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W MOTHER'S WORK. I. ' Bfiking, stewing, and brewing. Roasting, frying, and boiling, Sweeping, dusting, and cleaning, Washing, starching, and irning, Ripping, turning and mending, Cutting, basting, and stitching, Making the old like new; Shoestrings to lace, Faces to wash, Buttons to sew. And the like of such; Stockings to darn While the children play, Stories to tell, Tears wipe away, Making them happy The livelong day; It is ever thus from morn till night; Who says that a mother's work is light ii. .At evening, four Little forms in white: Prayers all said, And the last good-night, Tucking them safe In each downy bed, Silently asking < >'er each bead, That the dear Father In heaven will keep Safe all my darlings, Awake or asleep. Then I think the old adage true ever will prove: " It is easy to labor for those that we love.'' hi. Ah me! dear me! I often say, As I hansr the tumbled clothes away: And the tear drops start, While my burdened heart Aches for the mother across the way. Where, oh. where are "Her nestlings flown All, all are gone, iNive one alone! Folded their garments With tenderest care, Unpressed the pillow And vacant chair. >*o ribbons to tie, No faces to wash. No hair all awry; No merry voices To hush into rest; God save them! He took them! And He knoweth b?st; But, ah! the heart anguish! the tears that fall! This mother's work is the hardest of all. ?Philadelphia Sunday Republic.. T ATE FOR DINNER. A CONJUGAL DJALOGUK. At the Macy mansion the dinner hour is six o'clock,sharp. Mr. Macy, who has been absent since morning, comes home seven minutes late. Mrs. Macy (not giving him time to offer an excuse;?"Well, when you rang I thought certainly it was the doctor." Mr. Macy (anxiously)?"The doctor? Arc you expecting him? Wh:it is the matter?" She?"I suppose it has never entered your mind that a woman, though blessed with a constitution of iron, might suffer from having her meals at all hours of the day and night. Neither would you call it being sick, I suppose, for her to sit and wait and worry, tormented by all kinds of conjectures and fears; expecting every moment to hear that her husband has been crusbed to death by a cable car, or met with some other frightful accident." (Macy who sees the storm coming, wisely remains silent.) She?"Will you at least condescend to answer the only question that I shall ask you!" He?"Assuredly, my dear." She?"Will you be good enough to inform me if you intend to comc hutne at this late hour every night?" He (deprecatingly)?"Surely,ray clear, you are not going to scold because I am seven minutes late this once. I was detained by business; but do not ask what it was, for I promised Dot to tell." She?"I have no doubt that you will tea whole week late one of these days, and will end, perhaps, by being away from your family for years.'' He?"Pshaw, my dear! ilow absurd !" She?"Absurd, is it? Why, it was no later than last night that you were telling me about the sea-captain?La Perouse I believe his name was?who left home one day, promising to return at the usual time, and has never been seen since by his unhappy family." He?"But that happened ninety years ago." She?"So much the worse." He?"Beside, don't you remember I told you he was shipwrecked?" She?"Oh, yes; it is easy enough to say tnat a man was lost at sea, especially when he is not here to contradict you. But don't thiuk, when you make up your mind to leave nome iorevcr, that you will be able to deceive me by some foolish story printed in the papers, declaring, for instance, that you have gone up in a balloon which has never come down again; oh, no, I shall not believe that story any more than the one you tell to-day." He?"I am suie I do not know to what story you refer, my dear.' She?"Oh, indeed? A man comes home brimful of mystery, and when his wife questions him, when she ventures to' ask him a question, he responds guardedly that it is a secret. Oh, I am not at all curious. I have not the slightest desire to know your wonderful secret. Far be it from me to try to find out what perhaps would be the last thing I should want to know." He?"Now, are you going to imagine all sorts of foolish things, because I happen to tell you that I have been occupied with another man's business today?" She?"A nicc business it inustbe that a __ man dare not tell his wife. You are the greatest talser in tne universe away irom . nome, but it is simply impossible to get a : word out of you when you are alone with your wife." He?"But, I tell you, it is not my secret." _ She?"I suppose not. A very good cxcuse, that." He (irritated)?"Good heavens! How exasperating a woman can be." She?"A man never is?of course not." He?"Well, for the sake of peace and quietness I'll tell you the whole story." She (with the airofamartyr^?"Never mind?I do not care to hear it?now." ""He?Why, are you not willing to let me explain?" She?What is the use? You would only invent something. You arc very good at that sort of thing." lie?"Will you allow me to speak." "She?I cannot prevent it,can I? You needn't be so tierce." He (about to confess)?"I" She?"But I warn you I shall not believe one single word you say." "He?Then I may as well remain silent." She(triumphantly)?"There?what did I tell you? I knew very well that you wouldn't have anything to say if driven to the wall. Ah! I understand you." one? certainty?swear: mai s just like a man. It will eive you more I time to invent a plausible story, too." He (in a rage)?"Do you intend to let j me get a word in edgeways?" She? "Qh, c;o on, go or;?your humble servant is all attention." Ha?"Well, then, a friend of mine who is on the verge of bankruptcy came to me this morning and begged me to give him some assistance, and I have been running about all day trying to help him out, and even at last offered myself as his security." She?"Is that all!" He?"Yes, that is all." She (sighing)?"Well, I am thankful that I paid the baker yesterday; we shall at least have bread one more month? and I shall begin this very night to let the children go barefoot, for that i3 what the future has in store for the poor things, with their father squandering his fortune upon every seallawag he meets." He?Scallawag, indeed! lie a little careful what you call a man till you know who he is." She (scornfully)?"Oh! I can guess fast enough; it is that fool of a Farnsworth." He?"In the first place, madam, Farnsworth is not a fool, but a very intelligent man; and in the next place, it is nnf T^nrnvu/nrtVi ay. nil " ! She (angrily)?"And for such a miserable crcature as Farnsworth do I see 1 myself and children reduced to beggary?" 1 He (more angrily) ?"And, I repeat, ' that it waa not Farnsworth." She?"Well, then, it was some other . good-for nothing fellow, whose name 1 you dare not tell." He?"Do not call names, madam; you will soon regret it if you do." She?"It must have been a sharper or a swindler; a gambler, perhaps, or even i a thief." i He (out of all patience)?uVerv well! ( >ince you force mc to it, kuow that it is your brother whom you are abusing, and J that he has been speculating too deeply, and is heavily involved.'' She (repentant)?"Oh, Frank, woi^'t j ( you forgive me?" (They fall into each other's arms.) "He?"And now, my love, since pence is restored, let us sit down to dinner." | Slip?*'\nt nnitp vpf " lie?"And why not?'' She?"Well, you see I sent the cook j , away this morning becausc she was j ' saucy,aud I have been wandering around j j the city all day, trying to find another? j , going from pillar to j>03t, from one cm- ' ; ploymcnt office to another?and I only j succeeded in getting one a little while \ ago, so that?" lie?"So that, I suppose, I get no dinner at all r*' She?"No--so tlijit dinner will be ready at 7."?From (fie Frcuch, in Art/o unfit. A Queer Industry. In a <|ucer little room m a queer old house in Forsyth street, at the end of an ! old-fashioned* brick-paved alleyway, a I snowy bearded man, bubbling over with good nature, sat at a low bench clipping corks with a curving kuife as keen us a razor. A little wooden sicn over the alleyway had the single word "Corks'' painted on it. "Corks" was scrawled with chalk on the floor of the room iu which the busy man sat, and lie himself was enthroned on an old stool among great mouads of corks of all kinds and sizes. They were scattered in heaps on the bench, stored in great paper ba<;s at his feet, and piled high in wooden boxes behind him. He stropped the keen blade of the knife against the edge of the j bench every little while, and clipped the i corks before hiin with the regularity of machinery, while he chatted with a visitor about the odd industry of making new corks out of old ones. lie was old Pop Mackin, the pioneer of the trade of I renovating second-hand corks. "There arc more people at the business now," he said, "than anybody would dream of. They go around buying up all the second-hand corks they can get at a barrel. A barrel will hold from twenty-seven to twenty-nine gross of corks. They get the old corks from retail liquor stores, and then sort them out according to size. Then they're dumped into a big tub of cold water and soaked till the dirt is all rinsed out. After that they're tossed into a boiler of hot water and steamed. The steaming is done by covering the boiler tightly with a piece of heavy carpet. It keeps the steam imprisoned and drives it through the cork. The corks are in all sorts of curious shapes when they are nnt in t)>n stftiim bath, but no matter how they have been crushed iu by the neck of the bottle or by the wire and twine fastenings?and some of them arc tough-looking corks, too?they come out of the bath perfectly shaped again. After the bath the corks are allowed to dry, and then we trim them with a sharp knife, and they are just as good as new." "But how,*' the visitor asked, "can you hide the damage where a corkscrew has been bored through a cork?" "Easy enough," the old man responded, with a laugh, as he picked out a perfect little cork; "that trick was done with a cutting machine. The fact is, that a corkscrew only damage?, as a rule, the top and bottom of a cork. The damaged cork is sent through a cutting machine, and paired down until the damaged part is all cut away. Sometimes it has to go through the machine two or three times before it is perfect, but after that it is as good as any cork that was ever made. Corks cut that way arc called "accommodation corks," and are sold in great quantity to distilleries where thev want corks to ram tightly into all sorts of bottles." "How many corks can a man prepare daily?" "It depends upon the corks; but an industrious man can sort, wash, steam, and trim about fifty gross of corks, they are sold by the gross again. Some UIIlL'b luu [iruilt 19 uiuy uuc uuuai u uui rcl, sometimes more.?New York Sun. How the Earth Is Bnllt Up Hourly by Meteors. Dr. Kleiber, of St. Petersburg, publislies in the Astrunomhche Nachricten the results of investigations by himself and Dr. Keller on the amount by which the earth's mass is increased each hour by the meteors falling upon the globe from space. The original memoirs, which arc printed in Russian, have not reached this country, but the summary referred to is extremely interesting. Observations by Professor Schmidt, of Athens, and others, have shown that on the average a single observer will see about ten meteors per hour. This is a number which depends upon experiment simply. A single observer does not command the whole sky above his horizon, but only some twenty-three per cent, of it. Professor Newton, of Yale college, has shown that about 10,4G0 times as many meteors fall on the whole earth in an hour as fall so as to be visible above any one horizon. Combining these separate deductions, it follows that 10x100, 4'i0.\ 23 (or about 150,000) fall on the surface of the whole earth each hour. It is to be remembered, too, that only such meteors as would be visible to the naked eye are included in this enumeration. Every astronomer knows that there arc vast quantities of extremely minute telescopic meteors in the heavens. One can hardly work for two or three hours ] without seeing at least one meteor in i every small field of the telescope. The | number given above, then, is clearly a in'nimum. Professor Alexander Hcrschel has shown that the average weight of a meteor may be taken as tivc grams, whence it follows that the earth receives hourly not less than 2,200 kilograms, or 4,950 pounds of foreign material deposited upon it from the cclestial space. Indian Slavery In Early Mexico. The old Spaniards were not at all afraid of the savages, and enslaved as many as they wished, and made them work well in the mines. History tells us this, aud tells us beside that ihey treated the Indians with great cruelty. Even the pious fathers made the Indians cultivate the soil and lead clean lives, aud, above all. caused them to give up their ways of idleness. Every evening the Indians came in ! from labor, aud, after singing some religious songs, were locked up for the night iu about the same way that the slaves of the Southern States were formerly locked up. There was no non sense auout u, anu near every mission there was kept a small party of Spanish soldiers who disciplined the Indians whenever they needed it, which was quite often. Whenever any of them made their escape to the mountains the soldiers went after theui and brought them home, or j rather back to the missions, and again set them to work. Some of these In- ! dians eventually became respectable members of society and good men, though others returned to their vagabond life after the priests had lost their hold upon them and the church property had been secularized, which occurred as far back as 180:5. When the church property was abandoned, as was virtually done in consequence of a decree of the supreme government of the city of Mexico, dated August IT, 1833, the semi-civilized Indians found themselves free, as they considered it, and returned to their wil l ways. Captured by Stonewall Jackson. Hiding in advance of his skirmish line through the swamp, attended by a few staff officers, General Jackson found himself in the presence of fifteen or twenty Federal soldiers on outpost duty. He judged it the part of prudence to as sume tnc oiiensive ana cnarge upon them before they dared tire upon him. I am indebted to Major T. 0. Coestnev, then assistant adjutant-general of Elzey's brigade for the following account: "As Elzey's brigade was pressing forward to the line held by the Confederates at the bloody battle of Gaines's Mill, a squad of fifteen to twenty soldiers were encountered 011 their way to the rear. A , tall fellow at the head of the little party ' i drew special attention to himself by , sincing out to us at the top of his voice with tin oath, "Gentlemen we had the , honor of being captured by Stonewall , Jackson himself"?a statement which he | , repeated with evident pride all along the | | line, as our men trumped past. We sub- j ] sequently learned that his story was true, j . f?pnrrnl .Tnnlrann. hftvintr ridden some i . distance in advance, had come suddenly upon the bluecoats, and with his characteristic impetuosity had charged among them and ordered them to surrender, which they made haste to do .""?General T). II. Hill, in the Century. Japan has an army of 40,000 men, a esorve of twice that number, and a territorial reserve of 130,000. )UR CLOCKS AND WATCHES. I. BBIEF GLANCE AT THE BISTORT OP TIMEPIECES. Jrlslii of Clock* and Watoiics?SnaDials and the Clepsydra?Time>'nt Tnv??'I'ltn "Tiirnio." Suh-dials were the first markers of time, but tlicv were never <piitc to be relied on. The fact is, the sun is more irregular in his habits than many irood ind confiding people suppose. lie is sometimes careless about getting up in time, and has been known to be as much us half an hour late in reaching noon. In the tfG.) davs of the year he is right only four times, and so little dependence can be placed on him that astronomers have been obliged to invent a sun, and mnkc it mark the hour of noon. This is called "mean time," making a day of invariable length, which is not the case with the solar day. Sun-dials might do very well for primitive man or for the shepherds of Arcadia, but mean time is the time of civilized life. By mean time the board of trade, the banks, the manufactories aud business houses are opened and closed. Without it there is 110 punctuality possible, 110 certainty, no secure dependence. For accurate mean tiinp wo ui:ikc the watch and clock re- | sponsible and give the sun up as irreclaimable, lor the clock's noon anil the sun's coincide only four times in the year. After the sun-dial came the clepsydra or water clock, a transparent graduated vessel, fined with water, which slowly dropped or trickled through an apperture at the bottom. The intervals between the tilling and emptying of the vessels, which, of course, varied with the size of the vessels, were called "watches." They were used in the Greek and Koman forums to time the speeches of the orators. One of Martial's epigrams counsels a dull orator who drank water constantly during his harangue to drink from the clepsydra, and thus relieve his audicncc as well as himself. The hour glass is a modification of the clepsydra, substituting sand for water. Sun-dials and hour glasses marked the time for our forefathers before the Revolution. There were very few watches or clocks owned in this country until after that time. Clocks were invented in the eleventh century', and were first supposed to have originated with the devil, but as the monasteries immediately adopted them, that idea was soon dissipated. Tlicy were very rude nd clumsy contrivances until the r>cnd:.L.in was discovered by Gallileo. "As untrustworthy as a town clock"' is a proverb that has been long in vogue. Of the clocks i:i London Charles Lamb said they alio >\ ed him to "walk from the Strand to Temple Bar in no time and irain five minutes." The watch was at first called a pocket clock, a name the Germans still adhere to, and was as large as a saucer and run by weights. The substitution of a spring for weights was made about 1530. The city of Nuremberg claims to be the place where watches were first made, and it is certain that at first and for many years they were called "Nuremberg eggs." For a long period watches were considered more as toys than as timekeepers, and the ingenuity of the artisan was exerted to produce something novel or curious. All kinds of fantastic shapes were devised. Mary Queen of Scots had a watch shaped like a skull. Others were made like a cross, a bird, a tulip, j or any astonishing form the maker could j imagine. They were inserted in snuff boxes, in finger rings, in canes, in shirt studs, in bracelets, and even in saddles In fact, the history of watches for nearly a century is a record of the whimsicalities and fertile ingenuity of watchmakers ; in accordance with the capricious and j fantastic taste of the times. Finally, j about a century ago, the watch as a timekeeper was evolved, and it took on its present settled form. Then it was that the name "turnip" was applied to it, because it had something of the shape of that derided vegetable, and did not look beautiful?like a cross, a pear, or a flower. "The watch," said a prominent jeweler to the llemhl reporter, "has come to be one of the necessities of life, and, like every other necessity of life, it can be bought at any price and in all qualities. I can sell you one for $000, which, if you owued, you would believe the stars were set by it, so accurately does it keep time, and you can buy one for $2.50, which would probably be as erratic in its motions as a comet, and yet would be a watch by which you could guess the time of day. There is a Watchmakers and Jewelers' Association in the United States, which meet annually. At our iast meeting it was reported that the daily demand for watches in this country amounted to nearly $4,000. Some few years ago we imported watches to the value of over ?2,000,000,now our imports reach only about $100,000, showing that American made watchcs have at last won the day.?Chicago Herald. liavc iiny uouars 10 kiss uooiii, A good story was told of Hooth when he was here last, says the Philadelphia Press, which illustrates his indifference to the class of women who always lind something irresistible and fascinating in the men who earn their living behind the footlights, Booth was traveling on the Hoston and Albany road one day, having just closcd an engagement in the New Kngland metropolis, lie heard an expensively-dressed, handsome, middleaged woman back of him sigh and say to her companion: "I would give $50to kiss that man." Booth turned suddenly and looked at the speaker. "I)o you mean that ?" ho demanded, fixing his fine dark eyes upon her, and causing the blood to mount up to the very roots of her hair. "Why, yes, of course I do." reulicd the woman, con fuscdly, looking in a helpless sort of a way at the great tragedian and at the smiling pnssensrers. "Well, 1 accept the terms, madam," exclaimed Booth, solemnly. "And I stand by my proposition,'' said the woman, recovering her self-possession, and, rising, she imprinted a sound kiss upon the actor's lips. Booth's face did not betray the slightest emotion. He received the kiss stolidly, and did not return it, but waited until the impetuous woman found her purse and handed him a $30 bill. He took the money, thanked her, and turning to a feeble, shabbily-dressed woman on the other side of the aisle, who was traveling with two young children, placed the money in her bands, and with a courtly bow said: "This is for the children, madam. Take it. please," and without another word he left the car. What Evolution Teaches. In one of the late sermons on "Evolution,'' by Henry "Ward Beecher, he said that it taught that the creation was not accomplished in six days of twentyfour hours: that the work occupied aires: that nothing was at first created perfect, but has been going forward to perfection; that the earth itself was condensed from ether into a visible cloud form and increased in solidity through chemical process?aquatic invertebrate animals being its first inhabitants. The earliest mammals were the marsupials, like the opossum and kangaroo; it was doubtful j whether man came in the tertiary period or immediately sequent. In this, Mr. lieechcr said, lie quoted from Professor Dana, and as thus stated, evolution was j accepted by ninety-nine per cent, of the working scientists ot the world. It was taught in all advanced colleges and universities, and if cast aside civilization j would go back into chaos. To the fearful and timid lie would say that while evolution was certain to oblige theology to reconstruct its system, it would take nothing away from the grand principle of religion. If theology could be changed, religion would be emancipated. Evolution would multiply the motives and facilities of righteousness, which was (lie design of the whole Hiblc. It would obliterate the distinctions between natural and revealed religion, both of which were the testimony of (Jod. Color Blindness. The prevalence of color blindncssjf, in round numbers, ten times as great in the male sex as in the female. The facts rest upon the examination of many thousand persons in different countries; and | the examinations have not only been con- , ducted by trained scientific observers : perfectly familiar with all the sources of error in connection with the subject, but j ilso in such a manner as to exclude the i names of colors from consideration. The j persons examined have beer, required to match sample colors by selection from nnong a great variety of skeins of wool: ind only those have been set down as :olor-blind who commenced by selecting jome shade of stone-color or drab as a natch for pale jrreen. Further tests would then determine whether the blindless was to red, to green, to violet, or ;o all three. In Kngland, among Eton Joys, 2.10 per cent/were fould to be ;oior-blind in some form; and among nales of the laboring class the percentage ose to nearly five. / SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. The cataracts of the Nile are duo to granite veins, which the river, while wnrlcinir n -vvn.v through the sandstone, had been unable to destroy or remove. In a new French method of sugarmanufacture, which is attracting the attention of Paris capitalists, the use of beet-root is to be superseded by that of potatoes, thesiiccharinc matter being extracted by the help of electricity. Leather wheels are made in France for railroad and other cars. I'ntanned buffalo hides are cut into strips, and these arc built up into solid discs, which arc strongly held together by two iron rings after they have been subjected to hydraulic pressure. Artificial sponge?made of cotton, rendered absorbent and treated with nntisol.tips?is a rppont Knclish product. A piece of tlie size of a waliiut has absorbed water until it has become as large as a cocoanut. It is so cheap that it need not be used a sccoml time. From experiments made in Germany by I'rofe-sor K. AVoolny, it appears that the air is considerably cooler over a field under crop than over a fallow field, and that the temperature fluctuates less in the former case than in the latter. The maximum of air temperature travels with the course of the suu, from eastern slopes in the morning to the southern at noon and to the western in the evening. Experienced lumbermen have always held that timber cut in the spring was not durable for building purposes. 1'eccnt scientific investigations sustain this belief. It is shown that the richer the wood is in phosphoric acid and potassium the more likely it is to rot and mold; * * ' - -L i. wood cut 111 the spring contains cigui, times as much of the former and five times as much of the latter as when cut in the winter. The ordinary dwellings of the Japanese arc not firmly attached by foundations to the earth but rest loosely on squared stones or boulders buried in the ground, the result of which is to partially prevent the transmission of momentum from earthquakes. An Englishman has made an improvement on this plan and rests the house on each of its piers upon a handful of cast iron shot. These shot, of the size of buckshot, so increase the frictional resistance to rolling that the house is practically astatic, and the motion is in most earthquakes only about one-tenth to what it is outside. Three tribes, says Dr. J. I). Garson,in* habit the archipelago of Terra Del Fuego. 1. The Onas, who occupy the north and east shores, resemble the Pata<ronians in being a tall race, and live ! chiefly by hunting. 2. The Yahgans, who are found on the shore of the Pcap^Ie chunuel and southern islands, a short, stunted ra:e, subsisting almost entirely on birds and the products of the ' sea. The Alaculoofs, who dwell on the westcjn islands and are very similar j to the Yahgans. In all the population of the Fuegian Islands appears to be about 3,000. In the general character of the skull and skeleton the tribes are like the other wild natives of America, though certain peculiarities have been assumed through issolation. Very little is as yet known of the social condition of the3e people. SELECT SIFTINGS. Ceylon spiders weave webs so strong that u walking-stick, when thrown into it, is entangled among the meshes. The London Agricultural Gnzdlc is authority for the sratement that "100 horses are slaughtered each week, the llesh cut into steaks, and sold as beef in the poorest neighborhoods of Manchester, England." The Emperor of China never uses the first personal pronoun, but always speaks of himself as the " Solitary .Man." The expression is only used in the figurative sense, as indicating the unapproachable grandeur of the Son of Heaven. A prize for heavy ears of corn, given by a Cincinnati gentleman, brought out sixty samples ol forty cars cach. The heaviest forty weighed fifty-three pounds, the next heaviest fifty-one and one-half pounds. Entries to the number of ei^ht weighed l'orty-nine pounds and over. Frou Molienweber. at Hcmscheid, in Germany, is over 100 years old, and has had the privilege since .May :}d of being a great-great-grandmother. She is in irood health, has never worn spectacles, has two children aged seventy-two and seventy-six; thirty-six granchiklren and forty.two great-grandchildren. The difference between an imitation and n genuine amethyst can be easily (lis- I tinguished. Just put them 011 your tongue alternately, and you will find that the spurious feels warm and the genuine icy to the touch. The stone which has had the greatest run of late is tiger eve, which has a peculiar, dull fire. It is only a picce of petrified wood, turned, smoothed and polished. The canaille of Paris were in the habit of making strange presents. What a fantastic idea it was, sending to the royal family,in Marie Antoinette's time,a box of dominces made out of the stones of the bastile. The lines which accompanied the gift are quite brutal, quite authentic, and chnracteristically French. How Marie Antoinette must have shuddered at this toy of doom: "These stones, from the walls which inclosed the innocent victims of arbitrary power, have been converted into a toy, to be presented to you, monsigneur, as an homage of the people's love, and to teach you the extent of their powei."?Aryonaut. Cool Men. Some men never lose their presence of mind. There is a well authenticated story told of a French gentleman who, in a moment of passion, struck an orderly in the face. The orderly instantly drew his piitol, placed it to the breast of the general, and pulled the trigger, but the cap failed to explode. "Ten days arrest for not keeping your arms in proper order," said the general; "every orderly should be orderly about j his arms." The late Commodore Garrison seems to have been made of pretty much the same kind of material as that French general, if the following story about him docs not lack the essential ingreclidicnt of truth: "One day while selling tickets in the office of the boat of which he was captain, he became involved in a quarrel I with a peculiarly choleric individual. [ who finally enforced his remarks by presenting a pistol through the window full at the captain's head. It was one of the old fashioned affairs, looking like a Gatling gun in miniature, containing six barrels in one, all of which turned round in cocking like the chamber of a modern revolver. . It was before the days of cartridges, and the barrels terminated at the bread) nipples, the charge being exploded by n percussion cap. The captain had not : time to move, before the man, with a murderous mind, snapped his pistol. | The cap missed lire. He tried agnin, i and again there was no di charge. Cup- ! tain Garrison's pistol lay near al. hand, and he might have shot his assailant j dead, but he made no movement in that I direction. Keeping an untlinching eye j upon the discomiitcd marksman, he coolly opened a drawer and taking out , of it a box of percussion caps pushed it ( through the window, saying: "Try j some new caps, yours don't seem to be ! ijood. ' The audacity of the performance * completely unnerved the irate passenger. ! Instead of accepting the caps, lie begged j i*? r/lnn frvrliia \v*OC ti\rrr\Vt*n Wltll I |nuuvu *w? mo ?vuj, " j hearty handshake, and for years after- j ward was one of the captain's warmest friends and admirers." We have learned from a reliable source ?K!i Perkins?that when Garrison shoved the cap through the window to j the irate passenger, the latter remarked: j ''Well, this caps the climax."?Texas j Sift in jh. Not so Easy lor Men to Fly. With wings of any moderate spread a j horse power is able to lift about twentyfive pounds. To lift 150 pounds, the average weight of a man, calls for six- j horse power, while man's power is esti- | mated to be about one-lifth of a horse 1 power when exerted to the greatest ad- ! vantage. In other words, if the machinery for tljc purpose weighed nothing, man's strength must be increased thirty times at least before he can sustain himself in the air. Even then he could tly only in a calm. It has been stated that the average velocity of air currents at a distance above the earth is twenty miles per hour. These must be met and overcome by any flying apparatus before it can be successful. These facts ought to be j enough to settle one side of the ques- j tion, at lenst. Men cannot hope to ilv | by muscular exeition. Any flying apparatus must weigh less than twenty-five pounds per horse power in order to sustain itself, and, if supponcd by a balloon, must be even lighter.? lndiutrial American. ' ' . MOMENTS FOR MERRIMENT. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FOTJHD IN OUB BXOHAVOE3. The I,ate Husband ?What Iffo I'tted ? The Deacon'* Doff?The Hero Wtti ?l?i1 hr n. Flali* A gentleman came home in the "wee stun' hours ayout the twal,"at the South End recently, and was surprised to find his wife clad in black. "Why, are you wearing these mourning garments?" he said, somewhat unsteadily. "For my late husband," was the significant reply. lie has Deen in {the house at 10 ever' since. ? Hod on Budget. Wliat lie I'aeri* "You say that you was forcibly ejected V "Xo, sir; I don't say nothing of the kind." "Didn't I understand you to say that he removed you with violence?" 'i don't know what you understood, but I didn't say that." "I inferred from what you told me that lie used force to compel your exit." "I don't sec how vou trot that into your head, for I didn't s;iy nothing of the kiuil." "You didn't go out of your own account?" "Not by a tarnal sight." "Then how did you get out?" "Why, gosh it all, he kicked me out." "Well, 1 want to know if hedida'tuse violence." "No, I'll be shrunk if he did. lie used his foot."? Chicti'jo Ixdtjer. The Deacon's Dog-. A good story is told of the presence of mind of a New Hampshire deacon who wns very fond of dogs. He had one valuable setter that he had trained himself, and that understood his every word and slightest gesture with an almost human intelligence. One evening at a prayer meeting the good man was offering an earnest exhortation and the people sat with bowed heads,giving earnest attention. The audience faced the stand where sat the pastor; the doors opened on either side. All at once one of the doors, which had been left ajar, was pu3herl open, and the baudsome head of the deacon's favorite setter was thrust in. The head was followed bj the body, and the dog in toto had just started with a joyful bound toward its master. The deacon generally knew what was going on about him, whethci he was praying or shooting, and the first movement of the intruder attracted his attention. Quick as a flash, the deacon, raising his head with a warning gesture, cxclaimed: "Thou hast given us oui charge; help us to keep it." At the emphasized word so well known to his canine ear, the handsome brute stopped as if shot on the very threshold of the door, with his intelligent eye fixed upon hi: master. In the same unmoved tone, with a slight wave of the extended hand "We .would not return back to The< with our duty 011 earth unfulfilled.' Again the perfect training of the dea con's pet was made evident, for, withoui a whimper, he turned ns noiselessly a; he had entered, and remained quietlj outside until his master appeared. The Hero IVon Slain. One of the farmers who succeeded it backing his wagon into place at the Citj Hall market yesterday morning had sev cral errands to do around the neighbor hood, and he left his son of fourteen or the vehicle to make a sale of five or sb bags of potatoes. The old man had scarcely disappeared when a bill dis tributor came along and threw into tin I *1? I WllfJUU IUU 1113b UllU|;iblo Ul it Obucuuviitt serial. The boy grubbed for the "lly' and began to devour the literature "it chunks find hunks, and of the half dozen people who came along and askee the price of his potatoes he answered only one, and him so absent-mindedb that no sale was made. In about hall an hour the old man returned. Hi halted at the back end of the wagon anc took in the situation, and then asked: "George, what you got?" "Story." "What about?" "Injuns." "l)o they kill anybody?" "Tnev arc after a feller and I gues: they git him." "He's the hero I s'pose?" "Yes." "Don't sell any taters, docs lie?" "No." "I thought not. but I reckon I'll soor know the reason why!" With that he leisurely climbed ovci the tail-board, reached for the boy and the shaking up that youth received will make him dream of earthquakes for man} nights to come. "You don't want any more ot that,' said the old mnn, as lie finished business and dropped the "fly" overboard. "Th( Injuns not only overtook the hero bill they 6lew him in the most fatal mauner, and don't you forget it! Now you gil up'n gallop and sell these 'taters!"? Detroit Free Press. .TIaotlicnded by 21 Fink. "Here's an old acquaintance,'" saidnn friend, as we stood looking at the lis!' display of Commissioner Blackford, pointing out a parti-colored eel-like fish sev eral feet long and of most villainous as pect. In form it resembled the typica sea serpent that figures in the old works of Pontoppidan and others. The bodj was high", the mouth large, and in it appeared a most formidable array ol teeth. "That is the famous, or rather infamous, murray of the South," explained my companion, giving the creature r spiteful dig. "It's as much of a seaser pent as I ever want to sec, and I musl tell you a good joke 011 myself in whicl one of these brutes played a prominent part. Some years ago, when I begar spending my winters in Florida, 1 devoted almost my entire time tc fishing?sea fi-hing, you know?and almost the first fish that caught m< was one of these murravs. This is a medium-sized one. They attait in the Bahamas and around Cubt a length of four or five feet, and, being proportionately stout, present a formi dable appearance. One day I was fishing of! the reef, in about five fathoms, and had been having fine luck witi grunts and yellow-tails, when suddenly I had a bite that brought me to mj teet. I hauled the fish and the fish hauled me, and after ten minutes hard work I had him at the surface, and, with a tremendous jerk, landed, not a fish, but one of those murravs?a rouscr. 1 was amazed as much as the murray. "No sooner did it feel itself in the boat then it opened its cavernous mouth and made a rush for me. There were but two methods of escape open to me, one to jump overboard and the other tc climb the small mast of my boat. 1 chose the latter, and as the murray reached the spot 1 just cleared it, and there I was in the attitude generally known as shinning. The murray made the circuit of the boat several times dragging the line, thrashing the oars about, and darting its ugly head in my direction at every move 1 made. It was impossible, however, to hold such a position loner, and I was about considering the possibilities of leaping into the water nuci swimming to tlie reef wnen the creature wriggled overboard. 1 then slid down and cut the line When I got ashore niy friends asked me what I was shinning the mast of thedingy foi. They had been watching me through a spy glass. I told them 1 had been clearing the halyards. If they had ever got hold of it that I had been there for ten minutes to get away from that green hued eel. 1 should never have heard the last of it."?Nao York Sun. Inside Facts About Pocahontas. Mr. John Ksten Cooke, of Virginia, has made a searching investigation ol the Pocahontas matter, and he is satislied, from a'l the evidence to be had, that Smith was captured by a party ol Indians in 1007, and carried to the Indian capital on York river, where I'owhatari ordered him to be slain. Pocahontas in tcifeied to save liim. mie iook nimurs head in her arms, so that it was impossible to beat out his brains without hitting her. Powhatan consented to spare the prisoner, and treated him kindly. Afterward Smith released some Indian prisoners, stating that it was for the sake of Pocahontas. lie told his friends in Jamestown that Pochontas had saved his life. In a letter to Queen Anne ho said that he would lie guilty of the "deadly poison of ingratitude" if he forgot the goodness of Pocahontas. In several letters he travc to this girl credit for his rescue from death. It was 011 thin ac> count that Pocahontas was flatteringly received at the English court. After her marriage to Kolfe she was baptized, and lived "civilly and lovingly with her husband." Kemovc the mildew from linen by ?x: *!._ /.Vin llr nr,r1 WCIUIIg 11IU OJIUI, liH/UJUg W?J Uiiiian, mm exposing it to the air. Diluted hartshorn will take out mildew from woolen stuffs. THE COOK IN THE ORIENT. A CHI3AMAN WHITES ABOUT CHINESE FKUITS. Frulin a nalmtar of V>llo in China? Odd Way# of Preparing Thorn? ?->- -? bnl.Mlt. 1I1U JDUIU auu om VM>? From time immemorial fruits have been a mainstay of life in China. Their culture gives support to millions, and is brought to a perfection almost unknown in the Occident. All of the kinds familiar to Americans are everywhere grown, so also, are the semi-tropical and tropical; such as the orange, pineapple, lemon, lime, citron, banana, star-fruit, 1 guava, mangoe, tamarind, date, tig, and shaddock. Beside these are a long scries of fruits indigenous to the East; the Ilolo, Dai-chi, Ma-tag, and a score of others. Fruits arc more frequently cooked in Chiua than here. They enter into cakes, tarts, pies, puddings, stuffing. They arc baked, roasted, fried, broiled, and boiled. They are also dried, evaporated, dessicated, smoked, pickled, soused, preserved, candied and made into jellies, jams, and marmalades. Among odd ways of preparing and preserving them, is one in which a fruit sweetened to taste, is perforated with a cochineal stick, then wrapped in a water-lily leaf, and then boiled in syrup. The heat and moisture transfer the crim -1? - * * ? infnpinr son coior ui uiu ?uuu iu iuu flesh, while the lily-leaf stains the exterior a ricli green, and at the same time, penetrates it to a moderate depth with its gelatinous or mucilaginous elements. Fruits thus treated are put in large jars, and sent over the world. Even when opened, they resist fermentation for weeks. In the use of fruits, the Chinese do not follow the Portuguese adage of "Golden at morn, silver at noon, and lead at night," but on the contrary indulge to an extent that would astonish a physician of the old school. It is a common sight in a Mongolian home to find the entire family devouring oranges, bananas, and sugar canc, at midnight. In the main, acid and sub-acid fruits arc , preferred to all others. , The extremes to which fruit-culture is , carried on in China is well exemplified by the Bolo. In a wild state, the fruit, , (which crows from the trunk, and not | from the limbs of the Bolo tree), is not , much larger than an apple, and in shape, . color, and interior construction resem. bles an orange. Cultivation for centuries has increased it in 9ize until it weighs . from 100 to 200 pounds. As it buds in . tne spring, the fruit farmer builds under [ and around it a strong bamboo basket, which in turn is firmly attached to the tree trunk. When mature, the fruit can . be easily broken into spherical sections, similar to an orange. Its taste is very . rich and sweet, resembling, somewhat, , that of a Hackensack melon. The seeds are small, almost rudimentary, and never , sprout. The tree iB propaeated by shoots [ and grafts. The IJolo exerts a "fascina. tionupon the Chinese small boy, similar j to that fabled to be exercised by the t watermelon upon the colored brother. . As soon ns it begins to ripen, guards are [. stationed in the orchard, and there kept 5 until the last globe is gathered. The . enfan t terrible in the East has one advantage over his Ethiopian rival. Once pickcd, he, or they?as it requires three boys to properly do the business?may i carry ofl the fruitbefore the owner's eyes. [ A queer superstition among the farmers . forbids recapture, or even unkind words . to the malefactors, on pail, it is sup) posed, of the blighting of the tree oror; chard the next season. The I3olo sells i for from 1,000 to 5,000 cash, (1,000 cash . being nearly equal to $1). It is sold tc ; peddlers and venders, wlio separate i( 1 into its component scctious. These num? bcr from :JOO to GOO, and are retailed aci cording to tlieir size from five cash up< . ward. Covered with leaves, the sections 1 remain sweet and fresh several days. [ Another fruit (now beginning to apf pear in American markets) is the Sai-chi. f As it grows it is the size and shape of n t walnut, with a shell thinner than that of 1 the finest almond. Within is a fresh and luscious pulp-that may be put halfway between a strawberry and a raisin. After beiug gathered, it slowly dies until the pulp resembles a small date. Thus far only the dried fruit has been imported. Its success, however, indij cates that the fresh fruit'would in a short time be extremely popular. The dried are sold in American stores at forty cents per pound, in Chinese stores at twentyfive, but in Canton and Ilong Ivong at live to ten. Lai-cfii has considerable i hygienic value. "When fresli its action is similar to that of figs or tamarinds, dried to that of prunes. An essential | principle is extracted from it by the Chinese physicians and apothecaries, and r has long been a favorite remedy for many complaints. ? Wong Chiij'uo, in ' the Cook. i """" ?.. I ? hv,. C<vl in iii I iirr J AiailUllg U HUttVl UJ kJIMIIKHlng. i While Mr. Hobert Bonner was mspcot, ing John Turner's horses in Philadelphia t the general told a curious story of horse training. ''When I was a boy, aud $200 looked as big as a million, 1 had a horse matched against a pacer to go a single mile for $2o0 a side. In training him I ' discovered that through cxc2ss of action i he hit his aim*. I was in .despair, when I was advised to try and put him into condition by swimming. Like a drown ing man, I grasped at a straw. The rivet 1 ran near my door. I hired a man to row i me in a boat, while I sat in the litem and r held the halter. We started up stream, t and the horse swam beautifully. On the f return he struck out eagerly, and actually towed the boat. I kept this up for ten days and I never brought a horse to the 1 post in better condition. The violent i action in the water had given pliancy and firmness to his muscles and made his l -;--i T wnr K W1UU ilSUlCill U9 111U J IU^ Ui U l/Vll. A. nvi: i the race easily, but it was lucky that il t was a single (lash, because through hi< i faulty action he cut his arms into rib[ bons."?Turf, Field and Farm. > 1 Sawed the Horn OAT. ! The horn of a rhinoceros is apt tc ' grow in the wrong direction if the anl 1 mal is held in captivity. This was the 1 ease recently with one of the animals ic the London zoological gardens. It is a ' very fierce animal, but Mr. Hartlett, the superintendent, succeeded in taming it by feeding it several loaves of brt.'ad 1 every morning. While the animal was eating, he took a jagged cane and iini' tated the action of a saw on the brute's horns. When it had become accustomed to this proceeding, a carpenter was summoned, who substituted a saw for the stick while Mr. JJartlett prolonged the 1 meal. When the horn was' almost olf, 1 it camc in contact with the sore which it had caused. The beast tore away with 1 a savage snort, the saw was broken tc 1 pieces, but the incision made by the saw was so deep that when the animal thrust the horn against the bars in its rage, it ' broke oil, and all danger was thus I fivprti'fl A Test for Pure Iluttcr. The chemist of the Agricultural de 1 partinent at Washington has discovered 1 a certain means of distinguishing oleo ' margarine from butter. When boiled i for a few seconds pure butter will reveal 1 uidera microscope and in a polarized light, a well defined cross on each glob lie, whereas the globules of beef fat and lard are of different form, and do not rotate with the movement of the polarized light as those of real butter. This information is given todwellersin board in<r limit's for what it is worth, with tlu suggestion that no butter enter is entire ly sale without n microscope and polar ized light at his elbow.? Chienjo llirahl. Natural (Jas. Natural gas is as ancient cs the uni verse. It was known to man in prcliis toric times, we must suppose, for the very earliest historical reference to the magi of Asia records them as worship, ing the eternal tires which then blazed, and still blaze, in fissures of the mountain heights overlooking the C'aspain sea. . Those records appertain to a period at least liOO years before the birth of Christ; but the magi must have lived and wor1 sliipcd long anterior to that time.?l\q>ithir Siriicr Monthly. The Little .Sisters of the l'oor have ! now *2:10 houses in France, l'elgium, I Spain, Switzerland, Kngland, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, America, Africa and Asia. Many thousands of respectable 1 but destitute o!d people are thus proj vided for by a body of women who have ' no income, but who support the aged inj mates of their houses by collecting daily i from house to house scraps of food, old | clothing, alms in money, or anything J that may be olTered to them. The cheerful alacrity with which a young man will guide his best girl towaid a milliner's show-window before they arc married, is equaled oniy by the j marvelous skill with which he will steer her nway irom 11 aiier sac is ms wnc.? Soinertillc Jnuriml. There arc said to be 11,000 lawyers in the State of 2sc\v York. ;. \- , - 1 * I TRY AND MAKE IT DO. "My home is small, and yet I've all Seli The room that I require, AVu For, had I more, 'twould take my store C Of coals to feed tho llro q On frosty days. But now a blazo C I keep the winter through ; Though scarce enough when winds blow rough, aut 1 try to make it do. day sar< " My cupboard there is often bare exp As Mother Hubbard's own; sho vr_ i?n I ?/> itrVinlponmn meats. U HAJUI3UIIIC snttujt uv ,? , ?, Not e'en a clncken-bone wh Appears in sight! My appetite titr Oft craves a bit, 'tis truo, But if I must have but a crust, can I try to make it do. tiei wo: " Though I should miss the greater bliss fori That other folks enjoy, n01 What do I gain if I complain jj 1 And peace of mind destroy tite Though luxury dwells not with ine, sle? And much is lacking, still My table's spread, and I am fed tj3] According to His will 1" all Thus spake a dame I need not name, jn For she is known to all fea Who makes the best of what's posses sol, 8? Nor frown what'er bafall; Who may not have the joys they crava, hai Yet cheerfully pursue ^ Their cloudod way, from day to day, As if their sky was blue. cai If 'tis your fate from high estate And region rich to fall, ha| Despite your hurt, your faitli assert ao In Him who ruleth alL It may be but a little hut In which you dwell, yet you ke May make it shine with light divine; 'Tis what you ought to da y?1 ?Josephine Pollard. ... . Hi HUMOR OF THE DAY. 1)8 The daughters of a millionaire always ho have fine figures. Ti The root of evil is a hog in a flower garden.?Picayune. pj The mosquito always makes himself to hum.?Boston Post. Jj er A young man may be good on a loaf, ar yet make a bad bread winner. P1 60 Economy will always pay; m The man who saves Is wise; n( And those content with mush to-day fa Will one day cat mince pies. jn ?Boston Courier. A maid is a young lady who is single sa and who will be Avon if she marries? ? Judge. hj A tough steak is something like, an sa incorrigible boy. Both may be im-;d< proved by pounding.?Lowell Citizen. ? The biggest men in the country are the re drum-major of the local brass band and| i the pitcher of the local baseball club.? 111 Louell Citizen. Now to the pond the small boy hies To fish for pickerel, perch, and pout, te But soon returns with weeping eyes, To have that ruby hook cut out. ei ?Boston Courier. tr A man may never have seen a boom- " i erang thrown, but he can get a very good o) ; idea "of what the operation is like if he w , will stand behind his wife and watch tc her throw a rock at a hen in the garden. [ Fall Uiter Adcance. A telegraph reporter says that the tr daughter of a New Jersey farmer ran off n with one of her farther's hands. It does i not state which hand, but if it were the W i one the old gentleman used to slap mosquitoes with, it was a most uufilial act. ? - San Franciscan. ll( "llavc you seen 'Schurz on the South- lr 1 crn peopte?'" asked Jones, as he laid p: 1 down the morniug paper to skakc hands : with Smith. "I never saw a Southerner ^ without one on," replied Smith. Jones f] resumed the reading of his newspaper.? C Atlanta Constitution. 1 Judcc?"You say you arc not a va- gl grant?" Prisoner?"No, your honor." h Judge?"Did any motive bring you to rr the city?" Prisoner?"Yes, your hon- C1 or." Judge?"What?" Prisoner?"Lo- ?! comotive." Judge--"Thirty days."? a, Boston Post. A ox a summer's day. F How lovely it is in the summer, To go to the mountain or sea, c And there is a restful abandon, a Bo happy as mortal can be. c Ah. lovely it is in the summer, In tho shadowy caverns to lurkBut, brethren, ic's tough in tho summer Ii To have to stay home an J work. V ?Merchant Traveller. S To rellcct on the misfortunes to which c mankind in general are exposed greatly contributes to alleviate the weight of those which we ourselves endure. [ ~ d The People's Vegetable Tonic, Vine- J, gar BiTTEns, is playing the mischief j { with the Devil's beverages, fired up with j * cheap rum. All the diseases which; j those demoniac nostrums aggravate under pretence of relieving, such as Indigestion, Sick Headache, Constipation, , Rheumatism,Gout, Pulmonary affections, I nn^ Tovt>ra nre cured bv this Great ^ i Herbal Antidote. ? A bright Chicago youth got an auto- jj graph album filled with signatures, but t ns they lacked neatness and uniformity ? he bought a new book and copied all i the names into it. Now he is happy. i Reward. t The former proprietor of Dr. Sago's Catarrh i Remedy, for years made a standing, public r offer in all American newspapers of $500 for ( a case of catarrh that ho could not cure. The present proprietors have renowe 1 this offer, i r All the drugpRs soil the Remedy, together t L with the "Douche,'' and all other appliances j advised to be used in connection with it. No , 1 catarrh patient is longer able to say "I can- f ; not bo curcd." You got ?500 in case of 1 failuro. 1 Boston* has 120 hotels and seven gas com- * i panies. _ 1 Broirn'n Little Joke. 1 "Why, Brown, how short your coat is.' said Jones one day to his friend Brown, who wittily replied: "Yes; but it will be long enough before I get another." Some men spend ' so much for mediciues that neither heal nor t help them, that new clothes is with them like , i angels' visits?few and far bat ween. Internal . fevers, weakness of the lungs, shortness of , breath and lingering coughs, soon yield to the i magic influenc e of that royal remedy. Dr. R i 1 V. I'iorco's ''Golden Medical Discovery." | The Good Templars have 7,090 members in ] 1 Virginia. Stricture of the urethra in irs worst forms, speedily cure.l by our new and improved 1 methods. Pamphlet, references and terms, two throe cent stamps. World's Dispensary < i Medical Association,003 Main street, Buffalo, 1 I N. Y. Carelessness creates need of double care . fulness. : WITHOUT MONEY I UMaaawMMnruor'jMnnrnnnnapcnBHBpnaBBBMCR I out delay. It will bo w?nt to any address t.ln In the world Free of Coil! Ilond It AND carefully. study It well, aiulyou will glean Information that may prove more valua ' bit* than all tin* wraith of the liothsehllds 101 N ; ? more preeloiiK than all the pem-t of Ku- BStf I rope'* royalty. Jt nii'u ">tv t'O'ir life.' U9 I ' Bradtlcld Itcgul'r Co., llux SH, Atlanta, Go. I ^-r==frrXi==y===' SmlMS' i | Irjf ! 4f JP4 cv.,*s?? I &ye?j9s Bar TV- ; :?! ! ! 1-y 1 M..J.!'. Ayr Cj > o-.a K, iiuui. /S^ y?^25 CI In atamps ws will poatpald, a very y&y\HORSE I y^g^^yrbescrlblng the diseases apt tc ^girlng the most approved reme ,c:lin& (?? hy the teeth, how to 1^ Jr uulur 41,1 nmuun ui great vaiuu iu uur / rHOSSE BOOK PUB* CO., 1341 ( A SINGULAR BOOK, ( titillating wilS SarcMH sad Brtlllan} ^ with i'fth. r 1 York CorrupoiuUne* American Rural Borne, i tap. L "Hu Malaria;" goee to Florida, hap, IL "Overworked;" goes to Europe. 1 hap. IIL "Has Rheumatism;" goes to Ema s hap. IV. Has a row with his Doctor I r he above chapters, Mr. Editor, I find In 1 k recently published by an anonymous " hor. I have read a deal of sarcasm in my t but I never read anything equal to the msm herein contained. I suspect the erionce portrayed is a personal one; in rt, the author intimates as much on page Lot mo give you a synopsis: 1 Malaria" a3 it states, is the cloak with ( Ich superficial physicians cover up a mul- , tde of ill feelings which they do not under- * ad, and do not much care to investigate. ' is also a cover for such diseases as they inot cure. When they advise their palt to travel or that he has over- i rked and needs rest and is probably ?uf- j ing from malaria, it is a confession of tg anceor of inability. The patient goes ond. The change Is tonic ana for a time feels better. Comes home. Fickle appei, frequent headaches, severe colds,cramp?, jplessness, irritability, tired feelings, and leral unfitness for business are succeeded iue time by alarming attacks of rheuman which flits about his body regardless of human feelings. t is muscular?in his back. Articular,? his joints. Inflammatory, myl how he rs it will fly to his heart! Now off he 3 to the springs. Tho doctor sends him ire, of course, to get well: at the same time does not really want him to die on his ids! That would hurt his business! ietter for a few days. Returns. After a lile neuralgia transfixes him. He bloats; mot breathe; has pneumonia; cannot .lk; cannot sleep on his left side, is fretful; ry nervous and irritable, is pale and flabby; s frequent chills and fevers; everything out him seems to go wrong; becomes sus:ious; musters up strength and demands to ow what is killing him I "Great heavenf ne cries, "why hare you pt mo so long in ignorance!" "Bo:ause,' said the doctor. "I read your le five years ago. I thought best to keep u comfortable and ignorant of the facts." He dismisses his doctor, but too latel Is fortune has all gone to fees. But him, what becomes of him? The other day a well known Wall street nker said to roe, "it is really astonishing w general Bright's disease Is becoming, vo of my personal friends are now dying it. But it is not incuraole, I am certain, r my nephew was recently cured when his lysicians said re:overy was impossible, le case seems to me to be a wonderful one." lis gentleman formerly represented his govnment in a foreign country. He knows, >preciates and declares the value of that eparation, because his nephew, who is a n of Danish Vice-Consul Schmidt, waspromnced incurable, when the remedy, Ward's safo cure, was beguu. "Yes," sail his ther, "I was very skeptical, but since tak?the remedy, the boy is welL" regret to note that ex President Arthur is id to be a victim of this terrible disease, e ought to live but the probabilities are at since authorized remedies cannot cure tn. liis physicians will not advise him to ve his life, as so many thousands have me, by the us? of Warner's safe cure, which en. Christiabsen, at Drexel, Morgan & o.'s, told me ho regarded "as a wonderful imedy." Well, I suspect the hero of the book cured mself by the same means. The iniernal idence points very strongly to this conciuon. I cannot close my notice of this book betir than by quoting his advice to hia readers: "If, my friend, you have such an experilce as I have portrayed, do not put your ust in physicians to the exclusion of other jinedial agencies. They havo no monopoly ?er disease and I personally know that many them are so very 'conscientious that they ould far prefer that their patient* should go i heaven direct from their powerless hands tan that they should be saved to earth by le use of any 'unauthorized' means." And that the author's condemnation Ja too ue, how many thousands duped, and yet. sscued, as he was, can personally testify} KIDDER'S PA8HUE&ETSi'?S?? WfMl' "'jjW['"Iauw. rVe have Just Issued it most wonderful and valuable iiw hook, wlili'h treati of diseases "peculiar to the female ?'l." and have gp.-.r>d neither pains nor money to make it worthy 1 the perusal and eoiiiJdwiee of the women all J"" over our land. K.verv mother, wife, sinter, anil daughter is deeply. vitally interested In this great work, ana fhould send for It withthwt prtget Wi?i. S. K? CHASE, Df Chr.se'o Ivlmko!;, Lowell, Mass., 13 frequently called upon :or information in rogr.rd to l:ia " * 1 "? -Ll _ D wonaernu cure oy mo use Ayer's Ssrcapariila. rie ns3uro3 ell inquirero that lis testimonial io strictly true. Sere it is: ? From my infancy I was nfilictcil with icrofnla. Thv* doctors |>ro:m::ur; d ny a*e incurable. ::tid v.c;v of t!.. r; I:i!. :i hat t'ousiiMpiion. iuditrcd by H*rof?:>"?i soison in ilic blocui. would tern:!:::;'..- 1 y iff. Ali.-v.it IIyr:::*.-: a\ro I had l>. '. c:::c <> debilitated to il-> a daj's v.ork V.: s n impossibility. l v,-:w eomplotciy t" oil raged. a friend r.iivNfd mot* rv Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I b?u:*:!.i < ;:o lottlo, tool; Hie Sar>a;>::ri!!a iv;i:larl;\ :.::d ic;,'a:i to improve at oner. ('ou:int;in<; ho treatment. 1 was permaiHMiiiy cttrcd ? lkinr les? than one dozen l>??t:'c-: i i 'he virulent .-ores which 1::>1 rahn liron^'li my work i:i :i t r r,f |>!;irr?, ajtiillv li 'ii'fi!. my f>'rc:vr:h ;:;Mili!:iily icr:\*iscil, until I hoi-MTii!' :t vi rorot:-. s I :i"i lo-:i:ty. ? S. K. < vi:!i T. >i. 'h:i?t\ !*n?v:-:ion L)i;:.'er, '2.33 3ii-rrii:::ul. I.. I.rnvd!, V:i~. sapanlla9 ol?i W Prey's'.*. Prio? *1 : ?:t i.S. valuable BOOKN^pS. > afflict the Ilorse, and^^^J?\^ dlee therefor; directions hoe properly, and m u c ?o owner?, farmers and Qthcrg.^^^jV^^^ Leonard St., N. Y. City, \ > London now claims a population of 6,200, )0. Mensman'b Peptonized beef toxic, the only reparation ofbcof containiagits entire nutria cus properties. It contain! blood-on'cin? >rce generating and life-ana taining propartiei; ivaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervoui rostration, and all forms of general debility; so, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the ?Bult of exhaustion, nervous prostration, overork or acute disease, particularly if resulting om pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard it o., Proprietors. Now York. S )ldby drugguts. An Only Dnngliter Cured of Connumptlon. When death w as hourly expected from Conlmption, all remedies having failed and Dr. L James was experimenting, ha accidentally lade a preparation of Indian Hemp, which jrod his only child, and now gives this recipe u receipt of stamps to pay expenses. Hemp Iso cures night swe ats, nausea at the stomch, and will break a fresh cold in 24 hours, address Craddock & Co., 1032 Race street, hiladelphia, Pa., naming this paper. Beeson's Aromatic Alum Sulphur Soap Is ised to prevent, euro and heal skin diseases nd to secure a white, soft and beautiful omplexioii. 2o cents by Druggists or by iaiL Dreydoppel, Philadelphia, Pa., Man'Pr. Fruzcr Axie Urctua j kept by all dealer*. One box lasts as long as tvo of any other. Received medal; at N. C. tate Fair, Centennial, and Paris Exposition. The first ship built in Boston wastho Trial, omploted in 1444. Important. When yon visitor leavo New Ifurk city, eavsbarriT', Iprewme nod $3 cirriij^ hire, an 1 atop at tb> Urail rnicn Hotel, op-xwlte Uraid fJjatnt ilipos. CU'elugant rooms, llttsdap as a coit of oai millln ollin, SI and upw.ird porJar. Eurjpun nl?i. Klv ator. Kcntaurant supplied with thibni. Hjruoin. lagra and elevated railroid to nil dipoU. Kamiliil an lire better for leu imney at tin tiriil Uoija iotel tban at any other ilrat-clan hotel in tai oitr. The present area of th# city of Boston is 0,170 acrea Vigor and Vitality to (riven to the whole system by the purifying, onlnc, and strengthening Influences of Hood's Sirap.irilla. If you feel "all gone," are debilitated by isease, or the effects of chan^inj weather, Hood's arsaparilla will build yoa up, We do not ask you o take this medicine merely because of what we ay. The thousands of peoplo who testify in Its avor should certainly convince yon of its great nedlcinal merit. "I usod Hood's Sannrsrilla last spring and can mly say it helped me very much. To those sufferng with bilious complaints, nervous prostration, or honmatism. I earnestly recommend it"?Mns. E. jAKPExrEn. Kalamazoo, Mich. ' 'Hood's Bursapiri'la as a blcod purifier has no equal. ,'t tones the system, btrengthensand iniigintis, giving lew life. 1 have taken it for kidney complaint with the >est results; hare u?od several bottles In ray family and im satisfied that its reputation is meritel."?D. B. Jaunders, 81 Pearl Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Hood's Sarsapariila iold by all druggists. $1; six for $'>. Made only >yC. I. HOOD k CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Miss. 100 Doses One Dollar Jfore Than TlmnU-. Fort Madison, Ijwa, Mm. Lydia E. Pink lam: "I am glad to inform you that I have ;ried one bottle of your Vegetable Compound ind havo found great relief. I more than 'hank you for your kind advice. I have lover felt so well as I do now since I had :heso troubles. Yours Resp'y, Mrs. W. C. A. The above is a sample of the many letters received by Mrs. l'inkham expressing gratitude for the 1 eneflt derived from he v egetablo Compound Another letter from Kaufman, Texas, says: "Your Compound a as douo me more good than all the Doctors jver did, for which I thank you with all my neart. Your friend, A nna B ." fiufi wll^ f unmti Experiment* reported to the Par i Lcodemy of Sciences prove that th; treasure necessary to cause the raptor if blood vessels is very much greater : $ han that to which they are normally ubjected. The carotid artery of a dog yraB equired from thirty-five to fifty-five ?irJ imcs the normal pressure of the blood, 1 ind the jugular vein Irom thirty-two to ;hirty-five times the usual force. j There is considerable likeness oetwee? jabies and wheat. They both are era* J lied, raised, threshed, sold, generally h| ground up, often badly mixed, and even- I ;ually planted.?Pud. 1 rhe Only Temperance Bltten^JKnemL 1 Fevers, Blood, Liver and KldnerDteaaes. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, JReadaehe, Dizziness. Sour Stomach, Furred Tongue, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Coughs, Colds andPneumonia are cored by the use of toe Bitters. Skin Disease*. Eruptions, Tetter,-Bait Rheum, Pimples. Bolls, Ring-worm, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Humors and all Diseases of the Sldn are literally dug up and carried out of the system by the use of the Bitten. It Invigorates the stomach, stimulates the torpid Liver and Bowels, and imparts new life ana vigor to the whole system. No Person can take the Bitten and remain ' long unwell. Pin, Tape and other Worms, an destroyed ana removed from the system. Cleanse the Vitiated Dlood whenever Impure. No other Medicine so effectually purees the blood of deep-seated diseases. Giro the Bitters a trial. One bottle will prore a better guarantee than a lengthy advertisement. , B. H. McDonald Drag Co. Proprietors, San Francisco, Csl.. sad M8. Ho k 539 Watimjton Si% Cor. < bariumSt., New York. , b* ail Dealers andOragglita KYirU-85 ; A Skin of Beauty Is a Joy Porover. DE. T. FELIX GOUBATJD'B OK0U1L CBE1M, Oft M1GIC1L BEiBUM o?QQteT^(rt W A. B?tt? ?W to !?dy of th? Umi Urn, ( P*M??): UM won Imdtu teill wti (htm, I rtrommmd 'Oouraufi Cr**m' J the l*a*t Xtrmful of *111X4 Sirim jmfiri'ilM." On fcottlo will lMt tix months rrwrr Sabtilo lomoTo* i?po*fluoo?ihsli;,w?tkort -) hjrytothetUo. Mm. A. B. T.OOURAUD.8^? Prop., 48 Bond St.. H. T. For uloby ?UI>ni|gri?to??4 fannt Goods Dulm throachoat the V. a.7T5?njdM nd E irope. tVBsv&ro of buoimiUtioos. Stjm8*? ward teumt tad proof of aay 000 oeMo* the mm. Id bctfjfut lost In that condition when nothfmt can be fully enjoyed, should adopt Ridge's Food a* a dally diet. It will accomplish the desired result; namely, strength without taxing the digestive crBiiDs. In s'cVne** Ridge's Food Is invaluable. For ; table uce. it is doliciotu for Puddings, Costards, Blanc Mange, etc. VIBRATING TELEPHONE. # Gives splendid satisfaction. No exor? bitaat rental foe to pay?Sold ootrif kt and fuarmntud to work nicely on lines v within Its wnpiii ( miles), or ataey refunded. 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