Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f THE CttMlSU MAX. ^ TheCouiingMr.n I sing: tho Coming Man Evolved in nature since tlio world began By Energy Divine: the Man foretold Forevcrniore, whom Hope ami Faith behold. Ali voices shall lie hear.[all volumes rea l: Probe to the heart of every code and ereed; Cut uncut t>ages of Creation's book: HiUle itsvll fur life's dveVse-rcts Intent his heart ami vigilant his brain The seventh essence of truth to gain. He shall ho humble, yet supremely bold The scroll of Time's xperience to unfold; "Where Science lifts her daring llamboau high llo greets the gl< wing toivli with fe irle-seyo: "Where, past tii?* known, Keiigion wings her P 11;:lit His solemn gaze pursues her starry light. >*ot knowledge only enters in the plan And consummation of the Coming Man, And not l>elief alone, however true; The brst is not to rest, it is to do; The Coming Man shall lie a man of deeds Employing substance and supplying needs. 11 is wisest word shall bear a titting act, And all his speculation bin:mi to fact: t The goodness of his ethics he siiali prove. Jty logical results of active love. if it i.1/ I a clos irrss kcr i: r. Mr. lloracc Melton was a promising young lawyer, who had the enviable [ rcj tn tilt ion of being "one of the best catches in town." Consequently there was great rejoicing among the family ami friends of Miss Matilda i'alfrcy when it was understood that he had reijuested her to be his wife. Mr. Melton's own family was not so much pleased. Matilda herself was good enough; but her mother?and old Mrs. Melton and her daughter shook their heads and hoped that poor, dear lloracc wouldn't Unci his mother in-law too much for him. She was known as a woman of determined mind, who had ruled her husband and children, and was inclined to licln manage the allairs of her acquaintances in general; and it was not probable that she would make an exception in favor of her son-in-law. And Horace was so easy and goodnatured, h;s mother said, with a sigh, that there was little hope of his opposing "that woman's'' intlucnce in his own household. Despite these warnings, Horace, lii<c a true lover, resolved to take his Matilda for better or for worse, and at once commcnctd preparations for his marriage. The young couple were to live in a house receutiy left him by an uncle?a pleasant, rooiny mansion,set .1 little back from the main street, iu the midst of an 'V ornamental pardon. The ' furniture and eliects" had been bequeathed to Horace's mother and sisters, and ha?l already been icmovcd?all sa\e one article, the prcscnce of which caused the young man some embarrassed consideration. The late .Mr. Melton had been, according to the estimation of the neighbors, a rather eccentric old gentleman, who had intcicstcd himself in literary and scientific pursuits, and in inventing and manufacturing various mechanical contrivances, more ingenious than useful. Among these was an artificial human skeleton wrought in wood, every bone being a perfect imitation, and the joints ingeniously set on springs, so that when worked by invisible wires, the ghastlv obicct would fro tlnouL'h it few eonvul . O o sivc motions. This grim work of art, upon which the old gentleman had greatly prided himself, lie had bequeathed to his young friend, Marrow by, a medical student, to be claimcd by him so soon as lie should have won h:s diploma, and had an oflicc in which to establish it. And meanwhile, by his own special direction io his nephew, it remained upon its pedestal in a small closet belonging to the old gentleman's workroom, where its presence, when the nephew came to prepare the house for his bride, caused him some embarrassed consideration. It would certainly, he thought, not prove a pleasing subject for the contemplation of his Matilda; neither was lie sure but that she might feel nervous and annoyed at the knowledge of such a ghastly object in the house. So he finally concluded to say nothing about it, but to lock the closet; and, as nu additional security against discovery. to put a nail or two in the door. Kor the first week or two of their marriage the young couple were of course very happy, desiring nothing beyond their own home and each other's society. R. Matilda, who had been all her life ruled by her mother, was delighted with having her own way in her own home, which it was her chief enjoyment to make attractive for her husband. Such delicious little suppers as she prepared for him; such blissful evenings as they two had spent together with books and music, and pleasant chat: and above all. the delightful feeling of independence in their own house and home. But alas, for human happiness! Scarce three weeks had they enjoyed this blissful sunshine, when a cloud suddenly overshadowed it. This cloud came in the shape of a hack, which one evening deposited at their door a plethoric trunk, covered with canvas, and a thin lady done up in furs. 'Hie latter, without permitting the servant to announce her, walked into the parlor, where Horace and Matilda, his arm around her waist and her lie id on his shoulder, were looking over the new magazines, and enjoying the funny r? )litical mricatures. ''Mamma!'' exclaimed Matilda, starting up and coming forward with a by no means rapturous expression of surprise. "Yes, my dear, it is I; and I hope you are not sorry to see inc.*' k "Delighted, lam sine." said Mr. Mel P" ton, with a great etfort to look what he professed. Mrs. Palfrey seated herself in horson in law's own special arm chair, and said. amiably: "Really, I missed you so much, Matil? da, and was so anxious, Horace, to see 1 how you two were getting along, that 1 . just tossed a few things together and ran down to spend a day or two with 3 you. You certainly do look very comWk. fortable." with a criticising glance S around the tasteful little sitting-room. I Then she ran on and talked for an hour, until something was said about tea, when she remarked that she h;.d lately taken a fancy to chocolate and K Russian caviare at that meal. .Tanc was accordingly dispatched to a procure these delicacies; and meanwhile, S Mrs. J'alfrey favored her daughter and H son-in law with suggestions lor a more R ' harmonious" arrangement of the sittingI room furniture, together wiili criticisms I on the pattern of the carpet and wallI paper. [ "Never mind, dear,'' said Mr. Melton, [ j soothingly, when at last his mother-in law had been persuaded to retire lor a good night's rest after her ride. "I.et ?. us humor her for the day or two that she will remain, and then wc can have our I own way again." fr But INIrs. Palfrey gave 110 indication of an intention of speedily ending her visit. On the contrary, she made arrangements for being comfortable in her own room, and then set about investigating into the household and domestic alfairs, and reforming and rcgulatiyg things according to her own notions. This involved a system of cookery I comprising her own favorite dishes, while Mr. Melton's were condemned as either unwholesome or extravagant; and also a constant shifting about of furniture; so that, as her son-in law observed, when he came home ot an evening, he never knew where to look for anything. To add to his uneasiness, Mrs. Palfrey r began to give hints of letting her own house, and in future dividing her time between her two dear, married daughters, to whose inexperience and helpless< ness she could be of so much use, and such a comfort in case of sickness?they having no family to look after them. If the old lady should choose to carry ?. out this plan what could they do? Mr. ^ Melton and Matilda asked each other. A Of course manuna could not be turned out of their house; and yet?and Mrs. Melton turned away to hide her tears, whilst her husband walked up and down the floor, driving, for his wife's sake, to reprcs> his vexation. H ilad it depended upon himself he would have had small scruples; hut how H could lie hurt Matilda's feelings hv being what she would consider rude or unkind HT to her mother' Mrs. Palfrey had not been three days in the house when she made an explor& ing tour throughout every nook and corner, and among other things remarked the locked closet. HT "What have you stored away there?' she inquired of her daughter. Hf "1 donkt know. Some old lumber, I suppose. Horace merely said he preferred it to remain locked, as we had no special use for it.1' "But where is the key ? Of course you looked into it?" ; I have not cared about it. 1 be^ ^ BBM^LIoracc has the key." ] "You don't mean to say, Matilda, that | ( j you allow your husband to lock up apart- i mcnts in your house and keep the keys himself, without ever letting you know j ? I what lie has shut up in them: Why, j ! ISItu-beard Jiim>elf eouhtn't do a more ' , ! outrageous thing!" "It is only a litticcloset, mamma; and \ j if there had been anything particular in | | it, lie would have told me."' , "Humph; little you know about litis- j J j bands and their ways! Now, 1 will i , i wager that Horace lias his uncle's choice | j j o'd wines and spirits stored in that ! ( | closet, to which lie'helps himself on the , } sly." . i Hut when, that evening, Mrs. Palfrey j | hinted an huiuirv to her son-in-law in | regard to the late .nr. i?cu?;i s mwn ui ^ : wim-s, lie assured lier that his uncle had j ' left none. He had never stored wines, j but bought them as they were needed. | This only added to Mrs. Palfrey's . j curiosity, and a day or two after she j assailed him again. "i have been assisting Matilda in ar- ! ranging the store room more conveniently. 1 think that grouiid-tloor rather j damp, and that it needs a good airing | and some <|uick-!ime. 1 noticed a closet J I in one corner which emits a musty and ( J unwholesome smell. It ought to be j I opened and thoroughly ventilated. ( | There is nothing so dansrerous in a , j Lou -c as damp." I "So my uncle thought," replied Mr. ( I Vniimi ' nmnnsfidiv. "and he was.tiierc- , I fore, particular in the building aud lin- j , j ishing of the ground tloor and cellars. The closet is perfectly dry?perhaps, in- ( I deed, the dryest spot in the house. 1 There is no necessity for airing it, I assure you." j Thenceforth, Mrs. Palfrey daiiy pon- : j dered upon tlie locked closet-door, j AN' 11y should it be kept fastened, and . the key in Mr. Melton's possession, un- j j less it contained something which he i ; particularly desired to keep secret? "Perhaps it is family papers," she , ' thought. "I always fancied there must J be some mystery about the .Meltons? j , some of them have been so queer. MayI be there's insanity in the family: or they [ j got their money in some odd way which | they wouldn't like to have, known. For Matilda's sake I ought to look over those papers.'' , .^o with this wish strong in her mind, .Mrs. Palfrey one day, when her daughter was out, collected all the keys of the , i o.i.l rrmnirincT tn tllf! ITOtllld lloor j ?..!? 'V|. Q -- ----- 0 i tried them on the lock of the mysterious i closet. j I5y good fortune one of them fitted. ( She heard the bolt shoot back, and theu, : attempting to open the door, she discovered that it was secured by a couple i of nails. | 1 lerc was a heightening of the mystery. Not satisfied with locking the closet, he had actually nailed it up! There must be something there of more importance than old letters and papers?something j, which her son-in-law was particularly i ! anxious to conceal, and which he bad j , ni'ver hinted of even to his wife. ( j Who knew but that something drcad1 fi:l had been done in that house by that ' j strange old man, who had lived alone I and led such a secluded sort of a life ? j And Mrs. I'alfrey firmly made up her j I mind to discover the whole mystery be- j I fore she was many days older. There ] j should be no secrets in her daughter's ; j house kept from her knowledge; and as < . it was, the whole thing was a wrong and i an insult to Matilda and herself. i j So on Sunday evening Mrs. Palfrey i ] j complained of a "dreadful headache. 1 J j which would prevent her accompanying j i | Mr. and Mrs. .Melton to evening service. She would be better for being left alone an hour or two. And when they were gone, she gave < ! Jane permission to go out if she liked, i i I as she herself intended to remain at \ | home. And having secretly watched her j J oil in company with a nice-looking i I young man. Mrs. Palfrey took a lamp t j and a hammer, and therewith repaired i i to the store-room on the ground floor. . I With some difficulty she extracted the I nails, and then inserting the key, again ] I heard the bolt shoot back. j The sound sent a triumphant thrill , j through her veins. Sho was about to see for herself what ( I ?)ir? mvatnrv wllifli hoi* SOll-ill llUV i had been so careful to hide from herself and his wife! i Holding the lamp above lier head, j Mrs. Palfrey slowly opened the door. ( Merciful heavens! What was that > | grim and ghastly figure which, grin- s ! ning in her face, slowly strctchcd forth c | its skeleton lingers to embrace her? r With one fearful shriek she started r i back, letting the lamp fall from her > i hand, aud the next moment was lying < J senseless upon the lloor in profound , , darkness. s 4,I suppose she has gone to bed," said t | Matilda, when, returning from church, j i they found the parlor deserted and the s i gas turned down. "I will go up and j ! s,ee how she is feeling.'' ] | In a few moments she returned. c I "Wnmiim is nowhere uu stairs, and neither she nor Jane are in the kitchen. , Where can they have gone to?'1 c At this moment a strange, sepulchral c sound was heard to issue from beneath s the lloor- a sort of weak but shriil ] scream. t "( 'ood gracious! What can that be?"' , exclaimed Matilda, turning pale. ( .Mr. Melton's eyes suddenly lighted. A I An expression, half-amused and half- s j alarmed, crossed hisi face. , "F think your mother must have gone , j to the store room for something, and ( I perhaps some little accident occurred ? . J No! stay here, dear, while I go and f ; see." ] ^he followed him to the head of the . | stairs but obeyed his rcouest to come ] j no further. . ; In a moment or two lie emerged, sup- , | porting the limp form of his mothcr-in- , I iaw, with white face and wild eyes, to , | whom, after placing her un a sola, they , proceeded to administer restoratives. "Pear mamma!'' said Matilda, anx- , j iously, ''what has happened? What has , | frightened or hurt your' i , "The?the horrid?skeletongasped [ Mrs. l'alfrev, hysterically, and turning a ; , look of concentrated indignatiou upon 1 : i her son in-law. | 4'Skeleton!''repeated Matilda. "Oh, Horace, she must he out of her mind !" I "Out of my mind!" snorted Mrs. I'al- j frey. trembling with anger and nervousness. "How dare you say that, Matilda? If I were not possessed of more than ordinary sense, I should have been , frightened to death at sight of that? , that dreadful ol 'jeet!" j And here she commenced to gasp and tap her heels convulsively on the sofa. "I am very sorry," Mr. Melton said, j I with difficulty repressing the smile that i ' quivered about the corners of his mouth. I "The skeleton?ahem!?is on'v an ingenious and harmless contrivance of my late uncle's, with which he amused his leisure hours. There is not the slightest cause for being frightened." Then ho added, in a whisper, to his j wife: , i "It is not a real skeleton, dear: only an imitation in wood: a sort of scientific i work of art, which it would amuse you to see. Hut you may as well not explain 1 - * * M ; this to vonr motner, jusi now.- I , j Next day. Mrs. Palfrey, luivingentirc- j Iy recovered from lier unwonted nervous , attack, appeared in a mood of intense, I suppressed indignation against her soni in-law. As regarded her own part, she ex- ( i plained that, fancying her headache ! to have been caused by the mephitic air ; of the locked closet penetrating through | ( i the floor of the room, she had gone down j I to open the closet ami let it out, never j dreaming of such an outrageous thing as I the skeleton of a dead man being kept ; | in a respectable family dwelling-house, j ! And if that disgusting and ghastly ob- ! , j jeet was still to remain there, she would j j no longtr stay beneath that roof;nnd she i j strongiv advised Matilda to leave also, j No man had a right to keep unburied i dead people in the house with his fain- | I ilv. I .Mr. Melton explained that he had promised his uncle to allow lhe skeleton to remain as lie had left it until Doctor Marrowby should claim and take it ; away. in consequence of which information | his mother in-law at once packed up her , | trunk, and that evening; departed, warn- j i ing them of her firm determination never j to remain another night beneath the j same roof with a dead man's unburied j I bones. | And wlion she had gone, Mr. Melton | and his wife i who had no objection to a j wooden skeleton in the house) had a ! . smiling talk to themselves; and though Matilda said, "l'oor mamma! it was too ! bad that she should have had such a j ( fright,she looked very happy as she set about rearranging her house to suit j herself. Somehow, Doctor Marrowby has never called for his skeleton, and such being i the case. Mrs. Palfrey only pays an occasional day's visit to her daughter and son-in-law, making her headquarters at a boardinir-house in the town, kept by one of her friends.?<!>'??</? Archer Hem. Four millions of false teeth arc manufactured in this country every year. "OLLECTING HARE COINS. OMETHINO ABOUT THE "SCIENCE" OF NUMISMATICS. \ii American Silver Dollar lliat 1m Worth Slv-OO-Oilier Scnrre Coins ?Counterfeiting Hare l'iorra> A New York lUrild reporter met a gentleman who lias spent much lime and none}- in collecting rare American coins, ind from him learned many interesting "acts concerning the growth of the sciuicc of coinage, the pieces most sought for by collectors, their repectivc values ind the recent discoveries in the numismatic licld. "Here is a curious little coin,'' said lie numismatist, as he carefully held up between the thumb and linger a silver l>iecc about the size of a dime. "It ijears date of ITS:?, and is called the bit. flic obverse, as you see, contains the legend 'Nova Constellation or the new constellation of thirteen stars represent ingthe thirteen original States. :uul the reverse 'I". S.' aiul 'I.ibertas lustitia.' It is interesting from an historical as well is from a numismatic point of view, for the series to which it belongs com]*rises the earliest effort looking to the establishment of a 1'nited Stales government coinage. In 1780 Robert Morris, the financier, reported a system of coinage devised by (Jouverneur Morris, consisting of the crown, a gold piece of [he value of 10,000 units, or miils.cquivilent to ?10; the mark, a silver piece of 1,000 mills, or ?1: the quint, or half ilollar; the bit, a ten cent pierc, and a copper penny. There arc but. four specimens of this system known to collectors, and these are this bit, one mark and two quints. Probably no dies were made for the crown or penny, as no specimens r>f them have been discovered, and there is no record of any having been struck. This bit was recently purchased in Scotland by \\. Klliot Woodward,of lioston, imd brought by him to this country. Being the only one of ttie type yet found, it is unique and therefore of the highest ?,,11'/.,./.rl frtr unln nt rum v. u wuu?mu uuvivm ? unction in New York,limiting it at $.">0. As it was not bid up to that figure the piece was withdrawn. Just before the bidding commenced a bona tide ofler of <100 was made for it and promptly refused. "That money if. generally sought for the advantage and luxuries it will bring," continued the numismatist, "goes without saving, but the public in general have but little idea how many ri:h and cultured men arc at presrnt engaged in the collection of rare coins, and what enormous prices tliev sometimes pay for pieces whose face value is perhaps but a rent. The growth of the science?for it is a science and not a hobby?has been very rapid in the I nited States during the last few decades. Fifty years ago there were less than a score of collectors, mid coins possessed little or no fictitious value. Now there are over three thousand recognized numismatists in this country, many of whom pay handsomely for varieties to enrich their cabinets. Even now, collecting here is considered in its infancy, and if lictitious values continue to increase in proportion to the number of collectors one must neeils in n few years have a moderate fortune to be able to purchase a dozen varieties. In England collectors are legion. The same ;an be said of Fiance and Germany, and the literature of sciencc holds a rccogriizcd place in every well selected foreign library." "Has the trallic in rare coins as yet reached noteworthy dimensions in the United States'?" "Every large city has several dealers, who make the buying and selling of oins their exclusive business. Many of iliem also publish journals devoted to he subject. JSy these dealers collections ire often catalogued ?md sold, cither pri rately or at auction, and the dealers themselves dispose of their surplus stock hrough the medium of the auctioneer. \n auction house on Broadway has made i specialty of this branch of the business, and annually disposes of thirty or nore collections for an aggregate amount jf from SCO,000 to $70,000." "Which ate the scarcest of the A median coins, and at what figures arc they pjotcd?" "The 1801 silver dollar is the Kohiloor of coins in this country and comnands the highest price. One of this late was sold privately within a year for M,~00, and another, not sa well prcicrvcd, brought at auction in this city )vcr $7o0. A Philadelphia numismatist ecently picked up one at a sale in (Jernany for the comparatively small sum of n2()0. An almost uncirculated half dime >f 1802?the next rarest piece of the niut coinnge, and probably the finest pecimen of tlie date known?belonging o Harold P. Xewlin, of I hiladelphia, wrought $400 two years ago at public lale. An IS1half eagle sold recently or $280, and a quarter of a dollar of .827 for $22."). Among the rare silver joins may be cited the dollar of 1704, he half dollars of 17% and 17117 and the juarter of 1820, anv of which, if in line condition, not (infrequently brings $100 >r more. Recent dates in the silver cries sometimes command very rcspcctadc premiums, such as, for instance, the wenty-ccnt pieces of 1877 and 1878, vhich readily command $:> each, and he three ccnt pieces of 1804 and 187IJ, vhich ilo not go begging at $1.50. The silver dollars of 1851 and 1852 arc not lear at $10 each, and that of 1 s.is vorth in the neighborhood of $25. Some >f the early copper pennies also, if as icrfect as when dropped from the mint, ire eagerly sought for at high prices. A 17% ccnt in this condition brought at mction in this city, within a year, $200. Had it been much worn or rubbed, ilthougli with well defined date, it night not have realized $2. An ISO I ;opper, which had been laid aside and lever found its way into circulation, the year previous was knocked down at$205. V strictly uncirculated cent of 170!)?the rarest of the copper series?if such a one 20U1U L)C I outid, wouiu proouoiy uu valued at from sjwOD to *500." ''Are rare coins oiten picked up by accident or bought at very low figures from those who are not posted as to their scarcity?'' "Not frequently, but instances occasionally come to light. A rare Washington piece (a New Jersey cent of 17S7, with the head of Washington on the obverse) was bought several years ago by John W. lla/.eltiiif, then a Philadelphia cyin dealer, in a lot of coppers which cost hiin a cent apiece. It afterward found its way into the collection of Sylvester S. Crosby, tin: [distinguished numismatist and author of an exhaustive work on the 'Early Coins of America.' Wiicn Mr. Crosby disposed of his cabinet at auction in this city, two years ago, the piece found a purchaser at $020. It is the only coin of the tyne known to exist. A few weeks ago a Philadelphia dealer, on a visit to this city, saw in a pile of gold in a money broker's window it the corner of Ann and Nassau streets, a half eagle of 1S\!2, and succeeded in buyin? it at a premium of ?0. lie now values it at just 1<)0 times that amount, and as the piece is one of the rarest, if not the rarest of gold coins, the fortunate dealer will probably get his priec. The half eagle had lain in the broker's window for a week." DV WllVlll illC uiu mnjot LaMinvi.t vi American coins owned?"' "The list is headed by the magnificent collection of I.oring <J. 1'armclee, of Boston, which two years ago was valued ;it over ?00,000, and is constantly being enriched by additions. Mr. i'armelee is the fortunate possessor of tlie Mark ami the two tjuints, designed by (iouverneur Morris; the unique New Jersey cent and many other equally rare specimens. The L'nited States mint in Philadelphia possesses a very line collection, but several pieces of the regular series arc missing, conspicuous among which arc the ISO 1 half dime and the 1 >5--? quarter of a dollar.*' "Do not unscrupulous persons sometimes counterfeit the rarer pieces." "This is not done so often now as formerly. While an imitation might not | be recognized as surely by an inexperienced collector, an advanced numismatist can detect the fraud as easily as a bank teller can detect a spurious piece of money. Electrotypes are made from genuine coins, but attempts arc seldom made to dispose of them except as copies. They are used to complete the cabinets of collectors who cannot afford to purchase the criminals." The bones of i'izurro, the conqueror of Peru, lie in the crypt of the (irand Cathedral at Lima, which lie built in 1510, anil which is the most imposing ecclesiastical cdiliee in America. It is ? :.i ... 1....... ftilrt (too Tim sum v,rf vvw, w\?. lav. money cam;1 from the old Idcj. temples, which were robbed of their gold and silver ornaments and stripped of their carved timber by the Spaniards. Mrs. Lanirtrv was the daughter of I)r. La ISrcton, for many years dean of the parish of Jersey. She married Hdward Lang try, a widower, who was a son of Qcorge Langtry, the famous boat builder uf Liverpool. Mis. Lungtry lirst became famous in 1877. NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. A great deal of narrow ribbon is used in millinery. Figured challies arc pretty and inexpensive for house wear. I?l;ick silk mitts will be fashionable again with summer dresses. For warm weather Oxford tics made of patent leather will be fashionable. The sleeves of new costumes arc longer, and more trimming is seen upon them. Sailor hats arc trimmed with scarfs, with sometimes an addition of "quill" feathers. Copper thread is introduced into the new laces, and is very cllcctive, especially on brown dressc3. In white cashmeres, plaited waists, with belts, long-pointed drapery and tucked skirt is the rule. Miss I'rown, a Concord young lady who recently graduated at Harvard, had a phenomenally high grade in the classics. .tie St. Louis Century club, the lead.ng literary society of the city, has six men and three women on its board of directors. l.ich black dresses for summer are made* of China crepe, embroidered or brocnilccl for the skirt, while the overdress is made of lace. Improved English walking hats have appeared once airain, a litile wider in the brim and with less roll at the sides than upon the old models. A pretty dress for child bridesmaids is a pink faille slip covered with dotted muslin, not tied in at the waist, and the broadest ol high (Jainsboro hats of pale pink silks with immense bows. A rough straw round hat or small bonnet suiting the dress in color will be chosen for traveling. Wide ribbon*, scarfs of etainine, or many small bows of narrower ribbons are the trimmiugs. Black satin or surah dresses arc effectively remodeled by adding panels, vest front and collar and culls of dark red sural; laid in fine plait ings, or bright red satin veiled with black net or lace. The "housemaid dress," so popular in England, is gaining ground here. It is a good dress, but its chief chariu, simplicity, is entirely lost when it is worn over eriiiolcltc or artificial protuberances of any kind. The 'Scientific American states that plush goods and all articles dyed with aniline colors, faded from exposure to light, will look as bright as ever after being sponged with chloroform. The commercial chloroform will answer the purpose veiy well, and is less expensive than the purified. Trumbull's celebrated painting of the battle of Bunker Ilill and the death of Warren has recently been produced in chenille and silk on a sewing machine. There were 12,000 yards of clienille and ;i0,000 yards of of silk used, and -S,040,000 stitches were taken. The work is now on exhibition in Haitfonl. For those who arc tired of vests, a single reverse of the material with which the dress is trimmed is turned back on the left side of the waist from the throat | down low on the bust, or perhaps only half way to the waist line; this is especially effective made of velvet or of watered silk, and it is also made of the dress goods thickly braided. The gold engagement bracelet is becoming as popular as the engagement ring. Only diamonds, rubies and pearls are used on these bracelets. The old superstition about the pearl, that it brings bad luck, as a wedding gift, seems to have gone over entirely, and now it is said that emeralds and sapphires arc the "unfortunate'' stones to give for bridal presents, though they are highly fashionable as gifts at any day later or to anybody else. Ladies in the country may be glad to learn how to make imitation wax candles. Purify yielted tallow by throwing in powdered quick lime, then add two parts wax and one of tallow and a line article resembling wax will be the re- I suit. Dip the wicks in lime water and saltpetre on making. To a gallon of water add two ounces of saltpetre and one-half pound of lime. It improves the light and pre cuts the tallow from running. When the candles are made get out the old brass candlesticks and candelabra and you will be. in the fashion. The daughters of the Prince of Wales arc brought up in the most simple manner. The three sisters occupy one lar^e bedroom, furnished very plainly; they lend so quiet a life that they are still children, although the eldest is seventeen years old. They arc constantly with their mother, forming a charming group and a (itting frame for her gra- I cious presence. They arc very distinguished iu manner, very graceful and extremely well educated. The lives of these live children have been passed in simplicity that does honor to the good sense of their parents. The middle-class girls of Holland arc certainly very pretty. They have soft, clear skins and bright complexions. They arc dccidedly piquant in appearance, much more so than their sisters over the Rhine. This year the favorite color is parrot green of various shades, which seems to suit their brown hair and eyes amazingly. They wear the highcrown, fashionable hat, with a string or two added. As for the back crinoline now the rage, I have seen nothing in size or sway to cfpiai the achtcruit of the fashionable girl of Amsterdam. The literal meaning of the above word is "be -? . ? * ' ** ninu inc jiousc. A New Fusliion Among Hirds. That birds are imitative creatures has lony been known. Many species will simulate the notes ami calls of others with such accuracy as to defy detection, while some will imitate the noise made by animals, or even the human voice. Hitherto, however, the imitations have been supposed to be purely vocal, each species retaining its own manners, flight and walk, regardless of those of its fellows. Many of these arc distinctive and peculiar enough, none more so than the tlights of the tumbler pigeon. No naturalist has, so far as we are aware, hitherto ventured to grapple with the problem of why this kind of pigeon should have taken to throw somersets in the air. Other varieties of pigeons have apparently equally failed in understanding the matter. They may often be observed watching the performance with an attention and gravity savoring of reprobation, but they are never seen to attempt an imitation of it. It appears, however, that otlie: birds arc taking the matter in hand, and there is a prospect, if the fashion spreads, that tumbling may in time become generally popular among the winged race, and that even the sparrow, as he descends from the house-top to the road, may deem it necessary to throw himself head over heels half a dozen times. The jackdaw has been the lirst bird to follow the fashion set by the tumblers. A correspondent of the Field has seen a pair of these birds near Sherborne following some tumbler pigeons and imitating their flight so accurately that at a short distance they might be mistaken lor them. The news will be most welcome to the fair i-- l - i.:.i i ? 3U.\t WIIUII.OC iiiiUL'iiv; UUUII gu|i^iuwn i */ i stand ;ilone in creation in their willingness to make themselves uncomfortable or ridiculous scmply because others set the fashion.?ImiiiIoii iStamhtnl. Fir Leaf Wool. Fir wool is a textile fibre which in Saxony is manufactured out of the needles of the lir tree, the process being partly chemical and partly mechanical. For this purpose the needles arc gathered in spring and summer, when they arc young and green; old and withered ones being unsuitable. They are taken into barns.aml there dried in a current of air. When dried, they are subjected to a settling and fermenting process similar to ! that iu use for flax. This softens the woody parts, and loosens them from the fibre, but the complete separation is only obtained after a lengthy boiling by steam. During this boMing a by-product is obtained in the shape of an oil (lir wood oil), which is gathered and sold to chemists as a remedy for rheuma tisin and gout, its properties being siini l.'ir IU tut jiuilllliu. mi; vuaia|>aui%, .-vjm.m, tion of bast and librc is produced exactly as with llax. The librc is now passed through a milling machine similar to that in use for woollen cloth, and is then carded and spun like cotton. (Senerully the carded lihre is mixed with a certain proportion of cotton or wool, and thus a kind of merino yarn is produced, which is worked in the hosiery frames into singlets, drawers, and stockings, these fabrics being then sold as antirhumatics and as a preventive of gout. When examined under the microscope the fibre appears as a tube, and striped, and as if covered by a line network, (ioods made with this fibre are sold to a considerable extent in Germany, though they are dearer than the ordinary merino goods. NEW YORK'S SQUALID SIDE. PICTURES QUE AND UNIQUE SCENES IT3 THE METROPOLIS. l-lfe Anionpr (lie Colony of Polish liebrew* in the Tenth AVar?l? Sldewnlk I>cnlcrN mid Their Ware*. Should the cholera or any other infections disease visit this city, says the New York Tribune, it would be pretty apt to fin3 cirly if not Us earliest victims in the Tenth wiird. In the heart of this district is a settlement of Polish Hebrews, whose quarters are known to the police and on the East Side generally as "Jew Town." The proper time for a visit here is in the evening. From sundown until 11 r. m.,except on Saturday night, one will see here one of the most picturesque and at the some time disheartening scenes in llie city. From a point west of Ludlow street to one beyond Essex street, and extending nearly a block in these streets north and south of Hester street, all the inhabitants, who live packcd like sardines in their rooms, are out of doors. The people are crowded together so thickly on sidewalk and pavement that one might imagine a riot was in progress. One can scarcely elbow his way among them. And even if this be accomplished, there appears to be immediate danger of his : :.j, ??,i rT;,.f no ?? 'JIHUl^lII^ Willi tlliV* Uliv t*J UI? !*? nex to liis clothing. A striking feature of the scrmc is the presence of babies. They lie around and crawl upon the pavement; they loll upon and tumble down the steps in front of every house; they arc to be found in the numberless carts in the street, drawn up for the night in solid array; their most comfortable abiding place, however, is their mother's arms or the arms of the oldest daughter, who generally appears to have attained the ad? meed age of ten years. Strange to say, not one of the babies squall; they are a'l good-natured, and thev require no soothing syrup. The inhabitants of this part of the ward are all of stunted growth. Not a tall man or woman is to be found among them, and their leaturc3 arc contracted, seemingly bearing the impress of centuries of restricted life. The faces arc not repulsive, yet they excite a sense of commiseration. The women are decidedly uudersi/.ed. Old crones arc plentiful among them. Any kind and all kinds of drc?s, many made up of various colors and varied orders of quality and material, prevail. Colored handkerchiefs arc the main head-dress and head protection for the women. The men wear a mixture of hats and caps. There is a perpetual babel of voices, whose chief force comes from the venders of wares. Every o'.hcr foot of space apparently supports a vender. Here is a little, old, weazen-faced man who keeps a corner grocery on the side walk and pavement, ile has a variety of goods, especially of vegetables. He has a collection of one kind which seem to be his special pride. A hand cart contains a load of broken eggs in all degrees of decomposition. He has been fortunate enough to secure these for a song from a more pretentious groccr, and here they are piled up in tempting fashion, two for a cent, three foraccnt, and even five for a cent. When the egg has really given out under the pressure, and has yielded up its yolk, then yolks and whites are tumbled promiscuously into a cup and the buyer can get a cupful at a bargain. At the corner diagonally opposite stands a man wonderfully tall for this neighborhood. He is five feet four inches in height, unusually broad and brawny, wears a fierce black moustache and on his head is a broad brimmed hat. He is bending over a pile of rotton peaches, carefully lifting tlicin one by one and depositing them with cautious eye in a cone of brown paper. One, two, three, four, live?in they go, and he sets the cones up in two rows and calls out: "Here you are, nice ripe peaches, live for a cent. The last chance." Ten feet away two }-oung men, four feet five inches tall have drawn up acart. They call out simultaneously: "Here yon arc? A ice pineapples, one cum, pineapples a penny! hast lot, here's your chance.'' The words are scarcely uttered before the cart is surrounded with a crowd of hoys from five to twelve years o'.d. This i.? the grand chance for the hoy with the penny right from his mother's or grandmother's pocket. Poor eggs, rotten pnachcs, dccaycd pineapples have a vigorous sale in Hester street, and they are especially sought there as delicacies when the cholera is flourishing in Spain. Vegetables are sold clo?e by on a sliding scale arranged according to their state of decay. There arc nice fresh vegetables, too, as well as large fresh pineapples and good peaches. Every conceivable variety of garden truck is spread out on trays, carts, boards, steps, or wherever there may be room. The stores all extend into the street. Dry goods arc scattered around in wonderful confusion. Goods sold by the yard are measured oil by the arm's-length. Watermelons are sold by the slice, "sweet as sugar and cold as ice."' Plain chairs, knives and forks, cradles, tables, cheap dishes, buns and bread aud baked stufl's of all kinds may be tumbled upon or over in quick succession. Peering down into the basement one may sec all kinds or trade going on pertaining 10 minimi existence. The number of industries and avocations crowded into small compass here is bewildering. The only occupation that does not thrive is that of the li<|iior-scller. There arc, to be sure, three or four beer shops, but they arc deserted, save two at the corner. In one t?vo used-up persons with hiyh white hats, foreign to the population, arc discussing topics of the day;in the other several Polish Hebrews arc absorbed in a game of cards. But all arc orderly. Not a drunken person is seen, unless it may be some one who has strayed in lrom the outside world. Indeed. order and sobriety arc two distinguishing traits of this babel of human beings. Hardly an angry word is heard. Everybody is busy buying, selling, eating, drinking or talking. The drinking is confined almost wholly to soda water and lemonade. These two drinks arc announced on all sides bv signs in Hebrew and English. Lemonade may be liad at three cents, two cents, and ouc cent, according to grade and the amount ot sugar. Soda water goes down at three cents. And the amount of it swallowed is appalling. These drinking i\t../.no urn nil nn tlm siflnwjiilc nnd some I~ - of them require three attendants to wait on customers, mostly girls ai>d hoys, especially the very small hoy. Electric lights illumine every stand and light up the whole scene. The result is picturesque in the extreme. The shifting, noisy populace, the calls of venders, the tumbling and crowing babies, garrulous mothers, old crones, and the general hubbub combine to form a pictuie which would aftord good material for an artist. The great impediment to an enjoyment of the scene is the prevalence of odors so vile and pungent that the fastidious wayfarer will need to protect his olfactory nerves in his peregrinations. (larbagc and ccsspools in the streets, to say nothing of the horrible condition of the low and crowded tenement-houses, alTord a source of pestilential vapors to which oniy a hot summer evening can give that full expression which characterizes Hester street in its glory. llrusscls Carpels. The carpets which bear the above name are not all made in Brussels. They are manufactured both in this country and Kngland. In regard to their introduction in the last-mentioned country j the following tradition is preserved at Kidderminister: During !7Mand IT:;.7). .John Broom traveled through Tournay and Brussels, studying the .stitch which was then known as Brussels stitch. In Brussels, particularly, weavers were at that time making a carpet named after the town?the Brussels carpet. Broom studied with much earnestness the mystery of the manufacture, and finally made the acquaintance i:i Tournay of a weaver understanding the secret. ile and this weaver immediately repaired to J England, and near .Mount Skipet, Kid| -.Icrininstcr, they put tip the first Brussels ; loom, 17-10. They operated with absolute secrecy, hut in time their modus operandi was exposed. Broom and his Belgian workman labored nightand day, and it being known where their operations were conducted, some enterprising fellow climbed to the window, and night after night, from his perilous perch out! lm studied the oncrations of the mechanism within, until iic was able to carry away in his ininil a model of the Hrussels loom. Tlien a second lirm and ! several others soon came into the lield, and in 17.1:5 Kidderminster was doing considerable in the way of Brussels. Today, we arc told,there is hardly anything else but Hrns^els made in Kidderminster, and, odd as it may seem, there is scarcely a yard of the original Kidderminster carpel produced there. ? lluxton Hinhjef. Sashes of moire ribbon eight or ten inches wide will be worn by ladies as , well as by childreu this summer. / SONG. It is the longest day; By tho summer buy, In sweet nir and light, We linger until night, Which but sleeps a little wliilo 'Twixt tho sunset and dawn's smile. Yet now 'tis sad to think an l seo Every day must shorter lie, Every month an hour less bright Until midwintor white. But in the dark nights lengthening drear, Christmas waits us with good cheer, And pleasant book in fireside nook, And faces round us dear. It is the shortest day; n inter s sky is gray, The bleak winds blow, The world is whitn with snow, As by the hearth-nook warm, AVo hear the wide, wild storm: But for a spave each month (hat o'er Us rolls shall longer grow I5y nn hour or so; And it is pleasant through tlio fro re Weather, still to look beforo To coming days, when through the haze Lifting o'er blue sunny bays, Spring will roach our shore. ?(\isxrirs Family M tjazinc. IIU31 Oil OF Tin: I)AV. Well handled?A pump. Full of pointers ?The porcupine. An irritable nation?Vaccination. High time?That kept by a town clock. Cranberries will cure dj'spepsia. That's sour opinion.?St. i'md Jlcrultl. A country scat that always rents?The b.H'b-wire, fenes. ? Ronton liullr.tin. Making crazy quilts is the liropcr work for bedlamites. ? Chicago San. A cyclone is like a waiter, [t carries ev try thing before it. ? Carl Pretzel. Mosquitoes arc free from one vice at least. They can't stand smoking.? Detroit Free Press. If some men had to "cat their words," their health would be ruined forever.? Merchant- 'Prattler. Japanese fans sell from three cents up to $:j00. The former arc the best for use. It is easier to "raise the wind" at that price. ? Xorrixlotcn Herald. "The large cow," says an agricultural contemporary, "is going to be the coming cow." If that is the case we will gracefully retire over the fence when we see one.? Si/tings. Tho fool gives pui-suit with a running jump When tho wind skips away with liis tile, But tho wise man stands 011 tho curb an I grins Till liis fiwn is lvtnrnflil with a smilo. ?Clticai/n Liilyer. "lie called 111c an ass," cxclaimed an overdressed, excited dude. ''Well, you nin'L one," soothingly replied a kindly cop; "you arc only a clothes horse."? MtrcJiunt- Traveler. A rccent writer asserts that the sexes arc gradually, but surely, drifting apart. This statement was made, however, before the advent of the season when frozen lacteal nourishment congeals the sexes in a powerful bond of sympathy and union. ?JJosfon Tinm. Ho stood outside the garden gato And whistled in a minor key: She sat at lier boudoir window an 1 Caught on to his melody; A Bristol bulldog sat between, Wagging his bullet head: "Ah, there!'' the lover whisiwre.l low; "Stay there!"' the maiden said. ?Ilotlun Times. The Perfumery JJusincss. A writer in an exchange says that there are many laboratories in the United States which producc excellent perfumery, but the business is relatively new in this country when compared with I he establishments of the sort on the Riviera, where the inhabitants for the most part live upon the products which that Messed climate afford them ill sweet smelling flowers and shrubs. I was rending only the other day something about the perfumery inarm fucturies of Nice and Cannes, and a friend, who lias a happy faculty of collecting useful knowledge, has sincc given me the latest statistics of one great establishment in the latter city which are worth relating, if only to show the enormous scale on which operations are conducted. In this factory are annually used?only think of it!?no fewer than 1."54,000 pounds of orangejblossoins, 1M2,000 pt undq of acacia blossoms, loi.OOO pounds of rose leaves, 200 pounds of iassainine blossoms, 2:2,900 pounds of violets, 8,800 pounds of tube roses and a relatively large amount of Spanish lilacs, rosemary, mint, lime and leinou blossoms, thyme md number of ether plants and leaves and flowers, Nice and Cannes together raise yearly 00,000 pounds of violets, which thrive there better, perhaps, than in other parts of the world, to say nothing of 410,000 of orange blossoms which Nice alone produces, and which are more than doubled in quantity by the neighboring villages. Acacia blossoms an the specialty of Cannes where 158,.500 pounds are obtained yearly, and where jasmine, tuberoses and roses also flourish. The total annual production of perfumery in the Riviera towns is said to be :>12,000 pounds of pomades and sweetscented oils. The area of the land devoted to the growth of trees and plants in question may be imagined when it is considered that to obtain one ton of blossoms it is necessary to strip ..u.ui'u jasmine pianis, ."500 rose bushes, 100 orange trees. 800 geranium anil 70,000 tube roses of their wealth of bloom. Violets need most space, and next oranpe trees, roses and jasmine require one-third less space than the orange trees, and tube roses one-fifth less. From these various perfumes in combination are made pomade, salve, hair-oil, toilet water, sachet powder, incense, balsam and essences. The name of the perfumes which arc offered for sale is legion, although the best known and most agreeable of them all is eau de cologne. lis preparation is naturally a sccret, piescrved with the greatest strictncs^. The name Farina, connected with this perfume, is known throughout the entire civilized world, and if one wishes to <jet an idea of the real benelit which an article is supposed to derive from a single name, it is only necessary, as many of my readers know, to visit the "holy" city of Cologne, wander about in the city of the JuliehsI'latz, and study the firm names on the signs. All the Farinas in the world seem to be here assembled, and every one of them manufactures eau de coloync. Why Hugo Slighted tlio Cheese. Jeanne Hugo, the granddaughter and I "lie idol of the poet, having manifested a strong objection to learning the alphabet, her mother, flunking to sharpen her energies, told her one day that until she had learned the lirst twelve letters she would have no dessert. The lirst thing the child did was to pour out her troubles to grandpapa, ever ready to listen, but on this occasion powerless to interfere. However, to lighten the privation of his little darling, he proposed to her tltiit they should sulTer together? he would touch no de-scrt so long as she had to abstain. Jeanne approved the arrangement. For many days Victor lingo persistently refused dessert, alleging various reasons for not, partaking of it. Hut one evening, Jeanne having L'one to bed before dinner, a certain kind of cheese, of which he was particularly fond, was placed upon the table. The savory odor assailed his nostrils,and lingo had almost broken his engagement, when he suddenly remembered the solemn promise made to the child, and cheeked himself, much to the amazement of his daughter-in-law. Jeanne's mother. That lady suspected something mysterious, appealed to him to lell her the meaning of his strange behavior. Seeing there was no help for it, Victor Hugo very meekly cast down his eyes and made a clean breast of it.? Dultinwrv Aim riotn. I'scfiil in Many Ways. The walrus, says Lieutenant -rlnvaika, | has about an inch and a half to two 1 inches of blubber directly under his | skin, and this is used by the natives to get oil for their lamps while they devour large quantitiesof the blubber, especially dining the severe cold of winter. The ; meat and blubber arc eaten both cooked i mid nnv. Tlii! tonirh hide cut into strios i about a fool long is med as dog food, | ami is the best material in the Arctic regions for that purpose, a half clo/.cu to | a dozen of these tidbits given to a dog i every other day being suHicient to keep ! i him in line condition right along what- : ! ever kind of work he may bo doing. ! j Sometimes the natives cook it for a day | i or two in their simmering kettles, and it j becomes friable, but otherwise it is :>s ! | tough as sole leather, and to eat it it j must be cut in small bits that can he | swallowed at once, as chewing il would ; ! have no more effect than it would on a I I trade dollar. In fact, the Russians used j , to take walrus hide, and, cutting it into j little bits, coined it into money, and I I found it as serviceable as metal. J STRICKEN BY CATALEPSY, j THE STB AW OB DISEASE THAT STEAHLT BE3EMBX.ES DEATH. | i H* Cannes, Hi Effects and lln Treatment, According to Latest Expc. rli-nccs?Interesting Details* The following is taken from a paper by Dr. J. Martin Kershaw: By catalcpsy wc mean a condition in which there Is more or less complete loss of consciousness and voluntary motion and a rigid state of the muscles of the body, which latter is preserved for a greater or less length of time, in exactly the position assumed at the onset of the attack. If the subject is in the midst of a speech, and his right arm raised to give force to arguments, it will remain in the upraised position for a length of time and then slowly and almost imperceptibly fall to his side. During this time the patient is quite unconscious and the body firmly rigid. An old professor occasionally had catalcptic seizures, during which he would suddenly cease talking, re'ain the position held at the time of the attack, and after a few moments go on with his lecture, totally unaware of the fact that a slip of his conscious life had been 9natched from him. Ilis lecl _1 ?4. tuiu was muuvs lusuiuuu iii> u.\attn lul point ut which lie had left oil. The appearance of a subject of catalepsy is almost precisely like that of death. The skin is very pale, and gen crally of a waxen hue; the surface of the body is cold, generally from two to four degrees below the normal temperature of the body; the heart's sounds are scarcely audiolc, while the fact that the patient breathes can only be discovered by the closest observation. In cases of true hysteria and ecstasy the breathing is very perceptible. If a leg be placed up abovo the body it will remain there an! indefinite length of time; if unarm be | extended at right angles from the body it will retain its position for several moments, and perhaps for an hour or two. This particular condition is peculiar to catalepsy. An old-time physician relates an instance where the patient became cataleptic just as she was putting a cup of (pa tn lmr month. It is not renorted that any mishap occurred, and she finished the beverage at the conclusion of the attack. A subject of the complaint in Bellevuc hospital, New York, remained upon his back for a considerable time (the limbs were placed in position by attendants), with both arms and one leg raised high in the air. He was unconscious during the entire time. I had a young married lady under my professional care some time ago, whose case at the beginning opened up in a comical way. bhc had been run down and was nervous for some time, and one dark, stormy night, about bedtime, her whole body suddenly became fixed and rigid. Her husband, in his fright, raised her right arm directly in front of her body in such a way that the fixed arm and fingers pointed directly at him. The white, ghostly face aud upraised arm of justice were too much for him. In a few seconds of time he recalled the sins of his youth, and with one terrified look he fled from the house and appeared at my ollicc with his eyes as large as young sugar bowls and his hair standing up ail over his head like a new feather duster. Under appropriate treatment the lady recovered. One of the principal causes of ibis difficulty is an inherited nervous temperament, which predisposes one to nervous disease. Most subjects have Hftlniiunn 4 V? ? t- ha iitll li 1i rctufin I L'llll I V LT3 UIU Mini IIJOCblllt| epilepsy or insanity. Most of the eases met with are women. Fright, anger and grief arc often cxciting causes. When Covcnt Garden theatre last burneckdown a young girl in St. Mary's hospital awakened .suddenly, and saw the lire. She \va9 greatly excited all night, and the next morning she had n cataleptic fit. In oklen time it Is altogether probable that subjects of catalepsy were but too frequently buried alive. A mistake of that Kind could scarcely happen now: but the application of the mirror to the mouth for the purpose of detecting moisture, the placing of the hot iron to the flesh to determine whether the circulation continues?these are means which should always be employed in doubtful cases. I could point you to a lady now in our midst who was carried to the cemetery while under the influence of this disease,and only recovered consciousness as she was being lowered into the grave. The last test mentioned would certainly have determined her true condition. In the Lutheran cathedral at Madgeburg there is a monument erected to the memory of the Frau vou Asseburg. She is represented as a mature woman, kneeling in front of a block of stone, and by her side is her husband Stretch- \ ing outward from her side is a goodly line i of daughters, and from the side of her husband an eijual line of sons. The inscription relates how this noble lady was, after her marriage, taken sick, and, under the supposition that she was dead the body was placed in the family vault. Fortunately the vault was left unlocked, t and regaining consciousness in the night she returned home to her husband, and in time bore all this fair family after her strange experience in the tomb. There is still a custom kept up in some parts of Germany of p'acing a bell above the public receptacles for the dead, and fastening the hand of the corpse to the robe, so that it may be rung by the chance vict im of burial before death. The disease in undoubtedly feigned, too, at times, but can be detected. If a weight be attached to the upraised leg of a true cataleptic, the limbs will gradually be drawn down to the level of the body. A case suspected of feigning had a weight attached to the leg and thinking ho must hold it up. he exerted all his strength to keep the leg from being pulled down. The test was explained to him. when he confessed the imposture.?Globe-Dcmor rut. As continued health is vastly preferable to the happiest recovery from sickness, so is innoccnco superior to the truest repentance. Brought Home in a Wagon. Lorisvn.i,n, Ky.?Mr. .T. llclmus, Vice President of the City Brewery, was brought home in a wagon, carried tip stairs by two of his men and laid on the bed. lie was sulTering with a severe attack of rheumatism contracted in the ice vaults of the brewery. lie refused to have a doctor, but dispatched a servant for a hot tic of St. Jacob's Oil, with the result that in one week he was entirely cured and able to return to his desk. j Very small electric incandescent or glow lamps arc used as front sights on tircarms for shooting in dim light. To KErr TnF, Tir.oon PrriF. and the hnwflq tvoil ri'iriilated. bo careful of vour diet; do not use luin or tobacco, and take occasional doses of Yinkcak Bittkus. Perfect health must follow such a course. The range of diseases that can he relieved by the use of Visrrar UlTTKits is literally without limit. The Mohammedans have ninety-nine names for (Jod, but among them all they have not "Our Father." TRADE^^MARK. | Free from Opiates, Kin fties and Poisons, A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE i ( 'or Coutha. Sore Thront, tlonnrai'M, Influrnro, ColdmHriincliKI*. Croup. W hooping Cough, | . .t__ ..... !>?(?. i? chut. ?n<l uilier 4Rn li?u< ?l tie Throat wl l.unf*Tric* 60 Of.nth a norfti:. XT nmoourt ?*! DullU. I Til K liUllLKS A. TOCihl.t It lOiriM. flnlllmnrr. IIirjl*mi. I . S. A? WOMANS tutor. I irrommt'iKl It to fvrry woman I h<Mrof who I !? mifTpriitii with any womb irouMr. 110 matter of I what daw-rlptlon, aiid I have yrt to hear of h slnjh> fiitl'irc to ciiri1." Scii'l for our Ilaok on Disease of Women, wlilrh it mallrit frro. Aihlrps* RlttDFIKLD lUUULATOlt Co., Atlunta, Oa. For sale l>y all Driigglet.s. J, F01 5( 3 WO V il, a vi ?E cs apt ed rci ,, how toto 11 j!34 "Oh, Lor' nit >Im Acnln!" . | In the early days of Methodism in Scotland, a certain congregation, where there j was but one rich man, desired to build a new j chapel. A church meeting was held. The ; old rich Scotchman rose and said: "Brethren. we dinna need a new chapel; I'll give ?"> j for repairs." Just then a bit of plaster falling from the j ' ceiling hit him on the bead. Looking up and seeing bow bod it was, lie said: "Brethren, its worse than I thoucht; | ! I'll make it 50 pun'." j "Oh, Lord," exclaimed a devoted brother i on a back seat, "hit'im again!" , There are many human tnbirn.icles whi' h [ are in sore need ot radical building over, but j we putter and fuss and repair in spots with- I < out satisfactory results. It is only when wo | are personally alarmed at the real danger | , that we act indopendcn'ly, and do t!io right I tjiing. Then it is that we most keenly re- ! gret because we did not sooner usj our judg- j mont, follow the ndvi.o born of the expert- j ence of others and jump away from our perils. Thousands of persons who will read this I paragraph are in abject misery to day when j luey nu^iit iw j 11 a biumuvtui j tuii.uuv/n, They aro weak, lifeless, fuli of odd aches and pains, and every year they know they are getting worse, oven though the best doctors are patching them in spots. Tho cr;gin of these aches and pains is tho kidneys and liver, and if they would build thesu all over new with Warner's safe cure, as millions havo done, and cease investing their money in niiserab'y unsuccessful patchwork, they would bo well and happy and would bless the day when the Lord "hit 'em'' and indicated the common-sense course for thorn to pursue, ?London Piv.is. The love of money and tho love of learning rarely moot Tlie Propar Smi v of .llan'ilnd 3Ia!i?" says tho illustrious Pone. If he had included t? ?u? i: t l... ?.nl,|.| i,?>? the truth, if not so noe'ica1. Dr. i'. V. Fierce lias made them both a life study, especially woman, a id the peculiar derangements to which her delicate system is liable. Many women ill the land who nro acqi.a'nted with Dr. Pierce only through his "Favorite Proscription," bless him with all their h arts, for ho has brought them the ) a iacoa for all those chronic ailments poculi.ir to their sex. such as leucorrhcea, prolapsus and other displacements, ulceration, "interral fever," bloating, tendency to internal cancer, and other ailments. Price reduced to one dollar. By druggist* Command yoor temper lest it command you. mowing lip Ilrll (Jute lias been a laborious and costly work, but the end justifies the effort. Obstruction in any important channel means disaster. Obstructions in the organs of the human body bring inevitable disease. They must bo cleared away, or physical wrcck will follow. Keep the liver in order, and the pure blood courses through the body, conveying health, strength and life; let it become disordered and tlio channels are clogged with impurities, which result in disease and death. No other medicine equals Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" for acting upon the liver and purifying the blood_. The population of Europe has increased iu a century from 145,010,000 to 350,000,000.. We eruaranteo the sneed y, painless and permanent cure, without knife, caustic or salve, of the largest pile tumors. Pamphlet and references sent for two letter stamps. World's Dispensary Uedical Association, 63) Main street, Buffalo, N. Y. Four Arctic expeditions will Ioave Germany next winter. __ An Only DnuRlitnr Cured of Consumption. When death w as hourly expected frotn Consumption, all remedies having failed and Dr. H. James was experimenting, he accidentally made a preparation of Indian Hemp, which cured his only child, and now gives this recipe on receipt of stamps to pay expenses. Hemp also cures night sweats, nausea at the stomach, and will break a fresh cold in 21 hours. Address Crnddock & Co., 1032 Race street, Philadelphia, Pa , naming this paper. Menhman's Peptonized bekf toxic, tho only preparation ofbeef containingits entire nutritious properties. It contaim blood-miking force generating and life-sustaining properties; invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervom prostration, and all forms of general debility; also, in all enfeebled conditions, whethar tho result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, overwork or acute discaso, particnlarly if reuniting from puhnonarycomplaints. Caswell, Hazard fc Co., Proprietors. New York, ti >ld by drug^Uti. 25 Oiitu Will buy a Treatise ox the Horse axd His Diseases, liook of 100 pages, valuable to every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken. Sent postpaid. New York House Book Co., 134 Leonard Street, New York city. Frnsr.nr Axle (iivace. Use the Frazer Axle Greaso, 'tis the best in tho world?will wear twice as long as any other. Ask your denier for it, and take no other. Do not fear to be singular, and do not aim to bo odd. Important. When yon riiltor lo*T?.Vrt ? V?r* city, sure bazengo. PijjreM'iB) aim SI carri.-igB liirj, and stop at the liraui Uninn Ho!"1. oppo<itM linn'l C?*ntr4l d>pot. i>K> f Ifir.tut ro litis, lilt >d up nt a cost of one mill-on ddiatx, ?1 mid upnard per day. Kunpsan plan. Eiovnlor. It slaurant supplied with the lie-t. Ilofecir-i, stages and ?ler*ted railroads to all d?po!9. l'amilint can li>n better for less mon-y at the Grand Union Hotel th?n at any other first-class Iioel intliocity. A man who breaks his word bids others be falso to him. Dc You Feel All tired ont, almost prostrated, without appetito nervous, depressed, anil despondent? Hood's Sarsiparilla will give yoti strength and vigor, restore and sharpen your appetite, build up your nervous system and clear your mind. Do you have pimples and boils breaking out on your body, scrofulous sores or bunches, or other indications of impure blood? Hood's Sarsapariila will remove every vestigo of impurity and vitallzo and enrich the blood. Do you have headache, indirection, heartburn, distress after rat in?, faintnoss, or other symptoms of dyspepsia. Hood's Sarsaparilla will tone up the digestive orsaus, remove every disagreeable symptom, and completely cure you. I)o you havo pains In tho back and the disagreeable evidences of difficulties with tho liidnoys or liver? Hood's Sarsaparilla rouses these organs to their proper duties and enables them to resist tho attacks of disease. Give it a trial. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by alldruejrlsts. $1: six for $3. Mail? only b7 C. l.HOOD Jk CO., Apoihecar.es, Lowell, llisa. 100 Doses One Dollar HAY-FEVER. f5*T?DBij I ran recommend J | Cream Balm to all Hay-g^gft^v^ ?HfrUV'Tl Fever suiTerrrs, it beinp, U'EEfflZE LY'S my opinion, founded on BAi-'jrt! periencc and a sure cure. iH Cj4?>ftCURreC0v' wasafflicted with Hay-FeverHn^^''^// Hfin for twnnty-flve years. ani.E? 'HT^ 7^4 never before found perma rHA^JEVERjK^ nent relief."?WnnsTKn U K. /' 0 Haskins, Marslitl. Id. Vt. / <&&& Cream Balm ha* trained an onriable utation wherever )i in m n nfflPr 1r Je* 1 displacing all other i>ri'|iur-*a ? ? ationc. A particle in apii a if Plied into cadi iioatril; n< M A V - 11- V h X pain: aijreeablc ton.ie. Ilnl iLvfall PriccSOr. bvmailorat driiL'^iM*. Send fnreire.ilar. ELY BKOTHEKS. Druff?'Ut*, Owe-o, N. V. nPjqulckent of any I ever tried."An> man or wonian miilcinK le*? than $10 per wnek should try our ea?y monoy-makin* buiiinoHK. We guarantee it th? In -t payinix in the land. $1 ??iupl? quirk selling cmid* five to any lady or sent who will devotu a few hour, daily. Kij perieiico unnecessary; no talking. Wri'o quick and I cure yonr county. Addiiw. 1!. J- Merriil A Co. Cuicnco ?S50 REWARD trill he pal.l for any Grain Fun In* ;i?our I'tttent MONAK< II Groin urnl Nee<! .*cpuriilur Warehouse .Ulll^* lih^K?|u?li* l.ir and Trloo mailed free. NEWARK MACHINE CO.. ColuDibut,01ilu* ?*?lfrn Hraarh liou%r( llafcntonn, Hd. jgagv R. u-aware Lorillsrd's Climax Plug, K o'N'o"l if-'n i'li lie cut: Vl'ia't L I's I Nnvy Clipping* and that Lnrlllard'sSnufl'sare the best an<l cheapest, qiuiliiy considered ? NORPHINE?ft? icasiiiy critku. hook i'rkf. 03. J. C. HOFFMAN, Joffarsan. Wisconsin. f\ Face, Hand's I'Vrt.an I ail their hisJWV belief, Ions. iliellldilU I'.ieial l> vein;;. \J n.eiit. Hlrtlt Murks. Moles. War: < M<>. Ii. # Freckles. Ked Nose. Aen". IH'k Ilea I-,, &t? Sears, Pitt lugand their treatment. ,l>r. .lolin Who liiiirv.::'. X.IVnr! S!.. Mo inv.N.V. K-t'o'd l>,o. Si-iid |o... . > >:<. TBDRSTl'S SITOOTH POWDER Keeping Teeth rcr.*"cct and (iun? lle.ilrby. ' mmuatmuaBBBaaasta snre mirf. ?Tmt. KIDDER'S M8TilLE8.^^S KB Jr> Har-l! eni a:i . vi.ui-% ?t .1 ?*? .. BR 'iv ho ill lined. ;{ snt?;il s. I'.i,BB III II *y lor fcCM.it?. < ?iii i-l:i- s 1'c v S ti.i.il. Co.. j; N ? I Inrvli S... Nnv ^ .!? Fft a ottTAtNF.rt for Inventor' fir^flTrra I ^ eulars tr."*. U.S. Ssou tM . E H B kll I w l'.u.-:it Alt*y?.Washington.D.C PATENTS 'iC ham. l'ati-nl l<awyr. Ua.~l:nr.Ion. 1). 1.'. lammain tlm-.tiiiti.' tlnbit Cured ill 1(1 HIPRIBIftH " I"" (ill rin-'-il. ill IvcHD I)k. .1. si i i'uess, Lebanon, Ohio. <;|:m:KAI. ' ki NIiKAI. .11A ik II. S. .I A a etp| 2c. stamp*. AiiiKto ii A I?K AM H i Kulioli St., IVklni, N.V. UIHrQIa B i Iii.hh |'.i?r * Htvinjt "iw. oil a .r. frp.' to Ouairsn nn-i Toicln r<. P:-st 4r. Y'OI'U NA.llK-m itnhVr "tamp. !V. Nsu; - ?n i address. Jiif. B::n. \V, ArsrtN, Simixt'ity, luiva, Mn?. ansa Ramp, of Eeliitr. On.. tlli'Icr >!."tf of N v. t. IHSI. *avs, " I h*vt> hfi ii ;i?Iii:: vour -.vo:i i. r.'ti! ; . my. Bi-ailfloMN I'rtml- (ti-irti!- ;t r. in mv f.nn.:> . Inns ttmr, ;itI I wo'ild to fiml :i.ii cv.-i v :?!??: .1 woman In o ir lun?l tm-w of Its wMibrfu! vt/iii" > .n: i o .iiltlve PO.V.T-. as I !??: liirrr tt.v.iUi ! < ? /r.':il . . , ! n**s suAcrlmc ninuiiK our ?i-x. i am h;iv 1 n-oiilti li.i* > l?.on b'flriitarn for tiff linii It lint Im-cii frr tSi.- I: c'l. BestFrienS rill forward, \u iry valuable BOOKnT^v to afflict tlic Morse, nn,1^V nedlcs therefor; directions to ?hoe properly, mid nn:cii\^Kgj\, lorw owner*,fr'armora andothern. \ Leonard St? N. Y. City, \ \ A gentleman living about two miles from Sumter, S. C., baa a large pile of oak straw in his field. A negro living near lost an ox, and for weeks could not find him. One day, seeing from a distance that quite a number of cattle had gathered around the straw pile, he went there, hoping to lind his long lost steer. In walking over the pile he felt something move under his feet, and, on digging down, great was his surprise to find his identical bovine, happy, fat and healthy. The ox had eaten his way to tlin middle of the straw pile from the outside, and had made himself roomy ind comfortable apartments, safe from Lhe observation of the world and free from the burdens of task-masters. ?p?=4p^TpERSONAL? ^ "Deeds are belter than word*." HUNT'S (Kinney and I.lver) REMEDY fcas saved from llnKRwirjRY coring dlnease and death, hueki.: fj d: eds who have been given np 1)y Pbyslclans to dip. 5^"' ''Tlm? and tide wait for no ' NalP HUNT'S (Kidney and Liver) j UKJIEDYcure* nil iJiscsses of 'fH'j the Kldnys, Madder. trlnnry bJHem Organs, Dropsy, Gravel, lilAbetes and Incontinence and Retention of Urine. ^ "Strike the Iron while it Is hot." , HUNTS (Kidney and Liver) REMEDY quickly Induces the I.lver to healthy action, removing the cau<ea that pro luce ttilious Headache, Dyspepsia, Soar Stomach, Costiveness, Piles, &c. "Honesty Is a strons s'nff to lean upon." HONEST TESTIMONY. | Over 70 Year* Old. ' Col. Benjamin S. Hazard, of Warwick, It. I., over 70 rears old. suffered for 15 years wilh a terrible tluney and bladder difficulty. He was persuaded to try Hunt's (Khlney and Liver) Rejikdt. In lei's lhauaweekthe excruciating pains left him and haTC never since returned. 5Jr. Hazard recommends Hunt's! (Kidney and Liver) Rkmkdt to every one similarly afflicted, with the greatest confidence In its power to euro. 1 "Use wealth gencronslT." i i School Tcacher. ' Mr. H. L. Soper, principal of the nigh School at Poquonock, CU fays: "My kidticya became weak and sluj:j;i*h. Finding relief in Hunt's (Kidney ami Liver) Hemkdt, 1 continued its n?o until 1 had used four bottles, when I became well." , " Economy Is the household mine." Decided Benefit. Mr. Hiram Franklin, of Nangatuck, Conn., contracted a dleease of the kidneys. Not flnditi'.' any help,as a lust resort he began taking Hcut's (Kidney and Liver) Remedy. The Crat bottle givingdccided benefit. He continued its u?e until lie had used three bottles, when all trouble disappeared. SI.25 AT DRUGGISTS. ITTAKE NO OTIlElt.jj Send for Illustrated Pamphlet of Solid Testimonials of Absolute Cures. HUNT'S REMEDY CO.. Providence. R. L C. H. CMTTEflOH~ General Agent. Hey M. N YN U?31. Only Temp Grateful Thousands proclaim Vinxoah Bittkrs the most wonderful Invlgorant that ever sustained the sinking (system. Irtndo from California roots and herbs, free from Alcoholic Stimulants. A Purgative and Tonic. Thl? Bitters cures Fcmnlo Complaints, Inflammatory and Clirouic IllicuiiiatUin, Gout, Bilious. Remittent nntl Intermittent FeTers, Blood, Liver and Kidney Diseases. Dyspepnla or Indigestion, Headache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Furred Tongue, Bilious Attnclcs, Palpitation of the Heart. Pneumonia, r.nd Pain in the recions of the Kidneys, are cured liy the u?e of the Bitters. For Skin Discuses, Eruptions, Boils, Erysipelas, Scrofula, Discolorations, Humors and diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nature, are literally dug t:p ami carried out of tho system in ft short time by the use of the Bitters. It Invigorate* the Stomach, and stimulates the tospid Liver and Bowels, which render it of unei|ualed efficiency in cleansing the blood of all impurities, and Imparting new life and vigor to the whole syst'-m. No Pcmou can take the Bitters and remain long unwell. I'ln, Tapo ami other TTortns, are destroyed and removed front the system. " Clean*o tho Vitiated Illood whenever it is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of tho system wiil follow. In conclusion : Give the Bitters atrial. It will speak for itself. One bottle will prove a better guarantee of its i.ieritj than a lengthy advertisement. K. II. WcDonaldDrngCo., Proprietors, San Francisco, and 528. Ml Jc 533 Wanhin.'jton St. Cor. < harlion St., Now York. Sold by all Dealers and Druggists# PATTERN OF ANY SIZE GIVEN WITH EACH NUMBER. Deforests -t3 THE BESS Or all llio Magazines. Containing Stories, Poeiun and other Literarj attractions, combining Artistic, Scientific anu Household matters. Illustrated tclth Original Steel Engraviiias, l'hotogravure*, Oil Picture* and fine Woodcuts, tnaklny It the Model ? Magazine of America. UNPARALLELED OFFER! Each copy of "Dcmorest's Monthly Magazine" will contain A Coupon Order, entitling tl.o holder to the selection of any inttcrn illustrated in ths fashion deirariinent iu that number, iu any el tho sizes manuiactured. Subscribers or Purchasers fending the Coupon with a two-ct'nt stamp for postage, w 111 receive, bv return mall, a complete pattern, of the size and kind they may i-elect, from the Magazine containing the order. This Unparalleled Offer giving to subscribers ** TWELVE PATTERNS (valued at from 20 cents to 30 cents each), during the year, of the kind and size desired. Is a consideration Worth Over Three Dollars, or nearly double the actual cost of the Magazine, which Is of Itself, with Its many brilliant features and folld attraction?, the Cheapest Magazine in America/ Dem orest's illustrated Monthly, ONLY TWO DOLLARS per year. Including twelve full sized, cut patterns, of slie? and kinds selected, worth rearlv double r.hc subscription price. Send subscription early. 3 Splendid Holiday Numbers! Send twenty cents for the current number with Pattern Coupon and yon will certainly mmscrioe i wo uonars ior a year and get ten times It* value. W.Jennings Demorest, Publisher, 17 E. 14!h St., NewYofkSold by all Ncw?<k-aioro and Postmasters .Io>mi*, II:ipi?y <'Iislilr?*;j are iudcwl the liouu in miiiUml. The inc5i*iuMi-.i!>lo t|iijiUriratio!i tor tliis.-.>:i(li:io:i Is : .iliaitIII"I'hkim o (be iiitiiutaeturer*. iiul'jr-wl by Itiin*in tls. that Ki UseV I'onl i-* III'* Iwit loort /or asriwiiiL' i-liil I. ft Fi E A ^ !Can ,M! cured by IIK A Mr 'the 01,1 ,ro,iab!o a a I ? v? 3 3 j| home remedy, COLIC. s"f!? i Balsam. CHOLEES, jsisr 'M OILMAN HROS..W ho|osal*? I)ruj;i;i?t?. Prop's, Hoy ton. Paynos' Automatic Engines and Saw-Mill, _ * ofr mnnn. . 'vn ofTpr nn Q t?Jo H. P. mo:ii;t?'1 Knprinp with Mill, 50-.n. -olid mw, 50 ft, for op ?re lion, on $ JO4. I'i^iu* cm t- k i! >. ^ i 0 lw.m S nl f??r circuitrI!?) K. \V. IVWNi: iV HONS, .\tani:rrci? r *i> of . tl sly!*-* Automatic Ki?? aitit's, from :! to:; n if. p. ; also Pi.IV.vh, fli?n*?rs and SbAftng, Kitmra, N. V. tt.?x !? >() Ifl nipdbvthousands 7?frtcufifhirrr? v nd Mernanin on th"ir hr*r w.rfc. U.v<tv<i GOLD MEDAL.I/>n?i n.X:. ^ OV?R ftuiinwn, cant ot'dri!. r w ? "? l.?rs not L<*cp 'fiAfj t,witb five 2c stamps for CA.MFLii CAN rnrr t[gV ^ RiwiaTmfnI fii.fi!on-rI,t.'! jjuX C'ficiL ^S2E3By>y!?a3a*. ' iAST^Iv^-. iQfeStSSfi ?3<?pr:ur>n t ; r/>i?''tor;\?i rivirUi'i?'rrii*f c> ' i't-'*: ^o'Mifon-o Rs|ablonit'?!?;cff<J-tr:c :<: ?**'.vli?rea In;Iv:r:fa:L Ati Ulna;r?nT:urt^he. , n^f J'ncojiOp.a^rtn Bl J* 1.0<>,oi Pn:h.-rS 1:1; 1 I- ? Hformattij?. P?t> ?C M2; \MAVSt.Kw!, Mmn.g nitn tXTTl TTT ^"AVmvlPwith Ptd ' i PI 'f \l '.' """'"r laiiufai-tiiriiv- StrTi-.X' ifsfl ^ 1 IsI Ej W I.'' i'!:i c!is :m i I;u!;!>. r M.uti'w, N3 '? ?!?? 8 < Iff.-. S M. M'l-Vcr-IJ. -1 JIV Li A St.. r,? ! SUftSl1'? P533? Great English Gout and ESSMia S a Bs.Sa Rheumstic Remedy. Oviil l!iiv. !>1.(X): rouiiil) SO tin. ^HICHI^IERP ENGL^-T^ Tin" Original iiuti ?>!!(.> Slf?:il.l nl? >- i jl.l I!' oar. r ? ..rtlllil. I .mi iil<.l|4. l..iilUh" .i ! i n vi. in 1' . i. ii-'.i TO LADIES, r..!... i ilc < turn mull. NAME PAPfR. 3 C? if Ch1rlir?lrr rhcmli'al '* ;f H * mh 880 Ml allium > j .I'k11 .i.1... 1'i .S UwEbov 9 ? # I Q 7nr *Ino. Quick, "or*, it'o. B?ik fro*. V I Vfl f? Cl*UW AftBC) , 1(0 FulUu lit., Now York, ? .c- , -i.- iZJisSi*. .