our life pith d ?y by day: Where (led those accents, soft a id low, That thrilled our hearts " one year ago." Ah! vacant is the fitvide chair. The smile that won, no longer there; From door and hall, from porch and hall The echo of that voic^ is gone; And we who linger only know 'How much we lost "one year ag TCjgpfv- Beside his grave the marble white Keeps silent guard by day and ni^ht; Serene he sleeps, nor hee<Js th;? tread Of footstejs o'er his lowly bed; ?*.;< - His pulseless breast no more may know The pangs of life "one year a;o." But why repine.' A few more years, fflr A few more broken sighs and tears, r And we. enlisted with the dead, gEfe; Shall follow where his stej* have led; To that far world rejoicing go To which he passed " one year a^o."' ?Mrs. John M. i onwif'. y ? A RAFFLE FOR FREEDOM. The subjoined account of an incident alleged to have occurred on a .Mississippi steamboat a short time before the war is from a German sketch of American travel. I ascended the Mississippi, says the writer, on a steamer, on hoard of which were Judge J?and General K?, of Pennsylvania. with both of whom I was slightly acquainted. "A hard set, these Natchez men." said the captain, who met us on the cabin stairs. "There's some of them down in the saloon playing a high game. IIow men can be such fools, 1 couid never see!" "Let's go down and look on awhile," suggested the judge. In the saloon_ we found four men seated at a table, around which a crowd of s]>cctators were gathered. The four were the "heavy players." The game was "poker," and the money changed hands rapidly. "We had not been looking on long, when one of the players, a middle-aged man, who, I learned, was a cotton planter, bet his last dollar against the hand of one of his antagonists. The latter showed four kings, while he had only four (jueens. He was "cleaned out," an<l rose as though he were going to leave the table. "Are you broke, colonel.'" asked one of the men. "Dead!" was the laconic reply. "Never mind; I'll lend you." "No: I can make a raise, I reckon. Here, Pomp!" "Here, massa!" responded an old negro, as he emerged from one corner of the sa, loon. "Bring that girl and her youngster here that I bought in Natchez. Wait a few minutes, gentlemen. I I. raise some money." The old negro went 011 liis errand, and soon returned with the "girl and her youngster." The "girl" proved to be a stately mulatto woman, about thirtyfive years old. Her "youngster" was a fine, intelligent-looking boy, eleven or twelve years old, whose complexion showed him to be much more nearly allied to the white race than the black. "Here, gentlemen," said the planter, as | they entered; "You see this girl and her boy?two as fine niggers as you can find anywhere. I paid eight hundred dollars for them yesterday in Natchez. Who will give me six hundred for them?" "Will you sell them separate?" asked someone. "No, can't doit; I promised not to. The girl swears she'll take her life if she's separated from her boy, and her old master said that he was sure she'd keep her word. Hut don't you all seethat the girl is worth more money than I ask for both of them? Come, who'll give me six hundred for both?" The planter waited for a reply, and then said: "Well, I must have some money. Come, what say you to a ralHe?thirty chances, at twenty dollars a clntnce? Out with your cash, gentlemen. The first on the list has the first throw!" This propo- j sition created a decided stir among all present. The three players at the table led oil by taking three chances each. Their example was followed by the spectators, and twenty chances were taken as rapidly as the planter could wrifc down the names and take the money. Then there was a slight pause. The planter himseil now took two chances, and he was followed by his three fellow-players, who each took one chance more. Finally, three more chances were taken by the spectators, when the planter cried out, "Two chances still, gentlemen? Who will have them? General K whispered something in Judge J 's ear, and then went to the table and laid two ten-dollar gold pieces on it. "Name, sir. please." "Never mind the name. Put it down for the woman." "Eh?what! for the girl herself?" "Yes, certainly, IctN give her a chancc." "All right! One for Ninette. And now"?"That's for the boy," said Judge J , quietly, as he laid twenty dollars on the table. "Good! bravo! bravo!" cried the planter and several of the bystandeis. One lot- Tommy, which makes the thirty. Now, gentlemen. let's see whom luck favors.A The dice were brought, and the throwing began. Each chance entitled the holder to three throws. Thirty-six was the higlif est thrown until the holder of the eleventh chance threw. He scored fortytwo. Then a less number was thrown, until No. 21 scored forty-nine. The excitement now became intense. Fortynine was hard to beat; the highest throw possible being nine sixes?tiftv-fonr. Again and again the dice rattled in the box, until it came to No. 21'. "Come Ninette; it is your turn now!"' As the poor woman came forward, her hands crossed and pressed convulsively J against her breast, it was truly painful to witness her agitation. "Won't the gentleman who took (lie chance for me please throw V she a*ked, in a low, i tremulous tone. u No; I t your boy throw," replied the gentleman;" per-j haps he would have more luck than I." "Come, Tom," said the planter. Tom camc forward and picked up the box The woman pressed her lips firmly together, and clasped her hands as if in nraycr. .The boy trembled like an aspen leaf, but shook the dice, and threw? three. For a moment he stared at the dice as though he could not believe his eyes, then ho put down ttie oox unci stepped back, pale and dejected. ''Come, Tommy, throw again," urged the planter. ''It's no use, master; I couldn't throw forty-nine now." 44 Very true, hut you have your own chance. Throw that." , " Certainly," said Judge J . " That one was your mother's. Now throw for j yourself on the chance I gave you. Have a stout heart, my boy, and may heaven 1 ^emile on you." Again the boy returned to the table, and took up the box. lie pressed his lips together, and did his *f>est to control his trembling liu.bs. Not a sound was to be heard irf the saloon but the rattling of the dice. For a moment every man seemed to hold his breath, lie threw. "Two fives and a six?sixteen," said the planter, putting ' down the number, wnile a murmur of satisfaction ran through the crowd. One of the bvstanders gathered up the , dice and put them in the box, and th-s i boy threw again. "Two sixes and a [ five?seventeen." The excitement now j knew no bounds, and the " bravos" | resounded on every hand. The boy, as j he took up the box to throw for the third and lust time, was as nearly colorless as it was possible for him to be with his yellow skin. Out rolkd the dice and up came three sixes, which madeiifty-one. ^^^^^^*Tommy, my l>oy, I congratulate you." H^B^Hkdthe planter. " You are your own and your mother's master! Fill up the necessary papers, captain, and I will sign them. These ijentleinen will be the witnesses.'' 1 will not attempt to doseribe the scene that followed. In the general satisfaction, one of the men in the crowd proposed a subscript ion for the freed negroes. The proposition was received with such favor that in less than live minutes lif y dollars were collected. The Had Hoy on Klicitmal "There, now, what is your lip han?(iiiiT ilown that way for?" said the <;roc. ry man to the bad boy as he came in with an expression on his face of sorrow such as the grocery man had not seen hefore. "Brace up, now, and have some siyie iiiMiiu you. 11 uai .s un- mauu. "Nothing tin* matter with me,M said tlif hov. as lie looked around the grocery | to see it' he couldn't lind something that would taste good to a sick hoy. "1 am all hunky, but my chum has got the rhcumatiz." "Well, that don't hurt you, docs it?" said the grocery man, with one of his heartless expressions. '"You don't want to grunt until you are hurt yourself. There is time enough for you to he limping around when you get sick yourself. I don't believe in worrying when anybody "else is sick." "Well, you heartless oM man, you. You never had a chum, did you? If you ever had a chum that you loved, that j had stood by you in all kinds of weather, who would work his linger nails olT for you. and go without eating and sleeping to make you happy, you could never talk that way. Never had the rhcumatiz, did you ?" " No, I never had it." said the grocery man. "1 had a brother-in-law who had it once, but he cured himself eating snow.*' ' Oli, get out." said the l>oy. " Since my chum has had rheumatiz, every old crank lias told me a new cure for it, and 1 think I will try some new remedy on him. lint when I g<> to his room, and see the good doctor who has been brought up amongst rhenniatiz. and tell him of the new remedy I have heard of. and he tells me it is all nonsense, that settles it. The idea of curing rheumatiz by eating snow! Say, isn't it ipiecr about catching rheumatiz. It is like a lottery. Forty fellows may have the same chance to draw a rheumatic prize, and only one gets it sawed oil onto him. Now me and my chum were both in the same draft of air, and both had a right to catch the rheumatiz. All I got was wind 011 my stomach, and I slode down hill head first, on my sled, and the rheumatiz has all bio wed away from me. My chum went ridin.tr in a conpay, and he got it. Sliding down hill knocks rheumatiz better than eating snow. Say, I would like to run this world for about a month. By gosh, I would arrange it so nobody but the mean people would be sick. It seems too bad to have these painful diseases strike the best people in the world, don't 'it? If i had the running of things, rheumatiz should never attack such a good fellow as my chum. I would have it lay for thieves and sand-baggers, and murderers, and highway robbers, and oldsharks that never do any good nohow, and keep its claws oil of folks that never did anv harm and had a kind word for everybody. But these diseases seem to have their traps set for the best people, and the thieves and burglars are the healthiest of the lot. If things were run right rheumatiz ought to be a detective that would catch a horse thief just as he j was stealing the horse, and make him ! drop the halter and send for a doctor. If I was bossing rheumatiz I would have it act as a reformatory agent instead of uoI ing around careless and picking 011 to thoroughbreds. I would have it watch a mean man when he was going to do something mean and take hold of him and give his muscles a twist, and then let up and if he kept on, take him by the neck and double him up and make him * ..11 !>?? T ir/\ niul #l#i 111 v* f*hnm'g I (VII. l??ll ? ~ chores for his ma, and then go and sit uj> with hi in. What you trot in this i ranch that would taste good to a feller that hadn't got no appetite?" "Oh. I don't know," said the grocery man. "unless you try some of those dried apples, drisd by steam." "That is a specimen of the way you { would treat a chum if you had one who was viek. You make me tired. Haven't you got any Malaga grapes or Florida oranges? Nothing but dried apples and prunes. Hah!" and the boy went oil to stay by his chum.?lWfg Su/i. The Fremont Family. A New York letter says of John C Fremont and his family: The residence of the Fremonts is a modest white house, perched high on the inside of the broad road that winds through trees along the Xew Brighton beach, and its front windows command | a wide reach of the Xew York bay and the estuary of the Kill von Kull. There are two sons and a daughter in the house of Fremont. The eldest son, John Charles, or "Jack," as he is familiarly called at home, lives, with his handsome wife and two sturdy boys, up the Hudson. lie is in the navy, and his duties are connected with the arrival and departure of ships in this harbor. His younger, brother, Frank, is a lieutenant in the army, stationed up in Montana Territory, whither he has taken the young wife he recently captured in Xew York ?a daughter of John D. Townsend, the lawyer. Both of the boys closely resemble their father. "When Frank went West," said Mrs. Fremont, "I suggested that he stop and call on General Sibley, in Minnesota, who had never seen him. He did it; called in citizen's dress, and said: General Sibley, who am I?' 'You are a Fremont,' said the general; there's no mistaking you. How is your father?*" The sons are both tall, black-haired, black-eyed, and "bearded like a paid," and they both, like their sisters, show strains of their Gallic blood?the influence of their grandfather, the poor, scholarly French gentleman who came to Vir.rmi.1 !it tin. lipiritmimr (if tile CIMltlll'V and found their grandmother in her teens. Mrs. Fremont, that "Jessie Helium,"the mention of whose name notable in the campaign of lS-lli always evoked a cheer. holds her own remarkably well. It doesn't seem possible that she could have made her famous runaway match nearly forty-three years ago. She was a handsome blonde when she ran away from the headquarters of "Old Bullion," in Washington, and joined the fortunes of the young explorer: now her hair is j I as white as snow, but she shows few indications of ageing,and talksas brilliantly as ever. Fifty-Three Pampered l'els. There is a most excellent lady in ('hi- I i cago who has lift y-thrce dogs, not counting two temporarily absent on a scouting expedition. This lady is well known in J society circle*, is a woman of means and j has an elegant home. She has a great love for dogs, and. beginning her collection sonic years ago with two line St. Bernards, she has in one way and another increased it until there are now I fifty-three dogs, big and little, in her establishment. They are not allowed to I eat meat, but arc treated frequently to oyster soup, poached eggs, batter cakes, I oatmeal, etc. Their meals are preI pared with as much care as to cleanliness and form as though they were human beings and the food is served as nicely as foi invited guests. Ten gallons of milk ami twenty pounds of oatmeal I are fed to the dogs daily, to say nothing of the great quantities of oysters and 1 egg>. When the dogs are sick they receive the most considerate attention, and at no time are tliev subjected to scolding or punishment of any kind. The result of this experiment has been | watched l>y many with the greatest in- I terest, and there are some developments I that would have made Darwin dance with joy. There is one line old St. Bernard, the aristocrat of the colony, who will not I touch his oyster soup unless it is just so, and who will not cat out of anything of [ a lower grade than cut-glass. He will go thirsty for a whole day rather than | take a drink from a bucket or pan, but will go into a transport of tail-wagging | I ccst.acy over water or milk in a ctnna i or cut-glass dish.?Inter- Ocean. | Quality Superior to Quantity. I "My dear," said an Austin man to his j wife, after perusing the evening paper, j "are you aware of the fact that a man's brain weighs three and a half pounds?" I "You've just read that, haven't you?" i j "Yes." "Well, doesn't the article say that a woman's is somewhat larger?" "It certainly does." "And it also informs you that a woman's brain is of much finer quality?" 1 "Yes." "Well, then, just concentrate your | three and a half pound intellect on that j scuttle, and figure out how much it will weigh after you bring it up full of coal i from the cellar." The man with a great head departed for the lower regions in search of information.? Te.aui aift'm'jx. AMERICAS NEWSPAPER WIT A BATCH OF HUMOROUS STORIES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, A Xcw I'apa? Sufficient Cause-Worae S liaii Mormon ism ? Swells Heeomiii<7 Mure Swollen?Illinois Poetry. A NKW I'Al'A. Little IVt?"Do you know that we arc to have a new papa ?" Little Jack - "No; I dess v??u is \staken."' Little I'd?"No, I ain't. Nurse said mamma was {join' to lie married a<rai? and that would give us a new papa." Little Jack?"Who is it ?" "Little IVt?"That Mr. Simpkinswho never brings us any candy.'1 Little Jack?"Is ma doin' to make him our papa Little IVt ?"Yes." Little Jack - "Serves'im right."?Phil tidi lii/ri'i Vail. SriTU IKNT ("A 1'SK. (>iio line morning Adolphus is observed upon the street deporting himself in a manner becoming a gentleman of elegant leisure. "I thought you were selling goods for Catehem and Clot hem,"' remarked a friend. " I was, but I don't stay there any more." " Why, what's the matter?" " Thcv cut down my salary, and T refused to remain any longer." "How much did they cut down your salary?" "Oh, they cut it all down." WOIISK THAN MOHMONISM. "Talk about Mormonism,'' said Bulger; ' I don't see what right people have to howl about it when such things as this are permitted in Pennsylvania," and he pointed his finger to an item in the paper lie had in his hand. " What is it ?" inquired Sucker. " Why here it tells of one man who has married no less than 1,500 women." " Incredible." " Hut it is so. Ilis name is Mayes and he marries a new woman every few days and yet the authorities don't interfere." "Horrible! How does he evade the law ?" ' IT" "' "I" 5^ Itr> i? ii instir-n I 1 t UUU-ll I i A.V ... .. J of the peace, and his place is a sort of CJretna Green for Ohio and West Virginia runnawav couples." "Oh!" said Sucker, and tlien went off muttering something about people being* too smart.?Si/tinys. SWKI.J.S HKCOMK MOHU SWOM.EN. He was a fit subject for guying. 11 is pants were put on in such a way that tlie hip pocket was most convenient. His coat, of ancient cut, had lost one tail.but two brilliantly polished buttons still adorned it. Through the holes in his (jiuisi-l'anama hat the cold wind was playing with his long gray hair. Kntering a broker's ofticc, he said, quietly: ' Won't some of you young gentlemen help an old soldier?" The boys let out on hiin. "By Jove, donchcw know," said one, "looks as if he'd fallen oil" the elevated tramway." "I say, old chappie," drawled another, "fa-ancy bra-ndy is the only enemy?aw ?you've evaw faced," and so on through the crowd. The old fellow suddenly straightened himself up. The memory of days long passed seemed to rejuvenate him. Drawing oH a tattered glove from one hand and a stocking from the other, he sailed in. One swell went through the glass partition into the private ollicc, another smashed the ticker in his ilight, a third tried to hide himself in the tape basket. As the old chap walked out he picked up a pocket-book some one had dropped, and muttered: "It's funny if a man who /it with Andrew Jackson can't git away with people who only pertend to be British.'*? JVew York Journal. 1'OKTKY IN II.MNOIS. "I want to sec the poetry editor," said a young lady, who stepped very briskly into the room?"the gentleman that puts all those lovely pieces in the paper every Saturday. Don't you think they're sweet ?" The horse reporter nodded aequiesI eenee in the saccharine character of the elTorts alluded to. "I would like to see him personally," continued the young lady, "because it would be so nice to talk with him about Tennyson and Longfellow, and all those other dear old things, wouldn't it?" The personal friend of Maud S. again inclined his head. "You don't think he'll be in again this afternoon, do you? I'd like awfully to see him. But perhaps you can help me. I'm in an awful fix." "What's the matter?" asked the horse reporter. "Why," continued the young lady, "I live over on the West Side, and we've got a literary society, and at the next meeting I'm down to read a paper on 'Poetry as an Art,' and?" "Is poetry an art?" asked the horse ? i.Tii. 1.4 Ivjiuiiur. i Liiuuv?m 11 ?iu uuiiiuuu. "Well, I don't know about that," said the voting lady, "hut, anyhow, I've got to get up this paper, and it occurred to me that perhaps one of you editors could assist me. I want to get some extracts from the works of our best-known poets to illustrate what I shall say. Now, there's Mr. Tennyson, lor instance, he's written some fine poetry, hasn't he?" Yes. Alf has occasionally shot some pretty fair verses athwart the literary horizon." Could you give me a specimen of his style?" eagerly asked the young lady. "I never read a line of those big poets in my life?nothing but what the Tribune poets write." We have got some daisies from Daisy ville on our stall, "said the horse reporter, "but if you want a few gems from the old masters I suppose you can have them. Tennyson's 'May Queen' is one of his , most popular poems. Want some of that?" "Why, yes. I should think two or three verses would lie just the thing." "Well," said the horse reporter, "it goes like this:"' I " 'You must wake anil eall me early, call me early, mother <leir; Toniorrovv'll be the boss old <lay for pop ami | ginger beer; And when they strike tho pie, mother, I'll say my litf.'w say? For I'm to be Queen of tho May, mother, I'm to b<-' Queen of the May. " 'There's many a nifty girl, thoy suy, but none lays over me: ! There's Martin et and Jlary, anil cross-eyed I.U'-y Lee; But you b't your life I take tho cake, ami of biscuit sweep the tray: So I'm to bo Qu?on of the May, mother, I'm to be Queen of the May.1" "Do you think that is enough?" asked the young lady. "()h, yes; those verses will give 'eman idea of Alf's gait. Variety is what they want, you know. You ought to have something from Bryant. His 'Indian (Jill's Lament" is pretty well thought of." "Ts it? I'm sure I don't know. I shall leave it all to you." "Well, I can give you a chunk of it." "Do, if you please." "This is the way it starts:" " 'An Imlia-i girl was sitting wh^ro Her lover, AValkinc-Kloa-I'atch, lay; Beside her stood a spavinod horso That sadly chewed some musty hay. Upon a stump herself she flung. And then this simple lay sho ating: " I've p'aced the bottle at, vour Ilea I, Oh U'alkin^-Flea-Patch, so that when You slrike the town and i aint it reil You will not miss your Ijxii^hiiig-He:i, Who, sitting in the wigwam will Adoiv her noble warrior still.'' ' Now, you see," said the horse reporter, '"those selections cover the childish glee and loving trustfulness rackets. What you want to finish with issonirt hi iilt pathetic?something that will make the young women sniflle. Hood's'Song of the Shirt' ought to do that nicely. Suppose we.sling Vina few lines of that." "Very well," said the young lady. "You know I depend wholly on your judgment in this matter." "Well, here it is:" " 'With fingers weary and worn, In a litle five-r. om llat, A woman i-at with eyohds red Trying to trim a hat. Kip, turn, twist. Then give it, a spiteful flirt, While beside her lies like a gh >stly thin j Her husband's buttoniess shirt. Oh, girls with brothers dear ! Oh, girls who hope to be wives ! Remember that shirts with butt msaro The dream of men's hird lives! Rip, turn, twist, Till your hands are weary and worn? But the wind will sweep with a wailing sigh Through the jants that are over torn.' ' "You're very kind." said the young lad}', going. . ^ j "Don't mention it. Come in again when you think we arc all out."? Chicago Tribune. 1 The thimble was originally called , "thumb-bell," because it was worn 011 ] the thumb, as sailors stili wear their 1 thimbles. Though first made in England. in 1GS?5, thimbles apjiear to have been known to the Romans, as some i were found at Hereulaneum. ' 1 NEW S AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. The fifty ladies employed in the San Francisco mint receive each if2.75 a day. The newest chatelainc watches have the monogram of the owner in sapphires on the back. Mrs. Mary Krone, the present principal of the Denver school of mines, is the only lady assayer in the United States. Many 4'at home'' dresses arc made of palc-colorcd satin in princcsse style, and have thick coijniles of lacc down the flM.lt " A daughter of Minister Sargent, who graduated at an American medical college, is making a specially of the eye, at Zurich Dolly Sexton, who was left with the Shakers at Mount Lebanon, N. Y., wiie.i she was live years old, has lived wifch them 102 years. The best authority in England on insects injurious to crops is Miss E. A. Ormerod, the consulting entomologist of the Koyal Agricultural society. Mrs. Louisa II. Albert, of Cedar liapids, la., has entered into partnership with her husband in the practice of law. The sign reads: ''Albert & Albert, attorneysat-law."' Gray cloth dresses of tailor make, with gray feather borders and velvet trimmings, arc fashionably worn in shades that look too light for a comfortable dress in winter. Medallions of jet embroidery in diamond or oval shape are set on black satin slippers worn with full dress. Pearl beads are on the white slippers worn by brides and bridesmaids. Queen Victoria's income, including the returns from her private property, amounts to $:|,0()0,000 a year. The emperor of Germany and the king of Italy have each a larger income. White English crape is the newest trimming for evening dresses of white ottoman silk or Terry velvet. It is gauged, puffed and plaited, but is never laid in folds, as they are too suggestive of mourning trimmings. One of the prettiest designs in newpercales is that of a rose with its petals nearly all blown off the stem, showing the calyx ana siamcns in nnu rcm-i, ?im only one or two petals attached, while all the others are scattered on the tinted ground of the fabric as if blown about by the wind. The Marquise dc llautcfeulle is a very brave woman. She created a sensation in Ihusscls the other day by entering the lions' cage with the lion-tamer. The lady bore herself with the utmost intrepidity and played with the wild beasts as if they were tame cats. She was greeted with tremendous applause while the band played the national hymn, "La Urabaneonne." A beautiful house dress for a blonde has a skirt and drapery of electric blue satin with a jacket of blue velvet. The skirt has a demi-train, and is covered with bias velvet folds on one side and partly across the front. The satin drapery is a classic apron that covers the side not trimmed, and is taken up above the folds on the other side, and loses itself in the full flowing back breadths of the train. The basque is curved in front to show a satin vest. The elbow sleeves have satin cults. Full rows of lace are down the front from the neck to the waist. An Overwhelming Compliment. A young gentleman anxious to learn to sing, went up into the garret one Sunday night about bed-time, and resolutely commenced his exercises with his Psalm i i- tr. l . i 1 ?:? i.,.t nooiv. I1C liiiu UUUIl Will t time, when his father, a lidgcty old gentleman. stole out of his bed-room, with liis night cap on, and on reaching the foot of the stairs, mildly inquired: "James ?" No answer. James was very busy with his exercises. "James ?" "Sir "Have you heard a very peculiar noise, James V "No. sir; nothing." 4' Oh ? all?I thought ? but never mind." The old gentleman walked hack to his room, muttering indistinctly. Presently James resumed his exercises, and was getting on famously, as he thought, when his parent, like the ghost of Hamlet's father, again came forth, exclaiming: "James!" "Sir!" "Are you sure that Bose is chained tip?" "Yes, sir; I attended to it myself." "Very well, very well; no matter." Once more he returned to his room. "Wondering what his father meant by inquiring after the house dog, Bose, James was silent for a minute, but soon returned to his exercises more vigorously than ever. Again, however, lie was interrupted by the voice of his parent, shouting? "James!" "Sir!" "I am sure Bose is loose." "It can't be possible, sir." "He is, I tell you." "What makes you think so, sir?" "Why, for this last half hour I have heard something that sounded very much as if that dog was worrying the cat." James never resumed his exercises after that overwhelming compliment. The l'ulpit of To-Day. The conditions of a powerful pulpit to-day are essentially the same as formerly. devotion, sincerity, oncn-niinded ness, translucency of soul. The pulpit must contain consccratcd men, who live for the highest thought, the noblest, life, the purest sympathies; who are out of the world, do not seek ils prizes, do not court its applause; who are not sectarians, not churchmen, not polemics; men who lay by their individuality, their pride, their self-sulliciency; who are no hypocrites or pretenders; who do not strut, vapor, put on airs of superiority or practice affectations of any kind, but who stand fairly on the border line, where Immunity blends with divinity?men of glowing enthusiasm, of invincible hopefulness or perfect good will, friends and servants of mankind. Such arc not rare, and thev are becoming less uncommon with every generation. It will be generally allowed that the great need in all communities and at all times is of men of this stamp. The culture of the moral nature is still the chief concern. The prevalence of knowledge renders compulsory a liner interpretation of nature, history, experience. We depend on the pulpit to furnish the conditions of its maintenance. The habit of fault-linding because it does not satisfy them is an evidence of the expectation that exists yet in the world of thinkers. That people are discontented; that they complain; that they stay away from church, may bo a good si<jn. The pulpit should be based on the attribute of intellectual power. The occupant of it should be held to a high standard. It is our duty to insist that the Sunday shall not be wasted, given up to quacks, drivellers, bulToons. My quarrel with the community is that it is too acquiescent: criticises too little; is too easily satisfied; accepts mediocrity of learning, talent, devotion; abuses too mildly; ridicules too gently. The people who say the hardest things are, unfortunatelv, people who do not begin with aspiration. ? 0. J). Frothinnhaiu, ill the Atlantic. Mysteries of 3Ialarin. "Walter Coote, author of " Wanderings, South and East," who has been at the Fiji Islands, has tlx; following notes upon thi; vagaries of what is called malaria, the strange ways of which are often passed finding out: " 1 have seen Englishmen living in the Fiji Islands, on the border of almost stagnant estuaries, with the densest and most rank vegetation around them on all sides, with moscpiitos and a hundred such insects infesting the district like a plague; in dry seasons their houses will stand in the very center of great plains of reeking ooze; in times of flood the muddy river will rise to their very verandas, and yet these people are robust and healthy. I have gone from there and a few weeks later visited islands in the Solomon group or New Hebrides, where I have found a dry coral sound and high land, upon which the pure trade wind blows month after month; steep land, too, from which the rain-water is quickly borne downward to the sea, and all this but a few hundred miles from the Fiji L'roup, and in th" same latitude and blown upon by the same trade-wind. Yet in these places it is almost death for i white man to spend more than a few months in the year on shore, and practically no one who lives ashore at all can Iwtws. 4 r\ /Itionttn f p/inii/Ulf uiwl Cif?vnrr> nf_ I.WJ.U , i.v.r.v tacks of fever."' Sirs. Strong was the lirst cotton raiser n California, and lust year she produced 190 bales. THE HOME OF KING COTTON. ? ,j VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN WHICH THE u STAPLE IS GROWN. ]> V The American Cotton ltiiislnu" lit* \ diiMlry?Cultivation ami Preparation oi* flic Staple for .Market. Jj1 "Wlmt is cotton; why (loos it spin, and who can coin pete with ns in the produc- jr tion of the liber asks Edward Atkinson s] in his paper on the cotton manufactures a, of the United States, printed in the United States Census Report, and then o (ells us what it is. He says: Cotton is the wing of the seed of one of the plants belonging to a variety of which the ^ hibiscus and mallow are well-known ,tl specimens growing elsewhere. It is in- ' digenous in many parts of the world, both in tropical and temperate regions, . but the useful sorts arc those which grow in the Southern part of the temperate | zone. A tree cotton is found in the ' tropics, producing a liber very silky in j] appearance, resembling in structure the fiber of the asclcpias, but useless, like the latter, for spinning purposes, for f. want of the form and structure which makes it possible to spin the cotton of commerce. A vine cotton may be found in some of the West India islands. In China and Japan arc found varieties producing a short, clean and very white staple, practically useless, except it be spun and woven by ^ hand. In India many varieties are to be ' found, commonly Known as "Surats," a name which belongs to a district, but which is often applied to all East. India f cotton. Kast India cotton is, as a rule, ^ short in fibre and rough in its character, < adhering closely by its end to the seed, s and is therefore diflicult to remove, ex- j ccpt with great waste. There is, how- ^ ever, one exception to this rule: In the ^ Dacca province a long and line staple is J grown, which is produced by a class of people with whom its cultivation is an hereditary employment, and from which f the fine muslin known as " woven wind " . is manufactured. In Africa arc to be found several varieties; but the only t kind known to commerce is the cotton of Egypt, next in quality to our Sea Island staple. Aside from this, the cot- , ton of Africa is short and woolly. There j are large areas of land, formerly ^ irrigated, but now a desert, upon which 7,000,000 or more bales of the most j valuable cotton could be annually grown, f if Egypt were well governed and labor had its true reward. In Brazil a con- ' siderablc quantity of useful cotton is * now produced, but slavery stands in j the way of any great increase or improve- j ment (.f the staple. There arc vast tracts of land on the Paraguay and { Parana rivers capable of producing the best, varieties, but as yet these places lack good government and that security to j ..mnMtti ifliir.li r->in ..Inn/, n cut ire ndnniiatf! labor and good cultivation. The same j may for the present he said of Mexico, ( but the conditions arc so rapidly cluing- ^ ing in that country that Mexico may yet become an important factor in the culti- , vation of the cotton crop of the world. v Cotton has been raised in Asia Minor. ' Turkey, Italy and the islands of the j Pacific; in fact, the area of land adapted to its growth in some degree is practically unlimited; but the area which pro- j duces the most useful varieties is at present substantially limited to the . southern portion of the United States, j No treatment of the manufacture of cot- ^ ton can rightly begin without giving the ( reason why cotton spins. Nature begins to twist each fiber upon its own axis, else j man could make no use of it. Is is the j only fiber, either vegetable or animal, y with the exception ol silk, which can be worked without any preparation j or maclx:nc just as it comes from the boll or llceeo. It can be imagined how some Indian woman in Central Asia lirst gathered the liber as it hung from the boll, twisted it with her fingers 1 into a strand, as one may now do; then, ' holding it by the middle with her teeth, ' doubled it. and made a strong, rough cord: and thru, making a bobbin of a bit ' of bamboo reed and tying the ends of ' the cord to other reeds, interlaced them, ^ and made the lirst web of eottou cloth. : Any one can do this to day with cotton, and it would be difficult or impossible to ? perforin this Work with any other fiber, j1 The next step in the process might have : been the one which is even now practised : in making the finest fabric ever spun and woven in the world?the Dacca muslin. J previously referred to and known as the [ "woven wind." The cotton is separated , from the seed by a hand machine known as the churka, of which the modern f roller gin is but a modification: and no invention has ever yet displaced the roller 11 gin in the treatment of the finest fiber, J IJN.. 4V.n? rsf n.,/inn niwl tlm u/.n iclnml frit. ton of America. Next may have been the application of the fishbone to the ! carding of tin? fiber, which is still in use, J and of which the modern card is but a modification. Twisting upon a distaff, in the same way as the cotton is spun in ^ India and flax in Italy, may be the next J step in the progress of the art, and at last J' the weaver may have constructedsuch a a loom of reeds as is pictured upon the c walls of Babylon, while the weaver, sit- 1 ting under a palm tree, as she does to-day J in India, and weaving only in the morning, when the dew makes the handling ^ of the fiber possible, may have brought . the art slowly and gradually to the per- 1 fection of the woven wind. Itwthe whole }1 treatment of cotton, as it is now practised in the finest factory of modern "1 kind, there is but one original invention; J all else is but a change or modification of . these prehistoric methods. That one m- , vention was the one which Sir Hit-hard | Arkwriglit borrowed frum a previous in- ^1 ventor and put in use about a century ago, namely, the extension of the strand . prior to the twisting by the spindle. This was accomplished by the use of sev- 1 eral pairs of rollers, one placed in front of the other, and those in front working , at a higher speed than those behind. Vet Arkwright's invention itself is im- f perfect; and whoever discovers a substitute for the leather covering of the top 1 rolls which are used in this process may add from five to ten i?cr cent, to the capacity of every spindle and loom now . in use in the world. The only other original invention ever applied to the cotton fiber was that of Eli Whitney, whose raw gin, afterward improved and developed by Carver, made tlu; prcpara- * tion of cotton for the spinner quick and s at the lowest cost. The process of what l1 is called manufacturing the cotton fiber r into yarn and cloth begins with ^ the process of ginning, which ^ must of necessity be carried on v near the field where the cot- v ton is grown. It is the most important s department in the whole series of opera- ' tions to which the cotton fibre must be !l subjected; and, as yet, there has been ? ' < i * --? i i ..r .1... t' less oi scicncu aim an, aim icas ui ipu modern system of division of labor, up- a plied to this department than to any v other. Hut progress has been made even v here. Machines for cleaning the cotton !1 in the seed and preparing it for the cot- ^ ton gin, which had hardly been heard of (' before the Atlanta cotton exposition of * 1SSI, have been introduced and sold in * large numbers. Cotton ginning cstab- V lishments, in which as much art and science have been applied as in those of j1 Kgypt, established by English capitalists, have been set up in several places, ' and the old methods, by which the cotton has been depreciated after it had 1' been picked, are rapidly going out of ? use. Cotton is also in a great measure ' becoming the product of the intelligent 11 farmers dwelling upon healthy uplands, Cl and by improvements which have been i,! introduced during the last few years its cultivation has been carried further north ^ in latitude and higher up on hill and al mountain slopes than was ever thought to be possible in former days. The great Appalachian chain of mountains, extend- { ing from the northeast to the southwest, marks a line on which the moisture w brought in in by the gulf stream is condensed, falling in frequent showers, but seldom in heavy storms, over the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, on whose is uplands healthy homes for white cotton ni farmers arc being established al- hi most without limit. To the west ni of this chain the great valley tl of the Mississippi and its tributaries, w bordered by bottom lands of untold fer- tl tility, offers the boon of great crops to ii compensate for the less healthy condi- w tions of climate; and to these rich river le bottoms colored laborers, who are more tl free from danger of malaria, arc trend- tr ing in ever-increasing numbers. In Texas tl the melting snows of the; far-distant H Kocky mountains, flowing into the arid in regions of the northern part of the State, w burst forth from the ground as rivers re fully grown, lending moisture to the soil ai over vast areas, even before the rivers ap- tli pear in great springs. Over all this vast in area is found a climate which is not trop- oi ical, and in the largest part of this area tli white men. as well as blacks, can live in so comfort, and health. To Italians, French, Spanish and the inhabitants of Southern (iermain, who are accustomed to the tli climate of warm countries, these por- tli tions of the South offer homes and work T where a comfortable subsistence can be cc ained more quickly than elsewhere in lis country, and where there is more ^ lan an average opportunity to create ealth. The use of the seed is adding e1 rotit to the production of the fiber, hi rhf-n all tin; nartst of the nlant are ki orkod, as they may be, either into fod- n or or directly into fertilizers, the cotton ^ eld may become richer every year; and j\ ind which lias only produced one hale a ) eight acres, like Parish Furman's farm n 1 Georgia, will be brought in a few ^ lort years to two or three bales to the tl - re. U ? a ritfin of the Secret Sessions of the United Stales Senate. ti Under existing rules two Senators can J? lo.se the doors of the United States Sente at any time, even though all others ;garil it as unnecessary. The original si lie, as adopted February 20, 17!)4, is h ill in force as follows: "On a motion made and seconded to v lose the doors of the Senate on the dis- tl ussion of any business which may, in v ic opinion of a Senator, require secrecy, !j te presiding ollicer shall direct the gal- t ries to be cleared; and, during the tlis- fl ussion of such motion the doors shall re- n tain closed." The only changes from the original rule " i that "close" is substituted for shut and g Senator" for member. Ii For some years after the organization 'j f Congress in ITS!) the public were cx- j' luded from all deliberations of the Sen- 1; te, and that body sat regularly with t losed doors. The first effort to change 1 liis mode of procedure and permit the ' eople of the country to know what that " ugust body did and said was on the :50th c f April, 171)0. when a motion was made I ' that the doors of the Senate chamber J hall be open when the Senate is sitting | ii their legislative capacity, to the end r hat such of the citizens of the United j Hates as may choose to hear the debates f this house may have an opportunity of , 0 doing.'' \ But so little respect did the ' fathers < if the republic" have for the people 1 hat they rejected this proposition out- j iglit. At the two subsequent sessions j he same motion was repeated, only to > neet, on each occasion, the same fate as j vhen first submitted. On the 18th o?' ( Vpril, 175)2, a motion was made to admit t lie members of the House of Hepresen- i atives to attend the debal js of the Sen- j ite when sitting in its legislative capacity, ( nit that sense of exclusion which has | :lung to the Senate and is'still so marked < 1 feature of the body, prompted the re- : ection of this proposition. %A yea and j lay vote was taken, resulting in the de- , eat of the motion by a vote of six ayes i o sixteen nayes. 1 It was not until December 0, 179.J, J hat the Senate formally consented to >pen its doors to the people, through the < ule quoted above in relation to motions ' o close the doors was adopted February , !0, 17!)4, simultaneously with a resolu- , tion permitting the doors to be opened, i 3ti the first day named (December !?, j 17!).")), the following was adopted: " Resolved, That in conformity to a , esolution of the Senate of the United i States, passed February 24, 1794, the jallery of the Senate chamber be per- 1 nitted fo be onened every morning, sub- , jeet to the restrictions in said resolution nentioned;" i. e., to be closed on a mo ion having a second. Since 1808 the motion to proceed to :he consideration of executive business las been one of tlio.se that can be made .vliile a question is under debate, and is lie second in importance. The motion o adjourn is lirst in order while a debate s pending, and next comes the motion o proceed to executive business, which, ,vhen carried, closes the galleries and nits the Senate in secret session.? HWtinjtun Star. The Gay Head Indians. The Gay Head Indians inhabit the ecently incorporated town of Gay Head m the westerly end of the County of hikes,Mass., which embraces the whole of he island of Martha's Vineyard. This Julian town has an area of about 2,400 teres, which is divided into three peiiinnilas, Nashacput-a. Squiqnocket and Gay lead. This town is nearly severed rom the rest of the island by Menemha pond. At the present time there are ibout 200 Indians at Gay Head, and unike many other remnants of Indian ribes in the Commonwealth, they have or a few years past been gradually in:reasiiig in numbers. There are about ifty families, and the people here have icen marked through a series of years f or seeking more profitable sources of in- ( ome than their isolated situation natural- * y afforded, and some of them havt ichieved some distinction as efficient 1 nastcrs of vessels. The morals, cduca- 1 ion and marked indications of civilized I idvancement among them arc so strikng that they attract attention among t hose who chance to visit their seipics- t ercd island home. t If there is a spot in all New England [ vhcre n recluse might wish to find per- p K-tual repose, free from the troubles and ] nxieties of life, Gay Head is the place, nd yet the Gay Headers arc quite jealous j if the influences and approaches of for- j, igncrs, having had a good deal of trouble r vith those who have married some of j heir daughters and settled among them. . Formerly any member oi tins in ire at r. Jay Head could take up, fence in and \ mprove as much of the land as ho pleased, ,, nd when inclosed it became his own. It ( night very naturally he inferred that such . , state of things would engender many lisputes and quarrels, but such was not . he case. Such a state of things was a 1 ;ind of 'imperium in imperio,'* not conlucted by any code of laws except hone nd muscle of tho?e taking up the land. ["lie Gay Head Indians are a mixture of he red, white and black races, and there r s, too, some Southern blood among them, nd also Portuguese and Dutch ; for isten, here are some of tlic names among hem, to wit: John Randolph, Madison. ? 'orsa, Silvia and Tandcrhoop. Through he intermarrying and the coming in uf orcigncrs it has almost pushed out the '' itirely Indian names. They are, on the ? v'liole, a moral, frugal, industrious and c emperate people, and arc quite equal in 1 hese respects to white people, with simi- c ir surroundings.?liu-iton I'oil. a ? a A Pension Ofltec Honiance. n In a recent Washington letter to the 1 Boston Travchr, we find this romantic c tory: It frequently happens that the J tension otticc Itirnislies ;i romance, wnicn L'luls more like the flights of fiction than lie stern reality of truth. Congressman tassidy, of Nevada, relates an incident rhicli haj)|)cned under his personal obser- v at ion only a short time ago, which hows this to a marked decree. About t wo weeks since he received a letter from j. man signing himself as Eli Johnson, of | ne of the small towns in his State, saying liat months and months ago he made an ? judication fora pension.and as his papers ^ re re complete and without a flaw, he fished to ascertain where the hitch was < nd how much longer he would have to ait. lie furthermore slated that he served j ,, uriug the war in Company F, First j ., alifornia cavalry, and that the record of ! 0 lie war department would show such to be p lie fact. -Mr. Cassidy went to Commis- 0 ioner Dudley and looked up the papers j, 1 the case, when, judge of his surprise, t. c found that the records showed that ;l ohnson was killed in battle, and that his ,, idow had received back pay, some time c revious to 1S7!I. of a sum amounting to j; ver $2,000. She,however, believed that n ohnson was dead, and married a .Mr. Still, t] ml was residing in Florida Mr. Cassidy. [)mmunicate<l these facts to Mr. Johnson, nd the latter answered, saying that he |, ad heard that his wife had died while |, e was away to tin; war. He came Fast r[ ud went down South and claimed his M ife, and the couple only a day or two ,r Lfo started for hi* lioine in Nevada. 0 lie only party who is not entirely satis- sj ud with the denouement is Mr. Still, u ho finds himself minus a wife. I (i r Diving1 for Fresh Water. (l One of the hottest regions of the earth ai along the Persian <* 11 f, where little or il i) rain falls. At Malirin the tirid shore ai us no fresh water; yet a comparatively T iimerous luipulation contrives to live tl lere, thanks to the copious springs j ./, Iiich burst forth from tlie bottom of J ie sea. The fresh water is got by divig. The diver, sitting in his boat, ' tii inds a great goat-skin bag around his j ft arm, the hand grasping its mouth: j ion he takes in his hand a heavy stone, I n< > which is attached a strong line, and j c< ms equipped, he plunges in and <|ui< k- j reaches the bottom. Instantly open-j g the bag over, the strong jet of fresh j ater, he springs up the ascending cur- ! 111 nt, at the same time closing the batr, ul is helped on board. The stone is ol ten hauled up, and the diver, after takg breath, plunges in again. The source ' n' these copious submarine springs is I lought to be the green hills of Osman, une 500 or (500 miles distant. We read in Dr. Footers I hull it .Wont fib/ lat "a physician who lias practiced in te Cumberland plateau of the State of f< cnnessec reports the entire absents of insumption in that region." ' in A MODERN RESURRECTION. Miracle that Took Placa in oar Midst pn? known to the I'ublic?The Detail* in Full. One of the moat remarkable occurrences ^er given to the public, which took place ?re in our midst, has just come to our gpi nowledge and will undoubtedly awaken as throu lUch surprise and attra-t as great attention | ?f rc, 3 it has already in newspaper circles. The ; t|10 ? lets are, briefly, as follows: Mr. William redui l. Cromnie, a young man formerly residing jnnn( t Birmingham, a suburb of Detroit, ana ; blen ow living at 2>s7 Michigan avenue, in this ity, oan_ truthfully say that ho has looked | lto the "future world and yet returned to | ,er" lis. A representative of this paper has in- wsn :rviowed him upon this important subject nd his experiences are given to the public Hooc jr the flrst time. Ho said: "I had been having most peculiar sensaions for a long while. My head felt dull and eavy; my eyesight did not seem so clear as Drmerly;my appetite was uncertain and I ras nnaccountably tired. It was an effort "l 3 a rise in the morning and yet I could not r0VCI leep at night. My mouth tasted badly, I ad a faint all-gone sensation in the pit of ly stomach that food did not satisfy, while 11 "e ly hands and feet felt cold and clammy. Ij myt 'as nervous ana lrruaoie, ami iumu an cu- i husiasin. At times my head would seem to | Snn r'hirl nnd my heart palpitated terribly. I G-1 ad no energy, no ambition, and I seemed . idiffereiit of the present and thoughtless for I lie future. I triad to shake the feeling off nd persuade myself it was simply a col 1 or j.. j little malaria. But it would not go. I was etermined not to give up, and so timo passed long nnd all the while I was getting worse. t was about this time that I noticed I had beun to bloat fearfully. My limbs wore sw.il.mi so that by pressing my Angers upon them gQV( oep depressions would be made. My face ,lso began to enlarge, and continued to until t(oj! could scarcely see out of my eyes. (Jno of ny friends, describing my appearance at ]n0! hat time, said : 'It is an animated some- t hing, but I should like to kuow what.' In his condition I passed several weeks of the ;reatest agony. ' ' Finally, one Saturday night, the misery ti' ulminatod. Nature could endure no mnr<v Q? f became irrational and apparen tly.insensible. ' .'old sweat gathered on my forehead: mv ,yos b<!caine glazed nnd my throat rattlecf. .. seemed to b-j in another sphere and with ither surroundings. I knew nothing of vhat occurred arcund me, although ' ! have since learned it was considered as leath by those who stood by. It was to me ^ l quiet state, and yet one of groat agony. I w vus helpless, hopeless and pain was my only ompanion. I remember trying to see what . vas beyond me, but the mist before my eyes , vas too great. I tried to reason, but I liad ** ust all itower. I felt that it was death, and 5 ealized how terrible it was. At last the ? train upon my min i gave way and all was ** i blank. How long this continued I do not mow. but at last I realized the presence of ? riemls and recognized my mother. I then e .bought it was earth, but was not certain. I {~ jradually regained consciousness, however,and the itain les ened. I found that my j'ionds had, during my unconsciousness, been jiving me a proj aration I had never taken , jefore, and the next day, under the influence jf this treatment, the bloating began to dis- co ippear and from that time on I steadily improved, until to-day I am as well as ever before in my life, have no traces of the terrible 811 icute Bright's disease, which so nearly killed SI me, and all through the wonderful" instru cc mentality of Warner's Safe Curo, the rem- r ?dy that brought mo to life after I was virtuilly in another world." ce "You have had an unusual experience. Mr. tc I'ronibie," said the writer, who had been ^ jreathlessly listening to the recital. ' Yes, I think I have," was the reply, cl ' and it has been a valuable lesson to me. I ; im certain, tnougb, there are thousands of pn men and women at this very moment who tio liave the same ailment which camt near foi killing me, and they do not know it. I be- in' lieve kidnev d.'. ease is the most deceptive pr trouble in tne world. It comeslike a thief in ale che night. It has no certain symptoms, but rei seems to attack each one differently. It is wc imec, ireacnerous, ana an tne more uari^ur- in ous. It is killing nioro people, to-day, than Cc any other one complaint. If I had the jxjwer 1 would warn the entire world against it und urgo them to remove it from the system bo- .1 fore it is too la'e." j? One of the members of the firm of White- j head & Mitchell, proprietors or the Birmin?- ^ ham Eccentric, paid a fraternal visit to this office yesterday, and in the course of conver- J? sation, Mr. Crotnbie's name was mentioned. "I knew about his sickness,"said theeditor, "and his remarkable recovery. I had his . obituary all in type and announced in the A'cccntric that he could not livo until its nox i?ue. It was certainly a most wonderful caso." Kev. A, II. Bartlett, formerly pastor of the M. E. Church, at Birmingham, and now of j. Schoolcraft, Mich., in response to a telegram, replied: ^ Mr. W. A. Crombie was a member of my rr ianiily at the tithe of his sicknoss. The pray- J? ers of the church wero requested for him on L two different occasions. I was with him on 5 the day he was reiwrted by his physicians as dying, and consider his recovery almost a miracle." I] Not one person in a million ever comes so fo near death as did Mr. Crombio and then re- v< cover, but the men and women wnj are sli drifting toward the same end, are legion. To Bi note the slightest symptoms, to realize their a: significance and to" meet them in time by the remedy which has been shown to be most m efficient,. is a duty from which there can be no re escape. They are fortunate who do this; they tis are on the sure road to death who neglet it. , Detroit Free Press, Mi SELECT SITTINGS. bl; _ . mi I )6 In winding up the clock in the tower js )f Trinity ciiurch, New York city, the tic rank or handle has to be turned round wc JoO times. A painting of the Lord's Supper made 10,1 >y a French artist of the revolutionary icriod represents the table as ornamented bol jy a tumbler tilled with cigar lighters. The name of Agate is derived from ev lie river Achates, in Sicily, near which F< hese stones were found in abundance by he ancients. They arc now found in Scotland, Saxony, and Hungary,and arc ilso brought from China and the East ^ ndics. m From the army and navy diet scales of 'ranee and England, which, of course, ire based upon the recognized necessities L( >f large numbers of men in active life, it s inferred that about two and one-fourth . jounds avoirdupois of dry food per day ire required for each individual. Of his amount three-fourths are vegetable md the rest animal. At the close of an |J ntire year the amount is upward of tfOO M lounds. " The Norwegian shoe, or skee runner, s used in Colorado for long journeys ivcr glassy snow, or when going up or lown a steep mountain. Every one has . pair oi those ungainly shoes?men, $2 I'omcn and children. Those who have nastered the art of snowshocing can go ^ cry rapidly on them. There is a Nor- > vegian there who is willing to wager hat he can travel fifty miles across the ountry in ten hours, but that is much E aster than the majority of skee runners. ^ In this country a city is a municipality, ? laving a local government and a mayor s an executive; a town is a municipality ^ oniprising one or more .villages. In gg England, however, a city is usually a B orporatc town, which is a bishop's sec. E nd has a cathedral church; a town is an n ssemblaire of houses, usually having a B uarkct, or a subdivision of a county. In M arly times the word town was applied JTi mly to such a collection of buildings as II ras surrounded by a wall. A village is Bl lie same in England as in this country. g| B(iny (in 111! g Edging over to one of the proprietors. R rlio was looking over his mail, the re- ^ tortersaid: "If it is not a secret of he business, will you tell me what that ;at the same time pointing to the lock on the counter. ' " Oh! that's paratline. We shall make ;iun from it. It looks quite tempting J? iow, doesn't it ? ' Well, rather," replied the reporter; ' but where does it come from ' Well, sir, a few days ago it came out f the ground, way up in Pennsylvania, dirty, greenish brown fluid, possessed f au odor that would lay out an ox. Yom its earthly home it passed into the "T il refiners' hands. They took it and I assed it through various chemical pr.t- Wll esses that I do not remember just now, tms nd after taking out a large percentage nn.i f kerosene, a goodly quantity of naphtha. nnsiderable benzine, a cartload or so of ir. and a nuinlier of other things with 6 aiues longer than tin- alphabet, left u-- U liis mass of nice, clean wax styled par- * lline. There is 110 taste to it now, and is much smell to it as there is to a rhina \ late. We will cut it up and melt it in oilers. The lump weighs 'JIM pounds. ' o it we will add thirty pounds of cheap Q igar, and flavor it with vanilla, winter- ^ reen, peppermint, or any of the essential il< Then we turn it out oil a marble CI all ami cut it into all sorts of shapes Tl it li dies. Arteritis wrapped in oiled ssue paper ami packed in boxes it is g i ttidy for tlu: market. Von can imagine ? lat the fever for gum has not died out A < lywhere. I tell you that a lump like '. m lis one will make 10,000 penny cakes, ' id we use up one every other day. pi here are dozens of factories using about |J ie same as we do."? ('iin'inniiti A*< irs- YO i'inull. } Aj Christopher Columbus was one of the C st men to "go West.-' ? E? "I was most dead with h^art difficulty, ca i | Sit .iw ilo a ;rood ilay's work, an 1 sine -rely ro Ki )intncn<l Dr. CI raves' Heart Regulator astho nwdy.?tieorge Gladding, Hartsgrove, (<." I iter bottle at your drug storo. Thk losses of wheat by tho Hoods is est i- , a ted at 15,(HXJ,oini bushels. 1 I'r.draves'Heart Regulator cures all forms j , ! Heart Disease, nervousness, sleeplessness. I * Chicago will start a laundry to give I ^ ins-begging women work. * Derllnp of .linn. \ J Weakness, Dysjiepsia, Impotence. S?xual j J ebility,cured by W ell's Health Renewer. $1. j j Phoenix Pectoral cures cold and cough. :.T>. ( Camphor Milk cures aches and pains. '?>. ^ I'ublie s|?eakers and singers nso I'is >'s Cure >r hoarseness and weak lungs. (j Canadian telegraph tolls are the cheai>est the world. Mmmmamrnmmm?a?mmimmmmmmmmmmmimmmmm Spring M inu medicine is a necessity. Boing "housed up" lot eli tho winter, and breathing impurities in the air varior tins boated by wood or coal, and contaminated by of ge ;is>!* they thro-.v off, the vitality of tho blood is so appet t'd ns to bo nnablo to stand tbo debilitating and I ncca if spring weatl.er, hence the need of a relia- foebli ledicino like Hood's Sarsaparillft. parill consider your Sarsapanlla tho best blood purl "Li 1 the market. I trial a dozen different articles good anted' to cleanso the blood, but never found to bni ling that did mo any good till I commenced using liable I's Sarasparilln."?W. H. Fzxo, Rochester, 5.Y. Co., J Hood's Sar list winter after recovering from a proIoDjced and ( "I * J -* I Tj??t . n illness with (liphtnerifl, anil leeung me nseu m stliing to build me up, I took two bottles of Hood's neede ipnrilla. I felt good results from the first dose, never cined to go from tbo top of my head to tho ends of ? or-R. I know it is a good thing and on the strength its "e y own experience I have sold a great deal of your lparilla. I consider it tho best in the market."? ' I. Stbattox, druggist, Wcstfleld, Mass. ^ ^ Hood's Sarsaparilla \ by nil dmgeWts. $1; "i* for $5. M?.do only by Sol , hood A co., Lowell. Mass. 0. I. IOO Doses One Dollar. J Aflcr Three Days. j "1 !h. Chaki.es W. Mohrts, " Eagle " office, ' | ;s(ield, Mass., writes, May So, 18S:J: "For ! jral months my wife's mother (Sirs. Amy j Ma< rce) ha I been in a very precarious condi* t with dropsy or Brijrht's disease of the .. neys, and having used all methods and ' . isures for her restoration in the line of j c itment by our leadinsr physicians, and t>hjf ing failed to benefit her, her family de- Brl ired of seeing her relieved, and gave her to die. Happening to run across the tes- r r lony of a Mrs. Dawley, who had been cured of 1 imilar sickness by using Hunt's Remedy, engi at once procured a bottle of it, and com- tcnc need giving it as directed. After using it hj ee days she was so fur improved that she ra ild get from her bed to her chair without swn istance (a circum tance that had not hapled for months). Previous to taking it atte > was trouble I more or less with short mat sath, requiring a continuous fanning to chai sp her alive. This gradually improved as . continued the use of Plunt's Remedy, and he fourth bottle she was able to set up all doa f. She was bloated terribly in both limbs on 1 1 body upward to the lungs. The tenth 1 8W> f the bleating left her bowels and now she i Fet K>t swollen above the knees. Her kidneys ' ^ re very bad at the time, discharges being i a bloody character and emitting a sicken- 000 ; odor. I can say that tho change in her ; '"l<' e has been wonderful, and Hunt's Remedy rec' 3 worked a miracle in her." ,rm ? tim A Cure of Pnemnonta* d)r Mr. D. H. Batvaby, of Owego, N. Y., says onv at his daughter was takon with a violent Id whieh terminated with pneumonia, and j iT I the best physicians gave the case up and is p id she could live but a few hours at most. ? to was in this condition when a friend re- ' inimcnded Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for tho * ungs, and advised her to try it. She ac- J iptod it as a la>t re-ort, and was surprised g i (in 1 that it produced a marked change for jQ le better, and by persevering a permanent j re was effected. _ Mf.xsman's Peptonized beef tosio, the only L eparation of beef containing its entire nitirir ? uh properties. It contains blood-making, rce generating and life-sustaining properties; / valuable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous i ostration, and all forms of general debility; . 10, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the r, mlt of exhaustion, nervous prostration,over- LI >rk or acute disease, particularly if resulting " jm pulmonary complaints. Ciswell, Hazard i ? Proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists. Bj a Color Your Butter. Farmers that try to sell white butter are I of the opinion that dairying does not pay. they would use Wells, Richardson & Go's nproved Butter Color, and market their itter in perfect condition, they would still it good prices, but it will not pay to make jg ly but the best In color and quility. This ] lor is used bv all the leading creameries and lirymen, and is sold by druggists and mer- Ai lants. Wlirn Doctors D'sigrcc ^ will l?e time enough to doubt the reality of ZZ idney-Wort. Doctors all agree that it"is a ^ ost valuable medicine in all disorders of the ma iver, Kidneys and Bowels, and frequently vli escribe it. Dr. P. C. Ballou, of Monkton, .ys: "The past year I have used it more J, an ever, and with the best results. It Lj n* e most successful remedy I have ever used." Kii jch a recommendation speaks for itself. )ld by all druggists. See advt. ^ From B. F. Liepsner, A.M., Red Bank.N. J. |, liavo been troubled with Catarrh so ba Uy _ r several years that It seriously affected my J >ice. I trio 1 Dr. 's remedy without the glitest relief. One bottle of "Ely's Cream V dm di I the work. My voice is fully restore 1 ^ id my hea l feols bi'tter than for years. I In regan 1 to Fly's Cream Ba!m for Catarrh, bo y answer is, 1 c an recommend it as the best S "niedy I ever used.?Dr. J. S. Vauehan, Den- m >t, Muskegon, Mich. (See adv't.) rhe secret of the large and constant sales of Q| rs. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound probaY lies in the fact that whereas there are uu uiv ''Bitters" and "Tonics" of equal value, " it more or less, the Vegetable Compound so completely superior to all other prepararns specially recommended for the needs of mien that xt has practically no rivals. I A Rrnuliln! Head of Hair, ? ig, silken in texture, rich chestnut brown, flu i liing to the ground; such are the effects of justly celebrated nnd widely known Car- oi ine, the prince of all Hair Restorers. of {Jl! Decorative art. Explicit directions for fj? rery use are given with the Diamond Dye3. h' sr dyeing mosses, grasses, eggs, ivory, hair, th c. 10c. Druggists keep them. Wells, ! ichardcon & Co.. Burlington, Vt. "I A charming resolvent, matchless laxative, fallible nerve conqueror, SamaritanXervine lev. Mr. Greenfield, Knoxville,Tenn,says:Sa- w atitanServine cured my son of epileptic fits " Rough on Concha." Ask for "Rough on Coughs," for Coughs, i )lds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Troches 15c j i>Iotlipp Swim'* Worm Syrup. Enfalliole, tasteless, harmless,cathartic; for ?j?' rerishness, restlessness, worms, constipa- bv in. 25c. j!>: Co (tPTifTTll*^* Tli?want ot a re' ? |1V| ? | | |D'A liable diuretic which, ^ STOMACH^^ < |9TWPU2 hy it. tor sale by si: ** 91 " "BP Dniegists and Deal 1 I B Mm 1** cm generally. NY N U?10 ~ t * ATA R RH ELY'S CREAMBALM | when applied by the fin uPjCLtLY 5 per into the nostrils V v/priM BnL^Siwi" he absorbed, effect ?Ca>j, cirnrrcO^li ual|y clennsin?tlle hoad 2N f Urai I 0f catarT,,al virn8' CSU4' W? ins healthy secretions. )ief ^ kf i 111 allay3 inflammation, MA HAYFEVEf? tjA protects the membrane Pu K ^ tl,n nasa' l,#8sa80S V p* j <i /<?" from additional cold3, m jr y 55^{9S completely heals the Imr gores and restores taste ? { nnd smell.* A few ap- | I BsgBS^TS plications relieve. .1 B u.sa. i thorough tr<a'nient trill i ponitMy cure. AgreefAY-FEVER^8,,,^0 Sendfor r ilCE SO CENTS. BY .MAIL OR AT 1) HUG GISTS. I ELY B HOT 11 EltS, OWK(iO, N. Y. It CONSUMPTION. k Ibavo a positive remedy for tho nhuvo disease; bv Its __ te thousands of cases of tho worst klnil and of long U andlnghavo been curod. lii(lood,i"istrunel* my faltii EW its t-Mcaey, thut I will send TWO BOTTLES KKEE, to- 11 thor wltli a VALUABLE TREATISE on tlila disease, to .. ijsuflcrcr. OlvoExpr??*mid J'. 0. address. |u< Pit. T. A. BLOC I'M, 131 I'uarlflt., Ke wYork. ? ? $12 CAPITAL AND A LIVIKG if. By exhibiting with a 3In?ic I.nntcru. Tnero is ii ('hullco tor cverv oiks wit limit much exertion. Our.)I.\(<IC A.I l.ANTFKN and ? Views for 812. .Makes ail loot picture. __ . 0B liiltolii A: Hurt, In") Fifth Avo.. N.Y. B0 t Don't Often Happen * ere a reliable house, in advcrtbiiiK their r'uulir in> ks, will m n l, as tIlis liuiist) (loos, for on** dollar, unplete sample out lit that will cnatilH any one smart enterprisiiiii; to easily :.i.ike !$.'> to $10 i?T day and cnsi's. Send t he. {ilitndtuostamps for return MTHli r.|, NA lUUKlUKIji;u.,ti;. NK'jtstUiroadway.X.Y. U(,(. , IIOKT-HAND IXST.'TUTK. - !ttiara, N". V. ' Situation!! procured; Stenographers supplied, with 1 | out charge, StntidardTjpe-VVriters and supplies. " N'o " C.'al:gra|i)i3." Address, \V. O. WVi'KQfP. SW5SS'J.'!!fffl B,l c? J.'.'i.'.'.'. ' L. A. l. >?i n II i. 10., A*rnl?, i'alitlnf, III. JI, m l'.\ VS for a I.ifo Scholarship in thu ^\v M BE Coleninii llu*ii?C!??. College, Ml!, {9 I Newark, New Jersey. Positions h; \Jf graduates. National patronage. Writu nart ior Circulars to 11. COLl.'.MAN <fc U<). ? fill; V Culture: illustrations. C'liromo and T4 I il I -ample of our paper mailed free. firm '? {!_ 9 S i I AVni' tirmrrr. Box Rochester, N, Y, R3 ? _ " _ i . s I m r- & ileiis. Xondslamn H i:?.:l:ir>. t.'Ol,. I,. HIN.i. L U-J&SJli J> II AM. All y. Washington, I>. V. R (Vi lit?i: .Mii.a is the lies* liniment. Price'.5 cent*. p, M'l't*? \^i!<ift (l for the !>?ct end Kastesf s'llim; by a l'i. t .iir.l l ook. ."iid liil I i. IVices re lllced ?) JH)I N. 1 . Xa iioNM. I'l itUMiiNd Co., Philadelphia, Pa. P. \ iic.mn Pi:>'ti>|!.\i. will cure your cough. Price sjioi H TP P" iiS V ft s, ii'l stamp for our V?w Book oa H 8 P ra B BINGHAM. P.H. fj< r% B fial* B Air nl lawyer, Washington, 1). 0. I * nun UCIf Loam telegraphy hern and we will v( unu nihil Ki>e you a silnation. Circulars fre". 1'I'-XTIXE HHPS., .Inncsvlllc, Win. 1{ ^e^ecT?''r; isy to imp. A certain cure. Not expensive. Tlireo G?>? itlis' treatment in ono package. ttood for Cold ?t> Head, Headache. Dizziness, Hay Fevtr, <tc. fly cents. Ily nil DruccM*. or by mail. BIT k T. HAZKLTINK. Warren. l?a. Ult Reasons Why Yoi because your stomach is not doing its u 'h-coksc your liver is out of order, and v 'localise your blood is thin, and needs ir yccause you are troubled with nervous s because you are vexed with languor and !l these Reasons Can be Set Aside by the U; ronc up your enfeebled stomach, and he u'frrsh your wearied liver and put it in nrich your watery blood, and give it a 'aim your worried nerves, and give ther !> en of hoi your whole system and drive % Considering that any man who has ruggist a bottle of Brown's Iron BiTTi lould continue to feel badly, just for the edicine be gprin*, Tfhen the blood U BlaggMh and Impart is disorder* msnll*** themaelres, so eh u fetXag neral debility, a g?D*? of weaknaaa, a want at it?, a languor and apathf, aomotunea ? waariMM laasitade. This condition, enervating and tans, la wholly overcome by taking Hood's Bum* a, the crrest blood purifier. v ist spring I tried Hood's 8arsapanlla, and with resnlta. It gave me a good appetite, and aeeaad * ildmeorer. I cheerfully recommend itaa ai^ medicine."?E. M. Hate, firm of E. M. Hal* A Lima, Ohio. HI 1121 had been much troubled by general debility. ipring Hood's Sarsaparilla proved jost the thing id. Idorivedan immense amount of benefit, I felt better."?H. K. Millkt, Boeton, Mm. [ood'8 Sarsaparilla beats all others, and 1* worth ight in (told."?I. Babmnoton. 130 Bank fork City. iood's Sarsaparilla tones np my system, puriflei my , sharpens my appetite."?W. J. Blaib, Corning, Iood's Sarsaparilla d by all druggists. $1: si* fo $3. Made only by HOOD A CO., Lowe'.l, Mass. 100 Poses One Dollar. _ HE INVESTMENT de by n Prominent Lowtlli .">l&as?? City Ofllclnl. I must have help," exclaimed City Assessor Pratt Inward, of Sumner street, Lowell, Mass., to hi* . i:cian. I.iko bo many other pubile men, Mr. Gow* m was in Mi early lifo strong, stalwart and*perfect njortophysic.il infirmities. But the excitement! I n y life, and the nervous strain caused by btutaeai igement*, together, perhaps, with some inherited ienry (for the tendency is often inherited) had mad* , liesiys. "as most of my friends in Lowell an ro, a sufferer from kidney and arinary troablM. a matter of course I procured the best of medtad ndance, bnt without benefit." He also had :nfl?B> Ion of the prostrate gland. Utterly discouraged, he nced an Investment of a dollar in DR? DAVID JNNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY, of Bo> t, N. Y.. and bo says he got a new leass of life, ad lis rec> mmendation his frionda used It with eqaaly 1 results. This w.is two years ago. Under dat?4f t/c* i. 13, 1884, he says: "M> health is the beet it bM ^ n for years. I still use FAVORITE REMEDY usionally. I always keep it in the house. I bare / many letters of inquiry about my case, and Ialwayt immend it as one of the best of modicinee for (Mil >bles .for I hare uted moil all other medicine* fwr liar IrouWet irithant bene/ll." 8ucb an empbatfo eo. cement from dbch a source ought to be perfectly inclng to all sufferers. David Kennedy, M. D., ol idout, y. Y . Is a gradnate of high standing, a Mr? n who never lott a case. He has nsed FAVORIS REMEDY in his practice for twonty yean. It urely vegetable, non-alcoholic, safe, sore, efflcift aken as directed. <THeveR FAiLS?^ ? Spasms, Convul slons, Falling lEulMNf1 Sickness, 8w Vitug W Dance, Alcohol' VTUC cdcitSt^I""1' 0plnm ^at* r J ' Scrofula, King* I U C D V C I Evai V&T B1<xxI { 11 fc 11 W C I Diseases, Dytpq* i i I I I I I -.ria. Nervousness, " WBBBiisjxz ervous Weakness, Brain Worry, Blood-Sora, llousness, Costiveness, Nervous Prostration, idney Troubles and Irregularities. $L"50. Sample Testimonial!!. Samaritan Piervine is doing wonders.* Dr. J. O. McLcmoin, Alexander City, Ala; "I feel It my duty to recommend it." i Dr. D. F. Langhlin, Clydej Kansas. "Itcured where physicians failed." Iier. J. A. Edie, Bearer, Pa. Correspondence freely answered. "C# fhe Dr.S.A. Richmond Med. Co., St Joseph, Mo, For testimonials and circulars send stamp. CO (Druggists. Ct V. Crlttenton, A pent, K. It " Is porous piaster Is I If M FE lolutely "k best ever de, combining tho mm. - _ __ * tues of hops with Pi A RTFP. ma, ^imrni and cx- * ?^ ?ta. Its power is wonderful in curing diseases where ler piaster* simply reUeve. Crick in the Back sad ck, Pain in the Side or Limbs, Stiff Joints sad Muscles, iney Troubles, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Boro Chest, 'octlons of the Heart and Liver, and all pains or aches my part cured instantly by the nop natter. tW Try sa MM it. Price 25 ccnts or lira for (LOO. _ MX Iff] E. Mailed on receipt of price. Sold by " * ~ all druggists and country stores. } A I? Bop Platter Company, ?Proprietors, Boston, Vise ? y For constipation, loss of appetite and diseases of the wels take Ilawleyji Ktomach and Liver Pills. S cents. Consumption Can Be Cured! _ '.HALL'S : FOB THE II I I A I |J ungs.dALoAM ires Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia. Iaenza, Bronchial Difficulties, Bronchitis, sameness, Asthma, Croup, Wliooping >ugh, and all Diseases of the BreatUas 'gnns. It soothes and heals the Membrane the Lungs, Inflamed and poisoned by the lease, and prevents the night sweats ana [htness across the chest which accompany Consumption is not an Incurable malady. ALl.'S BAL8A.U will, cure yon, erea ough professional aid falls. . VEW TAUUMA WASHINGTON1 TEEBITOBY. estorn Terminus of the Great Trans-continent* Northern Pacific Railroad, and the itore Metropolis ol lie Pacific Mmest \'o city on American soil offers such inducements to 'estors as this. I'roperty uilt double in value here in next iKeUe month*. Money loaned readily at 1 and per cent, per month on rood real estate security at 3-rhird of its present value. Section 2369 of the cods Washington say?: "Any rate of interest ajjTesdapoo parties to a contract, specifying the same in writing, ill ho legal and valid." Information choerfully given, rresponuence solicited. Inclose stamp for reply. Address ALLEN C. MASON. . teal Kstate Broker, New Tacoma, Washington Ter^y. f Walnut Lent Hair Restorer. ' 4 is entirely d:fferent from all other*, and as its nam* catesisa perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It will lediately freo the head from all dandruff, restore gray to its natural color, and produce a new growth 're it has fallen off. It does not affect the health. ch sulphur, sugar of lead ami nitrate of silver prepares have done. It will changc light or faded hair in a day* to a beautiful glossy brown. Aik your druggist it. Each bottle is warranted. Smith, Kline A Co. ? olejale Ag'ts, Pbila., Pa.,and C..V. Crittenton, N.Y, SO DAYS' TRIAL, frosts I (BZTphK.) (ARB&> ... ILECTRO-VOLTAIC BELT and other Elzctbio 1 AppmaNck* arw s?nt on jii Days' Trial TO MEN LY, YOUNG OR OLJV who are suffering from rvocs Debility, Lost Vitality, Wa?tk?o :aknessks, and all kindred diseases. 8peedy reami complete restoration to Health, Vioob and nhood Guaranteed. Send st once for Illustrated nphlet free. Address oltaic Belt Co,, Marshall, Mick' rcllovenat onco Burns. Piles,Chapped Hands or Lips. irns. Bunions.Scalds,Bruises,Soreness of fcet.hands, es.etc.: Itching from nny cause. *Gc. Askyourdragmma ST<kt. or send to 82 Fulton Street, S. Y.mhm ESTABLISHED 187lT n ICFNTS.s?A^5,i?.ENT8' V HMMl i WKKUfiia; jw Sewing Machines for $20 uaranteed positively new and thoroughly first-class 'Very particular. \Vnrrnntp?l fur five yeans. Can etunied at our oxpenso if n >t as represented. Freights paid by mo to all point*. - I C.JOHNSON, 37 North Pearl St., Albany,N.Y M HK22BHGOOD NEWS 1 mm to ladies? ^ Greatest inducements ever offiwd. Now's yourtim to get up orders for our celebrated Tcnn HrrjpBI nnd ('oil pes,ii ltd secure a beautii "r M i Itose China HS28ER3 T'< ? Set, ur ud.-4 >iiim Decorated i i>..ii.i Kn<w> Dinner Set, or Gold Band Moss orated Toilet N't. Fur lull particulars address rilK <?ltK AT A.UKItH AN TKA CO., U. I'ox '>V. M and :Ci \ csey St., New Yor|{. TO SPECULATORS. LINDBLOM & CO., N. G. MILLER & CO. Sr " Chamber of 65 Broadway, Commerce, Chicago. New York, IAIN & PROVISION BROKERS ambers of all prominent Produce Exchange* in New k, Chicago, St. Louis ?ud .Milwaukee, e have exclusive private telegraph wire between Chii and New York. Will execute orders on our judg. t when requested. Send for circulars containing iculars. KQBT. L1NDBLUM X CO., Chicago. e_ ra '21 INFORMATION JNHRUAKDTO VT CHEAP LAND Excursion atcs to Texas. Arkansas and California. unpMrts, etc., describing lnnd< for sale can be had lidresmnit J. >1. EOWI.KR, Kast. Pass. Ag't. Utica, , .1. l>. MrlMCATH, N. E. Pass. Ag't, Boston; V JAN'OWIT/, S. K. Ki'i, Baltimore, Md. II. It. .UeCI.KIXAN. . Kast.Pass. Ag't M... I'.ic. K. K .243 B'dway.N.Y. iliforma excursions. nvmniiilN Fnnrili Auiwnl Serlcn. I Iit" ITIIt. J?lh. :.n.l M.iyl-t. TI:o most select. f>irt.iIiIoiiimI siictv**fut . ?r- ons ?wr undertaken. in ewry tv-pi-i-l. I'nlliiinn s ino?t elegant mini (H'i'un to orrjtn. P.irty hnvt.d in number.. " '? "",1 ;"'-v 'U"xyitl KAlWOKTII^ ? | I'-i-t'n P i1-" \u't, Chn ntrii. K.irk Island A Puciflfl I! ij.. Hroidway. N-iv York. nav to soli our R i! b.T Stamp*. I,. J. A, I rfll i.fnner & Co., Kiilgwny, Pa. n Feel Badly,' rork properly. rants righting. on in it. ^ ichcs and pains. I debility, 38 of Brown's Iron Bitters, which will :lp it to digest. splendid order. rich red color. II restful peace. debility and languor out. a dollar may buy of the nearest "rs, there is no reason why people : fun of it. a