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pTHE GREAT SHOW. " an exquisite botanical dis pliay at paris. Rare Plant.?, Shrubs, Fruit ami t? Flowers From Every Clime? | Efforts to Popularize the Bra ' zilirn Mate as a Beverage. The grounds of the Place des Invalides, I forming, as they do, a large and attrac tive portion of the Paris Exhibition, and | Including the various pavilions and vil lages of the natives of the .French colonies and protectorates, have been, made cool and pleasant by planting shrubs and plants indigenous to the different countries, and they also possess many rows of fine umbrageous trees. Around the Nether] and Indian section arc vigorous tobacco plants in blossom, musas, capsicums, and cacti. Palms and orange trees are in irigor, and here and there are seen shrubs of pinus strobus and excelsa, which are pot quite appropriate. f From the botanic gardens of Havana and Algeria have been brought good specimens of the sugar cane, dwarf palm, sabal Havaneuse, plantains, and different bamboos. Although cork trees could not be transplanted, yet fine sections of the trunks are erected, showing the formation bf the inner layers of bark. i Tropical Fruits.?Seldom, perhaps, has been collected together so large a variety bf tropical fruits as at the Paris Exposition in the various kiosks and stalls on Ihe Place des Invalides and the Quai d'Orsay. At the Colonial Exhibition in JLondon there was a fair display made, buttbe northern and southern coasts of the Mediterranean are within a nearer distance than our colonies, and hence jAJgeria, 'lunis, Egypt, Spain, Italy, and other countries have been able to send farge and continuous supplies. The quantity of oranges sent from Valencia has been considq^-.ble, and they sold readjly at 1 halfpenny to 2d. each, according to size and quality. Pineapples, bunches of bananas, sections of sugar cane, water and *ther melons, pomeloes or shaddocks from Florida ("called ' 'srrape fruit"), ap pies from Victoria and Tasmania, selling at Id. and 2d.; litchis and longans, dates, 'figs, cocoanuts and Brazil nuts in their capsulcs (these are plentiful here, although difficult to obtain in that form in fcngland), and various other nuts, such as pecan, hickory, sapucia, butternuts, pine cones,(pistacia, ground nuts, chufas (cyperus), carob pods, etc., make up a goodly choice for visitors. In the .United States sections there are the following jvarieties of oranges shown: Maltese frlood, Maltese oval, paper rind St. Michael, "Washington navel, Australian navel, Australian Indian River, Tahiti seedling, Hayti late, dried apricots, necjtarines, peaches unpeelcd, plums pitted, pears evaporated, excellent raisins, preserved fruits and jams innumerable. Saffron.?Tfte cultivation and preparation of saffron in Spain are well exemplified by one or two exhibitors in the Spanish pavilion on the banks of the Seine at the Quai d'Orsay.' One exhibitor, N. Hermanos, shows samples from AJbacete, which is one of the chief centres of production, but the best and most instructive exhibit is that of Dnrna60 Afgaraz Valencia, who has a very complete and instructive stand, commenciagat the bottom with corms of tie crocus patinus, in earth; then ,o\*et this, on a Tfoeif, are a dozen, glass globes, six filled (with the product of 188S and six with those of the previous year. They are classified as follows into Aragon, Sierra, (Rio, Bajo, Mediano, Superior, Selecto. {Four oil paintings represent a field of saffron and the collection of the flowers, Ifche return of the peasants from the field, the picking the stigmas, the tripod orange-colored tops of the central organ of the flowers, the remainder being useJess, the driving of the saffron by heat, and lastly, the general market where the sales are made. The various tools and utensils, sieves, etc., for cultivating and drying the saffron are shown, also the jlifferent forms of packages in which it is shipped to America, Germany and France. [Various statistical tables exhibit in a graphic manner the rise and fall of prices and the export and stock of saffron 'during a period of nineteen years and a half from October 15,1869, to April 30, 1889. The trade in saffron is a very old oi^ in Valencia, and the production is more than double that of France and other countries combined. Although qsed to small extent in pharmacy and as a dyestuff, its chief employment is as a condiment and for coloring liquors, butter and cheese. \ Australian Seed Vessel.?In the Victoria sections of the Exhibition Mr. W. JL Guilfoyle, F. L. S., Director of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, shows a large and most interesting collection of carpological specimens in glazed cases, numbering about 30U divisions, including the seeds and seed vessels of the various species of eucalyptus, acacia, arancaria, casuarina, banksia, hakea, jgrevillia, melaleuca, callistemon, ango (phora ana otiier genera, it is a collection which ought to be secured for Kew br some other botanic museum, as it is difficult to form such another. Mate.?Very many of the South American Republics show specimens of this product, known locally as yerba , mate, or Paraguayan tea, the product of the torrifica leaves and stalks of different species of ilex. It is exhibited in packets, and in original serons or bales of green hide. This is the dietetic beverage of about 20,000,000 people in South 'America, and its popularity is shown by the exhibits in the various pavilions of Ifche Argentine Republic, Paraguay, Urujguay, Brazil, Chili, Bolivia, etc. ! Strong efforts are being made to open a trade with it in Europe, especially in France, where shops advertise and Recommend it. Whether this will succeed remains to be seen, looking at the increased production of tea and the enormous increase in its sale in Europe. Approaching in its chemical composition to. coffee and tea, it is asserted that it does not cause wakefulness or prevent sleep. In the rural districts, as well as in the smaller towns, this beverage is considered a regular form of diet, and not, like tea, a mere accompaniment of the breakfast cable. It is sweetened iwith sugar until it almost becomes a syrup. It is sold at 2d. to 4d. per I jpound, and one pound will produce | about twenty quarts .of infusion. It is bnetimes flavored with cinnamon,orange |9^krjempn juice.?Gardeners' ChronVictoria is so fond {nBngajMBSjfein the habit of HHH^raSRt^RKn^K>ws, even in the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ during the Castle BHHB ' Tanned Alive. | C. H. Black, a well-diessed young man, was trying to secure subscriptions to a watch club in the El Dorado street j tannery. Ke approached one of the workmen who was scraping the hair from hides. The workman scraped away vigorously, and hair and lime were scattered on every side. Black dodged about, 60 that his immaculate attire should not be soiled. < The workman seized a hose and turned a stream of water on the hide to wash away the loose hair. The water splashed in the direction of Black, who nimbly jumped back to avoid it. He had failed to obey that old proverb: "Look before you leap," and he went souse into a vat of tanning liquor. His heels flew up from under him and he sat down up to his neck in the dark brown liquor, which splashed all over his head and face. As soon as the workmen could stop laughing sufficiently to act they pulled him out of his unpleasant bath, and he stood dripping on the walk, looking like some beer god just after a bath in the liquor loved and protected by Gam? * i? j ? brinus. Tfie nose wmcn uuu ungmauj j caused all the trouble was now brought into play to repair damages. Black was made the target for a stream until as much as possible of the tanning liquor had been wafhed from his garments, as well as from us face and . hands. He was taken to his hotel and put to bed, while his only suit of clothes was being washed, dried and pressed. Before all this could be accomplished, however, his skin had been subjected to the action of the strong tanning, and despite the use of every known means to neutralize it, his skin will for some time be several shades darker than it was before his involuntary bath. He will have the comfort, though, of knowing that it will match well with a pair of yellow shoes.?Stoclton (Cal.) Independent. The Theory of Dew. It is now held by the best physicians that, instead of falling from above, the dew arises from the earth. The generally received opinion that the dew is formed of vapor existing at the time in the atmosphere must be given up for the established fact that the vapor which arises from the heated earth, is trapped by the cold surface earth. Besides, when we imagine that on a cool evening after a sultry day in summer, our feet are being wet by the dew on the grass, we make a grave mistake. For that moisture on the grass is not dew at all, it is false dew? in reality the transpired humor of the plants. The drops at the tips which glisten diamond-like, are not dew; close examination shows that crystalline spheres are all ituatedV,t the points where the veins of the leaves cut the outer edges. These drops only give evidence of the vitality of tne plant. The difference between the true dew on "? * ? Jl-J J x"! ~ "U the grass ana me exuueu urujjs uuvugu the veins from within the grass can be easily distinguished, for the former is distributed all over the blade in a moist film, whereas the latter are of some size, and are situated near the tips of the blade. Altered then is the meaning of the line: ' Ilka blade o? grass keeps its ain drap o' dev.-for thrss brilliant globuies oh che petal," shaking tc the c^rnc swest air, and often "gliding at once all fragrant into one," are no dewdrops, but are exudations of the healthy plants. They give evidence of the elixir vita of vegetation; whereas, the true dew is the pearly lustre, varnished in filmy humidity over the blades by that wondrous alchemy which transforms the water vapor rising from the ground into the plant-refreshing dew. ?Good Words. Unearthing Ancient Skeletons. A most remarkable story reached Denver from Aspen, Col., regarding an unexpected find in one of the principal mines on the Aspen Mountain. On a recent Thursday night the night shift in the Minnie mine, Messrs. Donnelly, Mackey, Taylor and Gilfillan, put in two thirty-inch holes in the breast ot tne 400-foot level, and fired the blast just before leaving for the surface. On returning to the mine it was found that the two shots had broken into a cave, which they explored. Going in a few feet they found the walls covered with crystalized lime and lead that glittered like diamonds. Here and there little stalactites hung from the ceiling. The lime formation resembled lace and frieze work of wondrous beauty. The cave had a descent of about twenty degrees, and they found rooms and chambers grand beyond description. They had entered about 200 feet when they found a flint axe. A little further was a pool of fresh water, and a strong current of fresh air was felt. Further on a chamber was discovered covered with a brownish muck that was sticky.- Gilfillan, who was in the lead, suddenly stopped and said: "There sits a boy." Sure enough there sat va human form. The head was resting on the knees, and the arms were drawn around the legs, Indian fashion. A stone bowl and axe were found beside the figure. The body was well preserved, but in trying to lift it one arm broke off. Other bodies in different attitudes were found in the chamber, but when disturbed they crumbled. One body was brought out with Vin loco nf omc fppf Nam ' York Sun. Dry Ground Floors. A very effective way of keeping the ground floors of dwelling and storehouses dry is adopted in Java. In the process of building, a layer of fine coal dust is spread over the spot and stamped compactly. A layer of fine sand of equal thickness is then laid over it, and upon that is placed the floor. By this method of construction the floor will, it is said, always remain dry from the coal dust absorbing the moisture of the soil. To keep away white ante, the placing of a layer of coal dust under ground floors has proved highly serviceable, owing to the inability of these destructive insects to make their way through it. A Pneumatic Carver. A pneumatic carver has been invented by a Rhode Islander which cuts a swath half an inch deep and wide through the hardest granite in an incredibly short time. An air cylinder, run by steam, discharges liiiu a receiver jveepiutj up u cuu&iiuiu pressure of from forty to fifty pounds oe the square inch. By a number of flexible tubes the air is fed into the carving room of the "pneumatic carver." The tool | consists of a cylinder in which is a piston with a transverse angular valve in it. The valve regulates the pressure and from 15,000 to 16,000 strikes a minute can be made by the little machine, the tool cutting the stone with great rapidity. V i J % household mattebs. TOMATO MUSTARD. Tomato mustard is one of the very nicest recipes and one seldom seen in print. It calls for one peck of green tomatoes sliced very thin wid thickly sprinkled with salt. Let them stand aU night. In the morning squeeze them out, 6lice a quarter of a peck of onions, lay them in a porcelain-lined kettle, tomatoes and onions alternately; add one pound of the best yellow mustard and cover them with vinegar. Boil steadily one hour and pack it away in stone jars. ?Washington Star. CLEANING GREA8Y BOTTLES. The easiest manner of cleaning oily 01 greasy bottles is to pour into them a little strong sulphuric acid, after they have been allowed to drain as much as possible. The bottle is then corked, and the acid caused to flow into every portion of it for llYinilf. firo minnfoc nr en Tf. ia "fVlPTl washed with repeated rinsings of cold water. All traces of oil or grease will be removed in a very expeditious manner, ind no odor whatever will be thus in the bottle after rinsing. NOVEL DB APERIES. Scraps of silk, *atin and velvet will make lovely portieres, table-covers and quilts, when, sewed in rag-carpet style, and woven according to the new process done by a weaver in New York only. A fine linen warp, Turkey-red in color, .is used, and hardly shows from the mannei in which the silk is arranged over it. The curtains do not sag, and are finished with a plain border if the material is mixed, or vice versa, a band, of plush crazywork, or a Roman striped woven border. ?Courier-Journal. PEACH FiUTTEBS. Peel four large peaches, split each in two, and take out the stones; dust a little powdered sugar over them; dip each piece in the batter and fry in hot fat. Put an ounce of butter in a saucepan and whisk it to a cream; add four ounces oi sugar gradually. Beat the yolks of two eggs; add to them a dash of nutmeg and a gill each of cold water and rum; stii this into the lukewarm batter and allow it to heat gradually. Stir constantly until of a smooth, creamy consistency, and ito i serve, me uaicer is maue as iuhuws . Beat the yolks of three eggs; add to them a gill of milk, a saltspoonful of salt, four ounces of flour ; mix. If old flour is used a little more milk may be found necessary.?New'York Sun. CHICKEN SALAD. Our chicken salad was pronounced excellent, boasts a lady in the Prairie Farmer. For one chicken we used an equal bulk of celery, four eggs, one tablespoonful of mixed mustard, one teaspooniul oi salt, two tablespoonfuls of butter, twothirds of a teacupful of vinegar, and two-thirds of a cupful of sweet cream. Season the chicken in cooking. Cut the chicken and celery with shears?you will find this a better way than using a knife, and it can be more .quietly done. Wa used both Jutland dark meat.. Beat the e?^3> and stir the butter in gradually; then mix together the other ingredients, except the cream, and place them on the stove, in a granite or earthen dish, and allow it to cook until it is as thick as pound cake. When it is cold, add the cream, stirring it thoroughly in, and pour over the chicken and celery. This should be poured over about an hour before serving. We prepared the chicken, celery and dressing, ail out tno eream, the day before the picnic. In the morning, before starting, we added the cream to the dressing, poured it over the chicken, and found it very nice at lunch time. Some lettuce leaves, washed, sprinkled, carried in a tin box and spread on the regulation wooden picnic plates, made a very pretty foundation for oui Balad. We carried a few hard boiled eggs, and arranged a few slices around each plate, on the lettuce leaves. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Use lemon juice and salt- to remove iron rust. A solution of pearlash thrown upon a fire will extinguish it. Don't forget the salt in water in which the potatoes are put to boil. To carve a loin of veal, begin at th( small end and cut the ribs apart. When a hinge creaks put a little graphite or soft lead pencil on the plac? U1 llXUblUU. Sweet potatoes require nearly twice the time that white potatoes do, either tq bake or boil. If by chance a fishbone lodges in th? throat a raw egg immediately swallowed will usually detach it. A teaspoonful of ammonia in th< water in which silver is washed reduces the labor of keeping it bright. Milk curdled with rennet and served in pretty cut glass dishes with sugar is an easily prepared dessert in hot weather. . An authority says that fish sauce should always be thick enough to adhere to tht fish. It is better to be too thick than too thin. A silver spoon put' into a glass jar wil] temper it so that it can at once be filled with anything hot, even to the boiling point. To take ink out of linen, dip the infc spot in pure melted tallow, then wash out the tallow and the ink will come out j ISX XI. To remove tar, rub well with clean lard, afterward wash well with soap and water; apply this to either hands oi clothing. White zephyr articles, if but slightly soiled, are readily cleansed by rubbing with dry flour and hanging out of doori on a clear, breezy day. In mixing mustard for table use nevei add vinegar, which destroys its life and flavor. Boil water for moistening it and let the water become bloodwarm. The best way when hot grease has been spilled on the floor is to dash cold watei over it, so as to harden it quickly and prevent it striking into the boards. A simple way of testing the quality ol soap is by roughening it with a nail. U it flakes off it is of inferior make, but iJ it falls in light powder it is of superioi grade. Equal parts of ammonia and turpentine will take paint out of clothing no mattei how dry or hard it may be. Saturate the spot two or three times and then wash it out in soapsuds. More plays of Shakespeare's have bean turned into operas than those of anj other dramatist. They number ten is all. *' . | The Cnster Massacre. , In his long service as Indian Agent Dr. McGillicuddy learned from the Sioux many interesting facts about the Custer massacrc. For years after that horrible affair the participants in it were very loth to talk of it to white men, but as the agent gradually gained their confidence they told him, little by little the whole story. Sitting Bull had 3000 warriors on that occasion. That is said to have been the largest force of Indians ever encountered by American troops in a single engagement. Custer had over 500 cavalry and some Crow scouts. He divided his force about equally, and sent Major. Reno with one body to attack the lower end of the Indian village, while he charged at the upper end. The Sioux all agree in their statements to Dr. McGillicuddy that their surprise was complete. They were engaged in repelling Reno at one end, when the bugles of the other end gave them their first warning of Ouster's presence. They were disconcerted, and were on the point of giving way for a general retreat when Reno, to their astonishment, drew off. This permitted them to turn their whole attention to nrifK 4-VID TTollnnr 115LCij LUC WlXLbV nibu vue jwivu hair." They told how they managed to make the massacre complete. The ground was broken and Custer was unable to handle his men in cavalry formation. He dismounted them, leaving every fourth man to hold the horses. The Indians threw themselves first on the men with the horses, shot them down and stampeded the horses. They did this, they said, because they knew that the bulk of the ammunition which the soldiers carried was on the horses. This done, the rest was easy. It was only the question of a few minutes till the cartridges in the belts of the soldiers gave out, and then there was no more ammunition. "I sec," said Dr. McGillicuddy, "that every now and then some man announces himself, in the East, as the sole survivor of the Custer massacre. You can always put him dewn as an imposter. There was one man who might have escaped. He was a young surgeon named Lord. His body was not found till long afterward, and it was at first supposed he was a captive. The Indians told me a strange story about Lord's death. They said thai when he saw how things were going he -i.__i.-j - re c?-. SUlilUU U1L. ocvuitti JUUUJJ uuv.no x ur lowed him, but he had a good horse and kept ahead of them. Just as they were going to give up the chase and intending tc let Lord escape, he drew a pistol and shot himself dead. I suppose he waa crazed at the thought of becoming s prisoner. The only person with Custer who survived was a Crow scout. 'When he saw that the fight had gone against the cavalry he drew is blanket over his head so that the Sioux might not recognize him as a Crow, jumped about among them and howled, and gradually edged his way out of the fight and made off. I believe he is still about the Crow Indian Agency. A Moorish Gentleman. A Moorish officer we took to. Jeddah from Tangier had his wife with him. She was his only wife, and though only eighteen years of age, had been married to him five years and had three children, one of whom was dead and the other two alive, and left behind at their home in Fez, whence they came. He had twice before performed the Hadj, and each time had been accompanied by his young wife. This time they were taking her mother with them, and indeed the thoughtful and considerate way in which he treated them occasioned me a good deal of surprise. This bigoted Mussulman?lnnkp.d nnon bv his Euronean brethren as a jealous tyrant of women, as one- utterly incapable of appreciating their higher qualities, could certainly have shamed jnany of them in this matter. The ship, was lying in the bay about a mile frdip the city of Tangier; the sea was running pretty high, and long before they fcarae alongside, both ladies were very sick. N Gently he lifted them on board and laid them down in a quiet corner, while he rushet3~-nteut~tu" seek the best place on the deck whereon to fix his tent. Then he tore open his packages, and drew out from them car pets and pillows and curtains, and in a short while a well-fitted tent was ready, and into it he carried the two women and laid them down and made them comfortable. There they lay till the next day, as much like two bundles of clothes as anything else, for even their faces and hands were invisible, and 3 really believe they did not move once, although in a few hours, as soon as we had got through the Straits and entered the Mediterranean, the sea became perfectly calm, and a great deal of their indisposition must have been of that inexplicable nature which would have tried the patience of many a Christian husband considerably. But he busied himself about and lit a fire and presently turned out a nice little dinner and didn't lose his temper a bit because they would have none of it, but only gazed sorrowfully at the provisions that were to be wasted. Then he made them some tea, and then some coffee, and left nothing "untried in the whole category of things to make them comfortable, patiently sitting there fanning theqj, or anon starting up to get them some -water or any other thing they might want.?CornhiU Magazine. The Making of Hangmen's Nooses. I dropped into an up-town stationery store the other day. It was one of these stores that outfit banks and county offices throughout the country, a store where everything from a steel pen to a forty quire blank-book is kept for sale. "The house has a dozen traveling salesmen on the road. A clerk in the store was filling an order just received from one of the salesmen. Going to the elevator chute in the rear of the store he yelled to a clerk or porter on one of the upper floors: "Jimmy, 6end me down two hangmen's ropes." Jimmy responded, and in a few minutes down he came with the ropes. "Now those are daisies," he said, turning to The Man About Town. . "You wouldn't have thought that we sold ropes to hang men, would you? See here," and he took one of the ropes from a neat little paper box in which it was coiled, "it has the regulation knot already tied in it, so that all the Sheriff has to do is to adjust the noose to fit the neck of his victim. The ropes are made in this city out of a superior quality of hemp, and they are sold for $9 each, which is a very lov? price for them, considering the fact that they are absolutely safe. Everyone we sell has the guarantee of the manufacturer on the box that it has been tested by dropping a iron weight. If the Christian County Sheriff, who made such a disgraceful scene at the hanging of the Bald Knobbers, had hanged his men with ropea like these he would have saved the State from disgrace.!'?Si. Louit Republic. . ' A Mennonite's Profitable Conscience. John Gunderson, a farmer residing in "Worcester township, Montgomery County, Penn., and a devout Mennonite, soon after the rabbit killing season closed last winter, shot one of the long-eared animals. When he realized his error he gave the rabbit to his son, who in turn sold it to a neighbor. But Gunderson's mind troubled him. He knew that he violated a State law and he had no rest. As time went on, the feeling grew upon him so much that he couldn't sleep, and he asked some of his neighbors to inform upon him, so that he could pay the penalty and in that manner ease his mind. But his neighbors refused to do this, and as a last resort Farmer Gunderson informed upon himself. The other day he went to Norristown, and, telling the Presiding Judge his crime, the latter went with him to a magistrate, where Gunderson swore that he had violated the law. The magistrate accordingly fined >nm &K The law hrvwever. savs that half of the fine shall go to the informer. Gunderson left the office, but soon returned and claimed the $2.50 due him. It was paid to him and he again departed. In a short time he returned,and in order that none guilty should escape, he lodged information against his son and neighbor. The fine was imposed and Gunderson paid the $10; but he claimed and was allowed the $5 due the informant. The farmer's mind had been eased and he went to his home with a clear conscience. If he can collect the $10 fine he will be $2.50 ahead of the game, and all because he was an honest man.? New York Sun. Queer Inventions. A genius from Ohio with warlike proclivities, claims to have perfected a bullet-proof shield. The soldier is supposed to carry it before him when in battle, and is so made that the bullets of the enemy are expected to glance off. The shields are so formed that they may be locked together and form breastworks for the entire army. The fellow who suffers from cold is recommended to procure a foot-warmer, kindly conceived by a Hoosier. Two miniature lamps are inclosed in boxes connected by a hollow tube; midway between the boxes there is a vent in the , tube by which the surplus heat passes away. The feet rest on the hollow tube, the lamps supplying the warmth. Roger Connor, "Buck" Ewing and Danny Richardson and other sluggers are reminded that base-ball bats have been discovered which, the inventor claims, will materially improve their averages. The core is bored from the stick, and a metalic {[tube inserted. Nuts are screwed to the ends of the tube. Balky horses are treated to bandages fastened to -wagons which, kick as they may, they cannot smash. It may not be generally known that Abraham Lincoln once essayed to become an inventor. The product of his skill shows a series of bellows-shaped contrivances which are supposed to be used to b'ft a beached steamer into water of proper depth.?New Tori Press. The Centennial at Philadelphia. At Philadelphia the centennial anniversary of the Declaration of Independence was celebrated in 1876 with the first really successful world's fair ever attempted on this side of the Atlantic. Evejy preparation was made with care and forethought. A popular subscription was started and money poured in frnm pvptv nart of the countrv. The work was really begun in 1870. Congress appropriated $1,500,000, and from other sources the sum was brought up to $8,500,000, ftnd the receipts ran up to about $4,000,000. The display included exhibits from almost every civilized and uncivilized nation in the world. Fair mount Park was visited by very nearly 10,000,000 persons dunng the 159 days days of the show, and the result, while not a monetary success, was in every j other respect more than the most sanguine had anticipated.?Chicago Times. A Flv the Death of Man and Horse. Moses^Elyich, a junk dealer, had a team of horses^'aTSiLhe thought a great deal of them. He had been engaged to haul a load of furniture fdfS.manwho was moving from Brookville to *I?ynxsutawney, Penn. It was a hilly road find the horses needed careful watching While going down a steep hill Moses saw a large fly on the neck of one of the horses. It annoyed the man as much as it did the horse, and the little insect caused the death of the animal and also of Moses. Elvich, in leaning forward to brush away the fly, fell to the ground and broke his n?ck. The horses took fright, and, running into the fence, the one on which the fly was sitting broke its leg and had to be killed. Elvich was picked up by his father-in-law, who was following with another load of household goods. ? New York Sun. Bird Dog1, Watch Dog and Nurse. Joe, a pointer dog belonging to the family of the Rev. Mr. Flanders, of Ellaville, Ga., is a faithful servant, and comes as near earning his victuals and clothes as any servant in town. Besides being a first-rate bird dog, ever ready for field sport, and a good night watchman, he performs the services of mwsery maid and market boy with appar^t enjoyment. He rolls the baby out in its carriage for airing morning and afternoon, hauls up the packages from the stores and market, minds the chickens and pigs, and pulls the garden plow.? Savannah News. scouring s for all dear fhe l&undr What will SAPOLIO give the floors, tables and dishes and off the pots a and make the tin things greasy kitchen sink will b , will prove all we say. Be There is but one SAPOL! "The Newest Game." The newest game takes the form of an information party, and is begun by passing to each gentleman a card and to the ladies small pieces of paper, which should be numbered. Those who discover the same number on their card and paper are partners for the game. Each couple must think of a question, sensible or ridiculous, historical or in regard to the weather, to be written on the cards, after j which the cards are to be gathered together, and the leader reads each in turn, giving a few moments for the partners to consider the subject and write the answer, which should be read aloud in turn. This is where the fun of the game begins, as many of the answers are exceedingly queer. Those having a correct answer mark their cards 10, a wrong answer 0, and if the answer is anywhere near right it is counted 5. When all aie added prizes may be distributed as in progressive games for the best and the poorest record. The instructive part of the game is the discussion which followB the questions. The height of the Bunker Hill monument is what everybody living near it ought to know, and yet at an information party held a few evening ago only one person in'a company of twenty was sure of the exact number of feet.? Boston Traveler. Confidence Besot of Success. So confident are the manufacturers of that world-famed remedy. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, that it will do all that they represent, in the cure of liver, blood and lung diseases, that, after witnessing its thousands of cures for many years past, they now feel warranted in selling it (as they are doing, through druggists) under a positive guarantee of itegivine satisfaction in every case, or money paid for it will be refunded. No medicine of ordinary merit cou'd be sold under such severe conditions with profit to its proprietors, and no other medicine for the diseases for wnich. it is recommended ^as ever before sold under a guarantee of a cure or no pay. In all blood taints and impurities of whatever name or nature, it is most positive in its curative effects. Pimples, blotches, eruptions and all skin and 6calp diseases are radically cured by ;his wonderful medicine. Scrofulous disease may affect the glands, causing swellings or tumors; the bones causing '^fever-sores," "white sweUicgs" or "hip-joint disease;" or the tissues of the lungs, causing pulmonary consumption. No matter in which one of its myrald forms it crops out, or "manifests itself, "Golden Medical Discovery" wlil cure it if used perseveringly and in time. Itsthousands of cures are the best advertisements for Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Number of Indians in the United States who wear citizens' dress is 81,621. Enders, Pa., Feb. 18, 1889. Piso'sCure for Consumption relieved the cough, checked the night-sweats and emaciation?in short, gave a new lease of life to a patient of mine who was rapidly and surely approaching the final stage of this dreaded disease. To-day she is in the enjoyment of fair health, a ad this result is due to the beneficial effects of only a few bottles of Piso's Cure for Consumption. If we take into consideration the duration of this patient's sickness, the severity of the symptoms,tbe small quantity of the remedial agent and the brief period of tike within which a cure was effected,we cannot fail to acknowledge the truly wonderful effects of Piso's Cure for Consumption. ' ajevi j at r-kdkkts, m.jj. In every community there are living witnesses to testify that In naming our medicine Piso's Cure for Consumption, we have not claimed more than it can ao. Its standing in the market also proves its merit. We nave not published sensational notices; onr advertisements have been mere signs to indicate the existence of Piso's Cure for Consumption. Instead of endeavoring to excite fe.tr our purpose has been to encourage hope. Yet Piso's Cure for Consumption stands today at the head of all medicines of its class, requiring for its manufacture a factory full of skilled workers and improved machinery, whereas about twenty years ago all the work was done in one little room by one man. Price, 25 cents per bottle. E. T. Hazlbtxkb, Warren, Pa. Dznmabk produces 110,000,000 eggs in a year. Dobbins's Electric Soap is cheaper for you to use, if you follow direction*, than any other soaps would be if given to you, for by its use clothes are saved. Clothes cost more than soap. Ask your grocer for Dobbins's. Take no other. The total Indian population of (he United States is 274,761. Smoke the best?"Tansill'b Punch" Cigar. Out of Sorts Is a feeling peculiar to persona or dyspeptic tendency, or It may be caused by change of climate, season or life. The stomach Is out of order, the head aches or does not feel right, appetite Is capricious, tho nerves seem overworked, the mind Is confused and Irritable. This condition finds an excellent corrective In Hood's Sarsaparllla, which, by Its regulating and toning powers, soon restores harmony to the system, and gives that strength of mind, nerves and body which makes one feel perfectly well. N. B.?Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla < Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only t by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. <00 Doses One Dollar [\. KYK U?35 I IF TOtf-vWISH Ay-v . ISWTHiKfSSMf. REVOI.VEB-^T t purchase "ne of , brated SMiTH & WESSON l/V* ) ? arms. The lint st 6malianfi3 {( yfyf : ever manufacture and thff*v J) ShSa) first choice of all e-perts. i?Sl3l Manufactured in calibres ?I,saana><4*l?'. Sin- M|l gle or double action. Safety HunnieKl?8 and Targetmodels. Constructed entirely oN*?" Q*nlIty wrouttht steel, carefully inp]iccte<rv?r work manahip and stock, they are unrivaled for-foiiS\h? durability and accuracy. Do not be deceived US' I cheap malleable cast-iron imitations which pj are often sold for the genuine artldo and are not 1 onlv unreliable, but dangerous. The SMITH & I WESSON Revolvers are all stamped upon the bar- 1 rels with firm's name, address ana elates of patents ' and are cuaranteri perfect In every detail. Insist upon having the t.eutiine article, and if yoar dealer cannot supply : ou an order sent to address below will receive prompt and careful attention. Descrptlvesatalosne and price3 furnished upon sppllcaton. SMITH & WESSON, ' gyMention this papt-r. Springfield, Ulan. Smr ? who have used Plso's Ufi SjB3T' Cure for Oonromption say it is BEST OF ALL. Spld everywhere. 25c. PEEBIES8 BTE8 SOLD B^DBEtwiSTt I < DR. KOEHLKS' stiff. A tlftS for all domestic animals, will / ' ' uJent or spasmodic. Rarely e ttlpate, rather sets as a laxat Aft 111 more cw/u wui f P''"t'j^mfiwGE^KHl wken needed, atd perhaps rcyggpEIK^HH^ clcec to ctut* for tani^jc Ignj JffTtvre" ripM along with rue **' hut colicmedMnelAav?? iolid hand so: >oap which h ling purpose; /To use ft is 1 do ? Why, it will clean paint, r shelves a new appearance. It i nd pans. You can scour the shine brightly. The wash-basi e as clean as a new pin if you ui a clever little housekeeper and tr ENOCH MOWJAFS S'jacobs oil, For Rheumatism, NEW EVIDENCE OF CtJRE. Several Tears. 217 Korth8t.Paol Street. _ _ . BocharUr, N. 7., Job* 34,1ML Bafftred wrwal jun with rhiuaitioi; ntlh to erall; attcr rabble** wlti St. Jacob* Oil it dl*. appeared; has not returned in fear yean. oaas. OAKTHBL. In the Knoe?. Koc^nur, 5. T. July ?,1*. Had rhraaatlim la kaeaa four waeka. Omebetfa of St. Jccoba Oil cared me entirely. E. H. MAIK, Fob, of "VomMatt* In the Side. Stocfcton, Caj., Jaae 14, UM. Had rhenmstfna la tide far ottr ? weak; aaft St. Jacob* OH; It cared a* a&d baa reaatMft cared. JTCXTgODTlJ, \ . At Drcggots and Dealers. THE CHARLES A. VOGELEB C0? BiMwoft, IM. b% 1 nui a vo KHUV9AI O I READY RELUK THE GREAT CONQUERER OF PAH, Applied externally, lututl; rcllcmi Sprains, Braliei, Backache, Pain 1b tw Cheat or Side*. Headache? Toothache, m any other external pain, CONGESTIONS INFLAMMATIONS, Rheumatism, Xearat via, Lamb ago, Sciatica, Fains la tn Baal of the Back, etc. CURES ALL SUMMER CONPLAIUTS, Cramps, Spasms, Soar Stomach, Naasap. Vomiting, Heart born. DIARRHOEA, CoSIJ Cholera Morbns, Fainting Spells. Iut? nally, half to a teaspoonfnl la half i fia bier of water. 50c. a bottle. AUDraitfMa / DADWAY'S ? PILLS, An excellent and mild Cathartic. PnreU Vegetable. The Safest and Best Medietas In the world for the Cnre of all Disorder* oftho LIVER, STOMACH OR ROWELS. Taken according to directions they wUI. restorer health and.renew -vitality. Price 25 cts. a Box. 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HOLLAND MEDICINE CO., Baffalo,N.T m a After ALL ottasn Dr. Lobb.'SK1 Twenty years' ccr>\lnuou? practice In the treat nent and cure of ht awful effects of early rice, destroying both mind and body. Xedidna ind treatment for one month. Fire Dollar*, ml ecurely sealed from observation to any address. Book on Special Di?ca*es free. m 1 prescribe and fully W Q dorse Big G as the only JBar 3are, la^M specific for tho certain com Jtfjjtf'l TO 6 PAtt/V of this disease. HSMMnateaMt < ? G.H.ingraham,M.D, RV ? Amsterdam, M. Y. . D- fe'jYCHE k COu^ SoldbyDrnqflsty t CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH FENNYROfAl PILLS. Bed Cross Diamond Brand. TK? only reliable *nUl for sale. Safe an# rare. Ladle*, oak JDracgial Car the M> Moad Broad, In n 4 nwtaUla boica, Makd vittbluertbtea. Ttkcaootier. Stndda, (stamps) for particulars and "Kdlrf Car I '">f T' "T"".'TW" Tkltkcstcr Chmlml Cfci JaaalMn Nq., fHliil^ rh S FAVORITE COLIC MIXTURE cure 09 out or every 700 cases of colic, whether flat lore than 1 or 2 dose* necessary. It floes not coa lve and Is entirely harmless. After 20 vears erf trl4 guarantee Is worth something. Colic mnat b* d a few cents ard yon hove a euro on band, ready save a valuable horse. If not at your druggist's, e? le, sent prepaid. IEHLER & CO,, Bethlehem, Pa. ite CoUo I We cheerfully recommend Dr. KotJtfer\ cett. It it | "Javcrite CoHc Mixture." Would not b* xtr teen. I without it at long at toe have hones. aler, ISAAC MOSES & BRO., ' York. | Sale and Exchange S. ablet, Easton, Jh. me cake of as no equal s except in j o value ih~ I nake oil-cloths bright, and Evill take the grease off the knives and forks with it, in, the bath-tub, even the i se SAPOLIO. One cake y it Beware of imitations. SONS (XX, SEW Y0BL , ' "