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HARVEST. Tbe South wind breathes n chant as it goes. Blessing the ri[>ened cars tlint bend And innrniur low as if each one knows The warm South wind as the touch of a friend. The inland sea has 110 epic song Of storm and conquest and trophies rare; The sweet South wind as it sweeps along Has no note in it of fear or care. The golden >trin:rs of the inland sea Sound rich full chords of a grateful land: Plenty and Peace are all that I s.v Where the bursting wneat ears no nuns stand: Garners full with a yellow store. Cupboards cncc empty no longer bare. Labor repaid, nor craving more, Joy and contentment everywhere. ?London Socicty. DOCTOR GEORGE About the only earthly possession of any value George Ilixson had on hi* twenty-second birthday was a handsome diploma of parchment tied up with a blue ribbon. The diploma was from a medical college of very high standing, aud George had worked hard and faithfully for four long years for that diplo? > i 1.. :? 1.. ma. inai nc aeserrcu ;t muiic a vum- i able possession. lie had with it a good deal of capital in the shape of courage, enthusiasm, faith in himself and the world. He was | honest, manly and patient, and could bcgiD life at the right end of the ladder, J lie was so poor that he had to walk part way from the college to his old home, j the village of Sharon. The first man he met at the end of his tiresome journey was old Enoch Lampson, a man who had known George from the day of his birth. "How de do, George, how de do? I Home again, ch?"' was the old man's greeting. "Yes, sir," replied George, "home to stay this time." "So ycr a full fledged pill maker, an' ready to go into partnership with old Biily, our graveyard sexton, hey?" asked the oid man, with poor wit. George felt disposed to resent this, but he did not. "Yc don't cal'clatc on seuiiu down lierc in Aharon, (lo ye?" couiinucd old Enoch. "Yes, sir, I do." "Wall, now, I duno?I duno 'bout that, (ieorgc." "Why shouldn't I begin here?" asked the young mnn; "I hear that old Dr. Edmonds has died lately, and no one has : yet come totakehis place. Why should I I not do so? I am young?" "That's hit, George! that's hit!" in- j terrupted old Enoch; "ycr too voting; j that's jist whar the shoe pinches. Leas- I wise, that's one place wlmr hit pinches, j '.Xuther thing is that?that?" The old man scratched his head in ! evident confusiou. lie looked keenly at j the young man, whose face began to llush. * "Wnl." resumed the old man, "you | know as well as anybody, George, jiss w'at ycr fam'ly connections is; you know j that?" "I know it so well that you need not j take the trouble t:> enlighten me any lurtber on tne subject, - rcpucu iuu vuuhj; i man, very quickly: "I know to my sor- I row that my father was a common j drunkard,and that I am generally known j as 'old Joe Ilixson's son.' I know that j my eldest brother followed in my father's ] footsteps, and was killed in a drunken brawl in this town. My other brother has gone to the bad, too. But I know, as you know, too. Mr. Lampson,that my mother was as good a woman as ever lived through years of shame and suffering, to die at last of a broken heart.'' "That's even so. George,"' admitted the old man. "I knowed your mother ! when she was purty Mary Jackson, 'fore it was ever her misfortune to know yer reperbate father, an' she was, as you say, as good a woman as ever drawed breath: but hit's yer father's name you've got, an' the name o' Ilixsou don't stan' very high in these parts. But I'll say fcryou, George, that I hain't a word to say agiu you pussonally an' iadividooly. I am free ter say an' 1/lieve that yer of a mind ter do what's right, an' that you want to raise yer name far 'bove the o'jeeum that's now on bit." "I do want that," was the young man's earnest reply," and it's strange if the Christian people of this town refuse to give me help and encouragement. My own record here is clear; I am not ashamed to have it read. Of course, 1 am young, and most people arc a little afraid of young physicians; but all physicians were once young, and I must have a beginning, you know. "Now, I have studied faithfully, carefully, even prayertuily, for four long years. I have spent every dollar I had educating myself. No one knows of the | deprivations I have had to sutler for this," and he held up nis diploma as he spoke. t - "I have earned it," he went on; "it is my own by light of four years "f hard study. Of course, I kuow of the opposition I will probably meet with in the beginning. I am young; I know more of theory than of practice so far. But there arc several reasons why I want to j locate here in my boyhood's home. I am bound to win in the end; you will see that I do." "Wall, George, I hain't a thing ag'in you myself. 1 wish you well as far as I'm rnnpnrrwd Yfir rrritfv- T rpmpmber that you had that streak in you when you was a little youngster. But I jist made up my mind that I'd tell you fair and square what the chances wuz for an' og'in you here." "I am greatly obliged, I'm sure,"' said George, ''but 1 was prepared for all you have told me. I feel that I shall succeed in the end. 'Commit thy way unto the Lord. Trust also in Ilim, and he | shall brinir it to pass.' There is the j foundation of my faith and courage, Mr. ; Lampson. I have often proved the truth of that most helpful and most I blessed promise. It gives me courage j and coniidencc now. I know it will not I fail me."' But there were many days and weeks j and months after that when poor George's courage and confidence almost failed him. Old Enoch had truthfully said:. "Dr. George will have a hard row lo dig." fir; lie had, indeed. The name of Ifixson ? was in bad repute in and around Sharon. ! < The people were prejudiced against the i v/-'^ poor young fellow, although thev could js./ not but admit that his own character ; ErV "wa3 above rcproach. They had known 'i him from his baby days up, and it did j Mr*' not "seem natural" to call him Dr. j pr""-- Hixson. And he was so proud of that i > hard-earned title. Those who used it at all call him "Doc- ! Bfe". tor George;" that took away half the | dignity for him, and was a familiarity 1 he resented in secret, although he dared ' not do :*o openlv. Others called him "Doc." and that was simply galling to ' Er the high strung young man. lie was daily hurt by covert or open sneers. . Even children ridiculed him md his new title. Could anything be more exasperating than to have a crowd of ill-bred urchins ! assemble in front of his poor, shabby little otlice, while one of their number sung out: l^ocior, uociur, kiu vuu tun What will make a sick man well? (Jrease bis heels and tar his nose, And that will do, I suppose. The doctor's ollice was a shabby little j alTair, and he was quite too poor to make it better. It had no carpet, do pictures, i nothing but a cheap desk, a chair or two | and the few old but valuable books ] which comprised the doctor's library. ! Appearances go a good way toward a J physician's success or failure, 110 matter | how greatly we may ellect to underrate ; 1 them, ile should be well dressed. A 1 shabby man can never assume a digni- I fied appearance. His office should be neat and inviiing. It augurs ill for the amount of a man's practice if his office j is as shabby as poor Doctor George's was. I If the young fellow could only have j had a chance. But there were the people sending ten miles to K?, a ' neighboring town, for Dr. Graves, who j could ride over in his carriage and count j their pulse-beats by a magnificent gold I watch. His clothes were of the best and tailor-made, and l.e had graduated from the same collegc from which Dr.George's diploma had comc. His father had left him a moderate fortune and he could begin his career in a manner becoming a physician. And then George had to sit in his ; dreary office, in his frayed and patched garments, waiting for the patients that j would not come, while Dr. Graves went j driving by day after day. Every few i days the disturbed and dejected young | doctor beard rumors of a rival coming to Sharon, and the village paper openly j published in its columns that "An ex- j perienced and competent physician will 1 da well to locate in Sharon." After that Doctor George thought he i would really have to seek a new field of labor, and in depest despondency he j feared that he had perhaps relied too | much 011 the promise that had so long | encouraged and consoled liim. Hut he read another promise, solemn 1 j and sweet, to his troubled heart: "I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.'' ''It will all come right in the end," he 'I said; but the end seemed so far away. He would he only ''old .Toe Hixson's son"' to these people all the days of his j life. There was no end to that shame j and sorrow. The sins of a drunken and 1 depraved father were visited upon the < head of a son who was deserving of the t world's honor :?id esteem, lie had risen f above them into the beauty and iilory :*f t a pure ana nouie mauuoou. i nroi'^n ' shame and sorrow, discouragement and j ' poverty, he had struggled up to a higher : and a better life, and yet the good pco- 1 pie of Sharon daily made him look hack- 1 ward to the life he had left. And no 1 friendly hand was stretched forth to help him onward. < "It is really surprising to see the as- 1 surance 'old Joe llixson's son' displays," 1 said Mrs. Colonel (Jiddings, the wealthi- i est woman in Sharon, "withhis antoced- I ents, to set himself up for our physician." I During six months Dr. George had < but two patients. One of them was a I boy who had cut his tinger badly, and < the other was a child with the colic, lie : had not, however, wasted his time, lie : had studied and learned much. lint at last he made up his mind to go 1 out West. Hone had died out in his < heart. The people of Sharon were de- 1 tcrmincd to ignore him. He could not i succeed there."lie need not be "old Joe llixson's son'' among strangers. But there were those precious promises! 1 "They will be fulfilled yet in the Lord's 1 own time and place," lie said,chcerfully. "He probably means that I shall go away i from here to something better than I have dared hope for." So he made ready to go. The home of i his childhood was dear to him, and he 1 was fond of familiar faces, even if thcv 1 were not always kindly. He had always i felt timid about going among total 1 strangers. Hut his poor little t runk was | packed, and he had gone around saving i good-bye to the few friends who cared i to say good-bye to him. He intended i goinjr on Tuesday. < On Monday afternoon a little tow- i headed boy met him on the street. | "Say. you, Doctor George." he said, i [ "my ma wants you to come up to our house and see if there's anything the ' matter of our Tommy; 'cause if there is i ma wants to send for Doctor Graves." The insulting message made the blood < fairly tingle in the young doctor's veins. i Hut the next moment lie laughed. t "Oh! well, it don't matter," he said; 1 "I'll go. It will heip me to say truth- 1 fully that I've had some practice." i Tommy was the very urchin who had \ sung the hateful doggerel before Dr. i George's office. < The young physician examined the s boy carcfully; then lie said: ] "Well, Tommy, my boy, it will take : something more than grease on your 1 heels and tar on your nose to make you t well; you hive the small-pox.'' i "I don't believe it," said Tommy's c mother, sharply; "I don't believe you ( know small-pox from the measles. I'll < send for Dr. Graves right ofT." I "Very well, raadame,"said Dr. George, r politeiy bowing himself out. Hut late that evening Tom's mother i f came crying to Dr. George. ( "I)r. Graves wouldn't come," flic c said: "he was going to, but when he 1 heard that it looked like small-pox with Tommy he said he wasn't well, and just 1 sent some medicine that ain't done him ] a bit of good. If you would come up, j sir!" c It was the first time he had been ad- 1 dressed as "sir" for many a day. i "Ar i ?.;n ; V./1 A >>111 iiv oui\t 4 That was the >cginniug of Doctor f George's practice iu Sharon. "Within ten days there were fourteen cases of i small-pox. The aunalsof the little town f contain a record of how it was scourged 1 by that fearful disease. Before the end t came there were oue or more casts iu s nearly every house. The means taken t to prevent the spr::ad of the disease had proved ineffectual. At last the town \ was quarantined. i When Dr. Graves was sent for a sec- i ond time it was discovered that lie had i suddenly been callcd away "on busi- c ness.M He stayed away all winter. c Dr. George went back to his empty office after seeing Tommy a second time, r He unpacked his trunk, lighted a can- j die. and began to read a certain medical j work, lie read until midnight, until 1, ' ] 2, 3 o'clock, until the dawn cf day, that j i found him on his bended knees, prayer- j j ful, and even tearful, lie felt that there , a had been given him work to do?that a I r change was comingin his life. I r lie lK!camc a tower of strength to those t stricken lieoplc. lie was doctor, nurse, ; \ consoier?more tnan nc thought he ever ; a should be to suffering creatures. | j llis success with Tommy was assured : a within a few days, and others came | t eagerly after him. Ilis skill in baffling s the disease was wonderful. Had he not j c the hc.ivenly lacl|>? There were few i ] deaths, anil many people came forth, 1 j their fair anil blooming cheeks unmarked J { by the dread disease. Mrs. Colonel Giddings' beautiful j daughter was stricken down while i making preparations to fly from the J town. ' s Mis. Giddiugs' own carriage came for 1 c "old Joe llixscn's son." 1 lis contami | 1 natcd presence was in her splendid par- | 1 lors and in her daughter's dainty loom. ,1 His skill and careful watching brought c her beautiful daughter forth with all of c her girlish loveliness unharmed. ? He had hardlv time to eat or sleep for < many days. His very presence gave 1 hope and courage to the suffering. He 1 escaped the contagion, but when his last i s case was dismissed he was utterly ex- j i haustcd, and quietly left the village for j i a week or two of rest. When he returned ? his heart sank within him. In the win- J dow of one of the handsomest ollicc- ?'! rooms in the town he saw the word 1 ' "Physician'' in great letters of gold, i 1 Handsome curtains were before the win- t dows. Everything indicated that the j < new-comer had been a successful man. I 1 He hardly dared to read the name on the J door. When he did he read : "Dr. George II. Ilixson." j 1 "Go 'long in an' sec how you like it,*' j < saU old Enoch Lampson, who stood I < griuning on the pavement. j > The ama/.eil young doctor opened the : 1 door and went into a beautiful ollice. A 1 handsome carpet and rugs covered the . 1 floor, walnut and mahogany chairs with > velvet and plush cushions were in cor- j < ners, a mahogany table and secretary ; t stood in the room, pictures and orna- | s ments were on the wall, books filled a < walnut bookcase with a silken curtain. ! f Back of this pretty room was one for a j > private ollice, fitted up in the hnndsom- s est style. t "I?I?don't understand it," said Doc- ! < tor George. j t "Don't, hey?" queried old Enoch. ? ? "Wall, hit's a little s'prise fixed up fer j \ you by Mrs. Colonel Giddings an' the 1 re?t of us. 'Bout the hull town lied a j finger in it. Hit's all yer own, an' nil i naid for. I reckon you hain't lost noth- I in' by trustin' in the Lord. Ilcgin'rally j bring I lis promise to pass, you know."? t Boston Krain titer. ' 2 I 1 t A Physician's Secret. j< A pathetic story is told by the English f medical journals. Dr. "Warburg com- P pounded for many years a valuable rem- j edy for malarious diseases, which was t especially useful in tropical climates. General (iordon, when he was governor- t general of the Soudan, declared that lie c owed his life to it, and the English nn:d- j ical profession came to regard it as one of the most powerful febriluges. Pro- ' fessor W. .Maclean appealed to Dr. ! t Warburg to reveal the secret <>f its com- n position for the benefit of medical sci- a ence. The request was heeded and the ], formula, which had previously been a a well-guarded secret, was published in the j London I.uncit. The consequences were ? disastrous to the inventor's fortunes. g Druggists in England and Judi.a prepared the remedy themselves and sold it for j g their own benefit. The inventor's income ; c was taken awav as soon as he parted with his secret, and his profits went to the | j", wholesale and retail drug trade. Tne j ? government of India made a irrant of j sl,000 tohimin token of its appreciation | c of the value of the remedy, Otherwise I tiie worm was inumoreiu to nis laic, nc | jis now in destitute circumstances at the j age of eighty-one, and the English med- j ical journals are making appeals to the j profession to relieve his poveity. The Mcdi'-al lieror'l, in which we find i tl the details of this interesting case, read- c ily concedcs the hardship and personal tl sacrifice of the man, who gave to '-trop- a ical mediciue a powerful weapon to con- is tend with a disease that kills twice as j ir many victims as cholera and sm.illpox ^ h put together." It returns, however, an c emphatic negative to the fjuestion: j o "Shall a physician keep secret his for- I o muhe?" It maintains that whatever in- j h justice may fall upon the individual, it. I h would be demoralizing to the profession tl and injurious to the puMic if physicians ! il attempted to make secrets of their favor- j li ite and most helpful remedies. | L VMOXfr THE LOG DRIVERS. IOW THE HABDY PELEOWS WOKK AND ENJOY THEMSELVES. Hie Perilous Positions in Which They IMn.ro Themselves When ltrealiing- a "Jam." A 15angor(Me.) letter to the New i'ork Wort./ describes the life of those lardy, darimr, red sliirted fellows who lrivc the logs cut by the woodsmen lirougli the tumbling, rushing streams uul tlie swift waters of the Penobscot to he booms, whence they are distributed jy their various owners to the mills: I'lic principal drives arc from the cast iml west branches of the Penobscot, :he Mattawamkcag, the Piscataquis, [Measant and Passadinnkcag rivers, all ;ributaries of the one great watercourse. Driving logs is a laborious and often Sangcrous occupation. When the winter work of cutting the logs is over and I he icy brooks and streams arc full of the great spruce, pine and hemlock trunks, the axe-swingers come out and tlie lumbermen engage their driving jrews. To be a driver one must be ac:ive, fearless and equally indifferent to :old water ami haul work. The drivers ire generally Tarratine Indians, a liberal sprinkling of that much detested class Known as the "P. E. I.V'? Prince Edward's Islanders. The :rews. with their bosses, go to where the logs are stocked, part of the way by rail and then by team, batteau or on foot. Arriving at their destination they st irt the logs in the quick water and follow them down aloug the shore. If there were no falls, no edges or other obstructions the work would be easy, but if a single log of the rushing mass sticks on the brink of a dam. or is caught against \ rock, thousands of others are stopped thereby and a jam ensues. This must be broken up at all hazards and some one must go out upon the logs at the risk of iiis life and, with what is known as a "caut-dog," set the mass in motion igain. If lie makes a misstep, or the obstructing log yields at an unlucky momen!, the driver disappears in the whirl if waters and yocs down to his death, ind if his mangled remains be found it ivill not be until weeks afterward, many miles below. One of the drivers I met to day. lie was of muscular build, with that hearty manner peculiar to Penobscot rivennen. He had just "comedown" and was quite communicative, talking intelligently, if induh loud, as he punched the floor of :he boarding-house bar-room full of lolcs with the steel calks in the soles of lis shoes. He wore the conventional driver's dress?heavy trousers, red shirt, ivoolen socks and ponderous boots or shoes. 1 asked him why his boots were jut in several places at the toes. "Oh." ;aid lie, "that is to let the water which pours over inc out and keep my feet from scalding." lie said that driving was mrd work until one became used to it: .hen there was a fascination about it vhicii always kept one at the work. The Iriver, he said, is out day aud night, as :ircuinstances demand. Sometimes two jr three men are sent ahead of the main jody to keep the logs running free past ? point where a jam is likely to occur. Iney are given a junk of salt pork, a Vying pan, a dry codfish and a quantity )f hard bread, as the task may require lays. At night this advance guard juilds a big lire and sleeps on theground. "Once," said the driver, "on the*west branch of the Penobscot, 1 aud a companion were delegated to look out for a am below a;id ahead of the main body )f logs. We had no boat, and when a og stuck out in the stream we had to )addlc out on a big spruce trunk to clear t away. In returning we landed in four ?i. -e l.:.. on,i tX'l Ul WUICI, IUU U 1? vc had to wade ashore waist deep in the cy water. A fierce storm wai in progress, ind the walk back to camp was anything )ut pleasant. At another time I was vitli a crew trying to get ome logs out of a small brook in which lie water was low. It looked as though llie logs would stay there all summer vhen we turned in one night at a little :abin on the shore. My friend had an lpper bunk, in which he slept soundly intil early morning, when he jumped >ut of his bunk. He landed in two feet >f water, in which the cabin furniture vas floating. There had been a heavy ain and the little brook had overflowed ts banks." The driver's work begins in the latter >art of April and lasts until July 13 or a nonth later. A green hand is paid $1.12 )er day; fairly good men Si. 75 to $2.50; in experienced man $2.75, and a boatnan $y, beside food, which is princi>ally of beans. "Woodmen have beans hrec times a day, drivers four times, vi li molasses for sweetness and dried ipples as an anti-scorbutic. The woodsnen and drivers receive their money on irriving here and it generally amounts o from $200 to $300. The red sliirters pread red paint at high cost for a week i r .1 1 .1! >r two, me cneap oars anu ooarumyiouscs reap a harvest, the police station s crowded and then all is quiet on the 'enobscot. The Dead Sea. The Dead sea is art old and decrepit alt lake, in a very advanced statu of ivaporution. It lies several feet below he level of the Mediterranean, just as ha Caspian lies several feet below the evel of the Black sea; and as in both ases the surface must once have been :ontinuous, it is clear that the water of lithcr sheet must have drie<l up to a very ionsiuerable extent. Hut while the G'as>iftti has shrunk only to eighty-five feet jelow the Black sea, the Dead sea has hrunk to the enormous depth of 1,202 eet below the Mediterranean. Every low and then some enterprising I)c Les;eps or other proposes to dig a canal rom the Mediterranean to the Dead sea, ind so re establish the old high level, rhe elTect of this very revolutionary iroceeding would be to flood the enire .Jordan valley, connect the Sea of lalilee with the Dead sea. and play lie dickens generallv with Scripture I.,. t,: fl,? <lnlir*1i'f nf Sunday school classes. Now, when the Dead Sea lirst began its independent :areer as a separate sheet of water on its >wn account, it n > doubt occupied the vliole bed of this imaginary engineers' ake?spreading, if not from Dan to joersheba, at any rate from l)an lo I'Motn, or, in other words, along the vhole Jordan Valley f*oin the Sea of ialilec aud even the waters of Merom to he Southern desert. The modern Dead ea is the last shrunken relic of such a jonsiderable ancient lake. Its waters ire now so very concentrated and so .'cry nasty that no tisli or other sclf-reipecting animal can consent lo live in hem, and so buoyant that a man can not Irown himself, even if he tries, because lie sea is saturated with salt of various ;orts till it has become a kind of soup or )orridge, in which a swimmer tloats. will le, nill he. ? Corn hill. Look at the Bright Siile. rni.~ r. 11 4 ?*. f.,?, me luuuwiug i-.miuul i? nuiu au uuIrcss made at the University of Paris by U. Rene Goblet: Life, after all, is good ind made to be enjoyed in all its agreeibleness and beauty. You are young; :ultivate with care three qualities, wit, ivacity, good humor. Hut do uot take or a model those who see only the gay ide of things and laugh at everything, sn't one worthy of our race unless he urns everything into mockery? Believe , ne, it is a meager use of wit (o know inly how to belittle. Perpetual irony is iften a mark of impotence. Listen still i'ss to those who see only the somber ide of life; the sad. the discouraged, to ise a term of the day, the pessimistic, t is said that at the present moment a cw school is forming among our youth, i md that, refashioning formulas that 1 lave already passed away, or inspired by i more or less sincerc philosophy, bor- | < owed from other nations which have ! ' othing in common with our own, they 1 eek to lead the world towards melan- 1 holy and despair. Ah, my friends, 1 hun especially these unhappy tenden- 1 ies and these pernicious teachings! i adness may perhaps inspire in a soli- I 1 ;irv "cuius immortal accents. It is not | < doctrine to ?juidc a nation. Truly, the I oraing time is not made for sterile dis- ; ouragement nor for a philosophic or I 1 oetic weariness. Of this you should be , til!v convinced. I 1 !1 The Fantee's Dead. The Fantccof Africa is religious if any- j liing. He lives in daily, hourly interourse with departed friends, talks with I ] liein, sings to them, and feels that they i re near him. We never meet an athe- ( it in Guinea. lie inaj revile his idol t nages when they do not please him, but i e never disbelieves the ei'er-living prin- t iple of Good as well as the twin spirits i t Evil. The Fantce is bound but by s ne tie?that of family. To its members j e is ever kind and generous. His dead i c buries under or near his house, that j liev may be near him. This custom, no t oubt, is a relic of probably the first re- < ?iou?the worship of the dead.?Button j I bulletin. j t NEWS AND NOTES FOR 1YOMEN. Hats arc still large and bennets small. Ladies as well as gentlemc 1 now wear traveling caps. There are 18,001 female students in the American colleges. Medieval designs in gold are seen in gauze scarfs for trimming hats. Pendent trimmings of all descriptions are more and more fashionable. Ladies in Paris have just now a craze for adopting white rabbits as pets. New bonnets for autumn are provided with ribbon strings to tie under the chin. Wall lamps of all kinds and varieties are very much in vogue for any sort of a room. Young ladies arc writing with quills since sealing wax and stamps came in fashion. The most marked feature of the fall dresses is the absence of the "biinchv" side draperies. Pretty dresses arc made entirely of the piece wool laccs, and arc lined with surahs the color of the lace. Decorated fans of gauze, mounted on ebony or pearl .-ticks, arc more fashionable than the finest lace and feather fans. It is fashionable in London to bum Japanese pastilles after the fish course, to disguise the faint odor it leaves behind. Miss Adelaide Randolph, a niece of Mrs. Garfield, has 1 een made professor of Latin in the State university of Kansas. Gauze draperies arc carried frcm righ to left and lose themselves in the drapery of the skirt,or terminate in full plastrons cr fichus. There arc a great many parasols just now with the pattern of the black lace run in cold, the lace falling ir. festoons beyond the parasol. The Princess Beatrice has over two hundred pairs of walking shoes. The princess should have married a man rich enough to keep a horse. The New York Ledger declares that American girls of the present have more beauty than the American girls of a quarter of a century ago. In the streets black toilets arc more frequently worn than ever; some have narrow plastrons of very finely plaited white cambric or percale. Jenny June accuses English girls of tight lacing, and says they carry it to a much greater degree of absurdity than fashionable American girls do. Sewiug-silk grenadines in small armurc designs, or with jet figures and profusely trimmed with lace, is the most genteel gown a lady who prefers biack can wear. *The widow of the Emperor Maximil ian, of Mexico, is now forty-five years of age. The doctors note an extraordinary improvement in her condition and anticipate a complete recovery. Moire is particularly in favor for bridal dresses. It is used with crepe dc chinc and lace. The soft folds of the crepe fali naturally, and give a graceful and elegant appearance to the whole toilet. Cotton poplin is a fine material ribbed in the length, and so like wool that is is impossible to detect the difference till held in the hand; it is a serious rival of crepon for seaside and dainty country toilets, being so supple, and therefore draping to perfection. The lirst coffee ever raised in the United States is credited to .Mrs. Atzeroth, who successfully produced it at her plantation near Manatee, Fla., in 1880. She has now twenty-five coffee trees and says that with proper cultivation coffee can flourish in that latitude. A house made of beaten gold was a bridal gift in London recently. "Whenover one touches a secret spring a door of emeralds and diamonds would open and there could be seen within a tine portrait. Mile. De liravura, who was married to Mr. Stanhope, was the recipient of the gift. Tulle veils are made very long and quite envelop the figure. They are fastened on the head with fancy pins. Flowers are not us much worn in the hair by brides at present; orange blossoms are usually pinned about the corsage and skirt. If the sleeves arc quite short gloves should reach them, and.should be pure white or crcam, according to the tint of the dress. A new and elegant evening dress has a simple foundation of black surah silk, cut princess, and made low in the neck and without sleeves. Over this clouds of black tulle arc looped, and very full" ruching of tulle borders the foot of the gown, with tiny bunches of honeysuckle, bright red in color, caught in the center of each group of plait J. Large bunches of honeysuckle are caught among the draperies, and the shoulder straps seems to be made entirely of the pretty flowers continued in outline rouud the low-cut neck. A French Tower of lJabcl. It is a French idea to crect in the grouuds of the Paris exposition of 1S8!), an iron tower three hundred yards in heiglith?that is, twice as high as the Great Pyramid and more than twice the hcighth of the Strasburg cathedral. As one hundred aud sixty yards is considered the limit of height possible in a structure in which stone is the principal material, it is proposed to use iron. The base of the tower is of pyramidal shape, and is to be seventy yards high; the superficial area at this height will be 5,000 square yards; above this are to bo three other stages or stories, in which will be room for various scientific and other purposes. The towers of Xotre Dame will be mere pigmies beside this colossal structure, and will not reach to its first floor. The projector points out tnar, m auuuion 10 its munumcntal character, the structure will be useful for stragetical purposes in war time on account of its vast range of view; also for meteorological anil astronomical observation, for at such a height the clearness of the air and the absence of fogs would render observation possible which cannot be made from the ground. The whole exhibition and the surrounding neighborhood might be lighted by one electric burner on this tower. Many scientific problems may, it is suggested, be investigated from the tower, such as the resistance of the air of different weights, certain laws of elasticity, the study of the compression of gas vapors, and of the oscillation of the pendulum. In shape it is to resemble an enormous light house, gradually taperering frum a wide base to the summit. Food Tor the Nervous. A distinguished physician says that he is disposed to exclude vegetables, with the exception of cereals and a little fruit, entirely from the dietary of nervous persons. Animal food is more nutritious to the nervous system and to the body generally than a vegetable diet. It has all the elements of the formation of the tissuesof the body, and is easily digested. Man can exist on it in any climate. Of meats, beef is by far the best. Pork is good for nervous people. Eggs boiled just enough to harden the whites are easily digested. It is a mistake about people eating too much. The majority do uot eat enough. Nervous dyspepsia comes from working too hard and not eating enough. When a man begins to suffer from overwork he should eat plenty of good bread and butter, drink two quarts of milk a day, and eat plenty of good meat. When such a person resorts to a vegetable diet he grows weaker and loses his nerve power. Man was made to cat, and he never will flourish on a vegetable diet. Food and Conscience. Never go to bed in any danger of being hungry. People are kept awake by hunger cjuite as much as by a bad conscience. Remembering that sleep is the essential force which the -whole scheme starts, dccline tea or collee within six hours before going to bed. If the womenkind insist, you may have your milk and kvnter at the tea-table colored with tea; j jut the less the better. Avoid all mathe- j uatics or intricate study of any sort in | :he last six hours. This is the stufT I ;lreams arc made of, and hot heads, and ilie nuisances of waking hours. Keep your conscience clear. .Remember that >ecausc the work of life is infinite, you cannot do the whole of it in any imited period of time, and that, therefore, you may just as well leave oil in me place as another.?Edward Everett Uiilc. W. Maticu Williams remarks that the ntpular notion that mosquitoes arc chiefly esident in tropical and sub tropical countries is quite a mistake, the home of heir mightiest legions being within and ibout the Arctic circle. On coasting rips to the North cape even, vessels are nvaded bv maddening swarms at every .topping place. It is reported that iu \laska they form clouds so dense that it s impossible for sportsmen to aim at objects beyond. Native dogs arc someimes killed by them, and even the great jrizzly bear is said to be occasionally biinded by their attacks and linally jtarved iu consequence. THE TRADE IN SEA SHELLS. A PECULIAR BUSINESS OH THE PACIFIC SLOPE. Whore llie Shell* Come Front and Who the Largest Buyers Arc? Some Valuable Shells. The sea shell business of California, says the San Francisco JJulletin, is but little known to the general public. In fact, aside from those actually engaged in the traffic, but few persons know anything of its magnitude or minutia?. Los Angeles is the center of this trade. The Pacific coast and coast islands, from Monterey, in California, to Aeapulco, iu Mexico, with contributions from China, Japan and the South seas, furnish the product, and Europe is the market. France is the largest buyer, and next in the order named follow Germany, liclgium, Holland and England. The product consists of mother-of-pearl, pearl oyster, brilliant or curious shells "from Japan. China and the South seas, the several varieties of abalonc, and a conchological medley known in business parlance as "small shells." Small shells command from *50 to $70 per hundred pounds,and are found along the shores of the South coast and on the outlying islands. They reach California in sacks, and in sacks they arc shipped to Europe, where they arc used in the manufacture of many various and ornamental things. The mother-of-pearl, known to the trade as "the Tahiti shell," is the most valuable of all shells. It is exquisitely beautiful, live to eight inches iu diameter. round and flat, and overlaid with a tender, milk-white, gleaming surface that immediately challanges admiration. Specimen? of "the Tahiti shell" may be seen in some of the art wiudows of this city and New York. They arc usually displayed with a sunburst, sunset, or landscape painted 011 them, but the finest and most perfect shells find their way to Europe. Mother-of-pearl shells arc found around arcl oil the island of Tahiti. They are deep water shells; native divers raise them to the surface,and they arc brought to California by traders, who procure them 111 barter. The divers of Tahiti display great daring and fortitude, and many "tales arc told of the feats they perform and the dangers they encounter. Tales arc told of divers who never returner!, and who are supposed to have been devoured by marine monsters or lost or entangled in the labyrinthian windings of coral eaves. Tahiti shells arc worth in lump,whole sale $1.30 to $4 each, and the finest selected shells are valued at $30 per pair. In America Tahiti shells arc marketed solely as articles of virtu, bric-a-brac and curios. In Europe, hdwever, they find additional use and value in the manufacture of rare and elegant articles of fancy, fashion, toilet and jewelry, and in the creation of the most costly and artistic inlaid work. Thus metamorphosed, the shells of the occan find their way back to America, form a distinct trade, command fabulous prices, and become the special prey of the tariff demon. l'earl oyster shells are next in value and importance. They arc found along the Mexican const, and their gathering and shipment form fjuire :m industry at La Pax. The pearl oyster is never larger than an eastern "middling," but differs very perceptibly in its conformation, it is flatter and more regular, and rows of ray-like grooves radiate from the thicker portion. These shells arc used in the manufacture of pearl buttons, a trade confined exclusively to France. The value of tlie pearl oyster depends upon the %'agaries of fashion. Of abalone shells there aie three distinct varieties known to commerce?the blue-green of Mexico, the black of California, and the gray abalone common to the whole coast. Of these the Mexican variety is the most valuable. It is found clinging to the cliffs, reefs, and submarine rocks throughout the coast of Mexico from San Totnas, close to the American line, as far south as Acapulco. Hlue-grccn abaloncs are gathered by mestizos - and brought to Wilmington (San Pedro) by traders and fisherman. The Mexican abalone approximates in value the shells of Tahiti. They are shipped to the same markets and arc used in the same industries. The black abalone of California is the next most desirable of sea shells. To some minds it is the richest and most gorgeous of all the shells of the sea. It is of a fine velvety black, and possesses the same soft glimmering luster that ' f)i^> ii-mtlir>r-r?f.nr>nrl find ujau..Bu.?.w ...v. , sometimes Is found variegated bylines and bars, the most delicate imaginable, the bars seeming to float in the mellow prism of colors -brown, azure, .-alTron and maroon shot by an indescribable 1 golden scarlet. This shell is used in the } fame industries as the two before menI tioned varieties, and is worth, wholesale, $1,000 per ton. The common gray abalone has a market value of $700 per ton. It is used in bordering and varying inlaid work, in the mounting of costly lurniture and harness, and in the manufacture of knife handles, shawl clasps and brooches. It is also used by silversmiths and upholsterers, and enters into the makc-ni) of numberless articles of use and ornament. The shells are stored at San Diego, San Pedro, Los Angeles and Santa Bari bara, and arc shipped as the trade demands. All shipments arc for Europe, and mainly to France. Though so little is known to the public, the sea shell business of California has already assumed large proportions. Its annual value runs into the hundreds of thousands. Forty tons of shells are shipped every sixty days by the Los Angeles firm, a three years' contract to that effect having been made with a Paris manufacturing company in 18S2. Eclipses of tlic Sun. The eclipses of the sun are caused by the moon's passing between the earth and the sun. If the two bodies fol'owed the same track in the heavens there wouicl Do an eclipse every new moon, but as the orbits are inclined, the moon generally passes above or below the sun, and there is no eclipse. Occasionally the sun is near one of the moon's nodes ?the poiuts were the planes of the orbits intersect?when it passes, and then an eclipse occurs. If the sun and the moon were always at the same position with regard to the earth, and always the same distance from it, the eclipses would always be of the same size. But as these conditions vary, so do the appearances of the cclipse. For instance, let us suppose that at the time of an eclipse the centre of the moon happens to pass direct over the centre of the sun. If the moon is near the point in the orbit which is at the least distance from the ; earth her apparent diameter will exceed , that of the sun, and the latter will be ] quite hidden from view, and we have | what is kuown as a total eclipse. Of course, even in this case, the cclipse wiil , only appear total to the observers near , the line joining the centres of the sun \ and moon. If, however, the three bod- , ics occupy similar positions, but the distance between the earth and moon is ] greater, the whole of the sun is not cov- ] ered by the moon, and the eclipse is s annular. If the moon, however, docs , ! not i>ass centrally over the sun, it can , I only hide a part of the latter on one side . or the other, and the eclipse is said to be | I partial. As the moon's orbit is ijuito el- ] j liptical, the distance of that body from j the earth varies greatly. Its least dis j tancc is -21, OUU miles, its greatest 25'.i,000 , miles.?Inter- Oce?it. A Lost Mine. The Boston Journal has the following: The legend of a lost mine has given to Bald mountain, in Placer county, Colo- 1 rado, a fascinating interest for prospect- ors. The tradition is that early in the * ."iOs three men disappeared from an immigrant party coming over the old Gap ' trail. Search for them was without ' avail and they were reported dead. !1 Where or how they hibernated no one C knows, but the following spring, ragged, shoeless and totally demoralized, they filed into Michigan Blutr. Their blankets 1 *- - - _ _ \ hud been converted into sacks, ami with ' tlicm they brought dust to the amount of $10,000 or si.",.000. Spending but a single night within the confines of civilization, and giving no information as to ' the location of their large claim, they were followed on their return trip, and 1 a few weeks later their murdered bodies ! were found in one of the dreary canyons that scar the face of the desolate peak. Since then many a man has sought this . lost mine, but apparently its immunity is as certain as that of the treasure of Captain Kidd. Although a variety of microscopic forms of plants have been found on bank 0 notes and coins in circulation, none e known to bo dangerous to human life j. have yet been discovered. - i A postal card is not mailable with any I writing or printing on the address side, s except the address, nor with anything e pasted or piaued to the other side. A Cowboy's Life. The life of the average cowboy is not bo romantic as sometimes painted. They work hard, have little variety of food and 'cad a lonesome life. While at the home ranch they have some of the comforts of life. They have a chance to sleep under a roof, generally on a blanket on the lloor, and they can sit down to a table while they eat their bread and bacon and drink their black colTcc. And durincr the evenings they spend their time reading, writing to some fair maid they have met at a ball at Uvalde or Del Rio or telling stories and 3inging songs. When they go oil cow hunting they take a sack, put in it some Hour, baking pow tier, a piece of fat bacon, some colleeaml sugar and a little salt. This they throw over the horse's back. They take a sffillet and nang it to the saddle and hang a coffcc-pot to the horse's neck. Their sixshooter is in a belt around .their waist. They ride oil fifteen or twenty miles from nowhere. The sun beginning1 to get low they dismount, stake out the pony and proceed to get supper. Gathering a few sotol stocks a fire is started. Some water is dipped up from the puddle where the horses have been drinking and the cattle wading about. The coffee pot is filled and placed on the lire to boil. Bread , must be made. The cowboy has to have hot bread three times a day. They cut oil a few slices of bacon, put it in the ! skillet and fry it out. The meat is picked out, leaving the hot crease, to which they add a little water, put in Hour, i some baking powder and a little salt. 1 This they stir up till it is doughy; then 1 they play with it a little while with their hands. Finally it i3 put back in the ; skillet, the cover put on and fire placed < above, below and around. In a few 1 moments the bread is baked or fried. Now the festive cowboy eats his supper ] ?coffee, meat and bread. The same for , breakfast and the same for dinner, varied somewhat if he happens to kill a deer or an antelope. Supper over, seeing that his pouy is all right, he spreads his blanket on the ( ground, puts his saddlo under his head | for a pillow, places his shooting irou where it will be handy and goes to sleep. , This life he loads for two or three weeks, J or til! his provisions run short, and he. 1 getting hungry und lonesome aud wish- ' ing to sec the boys, returns to the ranch j for a day or two. Cowboys are a brave and good-hearted set. Their enemy is whisky and they know it. Generally they arc quiet and peaceable, but leading the free life they ( do, being under no restraint, it is not to ( be wondered at that when they go to , some border town full of bad whisky arid important policemen they have a collision with the authorities.?Huston Journal. A Silvcr-Sliod Horse. A Pittsburg correspondent of the Philadelphia Keicx writes: "A visitor to the Weslinghouse stables, in the East End, sees among an array of handsome blooded horses one of peculiar beauty of color and carriage. Casual notice is quickened into close inspection when it is noticed that the horse never moves. . He is dead. Though lifeless*, he is, per- ' haps, the only horse in America to day which wears a full set of solid silver ' shoes. Mrs. George Wcstinghousc is ' the leader of East End fashionable life. 1 Her dresses arc the costliest, her receptions the most brilliant, and her turnout ' .1.-- i. A. IT.... t..j Uie Iiuirsi ill IUU Clkjf. lllil liusuuuu io said to have settled an income of tfloO,- i 000 a year in pin-money upon her. She 1 is a lady of artistic taste, and a year ago ^ she decided upon a team of cream-colored horses, with flowing, snowy manes. Such horses arc as rare as they arc beautiful, but Mrs. We3tinghouse, nothing daunted, set about to procure them. Four agents were employed, and for months the country was scoured, and stables and stock farms were ransacked to find -the silver-tipped horses. At last the team was turned over to their delighted mistress. They cost but $3,000, but the expense of getting them was enormous. Mrs. West- 1 inghousc, early in the use of lier new acquisition, became concerned as to what 1 she would do if one of them should die. i The agents who secured the lirst pair were sent out to find a third. They < were successful, and the three beauties < were soon on friendly terms. The strangest part ef the story is, perhaps, that what Mrs. Wcstinghouse feared, the ! death of one of the original pair, occurred but two weeks after the third had been acquired. So much had Mrs. West- < inghousc become attached to the horse that she ordered him sent to New York to a well known taxidermist to be stuiled. i There lie was treated to silver shoes, and given as near as possible a look of recognition, so that when his mistress enters j the stable none appears more glad to see her than he. The horse is groomed, blanketed, and attended as carefully as : if alive. I lis bed is always made, and his manger is always full of hay. A Poultry Town. j In the secluded town of Little Comp- j ton, K. I., poultry raising is made a ] specialty by the farmers. Not many arc new iu the business, writes a correspojideut of the Neio England Farmer, and some have been engaged in it many years. All arc farmers, but the tilling of the soil is in the poultry interest. The < largest poultry farm contaius two hun- 1 dred acres, of which fifty acres arc de- < voted to the range of fowls and clucks. ' Fifty hens comprise a colony and occupy a separate house. Here they arc fed ' and here they roost and lay. The uum- { bcr of fowls on this farm is 17,000, and is made up of Plymouth Hocks and Light : Brahmas. One man attends to ail and < has ample time. 1 The yield of eggs is about 1, GOO dozen i a month, and they are sent to market twice a week, to Boston, New York and J Providence, as the demand comes. One farmer receives all the eggs produced in j the neighborhood, and sends to market, i In the "busy season" 0,000 dozen a week < is not unusual. The food in summer is ? corn, wheat, barley and other grains; iu winter cooked food, meal and vegeta- 1 bles, with beef scraps and ground bone. ' The cost per fowl is about $1 per year, < and the profit on cach is also about $1. Feathers find a ready market at eight to twelve cents per pound. During the year 1884 the price of eggs received by the farmers averaged twenty-two and 1 a half cents per dozen. i On the large farm the hen as an egg- c hatcher has been discarded. Four arti- < ficial incubators had produced before the ( 1st of June 1,200 chicks. Artificial i brooders are used also. Fifty to seventy- i five per cent, of fertile eggs were j batched. The unfavorable weather iu t the early spring reduced the average I lower than that of last year. A man who. i understands can give all atteution neces- s sary to an incubator in thirty minutes I rlaily. Goslings and ducks are hatched I by incubators, and the result is satisfac- j tory. About fifty stock geese arc kept, i from which arc raised annually five or n six hundred green geese for market. The L jeese are fattened it pens, and the noise i: made by live hundred, all speaking at ii Miec, has no music in it a mile away. i The cottage of the superintendent, t liowevcr, is near the goose-pens, but c ,ike the man who lived next door to a t steam gong, he is not disturbed by the a iproar. A professional goosc-plucker a :an strip twenty geese a day. lie is I irmed with a leather thumb and a sharpjladed knife. This may seem incredijlc to the farmer who raises a few geese ' Tor Thanksgiving, when the whole fain- i ly may spend a day or two in removing ' nost of the feathers from one goose. ^ Advie ti> N'iMY.-iyaiK'r Headers. Never borrow ;i paper. This is import- i nt. i Never believe anything you rc:ul in a ' icwspapcr that doesn't agree with what ou think. This saves wear and tear on ! ,our convictions. !" Always speak slightingly of the news- ? )aper you happen to read. This im- f iresses people who don't know you with | in idea that you arc a very superior sort ( >f a person. "When a newspaper opposes your canlidatc always accusc the editor of lnv- j ng a personal spite against hun. 1 hat s the way you would act if you were lie editor, you know. ? When you finish reading the paper t hrow it down contemptuously and re- ; nark loudly and impressively that 'there's nothing in the papers nowa* lays." This carries weight with those iconic who overhear you and arc unable o read themselves. Tell everyone that newspapers ought o he cheaper. The cheaper you can get hem the better thev will be. You know iow that works on other lines of busiicss. Write frequent letters to the editor elling him how to conduct his business. rhis is one of the things he enjoys most if anything. it shows liitn that, what ver disadvantages his work may have, le is much more to be envied than a lilious, dyspeptic, conceited, asinine, gnorant, bumptious, borcsomc crank, t makes him satisfied with his lot. lint end your letter by mail. Why? The ditor may be a larger man than you are. -Neio York Graphic. ,, CHESTNUTS. The chestnuts brown are falling down ' Where long, rich grass is deeply green; The light is clear, the sky seems noar Where far-ofT purple hills are seen; Wild hedge flowers make shady bowers, Shading the warm sun's amber light; A fleecy veil, transparent pale, i Melts away in the blue so bright. < i The ivy's shado is softly laid i On the oM wall whore lichens grow, ' Where soaring swallows' nesls are ma le ( In chestnut branches bending low. Dreaming I lie beneath the sky 1 Listening to tho linnet's tune, While soft, while clou Is above mo fly, And bees on thistles softly croon. ] i Like Robin Hood, in leafy wood, I am sole monarch here today, 1 For Nature's subjects, kind and goo 1, No liars if, rebellious sounds display. My monarch's crown, tno cnescnu&s orown That lightly fall upon my head, The dewtlrops here, on roses near, Are all the tears my subjects shed. -Mrs. Henry 0. Rogers, in the Current. 1 HUMOR OF 1'IIE DAY. ' Sober thoughts?the kind that comc i lext morning, you know. Astronomers arc generally peaceable \ ncn and yet a night hardly passes but hey sec stars. When a miner has been eaten by a grizzly, the Western people speak of liim ' is being admitted to the b'ar.? Yonkers Gazette. "Life is what we make it," and when ,-ou "make it" hearts, you want to get jither a "lone hand" or a vcrv good "pard." Ginger ale is said to be good for the i 1 MM 1- A..A* JIOOU. UJilt 3 liiu leuauu mu uuuc Irinks ginger ale. The dude is a blood. ? Yonfors Statesman. Cannibalism is still practiced by 1,2r>0.000 people, and it is very evident :hat the demand for missionaries will long cxceed the supply.?[xncell Citizen. Lovers and lnirglais have some things in common. They both laujrh at locksmiths, and they both have a good deal jf cupidity about them.?Uo.iIoil Budget. Mixed with the sweetness there's some gall In many young men's lives; The pretty girls are angels all Until they're wedded wives. ?Boston Courier. The Atlanta Constitutim propounds the editorial conundrum: "Does it pay to go in debt?" It certainly does. It's jetting out of debt that grinds.?Chicago News, The citizens of Parsons, Kan., seldom question a stranger unless he is seen with a saddle and bridle on his arm. Then they simply ask him whether he prefers to be hung or shot.?Free Press. ADVICE TO HUSBANDS. Discretion's valor's better part, And 'tis tho wisest plan, Whene'er your wife is mad, to start Down town to see a man. ?Boston Courier. "Did that rough fellow thaP you passed back yonder offer to take off his hat to you, Tom?" "No, but ho ? > i.i 1. i :?n(111 Liiauc as luuu^u nu wcic lw [JUU vyi-L bis coat for me." "What did he mean by that?" "1 don't know. I didn't wait to see." Ella Wheeler sings "body and heart ;ecined shaken, thrilled and startled by !hat greeting." An enthusiastic admirer thinks that some big listed fellow must liave slapped Eifa on the back and asked her how the weather suited her.?iVeio York Journal. My son, go catch the finny tribe, And try and bring homa plenty; But should 0110 weigh five or six pounds, Why don't swear it weighed twenty. Let nli your thoughts, my gentle youth Soar up for something higher, And keep your friends from calling you A piscatorial liar. ?Evansville Arrjus. What a Man Thinks. That there is only one man in the world ivhose wife is altogether perfect? That there is only one man in the world whose success he would not wonuer at? That there is only one man in the world who can tell a funny story with3ut spoiling it? That there is only one man in the United States who would honor any station in the world? That there is only oue man in the world who looks well in a blue dressing:oat and red slippers ? That there is only one man in the world who can stop drinking when he has had sxnctly enough? That there is only one fatbci^in the whole world whose children never give my one any trouble? That there is only one man in the world whose whistling is not a nuisance on the face of the earth? That there is only one man in the world who v ould have beaten Shakespeare at poetry, Garrick at acting, Webster at eloquence, and Yauderbilt at financiering if lie had only devoted himself to that line of business? And that he is that man?Puck. Rebuked. A few years ago, as a stranger rose in jnc of our city pulpits to begin the service, several of the congregation began :o leave the church, lie was a lame nan, and the pulpit was near tnc uoors. "Wait a moment, my friends," said :he preacher, till ] get my hat, and I'll 50 with you." Down lie came, limping, hat in hand", md left the church. This abrupt closing if the services taught the people that :here was at least one minister who would lot be treated with contempt. On a certain occasion, the eloquent I)r. E. II. Chapin, being sick, was compelled to ask a friend to preach for him. As :he stranger rose to announce the openug hymn, a score of persons rose to go )ut. This clergyman also was equal to such an emergency. "All," he said "who come here to worship Dr. Chapin will please leave low; but those who came to worship jod will sing the forty-third hymn." That stopped the exodus. A City of Mosaics in Clay. The streets of I'uebla arc wider and icttcr tnan those or most Mexican cmcs, ind the buildings are liner, having all )f them two or more stories; in pleasant :ontrust to the usual narrow, stony alleys, jvershadowed by Moorish casas ccntuies old bearing the gloomy air of an iron igc. Beside the inevitable central plaza md alameda, Puebla rejoices in no less han twenty six public parks?all llowery )reathing places where the populace congregate every evening of the week. The hop fronts and most of the houses are milt of six-sided bricks, with small due tkles set in between. Others are a icrfect mosaic of Dutch or China tiles ipon aground work of Pompeiian red, .rranged in all manner of designs, and laving numerous plaques and panels, ipon which saints are carved or painted, et into the walls. The effect is charmngly quaint?somewhat startling at first o Northern eyes, but soon becomes acustomed to the vivid coloring and learns o regard our common place abodes much s a collector of ceramics look upon delf s compared to decorated pottery ?i$tn 'ra'icixiv Chronicle. As if by magic ones pains vanish if he jc a sufferer l'rom rheumatism or neuralgia and applies St. Jacobs Oil, the painjanishcr. For Coughs and Colds Bed Star Cough 2ure is a safe, pleasant, sure remedy. : In Arizona grows the mcsquitc tree, I ind upon that tree coffee has just been grafted successfully. Vital Power is Infused into titk | Systkm, every organ regulated, everv > iccrction purified, the nerves of motion ; ind aeusation strengthened, the brain re- ! 'reshed, the appetite renewed, the diges- : .ion improved by that irresistible Yege- i able Restorative, I)r. Walker's Vine- j ;ar Bitteks. It does not change dis- i :ase from one form to auotlier?it kiils j iisease. _ The legal Dusmess m i,onuon lsauuusi ; mtiroly in the hands of one-fourth ol ! he members of the profession. 3 TRADE^p^MflnK. \ Free from Opiates, Fmetlcs and J'oixons. I A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE I For Courh?, Sore Thront, Ho?r?enr?m Influrniu, C'old% liroru-blt I*, Croup* Whooping CoiigU, Antii*.a-, Qulimy. P?i!n?fii Cho?U Ar>-I ether sflm-om of tije Throat an-1 l.unK'Flics 50 tknt? a BOTTLfc. at (UtiruOiara AMI* D2A1.ZIS. TliK ClIlBLfii A. TOHELEK 101TA.NY, I . Aftrjlud, lT* B* A? Your llrerf In the cemio opera of "The Mikado" his mperial highness says: ' To make to some extent, j?Each evil Liver , A running river Of harmloss merriment" A nobler task than making ovil livers, rivsrs of harmless merriment no person, king or layman, could take upon himself. Tho liver imong tho ancients was considered the source jf all a man's evil impulses, and tho chances ire ten to one to-day that if one's liver is in in ugly condition OL uiscuuwni/, suucuud a liead will bo mashed before night! "How's your liver?" is equivalent to the inquiry: Are you a bear or an angel to-day) Nine-tenths of the "pure-cussedness," the actions for divorce, the curtain lectures, the family rows, not to speak of murders, crimes and other calamities are prompted by the irritating effect of the inactivity of the liver upon the brain. Frothergill, tho great specialist, says this and he knows. He also knows that to prevent such catastrophies nothing equals W arner's safo euro, renowned throughout the world, as a maker of "Each evil Liver. A running river Of harmless merriment" Diseases of Canary Blids. Outward sigus are absolutely necessary i to judge of their disease, and when birds jj ire ill they exhibit strong symptoms. The lirst to mention is swelling of the stomach, which attacks them at a month ar six weeks old, in consequence of overfeeding on soft food, such as salad and ; chickwecd. The extremity of the body bucomes swollen and of dark red color, rcry hard, and full of small red veins. For this ailment put a small piece of , alum in tho water and renew it every day /or at least four days. This will be tound very frequently to prove a complete cure. Still another remedy i3 to put a rusty nail into the water, which latter should be changed twice a week, leaving the nail in it. Boiled bread and milk with canary seed also boiled in it, is frequently a cure. Put this in the cage for at least five mornings, and at 12 o'clock you may give the usual food. Another remedy is to put the bird in luke- " warm milk for six or eight minules, in ? order that a portion of it may be nb- 0 sorbed by the pores, then put in warm j spring water, after which wipe it with a 1 soft piece of muslin before the fire until 1 dry; then place the bird in a cage and set tlia latter before the fire a short dis tancc away, or, if you choose, in the hot sun in the room. Afterward hang the cage in its place, giving the bird lettuce seed and letting him rest for the next day, but repeating this the third, and if necessary, three or four times, with the interval of a day each time. The treatment will afford relief if faithfully followed out.?Good Housekeeping. i Onr Progress. As stages are quickly abandoned with the completion of railroads, so the huge, drastic, cathartic pills, composed of crude and bulky medicines, are quickly abandoned with th3 introduction of Dr. Pierce's " Pleasant Pur- i gative Pellets," which are sugar-coated, and little larger than mustard seeds, but com- ? posed of highly concentrated vegetable ex- 81 tracts. By druggists. f, The amount of silver coin certificates now a in circulation in the United States exceeds j $125,000,000 G - In the cure of severe coughs, weak lungs, T spitting of blood, and the early stages of Con- I sumption. Dr. Pierce's " Golden Medical Dis- C covery " has astonished the medical faculty. I While it cures the severest coughs, it strength- 11 ens the system and purifies the blood. By a druggists. p Tr.E United States ships abroad about $5,- ? 000,000 worth of leather annually from New 6 Y ork alone; For colds, fevers and inflammatory attacks, Jj as well as for cholera morbus, diarrhoea, dys- ^ entory or bloody-flux, colic or cramps in the o stomach, use Dr. Piece's Extract of SmartWeed, composed of best Grape Brandy, 1' Smart-Weed or Water Pepper, Jamaica Gin- . ger and Camphor Water. There are 2S0 people to the square mile in J1 Rhode Island and --M in .Massachusetts. * Hay Fover is a type of catarrh having pe""I'"" Amo If. ie offnnrln/1 hv nn in. ^ flamed condition of the lining membrane of * the nostrils, tear-ducts and throat, affecting the lungs. An acrid mucus is secreted, the ? discharge is accompanied with a burning sensation. There are severo spasms of sneezing, frequent attacks of headache, watery and inflamed eyes. Ely's Cream Balm is a remedy founded on a correct diagnosis of this disease and cun bo depended upon. 50 cts. at druggists or by mail. Send for circular. Ely Bros., Druggists, Owego, N. Y. For several years fliave suffered greatly from periodical returns of Hay-Fever, At the suggestion of Covert & Chkevek, Druggists, I obtained Ely's Cream Balm and used a portion of it during a severe attack. J. can cheerfully testify as to tho immediate and continued relief obtained by its use. I heartily recommend it to those suffering from this or kindred complaints. (Rev.) H. A. Smith, Clinton, Wis. Mehsmax's Peptonized beep to.vio, the only preparation ofbeer containingits entire wi'.ri- nt (ious properties, it contains blood-anktn; J},' force generating and life-sustaining propertiei; p invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous j'l prostration, and all forms of general debility; J" also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether thD -J result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, ovor- pi work or acute diseaso, particularly if rosulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard fc Co., Proprietors, Now York. Sildbydruggiili. Valuable Horses are often lost through ignorance on the part of the owner. Sond 25 cents in stamps to Horsebook Co., 1:34 Leonard St., N. Y. City, and learn how to detect disease and how to cure it. This may save tho life of your animal. ? 1 (0Skim Diseases.?"Beeson's Aromatic fo: Alum Sulphur Soap," cures Tetter, Salt <? Rheum, Ringworm. Sores, Pimples, all itching Skin Eruptions. 25 cents by Druggists, or Si by mail. Wm. Dreydoppel, Philadelphia, Pa. Frazer Axle Grease t\ Is tho Standard Axle Grease of the world. ? < Use it and save your horses and wagons. One greasing will last two weeks. y Straiohten your old boots and shoes with j), Lyon's Heel Stitfencrs, and wear them again, "j Ui Jmportnnt. When yon visitor lw??Nn.f York city, savo ba?gige. * express igi" ?nu 4 1 carriage hire, an J stop at ths Grail J Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central d?pot. 5 SOU elegant ro-una. tittrfd up at a cost of one million 1 dollars, #1 and up.?ar.l per day. Kiir>p?m plan. El)- "j vator. Hi stauraut supplied with thebfst. Horse eirs, * tasiM and elevated railroads to all depots. Kamiliat can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first-class ho:?sl in the city. What Is the Use \ Of your dragging yourself around, day after day, i without any life or activity, feeling all tired out and r miserable, when you might bo as quick and lively and strong as ever ? Take care of yourself at once. or in the depleted condition of your system, a complaint otherwise trivial, may fasten upon you with serious or fatal result. Hood's Sarsaparllla is Just the medicine you need to build up your entire system, to purify and quicken your blood, and to give tou appetite and strength. Run Down -Built Up. " Being rim down from hard work I tried Hood's Sarsaparlllu and It so built nic up that I have continued its use. I have great faith In it as a blood purl ler and regulator."?J. A. Sjiith, Commercial Bulletin Office, Boston, Mass. "Hood's Sarsaparllla as a blood purifier has no qual. It tones the system, strengthens and invig ' orates, giving new life. I have taken It for kidney j complaint with the best results."?D. R. Saunders, J 81 Pearl Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared by r. t tirw-*n jy rr> a nfttlin/virtatt T.mvoll_ Mass. 1. tlWM IV v.'-'.f ? IOO Doses On? Dollar Frightful Case of a Colored Man. f I contracted a fearful case of lilood poison In IS5."!. I was treated with the old remedies of Mercury and Q l'olu.tli. which brought oil rheumatism and Impaired my digestive organ--. Kvery Joint in me was swollen mid lull of l ain. When I was given up to die, mi J physicians thought it would be a good time to te-t ip the virtues of Swift's Specltlc. i improved from the- j veryiirstdo.se. S(?)ti the rheumatism left me, my ,, appetite became all right.and the ulcers, which the , doctors said were the most frightful he had ever seen 1*! began to heal, aud by the lirst of October. Ml. i wa? ?' a well man again. J.Kll. iliX'LENDO.N. _ I.em McCIendon has been In the employ of the ft Chess Carlev Company for sonic years, and I know * the above statements to l?e true. \V. It. CilosttY, S Manaijer Chess Carley Co., Atlanta Division. Atlanta. Ha.. April is. !"*'>. Treatise on .'Hood an.l sum Diseases mailed free. I The shut m'EctKiC Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. ? y. v., i:.7 w. 2-i?l ?t. n Fop Carriages. Ilujrgies. Sj>r ' Wajtoift Road P Carts, 1'arm Wagons, and I.timber Wagons. Write lit |nr prices term- j:i I e.ii.iio.te - to th. Agents liberally dealt with. Si' -ial terms to Farmers, where we have ii" a.euts. Till-: Kl>.UI*TON .V WADDEM, CI)., 3.3 J ?V 3.>3 I'irnt >l.i llrnoltlyn. K. I).. N. Y J M M Co.: Vf-'w %,. I without hesitation, pronounce (j .. lit the very best thing tor disor- ) ll (1 )l Hi I II tiered condition of the stoillV II II I I I 'it'll, call it what yott will, dtsi. T I I. epsia of indigestion, that I 1111 ill) v. mi.-: witn. It I I.-.I lire,I .either triuii physical or mvM i: ???... . tv.tr!;, 1 :iu l it ti| great benelit. S W?5f 5I?{ St I in 1 lelic Ttiillv a l.l 111V l--t. I US/W II UU! UU1 Ml., I II !t . Ill illc CilU'.lC. ' ! I l-j l :? . | j ? (iKilNKY. .tllstl.v >1(1 K?t. I N. V. ( ITV. I iiv:. N. V. I.?r ritv.u.ir " S :i K?r an! v ilnea, "lilt l'uekct* B N !<?>< !?. iiibni il. ;5 miiii;?I"?, -> . til? . SO aw tii^n-y inr ucanH. Coin'.in-'1 1'hCi-h- \ ^j)8 w Q i;.!.. ! : X ?v I '.iur.li Si., .New V.?K. j 0%n9I 99lfl .llorpliTiir linblt C'urriJ in 10 '1 h3 aiwS to iIhvm. No pnv till cured. |y 5 8Vltfl Hu. J.."siEi'HSNS. J^bauon,Ohio. u /w for yW25ct In stamp j we will postpaid, a very v /&yHORSEE 'crlblng the diseases apt to i f giving the most approved remedl ^"/lor telline age by the teeth, how to i ^rother Information of great va'.uo to Horse f V HORSE BOOK PUB. CO., 134 Li 3? mm mmm ^E-WipWMI rr cxrazs v/hkn j? action, it is ?taa, ALL OTii i ;n IcedI- j^guro and apotxty euro CEvES FALL, OS It VNjfcX acta DIRECTLY \r^^^SX<^cia hmro and AT ONCE oa ViijB? been cured tho KIDNEYS, 1I^^Sb7 it whoa t.i v mi and BOW- jJi/jy physicians and XLS, rostoring: vfotyJf ^trienda had tftnm to a healthy 17 ,y lytvcfl thorn off (IT IS BOTH A SAFE CURE ? and a 8PEC1FIC. ' ^ It CURES all Diseases of the HJdnoyij JArer, Bladder and Urinary Organs} Jropsy, Gravel, Din betes, Bright'* Disease, Nor vonoDJscases, Ercf* ses, Feuinlo Wetikneese*, Jnnmllce, BlIIonsneM, Headache, Sour 8to:nach, Dyspepsia, Constipation, Pilen, Pnins In the Back, Loins, or Side, Retention mr Non -Retention of Urlse*'? |i.2i XT CRUGCIST3. *3-TAKE NO OTHER."?9 Bond fop Illustrated Pamphlet of Solid To? ProoTilali of Absolute Cures. HUNT'S EJi3IEDY CO., 6 Providence, R?I? J N Y JfU?37 1 nly Temj^^ Known* ' Grateful Thousands proclaim Visiain ittee8 the most wonderful Invigorant that ever ostained the sinking system. ITIado from California roots and herbs, free om Alcoholic Stimulants. A Purgative nd Tonic. This Bitters euros Female Complaints, afiammatory and Chronic Rheumatism, (out, Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Faera, Blood, Liver and Kidney Diseases. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Headache, 'ain iu the Shoulders, Coughs. Tightness of the fa est. Dizziness, Sour Stomach. Furred Tongue, liiious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart. Pneulonia, and Pain in tho regions of the Kidneys, re cured by the use of the Bitters. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Boils, Irysipelas, Scrofula, Dlscolorations, Humors and iaease3 of the Skin of whatever name or naure, aro literally dug up and carried out of the ystcm in a short time by the use of the Bitters. It Invitorntcs tho Stomach, andstimilates the torpid Liver and Bowels, which rener it of unecjusled efflcicncv in cleansing tho Inod of all impurities, and Imparting now lifo nd vipor to the whole system. No Person can take the Bittera and remain ang unwell. Pin, Tape and other "Worms, ara estroyed and removea irom tno system. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever t is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep he blood pure, and the health of the system /ill follow. In conclnalon: Give the Bitters afriaL It rill speak for itself. One bottle will prove a beter guarantee of its merits than a lengthy adertisement. K. H. .HcDonaldDrnsr Co., Proprietor*, Ian Francisco, Cal.. and 628. S3o& MS Washington St. Cor. Charlton St., New York. Sold by all Dealers and Druggists* Nurslnfr mothers reduced by ovcrtaxiDS of the irvoussystem or by the drain upon the sj stem in- ^ icedby lrdonfjed nursing, should at once comeuce tisiuif Ridue's Food a< a daily diet. It will V ve strength to the mother, and improve the imp r >?r the little one. Re number Ridjre'H F od hM eu in use for thirty jcars in Kaclaud and Aiueri, thereforo is not an nntrled preparation. iynes' Autooatio Engines and Saw-Mill, ^ OTTR LEADER. , u SV? offer an 8 to in H. P. mounted Engine with Mm, in. colift ^aw, W It. baiting. cant-hooks, zig complete rop^ritton. on cnw, 8 .10'. Engine on skid*. $li"# ?. S nl for circular(B). B. W. PAYNE & [?'X, Mann fact i r'tiol oil styles Antoroatlc En; lie*, from 2 to 3 u H. P.: ,ilso Pulleyr, Hangers and laftng. F.luiira, X. Y. Box iSoO. ACJil>? CO., Ctliunbiu, 0. b. Br. liooM, iliftntowa, E? PAGE'S LIQUID ?LUE/fT) mjrdhjr thousands of first cliijWinnfactnrert ) id Mechanics on thflr hot work. Rtceirnl [7? OLD MEDAl-London/SI. Pronounetd droned I 0 VEK wiioim. Rcnil card ofdcaler who does not k?p llftOn ,wiaiflTe2c?tamp)for SAMPLE CAN rnrr lu * IassiaCefl3entCo..Gloiicc:tcr.Ma52. vnc? H 5 TON WAGON SCALES, liun L*Tf r?, Steel Bearing!, Brut A?THM4C0REPI German AstbmaC'nrccevcr/uii?tO(rive7n-? mediate reiie/in the worst ca^icsjnsureacomfort able sleep; cffccU rurcs where a'l others fall. A K trialcnntinreslhemni: ikrpticah Pric05Oc.a"dlW ?1.00?olDragirfs;?f>rhvTTiail. S.imrlJFltELBJ for stamp. R' ,,m2^h i i'hii ' j 'J..". jS^K R U t^ARE M?g$Lorillard's Climas Plug, bcarlnfr a red tin lag, limtLorillard'a Hose JLoal flnccut; that Lorlllard'a Navy CUppiiiBunnd that Jx>rll!nrd's SnulTsare the best and e he a pes:, quality considered 1 IflUQOUSRIE ChloraUai^i fiySfrii^EOpium Habits t'ASIl.Y fl REI). BOOK FREE. R. J. C. HOFFMAN, Jefferson. Wisconsin. latcmtc for invehtiohst Mir in i *1 uKiHifcui i. I lUH I V# \VHM?ii;irtoi), D. O. arches, Caveats,TtaleMark*. Charpca inlorato. Scud 1'^r circular An Attorney "nntrd h? every Towi aw I.ooal Agent. a n e ftETEin -^n tc*'v0 *^an or ^oman inwry tSM frl dm S SL*^C"unty O#oll?iirs--i?rti Pwfl Rfi perJffonlhand hxp;*n*c*. r.?pci!?e? in ad? sa va Cutur.*>iiiffoatilt KRKKS l'artirtilcrs 5 W tree. tjtanci.u'u aliver-vvaro Co. Losion, 2aaas? HORSTOH'S pearlTOOTH POWDER cepliig Tectb Pi-rfMt and tauuid Healthy. MMm-SOlVilW'-Ug' Sure r I'.of 4CT]n?i ;iDDER'8 ?ASTILLH8^:;;;i^SJS^ Great English Goat and iiasr S riflS. RH.uo.alic Remedy. Ovnl ttox, Sl.OO: roncJ, 30 ctn. 1 to Soldiers k Hoiw. 8 uilsf.vn > 6RSI89S SS?!tv^& ?iit 'ATENTS 8SSS:- Ji&TS&i X. l';-.tPUt l,U'.vy<T. ]). 0. th"A iiI' v^j uni.'i.': o?37ou?raaifcl r.m io VI t' r- . pjjy eiuje Strijtur:. * MRPJIY BROS., nj Itrdor.lT hj tl? UhMwon lite u\*..r ?.f * t':c ? ?' aa-l i:pw rir.'kS ??3 CO, 3UiO:tK' tilt l<Mtli||? Mcuicrc"'^ ^ ws=i rtNNIiiyvAL "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH" file Oripiinl nnri Only <??-iusine. sfi'iit'd nhvav* riliahli'. ar.r. nt Wnrthlc** Imlutlonf. thlciiMliT'i Knn;H?h"?r'th-N-t Ii:.ii?i*u?ahl? O UADIES. In.-lr.-.?-4.-. .lamp*) Ivrfarlk-uUr*.tt?tj entaS. i-t.-.,.?l'?- - '.i > "? i" rt. ffe | (I I A M immall. NAME PAPER. g?l| $ %? f t'htrhrntcr Clicmieul t o.. r |S J? * CO, Maitliun )iq..i'bllu<lu. I'u.l pQ_*_a.B g forward, JOCK X A ifllict t!io Horse, nnd les thcri for; direvtions^O^/<^V hoc properly, and ? j\vnor-',l'\irmori andich. rs-N^^ Bonard S!? N. Y. GHy, \ \