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PROMINENT PEOPLE Mr. Gladstone has but three fingers on the left hand. Sib Reginald Hanson has just been lected Lord Mayor of London. 8bnator Sawyer1 of Wisconsin, has just celebrated his seventieth birthday. Ex-Attorney Brewster is going to retume his law practice in Philadelphia. Dr. Edward Aveling, the English socialist, now in this country, is a cousin of Henry Trvincr the actor. Minister Pkndleton is going to return to this coudtry shortly, and will he aeco.npanied by his daughter. R W. Bull, of Concord, Mass., who originated the Concord grape in 1849, still flourishes in his vineyard in that town. Justin McCarthy, the Irish political leader and man of letters, is in Now York. He will deliver 100 lecturos in this country. John A. Looan, Jr., the son of the Senator, is a slender young man of medium stature, with a light complexion and engaging manners. Ex-Senator Bruce, of Mississippi (col* ored), is going to le:ture, and will ta'<e for his subject his experiences in the Uuited States Senate. The King of Greece has pnrchased a large mansion at Copenhagen, ic is generally believed that he contemplates abdicating aud returning to Denmark. Jerohk Increase Case, the owner of Jay-Eye-See, is worth $.~>,0J0,0J0 aud began life as a blacksmith. He has just married the divorced wife of a inecLanic. Mr. Bartholomew, the Hartford de- j faulter, was a man of vory simple habits. He lived modestly and eouoniically, and was j a man who never smoked nor drank. Philip D. Armour, the Ch .cago lard king \ and railroad manipulator,weighsi*>0 pounds, I and at a pinch could s.a-e up $20,UUO,OJO. He is a heavy woi^ht in a double sense. The Representative of Great Britain at Constantinople, who sti.ceeds Sir Edward Thornton, is Sir William White. He is an accomplished Oriental scholar and speaks twenty-five languages. Rev. John Rodney, of Philadelphia, is the oldest living graduate of Princetou Coltegs, having graduated in 181(5. Born in 1703' he is also the oldest clergyman of the Episcopal Church in America. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Edwin Booth's tour has thus far proved wnnPHllo eiirt/?ooc<fn] nttr) Kvil ifinfc UUIUUUJ JUVVW?iu? UliVk v? The first a nateur theatre in New York was opened 133 years agj by Lewis Hallana. Mr. F. Jehin-Prume, the celebrated Belgian violinist, will shortly pay a visit to America. Rubi.vsteix, the pianist, says he will not nndertake any oncert tours during the coaling season. Charles Santley. tho fa-nous English baritone, has been engage 1 to sing in concerts iu Berlin. Mme. Patti-Nicomni will give a farewell concert at Albert Hall, Loudon, October 27, just before she sails for America. Manager Henry E. Abbey and Miss Florence Gerard, tho a-trjss, were married % few days since in a 3 jstJU church. A new ton or with a phenomenal voice has been discovered i.i Austria. Ho is a Prague policeman an;l his uame is Knockmann. It is now announced tint the new Gilbert and Sullivan opjra will not be ready for production before the 1st oi January, and possibly not then. Millocker has ju^t completed a new opera, entitled "Th? Vice-Admiral," which will be the chief novelty of the coming season at Vienna. Philadelphia theatres and other places of amusement are said t> l>e better provilod with efficient fire escapes than thos ? of any other city in the U uiou. "W. H. Chippendale, for many yeirs regarded as the be>t "old man" on tho English stage, i? now, at the a,re of eighty-five years, an inmate of an insane asylum. M. Ovide Mcsi.v, tiie celebrated French violinist, has a^ain turned his fa.e toward the-e shores. Ameri au dollais exert a powerful macnetic influence uoon Eurooean ar- I tists. The scones in the new* play that Mr. Bronson Howard has just wr.tten for Miss Da:ivray are laid in tbs Adirondack's. The first act takes place on a summer hotel piazza iu the mountains. Iu Normandy, last summer, Gouno l, the eminent composer, amused himself by making for one of his little friends a Luge kite, on which he inscribed a brief sonata composed for tho purpose INCOME AND OUTLAY. Federal Receipts anil Expenditures in Septe?u' er. Following is a comparative statement of the receipts aud expenditures of the United States for tho month of -September: RECEIITS. Source, 1SS.?. 1886. Customs $lT.W1,-,'?4 11 *20,0*1,017 4? Internal rev.. l?i.4H?.lol 33 9,40(1,ISC 99 Miscellaneous. 2,093,0(M 93 2,140,547 23 Total $Jt,971.0.M :59 $31.0SC,701 65 EXl'EXWTURES. Ordinary 59.10 4?i $14,334,560 09 Pensions 4.KMM10 72 3,270,408 02 Interest 2.749.01-5 U'J 2,922,103 74 Total |H;,0i:V?l '"> *20,5S3,191 S3 The *flte Prof. Stowe was much more learned and profound than his wife, * TTTOo r?vn]vnKlv I'tlftWn fn 1(10 UUV OUV Tf ?.J MUWIIU people where he was thought of by one. She wrote a novel which happened to strike the current of politics at the right moment to carry her on to fame and fortune. The man who cannot blush, and who has no feeling of fear, has reached the acme of impudence. THE MARKETS. new york. 40 Beef cattlc, good to prime 1 w 7 @ &}{ Calves, com1!! to prune veals 5 @ Sheep 5 Lam t>s Hogs?Live 4%@ 5>? Dressed, citv 7 (31 7}$ Flour?Ex. St., good to fancy 3 30 @ 3 70 West, good to choieo 3 80 @ 4 75 Wheat?No. 2, Hoi ?3 @ 83% Rye?State. 58 @ 59 Barley?Four-rowed State... @ Corn?Ungrad. Mixed 44^a? 45% Oats?White State ? @37 Mixed Western 30 @ 32 Hay?Mod. to pr. Timothy.. 85 @ 90 Straw?No. 1, live 55 @ ' 00 Lard?City Steam 6 SO (<$ 7 40 Butter?Slate Creamery.... 28 (& 31 Dairy 30 @ 20 Wt st. I m. Creamery 13 @ 17 Factory 12 @ 15 Cheese?State Factory 12 Skims 7 9 Western 10J^@ 11 Eggs?State and Fenn 21 @ 21)? buffalo. Sheep?Good to Choice 3 50 @ 4 10 Lambs?Western 3 50 @5 00 Steers?Western 4 50 @ 5 80 Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 4 95 @ 5 25 Flour?C'y ground n. process 5 25 @ 6 25 Wheat?No. 1. Hard Duluth. 60 @ SI}* Corn?No. 2, Mixed New 40 @ 4.J Oats?No. 2, Mixed Western 29^(J) .SO Barley?Two-rowed State... ? @ ? BOSTON. Beef?Ex plate aud family. 10 50 @11 00 Hogs?Live 5% Northern Dressed... 0/8'($ 7 Pork?Ex. Prime, per bbl.. .10 50 11 00 Flour?Wiuter Wheat pat's. 4 75 @5 00 Corn?High Mixed 51 @ 52 X Oats?Extra Whita 89 @ 39% Rye?State 62 @ 65 WATERTOWN* (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Beef?Extra quality 5 12%% 5 GO Sheep?Live weight 4^$ 5% Lambs 6 Hogs?Northern, d. w. 5 @ 6 PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Penn. ex family, good 3 GO @38-5 Wheat?No. 2, Red. S1K@ 82 Rye?State. @ 79 Corn?State Yellow @ 47% Oats Mixed 31 & 34# (Butter?Creamery Extra Pa 29 @ 30 Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream.. ? @ 13 POPULAR SCIENCE. The world uses forty thousand barrels j of petroleum per day. At this rate | America has enough on hand to supply ! the demand for three years. It is stated that Mr. F. Siemens, ot Dresden, has at length succeeded in casting glass in the same way as metal is cast and obtaining an article corresponding to ca^t metal. This cast glass is hard, not dearer in production than cast irou, and has the advantage of transparency, so that all liaws can be detected before it is applied to practical use. Dr. Dawson, in the Rocky Mountains, ha? discovered a remarkable jurassocretace us llora. It is found in sandstone, shales and conglomerates, with scams of coal. The beds lie in t ouglis | of the paleozoic formations, and extend for 100 miles north and south. Th? plants are 'conifers, cycoda and ferns. Some are identical with species from the jurassic from Siberia and the lower cretaceous of Greenland. In Germany, where it was invented, the Picler safety lamp3 for mines is now OAmmnnl \r ucn/I I'fli'lncf fUcnlfl'*/* ] tllA famous Davy in a large number of mines. In Belgium it is largely used, and the French are also adopting it. This lamp is solely intended for testing purposes in mines. It burns alcohol and reveals the presence of fire damp when the latter is present in any proportion greater than one-fourth per cent. In this extreme sensitiveness lies the value of the lamp for miners. The field for geographical exploration is not yet exhausted even in Europe. Schrader states that in the north of Spain Beveral ranges of mountains exist, some reaching a height of 10,000 feet, which have- no place on any geographical map. In the Aran Valley another discovery has : recently been made. Triangulatiou ! showed a gap unfilled between two chains of peaks which approached from different sides, had been supposed to form a single range, and further exploration proved that the gap containe.1 a large and hithesto unknown lake. At the last meet'ng of the American | Association for the Advancement of Sci- i ence in Buffalo, Professor K. S. Wood- j ward, of Washington, read a papar on j the rate of recession of Niagara Falls. | He said that the area of rock worn away j at Horseshoe Falls between the years ; 1842 and 1S75 was IS,500 square feet, j equal to 4.25 acres; between 1842 and ; l?8t;, 24,503 square feet, or 5.G2 acres ; between 1874 and !>>'(?, G0,0D0 square] feet, or 1".4 acres. The main length of the contour of the falls is 2,301) feet. The time required to rectde one mile, if the rate is 2.4 feet per year, is 2,200 j years. The minimum values for the ! yeatly rate of recession, i. c., average ; rate along the whole contour, are: From 1842 to 187.1, 2.44 feet; 1842 to 18S0, 2.42 ; 1875 to 1880, 2.38 feet. Dana finds that the average height of : the land above sea-level is about 1,000 j feet, and that this woul I probably cover i the bottom of the sea to the depth of ' 375 feet; so that, taking the average | ueptn at i ieer, it wouiutaKc iony . times us much land as exists above sealevel to fill thi oceanic depressions. The mean height of Europe has be..n stated to be UTOfeet; Asia, 1,150; Europe and j Asia together, 1,010; North America, 74S; South America, 1,182; allAmerica, i 930; Africa, probably about 1,G0U feet, and Australia, perhaps 500. So far as now known, the extremes of level in the land are 2!',0 0 feet above the level ol the ocean, in Mount Everest of the llimalays, and 1,40o feet below it,at the Dead I Sea. Asia has also a great depressed j Caspian area; Africa, in the Algerian ! "chotts," sinks to 100 feet below sea- j level; while in America, Death's Valley, I California, reaches from 100 to 200 feet lower than the ocean surface. Slaves in Western Australia. The method of procuring these s'aves is simple, but effective. The settler who 1 desires the labor of a native man.woman or child, draws up a paj:er, in which th2 native is made to say that he offers himself for employment for a certain period. The master signs this document, and the native makes his cross iu presence of a policeman, and the thing is done. From that time the native is as really a slave as Vi i o motifflr ATrnflrl V* m lm/lir anr? soul." He is generally ignorant of the | contents of the paper which he has "signed," butit places hira absolutely in the power of his master to do with him as he pleases during the term of the "assignment," and at its close he is frightened into signing again. Most of the ; natives thus assigned are kidnapped and j brought in from the interior, and when i once they have made the cross, who:e j significance they do not appreciate, they ! are held by the magistrates a< subject to , the Masters and Servants act of Great i Biilain, and punished under its pro- j visions if they run away, although that ' law was never intended to apply to bar- | barous people Mr. Gribblc relates many instances of the cruelites practiced on the Australian slaves, of the manner in wh:ch they are loaded with chains for trivial offenses, and of the indignities which are heaped upon the women and girls. Most of the slaves arc used in working the pearl litheries. and the punishment for stealing pearls is in many ca^es instant death, the master acting as judge, connsel and iurv. In one dav sixtv of the unfor tunates?men, women and children? j were thus summarily executed and often ! the natives are shot for running away. Men m:ike a regular business of kidDapping the natives for assignment.? New York Times. Breathing Through the Month. Tight dressing, though the most serious hindrance to the habit of good breathing, is not the only obstable. There are careless ways of sitting and j standing that draw tSie shoulders forward and cramp the chest; and it is as; hard for the iungs to do good work when the chest is narrow and constricted as it is for a closely bandaged hund to set a copy of clear, graceful penmanship, j Then there are lazy ways of breathing, | arid one-9idcd ways of breathing, and ; the particulaily bad habit of breathing j through the mouth. Now the nose wa6 ; meant to breathe through, and it is mar- I relously arranged Jor filtering the itu- I purities out of the air, and for changing j it to a suitable temperature f;;r entc iny i the lungs. The mmith has no such ! ap;v r.itiur. and when air is swallowed \ through the mouth instead of breathed i through the nose, it has an injurious i ClilUl UJJUU 11IC JUU?.\ 4X. OtVIJ JO j of an ludhn who had a personal encounter with a white man much his superior in si .e and strength, and who was a*ked afterward if lie was not afraid. I "Me never afraid of man who keeps j mouth open," was the immediate reply. ! Indeed, bveithing through the mouth j gives a foolish and weak expression to ! tne fnce, as you may see by watching any one asleep with the mouth open. It may be noted that an amtmic, or low, condition of the blood is seldom 1 fonnd where theie is an established habit of full, deep breathing with the mouth closcd.?St. Nicfiolu*. AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. To Renew a Poor Pasture. There is uo peremptory reason to plow up a poor pasture with a view to improve it. The land may be thoroughly well harrowed; seeded fresh and again harrowed; then dressed with thirty bushels of air slacked lime per acre and given a good dressing of manure. This will help it very much, and probably more than plowing it and reseeding it, and at less cost. Grass takes more from the sofl than a crop of wheat, and after several years pasturing the soil is exhausted. Dairy cows draw a great deal of nitrogen and phosphoric acid from a pasture to supply the milk and this should be restored. Every 110 pounds of milk carries off one pound of nitrogen from the land and hence pastures should be fertilized accordingly. It is better to keep it - - -1 Xl A ^ 1^1. 4.1 mem in goou orucr man iu iul mum mu down and get them up again at a large expense. A useful fertilizer for a pasture can be made of ten loads of swamp muck composted with twenty bushels of lime, 200 pounds o.' bone du t and 100 pounds of nitrate of soda, this quantity for each acre. The droppings should be broken up fine and scattered and not left to spoil the gras9. Barn Stables. A writer in the Chicago Tribune, on the subject of barns and stables combined, holds that there is no more unsound idea in the building of a combined barn and stable than in allowing the breath and other effluvia to pass into the fodder and other food of the stock. In other words the ventilation of the stables should not pass through the mow or the barn. In tbe building and arrangement! of the stable warmth is the essential integer; and, the ventilation being correct, the stable cannot be made too tight. .Probably, says the writer, nine stables out of ten are built with the floors raised above the earth, and so the wind has full sweep beneath the floor. The e.'fect is, the animals a:e constantly being chilled as to their feet and limbs, reacting on the whole body. All stables should be lai 1 on solid walls, and the stable floor, instead of being laid upon bearings, should b) let into the sills of the structure, upon bearings laid directly upon the nround. The scantlin??3 thus laid will o " o last as long a? the floor, and, as a rule, fully as long as when let into the sills. Upon the question of drainage it is held, if drainage underneath is intendc;], this must be done before the floor is laid, and the pipes for the drainage should not be le-s than six inches in diameter. It is worse than useless to lay such drains unless there is considerable fall and ample means for flushing when necessary. In fact, as a rule, stables in the country arc better without drains, except along the floors. It is preferable that the liquid manure be absorbed with dry clay, or other similar ma'erial, for thus the most valuable portion of the manure is saved. Tho floor3 of stables are also considered. These are usually made of thick plank. They are by no means the best. It is advisad that the foundation may be six inches of broken stone, thoroughly pounded and solidified. On this is a thin layer of gravel, laid and pounded smooth: on this a^ain a good cement of sharp gravel sand and cement is laid. When flni-hed it should be kept moist for some time b:fore it is used?if for xt iL li. 1.1 U ~ mice mjuiui it wuuiu uu ul-hui. vu , su-h a flocr comparatively little water j wi.l keep all sweet and clean. Now. if j the stable is laid with a well matched j floor alone of seasoned plank thoroughly | driven home, and if it is ceilcd in Irom the rest of the barn, where only a portion of the floor is used as a stable, there will be no danger of contamination of food of the animals by any effluvia the:cfrom. Farm and Garden Votes. Onion seed sown now, and protected with litter during the winter, will give early onions next spring. As soon as the ears have been taken from the sweet corn the stalks should be cut up and fed to the cows in as green condition as possible. To kill moles an Illinois farmer puts strychniue in pieces of liver the size of a hickory nut, placing the pieces at different points in their runs. Every dairvmau should be prepared to fe d green grass or green corn fodder in the stable night and morning as soon as the pasture begins to fail. Do not let the blackberry and raspberry canes grow up in grass, but cultivate them thoroughly so as to secure greater growth and stronger canes. A cow calving in the fall, if properly fed and cared for, will bring more profit in a year than if she calves in May, if milk or butter is to be sold. All things considered, the largest flow of milk is the most profitable, unless it is secured at too great expense. Reason must be used here as in all other things. Sheep will eat nearly all kinds of weeds and may be mude to do good service in some fields. They should, however. always be given a feed of grain at night. The currant worm should be destroyed while small with dust of hellebore or pyrethrum. The latter, being perfectly harmiess, is to be more highly recommended. Destroying a beetle is equal to killing fifty grubs. "Whim meadows become invested, it is well to turn in hogs and lit them root. They will destroy thousands of grubs. A few trees, evergreens and flowering shrubs planted among the hives help to remove the sameness of the scene, and in summer give a grateful shade to the bees and their keeper. To protect watermelon plants from bugs, a Sonth Carolina grower recommends charcoal d.st or coal k'ln dirt, dustintr about a pint over each hill when the plants are young. The farmers of this country waste enough feed each year to winter as many animals as they keep. That is. by saviug all food and leeding it judiciously they would double their ilocks and herds. Plow the wheat land early, so as to get it in good condition before seeding time. Many crops of wheat arc injure 1 by hurry when preparing the land. A fine seed bed is of great importance with wheat. The best time to tackle weeds is when they are young. One man, with hoc or scythe, while the weeds are green, can do more execution in conquering them, than fifty men can after the pests have gone to seed. In the care of eggs while waiting for hat hing a place is preferred that is neither hot nor cold, damp nor dry. If the egg i are to be kept but u little while turning them every day will auswer, a box or casket being sufficient. For crossing on the common sheep, if good, choic mutton is the object, no > ' f . ' breed is superior to the Sonthdown. It is not only hardy, but, like the merino, capable of foraging over large surfaces and securing a largo portions af its food. Tf t.hrrc arc cattlc on the farm that must be sold to reducc stock to the level of fodder supplies it is well to give them the best rasture, and perhaps grain beside, until they are fat enough to slaughter, for the surest market will be for flesh. There in greater loss of water on uncultivated soil than when the soil is broken up and rendered fine. Stirring the soil breaks the capillary tubes through which the water is drawn up by the heat and evaporated, and the loose soil prevents this acting as a mulch. Sound potatoes dug in dry weather need little drying, and it it is required let it be iti a dry. shady place, where it is as cool as possible, and as soon a* they arc dry they should be stored in a cool, dark place. Potatoes should be handled carefully; rough handling is more or less injurious to them. In selecting a dairy cow the most important point is a good constitution, indicated by large lungs, stomach, and digestive capacity; she should come from a good milking family; the eye should be br'ght, the muzzle broad, nostrils thin a:id large, chest and hps broad, legs fat, ulder broad, milk veius large, and h ad small. Professor Stewart says: Apples are not only not ob;e .tionable, but are beneficial to the health of the cow, and improve the flavor of her millc?with the qualification that they are properly fed. A moderate quantity of apple?, say six or eight quarts to a cow per day, will assist in the digestion of her other food, and their flavoring will improve the taste of mint. The best time for cutting clover is when it is in full blossom. All grasses, also, should be cut for hay before the growing state is over, because when this is past, the juices or snp undergo chemical changes wMch unfit them for food, and theiiber becomes dry and indigestible. Good judges understand the nature of hay, and will not willingly buy it if override. As a contemporary remarks: ' Clover hay is the farmers best crop, all in all, if well cured and cut in i s best state. The more clover, ihe more stock; the more stock, the more manure; and the more manure fed on the farm, the more crops." It is surprising to any one who ha9 not noticed the fa t before how mu h more water sows will drink that have to give ra lk to a lot of suckling pigs tha i is needed by others fattening on the same feed. There is sound philosophy under- I lying the prevalent practice of giving slops and other thin, watery or milky stuff to the sows w ith pigs. They will make good use uven of dish water, though this is apt to be salty and to necessitate plenty of p ire water afterward. I The milk supply of breeding sows kept in pens during hot weather is very apt to I be curtailed by lac?? of drink. Of course, I plenty of good food is also nccessary, or the sow will dc. lins so much in fiesh as to be permanently injured. An item in an igricuUural exchange j advises the collection of fallen apples daily as a means of destroying the codling mnth. If this advice is given to pigs running in the orchard it is all ri<'ht, but if, presumably, it is addressed to -1 !i _ / U.. rpu? rentiers n is iuuii.^. iuv wuuu m iuuoi< npjdes that fall is ready to leave its receptacle by the time this acc'dent occurs. Iu nine cases out of ten it has left the apple within an hour after it has fallen. Whoever consigns the apple to destruction with the notion that a woim is j the:cby being de troyed is sadly dc- j ceived. Sheep arc better than pigs for , this business The pig is naturally lazy, ! or ought to be, an .1 does not get up early in the mornings. She.'p. 011 the contrary, will browse around during the n'ght and be ready to catch the apple as 9oon as it drops. Probably in 110 way can a farmer more chcnply and certainly a'ldto the value of his land than by sowing timothy ie'd with the fall seeding of winter giain.. It never fails to mske a catch, while clover sown in the spring often does. The danger, indeed, is in getting too much grass, so as to injure the grain. To prevent this, delay sowing the gras< seed two or three weeks or until the grain is well up. In the meantime, roll orlisirrow the surface if the grain has been drilled in. This will prevent the grass seed from all falling in th>2 same rows with the grain, and th..s give cach a better chance. Timothy is rarely if ever winter killed the first season. The first crop is thus a pretty safe one. When it gets older it is liable to be in ured by insects, and especially by the white grub, but this is never present i:a new seeding. One singular fact about clover is that a sod of this plant plowed late in the summer or early in the fall for wheat cannot be well seeded with clover again in the following Soring. Seed will start all right but will (fie cut before the grain is harvested, so tint unless seeded with timothy the fall before the surface will be bare of valuable grasses. Were it not for this fact a two years' rotation, clover and wheat succeeding each other alternately, would be popular in p'aces adapted to wheat growing. This was a common rotation fifty or more years ago with wheat growers, but in those days the clover was plowed under in June and thoroughly worked until wheat seeding time. Even then, however, with this early plowing the clover did not catch as well on fallow ground as it did with wheat sown after com or spring grain. Cnrioos Effect of 1:hj Earthquake. Dr. B. F. Wvman, of Aiken County, fc'onth Carolina, makes the followiug statement concerning the peculiar effects of the last great eaithquake upon the Kev. W. H. Mose!y, a Methodist minister of that county: Between 12 ana 1 ociock on tncmgnt of August 31 I was called to visit Mr. Mostly, who had been taken suddenly sick during ths first s-hock. I found him in bed, talking cheerfully. lie told mc :it. once that he was not sick; that he never felt better in his life; that just prec.'ding each shock of the earthquake he would be sei7ed with a peculiar tingling sensation, beginning in his toes and feet and gradually expending to his limbs and whole body. While speaking ho suddenly screamed out: "Another shock is corning." At the game time he grew red in the f.icc, and all the muscle* of liis body became conv ulsed and drawn, and he appeared as one under a great strain, or receiving an overcharge of electricity from an electrical battery. A singular fact connected with all of these attacks was that he bceame aware of the approach of a shock a considerable period of time before other members of the family. Another singular fact that I observed was that while the sho'-k was at its height, and the house and furniture were rocking and rattling, his muscles became relaxed, the attack passed off and he declared himself ns feeling all right, and was calm and chterful. He was certainly suffering from an overcharge of electrical fluid upon 8n excihd ' and overstrained nervous ?ystem. j Lead rolsonlng. A writer in the St. Louie Globe-Demo(rat. says of lead-poisoning: The commonest of all the poisons which are accidentally taken into the human system is lead. This metal is used so freely and constantly in every civilized community that the only really remarkable think about lead poisoning is its ir Cfill ne li/iT Aro n/1 if tli/i >?u itj. lam, ao utiuiw jv jo kuv commonest poison to produce a decidedly deleterious effect. Pure lead is not poi eonous, but it enters into many chemical combinations with facility, and all of these which can be dissolved in water or digestive juices are poisonous. Fortunately, some of the commonest lead salts a e insoluble in ordinary drinking water. It is also fortunate that such waters are not very pure, otherwise the lead would be more easily dissolved and taken into the system. The lime in ordinary "hard" water forms with the lead a hard, insoluble coating upon the inside of 1 ad pipe3 that effectually prevents the lead dissolving. If the water flowing through pipes be extremely pure, like that from the Denver artesian wells, or if it have plenty of carbonic acid gas in it, as that from soda fountains, lead and its ordinary salts are readily dissolved in it. Consequently, lea l pipes should never be used whan such waters for drinking purposes have to flow through them. Kain water is free from lime,-hence the same caution about the use of lead pipes applies to cisterns unless the reservoir is lined with a lime cement. If water of more than average purity has remained in lead pipes over night it is apt to contain considerable of the metal. Hence people who drink much of acoholic liquors in the evening are apt to drink friely of water from the hydrant in the morning to satisfy the intense thirst duo to over-night potations. Consequently drunkards are liable to lead-poisoiing to a greater extent than the abstainers, and this from an unsuspected source. The pipes in soda fountains should be lined with tin. This is generally done, but if they are broken by accident and repaired in the usual mariner, by soldering, they may become dangerous, for the solder is composed chieiiy of k'ad. Numerous cases of poisoning from the habitual drinking ui suu;i watur him uiuvvu iu tuu uiuiuiu^ have been observed. The Trice of Royalty. It is interesting to note just what England pays royalty in cold money every year, iu addition to free house rent, and 4lCai|>" gives it to the Cleveland Lender and Hernll in American dollars: Her Majesty, the QueeD, anuually: For privy purse $300,000 Salaries of the royal household.... 55(5,800 Expenses of tna royal household... 802,200 Royal bounty, etc 00,000 Unappropriated 40,2L'0 Total for Queen alone $1,925,030 Annuities for the Queen's family: Prince of Wales $200,001 Princess of Wales 50,COD Urown rnucess 01 rrusia *u,uuj Duke of Edinburgh 100,000 Princess Christian of SihleswigHolstein 30,000 Prince ;s Louise, Marchioness of Lorne 30,0 0 Duke of Connaught 100,000 Princess Beatrice 30, 00 Duchess of Cambridge 30,000 Duchess of Mtcklenburgh-Strelitz. 15,000 Dnke of Cambridge 60,000 Duchess of York 25,000 Duchesiof Albany 80,COO $2/>G5,000 This is, however, says Carp, only a small amount of wh.it the-e Princes rece ve, but this sum is enough to send a cold chill down the back of the American taxpayer. Our President gets, all told, fo.- his White House expenses and salary, less tl.ai $100,000 per year. Queen Victoria does half the business on nearly twenty times the salary, and her tons get from $100,000 to $200,000 a year apiece, and her daughters from $30,000 to $00,000 a year. A Sufferer's Cry. A pathetic story of the sea is told by a Noyes Heaciicorsespondent of the Boston 'Transcript: A weather beaten portmanteau, with some old newspapers protruding from it, attraet?d my attention a little farther up on the tank, and all the time the Clip reeled and groaned and made mist plaintive moan. The portmanteau was not inviting, but a Glesgow paper of September. 188 >, proved a perfect gold miue of interest. On the margin, written iu pencil, in a plain, bold hand, wjro the following verses, strong, desperate aud pathetic enough to move the heart of a stone: "Almighty (rod?if God there be, One favor I would ask of thee; Nor health, nor peace, nor hope have I, Aud many times have prayed to die. But if we die to live again, Who knows I shall es ape the pain, The anguish, sickness, shame and fear That all my life pursued me hero ? And so I humby beg and pray That you will wipe me oat to-day! Then cleanse the place where I have been, And make it fit for other men." This may have been the work of a "minor poet," but it came from no common sufferer. There was no name, no title, no noth:ng but this foreign paper, of an old date, to throw the slightest light on this mournful history. "When a singer's voice fails he cannot take up his notes. Mr.A. Fueger, 603 Walnut Street, St. Louis, Mo., suffered for two years with lumbago, and was confined to his bed for several months. He was entirely cured by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, which lie says is also the best cure for sprains and all other pains. Mr. Atkinson estimates the annual loss of property in the United States by tire at $100, 000,000; the cost of maintaining fire insurance companies at $35,000,000; and of flre-extinguishi'-fr nppliances at $25,000,000, a total of $160,000,000. Mrs. F. W. Ingham, 472 W. Madison street, Chicago, Hi-, recommends Red Star Cough Cure, a few doses of which gave her entire relief from a violent cold. Price, 25 ccntj. Tite rabbit seems harmless enough, but ho lias been the disturber of nations, In Heligoland he is eating his wuy to the German Ocean, and in Australia he has made the country a network of holes. i>lKNSMAN H rirXUMl/.tu a&nr iuint,tucvuij preparation of beef containing its entire nutrition? proi>ertiu. It contain* blood-making force,generating and life-aubtaining properties; invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration. and all forms of general debility; abo, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration,overwork or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell,Hazards Co., Proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists. If y u feel as though water was gathering around the heart (heart-dropsy) or have hearti !ieuii;atisin,palpitation of the heart withsuffocation,s\ in pathetic heart trouble?Dr. Kilmer's OtEAx-WKKD regulates, corrects ami cures. Get Lyon's Patent Heel .Stiffeners applied to those new boots and they will never run over. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac ThoniDson's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 85c. per bottle The best, cough medicine is Piso's Cure for Consumption. .Sold every where. 23c. In Your Blood I'nre? For impure blood the bent medicine known, Scovirx's Sarsaparilla, or Blood asd Livzr Svr.t-p, moy be implicitly relied on when ererythlng else fails. Take It la the spring time, especially, for the Impure secretions of the blood Incident to that season of the year; and take It at all times for Cancer, Scrofula. 1 lver Co-nplalnts, Weakness, Boils, Tumors, 8we'lings. Skin Diseases, Malaria and the thousand Ills that come from Impure blood. To Insure a cheerful disposition take this well known medicine, which will remove the prime cause, and reitore the rnlud to Its natural equilibrium' _ For preventing dandruff and falling of the hair. Hall's Hair Renewer isunequaled. Every family should be provided with Ayer'i Cherry Pectoral. Cures Colds and Coughs. We Appeal t* Experience. For a long time we steadily refused to pubi lish testimonials, believing that, in the opinion j of the public generally, the great majority were manufactured to order by unprincipled j parties as a means of disposing of their worthless preparations. [ That this view of the case is to a certain exI tent true, there can be no doubt At last, several years ago, we came to the I conclusion that every intelligent person can ' readily discriminate between spurious and ' bona fide testimonials, and determined to use j as advertisements a few of the many hundreds | of unsolicited certificates in our posses! tion. j In doing this we published them as nearly as | possible in the exact language used by our correspondents, only changing the phraseology, 1 in some cases, so as to compress them into a 1 ; smaller spaco than they wouldotherw.se occui py, but without in the least exaggeratingor destroying the meaning of the writers. I We are glad to say that our final conclusion was a correct one?that aletter recommending an article having true merit finds favor with the people. The original of every testimonial published by us is on iile in our office, an inspection of I which will prove to the most skeptical that i our assertion made above, that only the facts | are given 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 j the parties whose names are signed to our testimonials, and ask them if we have made anymisstatements, so far as their knowledge extends, in this article. In other words, if we have not published their letters as nearly verbatim as possible. Very respectfully, E. T. HAZELTINE, Proprietor Piso's Cure for Consumption and Pizo's Remedy for Catarrh. We append a recent letter, which came to us entirely unsolicited, with permission to publish it: Dai ton, Ohio, Jan. 12, 18Sfl. You may add my testimony as 10 the merits of Piso's Cure lor Consumption. I look a severe cold last February, which settled on my lungs. They becarre ulcerated and were so painful that I had no rest for two days and j nights. I got a bottle of Piso's Cure for Coni sumption, and was relieved by the time I had taken half of it Since that time I have kept Piso's Cure in the house, and use it as a preventive, both for lung troubles and croup, for which I can recommend itas the be^ medicine lever used: and thai is saying a great deal, for I have used at leafct twenty others, besides about as manv physicians' prescriptions. Piio's Cure for Consumption has never failed to give relief in my family. A.J. GRUBB. 37 Springfield St WEAK, NERVOUS AN and avoi 4 j^raHnnH cine JcTRENSIS a**" n ? * Ittrea i REGAINEPjg COPIES FREE.fe YOUNG AND MIDDLE AGED 19 physical debility, exhausted vitality, premature de Its content*. Everything: such sufferers wish to km aid or counsel, read It before " doctoring" or Invest and vou will save time, money and disappointment kind, read it and learn the better way. THE REVIEW exposes the frauds practiced 1 " practice medicine,"and pointsoutthe only safe,si energy. Electric Belts and all curative appliances are t which are bogus. Belts on thirty days trial (?) and saved nervojs-deblllty sufferers and others by the i year of publication. Complete specimen copies qu Address, naming this paper. Publishers REVIEW, 116 8?" Apply now or preserve our address, as you: I d 14* ' K3SU M- I ^ The FISH BB1WD SLTI COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY For Liver, Bile, Indlgettloa, etc. Free from Mercury; contains only Furc vegetable InarreJlenu. Agent: C. Ji. CJEtlTTENTOA', New York. NO LADY i 11U LRU I COMPLEXION. 1 Tlria firrat il'rlm totlea r H.X-a (* 1 for Ibc <'o?plllf/jl SprvrrS ICT lu? U?JI?? Ike fllla, \.?Z^yU I To a l?rjfc extent conceals SMnflK TTSSTO' n * the evidence of a#e. A few ? CxffiM&'HTS Mil TV appUcation* will make the ' WV^i? J$-A ?*'a UllTimLI BOKT. t *i< gr mouth and white. It in not j TfflS * paint of powder that will t 111 up the |>ore* of the akin, . and uy ro doins create di?oise of Hie ^kin. michoa J Wjjaf* fgUrj uable discovery that cauwsi ( UhL ~r health and rival the lily in whiteoeaR. It la Impossible (WOJB&MH9?r to detect in the beauty it kSSKt *- confers. It cures Oily sfcin, lSSffl?SSOT Plmplcn. Freckles.l.lotehe*, iB'yJBay x Face Grubs, Black Heads, 3>" Sunburn, Chapped Hand* and Face, Baroor'n Itcli. ruts,,,,, jflanris, and tubes of th? R rxi)I ,V. rnupLtXIUN Hkln from the injuriousefDV* LOMr*- fectg of powde? ?nd ro4. HHl mctic wajthe. containing sediment, while ft beautifies the skin, giving it that healthy, natural and youthful appearance which it is impossible to obtain by any other means. It is conceded by connoisseurs in the art to be the b<*t and safest beautifler the world ever produitd. For sale by Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers. W. M, SCOTT & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. DR. KILMER'S ???. ot every live we meet haa some form of Heart Disease, and is in con^nTnWJWJ| stant danger of Apoplexy, nyiliMMid Shock or Sudden Death 1 VilV'lilB This Kemcoy icpulatcs, re- I wUSaUIV lievca, corrects ana enreg. qifflWHr HTPre pared at Pr. Kilmer's I i tUjyiUr BiBrrsnKY, Itlnchamton, N. Y. ?PICC VfiJ5?r 6-for. Letters or Inquiry answered, tl oo^S^tfe aa Guide to Health (Sent Froej, ^l.oo -sy ^? 00 Sold byUrnygUU. T.10KT EIUVAICI) Collririnte Inntitute for I I I/sdies and Gentlemen. Handsomest and bc?t | equipp d Eo-trling Seminary In the state. New I buildings, steam heat-d. Twelve Teachers. CoIIskc , i preparatory. Commercial snd four other firalua*.- ' lng courses of study. Art. Musi.*, Oratory. 2Jtli year ' opened S pt. 14. No vacation uxcept Christmas week. Whfl * any vacancies remain students rccelvel ut I any ilm.', at proportlonitc rates to ?lo e of current i " ummvur < harm** very low for quality of uc- | (oinDiorlat oiik. For catalogues or ft rther W;forma | tion a<!dr.wg JOS. E. KINu, P. D., Fort Edward. N. Y. j HERMAN SKIi' Ifl FOR ONE DOLLAR. | V A flrit-ctaiw Dictionary gotton oat AC xmail I / price to encouraga the nt.idy of the Uerou i , Language. It given Jingllsh words with trie i German eiulTaJenU, and German words with Engllitj j deliultlons. A very cheap book. Scad $1.00 tJ . i BOOK 1TB. HOL'SU. 134 f>ronnrU Hi., N. V. City, uiid get one of tnese book* by return mall, i j tpiso'i Remedy for Catarrh la the |3 t Beat, Easiest to Uie, and Cheapest, jm / mEMMMi Also eood for CoM In tlie Head, ffi . Headache, Hay Fever, <fcc. iO cents. | SfflSgSj BEST IN THE WORLD IV Get the Genuine. Sold Everywhere. j WANTED k WOMAN of cnrrpry tor burners in her lor/iiltr. Salary $50, Koferencc?. K. J. Johnson, Maui^r, 18 Barclay St.. N.Y. TMSTON'SSITOOTH POWDEH Keeplnf T?cth Perfect and Uuuiw lleoStby. I BATCNTC Obtained. Send itanu tor ' |>A I Bll I 9 Inventor** Guidn. L. bl.iaI KAJt, Patent Lawyer, Wasbingioj, D, 0. Weak and Weary I Describes the condition of many people who are d*> " <3fl bllltated by the recent warm weather or by hart E work. You may be weak and tired in the mornlnfc without appetite and without energy. If so. y?t need Hood's Sarsaparilla to build np and strength?* I your bo ly, purify and quicken tlie sluggish blocd 1 and restore the lo.it appetite. This peculiar matt- " cine will do you good. /'/jM "1 was almost completely run down, and was for I four years under medical treatment, being given ay I to die by physicians. I have never take./ anything I which gave me as much benefit as Hood's Sarsa- D parllla, which restored me to health and vigor. I I recommcnd It to any invalid whose system is pre*trated. It wilt rebuild the system and give new life." I -Nklu Noble, Peoria, III. I "During the summer months I have been toatwhat debilitated or run down. I liave taken Hood's I Earsaparllia, whi h gave me new vigor and ristore4 I me to my wonted health and strength."?'Wjl .?19 Cloi'ch, Tllton. N. H. Hood's Sarsaparilla I Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared only j3m by C. I. HOOD 4t CO., Apothecaries, 7 pwell, Mill 0 IOO Doses One Dollar I N y NU?40 8 Men and Women of gcod character can make big 1 moneyathome. Exclusive territory guaraateed. Sample Washer sent for one weeks' trial. 1 Return at our expense if not satisfactory. Will I wash 15 Shirts in 20 minutes, or no sale. Only perfect Washer ever invented. Sells on its owm ' I merits. Will positively wash Collars and Cuffs I without rubbing.. Clothes are placed in a hollow ~ tin wheel which revolves In a square covered . boiler; steam penetrates the goods, thoroughly R cleansing them. Write for testimonials and termi G. L FERRIS, Patentee, 171 Court St., B'klyn, y.T. WELL DRILLING I Machinery for Wells of any depth, from SO to 3,000 (Ml ? sH for Water, Oil or Gaa. Our Mounted Steam Drilling aad 9 Portable Horac 1'ower Machine* ?et to work In >0 mlnutea. ;' **!3H Ooaracteed to drill faster and with leaepower than any I other. Specially adapted to drilling well* In earth or root 201.< l.orio (fft. F:/ nneri nnd otham are making St* -.dofl to $40 *er day with our marhmerrand tools. Hj.IendtJ btl?lneM for Winter or Summer. wc arc the oldeot **4 I large?t Manufacturers In the budaeM. S?nd4oeatita " Stamp# for Illustrated Catalogue H. Abdkiss, E Pierce Well Excavator Co., New York. | D DEBILITATED MEN 1 Women seeking health, I ngth and energy, should I id Drugs, Secret Medi* ^9 s, etc., and send for " The I iew," or "Health and j >ngth Regained," a large I strated Journal, publish- I ntirely for their benefit. I ts on health, hyfrfene, physical culture, and m#*- I lects, and is a complete encyclopaedia of lnforma suffering humanity afflicted with long-standing, .. .. , nervous, exhausting and painful disease ubject that bears on health and human tappt- v.4 ceives attention in Its pages; and the many B is nuked by ailing persons and invalids who have id of a cure are answered, and valuable lnformantnnteered to all who are in need of medical advice. | ilar work has ever been published. Jtvery 11c* ? ; persoa should have It. I [EN, and others who suffer from nervous and I cline, etc., are especially benefited by consulting uw Is fully given In its pages. If in need of medical ' ting in medicines or appliances of any description, - . Jm L if using medicine or medical treatment of any by quacks and medical impostors who profess to . > Imple and effective road to health, vigor and bodily >'-viaW reated upon; all abont them?which are genuine, * VjaB 1 other fallacies reviewed. Thousands of dcllaii id vice civen. THE REVIEW Is now In Its ninth lUedFKEE 4 Broadway, New York. I may not see this notice again. . rTiTrn ^st i I CKER'sr ZKXMlt warranted waterproof, and will keep yon dry la I he Dew POMVEI. RUCKTRli perfrrt rtillnj cost, and . I ?. Bewar? of Imitation*. Nona t'nu!n? without tbo "Flak IllsOrmtcd CaUlocu* free. JL J. Tower, Beaton, Kul. 9 fSSGALES AWARDED FIRST PREMIUM 1 AT THE WOKLD'8 EXPOSITION, New OrkM. I (Four Cold Medals. All other principal maken H competing). Track Scale*. Hit So tie*. Platfof . Scale", etc. Important pateated IKPROvaiMENT% B KST VALUE far TOUR MOKET. S5 S&gS&SSS J BUFFALO ICALE COWPAWY, BUFFALO, M.Y. < I 9AAVT *r.E\TS WANTED for I u wn PLATFORM ECHOES | or LIVLNG TKCTUS FOB HEAD A.VD HEABT, , By John B. Gough. H!? lut and erownlnj life work, brim (oil of thrtffin* later* t, hnmor and pathos. Bright, pun, and food, rail of -S laoehterand tears " It uUt at sigktta all. To It is added be Life and Death of Mr. Oonxh, St Her. "LYMAN iBIOTT. 1000 Agents Wanted,?Men and women. tlM a$200 a month made. no *1 ndranca aid ire Itrtra Tcrnu and rafrYtiaku. Write for circular! to ?' AD. WOJtTHlKWTON A CO., Hartford, C?a. No Rop? to Cut Off Horses' Manas. kV Oclebrret 'ECLIPSE' HALTER JAand BRIDLE Combined, cannot jfEJ 9k be RllaDed by *ny bora. 8ample fxyilk ? Halter to any part of U. S. free, on recelptoffl. Sold byall8addiery, JB Hu\lware and Harness Dealers. /Ar&AV Special discount to the Irade. f VW Send for Price Lint Bflfr I V J. C. LIGHTHOUSE, W*J I' Rochester, N. Y. ^ ** ~ o? cts.BUYS A HOBSE " 1 Hook telling yon howto DKTECraa4 flap cults DISEASE In tbi? TtiutDie sat- mal. Do not run the risk of loilo? yoor Horse for want of knowledge to cure him, when VSc. wit Iptf for a Tre.itlee. Buy one and infurm yourself. Remedlea for all Horse Dieeoaea. Plate* showing how to Tell the Age of llorMa. Sent postpaid fat 26 cent* In stamp*. N. Y. HORSR BOOK CO . } 134 Leonard St, N. Y. City. ^ I iniCO^ new and reliable compile. LfiUlta lion of J-000 Cooking and Baking Receipts, mailed oa eceipt of 25 cents In r tamps. Address. GEO. fc BE f, LOWS. 28 N. Holliday St., Caltimore, Md. | ASTHMA CURED!! 9 AA UiT'BUti Anthmu Care Km ftiXt to gU-B B * imm.'di*lc rrlit/ is tic worrt cut*, lnituw Cum-B Mfortabl* ?lM-p: fffeou rurea whom *H otter* fail. A S trial con cm" j thr H?i! i-aJ. Price oO eta. ull S> i A A I>A Y!-Manufacturing Hanrnond'e Crystal Mucllajre Block: simply inoUUa ilo.-K an I apply to article, lic'dp" an I other article*. ;!; sample ulock nud particular*, 10c. No capital e (lill-ril. A. rf. HAM.nu.iu. n arena n, am. 'IDIIC Hotels, Stores, .Mills. Allklndso' ftcal 'Anm) Kmmc for Rale or Exclisinge. Htclow I mpforll.-tr. W'.S. llotrbkin.Karm4Exchange Kvncy. BiNGHA MTON. N. V. Mention thl< BfiEIITC WANTED to sell Fine TDCEC nUCnlO fruit iimi Ornninrmnl In'C* a* (iooJ par to roilabie ra>'n. SELOV'EIt & ATVOOl>. wach nrton St. Nur-erle<. unxcvv. N. Y. 9l*i?'? Di3U Graal Ena'isrt GojSmI iiair S I IllSa Rheumatic Remedy. Oval tlox SI.(IOi round, 50 ct?. ? to Sol lieri & Heirs. Sea ! >: .m> rfSiJiClftfi? r r Ci.valari. iOi<. 1.. I wSlwlwllw HA.*, Alt'y, VVa?.uu?'tJil. j. c. I>S" to SS a day. Sawpt-M worcH ?L5> : t ?kB% Llm-a not uod.r tlic horse'* feet. A-< i;jll if V UHKWSTfcu'jSAricrr itcisHoldep.,Holiy..?i.:o. HRIItUl and .Morphine llnbit cure.! In IS 13 6s* S1 R EM IO*J <lays. Kefer to IUUj patl. nt.-' i.re4 |f| IV BIN lnalijjart . Iik. M *rsh,yum y. tDEtl?4 Ilnblt Cured. Treatment ?eat-. a :. :al IrEUln HC'Ma.NK Hr.MKPY CO., i^K.iycu.-. lnd i<3 ELhXTKl'J IJKLT fi>r Kidney*. Hain, Korvo.w * | J weak. liooktree. ftBCTtt * UMWUHft rtlBik m ,? h" taken ihe I.';-! la iH tn??ale? 0f t(.it ; ^ /uar Cgrnl? ' wediei. and >,a? L.*a JV 1 TO 4 DATS.^ aliautt a?iv?r.al si:?iu. /H5JC??r?nU<4 ?oi ,# llM, ' - m SSm ??? Btrktaw. MURPJIV 1ST . SM _. Fms i'?t raH "'daaly by th? thuwon the lavar at IHtriri Climlfal ft* ,he p?bljc and row rank? W TV ^WUtMCft, . amonif the leading Mcdi^Ha Cincinnati 9BBI ci&rtcf ihe oildora. Ohio. A- L. SMITH Bradfi. J. r?. * ???>"&<- ;4 I