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CHINATOWN. A STREET IN NEW YORK WHERE CHINAMEN ARE THICK. How the 9,000 Mongolians in the 3Ic? : tropolls Live and What They Do |< ?Fifty Chinese C'it izens?Disreputable Chinamen. |i la 1875, says a writer ia the Moil and j' Express, there were but about loO China- 1 men ia New York. The Chinatown of ! i the present was a very insignificant 1 colony, an<l a queue seen oo the streets j: created a sensation, at least among the i < ranks of the small boys downtown. Now | ??a in this ! ? IUC1C ill V i iff V\? V v I city. The}- are doing well in various j I lines of business, and there are a large ! number of them who have bank accounts running into thousands and tens of thou- j sands of dollars. In fact there arc at j least two Chinese merchants in Mott street who each own considerably over j $100,000 in property and money. It was | not until 1875 that the Chine-e took j possession of Mott street. At that time the six companies of San Francisco, j which practically controlled the Chinese j population of that city, established an I agency in this once fashionable street. As ; now arrivals from the Flowery Kingdom i appeared 011 the see ne they settled down j in this spot, and Chinatown waxed -and j < grew strong, until it became what it now i is, a veritable city within a city, having 1 its own municipal government, ami in j 1 most matters making laws suiting itself, j and growing in strength oblivious of the i political ami social amenities of the great ] city around it. The Chinese evidently ! 1 believe in close corporations. He does 1 not froth at the mouth when the word i monopoly is uttered in his presence. On l the contrary he seems to like it. There : i are six men in Chinatown who praeti- (i callv run its machinery business, politi-;: cal ana social. 1 ney arc iu uu* ie>|ivn not dissimilar to the famous six companies of California, although they claim : to be independent of them. i The Chinaman nuturaliy drifts into the i laundry business. Two-thirds of the Mongolians in this city are engaged in 1 it. The thirty headquarters of the thirty different clans, as they are known, supply J j the information that there are just about :1 2,000 laundries in this city managed by < Chinamen. The average number of workmen in each is three, giving a total , i of 6,000 Chinamen who are engaged in !] the commendable industry of keeping j i New York supplied with clean linen. ' Most of these laundries are owned by in- 1 dividuals, although the big Mott street 1 companies own a good many. Kwong i Hing Lung made a good many of his : 1 OKU by speculating in laumiries, or in other worus, in establishing them at ' various parts of the city, and either rent- i ing them or selling the-in under mort- '' gages. He is said to hold mortgages on or to be principal owner in about 200 at the present time. There is a double profit in this line of business, for the 000 i < iaundrymen wh >m he thus practically | cantrols must all deal in his grocery i store. Thus does Kwotig prosper and grow fat. Wo Kee, who is the oldest j and wealthiest of the Mott street mcr- | chants, besides his large grocery business, i is a big exporter of American goods to China. He makes particularly largo | shipments in petroleum. 'Ihe Chinese in New York have not made any large success as domestics as j they did in the West. There are a few j hundred of them employed in factories. About 400 of them arc cigarmakers; about ns many more are engaged in the smaller groceries in and about Chinatown, of which there arc nearly one hundred. There are upwards of a hundred tobacco stores and about a dozen drup stores that are supported by the Mongolian population and more thau that number of dis- j tinctivcly Chinese restaurants, and an j unknown number of places where the | homesick Celestial cau dream of the \ * delights of the Flowery Kingdom and of :! the soft carcesses of obliuuc-eved houris 1 while under the influence of the seductive ' poppy. Besides, Chinatown has a float- ; ing population of about 000, made up of gamblers, criminals and men of leisure. | It is due to the colony to sny, however, that it is not partial to idlers. j The Chinese population of the city is :" divided into what are known as clans. 1 There are thirty in all. Each has a head- 1 quarters where meetings are held, for ] social and political purposes. The social 1 part of it consists mainly in playing fan ] tan and poker. ; Chinatown has a fashion of minding 1 its own business, and of settling its own . 1 affairs, that is worthy of emulation. Every year it elects a new ruler for its j 1 municipality. Popular suffrage is not j known here. The big companies before j1 referred to select the man, and their i choice is never objected to. At present j s Mr. Woo, of Park Row, basks in the 1 { sunshine of the favor of Wo Kee and his ! < confreres, and is the nominal head of , 1 Chinatown, and the village is said to be I pretty well governed. A majority of the i disputes that naturally arise are settled j f out of the courts. Law and order is < maintained, there is said to be no enrrim- ! tion or dissatisfaction, and the tactics < of the boodlers are never copied by the i local magnates. | i Out of the 0,000 Chinamen in New < York only fifty have taken the trouble to J 1 become citizens and voters. Deputy > SliorifF Tnm T en is tJiP tltinnnnsMl lfnilfr 1 *v"" """ ri of this small band. a political \ i /power iR-the Fourth and Sixth wards, s fof tfii-se lifty voters will to u man sup- j 1 port any candidate that he favors. The 11 politicians know this, hence Tom's iiu- j Eortance. Tom is a very sensible, leveleaded sort of a fellow and deserves the \ confidence that his fellows place in him. j! Tom is by no means owned by any of the factions. j i If the Chinamen do not become citi- j < zens they stick to Freemasonry. There are 1,800 Chinese Masons in New York, i all members of one lodge, the only one in the State. The Chinese Masons are not affiliated with the English organization, although they follow practically the < same rules and methods. All of the big guns in Mott street, from Wo Keedown, are Masons, and they stick quite as j closely together under any and all c-ir- ! cumstances as do their English-speaking j Drotners. wnen one 01 tneir number died a few days ;igo the whole of Chinatown turned out and attended the funeral. Nearly all of the Chinamen of thisji city are bachelor-. There are ouly four Chinese women in New York, and as ' there are a good many obstacles in the way of securing Caucasian ladies as better halves but few of the 0,000 men arc benedicts. About two hundred of them have, however, succeeded in winning the j; hearts and hands of females, mainly of ! Ge;man, Italian and Irish origin, and live in good style with their familcs. Mott street is the respectable part of Chinatown. For the most part it is clean, quiet and orderly. But down in ; Pell street are gathered several hundred < of as disreputable heathens as ever cut a j throat. The chinamen of Mott street < have an expressive name for Pell strreet. i Tbey call it "Broken Head etreeV'.and it ' is worthy of the imrnc. Ilcrc is the headquarters of the Highbinders, the , famous secret society of thugs and rnurilertrs. who caused so much terror in San Francisco, and who have been at the bottom of not a few desperate . mines in New York. There are proba- j My three hundred of these criminals and : ruircasts, who haunt tlie dirty base- i merits and tenements of "Broken Head street," gambling, drinking, smoking opium and carrying on wild orgies, which sometimes end in fatal affrays. The respectable clement in Chinatown looks downs upon these ruffians, but it also fears them. They are known to hold life lightly, and for the smallest sum will hire themselves out to do any Icspvrate deed. There are two Joss houses on Chatham Smiarc. and even these are now unable .o accommodate (he crowds of thorough paced heathens that worship in them. The Chinaman is just as fond of his -nub nosed gods as before lie breathed the air of Christian New York. There is now a project under way to build in Chatham Square a new Joss house that will surpass anything of the kind in the country. Wo Kee and other wealthy I'hinamen are behind it, and it is certain to be a success. It will not be built, However, until next year. The Chinese of New York are careful to give respectable burial to their brethren who die. They own plots in Greenwood, Evergreens and New York Bay Cemeteries. That in the latter cemetery ic flip .ind cost &JS0. Several mndred graves in all are to be seen in these plots. Chinatown has no printed newspaper now. Several years ago "Wong C'hinn Poo established the Chiiifse Anvrican, but it died, and the experiment has not been repeated. There is, however, a newspaper of an original pattern. It has no city editor, and the whole of Chinatown is on its staff. Those ancient journalistic che-tnuts, "Veritas," "Old Subscriber," and others whose chief ambition is to bombard newspaper o!li<cs with communications of all kinds, would uluiire this newspaper, for its o I'.mm* .re no less than about 12."> feet long, and lire open to all. At almost any time of day a group of Chinamen may be >een standing arouuil the t 'legraph pole in front of VVo Kee's grocery store. That telegraph pole is Chinatown's daily newspaper. It doesn't circulate at all but the whole town reads it. At intervals a solemn looking Chinaman comes along and sticks a slip of paper with cabalistic characters inscribed upon it on the telegraph pole. These />nr>tnin thr> Sf?jind:ll and ?TO$sit) of the colony. They tell how Tom Wcy full into the hands of the Highbinders in Fill street and came to grief; of a big loss at fan tan by Ah Hump; of Lurig Wang's desire to sell his laundary, or of Less Kee's adventure with Judge I)uiTy, ind subsequent involuntary trip to Blackivell's Island. The Kane of Engineers. ' Moonlight nights?they are the bane )f railroad engineers," remarked a head official of the Baltimore and Ohio luiilrond to a Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reportei. He is a gentleman who knows nf ixnlrnflflinrr "i would have thought that the trainiicn would be glad to have moonlight lights," interposed the writer. v*'Xo, sir: all engineers dread moonight nights; they try the nerves'of the mgineers to the utmost. Engineers like to uu on dark nights. On a moonlight light the trouble with them is no trouble it all?shadows. An engineer, looking )ut from his engine, sees before him all nanncr of shadows. He is sure that the shadow across the track is a man, or a oek. or some kind of an obstruction. Eie doesn't know, and he is kept in a stale of nervous excitement all the time. Joing around curves, along hillsides, nany curious shadows are outlined 011 the :rack, and very often an engineer is so worked up over a night's ride that he is scarcely able to perform his duties. 1 Some years ago, when I was going over :he main stem of the Baltimore and Ohio ;>ne night, there was a freight wreck ihead of us. They were running freight in convoys then, or as we now call hem, iu sections. Our train was stopped uid I went forward to see what was the latnage. Jiving in a cut was aooui uie worst freight wreck I have ever seen. I rcrnt forward to see what the trouble tvits. It was a moonlight night and when t got forward I saw the engineer. lie was shaking all over with excitement. He was one of the oldest and best engineers on the road and I was surprised :o see him so nervous, as he escapcd unhurt. 44 'What is the trouble, Tom?' lacked aim. I could see nothing wrong. "'It was a rock,' replied Tom. 'I was coming round the curve when I raw it. It was a big one ?big cnongh to smash a whole train. I reVtrsed the en ?ine to avoid a smash up, and the cars ?oming down the grade just piled up in the shape you see them.' "I looked around, but could see no rock any where. The wreck was cleared xway that night and there wasn't a sign sf an obstruction near the locomotive. We all were c urious to find out what had caused the trouble. The next night a railroad man went to the cut, and there in the moonlight he saw a perfect image 3f a big rock lying across the trac k, lie looked up on the hillside and there was i big rock throwing its shadow clown on the track that caused a wreck that cost the company thousands of dollars. No, sir; if an engineer wants things to suit him, he doji't want moonlight by which to run his train." A Qneer Pardon Story. Queer things happen in this pardon business. Historian L. B. Proctor, author of "Bench and Bar," and several other standard works, was telling me the r.tlw.r <l,,v ,.f i? nwnlinr nor/Inn nrw1*>r I J " r ? ? J.... v.vr.. ~ Governor Seward, writes an Albany(N.Y.) correspondent of the Buffalo Courier. Mr. Proctor was a student in Governor Seward's law office in Auburn, when Judge Samuel Blatchford was a partner of Seward. A man and his wife had been convicted of a crime and both were sent to State prison. lie was sent to Auburn and she was serving a term in Sing Sing. Sympathy hail been aroused for the woman and a petition signed by many influential names was presented to Governor Seward for her pardon. After mature consideration he decided to grant it, and on his way to New York one day, stopped at Sing Sing and delivered the pardon papers himself?an unsual thing. The woman's name was Frances, and her i husband's name was Francis. She was! handed the pardon and walked out. I Seeing that the masculine form "Francis"' | appeared in the pardon she took a train j nt once for Auburn and presented the; pardon to the "Warden, with the statement j that she had been pardoned by Governor Seward and been allowed to bring her ! husband's pardon in person. The 1 Warden looked at it. It called for the release of the man,'and he was brought' out, handed the pardon and allowed to ^ofrce. When Governor Seward found out the mistake he thought it better to ?ay nothing about it, and the prisoner iva# lever returned. SEA HOUNDS. ! A PREDATORY FISH WHICH | TRAVELS IN PACKS. I The D05 Pish and Its Peculiarities? The Bane of Fishermen? Their Ferocity?The Dog Fish Industry, Etc. Although the animals of Land and soa J ..1 -wl (iincr inaicrmuy m bjiiipt; auu a|>|>u?Kiut^ they have a certain marked resemblance in their habits and customs, writes C. F. Holder in Youth's Companion. Thus the birds, from the robin to the eagle, present a perfect gradation from forms of mild aud gentle disposition to those of tierce and predatory natures. Turning to the ocean, we find that this is equally true of the fishes. The mullet is the robin, and the savage shark the eagle, hawk, or vulture, j So in all groups of animals the vario :s ! families are adapted for different paths in life, aud some of the comparisons that j may be drawn arc most interesting and instructive. Among the land animals, the dogs and certain members of the cat tribe, as the j hunting leopard, or cheetah, are famous for their hunting proclivities; the wild; dogs of Australia, especially, hunting in j organized bands, and exhibiting marvel- ! I 11 1 I OUS SK-iii m niuiiiii^ uiM>u iuva j/icj. I Tlie domestic hound performs the same service under instruction; and, by con- ' tinned training, it has attained a grade of excellence if anything superior to that ' of the wild animals, whose wonderful . instinct is alone the instigator of their i actions. | The peculiarity of these animals, as has been suggested, is that they hunt in packs; and, curiously enough, among certain aquatic and marine forms we . lind many similar cases. The true hounds : of the ocean are the fishes well known on the English coast as smooth hounds, ' while the species on our shores are called SoV* f'n/i f.uif fljnt u-li/in /vnwrltf U'.111/111 HIV. 1 *4 V? V v???*w VUMQ..V . tiivy utter u series of croaks.tliat is caiicil brtrKin*^ by the fishermen. The dog-fish are sm:.l sharks, from two to three and a half feet iu length, i extremely ferocious. Thcv travel in large packs, exactly like the hounds of the shore, and their numbers ;:nd their effect upon the fisheries are, perhaps, little suspected by those not familiar with them. While these occan hounds are seen in j vast hordes on our own shores, they are j not to be compared with those that appear suddenly and without warning in j English waters, and a bay ten miles wide , has been observed almost completely packed with dog-fish, representing unnumbered millions. The question of the food supply of such a vast body of living creatures is a serious one to the fishermen, as the edible fish are either devoured or driven away by them. It was my good fortune, some years 1 ago, to witness the arrival of the dog fish on the Maine coast. It was during j the month of August. Every day the | fishermen had beeu bringing in large ' catches of hake, cod, and haddock from the grounds about ten miles off shore, and the business was prosperous in the extreme. I well remember being out myself with a crew, and with trawl and line catches were made that tested to the utmost the canacitv of the boats. This was on Monday. Tuesday evening I strolled down to the little idet to watch the boats come in. One by one the boats under full sail glided in, not so low down as usual. Investigation showed that they were empty. In answer to my inquiry, the reply was: "Dog fish." This meant that the sea-hounds were on the scent, and had come in from the unknown region where they spent the winter, and that the fishing was over for j the time being. Not a single edible fish j was brought in, and the loss of hundreds I of dollars was entailed upon the fishermen through hooks bitten off by the feferocious creatures that had charged upon the lines, some of which were a mile long, and bore perhaps one thousand hooks, and which they had severed as though the lines had been thread. It was a gloomy outlook for the fishermen, and the next day a complete change of outfit was made. Wire was above par 1 fur ganging hooks; the village church, stove was rendered useless, as some one ! borrowed the wire that supported the pipe, and two days later the dogs had "set in," as an old Plainer expressed it, all the fishermen were dog-fishing. The entire bay was alive with the savage hounds, that bit at every available object. As soon as a line was dropped over, it was seized, and with a jerk the ; croaking, barking dog-fish was swung into the boat. I have often held by the line a twelve or*thirtcen-foot man-eater in the South while it was towing my boat, and seen over the side half-a-dozen others following it along as if waiting for the moment when their comrade in the toils should, by a sudden turn, land me in their midst; but I think I never experienced the same disagreeable sensation as looking down into the clear water oft the Maine coast and watching these hounds, so active and ready to rush at the first object that fell over. They were desperate with hunger: a fact which I proved by opening a huge number, in no ca<e finding anything in their stomachs. They hung about the I'rtntfi lxif nf aoi?p on/1 enmn r\ f 4 ! * t\ uuaio, uib ai uat^ tmvt ouuit ui uiv sails that had been dragged overboard were rent and torn by their sharp teeth, and such tvere their numbers that the men had but to stand in the boats and harpoon them as they appeared. For weeks the dories came and loaded to the water's edge with these scavengers. Tin; livers were sold at a cent apiece to be tried out into oil, while the farmers oame from far and near and carried off the bodies to use as dressing for the soil. Farther up the coast large buildings can be seen bearing the sign, "Dog-ffsh bought and sold," or more commonly, "Dog-fish factory." There are firm? who encourage the capture of the dog-fish, buy them by the thousand, and convert them into yuano. The ferocity of these gigantic packs of hounds has been shown on many an occasion. Men have been seized by them, and I have been told authentic details of such attacks that exceed in horror any tales of the man-eater shark. Nearly all the black-headfid pins in the market are made from needles which arc broken in the factories in testing the eyes. Any one who has handled the black-headed pins have probably noticed their remarkable sharpness as compared with the ordinary white pins sold in the market. This is the explanation ?they are old needles. The human hair varies in thickness from 1-250 to 1-000 of an inch. Blonde hair is the finest, and red the coarsest. A German investigator finds that in four heads of hair of equal weight, the red one contains about 1)0,000 hairs, the black 103,000, the brown 109,000, and the blonde 140,000. * j '. - ... .Mi!.. .t. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. The JajKxncsc make cheese from bean9 w 1 and peas. j, I Over 800 people in Rome, Mich., had ! rf the mumps at the same time. " ill ? i 1 i ?? ! w I An average minimi puiM; at miuutj xa , 140 jicr minute; at two years, 100; from ' li sixteen to nineteen, 80: at mannood, 76; !l old age, 00. 4t Cairo in Egypt was founded in 973 by 5" the first of the Fatimite caliphs. Saladin j y' surrounded it with strong walls and magniticcut gates. . 81 Six thousand houses were thrown down, 30,000 inhabitants killed, and a j conflagration kindled, which spread still wider destruction, by the terrible earth- (| quake in Lisbon in 1755. y The first auction ever held was in (] Great Britain in 1700, when Elishur, a w Governor of Fort George, in the East fl] Indies, publicly sold the goods he had 0i brought home to the highest bidder. In I fa Ghinaman desires the death of an i fi enemy he goes and hangs himself upon it his neighbor's door. It is a sure cure to tl kill not only that particular enemy, but fc members of his entire family will be in ti jeopardy of losing their lives. fr When a Chinaman desires a visitor to C! dine with him he does not ask him to do . so, but when he does not wish him to j? stay he puts the question: "Oh, please stay and dine with me!" The visitor will then know he is not wanted. A new trade for women in Albany is ^1 that of "neighborhood darner." The T woman who follows it has for her customer!; a dozen or twenty households, each of which she visits weekly, and , snends a few hours in doinir un thcfamilv ' L? darning ami mending. I ? ? sc A few years a;^o Wilton was one of the j st mo*t flouishing villages in Minnesota. A railroad built through that section left the village at one side, and now the place is dead. One of its original pro- w prietors has just sold 115 lots-to one _ purchaser, and the old town site is converted into farming land. A Frenchman recently rode into | "Watcrville. Me., driving a big New- p] found land dog hitched to a small two- i w( ?.1 i-.i a a. .. 1 1, .,! ! . . wnecicu curt, which lac annual nuu (jj hauled inside of three days from a town in Canada, a distance of about l.>0 miles. The owner said the dog could outstrip in a day's journey the best of horses. * Ilaroun al Raschid, in 802, sent to 1,11 Charlemagne, among other presents from [j' Bagdad, a dock of curious workman- th ship. The first clock with a balance was made by DeViek in and the first it with a pendulum in imi. Watches with ^ springs were fir>t made at Nuremberg, w] about 1477, but the first successful ap- J11 plication of a spring to watches was by ,,c,! Dr. Hooke, in 1058. The Snow Plant of the Sierras J* One of the most interesting products th of the Sierra Nevada Mountains is the beautiful snow plant. The scientific ra name for this flower is Sarcobc3 ranguine. meaning ''blooded flesh." June is its ] month of bloomitig, and it can be found growing in secludcd spots in the moun- cn tains, where the snow falls deepest in the rr winter, and where the tall grass grows thickly and casts an unbroken sliadc. ne The plant itself is from four to ten inches ^ in height, and is of a bright scarlet color, sc including leaves and flowers, although ,lr the stem is pink and white. The flowers are attached close to the stem, and the cr leaves curl upward and partially hide the flowers from view, the whole being in the form of a cone. The leaves have a delicate frost-like edge, which makes them extremely beautiful. Every visitor to this vicinity always manages to secure one of these curiosities to show to friends below. How theso plants grow is not known to botanists, as they are neither seed nor bulb. They are supposed to be er( parasite, and cannot be propagated. Wj Localities where they are abundant one , season may not procure a single specimen e(] the next. A beautiful Indian legend is , connected with the origin of this flower, st which is to the enect tnnc once upon u time a lovely Indian maiden died pf a broken heart on account of the faithless- ,c ness of her lover; thnt her spirit sought {>> refuge in the darkest nooks in the forest, where sounds of her sobbing and wailing 1 are frequently heard among the trees; nj that the tears she sheds are drops of blood, and wherever one of these touches _ the earth there springs up a crimson plant.?TritcJcec (Ned.) Republican. A] Tlie United States Supreme Court, ar H( Everything about the Supreme court is u-< impressing and awe-inspiring. Even the bI two trim negro men who sit at the inner and outer doors and noiselessly open them by means of a cord attached to the tri d >or knobs, to allow persons to pass in ba and out, apparently perform that duty w with a deep sense of their responsibility. p; The semi-circular chamber, with its state ly columns oi moiueu roiomac maruie, its half-domed roof, lighted by skylights, 84 its substantial, old-fashioned furniture, bJ and the rich upholstery of the sofas ar- _ ranged upon the sides for the accommo- ? dation of spectators, recall historic scenes * glorified as they are viewed through the dim mist of time, and its walls seem ready to echo the voices of the past. The appearance and bearing of the nine T elderly gentlemen who sit in a row upon a raised platform behind a long d(6k, At clothed in their black silk robes, the ab- ? solute silcncc enjoined upon all not hav- fTI ing to address the court, and the subdued j monotones in which the business is trail- A ?i.? ?? ini >aciru, IllUtvl'a wuu IVI'I mat utit ut ivtwv ? are gravity and attention befitting the ra dignity of a great government.?Ameri- ^ ca i Mtt'juzine. wi iir < i A Curious Law Case. A carious law case, which has arisen 2f out of the recent earthquake at I)iano Marino, will shortly be decided beforean ii> Italian court. Two adjoining houses at Ji. Diano Marino, belonging to two different yt families, were destroyed by the earth- f?i quake and the inhabitants were all killed. J}J When the ruins and corpses were re- "" moved, the sum of 200,000 francs in n gold and bank notes was found among the debris. As it was impossible to as- D certain to which house the money he- D longed, and as no member of either family was saved to decide the matter, the D surviving relatives have brought their T cases before the judges, whose decision j is expected in Italy with much interest. ?-Argonaut. Spend in? .Money Judiciously. John McDonough, the New Orleans a millionaire, said one day: ''This is what $ many people do not understand?spend- I ing money judiciously. They are afraid 1' ? ?A n\n? TitV*A wiuluio 01 spending muiiuy* man ?? uv nlouvo to make a fortune mast first make a show of liberality ami spend money in order to obtain it. By a dinner I oncc gave to the Spanish authorities I obtained their good will and esteem, and was enabled to make a large sum. To succeed in life, then, you must obtain the favor and influence ol' the opulent and the authorities of the country iu which you live. This is the first role."?Dry Goo-jU C.'ironi cle. A Big Fisli on a Small Hook. The exploit of ths Florida fisherman V,^ 1 ?* */!u hrnAn mnrn familiarly U?/ JailVICVi t* ??AVr?W V nown as the silver fish, with rod and el, has been excelled by a young lad of andsborough named Germain, who, ith .1 common fishing pole, a five-cent" nc, and an ordinary trout hook, landed 300-pound tarpon at this place on the ill. Germain was fishing for mackerel i the canning factory wharf, when his tit went under with a jerk. It seemed > like a mackerel bite that lie essayed to nd his game in mackerel style. The restance offered and the immediate apea ranee of the silver-coated monster, ho broke the water and threw himself ito the air only to dive back to the eep, showed that a tarpon was hooked, he lad held on to the pole like grim eath and yelled. Messrs. Willie Hayarc], a keen sportsman, Thad Lyons, [i expert fisherman, and Jack Ciaig, anther expert, being on hand, relieved the d at intervals, and the fish was skillilly played until, exhausted, it laypantig on its side by the pier po<t.s. Three irusts of the harpoon glnnced off. The iirth transfixed him. Its jumps meanine had been immense. It threw itself om the water and turned with thatpeiliar wriggle which, it is said, throws ic hook frjm the jaws, but every effort made to get a straight tension on tlie tie was met by the man at the end of ic pole, and, almost lifeless, the grand ime lay by the posts of the pier. To t the monster on the pier was the next i ncstion. As he lay supinely on his side ick Craig 6klnned down one of the ists and inserted a big hook in his gills, his movement of Craig's resulted in a \ ifaliatory movement on the part of the I ill, who gave what old whalers have deribed as the death flurry, and Craig was i i uck on the head by the end of the fish's j il, which for a moment stunned him. pon his recovery the parties pulled the rand catch upon the pier. Its weight as in the neighborhood of 300 pounds. -iYi fC Orleans Tiine*-l)t no rat. Mr. William Jonc, of Cambridge, ass., claims that a counter-irritant ap- i ied to the skin behind the ear will reeve sea-sickness?say a blister, or rubng the part briskly. atoxic mid Xfi vou* Women. Its effect is said to be quite remarkable, oiigh tlie Moxie plant, which ix all of It that *M..\.ln/.a fVin rnciilt \u na HTMl I irni^ess as grass. The nervous, weakly wocn flock after it like mad, and it is said by cm to stop nervousn&a at once, and pives em double 1 lowers of endtirance, while it iither acta like nor leaves a reaction like a imulant, nor loses its effect like a medicine, is said to remove nervous and other comaints by making the nervos strong enough to ntrol the functions of the body properly, lien the cause of ill health disappears, while edicine forces the functions or the body, living the nerves weak from being comlled to overtask. We hope our druggists will lep full stocks. A lady living in Lexington, Ga., has a ball yarn that was spun and woven during the volutionary war, over 103 years ago, ana yet e thread is seemingly sound and whole. This me lady has a glass butterdish that is known be more than ISO years old, but liow much ore is noHcnown. Tlie llornlnt Drenn. rt is said that a lady's standing in society can sily be determined by her dress at the breakst-ta.ble; an expensive, showy costume inditing that the wearer has not yet learned the oprieties. But no one need be afraid of being llo<l "shnddv" if her loveliness is asammrent ' daylight as at (he hops. Perfect beauty is ver the attendant of disease; above all, of ose diseases peculiar to women, and which id a ready cure in Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Preoption." Price reduced to one dollar. By uggists. rHE sawdust from the mills on California eeks is killing the trout by the thousands. Above all other earthly ills, I hate the big, old-fashioned pills; By slow degrees they downward wend, And often pause, or upward tend; With such discomfort are they fraught, Their good effects amount to naught. Now, Dr. Pierce prepares a pill That just exactly fills the bill? A Pellet, rather, that is all? A Pleasant Purgative, and mnJl; Just try them as you feel their need, You'll lind that I speak truth, indeed. One hundred avt> sixty millions of northn capital has sought investment in the South ithin the past year. me "Ola reiiauic?L?r. ;ii^e s wauirru rveiu)* rnERE are thirty-three mineral springs in the ate of Kansas. File* Cured for tlH CentH. Dn. Walton's Cure foh Pii.es is guaraned to cure the worrt case of piles. Price 25 n?s. At druggists, or mailed [stamps taken] the Wai.ton Ri:skdy Co., Cleveland, O. 'Rotal Glue' mends anything! Broken Chi. i. Glass, Wo-jd. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro Rest, easiest to use and cheapest Piso's imeay for Catarrh. By druggists. Boils and Pimpies id other affection* arising from Impure bl od may it:. ???. ? mkan i IaaiI la h*afikH pear m LU ? ncu u. nu?u ? >,id's S?r.-aparllla removes the cause of thes? >ubles by purifying, vitalizing an I enriching tbe no I, and at tbe sam; time it gives tone and renfrth to tbe whole system, and maks one feel :ke a new man." "I know H'od'rf Sarsipallla to be good by tbe lal I gave it for eruptions on my face. I bad a irJ time to p rlfvmy blood. b..t succee 'ed at last th Hood's Saisapar.lia.*'?HAafcT G. Pa is, Cnam Ign, I U Be sure to get the peculiar me '.Iclne, Hood's Sarsaparifla >ldby all druggist*. |1: six for $1 Prepare I only 1 ; C. L HOOD t CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Kiss. IOO Doses One Dollar /OCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, HE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY ir Liver. Bile, Indigestion. etc. Frctf from Merry ; contain* only J'ure Vegetable Ingredient'. ;ent: C. X. CKITTKNTON, Ketv Vork. iliy MoniSTciit net of 20 Ih a itlful Mlu M||?tTTninM|BlL i (Jems and I*< triflea- 1 - <4 >ns. systematically ar " .f - ng d mid cement-d t >B Mia ^1 ard nn neat l> ix.wl hD CUT W > w B i-natneun 1 placefromM^?. ~ r. B llch It came printedH ? jar* tiler each specimen. 9 ir regular price forJ_~ I B Is C.lrfn t In butS : -i - nl< r to Hccure newr j ffh al gm enrs to sell our miner-jf W M 1 rui losltb'K. we will frl ?;j .( ri H i r next CU<Jav?*cn<l ihc .j ^ B ndMime cabinet. with i Q| Q9 Hi B cillars des rllilii-' our ,3??- -s-ag* Ineral npeelmen cur.- H _Z~^ _ H (Ic. for lite, Mlver anil [I BPR flRfc wtt WB | re two-cent Ktani s. g ^zTzi. U m git greater return'1ra*SBZl*8H*lHBiH3 r vour nimu'V In knowl-rigo. nelrnco anil fa t. by irl-i.fiKliiK one of these Cabinet- of Kooky Mountain literal* titan you ean ordinarily ol ta.n for ten time* i-C'ist. Ad'lri ? : S. W. Tkrk i.i. A Co.. I>iiv<r. <"< ] nillU Habit Cured. Treatment Kenton trUl r lUm HUMAN'K REM ED V CO., Lafayette, Ind IIaSm'a DilU Great English Gout and 1 ilall S I IllSa Rheumatic Remedy. Oval llox. ?41 i on ml, 1 t I'iIU. - ? ? ki ?> Obtained. Send stamp to (A I til I O Inventors' Guide. L, Bis i I Ham, Patent Lawyer, Wa^luugt-ja. u. C. jOrab Orchard Watei iGonuin? Crob Orchard Suits in Ft-aled packages at | CRAB ORCHARDWATER CO., Prop ra. Why did t\ of this country use over t> Procter & Gamble's Lenox 5 Buy a cake of Lenox and you The treatment of many thousands of ease* of those chronic weaknesses and distressing i ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids' | Hotel ana Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., has afforded a vast experience in nicely adapting and thoroughly testing remedies for the cure of woman's peculiar maladies. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Proscription is the outgrowth, or result, of this great and valuable experience. Thousands of testimonials, received from patients and from physicians who have tested it in the more aggravated and obstinate cases which bad baffled their skill, prove it to be the most wonderful remedy ever devised for the relief and cure of suffering women. It is not recommended as * "cure-all," but as a most perfect Specific for woman's peculiar ailment*. As a powerful, invigorating tonic, it imparts strength to the whole system, and to the womb and its appendages in particular. For overworked, ''worn-out," run-down," debilitated teachers, milliners, icamctrMooi hniiRp keepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women generally, Dr, Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly boon, being unequaled as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. Ai a toothing and Kronglhening nervine, "Favorite Prescription" is unequaled and is invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous excitability, irritaoility, exhaustion. prostration, hysteria, spasms and otiier distressing, nervous symptoms commonly attendant upon functional aud organic disease of the womb. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and despondency. Dr. Pierce'a Favorite Prescription li a legitimate mcdicine, carefully compounded by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organization. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfect!/ harmless in its effects in any condition or the system. For morning sickness, or nausea, from whatever cause arising, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia and kindred Eymptoms, its use, in small doses, will prove very beneficial. " Favorite Prescription " it a positive cure for the moBt complicated and obstinate cases of Icucorrhea, excessive Cowing, painful menstruation, unnatural suppressions, prolapgus, or railing or me womo, wemt oacK, "female weakness, anteversion. retroversion, bearlngr-down sensations, chronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness in ovaries, accompanied with "internal heat." As a regulator and promoter of functional action, at that critical period of ehanpo from girlhood to womanhood, "Favorite Prescription " is a perfectly safe remedial acent, and can produce only good reaulle. It is equally efficacious ana valuable in its effects wnen taken for those disorders and derangements incident to that later and niort critical period, known as " The Change of Liie," "Favorite Proscription.?' when taken in connection with the uee or Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxative doses of Dr. Picrce's Purgative Pellets (Little Liver Pills), cures Liver, Kidney and Bladder diseases. Their combined use also removes blood taints, and abolishes cancerous and scrofulous humors from the system. "Favorite Prescription ? is the only medicine for women, sold by druggists, uuder a positive guarautcc, from the manufacturers, thatTt will give satisfaction in every case, or money will be refunded. This guarantee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully carried out for many years. Large bottles (100 doses) $1.00, or six bottles for $5.00. XUl iiiuowawiu xivamjc vu w* Women (160 pages, paper-covered), send ten cents in stamps. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Associatien, 663 Main St, BUFFALO, N. Y. EXHAUSTED VITALITY A Briat Medical Work for Young and Middlo-Agod Men. -w>rnr Tcnrn h? ik* PRARnnv MFHT. Y cTjL YNSTiTflffiT No. 4 Bullfinch fit"., Boston, Mm*. WBI. 11. FAItKFlt, M.D., Consulting Physician. Ho re Ulan one million cook* old. It treat* npon Nervous and Physical Debility. Premature Dccliue, Exhausted Vitality, Impaired VIkot. and Impurities of the Blood, and the untold lInert*3 consequent thereon. Contain* 800 pager substantial emlxMSed bind In*, full gilt. Warranted the bent popular medical treatise published In th* English lanjniatfe. Price only $1 by mall, postpaid, and concealed In a plain wrapper. ItfustrcUiiw ttxmpltfrtt If you send now. Address a< above. Same thi? paper. DR. HAIR'S ASTHMA f \ ip" Has absolutely cured tens ofth u B. m I I PC KJL rands. The only Asthma Cure and ^ -5J5S- Treatment known to the medical world that will, positively,!), rmanently cure Am limn and Hay Fever. Unquestionable evidence will be found I11 my Wpage Treatise, sent free. Pit. H. \V. 11AIK, W.4th tit.. Cincinnati, 0. , Without Increaalnn n5nra^| the co-t we have made |l|4>l*]lYilMkllthe FIFTH WHEEL Mthe Ati-onaest and most Uuecv or Carriwue. IlluHtrntcd pamphlet jtke herbrand co. FKF.MOXT, O. ^^marlin repeatinc curato and abaolutely ^ONLU J safe. Made in all lizes for large or imall game. bamiird Callerr, Hasting and Tarcel uine?. >an Head for lllactrated ColaToeue. Marl In Fir* Arou Co., XewU?Ttn, Conn. ^ O Beat OoiiRb Syrup. Tuste^ good. Ua? Ej In time. Sold by druggifta:__g|_j sioooa Heulal or rhrilcal Weakness tliat Botanic NfrTf RIM*r* fa.il to curt. 30<?ta? Herb Medicmt Co. IS N. llfh Hi.. Philadelphia, Ta. 6old by all DrufgUU. DATFNT3 Procured at LESS PHI kit 6 w coht tlinn olili nalile eUoI where. Dest of refer- ncen and Inventors' Guide mailed free. .IA.UKS I!. l.A Xl'ASTKIt. I*si|. ent Attorney, 1 S7Hromlway. X. V. City. ROOT BEER ling, wholesome beverage. Sold by druggists; mailed for2')C. C. K. ill :Km, Uel.u Ave., Hhila, Fa. A DIP flCCCD To Introduce them, wc wd DlU Urr?;nt iiiri' Away l.iwn Self 0|i.'rntl!i(r Washing Ma -hlne.s. II you want, ouei-eii I u>yuai'iiuine.i'.O.and ex; r.'fcioni o at owe. 'Phi? Xiiiioiml Co..27 eySt.,X.Y. ^r^'V FIXK Blooded Cattle, ^hr<?p, Hogs. ? TkPon'irv Dogs fort-ulc. Catalogues with i.V fUKruving.-i free. N. 1*. Hover & Cout< xviile. I'a TPE LECR APHY I.enrii here and earn I -?- ?""d pay. Situ:.ti na furniahnd. Writ* Valentin. Bro? . Jam-rTillf.YV'if. l) ALMS' iliiHlnes* College, Thllo,. Pa. Pltua Vi_ ?<n n'rin JL ilnns rurumneu. lhc M'?oi?rsni|i. giv. A Uomrdr frr?JI Piwe* of thr LUfr. KId?_ I M Bf.Ti. Nlomnrh and Baireii. A positive? ixre fur UjiprptU, Mirk HfaUitfhe,I l Constipation. Iwse,<>r.c i? two usi-pooiifuli. H 10 Hid No L-rtuiln? an I ta no Id ia buUbH T T T le Women < hirteen million cakes of ' i ioap in 1886 ? ! will soon understand why. \ R R R MS I ReMel ' ;| CURES TIIE WOltST PATXSIn from ... * to twenty minute*. Not otic hoar nftcr rend in it thin need niiyone SUFFER WITH PAIN. BOWEL COMPLAINTS It will In a few moment*, when taken according to directions, cure Crami*, S| asms, Sour Stomach. Heartburn. Sick Ilcirliclio, Summer Complaint, DiarrWa. Dysciterv. C illc. Wind in the Bowel* and all other Internal Pains. MALARIA IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS CURED AND PREVENTED. There 1* not a remedial ajrenl In the world that will cure Fever and Acne aud all other Malarious. Bilious and other fever*, aid'-d by It A I> WAT'S .-'jj PI M.S. co quick as HAI>WAV'S READY KKI.IEF. ;\2m R R. R not only cure* the patient seized with X. larla, but If people expose i to the Malarial polso. will every morning take 20 r 30,dropsof Ready n Relief In water, and cat. say a cracker, before going -j out. they will prevent attacks. _ . v^S? Throat, lironchltl*. Pirtirisy. Stiff Nock, all Congestions and Inflammations, whether of the Lung*, Kid- m neyts or itowels, RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, Heartache. Toothache,Weakness or Pain In the Baak Chest or Limbs by one application. f ifry cent* per bottle. Sold by dra(Kliti> DR. RADWAY'S SARSAPMIM RESOLYEHT! The Great Blood Purifier, For cure of all chronic disease*, Scrofula, Bloat Taint*. Syphilitic Complaint*, Consumption, Glaa^ulnr nisfii.se, Ulcers. Caronlc Rheumatism. Erjiipelac. KI iney, Bladder and Lhrer Complaint*. Oftptpt-lu, Affection* of tlie Lun?* and Tliroat, ptiriflM thf Wood. r.^t'irmj iK-altu .iu l vljor. Nllll li) lll1IKill'l?> IM-I* Mottle. R&DWAY'S PILLS The G-eai Liver znl Stomi:!i Ho n >J/ For tlie mi* of all dis"rder? of the St cuach, Urar. Bowels. Ktd.ieys. Bladtler.Ncrvons Dlseis-H, Femal# lopiplniiit- I, w? nf A;-, flit '. Headache, (.'on tip*- .j>; tion. Cost'veuess, I uluesti i>< Hiil.iuaiieiw, Fcrer, Inflammation of tho B'jwo'w. Pil'.j and all derail**rcentsc,! iholuter:ml Viscera. V*ui--1 v risjrtab'e, coatainiBK no mercury mS.ieriU > deleter; m* draw. perfect li.GEsnr;; yL&s&sa way's Pills every morning, ubo.u 10 o'eio.-k, as a din- ..JS nerpil!. 11} to doing SICK HEADACHE, Dyspepsia. Foul Stomach. r.ilIousni'*? will be avoided, ai:d Oie food that Is eaten contributes its nourishing pioiin tlcs for the support of the natural waste oc the body. I f Obs- t ve the following ryu>pt?m* r suiting frot* diseaseof the Digestive Organ-: Constipation. Inward Piles. Fullness of the Blood in the Head, Acidity of "" the Stomach. Nausea, Heartburn. DUcnist of Food, Fullness or Weight lit the Stomach. Soir Eructations, i.* Sinking or Fluttering of the Heart. Choking or NufT?. eating .-ensatlons when inn lylna iwsturv. blnini-*sof Vision, Dots or Webs before the Slrrht. Fevernnd Dull I'liln In the Head Deficiency of Ivr-ulratUiu, Yellownef sof the S!:ln and Eyes.Pain In the Side.Chest.Hint* and Sudden Flushes of Heat. Hurnliij; In the F esh. A few doses of KADWA Y'S PIM..H wl I fro# th" sv- te:n of nil the above named disorder*. Price 25 contu per bo*. Sold br all drugjMU, n^Seiid a letterstamp to DR. RAD WAY A CO., No. 3'I Wnrren Street, New York, for Our Bo >K of Advice. V UK M UK TO tiET RAD WAY'S. Kin u?vsf This to what killed toot poor father, f9nm t*. Avoid anything containing it throughout your future useful (?) careers. We olderheadiofc? Ject to its special 'Bough'nefls,' DON'T FOOL in futile efforts with Insect pow-w^HT^I der, borax or wbat not, used at random oil over tbe house to ^et rid of Roaches, Water-bugs, BeetSee. For 2 or 3 ni^hta s^riaklo WHK) "Eouae on Rats' drypowder.i. , J '% about and down the sink, drain pipe. First thing in the morning wash It all away down the sink, drain pipe, when all tha inflects from garret to oellar will disappear The secret la in mo ibcv uu?k wucjv.w are In the house, they must DA A AUEA drink during the night nURvllCd Clean outftate, Mica, Bed-lrags, File?, Beetlea 'Rough on Eatb," is Bold all around U? world, In every clime, Is the most extensively advertised and has the largest sale of My artido of its kind on the face of the gote DESTROYS POTATO BUGS | For Potato Bags, Inercta on VlnefLetc..a tahtospoonful of the powder, ?* of water, and applied with sprinkling pot spray syringe, or whisk broom. Seep It wel stirred up. 35c., 25c. and }1 Boxes. Agr. sisa ' QlJCH-RATtf -CLEARS OUT- ?3 BED BUC$, <SPP FLIES. Roachee. ants, water-bugfl, moths, rats, nrfca, tnarrowB, jack rabbits, squirrels, gophers. U& DrTBAIRD'S granules JBBSb. REGULATE THE VA1VVTI! DrDT 3 f BL Jiu ft x'jxjij) jl (.'ii/if ? FY THE BLOOD, CURE DYSPEPdjdek dM SIA. PILES, MA. MBBMfik LARIA, HEAD. WKR ACHES. (jjjSKrtu. flvZ One patient writes : "Bert thlt gTevnr usedt regul*t? Another: "They are l? deed wonderful. They da ' not Physic. but act us tonla _ _ and cure." ?,3 Dr. W. 31. BAIRD, Physician ami Surgeon, Offices Waxhlngt n. -V. J . and 15? West 23d St.. New Yoris. Speaker X. J. House Assembly. ex-President Was^ Ington. N. J., Eoard of Health, ex County Pby* clan, &c., &c. Another: "I was cured of a severe attack of piles by their use. Cannot too highly express my rogajtf for them." Easy to take, as they are no larger than a must tm grain. 25c. per box. 5 boxes, ?! ; of i!rupgl?t? or hf mall, postage prepaid. Trade supp'led by whoVsal* * druggists. TRY THEM AND YOU WILL HE COXV1NOKO. w.l. douclas 1 $3 SHOE. The only 83 SEAMLESS I IHtfrl Shoe in the world. I BMifa Finest Calf, perfect fit. and / 4 warranted. Confess, Button <?/ Q iWa t-? and Lace, all styles toe. As / VC raf* HI stylish and durable as Vjjf * tSFM ui m those costing $A or W. L. DOUGLAS Zr A* H/ 1 S3.50 SHOE excels A the $3 Shoes adver- J ^ tl*ed by p,um-*** n Un? it tut a*l Boys all wear theW. L. DOUGLAS 12 RHO* If your dealer docs not keel) them, send your natn<?? postal to W. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton, Mufc ~^k JONES fe^WP^YStteFREICHT 5 Ton Wagon J ??f raPttKI. Tare Be*ra aud Beam Box for *?SJHS?L. S0O. V^^VvwHtXl Ktfrr ?lirS-ale. Forfr*\-pr ><-tOai ^JT^*V vJpwffiS. Kritlon ihi- pa|i?r acd addr**B A L ^rys If JONCS Of BIHOHAMTIi. _V nrN<;!iAMTON'. N. y. viZfawStw&U'Wx*I CI.OVKR BCILDJ.VB, dSUslSHi? Washington, DJC. One Agciic i.Mtrvhant only) wan tod !n ' v--ry town far tliey were a'wav* cowl, imt or lac- tney n.tve in; |ir?ve>I. I lifartily approve of your ?\<v of doing iiusIikm ; you are sure to an<1 lncroa*> our t atle. A. A"K i'. Pru r! t. <"hica:;o :il. A UIrc<s Ii. W. TAXflill.L ?V Cli!?inr?, FRAZER^f t;!>T TV TIIF. WOULD UULMy t C < < t o Ce! u'n ?' !'! -verm-he re. t) EGUI.ATE Boweli & Purify Biood; Dr. Bair<r? II HKhmj Uranuies. .kk-.; ? w?n vn u[uW.?? jr by ma I prepaid. 1'ti. Haiki>. w. hhlu^iosi J % toSoldlon 4 Heir*. Send sta.up UanCIAlIC Circulars. COL. L. M.VOI VIIwIUllw HA.M. Att'y, Washington. L'.O Ap Ki ;&N it ?lar. Su:np'es wortj 3l".1. I'^KR. \n Lllier not under the horse's feel, write UP I# Bre>v?>r Safety Rein Holder Co.. Holly, Mick. nfP By return mall. Full Dencrlptlo* UK# pi hi Mew Tailor Cjrthwi o! "rr?? I SlteSc C'jtjUf. MOODY & CO.. Cicciacau, it ? L- -