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I A MODERN SAMSON. ttBJB CAREER OE A ItEMARKABLE AMERICAN GIANT. [Eight Fer?t Tall. With a Body In I Proportion^Mlm Extraordinary Strength?A Victim to Sharp| crs and Dissipation. Tho first record wo have of Charles frreeman, the subject of this sketch, is that ho appeared among other laborers 'on a western Canal about the year 1840, where his extraordinary strength and stature attracted much attention. Freemen is said to have been at that time eight feet tulland to have measured three leet across the shoulder.''. Jlis arms where they sprang from his chest , ^pfere as lvge as a m^dium-si/ed man's : body, and they tapered down to a hand i Hot less than three inches in thickness, while his fist could ouly be compared to a sledge-hammer in size and strength. His age was then seventeen years and he was still growing in bulk. lie re- : ceived the wages of an ordinary work-1 man, but his extraordinary strength ! I made him a most destructive one. oucn a Titan should h:ive had giant's tools I made on purpose for him, for when he j seized an ordinary shovel it went through j the clay like a breaking-up plow, and j the handle soon came off if the blade held. An ordinary ax was but a feather in his Hand; it sank to the eye in the wood and the helve splintered, lie seemed incapable of measuring the force he laid out, like ordinary men. When he stood among a gang of j laborers the contrast made theiu look like children. The strolling Indians ' would stare at him in amazement a few moments; and then with a deep "I'gh." would hasten out of sight as rapidly as their dignity would permit. He was put to do the work of two pairs of oxen; to remove the trunks of trees, cut in lengths of ten or twelve feet, out of the way of the diggers. He AiA n/%* <11-Orr t>1 Am qcir?A ? ? nY*?n Wrtllld I have done, but, putting his right hand under the end of the log, raising it from the ground, then balancing it across his left forearm, he shot it far out to one side with all the ease that a skillful workman piles split cordwood. And thus, day after day, the giant worked until the canal was finished. Freeman's next appearance was on the boats that plied along the Huron River, in Michigan, where he was at once engine and tackle to handle heavy freight. What others could not shove or roll he wouid pick up and carry, or perhaps toss. When the heavilyfreighted boat stuck on the ripples he often stepped out of the stern and pushed it over. The crew would scarcely have been surprised if he had taken both boat and cargo under his arm and marched across by land when they came to long bends in the river. It was not long after this time that some sporting men unfortunately heard of this celebrated giant, and concluded that there was "money in him." Fieeman was as simple as a child. He lacked ambition, had no desire to exhibit or push himself, and possessed a most amiable disposition. Any one could lead him, aud he never appeared to realize I mat Hi WHS 111 auj \>ujf i cuutti tvituic. This innocence was taken advantage of by these sharpers, who determined to turn his prodigious powers to their personal advantage. Accordingly he was persuaded to accompany them to the eastern States, under promise of far more profitable employment. It is not strange that in such company the good-natured giant soon fell into bad habits. Unfortunately giants are only men, and the gamblers who captured poor Freeman made sport of him as the Philistines made sport of the helpless Samson. It is related that at Buffalo they sent him into a dock saloon with a 1000 pound anchor under his arm, much as a chopper carries h's ax, to pawn it for drinks. He got the liquor and the barkeeper was glad to treat him for carrying the anchor out again. The giant's new friends soon traveled I I to tne sea coast ana nnany snuea ior England. They intended to get the advantage of some English champion, but they fonud that they had an elephant on their hands. | A friendly sparring match, as an experiment, with a professional boxer, showed that for Freeman a match with any living pugilist was impossible. The giant's face could not be effectually reached, lilows on his body might as well have been planted on a sandbag, while his blows were given with the force of a'^)ile-driver, and no matter what they met, the obstacle wvnt to the earth. By the ruse of representing him as large and strong, but wholly ignorant of the science, his backers finally succeeded in making a match with a noted prizeA^rVitar T.lin nn.rf.ipK mme nn tVifi I ground, but at the first sight, of Freeman, his opponent turned away, saying: "I came to ti?ht with a large man, not with a mountain." The seconds and referees thereupon declared the match fairly "off." And now the unlucky giant became aware of the woithlessne66 of his mercenary friends. While there was a prospect that he could win fortunes for tbem they had lured him far away from his home and his few humble friends; but now, finding that no money was to be made, they basely left him alone in a strange land, without friends or resources. From Michigaa to Liverpool the style of living had been entirely new to the simple and temperately-reared countryman. Intemperance, late hours aud recklessness had undermined his health and a pulmonary trouble was developed. His enormous strength soon failed him, and, uncartd for and helpless, he shortly after died of consumption. At this time probably no human being knows his resting place. During Freeman's entire life no refining influence came near him; no one tried to enlighten and beautify the mind and soul which might have informed and irradiated his splendid body. So perished in his prime perhaps the most I magnificent speciment 01 pnysicai manhood that the United States has ever produced.?Detroit Free Press. A Mexican Medical Marvel. A letter from Lima, Teru, says that considerable sensation ha9 been caused there by the presence of a Mexican medical man, l)r. Castellanos, who is alleged to possess some wonderful secret !'or diagnosing and expelling tape worms. He has performed many successful operations, and his receipts are nearly a thousand silver soles a day. By observation of the patient's eyes ho discovers the presence of the worm and accurately estimates its dimensions. The leading local physician regard him as a charlatan, and talk of punishing him for practising without a license, i-'rom Lima Dr. Castellanos proceeds to Chili and from there to Paris, where, it is reported, he will compete for the great medical prize of $00,000, wen a year go by Pasteur.?JVVir York Frets. A Hmr* Iter Stoft's fltoswv "John JtoJiulty, bsve yoaa?y?h?ttg:t?> *ay?-' ''So. your honor, I have noting to say- KveTjthiBglio* with my aitwRey," McXelty spoko qufetly and without a tremor a? be stood lookift^ at the jrwige of a court ia Han Vt&u<nsca. At this moment hi? yotmg -wife, with her baby in her arms, broke through the crowd and look a seat by bis side. Hhe was followed by McXulty's aged mother, tcho sank into another chair and stared around excitedly. Judge Murphy then narrated the circumstances of the killing. McNulty had quarreled with his employer, named Collins, and an attempt was made to settle the matter by a bat fight in a vacant lot. This was interrupted and the next day Collins and McXulty met on the street, and Collins desired to resume their friendly relations. Siclvulty answered in a surly tone that he wanted to fight. They parted and McXulty turned arouad and followed Collins. Some one observed him draw a weapon and cried out: "look out, he's got a gun!" Collins turned and received the bullet in his right eye. He died instantly. "This was a cruel murder," said Judge Murphy. 31c .\ ulty's mother grew more agitated. "It was un ustifiable and deliberately committed," the judge continued, "i'ou gave him not a moment's warning; not a chance to make his peace with his Maker; not a moment to oiler a single prayer." .J udge Murphy's tones were clear and cold. Perhaps he suppressed any emotion he felt to avoid a scene, but if so he failed. \neduty alone remains," "he said, "and that is to pronounce judgment on you. It is ordered that you be given into the custody of the sheriff to be imprisoned in the county jail until the day set for your execution, and that then ; you?"" The mother was on her feet. McNultv did not move, but his mother clutched 1 the table and trembled. His wife cried softly, and the baby wail plaintively. "Be hanged by the neck." i "Oh, God! >ly boy! O!"? ! She flung her arms around the condemned man's neck. A deputy sheriff gently drew her away. i "Until you are dead!" A wild shriek i rang our, uuu iuc iuuu. stood in the mother's eye. "You?you?you?shall not killed my boy!" she sobbed. "This is death to me. 01i, Johnny, my child, are you going to leave your old mother?" "Order in the court. The court has not adjourned yet," cricd Judge Mur, i)ljyi McNultv stopped and kissed his mother. The tears filled his eyes, but he said nothing, and gradually the blood receded from his face leaving it deathly pale.?Detroit Free Press. Ludicrous School Definitions. A teacher of Brooklyn, Miss Le Row, recently published a little volume upon ! "English as She Is Taught," and by answers given in good faith by pupils and selected at raudom from a mass of examinations showed how ridiculously the methods used in the schools failed to pnlic/htfin voune minds. The lady pub lishesa second compilation of definitions as actually given by grammar scholars in whose minds no proper foundation was laid. Brooklyn public schools are typij c:il of the system everywhere. Some of the definitions are the following: ; "Stability is the taking care of a stable." | "Stability is staoles in general." "A mosquito is the child of white and black parents." "Obelisk, ono of the marks of punctua' tion." "Ironical, something very hard." "Monastery, aplact for monsters." "Tocsin, something to do with getting I drank." i "A phoenix is one who sifts ashes." "Ventilation is letting in contaminated air." "A rehearsal is what they have at a i funeral." "An incendiary is when you go round ' preaching and singing hymns." "Expostulation is to have the small-pox." "A turbot is a kind of rhetorical style." "The boy was cursory when he ran to catch the train." J "A critic is something to put your feet onto" I "Cannibal is two brothers that killed themseives in the Bible." 1 Certain of these dennltionsare not entiroly devoid of sense. Irony is hard. "An incendiary is,when you go round preaching and singing hymns," isalmo3t as humorous as ! alstatl's declaration that he had lost his voice through the surg ing and hallooing of antnems. Aot unfrequently ventilation is so unscientific as to encourage the admission of contam inafed when pure nir is sought. There is ludicrous and far-away vague recollection of the root of intoxication in the definition that "tocsin is something to do with getting drunk."?Chicago Times. ?? Wonders of the Sea. The sea oocupies three-fifths of the surface of the earth. At the depth of ' ttoOO feet waves are not felt. The lemperature is the same, varying only a a trifle from the ice of the pole to the burning suu of the equator. A mile down, the water has a pressure -of a ton to the Bcjuaie inch. If a box six feet were filled with sea-water, and the water allowed to evaporate in tlie sun, there would be two inches of salt left at the bottom. Taking the average depth of Al ? * imllflfl thoro UUC ULUUU IU UC kUIW wuv.v nvut-w be a layer of pure salt "JHU feet thick oa | the Atlantic. The water is colder at the i bottom than at the Burfuce. Iu the many I bays on the coast of >orway the water often freezes at the bottom before it does above. "Waves are very deceptive; to look at them in a storm one would think the whole water traveled. The water etays iu the same place, but the motion goes on. Sometimes in storms these waves are forty feet high and travel fifty miles aa hour ?more than twice a3 fast as the swiftest steamer. The distance from valley to valley is ' generally fifteen times the height; hence, : u wave live feet high will extend over seventy-five feet of water. The force . of the sea dashing upon Bell Rock is said to be seventeen tons to the square yard. ??? Fed by Force iu Jail. 1 A man who was condemned to death i for murder a short time ago, and is at ! present coniined in the prison atRatibor, i Austria, having resolved to commit ~^ ? Ivtt otvfltinn ia lipincr hv auii'iuc i'j o?-?. (uvtvu, -e? ? I force twice every twenty-four hours. 1 Some days ago he began to reiusc all nourishment. The means employed to feed him are the following: In pres: ence of the prison doctor, a screw is : with great difficulty driven in between his teetb, and his mouth is kept open by ; small wooden wedges. An india-rubber | tube is then put down his throat, and ; he is made to t'ikc a sulficient quantity of milk gruel to keep him alive. Here! sists the operation?during which he J has to be bound hand and foot? ! sturdily. The combined wealth of the Vander[ bilt family now reachcs $274,000,000, the yearly income from which is placed | at $13,801,400. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Beautiful Bed Clothes. Apropos of quilts, it is much the1 fashion now to buy the white linen teacloths, worked with gold-colored sillc, which are quite moderate in price, add a very wide border of gold-colored or golden-brown plush, then a fall of coarse cream lace, and lay them on beds. The night-dress case is often composed of a smaller-sized cloth, edged with lace, and finished off with a large bow of the velvet. If the decoration is further carried out, the splasher consists of a long, narrow cloth, and the toilet table cover of another, in the same style, and which are sold for sideboard cloths.?Housttoife. Kitchen Comforts. The meat chopper, for use in making the dyspeptic's delight, Salisbury steak, fnafano on tVip nn3 r?f a table and orrinds after the fashion of a coffee mill. A. plain round steok is cut up in inch pieces, all fibres, sinews and fat removed, and the meat, ground somewhat coarser than for sausage, is seasoned slightly, broiled and eaten with butter. Delicious it is and necessarily easy to digest. A trifle dry for one who en joys his sirloin steak extra thick, but inestimable to weak stomachs and hurried eaters, and a nice change as well. But the kitchen comiort of the day is the egg-beater. This, too, fastens on the wall, and consists of a bunch of aggressive-looking wires, which twirl viciously round and round in a square glass reccptacle, and in three or four twirls whisks tho eggs into a solid white froth?great improvements on the flat plate, the fork, the opon windows fertile draft to expediate matters, and the never to be forgotten "tap, tap, tap," I proclaiming to tlie neighbors for blocks that it is "cake day" at Perkins's house. ? Chicago Saturday Herald. Use and Abuse of Salt. I was at dinner a few days since writes Dr. William F. Hutchinson in the American Mjyaiiie where two ladies asj tonished me by the quantity of salt they i ofp Vnrh balf-emntied her individual i cellar into the soup, finished it with fish, called for more with entrees, and were out agaiu before the meal was done. Roughly, I believe that an ounce apiece of pure salt would have been about what they each ate. Both were thin, nervous women, with sallow, muddy skins and weak, flabby muscles. Inquiring later of one of them if that was her common consumption of salt, she replied that she j ate as much or more at every meal, and ! had done so ever since she could rememI ber; also, that she believed a larger con! sumption than hers was not uncommon. I Salt in moderation is absolutely ne: osI sary to health, indeed to prolonged life, i Its chief component, hydrochloric acid, is part of gastric juice, and needful in small quantities. But when these are increased, free acid appears on the scene, and actinff as a powerful irritant, develops acid or nervous dyspepsia to an uncomfortable dogros. Continued, stomach membranes lose secreting power, become thickened and insensitive, and a ' 1 -1 lilrn fVinOft fif ftP. J lun^ uaiu UA Ojiupcviun imv vmvwv ?. i game heart-diseaso begin to appear, and j prove exceedingly obstinate to cure. A naif teaspoonful of salt daily, exclusive ' of what is used in food, is all that should | be eaten by any adult. To Remove Stains. j To remove co.Tee stain9, put thick i glycerine on the wrong side of the artii cle and wash out in lukewarm water. Ink I stains on clothes, dip in milk and wash | as usual. Remove ink stains from silver I plated ware by rubbing on a paste of I chloride of lime and water; then wash j and wipe dry. Wash out common oil j stains in cold water; oil stains on carpets can be remoyed at once by scattering corn meal upon them, also by applying a hot iron through a heavy sheet of blotting paper. Boiling new milk will take out most fruit stains; dip the articles in several times; another way is to dip in sour buttermilk and dry in the sun; | wash in cold water and dry two or three j times daily. For raspberry stains, a : mixture of weak ammonia and water is ; best. Remove stains from the windows I by using diluted spirits of salt. To take out iron mold stains, wet with milk and j cover with salt. The latter also rubs egg stains from spoons. Wet grass stains | on white goods with water, rub in some ! soft soap and as much soda as will ad) here; let stand httlf an hour, then wash j in the usual manner. For stains on teaj cups or tinware dip a damp cloth in common soda; rub briskly, then wash and j wipe dry. Stains on marble are the most j obstinate. Take ox gall, a winegiassiui ' of turpentine, nnd mix into a paste with i pipe clay; spread this paste on the stained ! marble and let it remain several days. I Mildew is removed by rubbing on com! mon yellow soap, then a little salt and starch. Rub ull woll on the article, and | put out in the sunshine; or, after rubbing on the soap, scrape chalk over it ! and rub well; put in the sun, and as the I stain dries, wet it a little. It will come ; out with two applications.?Detroit Free Press. Meatless SoupsSoup is both healthful and economical and should form a part of the dinner every day in the year. Many housekeepers remote from markets are deterred from making soup by the mistaken idea that it is mcessary to have fresh meat in order to make it. Many very excellent soups are made without meat, and will be found delicate and convenient. Celery Soup?"Wash three roots of cclery, and cut in smull pieces. Cover with water, and boii thirty minutes. Tben press through a colander. Put a quart of milk on .0 boil, add it to the celery and water in which it was boiled, with half of a small onion chopped fine'; Vub a tablespoonful of flour and butter 1 1 * -** a - - il. u.tit eaca togeiner, Jtuu our iu iue uuiuu^ soup. Season with salt and pepper and serve. Duchess Soup?Put a quart of milk in a saucepan to boil, with one small carrot, half a small onion, and a blade of mace; rub two tablespoonfuls of Sour and one of butter together. Skim the vegetables out of the soup and add it. Stir until it thickens. Add three tablespoonfuls of grated cheese, and cook five minutes. Take from the fire and add the beaten yolks of ten eggs. Season with salt and pepper and serve. Barley Soup?Scald ten teaspoonfuls of barley, drain and cover with fresb boiling water, and boil three hours; strain. Put a quart of milk on to boil, add the barley, a little 6alt and pepper. BeattLe yolks of ten eggs, put them in the soup tureen, pour over the barley soup, and serve. Lima Bean Soup?Put a quart of dried beans in a saucepan, cover with boiling water, and boil slc wly one hour. Drain and pass through a colander. Put a pint of milk on to boil, add the beans, thicken with a lump of butter rolled in four, let boil, add the beaten yolks of two eggs, Season with salt and pepper, and serve. Potato Soup?Put four potatoes on to boil. When half done, drain off the water and cover them with fresh water/ add one small onion, a stalk of celery, a bunch of sweet herbs, and boil until the , potatoes are dose. Boil a quart of milk. I Press the potatoes through a sieve, mix I with them a tablespoonful of batter, and I stir in the boiling milk. Season and I serve. Rice Soup?"Wash half a teacup of I rice, put in a quart of water, and boil i one hour; add half of a small onion, a j stalk of celery and three clones; boil one hour longer. Strain, return to the I mess kettle, add a pint of cream, a teaspoonful of butter rolled in flour, with pepper and salt; let come to boil. Mock Bisque Soup?Put a pint of | | canned potatoes on to stew, with a sprig j of parsley and a blade of mace; let cook j fifteen minutes. Put a quart of rich : milk on to boil, thicken with two tablespoonfuls of flour and one of butter. Press the tomatoes through a sieve, add a teaspoonful of sugar and half a tea! spoonful of soda; stir in the boiling ! milk and serve immediately. ? Courier: Journal. i Sailors Scared by St. Elmo's Fire. I Some 400 or 500 years ago sailors in the Bay of Biscay were frightened by lightning which struck the yards of their vessels arvd danced along to the metalic balls at their ends and there hung, a flaring red globe. The inen of those days couldn't understand the red ball, ' and so they thought a saint had a hand i in the phenomenon and christened the balls St. Elmo's fire. There have been i any number of miraculous balls of tire : seen since by thesailors, but they, unlike the sailors of other days, did not pray to i St. Elmo;they only furled their sails and waited till their visitors had departed. The Swedish ship Edward was near ; Panama a few weeks ago, and the balls 1 cf fire struck her yards. Captain Akermak had never heard of St. Elmo, and so he and his sailors concluded they . had seen one of the most remarkable natural phenomena on recoid. | A newspaper historian gives this graphic picture of what happened on the | ship. He says: "The storm seemed to concentrate its fury directly over head and dash Itself down on the ship. The ' skipper said he had just ordered the men j to 'brace the yards as taut as possible ; when with a crash like a thousand cani nons a bolt of lightning flashed down on the main rigging, just over the men's heads, and a ball of lire bobbed about the ' yards like a red hot shell and exploded j with another crash. As this electric bomb, or meteor, or runaway devil, or whut you please, burst, it scattered | flakes of fire nil over the ship. The ; whole storm lashed surface of the ocean l was illuminated, and the ship shone with a metulic luster like a silver model." : All the sailors prayed. Well, this awful celestial visitor was only light ning that struck a conductor, went along the yards and dropped into the cea.? i New York Prea, ? ... The Monroe Doctrine. i The collapse of the company which undertook to construct the Panama Canal, and the possibility of a prosecuj tion of the enterprise by the French ! Government, have called attention once : more to "the Monroe Doctrine," which is generally supposed to be hostile to the interierenceoi any -e/urupeau uuy?u! meat with the scheme. What is the Monroe Doctrine? i The best way of anawering this ques; tion is to quote the words of President j Monroe himself, in his annual message of when it was feared that Spain and Portugal, with the aid of the re! stored Bourbons of France, were about j to send a powerful expedition to recon! quer Brazil and Columbia, and subject j them again to the powers from which they had successfully revolted. The j United States had acknowledged the independence of these countries, and this threatened attack was regarded by Mr. Monroe as aimed at Republican institutions in general. He said in his mcs. sage: ! "We owe it, therefore, to candor, and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powj ers, to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety." Again, in the same message, and evidently still referring not to the possession of parts of America by European Governments, but to the introduction of monarchical forms on American soil, he said: "It is impossible that the allied pow ers should extend tneir political syaicm i to any portion of either Continent (North or South America) without endangering our peace and happiness."? Youth's ! Vompaniod. Jay Gould's Mausoleum. I Mr. Gould's tomb is built upon the ! highest ground in Woodlawn cemetery, I .New York, 'lho acre cost Mr. Gould $50,000. It was Mrs. Gould who wanted the mausoleum built, and the cemetery people who suggested the idea of its i being something after the style of the old Parthenon. The temple is built throughout of Westerly, Khode Island, granite. It is twenty-two feet wide, thirty-three feet long, and twenty feet : high to the apex of the roof. The col. uuiiis arc ten and one-half feet high and thirteen inches in diameter in the widest part, having the slight swell of the Ionic order. Th:ee rows of steps, running ; all around, lead up to the temple and form the exterior of its base. I The coiumus and the walls are alike ; unornumented. In the doorway are two doors of bronze opening inward. The lower part of the door is of solid bronze puneled, and each part is ornamented on the outside with a dragon's head; a big iron ring swinging in the mouth of each dragon. The upper pnrt of the doors is a fretwork of cherubs and vines. The j roof of it is one solid slab of granite, which weighs six tons. The floor is one plain slab of marble. Along the sides of the interior arc the catacombs. There are twenty, ten on each side, in four rows of live each, the rows on each side I being separated by a granite slab. A j stained giuss window at the back lights the crypt. It pictures a heavenly choir of angles. The faces of the choir are 1 refulgent in the light of grand candalebra. The arched window is six feet high I and three feet wide. It is understood that the cost of the mausoleum was j about $b0,000.? Washington Star. Freak of a Mountain. An extraordinary freak of nature took . place on Thursday near the little village of Bellegarde, France. A large hill just behind Bellegarde suddenly split open I just as if an earthquake had taken place. j The crack in this hill reaches from its summit right down to its base. The crack is 1->U metres long and averages j seven metres wide. A bed of marl has : been found inside the hill. Unlike the j famous mountain that gave birth to the ridiculous mouse, no premonitory sympj toms were heard of this strange accouchei ments, which, it is believed, has been caused solely by the rain. All the houses of Bellegarde have been j cantcd over by this freak of nature, and i ten of them have been completely capj sized. Tho inhabitants fled into tho street. No lives were lost. This occurred at ten o'clock in the morning. Had it happened during the night the loss of life migijt hsve been great.? Neva York Herald. ( I ) - " ; -V*!, "" r ' * Northern Settlements Booth. Seventy-flve per cent, of the readers of this article, either for health, pleasure or permanent homes, expect to go South in the near future, and are anxious for reliable information concerning that favored country. The ILLINOIS CENTRAL Railroad, the Home-seekers' friend, reaching from Sioux City, Sioux Falls and Chicago, to New Orleans, passes through Western Kentucky and Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, making a direct line to all NORTHERN as well as Southern markets. For this reason hundreds of Northern families are settling at Jackson, Tennessee; Holly Springs, Jackson, Terry, Brookhaven and McComb City, Mississippi; and Kentwood,Areola, Amite City, and Hammond, Louisiana. If you would know more of these places, address the undersigned at Manchester, Iowa, for a copy of the pamphlet recently issued, entitled "Prosperous Northern Settlements in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana," and if you think of visiting and investing in the South before prices are greatly advanced, you cannot make the trip too soon. J. F. MER.KY, Gen. West. Pass. Agt. Oregon raised four crops of strawberries last year. To-Nlifht and ToOIorrow Night, And each day and night during the week you can get at all druggists' Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, acknowledged to be tho most successful remedy ever sold for the euro of Coughs, Croup, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Asthma, and Consumption. Get a bottle to-day and keep it always in the house, so you can check your cold at once. Price 60c and $1. Sample bottles free. Connecticut capitalists have put a line of steamboats on the Tennessee River. A Radical Care for Epileptic Fit*. To the Editor? Please inform your readers 1hat I have a positive remedy for the above named disease which I warrant to cure the worst cases. So strong is my faith in its virtues that I will send free a sample bottle and valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give me his P 0. and Express address. Resp'y, H.G. ROOT. M. C . 183 Pearl St.. New York. Cntnrrh Cured. A clergyman, after years of suffering from that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a prescription which completely cured and saved him from death. Any sufferer from thisdreadful disease sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 88 Warien St.. N.V.. will lrceive the recipe free of charge. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomo6on'sEye-water. Druggists sell at23c. per bottle A Pair Trial or Hood's Sarsararilla will convince any reasonable person that it does possess great medicinal merit We do not claim that every bottle will accomplish a miracle, but we do know that nearly every bottle, taken according to directions, docs produce positive beueQt. Its peculiar curative power ia shown by many remarkable cures. "1 was run down from close application to work, but was told I had malaria aud was dosod with quinine, etc., which was useless. I decided to take Hood's Barsaparilla and am now feeling' strong and cheerful.."?w. b. Beamish, 2C1 Spring Street, New lork City. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all drnfnrista. six for $3. Pr. pared only by C. L HOOD Jt CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. I 00^ Pc>^^ ^ ?*j_ ilWfflPAUIOSTAS PALATABLE as milk; k l\?m mnur So disguised that the most dclicato stomach can take it. jM,' Remarkable a FLESH PRODUCER. PerlODa gain rapidly tjf while taking It. SwraSES? SCOTT'SEMDLSION la acknowledged by Physicians to be the FINEST and BEST preparation of its class lor the relief of CONSUMPTION. SCROFULA., GENERAL DEBILITY. WASTING DISEASES OF CHILDREN, and CHRONIC COUGHS. au. dcpscicts. Scott & Bowne,, EewYork, Swift's Si*?ciflc cured me c f malignant Blood Poison fter I had be-n treated In vain with old to-called remedies of Mercury and Potash. !i. S. S. not only cured the Blood Poison, hut relieved the Rhcuma tism which was caused by 1 lie pomonoiiK minerals. GEO. BOVELL, 2423.1 Avenue. N. Y. Nine years atco Scrofula attacked two of inv children. and they were badly afflicted with the disease, which resisted the treatment of my family pby-ician. I was persuaded to use Swift's Specific by seeing as aocouni of cures in m.v county paper. The iniurovemrnt wa? apparent from the first rew doses, arid in a short time Diy children wore cured, and are still sound and well. JOHN WILLIAMS. Lexington, Ya. Swift's Specific is entirely a vegetable remedy, and Is the only medicine, which permanently cures Scrofula, Blood Humors. Cancer end Contagious Blood Poifon. Send for Books on Blood and Skin Diseases, mai ed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Drawer 3. Atlanta. Ga. ELY'S CREAM BALM ^fyy^URES0*! *s worth $1000 to any Plfi*pAR. WOMAN or CHILD Mtr Jr y &/B infTerlnar from t/;|| CATARRH. Apply Balm into each nostril. B^K_5$?^^usjUELY BROS.. 6C Warren St.. N. V. lvhy"wear eye-glasses ? DR. YEAZIF8 ^dggjjSafcOTJitEe EyeRestorer^^^^Sw ^5^ RESTORES DISEASED SIGHT EYES. At all Druggists. Send for Circulars, EYE RESTORER CO.. - ALBANY. N. Y. PRJIPTIPil UIMTQ! A LITTLEBlHJK. of 80 rnAullbAL RKnld mires, contalnlnx solid *3" B. ! J I facts that ever? man R ft Kill Hare I contemrUtinK ftnlld. B w UllllilOl O I in* should know before letting his contracts: 10 designs of plain and elotrant honirs, with plana and estimated cost. Short chaptemon the kitchen, chimneys, cistern, foundation, brickwork, mortar, cellar, heating, ventilation, tho roof and many items of interest to builders. Mailed iree on receipt of 10 cent* in postai * tamps. Address NATIONAL HIIEET METAL ROOKINK CO.. 310 Enst Twentieth Mt., Xew Vork City. VASELIKE PREPARATIONS. On receipt of pontile Btamps we will fend free by mail the following splendid articles: One Box of INircTimeline. - - 10 rents. One Box ot Vnneiine Camphor Ice, 1 A cent'*. One Hox ofVnseiine Cold Crcnm, 13rentN. No Vaseline is veuuine unless our name is on the label ('HFHKBnorciH Mani fV. Co.. 24 State Kt.. New York. CONSUMPTION 1 have a poi-iti vp remedy for the above disease: by its lino thousands of cases of the worst kind and of lon j stamlln? have been cured. So ?trone is my fnlth in its efflcacv that I will send two bottle* free, tofrethor with a valuable treat!*?nn this disease to anv sufferer. Give Kxpress ail.'l P. O. address. T. A. Sl.OCCM. M. C.. 181 Pem lSt. N*. Y DETECTIVES Wanted in ererr County. Shrewd men tn let under initructloa ) Id cor Swret Service. Experience not ncee?"?ry. Particulars free. Graanan Detective Bureau Co.ii Arcid#,Clicicii?tJ.O. FRATER BEST IX THE WORLD UriEAdC tw Get the Oenulne. Sold Everywhere. |V_ _ have need Pi?o'g i" nTrmDv Cure for Consumption %INUPnA Myitis BEST OF ALL. g^F Sold everywhere. 25c. S&ll^SIS to S25 we". for Avc.itV Complet- Outfit. \>e want ait'-ntH in every town to sell an article eve-y one will liuy. MITXOElt J'lTB. CO . -II Maiden I.ane. New York. UNMAHKIKD jx-ople should join tlis "Ilomn (marriavei Kndowment Association." Pays $soo, $1(00, $axiO. or *:?*>, nt marriaKe. 1 h'soiir desiroti- of joining ti)i? association, or to net na agents are luvi'edto cn?l lor Circulars free. TV. K. PEASE, Scc'y, Minneapolis. Minn. IB ft IIC f*Tl!I)V. Uook-keeplnK.UupineeB Forms, HUmC Penmanship, Arithmetic, Short-hand,etc.. B thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circul ra fret; Jirymii's College. 437 Slain St.. Buffalo, N. V D|a!J0 DiBIm Ceat tnglish bouta.ifi ClaBl O B 18IS Rheumatic Ronistly. Oval Box,34i round 14 PilU. IS YOUR FARM FOR S*lES&wa If go address Cdrtie & Wbight. 233 Broadway, N. V. Rflf n Live ?t home and mOct more iticnej workin-for ui than I?' oythliifr eUe In the world Either to:. Coitlv outfit I VJUtt. Tcrnui t uit. Addicu, TKUK L Co., Augu*?i Maine. R^cKAcbes RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA DR KINDLED ILLS ?{r CtrarOP^' 5t 5/7rf Pe?n\anBn(ly. $OLD BY pRtJGBI^D DEALEBS^ChalAA/ogeleb Co. Balto. Md. Diamond Vera-Cura FOR DYSPEPSIA. AND ALL STOMACH XltOUBLKS SUCH A3 Tndi^estion, Sonr Stomach, Heartburn. Nauwa.fliddin#**. Constipation. Kullnpat) after eatinjf, J'ood fliainv <?i *\\m ilmilh unH A tWJLLrri>*A.hit? tAltA &ftfcT eating. Acrrouinten and Low Spirits. At Drvogisfs r.nd Dealerr or tent by mail on receipt of 25 clt. <5 buret >1.00J in etampe. Sample tent on receipt of 2-cent slamji. The Charles A. Vogeltr Co., Baltimore, Md y Y N u?6 ; MEN WANTED. 2WS 25 years of age and over, to canvass for a full line of nnrecry stock. Onr stock is guaranteed firstclass and thus to name as ordered. Wo give STEADY EMPLOYMENT and hire on SALARY or COMMISSION an preferred. Address (stating age and enclosing stamp* The C. L. Van Dusen Nursery Co., Geneva, N. Y. r% Jones P AYStheF3^ EIC HT JuL. By 5 Ton Wagon Scales, Iran Leter,. Sutl Bt*rln(t>, Bran nSKwRB^L Tare Beam ind Brim Box for Krrrr iti^fei^^or free pric, llit Kn"fc-" mettloa lhl? piiper isd iddresj /T VO V JONES Of BiflOHAMTOn. f * BINCHAMTON. N. T IASTHMA curep| German AwhmaCnre neverfaiU to give <? Wmediate relief in tho worst caws.iniureR comfort ablealeepicffectBcnreswhcreaJothersfail jM JMlrial eontincei On most tktplieal. IfioeflOc. andH MRl.OO.otDrugiristsorbymail. Simple FREEH A _ -*rrT/\TlCl ??y Plso's Cure for ConI IDA IllnV sumption is THE BEST yttAwn^g;?V$Stj* "? Agen ts wanted. $1 an hour. 60 new articles. Call'gu and samples free. C. E. Marshall. L^cltpoit, N. Y THIS MEANS YOU This Beautiful $125.00 Organ Positively Given Away. To tte first i?rson sending us 81 for 23 packet* Sccili, 10 packet* inont beautiful Flon Heeds, 13 pricket* of tha choicest Vegetable Hei Bcnns, Pen*. Itadirfb, Parsnip, Tomato, Cr bnuo. Onion. Turnip, Beet, ftlusk Melon, C cumber. Ce lery, l'epper and .Lettuce, one pac each. Kerne inber, we m?k? you a present of Organ as you get the worth of your money in Sei We do this to get every one reading ihis "Ad.1 buy tbeir Seed* ot us. The on?-s*nding the fl nearest true** as to the numbtr ot grains or ken ' in n half pound ol Coflee feti the Orean, wb will be sent by freight, ?ecurely packed, May 1889. Write to-day. Keud postal note, money or or rejriHt^red letter. We will not compete with fii selling old trashy speds at cut rales. We sell o the best at reasonable prices. Addrcssplainly lUVIMi H. SVV1NK, Seedsman, Blooml <Jlen, BUCKS CO., 1ENNA. Your choice any rnckrts nud one Kurnn, AO cts. Send grues< s> parate piece of paper, size of ixwtal card. Men) thin paper. * (CougHiP-: 25 CTS.^A %]] I FOR pi M Bi IRBD > I I I GIVEN FREE TO SUBSCRIBERS. H Head *r?ri| T .ri/?T-ri 2= B<> raecengfal was 01 H t^.ooo to KUbucrlbers, u I E ?IrH mnke a ?tlll more llben \L STEM-WINDING 1 E IP-'. or _ '{If L^BE JK'"7:d t.nt?J1" or1dlnai; Sir I fli _J?S Company, and cannot b mi a? fit ^ifSfl ol this contest, April 251 - ML- fc. 3' lTMS* THE FOLLOWIM ? 1 'iSIKAIVEM TO TIIE ? X ^i!-' J .!WT1IK UE8T Gl'ESS ?S^~ KEBNEL8 OF JUC I 1 Present lo lbe Subscriber Gnessioz lie Com H 1 preaent to tho Sukwrlbcr guessing nen 1 prevent to the Subscriber making tbe i g 1 present to tbo Subscriber making the I W 6 presents to I he 6 Subaerlbera maklni a 10 preaenta to tho 10 Subaerlbera matins ?0 presenta to the 2ft Subaerlbera maklni B CO prcaenta to tho 60 Subaerlbera maklni |xj 100 prcaenta to the 100 Subaerlbera moklrtf 300 prcaenta to the 800 Snbacrlbera maklni g 600 preaenta to the BOO Subaerlbera maklni fi-260 preaenta to the 8,860 Subaerlbera maLIuj g 3,139 Presents, - - - - ? I M/?\ O LJ A DOC." ?We make no chai |?j IM \J WnMITvlti Well known publ H homep, we require each one anawerlnir this to becon B centa in postage stamps orcath. which entitle* you Eg which entitles you to two gncsae* or Si lor a two y< 1 The Jar will lie opened aid grains of Rice connted At S Should no one pruesa the correct number, then th e |(C,000. Should two or more persons guess the correi | will receive the 98,000, and the next the SI i YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FREE l"F?* 5 Club of Ten and 6.00, we will send two extra Si Eg rend Ave extra Subscription*. For a Club of fori I IF.nch Subscriber Is entitled to two cucsscs, and E3 Tor each extra Subscription. Put club-misers' ( I THE AMERICAN HOMESTEAD "S m mites,18 lonpr columns, complotely Oiled with newer lean home. The subscription price has been reduce s= reading: matter for tho money than almost any othe DIAMOND EINSS AND WATCHES FOR CL DIAMOND RINGS to the FIRsT ONE HUNDRED PE S NOT LESS THAN ?10 IN CASH, and to the next 8(1 = AND NOT LESS THAN 66, WE WILL GIVE AN EI Wo have been so long before the public that It s iwrreo. K we nie unknown to tou.anytmnif.comir lire. Money ma; be pent by Postal Note, Registered THE AMERICAN H0ME8TEJ CUT THIS OUT AND SECURE A CLUB. IT W Make You Earn I They will, if you. handle the we are now 1 100-PAGE BOOK It embodies the experience of J among Poultry a9 a business?not a? making dollars and cents. He made you should not If you will profit by Y will give you this Intelligence. E\ hens you should know how to MAK you. Among hundreds of other poll To Induco Henstp Lay, To Select a Good Cock, VI To Selec't a Good Hen, ^ \ Which Eggs to Hatch, cr^\\ \ When to Set for Early Broihrs, What to Feed Young Chicks, J How to Arrange Coops, j Vr K Handling of Eggs. r^0i 1rLi. About Watering Chicks, / Arrangement of Perches ' \\ To Prevent and Cure Roup. Abortion, Choi- \l/ era, Gapes, Ac., &c. <\M CARE 01' TURKEY The best Chicken Book for the Fowls can afford to be without It. S< liver, postal note or stamps (1 or 2c BOOK PUB. HOUSE, 13 -rM tj ADVANCE IN PRICE, j J TELL YOUR FRIENDS ^Ladies' Home Journal: Is to be made BETTER and LARGER. It can be had now for only 50 Centt per year; another year It will co?t 91*00. We ' shall double the price because we cannot afford to furnish so good a paper as the Journal is to be for less than One Dollar, but we shall double It* valut, and plve you more of.it for your money. AGENTS can make hundred* ox dollars securing subscriptions at Half Price up to July 1st. 1889. We offer them good pay for every subscriber secured, and an to the person who extra Prize of 9wvV shall send us the largest number; $400 for the second largest list, and so on. Sample copies and posters will be furnished, so that a great demand can be created in any neighborhood. CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. , NORTHERN PACIFIC.! II LOW PRICE RAILROAD LANDS & FREE Government LANDS. MILLIONS of ACRES ot each in Minnesota, North . Dakota, Montana. Idaho, Washington and Oregon. rrun CAD Publication*withMapsdeacribingth# Si CHII run bent Agricultural, Grazing and Tim* l bcr Lands nowopen toSettlers ftentlree. Address , All AO D I IklDADII Land Commissioner,. CHAS. P. LaMpUHWi St. Paul, Minn. IaptosioadatH %WAGENTS WANTED! ; O f*"CTBCT7LAM TUX. x 1000 Brewster's Safety Beta Holders GIVEN AWAY to intrcv duce them. Every horse owner buy? from l to 6. Lines never under bone's feet. Send 23 ct*. in stamps to pay postage and pocking for Nickel Plated Sample that sella Tor <S cents. AddreM Brewsltr Mfg. Co., Holly, Mich. ; ^ 'l"~*'tJtK With Universal Log beam and Simultaneous Bet Works, also Engines, ? oou Planers. Manufactured by HA Lfe:>l I RON WOKK". HA I.KJII, N. Q. aii pitBflPiisn&rL-sj! OHlCOmCNE^SnS 2-cent stamp. Wage* S3 Par Day Pcrmaaemt puittoa. No pciuli uuwercd. Uonty adTincedfor nfn, ulvertlflnf. ?to. . Centennial Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati. Ohio. PEEBLES^ DTE8 wammI i HI ^ B Qwmpii. E s 9ALE BY ALL. PRUGCIST3. M WftTOtT m II II II DIAM0NDI 4 f WW w RINGS. I 4? GIVEN FREE TO SUBSCBIBEBS. | *mm and Win! fiB 1 ir Inrt contest, when we gavo away ? ectmbtr x6tb. that we have decided to MmMUKHH B il offer of lO.OOO IN CASH, 800 0Batt3BM g HOW B 1 such u can be bought anywhere, _j pint (wine) mea.<ur? even lull, thcnBBj^^^SMKSPfl v pint fflasa presenrlug: Jar and sCRled.KffifiHk <VfHi 68 * ' ted with the North River Safe Depo^ltK3gK^%*WI M e opened or counted till the cxplraUonBBBaBflBiV SH ii '8,180 PRESENTS WrLT, nrflOFRtcg. B 1,189 SUBSCRIBERS MAKlXfeWftmUiJJMAUBi 11 K8 AS TO THE NLMBEli Ol'EKraggSfflni E THE JAK CONTAINS. K? set Knmlier of lemels, ...... $2,0001 rc?t th? correct number, . . . 1,000 B text beet |ucm ...... coo g leit bc?t (utnt, . ... ItSt S r next best cue**, 1100 aasb, . . . 600 Bl f next be*t ftieM, 60 each, * ? 600 g r next be*t guess, 36 each, 600 [next best guess 10 each, 600 B : next bc?t sue**, 6 each, . 600 3 I next bc*t sue**, 8.60 each* . 600 ; next belt guess, 2 each, 1,000 g* f next best guess, 1 each, . . 8.86Q M ? - - Amounting to <10,000 3 jre for the gucse. but In order to Introduce our old ard H .cation. THE AMEItlCAN HOMESTEAD, Into new M ne a subscriber for *t least tlx montha. and rend uaSCB s to one ftue?u, ov 60 cent* for a yearly subscription, S ear*' aubscrffetlon, which entitle* you to four guesses. 3 iril 25ili. 1889. by a Committee ctiosgn by tjft sttBscnters g eone euesfinc nearest trill receive the first present of H ct number, then the one whose guess I* flrst received ,OOU, and *o on. Club of Fivo Yearly Subscriber*, accompanied by M iO Ca*b, ?e will amid one extra Subscription. For a M ibscrlptlons, ForaClub of tnentyand 3 0 00. we wins tv and *20.00. \re will aend ten extra Subscriptions. S ihe srelter up of the Club I* entitled to two gaeaaes jutaai'S on separate Blip or paper. ~ ga i til lo of one of the largest, hajdsomert, and bent pnbll lions issued from Jersey City. It contain* eight Urge S t ond choicest reading for every member of every Ainer- S il to o.ly 60 cent* a year, which affords uiure choice 9 r publication in the United Stales. TTDIJ In order to obtain a large list of subscriber* before B UDO. April 25th, we will give nway lOO GENUINEH IRSOVS SENDINu US A LIST OF 8UR<CRIBERS WJTfi B O PERSONS WHO SEND U8 A I.IST OF SUBSCRIBERS, ? .LGANT GOLD PLATED STEM WINDING WATCH. ?i nueht to be a sufficient guarantee that we will do M we Hi lercinl agency or publisher in N. J. *U1 tell you who we 5? Letter, or P. O. Order. Address: H lD, 74 & 70 Montgomery 8treet, Jersey City, H. J. 3 ILL NOT APPEAR AGAJN. fjfe r Chickens v Money. im properly, and to teach you jutting forth a : FOR 25 CENTS. " i practical man laboring for 25 years ? a diversion, but for the purpose of a success, and there Is no reason why ils labors?and the price of a few eggs /en If you have room for only a few E THEM PAY. This book will show its about the Poultry Yard It teaches: ? i To Prepare Nests, / Judicious Pairing, Whal Hens to Set, care ?f Brooding Hens? \ " K"0W Un,ruil,ul E993, to Set for Cho'ce Af ^ Fowls, y What to Feed for Eggs, What to Feed to Fatten, L To Get Rid of Vermin, About Incubators, To Prevent and Cure Pip, Lice,Scaly Legs, Indigestion, &c., &c. . rs, DUCKS, GEESE. money ever offered. No one with ent postpaid on receipt of 25 cents In 4 Leonard St.* N. Y. City. - , itfsf