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gai mi tihh ! nm STEUCK BY LIGHTNING. Two Girls anil a Farmer Killed? Property Destroyed. une oi tne nto.-i severe uuu ulvwhuus thunder storms known for years occurred the other morning, l>etween 1 and 3 o'clock, in Western Connecticut. It raged with unexampled severity in the Naugatuck Valley. In Watertown the lightning struck a house occupied by William Mc^affey and Clarence Cook. The building wa; almost demolished, and two young women, Sarah and Jaue McGaffey, aged twenty and eighteen years respectively, were instantly killed. Along the line of the New Haven and Northhampton road the storm was very severe. Two depots on this road?at Cheshire and Farmington?were struck, the latter structure being burned to ashes. Tha Cheshire depot was set on fire, but by strenuous efforts toe flames were extinguished. The telegraphic instruments were entirely destroyed. Tne station at Bristol, on the New York and New England railroad, was entirely destroyed. It was a new building, erected "only a year ago, ana was unuouuieaiy urea vy iuo electric fluid. At about the same time that the above disasters occurred a terrible thunder and lightning storm passed over the central portion of Ontario, Canada. Alfred Aidworth, a young farmer residing near Bowmanville, was killed by lightning. The fluid struck the chimney, ran down the stovepipe and flew off, striking the bed in which ne and his wife and child were sleeping. The wife and child were not injured. During a heavy rain and thunder storm at New Orleans, lightning struck the foremast of the bark E. G. F., shivering the masthead. The fluid passed down the iron mast and set fire to the cargo, consisting of 1,500 bales of cotton. Many bales wero damaged by fire or water. The Iocs is estimated at $10,000; fully insured. There were also heavy thunderstorms along the Hudson river. The house of W. W. .Smith, at Millbrook, N. Y., was struck by lightning and with iti contents burned. A GREAT STEIKK 28,000 Miners in the Bituminous Coal Region Quit Work. A Huntington, (Penn.) dispatch of the 16th says: "A general strike of the miners in the competing bituminous coal regions wa fonnally declared to-day aud has beeu swiftly carried into effect. A great mass mating of the strikersof the Clearfield, Cumberland an-l Broadtop districts, in conjunction with the members of the executive board of the Federation of Miners and miue laborers, was held at Houtr-dale to-day to determine upon the question of accepting the conditional proposition of the operators, offered yesterday, or to decide upon a continued strike. Delegate* were present from all the districts in Federati m No. o, %* - * t including a large iKiume: u\> u mc j. Mutes, Virginia; Llk Garden and Garrett, West Virginia, and George's CreA*, Maryland, districts, comprising in all a representation of 28,000 miners. Notwithstanding its immense proportions, the mooting was conducted quietly and orderly, and alter a brief discussion concluded in a unanimous declaration for a general strike. "In all the district- shipping to the seaboard the miners are now all out, united and determined. As the oj>erators maintain that no advance in wages is ]x<snble until coal advances in price, the issue is practically centered between the strikers r.uu the consumers. The general sentiment of the operators is expressed in this sentence delivered bv a ?Ao/linr? Ploorfiolrl nrVirft'AV tO-HflV. kThfi miners have struck and ? > have we. We can look outfor ourselves' The present great strike bears as strongly against the mine order system as in favor of an advance. "At to-day's meeting it was revealed that merchants dealing in mine orders and divvying with operators take unfair advantage of the miners, who are compelled to deal with them, by charging excessive prices. Though the strikers have already experienced untold suffering and privation, their unyielding determination aul concerted action prevent the slightest hope of their giving in. The present outlook Is dark and envelo|>ed only in conjecture." A DESPERADO'S FATE. Kil!frn& Two Men and Wounding Others?Shot in a Barn. An exciting tragedy which was begun in Bart county, Neb., on Saturday, the 20th, was brought to a dose ou the 21st by the killing of the dospera lo, Allen Wright, who* after killing his employer, H. C. Stedman, and Charles P. Johnson, \ms pursued and chased into a barn twelve miles from the scene of the tii'st murder. Being anued with a revolver and a Winchester rifie, and having plenty of ammunition, he held a crowd of over 2f?0 anned men at bay from Saturday morning until a late hour Sunday afternoon. During Sunday h? fatally wo.m lei Edgar Everett, and 6:riously woun led several others. As he had food and milk in the barn, it was impossible to starve him out. It was therefore determined to burn him out, and this plan was carried into execution. When Wright saw that escape was impossible he fired twenty or thirty shots at the crowd, no one being wounded, however. The crowd, which entirely surrounded the barn. fired volley after volley from Winchester rifles from all sides oa the spot in the liarn where they supposed Wright to be. When the fire was extinguished it was found that his head had been almost shot away, and lus body wr.s full of bullets. His arms and legs ere burned off. He was buried near by. A THUNDERBOLT'S WOBK. A Wisconsin Farmhouse Demolished in a Moment During a Storm. The family of John Krieur, living near Belgium, Wis., had a terrible experience the other nicht. Thev retired at the usual hour. about eleven o'clock. They were aroused from 6leep by a heavy thunder and lightning storm, and before they had time to apprehend any danger the house was struck b}* a thunderbolt, which passed through it, completely shattering the timbers and bringing it down in a wreck about the now affrighted family. Mr. Krieur, with his wife and two children, had been asleep on the lower floor. The electric fluid set fire to the bed and burned one of the children severely, if not fatally. The btd was torn to pieces ai*l the bedding, both above and below the family, torn to shreds, but, strange to say, none of the other memKors nf t.ho fnmilr hut tli? rliild menf.ioriA/1 were injured. After the first shock Mr. Krieur started to dig his way out of the timbers and wreckage that covered himself and family. To add to their discomfort a shaip shower set in. This, however, proved a blessing, as it allayed ' the thick dust that enveloj>ed the place. After much hard work the father was able to rescue the family and give them shelter in the barn adjoining until the storm had abated, wnen they took refuge in the house of a neighbor. Everything considered the escape of the family with the one sad exception was_miraculous. TALL RIVER'S CITY HALL A Handsome Structure and a Big Library in Aslies. Fire was discovered in the city hall at Fall River, Ma<<s., the other day. The flames were onon I'^ninrr tViivmo-Vi thn vnnf OSSt^lUl of the building. Before the fire department arrived the entire upper story was a mass of Barnes. Sparks a ud burning pieces of wood dropped on neighboring buildings, but they were saved from destruction. The whole lire department were sxni at work. Three-quarteis of an hour after the fir. was discovered, the tower, H?5 feet high, eon taining a clock and bell, fell to the streel with a terrible crash, scattering burning timbers in all directions. The upper floors and parts of the walls fell about the same time. The firemen worked vigorously and in a short time had the fire in check. The building, which contained all the city office? and a library of 28,(KM) volumes, wa> a stately granite structure, four stories high. It was built in 1844, the year after the great fire, at a cost of $75,000. It was remodelei in 18T2, at a cost of 4193,000. The entire los* is placed at $300,000, on which there was nc insurance. * 1 HTTTTS FOR DAMAGES. Jay Gould Says Western Knights of Labor Will be Siiccl. Mr. Jay Gould announces that, by the advice of counsel, t'10 Missouri Pacific railway company will Hie members of the Knights of Labor organization for damages on account of the railroad strike on the Gould system of roads in the Southwest. He says: "We purpose t) rec over damages from every member of lhij associate n who has any property. A I f-.reat miny employes of the Missouri l a ifie, especially machinists ai;d engineers, have homes which they have bought out of their savings. Some of the men are worth ?15.000 <>r $:i0,00i> apiece. They are res{>onsible to us for tlie losses we have suffered if they belong to the Knights of Labor. And we shall bring suits against, members of the order who have property on other lines of railroads and in other States. We shall attempt to recover damages from every m?mber who ha-; proparty that we can attach.1' NEWSY GLEANINGS. Th e colleges of this country contain 18,000 female students. A new census shows the population of Rome to be :i45,035, of whom 11,105 are soldiers. **? - *?? ?? riT-vrr Ctjtut rv who died at -uh\ ?|u2|asc.1u Walnut, Iowa, a few days ago, had lived 100 years. Silver has been discovered and mines partially worked in twenty-one counties in Texas. The claims for damages during the recent London riots amount to $400,000, with more in sight. Seaweed has been the main dependence of jnany faiuine-stricken Irish islanders at Iunisboifin. There ar<* in twenty-two States 308,418 more women than men. Dakota has 20,415 more men than women. The total production of copper in this country last year was 165,825,700 pounds, against 144,940,051] pounds in 1884. It has just been discovered that the green I sands which are very plentiful in Georgia 1 miolifias. Iuuvo \aiuuuicici ? It is stated that a citizen of Reading,Penn., t has invented self-winding clocks, one of which has been running for five years. It is estimated that fifteen cars a day for a period of four months will be required to market the orange crop of Southern California. At Budapest, Hungary, the Austrian gov| ernment has a model uairy school, where j from 10,000 to 15,000 quarts of milk are daily I manipulated. I Acsording to the report of its State Dairy association, Iowa has 1,200,000 cows, produces annually $50,000,000 of dairy products and annually ships $24,000,000. A plan for rendering paper as tough as wood or leather has been devised in Europe. It consists of mixing chloride of zinc with the pulp in course of manufacture. Blondin, the rope-walker, who is now sixty-two years old and living in Loudon, conteniDlates another professional tour in this country to recruit his unbala need fortunes. Makers of brooms report an extraordinary scarcity of broom corn, which now brings an extremely high price in the wholesale market, and they predict that the price j of brooms will soon be doubled. The largest steel rifle ever made in this couutry has just been finished at the Washington navy yard. It is of eight-inch bore, thirty feet long, and throws a ball weighing 250 pounds with 175 pounds of powder. The largest land sale ever effected in Arkansas, or in the Southwest, perhaps, was the recent sale of all the land belonging to the Little Rock and Fort Smith railway company, 030,000 acres. It was sold at $1.25 per i acre. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Ax _ alleged "cowboy pianist'' from the W esc Has Deen pjaying in rsew a oi k. Mr. Ludwig, the new baritone imported by.the American Opera company,will receive ?90 per week ($450) for his services. Joseph Torso, the man who composed the "Arkausaw Traveller," is still living at the age of eighty-five years in Cincinnati. Edwin Booth and Salvini, the Italian tragedian, will give a joint performance in Phuadelphia at the academy, on May 3. Hexry Irving's eldest son is to go upon the professional stage. He has been very successful in amateur dramatic performances. Dan Rick, the one-time famous Sh&kesperian circus clown, is lecturing in Texas, and is said to receive $500 a week for his talk. John* T. Raymoxd closed his season with "The Magistrate," in St. Louis,a few days ago. I Mr. Raymonds health still continues" in an unsatisfactory condition. Miss Nettie Hooper, the daughter of the well-known Paris correspondent, Mj-s. Lucy Hooper, has been engaged for ths Edwin I Booth company next season. Barbara Robixsox, a little uneducated I nine-year-old colored girl of West Point, Ga., I bids fair to rival Blind Tom as a. pianist She plays any composition that she has once u^aiu. Mme. Christine Nilsson has signed a i contract vrith Mr. Maurice Strakosch for a farewell operatic and concert tour in the United States from October 15, 188(3, to May 1,1887. Gilbert and Sullivan's next effort in . comic opera will present as the heroine an Egyptian girl who learns that she is a descendant of an ancient princess, and undertakes to live up to her illustrious ancestry. The fun is to be derived from the mixture of by-gone Egyptian and present English dress, customs and usage*. Secretary Lavar is credited with having lately rebv.ked Colonel Ingersoll for his aggressive infidelity, and expressed a hope that he will some day become a Christian preacher. Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer, sister of General Grant, is lecturing in Massachusetts under the auspices of the Women's Christiao Tem perance Union. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. 11 Beef cattle, good to prime 1 w 0 Calves, com'n to prime veals 5 % * Sheep 5 @ <>1j La iiits 7}(j Hogs?Live 4^@ 4\i Dmsed, citv Flour?Ex. hit., good to fancy 3 'iO % A 25 We^t, good to choice 3 85 (& 4 00 Wheat?No. 2, Red 90 Rye?State 05 (u; 67 t~> i .1 fli. aj Ofr uaney?v our-roweu oiaie... ^ o.> Corn?Ungrad. West, Mixed 445 Oats?White State 89 @ 44 Mixed Western ??~3a@ 40 Huy?Med. to pr. Timothy.. 91 @ 95 Straw?No. 1, Kye 1 00 (g 1 05 Lard?City Steam. 0 20 @0 40 Batter?State Creamery.... 33 @ 85 Dairy 18 2o "Wist. Iin. Creamery 18 @ 2o Factory 12 % 22 Cheese?State Factory 7 <& JO.1* Skims ?>%(& 7 Western 7 (a> 03<? j Eggs?State and Penn 14 @ 14jv> BUFFALO, Sheen?Good to Choice 4 25 @ 4 *5 Lambs?Western 4 25 (?, 0 25 Steers?Western 4 00 @ 5 09 Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 4 00 @4 15 Flour ?C'y ground n. process 5 25 @ (t 50 Wheat?>>o. 1, Hard l)uluth. 04 @ 94% Corn?No. 2, Mixed New.... (ft> 4'->}? ! fVf.. "V^ ') 1 Wl/C.H Iv-/ci to?xiv/. auiacu JUI yi^v*) Barley?1Two-rowed State... ? (a ? BOSTON. Bt'ef? Ex. plate and family.11 00 @11 5!) Hogs?Live 4J^C<7< 4)4 Northern Dres<od.... 4%(f? 5,!$' Pork?Ex. Prime, pcrbbl...ll 75 (<'1- 00 Flour?Winter Wheat pat's. 5 55 (? 5 00 Corn-High Mixed 50 @ 51 Oats?Extra White 44 @ 44)? Rye?State 70 @ 73 WATERTOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Beef?Extra quality 5 75 @ 0 00 Sheep?Live weight 5 @ 5}? Lambs 7 Hogs?Northern, d. w 5 @ 5% PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Penn. ex family, good 4 00 @ 4 25 Wheat?No. 2, Red 93 @ 93^ Rye?State @ 75 Corn?State Yellow 52 @ 53 Oats Mixe 1 40 @ 41 Butter?Creamery Extra Pa 20 @ 22 Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream.. U>f<3 14 FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. The germs which give rise to malarial fever h^ve been found by two Italian physiologists. In the arctic region there are 762 kinds of flowers. Fifty of these aie confined to the arctic region. Three remarkable prices have been paid at public auction this year, $4.1,500 for a painting by Breton, $29,000 for a three-year-old filly, Dewdrop, and $18,000 for a porcelain vase. A novel remedy for consumption has been discovered by a victim of pulmonary disease in Chicago, who boils down the corpses of dead dogs and spreads the extracted grease on bread, instead of butter. In case a young man in Burmah breaks a matrimonial engagement the law com pels him to give the jilted girl a ounaog worth thirty rupees, a pig three feet iu girth, a spear, a fork, a bag, a piece of ornamental cloth and five pots of khoung. A Frenchman, the Comptc de St. Vallier, has recently died, who for twenty years had lived only on milk owing to an incurable disease of the stomach. Every other diet but milk was impossible, yet with heroic fortitude he prolonged his existence, even giving excellent dinners to his friends, at which he would simply relieve the monotony of I aW-inrnnr? hv moisteninf? his lins with a glass of milk. Signor Farni, an African explorer, says that in the region of the Kalahari desert every native, when he goes out hunting, carries with him some dried poison glands of a snake. If he is bitten he immediately introduces a small portion of this stuff near the wound, and goes to sleep. The limb swells, but after two days it regains its normal size, and the patient recovers. Animals are treated in the same way. The flounder or flat fish, when first hatched, has eyes placed like those of other fish. Soon one eye begins to move down nearer the mouth and over to the other side of the head, until finally both eyes are on the same side, usually the right. The flounder lies on its side, partly to escape its enemies, which it does by burying itself in the sand, and partly because it has no air-bladder and its fins are imperfectly developed. The peasant Indians of Central America hold some curious superstitions, of which the following are examples: When a child is ill the mother takes a drake, singes its tail feathers, and, muttering certain words, passes it over the patient. A woman feeds a parrott with a few pieces of tortilla and gives the child thc"crumbs which fall from the beak, as they will make it talk! Col*c is due to the evil eye; in order to get rid of tiio dicfnrhinnr infltifinne the woman breaks four duck's eggs into a basin, and, having mixed them with rue, places the whole under the child's bed; if the compound be curdled in the morning the spirit has departed. Orange Culture in Florida. The orange groves in Florida, says an exchange, were few and far between fifty-five years ago, and they were not at that early day a source of profit to their owners. Some of the trees were very aged. Mr. Bowden, at Mandarin, owned one in 1835 which was said to be seventyfive years old.. That year 7,000 oranges were picked from it. Another tree in St. Augustine was supposed to be a<hundred years old. But these trees were killed to the ground by the great freeze of 1885. Mrs. Hall, on the St. John's, J for frnm .Tnoksnnvillft at that time ' had seventy-two trees on three-fourths of an acre, in scattering form. The year before her crop had sold for $3,000. They were killed root and branch by the great frost. After this frost for a few years all orange culture was abandoned, but in 183S, '39 and '40 a wide-spread orange "craze" broke out all along the lower St. John's, and many groves were set out. A Mr. Kobcrtson, near Mandarin, out distanced his neighbors and imported his trees, and with them he also imported the scale insect. This small creature soon made itself at home spread from point to point until it completely killed the orange fever. Mr. Robertson tried all manner of experiments to rid himself of the pe9t, and finally killed his trees by the application of aqua fortis. Most of the groves started at this time were given up to tnc insect and abandoned in disgust. One of these abandoned groves was purchased in 185G by Colonel Hart, who came an invalid to Florida to die, though he has not yet accomplished the object, hi 1856 a visitoi described the Hart grove as being desolate enough in appearance. It was unfenced, had long been deserted to the insect and looked as if it had been burned through by lire. The trees however, were fine old stumps, just putting out a few sprouts, and it is to-day the most noted of the St. Johu's river groves. From that day to the present there has never been a frost sufficiently severe to kill full-grown trees or to have any appreciable effect upon the insect. A Feat in Penmanship. Mr. Joseph English, -who is in the employ of the Boston Button compauy, has written upon a postal card the entire address of the Hon. II. B. Mctcalf, of Pawtucket, R. I., delivered before the General Convention of Universalists at their session of 1883 in Brooklyn, N. Y. This address contains, counting all compound hyphenated words (.such as self-salvation, self-faithfulness, etc.,) as two, a total of 4,102 words; but if these compound words are counted as one each,the address (and card) contains 4,147 words. To form some idea of the wonderful character of this performance it may be stated that this card contains 166 lines of writing, caeh line averaging a fraction of over twenty-five words. The number of lines written within the space of the last inch is thirty-five, and to show the posibilities of even more unique performance, the last thirty-nine lines 011 the card, written in the space of 1 3-40 inches, contain 1,013 words, and leave half a line to spare. Mr. English used no m iguifying glass or any auxilary to his eyesight, did the work by gaslight, used what is known as a "crow quill" steel pen, and at various sittings took in all about 10 1-2 hours to finish the card. The writing is regular and legible and can l>c read by the naked eye.?Boston Journal. Wasting their Shot. Tfivaroles was an excellent li utcnant general, and died iu 1704. lie was by birth a Piedmontese, and had joined the army in France, where he was greatly esteemed. Long before that time nc had lost one of his legs by a cannon ball. At the buttle of Necrwinden, another cannon shot took oif his wooden leg and threw him flat on the ground. On being lifted up he was found to be uninjured, whereupon he burst out laughing. "The fools,1' he said, "wasting their shot in that mannerl They little know thai, I have got two other legs in my portmanteau;'' ? A Reminiseencc of Chattanooga. Dr. Henry M. Field in a letter describing a visit to the battle-field of Chattanooga in his paper, the Evangelist-, says: "I had the good fortune to have in the carriage with me two Confederate officers (indeed, to confess the truth, I looked out for this in the first place) who had been in the battle of Chattanooga, and could speak of it as eye-witnesses. 80, as we stood on the top of the hill, I I said to one of them: "Now give me the points of compass and the position of the armies." "Well," he answered, "you 6ce across the river yonder a ridge covered with trees. That way the Federals came. Though we knew that they were approaching, yet at last they appeared suddenly. I remember the first shell j that fell in Chattanooga. It was on Thanksgiving Day in 180J1 The people were in church. I am sorry to say I was differently employed. Henry Watterson?now of the Courier-Journal, of Louisville?r.nd I were editing a little paper ca'lcd the Chattanooga Rebel. Instead of being in church, as we ought (o have been, we were playing cards, when from the forest beyond the river came the booming of a gun, and the shell seemcr burst over our heads. Wedid i.1.. !i? i nor sioj) 10 nnisn uic game. trucuici | the unaccustomed round gave a lurid turn to his editorials afterward he did not say; though I believe the Rebel continued to appear, whistling to keep its courage up, until "the Yankees" became rather numerous, and it concluded that discretion was the better part of valor, and Chattanooga knew it no more. "Did you see anything more of the war?" "Ye*, indeed; here," pointing to an ugly scar on his facc, "is the mark of a shot which one of your boys gave me as they charged up Missionary Kidge." I must say that my companion spoke of this little incideht with perfect good nature (as a soldier is generally proud of liis wounds), looking upon it as a kind of "love tap"?a gentle touch which some sharpshooter had given him "just to remember him by." It is very pleasant to see how the men oh both sides talk of these things without a particle of resentment. Like the brave fellows they were, since they were in the war, they learned to take it as it came?its ups and downs, its fortunes and misfortunes? its victories and defeats; and now tlx it it is all over, fihey speak of it only with the interest which they must feel in recounting the most eventful period of their lives. Common Meter. He (meeting her at the church door to escort her home)--"That-was a beautiful hymn the service closed with." She?"Yes." He?"Are you fond of hymns?" She?"Well, there's one I may say I'm particularly fond of." He?"Indeed! What kind of meter is it?" She?"It's a come an' meet-cr him." Then they linked arms and strolled away with their heads close together.? Boston Courier. Mr. "Wesley Sisson, a well-known lawyer of Chicago, was so helpless with sciatica and inflammatory rhcumatssra that he could not feed himself. Nothiug relieved his sufferings until he used St. Jacobs Oil. It conquered all pain and he rose a cured man. It is better to be alone in the world than to bring a boy up to play on the accordeon. ? Siftinqs. Chief Engineer John R. Cantlin, of the Philadelphia Fire Department, says that he was cured of a terrible cold by Red Star Cough Cure, and that he has given it to his men with most satisfactory iiHa I L'O Uiig. Behavior is a mirror in which every one allows his image. Xo Appetite, low spirits, headache, flatulency, sleeplessness, languor, constipation?are these, or any of them, among your ailments? If so, try Dr. Walker's Vinegar Bitters, and tell your sick friends its effects; this is the only advertisement the medicine requires. It lias spread from house to house, from village to village, all over the land, in this way. The average age of those who enter college in this country is seventeen; a century ago it was fourteen. 'Tis Frequently Recommended.?Mr. H. C. Mooncy, Astoria. 111., writes that Allen's Lung Balsam, which lie has sold for fifteen years, sells better than any other cough remedy, and gives satisfaction. 'Tis recommended by the medical profession here. 25c., 50c. and $1 per bottle, at Druggists. In Vienna there were recently exhibited gas and water service pipes made of paper. We Appeal to Experience. For a long time we steadily refused to publish testimonials, believing that, in the opinion of the public generally, the great majority were manufactured to order by unprincipled parties as a means of disposing of their worthless preparations. That this view of the case is to a certain extent true, there can be no doubt. At last, several years ago, we came to the conclusion that evei-y intelligent person can readily discriminate between spurious and bona fide testimonials, and determined to use as advertisements a few of the many hundreds of unsolicited certificates in our posseslion. In doing this, we published them as nearly aj possible in the exact language used by our correspondents, only changing the phraseology, in some cases, so as to compress them iuto a mailer space than they would otherwise occupy, but without in the least exaggerating or destroying (he meaning of the writers. We are glad to say that our final conclusion was a correct one?that a letter recommending an article having true merit finds favor with the people. The original of every testimonial published by us is on file in our office, an inspection of which will prove to the most skeptical thai our aaanrtinn mmln uhnvp. 1 lint OtllV 1 lie fflC.tK nra jiven as they appear therein, is true. But as it would be very inconvenient, if not impossible, for all of our friends to call on us for that purpose, we invite those who doubt (if there be such), to correspond with any of th? parties whose names are signed to our testimonials, and ask them if we have made any misstatements, so far as their knowledge exlends, in this article. In other words, if we have not published their letters as nearly verbatim aB possible. Very respectfully, E. T. IIAZELTINE, Proprietor Pis-j's Cure for Consumption and Piso\s Remedy for Catarrh. We anpend a recent letter, which came to us entirely unsolicited, with permission to publish it: Dayton, Ohio, .Tan. 12, 18S6. You may aaa my testimony as 10 mo merus df PIso'fl Cure for Consumption. I took a levere cold last February, which settled on my lungs. They becania ulcerated and were so painful that I had no rest, for two days and nights. I got a bottle of Pisn's Cure for Consumption, and was relieved by the time I had taken half of it. Since that t'me I have kept Piso's Cure in the house, and use it ai a preventive, both for lung troubles and croup, for which I can recommcnd it as the best medicine I ever used; and that is saying a great deal, for I have used at least twenty others, besides about as many physicians' prescriptions. Piso's Cure for Consumption has never failed to give relief in my familv. A. .T. GRUBB, 37 Springfield St. Prevont crooked boots and blistered heels by wearing Lyon'e Patent Heel Stiffenerg, Bismarck'0 income is in the neighborhood of $100,000. Asa toilet luxury Hall's Hair Renewer never falls to give satisfaction. Buff?rers from Bonchitls will find spe dy relief by taking A yer'a Cherry Pectoral. Monkey Friendship. Albert Messuer, captain of a Bremen East-Indiaman, vouches for an incident which, says Dr. Oswald, seems to prove that tho friendships of animals even of -..? i. 4.U,, nf uinereiu spctics, niu iusuiuv mu iuhu ? . uucontrollable passions. In Singapore the captain had bought a fine gibbon ape, which seemed rather slow in getting over its shyness, and would squeal at the mere touch of :i human hand, but soon became the fast friend of a good-natured young Newfoundlander. They would roll and romp together on the deck, run races along t!xe bulwarks, and often keep i:i the s una corner, unless the roughness of the weather made it necessary to transfer the gibbon's couch to the cabin. Near Su nbawa the schooner encountered a violent gale, which played havoc with a" ]>ortion of the rigging, and in the midst of the confusion, Omar, the Newfoundlander, was knocked overboard by a swinging spar. The ship was scudding along at a twenty-knot rate, and it would have been worse than useless to lower a boat, but the heart of '".-ni't- mnn on hnnr.l was wrunsr when they heard through the night and darkness the howling appeal of their poor dog, who was making desperate efforts to overtake the fast receding chance of salvation. While all hands were tugging away at the reefing ropes several sailors noticed the gibbon dashing in wild excitement about the deck, and uttering yells that sounded like answers to the cries of his drowning friend. At last the captain himself heard those ye!ls from the stern of the ship, and, hastening back, thought that he heard a splash in | the water, but the darkness of the night prevented him from recognizing the dim object seeming to toss about in the wake I of the schooner. As soon as the storm abated they searched and halloed all over the ship, but only the howling of an old tom-cat answered their calls. The gib boil had joined his friend. Early Morning in Parisian Markets. Madame Greville, in a lecture delivered in New York on phases of Parisian life, said: In the early morning the life of Paris centres in the great markets. Ever since midnight the great hogsheads of carrots and cabbages nave been coming in to feed Paris. Ah, you don't know bow much poetry there U to be found in a basketful of carrots, hiding tbeir little red noses in their leaves. But there is something .-till more poetic than carrots at the mirkets?there are flowers. Flowers are a passion among the Parisians. They can t get along without them. But don't misunderstand; the flowers j to be found in these markets are not the ' flower.s for which you pay so dearly. They are modest little flowers, suitable only for penny bouquets, but the poor girl who leaves one of the^e penny bouquets with her sick mother when she goes to her day's work, has given the lonely invalid a real companion. After the housekeeper has bought her day's provisions at the market and sent her children off to school, she has a few minutes to devote to her hus band. The offices don't open until ten . o'clock, and in France it is the wife's | duty to spoil her husband. I've been told since I have bee^fl^ America that here it is the husbands who spoil their wives. Happy wives! But be that as it may, the wife in Paris after giving her husband os good a breakfast as her purse and culinary skill can produce, sends him off to work in the best possible humor. At five o'clock she goes to meet him on his return, and if they have a little time to spare, they take a walk along the boulevard like two old lovers. A Woman's Age. A woman.it is said, is no older than she looks. Many women,however, look double their actual ape by reason of those functional disorders which wear upon the nerves and vitality, and which, if unchecked, are liable to change the most robust woman to a weak, brokendown invalid. Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" will positively cure every irregularity and weakness peculiar to the sex, and requires but a single trial to prove its surpassing merit. . Price reduced to one dollar. By druggist?. Ln-Y aiul Blanche are favorite names among the colored children in Southern schools. The best Ankle Boot and Collar Pads are made of zinc: and leather. Try them. The Nineteenth Century' Club Is an organization that will consist or an equal number of men and women. It Is hardly to be expected that thoy will agree on all subjects: but it can surprise no one to learn that Dr. Pierce's "Golden Me Ileal Discovery," is unanimously pronounced the most, successful remedy extant, for pulmonary consumption, as has been demonstrated in hundreds of cases; it positively arrests this disease and restores health and strength, if administered in its early stages. By druggists. There is a remarkable big spot in the centre of the sun's disk. Young or middle-aged men, suffering from nervous debility or kindred affections, should address with 10 ceuts in stamps for larg6 treatise, World's Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y. A fourteen-pound nugget of gold has been found in Siberia, I When you need a friend, select a true one. Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic is the best rriena mankind lias for all diseases of tne stomach, liver and kidneys. The best blood purifier and tonic known. 50 cents. For dyspepsia, indigestion*, depression of , spirits, general debility,in their various forms, alKo asa preventive against feverand agueand j Jlher intermittent fevers,the "Ferro-Phosphorled Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.,New York', and sold by all Druggists, i is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. ( More substantial benefit can be obtained \ from a 50c. bottle of Dr. Bigclow's Positive , Cure than a dollar bottle of any other cough , remedy. It is a prompt, safe and pleasant l cure for all throat and lung troubles. iVo Opium in Piso's Cure for Consumption. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c. ' The DoctovV Endorsement. 1 Dr. W. D. Wright, Cincinnati, O., semis the subjoined professional endorsement: "I have prescribed | Dr. W?. Hau.'s Balsam for the Lungs in a great i number of cases, and always with success. One case in particular was given up by several physicians who had been called in for consultation with myself. The patient had all the symptom.*of cou firmed consumption?cold night sweats, hectic fever, harassing coughs, etc. He commenced immediately to get better, and was soon restored to his usual health. I I also found DR. \YM. If ALL'S .HAI.SAM, XOK TIIK JiUNUS I the most valuable expectorant for breaking tip distressing? coughs and colds." Red Star TRADEMARK, j {0UGH{URE rf*??/v?n Cly\lrit+m friu rr?)/f ssL 25CJAT DRUGGISTS i.NI) DKIMTRS. THK C1URI.KS A. VOOEI.KK CO.. Pi I.T) J ORE, B P. germIIsI P 1% 1 Cores Rheumatism, Neuralgia, l_ A1^ U AID HMdMte, Toothirie, Di ram VI I Ulll XT DBUGGIBTB AND DEALE1& THJt CBXim A. YMSI.FB CO.; BA>.TIKO*I.?. ? Spring H Everybody needs and should take a good spring medicine, for two reasons: 1st, The body is now more susccptlble to benefit frnm m/wllHnp than At anv Athm* cono/^n 2d, The impurities which have accumulated Id the blood Bhould be expelled, ami the system given toue and strength, before the prostrating effects of warm weather are felt. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best spring medicine. It purifies the blood. It sharpens the appetite. It tones the digestion. It overcomes debility. It builds up the whole system. Try it and you will be convinced of its superiority. Purify Your Blood Remember, we do not claim that Hood's Sarsaparilla will do impossibilities. We tell you plainly what it has done, and submit pro )fs from sources of unquestioned reliability, and ask you frankly If you are suffering from any disease or affection caused or promoted by impure. blood or low state of the ystem, to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. Our experience warrants us in assuring you that you will not be disappointed in tbe result. Hood's S< Sold by all druggists. #1; six for $5. Prepared j by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Poses One Dollar 1 us aB CENTS ^vS^CspCEITS for j ^ for Coughif^R^^sCroui LungbalP THE BEST AND CHEAPEST COUGH or CROUP REMEDY AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL ItContains no Opium in Any Form. ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM in Three 8123 Bottles. Price '25 Cents, 50 Cents and 81 Per Bottle. 'I he&VCent Bottles are put up for the accommodation ot all who desire simply a Cough or Croup Remedy. Those desiring a remedy for CONSUMPTION or aay LUNG DISEASE should secure the large$1 bottles. Price, 25c., 50c. and SI per Bottle. SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS laTIBou IN THE HEiD IS UHiwnnn a disease of the mucous It generally RRl^LiY S ^^BoriRinatea in the nasal BAj-^rvtr^a^es and maintains its ??rtroDBhol(* in the headB WkLco i HPAnjFrom this point it 6ends rui5rrvi^wl3 4?iBfurth * poisonous virus FnAjhi titR m? ff^slalong the membranous linKL /" &?&&/^ings and through the dlEji / -^rfeHfiestive organs, corrupting blood and producing B?ther troublesome and danBEB^^H^^^^gerous Bymptoms. U-SA.1 (;reani Balm is a remII A If RPIIPn^y based upon a correct U A V m L LIf L D diagnosis ot this disease llff I I L> 1 It" and can be depended upon. 80c. at druggists or by mall ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, N. Y. CONTAGIOUS! I am a native of England, and while I was in -that country I contracted a terrible blood polaon, and for two years was under treatment as an oat-door patient at Nottlntbam Hospital, England, but was not cured. I suffered the most agonizing pains in my bones, and was covered with sores all over my body and limba. Finally I completely lost all hop* in that country, and sailed for America, and was treated at Roosevelt in this city, as well aa by a prominent physician in New York having no connection with the hospitals. I saw the advertisement of Swift's Specific, and 1 determined to give It a trlaL I took six bottles and I can say with great joy that they have cured ms entirely. I am as sound and wall as I ever was is my life. L. Pus. Haltoip. New York City, Jane 13th, l8t& Treatise on Blood and Skin IHseaaea mailed free. Tnv. swm Srcctric Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ok y. Y., 157 W. 23d St. BEFORE YOU BUY WAGON, CARRIAGE OR BUGGY WRITE TO HOTCHKIN CARRIAGE WORKS, SYEACUSE, N. Y. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE. _ ty LOW PRICES TO DEALERS. WANTED Ladies a"d Gentlemen to ACLLadS uke light work at their own homes. 81. to 8a a day easily made. Work sent by mail. No canvassing sve have good demand lor our work, anG furnish ateady employment. Address, with stamp,Cbown Mro.Co.^SM VineSt..Ciu.O. ITsthmacoredI H aft 6trm*n A nth no? Care neTer fail* to fir? Mm immtdiale flit/ In tlie worM cues, insure* com-B (forUble ilecp; effecU cures where ?1! others fail. .* I inn eonmiicta me mou impi ic?. rricu uw cm. >uua 01.00, of Drujgiiu or br mail. Sample 1' KF.K for? .tamp. PK. K. SCHlfKHAN, St. Puul. Mlnn.^ MnDDUIMC Chloral and |?l U 311 IIIIIC Opium Habit ItASlLJf CURED. advice fres. DR. J. C, HOFFMAN, Jefferson, Wisconsin.' All CCyrU wanted, energetic, reliable men V ALCOITICI1 not less Hum ",'i year.: old, to can 0 vara for the sale of choice Nursery Stock oil sal ?ry and expenses, or on com mission. Work iierariaent. Send for terms, address ULEN BROTHERS, S'lirserym^n. Rochester, X. Y. APIITA WANTED For a Good Selling A|?fM I ^ Household Article. Seud*2-oeut Nllkll I W stamp foi1 Sample and Terms. k. OOHRlNtx & CO., 20'i William Street, X. V. City WELL BPRING AND ROCK EM?* dnuttfutt ? KIPPERS Pfl8TILLE&Sl^S Maia. DIaSh'a DiIIa Greal English Gout aid DiaiT S I llISi Rheumatic Remedy. __ _Ovul fcl.UO; round, ."J0_ct8. ? A book worth $10, on I AMI? |9 & Courtship, sent free I 11V ffi r bv the Union Pub. Co., 1>U V k II Ba am Newark,N.J. Send stamps for post'#. HA TCMTC Obtained. Send stamp for IIA I til I o inventors' Guide. L. BisuI ham, I'atent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. n< pvrn NAMK QUCC for Prof. Woody'* Sew JllmtrAted U Hook on Dre#* Mftktog, New I)olm*u, in J U*Btl? kJCutilof, etc. Apoti iell 10 ?d?j. rr*r.l00DT,U><Ui*tl,0. 2'* Onls ** - 11 i - T?.. i rtv Tur Uniiuv a vn IT iQ \> ill UUJ a JL lir.AJ iOA II1A AAVIWU a** 1/ ?A?w Diseases, Book of 100 pages, valuable to every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken. Sent postpaid. New York Horse Book Co., i:J4 Leonard Street, New York city. sSS&IO I it*" uLIu Knne jcnnlno onkss Don't waste your moncv on i <t am pert uitn the Above absolutely voter find irind rr trai'E VIKK. Ask lor tho^'FISII HUAND" I lioUiftA^Ut^^MtH^jnV^en^oivloscrlptiv^atal I /TV C" Talk Is oheap, actual result* oount. Prepared from the valuable medicinal virtue* of fresh Hope, combined with Balsams, Extract* and Hemlock, these plasters posses* healing and curative properties unknown to other kinds. All achs* and pains that torment the human body are instantly relieved and speedily euredj the wornout and weak parts strengthened, prompt, sur*wammted the very but plaster In th? world. ' ''-'ill ' ; -M Medicine . : :{m "When in the tpring I felt all run down and debilitated, I found Hood's Sarsaparilia Justthe medicin* * ; to build me up. My wife also; after much physical prostration, found In its use new life and lasting benefit. Upon our little girl, who had been sick with scarlet fever, its effect was marvelous, entirely removing the poison from her blood and restoring . her to good health.."?E. G. Stiuttoh, Swamp, colt, 1 Mass. ' I liave used Hood's Sarsaparilia and find it to be p, the best remedy for impure blood I have ever taken." / A ?M. H. Baxter, t cket agent, P. A R. Bd., Bound Brook, N.J. Tone Up the System "I consider Hood's Sarsaparilia the beat medtelne Vvj| Ieverusrd. It gives me an appetite and refreshing r 6leep, and keeps the cold out."?John S. Foao, i'm Spruce Street, Portland, Me. "I cau recommend Hood's Sarsaparilia to all as a safe, sure medicine. It cured me of terrible bead- . > aches, and cured mv little sirl nf nwplhncrs in her ' nerk which had been lanced twice."?Mas. F. E. Lord, Gates Avenue Brooklyn, n. Y. irsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared .. by C. L HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mam. IOO Doses One Dollar Vinegar Bitters Jl In the great Blood Purifierand Ltfe-gMag Principle; a Gentle Purgative and Tonic; a pawl Renovator and Jnvigorator of the system. In Vinegar Bitters there la vitality Ml oo alcoholic or mineral poison. Diseases of the Skin, ot whatever asm* or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of ^ , the syBtem in a short time try the uae of the Bitter*, ,y. j Vinegar Bitters allaya ferveriahnega. It re11 eves, and in time cures Rfieumattem, Neuralfia, Gout, and similar painful diseases. Vinegar Bitters cures Ooostfpatton aai . I prevents Diarrhoea. ^ never berore nas a nwarane ocen ww pounded possessing the power'of Vinioab Bittebs to he:t! the sick. <_ *: Send for cither of our valuable referew* ' -c-1 books for In es, for farmers, for merchants, out -ss Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Catechism ~$i on Intemperance and TobaoJo, which last should .; be read by every child and youth in the land. ~ 0ld j two of the above books mailed free cm receipt of four cents for registration fees. B.H. McDonald Drag Co., 688 WashingtonSi,, N.Ti ~ n y n u-ia KJEU^SINGrTON" STAMPING (B fjffl lPat?Btr?TerelMePeiieet,?Bdfallsiidcoicpni4direetl* : I for Kensington SUmptof and Embroidery, Kcodncloa PilstiM# ! Lucira,MeUJlle Flitter and Irrideecat Painting, ColonnaediM I mixing of Colon, Ribbon Embroidery, Clunill?MdAraMa?W?HL "~s I CorrttctCoIortofaUtludUwmlflowm, DocripUwfjm ) itllit nied in embroidery, Ac., mtVlnr * Cemptete Outfit (kit cosset be beatbt at r?t*il <arl*M Una|4.00, To lntrodaca FARM AND HOUSEHOLD, the large, 18 peg* fllnttraled magjutaw dooted to the lnter??t/?of the arantry borne tad hoaeehoM, we will wad ?M ' of tbtM Outfit* complete, free and peetpeM, to Mr Mr wk* ' j wllliud 26e.for3moe.?ubecripU&ntotbeM??aitn>. fiT4f?(l. , Money cheerfully refunded If Dot more than utWfactory. We an new located ia ear Urge brick factory, fronting 30ft (eel an Ike 11m of tbe N. Y..S. II. AH. R. R.j and UegortnHncntbariag Incited a poetoBce In oar factory, we are now ptepared to fill Ml oidl promptly to fl>e entire eatltfaetion ef our enWriber* AddNa Farm and Household, Hartford, (tan. L5JPAGES fiLIOUID GLUE dHSB|NIENOS EVERYTHING "M IKkSBHKu Wood, Leather, Paner'Ivory fOlee*, Ul?Fif(!wRWChina' Funiitur#. Bric-a-Brac, Ac. Strong aa Iron, BdidM a BooL :--/M Rs^VJlThe total quantity aoldtfurinr th? past five years amounted ta over < > Hfljnjiiuujflu m A11 dealers can sell it Awarded MSmiummh s %SHS&rPronounced StrongestGluofcnowa Send dealer's card andlOc. poetaga ^"lht ?&<g&%SStta& I ~S? B kx'i",a 4 Y or New York City. Kastorn Agents. Hit* Clarks A Co.. Boston, Mass. Our j?tented Vert1c? ~;3 Boiler will not prime. No danger ^burnuig fluafc No Ro?? to Cut 0.1 Horses' Manas- U ! Celebrated 'ECLIP-iK' H\r,TtfR JfrL - t nndtfttlDLti Uombluod, otiaw be Slipped by any njr.-u. riam.j.o Wlr iS Halter to aay pirt of U. 8. free.oi receipt of fl. sSMdby all Sad-ller/. JW Hardware aud Karnes* Dealer> fjSSrAa... Special discount to tba Trade. C43<?n&9\Yl DCI1U ivrx-riuo-JJiau fuyv- w? J. c. LIGHTHOUSE, ^<0* J \> ltochiinteri M. V. v.... imf W? I CURE FITS!?! When I say cure 1 do not mean merely to stop them for a time and then have them return again. I mean a radical cure. I hare made the disease of FfT8, KPI- ? "" LEI'SY or FALLING SICKNE88 a life-long study. I ' 1 ' warrant my remedy to cure thewortfc^sea. Because others hare failed Is no reason for not noWreeelringa cure. Send at once for a treatise and a Free Bottle of . >-1 tny infallible remedy. Give Expreas and Post Office, It co<rt9 you nothing for a trial, and I will cure you. '< Address Db. H. Q. ROOT, 183 Pearl St., Kew York. MEM jJ H^IKmOIH ZI3W!Ktl BjCBIKS WHHC ALL ELSEFAILST HI Ef Best Coucrft Syrup. Tastes good. Use Q THDRSTOFS KTOOTHPOWDHI 1 Keeping Tectli IVrlect and Gmiiis Flealthr* MITCHELL'S Perforated BcUwlMn Plasters cure all Aches sad Pains. Sure K?atedy for that cols spot between the shoulders. Sold by Druggists everywhere. n to Soldiers & Heirs. Send stamp - ' M Alt CI Alt C for circulars. COL. L. BFN9' r CII9IUII9 HAM, Atfy, Washington, D. C. A Vdebilitx BZUY. 41if??xperieaea. &emtrkml>la and quia* CUM, Trl?J pirt Co. S?nd aump for ?e*lcd p?rlic?lir*. Adtfms, Dr. WARD & CO., Louisiana, xo. PENNYROYAL PILLS 1 "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH." The Original and Only Qcnaim*. ' I to J ?1W*J? lttll?Dle. MVUIQI WOruimM tvuiuvaa. 1 lodinpcn?abl? to LADIES. Adi ;our Druntit rci "I'hlcliMttr'i Eu*ll?h" an J tako do other, or fauloae ?. { tarapn) to u? for particular* in letter by retnra malL NAME PAPER. C'hl?knt?r Ckmlcal 8518 MndUoo Bouk, Pklla4a., Pa. lold by Druukti everywhere, iit-for "Cltlcfce*ter'i Eagllih" Pennyroyal Pill*. Take no oth?r. HKSS, You are allowed a free trial of thirty dews of the qm of Dr. Dye's, Celebrated Voltaic Belt wJfii Electric Suspensory Appliances, for the speedy relief and per hianent cure or Aervovs vtouuy, ion 01 > vamy ?u? Manhood, and all kindred, troubles. Also for r :.?w other diseases. Complete restoration to Health, V ~or, and Manhood guaranteed. So rlskfla incurred. traKHl pamphlet In tta!rd envtiope mailed five, 1 v cddreflfllng VOLTAIC BELTCCK, Mawhali. 3?* l/pn Is lie Best "n If t U Waterproof Coat l\ h II ErerMade, a gum or rubber coat. The FISH BRAND SI.IORF.H too?, and will keep yon drv in the hardest: Morin ti.icKKK and take no other. If jour storekeeper dooj ABE THE FAMOUS - ' | lj ?0P PTOTOS. I I *t? ?oi^ V?T ??v-B go, Ehetunatisin, Sciatica, Mu?cul*rp?inj, B Kidney Weakness, Sprains, Wrenches, Crick, Fe-B male Weaknesses, Chest Fains, Tender Long* and I all shooting sharp or dull pains, local or deep-?eat-B ed, and experience their wonderful soothing, pain kiltingand stimulating qualities. HopPlastersBold ererywhere, 28 eta., 6 for$1.00. MAiledfo*price.? Proprietors, HOP PLA3TEB CO., Boston, ltass.g - '