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SELECT 81FTINMS. Portugal's roval crown in wortl $6,500,000. An Arctic owl was recently capture* in Frecport. Me. The total production of coal in Ohi last year wan 14,500,908 tons. A Philadelphia hat dealer says hi least. profit in in selling silk hats. On an average a locomotive enginec travels 20,000 miles in the course of i year. J. A. McBrayer, of Anderson, Ky. has killed 237 rattlesnakes in sovei years. In the year 700 a. d., Pope Paul I sont the only clock in the world as i present to Pepin, King of France. Needles wero first made with over; rude machinery in 1545. At that dab a workman did well if ho turned ou ten a day. Roman colonial coins bore a numbe of banners corresponding to tho nam bor of the legion whose veterans ha* occupied tho country. One variety of tho India rubber tre* (Ficnselastiea) has leaves of the deepes greon, each provided with a narrov border of very bright red. The loft iest volcano is Popocatepetl Moxioo. Iti crater is 1900 feet dee] and throe miles in circumference. Th mniiolni.. 17 7M1 r.w.l l.:_l. The longest wooden bridgo in th World is u treRtle work over Luke Po.it chartrnin, New Orleans. It is o cypress piles and twenty-two milei long. The dogs which Chiueso epicures ar said to l?e most fond of nro n poculiai species of canine noteworthy for tin entire absence of anv disposition t< bark. The mountain of Fnjisian, in Japan is actually in motion. It is 12,400 fee above s?'i level, yet the power of th winds in those quarters causes it b sway from side to side. One of the largest wire cables evol made lias been completed by a Liver pool firm. The rope has a continuou length of four and one-half miles nn< weighs over tweiity-ivo tons. Queen Victoria lias fifty-five dogH o all sizes and breeds in her palace They are housed with more care fo their comfort and are better fed proli ably than any other dogs in England. Notions than fifteen hundred (1500' people were trampled to death 5n th. crowds which gathered at the feti given in celebration of the marriagi ofl joiiii. XVI. of Franc**, June21, 1770 The Hritish ironclad lloyitl Hover eign covered the distance from th Eddyst one Lightship t > (Jibraltar ii sixty hours twonty minutes, lew aver age sped being fifteen knots an lionr Txi computing the age the Chinesi ftlw?VH reckon hack twoyrarn fromth cclehration of the Urst birthday; or in other words, iik though the perse had l?con one year old at timcofhirth Mount I Angus, otherwise tli "water volcano," is aititated nhou twenty dive miles south of tho capita of Guatemala. It takes spells of vomit itig immense torrents of pure, eol< water. Caged lions and tigers, pumas am iagnara take no notice of the men am women passing in front of them, lm let a dog he brought anywhere non lie cage and they show their savagi nature at once, and spring up, glariuj out savagely. Haw to Slis'p Soundly. Tn sleeping much depends on seeming a comfort able position. Lying 01 the hack would seem to give the moa ease, hut general experience and prac tiee prove that it does not, and it i liable to soma definite ohjeetious. Ii a weakly state of the heart and hlooi vessels and in certain morhid comli tions of the hraiu the hlood seems t gravitate to the hack of the head am to produce troublesome dreams. Per Boiis who have contracted chests am who htfcvc had pleurisy and retain ad hoaions of the lungs do not sleep wel on the baek. Nearly all who are in clinod to snore do so in that position For these and other reasons it i therefore better to lie on,the sidj', am in lung disease to lie on the weaKWiido bo as to leave the healthy hmg free tt expand. It is well to choose the righ Hide, liecause, when tho body is tliu placed, tho food gravitates nior easily out of the Htoinaeh into tli<! in test i ties. Sleeping w ith tho arm thrown ove the hen 1 is t > ho deprecated, hut thr position is often assumed during alee] nccAUHc eirenlation is then free in tli extremities and the head and iicek and the muscles m the chest are drawi up and fixed by the shoulders, am thus expansion of the thorax is easy Tln> i*liii'f iiliicplinitu Lit Lhin i?i mi lii it are that it ereatT-M u tendency to cram| nn<1 cold in thi> iirniH, mid Homctime foonui to cihiho liciidaohoH mid droain i Tl??< IicnI in nlitaino I when tin nhntterH tiro rlost'il ho hh to make th room dark mid the wimlowa nro ltd iimted ho ah to ndlilit plenty of freal Hir. Farly naiiix is not a virtue, mi Ii'ha tlio riner li?M nocured alee)* enough mid th? Ix-at rininx in obtained whw the (deeper wiikee naturally. Nei York tjiimmi'n'iHl Advertiser. Tlio helra oT T>iiiiioh pere, TTio n?r brated French novelist, nro (till en jovinx hii income of nliont 37000 year from the hhIo of hie novel)1, e wh'ch he wrote aotnu 300. Two o three of thcHo fnrnitdi inont of th , reveling. Ringing Noises In the emh, sometimes a t-i11^ ing, buzzing sound, or hiiu|) ping like the report of a pistol are caused by Catarrh in tli Head. Lobs of smell or hear ing also result from Citarrli which may develope into Broil chitis or Consumption. Hood' Barsaparilla cures Catarrh b; thoroughly purifying the bloo< and building up the entire sys tem. (jet Hood's, because Hood's Cures llcnit'. rill* <-urf iiv.-r iik Kh-k i.c . I.* ti jMndk-4, lixUcMtkm. JJmbu Try box. I FORMS OF MONEY. Ii SOtfK OLI> ANI) 01>1> MEDIA OF |* EXCHANGE. o Possibility of (Sohl'ii Displacement by 801110 Kurer Metal? Many Prlinb live Methods of llarter Among Uncivilised Races. r a MONEY is a subject that has risen into such promineuce of late that tho first extra- J * ordinary session of the 1 n United Htates Congress since the '70s I has been convened particularly on itH | / account. This event seems to lio one 1 0 of the later stages of a sort of descend- 1 ' ing replacement among tho metals ' used in coinage, a process that has, < during tho centuries and millenniums ' ] of human history, slowly but plainly ' substituted copper for iron, silver for e copper an I gold for silver, says tho 1 * Washington Stir. Each of these 1 k met da seems to have made its appearance as coin in ascending order, and , some arc even ready to speculate on 0 tho possible appearance in the future of come still more rare and costly 11 metal to press tho coveted yellow j. standard lower in the scale, as it has ^ done to silver. Iridium, osmium and palladium, metals scarcely known outL. t ide the chemist's laboratory, are men- ^ r tioned, but hardly with seriousness. ^ Russia, in lH-JX, undertook the coinage of plat ilium, lint the scheme was abandoned 111 1 *1 o because of the great u mi i? % 1111 'i |if?rv ?n lilt* ITCOipiH, | When counted In r share was found to 1 ' j consist nf lliroo pi<_ ?-, twenty-three turkeys, fur I.v four chickens, f?0l)0 ('iiciu,l Hilts, lll'silli'H OOllniillTillllv qualities of ( | bananas, lemons mi l oranges. At the , French capital all the material woulil lf have added H00 franca to her resources, ( 1 lait mi the islands it whh worth to lit! | only the value of that part which could 1 he consumed. i I Other travelera among tribes where ( . primitive barter has not yet dovel- ( oped something having aeiublnuco to | a common medium of exchange have ( been given a still keener appreciation i of the advantage?! coming from tlm j 1 iihc of money. Wallace, when in the | s Malay Archipelago, could not aeciire supplies for dinner without a special bargain and much bickering upon each r occasion. Dccniise the vendor of od- , 1 iblca did not alway.i happen to meet '' with something desired among the :u- , tides which the party had to offer in ( ii uxchange, Mr. Wallace and his com* | ' paniouK were often compelled to do ( without a meal. These experiences ; led tliciii to hold ill readiness a siipplx . H of such articles as the natives would invariably accept. ( ' Htich war doubtless the ttrat form ol , money any commodity whieli was e .- , i Iwrnwl by all persons, which w? old be i readily reccivod at ail time, and winch i all desired to possess in unlimited " quantities tlm generalized 'value which constitutes the lubricator ol commerce. irobnldv the most primitive inoncy n Consisted of the skfns of w ild animal?. '( Tiic foundation of this theory is the 1 assumption that th earliest creature which could he called men were limit" ers. The meat which win* procured did not posHcssthc requisite durability, the hones lacked high value, but tin dried pelts possessed both qualities. y. Ktymologiotl res-art'lms, moreover, | show that the earliest r ?ces used skiu' as the representative of value. C'lassi** cal writers have recorded traditions to i the effect that tlm earliest currency I, used at lfoine, lamed e n.>u and <'arth age was made of leather, ami such money is said to h ivo circulated in s n.. . 1- - e " * I1M--OU UN IBIU UK 1110 (Olgll III IVl I I II ^ drop.. Ill time moiiio (iitrliruUr nkiii hociiito liuvo become the i^tht><! ?r< 1. Tl?i? nnioiig tliu aborigine* about Itu l.-on*?i Buy the curly trader* found to bo that of I he (waver. Home of llio earliest forum in which the crude metul wum ahn|>ed were anial! I cost of nnntiuR nu<l liecaiiHo of (ho inn k( %l?ilit v ??f its vnltio. Aluminum kooiiih L' (<> have larger proHpoets of irninin;; fi place in ill" monetary nyntom, par- i 1 ticuhirly on ii level liohnv hi Ivor, oilli s iv probability ??f ?1 jhi>1 hi*incopper, fur I I lliv intrin-io value < ! (ho material in ] the prices of lowest ili'iiominiiiion ih i iitiw far Ii-hh tlmn the fnoo value. The iceont iliw'nvory ??f iiicauh fur tlio ox- j tensive prodtioiioii of (ho now corn- \ potitor i? ma<lo in imrt to aooount for j ! i... .1... - , ..... ... |.. . V ...I ...II I.I niivcr. , Tin' word ilviKi(iii|{ money to the people <>f one of 11?? nortli Kuropenu , mcc Ims no equivalent in the I .uppish , language, which still returns its orig- : ,, iiml Mgnitieniieotis the imine for it skin ( i in eonnnon with its Inter use. So | motley to it eiti/cn of the United States ) mentis golden nglos, silver dollars, ) eo|i|ier pennies or their paper repre- | seiltntives. Familiarity with these f i media gives to the inniimeralde other < media, that are or have lieeti in use | '' among the pi oples of the earth, nuap- | | penranee of almost silly oddity. ( Hut perfectly coined money is a com- , 1 paratively recent convenience, and the , story of the development to that which | 1 n at present in use is full of interest. ? 1 The natives of the Society IhIiijiiIm as , ( they Hved not many years ago will | L, icrvi' as the subject of the first lesson, i ,j A I'nrisiaii singer, making a profes- , bioiial lour around the world, gave a , concert in the islands. She was tore- | barn ?>r spike*, and wire*, rolled into bracelets or rings. Abundant speciniens oT this ring money have been found in various parts o" Europe ami Asia, and probably constituted the llrst approximation to coinage. It i.said to bo still current in Nubia. Impressions were first, made 011 only some portion of the ingot, spike or ring. The early flat coins were stamped on but one side, and rough edges prevailed until comparatively recent times While circular coins vastly predominate, the forms into which other* have from time to time been east are peculiar. Many octagonal and hexagonal |>ioees have been issued in Germany, mil money in the the form of squares mil lozeugeH has been used in Euglantl. iPlatos of copper, seven and a hall Baches square, bearing an imprint in oach corner, circulated in Sweden in the eighteenth century. Tho Japanese coinage is composed of oblong flat pieces of silver covered 011 both sides with designs and legends, and oval pieces of copper with a square holo in tho centre. Tho square hole iu tho centre of tho circular Chinese 1 money permits tho coins to be strung. ' Cimcter-shaped pieces formerly circulated in Persia. The first issue ofcontinental currency in 177<> figured a sum over a dial and 1 Ihe coins bore I he admonition } "Mind 1 Vour Business." This, however, was I nit an experimental issue, and until 1 the mint, was established in 17i>2 the wveral Slates maintained each its own currency. Tho designs are fantastic and varied. The Press in China. Jjibrrty of the press, as understood is England, docs not exist in China. ( \u ancient law forbids the publication, nmler any form whatever, of tho history of the reigning dynasty, and i?f course any journal worthy of the name of newspaper must take note of the history of the country. It ought to be said that the history is written, if not printed, but the annals nro slited by a special body composed of listingnished men, forming the Court ?f Historians, and their records are arofully kept, hut never Hue the light. So jealously are they kept, secret, that the Emperor liimse'f does not see them, and there is 011 record the fiery response of the President of this Historians' Committee toan Emperor who 111 1 intimated his desire to know lonietliing of the tecords of his reign : 'This council writes, with equal ibertv, the good and the bad. No h'mperor has as yet read what has been hronieled of bis Government, for if meli annals were to bo shown him, the writers dure not inscribe more than lis nraises." The r/,t.li.,.l 'What ! you owro it to the country, nnl. furth? r, you carry a record of , nulls committed to the future." The I'rush lout nuswei'eil that none of Iheiu ivero competent lo sny what should he Mitten and what l.hulen, atul Hint iieir duly would oblige theiu to stale heir present conversation. The Kin iTor ave way, for nothing is IchniiIidute I hull mi absolute government. Che department which in supposed lo regulate tlni'i bears sumo identity with what we call the press consulship. The acts of the (iovernmcnt and of ! lie rovereign nre constantly examined liy this nil powerful court. Some of l?; member* nre always in attendance it the palace, and even accompany tin* overeign on hie. travels. Their conntela niUKl he Iistenod to, nnd tlicy really form the intimate counselors of III * Autocrat of China. Should Heir private n Iviee he refused, tlioy do not he .i. it to publicly.criticise the action I hey disagree wilh, and frequently in no lecnanred t rrms. In reality il is thin court of censor . who take the most important duties of tic pr. *M upon theniHelver, and while tlicy in iv Shun he compared v. till ihe eon-orsliip of mmte Knropcan onull ies, Hi <y are inliiiitcly more |low .ml and can entirely control ami ..(vi|y rupprcss Hie newspapers of the State. Tlicy are l>cyond the rcncli of it tack , and it is only hy pupposiiiv. it lo I e a part of the t'biucso National hnraefcr that we can suppose the ex isle nee, even or a mom- nt, of such in instrument of surveillance, power in.I control. Neither a Borrower Nor L?ad?r Hero is ?? hard times story which is just now circulating in Wall street: About throe mouths ago, during tho very darkest days of tho panic, a certain small operator applied to a friend of about the same calibre for the loan of $100. "Nothing would please me moA," said the man approached, "and I'll accommodate you. I haven't $HM) with mo at tho present time; but make a note and I'll indorse it, and you can got tho money from tho bank." Tho "borrower" procoedod to make the note, when the other remarked : "By the way, I need a few dollars myself to-day. Make the note for two hundred dollars. 1 can use one hundred myself." lie did as requested. The note was indorsed and discounted and the pro* newts were divided. When it lieeame due, however, the lender ami indorser was in soclnsiou, and the maker had to meet the pay incut. I In is uow wandering through the streets trying to deoide whether he borrowed $ltM? from his friend or his friend borrowed that amount of him,?New York Herald, ? i SLY REYNABD. TIH-; l?()\ IS AMKltRV IIKAST \M) A liOM> KKKKliOOriClt. Hi'kIIo's, Alert ami Full of Resources ? Ills t 'arcrr Is O'ten Short -T.il veil, but Ills KxlMeorc is a llappy-**,o-Iv.tckv One. * fr-~"I ~T OVV'p??k s pie know wlmt an intcrifitingehapthe fox -L L i.-," nii'1 tho naturalist in the New York Hun. "They know him "only l>y reputation ami that an a chicken-thief, which ho is. lint ho linn lota of point?, I tell you. A merry, uiy dog is rcyuard. All sum incr ho lives in luxurious ease, roaming tho woods ami sauntering hy tho pearly brooks, or hanking in the noonday ami. "tie loves fish ; mil going down to the stream lio wait- till he spiesa plump trout. It's :ilI (iv. r in a twinkle. A leap, a snap, and o'l ho trois with his juicy morsel. A afupi-l crawfish snoozes hy hin hole near the water's edge. Tteynard drops liis tail in tho water and tiekle.a him with it. Tho angered crustacean comes out of his hiding place and iv seized and crushed, armor and all. When tho ripening corn is ready t<>dr/>p, and tho luscious fruits have reaelvo their maturity, and all nature is plethoric with ripening fullness, then Master Fox is in clover. Timid rabbits prick up tlioir ours and riin, unconscious of danger, along tho hillside; I ho <piail skulk noiselessly in tin- win"il stubble ; birds pour forth I heir nolo-- o i>r.?'-?e and ho i'?tchrti litem all. Il?< low s fruits, stealthily stealing i it I > orchids, where apples nud plump poar liMiipt. and in tho vineyard ho fairly revcln in grapes. Ilia i ?i i-; ;<rinv fid and saucy. Ho shows llioin h<>w to pi 11 honov, and when Hi" busy been havt laid up a winter store ho crawls to the lii\es near tho garden fence an l jumping up to tho small opening licks the sweet drops with pure delight. <hit eomo tho st iligino, humming honey-makers, and settlo like n pall oijhis thick pelt; hut ho douldos up in a 'la inkling and rolling over and over crushes them by the score and oat them as a relish. "t'linniii; ? No animal boats him. Look at his brainy head. His delicate ears?broad he low t ? catch every sound from the highest note of the >dirdl warbler t<> tlio low crooning of Iho cricket, or th distant murmur of storm, or the fevered pants of tlie prancing hounds, and tapcriug ho sharply to a point that they can shape themselves to every wave of air that makes the tiniest rustle of noise. Note the crafty calculation and foresight of tbo low, flat brow. What a none! jNow fuH of pt^rpos.' pointing straight forward, find anon turning up with concentrate <1 malice and scorn. The eye, deep set, a regular robber's eye, lacking the soft beauty of the timid deer, or the fascinating glare of the cat's, vet it trembles with modest humility or glares with murderous rage, flashing fire nnd vengeance. Kucrgy and self-cont r d speak in the thin, cynical lips, and the mouth opens from ear to ear. lie can leap, crawl, run mid swim with the velocity of fighliiiu;-:, and his wiry body is carried so noiselessly along that scarce a traco is left. His delicate footfalls echo no response even among the dead leaves of the forest. IlisV *lk is treacherous, his glance sinister. Seizing a hunch of jjrain in his mouth, ho will swim Into the midst of a (lock of ducks and seize the plumpest for a dinner. "He will feign lentil like a 'possum, ami even the hound's teeth and the Hash of gunpowder have failed to nroiim him. A farmer surprised ouo in a lieu-moot, believing that the lox was dead from over-eating the farmer kicked th stiffened body on the floor, picked it up by the tail and flung it out in the barnyard. Jn a jiffy the fox gathered up his legs and escaped. "lie is voracious, is reynard. When huugcr-prcHHc I, and gaunt and lean from starvation, he'll not refuse serpent < and toads and moles and r.tts. lie has Is eu knowp to attack and kill young calves and lambs, and if the seashore in near will ^rovel in oysters an l shellfish. A groiie ol rabbits arc feeding in a clover patch. Hell crawl along, nibbling the juicy flowers until near enough to make a grab. He'll stalk a bird w ith his hind legs dragging behind him, until near enough to mak< a spring. How farmers dread hi- inroels in (ho poultry yard. Fasten tin yard up tight and he will burrow a w inding pa mage into tbo ground beneath and nu-ldciily appear among the drowsy chicken- and slupid geose, who shrill an I alariue I erica arouse tin f vim r fi n.i his bed t > sally forth (in tin , all lafe. Then tlio fox . will sneak lack and pack away the plumpChi | nl!*. t or the fattest goose. "i.-'elraniy is tho roonth when rejnard goes a-w< oing, and a wide range ut rims niruiii Aim toying with any vixen that olimicrt! in liie way. It i* fully sixty day ay#furo ttiainma clean III.- brndi all out of !?< r burrow ami l>rin. a forth Iiit 3 oiitig, front tlireo tn six fit n litter. It w ill lie fully n niontii hf'orfi th. alum io--??<| cub*. Iw^ln t?i l>lny imi.I '/anilol out the doorway oi III it* liwin . l\ tii 10. il will I>? ut tlu r.u.i <>.* Ill . I- n ?th ? Ii?i rock* or in tli? hollow of n ?lc*?l tre< trunk or u burrow with several eu trances in the wind or loam. Tell-tf ehiekeu hones nn 1 feathers mid ( strewn about tUo t'lilrnueo apeak many a he it most robbed or of fooli re.hhits mi l ovcreonthlent grouse tli lmve furnished food for the ever-lui gry onos. The mother fox fnithfu feeds her young and boldly steals support them. She knows, as all spor men know, that the hounds will n follow Iier while s!m has a family il pending upon her. "A merry, never-say-dio life dc he fox lend, indeed! ft may bo short one, for Imps nud snares n nmnv, hunters are many slid the see of the hound is keen. Hut reyna rollieks and royalera and plays t bold freebooter amid it nil." f I'*. A Iwo foot rule?"Keep off t grnss."? Hallo. Wo suppose the ship heaves out sympathy lor tho seasick pnssengei ?Sifliugs. George Goal 1 favors an income tn This proven that Cicorgo is 110 Jay. Chicago Dispatch. Sometimes girls nre kind to you men to make other young men jenlot ?Atchison Globe. The man who good to his own b habits may be styled ns otio who generous to a fault.?New Orlen Picayune. "By George! I n.n in high fentln after all!" exclaim? I the ostrich, lie seamied the market reports plumage. ?Truth. Iliggs ? "Why don't you luiv one these fashionably long tailed eonts l?riggs(afti r a painful pause) "?Hg| I am to<? short." Chicago Tribune. Prisoner ? "1 beg yon, judge, 1 to condemn me - not on my aecoui but so ns not to injure tho pronpo of my counsel."?Fliegende Math "lto.i.1 sir," nli" whispers,I, us not Trent Hits nftiir too lightly." lb'promptly rue nml llxni tlingas 'J'o shln< somewhat Ichu brightly. I iroit Tribune !>on ? "What in n doreiver?" Fatl (who is n' little, denf) "A man, 1 boy, who ir< appointed by the courts ludd out promises to tiie creditors." Hardware. "Is Ihlkiiis r man who remcmlx hit" oblignt ions?" "< >b, yes; lie's ways spenkiug about linen and pro ising to see you next week. -lktr Tribittie. Honmnlie mothers should bear mind that no man named Algcrn i M-iTfimi* in;iiwur, u:ri n?? ?"iii named Mnyclln <>r I'earl over beca great.?Atehison < llobo. Bengal Pcasapl ProwerDs. The win loin of the Bengal poaa en 11i\ ?>rr- ttiidscxpreffsuui inprover of which n coll-d'oii ) 1 ?ccn mi by n Ikibu in th- Agricultural Dopr ment of that provino \ llis approt lion n! th"outwardly revere.I Brahr bet rave 11 k? *1 f incidentally in maxim. "Itain ami inundation ilia pear when south winds blow, liko Braliin in aa soon as lie has received ft Other Bengal rural aphorisms a "ifavo tho land which receives wft-hingKof th" village, and the hull* which walks fas', and marry the i whoso mother i; good." "He v works in tho field himself with I iliori'M gets tho full profit; ho w lining unable t > work liimsi If, sup vices the workings of tho laborers, p I t'.lf tV ? i<r ill*; ho who orders i labor or.s from his house does not ODou -Ii to eat. Ttoiidon News. Whsnce Sappho Leaped. Happh oh litMp was tin* nam gi\ to a white elitV or promontory i ciontly called Iicilcadia, now ('i Hneato, at tlm southern extremity Santa .Maura, one of tlm Ionian atuls. It wan so called because S pho, tlio po leas, b report -1 to li thrown herself from this height ii the sea. A criminal, with birds lacln-d to him to break Ii in fall, i thrown from the clitVat the aim festival of Apollo; and, if Ii r.ncli the water unhurt, he was picked by boats placed there for I list purpo This is the rock from which, uceo iug to the story, lover . throw thselves in order to be free frpm pangs of love. Lloyd's report is o f H| leeial intel to Americans this year, states the ( eago Herald, as it shows that then no Nation whieli has made so rapid increase in the tonnage of steam registered during the past twi months as the United States. 1 Scott, K*y.. of Us- P. H. Mnrsfu Ofllce, Atlanta, writes: " Kor mr 1 iruiw mi wlfo has been a < (instant suSTr i from Imliiroiiiin, *lck t>< n<la< In-. nervous pi trillion au<l all oflirv eoniplnlnls that tlio "?"> n 1U| Ulin, niH I ,ii 111/ mi remcdlea ami iloot with but llttlo or no Ify,'.T'>c^ ? J Ih'f, I prnuiitnl hoi MuHPRM try nr. Plerrr'n Kavo 0B; I'riiM rlptlnn hii>I HBp in Mi111- :il liiscovn Ht Hhi' ?M ?i nut ill hi* VlTB aim ri-tiiriu-d tt^o nor MT . ' Xfl that It would t?o I Kg all tho nut i.f nn ri, BDrsf/ !^?. but on my anrount. ^7" '7 ^CS?, aai<l aho would try It, 1 U. I *ot one bnttlo ra vVv. ' anil hrtnfi, aim hail u , Una. Hcott. J*1' ?,f.? *2. I li.it It wan lu nrlll . Iior. anil ahe hoa eontttiuod to Improve e tlmv, Mini now tlunka It the inoat wnndoi , rrm< <lv on mrih for Ikt ary, ami rrcommr It to all autiVtiiiit fmal- a. Him hits not b r no r/i II In ton yrara. I .rrlto Iii(? without nnj aoltHlatlon 1 * wlih it frrr, pikhI wilt, an tliit you may lot . who uiny itutfi-r know what ft haa done ' ln*i ' fluid t?> inrdlciito dralrn ovrry wbi M K. Notj a | ilo Flint American Steam Locomotive. ur After nno htm spent r\ (lay viowin ,,f tli<^ splendid railway oxliil?it at Chi< . ago's great Fair, or even the tdiowiu H 1 made at our own Exposition, it isdil l(4^ lieult for hiiu to realize that everj hi- thing relating to that branch of ii 11 v dustry is the result of but Hixty yenr ( labor. All the ifiant strides that hav been made in the railway enterprit of America have been brought aboi lot within the memory of many men an [e. women who daily walk the streets ? St. Iiouis. In 1831 the railway ( connecting Albany with ttehenectad; ?ea Y., had leas t han a dozen cats, eae 11 drawn by two horses! Later on, i re 1832, I believe, locomotive ongiin nt were introduced, but as the railwn ran up and down hill, just as t) wagon roads of to day, the luccniotivi ? had to be assisted by stationary ei gines, thus making double exporso. The very first stcmn locomotii . constructed in America was made h the Kemhles (loiupany of West stree New York, in 1880?31. This pione? 0[ American "triumph of the mechanic art" was shipped by sailboat from tli lK" manufacturer's shops to Oharlestoi H. ('., where it was put together an lirst used on a short froight road b the city last named and a small pla< called Hamburg.?St. Louis llepuhli Drapers and others showing wii dow goods liatile to loso their cob by fading are advise 1 to put ycilo nil colored glass in their windows, as t'i jH blenching is caused by the white raj of the sun's light. us riicre Is mure ''a'nrr'i is till < (WM'tien of II if i,|i'iiitii Hum nil oiler ilineasea |iilt lege! lie ' a ul mil III If lie I. few y>*ars was suppos ?1 to I as inem-a ile. Kn ti ur - it m ?sy yoursiloetors pr. mm m i-! t ti 'iii-ni <1 hpiiw>, iiii?l itri iR-rilieil loci Oil reme In- . .i nI l\ eil iHtiinlly failing to cm < lili Iim-iiI 11ea1 iticni,pronouncoil it inourahl * ri-sn i-lin pruvtMi catarrh to h- a const lit I inn.11 ?111 -n < anl i trrcfoni require. const it! of i tnial iit-illinioit. IlaM's Catarrh Cure, nun .j.. nfacl in.I 11\ K. .1. Clu-ne} A:Co.,Toledo,Ohl< 1 lit In* ifi v i o i-1 it m ioiia' cure on thoinarke /ft M t Ink- ii ino r> a!l\ in ?to a-s froin 1'Mrops I "> a l--a>-|*Miiitii'. Ii mis itiretily oil His lil<>< ai!<l tinifini? .nrfa-c i of 11 if systetn. Tliey ntTi oik* lilimlr. <1 tliillai's t r any f a so It falls i ?.i fur.-. s,-inl it>r t-irciilnrs ami tft imotiia 101 free. A'lilif-s I*'. < in- >i-.i >V Co.-, Toledo, O. ?' C liy I linguist-, ;.v. el. KrAJ?isn?Oenfrals favor a neutral lioua<l nry between their ami Moorish territory. For Dyapepnlo, Indigent Ion and Sloniwh <tft ordero, ti?p Hrown'* Iron Bittern Hit Bon Tonic. It robuihla the Blood nnd atrengthen the mtmclea. A upload Id medicine for weal and debilitated peraono. Booth Caboi.ina'k cotton mill'' have dou 1 bhnl in sovoii yonra. TllHOAT l?|.||.K: mini > ??*0 wii'i :* .>!! : :i til I'old or Sore 'I'lir-Mlt. " llrcri't til "" 't i t /r? >?%" givr linni < It ttu r.dtcf, AU>1 out/ i ? horM. Brie > 21 cent". Fban< k h annual account shown a dotlcl of $17.400.000. ori jij. Malaria cnre l and eradicated from the ayi tcin by Brown's Iron Bittern, which enricnr in the blood, tones the nerves, aiila ill?i>tior Acta Ilk" a charm on i>eri*>n? In general tl Olt health, giving now energy and otrengtli. Ai.i.ioatobh aro plentiful in Florida thl Winter. ni mi neccliBiu'a PIIIb correct bad effect* of over eating. Iteechain's -no others. iSiccntaaboi KNOWLEDGE ^ re : firings comfort and improvement an< I,,, tends to personal enjoyment wliei , rightly uae. Tlio many, who live bet ter thau others and enjoy life more, witl <irl leas expenditure, by moro promptly f|io adapting the world's bei>? products t< , (i the needs of physical being, will attes the value to health of the pure liquii ho, laxative principles embraced in tin ,t.r remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is duo to its presenting 'l H in the form moat acceptable and pleas tbo ant to the taste, tbe refreshing and trulj pel beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system dispelling colds, headaches and fever ami permanently curing constipation It haspiven satisfaction to millions anc nict with the approval of the medica profession, because it nets on the Kid 1111 * ncys, Liver and Ikmels without weak ipe euing them and it is perfectly free from , every objectionable sulietance. Hyrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in fiOc an-lfl bottles, but it is man up ufuctmcd by tbe California Fig ^yruj lV(, Co. only, whose name is printed on cverj package, also the name, Syrup of Figs and being well rnformed, you will iiol at accept any substitute if oflerod. vas ~ ~ OeucbE,WB Or Dchilitatod Women, should uso SRARFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR rd- Every ingredient pos*^oses superb Toni mm properties and cx?ri^ a wonderful infill core in toning up r.:i I trcngthening he tlio rvsl?m. by driving through the pro|x: channels all impurities. Health an strength guaranteed to result From its use 'My h Ifs, who was l>< ?1i Iddrn for ?l(t rest Iff It iminthi, nflrr Malnu lit-ml/lrlJ' ,, fciiinfa llrgnlalor fur luu mniilhi ( It* gclllni; well." J St .Tons-xis M.ilrern, Ark. Itmpnrin Itrnei.a'oH ?'?? . AilnnM, U*. Kuii I f PiugjMa si (I Ul |>ir Ix.lliu. I,,r" S K A III XNCINTMK. NT rtirea V I l.f.Ni won i rt r <?>' rurrA ?r inonr? rrt.iror.1; bf mall In Wr 1 vo || botes; clreatar*. a. A *nrm. AMsrsoft, W. vi ?? Tikttnniat. ntxe wvm* >Lu.J I tJn?t a?4 u4 ! ?{? 4 (HIM 3 Jrt?t, Ovtw; u4 ITfl II '.Urta ?o w TbMra(kkr?S dB !??? IWI r.?iu? Haaiia? ,||'a XBbJS3* "?-S?wcjv a?4 llaaaa !??? ( ?** #? ft. wTVmITh. rwtfu.lll.. I k?a.., ? . . I'waa rrr T- J" ?tif c 'IT* I i, Fine hnltle For fif r,jo ^ Twelve bottles foi iM- ^ i R I P 1 ' eiss frit ; in* ru\ f Rioans Taluiles an y i,)?- < i t j?r. scrilxH mA % tl' * *r(I' ?" of the st? fol <* I J *>i Mty iifii)l ;?l jpp. THE KIPAX5 CHEMICAL C ai VVVXA^^/>rwVVVVVVVVWM i ' ' ? v?? ? ? XTOW conies the g ' 5 season when 8 ? X dainty and delicious % 9 cake and pastry are V w 5 required. Royal ?i 9 Baking Pow- g jj deris indispensable 8 r, X in their preparation, x '' ft 5 n? lot It net food I can us' * none but !vo\j!?A. boms, 4k kV Cbef, lihiU //.-..'jc. Jot /Yes11 X"f iJtttl- C.L'cl.i'tm,l .ttlbur. l> -M i* ft p RO>/l MHliio | II i ! ? -a vi i. rt., H. y, ?S W*W % *> ,* ? *v ^ * *> , > * ?>..> %v re t4\ii04c:t(ar i'4? '.V t, A .Musical I'licmmi nou. ,r A stringed instrument suspended in H n favorable position near a pianoforto lo will Houml whoa tonoH corresponding ? to the open strings aro produced on tho pianoforto. Tint voluino ??f the P* answering tone will depend upon at* so moapherie conditions, tho fpinlity an<i ?? color of tho persuading tone and the sensitiveness of tho responding material. There in a familiar anec loto told of i? famous tenor, who, l?y sing,r iiift the. tone that wan consonant with that of a wino-,;la-s, ooul I nia'i" tho '' glass ahiver so violently that it would ) * fall to pieces. It in because of this tonal sympathy that the eauso of a I !. "...111:-. - ' " ' ? it- . nii'iiiiiiH in,'iv siiiiMi'iily m i?|?|M'i?r in ii I'iniiiifiirti' in ???1 with r? ilitlhndty. Though it limy ii)i|>c!ir to In1 in tin1 iiiHtruinriil, it i-; often fur nwnv mill uciv coiiu1 froin :i Inosr f^lnlio oi |I ?111 <>ii it I'liiniilt'lii'r. I1'vjii n key in it door li'tn Ihm'Ii known to be J. tin- guilty cause. t'hieugn llri'ithl. " * = "August - Flower" ? "One of my neighbors, Mr. John s Oillicrt, lias been sick fur a long k time All thought him past recovery, lie was horribly emaciated from the inaction of his liver and kidneys. It is d illicit It to descril?c liis ap|>ear> atiee and the miserable state of his ? health at that time. Help from any source seemed impossible. He tried t your August Flower and the effect upon him wasniagic.il. Il restored i- hint to iK i fcct health to the great ' astonishment i f his family and ' friends." J<'hu(Juibell, Holt, Out W ? nv *i??ui?ta iinu c-it cum Km I BLOOD POISOK 9 VlTIm Vr\e f" ill a CDCPill TV ft ami inn^tl L 9 A OrCLIALI ? ir yHtounr Illy. Our flit arklntc H9B99BUMIJ 4 ooe<*> tVhon m?*r? k>*iilc pot nor turn, iaari*p rlHn or 14<?18i?i fall. (iitrait(oo4ruri--aial our t yphtlcno la Ihson'y thin* th it w llcurr rcttiianeuOjr. I* rruuf tMl ilcl.fr.-o CO OK HrirM Cu., lllldifo. HI nUEDOADri'C mm The Beet for Either IIoAting or Oo"V.n'. Exoel in Style, Oomfo-t aud Durability. KINDS AM> * /.KS KVKIIYONH lUOtU wait 1IAN rKU *u ?I**T UV.K. CIS BK YOUR HTOVr. liUALLR To ihow lug HltKI-PAIUVM I.ATWT CATAUWUX If ua dealer near jrnu nr.if to ISAAC A. JHEPPARD A. CO II,\ l.TI HOIt K. II i?. t.AROtST >i' v i / ten /\ 7 tn sot"\ I Chickens Money ir tou oivr mm iiilt. You cannot <1>? Iht* tivilr a* jr?m iu*lt>r?-t.\iol tbcro | Aii11 I ii'iw how |o caicr IIh Ir re*f|iilrfii?cn(i?; and /on cannot ?|h*i>.i 3ca * mul t|oll?ir* Iriming l?y ex* perleiicr, *? >? ? tn 1141 Iniy iho knowlnlKi* .u ju r* tl I njr oiticix. \Vc offer I III* to jr?/U for 1 lily 3ft eruU. 1 YOU WANT THEM TO PAY THLIR OWN WAY, even If yon mcrrlj keep tin in no it dlveralon In | -lor to liiMi.lln K m In Jnillc. ii?ly, yon iiiiibI knot* ooinclliliu. iImiIii It em. I'i? meet Una tv.inl urirt kII'iik n l??>k tilvlim' ilic et laT cucr i flrtlu ORa . of prmKi-iil taiiiltry itluT tor"""'/ ?vVi twenty-five year*. It wan tvrltt. n Ity ft man who |>nl ait ins win 1, mi 1 time,? >?i money to making a luO ) oak of Clik'krn ralaliiK not a? a paallme, i.tit a* a l Ml silo s a ant ir you ttlll profit iiy It tH twenty-flr* f yraro' work, you can ?.tv? many Chick* auuttally. " Hume tllriyiu." I au.| make your Kowlit earn .|.>ltar? tor yon. Tli* ,1 point K ?h it you inn,t hp able to ilotnl trouble la tli - I'ouliry A nr,t aa wmhi aa It appear*, atnl know I how to rt-iito?lv It. TliU look trill ti arh you. It tell* Itotr to ilrta t an<t care ?IIm .im>, to feci for , oitk? ulitl alao l??r failenlttif; ?t M. h fowl* to *ave for 0 bc-clio* purpose*; atol rrtrythlnx. Itulre,!, you ? tliou'il know 011 llila nui'Joi I to make It proni.thla Seut |">a|| .,11 for twenty lit e cento In (tainpa. Book Publishing House, 131 IJtOkAMD 8T . N. Y. City. 1 Br H N U.- 51 teen cents, } . .. < one dollar, \ bV ma>l A-N-S : a Caad Hwr* : ihc most t llective roc* ?.v ]? 1 by a physician for a?.y v j' ,4 >mach, liver or bowels. \ t aywlicrr, r uml t ri M y^jtruxrt^^ 'vy'u'vn^x/^ f \1 0 " ' k' /