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am lit thk wheat. Amid the wheat, nm'ul the wlicat. At morn tlu- sturdy gleaners greet What time the meadow-lark upsprings. On buoyant wings, end soars ami sings. The reapers whet their scythes in tune. Till dies the sunlit afternoon, Then homeward thread the lanewaysthrough Where grasses gleam with shimmering dew? While birds their vesper songs repeat Amid the wheat, amid tho wheat. Amid the wheat, amid the wheat, The i>oppies tind a shy retreat: With every breeze that blows is blent Their aromatic, drowsy scent That wafts the weary soul away Across some wide, aerial bay, Where shoreless realms of dreamland lie Beneath an iridescent sky: Such vistas ope to those who meet Amid the wheat, amid the wheat. Amid the wheat, amid the wheat. Who strays with frolic-loving feet.' A little maid that comes to see Where dwells the braggart bumblebee; A little maid of summers few, With laughing eyes of pansy hue. Whose heart is like a morn in May, Whose life an endless holiday: Ah! may it ever seem as sweet As now to her amid the wheat! ? Clinton Sco'Utrri A BRIGHT FACE. ( II AI'TKK I. My name is Henry Debson. I am not ashamed of the name, even though it was disgraced. My parents came to Arkansaw while I was very young. My father hating the idea of ever living in a town, settled in the wilderness, where, nftcr several years of toil, he succeeded J in opening up one of the be>t farms in j the State. J5eing educated and refined. ??? /???? Imwlnfc aT An?? nnlrrli. JII> [lillims nuc iiiv tcauwiovi vu? uv?j," i borhood socicty. and so familiar did our name become that we were known far and wide. Just about the time I at- | tained my nineteenth year, my parents were taken ill of a disease which was at that time spreading over the country, and in spit*- of the best medical attention that could be procured they died, both on the same day. As I was the only child, the property, of course, came into my possession. Well, it is unnecessary to dwell upnn this part of my eventful hi.tory, so I will?ignoring several years ?proceed to relate a painful experience. One day our neighborhood was shocked by the discovery that a Mr. John Mapleton, one of the nio>t prominent men in j the community, had been murdered. I ' was particularly shocked during the evening before the murder, for Mr. Mapleson and I had strolled together through the woods; and. startling to contemplate, he was found near a certain old house where we had separated. The next day after the body was found I was arrested, charged with the crime, and. after an examination before a justice of the peace, I was remanded to jail to await the action of the grand jury. It would be vain to attempt a description of my embarrassment?of my indignation. Not until I saw myself surrounded by iron bar? did I realize my awful situation. What stung me most was that a man named Evans?a m n whom I well knew and who bore the reputation of being a gentleman?swore that he saw me strike Mr. Mapleson near the old house, but supposing that we were playing with each other, he paid no attention to the affair, but that in horror he soon afterward discovered that Mapleson had been ! stabbed. He did not stop at this?he produced a knife?which he and several other men had seen lying near the mur dered man?a knife bearing the initials j of my name. The grand jury found an indictment against me, and I was arranged before tbe circuit court. I sold my farm and employed able counsel, experienced lawyers, who did everything they could for me, but after a tedious trial 1 was sentenced to be handed. A more miserable, utterly disconsolate man never sat in a cell, waiting to be choked to death. Preachers came and prayed for me, but my mind was so distraught that I could not fix it upon death. One preacher, a venerable old man, particularly impressed me. "Oh, Mr. Debson,"' said he, "ask the Giver of all good to forgive your sins. Only a few more da\s now and you will stand at the judgment bar of God. Let me beseech you not to throw your time away. You have friends in heaven, pray for the glorious privilege of meeting them. I)o not think ot the tortures of death, but thiuk of the sublime life beyond the grave." 'I nm not. miiltv Mr f}rn.v " "Oil, young man, do not hold out in such obstinacy. Do not, 1 beg of you, I implore you. do not pcrisli with a falsehood on your lips." ' 1 tell no falsehood when Iswear that I am innocent." "Mr. Debson, you need not hope for executive clemency. You are very young, but the governor has refused to do anything in your behalf.'' "What do you want me to do, Mr. Gray?" " cknowledge your crime and pray God for pardon." "I have committed no crime." "Think of your perishing soul." "I am innocent." "I sec, Mr. Debson, that it is useless to talk to you." " "Yes; on that subject." "Remember that day after to-morrow you must die." ^ "All right." "Good-bye. I hope that the Lord may change your mind.'' When the good man had go::e I mused during a long time over what he had said, yet there occ urred to me no thought of regret that 1 had so plaiuly spoken to him. There is a stranire resignation that comes to a man who is condemned to die. "Weary nights of contemplation dull his dread, take oil" the keen ed^e of fear. It is not a philosophy; it is a "don't caie" which settles upon him. I was cot afraid to meet the king of the universe, and knowing that not a shadow of hope remained, I surrendered myself to an unjust fate. I was not hanged. The governor, on account of my youthfulness, commuted my sentence to imprisonment for life. Even this was indescribably awful, still, after thinking it over, J concluded that it was better than beinir handed. I shall never forget how i felt when I first ]>ur, on my suit of stripes. The thought that I was eternally disgraced took such deep root in my mind that I doubt it I were, at-the time, any better morally than the most hardened convict within the walls. I began to hate the world, to mock, within myself, the very idea of honesty and virtue. Sundays we were compelled to listen to long sermons. delivered by preachers not distinguished for eloquence. 1 sometimes thought that, knowing we could not leave the chapel, they took a peculiar delight in lengthening their discourses. One day Mr. Gray came out, but he did not pay any special attention to me. This stung me, and as 1 sat on a bench looking at him ?I won't say that 1 was listening to him?I cursed the old man. I ought to have been ashamed of myself, but I had forgotten the meaning of shame. The uppermost thought in my mind was the thought of escape. I had lost everything but my desire for freedom. My chance came. One night while a number of us were penned in a stockade, near a coal mine, into whose dark vauus we were uauy driven, i nearu one of the guards say to a companion that he was so sleepy lie could scarcely hokl his eyes open. "^o am I," the companion replied, ''and, to tell you the truth. I wouldn't be surprised if I do some little nodding to-night. Crawling over where several of my vile associates lay, I communicated the intelligence which I had caught. They agreed with me that our time had come. We kept the sccret clo-ciy guarded, knowing that a general rush would be | fatal to our plans. We made our j stealthy move about 2 o'clock in the morning. We climbed the fence with but little trouble. I passed near one of the guards, ile was sitting, leaued back against a stump, and was sound | asleep. I took hi> gun and box of cart- | ridges which he had deposited on the j ground near him. We spoke not a i word until we were fully a half mile from the scene of our imprisonment, j Then we stopped and laughed. By the j time the sun rose, we were quite a nura- j ber of miles from the "'stockade," but j l,n nnroilMl ! Hunger began to pinch us. This was serious, for, dressed as we were, we dare not go near a human habitation. The next day we stopped r>nd held a con- { sulfation. It was better to risk re-capture i than to go hungry, accordingly we de- j cided to call at the next house. We soon j came upon a farm. Walking up boldly \sc entered the house. There was no one at home except a little girl, about ' twelve years old. She was the most < beautiful child I have ever seen. She 1 was frightened at tirsl, but soon rccovcr- i incr, she gave us something to cat. She exercised a strange influence on 111c. Her sweet face at once reminded mc that ; purity existed in the world. She took j a special liking to me,and when 1 hinted | that I would like to have an old suit of clothes, that I was tired of wearing ugly j stripes, she?not knowing that she. was committing a crime?procured for mc an I old suit of clothes. At the gate I kissed j her hand. My companions, three vile wretches, were not impressed by the little girl, and had I not possessed a gun * ~^ ** ------i.i i ?i.i I i am sure mm iney womu it;i\<: luumu | the house. We hail not gone much farther when pursuers came within siijht. Then there I was a race for liberty. I was fleet, more : so than the wretches. About the time night set in two of my fellow convicts had been captured. The other one kept close to me. A gun fired. I heard a yell. Looking around, 1 saw Jiim fall, i The darkness and the dense words protected me. I escaped. Finding a canoe' I crossed the river. The face of the little girl was constantly before nu*. ( It A IT Kit II. 1 succeeded in making my way to New York. In the great city I was comparatively sale. Under an assumed name 1 went to work in a manufacturing establishment. I bent my every energy to the j work, and. from time to time, 1 was promoted. Three years from the time I enI tr>rp<l the establishment. I was the super intendent of the entire works. My services became so valuable that I was admitted as a partner. I saved my money and became wealthy, yet, not for a moment did I forget the crushing fact that 1 was a convict. One day, while on a ferry boat, I took up a newspaper which some one had left on a chair. < >pening it. I saw that it was r.n Arkansaw sheet. The next moment I was thrilled. Below startling head lines appeared the following: "Several years ago, a highly respected young man named Henry Debson was convicted of the crime of murdering one of our most prominent citizens, a Mr. Maples )i). Debson was sentenced to be hanged, but the governor commuted his sentence to imprisonment for life. Debson escaped and went, no one knows whither. Now comcs the real tragedy. About a month ago, a man named Evans, who swore that he had seen Debson strike Mapleson and who found, near the scene of the murder, a knife bearing the ini tia;s ot ucusotrs name, was etivuu violently ill. Believing recovery to be impossible, and fearing to die with such a burden on h's he;irt, he confessed that he, inspired bv bitter enmity, had murdered Mapleson. From the very moment of the confession he began to improve. and soon became so well that lie was taken to prison. After a short trial, during which he did not attempt to make a defense, he was sentenced to be hanged. The execution took place last Friday, and was witnessed by a large prowd of people. The public deeply sympathizes with young Debson, and should he ever coinc back to the State lie will receive an enthusiastic ovation. I cauuot describe my sensatious. I hurried to my place of business, and after relating to my partners, the experience through which I had passed, I showed them the Arkansaw paper. My partners were rejoiced. They declared that such a vindication was worth half a lifetime of trouble. I immediately set out for Arkansaw. I indeed received an ovation. Mr. Gray, the old minister, -took me by the hand, and said: ' I was intimate wiih your father and I did not see how his son could commit such a crime, but the proof was so strong against you. Your earnest protestations of innocence caused me to call upon the srovernor ana mierccuc in your uuhalf." I purchased tlie farm where I had spent a happy childhood. Kverv one was desirous of bestowing honors upon me, and the governor himself, came out, and in the presence of a great crowd thanked the. Lord that a great wrong had been averted. During all this time I had not ceased to think of the little girl whose beautiful face had banished my intentions of becoming an outlaw. I had gone to the house where 1 had seen her, but her father, a Mr. Miller, had moved away, and no oue in the neighborhood knew his place of resideucc. One night at a theatre in Little Hock, 1 saw the face. I kuew it in a moment. At the conclusion of the performance, I followed the girl, who in company with an old man, went to a hotel. I introduced myself to Mr. Miller and he introduced me to his daughter Ida. "I have seen you before, somewhre,"' she said. "You have seen me." "When?" "I will tell you when wc become better nfviiinintpfl " I did tell her?told her one night when she had promised to be mv wife. Several years have elapsed since our marriage. We live in New York most of the time and old man Miller lives with us. I have built a monument above Mr. Gray's resting \)\&cc.--Ar/.aitsuw Trueelcr. The Frog-Fishing Industry. A short, thickset man, dressed in a suit of faded jeans, which terminated in rubber top boots, yesterday crept softly along the bank of a s'.imy ditch in "the Neck.'' clutching in one hand a slender pole, from which dangled a short line and supporting with the other a large sack slung to his belt, the contents of which wriggled and squirmed in a way unpleasantly suggestive of snakes. . 4'What arc you hunting ior?M "Frogs!" was the hoarsely whispered answer, and the hand supporting the sack was raised as a signal. The reporter stopped and the frog fisherman took a step nearer the ditch and softly lowered his pole. The end of the line disappeared among the Hags, there was a moment of silence, the pole darted to one side, was suddenly jerked upward, and with a surprised "chunk'' an immense grceu bullfrog lay sprawling in the road at the fisherman's feet. Before froggie could gather his faculties and hop away the man seized him. opened his sack and thrust his slimy captive in among the mass. [ "Do you eat them?" "Sometimes; not often," was the 1 I answer. "Tliev are very good. I could J I - -ii 4.\ l ?M M'li inuri* liitiii i V.UUU, 'Where ilo you sell them?'' "My wife?she docs the selling?has ; regular customers. I do not ask for j names when the money comes." He unloosed the squirming sack, laid j aside his pole, and, seated under the j spreading branches of a big willow tree i chatted for an hour. Philadelphia is a good market for the frog hunters. There are about fifty who follow it regularly as a profession. During the season they j ! make enough to live comfortably through the winter. An expert fisherman will j catch from five to twenty-five dozen per I day. The early morning and evening are the best fishing hours. The implements necessary to purs.ic the calling successfully are a pair of high-topped boots, a belt and sack, aau a pole and line. Affixed to the end of the line is a grapnel made bv soldering the shanks of three or four fishhooks together. Armed with this and equipped as above, the fisherman is ready. Stagnant ditches are the hunting I ct-fttinds :ind thev are found in abun I dance in 4*tbe Neck," along the Delaware river on both sides, and among the swamps and bogs of interior Xnv Jersey. A frog fisherman must have a supple wrist ami a quick eye. He uses no bait, but steals quietly along the ditch, rod in hand, carefully scrutiniz ing every secluded spot. When lie spies a frog lie noiselessly lowers his ' pole until the grapnel touches froggic. i Then with a combined side and upward j jerk he impales the frog on one of the j sharp hooks. In rcmoviug the hook j care is taken not to injure the game, for ! dead frogs arc of no use. The result of 1 a day's hunt is confined in a lar^c tank at the home of the fisherman,where they are fed on corn meal until sold, barge restaurants arc the principal purchasers, i l'rices vary according to the size of the ' frog. The smallest bring twenty-live j cents per dozen; the largest three dol- i per dozen.?Philulclphia Times. i Is is ?aid that John v esley was oncc walking with a broth r, who related to j him his troubles, ??yin? he did not . know what he should do. They were I at that moment passing a stone fence to a meadow over which a cow was look- > ing. "Do you know,'' said Wesley, "why the cow looks over the wall;'' "No," replied the one in trouble. "I j will tell you," said Wesley, "because ! she cannot look through it; and that is j what you must do with your trouble; look over and above them." Miss Cleveland's book was written on I Irish linen paper. She is the lirst lady of the White House to write, or rather to publish, any continued literary work, i CHICKENS BY .MACHINERY. ! the business or producing . poultry prom incubators. 1 An Industry Which l? Kxtcndlner? 1 Food for tlic Chlt'ks?A Chicken ltaiuh in New Ji wcy. , "The outlook for the incubator and poultry supply business is first-rate," ] said a well known dealer in response to inquiries made by a reporter for the New York Mail <in<l Kijuesa. "There are 1 many new parties coining in every day now looking at machines who intend ! starting in the chicken-raising business this fall to make a regular trade of it. 1 Incubators increasing in number? Yes, sir: there are in the market from twelve , to fifteen machines of different patents. We have here in our store ei^ht of the leading ones in constant operation night . i 1 --- '"'I.- ?? tn mm u;iv. i uu [iiiix-a uum v ( *300 each, with a varying capacity from fifty to "J.OOit eggs. As a ruin, a first-class incubator hatches from eighty to ninety ! per cent, of the fertile eggs that are put into it. .Most of the machines are automatic in their regulation, so that they ' require very little care." 'How much capital does it require to start in the chicken raising business?" was asked. "1 know of one party whose capital is $100, and of another whom we fitted out the capital for whose stock was .$40,000. All the eight machines that we keep are hatching chickens every day. These we send to our c hicken ranch at Franklin, X. J. Some days our machines hatch out as many as ;!00 chicks. Yes, the chickcn raising business is a new industry that has sprung up within the last two years. 15ut aside from those who go into the business as a business there are many wealthy men, owners of coun try scats, who have gone into it for the novelty oi tue ming. imt. vou wm uu surprised when I tell you, and statistics will prove the truth of the statement, that the poultry industry has now become one of the largest industries in this country, and amounts to more than even the trade in wheat. Even now there is not a* sufficient supply of eggs in the market, and it is necessary to import them in large quantities." "Has not this growth of the business increased the demand for poultry sup-, plies?'' "Yes, very largely. Among the articles in great demand is ground bone and oyster shells, which is fed to the chicks. Why, we sell at least fifty tons of this material a year, and the demand has made a new way of disposing of bones and oyster shells. Not long ago a man started a manufactory at Yonkers, for the especial purpose of grinding bones and oyster shells for the chicken trade, and he has a big trade in it alreadv. It ? i _ ?J - . a. ,1 ? i nas suso m;iue ;i grt;;u ueiiiiuiu iui nut netting for fences to poultry yards. The other day we sold and put up for one party a mile of this wire netting." "You spoke of a chicken ranch. What is it like?'' "Ours at Franklin covers six acres of ground. It is enclosed by a fcnce about six feet high. It contains a number of wooden buildings,built especially for chicken raising. One of these measure sixty by eighty feet and is twenty feet high. It was originally built for the fattening of poultry. It is divided into pens for tlocks of chickens of different breeds. The pen measures about ten by twenty feet, and each contains nest boxes, rojsts and feeding J troughs. Another building on the j ground is long and narrow, ten feet by fifteen, and is divided into pens, the same as the other. Still another is forty by fifteen feet, which we use principally for ducks. It has a small pond ad joining. On a knoll back of these buildings ; we keep a large number of the artificial ! brooders for young chicks taken from the incubators at the store. They are kept in these brooders four weeks and arc then o!d enough to be put in with the larger stock." "What is the capacity of such a ranchr" "Without crowding it will accommodate nicely 1,000 full-grown fowls, 5,000 young chicks and 1,000 ducks. The cost of such a ranch complete, without the land, is about ?5,000. One man and a boy can attend to it nicely. Their duties are to feed and water tlie fowls regularly and keep the buildings thoroughly cleaned. ]f this is properly done it keeps the fowls in perfectly good health. Such a business, properly carried on, will yield a profit of at least one hundred per ccnt. on the capital invested, and even that is a low estimate. Take fancy-bred fowls and they bring from ?1 to ?10 a piccc, and I know a man who lias a partridge cochin cock which *100 couldn't buy. Then take broilers. They are worth today, and it is the dull season, twentytwo cents a pound live weight. Each one will weigh two and a half pounus.and the cost to raise it is not over fifteen cents. In winter they bring from fifty to sixty cfcnts a pound, or S2 a pair. The demand for eggs for hatching is great and a large part of our business is to supply eggs for this purpose. In fact cur ranch is carried on for raising thoroughbreds, not for market poultry. Do we allow visitors? Yes, we set apar ft\t* otur wonf tn cn/> tlio place. But there have been a number of such ranches lately started in the neighborhood of this city. One on Long Island conducted by a stock company is the largest. The capital interested is ?40,000, and the place is conducted for the exclusive production of broilers. It has now a capacity for hatching 7,000 eggs, and they are putting up more buildings, so that the place wi! 1 have a capacity for hatching out 1,000 chickens a day. They find the business profitable, and their trade is in this city. Another somewhat different ranch is one in New Jersey, which is devoted to the production of eggs exclusively, its owner having contracts with parties in this city. The man who owns it started the business three years ago, with a capital of just S2.J. lie has now 1,000 laying liens and his present buildings cost him so.000, all of which he made out of the 1 business. Yet, all this time he has been I engaged in regular business in this city and has come in every day." Squatters ill the Metropolis. On the eastern side of this city, says a New York letter to the Philadelphia 1'ress, there is a village ot squatters, who have taken temporary possession of unused sites on a hill, and have erected shanties which serve at once for pigpens, hencoops, bedrooms and living rooms. They enjoy the privilege of squatters in having no rent to pay. but they are exposed to the penalty of being, at any moment, turned out from their dens and losing land and house at once. I'sually they remain while, the quarrymen who are opening the streets almost undermine their shanties, and then, if the buildings arc not blown away, they pull them down and pack them away like tents to another dwelling place. The village is tilled with snarling (logs, which aid in drawing the swill or coal carts, for the children are mainly employed in collecting s\vi! 1 and picking' coals through the streets. The shanty family nre never quite so poor as the tenement house family, as they have r.o rent to pay. Hut the filth and wretchedness in which they sometimes live are beyond description. The people have very little regular occupation, many being widows who do occasional "chores" in families; others live on the sa'e of the coal their children ! gather, or on the pigs which share their ! domicile; others keep fowls, and all have goats, though where the profits from these latter come I could never discover, as no one seems to buy the milk, and I never heard ot their killing them. Money, however, in some way they do procure, and one old red-faced swillgatherer who died left, it was said, a i large deposit in the savings uanK, wnicn i 110 011c could claim; yet one corner of! her bed chamber was filled with a heap j of ill-smelling bones, and the pigs slept I under her bed. There is another old ragpicker whose j shanty is a sight to behold, all the odds | and ends of a great city seem piled up in j it?bones, broken dishes, rags, bits of furniture, cinders, old tin, useless lamps, decaying vegetables, ribbons, clothes, legless chairs and carrion all mixed together, and Ilea]ted up nearly to the ceil- j ing, leaving hardly room for a bed on] the tloor, where the woman and her two i ! children sleep. Vet all these arc marvels i , of health and vigor, far surpassing most children in the comfortable classes. Changed the Subject. "How is it, Mr. Drown." said the mill J owner to the farmer, ''that when I came to measure those five banels of apples I bought from you I found them nearly a barrel short?" "Singu'ar, very singular, for I put ; them up iu some of vour own Hour barrels." : ' Ahem! Did, eh? Well, perhaps I made a mistake. Fine weather, isn't 1 it ?"?San Fraiicixcmi. Russia possesses 100 admirals?an ad- s mirai for every 2,000 tons of shipping. t NEWS AND NOTES FOR W03IEN. Ladies as well as gentlemen now wear traveling caps. Cleopatra had blue eves, according to i German professor. Lace elbow sleeves are worn with Vihaped velvet bodices. There are eight times as many bowlegged men as women. Gilt buttons; were first made by Tiiylor, af Birmingham, England, in 1708. Gauze and China crape arc used for skirts in preference to tulle by many. Ht-atricc was the first princess in England to be married in a parish church. In Paris no mantle is worn out of floors, or very rarely, except by quite young girls. One ot (lie latent tasuionauie ireaits is i the use of line silk bolting clotli as a | dress material. Lace flounces are worn on grenadine dresses, the trimmings of the corsage being also of lace. The prettiest and most economical summer bonnets are of white lace, piccc and border lace. Cotton dresses appear to be most frequently trimmed with embroidered frilling of their own. In Austria three thousand women are employed in the railroad service, getting from $15 to ?30 a month. Black canvas over orange silk, striped with tilleul color, makes a dr >ssy walking costume for early fall. Tiie Scottish token of good luck is a spray of white heather, now put into the bouquets of fashionable brides. The imagination of the modiste is the only law that governs hats and bonnets and their trimmings this season. The first Napoleon slept in hollanrls for sheets, the Bourbons in cambric, and Napoleon III. in ordinary linen. It is now the fashion to give pieces of furniture, such as sideboards, cabinets, writing tables and pianos, for wedding presents. Pongee remains popular for traveling wraps as well as dresses. Long loose shapes, partly redingotc and partly nlster, are most worn. Brocaded moire antique is again a fashionable fabric for elegant toilettes. In white these superb materials arc much used for bridal dresses. In London it is the custom for guests to remain late at the dancing parties, which terminate about 4 a. m., supper being served at 1 o'clock. Prints and the pretty old-fashioned cliintzes are making headway again in Paris, and quaint and sweet they look when worn by neat and joung figures. "White mohairs, figured with small designs in colors, are among the pretty inexpensive dress fabrics that make up tastefully with trimmings and combina~At" tltft nf thn I IIUUS U1 > V1>UIWVU VI bUW VW4V? v? w<*v | patterns. In woolen stiifTs Parisiai: modistes arc fond of finding a colored selvedge and allowing it to show, so that it forms a trimming. Striped stuffs are draped at the back so that half arc perpeudicular and the other half horizontal. Black silk or satin bodiccs covered with lead bead embroidery are made low with a strap for the shoulder, and with a corsage of this style, a skirt of satin or silk, with a beaded lace tablier, or a lace skirt decked with load bead pendants, is worn. A Chinese belle has arrived in San Francisco. She is the first genuine exhibit of her kind on the Pacific coast. She is tall and hnndsome, and her feet possess the requisite deformity so thoroughly that whenever she walks a servant suppoitsher at each side. Generally the decorations of a dress at the throat are in character with the bodice trimmings, but in other instances the finish at the neck is distinctive and exclusive. having no connection with (he garnishing in other parts of the dress, a? for instance, when dog collars, fancy nccklaccs and throatlcls arc worn. The most distingue neck finishings consist of double folds of crcpe lisse, ctamine, si!ic gauze, unci goici ana suver tulle, canvas or muslin. These folds are mads in white and cream, gold and silver, or gold with red, pink, blue or maroon silk gauze arranged with it in alternating folds. Even velvet bands of black or dark colors arc used, so that no white, or very little, can show around the neck. Servants are plentiful in Mexico, and you arc pretty sure fo have several descendants of the Aztec kings about the house if you hire one, for it is the rule that the whole family accompany the father or mother who goes out to service. Your cook brings her husband, her children, and pretty nearly all her relatives, and they arc fed from your table and sleep under your roof. The husband may be a shoemaker, or a saloon-keeper, or a hackman, but he lives where his wife works. There are usually rooms enough in the house for them all, and the enly food they want is plenty of beans and what is left from your table. A Famous Itunucr. Fifty years ago his renown spread ifll over Europe. This was Ernest Mensen. Mis exploits make the pedestrian feats of the present day look insignificant. He was a runner who first came into notice by running from Paris to Moscow, a distance of 1,71.0 miles, in thirteen days and eighteen hours. In 18:5G he ran through Central Asia from Calcutta to Constantinople, bearing dispatches for the East India company. The distance is 3,01.? miles, and he accomplished it in fiftv-ninc days, one-third of the time taken by the swiftest caravan. A favorite employment for him was the messenger extraordinary of sovereigns. He ran from country to country bearing letters and dispatches of the highest import, and always beat mounted couriers when matched aga'nst them. lie never walked, but always ran. Invariably he took the direct route to his destination, climbing mouutains, swimming rivers, and guiding himself through forests in a way known only to himself. His food was a small quantity of biscuit and raspberry syrup. His rests he took twice In twenty-four hours, when he usually leaned against some support, covered his face with a handkerchief and slept. If lie was compelled to remain quiet any length of time he complained of giddiness and rush of blood to the head. In 1842 he was employed to discover the source of the Nile. . Starting from Silesia in May, 1843, lie ran to Jerusalem, thence to Cairo, and up the banks of the Nile into Kgypt. Just outside the village of Lyang he was seen to stop and rest. leaning against a palm tree, his face covered as was his wont. He rested go long that some persons tried to wake him. They tried in vain, for he was dead. The King of Dudes. Berry Wall is the king of dudes, says a New York leteer. This sovereignty in the matter of dress is the unique means the young man employs to dispense with an income of over $300,000 a year. A gentleman, who has known this tccen- ( trie spendthrift for years, met him at Saratoga recently. During the past I month he has replenished his wardrobe j with the most marvelous variety of garments ever made for man's back. It is j said that, after a long career among the toilers of the world, this fastidious dresser has finally decided that no one [ can excel the lit and style of the clothes made by a New York firm, l'oolc, by special permission, allowed to refer to | one of us?II. 31., the Prince of Wales? as A customer, if superseded by this arrangement. 31r. Wall's happiest moments are when lie is astonishing a gaping crowd by his attire. Just to give I them something to wonder at he will change his costume three or four times ! an hour. When conscious that lie is | being pointed out as the beau of the ! fashion plates, he will excuse himself ! from his friends for a space of live or ten minutes to return in a spick-andspan outfit of an entirely diiierent design. The transformations in dress are '" I'll liv twn ulin filo nlwnvS or. duty in his apartments to strip and rehabilitate bim as they would a dummy model in a millinery store. The fellow is not bad at heart, as liberal as a protli- | gate prince and nobody's fool by any i means. This penchant for clothes is ! simply an expedient for spending money : rind killing time. A forcible illustration of the weight i af the atmosphere was given by Profes- j sor S. I'. Langley, the American astronomer, in a recent lecture in London. He remarked that the air, so limpid that it scarcely appears to be matter at all, is so normous in mass that it really presses ivith nearly a ton to each square foot; ;o that the weight of all the buildings n the world's metropolis, for instance, s less than that of the air above them. The llceces of Angora goats average icvcn pounds, and are worth fifty cents i pound?in California. LOVERS OF HUMAN FLESH. PECULIARITIES OF THE MAN-EATERS OF AFBICA. Cannibal* Superior In Intelligence to Oilier Savage*?Concealing Their Horrible Israelites. Any white man who visits the few tribes in Africa that cat human flesh is likely to have a hospitable reception, and is certain to lind himself among natives who in their intelligence, arts, and physical and moral qualities are not equaled by many of the native tribes. This fact, indeed, is true of men-eaters the world over, notwithstanding the popular impression that cannibalism characterizes only the lowest levels of savage life. It was true in Columbus' time, when he wrote to Queen Isabella that the cannibal Caribbecs tilled the natives of Ilavti with abject terror. The word cannibd signifies a brave or valiant man, and is derived from the name by which Caribbecs calleil themselves. A few hundred miles norihwest of Lake Albert Nyanza, on the banks of the river Welle, lives a great tribe whose cannibalism is the most pronounctd of any in Africa. They are the Monbuttus, a red-skinned race, physically fine specimens of manhood, and far superior to the tribes around them in arts of war or peace. They inhabit a beautiful, fertile country, where forests alternate with rolling downs. They engage in agriculture, and human flesh, though a frequent, is not a regular article of food except among the wealthier families. Schweinfurth, who lived among them for several months, says they arc not like very many African trilis, childish in speech and in their processes of thought, but that they understand reasonable questions and give reasonable answers, The specimens of their pottery,decorated with ornamental figures, that are now in the Ethnographical museum of Berlin, arc said to equal the bc9t examples of Egyptian art. They are ingenious wood-carvcrs, and the greatest house-builders in Africa. One roofed building described by Schweinfurth, built of timbers, was 150 feet long, CO feet wide and 30 feet high, and held an audience of nearly 1,000 persons. It is characteristic of cannibal tribes to conceal their practices as much as possible from those not addicted to them. Neither Schweinfurth, Junker nor Casati lias seen the Monbutus on many occasions preparing or eating human flesh. During his months of residence among them, Schweinfurth on just two occasions 8aw women of the tribe preparing human flesh for consumption. lie came upon them as they J were boiling sundry arms and legs, but 1119 presence wus uiiCAjJCkivu uuu unwelcome, and he was invited to go elsewhere. In conversation, however, the Monbuttus made no secret of their practices, of which, indeed, there were abundant evidences in the heaps of carefully picked human bones that were scattered about all their settlement. Their victims are the prisoners they take in the wars they are almost incessantly waging with one or another of the tribes about them. "The cannibalism of the 5lonbuttuB," says Schweinfurth, 19 unsurpassed by any savages in the world. JJut, with all that, the Monbuttus are a noble race of men, who display a certain national pride, and arc endowed with intellect and judgment such as few Africans can boast." Stanley thought he found evidences of cannibalism among some of the Congo tribes, near Stanley pool, when he first descended the river, and his suspicion has since been amply confirmed by his associates, who have founded white stations among the Bnngala and at the mouth of the Aruwimi river. The Congo natives, like the Monbuttus, try to hide from the whites the evidences of their practices. Next to the Monbuttus. the African tribe that arc most notorious cs meneaters arc the natives of Novo Kcdondo, ! I?/m t vxrnco Aiirrnln wlimu .T_ Montfiirn Ill l vy. ?" described as the finest race of blacks in every way that he had met in Africa, lie said there was no question of the superior physique and mental qualities of this cannibal tribe, and he thought their superiority might actually be the result of the horrid custom by which they supplied themselves with a larger amount of animal food than other tribes used. It is fir more likely, however, that their superiority,instead of being the result of I cannibalism.made it possible for them to i be cannibals by enabling them to prey with impunity upon weaker tribles. The greatest excesses of cannibalism have always been found among the higher savage tribes or nations like the ancient Mexicans and Peruvians. The most encouraging fact with regard to peoples i addicted to this custom is that as they i ri<e toward the middle and upper levels of civilization tliey voluntarily abandon the practice. If the missionaries have accomplished nothing more among the islands of the Pacific, it would be to their lasting credit that they have induced many thousands of the natives to give up this practice.?New York Huii. SELECT SI FUNGS. Thirty six persons (lied in London last year from starvation. The Emperor Domitian occupied his leisure in catching flics. The principle of the stereoscope was known to Euclid, described by Galen l,")flO years ago, and more fully in 1599 A. I)., in the works of Baptist Porta. Columbus found the cotton plant wild in Hispaniola,in other West India islands and on the continent of South America, where natives used it for dressing and fishing nets. In days gone by neither sowing,planting nor grafting was ever undertaken without a scrupulous attention to the increase or waning of the moon. It was thought that the increase of the moon | made plants fruitful, and that under the | full moon they were in their best strength. General Washington was very proud of his coach horses, and had them carefully groomed. Before using them on special occasions he had their teeth picked and washed and their ho^fs polished and varnished. The shoes were solid silver. Itefore the reign of King Alfred, slaves could own nothing in England; under his legislation they were permitted to dispose by will of what what was given them, or what they could earn in ' their free hours. lie forbade, also, any | masters who had incurred a line or | amend from buying oil by the sale of man as well as beast. 3Iuch mystery was in bygone days thought to hang over the origin of pearls, and, according to the poetic orientals, "Every year on the sixteenth day of the mouth of Nisan, the pearl , oysters rise to the surface of the sea and j open their shfclls, in order to receive the ; rain which fall at that time, and the j drops thus become pearls." During the reign of Catherine II. of ' Russia, l'alatin. a peasant, made a musi- i cal repeating watch, aboift the size of an egg, which had within it a representa- ' tion of Christ's tomb, with sentinels on rrniTvI On nrrssitnr a qnrinr' the stone v" I ***o ~ ~ J n -- - -- ? would be rolled from the tomb, the ' angel appear, the holy women enter the scpulchre and the same chant which 3s snng 111 the Greek church at Easter eve accurately performed. A queer way of employing ants is re- j ported by an English gentleman who j has been traveling through one of the provinces of China. It appears that, in many parts of the province of Canton, the orange trees are infested by worms; ! and to rid themselves of these pests tiie j natives bring ants into the orangeries : from neighboring hills. The ants are j trapped by holding the mouth of a laid i bladder to their nests. They are then 1 placed among the branches of the orange : trees, where they form colonies, and . bamboo rods arc laid from tree to tree to I enable the ants to move throughout the j orangcrv. American Toots. ''Where arc the American poets?" an English c ritic demands. "Where are the American poets? Why, bless your soul, | they are everywhere and their name is j leition. You will find one in nearly j every newspaper ollice in the United j States, Trith his machine rigged up in a 1 corner of his room ready at a moment's notice to respond to the call for copy, 1 and a great many more beside chained ! in the basement dungeons under the press-rooms rtady to be let loose when ' occasion demands. None of your "you, you'' poets, cither, such as tiie English make laureates of, but real bona tide "yi. yi" poets, nil wool and a yard wide, and closely woven at that. Where are the American poets: You should rather ask, Where is the American that isn't a J poet! Tho Nine have removed their ahoilo from ; Parnassus I To our sky-kissing mountains, their health to repair. And wo beg to assure English critics, who sa^s us, That they're growing quite fat on American air. ?Boston Courier. 4 HEALTH HINTS. Only a small quantity of cither food or drink should be given to a sick person at n Hmo A clean newspaper often renewed makes a hotter table cover for a sick room than cloth. Common baking soda is the best of remedies in case of scalds and bums. It may be used on the surface of the burned place either dry or moistened. To prepare an egg for an invalid beat until very light; add seasoning to taste and then steam till thoroughly warmed through. The most delicate stomach will be able to digest it. The French method of administering castor oil is to pour the oil into a pan over a moderate fire, break an egg into it and stir it well; when it is dune flavor with a little salt or sugar or currant jelly. The Medical Journal states that a fev handfuls of common salt thrown daily into closets, and an occasional handful into wvicVi hnaina rrnpa fnr tnwnrfl rfllin 1UVW "* tcract:ng the noxious cffects of the omnipresent sewer gas. A little daily change in the arrangement of furniture, a little planning lor such pleasant surprises as an invalid can bear in the way of food, company and amusement, will often be more clTcctual in hastening the convalescence of a pa tient than a score of tonics. An agreeable dish for an invalid's tea can be prepared by toasting dry crusts of bread in a moderate oven until they arc brown. When cold pound them in a mortar until reduced to a coarse meal, thcu sift it through a Hour sieve into a dish. Serve with milk, or cream and sugar, if desired. How to cure a hiccough?Sec how closc together you can hold the tips of your forefingers without touching. Mow keep your elbows out free from your side. You can get your fingers closer than that. They arc touching now. There?now hold them so. Steady! Tknn not. "X"mv whv don't vou hie ,"l'u *?) ?J ? cough?" Cookery in China. Our kitchen ccrtninly 19 not so cosj and neat as American kitchens usunllj are. The smoke goes out through the skylight and wherever it finds an outlet. The walls are black with the accumulation of years of soot. That large stove in the corner is built of brick. On the top of this stove is a large round iron spider about three feet in diameter. Ir this rice is cooking. Straw, being cheaper, is burnt in'this stove instead ol wood, and some one is required to feed the fire constantly. Turning to the left we see little clay stoves, on which food is frying in spiders or boiliaer in cartlicr pots over a wood fire. Vegetables ar< cut into bits and boiled with pork 01 mutton, making a soup. Greens an boiling. Fish is steaming, frying 01 stewing, with or without vegetables Meat is cut fme; when tho spider be comes heated lard is put in it, thcr pieces of onion, then the shred meat, anc all is stirred till well embrowned; ther turnips, potatoes, and sometimes othc; vegetables are added, and after boiling water is poured in the whole is left t< simmer and stew. All food, wc observe is cut in pieces before being cooked, o: else before serving, for no knives, u< forks, arc U3ed. At ten a. m. the table are set: those for men either in th? wings or in their rooms, and those fo the women in their common sitting-roon or parlor. Each table will seat eigh persons. No table linen is used. Chop sticks and spoons are laid before caci place. The food is brought in largi bowls or plates, liice is carried to th< table in a wooden pail or wicker basket from which it is served in small bowls The servants summon the inmates t< breakfast. The younger ones do no presume to sit til their ciders are seated then, after making a show of askin; permission to eat, when the elder gravely nod assent, the breakfast begins !Sou]) is taken first; then each person holding the chopsticks in the right bant and the bowl of rice in the left, lifts hi food to his mouth and pushes the lump in with the sticks, alternating this mo tion with picking meat, fish or vegeta bles from the dishes common to all One must take only from that side of thi plate which is nearest to him, however it is a breach of etiquette to reach ove to the opposite side. "When one tinishe; he bids the rest "eat "leisurely," whicl is our mode of saying "excuse me." Th Chinese invariably wash their hand and faces after every meal. Tea i drank about the same time. It is takei without milk or sugar. Coffee is no common in China, and we arc not ac customer! to drink cold water, l ea 1 the national beverage, and i: taken to assuage thir3t at all times an< occasions, as water is in America. ..V noon a lunch of cukes or pastry may bi served. The majority of people are 9at isfied with two meals a day. Supper o dinner is served at 5 r. m. ? Yitn Pho, Jyce in Wide Aicake. Graftt as a Smoker. The general, in speaking of the popu lar idea that he was a lifelong smoker 6aid that prior to the battle of Shiloh In rarely?very rarely smoked; and that i had never heen a habit, much less pleasure. At the battle of Shiloh h chanced to smoke a cigar while ridin< over the field, and the newspaper corns spondents, seizing upon the incident described it graphically in their account of the battle to the papers in the North The idea of a victorious commander of i great army, in the midst of frightfu scenes of carnage and destruction, sur rounded by the dangers of battle, with i nation's life hanging on the result, look ing on calmly and serenely,complacently, smoking a ci?*ar, when most men woult be overcome with excitement, if no nervousness, was something that appealed irresistibly to popular admiration. Grant's admirers and friends, reading the ac counts of the battle, supposed him to be a great smoker, and almost deluged him with cigars. Every express broughl boxes of cigars as presents from his Northern friends. As the general said: "There were always two or three boxes on the table in my tent or headquarters free for the use of my staff and visitors. Having them always at hand, it was bul natural that I should every little while take a fresh cigar, and in that way the habit grew upon me so that it became irresistible, and the people no doubt arc right in calling me an inveterate smoker."?Cincinnati Commercial Gu zette. Crnsoe's Island To-Dny. Opposite the harbor of Valparnisc stands the island of Juan Fernandez, sacred to the memory of Robinson Crusoe ,:and his man Friday, who kepi things tidy and listened to the tales his master told.'' There isn't a boy where the English tongue is spoken who hasn't read a description of this island bettci told than I am able to give it, and it is only necessary to say that Daniel Defoe, or whoever wrote the book, must have studied the nlace with great attention 01 had the island created to suit the picture he gave ot it. The little harbor is there, with its rocks and coves, just as it was when I?oi>inson went ashore; the cave is in good order still, and the clilTs up which he and Friday used to chasc the mountain goats. The goats arc thereaud the armadillos, the birds of wonderful plumage, and the crawlish among the rocks. Kvery boy in the United States who has read the story recently could go all over the place without a guide and could find everything except Robinson himself and the faithful Friday. The island belongs to Chili and is leased to a cattle company, who have 20,000 or l!0,000 head of cattle and as many more sheep grazing over the hills. There arc about fifty or sixty inhabitants, ranchmen with their families, under chargc of a Frenchman named C'rawe, and beside the stock they raise a quantity of poultry and ship chickens and eggs, with some vegetables to the Val :? ?""l'-' 'I'lin fimlinn nn tlm jmniisu jhuiivcl. IIIW w/v. w.? island is said to uc of an excellent quality, but is not much used. No one ever goes there without bringing away a cane or two as a memento, and the brush from which these caues are made is of very beautiful fiber and polished well. Excursions go over frequently lrom Valparaiso, and the interest in Kobinson Crusoe's experience is much stimulated by those who come this way.? Chkmjo InterOcean. Engraving is very ancient. The oldest records are cut in stone, some in relief and some in intaglio. The hieroglyphics of Egypt arc cut in the granite monoliths and on the walls of the tombs and chambers. A locomotive will run GO,000 miles before requiring general repairs; but some s^et discouraged at 40,000 and want a little "petting." Old St. Louis families use negroes as pall bearers. MAX'S A KICKER. Give to him power and friends anil wealth, Give to him love and home and health, i Give to him ease and peace and rest. j Give to him all tiiat makes life blest, j ( Give to him what th3 h .'art most craves, What makes the freeman more than slaves, j i What makes the patriot tried and tru3, What lifts the martyr to the blue, j What molds the hero from tho dust, And shapes him for the noblost trust; Give him his choice of youth or age, The manners tlrnt do most engage, The jioot's fire, the painter's art, That bums the brain or moves tho heart; Or give him all the things to eat, Tho ripe, the luscious, sour or sweat, And add to these llesh, fish or fowl, Then listen and you'll heir him growl? For man's a kicker, Give to him sorrow, grief an I care, The sorest crosses man may bear, The roughest paths, the biackest woo, A heaven in which there is no bow Of promise, and in which tho clouds Enfold the light like funeral shrouds: Let sickness, death and every ill i Which makes earth bitter lay their chill, i Cold hands upon him. Let his life I5o one unending hideous strife, A wilderness where jacknls howl!? j V....I11 I?|.i?, U S nil tuu sumo. luuimcai mxi 6iv..i For man's a kicker. Ncrchant-Traveler. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Is a hotel waiter girl made to order? "How sleep the brave?" asks a poet. This depends largely on the number of cats in the neighborhood. ' i A bar in the river and a bar on shore have the 3amc name, because water is scarce in both places. ?mMerchanI Trartier. The difference between the human race and a horse race is disappearing. You can't bet on either, nowadays.? Philadelphia Ca 1. "Moire antique sashes six or eight inches wide are becoming more popular," but they should not be worn by the more antique ladies.?Korristoicn Herald. Child?"Mamma,Iwantsome raisins." "Very well, take a handful." "A handful? Oh. won't you give them 10 me? 1 your hand is larger."?Getmaii Joke. An exchange says that there is a large | falling of! in the population of the west[ em part of Massachusetts. The bicycle 1 is bound to mike its way everywhere.? i Burlington Free Press. r A boy will eat, and a boy will drink, And a boy will play all day; But a boy won't work, and a boy won't tbink, 1 Because be ain't buiit that way. ; ?Chicago Ledger. 1 The story that the site of Chicago was i bought for a pair of boots is not sur ; prism# when we consider the size of the accepted boot in that locality. This : probably gave rise to the remark that corporations nave no soles.?Life. The Afghans eat onions as we do apples. Tae cause of the recent attack by 1 the Russians can therefore b3 easily ' understood. They were obliged to use 1 their gnns to keep the Afghans from r coming within hailing distance.?New ' York Hun. 3 In the (lays that are wintry and chilly, i When with bills we are driven nigh daft, < r We're pained on reflecting how illy j We honor a draft. 3 But in summer when all wonder sadly B Why no cooling breezes should waft, r It's worthy of notice how gladly Wo honor a draft. ^ ? The Rambler. A poetess asks, "Oh where does beauty j linger?" We think that wo are breaking ? no confidcnce when we reply that in , these artistic times it generally lingers on the toilet table until the girl puts it ' on with a brush and a powder puff.? T?., 3 t "DK1 not the sight of the bound ; less blue sea, bearing in its bosom the r white-winged tieets of conimcrce, fill s you with emotion?" "Yes,replied the traveler, "lor a while it did, but after a f while it didn't fill me with anything. It i sorter emptied me."?Si/tings. s The farmer leads no E Z life, s The C D sows will rot; And when at E V rests from strife His bones all A K lot. In D D has to struggle hard ' To E K living out: If I C frosts do not retard i His crops there'll B A drought. r The hired L P has to pay s Are awful A Z, too; 1 They C K rest when he's away 2 Nor any work will do. s Both N Z cannot make to meet s And then for A D takes :i Some boarders who so 11 T eat t & 12 no money makes. Of little U C finds this life; s Sick in old A G lies; The debts he 0 Z leaves his wife And then in P C dies. I 1 ?H. C. Dodyc. 2 Sonic Famous Hot Spells. In 1303 and 1304, according to a 1 French journal, the Rhine, Loire and a Seine ran dry. In 1015 the heat throughout Eurone beeame excessive. Scotland sullered particularly in 1(525; men and beasts died in scores. The heat in sev eral departments during the summer of 170.) was equal to that in a glass furnace. s Meat could be cooked by merely expot sing it to the sun. Not a soul dare vena ture out between noon and 4 p. >r. In c 171.S many shops had to close; the j theatres never opened their doors for - several months. Not a drop of water , fell during six months. In 1773 the s I thermometer rose to 118 degrees. In . 177!) the heat at Bologna was so great i that a great number of people were 1 stilled. There was not sufficient air for - the breath, and people had to take refuge i underground. In July, 170U, the heat - became intolerable. Vegetables were r burned up and fruit dried upon the trees. 1 The furniture and woodwork in dwellt ing houses cracked and split up; meat I went bad in an hour. A New Orleans paper refers editorially to the wonderful restoiation to health of Mr. T. Posey, druggist, 223 Canal street, , that city, who some time airo was pros1 trated by an excruciating attack of sciJ atica. After much suffenug his wife ap| plied St. Jacobs Oil. which cured him ' promptly and entirely. Wagner, the murderer, the first man hanged in the Ohio penitentiary, left a touching temperance sermon behind. The leaves in his Bible were turned at every place where drunkenness was referred to. It had been the root of all evil to him, and he seemed to hunt up all the passages on it. Dii. Waj.keu's vixkciau Bitters, the celebrated Tcmperance Restorative, that 1 tones wilhout exciting, and regulates without pain, is the only true and alwo. lute remedy for biliousness, colic, indi| seslion, nervousness, s:ck headache, flatulency, liver complaint, rheumatism, and all nil men's arising from corruption or impoverishment of the blood. Three members of a Maryland family died of trichinosis?victims of pork only partly cooked. 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"7 1 Agyizz < In stamps wo VS/ postpaid, a \t yt&y\HORSE Dcfcrlblng the diseases apt giving the most approved reci ^^rfor te'.linir age by the teeth, how ^other Information of great value to II I / V HORSE BOOK PUB. CO., 134 Hclpleis Upon a Friendless Sea! Who. in taking passage in a great transAtlancic steamer, does not feel a thrill of exaltation over her magnitlcenfc power. Against Inr ths Storm King may hurl bis elemental forcej, nor pierce her armor, nor stop her onward course. But let me describe a scene when, one morning in miJ-OJean, there came an alarm from the pilot house followed by a cry: "The ship's ruuder is lost!" From the confident axpression, consternation came to every face. The wheelman being helpless to direct her cours?, the vessel was at the mercy of wind and wave. The captain had been negligent?tho hangings of the rudder were allowed to wear weak, and suddenly it had dropped deep into the sea ! Strong in intellect, in physical 'vigor, in energy and in ambition, man confronts, unrlnnnt-juf rrifrnntin tnsk-l and commands an piausa for his magnificent achievements. But, all unexpectedly, an alarm comes?tlie.rudder of his constitution is gone. He has been careless ot its pre?ervation; mental strain, nervous excitement, irregular habits, overwork, have destroyed the action of his kidneys and liver. This would not occur were Warner's safo cure used to maintain vizor. And even now it mayrestoro vitality to those organs and give back to the man that which will lead him to the haven of his ambition.? The Traveler. Oil a Tombstone. While staving a few days last summer at Stonington.Conn., says a Philadelphia Times correspondent, I copied from a tombstone the following inscription: When Rhode Island By her Legislation From 1844 to 1650 Repudiated Her Revolutionary Debt Dr. Richmond Removed from that Stat* To this Borough And selected this As his family Burial Place Mmf ram nine UU willing buav iu?7 * V..I1.4.W Of bimself and family Should be disgraced by being A Part of The Common Earth of a Repudiating State. Mark Twain's latest advertisement is his assertion that his children are well behaved, well governed and companionably charming, and he refers to Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Dudley Warner and his other Hartford neighbors as witnesses. How could you expect them to be otherwisa, were they not brought up on Ridgo's Food??Exchange. Lightning kills 100 Frenchmen every year. We Cantlon All Afiilnit Them. The unprecedented success and merit of Ely's Cream lialm?a real cure for catarrh, liay-fever, and cold in the head?has induced many adventurers to place catarrh medicines bearing some resemblance in appearance, style or name upon the market, in order to trade upon the reputation of Ely's Cream Balm. Many in your immediate locality will testiry In highest commendation of it Don't be deceived. Buy only Ely's Cream Balm. A particle is applied into each nostril: no pain; agreeable to use. Price 5Uc. Druggists. Hay-Fov?r. I have been a great sufferer from Hny-Fevor for 15 years. I read of the many wondrous cures by Ely's Cream Balm and thought I would try one# more. In 15 minutes after one application I was wonderfully helped. Two weeks ago I commenced using it and now I fsel entirely cured. It is the greatest discovery ever known or heard of?duhumat. Clark. Farmer. Lee, Mass. Price 50 cents. An Only Dnnabter Cnrcd of Consumption. When death was hourly expected from 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 oxpenses. Hemp also cures night sweats, nausea at the stomach, and will break a fresh cold in 24 hours. Address Craddock & Co., 1032 Race street, Philadelphia, Pa , naming this paper. The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver Oil in the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy livers, upon the seashore. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have t'ocided it superior to any of the other oils in market Made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard <fc Co.. New York. 25 Cent* Will buy a Treatise on the Horse and His Disease.-!. Book of 100 pa^es, valuable tc every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken Sent postpaid. New York Horse Book Co.. 134 Leonard Street, New York city. Frazer Axle Grenw. The Frazer Axle Grease received medals ai the Centennial, N. C. State Fair, Paris Expo sition, American Institute, N. Y., and others, Important. Whfn jroarisltor leareNo* Yorlc city, wire banyan# expresntun and $:< carriage him, and stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central dipst. - ... .4 . murrain ruuuis, mtru uu aba vua* vuvmu.-vti dollars, $1 and upxard per day. Eur.ipenn plan. Ele valor. R'staurant supplied with tin best. Horsectrs, stagei and olevated railroads to all depots. Familie can lite better for less money at the Grand Uniot Hotel than at any other first-class hoiel in the city. CoNSTAirr occupaf ion prevents temptation Hot Weather Causes the blood to heat and get into adepleted condi tion, and weakens the whole system, thus giving oppor tnnity for scrofula, salt rheum, boils and humors to com to the surfaco. The blood should be purified anl vital lzed by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which will expel al impurities and give tone an 1 strength to the whole body " I had four acrofnlous sores come on my feet, whicl grew so bad that I could not wear a shoo. N'othin. which I took did me any good till one day I saw Hood'i Sarsaparilla advertised in the paper, and decided to tr; it. I havo taken two bottles and the sores are almos entirely healed." Mrs. A. Pitts, South Potsdam.N. Y " X was subjoct to severe bilious attacks. List sprioj I used Hood's Sarsaparilla, and was greatly benefited by it, I think it a very excellent medicine, and chser fully recommend it for biliousness and all impurities o the blood." Mrs. J, W. Clement, Franklin, N. H. " Sly daughter received much benefit from the use ol Hood's Sarsaparilla as an excellent tonio after a pro tracted attack of bronchial pneumonia." Rev. F. H, Adams, >'ew Hartford, Ct. ??_ ? ? noon s oarsapctrnid Sold by all druggists. $1; aix for $*>, Prepared onlj by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mui. 100 Doses One Dollar PATTERN OF ANY SIZE GIVEN WITH EACH NUMBER. DEMOREST'S ~f~ THE BESl Or all the Magazines. Containing Stories, Po?ms and other Literary attractions, combining Artistic, Scientific ani Household matters. Illustrated, with Original Steel- Engraving*, Photogravures, Oil Pictures and fine Woodcuts, making it the Model 9 Magazine of America. UNPARALLELED OFFER! Each coL?y of "Dcmorct's Monthly Magazine" will contain A Coupon Or.ler, entitling tlie holdoi to the selection of any pattern illustrated in ths fashion department in that number, in any of the man mac lured. Subscribers or Purchasers sending the Coupon with a two-cent stamp for postage, w 111 receive, bv return mall, n complete pattern, of the size and kind lhey may select, from the Magazine containing the order. This t'epar alleled Offer giving to subscribers * TWELVE PATTERNS (valued at from 50 cents to 80 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 solid attractions, the Cheapest Magazine in America Demorest's Illustrated Monthly, /\%rr -xt mTTTA T\? \T T M. r*? U111JX 1 V* U Ul.liilidlVS per year. Including twelve full Mzea, < 'it patterns, ofjlie* and kind' nrlccted, worth nearly dou')|a tlio tubscrlptlon prlcc. Send subscription early. ? Splendid Holiday- Numbers! Send twenty cent* for the current number with Pattern Coupon and you will certainly subcrlbc Two Dollars for a year and get ten times Its value*. W. Jennings Demorest. Publisher, 17 E. 14lh St? New York Sold by all Newsdealers and Po5tma5ters # ^^^quicketit of any I erer tried/'* Any man SfWomaS raakina le*s thnn i>f#r week should try our easy raoney-making buxiness. we guarantee it the no-t paying in tho land. f I mimple* quirk soiling good* freo to any lady or gent who will devoto a few hour* daily. I-.*, oerieitce unnecessary; no talking. Write quick and .:uro your county. Address, H. 1*. Merrill ? Co. Chicigo 5? PAGES LIQUID GLUE jaq] Itnifd hrthoaiandf offlntclats Masofopftirfri c< T(ro\ tnd Mrrninief oa their host work. Jtccrivrd GOLD MEDAL.London."$l. I'ronounefd*'.**"* OVER I cluikneim. 8??nd ca rd of dealer w ho dr.rf not ket-p IfiOO! it,witli fire 2c lumps for SAM PLE CAN ? H C r UJ3 to QRn?siaCfEentCo.,G!c3fc:?fr.M253. $ 1000 REWARD y^THE VICTOR ctianiu'i l'i l?r ni?rk'i u' 'u 1 M^O., Coluwbui,O. Ca.Hr. Iluur, llocmtowa,Md, DIaimV S?5i!U Great English Gout and ftSB2!! S U Rheumatic Remedy. OvrI Kox, Sl.(H): roimtl, 50 cli. CT| _ to Solilirr-\ ll_ ir<. S 'luH: k u P?0WCS P5HC I T <'uvular*. L. Hl.vi 8 Vll OluJIw U\M. \'f v. Washington. I). ?' III IVIVB Dk. .1. SrKl'ilENS, I.rbamm, Ohio. r We have Ju^t issu>*cl a mn*t w?n<lrr?iil mi" I vnluabk* :i"\v ln>i?k. whlrli trfaN of - I "peculiar to tlv* ( uiato wx." ainl have mmi neither pain* nor money to m.-ik-- It worth the perusal aiul of tin- wotiv >1 over our lairl. Kvory mother, wife. -M r | anil daughter i< deeply, >-.7?//t/ itit* ri'?|.-l . I this Kreat work, ami :-!ionl?l send for It with iTPuTTMi rill fonv?rd,^VO^ ry valuable A\ BOOKNTj^v to afflict the Uoree, and\^ aedici therefor; directiona\>^^^L.V to ?hoe properly, and or?o ownore, t'armer.i andothore. X. Leonard St.? N. Y. > Lank'hair,-among' the ancienta^was a sign of cowardice: auburn hair, or light brown, evidence of great susceptibility to the tender passion, as well as rare intelligence, industry, and a peaceful disposition; black hair was not highly esteemed, the possessor of it being thought jealous and quarrelsome; red hair, in general, was an aversion, a mark of reprobation, even before the time of Judas. "As wicked as a red ass " was freely applied to any one having bright hair, and was a Donular and opprobioua saying, and to make the sentiment more bind ing, one of that patient tribe of quadrupeds was made to atone for it every year by being, thrown from a high wall.? The Intjie.iith\ ' _?i_,TONIC jggll BITTER. Prompt in Action, UNEQUALED IsL RESULTS. LADIES TESTIMONY. Rheumatism nnd N'enrnJaln. "Isnffered severely from Khenmatisui 111 j and Neuralgia In thehead, my kidney* wcrenotj o:forming their proper functions. I resorted to Hunt's (Kfdner and Liver) IIkvedy and was completely cored." Mrs. L. G. l'annor, Providence, R. I. "Prosperity gains friends, adversity trie* them." Another Lady. Mrs. Thomas Atkinson, or rrovldence, K. I., ays : "I was conflned io my bed. A frleud urgei me to try Hunt's (Kidney and Liver) Kkmzdt. I had taken less than three bottles, when I was able to resume my household duties." "Be devoted to one thing at a time." The Weaker Sex. Mr kidneys became afflicted and weak ; Hunt's (Kidney and LIv(fl Kekedt gave me the desired benefit. 1 coneidcr it a sure curc."?Mr*, r lorenca L. Wood, Bridgeport, Cono. " Trne friendship la eager to gire." Mrs. Rockwell'* Heart DIimh. "I nave been severely afflicted with heart dli>Mw? for a number of years; my trouble was canted by inaction of my kidneys. ) cheerfully recommend Hunt's (Kidney and Liver) Remedy to all who may be afflicted as I have been."?il ra. A. O. Rockwell, Pearl St., Prorldence, R. L "Without health ail men are poor." Minns 156 lbs. Wnter. "I was tapped eight limes. 1 had one hnndred and Ifty-six pounds of water taken ont of me. Was treated by seventeen different doctors, and Hunt's (Kidney and-Liver) Remedy has cured me."?Mrs. David North, Ecorse, Wayns County, Mich., May ' 30,1883. $1.28 at Druggists. WTake no other. Send for Illustrated Pamphlet of Solid Testimonials of Absolute Cures. HUNT'S REMEDY CO., Prondenc*, R. I. C. I. CBITTEffTQN, Gtseral ipt, He* York. NYITU-33 Only Temperan^ Bittera Known, Grstef nl Thoniandi proclaim Vnmii T> v.a m/wf Tn v-fenr*. n f, thAt ever sustained the sinking system. ITlade from California roots and herbs, free from Alcobollc Stimulants. A Purgative 1 and Tonic. i This Bitten cures Female Complaints, Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism, , Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Ifitermittent Fevers, Blood, Liver and Kidney Diseases. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Headache, Pain in tha Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the t Chest, Dizziness, Sour Stomach. Furred Tongue, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart. Pneumonia, and Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, are cured by the use of the Bitters. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions,' BoDs, Erysipelas, Scrofula, Discolorations, Humors And I diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the i system in a short time by the use of the Bitters. It Invigorates the Stomach, and stimulates the torpid Liver and Bowels, which ren[ der it of unequaled efficiency in cleansing the blood of all impurities, and imparting new life and vigor to the whole system. No Person can take the Bitters and remain ; long unwell Pin, Tape and other Worms, ora destroyed ana removed from the svstem. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever it is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. In conclnslon : Give the Bitters a trial It will speak for itself. One bottle will prove a bet1 ter guarantee of its merits than a lengthy ad? vertisement. ' K?H. McDonald Drog Co., Proprietors, San FrancUoo, Cal.. and 628, S3) & 633 Washington St. I Cor. Charlton St., Now York. ? Sold by all Dealers and Druggists* i i We Want S,000 More BooK Agents to 8?tl The Personal History of; jjj. SMMNT. r private cxrccr, uA la tbt ccmpUu ?<! r*iUl?U bam <? him w I tnt A lux* ??(?> fcluM, tuptralj llnyi* ' We wilt of utntlstttrr CnsdAraT Pwtiwt la e??rr towiuWp. 5n4 tar full miUeufu* ul bPKCIALTEJUMTO AOENW, ?r ?wulj K?M? ?i ane?%r MnJlM ??*. f<* oot<>- J.""'1" "l1" '"r"i AMERICAN PUBLISHING COotfartford Boston, Chicago> Ctnclauath or St. 1<obU? "I can saiy of this preparation of food that It has nevtr failrd me. or failed to amwc when given strictly according to my direction*. With scrupulous care, there need be very little trouble from bowel complaints : and to this that I ascribe the fact that I have never yet lost a child with any form of dlarrhcea or cholera Infantum." . H.EMIN GrTOST Ql??aa Tiiwa Uf.'.l*.. dianuam ly^c-swiuei. The neat Wr!l!iiK .lfacbinc in the World. wyckoff, seamans & benedict, 33!) HROAOWAY, NEWYORK. Paynrs' Automatic Engines and Saw*#!irt) ^ " OFRJ.EAPGR. VTc offer an S t?lo If. I*. nioui:t??l hnglno with Mill, i 50. n roti?! >aw, .VJ ft. tw*Jtu?*. cam-hooks, r'g ropl?*t? for on rtt i m, on c r*, $ . 50 Knz'.nr on bl?l I* $l?l , >m. S nl f< r rirr hi (B). H. \Y, IMY.NK <3& ' SONS. .Manuinctt r rs of Mlfltylen Autonittlic Ell* ! a i f ! ? ? t. if. l\ : PulVj-:', 11.infers and i surfing, lltuira. N, V. Buz IS *!<). ! r. u. aware ! THAT ' Larilhrd's Climax Plug, lir.-irl'u: a ; , ,! I in t<fj, 1mil r.orillard'H Khm' l.Piit fluecut;tlialLorllUril's I Navy ClipphiKitaml *! <i I.t-rlilanl s MaUlsare | the U-st ami choafcs?, qua!;:/ o.iislcli.-r:.l t i ^rrt?ta. hay fever" *i? r imn **;!n:in (' ironovcr./nV.i.iuiv imI * I .< ? rr'i /' "I : !| M ils' r.(.? -v ji;s::r. < ivilllfort. I >! ;>: .-;J rnrri ? ? > .til o:h t- tat!. .4 'i it . ?.! /> ini'. l'ra-:' ."jl><\ nH'l I .()!>. i>:' Drn .-.'i-tt n' !?> in.u1. s 1:11 > e K/{ KK r-?t!>.< ic. s vX. st. I'>ni. Mm 11 | 'i'RUHSTON'S STOOTB POWDER .(coping Teclli IViftvr and I.uiiim llealthy. *??v Sere relief?t xirif ft kidder's p3st!ues.:rs.tiefi: i "i n liar. C .:ui *! r:i > vi!iu?. vu::i I'orlii-Ij W? !:?.)!? 0 >iiil? ::?'il. a >.?:ii|?l *. S.V. Kif 4 3 iu si -y lor .1 ir?* it . (Vtiiliinp I P. Ca?1I wB i.i -ki'NViv 1 .S'., New York. ? c '1 TA C*iin * i\ i .. "C.lBTnTT ??? -??<* i'.*i rame iririi wlfl { 3 a| || V I'lannfartiiritic St.'ncils' : J i ? JHh J K'). < ? iind Itiihljor St.imr,*. 3 J1 U 13 I Iroi*. S. M. M'ENCI-R, A 11> U-fiiiin^liui St.. Hosiou, Mvs. IUSII.V <TREI>. BOOK I KKK OR. J. C. HOFFMAN, Jefferson, Wisconsin. ATCMTO Ol.iir.up I. Send st.vtn> f.^r r.'A 8 i?ra I ? luw.it rviinide. L JitNu: u:, r.i? -ii' (,'r.vycr. D. C. ^CH"| C^H E^T ER ^ I Tlio Aiijtinnl and Onl.v (Iruniite. I nl.?:rv? rtlia!ili'. H^narrof Worflilc** Imira'loni. Kii?ll?h~?r. U.?-i*-?: ???? ! -. In*(li'|^nsal?;? TO. LADIES. i?ru.3.UrMc,2 tura\rtalL'NAME PAPER.'DiS | C $ I ('hichrotcr ( hcmlciil Co.. |p I1 I ? I 230 i lladUon J>g.,rhIlodu, P?. I ihkw I