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i these!tiger. the ferocious characterg ISTICS OF THE SHARK. ^fcapacity, Strength, Size,Taniry and Commercial Value of the Scavenger ol the Ocean?McthV ods of Catching. Shark stories in which men are slaugh* Htered are often, very often, made out of ! Mphoie cloth. The fish is really a big ! coward, and will often run at the j slightest noise. The ordinary shovel nose is a famous coward, and scores of times I have been in swimming in H Southern waters where they were passling up and down immediately previous, fllhe splash and noise frightening them j ^ way. Sharks in their method of at-; ^Back call to mind a lot of wild dogs. I i ^ emember once noticing an ob ect leapHVug out of the water in a curious way and ^but out to it to find it the body of a cow ^Eiat had been thrown overboard. It was ? 1 ? -1- ?r <r icr>? jintl I fl^vwouen uy iuu ycntiuin'u vi ? was surroundod by sharks. One big , ^Bellow would seize and haul it under; ^fthen several would grapple with it, so : that the body appeared to be alive. le::p ing out of the water to escape the hungry horde. The sharks did not turn upon their sides, but rushed up, butting the [ mass out of water, and seizing it would shake it as a dog would, endeavoring to tear out a piece of flesh. They finally tore it apart and carried it to the bottom. Sharks rauge in size from small speci- | mens up to monsters from tifty to sixty feet in length. Thy ordinary man-eater, carcharodon, ranges from seven to thirty feet, one exceeding the latter length having been caught in Australian waters. ; Such a monster would dine upon a horse with perfect ease, and the eating capacity of some of tho.n is astonishing. The largest living shark is the rhinodon, * baskiug shark, a huge, harmless monaster, with small teeth and a whalbone like arrangement in the throat. Speci iens of th s shark have i een eapiurcu i iving a lcogth of from forty to sixty I et, and others seen that attained at | xst seventy feet. Our common basking ark attains a leDgth of forty or fifty Jt A friend of the writer killed one, | d when it was lashed alongside of his booner, which was of sixty tons bur- ; n, it was longer thau the vessel; and informed mo that a relative had , ten one much larger, or somewhere ar sixty feet in length. The man -eater of the South Atlantic J >uld &eem large enough, but in the ien days? when our Atlantic seaboard i ,s under water?there lived a man- j er that must have been at hast 100 1 t long. Nothing is left to tell the story of this g ant but tne teem, wuicu ire now found in the deposits at Charleson, S. C., and dredged from the bot- : om of the river in that vicinity. They still retain the beautiful polish which characterizes those of living sharks to- ! iav, and are of enormous size for teeth, wme of the largest being almost as large is an outstretched p:ilm. The huge teeth?and imagine the mouth that held eight rows of them!?aie sometimes iredged in the deep Atlantic by the icientitic ex; editions. &uch large fish :ould have well battled with the great whales of the time and the gigantic sea serpents which possibly peopled the ,shoal waters of the coasts. In feeding from the bottom, in my observations, the shark is very deliberate, often swimming up and down by a bait some time before he finds it The pilot " 1 ?5,1 J?? Dalies win uurt at ii ivug iiivsiv. When the shark is within two or three feet it evidently notices the Ddor, and I have seen one pass over a Daited hook, stop and back up and take it into the mouth s'.owly, so that in fishing it is always best to give plenty of line, fifteen or twenty fset at .'east, before jerking in the hook. By th's time the shark has taken the hook thoroughly into the mouth and it is quite iure to take hold, lu fishing for sharks ?one man can conquer the largest if he bas sulticient line?pulling in und slacking will often drown a shark, and with unlimited rope 1 have managed sharks -'i fkom a fkn kmmk whprn ft'.IU UlUU^lll buwui IV IUV VV>(tVU) nMvtv ordiuarily eight or ten men were require ! for the work. As soon as a shark is booked he makes a bolt, and when checked will make breaks in all directions, endeavoring to break the rope. He must be taken in when slack can be made, then let run and kept on the move?a ser es of operations which soon break h's spirit. In a boat I generally let a shaik run for half a mile, then took "in the slack slowly, and, when he was well in, parsed the line astern, and hauled j the head partly out of water. In this way a large shark can be readily towed, j The shark is one of the scaveugers of the ocean. Nothing comes amiss to its palate, aud its value does not end here. Valuable bhark fisheries are established in many countries. One hundred years ago or more ttie "oone snark * tisneries were almost as important as the San Diego whale fisheries of to-day. The big shark was killed for its liver, which was made into an o'.l, having a decided commercial value, and to day bitr sharks are caught in Greenland, where the ' spec*' is considered as currency. Un the northern coast of .Norway there is a shark fishery tarried on in very deep water; the oil is used and the bodies are tax en ahore and made inro guano. I In the vicinity of Booth Bay, Me., large buildings are often seen upon the shore ha ing the sign "Dogfish factory." This means that the sm >ll shark known as a dogfish is bought there. It often happens in the last of summer that i i:mense schools of doglish set inshore on the .Maine coast and entirely destroy ihe other fishing. In point of numbers the dogfish number millions, often completely filling bays. The suddenness of their arrival can be irmgined by the writer's experience. CJn Tuesday, jay, I caught all the brake, cod, ling and other fish 1 wanted. On Wednesday not ouc could be had on the same grounds. Before the line got be'.ow the surface many feet a dog sh had tne oait. incre v. as noining lor tut; fisherman to do but to face this; and so all hands went dogfishing, and dories came in loaded to the gunwale with the sharks ^omc men stood with the harpoon in hand and flung them into the boat, and the fish were so ravenous that that they would bite at the oars, and I saw a sail which had been draggiug overboard which was literally torn i^i pieces i by them. The ferocity of these small sharks is beyond conception. Thoy come in from deep water in a state of starvation and ! bite at anything that offer.*. I opened | large numbers, butrarely found anything i in them. Ia far away Icelana the shark fisheries form an important item. In lss , a year of which I have the re ord, nearly every vessel that went out took at le ist j COO barrels of liver, for which they received nearly a barrel, and nearly $1' j a barrel for oil. In Iceland the chief ' fishing place is Faxe ISay and the fiord ! of Isa. The season is from January to i August. The boats used are nearly all j open, and consequently many men are lost in the gales and storms that visit I there shores.~ There is not much sport I in this fiehing, as it ia carried on, in the < maiD, in water 200 or 300 fathoms deep. I A line 1800 feet long, alone, would be difficult to handle, but this is not all. To it is fastened a weight of eight or I ten pounds, with four "or five feet of iron chain with a heavy hook. The line ruus over a block, and in this way the sharks are hauled in. The fish, once at the surface, is killed by severing the backbone with a long knife. The liver is then cut out and the body sent adrift. On our southern coast shark fishing is followed to some extent. The skin is used in various fine work, as box covers, handles for swords; while the oil finds a market for various purposes. The backbone is made into a cane by the insertion of a steel rod, and the jaw of the man-eater has a ready sale as a curiosity. In China young sharks are considered a great delicacy, and large numbers are imported to this country and may be ' bought in Chinatown, while the trade in shark fins alone in the Malay country is one of the most valuable industries. In some of the South Pacific islands sharks' teeth are employed as weapons. /ifirrrrprs jind snears are armed k",vu*"' -I with them, and terrible weapons produced. A pair of arm protectors, or long gloves, seen by the writer, was covered with teeth. They were worn by a powerful native, who was in the habit of rushing at the enemy and seizing a victim with the teeth, tearing and lacerating him before killiug him. Curiously enoush, sharks are not con- ( fined to sait water. They are found in an inland lake in Central America and in fresh water in other localities. Iu these instances, however, they are small. Sharks are extremely common on the Pacific coast, but cases of human beings bein^ taken by them arc rare. I saw a twelve or fifteen-foot man eater atCatalina Island this past summer, and smaller ones may often be >een swimming up and down the beach. They perform a no small duty, that of devouring all refuse and dead animal matter, and are among the most important of tbe scavengers of the ocean.?San Francisco Chronicle, A Mandarin's Official Gate. The yaiuen (literally "official gate") of a Chinese official is his combined private and official residence, though in general use the word "yamen" is equivalent to '-office" or "bureau." It consists always of a large number of buildings surrounded by a strong wall, with a wide gateway and pointed doors. In the centre are the official's private livingroom^ and the apartmeuts of his wife. Then comes his secretaries' offices, his waiting-rooms and his large official court or reception-room. Around the yard into which you enter are the buildings ?1?? nfo on/1 llrnnnpr<l" llVft. Hlieru U13 3UVUUP OUV4 * uuwv.~ -- . the latter being the harpy-like dependents, who shout when distingaished visitors enter, form his train when he goes out, do all his dirty word, "squeeze" his petitioners and sell his secrets?a bad lot. If he is a magistrate his yamen contains also a prison, and his "runners" stand by to deal with culprits condemed to "eat bamboo." An official yamen is also a house of refuge for anybody fleeing from popular vengeance. Half an hour's shaking through the narrow sireets of the native city of Tientsin brought me to a bridge over the river, across which two dense crowds was passing both ways ?coolies, beggars, mandarins in chairs, on ponies and on donkeys and all kinds of common citizens. By the time wo had jostled half-way across the famous yamen was in full view?a mass of roofs inclosed in a high wall of grey brick, with a bit? gateway pro ecting at one side, over whi-h a score of 1 atjs and banners were waving, while in front a crowd of petitioners and beggars raised a ceaseless hubbub. My bearers broke into a trot as soon as they came in sight of the gate, and entering it swung rapidly around a DianK wan ouui dircctly in frcnt of it. and deposited me in the courtyard behind. This wall is eet up in every ynmen with the geomantic object of stopping evil in uences, which can only proceed in a straight line. Two enormous and gaudy figures of oTcials or emperors or deities?I don't know which?were pasted to the doors, and opposite these, so placed as to catch theeye of the viceroy every time he goes forth, is a similar l aming monster, the t'an or beast avarice?a warning agaiDSt the besetting sin of Chinese officialdom. While 1 was noticing these, and the runners loitering about were commenting in chorus upon my personal appearance in a manner evidently very enterruning to themselves, my card-man hid ruslu-d forward and two petty officials came to conduct me to the" waiting room.? Washington blur. From Grave to Gay. A cluster of ten craves attracts the eye of every one who visits the graveyard at Gri fin. These graves and the legend above them awaken an irresistible sense of humor. . At the heads of the lhe larger grave; stand plain marble slab?, each be.ng simply donated and bearing the name and age of ".My wife." rJ he five little graves have small slabs of the same design, each bearing the name ot a child. One husband ha* buried here h:s five wive4, and one father his five children. By the bide of each mother sleeps her child, ana one h..8 and and father buried them all. lie said the reason he had the same kind of tombstone plnccd over them was his strict sense of impartiality. He had loved each alike, and no one wife more than the other. Xo later Kachel had supplanted Leah; aud he did not wish to 6how any partiality in the matter of their graves. The slabs are so arranged that the first is that over the first wife, then comes the headstone of the little child grave; then the second wife and the sccoucl little child. So that reading them iu proper order you get the following legend and moral: "My wife Mary, aee:l 23." "Little 8iineon.:' "-My who jane, ngen oi."Little Georgia."' "My wife Anna, aged 27." "Little Birdie." "My wife Maria, aged 28." "Little iiuth." "My wife Betsv, aged 30." "Little Hope." lie has buried the "little hope" he had, but he was still a marrying man, and after being "consoled"' he began inquiring among the neighbors "if they knew of a desirable woman who wanted to marry."- Atlanta ((Ja.) Journ'J. Ill Omens That Brought Luck. "I'm not as superstitious as I was,'' says a subscriber. "One night I wa? the thirteenth man at a supper, and saw the moon over my left t-houlder ou the way home. The followiug morning I put my shirt on wrong side out and spilled the salt at breakfast. On my way down town I walked under a ladder and taw a horseshoe which I didn't pick up. When I got to the officc I found there had been a two-hundred-thousanddollar failure in the trade and I hadn't lost a cent by iV?Sfoe and Leather Jic ! porttr. [ .... . y ^ ^ ; HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. A Tempting Recipe. Some of our young readers may fmd pleasure iu testing the following tempting recipe for "cocoanut chips" Beat the whites of a couple of cg^s to n sti.T froth with two ounces of powdered sugar aud a few drops of the milk of the nut or of orange-flavored water; cut the kernel of the coconut into long strips and din them carefully iu the white of egg till thickly coated,then set on aeheet of clean white paper in the oven to bake till crisp, but not colored. Coconnut ice is made pretty much the same way, only the cocoanut is minced tine and the mivture, half colored pink, the other half left white, is ruu into a l'ghtly oiled mold, and baked. The mold must bo oiled with sweet almond oil.? Detroit Free l'ns\ Apple Short Cake. This apple short cake has been declared good: Make the cake of biscuit dough with a table-spoonful of sugar added to it; or take one-half cupjof lard, one-half < up of butter, and p t them into a quart of Hour. Wet it with one egg beaten iDto a cup of sweet milk or water. Beat together, add a little sugar, and 1UII UUl ill CU. V Cfcj |/wwi.v*v. ... dough into four pieces, roll out thin and bake in jelly-cake tins. When done spread each cake with good butter, and on this place a thick layer of stewed and sweetened apples. The tartc9t apples arc best. Pile the '.awyera one above the other, and scatter sugar over the upper crust. J'lace in a hot oven for seven or eight minutes, and serve hot, with cream beaten to a still froth. To Mft'ce Pried Mush. Into a stewpan put half a pint of yellow cornmeal, two table-spoonfuls of ilour and one tablcspoonful of salt. Pour on this one quart of boiling water, beat vigorously to prevent lumping. Place the stewpan on the fire where the contents will cook slowly for three hours. At the end of that time, rinse a breadpan in cold water, and pour the mush into it, packing it smoothly, bet away in a cool place. Next morning turn out the mush on a board and cut it in slices about half an inch thick. 1 oil slices in Hour and fry in fut until brown. Drain l...~ >i?r* nnnax Orwl COTVP OH a bllUCL U1 UiUtVU uuu ?v? v very hot. For fried raush balls use cold mush left from a former breakfast. The breakfast mu?h is made the same ns for frying, save that the Hour is omitted. It is, therefore, softer than when prepared for frying. Roli this cold mush into balls about the size of a small egg. Dip these balls into beaten egg, and then roll in fine dry bread crumbs. Place in a frying-basketand fry in fat until they are brown. Th'n slices of broiled bacon are nice with these mush balls.? vOurnul of ll.alth. An Economical Dish. Calf's head with a small ouantity of calf's liver can, at a moderate cost, be made into quite an elegant supper dish, closely imitating the terrapin. In most markets the head comes skinned, and can be purchased for about twenty-five cents, but it pays one best to purchase those with the skins on, even at a cost of three times the above. Select one that is white and nicely cleaned, throw it into cold water a9 soon as it arives * * 1--4. ? J ?rnol/inre ft\T irora me murttcii, auu, ma-i suamug jv. a half hour, wash it well. Take out the bruins?the head should be sawed for this purpose?and, after removing the bloody tibre, cover them with boiling water and simmer gently ten minutes: diain and put aside until wanted. After you wash the head thoroughly, cut the skin and flesh orf in neat pieces and take out the tongue. Ciack the bones and put them in a soup kettle; cover with two quarts of cold water and simmer gently for two hours. The tongue may be cooked with the bones, skinned and put aside to serve cold for another meal. At the end of the two hours strain this stock, return it to the soup kettle. Cul into pieces a half pound of calf's liver, cover it with boiling water, let stand ten minute3, drain, put it with the meat and skim in the kettle and simmer until quite tender, about one and a half hours. Put a quarter pound of butter in a saucepan, add to it two evou tablesnoonfuh of Hour, mix until smooth, ana add a half pint of the liquor in which the meal was rnokfd and a h tlf Dint of milk, stii continually until it boils, then add about one-half the cooked meat. Stand this over boiling water while you mash tine the yolks of the three hard-boiled eggs, add these to the mixture and a palatable seasoning of salt and cayenne. A tablespoonful of lemon iuice may be added. The icmaining half of the meat may be made in o croquettes for another meal. The brains should he d'pped in egg and bread crumbs and fried in smoking hot fat, and, if served with tomato sauce, will make an attractive dish for next day's luncheon.?Courier-Journal. Household Hints. Use charcoal to broil with. If the cover is removed from soap dishes the soap will not get soft. Salt fish of any kind is quickest and best freshed by soaking in sour milk. Scatter fassafias bark among dried fruit to keep it from becoming wormy. When flntirons become rusty, black them w^th stove-polish, and rub well with a dry brush. 01cttbespin9 boiled a few minute3 and quickly dried once or twice a month be J uu come more uuruuic. To prevent the smell of paint put b haudful of hay in a bucket of water and let it stand in the room over night. Silverware can he kept bright for months by being placed in an air-tight case wiih a good-sized piece of camphor. A little saltpetre or carbonate of soda mixed with the water in which iiowera are placed will keep them fresh for two weeks. A good rule for the use of the different kinds of tfour is to use pastry flour wherever baking flour is used and bread flour with yeast. Never throw away cold potatoes as there are so many delicious ways in which they may be warmed over and made into new dishes. Nice table clothes and napkins should not be allowed to become much soiled, so that they will require vigorous rub bing with soap or in noi water. If butter is kept covered tight when put in the ice-chest it will not absorb the odor of any focd lying near. There is nothing so sensitive as butter. To remove egg stam3 from silver ppoon?, t:ik? a little common salt between the thumb and finger and rub the stain briskly. Then wasn in hot suds. If you dip your broom into clean hot suds once a week, then shake it till it is almost dry, and then hang it up, or stand it with the handle down, it will last twice as long as it would witho it this operation. More than $8,000,000 have been collected for the new Catholic university at Washington. The total tobacco consumption of Europe is about two and a' quarter pounds by each inhabitant Cnreer of Osraan Dl^na. Osman Dignn, the rebel leader who during the last four years has kept the English troops at bey around Suakin, causing an immense expenditure cf British blood and treasure, is a renegade Frenchmen, a nati\e of Houen. The authenticity of this strange story is vouched for by tbe famous African traveler Dr. Schweinfnrth, by Dr. Felkin, and by several other equally renowned authorities on questions relating to the foudan. Osinan Digna was born on the banks of the Seine in 1^536, and was christened at the cathedral at Kouen, under the name of George. "When about eleven years old, his father, a certain .'oscph Msbet, failed in business and betook himself with his wife and child to Fgypt, where he died a short time afterward. His widow, who found herself almost penniless, contracted a few months later a marriage with a wellknown Mahometan merchant, of Alexandria. Osman Digna by name. Having no children of his own, he bccame exceedingly fond of young George Nisbet, insisted on his let oming converted to the Mahometan faith, and entered him under the name of < sman Digna, junior, at the military school at Ca:ro, where the lad received q ca-eful trniyjn" iU the hands of the distinguished French, German and British officers attached to the college a3 professors. In l.sG0 the whole family took up their rcsidencc at Suakln, where o!d Osman Pigna soon became Known as ihe leading merchant and principal slave dealer of the whole Bed Sea coast. Cn his death, five years afterward, his step on, George Nisbet, inherited his fortune and hi9 bu>ine s, and under the name of Osman Digna soon acquire.! even greater wealth, power and intiuence. When the insurrection broke out at Cairo in 1SS2 ho waimly espoused the cause of Arabi Pacha, the rebel leader, v\hc was an old classmatc and friend of lis. It; was on this occasion that he was elected chiel by the Sheiks of the Eastern Souclan. So great was his power that both the Madhi and his successor were forced to treat the "French Arab'' with extreme consideration and to defer to his wishes. I'sman Digna is of herculean stature, with eyes of piercing blackness, shaggy eyebrows and an immense beard. He has lost h s left arm in battle, and contents himself with as few as three wives, who, however, are daughters of the chiefs of the most important and powerful Arab tribes of the Soudan. It is to h's training at the military school at Cairo that muot be attributed the remarkable skill displaved by Osman Digna in the construction of fortifications and iintrenchmcnt9 around Suakin fully equal to those of the British lioyal engineers. As the Soudanese have never anywhere else shown any knowledge of throwing up earthworks,their skill around Suakiu gave rbc to the suspicion that Osman J igna was but the nom de guerre of a European possessed of a very extended lfnnrolcrltro nf inilitnrxr tnpt.irs Till! 8US ....v.f,v?5v -.J picioD lias now bcccmc a ccrtitude, as shown above.?Ncio York Tribune. Tlic 5'nlmon of tlie Corrib. Down through the very centre of old Galwav rushes tbe river Corrib lo the sea from weird, castle lined, mountain hemmed I ake C orrib above. On either side arc ancient mills, now crumbling and deserted, fuii of archcs and dark recesses like dank cloisters in old abbey ruins, where the water that once moved the tireless wheels fret and scold among the shadowy si'ences as if moaningly calling the dead activities to reawakened life. A {jrcat and now unused canal with mnssivo walls and coping, leading from the bay to the still wators of the river above, passes like a line of silver to the ri?ht. 1* rom this to the north bank, beyond which one may see over gray old walls to a horizon edge ficited with mounta'n heights rising from Conuemara wilds, reach bridges of ."-tone, broad, arched and huge, i rom these one may fca^t his eyes on suc h prod:gious schools of salmon as are never elsewhere in the p ght of man. The Corrib is black with ? A aitllfin ntk/li I IUUIII. /IJJJUIIVilil'lJ omiiwu umvi % ... v | loss in these winter days, with nosei pointod up stream, they seem to float there motionless and still, and in geutle r?wft Is or "pockcis" of the river bed hundreds massed together can be counted. Here for a short distance,and above, is the most important salmon fishery and the grandest "salmon leans" to be found in Ireland. Hilt at no teacon of the year may they Ijc taken, save by the rich, and then only on payment of five doll.trs a rod per day; though the ! numberless canny poachers who laze about the weirs, and who are ready to turn "coachiny" angler for a tyro, revealing piscatorial dodgers never before, of course, revealed to mortal man, have ]>*etty ways of "fouling" the luscious fish with marvelous dexterity and matchless innocence, almost under the very tio>es of the vigilant keepers thems he?.?Nw York (/ruph.'e. Two Whimsical Wngorn. It was in iTtfs that ".Jerusalem* "Whalley made the journey which earned him his name. Deing asked on one oe<Mw,nn where he was i/oinc. he answered in jest to Jerusalem. The company present ottered to wuger any sum that lie would nut go the e, and he took bets to the amount of I etwecn $7*>,000 and $1i>'',<>00. The journey was to bs performed on foot, except so fur as it was necessary the cross the sea, nnd the exploit was to be finished by playing bull against the w alls of that celeoruicd city, in the ArtiiU'il 11 yUtr.r for iTNS'itwas stated that ''Mr. Whullcy arrived about June in Dublin front his journey to the Holy 1 and, considerably within tlie limited time of twelve months." 'J he above wager, however whimsical, was not without a precedent. Some jeurs before a baronet of some fortune in the norlh of Kngland (Sir <!. I.iddnli laid a considerable wager that he would ^o to I.apland, bring home two females of that country and two reindeer in a given time. He perfoimed the journey and e.Tcctcd his purpose in every respect. The J.apland women remained in the country for about twelve months, but Having a wjsu i>? gu iiu mtii i/nu country the baronet furnished them with means and money. ? Chambers'a Journal. Imitation Paper Straws. A man in Wushington has a factory which turns out from i, 000,000 to 9,000,0(H) paper iiniUtiou "straws" a day. That tells, without going much further into paiticulars, \\h ch way the wind blows. Just now the daily output is about 1.250,000 of thc*c straws. iUit as the weather grows warmer the orders increase until the full 2,'?o0,0U0 a d.-iy arc called for and absorbed by the maiket. "What an ingenius person this man was to notice the thirst of the race and its tendency to assuage this thirst through strnws. and then to devise processes and machines that beat nature at her work, producing "straws" from paper cheaper and better than nature can make from straw. lie uses 154 machines, all duly patented, and it is not only makiDg paper straws, but makiDg n fortune. A demand for ?, 100,000 fresh straws each day show? that we belong to a very i tbirflty race. J j The E npres . Dowager of China. The Empress Dowager, who, notwith- j Standing the boy EmperorhaB ascended the throne, still remains Empress Regent, is one of the most remarkable women in Chinese history, writes Frank (r. Car pen-1 tcr. She has ruled China for twenty-live years, and she became I mpress IJegent in connection with the Eastern Empress in 1861, when the Emperor Ilien Eeng died, leaving two wives. The Eastern Empress died six years ago, and there was at this time a great evcitement in Peking because it was thought that the Western Empress, or this noted Lay, who was the real ruler of China, was sick. The most noted doctors of China were called to court. Their medicines availed nothing, and they visited Dr. Dudgeon, an eminent Scottish practitioner of Peking, and asked him for some medicine and advice. Dr. Dudgeon replied that if the Empress wanted his services .khe could call him in, but that he did not intend to risk advice and medicine at second hand. The result was that the 1 astern Empress died and the present Empress i.ownger ruled. During tl.e last sickness of the Empress she could for a long time take only milk, And if tnnk- sixty wet nurses to keen her alive. The present L'mpres regent is I now over fifty, and she id sa!d to be well I formed and dignified. ?lie combs ber hair, I am told, in the butter fly fashion common to the Manchus, having horns six inches long at the back of her head, and she fastens it with a gold hairpin. She is rather independent in thought and does as she pleases, regardless of Chinese etiquette. She is said to practice ar, hcry inside the v/all of the palace, and she is reported as having taken lessons in boning from an old eunuch. Minister Denby tells me that she studies and understands all sub cc ts committed to her, and that she is very indu-trious. Lie thinks she will go down to history as one of the great rulers of the world, and says that through her China has attained its present h'gh position among the nations. A Girat lUI?f*rlunr. The heavy rains last fall totally ruined crops in some localities, and its effect is now being seen in diseases among farm animals. Almost every day cases of roup,swelled head and a distemper very disastrous amoDg j 0.1Itry are reported. A part of this is nl60 due to improper 1'eeding. Many persons think ns soon as cold weather conies on. they must [ begin to feed beating food to their hens, like io; n meal, &e. The result of this course is, , if they no not break down from the diseases prevalent, they soon get very fat, look fine and people wonder why they do not lay. You cinuot make a Len lay when everything you give her is being transformed into fat, and laying the foundation of disease same as with an over fed child or person. Alfred T. Johnson, Hampton, N. H., says: ''Last fall 1 hud HO fine looking hens, which began to droop and die; J changed their food and began using Sheridan's Powder; in threo weeks they were nearly well, and had increased the eggs sixteen u day, 1 have just bought six cans of it, as a preventive of disease th,( coming winter. It can't be beut.for that large can saved me $40 last year." Mrs. E. B. Carliu, Conk 111 Centre, N. Y., snvs: "1 have used Sheridan's Powder to make Lens lay for three years. 1 know it also keeps them healthy for I rarely lose one now. My neighbors ure getting interested in Sheridan's -J owder; but tl ey do not use bnl: enough; cne or two sina 1 packs is not a fair tesf. J sliull send soon for six cons, ns I get it cheaper. Luring an eight weeks' trial, Ufi.ig Sneridan's Tow.ler, I got from forty hens, 1707 eggs." I. S. Johnson & Co., 22 Custom House St., Boston. 51 ass.,(the only mtk?rs of Sheridan's Condi Ion Powder to male hena lay) will sen J. postpaid to any person, two 25 cent Eacks of powdar, and a new Poultry Raising tuide, for (0 cents. The book i lono costs 2.) fonts. For $1 five packs of powder and a bcok; for $1.20 a laree 2}( pound can end I o >k; six cans for 55, express prepaid. Fend stumps or cash. Interesting te&timoniuls sent free. The Cnpc Code craiberry crop, embracing the product of I lymouth and Barnstable Counties foi 18bb was 60,131 barrels. Uganda, in the eastern part of Central Afri-.n, lias an area of 31,000 sijuuie mile-sand a population of 5,00c, 000. At the ?"ew York Dairymen's meeting it was remarked that it look ?20,000,000 to winter the dry cows in '.hut State. luterented People. Advertising a. patent medicine In the peculiar way in which the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam, for Coughs and Colds.does it is indeed wonderful, lie authorizes all druggists to give those who call for it a sample bottle Free, that they may try it before purchasing. The Large Bottles arc. r,0:: ami ?1. We certainly would advise a trial. it may save you from consumption. Tiikhe arc about. 3,(XX) 0 0 a-res of land used for cotton raising in Texas. IIow to (2aln Flesh nnd Strength. Use after each m al Scott's Emuiajon with Hypoplu sphitea. It is as palatable as milk, and easily d.'g sted. The rapidity with which delicate people improve with its use is wonderful. I so it anil try ) our weight. Asa remcily for Consumption Throat affections ai.il Bronchitis. :t is unequalc 1. Please rt ad: "I used Scott's Emulsion in a child eight mouths old with go d re tilts. Hcgaine four Bounds n a very short time."?Tno. l'ttiu, M. >., Alabama. A Radical Cure for Epileptic Fit*. 7? ihr fcV/i/or? Please inform your readers tbnt 1 have a positive remedy for the above named disease which 1 warrant to cure the worst cases. So strong is my faith in its virtues tlint 1 w ill send ficea sample bottle and valuable tieatife to any sullerer who will give n e his P 0. ar.d Kxpress addtess. Resp'v, H.G. It (JOT. M. C . U3 Pearl St.. New Vork. D d you ever answer a - ew-paper advertls meiil? Try W. L. McKay, wmisc advertisement. "Met' War ted." fears in ti.is | aper. Thcliext cougli medicine is Piso's_ Cure for I l.'uii.?urii]inoii. >oki every wiu-ru. ->i. Hood's Sarsaparilla la carefully pr pared from Farsararilla. Dandelion. Mandrake. Dock, Pipsls ewa, Juniper Berr^s. and other well-known : n 1 valuable vegetable remedii a, ly a peculiar combination, proportion and proctas, giiing to Hood's Sarsaparilla curative power not p:sse3 ed by other medicines. Hood's Sarsaparilla la the best blocd purifier. It cures Scrofula. Salt Rheum. Boils, rimjles. ill Humors. Dy>p ps a. BUioutness, SicU Headache, Induction, Genera) j Debility. Catarrh, Rheumatism. Kidney and Livci complaints,' vereomes thai tired feeling, creates an appetite, strengthens the nerves and builds upth? whole system. Hood's Sarsaparilla Has met peculiar and unparalleled success at home. Such is its popularity in Lowell, Mass., wher it is made, that whole ne'ghbotbooj* are taking it at the same time, and Lowell druggists sell more of Hrod's fcarsaparilla than of all other sar aparilhs or blood nut (flora It in antd I v all ilruiri.'ists. SI: Six for $5. JPri pared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell. Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar MEN WANTED ^ bltmntocin j y&sh for Nursery stock. Our Rtocfc Is Kuaiuuteec TRUE TO NAME AR 0BDE11EP. We Jfivo (STEADY EMrKOVMENT on SALARY or COMMISSION as preferred. Address (stating age) ' W. 1.. McK A V, Nurweryman, Geneva. N.Y DI.IJa Dill a crekt English Gout ant ' Dial! 5 I HIS j Rheumatic Remedy. OtoI IIox, 34i round 14 1MIU. UAIIC STUDY. Book-keeplng.Buslness Forms, MUlflC Penmanship. Arithmetic. Short-hand,etc.. II thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circul rs fr.-< Brjani's College, 437 Main tit., BuHalo, N. Y - ' ' v.: PTjAcrasou fyF T&flADE MARK^j KEMed^AIM CURES PROMPTLY SPRAINS, STRAINS, HURTS. CONQUERS PAIN, HEALS, CURES. At Drvgoist and Dealers. THE CHARLES A. VOCELER CO.. B?HJmof>. Mi. blfiiOND VERA-CURft FOR DYSPEPSIA. A POSITIVE CUKE FOR INDIGESTION AND ALL Stomach Troublii A i tang Tlicxvfrom. J'our Drvgyint or General Dealer toil! get VeraCum for you if not already in tlock.or it tclll be gent by mail on receipt of 25 cti. (6 bores (1.00) <n stamps. Sample sent oi teceipl ofi-cenl stamp. The Charles A. Vogeler Co., Baltimore, Wd. The mother of a member of our firm bas been cured of a cancerous sore on her face of twenty years' standing by K. 8. S.-PKNDLrroN, Year* & ft i lit. DrtiKXi?t?, Farmcrsvilla. TVs. Swift's Specific cured our babo of an angry orup tion called Eczema after the doctor's i>r?KT.ption9 had fulled, and the is now halo and hearty. H. T. Shouf, Kich Hill. Mo. pr*Send for our books on Blo<*<l and Skin Diseases and Advice to Sufferers, mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Drawer 3. Atlanta. Oa. ely's catarrh CREAM BALMggl^l using F.hj's Cream Baling two months to find tAeVuey rrX/?|S?juj ^ M right?ostri', which wo/Jr* * 6 JfjM closed for 20 years, icaJ%^ $?? wSm open and free as EBB) other. I feel very r/ianfcJL. ful.?IL ft. Cre?enp-J|^^H3) ham, 2751%:h St., D rook^SSyip agreeable. Price JOconisrB^M r.fcs w ?I ? atdruprglpte: by mail, registered. 00 crnto. ELY faROTHKKS. #6 Warren St.. New Ycrk^_ GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA BREAKFAST. "Br a thorough knowledge of tlio natural laws which govern the operations of digestion aud nutrition. and by ? careful application of the line properties of well-selected Cocoa. Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which way nave ua many heavy doctors' bills. It iu by the judicions tiee of Rucli artlclos of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough i-o resist every tendency to disease. Htm dreds of subtle maladies are floating arnnnd us readyto attack wherever therois a weak joint. We mav escape many a fatal pbaft by keeping our elves woll fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."? Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or nrlk. Sold only in half round tins, by Grocers, lahelled thus: J AMES EPPS tk CO.. Uoiureopathic Chemists, London. England. "RELIGIOUS M YORK," Profu-ely and beautiful y Illustrated, showing thchurches of the Jew-, Catholics and l'lolnj-tants, and lino jKirtraits of some of t help ads of the<:hurehn< of the metropolis, and elling how New Yorker* worship fiom the Jews o the Christian Scientists. Till* article in ItEMORESi'S MO Till, MAGAZINE for March (now read)) is a very ppi ited one by the Rev. Car o< Martyn. Ii Is b> tier than a Sunday visit to New York, and will be of great interest to every member of the family, 'ihe chiidicn willbcdelightoi toleun the new games in "Yon no Japan nt PlajV'fbandBumcly illustrated) in 111* March number. It is a wonder ul mimb-r. Ask vmir n?u.<ai1?n'i.r for it or s*nd 20 cents t" the tmb Liiiicr.' W7 JENNINGS D EM O It EST", 13Eaatl4ih Sl.? J\c\v York. IBH 0 C ? ?~ 10 A DAT! X ^IaGENTS WANTED! ^9 M faiccuu ntu. . 1000 Brewat^s Safety Rein /MUfS Holder* G1VEN A WA Y to IntroffiWvIHsH "uce 'oem. Every horse owner buys r?Tr2K3s from 1 toe. Line* never under borse'i i '?ct Send 2S ct?. in ttump* to t>?v po?t(W'ErVJfclj W ?Dd packing for Nickel Plated '?? *wf Hsmple that sellsfor65 cents. Address Brewster Mfg. Co., Holly, Mich. CONSUMPTION I liuve a potdtire remedy for the above discaac ; ly IL- u?i ihoun&nds of caars of the wor?t Wind and orionanluiidloz i.are been cured. So utronfr if my rolth In It* efficacy Hint I will ?cud two bottler free, together wltli a vaftmMa trcntiw on thin dlieaae to any sufferer. Olvc Exprem an I r. O. mldreaa. T. A. SI.OCCM. M. C.. 181 Pearl St. N. Y an KM " T3CURESWHEREALLELSEf AllS. E| H Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Uso |?1 EH lu time. 8old by druggists. ^ 8gBBI2EBBaafeep "rare opportunity. " New York lawyer represent ii? ever $i ,6*o,nnn (in written contracts)aKuiii"! a Tru*t fund will a*i*n lame intern t for immediate limited financial aid Will furntali bank and other high r?-fi Mice*. Ad dreys ?A. II. C.. ' I*. O. Box 3:146, New Y< rk DCCnC^IVFN AWAV.me afc&UOMixfdl lonerS<eds.6?0 lVw1' Ulnda, Ghide. and lfr. Certificate for ^SWTrSIKcocls. your choice, all for 2stampM4 cent*.) 3^?H5>fjF.very flower lover deliirbvd Tell ell your JfHfelJcJrricnds. 0. W. PARK. rAKhTTTSBUBO. FA. Be I'rompt. This off rwlll appc r butivrlcc. FRAZER^M DEST IN THE WORLD U II I.HO L. CgTQcttbe Genuine. Sold Everywhere. soldiers msjfflmsbfiss lIULUILIIU rrh r.ii. vi-d: l.awii free. A. W McCormick K bouH.WaeiiiiJfe'toij. li.O. AiCiticinnatl.O. 13 YOUR FARM FOR SALE^uYM If go address Conns A WnionT. 23a Uroadwtv. N. V. Iiegt ] CAUTION \JALU M. A.\JLM E0ia bv your dealer, wii MroyalI . ? All oilier Stamping Out/It: . IA f\ bri'unht in eomuunwn vilh K l\l|\/il /] Lud.us who fiuvu had o l\l v\J 1 V / IX / utterly wortlilcoa, after exai \V\ \\l I //1 Stamping Outfit. 17.? ruber \\\\wl V , _?~ Bl-W Outfit, a *? 'wild with delight XVyy X-?bought onimarily f V '-'I- ,-V each. Every |iutteril M?-^"^4 for our Great Kut/nl ^ j land who Is interest I _J/vC\vVts deeomtionsurely *: f^T/ XAisfvfQyx \\\\\ 1 Outfits. Tlio like *: ^VvVSPrTn\\\\wV great unapproacbul Lf^f // / / | \ l \ \ W yVJ suitable) for every tiui <y /A* //ill N* J\\ I v each pattern clearly rf [ yn IA 1/ v\A\V per with wide m.itvir 1/ V] \7\W 1/ > 17S JiLEG. \ N ^ || coasting of^ono nil II iMrdon lloug I/^K?7Z^-Slat?,? Inche* liijjl Ilylr*??*x? Inches. 1 ^ // v^?Jv~VpDovp, 1inches hltf j \ , x // hljfh, 1 bunch Ku / \ \ \ If Girl wil!i Hoop, S / . > V \^** 6!iav-iupr Cui>. .'unc / *3T / / I ^ Poppies, Rojiw. 1 '.i I /' r / J / intf Pattern Willi < I ( \ /-"* / high, 1 Pond Lily ?! \ vA??/ Inches fii^h, l spray Go V / and many others. ITS) yjL y' fancy work. We ftl>o /' goo<J Pad, 1 Look of Con A and tiend post-paid to any address. V A' American I: lira I llume for one year f // weekly in America, Spaces, 48 rnlum made by dealers, we coulu not wll this1 oiitrtt at les# tluin lubscription* to the Amrrfcitn Rvrnl Home, and SV M. ? Address ail orders to RURAL HOKU CO. Limited, Rochi wsrtln without troolnc a Una. fl - - L t'iffisXeSftS 5juU Lash ,s /\Y Cjnr\ f\ H r iCl "lrtc I* 0''" i!">?Ib* thr? ?: | j/ \ 1^1 IJVj] ??y? to tour trill 1 / . Vl 7 A ~1 C\\l X/Si i tonarkl t c?iil?r will fftilt# j I / \n\u^i.W^s/ ch*nc?? for cc? pf ihe olbrrv yr homes sad cinpciltor* moil ?co lAYTv V ^ flu ? M columns U b?o4?oni?l; 11WUI ? K ** lh? Chimney Corner hu bwn j 11 ^ ty poblUhen of iuU p*p?r kn?w. S? / tv \ C \\\7 and uMreaa of frtia ?Inner I L 31 W B1*7 Pl I*"7 *n"t yoo i *3Si&auB$\ ' % - - - gg tala ui is IUEU|)^L lB tho w?rM IIMP^I^^ that iMtullr zerieia ?* ISaoSB^ trwIy Um|mi I COW4VEBOK li knows nm<F? For SPRAINS, BRUISES, BACKACHB, PAIN In the CHEST or SIDES, HIAD* ACHE, TOOTHACHE, or any other EXTERNAL. PAIN, a few applications ac* like nittglc, cauiinc the PAIN tt TM-* STANTL.Y STOP. BSfl For CONGESTIONB.INFL.AMMATI<MS, SORE THROAT, BRONCHITIS, OULD In the CHEST, RHEUMATISM, KKCRAL.GIA, LVDIDAGO, SCIATICA, PA1MS In the Small of the Back, etc., hut* astended, longer continued and repeated applications are necessary to tCM a cure. All INTERNAL PAINS (in the Bswdl or Stomach). CRAMPS, SPASMS, SOCK STOMACH. NAUSEA, VONITITO, HEARTBURN, DIAKRIKEA, OOLK, FLATULENCY, FAINTING SPELLS, am relieved Instantly and QUICKLY CURED by taking internally a* directed. Sold by Druggist*. Price, SOe. DAOWAYQ n PILLS o THE ' Sll GreatLirer&StoinacliReDiir - | For the cure of all disorder* *f tlM STOMACH, LIVER, BOWELS. KIDNEYS, BLADDER, NERVOUS DISEASES, LOSS of APPETITE. HEADACBB* CONSTIPATION, COSTIVENESS, INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS, FBTKR, IN FLAMMATION of the BO WELS.PILES and all derangement* of the Utenal Viscera. Purely Vegetable, confaUthag no mercary, mineral*, or DELKT1?B?> IOUS DRUGS. PERFECT DIGESTION Will to aoeomplished by taking RADWiT'l PILLS. By *o doing . \ DYSPEPSIA, M SICK HEADACHE. FOUL 8 TO MACK. BILIOUSNESS, will hp aroidod, aiMft (he food that is eaten eoatribato Ha nourishing properties for the aappwrtaf the natural waste of the bod/. SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price Uc. par boa, or, on receipt of prieo, ?rlH N aent by mall. 0 boxea for One Odlar. HAD WAY <b CO., 34 Warren tt^V. T. SYN U?7 ' IF Y0JJWI8H A/->. . ' i'^^FJpLap-. ' REVOLVER ^ purchase one of the ceJc- <5jOuJL*. Irated SMITH t WESSON , arms. The flnestimali arms ff irTf ever manufactured and the \\J/ if HUB first choice of all nperl?. ^Bhcsy ^Hl Manufactured in calibre* .12. S8and U-ioo. 81n- |HH glcordoublo action, Safety Hammertoe and ISJ Target model*. Constructed entirely or be?C?aal> - ',f. Ity wroui lit pt eel. carefully in.pottsd forwrtmiaBh'p and stoca. t hoy are unrivaled for fial?fc, durability midaccuracr. Donott*<l?xHTedbgr cheap miilicabte cast-Iron linttatlMs whie* o t% nft+n or.M for th# ireniiina illicit AAd are BOB nnlv unreliable, but ilanKerous. Tha SMITH M WESSON Revolvers are all stamped upon tlwbav- ' rein wlih firm's name, address and date* of pxirata sod are gunrnntord perfect la every detail ufilst upon having the genuine article, and U ro*r r.ealer cannot sup ly yon an order s-nt toaddnaa hi-low will jeoelve prompt and careful ittanttosDcucript. vo cstaloirne and pneas fnrnlshed upoa implication. SHHTH & WESSON, gyMcntlon thl? paper. SprlngSeM, Haah , j?SS Cash Is offered to the person who shall send la As largest number of yearly subscribers to tte Ladies'Home Journal between now and July 1st, 1889. at 00 ccMto per year?HALF PRICE. AJler Omt M; uo subscriptions received for lest lhanfl.OOftr year. $400?9300 Is offered respectively nr next largest clubs. A good ca?sh commission paid tor every subscriber sccured, If desired, Instead of Srcmlums. Hundreds of dollars can be Mi* uring the next six mouths, by men, wonenar children. We tarnish free sample coptea, paatr cre, <tc. Address CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. PRACTICAL HINTS i, a?es.^?mtalnliu? Ml2 To Builders i sKBSrsXS letlinu lii* contracts: lb ilenivns of plain and elcnat' I brtiKP. wit!) plan* sm.l estimated cost. 8hortd?a? (? )!>no the kitchen, drir.nf-y*. cistern. lounosua^ brickwork, mortar. o-)!ar, hratlnir. ventilation. Um roof and many itim* of interrst to builder*. MiM Im-or. rrcc-irlof 1 Owntniu ifwtal stamp*. Kdinm NATION* I. SHEET MKTAI, ItOOKIKC fCO., 310 Knm Twentieth Hi.. Nov YortCUr ills l cnintim|i Wages $3 Per Day 1'rrmuirat pmMIm. poiul> io??tre<! Munrj *>)v?ticed for w*?e?, uJTcrtfcrfnc.?ta. Centennial Manufacturing Co., CincinnatiOfcifc WHY WEAR EYE-GLASSE8? DR. TEAZIE'S CURES Eye Restorer RESTORES DISEASED ? rvrt msm. i . At all Druggists. Send for Circulars. EYE RESTORER CO.. - ALBANY. N. T. ; RATA l.i?e at Lome and make more mohtr wcikinffarMHMa UVMI ?t antlMnp tllf In llic world P.ithT ICI Ca*ljm*tX ran. T?n?a rua?. Uiittn, 'i'tutk co.,AD^ab,)Uw PEERLESS DTE8 BoU>BTD*5>5?5 f\Xttly'i I<xyc!op?4U ?i?u!ii ?m 50) wm ?8 I I V/Oa 1'iatructiv* iri'?'n. >.?a snH woomi ?iiks ?Wm14 bt*l<i " I cobUotj. l'Mtpud, iJc ?.!??r. 0. P. K.IRDT, C-i Wat XH tL 3mm Yartu .TTdouclas SHOE CENTLEfMEN. ^ r.^st in the world. Examine his r>.00 GENUINE HANU-SKWED SHOE. 1 OO 1IAND-SEWKD WELT SHOE. 3.50 1'OLICE AND FARMERS* SHOE. ?.50 EXTRA VALUE CALF SHOE. 4.25 WORKWOMAN'S SIIOF. i.OOund SI.75 HOYS' SCHOOL SHOES. All uiadu In Congress, Button an J Lace. L. DOUGLAS SHOE La'd'VU.' Material. Rest Style. Best Fitting has the W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES wlthort iptd on bottom. nut him ilown as :t fraud. If oat /* i<- iv. I . nniTftl.AS. BROCKTON. MASS. I AIVIPIIMG OUTFIT! LATEST! THE GREATEST!! THE UMSTH ' \ J\itc into Uttrr Insiqniflcnnrt ichcn _ i our (jKEAT liUYAL UlTflT. T~ Y?fc ther outfits throw them away asf"^^?SiQirL_ inning our new incomparable Jfoyal\ MsxS*j\ J b designs oro couUimi-d In our V iid every lady who M ures one Id NjJV / No such Stamping Outtit could bo / \ or a less price thun #3.CO y t L \ JjS! Li new, ana made especially f\ -JvaL L\ \ f 7* Outfit. Every lady In the/A cd iu fancy work and home) \ "\ J/!\??//i luts one of our (ire At A'ouolv^X I i?\ ffi^wwy \ at never t>e<-ii before. Tlilsy \ 11 \l? ^ ilo outfit contains patterns -~M M-vNN', / rt ond kind of embroidery? /MjHl \'jL? made on best legal bend pa\XT DESIGNS, co Alpha!* t of 26 letters, t of flower*, 7 1-! Inches h. 4x4 Inch* s, 1 School-girl with Books ond vk i, 2 Uirds with Vines, in inches, 1 spray Jon Panty, 6 inches hisjh. l design for Tray Cloth, 1 Omhr li. 1 Outbno Girl, J ir.chcs hleh, Fpray Wheal, 5 Ineftas chains. b inches high, I Tulip daiiRii, 5 iucbeu hich. ? iiul;e? lilyh, 1 Tinsel design. 9 Incheu wide. 1 densarsr lies hiph, 1 bunch J'ansiesOxS Inches, 1 Beautiful Bouoot* :<!. ? I jil,f>.nin<-.tA!l* mill is l!u*h?a t.loh I jrnrr (lc.'irn, 2 Inches ?itle, l eluftor Geranium?, :eiocbcs It-Sinn, 6x7 Inches. 1 Run Flower with IUida and I^are*. II Men ltcd, 7inchc? high, 1 E iuquct Fuchsia*, 8*9 iuehry> DIITirrcnt De?Icn? In all, auituDlo forcvcrr kruthtf send with tliis outfit one box Best Black Powdar,?aa iplcto Inrtruetlonn, awl park all carefully In a neat bos 'e willsend the Royal Stamping Outfit, post-paid, and Uni or ONLY #1.80 The paper Is tin* l(-ndin(ff?rm faiaUr ns every week. Did we ex|>ert to make the usual profit thrro dollars. KRKE.?To anv person sending us twaO e will send them the Pui/al Stamping Outfit FREE. sN-r. .V Y. Send for free caUJo(roe of premium book*. wTll bo ckWboUd imonj lbs frit C7 pa-flns trSo rctara IMt ah* tlMOirat tbowinf by ?l*in lok lin?a hj? to raxh tb? u"Vf*J puzzle by ecterla; at ar.?cj;t *" <! out cfoaiog a lloa P*M >yi to edrf will r?f?ir? t'.i ??cb, tic Or-t fire pews* *? i!i, tbe 3nt 50 p*ruo>, h'joqM tk?r* be th^t I'-uy,?b<wla(?i?way ft each. If you Uo not win one of t'u Kicnt naounlt tawat* ri.u offtrU made tolntrulcce The ChilBQey OorpeT'a d 30 ctr.lt Id ptyioeat for fuur mostli' totneripuoo. It ?f?" y pHouJ aad eleraBtly IlliutratoJ. Farther cemmeatliyeaaery a boc*hold word far rim. Oar bailor* & lria?<-t*4 Mrtyaaxka iDd aow To-thy. All rrp'.io mail It rrctirtj ly Uwljl. 1? wlil apjaarlo tba CUtBBey Corner of April II. Far >* f* ira nr< to recrlTe flill Tala* cf Dotty a?L X.OM&Ot&n**' t. ObaMulcuopa ta*?n Mn-.a at eua. Addrts. A tOUTES, 67 cud 60 Dearborn CLlcago, Ht v . - 'A . <J ..