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I l unchanged. i The same to thee, though y? ars of pain . May leave their traee on cheel; or brow, k And hopeless teal's, in silence shod. May dim the smiles that gkul thee now. Time's unrelenting liand may grasp Each eliann that other friemls most prize i Yet leave untouched this heart of Love, That makes me lovely to thine eyes. ?Jennie l\ JSiijeloir, in Ilarner. A GOLPIpiJiOOSE. If Melicent was beautiful, she never ' looked into the jjlass long enough to I know it: if she was irood. -lie did not B think of her*e!f sulliciently to recognize j R it. And if .Melicent did not, of course i nobody else did. M Melicent looked upon herself as born ! x _ iMI ,xf j fio nn up nif emi?i\ spines?u ?uii m | general make shift in tin- family. Aiul | as people usually take you at your own valuation, everybody else regarded Melicent as this providential sort of stop-gap. I am not sure, however, that much gratitude was extended to Mcliccnt; perhaps it was held that if tlu-re was any gratitude in the matter, it belonged to Providence; and it is easier to be grateful tProvidence than to people; a debt to Providence is seldom troublesome, and it bcius deferred payment. Melicent had a charming little homj of her own when the mother was prostrated with paralysis. Of course she left it, ' and hastened to her mother's side at once. Her affection called her, and it was her duty. And really there was nothing else for her to do. It was her place, rather than that of the two daugutersin-law, by the bedside cf that sufferer. But it was not pleasant for her to remember that she left "her home at aii hour's notice, and could know nothing as t^, the comfort of her husband, and she would i- not have been a woman if she had not wanted her husband to be comfortable and !' yet had not half hated to have him comfortable without her. Charlie wrote her }. every day how sadly he missed her, aud Lthen every other day. and then once a week. 15ut he never told her how well he was learning to do without her; and he never said anything about the gay bachelor evenings in the pretty diiiimrroom, nor of the general bachelor air that was creeping over her cherished drawingroom. and over all the rest of the house, iu fact. Hut of course Melicent suspected something of it: and lier suspicion did Km not make the lonely watches l>y the bed side any the happier. Still, it wn* her B wish and her comfort to do for her mothW or what she might, although, alas! nothE ing remained of the mother out an old habit of exacting all her dues, the one B prevailing passion of her life, selfishness, H receiv.ng its very apotheosis now, so that B nothing would be received or suffered by V / her, except at Melicent's hands. The B bovs could not be nf much help to her B here; and the married brothers, it was to be presumed, had their hinds full in their own homes. Once or twice it occurred to take her mother with her; but to that the feeble voice lifted stout obH jection, prefering to die in her own home; H and it seemed a cruelty, when her heart was so -strongly set on it, to insist that sue should go anywnerc eiso to uic, especially as it was she who had to die,and not another. And then the married brothers, Francis and James, lifted their voices too, and would not hear of the mother being taken out of the neighborhood, and the home that they had always had to run i.-. into being broken up. How could Mciicent be so seltishas to think of it/ What should happen to Melicent's home was quite another thing. And, moreover, what was to become of the three boys in such case? Neither Francis' wife nor James' could receive them, and therewas no room for them in .Melicent's little house. Xo, the mother must stay where she was, and of course .Melicent must stay with her. At the end of a year, of which she had thought every week would be the last, Melicent had seen her nusuanu uuiy unce, tor it ?ua quiit .impossible for him tu obtain extended leave or to make the long and exnensivo journey frequently. Naturally he thought lie was being overlooked in the matter, and expressed his hurt and indignation. In one way it was not unpleasant to Meli-. tent that he should express it; but in another view she saw possible danger, and did her best to soothe him and avert it. But the indignation grew. At the end of another year he summoned her home imperatively, and Melieentsaid she must go; and of course the mother had a convulsive spasm,or a spasmodic convulsion, and as Francis' wife had a six-weeks-old baby, and .lames' simply asserted the impossibility of assuming new duties, Melicent had to explain the case, and stay where she was. " It won't be long, it N won't be long,'' the mother would murmur; and "how can Charles be so exacting?" all the others would say; and "who should take care of mother if not Melicent?" was the combined remark of the family. But Millicent took care of mother in more ways than one. After Millieent's ^ marriage her mother's little property had suffered in some general financial catastrophe, and Millicent had turned to account a pretty talent for painting that she had; and although she might have laughed at any one who applied too r flattering epithets to her work, she was well content that it should sell readily, and that she could umj its proceeds on her mother's comforts. It did seem as if under such circumstances she might have been allowed to take her mother home, in spite of her brothers. Imagine her . consternation when, upon tier saying as _ much on the occasion of her husband's last visit, he also took the opposite view. "I don't want your mother,'* he said, f bluntly. "I wans you. If your mother were there, I might as well not have vou. T linvn emoll lot .... ....-t i.. B 2so. In the present state of your mothW er's healtli and intelligence a good faithful nurse can be procured that will answer as well as you. and I can have inv wife ag.tin, my home it's mistress, and you some share of life. If this thing . goes on, I shall begin to hate the whole kit of your relation-. It seems that I am nobody, not to be considered, a cipher, a nonentity. There is nobody in the world to be thought of but your brother's puling wives and a paralyzed old woman." "But, Charlie darling, you forget it is vi my mother." | "You forget it is your husband." And the end of it all was a violent quarrel between Melicont's husband and James and Francis, all taking the same view from antagonistic points,and Charlie flung himself out of the house*, and vowed he would never write or call ~ upon his wife for a word till she re- j turned to his house. And lie kept his word. And he I I thought every day how lie had to fore-1 a go tne sweet presence that others coulu ; jf enjoy, how he missed the hand and head, the thousand and one little devices of: skill and talent, with which she beauti- j lied the home and changed the beauti- | fyinir. Perhaps he had 110 thought of ; R the tax at all that had been upon her, in k addition to the cares of housekeening; i L but he thought a great deal about th?j B tax it was to her to be painting and I selling, in additiou_ to.-the keeping of j ^4lt'r moiher's home and the home of those three hulking boys. [ He could not comprehend or make alf lowance for her natural feeling, it had | grown into something that so outraged | his own rights and feeling; and to him : her bewildered conscience seemed at last | to Oe only an excuse for doing what 1 she preferred. He grew more and more j angry, in a snrt of blind rage, that her | life should be spending for these people | and not for himself, and one day she re- ' ceived notice of a suit of divorce upon ! the plea of desertion. Poor Melicent! ^he had felt it coming. When week by week and month by month went by at first, and her pleasant home was still so far awav, she had IKil it IVSIIIII1?? All i IK, I UUCUUIIU O 1IU|/U~ j ticncc, that she recognised t<? be as j righteous as i: was unreasonable. .Every | day had been an agony of apprehension to her. But when at last the notice came, she was, at any rate, out of her suspense, and hud the rest of certainty. She did not blame Charlie; she could not. She did not believe in divorce her| self, she held herself as much his wife as ! ever; but in the silent depths of her heart she bitterly upbraided fate that had forred this cruel lot upon her, and she j L wore a black gown always afterward. I It was at this point that Ben, the ; f eldest of the three lad*, brought home i one day a young wift. Perhaps the out spoken reproaclK's of James and Francis made .Mem-ens more lenient, isen aau nothing with which to support a wife, j I but Melieent felt s hat, at any rate, here L was a help in household duties and in f the nursing of the mother, and again silently upbraided fate that B;?n had not brought her home a year ago, and set her : free herself to go to her own home for a ! r while, befoie the husband whom she so I loved had taken this fatal step. | But of course .Melieent was mistaken I in hoping for any good fortune out of her life's events. The young wife soon proved to be only a miserable invalid, i and another weight upon her hands. Melieent dared not thiuk; she let her mind dwell neither upon the future nor the past: she only lived from one moment to the next, and | only set one foot before tin* other. This j would have been easier for Melicent if | she had had anything to console her as I she wont along. The boys seemed fond ) of her in their way?she was an affair of j their comfort, and they valued her as a part of it; they were not fond of her in ! a way to save her an hour's work or a I moment's pang. Her mother was of I course so fond of her that she would | hardly let her out of her sight?an op-j pressive, savage fondness that made only i bondage. Hut she hail none of a! daughter's friendly conlldenccs with her; the height of their intercourse was a subdued fault-finding on the mother's part, as if it were owing to Melicent's act that she was ill and poor and helpless and got well no faster. So Molicent went along with her burden; now and then she found time to read a book, although usually it was in the watches of the night, and in order to keep herself awake when some exacerbation of her mother's i!lnc?s occurred; and now and then Maud, the new wife, ^ave her a little pleasure of music, being often well enough to play the piano of an evening, and letting the strains mount to Melieent iti the sick-room, the least in the world refined and mellowed by the ascent. Whether it was that her powers ripened now with the years, or whether the strain upon ner nerves wrought them to highest expression, Melicent had never painted so veil as she did now, and her Avork took 011 a decorative character that brought tine prices. She had not sufficient, suspicion in her nature to think of concealing the fact; and as soon as the brothers kne?v of it they saw vistas of good fortune opening before thcni. They were not goinjr to ask .Melicent directly for her money; they knew a trick worth two of that. Francis had long wanted a horse and phaeton; and James' wife was longing for a velvet carpet on her parlors and hall. They had their respective desires. And then the wives (juietly let Melicent know that the boys were worrying to death over their debts. And Melicent paid the debts. And what had been done once was presently done apiin. Well, if Meliccnt could do that, wincould she not do more ? If Dolplimight only go to Europe for a year and improve himcelf in his sneeialtv. what an arclii tcct he would be! It was talked of guardedly till Mclicent caught the idea, aud then gradually discusscd openly. And at last .Meliccnt thought she might venture. Of course it required her to work all but night and day; and all but night and day she did. I)olph wrote her delightful accounts of what she could see only through his eyes; and he said little of other experiences that he had while she delved with her brushes and colors, and called upon a tired brain for fresh effort. One day now James decided to change his business. But it involved his leaving town for a while. And while he was away, why could not his wife and daughter come and stav at mother's? It was always mother's, although Meliftmt nrnvidcfl fivnrvthin<? there was vv"v I"~ "vv o there except the house. Very true, why not ? Mother was delighted, in her feeble way, with the idea of added members and cheer in the house; and Maria and her daughter Helen came over. Of all the women in the world, to none was Melicent so thoroughly antipathetic as to Maria, a mischief-making, suspicious person of a jealous temperament, obnoxious to Melicent in her personality, her mannes, her want of taste, her want of principle, and the very sound of her voice. When she saw the auction going on in James' house, and she realized what it meant?a move for life?she reeled away stunned. It did not seem to her that she could bear this last drop of bitterness, the utter bitterness of daily life j with a wrangling woman, whose child had been trained to be little better than a spy. Not that there was anything to spy. but that even the smallest trifles, misinterpreted aud reported, add to the boiling of the daily strife. And when Roger, who despised this sister-in-law, saw what it all meant, and Dolph, who already hated her, came home, the combat deepened. Roger and Dolph must have rooms outside the house then, and, of course, Melicent must be responsible for them. Roger had a small salary, with which he dressed himself and bought ! theatre tickets; Dolph played the tine gentleman while waiting for olde- arclii ttcts to appreciate his gifts and apply to him for aid. They were perfectly secure, for according to Meliccnt's view of life a debt long left was almost as dishonoring as a theft, and one owed by any member of the family was owed by all of them, and that meant owed simply by herself "I don't see why you do work so constantly/' her mother whimpered, in her indistinct way. "I should think you would see 1 needed your attention as much as your everlasting boards and canvases.1' When, one day, a second attack of the disease rendered her mother's tongue j powerless at last, and she really did need more attention, the canvases and designs j naci to suucr; out it was 110 renei mat , her mother could not upbraid her any more by word of mouth; the beseeching, following eyes were doing it all the time. Of course Maud could do nothing in I this emergency, and Mrs. James was i worse than useless. Melicent had j to break through the mother's prejudices 1 and hire a nurse, in order that she might! go on with absolutely necessary work less j totally hindered. ]t is hardly surprising that this coursc met with a very decided objection from Mrs. James, who saw money diverted from legitimate channels by the nurse?j money that would have bought Helen the loveliest of spring suits, and who always pleased herself by speaking her mind, and could rot, for the life of her, see why an old woman should be j indulged to the point of ruining the rest j of the family. AY hat a household it was! ! T.i,.wi * w,*.,1 n...i :<i. ?j ?i 111 vutiu ituiiinw, aim >? i i 11 his wife, organized an opposition to Maud and Hen, the atmosphere was only one of crimination and recrimination. Melicent could do nothing for her mother that Maria did not make her uncomfortable because it was not done for Helen; she could buy herself no luxury without feeling that she deprived Doiph and Roger of its equivalent; she could give them nothing without encountering scowls and unpleasant remarks from James and Francis. The bills for Maud's doctors and message women and drugs were sums that might have made a provision for old age. She | began to feel as if it would soon be an impossibility for her to meet them and all the rest, for in this atmosphere inven- : 110:1 was deadened and the pencil alsied; 1 sometimes it seemed to her as il every j line she drew represented irreparable I waste of vital tissue. v*?r i u.rc* m?i 1. v wiYw? /--or*/! f/-\r fli.it .w. All the vital tissue might waste, so far I as she was conccrucd, but not till her j mother had gone; not while she was so needed by the rest, for by one of the j strange contradictions there are in all of ; ns, she ioved these vampires that were ! sucking her life-blood. "We must stop our bills and lessen our I expenses," she said one day to Men. "There are a half-score of my things unsold at the exhibition. I am ceasing to lie the fashion. My brain seems to be useless. I have 110 i leas, 110 freshness, and my hand trembles so that it caricatures my line. If I could only yo away just now, and have a little rest!" A little rest. For ten years now it had been nothing but work and worry, work and worry?apprehension, pain, I sorrow, and now was coming despair. Francis came 111 one evening and told her that unless she could help him about the mortgage of his house it would have to iro. lie had mort paired it when he wished money for something or other, sure, probably, somewhere in his inner j consciousness, if not in his external j thoughts, that she would redeem it; and now the day of redemption or of loss had come. There was only one thing to ; do?the mother, with the consent of the j rest, could mortgage the homestead. { But the consent of the mother could now ! never be had; so there was nothing to j do. Yes, one thing?Melicent could give j her note, ller dealers would doubtless discount it. And to meet It f There was the great prize to contend for. (iained, it would discharge the note. Not gained, the note could be renewed, and constant work must wipe it out. " I have not j th(? strrnrrth " eho nuirrrmivrl Jinnnllffl 1 liut, nevertheless, she tried. Ami any j one who has called upon a brain alter nate fire and lead knows what the effort ! was. Never before had Francis shown such interest in her work. lie was in to see it in the morning, and g?ve it its last i look at twilight. ' What a devoted j brother he is!" his wife 6aid to her i crony. "I never knew a picce of yours hang] on so," he said to Mcliceut. " And some- | bow it has none of your old snap. It is leaden. You really must call up your reserves, Melicent, if you want to win that prize." ' You really must.*' said James. " If you want to win the prize," said Ben. Poor Melicent! She looked at her work, and realized what they meant. The fountain was exhausted; the sparkling How had ceased; they were drawing now the drejjs. the very Ices of lift-. And why should she call up her reserves? why should she win the prize? why should she not slip away and let somebody else work now? What reward had she for all her work? Not even the consciousness of doing right, for her sense of right and wrong had always been conflicting, and never left her at ease since the second time her husband had demanded her return. And as for living for the sake of such a home as she had, was it worth the while? And if her right hand lost its cunning what then? She shuddered to think of herself then at the mercy of these ravening wolves, as for one moment they stood revealed to her?only one glancing ami lading mo| incut. She was holding the candle and lookj ing at her picture carefully as these thoughts swept through her. Suddenly a little flash, a creeping light, a crackle, a llame. She had held the candlc too near. The work was ruined.* She did not care for the work: but it was hard work; there was no time for more; it was her last chance; and a thousand sharp, heart-burning thoughts darted into the air like sparks, and then a withering flash seemed to surround and blast her. They found her lying on the floor, the candle extinguished as she had fallen. She never knew what befell her, but slipped oil her burden in that flash, and if there was any more work done in that family, it was not done by Meliccnt.? ll'tr/icr\i IJasn r. The Richest Redskins. Of all the Indians in the United States savs a correspondent, the Crows aie per haps the richest, as they certainly are the laziest. According to their own estimate they number 1.100 women, flOO men, 770 boys, and 070 girls?3,500 in all, about 800 in excess of what the interior department in Washington has it. The Crows have 4,713,000 acres reserved to them, which comprise some of the very best agricultural and grazing lands in tl\^ United States. Their reservation is m Custer County, Montana, and contains more land than some of the States of our Union. It is situated on the south bank of the Yellowstone river, with a frontage of nearly one hundred miles on that stream, and takes in eomI plete the beautiful valleys of the j Little and Big Horn rivers, bcbeside many other rich meadow lands i made fertile by the numerous streams j which take their rise in the Big Horn j mountains. It is indeed a beautiful j country, and the Indians know it as well !? tlm u'tiitoc iln- fur if was in the same i beautiful valley of the Little Horn. I eight years ago, that Sitting Hull and his j thousand warriors, rather than give up j their birthright to the pale faccs, fought | General Custer and his soldiers until the last cavalryman lay dead on the field. Ever since that memorable day in iy?0 the Sioux have had no home. They were hunted by the United States troops and renegades of their own tribe, were driven about from point to point all over Northern Montana, and finally compelled to j capitulate to Colonel Iiges and the military at I'oplin river on June 7, 18t<0. As , soon as the last Sioux Indian was made a | prisoner, Congress took in hand the mati tcrof their inheritance, and bvan agrec . ... T?_P metu maue wiui inc v^rows oil .iunu i*. l.sso (live days after the surrender), and approved by Congress on June 11, iys2, I the Crow Indians fell heir tc the very lands the Sioux Indians had forfeited by reason of being at war with the United States government. This was the bitterest pill the Sioux had ever been forced to swallow. It distressed them far more to sec their hated foes established in tluir own beloved home than all the losses tlfev had sustained in the Little Horn light. But the Crows are there, free to roam at will over four million acres of beautiful mountain and river lands, whiic their ancient enemies, the unfortunate Sioux, i are penned up at Pine Kidge, Standing Hock and other agencies, under the surveilance of the military, virtually prisoners of war. Of these four million seven hundred and thirteen acres belonging to the Crows at least one million acres are capable of the highest cultivation. Yet, during all of last year and up to the I present date, there were but ten acres [ cultivated by the government for the Indians, and one hundred and twentyfive acres tilled by the Crows themselves [ without assistance from anybody. From j the one hundred and twenty-five acres handled bv the red men were obtained about one thousand five hundred bushels of vegetables, which were consumed entirely by themselves. Last year the Crows put up thirty-five tons of hay and cut over three hundred cords of wood. The winter mouthy, as is the custom among all tribes, were spent in hunting lor game among the mountains and 011 the plains. Hut the Crows, with .1 keener insight than is possessed by ordinary redskins, have always kept an eye to business as well as to pleasure, and in consequence they returned from their last winter's hunt with not only a goorllv supply of meat for their srjuaws and papooses, but Also with nine thousand dollars worth of robes, furs, peltries and skins. The principal wealth of the Crows lies in their large aDd fine herds of ponies, which are unequalled 011 the continent for mettle and endurance. A Norwegian Farmer's Vehicle. The cariole is the Norwegian farmer's gig. a very unpretending vehicle, consisting of a narrow seat supported on a wooden frame by two cross-bars of wood which are fixed in the shafts and serve as rude springs. On this tiny seat the solitary traveler perches himself, his feet stretched out in front of him on the floor \ of the gig, or planted in two small rests at some depth below the seat. Behind the gig is a horizontal board, on which the traveler's small box or portmanteau is deposited, and where the post-boy (Skvdsguti has to accommodate himself. In addition to this cariole proper, or single giif, there is a double one, (the IJeisekjaerre), often used by traveling pairs. But the cariole is the earlier and better institution. Two persons with the necessary quantity of luggage are quite weight enough to be behind one of the small Norwegian horses on a road which ] is pretty certain to be rough 111 places and to have some sharp declivities. The cariolc seems, too, by far the more appropriate vehicle for this wild and solitary country. ' It is a kind of land canoe, by me;:its of which one may ensiiy nurt company with "the madding crowd" and penetrate into the perfect seclusion of primeval nature. For the postboy is, as a rule, given to silence and close attention to his horse, and, being out of sight, is readily forgotten. To one who finds a keen delight in now and then getting rid of customary associa tions and immersing his miud in wholly new surroundings hardly anything can I be better than joggingalong in a cariole 011 a fine summer day. One soon gets used j to the odd bobbing movement of the lit?i i.'/ /.. ?- ..( /... IIU W.-IIILIU. I'll ff f ??fry Jtotrcc. Sandwich Island Homes. A letter from Honolulu to the Boston , Tniiincnjit says: "The houses of Honolulu are always open, day and night, as j the temperature is so warm that one has j to sleep out of doors, as it were, to get ] enough fresh air. They are built mostly ' of wood, though many of the oldest and \ more substantial houses are built of coral ; stone, a few of lava stone, and many may j yet be seen within the limits of Honolulu made of grass and occupied by the natives. These native huts or houses arc built by makinga framework of bamboo poles, covered with layeis of the banana tree, the trunk '?f which can be removed in layers. This, again, is covered with grass and trimmed on the corners and top i !.< n-/.ncii<ir Jin /rro^e flllTnrnnt ! uj '"-""I'o l-,v r.'*" ? w.* | patterns. One opening or door usually ! admits enough light and air for the aver- ! age native, though some huts are di- j vided oil into several room?, with two j and sometimes three doors. A mat hung ( down on the inside, covering the opening. is the common door. Mats made of broad grass interwoven or braided, and sometimes Hags, form the carpets, aud a pile of from two to : ten, and sometimes even more, makes ' the bed on which the natives and invited | guests sleep. Furniture there is none, the natives always sitting on the ground with their legs crossed beneath them. Their kitchen is outside, and is composed of a ! heap of stones and ordinarily an iron pot. It is a wise candidate who knows his own picture on a campaign banner.? Nctc York Journal. | A SURVIVOR'S NARRATIVE. ONE or THE GREELY PASTY TELLS HIS STORY. A Vivid Description of the Disastrous Kxiicdition lo (he Far >'orth?The Survivors' Pitiful Plight. To a New "lorK World reporter, Henry Biederbeck, one of the six Greely survivors, said: ,-I know nothing of my own knowledge of the story of cannibalism. 1 cannot tell whether my companions ate human flesh or not. I know I did not. Had I done so, I would tell of it, for, under the terrible circumstances, the act would be an excusable one. As to the shooting of Private Henry, it would not beseem me to talk. I was only a humble member of the party, and the olliccrs, with Lieutenant Greely at their head, are the proper persons to give information on that subject. We all kept diaries, more or less full and accurate, but we were obliged to send them to Washington. They will probably be published in a few days in connection with Lieutenant Greely's report. The authorities at Washington have promised to return the diaries to us as soon as they got through with them. Had I my diary with me I could tell you everything accurately. As it is I must depend on my memory alone." "When did you leave Washington?'' "On the loth of June, 1881. The party consisted of Lieutenant Greely and twenty-four men. The Proteus, which has since been crushed in the ice in its attempt to relieve us. curried us to our destination. We did not form the crew of the vessel. We were soldiers duly enlisted for the exploration expedition. Nautical skill was not so much a requisite as scientific knowledge and capacity of endurance. We were to proceed to thecircumpolar station established by the United States government at Fort. Conger, and there we were to make meteorological observations and explorations until we were relieved." "Where did you proceed after leaving Washington?" "We stopped at Baltimore for a day and then sailed north.reaching St. John's, N. F., on the 7th of July and Disco, Greenland, on the l(5th of the same month. We were all in good health. The climate is mild in this part of Greenland in the summer, and the green landi scane is vcrv beautiful. We were royally entertained at Disco by the natives, and afler enjoying ourselves there a few clays we started out to reach our destination. We got as far as Cape Baird, in latitude eighty-one degrees, when we struck icebergs which completely blocked our way. The great mountains of ice, rising for hundreds of feet above the level of the sea, lay before us, and we knew that behind them was the solid ice-pack. There was nothing for us to do but to. retreat into winter quarters. This we did in Discovery Harbor, Lady Franklin Bay, which we reached on the 11th of August. We had plenty of provisions and made ourselves as comfortable as possible for the long Arctic winter. We employed our time in building caches along the coast to the north and south, storing thera with food for future use." "When did you again start out to reach your station ?" "In the spring of 1882. The weather was comparatively mild for that region and the ice yielded to the sharp keel of the Proteus. We used only sails and carefully proceeded northward until we nri-ived at Kort Cor.<?er in latitude eighty one degrees forty-four minutes, where we were to remain. The Proteus having accomplished its purpose in bringing us out, now set sail back to New York, and our party were left alone. We were supplied with provisions more than enough to last us until September 1, laSU, on which date according to our instructions, we were to leave the station and return under all circumstances. We were in good spirits, because we had had very little sickness so far and had the right to expect that the government would send us a relief-ship to bring us more provisions and new men. No ship ever came. I They sent out. the Neptune but it did i not reach us, and the Proteus was crushed in the ice and went down with all the provisions intended for us. We had a steam launch, whaleboat and a small dingey. With these we made trips in between the ice-rifts whenever we could. Other explorations we made on foot, and altogether gathered a good deal of valuable scientific knowledge. Still, as muiiui aner monui pusscu aim nu snips were heard from and our stock of provisions grew less and less, a gloom settled on Lieutenant Grcelv's brow and expanded itself over our little colony on ice. The lieutenant waited as long as lie dared to and finally, on the Oth of August, 1883, gave the order to break up camp and return. "The horrors of the expedition then began V "They did. It was easy enough to tell us to come back, but we couldn't. We followed ifie shore along Grinnell sound and get to Cape Hawks. We then crossed Hayes Sound to Ellesmerc Land, and then coald go no further. The terrible Arctic winter set in and we were as : r ..1 .U.. -1,1 T'ka il illWUU ill tUU WU11U. 1 A1U iUi|/aoo(lui\; i barriers of '.lie icy elements shut us out from all communication with the rest of mankind. Sickness and hunger began to assail us. Lieutenant (ireely kept sending out men on foraering expeditions. Some returned with theglad intelligence that there was a stock of provisions at Cape Sabine. With great difficulty we managed to reach the cape oil August j 10. We found the provisions, but we knew they could not last long. For some time wc had been put on half rations and our daily food was still further reduced until, as you know, we tried to subsist on four ounces of provisions a day. From August 26 to September 21) we were adrift on the ice and made land at Haird Inlet, but finding that we were again blocked by the ice we returned to Cape Sabine." ''l"p to this time'no deaths had occurred, had there?" "No. Hut the grim monster was already overshadowing us and we knew j that his stroke could not much longer be j averted. The tirst deaths took place ; 1 rm .Tnminvv 1 ,S of this Vlilir. The IllCn i succumbed to the bitter colli, hunger and privations. Wc were twenty-iivc when wc reached Capo Sabine, we were seven when we were finally rescued,and of these you know one lm since (lied. That tells the story of our hardships. It needs no detailed dcsctiptiot><from me. Beside,'' concluded Mr. Kiederback, "the papers have alrcadi^cld you how when our provisions were all gone we eked out the lives of the few remaining by catching shrimps and consuming our j sealskin tents, and our leather boots. All this is true. As to Private Henry's death, as I said before, I am not at liberty to give further details, and as to eating the dead bodies of our comrades, I deny it, as far as I am concerned. It was a terrible experience and I hope never to be compelled to go through it again." The Ivory Plant. The ivory plant is a native of the j northern regions of South America, ex- j tending northward just across the Istli- I mus of Panama, large groves of it having | been recently discovered in the province of that name. It is found in extensive groves, in which it banishes all other vegetation from the soil, or scattered among the large trees of the virgin forest. It has the appearance of a stemless palm, and consists of a graceful crown of leaves twenty feet long, of a delicate ' pale green color, and divided like the plume of a feather, into from thirty to 1 tifty pairs <>f long, narrow leaflets. It j is not, however, really stemless, but the : weight of the foliage and the fruit is too much lor the comparatively slender trunk, and, consequently, pulls it down to the ground, where it is seen like a large exposed ro.>t, stretching for a j length of nearly twenty feet in old ixlonio rrl%/i In.n'no flro I JIKIll-O. ? iiy KJ'>H W ...v- w.|.| by the Indians to covcr the roofs of . tlieir houses. 'i'he group of pistillate | flowers produces a large, roundish fruit, I from eight to twelve inches in diameter, j and weighing, when rijie, about twenty* j five pounds, It is covered by a hard, j woody coat, everywhere embossed with j conical, angular tubercles, and is coin- j ik.c./I of civ nr tui'im nnrtimw c!ifh run- ! mining from six to nine see Is. These i seeds, when ripe, are pure white, free I fiosn veins, dots or vessels of any kind, presenting a perfect uniformity of texture, surpassing the finest animal ivorj ; and its substance throughout so hard that the slightest streaks from the turning lathe aro observable. Indeed it looks more like an animal than a vegetable product; but a close comparison will enable one to distinguish it from the elephant, by its brightness and fatty appearance, and its minute cells. ' This is a nice neighborhood; stransre that the authorities would allow a blacksmith shop around here," remarked Sanderson, when on a visit to Boston. "Oh,, that's not the noise of a blacksmith shop; i that's my neighbor's daughter practicing a piece of Wagner's music,*' replied the I Bostonian.?Brooklyn TL.:e*. i NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Shirring is quite popular again. Large patterned brocadcs arc much worn. Long evening gloves come with painted backs. Brown bids fair to be the favorite color this winter. Jetted braids appe'ar among the new dress trimmings. Lace and small fichus arc worn with morning dresses. Belts and sashes are lied at the side, instead of the back. Gold crowned bonnets arc no longer stylish, and arc but little worn. Craz.v patchwork is said to have been suggested by certain Japanese patterns. Bibbed silk jerseys are the latest form of this most popular and comfortable jacket. Worsted lace is a pretty novelty and is seen in all shades. It will be much worn? this season. The teller of the Granite National bank, of Quincy. Massachusetts, is Miss Flora Underwood. Bombay husbands cut off their wives' noses for punishment. In a single week live such cases were lately reported. As late as 1840 there were but seven vocations into which New England women had entered; in 1814 the number was 317. Miss Laura White, a sister of Congressman J. D. White, of Kentucky, has been admitted to the special school Df architecture in Paris. Snakcskin belts are fashionable. The skin is highly polished and mounted in gold or silver. The rattlesnake skin is most highly prized. The old style Knglish walking hat in pale brown and gray shades is coming in fashion, and will be worn in the street during the coming season. Turbans made of marabout feathers are coming in style again. They will be worn down on the forehead, after the (Id fashion, and not on the back of the head, as they have recently been worn. Hag vests arc still worn, especially on the dresses made of soft, clinging materials. On the new imported dresses, the vests are invariably made of velvet of a contrasting shade to the rest of the dress. A Troy, N. Y., robin found three iiinofia nf msHr lnrfi lvinf on a lawn | i"--- j ?o bleaching. and carrying them olT built hersclt a very high-toned nest of them. She was allowed to bring up a family in the nest. Painted fans are losing their popularity in Europe. At a sale in Madrid a Wattcau fan, formerly belonging to the Princess of Savoy, brought only $740. In London, fifteen years ago, one of no greater beauty sold for $2,.} >(). The latest novelty in bouquets was carried by the Princess of Wales at a ball after the races at Goodwood. It was of roses, and in the middle of it was concealed a miniature electric lamp, the light from which could be turned on at will by means of a little switch in the form of a lady's brooch. The huts and bonnets of the coming season are contradictions of each other, j The hats arc large, with tall, tapering crowns, and narrow or medium width urims. 1 nc uonncis, un mo cuuiniry, are small, and there is a tendency to rcj vive the "gable roof" brim, a peak I above the forehead, introduced two years ago. Empress Eugenie's long black coat and blacic cane, on which she leans constantly attract the deepest sympathy of the gay world at Carlsbad. She lives at the chateau of Westminister, near the Schlossbrunnen, and is accompanied by the wife of General Kourbaki and M. Petrc, formerly prefect of the police under the empire. Belts can be worn with all waists. They are narrow or wide, according to taste. Deep belts are not suitable for women with short waists. Silver buckles are much sought after when artistically chased. Young ladies and misses wear belts without, buckles. These are closed under a rosette or ribbon bow. The same bows are on the shoulder, and at the front of the neck. The directoirc sash is also worn. It is wide, of soft fabric, and is loosely tied on the side. Wnys of Circns Elephants. "He knows nothing beside eating 700 pounds of hay, two and a half bushels of oits,seventy pounds of Graham bread, a bushei of carrots or turnips, and drinking three barrcis of water, each day," said the trainer. "He does that as regular as clockwork, in two instalments, and begs the rest of the time from every one who comes near him. lie never goes oft his feet, not even when he sleeps, anil he never lost his temper while we had him, except once, when something had angered him. That was in winter quarters in Bridgeport, but I soon got hnn quiet by putting an additional iron clasp on his tusks." "But how can you handle such a colossus?" asked the reporter, glancing up at the fourteen feet in height which represent the 24,000 pounds of elephantine matter. "We drive four stakes in a square, and fasten ropes with pulleys to each leg. Then we pull the legs apart until his majesty's belly touches the ground. In that way we throw him, and leave him fastened down until he begins to beg oil. After that he is treated with kindness until another dose becomes necessary. But, as I say, Juinbo is a very pleasant fellow and well behaved." "I presume the elephants soon learn to know their keepers," suggested the reporter. 'That they do,hut not every elephant is kind, they grow wicked as they grow old, especially the hulls. Wc arc more or less in danger all the time,but we become attached to them as a man will to a horse. They nil have a special hobby or liking. For instance, llcbe, one of the members of the herd, some years ago, developed a great liking for a camel. Whenever the hitter lay down Hebe would stand over him,put her trunk around his neck, blow on him, and express her love in shrill trumpetings ol delight. "Gypsy, another of the herd, took to children, and when Frank Melville, the bare-back rider, traveled with us,Gypsy showed a remarkable fondncs-; for his littleson. The animal recognized thcchild every time it came into the tent, and was almost frantic if the boy didn't come ii]) iiud fondle his trunk."?C/ticnjo Herald, Oddities of the Mails. " I wonder if this is dynamite," said a clerk in the newspaper and package department of the New York post office to a H'nr. reporter as lie picked up a round package covered with white paper and carelessly tore it open. It contained an expensive straw hat addressed to a leading sporting man in this city. " Do many such things come through the mails?" asked the reporter. " You would be surprised ro see some of the curious things," he said. " You see that hat comes from one of the leading hotels in Saratoga. So he probably | forgot it, and sent word to the clerk to forward it by mail. It would make you laugh," he continued, "to sec some of the articles of dress that arc sent from j the hotels to actresses, actors, drummers and sporting people. We find nightgowns, linen dusters, canes, hats and spectacles. Among other things are ! worms and insects. . You see, if a j farmer finds a curious pest eating up his j - * v 1 I trees or plants lie gainers specimens aim > sends them to the agricultural editor of his newspaper, who makes an inspection and tells him what they are. Frequently the packages get broken, and the contents crawl away before they reach their j destination. A irieat number of packages of minerals, quartz, and newspaper i cuts, that weigh very heavy, are sent j through the mails." " Are you allowed to open all such packages?" " Yes; the law compels us to open all packages of second-class matter when we | have any doubt as to what they contain." j "Do the carriers have to deliver heavy and inconvenient packages?" "No; notices are sent to the persons to whom they are direc ted, and they call for them." The Idnck death of the fourteenth ceutury, believed by some to have been Asiatic cholera, although the symptoms, as described by the historians of the day, differ widely, actually desolated the world. It is computed that 1 -'J,000,000 perished in China, and elsewhere in | the East about 2.7,000,000 more. Ger- j many lost nearly 1,300,000; Italy half i its entire population; London alone in j excess of 100,000. In Europe fully :j0,000,000 must have died, and, in all ' quarters of the globe, not far from 70,000.000. A. despondent person ought never to pat blue lish.?Lotion Post. 4 vr ' ' ' " PEOPLE WHO LIVE LONG. FACTS OP INTEREST ABOUT HUMAN LONGEVITY. Some Instances ?r PcmnsWho Have liivcil to nn Extreme Old Apre? Soldier CentenarianN. A letter to the Boston Adcrrtivrr contains some interesting information about persona who have lived much longer than the biblical allotment of seventy years. Says the writer: While fully agreeing with the general conclusion of your article on longevity, viz., that there is a tendency to exaggerate the age of old persons, and that there are fewer centenarians than most people suppose. I think you judge in an extreme of skepticism in making lO.l years the outside authenticated limit. The late Sir George Comcwall Lewis actually doubted that any man or woman had ever reached 100 years. Mr. Thome appears at first to have coincided with him. but the case of Lady Smith, who reached 103, and other indisputable instances,led him to advance his figure to a half decade b<Jyond the century. I think there are numerous thoroughly authenticated instances of considerably greater longevity. The late William Thomas,of Plymouth, recently the oldest surviving graduate of Harvard college, was fond of relating in his old a^e how on the 1st of January. 1800, being then in his eleventh year, he visited with several ministers, in attendance at an ordination, Ebcnezer Cobb, a life-long resident of the town, svho remembered Peregrine White's funeral in 170:), as well as he might, having been born in 1004. lie survived until September, 1801, being 107jj years at his death. He was a respectable citizen of a town whose records were kept and neighbors abundant, and there could he no doubt as to his age. Iu 1878 a pauper?a bedridden and bitterly idiotic woman?died in the Dayton (().) poorhousc, infirmary, as is the more euphoaistic or Western term. She had been there forty-one years, and her age was reported at seventy-six when she was admitted. There woo mAfivn fnr /Ionnnfinn rvr r> vncrrrn. ration in 1837. If no mistake was made she was 117 at her deccasc, and even if a decade be struck of by way of caution, she must have been 107. A few years ago General IT. V. Boynton furnished me, by request, a transcript from the pension bureau giving the ages at which various revolutionary soldiers and their widows had died. Unfortunately it is not just now at hand, but it recorded several acatns of persons in their "centenarian teens;" of one. if I remember rightly, who had icached 121, and of quite a number ranging from 100 to 110 years. The pension bureau requires clear proof of service and of continued life. If there was deception in one or two of these cases there could not be in all, and there could be no motive for pensioners to exaggerate their age at the time of being put on the rolls. Mrs. Angelina l'odesta, a native ot Italy, died in 1878, aged 109. Of her ex:reme age no one who saw her could doubt, ller eyes had that hazy, far-off look characteristic of centenarians and monogenarians. llcr son, who was not quite sure of her exact age, sent to her birthplace, and the Latin document, duly attested by the parish priest, declared that her baptism took place on January 12, 1709. I saw her when she was past 100. Her bodily strength was sufficient to allow her to dancc at the annual balls of the Italian residents of Cincinnati up to nearly the time of her death, but she was mentally quite childish. ''Master" Sullivan, the father of the general and the first American ancestor of the well-known Massachusetts and New Hampshire families, is credited with dying in 179(5, aged 105. Mrs. East man, mother of Judge Joel Eastman, the distinguished citizen of Coos County, N. II., died in 18(57, aged 103 years and six months. As she was one of the little school girls who discovered in 1708 the buried infant of the teacher, Ruth Blay ?who was hanged because Sherilf Packer would not wait for Governor Wcntworth's reprieve to arrive?there can be no doubt as to her real longevity. I might make the list considerably longer, but must content myself with referring to the account of Samuel Welch, of Bow, X. H., recorded in the second volume of Farmer and Moore's Historical Collection of New Hampshire. Welch died April 5, 182:3, and Messrs. Farmer and Moore visited him about a year be fore. He was then in his 112th year If the public records of his birthplace, Kingston, X. II., arc correct, he was born February 13, 1711, though he insisted that he was born the September previous, the time when his father requested the record to be made having been inserted as that of the birth itself. His mind was clear when he was seen by the two eminent antiquaries. They conversed with him ;it length and we refer the doubting to the detail of the interview. It is true, as you say, that 110 graduate of Harvard has ever attained 103 yeais. Yale has been favored with fewer centenarian alumni than Harvard, but one of these few reached 103. Iu 1857 there were living graduates of Dartmouth, all Presbyterian and Congregational ministers, Itev. John Sawyer, of Maine, aged 102 years; Iiev. Laban Ainsworth, seventy-five years minister of Jaffrey, X. II.?the longest pastorate, I think, 011 record and preceded by a year j of " supply "?aged 100; Rev. Ethan ! Osborne, of New Jersey, ninety-eight, and Rev. Zachariah Greene, of Hempstead, L. I., aged ninety-seven. Before 1H58 hud ended nil were dead, Mr. Sawyer at 10:5, Mr. Ainsworth at 100 and some months, Mr. Osborne at ninetynine and Mr. Greene at ninety-eight. Just now Elbert Porter, Dartmouth's oldest living graduate, bids fair to round out his century,having passed his ninetyninth anniversary Inst December. A Story of Arctic Adventure. Now that so much discussion has been raised on the subject of the alleged cannibalism in the Oreely expedition, some interest may be felt in another dreadful story of privation and danger, where a similar temptation was heroically resist eel. as toUl by James .Mcintosh, sole snr- i vivor from one of the boats of the whaler j Chieftain. On May '2(i last the Chieftain sent out four boats in chase of a whale, two of which, one commanded by Alexander Bain, the harpooner, lost the ship, and failing to lind her, shaped their course for Iceland. Soine days later two of Bain's crew died, and Mcintosh then came into Bain's boat from the other to I act as steersman. The only other occu- | pants of the boat then were Bain and a | seaman named MclJrcgor. On the fol- ; lowing day Bain thought lie saw land, j and they altered their course to steer lo it, but found i to be only the reflection o a cloud. Uy so doing thev lost their I consort, which did not follow them. Next day McGregor died, and his body I was committed to the deep. The I same day a storm arose, which I lasted tliree days, during all of which ! time Mcintosh remained at his post as j steersman while Iiain lay helpless and I despairing in the bows. At last the storm abated, and the undaunted steers- I man addressed some cheering words to 1 his comrade, but without rousing him I from his lethargy, which continued so 1 long that. Mcintosh at last grew anxious, ! anil though hardly able to move, his legs j being benumbed with cold, managed to j crawl along on his hands and knees to the bow of the boat, and found Main | quite dead. A. terrible sense of utter i loneliness came over him, mingled with ! the fear that in his desperate condition : (lie had not tasted food of any kind for j several days), he might yield to the temp- | tation of supporting himself on the awful means of nourishment within his < reach. Determined to avoid this danger at all events, he with a great cll'ort, weak j as he was, succeeded in heaving his dead comrade's body overboard. On the fourteenth dav he perceived a small schooner 1 ' - - ...... , i.:. I and made a desperate euon- iu wave m? i cap to attract attention. He was scon j ancl picked up by the ship, hut it was ) found necessary to amputate l>oth le<js, mortification having set in. He finally | arrived at Dundee on Friday week. The j gallant fellow, who is married and has I one child, is now in a perfectly destitute ! co' dition, as the loss of his leys precludes his returning to his former sea- j faring occupation, and he has never ; learned any other trade. ? I,omlon /''ill ] .\f tll Ibuhjct. Wlial lirows on Waterloo. On tho two fields of Waterloo and ! Linden, splendid crops of crimson pop- i pies appear every year. The ground which nourishes these is packed with j the remains of soldiers. The pre para- > tions of opium derived from the poppy j have been used in the form of laudanum and paregoric. ?o, pain has been stil.'cd i by the remains of pain and death, and j babies put to sleep by the dead bodies of meu who fell in the deadly onslaught. It. is predicted that full, gathered j skirts, and boots without heels, will be | the next fashionable caprice. in autumn-time. Now comes the brilliant mornings, kindling all The woody hills with pinnacles of (Ire. ?Bayard Taylor. The maple swamps glow like a sunset sea, Each leaf a ripple with its separate flush. ?./. }{. Lowell. Tho fallen loaves are with raindrops pearled, And southward flies tho swallow; Is song then passed from the silent world? Is there no spring to follow? ?/lnoH. I see ngain as one in vision sees The blossoms and tho bees, And hear the children's voices shout and call, Anil the brown chestnuts fall. ?Longfellow. The year's departing l)eauty hides Of wintry storms the sullen threat, But in thy sternest frown abides A look of kindly promise yet. ?rsi yaw. | The busy shutttle comes ninl goes Across the rhymes, and deftly weaves A tissue out of autumn leaves, With here n thistle, there a rose. ?T. B. AUlrirh. It was autumn, and incessant Pipe the quails from shocks an I sheaves, And, like living coals, the apples Burned among the withering leaves. ?Longfellow. Tho summer passed, tnc autumn came; the stalks Of lilies blackened in the garden walks; The leaves fell, msset golden nnd blood red, Love letters, thought the poet, fancy led. ?Longfellow. Think not, when the wailing winds of autumn Drive the shrivering leaflets from thetreL'? Think not all is over; spring returneth; Buds and leaves and blossoms thou shnlt see i Whither away, Robin, Whither away.' Is it through envy of tho maple leaf. Whose blushes mock the crimson of thy breast, Thou wilt not stay? -K. C. Stedman. The bird wanders careless while summer is green, The leaf-hidden cradle that rocked him unseen; When autumn's rude fingers the woods have undressed, Tho boughs may look bare, but they show him his nest ?Holmes. IIUMOR OP THE DAY. An ocean swell? a naval dude.?Sifting*. Great sfaying powers?Those of the irl of the period.?Life. The old bull may bellow, but he can't UlUW ma vwu uuiu. juwmu/u. A cool ])rocceding?Icebergs in motion.?Bradford Sunday Mail. In crime as in horse racing, the fust ones come under the string first, if the judges do their duty. ?Merchant- Traveler. Old maids would make a very tiresome literary society, oecause they are always ready for the question,?Hcmors. Softly, through the garden gate he's stealing, To meet his love upon the grassy plat. Tho risen moon his lithe form just revealing; 'Tis not Adonis?'tis the Thomas eat. ?Marathon Independent. The New York Commercial savs "campaign sonys are now played by the barrel." iiut many of them are first ground out by an organ."?Norristoicn Herald. A nice, pious young man, who tried to steal a kiss from a Washington bello, got his nose so coyeied with red paint that h.s pastor subsequently stopped him in the street and discoursed to him for ten minutes on the evils of strong drink.? Burlington Free Press. A London physician has ascertained that there are "six deaths among one thousand married men, ten among the same number of bachelors, and twentytwo in the same number of widowers." It is believed that married men are usually too busy to die.?Aew York Graphic. PERIL OF A PET. "Oh, doctor!'' she cried, in a spasm of fear, "Come, fly as you ne'er flew l>efore, Else, ere you can save him, my poor little dear The Iwrders of death will cross o'er!" Ho slacked not his speed till he entered her door. Where he found a remarkable groupSix ladies, with tear-dampened faces, hung o'er A pug-clog with symptoms of croup. ?St. Paul Herald. HEALTH HINTS. llnlf a tcaspoonful of common salt, dissolved in a little cold water and drank, will instantly relieve heartburn. An old nurse says that rain water, if heated very hot, is very soothing to weak and tired eyes. The fumes of burning cofTcc are a powerful disinfectant. Pound the coffee in a*mortar and then strew it on a hot iron plate, which, however, must not be red hot. When putting glycerine on chapped hands wash them thoroughly in soap and j water, and when not quite dry rub in j the glycerine. This process will be found . I At- *1- ? ?1-1 mucn oeiier uiau me oiu ones. If people were us careful in avoiding j the habits which produce disease as they i are persistent in seeking cures for their ! ailments, the number of invalids in the | world would be much reduced. The sulpho-carbolatc of sodium, in thirty-grain doses given after meals, is recommended in flatulent dyspepsia. Also in ten-grain doses for nausea and vomiting, particularly in pregnancy. A pan of sliced raw onions placed in a room where there is diphtheria will absorb the poison and 'prevent the disease from spreading, The onions should be buried J every morning and fresh ones cut up. One Snake Swallows Another. Colonel Boh Glllam has in u glassfronted box live large sharks, two black and time rattlesnakes. Xone of them have had their fangs removed, but all are as dangerous as when, captured. The largest is over five feet long and has thirteen rattles. They were all capturcd by Mr. Vine Sandford on his farm in Greene county. Xot long since Mr. Gillam had a very large king snake in his box, and, obtaining a black snake, he put the two in the box and watched for the result. For several days the king snake would cat nothing that was given him, and only watched the black. Finally, one day, sounds and a desperate struggle attracted those in the store where the reptiles were kept, and it was seen that the king snake had the black's head in its mouth, and was endeavoring to swallow | t.f.? mt 4....^ # i.^Wln'nA n.wl ! I11II1. U1U l\M? >? 11 tiling ??IIV4 [ lashing their tails for an hour, when the | black snake was dead. The king snake \ was three weeks in swallowing the black, I and for six weeks after lie had completed | this he ate nothing.?Athene ((la.) lint- j Nicknames of American i;ilies. The following are some of the queer ' nicknames of American cities: Pittsburg. Smoky City; Alexandria. Delta > City: Cincinnati. I'orkopolis; Boston, I Modern Athens, the Hub; New York, < Co! ham; Nashville, City of Kocks; In- j dianopolis, Railroad City; Detroit, City | of the Straits; Denver, City of the i Plains; New Orleans, Crescent City; Baltimore. Monumental City: Washing- , ton. City of Magnificent Distances; New Haven, City of Klins; Hacine. Wisconsin, I'elle City; I.ittle Hock, City of Hoses; Mobile, Shell City; Kansas City, Mushroomopolis; Lowell, City of Spindles; Minneapolis, City of Flour; Ilolyoke, Massachusetts, Paper City; North Adams, .Massachusetts, the Tunnel City; Peoria, Illinois. Whiskytown; Alton, , Illinois, Tassclburg; I'okin, Illinois, ' Celestial Citv. ! j C'aitgrlil Napping. The following anecdote shows that. if j the guid wife lacked grace, her husband j did not make tip the deficiency: A min- | jstcr of the ' kirk'' of Scotland onei. ; | discovered his wife asleep in the midst, j of his homily oil the Sabbath. So, pans- j < ing in the steady and possibly somewhat 1 monotonous flow of his oratory, he broke ! i forth with this personal address, sharp I j and clear, but very deliberate: "Susan!" j Susan woke up with ft start, and opened | I her eyes and cars in a twinkling, as did | ; all dreamers in the house, whether | asleep or awake. "Susan," he con- I ; tinned, "I didna marry ye for ycr boauty, I < that the hail congregation can sec. And, ! if ye hac not grace, I hue made hut asair I bargain wi1 ye!" ! As a rule prices of butter are much higher in recent years than twenty-five years ago. Cheese is now about ten per cent, higher, as an average. SELECT SIFTINGS. A boy named Forbes, says the Chicago Inter-Ocean, living in liock Falls, was fishing from the dam and hooked a catfish. He was unable to pull it in, and after struggling awhile the fish turned nnd started down stream. The boy went over the dam head first, holding on to the pole, and started for the Mississippi river, the catfish in the lead. Asthey went past the paper mill, gome of the workmen saw the boy in the water and went to his rescue in a boat. They overtook him, and took him into the boat, lie was still holding the pole,and hooked to the line was a cathsh, which they captured. The boy weighed nighty-five pounds, and the cattish thirty-five pounds nine ounces. Thus it is demonstrated that a catfish can get away with more than twice his weight of boy. Be respectful toward others, thereby sol f-rcsnei'.t. TTew Catalogue of Organs. Tho Mason & IIamlin Organ and Piano Company have just issued their new catalogue for the season of 1S84-5. It forma a handsome 4to pamphlet of forty-six pages, and contains illustrations accurately snowing the appearance of all tho styles of organs regularly made by them, with detailed descriptions of the capacity of each; together with quite full mention of tho general modes of construction employed and the great favor with which the organs have been received all over tho world; with accounts of their triumphs at all tho great comparisons of such instruments at World's Industrial Exhibitions for many years; with pictures of medals, decorations and diplomas of honor obtained. In looking over such a catalogue one is forcibly reminded of the magnitude which the business of reed instruments has attained. Twenty-Ave years since only a few were made, under tho name "melodeons," which had not and did not desSerye much favor with musicians, enjoying very limited sale, at S rices varying lrom $40 to $125. Now 80,KJ organs are mado yearly in the United States, which are sold in all civilized countries at prices from $22 to $1,000 or more. This at least may be said to any purchaser of a Mason & Hamlin organ; he will unquestion.ihlv oot the verv best instrument of its class w&icii can b3 niado. Thirty years1 experience is a guarantee of what this company can and will do. They cannot afford to send out poor organs. The present catalogue shows an increased anil vtry complete assortment, both as to cases and capacities. It will be sent free, to any one desiring to see it, on application to the Mason & Hamlin Organ and riano Compino, Boston, New York, or Chicago.?Boston Traveler. A substitute fo.' sand in house plastering is found in sawdust "Yes; I shall brtak the engagement," sh? Bald, folding her arms and looking defiant "it is really too much trouble to converse witl him; he's as deaf as a post, and talks like he had a mouthful of mush. Besides, the waj he hawks and spits is disgusting. "Don l break the engagement for that: tell him t< take Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It will cure him completely." "Well, 111 toll him, I do hate to break it off, for in all other re specte he's quite too charming." Of course it cured his catarrh. There are 75,000 clergymen in the Unitec States. No lady need be without Mrs. Pinkham'i Vegetable Compound because she ia far di? ten*. from drug stores. The proprietors senc it postage pail by mail from Lynn, Mass., It tho form of lozenges or of pills; price, $1 pei box, or six for (5. Send for the "Guide U Health," which gives full particulars. Thebe aro 560 baskets of peaches in a car load. "Delays are Danierona." [f you are pale, emaciated, have a hacking cougn, with night-sweats, spitting of blooc and shortness or breath, you have no time 1x lose. Do not hesitate too long?'till you an past cure; for, taken in its early stages, con sumption can be cured bv tho use of Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery," a; thousands can testify. By druggists. Twenty States and Territories havtf adoptee compulsory education. "Woman and Iler Diseases" is the title of an interesting illustrated treatisi (96 pages) sent, post-paid, for three lettei stamps. Address world's Dispensary Medi cal Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Recent statistics show that there are ii Maine to-day 04,000 farms. rvi?i.ir D A AVVWVT CI / It gives us groat pleasure to state that th( merchant who was reported being at the poin of death from an attack of' pneumonia, ha entirely recovered by the use of Dr. Wm Hall's Balsam for the Lungs. Naturally hi feels grateful for the benefits derived iron using this remedy, for the lungs and throat and in giving publicity to this statement w< are actuated by motives of public benefaction trusting that others may be benefited in i .imilar manner. ' ' nuii(k on Dentist" Tooth l'owder? Smooth, refreshing,harmless,elegant,cleans ing, preservative ana fragrant. 15c. Druggists Butter Bnyera everywhere are refusing to take white, lard] looking butter except at "grease" prices. Con sumers want nothing but gilt-edged butter and buyers therefore recommend their pa trons to keep a uniform color throughout th< year by using the Improved Butter Coloi made by Wells, Richardson & Co., Burling ton, Vt It is the only color that can be reliet on to never injure the butter, and to alwayi give the perfect color. Sold by druggists anc merchants. Mothers. I If you are failing; broken, worn out and ner vous, use "Wells' Health Renewer." $L Drgts I Why suffer longer from Catarrh,Hay-Fevei land cold iu the head? A sure cure is Ely'i IrVoam Rftlm If Ic ?mf o linnirl nrennff nnr iis easily applied. Fifty cents. 1 recommend to those suffering with Hay Fever, Ely's Cream Balm. I have tried nearlj !all the remedies and give this a decided pref erence. It gavo me immediate relief.?C. T. i Stephens, hardware merchant, Ithaca, N. Y, ; The penetrating qualities of petroleum ar< [well known to those who havo any knowledgf of its properties at all, and that is what makes 'it so valuable as a hair producer. Carbolin< is crude oil deprived of its odor and color. licd'iiiiff*, riics. Flies,roaches,an Is, bed-bugs, ratsjnice.chip munks, cleared out by "Kough on Iiats." 15c 23 Cent* Will buy a Treatise ox the Horse and His Diseases Book of 100 pages, valuable to every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken. Kent postpaid. New York House Book Co., 134 Leonard Street. New York city. Young i)len!-Read Tills. THfe Voltaic Bei.t Co., of Marshall, Mich., offer to send their celebrated ElectroVoltaic Belt and other Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days, to men (voung or old) afflicted with nervous debility, loss ol vitality and manhood.and all kindred troubles. Also for rheumatism, neuralgia,paralysis, and many other diseases. Complete restoration to health, vigor and manhood guaranteed. No ,risk is incurred as thirty days trial is allowed. Write them at once for illustrated pamphlet free. Thin People. "Wells' Health Renewer"restores health and vigor, cures, dyspepsia, sexual debility. $1. , Public speakers and singers use Piso's Cure for hoarseness and weak lungs. Steel nails are taking the place of iroc ones. "A Great Victory" Another Wonderful Cure by Hood's Sarsaparilla "In the winter of 1(7? 1 was attacked with Scrofula, id cue of its most aggravating forms. At oaf time I had do less than thirteen targe nbietnei over and around my neck and throat, continually eiudln* an offensive maes of bloody matter, disuiistiiiK to behold and almost Intolerable to endure. ll la impossible to fully describe iny sufferings, as the caso wascumplicated with Chronic Catarrh. Alter three j?ini of misery, having been treated by three physician!, I was worse tliao ever. Finally, on the recommendation of \V. J. Hunt!e;, druggist, of Lnckport, 1 was induced to try Hood Sarsapanlla. And now, after having taken twelve Dottier, within the last twelve months, the scrofulous ernp lions Ii.itu entirely ceased, and the abscesses hate all disappeared, except the ui<>tit:l)tt>' scars, which &r? daily Incoming 'smaller by degrees and beautifully leu.' 1 do not know what it may have done fur others, but 1 do know that in my case Hood's Sarsaparilla has proved an effective specific indeed. As an evidence of my gratitude 1 r.end these facts unsolicited, and 1 am rraily to verify the authenticity of this euro by personal correspondence with any one who doubts it."?CHARLES A. Koiiekts. Ilasl Wilso.i. X. V. The above rure >s fully endorsed by W.J. Huntley, the well-kin wn drugnist. of l.ockport, N. Y., who cafis it "A Groat Victory" fur Hood's Sarsaparilla 8old by all drueiruK $1: six for $i. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD ? CO.. Apothecaries. Lowell, Mast. 100 Doses On?J>ollar NOTICE! We are prepared to furnish Hrj'.-cla-s imperial size PHOTOGRAPHS OK BLAINE AND LOGAN AND Ol-" CLEVELAND AND HENDRICKS, At one dollar and a half per hundred, or at twelrndol lars and a lulf per thousand by express, on receipt of the money or postal ord -r. Wn will alio furnish tliert Kingly by mail on receipt of tlir?'f cciUk III ?ttlinp*i or two tor livu centx, or all four for I en cents, CIIKSKIiltOl CII .1I.\NUF.\(-'TI'KIN(? CO.. 21 JMntejSireot, New York l.'ily. /KSS. SLTF.IlFLUOrS HAIR, Jloleii W'nrtn, Freckle*, .Until viz* Z?-ir Eruptions. Scars, and all DieJH*1 ft I'Kiirements and I in per (odious of th<l jv* ? #?,., Face, Hands and Feet, mid their treat. ment, byDr. .John H. Woodbury, 37 N. fi.'^" IVarl.St.,Albany.N'.Y.Sendluc.forbook. m sen. i'a \ 4 l.ilu acuolarnulp in ttii G jyv tfti Coleman Unhiiicm College. Ad U H Nmvurk, Si-W Jernrf. Positions InJ rs""aff <&^r era<luiit?>s. National pitrona<{?. writl ior C'nculara to 11. CULKMA-X A CO, Greenback i |(M) for <>v.?r>* SIO vim intcl. Soml stump fur pin irulnmtu \V. I-'AS lilt HX. Lnimwtwit? Alalia in;:. I CARU Tt'lftfruiiliy or *llo>'t llttilil nuilType I CHUN W iiiuiK liere. Situation!! furnished. Aililri^s V -M KSJINK Ultns., JitDOavilly, Wn AGENTS WANTED7S?V,S^? J. M. MUKHAY, Publinh^r, Elizabeth, N. J. 40.piRo ?UIpk"" free. Send & i for taiaplw worlti 85' VUfc.NTS WANTED for t?i? new fat-t-soliint; urii den. Samples free. 0. E. Marslmll. Luckport.N.Y. i*ENO for circular Plympfon Kink K?ller Skates. ^ >:|1AS. I. AUHD'l 1'. ImTMli avu., N. V. City. ij-a t<>N I licr* X lloirs. Snnrt stamp r'fiffiGil/SS'JC '"r 1 irctilan. COI,. I,. blNi. 1 Iipfl8dll?rla<3 HAM. Ai.r?, Wa^huiRfiin, D. U ftj CURES WHERE All ElSE FAILS. fiT tfi Bestt'ouicliSyrup. Tastes go<Kl. H ^3 Use In tune. Sold by druggists. iflHpi v$mk\%?/d ?! D fl ffl A H A AJ1 i)l.'ll 13 0 A11 ilIITISASPECIFICI IT 13RELIABLE ialft "la onrl"f Kidney It Liver ym^&Brighvs Dis-* Troubles, " J^?th?B?ck,Lola3 Bladder, TTrlnery Woral<Iee|Betca. ad Liver Diseases, /'Jon or IToa-j Dropsy, Onvelmd T^E^S?tontloa.of, Dlabetsi. ik iMJgriM. ' HIGHLY recommended. It euree Biliousness, Hesdache, Jatmdioe, Son#' v Btomash, Dyspepsia, Constipation andPflse./ IT WORKS~PROMPTLY and oures Intemperance, Nervous Disasse*, General Debility, Excesses aad Pemale Weakness. USE itaTonce. It restores the KIDNEYS, LIVER and BOWELS, to a healthy action and CTTEES when all other medicines ?kll. Hundreds have been saved who have boen given np to die by friends and physicians. Price $1.25. Send tot Illustrated Pamphlet to HUNT'S BEHEDY CO., Prorldcnee, B. L I SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS* HUNT'S (Kidney aud Liver) REMEDY, sncoarages sleep, creates an appetite, braces up thfl Ijstom, and renewed health U tua result. K Y M U-4Q JfiJX LIUIH ? riiiMinm 11 VEGETABLE COMPOUND 'W^sS IS A POSITIVE craErOB*#* \4r>yja AM those palnfal Complilata ??nd Weaknesses ?o common * * * * t? our bwt # % # ? FEMALE P0PUL1TI05. ? ' PrU? $1U liquid, pin *r laumf* term ' 7U purpose U toUlg for the legitimate healing at diteau and the rtlltf of pain, and that it doe* a11 it claimt to do, thousands of ladles can Qladly testify. It will cure entirely <11 Ovarian troubles, Tnflsntrna? tlon and Ulceration, Falling and Displacement*, and consequent Spinal Weakness, mid is particularly adapted to the chango of life. It removes Falntne.*.', Flatulency, destroys all cistbv l for stimulant), and relieves Weakness of ttao Stomach. It cure* Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, J General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression and Indlgestion. That reeling of bearing down, causing pain, and backache. Is always permanently cured hylta use, > Send sump to Lynn, Haes., for pamphlet. Letters of ' inquiry cooiMenttally answered. For saleatdruggiet*. 1 EiSSISmlawS : EMBiMaiaaaaaF ' THE SURE CURE 1 ? POE ? ? KIDNEY DISEASES, LIVER COMPLAINTS, \ CONSTIPATION, PILES, ) AND BLOOD DISEASES. | PHYSICIANS ENDORSE IT HEARTILY. | H "Kidney-Wort la the moat luooewfiil remedy I ever used." Dr. ?, C. Ballon, Monktoa, VU "Kidney-WortUalwaysreliable." Dr. E. 21. Clark, 80. Hero, Vt. [ "Kidney-Wort has enred my w i& after two yeare , nfbrlng." Dr. C. M. SnmniwrUn, Ban Hill, Qa. ? IN THOUSANDS OP CASES It haa onred where all elae had felled. ItiamUd, bntoffldont, CESXAIN IX ITS ACTION, bat ' 1i*rm!nea In all cases. 3 tyitclesnecstke Bleed eedStreegtheiieeei lire* New Life to all the Important organ* of . the body. Tho natural action of the Xldneya U 1 restored. The liver U cleansed of all disease, and the Bowols move freoly and healthfully. In this way tho wont diseaece are eradicated from the system. ______ a J FUICE, *L00 LIQUID OB DKT, SOLD BT DBDflOm. r Dry can bo sent by mail. WEULS.'lilCHARDSOX A C0.3BrUnrt?i> Vt. \ DR. DAVID j % : KENNEDY'S ; * ^ 0 R/fy REMEDY For the Cnre of Kidney and Llnr Com* . | plaints, Constipation, and all ^disorder! arising from an impure stave 01 uio suvw. To women who suffer from any of the ilia peco? 7 liar to their sox it is an unfailing friend. All Drnni*ts. One Dollar a bottle, or address Sr. , DaTid Kennedy, Bondout,N. Y. . I A LADY'S EVIDENCE. I From PiUtfieli {Matt.) Eagle. Mrs. Pearce wan completely cured of Kidney i complaint by the nse or Olt. KBNNEDY'3 FA1 VOKITE REMEDY. This medicine proves a real * blesslnc to women who suffer from any of the ilia > peculiar to the sex. flBfflEra&GOOD NEWS - 12 LADIES! i .... Greatest iiutucaments ?f?r ?i fared. Now's your lime to rjt ap r orders for our calsbrnWd Teas aadCollees.andsocureabeaotl* ? fol Gold Band or Moss Uom China I J^OaSaSSB Tea Set, or llscdsom* D*ccrat?d Goln Jinri'i aiom lines Dintmr Sot, or U?ld Band Mom D?e?nted Toilet get. For fnii n.irticalars addrass THK t.lib'AT AMEKJCAN TEA CO., r _P. O. Koi 2J5. _S1 and S3 Vcaejr St.. H?? ToHc. AGEiVTS WANTED for the urss ?f BLAINE & I CLEVELAND & , , LOGAN, HENDRICKS, , Inl Vol. BtT. YV. Kffoxl In 1 Vol. by Ho*. A. Bai.xuk. Authnrind. Authentic, impartial Comrlete, the Best and } Chm/xti. flit >eadius Ctmpsi^n l>ook?of ]S84. OuUtllaU * otber?10tol. urraili thoitiiml in preu. E?eh rol., 50# ptifi, JI.50. SO percent. In A_-int?. Outfit Frte. Frrickt* paiit. t Ajeou earn 110 to 12.5 a d?y. Now 1> tha time to make money fait Send for Extra Term*. at one*, to UAKTFokD Pl'ULXSHI.NU CO., Hartford, Conn. A icnli Wanted for tlia Best and Kaxtest-celUag IX Pictorial books and Bibles. Prices reduced 33 par cent. XariO.VAL PcUMSHtSO Co., Philadelphia. Pa. 1 TEN PER CENT. INTEREST. HIKST MOIiTC.UJES ON l.m'ltOVKO AND .**KI.El"FICD i-AU.1l PKOPKIITV. Corapk-ta abstract and *ti*ranly of tit 10 accompany, in* e?cn mortmain. Interest anil principal payable fa New Vork City or forwarded promptly to lendi-ra address. Tin experience of :!0yesr* aho-*s that tVreU noailar or betur invettroent than goov fcr.n mort? tages. \V? hare nn?er lost a dollar. Salt River Valley Land Improvement Co. W. S. LOOAN. Attornoy, GO Wall St., New York. irfXD^ LADY AGENTS permanent ? employment aua gooa w:u; i^WAjp>otkrx3i* Belliiiit Queen City Hklruir.d fiBSansPV'IS?!* HioeUlnsHiipporierteic. f?ami 1 pie outrtt free. Address 4)ucra i ^CLfyfampcadefC'o.,cunUjnU.a |% A TPtlTfl Si-nd stamp for oar New Boole on rlk 3 I" & 8 Patent*. L BINGHAM, Pat* I M 9 klU I %j> .;nt Lamer. Washington, D. O. Mniriinony?All responsible pirtiesdesirlncoirrss pondents tor ainutuuiftntor matrimony si-n 11 .'c. for 1 copy "WuddiDK Bells." 1\ O. Boi2,629, Boston, Ma*. FOK n gvenlly improved BflflHflftrTf write w"b?iami>l<iS. Hutch- M W ? K;j? Wjf * lnso:i. (iricqiville, I'ikeCo.. III. 2*39819 <t5 7W t/ADIPOPri C P?ln!rss ?nr? cnr?. Hook lr?? nfiluUubLb Cititii Kiacr, imfdiuu y[ Catatj a Hf hayfevekI i"> afflicted for iWI^XLY'S^WI twenty years during the W^TCPCA li RMW^ months or Angus! ?nd o.P1s<ptember- wltb Hs' I IN I tried vinooi UWB^Cn."n _ HFflnl remedies without relief. . Uj A 1 "" ioduced to try fH/y FEVER ^jgf Ely'sCceam Balm; hare y aSe(^ il 'aTOr,lb'# ^ l? y <y?<5" njl results, sod eta eonfl. HP / T^njjM dently recommend It to all.?Robert W. TownBS?C^^*4Cream Itnlm I* a \vO |i ?* I remedy founded on a I ^ 'J ccrrrct diagnoslsof flits ' D " ^ I*"^ *P* ^*5 diiiiiZM anu can bo .J*. HAT-r.tVtSt pendeJ upon. frw. ftt drucciftts: <50j. hy mail* Swtn^'9 bottle by mail, 10c. El* l)riiitci?:?, O.?e?o, N. Y. MASON & HAMLIN i styles ORGANS s,"oI? HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL GREAT WORLD'S EXHIBITIONS FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS. Only American Organ* A wnrded aucliat any. For Cash, Easy Payments or Rented. UPRIGHT PIANOS | pre?entinf very lilglirat oxrellencc yet nttnlneri j id aufib instruments; adding to a'! pretioua ImprxTr. I ments one of <jrea:?r vs!uo than any. . curing pure, refined, musical tones an 1 incn>a>od durability; I especially avoiding liability to jet ojt o! tune. Iltus j trated Catalogues free. : Mason & Hamlin Organ ana FianoCo., i Boaton, lu4 Treinont St.; N.Ynrk.lG E. 14th St.; I'lilnico, l-l!) Wubusli Ave. / 2?>"ck.N'rriS \^ Every Farmer and Horseman should own a book descriptive of the Horse, and the Diseases -J* to which the noble animal is liable, that sickness may be rcc- > ognized in its incipiency and i relief promptly afforded. Our book should be in the hands of every Horse owner.as the knowledge it contains may be worth hundreds of dollars ut any moment. If you want to know all about your Horse, how to Toll his Ago, how to Shou him, etc., send 25c. in stamps, and rcccive 1 the book, post-paid, from NEW YORK HOHSE BOOK COMPANY, 134 Iconar' S!.. N, Y. City. J