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SHE DOES NOT KNOW CHICKEN FROM TURKEY,'" Helene is the handsomest girl of her race; She's an elegant form and an exquisite face, And she dresses with i?erfeetly consummate grace. But she doesn't know chicken from turkey She knows many languages, living and dead In science and fiction is very well read. But she cannot cook meat, and she canno make bread And she doesn't know chicken from tur key. She can play a "Fantasia" or "Nocturne" with skill: Can sing up to " B"?has a wonderful trill; Can write a story or sonnet, but still She doesn't know chicken from turkey. She's been up the Tilter, the Rhine and the Nile; She's a j ainter in every popular style? full r-liili!! :i 1 itilnllo ill'? till*? But she di icsn't know chicken from turkey. She's always self->atisfied. graceful and < <k>1: A critic. l><?tii just ami correct, as a rule: And knows every stitch of the Kensington School. But she doesn't know chicken from turkey She can work a design l?y Leasing or Burt; But she cannot cut out for her children skirt. Or make for her husband a well-fitting shirt? She di esn't know chicken from turkey. I'm willing a girl should read Latin and Greek: Should German and French and Italian sjteak: Ar.d !>e " up" in the latest ;vsthetical freak. If she only knows chicken from turkey. I'd like her in music and song to take i>art: Read poetry, science, and cultivate art. If husband and children were first in her heart. And if she knew chicken from turkey? Knew barley from rice, knew a tart from a I'ie: A boil from a stew, a broil from a fry: And if she went into the market to buy, Knew very well chicken from turkey. For. to make a home happy, all knowledge must blend: Art. science and service their benefits lend: TJ.r.t, in.i;. < mil! wis>>. condescend To know a fx nit chicken and turkey. ?Lillic K. Burr, in the Continent. ' An olii saying for a roor housewife. "the BTG-MN;*' The proverbial straw liad broken , the metaphorical < am si's back. The , patience of Charlotte Urantome, j usually equal to the exigencies of the j o -casion, was exhausted. The twins, j :is a matti r of course, were the cul-J prit% They,"however. With the com- , placencv natural to buys of six or thereabouts, were indifferent to the tempest of despair which raged in their Aster's breast. They had con- , siderately refrained from adding deceit | to their guiii, but had confesstd, fully j and unreservedly, to rilling the canary's j nest, to tearing a jacket, and losing a . hat down the well, to eating the straw-! berries that were saved for supper, and | to < ati hing the.r mast faithful hen with a fishhook. That fishhook repre- J sented the straw; Charlotte the camel. | She could have l ome anything better I than downright cruelty developed so j early in one of her own blood. She ! never was a Ik y. " And a man was here," went on Popsey; "a big man," volunteered) "Wopsey, the other twin. " And he . asked us about evt-rything. and we said | our niotl.er wasn't very well and our J sister was a old maid school-ma'am." ^Charlrtte win< ed. Where had he ! picked up that expression? And had it come to that? "You must not talk to strange men Wjout mother or me. What did he want V" ? He wanted to see you." . "Me?" Visions of of tramps, spying burglars, only they had nothing to " burgle," as Popsey had said one day, . came into her mind. "llowdidhe look?" "He was beautiful," "He was dreadful," said the twins in duet. Further questioning elicited these facts: II e was young; he was old ;i lie was short; he was tall; he wore lip b.'trl a mustache, and OpV.V/lUVA\,u , *?v ? j was a bug-man. In the last and crowning fa< t the boys agreed. Practice had made Miss Brantome a tolerable clairvoyant, so far as reading those two small minds was concernid. She jumped at the conclusion that some wandering naturalist chasing an elusive bug had chanced that way, and gave the subject no more attention. She had other things to think of than "bug-men" or any men, and the problems of how to provide a new hat for Wopsey and how to instill | . remorse into the hearts of her charges Sitting down on the low doorstep of tie house that had been home to her for si\ and twenty happy years she tried to reason it out. The sun was yet high, the (lays were at their longest. Jiehind her flowed the tireless river; in front of her, across the prairie, the hills were green. In the field of rye over the way gleamed a s large white wooden cro>s. Her grand- j father, in whose veins flowed some of the blue blood of France, had bought) a home in this Western country when ; the remnant of an Indian tribe had ! still property to sell. The deed of sale j provided for the preservation of their j little burying-ground. The grain> grew thick around, but the tiny vil- j lage of the dead was never disturbed j by spade or plow. Old Pierre, however, had never pros-! pered. Neither did Pierre the younger; ! and (n night, when riding home, his j horse shied in the moonlight and i threw him with his head against a stone; he left no legacy but the homestead and a debt to his wife and children. There was a gap of twenty { years between Charlotte and the twin babies, and she really had a third in- j fant on her hands, lor the mother was , nothing more useful than that after her husband's death. She was not! feeble-minded exactly, but pa nl'ully ! gentle?strange and unaccountable. tnariotte snouiuereu n<r Duruens i with a brave lieart. Her French accent?for (Jrandfather lirantome's blood h;td never filtered through Canada?brought lur employment in a school in the town near by. The long walks ba -k and forth kept the roses blooming in her cheeks, the boys were ^ pood?sometimes?and she, being busy, '^^ashapj.y. It requires leisure to be successfully miserable. i Ti e burying-gr >und typified to her i ihe "daily martyrdom of private life." ! VAnd now. looking at it, her heart grew j "v\ight. The new hat would cost but a ' ^Axitie. Surely there were more straw-. berries ripe in the garden, the canary j we uld lay more eggs, the jacket could f be mended, and old Speckle had proved ' superior to the fish-hook. J3ut what could the boys ba scream-. ing about? "The bug-man! the bug-man:" they j were shouting, trotting toward her ! with all their might on their sandy j little feet. It was certainly strange. | Why should a stranger call twice? , That he should come once was not sur- j prising?but twice? " We showed him your photograph," I said Popsey, " and he said you didn't lock like a old maid a bit." "And he said." went on the other ! terrible infant without a pause, "wasn't ! we proud to have such a nice sister he j wished he had and he had such a lot ' of bugs he puts tlieiu to sleep with I medicine and sticks pins through 'em and he has a gold watch and he let us | wind it up and we told him to come i again some more ;ind here he is?" Charlotte was speechless, but in some way she found herself rising to her feet to gre<*t a gentleman who was c?' taking oil" his hat to her and bowing with a grace which even Grandfather , Brantoine would have approved. i " Miss Brantome, I believe." She acquiesced in silence. " I am gathering materials for an : \ historical work, and was directed to I you for information concerning the ! antiquities of this region. And I j might as well say now that I have ! references and all that sort of thing." i " Then you are not?" She stopped; he smiled. " Nj, I am not exactly a bug-man. j ? as these little fellows have called me, although I must ] lead guilty to a slight j leaning in that dire.tion. Yet just now I would joyfully part with the biggest bugs of my collection if in exchange I muht examine your grandfather's papejs. j - He was so gracefully genial that one > 5 could no more b3 absurdly digniKe 1 j with him than with the golden robin < I singing on the Indian cross. i w-\ " AVill you walk in ?" "I will sit out here instead if you will permit me." So Popsey and AVopsey dragged a chair and then stood motionles. and wonder-eyed, listening to the talk of discovery and adventure. They did not understand it very well until the conversation turned to Indian lore. Indians and bears they could comprehend. Then the mother, attracted by a strange voice, drew near the dour in her melancholy, wavering way. "The postmaster's wife thought that La Salle was an Indian chief," Charlotte was saying, " and she had heard of Father Marquette, but supposed him the priest down at La Paz.'' " I met a woman the other day who thought a herbarium was a bug," remarked .Mr. Duncan. Then they laughed. But everything comes to an end. The boys began a dumb show behind. the stranger's hack to indicate 10 uieir sister that they were perishing of hunger; so she" let the conversation lag in order to end the call. ' Come tomorrow and seethe papers if you like," she said. " It will b;; Saturday, and I shall be at home to answer questions." lie thanked her and withdrew, jumping over the rail fence which skirted the field of rye in order to get a near view of the cross, on which not one, but a dozen, golden robins were holding a vesper conclave. And the tea-kettle was soon singing in the Brantcme kitchen a song as gay as | that of the robins, and Charlotte was | not her usual careful self as she picke t the strawberries for tea. "Half of them green," said the disgu-tt d Wopsey. " \Spect she' thinking of the bug-man." * * * * * * It certainly was astonishing how much consulting the Brantome manuscripts needed. And, to >, Mr. Duncan required so much assistance. It was "Miss Brantome, will you kindly read this list while I copy it?" or, "Miss Charlotte, really I can't make out whether this is an e or an i," all the while. Grandfather* lJrantome would have begun to inquire as to marriage settlements and Scot-h pedigrees had he been alive to see those chestnut lucks, innocent 01 oangs, unci that dark mustache in such dangerous proximity. It was the old story?two young heads bending over the same page. Xo word of love had passed. All was on a strictly business basis, the history of the missions of the Northwest the objective aim. But at last there was no excuse for lingering longer. The hills across the prairie were red and gold, the robins had fled, and the grain around the little burying-ground cut and stowed away. Charlotte was walkinghouie as usual. Far away in t!ie road two moving dot; appeared, which developed into the twins as they came nearer. Tears were cutting briny furrows down their nut very clean cheeks. Hysterical sobs alone came l'roui their mouths as they tried to speak, but finally sisterly intuition eliminated these words from the c'::aos: " Mother has runned away ! She said she would if we didn't stop pounding. and we didn't, ;ind she has runned!" That poor mother! She had made the same threat a hundred tin es before, but had been pacified. "Which way? Tell me quickly," tliinfcinrr of tli? river so tireless and so cruel. 4 She runned up the railroad track." Xo more words were needed. Back of the garden was the branch railway from La Paz. The evening train was nearly due. Leaving the twins to toddle after a; well as they could in their exhausted state she ran. Han? She dew. The bright invalid shawl was a beacon. Mrs. Brantome sat upon the track, idly playing with some yellow flowers. Charlotte knew her patient well. " Mother." she said, it is late, and the boys are calling, and you must feed the chickens." The mother shook her head. Persuasion was no persuader. Then Charlotte scolded. Alike useless. Then, as a last re>ort, she used a gentle force. A failure. Sit there and pull those yellow llowers to pieces? that the poor unbalanced woman would do, nothing else. In Heaven's name what was to b:; done? Those who have had experience know the strength of the insane. The train whistled for the crossing a mile away, and just then, some guardian angel guiding him, James Luncan jumped the fence, a wet handkerchief in his hand. Blessings unon the medicine which subdued the bugs! It subdued this poor woman in a moment, and he had lifted her out of danger before the train rushed past. Then he explained. He had been copying the inscription on the Indian's tombstone as the boys went screaming by. He gathered enough from their incoherent words to learn what the matter was. The chloroform idea was simply an inspiration. "How can I repay you?" asked weteyed Charlotte, as tiie party, boys, mother, and all, were walking back. "By making over to me Pierre Brantome's manuscripts?and his granddaughter. 1 can never write the history without her." "Well," softly, "in the cause of science?perhaps." And this is how it came to pass that the boys marched up the church aisle before* the robins came again with Charlotte and the bug-man.?Flora L. Stanjield. A Mountain Alligator. William Blackheath, who hasjustreturned l'ro:u a six-months' sojourn in Arizona, lias brought to the Comstock the skin of what he, for want of a better name, calls a Gila monster, but which is evidently that of a saurian of a different species. 'J lie skin now measures seven fe.t from tip to tip, and it has evidently shrunk some inches in drying. Though altout the color of an ordinary Ciila monster, the reptile is evi iently a kind of inland crocodile, or, more properly, cayman, as it had not the webbed feet of the crocodile. The strange saurian was found in a small valley in the Wheatstone mountains. When alive it stood two feet high, and its b;>dy, just back of its fore-legs, was over three feet in circumference. The creature was as savage as a bulldog, ana as full of tight j as a viper. It was found by the dogs of .Vr. 1 Mack heath and partner. When the men arrived at the haunt of the reptile?to which they were attracted by the fierce and peculiar barking of their dogs, three in number?they found that one dog had already been killed and the others were badly cut up and covered with blood. The | creature displayed sueh activity and j was so diabolically vicious that thetwo i prospectors feared to go near it. being j armed with nothing better than a pros-1 pecting pi k and a shovel with a short j handle. Finally the thing got one of the j dogs by the foreleg, and limling that it ] held nn like a terrier, with no sign of I loosing its hold, Mr. lilackheuth ran! forward and struck his pick into its I head. Even then the reptile held on. ! and it was not until it had been struck j several blows with the pole of the pick j that its jaws relaxed and it gave up j the ghost. When the dog was released j it was found that the f?>re!eg had been ; broken at a point about two inches j above the knee. Mr. Blackheatli says he has met with several creatures known as Gila 1 mongers that were two feet and two and a half feet in length, but never < before or since saw, or even suspected j the existence of one so large as that whose skin he possesses. It was a ' surprise to Jill the white men in that ; section, but some of the Iniians as- i serted that far south in the Sierra Madre mountains they ha I seen some that were ;is large or larger. I'nfortunately in Haying the saurian, Mr. Blackheath's only idea was ; to have the hide tanned and made j into boots and gaiters, therefore he did not preserve the feet, otherwise j the skin might be stuffed and mounted by a taxidermist, ile says the teeth of the ereaturrs were over an inch in ' length, were sharp as needles, and in shape resembled the ceetli of a shark, j ? Yirjinia City (iVep.) Enterprise. >"ew York eats $5,000,000 worth (f oysters a year, Philadelphia $:3,500,000, and Boston $1,750,000. >V" ' DRIVEN TO CANNIBALISM. HOW SIB EDWARD COURTNEY'S BODY CAME TO BE EATEN. An Occnn Horror I)ntin<r Bnck to the Sciioy Ilel>ellion--Tlilrtcen 1.1 von Snvc.'l by tlic I>? a?l--A Glmstly Story. Dr. Sebastian "Warring is a line old English gentleman, who resigned his position ten years ago as physician to the (Juecn's army, and came to America, where his children had settled. Dr. Warring selected a home in HufTalo, X. Y? where he lives In ease and luxury, surrounded by his children and his children's children. The old gentleman is eighty-six years of age, bill his minii has lost none of its vigor, and his conversational powers are as brilliant and entertaining as ever. "While in the government service the doctor's life was a succession of thrilling adventures. He was present during the fiercest engagements of the Sepoy reliclTon in Inrli:i in lSnli. nnil is brim full of interesting reminiscences and thrilling adventures which occurred during the dark days in India. "While in Louisville, Kv., recently, Dr."Wa: ring ' told a Commercial reporter ji thrilling i-tory. "I told it," he said, "twenty years ago to a newspaper man in Louden, and the article traveled the rounds of the press all over the Continent. It happened during the .Sepoy revolt in Farther India, and the date of the narrative commences with September, 1857. The Sepoys had risen in arms, and were bidding open defiance to the power of the English armies. The native J-inglishmen, who had gone to India in the delusion of suddenly becoming independently rich, were hewn to the ground by the relentless swords and battle-axes of the savage natives, i "Wives and babes were tied to the stake and made to-undergo the most sickening tortures. The extermination continued until hardly an Englishman was left in the country. A few took refuge in the jungles, where the wild beasts of the forests were less to be feared than the inhuman cruelty of the natives. With this state of altars in one of her recently-obtained dominions England began preparations for war. Beside the regularly enlisted aimy there were thousands who volunteered to go, and among them some of the best blood of England. The one whom th:s story mostly concerns was Sir Edward Courtney, a relative of the illustrious General Francis llavelock, Vn/rlieli r> r\ m rv? o Wir urv i viuuitmuvi. ?-'*i Edward was young, then in his twentyfourth year, but a brave and gallant man, and afterward a noble oillcer, full of judgment and courage. After a tempestuous voyage, during which many died, a landing was made on the southern coast of India and the next day the forces of the English were drawn up on the shore, and the march for the interior commenced. The route le.l through rugg d mountain steeps and low marshy valleys, and on every side the journey was beset with attacks from the enemy concealed in ambush. After wandering over hills until provisions were almost exhauste', a council of war was hel I. Sir Edward Courtney was present and advised that the army be broken up in divisions and sub-divisions, and a raid made on every town in the country, lie himself would lead one of the companies. "The plans were adopted, and the army separated in divisions Sir Edward rode in command of '2,000 and ltd an attack on Calcutta. Early in the day he was carried mortally wounded from the battlefield. A heavy missile had struck him in the head and kno ked him unconscious to the ground, lie was taken to a camp near Calcutta, and afterward removed to one of the ships, where he breathed his last just twenty-four hours after he had received his wound. It was his dying wish that his body should l>e taken to England for burial. Ilis relatives and friends lived there, and he had promised bis mother, on# of the royal ladies of the court, that he would return to England either dea 1 or alive. It was hard to comply with the request. The enemy put forward a stubborn and bold front All of the men were neede 1 in the engagements. It was, however, agreed that a small craft should be fitted up to carry the remains back to Kngland. The boat was to be manned by sixteen men, anil I was assigned t.> the preparation and care of the body during the voyage. Two days later everything was ready to sail. The remains we.e safely packed in gin and spices, and enough provisions were on board to last during the trip, provided we did not lose our course or become disable I at sea. We set sail one bright, sunny morning, with Captain lledding in command. " The .Southern ocean seemed to smile from its blue, coral depth-;, and everybody agreed that the voyage had been begun under favorable circumstances ; and, notwithstanding the sad mission of our sea journey, the best of spirits prevailed, ah went wen unui on the night we readied the Cape of Good Ilojie. The clouds were charged with thunder and lightning. The winds roared in our ma ts. Nothing could he done. It was a fearful night, ;ind no one on hoard even hoped to see the light of another sun. After the storm had cleared away we drifted, God knows whither, without rudder to guide or sails to propel. Three of our men had been swept overboard and swallowed up in the gurgling sea. We were alone on the ocean, helpless, and with but a limited supply of provisions. Our (raft drifted westward and to tlinorth. Our only hope was t<> hai some passing steamer, and thus b:* saved from the fate of starvation and a watery grave. " The most*thrilling part of my narrative is to come yet. We had prob ililv* hfti-n ci>!> ii iiinTit.il \'n ?i(rnc MWV ,/w " "w ''v ol' land or no godsend in the way of a steamer had flecked the liori on. The provisions grew scantier by the day. Fin >lly nothing was left but a few crusts of bread. I had a private fund of edilles which I had packed securely in my chest, and of which th? sa'lors knew nothing. Starvation knocked at our doors. Two days we drifte I, with nothing to satisfy the terrible i hunger of our stomach. Matters ) reached a desperate turn. Something j must 1 e done, or we would all perish ! with hunger. Th.' captain and I tried to put on a bold front. We encouraged the men to resist the gnawing in their stoma h a while longer, and looked forward to a brighter day. j It was a sad picture to see those men perched upon the elevations 011 the boat, gazing in vain over the briny deep in search of something which might bring relief. One day we noticed that the men said nothing. We 1 knew they were pinched almost to 1 death with hunger, and wondered why ! they had ceasid to complain. That!' night the mystery was explained. A ; fmir tiniips! T lisiJ r<<tiri>il T 1 aroused by a vigorous knocking at niv I dour, and upon awakening inquired the cause of the unusual noise. " We want the keys to the chest in 1 which Courtney's body is preserved," ! was the response. "I arose from my bunk and hurriedly dressed and i nine out to ask what it all meant. ' It means,' said j one of the men. 'that we are dying with hung-r, and have determined to eat the remains of the dead passenger. I remonstrated and called the captain. He threatened his men with punishment, and drew a long saber to defend the keys to the chest where Courtney's remains were incased, with his life But it was of no use. The men were !-?-1 1 T time* i'/\r>n?j/1 f,i ! UeUTIIUIieil, tiuii j. it <VJ iuii-vn UV. v.v, . liver over the keys. "The <aptain and I stood by and saw the horrible least of the seamen. First they drew the gin which covered the body. Th's was strained and put away in jars, to be used with their . victuals of human llesh. The body was divided between them. The captain and I were each proffered an arm. j The poor creatures devoured tin; meal, voraciously. When the llesh had been gnawed from the bones they were pla-ed in the chest to be buried after we had reache l our destination, if such a hope could be entertained. Two days elapsed and gaunt starvation again visited our little ship. The llesh of j i the dead Courtney had been consumed and not a fragment remained as an evidence. I shuddered when I thought that the next step would he to draw lots to determine who should be slaughtered to satisfy the common hunger. The step, however, was never a taken. After sailing, as we thought, almost an age, we drifted in sight of an English trading vessel. "We hailed her, and two hours after we were all on board and rea ly to sail for England. We had drifted almost 2,00'J miles frcm where the storm came upon us. AVe arrived at our destination safe, and each man attended the solemn mass which was said over the bone< of the gallant Edward Courtney, whose ilesh had been devoured to satisfy the rapacity of hunger, and had saved the lives of thirteen men." Savage Swimmers. The savage races who live upon island, or dwell along the banks of rivers or on the ocean coast are always expert swimmer?.. Xone are more so than the Caribbees, who one would think were born 011 the water. They swim like iisk, the women being as skilled as the men. When a canoe overturns, which is ;i verv common occurrence. as they carry to;> much sail, they lose absolutely none of their baggage, and as far as being drowned, that is something never heard of. At these times the mother is seen swimming about, surrounded by her babies and children like so many young ducks. Sometimes, with their babies in their arms, they support themselves in the water, while the men bail the boat and put' it to rights. Humboldt, in his " Picturesque Views of the Cordilleras," speaks of tiie swimming couriers who maintain a post communication between the siiores of the South Pacific and province of Jam de Brancamoros. Indians are employed who, during two days, descend the river Uuancahainba or Chamaya, and afterward the Amazon river as far as Tomependa. Before he commits himself to water the courier wraps the few letters with which he is charged monthly sometimes in a handkerchief and again in a specie of gu.iyaco or pair of drawers, which he arranges in the form of a turban on his head. In the turban he carries a large knife, both for defense and to aid him in cutting his way through the forests. The (Juancabamba is not navigable, owing to the number of its falls and rapids. These the postman passes on land, taking to the water as soon as they are passed. To aid him in swimming lie is sometimes provided witlra light piece of wood, generally the trunk of the bombax. Sliarks and crocodiles and other ferocious monsters of the de:p are frequently encountered, but savages become so expert in the water that they are more than a match for them. Mingo Park was once swimming across the Niger with his negro servant, when a huge crocodile arose and grabbed the negro by the thigh, these animals having a peculiar love for negro llesh. lie would doubtless have crushed and torn it off with his gigantic jaws had not the negro been as good a diver and swimmer as the crocodile. Turning around he dashed hi-; thumbs into the animals eyes and tore them out. The crocodile relinquished his hold and beat a hasty retreat with a terrific roar of pain. The African Slave Trade. An officer on board the sailing schooner Undine, Lieutenant and Commnnrter TT.-nrv MrA. Cutlield. em p'oyed ia suppressing the slave trade in Mozambique channel, writing under recent date, says: " We are having a lively time, I can assure you, with 103 poor, miserable, I half-starved wretches on bourd, eighty of them women and children, and for the most part children from eighteen months to t en years old, and one only I four days old. The dhow that they . came to .Johanna in was sixty-three | tons, so they were packed like sardines. She was caught by our boat that was ! left behind lor ninety-six days, and I am sorry to say one of our poor fel-, lows died of fever in her. Tluse slaves were kidnaped about 200 miles south of Mozambique, brought down to the coast and shipped ofT to Johanna as a speculation, as the sugar crop is i just coming on. Some of the children J have b:-en t:iken care of by the women, j Two little chaps the men look after j are housed in a biscuit box, and they ! cry lustily if taken out of it. Theye.it j all day and nearly all night. One old ! woman became insane after she was 1 taken out of the dhow, and she has a i baby with her. The poor old woman is j tier! down to nrevent her eroiner over-1 board in a fit, of which she has had sev- j eral. Every morning all are stripped j and tlie fi;e-hose played on them in-j discriminate!)', and don't they want it! j Luckiiy we liave beautiful weather this trip, and a strong, fair wind. .Some would be certain to die if we had a spell of bad weather, as we have only the upper ile-k for them to lie on. The night we took them on board they were so crumped and weak that only ! about twenty could walic. The rest, were passed in one after the other, j and then stowed in rows for the night, j One hundred and twenty pounds of, rice, trea le and sweet \ otatoes were cooked at one;1. When they saw it j they went hands and feet into it, and j fought and bit, and each did everything : that could be done to get a little more i than another. It was really a most j distressing sight. We should, I think, ] capture three times as many if we had j some more beats and a steam cutter, I as there is not a shadow of doubt that large numbers are run here every year, and especially about this time.?Pall Mall Uuzvlte. Western Enterprise. A wholesale merchant, of New York who has just returned from the West admits that he had never given that country proper credit for its en- j terprise As he passed through; Detroit he was sought out and of- j fer.'d a sixty-dollar collin for $28, j with a deid of a burial lot thrown I in. In Chicago a man offend to kill [ him for three cents, and an ice wagon went a square out of its way to run over him. In Milwaukee he was (oaxed to accept for nothing a half interest in a lire-escape bringing in j (.'00 per year. In Indianapolis he found j one of his ol I employes who admitted ! an embezzlement as far back as 1850, ! and forced him to t;ike a check for j prim ipal and interest. lie still has j the che-k to prove it. At Mackinac j they took him for a lord (rates $8 per day i, and at Cleveland he was taken ' for a bunko man and ha I to identify himself by telegraph. Hal he been of an agricultural turn of mind he could have bought GOO acres of land of a Toledo man for the trille of $500. The land was all on the bottom ot Lake 1 Erie, and he would have had no fences to build nor taxes t ? pay. He returns i completely charmed with the West. Also, minus his gold watch.? Wall street 1Yens. 01(1 Methods of Lighting. Young and even middle-ag -d people accustomed to the convenience of the modern lucifer-match, can hardly im agine tin* tune wot tne uinuer-i ox, with its clumsy Hint and steel and hroad 1 rimstone matches, was the only means of procuring a light. Some people were more skilful than others in striking a light and blowing (he spark and match to a lla ne; but often i n a wintry morning it was weary work with the servant who h::d to kindle the lirst lire if the tinder happened to be damp, or worn out, or the ilint and steel " in a temper." Ind-ed, in some houses a rushlight was in some bedroom or other always burnt, so that in case of sudden illness, or any disaster, there might be light ready. The rushlight, having, as iis name implies, a rush wick, was ab >ut fifteen inches long, ansl was I unit in a huge perforated shade: it was the " farthing rushlight," which very poor people were said to use for other purp. ses than a night-light. The picture of a half- i starved seamstress in her garret would, 1 in tlwicfl rlfivu li:ivr> Ik pn irw'nmiih.to ! without the thin rusli candle; but its \ (lame was so feeble that I c;in hardly j fancy any eves could have serve:! t) thread a n edlehv it.?London Society. About 100,000 Canadians are engage 1 in the lumber bu.-iness, and it is [ estimated that they and those depend-! ent upon then constitute about one-j ninth of the population of the domin-1 ion. The total produ.-t of lumber in | Canada in 1882 was $:i8,541,75"2, or $!> for each inhabitant, of whi'-h enough was sold abroad to bring into the country $23,991,052. THE GOLD-SEEKER'S REALM. WONDERS OF THE BLACK ZIUS DESCRIBED. PcculirUfesof tlmCltv of Demlwood?The FnNCln.'itlon ot .Wining -Chllilre i Driving Tunnels and Sinking A Deadwood (Dakota) letter to the Pittsburg (Penn.) Chronicle says: From the level plains a day's journey east of the Cheyenne river the weary traveler sees a cloud about the size of a man's hand rising above the western horizon. Morning never silvers nor evening gihls this sullen cloud, that seems to frown in perpetual challenge to the northwest winds. This cloud is the Black Ilills, this marvelous realm that only a little decade ago was included in the great American Desert, that convenient phrase of geographers and man makers. To-dav a thousand trails traverse these hills, and they are destined to become famous before this hoary century dies. The Indians from time immemorial have avoided this country and regarded its mountain solitudes, where storms are almost continual, and where the note of the song-bird is never heard, with a superstitious awe, having its foundation perhaps in a legend that the evil spirit lurks in these rocky fastnesses.' It has only been eight years since the gallant Custer vainly attempted to check the current of emigration that set in simultaneous with the reported discovery of gold. But the intrepid argonaut and the reckless adventurer eluded ihe vigilance of the army and poured into the hills, accounting the perils by the way as nothing in their ma I quest after fortune. Thesto^yof their coming is mutely chronicled in the line of unmarked gravts stretching a rO'S the desolate plains. Rich placer mines awaited the new-comers, and every gulch yielded up its hidden treasure?a prke to the daring. Fabulous fortunes were made in a short time, as is always the case in a new mining country, and the means of spending them were soon at hand. About a year later, the Government having bought the mineral-bearing lands of Dakota from the Indians, the country was opened for settlement, the city of Deadwood organized and provisional courts established, head wood was so named from the deail timber everywhere abundant. In 1S79 Deadwooil was burned to ashes, the losses aggregating over a million of dollars. Last June a disastrous ilood destroyed about half the city. Despite these terrible reverses, Deatlwood is still the metropolis of the Black Hills, and the liveliest town on the frontier. Its population is about 4,000. The nearest railroad is at Pierre, 250 miles away. A single telegraph wire out of order six months in the year sings in the breeze. And so Deadwocd enjoys a sense of isolation quite oppressive until one gets us< d to it. The arrival of the mail is the event of the day. The streets are crowded in front of the postoilice, and everybody seems hurrying for news from the States. Deadwood has at least two hotels equal to any in the Kast in every of the conditions that go to make up comfort. The table is. supplied with all manner of game, elk, deer, grouse, nn/1 wroinfck nliiolron All t.hp U uuaiu (lllll I'iuu ** ? v?v vegetables you get here are canned, but an abundance of wild berries are cjuite as acceptable as sliced tomatoes and new corn. Everybody succumbs to the fas' ination of mining. I watched little children playing in the sand the other day. They were driving tunnels and sinking shafts. Professional men, mechanics, Chinese laundrymen?all of them have mines. The Hills are full of prospector; long, gray-bearded men, many of them, who have followed the beckoning of their star all over the continent, with pan and mortar wandering here and there, waiting for that happy moment to c>me when they will strike it rich. These miners never work except for a "grub stake." Then they lay in tlour and bacon and colTee and resume their prospecting. Many of the mines here have suggestive names, as for instance, " The National Debt," " The Sub-Treasury,' "The Paymaster-General," and 'so on. The Ilomestake mine, located four miles from J)eadwood, is ^infest-, ininfi in the world. It pays over $50,0iJ0 every month in dividends The De Smet, a close corporation, is .supposed to be paying equally well. The ore worked by these mines is of low grade, but the deposits sire so la'ge and the process of milling so cheap that ihey are said to be much mure profitable than refractory ores of far higher grades. The Iron City ! Mining company have mines In Spruce tliree miles from Dead wood. Gambling in every form is carried on here openly and heavy games are frequently played. The cowboys and the freighters are the disturbing element, and do a little promiscuous shooting occasionally and " hold up"' a man now and then, but beyond these little pleasantries Dead wood is as quiet as Pittsburg. After the railroad reaches here the Black Hills will come to the front as a health resort. Progress of the American Metropolis. In 1771 the population of the city of New York was a little over 21,000; and in 1780, three years after the close ol' tlie Revolutionary war, it hail 2 3,014 , inhabitants. The several censuses taken i during the past 100 years exhibit the niarveluusly rapid strides which New York has made toward her present ira- ! perial position. In 1710. however, the j population was little more than it was in 1771; hut by )S00it had risen to 1 00.515. The remaining censuses are < thus given: 1810, 9G,37o; 1814,95.518; 1 1820, 12:5,700; 1825. 100,0-50; 18:50, 1 202,580; 18:55, 270,080; 1840, 312, -10, 1 1815, 371,223; 1850, 515,547; 1855, 1 629,i!0U; 1800, 813,009; 1805,720,381; 1 1870. 912,292; 1875, 1,011,880, and I 1880,1,20t;,2U9. On only two occasions 1 has the enumeration shown a decrease 1 f rom the ligims of the preceding cen- j sus. The first time was after the war : of 1812, and the second after the civil < war. The population of New York i city has doubled six times within a 1 n"nt"rv?.lnnlilimr nn sin Jivpraffe. once 1 in every seventeen years. In otner ' words, the New York of to-day Is 1 sixty-four times as large as the .New I York of 100 years ago. The r.ite of I increase in the country at large is in- : significant beside that of the metrop >- 1 lis. In 100 years the population of the : United States has multiplied itself by { sixteen; hut the population of Xew I York has increased at four times that 1 rate. At the rate of increase shown by i the last twenly-five years alone?a rate < diminished by the de -line of American 1 commerce and 1 he influence of the civil 1 war?there arc children now nursing : who will behold a New York city con- 1 taining no less than 10,000,000 in- j habitants. <Jot an Appointment. ; A high treasuiy oilicial, says a Wash- ' ington correspondent, pointed out a s pretty young miss to me the other day t and remarked: ' Now, that girl ob- ' tained an oJlice without political in- 1 (luence. The story i; rather interest- < ing, an 11 \\ ill tell it to show what < pluck and perseverance will do. This 1 young lady c une here one day an I 1 asked to be a Imitied toSe -retary Slier- ? man's r. om. She s-aw Sherman and i told him that she was a solditr's or- t phan, with a widowed mother depend- 1 ent up->n her for support, and asked i 1 I 1 or employment. .merman, in ms cooi ' <ind almost frigid tones tod her that < he did not s? e as he could do anything for her. The young lady loike.l him ' braveiy in the face, an I replied that * ^ie mu t have something. " Why, Mr. i Secretary,' -aid >he, " I will do any- 1 thing t:? earn enough money to sup port my mother and my elf. I a n willing to conic down here and black your b>->t< every morning, if you siy i-o, t only give me enough money to get some- t thing to eat and a place to sleep." j Sherman looked out of the window for t a moment, and saM: '-Well, niiv, come t in to-morrow a'ternoon and see me" 1 The ne.st day she called, and Sherman, ' without, a word, handed her a note to i the appointment clerk, and she ob- I tained a first rate position, which she ] has held ever since. i There are in th3 United States in the neighborhood of 100.000 native ( f Bohemia. Wisconsin has the great- r est number; next in number Illinois, c Iowa, New York, Minnesota,. Ohio, 1 Kansas, Texas and Pennsylvania, ( L J * _ THE BAD BOTS PRANKS, TWO TRICKS WHICH HE PLATES UPOZT HIS PA. He OctnthcOlil Mini Arrested for Stealing Chickens find thou PutH Prize l'ncknffu In n Grab llnpc. "Well, well," remarked the grocery man as the boy came in the store and sat up on the edge of the counter, "you loom up well for a boy with the ague. I thought you couldn't get out of bed; you haven't been around for a week." " Oh, the ague's played out. I guess ( they run out of quinine in this town while I was sick. Anyhow, they fired ' nearly a barrel of it down my neck," ; replied the boy, helping himself to an apple. " I heard your father was arrested last Saturday. What's the trouble?" asked the grocery man, as he closed a new gate at the end of the counter he had made to keep the boy away from the sugar. "Well, lie did come near being run ; in, sure, and I guess he would if it 1 hadn't been for me. You see, ma has ' been sick ever since she went into the , deacon's cellar to draw cider and met ' that skunk, so she told pa if he would , ~?,1 ..U ~ gcu (i uuupit; 111 gUUU lilt I1CI13 sue would try and make a pot-pie for Sunday, as she felt her health failing, and if her appetite wouldn't improve s ion she would go hence, whatever that ' lm-ans. So that evening pa started out for hens. lie was too late to ge t dressed ones, so he got two live ones from the market and started h;>me. Me and my chum were layin' for him, and when ho got about half way home it commenced to rain and he started on a run so as to not get wet. We followed and met a policeman and told him we saw a man steal two hens, and pointed out pa as the man. Ths policeman started after him and yelled at him to halt, but pa did not hear him. Pretty soon pa saw some one was chasing him and thought it was robbers, so he ran all the harder. T;?en the policeman pulled out bis revolver and lired into the air to scare pa, just as one of the hens got her wings loose and flopped it in pa's eye. Pa dropped with a groan, and said: " I'm shot. Tell my wife I died happy." Then a crowd got around him, but when pa found he wasn't dead lie called for a stretcher to be carried home to die with his -C 21? W1.JU 4-K SN A?An.^t MtArsi icilllllj t >V line 3UJ11C UJ? L11C UUWU WCllb for the stretcher the rest began to exIttnine him to see where the bullet went in, and when they couldn't find it, he got up and offered to lick any roan that said he was shot. Just then anuther policeman canie up and said he recognized hiin as 'Chicago Bill,' a notorious safe-robber, and that a reward was offered for him. 1'a^aid he was a honest man, and agreed to go back to the market with the chickens and be identified. They found only one of the chickens, but the market man knew pa and lixe 1 it, and then the policeman began to beg pa's pardon, and gave him five dollars to keep still about it. "When pa got home he told ma he had helped to catch a safeblower, and when he got his share of the reward she could have a new sealskin sacque." "Your father'll kill you some day," said the grocery man. " Hut what about the fuss at the social at the deacon's night before last? I heard the whole church was mad at each other (iver a grab-bag, an 1 the presiding elder had all he could do to quiet things down." "That don't amount to much," replied the boy. " There's always something turns up when the sociable season lirst starts in. You see, ma was appointed a committee to lix i;p a [; grab-bag. Me ami my chum were digging bait that morning to go lish- , ing, when pa came out and said, " Ilennerv, I believe you put up that ' chicken job on me, and I don't believe | anything but hard work will reform you. I w,:nt you to spade up the , ground under the currant bushes." I i asked him if he wanted a hump-backed, | disfigured boy, made so by hard work. . I'a said he woul 1 risk the hump, and . told me to pitch in, and then went ( downtown. My chum sai 1 he would ( help me, and me and him got the job done before 2 o'clock. When we got ( done I come in and found ma had finished the grab-bag, and had it all loaaeo, witn wits tup i^tcucu \>im a , puckering-string, and hung on the | back of a chair. Ma was up stairs '' getting her Sunday clothes on, to go i < to the sociable, so it didn't take me and j * my chum long to empty the bag and 1 get lirst choice. Then I got our ! < mouse trap and took it to the barn, |1 and caught two nice big fat mice and j .< put 'em in a collar-box with holo cut' j in it, to give 'em air, and dropped that | < in the bag. Then my chum remein- j! bered a big snapping turtle lie had in , ' the swill-barrel, and me and him got, t that and wiped it as dry as we could. | ( and tied it all up but its head and j f put that in just as the deacon's I < hired man ca ne to take the bag ? over to the sociable. He and my j ( chum went down to his house and j 1 waited till the people got over to the j 1 sociable, and then we went over and j { got up in a tree where we could see j t through the open window and hear all f that was going on. Pa he stood over i by the bag and shouted 'Ten cents a t grab; d n't let anybody be backward i in a good cause.' Three or four had t put up their t n cents and made a grab 1 when an old maid from Oshkosli, who i had been to the springs for hysterics, e got in her work on the collar-box. : nr1 ~r*4- + l-wi rtAtrnf r\fp r\r\ft /if flift f \> lien ane yuu tuu owyti un, viik, ..* v mice, that knew his business jumped r an her shoulder and crawled down her .? back, and the other dropped down on j the floor and started round to meet j the other one. You'd a dide to seen ?i lier Hop and scream. The deacon's a folks thought it was another atta -k of t hysterics, and pa and the dca on got t ler on the so!'a and held her while j they pound paregoric and cayenne t pepper down her. When she got loose C she screamed all the harder. Then l me of the other women seen the mouse and got up in a chair and shook ler skirts and asked the new young minister to help her catch the mouse. | The poor fellow looked as though he 1 would like to, hut he failed. Just then ' the bottom of the chair broke and I t j ier fall over on ma and tore her bangs dl down. Ma called her a 'hateful j ;hing' and told her she oughl to be ishamed of herself. Finally they jot things in order, but no one wanted >' u tackle the bag, and as here was t ivhere the profits came in, pa braced ip and said neu iikc kj kuow whj jverybody acted so 'spinous. He'd ike to see a grab-bag that would give s{ jim the hysteru s, and said 'avomen c ire always gettin' scared at nothin'.' l lie then put down ten cents and t jammed his hand way down in the jottom of the bag, but he didn't keep t t there long. He gave a jump and ranked his hand out.ye'lin' 'thunder!' ? Then lie swung it over his lu a I to I shake it off, and brought it down on ;he dea-on's head, and smashed his i, specs. Then he swung it the other ivay, and struck the woman president P >f the sewing society and knocked her n lown. After pa had hollered himself * ioar3e, the turtle let go, and pa said ic 'could lick the man that put that t iteel-trap in the grab-bag.' Then pa ind ma got mad, and everybody began ? o jaw, and they nil went home. There's i >een a sort of coldness among the nemberg ever since. I guess pa won't fi lave a hump-bavked bov, but I'll get ;ven with him, you just see if I don't." \iid the boy went out and took a sign, " Warranted Fre-h," from the fruit \ iland and hun<{ it on a blind horse that ^ ,vas hitched to a garbage wagon in 'ront of the store.?i'<Sun. , j, Ravens as M.^ssensrers. t An interesting and successful at- c omnt iia< iii-1 been ma le in Prussia s J... . ? ;o make ravens do the work of carrier 1 ligenns. A short time ago three of iliese birds which had been especially r rainelfnr the purpose were thrown ip at Coblentz, an I all three arrived at r rhurant, a distance of ab >ut thirteen s niles, in eighteen minutes. Their light is somewhat slower than th it of 1 )igeons. but they are safer as < arriers, is they are less exposed to hostile at;acks. * " Did the prisoner knock .Mr. Smith ] lown in retaliation? 'a>ked the lawyer )f the witness. " Xo, sir; he knocked lim down in the board yard,"?Oil i Jity Derrick, 1 ... V ,. ?.- v. , & LULLABY. " Rockaby, ltaby, thy cradle is green ; ' Father's a nobleirian, mother's a queen."; ' Rockaby, lullaby, all the day long, -f Down to the land of tho lullaby song. Babyland never again will be thine, Land of all mystery, holy, divine. Motherland, Otherland, Wonderland, Underland, Land of a time ne'er again to be seen; Flowerland, Bowerlaiul, Airy land, Fairyland, Rockaby, baby, thy cradle is green. Rockaby, baby, thy mother will keep [4entle watch o'er thine azure-eyed sleep. Baby can't feel what mother-heart knows, Throbbing its fear o'er your quiet repose. Mother-heart know.; how baby must tight Wearily on through the fast-coming night; Battle unending, Honor defending, Baby must wage with the poWei's unseen. Sleep now, oh, baby dear, God and thy mother near; Rockaby, baby, thy cradle is green. Rockaby, baby, tho days will grow long; Silent the voice of the mother-love song. Bowed with sore burdens, tho man-life must own Sorrows that baby must bear all alone. Wonderland ran never come back again; Thought will come soon?and with reason comes pain. Sorrowland, Motherland, Drearyland, "Wearyland, Baby and Heavenland lying between. Smile, then, in Motherland, Dream in the Otherland, Rockaby, baby, thy cradle is green. ?From the German. HUMOR OF THE DAY. In view of the late volcanic eruptions it seems likely that all our " best Java coffee" will come from Brazil this year. Tell us not in mourf.ful number.? That this life is but a dream, When a girl that wo'.ghs one hundred Gets outside a quart of cream? And then wants more. ?Elmira Gazette. It is. strange that whenever some young ladies begin to play on the piano many of the audience' commence to talk. One touch of discord makes the whole party chin.?New York Advertiser. " I watched the billows by clay, I watched the sea by night," :-ays a current poet. lie should engage himself as a hotel clerk at the seashore, where he could wak-h the bill-owes all the time. Kindly words can never perish? OCOWJS Will lTJWIin ?IC lie Cl lui^uuou? Never wrongs or insults cherish? Evil thoughts are ill-begotten; If the little ones should fjiltjr, Do not box their ears or yank 'em, But yo o.it and got a halter, Turn them upside down and spank 'em. ?New York World The latest "snake story" going the rounds of the press is headed: "A Young Lady Tightly Embraced by a Serpent." Such incidents are not rare. But the young lady doesn't know at the time that he is a serpent. Sometimes she doesn't discover the fact until after she marries him.?Norris* town Herald. Emperor William is said to have a very extensive wardrobe, some of the articles having been in liis possession and use twenty-live years. The em peror's wife is very different from other women, or else plaster-uf-paris image venders never call with busts of Napoleon and Bismarck which th;-y offer to exchange for secondhand cloth i ng.?Norristown Herald. An Irish lawyer having address? 1 the court a * "genthmen," instead of "yer honors," after he had concluded a brother of the bar remindel him of his error. lie immediately ro.se and apologized thus: " May it plase the coort, in the hate of debate I called yer honors gentlemen. I made a mistake, yer honors" The speaker then sat down.?C'ltamlers' Journal. Music hath charms to sooth the 3avage cow! It is stated that in Switzerland a milkmaid or man gets better wages if gilted with a good voice, because it is found that a cow will yield one-fifth more milk if soothed [luring the milking by a pleasant melody. What a soother Clara Louise Kellogg would be, and how the old cow would ' give down."?Trot/ Time t. A ill? uaumiiu The banana is an annual, the fruit :oming to maturity about a year after the shoot is planted, the trunk of the tree subsequently attaining a height of from eight feet to ten feet, and a girth j? thirty-six inches. From this trunk which is of a fibrous nature, are thrown nit long palm-like branches, at the junction of which appears the fruit, jach group of bunches, numbering 'rom four to twelve, being called a 4 hand," and each hand having eight ;o ten bananas upon it. A bunch of ight hands is the ordinary stan !ard lize of shipping fruit. From the root )f the tree several shoots or suckers iprout, ea?h of which, in turn, be;omes a fresh tree. The life of the janana tree, however, is not usually ong, for it is felled after the fruit is gathered, and sometimes indeed during ;he operation. Jamaica contains a jood many banana plantations, varvng in size from twenty-live thousand ;o two hundred thousand trees, tor the nost part cultivated by the small set;lers in the different parishes. These loldings generally consist of three or ;onr acres of land, on which the ownirs live in a temporary mud hut, being ifraid to leave their property to the ender mercies of their neighbors, who ob each other's ground with the itrictest impartiality whenever they ;et a chance. The cultivation is very )rimitive. The land being cleared by i big iron hoe, a hole is dug and the mcker planted in it, in most cases naure doing all that is necessary; but in he larger plantations the trees are >lanted with some degree of system, in In; form ol squares, and trenches are lug for irrigation, the banana thriving iest in damp, stiff soil. One of tlie Elect Cleveland, Ohio.?The Plain Denier eports that lion. Martin A. Foran, conjressman-elect from the Cleveland, Ohio, listrict, lias used St. Jacobs Oil in his 'amily and has always found it safe and cliable, and it afforded him great relief o a lame knee. There are 200.001) commercial travelrs in the United States. They cost heir employers, it is estimated, $000,00,000 a year. " Golden Medical Discovery " is not only a overeign remedy for consumption, but also or consumptive night-sweats, bronchitis, loughs, influenza, spitting of blood, weak lings, shortness of breath, and kindred afTecions of the throat and chest. By druggists. Tin: Italians dry and pulverize the pulp of he tomato. " Rev. W. B. Smith, Grafton, Mass., says: ' I have derived benefit from using Brown's ron Bitters for a low state of blood." The world either breaks or hardens the n-art. Dr. Pierce's "Pellets''?little liver pills (sunr coated)?purify the blood, speedily correct ill disorders of the liver, stoma"h and bowels. iy druggists The wmiI "impossible'' is the mother iinguo lit' little souls, Florence, Ga.?Dr. TV. B. Prather says: 'tBrown's Iron Bitters havo given satisfactiou ti evory instance I have known it used. 1/iNi.ox ii.ntaii's loo.o i) Jews and tho imst Jewish library in the world. Henutiful Women ire made pallid and unattractive by funcinnal irregularities, which Dr. Pierces " Fa orite Prescription" will infallibly cure. [ rimusands of testimonials. By druggist s. The I "nit il States d?'e< not own an acre of j i.l.I.,. In.ill itl 'IVtlllBSSf'... Heart disease has brought many to an un- j irnoly grave. The heart is as liable as ot! er j r^ansto disea-e; if you have it even in tlu I lightest form use Dr. Graves' Heart Be^u.'a- ( or. SI jier bottle at druggists. Florida has miles of railways in o. e- j at ion. An invaluable strengthener for the nerves, ' uuscles and digestive organs, producing trength and appetite, is Brown's Iron Bitters, j Axcoka goats are Icing largely raise 1 in j ort ions of Texas _, 25 Cent* __ rVill buy a Treatise ox the Horse and His Diseases. Book of 1U0 pages, valuable to ivery owner of horses. Postage stamps taken, tent postpaid. New Yoiik Horse Book Co., ,31 Leonard Street, New Yurk city. Don't !>!? Iii flic House. "Rough on Bats." Clears out rats, mice, oaches, bedbugs, flies, auts, moles, cliipnunks, gophers. 15c. - . ' - ??< Home Testimonial*. Go to Rome good druggist and ask him what be knows of Honrs Remedy, and he will teliyon that it is the best kidney and liver medicine'made, and one that has stood j the test of time. Look over most any paper and yon will find home testimonials of people living right in your own city who know, whereof they speak. Below will be found one of a lady resident of Bridgeport, Conn. Her full name and address are given. Any , one doubting the genuineness of it has the liberty of calling on or addressing her, and, as she says, she will be only too glad to tell her experience with, and opinion of, so valuable an article. " I willingly give my testimony in favor ol Hunt's Remedy. I first heard of it a few years ago while living in Springfield, Mass. I knew a lady there who had suffered for a Ion? time with kidney disease. She used everything she could heat of, bat with pool success, and finally hearing of Hunt's Remedy began using it. Well, it cured her. About this time I moved here. After I had lived here a time, from other sympathetic disorders my kidneys became afflicted and weak. Knowing that Hunt's Remedy had greatly benefited many others I began using it, and it gave me the desired benefit. Were I obliged to use any medicine of the kind again I would prefer it to all others. I con Bluer it U sure mire, "If by the publication of this, my experience with Hunt's Remedy, others suffering from similar complaints can be induced to avail themselves of its good effects, yon have full liberty to do so in any way it may seem best to you. Gratefully yours, "Mas. Flokence L. Wood, "175 Broad Street, Bridgapoit, Conn." Statistics now show that in Prussia two persons to every 1,1)00 stammer. Have you heart disease in any form? If so. use Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator; 30 years have proved it a sure remedy for organic or sympathetic heart disease. |l per bottle. The way to forget our miseries is to remember our mercies. Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer. It is entirely different from all others. It is as clear as water, and as its name indicates is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It will immediately free the head from all dandruff, restore gi-ay hair to its natural color, and produce a new growth where it has fallen off. It does not in any manner affect the health, which sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate oi silver preparations have done. It will change light or faded hair in a few days to a beautiful glossy brown. Ask your druggist for it. Each bottle is warranted. SMITH, KLINE & CO., Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia. Pa., and C. N. CRITTEMQN, New York. ' The Blood Would Rut?.?For live years I was a great sufferer from Catarrh. My nostrils were so sensitive I could not bear the least bit of dust; at times so bad the blood .wniilri mn. nnH nf. nichf. T rvntM VmrHlv breathe. After trying many things without benefit I used Ely's Cream Balm. I am a living -witness of its efficacy. Peter Bruce, Farmer, Ithaca, N.Y. .(Easy to use;50cente). For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of aplr its and general debility in their various forms: also as a preventive against fever and ague and other intermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phoephorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Hazard <k Co., New York, and sold by all Druggists, is the best tonio; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. The penetrating qualities of petroleum are well known to those who have any knowledge of its properties at all; and that is what mak^s it so valuable as a hair producer. Carboline is crude oil deprived of its odor and color. Sklnay Men, Wells' Health Renewer res tores health, vigor, curesDyspepsla,Impotence, Sexual Debility. $1 No molasses and water mixture, but a concentrated extract of medicinal properties of roots, barks, etc., is Hood's Sarsapanlla. Millions have died with Bright's kidnoy disease and rheumatic diseases. Dr. Elmore is the first to discover a cure. He has treated thousands with his Rheumatine-Goutaline and never lost a case. It always cures. For Thick Hendi. Heavy stomachs, bilious conditions?wells MayApple Pills?an tibilious, cathartic. 10 25c. rrozer aaid vrctuc? One greasing lasts two weeks; all others two or three clays. Do not be imposed on by the humbug stuffs offered. Askyour dealer forFrazer's, with label on. Saves your horse labor and you too. It received lirst medal at the Centennial and Paris Expositions. Bold everywhere. Gfuttrlne Recommended to travelers. Aids digestion, prevents nausea and headache. Druggists. Straiphten your boots & shoes with Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners, nnd wear them again. You would use St. Patrick's Salve if you knew the good it would do you. HUMORS The animal fluids of the bod;, when poorly nourished, become vitiated and cause eruptions to appear on the skin. They an objectionable from their disfigurement, and vary In character from a constant, uneasy sensation to a positive distress and severe pain. Hood's Sarsaparilla corrects the derangement of the functions, enriches the fluids, purifies the blood and chances the diseased condition to one of health and rigor. Pimples Haltorc Flts*k, of New York, bad so many pimples and blotches on his face that he was ashamed. He tried various remedies without effect. Hood's Sarsaparilla purified his blood, and all blemishes disappeared. Ringworm My brother is a victim to a humor which brings ringworms all over his face. He is using Hood's Sarsaparilla, and already is so much benefited that his eyes are no longer rtected. Ho will continue its use till he feels ully cured.? L. ?. Howard, Temple, N. H. Rheum My little boy was so badly afflicted with a humor that we had to mitten his hands to keep him from rubbing the sores, which itched and discharged a watery matter. Before he had finished one bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla the sores were healed,?L. J. Clement, Merchant, Warner, N. H. iHood'a Sarsaparilla Sold by Droaffista. 81; bLx for $5. Prepared only by 0. I. HOOD A 00.. Apotheoariee. Lowell, Mmi. Another Life Saved, Mrs. Harriet Cummings, of Cincinnati, Ohio, writes; Early last winter my daughter was attacked with a severe cold which settled on her longs. We tried several medicines, none of which seemed to do her any good, but she continued to get worse, and finally raised large amounts of blood from bar lungs. We called In a family physician, but ho failed td do her any good. Wo then called In & physician?a most skillful professor in ono of our colleges-he said that she could not get well. At this time a friend who had been cured by Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for tho Lungs, advised me to give it a trial. fTe thon got a bottle, and before she had used it all up she began to improve, and by the use of threo bottles she was entirely cured. 25 Cents will boy e Tmatio cut tot Hobse lira His Diseases. Book oi 100 pigee, valuable to ever} owner of horse*. Postage stamps taken. Sent postpaid. New Yob* Hobix Boos Co.. 134 Leonard Street, >| THE GREAT GERMA! IW *! REMEDY rnQ Qllll IjasnaHfrj run ihiiIj lllUlllinrmmrmnflUfflSfflffl Relieves and cures 7JI RHEUMATISM, HSU Iti Neuralgia, I5HB 9 P"" Soiatica, Lumbago, BACKACHE, liiKm^^S HEADACHE,T00THACHB' iteimtmjjjpnaal^l | QJINSY, SWELLINGS, i mmm | spbaivs. IlltonmnaaST i Soreness. Cuts, Bruliei, frostbites. Ih llfiteMtflll BI BNS, SCALDS, JDittdUlunmaaiq^ || And another bodily aches /Hniinrmrainnnnninmi w and pains. I II11 K-j 1 F|FTV CENTS B0TTLL III ill'II 111 IIIH WIUp11^ l| Kohfbyall Druggists and Hrih nimnnmiillllilhml I Dealers. Directions In 11 ( lllllllhi III] languages. 13 illUHu" (dtliHirili !i The Charles A. Vogelur Co j Hflmir JPIF f (Soooeuon to A. VOOELER A CO.) I Baltlaon, ad, E.8.A NY NU?39 ? In fever and m?ue H E ST adistricts, in tropical Other regions ^ visited by epidemiw^ w _ digestion, biliousness G^k STOMACH ? & and kindred com- I plaints, it is without St "a 1 BT-^PHT Bu jJm a rival. For sale by tti B BL 5I1 Drugjcista and ^ B W^m __ Dealers generally. catarrhms cream6alh HQPVK*x^BHwben applied by tbo tinrar cly5^8W ger into the nostrils, I HTC/yf"/ M RM^^Iwi11 absorbed, effectB &]7v, ' cunrc CO^l uaiiy cleansing the head W ROj'/^/?/>ivtOijr. Jof catarrhal virus, causH ^t/\Q|ln(? healthy secretions. ftiM/rrvrDTOiui nllays ln,lnram:i,ion. ftiKf' ffa'tlt jlf'j; O JM protects the membrane tbo nasal passages jra^Jfrom additional colds, el v.j$m (completely heals the Hnfenr^ ^^<^,raHs"rcH and restores tasto 8nu'"- A fu" ap. ^^S!^*^plicatiiiiitf relievo. A U.V&. ] thorough Iria'nient icill LJAV7rr%/C B P 1""'" rure-a Af?e* MAX "rt ftPC able to usu. bend for * circular. PRICE 50 CENTS. I1V MAIL OR AT DRUGGISTS. ELY HKOTHEK-S OUEtiO, N. Y. TO SPECULATORS. R. LINDBLOM & CO.," N. G. MILLER & CO., r ? " 1 e RR Rr.v./lurnp Commerce, Chicago. New Vork. GRAIN & PROVISION BROKERS. Members of nil prominwit Prodnco Exchanges in New York, Chicago. St. Louis and Milwaukee. We have exclusive private telegraph wire between Chicag<> and Neiv York. Will execute orders on our judgraent wlien requested. Sen ! for circulars containing particular!1. KUB'F. LINUHLOM A CO., Chicago. APIIII for new artioln to keep silverware from tarnish^tllUlng, Safe and sure. .Sotit ox presa prepaid anywhere for oUc. T. P. Hrowu, Worcester. Mags. 4 fronts Wanted for the Bent and Fasteat-?elling 2\. Pictorial Books and Bibles. Pricos reduced .'13 per cent. National Pi'iilihhino Co., Philadelphia, Pa. CCC a week in your own town. Terras and $5 outfit 500 free. Address It. Halllit A Co., Portland, Me. Shall We Let ti > A hard-hearted political cconomis feebly gasping as it lies upon a pillow die. It is so weak and poor that its lif There are already a good many people account anyhow. And what's the use weakling, who has but slender chance < Now ask that child's mother wha die. About this time the hard politic the way. H Let my child die? No IA be found ihat will save thai child, the ch dollar to save the child!" Well, try a on that child. See the poor little fell I Ie'will live. 1 losts of other children hi to healthy life by Brown's Iron Bitters. ' "" ' Anrwer Thi*. /d there a person living who eversaw a case of agae, biliousness, nervownees or neuralg'.n, or any disease of the stomach, liver or kidneys that Hop Bitters will not euro? v ???~ My mother says Hop Bitten la the only thing that will keep her from severe attacks of paralysis and headache. Ed. Oswboo Sot. My little sickly, puny baby was changed into a great bouncing boy and I was raised from a sick bed by using Hop Bitters a short time. A Young Motheb. No use to worry about any liver, kidney or urinary trouble, especially Bright's disease or diabetes, as Hop Bitters never fails of a care where a cure is possible. * " V<^yc _____ I had severe attacks of gravel and kidney fpnnhifi: tcrp nnable to cet any medicine or doctor to cure me until"! used Hop Bitters. They cured me in a short time. T. R. Am. Unhealthy or inactive kidneys cause gravel, Bright's disease, rheumatism, and a horde of other serious and fatal diseases, which can be prevented with Hop Bitters if taken in time. H-jv, Ludington, Mich., February 2, 1879.?1 have sold Hop Bitters for four years, and there is no medicine that surpasses them for bilious attacks, kidney complaints and all diseases incident to this malarial climate. H. T. Albxasdm. ' ______ Monboe, Michv September 25,1875.?Sirs: I have been taking Hop Bitters for inflammation of kidneys and bladder, it has done for me what four doctors failed to do?cured me. The effect of the Bitters seemod like magio to me. rsd&acxX- Gabtxb. ???? iS5^;'w>v?.. . . Gr jits?Your Hop Bitters have been of great value to me. I was laid up with typhoid for over two months, and could get no relief uutil I tried your Hop Bitters. To those suffering from debility or any one in feeble lieallh, I cordially recommend them. J. C. Stoktzkl, 638 Fulton St., Chicago, 111. LYDIA^E. PSNKHAM'8 VEGETABLE OOMEPPMD/- s Is a Positive Cnrl . . Tn all tkaae Palaftal Complaint! sad Weakaemi 10 eomaton to our best fentale popolatlaau A Medicine for Woman. Inrented by a Wonuuu Prepared by a Woman. IW OmM H?h?*1 Ohtorrrj 81m (kt Dsn ft XDsUry* ETIt rerlres the drooping spirits, tarlgcntea ul hannoalie* the organic fnaettoni, glree elaitftrtty and firmness to the step, restores the natural lustra toth# . eje,and.plantaontbopale check of woman the freak *-ftaft<irtfHffl?nnHng*nH otriTiimnrwff pyPhjrsIclans Use It and Prescribe I! Freely.*?* It removes falntness, flatulency, destroys aUcm^pff for stimulant, and relloTM weakness of the stomach. That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weigh# and backache, Is always permanently cured by its u& Far the -cur? of Kidney Complaint? af either MX this Coapoaad la onsnrpaased. , LTDIA E. PINKHAfs BLOOD PVBlflJUl will eradicate every vestige of Bamors from the Blood, and give tono and strength to the system, of | man woman or child. Insist on ha ring It. Both the Compound and Blood Purifier are prepared at233 and239 Western Avenue, Lynn, Haas. Price of either, fi. Six bottles for $3. Sent by mall In the form of pills, or of lozenges, on receipt of price, ft per box for either. Mrs. Flnkham freely answen all letters of Inquiry. Enclose Set. stamp. Send for pamphlet .?' " ' Ko family should be without LYDIA E. FDSHAn LIVEU PILLS. They cure constipation, MlMasnss^ and torpidity of t?e liver. 85 cents per box. X?*Sold by all Drnggists."Cl 0) ; Vf. i*? A NEWDiSCOVERY, _tyFor several yearawj^have furnished the F Dairymen oz America wiu* uu vm?uou? ?u?f fldal color for batter) bo meritorious that It mat1 I with great success everywhere receiving the highest and only prise* at both International! Dairy Fairs. 1 QTBut by patient and scientific chemical research wo hare Improved In several points, and I . [now offer this new color as the bat in tkt world. It Will Wot Colorthe Buttermilk* tt; ' Will Not Turn Ranold. tt Is thtt 1 i I 8trong?gt, Brtyfrtert and Cheapest Color Mad?? I I HPAnd, while prepared In oil, is so compound- J ed that It la Impossible for it to become rancid. I I (7BEWARE of all imitations*- and of all other oil colors, for they aro liable to become i , rancid and spoil the butter. , I I3TIf you cannot fNt the "lmprored" write n? to kuowwherooadhowto get ltwltboutextml ' expense. W WELLS, RICIURDS05 * CO., Tt. | Mason & Hamlin Organs. New Illnstrated Catalogne, (40 pp. 4to) for season of 1883-4, including many new styles; best assortment of the best and most attractive organs wo have ever of* fe?ed,and at lowest prices,$22 to $600,for cash, easy payments or rented. Sent free. MASON & HAMLffl ORGAN JUH) PIANO CO. Boston, 154Tremont St.; New York, 46 Eut 14th St.; C'lilcngu, Ua Waha-ih Avo. THE FALL IS BRk THE BEST , THEE TO FOR MOST SATISFACTORY RESULTS U8E F. O. PIKRCE A CD'S PUUB PREPARED _ HOUSE PAINTS. IF NOT SOLO BY YOUR DEAL. ERS SEND DIRECT FOR 3AM. PILES AND PRICKS. 1(19 * 170 FULTON ST.. NEW YORK. >J)"ELM0RFS/ K. G. U tbo quickest, plewantest, SL-Sc. surest aa'i best remi-dy for kidney, liver, stomscli, bladder and blood diseased, and only rwal curative ever /CoiV'J.N. (iiacoverHd for ncnte and chronio rheumatism, (tout, lumbago, sclatica. neur.ileia. e'c. linnenrei hope less cues Bright's disease and dyspepsia la :> weeks?all forms of rheumatic disorder* in 2 to 12 weeks?relieves inflammatory in 1 day. Can refer to hundreds of reliable people cured who had tried in vain everything else. Purely botanlo, harmless, andnicoto 1rin<. Ask your dniggi*t to gut it; if he decline* bend to us for it?take nothing else. Klmore. Adams A 0 )..loft\Villi<m ?t.. X. Y OEMCIIIUC rEllgiUnS sssffSTSM Incurred daring tbelr service, lax of*linger, or to*, entire or partial loss or sight or hearing, plies, rila- rha-a, rhsumallsm, or any other disability entitles you. Widows, child, ran, or dependent parents entltlol. tension procured whore discharge Is lost. Now discharges obtained. Honortble discharges and pensions procured for deserters. Pen* lions INCREASED. Rejected claims successfully prosecuted. Back pay and bounty collected. . EXPERT In land cases. lYornpt attention Riven all kinds of governtnent claims. Advice free. Ad'owUh stamp. L, C, WOOD, Box it. Washington, D. C. Iron Lever*. Steel Bmrlnfs. Bmis TARE BEAM. I ? jo.ves, he PAV8 the rniiisut. p) Sold ou trial. WsrrsuM S years. All tUc* allow. i?| For true book, addrets B mJ JONES OF BINGHAWTOH>y AfiEUTC UIAUTCD EVERYWHERE to sell the Aucnlo IVAN iCU best I fimilv Knitting .tlncliiiic ever invented. Will knit a pair of stocking* with 11 EEL and TOE compli'tolii ^initiates. It will also knit a great variety of iancyw^rk, lor which there i* alway s a ready market. Send lor circular and form* to the TlVO.tfKLY IiMTTINU .MACHINE CO.. 1<?3 Tukmost STUKKT. HOSTOX. MASS. Common Sense Chairs And Kockers. Strong, durable ana comfortable. No light, trashy atulf, but good, honest home comfort*. Special discount to clergymen. Send stamp for cata* loguo to F. A. SINCLAIR, .Uottvillc, Onondaga County, New York. T NATIONAL TYPE CO c Y Latest Stylej. Largest Catalogue. *j * Full Information for 3-cent stamp, 2* ? Lowest Prices. Be.it Assortment. J E PHILADELPHIA PA S It Don't Often Happen Where & reliable houso. in advertising their r.-^uhf liusmi :ss, will send, .is this house does, for one dollar, a complete sample outlit that will enahl.? any one smart and enterprising to easily make to $10 per day and xpenses. Send the $1 and two stamps for return to THE PAX A H1CKKUK15(JO..!n!:. *3 A I n roadway, X.Y, TJT1 nn 7?y rt/urn mail. FnTl Pwrtpdn* fc K Is |i Moodr'i New Taller.Systeni Of JL illUJJDHiSS Cutting JIIXIUV JilO.dnclnoall.U Puuis J.\ I'KfroKAi. will euro your coagn. Price 2So PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH. P.rt,c?ur, Ue?. Address J. II. ?< * 101, ??lfl?I?,\. CAMi'HOit Mii.u is thf ljoM l.inimnnt. Pri.ci'icentH. VnilkiG MCL1-?1 1 telegraphy here an<1 w? will lUUIfU mCN^ivo you a situation. Circulars free. YALKNT1M; MHOS., .Inne?villc. Win. ?"jnA Wl'.i:K. $12adayatliomoeasilymade. Gostlj Olt outtit free. Aadross Tnrr. A Co.. Augusta, Me. per day at home. Samples worth $5 free. tfOTOOtU Address STlifSON XOO.. Portland, Me. ASuro Curo for Kpilepsy or Fits in 24 noun. I'ree to poor. Dii. KnusE, 2M4 Arsenal at. . St.Loaifl, Mo. lie Child Die? t, looking at a pale and puny child , says that the child might as well e will never be worth much anyhow. s in the world who are of not much of adding to their number another Df ever amounting to anything? t she thinks about letting the child cal economist had better get out of ro!As long as there is a remedy to uld shall not die! Pll spend my last bottle of Brown's Iron* Bitters ow pick up strength. He revives.' avc been brought almost from death) &Your druggist sells it,r \a"* . ^