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THE NEW YEAR. A sons for the Old While it's knell is tolled. And its parting moment* flv! But n sons and a chc-r ' For the glad New Year. While we watch the Old Year die! f Oh! it's giie.' and pain, Ne'er can come again, k And it's care lies buried deep; But what joy untold Doth the New Year hold. And what hopes within it sleep! A song for the Old While it's knell is tolled. And the friends it gave so true! But with hearts of glee ti>ei us merrily Welcome in the bright, bright New' For the heights we gained, For the goo 1 attained. We will not the Old despise; But a joy more sweet, Making life complete, In the golden New Year lies! A song for the Old While it's knell is tolled! ? With a grander, broa ler zeal, And a forward view Let us greet'he New, Heart and purpose ever leal! Let the ills we met, And the sad regret, With the old be buried deep; For what joy untold Doth the New Year hold, And what hopes within it sleep! | ?George Cooper. I POLLY WAmCRACKER. I A NEW YEAR STORY FOR THE GIKI.S. KL-. "She is the meanest girl I ever saw in I my life," said Alice Hays. | "Aregular little miser," added Mary. | Reynolds. E "Who is?" asked Jessie Fejgtfs^ the I new scholar. '' I "W hy, that girl overlfetfre in the corner by the register awav at a soda cracker. 5>he^?rver brings anything but a cracker w^two for her lunch, 'cause she's^tfrait], I suppose, that if she bjfctight any goodies some of the girls ^^might want her to go halves." "We call her Miss Tolly "Wanta^ cracker." "What is her real name?" asked Jessie. "Oh! her real name's Stella Burton. But Miss Folly Wantacracker is a much more suitable one according to my way of thinking." 'Terhai s she i?poorand can't afford any goodies for her lunch,suggested Jessie, who was a sweet tempered, kind If? henrted girl. "Well, if she's poor, I don't see how she can afford to come to such an ex pensive school as this and dress as nicely as she does." "That dress she's <rot on (doesn't it fit hornblv, though?) is made of cloth that costs two doliars a yard. I saw some like it iu my father's store last week. . And she gets pocket-money every month from somebody. The letters come to Mrs. Blossom's care, and I've seen Miss l l'olly W antacracker open them and take money out." "I peeped over her shoulder once," said Mary Reynolds, "and spied a five dollar-bill. 'Aren't you going to treat?' says I. 'Not this time,' says she, with a perfectly sickening smile, and after that she cever"o|>ened her letters in the school room. Look at her now. She's glancing this way. Don't she look ashamed? She knows we're talking about fc- , her." ? . "Poor girl!" said Jessie; "to me she looks more grieved than ashamed. Anil isn't she pretty? I wish 1 had her lovely, blue eyes and beautiful, curly hair. It curls naturally, th:it is plain to be?" "Oh! there now." interrupted Alice Hays, spitefully, "the girls won't think much of you if you are going to stand up for Miss Pollv Wautacracker, I can tell you that." "I shall stand up for her," declared Jessie, with sturdy Scotch Self-as-eition, "uutil I am convinccd that she deserves the harsh things you say about her?no matter what the girls think. I like to judge people for myseif, and I haven't been here long enough to form any decided opinion about anybody. Maybe in a month or so I'll tind out whether Stella Burton is 'a regular little miser'or not. And until I do^ I'm most certainly not going to take sides against her." But when "a month or so'' had passed Jeasie reluctantly admitted that she had ccme to the conclusion that Alice and her friends were right. She had watched the daily nibbling of the crackers at lunch time and had seen the reception of the monthly allowance. She had noticed the costly material of ; which Stella's dress, cloak, hat, and even aprons were made, and had been much mortified bv the girl's persistent EH refusals to share her?Jessie's?candies, \ cakes, or fruit. Pg \ " It's because she's afraid you might H jpect something in relurn," said Mary BH j^nolds, with a scornful toss of her "When she first came here, six ago. we told her thnt all the girls SB took it in turn to bring sweets for the R class, and she turned as red as a beet and 9j said, 'please leave me out. 1 can't afK "I wonder what she is saving her money for ?" Bella Smvthe joined in. ^ "Perhaps to buy a goid watch. Hut I'd * do without a gold watch forever before I'd be such a stingy thing." The Christmas holidaysarew near, and ^ BBfj^^^he pupils of Biossom academy started a ^MjHB^bbscriptioii list for the purpose of raismeans with which to purchase *' , their principal and teachers some ? ? handsome gift. " 1 can contr.bute noihuig," said Stella, when they laid it on DIBk.. her desk. "That's too had." sneered (Alice Hays. 44 We'll have to take up a Qentrihutiou for you." And they did, *nd the next day at recess Stella was pre l^nted most ceremoniously with a paper bug of cheap crackers. Not a word did he say when it was placid in her lap, but when school was over Mary Keyno ds, . whose way lay in the same direction as te.;. kera for a block or two, saw her hand the ^bag to the poor old woman who kept a ^mnll peanut stand on the corner, "Did .you ever see such coolness!" said the fprls in chorus when the heard of it. And answered themselves, ''Never," in toother chorus. Well, the holidays passed. "School was to begin again upon the :!d of January. and on the evening of the "Jd Mrs. Blossom, the principal, gave a welcomeback New Year party to her scholars and their near relations. Stella came with the test, dressed in a delicate lavender silk polonaise, looped over a dark purple velvet skirt, and embroidered with bunches of lovely purple pausies. a bunch of real ones serving her for a breast-pin, and another making, by contrast, her golden hair look stiil more golden. "How sweet she looks," whispered hhi Jessie rergus 10 ueua om_\ iuv. R "Who?" answered that young ladv. "Oh! Miss Polly Wantacracker. I must confess I don't see any sweetness about her. I'm iroing to sit beside her at the B^^B supper table ai.d see if she only eats 9H crackers then. And she did. She sat SB on one side of Stelia and Mary Reynolds cn t ie other, and while eating from the B^^ heap of dainties on their own plate they kept a sharp look-out on the heap on hers. She ate very slowly, but, one by MB one, cake, mottoes, bunch of grapes, almonds and raisins quickly disaupeared. SB 4,She never ate them," whispered Bella HSj to her cousin Caroline, who sat next her. "She's eaten nothing but some macaroons and her ice cream. They're gone into her pocket. We've got her now. Come to the dressing-room when she Ptart3 for home and you'll see some fun. Pass the word to the other girls." So when Stella started for the dress Iing-room, a short time alter supper, sne was followed by nearly all her schoolmates. And when she found herself seized on the right by Bella Smythe and on the left by Alice Hays, while Mary Reynolds sought for and found the ' _ pocket in her skirt, and in the pocket were cake, the mottoes, the grapes and the almonds and raisins that had been 5- served to her at the supper table. ''Oh, ? for shame, Miss Po ly Wantacracker !'' burst from the lookers on. 'They ? are mine." said Stella, defiantly. "I did not steal them. They were given to me and I have a riirht to do with them as 1 please." "For shime!" said the girls again. And 4,no ladylike girl would do such a thin?," added Bella S.nvthe. ''Dressed in silk and velvet, too." said her cousin ^^EL- Caroline. "With a gold chain and | hBS lockec, and getting $"> a month spending money," said Alice Ilays. ? Stella looked from oco scornful f;ice _ to anotner; the tears camc to her eyes, bat she forced them buck and with trera- i H bling lips she turned to Alice and sai i: "Your cariiage will be here for you in a few moments, will it not, Miss Ilays?" MX "It will. Miss I'olly Wantacrucker. SB And what then?" was the reply. H9^ "Will you take me to mv home in it? H^And_" |HB "Well, if that isn't sublime coolness," interrupted Alice. "And will you take," Stella went on, not noticing the interruption, "Miss Smythe. .Miss Reynolds and Jc3sie Fergus with us if they will go?" "Indeed, I'll "go!" exclaimed Jessie, springing to the girl's side. "And I'm sure Slary and Bell will. too. Girls, you must. I feel that we have misjudged Stella, and that now she is offering us a chance to do her justice. And in what better way could we?could anyonebegin the New Year than by setting right, as far as possible, the wrong of the old?" There was no resisting this appeal. And when a few moments after some one called out. "Miss Hays'carriage!" away went the five girls to stop in a little less than half an hour before the door of a neat brick house in a pleasant old-fashioned street. There they got out of the carriage and Stella led them in at the front door and up the stairs until thfy reached the attic, where she softly pushed open the door of a low ceilinged room and an old woman sitting in a rocker by a tiny stove, started out of a doze to welcome her. "Dearie's been as jrood as gold ever sinc(?" she began, and then stopped suddenly and stared in surprise at the unexpected visitors "Thank you. Auntie Brown. Come gills," said Stella. And following her to the bed in the corner thev saw the sweetest, prettiest, little girl sleeping there that ever went to dreamland. "What a darling!" exclaimed they. "Who is she'*" "My sister." answered Stella, proudly. "And she has no on to take care of her but me. except Auntie Brown, who lives ong the floor below, and is kind en look after her a little when Ijw^bliged to be away. And now. I will tell you how we live. A very* distant relation of mine (I hav^4io near relatives but Dearie) owns ojht school bin ding, and it is thrtjajrn some arrangement between Mrs. ,-Bossomand him ihat I am being educated there. And I study very hard, as you know, for I believe the better education a persou has the better her chance of succeeding in the world. And beside Iiis kindness in this way. my fifth cousin sends $5 a month. That ?3 just pays my rent, and the dollar and a half that I earn a week by knitting woolen baby shirts and socks for a store near by, is all the other money I have. My clothesare made (I make them myself, and that's the reason they tit so badly, Miss Hays) Irom the wardrobe of my dear mother, who became very poor before she died, and could leave me nothing else. The jrold chain and locket she gave to Dearie. Dearie was two years old when mamma left us; she is four now; and during the two years she has been all mine 1 have tried to m;ike her life happy To night I told her that I was going to see Santa Claus?I could give her nothing but a cheap doll for her Christmas? and that i wouldn't bring her from him some goodies ? " "Don't say another word, don't say another word," cried Miss Hays. "What _ 1 I 1 i youn<r wreicnes we uave uecu. I "Why didn't you tell us before?" asked Bella Smythe. ' Because I thought it would seeui too much like begging, you are so well oil, compared to me. Be>ide, I've never really wanted for anything; and as for Dearie, she's one of the merriest children in the world, and thinks her sister, Miss Polly Wantacracker?" "bout! don't!" begged her listeners. "Please let all that be forgotteu. And do, we beg of you, let us four girls be aunts, cousins, grandmothers, or something, to Dearie from this day forth." "Bless her heart, she's awake," said Jessie. And the little one tossed the curls out of her eyes?raised her head from the pillow?sat up in bed?looked gravely from one to another with big. blue, wondering eyes, and she lisped in a sweet, chirpy, baby voice, "How do, ladies; me wish you a happy New Year."?Mirgaret Eytinge. Silk-Making in China. The home manufacture of silk in China is almost universal, and atTords remunerative employment to hundreds of thousands of women. In many cases the wives auil sisters of poor laborers become the mainstay of the household. The process is very simple, and as follows: In a moderately warm room a matting is strewn with fresh mulberry leaves. Upon the^e are placed several hundred silkworm eggs. As fast as the silk worms eat the leaves fresh ones are supplied, care at the same time being taken to remove all those mildewed and moldy. The feeding is done once or twice a day, and takes about fifteen minutes each day. At the end of about forty days ninety per cent, of the eggs have become large cocoons. These are scalded, slit at the end, and the dead worm removed. The empty cocoon is then put ou a small bamboo stick that fits it loosely. The end of the thread is then pulled out and attached to a small piece of le id, shaped like a top. from whose upper surface projects a lung, thin stem, terminating in a hook. The top is then twirled, and the weight and rotation serve to pidl out the thread and spin it at the same time. When two feet are thus spun the si>inner grasps the top, reels the spun thread upon the stem and fastens it with a running noose upon the hook. The top is again twirled and another two or three feet extracted and spun. Again the top is gnsped. the noose untied by pulling the thread from bene.ith the hook, and the second reeled upon the stem. When enough thread is spun and reeled upon the stem the latter is removed and serves as a bobbin in the subsequent weaving. A new stein is iuserted and the process re begun. This ingenious but simple method produces a thread homogeneous and perfectly 6inooth. The latter is now cleaned an 1. if desired, colored according to the pattern to be made. It makes a silk liner than the finest cambric. To increase its thickness the thread is doubled, trebled, or quadrupled, and then respun. The loom varies accoiding to the wealth of the weaver. The common type is a simple alTair, similar to the rag carpet looms of New England. These, in ski lful hinds, turnout i.:_ J . e .1 u superior miiu n UICM .uviv complicated looms arc at times employed, but are uot popular. The entire outlit in China costs about $1 for the eirgs, $2 for the loom, and ten cents for the top i and stems. The leaves are {lathered by the children, and the labor is supplied by the women of the household. Silk in Chin i varies from fifteen cents to ?4 a i yard. Upon this basis an intelligent and active woman in C hina makes twentyfive cents a day without interfering with her domestic duties. This is equal to $1.75 in this country. There would seem to be. therefore, a splendid lield in our country for this industry. ? Chiatyo JWw*. How to 15ny a Horse. An old hoivjman says: If you want to buy a horse, don't believe your own i brother. Take no man's word for it. I Your eye is your market. Don't buy a I horse in harness. Unhitch him and take everything oil but his halter, and lead him around. If he has a corn, or a stiff, or has any other failing, you can see ii. Let him iro by himself a way, and if he staves right into anything you know he is blind. No mitter how clear and bright his eyes are. he can't see any more than a bat. Back him, too. Some horses show their weakness at tricks in that way when they don't in any other. But, be as smart as you can, you'll get caught sometimes. Even an expert gets stuck. A horse may look ever so nice and <ro at a great pace, aud yet have tits. There isn't a man could tell it till something happens. Or he may have a weak back. Give him the whip and oil he goes for a mile or two, then all of a sudden he stops in the road. After a rest he starts off again, but he soon stops for good, and nothing but a derrick could j move him. The weak parts of a horse can be better discovered while standing than while moving. If he is sound, he will stand squarely and firmly on his limbs without moving any of them, the feet flatly upon the ground with legs plum]) and naturally poised, or if the foot is lifted from the | ground and the weight taken from it, disease may be suspected, or at least tenderness, which is a precursor of disease. If the horse stands with his feet spread apart, or straddled with his hind leire, there is a weakness in the loins and the kidneys are disordered. Heavy pulling j bends the knees. Bluish, milky ca-t eyes in hjr-.es indicate moon blindness or something else. A bad-tempered horse keeps his ears thrown back. A kicking horse is apt to have scarred legs. A stumbling horse has blemished knees. When the skin is rough and harsh, and does not move easily to the touch, the horse is a heavy eater and digestion is bad. Never buy a horse whose breathing organs are at all impaired. Place j your ear at the side of the heart, and if a i wheezing sound is heard it is an indication of trouble. In one of thn mountain counties of | Kentucky a woman has held the oliice ojustice of the peace without legal auI thoritv for the last ten years. HIE SLUMS OF NEW YORK I NOTORIOUS QUARTERS OF THH n GREAT METROPOLIS. e: ' Bottle Alley" nnd Its Rccoril?Five- V Out l,Oil(ins House -A Ttshii *' Iterre.it? t'lilmnc <>aiuMin'jr Den. a Tn the notorious quarters of the Five a Points, about half n Mock up Baxter street is the entrance to what is known . as ''Bottle Alley." It was close on to 11 midnight, and the entrance looked dark n and foreboding when a Truth reporter's yiiide disappeared in the blackness, and hlinrllv fnllnwnrl At the end of the long entrance a sud- v den turn brought us iuto a sort of court; t about thirty feet square on every side t were low. squatty buildings that looked b as though they would tumble to the r ground at the first wind, all of thein leaning toward the court. Lights Strug * gled through the dirty window panes, e many of which were stuffed with rags, t and from the depths of a far corner came d the sounds of boisterous revelry and the c picking of a banjo accompanied by clapping hands and patting feet as if some fl one was doing a breakdown. ^ " That's where the negroes live," sajd/ j; the guide. "There's about a htjjKfred d of theiu in the cellar. Immediately t above them are the Neapolitans, and t directly opposite and up those rickety stairs are Sicilians. None of the djjFer- a ent factions ever associate wkh the a others, and the slightest pretext is the Sl sign^for a general light, during which s ^TCstilleto and the razor are freely used. ] The place derives its name from a g triple murder which occurred here some vears ago, when a crowd of young rowdies out on a carouse c;ime in here and attempted to run the place. They j were attacked by the women of the alley, who threw bottles at them. Of the ^ seven rowdies who attempted to run under that porch, only one passed out P unhurt. One was killed almost instantly, ^ a bottle crashing into his brain; two were carricd to the hospital, where one afterward died, and the others went to ? jail." 0 Hnwrt thr> hrnknn stens into the cellar w of a two *tory brick dwelling, which had a an alarming tendency toward simulating r,] the leaning tower of Pisa, was found ' what is dignified by the name of "Lodg- ^ ing House." An aired ne^ro answered 11 our summons, and informed us, after tirat recovering from his surprise at such ele- Ii gant customers, that lodgincs were five ti cenfs a bed, or two in one bed for eight a cents. The beds were shown, and con- 11 sisted of a few boards, on the top of n which was what might have once been a c mattress, and from which the straw stuck tl out in every direction; in fact, it was a fi toss up whether you could see more straw u or cover. The fun ran high up stairs, where everything from the "Centennial Landers" down to an old fashioned planta- j tion breaKdown was being danced by a motly ga hering. The music was fur- n nished by a banjo, a fiddle and a llute. 8, A little "drieu up old man, with a big [, bass voice called out the figures. a] At SO Mulberry street we passed s( through a long hall, lighting our way g with matches to prevent treading on the drunken besotted creatures, both men ^ and women, who lay prostrate on th'i floor. We crossed a court where the ti water flowed slowly through a bed of jr its own making and fell into an open f] sewer, the stench from which was some- p thing terrible. At the end of the court sj we entered a room of about twelve by ^ fifteen feet. Lying on benches set ai against the wall, on the dirt covered tj floor and stools were by actual count n twenty seven human beings. A lamp S( cast an uncertain light and by its strug- t] gling rays an old hag was idly turning (( the leaves of a book, and dividing her ^ attention alternately to the book and to jt keeping the blaze of a fast dying fire. 9j Above the mantle piece, drawn by the jr heat and glare of the lamp, was a bed of V( vermin, so dense as to hide the dirt- tc begrimed wall. jr Little attention was paid to the en- C) trance of the intruders, those that were ^ not asleep being too stupid from drink to realize anything. The old hag alone m grinned a recognition to our guide. jr Passing up the steps of 115 Mott street, |j and passing the "spotter" who sits at the p bottom of the steps, we found ourselves ^ in a Chinese gambling den. Our appearance startled the players, but a few n words from the "banker," with whom a, our guide was evidently on terms of tc friendship, reassured them, and the gam- ta biing proceeded. p; The game of all games for the heathen Chinese, faa-tan. It was beiug played e, on an ordinary table top. Four nmmbers, m 1, 2, 3 and 4 are painted on the board, ai and each player places his amount, from one penny up to $0,on any one of the four jc numbers he thinks will win. Both Chi- ai nese and American money is used. Be- sa fore the bets are made the banker, or the one running the game, places a jj handful of coins under a copper dish. re The bets being made, he lifts the cover ftr iind counts the coppers in lots of four jj, each. If the amount should make even pt lots four, the four wins; if three coins be re left over, the three wins, and the player who has bet on the winning number is paid three times the amount bet. The reporter, preceded by his guide, ^ passed to the rear of No. 10 and crossed ^ a rudely contracted porch, which brought them to Xo. 18. Down into the j cellar, several raps at the door brought -v the attendant, who first assuring himself ^ that the party was known, unbolted the door' . " fa Hanging around the room were bunks ()j and benches, reclining upon which were both Chinese and Americans?men, j women and even young girls?some al- tQ ready under the subtle intlucnce of the fatal drug, and others calmly puffing their bodies and souls to destruction.? ^ -Ytic York Truth. w ' at Donnybrook Fair. th From an article on "Dublin City," by Professor Kdward Dowden, in the Cen- m turu, we quote the following: "Through the mirthlul eyes of .Jonah Harrington we can see the fair itself unshorn of its tj splendors. Here are lents formed of gc long wattles in two rows, inclined to- . gether at the top; over whijh for coveringare spread patchwork quills, winnow secured by rop.-s of hay. A broom head w or well worn brush, a watchman's discarded lantern, surmounted by varie- ,* gated rags torn to ribbons, serve the purpose of the tavern's ivy bush; a rusty | saucepan or old pot signifies that eating as well as drinking may be had. Down cj the middle what a day since had been . doors aud now are tables rest on mounds ( . of clay, and benches, swaying under the ' sitters when iheir equilibrium becomes uncertain, run along supported in like manner. 'When the liijuor got the mas- j1( tery of one convivial fellow,' says Sir t(! Jonah, 'he would fall oil, and the whole 1U row generally followed his example; per- ( haps ten or even t wenty shillelagh boys 0j were seen on the ir backs kicking up their C{ heels, some able to get up again, some o( lying (piiet and easy, singing, roaring, ^ laughing or cursing; while others still (c on their legs were drinking and dancing ^ and setting the whole tent in motion, till C1 all began to long for open air, and a lit- jg tie wrestling leaping, cudgeling, or .)( lighting upon the green grass. The tent was then cleared out and prepared for a new company.' A delightful aroma, iu itself nourishing, Tilled ttie June air? vj mingled turf, whisky, steaming pota- J)( toes, Dublin Ray herrings, salt beef and ^ cabbage. At dusk a dozen tiddlers and gi! pipers would strike up and a row of per- f( hapa a hundred couple work away at their jiir steps 'till they actually fell oil breathless.' Matrons would hring the ^ childer' to this paradise of cakes and simple toys, and these infantine revelers would assist the musicians with popgun s. and druin and whistle. Undi-rthc sum- ^ mer moon young men and maidens would j., utter their vows and fix the day for going c'( before Father Kearny, who delared that a] 'more marriages were celebrated in Dub- C1 lin the week after Donnybrook fair than aj in any two months during the rest of the Y<-'ur.?" tl Sueed of the Ara!> Horse. The popular notion about the speed of el the Arab courser is, I think, erroneous, m Great speed is not his strong point; the hi chances are that on any ordinary race in course the best Arab in the world would j Ci be beaten by a second-rate English race horse. These Arabs were not. of course, first-rate specimens of the race, but they a were certainly not bad ones. A fort- : di night or so afterward, when I was at j rc Tebessa, the commandant showed me i m an English thoroughbred, which, he te said, h:id easily run away from every ? Arab he had ever tried Him against. But in what was far more remarkable about ai this horse was that once acclimatized la and accustomed to the hard life and hard j fare of the Arab horses he quite equaled | them in hardiness and endurance, as hid as been proved in tlie course of many ex- pi peditions and tours of inspection among tl the tribeB of the district.? London So- j bi ciety. I bi \ _ f SELECT SIFTINGS. J A photograph of lightnine has been lade in New Orleans. o: A city barber says that on an average ighty-tive men out of every hundred rear mustaches. H The trombone is the sackbut of the ncients: and it was revived about 17'JO fter a model found in Pompeii. oj The Welsh bards became so arrogant a the twelfth century that it becamc tl ecessary to control them by a law, ai ,hich restrained them from asking for ^ i? ?: *- UAMA IiaikIT AI* (rrnvhAiinfl UU JUilUJU 3 11UIOL', *!??>??*, V* ^ A turnip grown near Marquette, Mich., w weighs eighteen pounds, measures thir- tc y-four inches in circumference and rn welve inches in diameter?believed to tl ic the largest vegetable of the kind on c< ecord. g In Annam though a king dies early in a> he year, his-sucocssor is not deemed to di eminence his reign to the first d*y of hi he next year. Ail events occurring fc iuring the unexpired months are as- lo ribed to the reign of tie deceased. se Since 1S71 the cousumption of horse 01 ejirtof* food has more than quadrupled st rfraris. Li-si year there were 000,000 ol lounds eaten. The meat of mules and tl lonkoys is worth one quarter more than tl hat of horses, which only commands bi welve cents a pound. bi ? ' i ? m ine iouowing ages mive, uu mc uthority of skilled arboriculturists,been j ttaincd by trees: .Yew, 13,200 years; chubertia,3,000;cedar,2,000; oak, 1,500; " pruce, 1,200; lime, 1,100: Oriental plane, u; .000; walnut, 900: olive and cypress, %v 00; orange, 030; maple, 500; elm, 300. ai On February 25, 1?04, the legislature ^ f New Jersey, by an almost unanimous ote, passed an act to abolish slavery in rf hat State, by securing freedom to all ersons born there after the Fourth of C( uly next ensuing: the children of slave arents to become free?masculine at rtenty- five years of age, feminine at 8j wenty-one. q Amonj; the literary curiosities in the w outhainpton library, England, is an tr Id Bible known as the Bug Bible. It g ;as printed by John Daye in 1551, with ni prologue by Tyndall. Its name is de- tl ived from the peculiar rendering of the bi fth verse of the ninety-first Psalm, E rhich reads: "So that thou shall not m eed to be afraid of any bugs by night." ir Chess is the oldest game now in use. ia t was originally piayed in India, where c< radition says it was invented 5,000 years S go. The Indian game, however, was o inch improved a-> it traversed other oi ations. It reached China, and then h iirac throiurh Persia to Europe. Before nc ' A xi 1 J1 1 ? r tie sixieenui ceniury mere u?u wun ftecn writers on chess, of whom seven rere Asiatics. b b The Crown Prince of Russia. ?' lc Grand Duke Nicholas was born May 8, 1868, at Czarskoe Selo (Czar's vilige), an imperial summer palace rifteen liles south of St. Petersburg. This ^ )acious palace stands upon the Neva ^ ank, over 200 feet above the water, ft| ad is surrounded by extensive grounds C{ ) ])erfectlv kept that you can hardly jt nd even a dead leaf upon the lawns. gl Crown princes have so much to learn lat they must begin early and lose no me. Until his ninth year the educa- j.j on of the young grand duke was superitended by Madame de Flotow, one of le ladies of honor who had followed the jj rincess Dagmar from Denmark to Rus- ^ a. In 1877 the charge was given to w ieutenant-General Danilovitch, who has C( rranged the prince's hours of instruc- tj. on in accordance with those of the ai lilitary gymnasiums. His regular les- jj. )ns are from eight in the morning till iree in the afternoon, but with such in- ^ emissions that they never exceed five m ours a day. His afternoons are spent tj. i walks with the emperor, or in outdoor j jorts?riding, swimming, fishing, fenc- g ig, gymnastics?of all of which he is J ery fond; and his evenings are devoted ) preparing for next day's lessons, read k, ig, and keeping a diary, lie is an exjilent scholar and linguist; enters into y: is studies with much spirit, and speaks uently Russian, Danish, French, Ger- ^ uanaud English. The crown princes of tii nglaud an J Germany may study if they keatthe universities, but the heir of tft ussia must be educated by private ar ltors. al Last May, upon his sixteenth birthday, E ie day on which the prince became of je, he renewed his oath of adherence vt i the orthodox church, the ceremonies .king place in the chapel of the winter ^ dace at St. Petersburg. An heir to vt te Russian throne, lie accompanied the gr nperor and empress to their recent vc eetiug with the sovereigns of Germany V1 id Austria. I3l In person the prince is slight and del- ^ ately formed, with fair complexion and CIJ lburn hair; and he usually wears a je, ilor costume, which suits bis slender r :ure. He is a member of the Preobra- jL nsky(Transfiguration) guard, the famous giment founded by Peter the Great; n? id by birth he is Attaman (chief) of all ie Cossacks of the empire. It is his sa ivilege to wear the uniform of any ^ giment he pleases.?St. Nicholas. jn A Petrified Girl. A young lady living in the vicinity of orth East, named Lizzie Patterson, has (j, 'en relieved from a life of suffering, hich for fifteen years had not an aile- jn ating circumstance. When a girl at jjj e aire of ten she was stricken with euinatism. A season of treatment at g0 e hands of the most skilled physicians iled to relieve the sufferer. At the age on fifteen her muscles became so rigid S0] ,ut the power of locomotion was entirely aiJ ?stroyed. Since then she was confined j,r her bed and chair, and was unable to ne ) herself the slightest service. Five cai iars ago the muscle became so hard that c0 ie joints of the lower limbs could not oi k. The fibrous tissues of the arms m( id hands were next affected, so that aQ icy were entirely useless and soon like sc] ie lower limbs were no semblance to ie human anatomy. A year ago the }ia uscles controlling the head and neck W( ere contorted so as to draw the head it of shape. The muscle in the face fr( len hardened and clo-ed the lower jaw j^j i tight that the teeth had to be removed order to make an aperture tlirough ^h hich food could be introduced. clJ To give the patient even a moderate th nount of food required three hours' ^ ork, during which time the effort at tt[ valiowing caused excruciating pain. jn omiting and suffocation finally caused Wl L*ath. Miss Patterson was twenty years tr( : age and at the time of her death she U|, as actually petrified with disease. Tiie ol] ise is exciting great interest in the med- tj, n..mI. , <11 |ll U1 tooiuu. Vi/ll/i/umn- WHUHnvni Hjj 'aztttc. ]i2 An Alleged Remedy for Cancers. ^ The state department at Washington C(] is recently received from Consul Atlier- ^C1 >n, of Pernambuco, a sample of the co iedicine now being, it is claimed, sue- c0 ?ssfuliy used in Brazil and other parts jn [ South America in the treatment of jj incers. The medicine and report were vj llicially called for by Secretary Frelinguysen, and in addition to the medical jy istimony the consul himseif says he nows of a case where this medicine h is tj( ired cancer in the breast. The woman ne about her work every day, and ap- 1U ears, he says, to be cured. The remedy iJ(, ;is already been tested in a Liverpool incer hospital, but with what result the rei ,?ite department has not yet been ad- tjj ised. Accompanying the consul's re- on i>rt is one from Dr. Bandeiro, surgeon ; the Pedro hospital, Pernainbuco, who j( iys that it has been known but about >ur years, and is called alvcloz. It ives, he says, splendid results in the eutincnt of ulcers of different kinds, j ut in ulcerated cancers it lias not given ^ ic result that many doctors hoped. The ar lant which yields the liquid grows . lontaneously in the whole north of razil. The fresh juice becomes coagu- ft(| ted verv soon, but chemists have sue- ?n ;cdc*tl, they think, in keeping it liquid id unalterable by treating it with sali 'lie acid, which does not modify its ge :tion. It is due to Secretary Freling- s uysen to says that he has not forgotten '. iu "Cundurango" job which the state ga apartment was made accessory to twelve ^ r thirteen years ago. The remedy, if j{) Kcacious, will he an article of com- ^ erce as much as cinchona or Peruvian gQ iik. and the state department olfers the jn iformation at hand soiely in the interits of humanity.?Xe/o York llerald. ^ sa St. Stephen's college, Delhi, boats of j* prodigy in the person of a blind stu- sj( i*nt named Chanda Singh. lie cannot 80 sad or write, but has such a wonderful W| icmory as to be able to repeat all his ?r ixt-book.s?English, French and Urdu ^ -by rote, and to rapidly work out sums rj( i arithmetic, even the multiplication of c] IV number of ficruresby another equally r*8c> a Avoid purgatives and strong physics, ^ i they not only do no good out are .)( asitively hurtful. Pills may relieve for ' j le time, but they seldom cure. Stornacli itters are a snare, and only create a dore for stimulants. hi k . HE LAND OF THE BANANA. LIMP8BS AT 7H.X.&OB LIPB XV HOW- trf DUBAS. tb th low tlie Indians Rain a Llring: from Small Fruit Plantations?Tlieir rri diodes of Mfe. ne A letter from Truxillo, ft seaport town bt : Honduras, Central America, to the ew York Times, says: Scattered along afi ic Ilonduris coast, north of Truxillo, dr e many little villages where a fewhalfreod Indians, and perhapsX foreigner cq F lighter color, make homes, and here the former gay** meagre subsis- ,, incc from fruit j^Mntations. You eanot see these v$#&ges as you pass along . le beach^r^shipboard, and the whole J JuntryJdoks like one vast wilderness of reo/i. In the middle of the day not a gn of industry nor of habitation is evisnt, but. toward night, when the sun is re iding behind the high mountains, that ?i .'_j 4.1 k? ail iriu 11 llUll UHUft??lUI4UU Hi LUU I^ICCII uu iw, scores of canoes or dories will be S1J en putting forth from the shore. Each u! le will be rilled with fruit. Tn the ')e ern the owner of the few bunches (? [ bananas sits guiding with his paddle -la le light craft, dexteriously steering it J" irough the rollers and fetching his *1 inanas dry to the ships side. In the ^ ow sits his wife or son, who bends the iddle with a strong arm. Throwing su le bunches upon the ship's deck he co fiuls himfelf up, receives his money for ba le cargo he has brought, drinks with w arelaxed features a glass of whisky or st< ine that the captain has brought him, m id then returns to his home. th Indian life in Central America is not th ) be desired. The natives live in little fo latched huts, with no comforts, sur- be >unded by vermin, and spend most of be le time in chewing sucar cane. A few be icoanut trees stand in front of the fu ?use, and back of it a few banana plants c shooting up. In every village, be- vi de the Indians, there are half u do/en eE aribs, perhaps one or two Spaniards, Oi ho, on account of political or other so oubles, have found it necessary to emi- d, rate to a new State. These men are at ot of the best class, and mixing with g, le Indians, a half-breed population has _ sen the result, and a bad one at that. very Indian who has made a little tii lonev or got a start in his plantation, ar nmediately discovers that he is a Span- ut ird. There are hundreds along the bj jast who will pass themselves off for at paniards, but who have not one drop te f Spanish blood in their veins. The w ly difference between an Indian and a ulf-breed is that the latter has a little lore cunning and an aptitude for makig more money. Durine the nicht after a steamer has een ofl^the village bedlam reigns. It ecomes a time of carousing, drunkeness and gambling. Every Indian has P arncd to gamble. The Spaniards taught , ' lem that, and they are ready learners. L* wenty one is a favorite game, and dice *. laying is practiced to a great extent, , ith all the simple ways of gambling. 1 [onte is perhaps played as much as , ly game. Poker is a little too intri- 0 ite for the average Central American r idian, though many of them who have ifticient money allow themselves to be seced by Spaniards in the great Ameriin game. Gin is the national drink of onduras, and gin does not improve the umor of the Indian. Then he has a 1 itive drink, a sort of pulque, which . ondurians are supposed to drink?liquor . ^ rewed in their own country only, on hich the government relies for its in)me to a large extent. Liquor from le States will find its way in, however, id no one need go thirsty for want of Late in the evening the Indians have ^ :comc thoroughly excited and their a. oney is nearly used up. Reeling trough the streets, shouting and fightg. they make the night hideous. The P1. jhting once commenced, it keeps on 1 id a wholesale spearing goes on. I saw or man with twenty-seven scars on his Pa iek and shoulders with one or two cuts .vt i the neck. He had received them in 1 llage fights. You could not persuade s LUt half-breed to leave his native village, an jwever, and he would remain there un- arj [ he was cut to pieces. No matter how , link a native may get he will not atck an American in that condition, or 11)1 ly foreigner of position. Indeed, they 1 r way9 hold an American in reverence !!? id think he carries a revolver. The _l jntral American Indian respects a re- cu >lver, and especially one in the hands ? an American. An old planter said he ej id gone for four years without a re- c}. ilver, but every Indian and Carib V1 mly believed he had one. He- e nttn ItAin.. inf A Mincn II Y fjl 3 <UU I'tiu^ imjIWI UWU A&AVW V?4WdW llages nowadays in large quantities, ,co it somehow the Indian does not get ie e knack of using them with any aciracy. and they are in a measure harm- je 3s enough with tliein. The danger is 9 1 eater to themselves than to others. The imbling and drinking is kept uo all " ght, until the money is spent and the ia >isy inhabitants tired out. Se Christmas is the great time for carou1. Hence it is that at Christmas time V e planter with a little capital can step and purchase new plantations for a ?n ire song. The native must have money r his Christmas carousal, and his plantion must go if necessary. It is in lln' is way that Spanish residents have lilt up their large banana farms. The dian or half breed who sells out his I? tic place, after his grand spree finds ' mself without means of support. lie ?v es immediately to work, or rather sets .1S.' i wife to work, and clears up a new ! W1 e. He gets it well started and has cut 91,1 me fruit when Christmas comes around l"$ d away it goes for rum. This is a eat reason why the Central American ver gets ahead any. Again, they are sily cheated, and will sometimes make St.' ntracts for their fruit,, which will keep em in poverty. They have not the jral power to stand up for themselves, d readily fall in the trap of designing cn< liemers. us What little work is done on an Indian lf-breed's plantation is done by Ins i'1 mun, and that is little enough. No rer tem.pt is made to obtain a full yield lel >iu the ground. Undergrowth of all l'ri nds is allowed to choke oir the young ter ants. When the time forgathering e fruit comes the women often have to t a path out or drag their bananas to rough, or back them out. as they call cai is work. While the women are thus 'Cl' work the m(?n are chewincr sucrarcane !1I1< front of their bouses, the children are ! v\a indering around under the cocoanut cic jcs, some naked and some with an tir iology of covering, growing up with- nb it any education and without an incen- UP t-e to get out of the state their parents r01 ive lived in. Yet they are half-civi- ha :ed, and each year, perhaps, sees them f?r a little better condition than the last. iere is hope for thein only through ^lr Ideation and connection with the en- ?ii rprising foreigners who come into the SUI untry, with whom the native must SCI ntend. Leave them to themselves and 110 a year they would be in the same con cai tion that Cortez found thein when he wt sited the little city of Truxillo and art lilt his wall there, which has constant- Sri been a reminder to them of the civi- t'0 :ation of the world outside. Planta- 1)0 >us that are owned by the natives are ga ver kept in good order, and the fruit ne ised is consequently not what it should S" . What the country is capable of in cai is line of industry alone has never been ulized by its inhabitants, and it is only im e enterprising American who, settling 011 i the rich fruit land along the coast, ('? iscovers that he can have a perfect gar tic in at his feet. un Scenes in Hawaii. A correspondent of the Providence urmtl writes from the Sand wicli Islands: P" mong the curiosities of Western Kauai s" e the famous burking sands. This ^ tenomena of sound is attributed to the to. trition of the angular grains of sand stl ;ainst each other, when the mass is in ight movement. It is especially no- ori :eablc in dry times, and scarcely perptible after a rain. Happily one may e the thing, or rather hear it, on a WI lall scale. It is common for those re- JC Jing in the region to keep a bay of the nd at home. When this is taken in J? e hands and reversed repeatedly, al- '1C wing the sand to fall, first to one end or the bag and then to the other, a faint nt und results, though it requires some i |? pagination to liken it to a bark or a ')fI :lp. The same phenomenon may be obrved at .Manche>ter-by-the-Sea. in Maschusetts, and other localities in the nited States. On a pedestrian excuran we saw one of the grass houses now i w: rare. It was no hut, but the grass I stl oo nontlir hrnirlnd in hirfffi strands. Its ' cen had changed by age to a silvery ^ ut which was vory pretty. Tho inte- ; Pr ar was lined with rushes, and in this j *c imate one could not ask a more comrtalile ab tde. The principal room was j small shop, where we tarried to rest a j tie an.l refresh ourselves with a glass e mineral water, which we were sur- 111 ised to fiud in this out-of-the-way t(? *>1 ace. ?1 - oa Contempt of court?The fellow who Ti is just been refused. bi / SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRY ' A Ti A late investigation shows the AuB" tlia contains 108 species of sdkes? irty-five of them harmless,"rnnTKentyree venomous. ^ | A Leather car vrfieels are made in "ranee. ie inventor is M. de la Roche. Dntan- q d bufi?lo hides are cut into stris, and lilt up into solid disks, wheh are ongly represented by two irm rings Ti cer they have been subjected to hyaulic pressure. A The finest grades of crude rubber me from Para, the trees being tapped 0 d the sap gathered by means tf pad es wmcfi are dipped in a tuooi sup a d held over a smoky fire that tie coatg may harden. This procea is reated until a cake of gum of he size d shape of a squash is formed when e paddle is cut out and the ump is ady for market. In lobsters and crabs the raouth is ;uated underneath the head, aid conits of a soft upper lip, then a pair of tper jaws provided with a shot feeler, low which is a thin lower lip Then ^ llow two pairs of membraneoui under ws which are lobed and hitfy, and ,p lirv, and next three pairs of fo?t jaws. ie horse shoe crab has no special jaws, e thighs answering the purpose. A new process for disinfecting rags .. pposed to be infected with the ck>lera mtagion consists in driving int< the ties a series of hollow screws, thvugh T hich sulphuious air or superl;ated earn is forced. In experiments rei'mtly x ade the best results were obtained vith e sulphurous air. Five minutes ifter 3 e screws were thrust into a bale if^as und that a perfect fumigationload T icn accomplished, and the bale^ on sing torn apart, was found to-.vave ien permeated by the sulphurous mes in every part! ? Travelers in polar regions ha'^ 9urved exposure to a cold as great a? sevity-five degrees below zero Fahremeit. n the other hand, the inhabiting of me parts of the globe are forced t en- a ire at certain periods a natural tecperure considerably higher than lOide- h ees above zero. A still greater -eat greater even than 200 degrees? tay u ! borne by the human body for a sbrt me. Brewster mentions that Chanty id five or six friends remained two mites in the sculptor s drying furnafe, inging out a thermometer which sto<l s. 320 degrees. Chantry's workmen <\- 1 red the furnace when the temperat-re as as high as 340 degrees. _ . .. U Wooden Legs for Veterans. ^ "We have the names of about 18,00* iterans, who have applied for repairs, id Mr. Ramsey, who has charge of tU t tificial limb department of the surges- n mend's office, to a Star reporter. "\iu ' low we fit them out with new setsjf gs, arms, or other upparatus every f-e :ars. It is now getting toward tic ose of one of those periods, and ^e ive repaired 14,000 veterans." "Aren't the one-legged men dyii> c r?" asked the Star man. "Now that's an interesting questioi ^ guess tney are. 1 presume many < i . icm whose names we h:ive have sinc> ' ed, but I can't tell certainly. Now J I've said, every five years we rccon- a ruct the maimed veterans of the army. 1 it thov have their choice to take the l( pairs or the money. Tnc allowance r a leg is seventy five dollars, for anying less than a leg is fifty dollars, rom one period to another many old ;terans drop out. Some of them make le or two applications, and then we iver hear from them again. Naturally, e conclude when they don't send for eir money or legs, they must be dead id have no more use for them. But g don't, limit ourselves to men who ive actually lost their limbs. A an who has simply lost the use of s limbs is entitled to a wooden leg arm, as the case may be, though he n't wear them. So you see we can't !ep a record of all the one legged men, it I guess there areu't as many as there ed to be. Yet there are lots of them, id many who haven't any legs at all, id soine with neither legs nor arms, len there are many who have not lost eir limbs, but who have no power to i?ve. There is one man who gets two ms and two legs allowance, who can't move any part of his body except the tie linger on the left hand, which he n bend the least bit. There is another, N'ew England soldier, whose arms and js are dead, and who is blind in both es. Not long ago a man came in here th no arms and sat down at one of the sks and wrote with his teeth. It was t particularly line writing, but you uld read it. I know of another man? was in the sharpshooters' service?who " n't be stoofl on his feet bccause he is nt in (he back, so that his head would ' ike the lloor first. Think how many ' ars these men have suffered, and many ' them are still living! Why. there's ' rdly enough left of them to hold tother. ' "Willow wood generally, and there are j ariety of styles. They can take their oice. Some take the straight stick ! d stump it through life. Some legs 1 ve jubber feet and rubber joints. 1 icrc is one made with a very fine 'ball ' d socket' joint at the foot. There are my men with wooden legs whom you mid never suspect. We furnish limbs ' some brave and distinguished men. < ere are several officers of high rank J io come here for arms and legs. There i * i young lieutenant we recently supplied j th one arm who is, I believe, the only vivor of tue Custer massacre."?Wash 'tun Star. Senate-pages vs. Reporters. The following extract is from a United ttes Senate page's recollections, pubi<?d in St. Nic'iolan: While we were employed to wait upon ^ ! Senators, "outsiders" would often ;roach upon our good nature and ask to do things. We always refused to : . end to these matters, if they were put ! the shape of a demand instead of a j , [uest. There were several newspaper j ( >orters in the gallery over the Vice- } < indent's chair, to which 1 have re- j ' red, who frequently ignored our rights. ; j reporter would wish to ask a question I i a Senator, and, not caring particularly j < come down the stairs and send in his j 1 d would dron a note from the gal- | I day. -\o itincv worn, uuuiumvii, telling, beading, or even irrelevant ncy buttons are visible. The boot is naincntal only in its quality, which is kid. the finest and softest. The toe rtion is roomy yet shapely. The heel, th not a suggestion of the ''French nd" about it, is yet graceful, and the le of the foot is broad enough to aliv the girl of the period to '-set down r foot" emphatically without a wince, to promenade without having to stop every other shop window, apparently admire the display within the glassnind cases but in reality to give a rest the pinched and rebellious foot.? itn York Pout. i It is probable that bicycle and tricycle ill become in the future as much of a j iple article of manufacture as the comnu ruad wagon of to-day. In Kngland : ."i.OOO.UOO are now invested in their ' oduction. employment being given to | n thousand persons. Eat only such things as agree with j ?u and not too much nt a time. By j ( seding the warnings of your stomach any doctor bills and oven undertakers, o, may be avoided. Give children , enty of milk and bread, graham or itmeal crackers and good, ripe fruit. iiey will not only thrive on this diet, 1 it "keep healthy. ] WINTER DAYS. he winter days are coming, John, The skies around us lower? be summer birds have southward flown, The frost is on the flower; nd chilly winds blow loud, John, Where late the joyous strain f feathered warblers channel the ear, By forest, field and lane. lie winter days are coming, John, And scanty is our store, blight is on tho harvest field, Tho wolf is at the door; ur children cry for bread. John, When there's no bread to give? course has come to poverty, .That we may ne'er outlive. he winter days are coming, John, And you have labored long? hrough weary weeks, with hopeful heart, You've toiled the fields amontr: or all your hard work done, John. And all the prayers I've said, or all the joys wo dreamed were oars, There's wretchedness instead. he winter days are coming, John, " The tempests gather nearlie rich may smile beside his grate, And 1111 his home with cheer; ut 'tis not so with as, John, Crouched beneath the storm, *ith blessed babies, dearly loved, And naught to keep them warm. lie winter days are coming, John, The frost is on the pane? here's snow upon my aching breast, There's frenzy in my brain; ut, ah! my love for you, John, Grows tender, day by day, ho world that pilfers round my heart, Can ne'er steal that away. ?J. iV. Matthews. HUMOR OF THE DAY. A hard case?A watch's. It takes a pretty good tailor to patch dog's pants.?New York Journal. The latest returns?Husbands getting ome from the club.?Georgia Cracker. Marriage promotes longevity among len, notwithstanding its tendency to roduce premature baldness.?Boston louricr. A London physician says death has no ting. Did he ever press his linger on he lighting precinct of a dead hornet?? yOicell Courier. A hen's heart beats 150 times a min;te. Perhaps that is the reason why it? woKKIpq on rrnirh wVinn il woman 'shoos'' it.?New York Journal. A Stock Yards'-young lady at a ball be other evening referred to her gentlelan escort as an Indian, "for," said she, 'he's always on my trail."?Chicago Sun. Dame Nature most unequally Bestows her gifts, 'tis said j Man combs his own but Natuijc, she Combs every rooster's head. ?Judge. A man arrested in northern Texas for ounterfeiting h:id six dillerent dies. If ;e had oeen arrested for stealing a horse c would have had only one die.?Sifttig*. A scientific paper says that the ear of clam is at the base of the foot. It inst bo funny to see a c'.am walking round listening for earthquakes.?San ''rancinco Pout. There is a glacier in Alaska moving <ong at the rate of a quarter of a mile iyear. It acts very much like the averse small boy on his way to school.? Turlington Free Press. HUSKING TIME. Now the buskers are arrayed on Many a dusky barn's wide floor, Every swain beside his maiden Round the heap?d-up golden store. With what blissful expectation Do they watch the corn appear, Till the sudden osculation Loud proclaims the rare red ear. ?Burlington Free Press. L lady?a French lady?is showing a viitor the family portraits in the picturc gaiery. "That olKcer there in the uniforb," she says, "was my great-sreatgnidfathcr. He was as brave as a lion, bufonc of the most unfortunate of men ?never fought a battle in which he didnot have an arm or leg carried away?" Tim she adds proudly: "He took part in 'wentv four ensasements."? Chicago Uekld. i How to Get Fat. T- eat supper just before going to bed is ajrsat aid toward getting fleshy. The footUo taken goes all to fat. A nap aftcieach meal is also conducive to the sanuend, but gentle exercise should be takei between meals to promote appetite. Large doses of fresh air, avoidance of envious thought, entire contentn?nt with one's lot in life, one's childijn, husband, relatives and friends complite the same great end. There is one geat advantage derived from the craze <n fat or no fat. It is a poor rule that d n't work both ways, and many of the lav} for gaining or losing flesh are the jarae, :nd are great health promoters, rhe foination of tennis, skating, swimming aid walking clubs, and the patronizing o them by both stout and thin ilike, isadding greatly to the health of jur wonen.?San FruncUco Chronicle. So farg it from being true that men ire natur.lly equal, that no two people :au be lalf an hour together but one ihall acipirc an evident superiority over :hf? nfh#?r y, expecting 011c of us to pick it up 1 ; i hand it to the Senator to whom it j j s addressed. Thi9 was a rather oltiius rei|iie9t sometimes, as we were < ed and worn out from excessive run- 2 ig, and would hardly feel like going to where the reporter was, in the indabout way in chich we should t vc had to go, to deliver him the in t mation cal.cd for, anJ then come all 1 i way hack. But. whether we were I j L-d or full of activity, we did not like j t ; matter-of-course manner in which | t ne of the reporters had demanded our ' vices: and we would often let the * tc remain where it had fal.eu on the j pet. Sometimes, out of pugnacity, ! would surround the paper and walk t )und it, gazing at it apparently with * L-at curiosity, but evincing no inclina- | n to touch it. Finally, when the re- c i ter would lean over the edge of the i llery. and, in a very obsequious man- ' r, woulil bow his head and smile and through a lot of gymnastics to indi- < te to everybody else in tiie gaueries it the "squib" would not "go oil," d he would be exceedingly obliged if e of our excellencies would graciously nvev the paper to its desired destimini, one of us would /jack it up; but not til then. j Fashionahle hoot-Gear. i In the matter of walking boots the rists lead the van. Nothing could be npier nor more absolutely unadorned \ nil the foot covering par excellence of i - - ' > i- I A new pethod of fastening the strings of upright piinos has been invented by the Mason & Hanlin Organ and Piano Company, which is retarded as one of the most important implements ever made, making the instrument nore richly musical in its tones, as well as it)re durable, and less liable to get out of order?Boston Journal. At a dept( of 900 feet in Denver a strong artesian wel of fine mineral water has b?eo struck, whici flows 2,100 gallons daily. Storm Signals. As the comtur,of a great storm is heralded by the display of e.utionary signals, so is the approach of that dead and fatal disease, consumption of the luigs, usually announced In advance by pimpts, blotches, eruptions, ul cere, glandular sellings and kindred outwird manifestations of the internal blood poison, which, if nc promptly expelled from the system, attacksthe delicate tissues of the lungs, causing then to ulcsrate and break down. Dr. Pierce': "Golden Medical Discovery " is the grea. remedy for this, as for ill diseases having tielr origin iu bad blood, [t improves the apwtite and digestion, increase nutrition arj builds up the wasted system. John* C. Calhoi-;'s grave in 8t Philip's churchyard at Colunbia, S. C., has finally jeen distinguished by a monument. Now is the timg to tre it Catarrh of long itanding. Ely's Crean Balm rea 'lies obstiute cases, where all cher remedies fail. Is lot a liquid or snuff ;is asily applied. Price 50c. Catarrh and Hay l'e*er.?tor twenty years [ was a sufferer from Citarrh of the head and liroat in a very aggravated form, and during ;he summer with Hay Fever. I procured n jottle of Ely's Cream Jalia, and alter a few applications received decided benefit?was iared by one bottl*. lad no return of comjlaint. C. Parker, Wav-riy, X. V. 50c. bottle. Mr. A. Nichols, of tlx place, says he sufe-od from Catarrh to years. He purchased i bottle of Ely's Crea i Balm of us. He is low almost cured, and avs you cannot rec>:nmend it too highly. \Ve are selling more >; Ely's Cream Balm thin of all other catarrh emedic-s; can hardly kcq a supply on hand. Svers Bros., Druggists, Independence, Iowa. Tllin rt. "Wells' Health Reuew>r" restores health and rigor, cures, dyspepsia, *oxual debility. $1 C'urlin-1 nei. Petroleum sheds its luihant light. In cot anil palace seni: And on our heads its Wessing bright, From wondrous Car >o!ine. Do Yoii Want loliiiv n Dojf Rend for Dog Buvors Guide, lun | ages, euTavingsof all breeds, wloroJ plate, prices >f dogs anil where to buy them. Mailed for 5c. Associated Fanciers ?17 S. 8th St., Phila. "Itnimli on Oouglt*." Ask for " Rough on C>ugli>." for Coughs ?olds, Sore Throat, Hoaisoiies<. Troches, 15c' Liquid, 'Joe. Nothing I.t'?e it. No medicino has e>or b vu known so effectual in the cure of oil tliose (lis a?s arising from a% impure ovlit.on of th' blooii as Scovill's Sar. a;>aril!i, cr D1 >wl and Liver Byrup, for the cure <i scrofula, white swellings, rheumatism, fimplcs, bl itches, eruptions, venereal sores tud disease-, consumption, goitre, boils cancers. and all kindred diseases. No better mans o' securing a beautiful complexion can bj obtained than by using Scovill's B mI and Liver Syrup, which cleanses the H'omI a id gives beauty to the dtin. 'koii*1i o i rain." Cures colic, cramp- arrluea: externally for aches, pains, sprain,, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism. For inuiU'r licast. ancl 50^. Messman's PEiToxizF.VactK roKic, the only preparation ofbeef contir.nincit* m'ire nutrition# properties. *lt c mu::n l?lo.)d-makin< . 1,-..., nn.1 ,iiiiii,. nronarties: JOICB fiUIIClOHMh invaluable Jor indigestifn, dyspepsia, nervous proHtration, and all forn.a of general debility; also, in all enfeebled condition!), whether thfl result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, overwork or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complain-4.*. Caswell, Hazard is Co., Proprietors. New You. S >ld by druggists. Stage struck?Knocked down by an omnibus. ________________ Iuipnrtn,it. When yon vi^it or l?:ive NV?r V ork city, tarebantce, jxpreieige no I S 1 oarri 'C 1 h>r?. in 1 h'o^ at the Grand Union II i el, opi>jii!n Grand Ucntn! ck?|> it. (iMtleir in raiiWl, htt?'l ii-i at a rn: of oni million Julian, $1 nnJ up* tr.l tmrilty. [vinoom nlan. Elerator. KoMaiirant eupplia 1 .Tith tlv>l>)?t. lijr?s o.ire, itA^ei aad eleratil r.?ilru11 t> nil Families !?n live better for lesi ra !) ?' *i t'i-? Grand Union Hovel than at any other 0rat-cla?j haul in the city. ' ' Lydla E. Pinkham'i Vegetable Compound cores all female and kidney complain to. * Tax taxable wealth of Missouri has in- Screased over $11,000,000 since 1883. ^ Young or middla a^el men suffering from * \ nervous debility or kindred affections, should , A address with throe letter stamps toi large * JJf treatise, World's Dispensary Medical As gociation, Buffalo, N. Y. , n, , Mrs. Mabt Falkvek, aged 113, died recently in Whitley county, Kentucky. It * tlon * For diarrhoaa, cholera m morbus, dysentery C0.Mt and bloody-flux, colic or'cramps in stomach, . ^ oseDr. Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart- fortti Weed. Specific, also, for breaking; up colda. At present there are something over 3,000 Indians in southern California. s?ni lnqoli i Mothers. If you are failing; broken, worn out and nervous, use "Wells' Health Re newer." $1. Drgta Light-headed?The blonde. |Lk Catarrh in the Head tIt Orlftnataa In ajrofalooa Mat la tha blood. Hhh H __ the propar matliod bj which to eur? oatarrbi* tojntiri/y 3 t*? Hood. Ita rnuf di?nra?abla ijmptoma, aad rta dan*ar of derelopinc Into bronohitU or tbat tarriblj fatal diaaaao, oonaamptioa, ara ratiral/ raaorad by I Hood'l Saraaparilla, which omrea catarrh by purifying Uia blood aad alio toaoa up tba lyttaa aad rraatl/ imfroTaa tha fouaral baalth of thoa who Uka it. ^ A Lucky Accident H "Harii* baan a lufforar from catarrh for all or alffcl I mn, and barlnc tried naarlr all ths wondarfol son ? ouraa, lnbalari, eto., andipenllnf aaarlj a haadr*4 Ir dollar! Mfknnt hanaflt T aA>ii<1an(?lt? MaH n<vk/1'?4av. aparilU. Th? dUoharg* fron mj nos* VM pntl; laarowod tbo flr?t bottle; then It gradually beoam* Ua, ^ and io taking leu thin thro bottle* I flad mjxlt greatly ImproTtd. Hood's Sirupanlla will cox* o*- lt j Uxrh."?U. A. Abbey Woroeitjr, Mm tu Hood's Sarsaparilla ^ Bold by all Dragguta. 91; dz for tS. Mad* ?al/ by 0. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Km*. b?, IOO Doses One Poltar ? ! A ? TW* PlMter w 3 WIF & Act* dlrtctlr ?poa th? I " * 9BSBv 5 mujdM.nrt lilt uerre* of RBI S jamlKp r the back, the teat of all g _ ? IPTl 2. peln. WNo medicine to |gP iflff I ^}w ' throw your ?y*t*ic out of v' f J\ por all Lung Trouble*, HI mw ? > \ whetbtr local or deeply if <t I It 7 L \ MBieil thli pla?t*rwlllbe a | t^SM iiSnd ,0 |1Te ,D,unt r" AI kw , I , fl tpf Por Ildney Trouble, " fk K I ' fl RheuniatUm. Keunljla, I f Bg IKk Pain lo the Sid* *sd Back J L \ IraiilMTaSS I Ache, they an a ccruta ML I r? Iff ru'sli jund *pe*dy cure. L |JE U6Sm8EP iHSi S"1J by Drugjitt* forH IB Alio gEaceut*, or Ave forSl. M| ^ ?AC/f W Milled on rtceipt r/ ' S c rhi ?tvr?rvY pr'.ceby Smlili, l>oollt ^ro hSTPR lie A- ?mlttl. ?irne.*l 4H 5? lifty 8 Hi | AcenU. Botliin. Boagg^-SCTg>?j?aH' iiiLU'iii?i ? MASON & HAMLIN ^ ioo flDPAUO <22 to M 8TYLES U K U A N 0 $900. 0 HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL GREAT WORLD'S EXHIBITIONS FOR SEVENTEEN TEARS. Only American Organs Awarded inch at any, Ijp^ For Cash, Easy Payments or Rented. ^ UPRIGHT PIANOS minting very hlfheit excallcncc yet attained of t a tooh instruments; adding to all prariuui improte. Ti minU om of greater value than tar; ^curinc rani THK pure, refined, musical tones tad increased durability; __ epecially amlding liability to get out of tuna. Illa? 1 I tested Catalogue* free. f V Mason & Hamlin Organ aafi Piano Co., % Beaton, 154 Trement St.: N.York, 48 E. 14th 0 .di Bt.; Chicago, 140 Wabaeh Ave. pie I AWAKTZDX!tET?PTClTT,TOWllA*? l^fh Village to Italic Club foe at BODEY'S LADY'S BOOK 22 The oHut, yef tf" brUhUtt and httt the^ T I T| TT Lodiet' Magazine pvbluhtd. You can \\ a I III)/ makt mm^eo'ur by gtlting vporlut vj i I U I I V f or GODEY'S 'Aan in any alher \'i,n I lH II I ""? A BEAUTIFUL PRE. .nd * *'l U X MlUM '? all irtwrihw, and an 0( ai F~r<? ' -? - S*n4 iSffil 1 ~i ctt.J'or tample copy and imtn?. ?MBII <iOim for raining Clubi. k C.'ODEY'M LADY BOOK* ' , P.O.BoxNo.X.H.H. Phlla.. Pa. , DELIGHT FOR THE 3GLIDA7S MD ALL DATS 4 "IDEAL AU ERIC AN MAGAZINES." 1 1. WIDEAWAKE. for older young folka,?3 a year. 2. PANSY, for fooye and girli, Hi a yr-ar. 3. OIK LITTLE.UKN nnd WOMEN, 81ayear 4. CH.\UTAUqUA YOUNG FOLKS' JO UK. a NAL, 7o-. a >??r. J 6. BAIJYLA.NO, f?rl.al>y and its mamma,SOo.ay'r. jj cenusuuBcriyuuuaLuu?L,uitxiii/r oc i/U?)Ow?y? ggm chriitinai Xom. nf Lhttt beautifully illuilrattd Mmgaein'ttrnlon rtctipl of 30c. lltuttraltd ratmlogui/rte. WE WANT 1000 BOOK AGENTS ? fcr the new book TniUXV-TUKEK YEARS AMONfl MB OUR WILD INDIANS 1 B7 Gen. DODOEuud Gen. SUEHIUN. The faiteit telllBg book out. InJorted by l'res't Arthur, Gen't Gnat, hhermas, Shtridin, tad thouundi ol Eminent Judree, tlerjrnien, Editon. etc., u ' T/u Bat and Finest lUutrattd Indurn I Book Ever Pvhlithed." It tike* like wildflr*. end Afcotnell | 10 to 20 adiy. a?-?5.00l) eold. Iu Orrat AuOwnhif I and Solid Merit mnke It the bn?ming book for Agaitt. Ooli tr/*3end for Clrenlir*. Specimen Plate. Extra Term*, etcu, tt Dec Ju J). WORIUISUTU.N it CO., UirtTei^Oeub 1 >@K~R. U. AWARE ftj mjEm Lorillard's Climaz Plug 0 bearing a red tin tag; that Lorillard's tion. Rose Leaf fine cut; that Lorillard's Navy Clipping*, and that Lorillard's Snufl'a, are the beat and cheapest, quality consliiered ? ! r????????1 in I J form ESpinal 31isso?'Waist, $175 P?rt Spinal Coraet, 9 00 SpinalNursingCorset,... 9 99 Spinal Abdominal Corset. 9 75 Eecomrierded by leading physicians, delivered free anywhere In the U. 8. , , on receipt of price. Lady Agents Wanted. ' Dr. Linguist's bpmalCerjst Co.,-41213'way.N'ew York. i 1 M eruer to awurs aetr cuuom?r?, we will eend ivw uiuica Cat- E, Lhoeeed Flctnree. 4 German Dolls' Heads, 1 Bejert 5 Birthday c?ni, 8 Imported Chj-omos, IS Treltr Utxee Fj end Bewerd Cirdi, 1 Album ef IS Colored Truster Picture, t IMSelectlose for Aoto<rr?ph Albums,IS Odd Osaiee,O new style Red Napkins; I Ftck PanleOrde, 1 Pock.i Book. JUIIho abort tood? fur JScto. idilrM.F.g, AVERY, - TY 230 Sooth 4th Streets Wlll^amsbnoti a? Y? JJ 26 HOLIDAY CARDS FREE I ? Any pareon who will send ne the names of fsnr wide. |Ue awake boye ergir.n in their Tillage anil ten lc- atunpi ,*1, for postuio, we will sond fr<*?, 26 Imported Kmbueeed Kringj Birthday, (Jhriotraai, New Year and Enstor <?1 Caruit, all dilTuroot. and a new illustrated M-pags Holi- y_V> day Book. If. 3. Ma.iuracT'wa Co.. Hartford, Comn. PVKF'6 BS1RP iliiir /PHk HO] ?r bar MkaM ia > ^ m.,m*i?m^i>m. ?.1. L. SMITH A CO., JtfTau, falaUae, ilk ! fl AGENTS e?B make SI Oa day selling KnglnDaoU ' S Note C'o.'s l.e.lt-r I'lle. Erory hu^r.ess man fB needs timm. bend fur circular?ciJJoliu d .. Sew York. I |< Ml VHuVA s Hid stamp tor our Now ttookoa I U PA I H SB \ Patents. L. BINGHAM, W I M I bli I Went Lawyer. Washington, D. (J, B I fT ADU Tolfgrnpliy or Shoi t lliitiU and Type ! J LHllll Writing Uere. bituatiuiis furnieaed. | la AdJreas VautMlNg Buoi., Janoefills, Wis. M lai hul.i.ari ? ii(i>?. dcUilalaiu.i Tlmu Monemitc 'nr (.Irculan. COL. I.. BINo. oki] I wIlwIUIIw HAM, Att'y, Waahingtoa, U. U, fore r Splendid Fsrnwfor wlo In Cm J: B ttu Cmmt:oi. Mo AjBjj 0 A'l lr -m W. H. PasCAV. Ar: 1 a. >31 t U mntr. Mo *03 Free to All! ladies wo" The pablUben af the Capitol City Home Cncat, th? well known Fatally Maf&sJoe, maio tlie following liberal affor far the holidoral Tl na the longett Taraa In the Bible before January lit., will receive a Build 4 lluntlnc Caaed ftwlaa WaU-h worth |S0. II tie re be more than ooi the second will receive an elejpnt fitrm.wladlnr Oeatlemaa's Wat the third, a key-wlndln? English Watrb. Each peraon muet land i? ? with their antwrr tor which they will receive FREE, v^atpald, three meal subscription to '* HOME Gl'F.8T,"and an Elerant l.ady's W llox with t'-.-ir nunc besntlfully itesellied on the rarer. E?b box ten 1 Hllver Ploteri Thimble. 1 packag* Fiihct Work Nerdln elegant Fruit Napkins, 1 pnrLaze Embroidery Mlk aawr colors, 1 package fcllk Dloeke for l'at<'htr?rK, S Christ! t urtle, 2 New YcarCnrds, 1 I-orcly Birthday Card,and 1 ci of *' 1.utiles' Fancy Work Gelde,"' eoc:siolojllloitrstlsn?*ndde? tlom of r.H fi-.e iv.ms dellro? In fancy work. Tha refilar price ef the si article.: L-jt t.>thi -,e whocomply with ths akofsreqolranssU wewtll ildVrMtu.' Publ'rs Home Quest, Hartford, Ooi IS23I.SI3 in Cash Pr M NO PREMIUM LESS TH fiflgftnn IVIU1"1 VUlUU Au eniirsljr reliable, l*?&( and tubstaatifll propositi Nowsi>mp?r in this country, tiio CINCINNATI FARMERS' LEDGES, ^ with in; irr?p. njililo miulirooji publication gott?u up to bi THE aRXNOi COLD FACTS E ?puw!?mng S In "? VTintar ol butintM: Til* axp.naea and eirairgt Bj prr1??10*X, * of a piuer with 1 n.iw.1 circilatmn wi.l flj P*"1""* 5* j* jpnr.i uiau *, follow. RKCEIPrsfl ???1 hun -F.om i? J?*rt mx, M melisa par M ,troT.afjky h??sue. at t?arai**f ie. a line pir l.ftoD P?? of o.renin!;.>11, or SI* lino for Im.OiO, Kj P*?lur iNbces. SMI.tW': i>?cnntion* B pi w-nwof ton deducted from i?cn i-Alaa -f Cnuli Pre- W J"*'"'3*1 mi>nn Order*. tntil JJ.io.loO. ffl ? <| "? *"d, K X PK N S K.>?Imii:re lU.'.n'O. ?' 'P* H i . *,Pk P , per. P"?l.-g?, pc*ja work. it .. tl.'JOlSj ' .Hjijr per i**uo. s?iJ.4>W; ? i:t >r *1 w.irk. tnci- 0 receipt of dentala, total. $XI,4i<0 Loar- ?S| I1 1'*?!"""' ?f, c Inf lb* splendid profit of tJll.lUO. S *ny addrsas all < Thr**-foiirlh? of this profit will b*H > a a nj Alio nut of ti* ail* <>f adrertning B 111 Ij R apa. *. O'.'f aiiwrriittri i/i.'f p.\; J1 a fine [Jg KM 9 9 K 9 itmu.'y becau?t tA? )>au*r hu iJt',<X>C nr. H |W II 111 tuU'ttn. If II had but I".INK) they H ? *? W I noolil pay out It". ? lit.-. Tnerafore. JB j Premii aterv !>il arr.l.or, >3 x pro r::? earner M l Capital Tfiuil of .viTcrtiMiis |i;vl,ts, w^rfh lo * nv B 1 Cai.it -.1 l'roinii per of liV.Wm cirriilatw.i JJ .J.S 1. ??ffl 1 Capit d ) mmii ptopoae to keep ihe M-. at our "bit*, ftj j i..tal Pieir.i: i n'i repay to our Mi1*erit'*rs th* JJ. Eg ?/?? In tint proportion w* will liars S''..voO H 100,000 L'3 as prcint after giving bick to annaeil- ju th# ,bot# | hem mil of the paper-* earr.lDfl tA* I ,/ ?.> ?.rv. auiu of j'lW o D m Pr*,ni.:ai? J VrtMium'j. I hia i^ a p a n ?tat-m?nt of rueti, and inTolrra no lie. ev?iiynf reanrtinr to il. it COS* legal mclii.Mla ?a ill einu.e f..r..fferinR A? the anlia. r pf "numbored rece.pt.,-' anJ all?C--d uum u DiiJ in fillur.?drawing?" or "awarda It n . , ? nuip y pr ipotoa t> mak* dixuion witu |S(HeT "i our nub cnl.-ra of ati e^u.tablo aharo n of tiio pnhia which ttiu uie of the.r ont. Immadiat uauioa a* ?iili?cril>?ri will i?oura. I rremiiim nncr* ther* will ba no Remember, No Subscription Price Need be ftflMniTinUC K?*ry labacrlytlon applicant :i.u?t UUHIIII IUIliJi"""Proiiiiuin Pieiurea m a coMpiciioiu to thoa* who call bow aud wtiaro lie aacurad lham Poaitin luia 1 tent nut aacaio additional aubarr:b*ra. and tt.a a>i??i miuins Jepand on tiio list of aabscribera Th*cli*rge?. -6< aabscription prica, and w.l! barely cuT*r coat of adTertu ng rt><iuir<td lor th* thrn* a'-enu, and no nam* w I! b* ?n:tr?i tiio i liargea for the oii'lu-es ar? eno!oa*d. Thoa* who reo I(Ja*h Premiumswlll plejuto telegraph at oar expanse, a? k,noi far picture chargoi oicept litrn p acea where postal notea A GOLD MINE FOR CLUB AGENTS. K tribute tliom with the pictures to thuia whose nsme In s? i s?lf all the benent*. just as he arranges with thoia wltoo n club ordi-m forth* fjllowin* clurgav Fire t?u, ID.60, forty, 417.30; tiftjr, $20.&:?all abore aft/, 4Uc. oacI nOCCDI/CI Thu ia basinets from the word " Go'" I UOublllLi on tba oil pictures, wa will sendvm i Si two dollars?(or there are no blanks. Wa expect to?.:ure among tho favoritea jrou ehonld jo.n our list at oqco. Tutor eipresn office. You run no risk, except of being hMira: opportunity noir, TO-VAY. Ailclii">> . ?Bj ^TV* #%VLYDlVtVlM^Vr5ltI ^fl| ?gk VEGETABLE COMPOUND "* i/<&zM . is a positive cueefo**?* jfl rS j3 All thsie aalnfal CompUI?t? * and Weafnp??ta ?o cobum* J| to our * FEMALE POPULATION. ? / Prl/t $1 la U|*id, fill ?r Io*M* tmu. purpote U tolelv fo+V* Unitize 14 and th* relit/ of pain, and that tf (nu to do, thounndt 8/ lad la can gladly tati 'lli care entirely all Ovu-lin troubles, lnntrm,Jy^[^? Ml ad Ulceration, Falling and Di*pl*c?n*t*, aa* inent Bplnal Weaknea* and U partbaUrtr fl ed to the change of Ilia. # * ? ssKMSssaJSRassssss^ ?SSftESSS SSgffffl'aa 2? n. Tbxt feeling of bearing down, c*n*tm* paln? ackache. Is alway* permaneatly cured bymnwu J I tamp to Lynn, Kim, for pamphlet. l*tter?or yconfidentiallyaaswerad. Tor ITKU-SO HE SURE CURE ? ~~ FOE KIDNEY DISEASES, ??? ? AAUBI IIUVO l^flH ITER wmrkMiiv i of ONSTIPATIONy PILES, WD BLOOD PISEA3E8. HYSICIANS ENDORSE IT HEARTILY. I J ?? A Kidney-Wort la the most luoooaaful remedy reru?ed." Dr. P. 0. Ballou, ypnlrtoB,V>. , "* "Kidnoy-Wort la always reliable." Dr. H. IT. CUrk, So. Hero, W, r Udney-lTorthaa cored my vtft after two yam \ ? bring." Dr.C.U.SomsuB^ StmHm.0*. IN THOUSANDS OF OASES taa cored where all elae had felled. Itli mild, teffldent, CERTAIN IX 1X8 ACTIO*, but rmieea tn all eaa;s. 7"It clcar.to the and Str?glk?aaaadi -? ^Dfl raa Now LIT* to all the Important orgaa of ^fl| ? body. The natural action of the Kidneys la Mfl ;tcrod. The Zi7er la cleansed of all ill?no, 1 the Borrela mora freely and hoalthftiTly. this way the worst dlaaaasa arc eradicated i im the system. ? ? g j rcz, $loo ui)tn> oa bet, solo it Mcsom. Dry can be aent by mall. ? ELLS," BICIUJU>Mir A CO. Barilagtaa Ti. gM????' .OVELV CHRISTMAS GIFT. WW KwyClirhtBsuwanakaOnUttte v A Bv folbi aCbriiunu FmuU Thliywi Ptt - M w? btv? iciMltiSf clce pnlly. Mt S-tL To iBlrodm cur foodj la frrj hem* |^h ntwt.lwud tJMjr boy oreiilfree iBfl ... IM| ofchorcc, If you will nod Juc. for [WM3 R? ?.??, fc.; 3 pretty Dbllawith fV/ , ?-fl| BBS bwuuiul lil?-lik?i?tu?,priUTCvU JJViSk ~ Ufa ?nd blut n ? or biori ma J?ri iyn, ^ HT iad wudiuU of 31 Diimi. Hiu, Ac; BHffh JMi 00* ilitut fiH-be?4 floril Ast*> ^Dtfi C*pk Album liiMtrmud with Wrdi, | rU itnu. ?ct?ii?. gr., bt. lut.iy >.ii.u^u _ iTbv Bias Cardi, oet prtUy Birliiity Card II 9? fl L* ?ed * tOp. lllmuaUd Holid?TBook.flKiffmP M ? IP* ACM* UFO- CO.. iTOfTtot, Com. sra/ilsl&P i| ? ooo told. A new principle. Savin* of Cloth**. . r. M-ndingr nnd HeMih. Made of ineUl. Control \ 'Tiitorv tctv?*n. fnr terms ana clrcuJWi. \ IX K0. RTKAM WASIIKR CO.. ?1S 8Ut? 8U. Chleefe. \ f MO. STK.?* '> " '"V ? ??. XI IFFf A Gold Watch, IAj1jJ GOSSAMER GARMENTS. $ e proprietor! of the largest card manufactory la leciicat, wi?hin*toint.'o<luci their Ageata'Masaiojk into arary uomeat one*, make thefollowiaa . al offer. Th? person tolling ua tne longMt veije >e Bible betore Jan. 1st, will rec-ilve a Soil t U*U ly'a W'ntcli north $Jv. 11 there be mor* U?aoM >ct aoawar tne second will receive a etam-wtndiag ' iricao Watch- tne tairJ a liey-windioc Hiiaa ch. Each ponon competing moat aend Joe. with ranatrur, for wuiea tne/ will receive 2 lA.dy'1 terpr*ol" (Jjssamer ( iiutienU, on? paek len n irne, All L,ml>o-8 ii, R rd Molt and Ohx^nw time UarUa with tlioa' nuue niaily printed 01 our . <?# At'diiiJ a un.i u a *) . anu rmuuiMH Mat on* h .a ire 1 ;w a'.yle?of c irda. Aadreaa Al'JIii CAKU CO.. Ivryton, Comb. ? MAY'S KEff IDEAL LAMP ^ ???+ AGENTS WANTED. gggW PKOFIT8 LA.KGJSX. K If N'o (lasiwaret odor or BBoin. : B/iSfW Barn* uraiotry karuMna kke. bat b?t> DBS tar than ?>?. (,'onuat lixpMti HHI Xhil is tea la'est and gruataft lmmuiat hi x mrnt id this kinil o( lamp, tba mannfwfc KjL?L tnror harioi baan cqnnacwd with ott ant ITJ. hu alimmatad all taeir Impanaotwi?. KKM Prlre gj.UJ. Will azpraaa ooa ( uy BJIS fdd",on walpt of prioa, aatil 1bU? ducad otherwua. RAYNOR & STEWART, ' 1}j II arc lay Street, New Yorfc. GOOD NEWS TO I ADIE8! Greatett initucementaerar at fercd. No'.r's jour time to rat ap order* (or our eala' ratad TtU and Cod'ees.and aacoraaba?c?? f al Gold Band or Moaa Itoaa CMtt Tea Set. or Handsome Dao< rjta4" i Band Mom Rom Dinner Set, or Oold Band mew or*t?d Toilet Set; For foil pirticnlan addrea rilK CiUEAT AMERICAN TEA CO- , _0. Box 289. 81 aod 33 V ?gr bt.. Bit York. END YOUR NAME C. B. SCHMIDT. Commissioner of Imm>gr*> A. T. & S. F. K. R., Topelca, Kan., and he wiU to you FKEE, m.-ips, pamphlets, etc.. giv? information about Lands, Stoclc-rnisinj, Farm* Fruit-growing, Mining, Manufacturing, etc., Can'as, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Callla or Old Mexico, and about the splendid op* unities now offered in the Southwest. CONlUMPTIONl I hare a poritWa re mod?fur the abore dlaeaaa; by its lie thoaiandiofcueeot the wor?t kln<l and of foul it?adlnchaTebo?ncu-cd. Inde?il,>o?:rnnsl?mTfal i n lta eracaer, that I wl 4 ??n<iT*VO DOT11.K3 MUII. KJjetherwSttia YALl'ARI.KTKEATISKon thl?dUe?'f loaannlftrer. GWuexpress ?mt F 0.n!>lr h, PH.T.A. 3L01TM, lit rear! St., New Tort. gyy&iil i? in? SeaUdpartlculart2cU. Wilcox ?Je<llciiie Co., PiiiJiuiHiihm, Pa. ONE MADE TABLE SYRUP. , Pare. , uti . -utne, unxois, cn;?|i. Mo!amo< and ?rrup id iitintad and d\u; r >ns to uoiltil. 3 >nd twalta Itiiupi tortus rsuips. Hurry Jou a), HoHukae,N.J. irvsw'peii^aagssssajga awing Made Easy. IABGH TiTffHTimrgSAWnrQ KACHUl . J J 8ENT OXT r lomine <*mpe, wood-ywh, tumen gettb? ort > woo3.?nd?ll dcftaof lo?<?fli)r-ttto"**??"*fi Mb mU yerrtr. A boy of 18 cm K* logs te?* Mjfl oSSf brill l*ntly lilomliutted porter In 8 color*. AH ** MSjfrow^ w Sffk, ?m<W m. AU $2, and from H. j] Each s 10,0001 M FAVORITES.fi -- u w- ?u. vw^nrtlftr Family Hh old, rvl*ble, solid E ? o??r failed to fulfill er?ry protnise it rr?r B Ilia public. au.l which must in t Id confounded ack soma ilUial I uterj . r u. lit r scheme. H Su AU':'THE PPiufiEAL S0N,"B ' 1973, while on exhibition ia Cincinnati, in tha i? and panic-stricken audience. tha original H k PiiODtOAt, S?M." punted f' r A. T. Stewart to th? lixhibitiou Co. for ilj",im', wax da-B Foitinatelj tha p.ntn ii; had i,e-n pbot>H lime bofor*, and frcra tins ph.itofraph Mr. H tha eminent Cincinnati artiit, has reproduced, H 94 pioturas, a Terv faithful copy ot the oru--n V? have contiaoted tor tha exclii'ira ritfbt, ka r D<"' Hinbi*r lJ. 1SH. t'n> riling of all orders H 1 executed. To ?*eli -itiiicriUer u:id*r this ;1Iim t.irre pictures, iu. ut d in oil color", on B| This charge is Ui coror co.-t of advertising, H oat of delivery, eto., ?e d^liviriuf tiieiQ uU ihargea paid. H .ANKS! ?3S?I ira, $5,000 l 1 Cap til Premium, #100 B im, 3,0(? I 2S Pram'* o! $ Jracb, l.'JMQI :m, 1,1**) t Pieui'a of .f a *arh, N im, Suo| I0,0?l * cf$Weach, KO.UUJu i in, SS0, JS.^M " uf $1 each, 17S.te#B sh Premiums, aggregating $290,613. I ist all ar*? CASH l'rrm.-uii, of which there aro H . and ranging fn tn tli*t lOiouut to $ Qu -a M or RV?R f tulterUt , txaiso than and JH 5 Nobody Anything io 5u!>scrioe, U ion prif w.i! b> daJa? i?u wh?iu Cash Fra- H il uuser.ptioil t/CSl.ii?<1 r* no blanks, H lEMIUM WiU li>ET?"?S,1.Sffl'l #l? i it receipt of your i ' t?r we will tend with the ^ ?:uf* ?e?tn! e iT.il ps c..n'a.nini an ord?r tor ^ .be Cmb I'r-in U .I Ha; will b? dan you, tud M waiting or uncaitmnty. jffl S?nt. and No Charts for Tickets. 3 accept at a condition tint tie "ill ditplay the B I place id ills h. n-e or ofiur, 11,11] make known M ilf thH mutt be d>n*. tier/set of the'epic-H t tins profits nut of nhic'u t.? nay tlio Cnh Pr?- P on the pictures, litre 1 otliinz to do with the H , doli'err, and p?cki:;c to iKrg* .1 ?h?et at is H >t orierl'd Uatn Premium Order seat un.ru M e to Pron luin Orders tor .u:y of (lie Capital ?led? uk amount. bUmn will n t be accoptej are not limed. M :i tend all t!inMtled Cash Premium Orders to H rton who vndt a list o: rain t, ami I10 can dis- H it, or ha can keep tll?'n, ir.Jj-c.ro for him allies ho vtl'ls. Til* pii '. iroi will b> ncnt in B $l.9>: lift en, S. 10. tv.oatj, thirty, jR 1, or $Ij.Ui (ir lUJ. rt I *?ti ??nd u* your addreos m l Ke. for charge. H nsle O h Prommm Onto t"r jot l?-ft th*nffl t e M"ce*?a y k?J,iW in .(.> d y*. an t to be H l.'.nti Pr.inmiun put tii oitfh a ly ii.iuk, po.il *.l ?t.i"u oon't wi>t. bill 1.1 ; * nd/.t. ; ftu-of tbit 53 '.i N>tCR'i> t.KiK.y.i?;;; n . \r.. ouio. m