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WKm AMERICA'S BLACK DIAMONDS. Ommus UtAtiitiM of the Production of the Cool IObm of ths SOU thai?*' arn ???* '.v Washington, D. ' 0. fSpecial. J?The census office issued a bulletin In relation to the production of coal in the States of ^ West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, v "v Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina The total production of coal in the c Sti'cs in 1880 is reported at 11,640,260 short tons, valued at $10,043,080. The p.oduction for the same States in tlu icntli census year was 11,400,386 shori tons, valued at $4,110,163. ' The following comparative statorm n( of the 10th and 11th consuses, by States, shows in detail the remarkable increase in production in 1880; Wrat Virginia?Tenth census year, 1,820,844 short tons, valued at $2,013,761; eleventh census, 6,231,880 tons, valued at $5,086,844. Kcntuckv? Tenth renniin 04H '?RM short tons, valued at $1,134,000; clcv ruth census, 2,890,705 tons, valued at $2,374,330. Tennessee?Tenth census, 490,131 short tons, valued at $020,724; eleventh census, 1,920,080 tons, valued at $2,838,309. Virginia?Tenth census, 43,070 tons, valued at $00,802; eleventh census, 805,.. ' 804 tons valued at $804,470. Georgia and North Carolina Together ?Tenth census, 104, 904 short to- s, valued at $232,000; eleventh ccnsu?, 226, r>0 short. tons, valued at $380.:'i?2. In West Virginia the total capital invested in coul production during the census year was $10,008,000; total number of employees 0,090; total wage pav nients $3, 308,712; total expenditure ol nil kinds $4,841,700. In Tennessee the total eapital invested was $4,302,711; total number of employees 4,108; total wage payments $1,009,310; total expenditures $2,113,292. In Virginia the total capital invested was$1,050,016; total number of employers 1,555; total wage payments $021, Wi, total expenditures $082,408. In thai part of the State lying north of the Jum-js Hivcr, in the Kichmoiid coal field, there rxi ts at: unusual formation of nntural (.okc, which is found l?> lie virv good dome tic fuel ami strongly resembles nrt'lieial eoke. In Georgia and Noith Carolina, the statistics of wlfr-li aic combined in the bulletin, the total capital invested was $724,500; tri al nuinbcrVif emp'oyecs 740; total wage payments $205,401; total expenditures of all kinds $120,005. itflwn TIN PLATE MAKERS. The Resumption of Work Only Partial?American Competition. London, |Cablegram.]?The resumption of Welsh tin pinto works is only partial, and by firms fortunate enough to secure orders. The wotk will only continue while tho orders Inst, by week to week contracts with the men. No uptntriable reduction of stocks in America is noticed. Prices arc still unremunernlive. During July the shipments from Hwnnsca linvc been under 1,000 tons weekly, as against 40,000 to 50,000 tons in the same month in 1800, while the stocks now iu hand amount to 400,24( baxes, against 1,500,000 boxes in the corresponding week in 1800. It i3 estimated that three months must elapse llpfrilA V*n ruiln "*? ? ? ..-.v ?mv ?l(?uv uLtwiiim hi ink apaiu iif general confidence in felt among man< . l-.b \^/vycaD..J7,*T ..l ilirec ^ i fliie Vhreau.'Tr?> i^nt^r.wsn?Aiupetito ??CHffsen no serious alarm to most ma'nufa tutors, though some of the less Bangui Ihiuk that the Americans will eventual succeed in establishing a trade, especial as they will be able to adopt lubnr-Ravii appliances, attempts to introduce whii here have already incurred the rescn meiit of the men and will inevitably lei in a severe stinggle. The Daniel lv waids Company ate unable to rcsum their men declining to work the no liux system. The company arc thereto taking steps to sell ihe flux patents America. Other tiruisarc also idle, the men refusing to work at reduced wage The attitude of woiknten is largely ll outcome of inquiries of Aineiican agon lor labor. If Ihe masters here do in concede the demands of the men ll la'tcr know they can secure cmplo; ment in America. The relationship b twecn capitnl and labor is bccomiu strained, and it is feared that employe will l-?? forced to consider the advi a ility of transferring their business America. The manufacturers offered reopen the woikson lower wages, mere to give the men employment and wit out hope 01 profit. i lie [secretary of il Tin Plate Masters' Association, in an ii tei view to-day, confirmed tlu-c \ iew but added that there was nothing to fe lioin purely American comiictition. Public bands in the I'nited State*. The public lands of tic l'niti-1 Si iustill unsold ami open to settlement an divided into t wo da-so, one class h< ing -old by the (loveinmeul for $1.2 ItCI fill*#' 'U fill* III I It i 1111111% i.pioo tl.. I \ * " * ?.!'?.?? J'llV I , "" """ at .ltd pet acre, hoim.: thi iiltrrit.it sections reserved t?y the 1,'nite 1 States i land grants to railroads, etc. Surli tract arc sold upon application to the lan register. 1leads of families, or eiti/.ei ovrt twenty-our years', who may sett upon any quarter section (or tt'oi sicre have the rirht under the uree.mnt.ian la " with tti: regulations. There is a inr reghter tit independence, at Ilumhold to Los Angcics, at Sacramento, at 8: Francisco, at Shasta and nt Visalia, California, and at either of these oilier application* for land in that State w ill I filed and any questions answered.?7/" t". i CuUo'dor. 8 Lost Mr dence, w?s nil run down met uueMe r nerk 'nun extreme loudltlon of general deMlltx w Oen I n nx tola ihat llooda tari?j)|iur1l!A wnr Jut nt nl I needed. A* n drowning man groups nf tfrnxv I divide I to tre tut. ? frroQt fiiirprlM1, from (hp first d'iv I botf.in t'> improve ftv tb* t!ina 1 had flnHhAil my wcoiul boffin f hrv ro^alnnd m> health an I sfronKtb, and fr??m thin rtn\ I fAo mv 1 hftvo boon pcrfortly woM I fiav?' rocoromondrd Hood'c Snr^npiirllla to my frU'nd*, whom I kuow have boon twrv^.ttod by ti. It I* ?!rrd prrnllar u? ItMdf, In that Hood's Sarsaparill^ not unlv lirlf?, tint It c?ir??. H. (', I'lOCO' k. *' ' Del* ret; Ktfet, Lambcrtvllle, N. J. i Ntrs Pills The ?1?. .)< ?.illhit,..!, ivtirthcr from cxrcM III tvoi I. <>1 initial ?H' Ionia , ill inU or M|iocurr In MALARIAL REGIONS, | will find rntt'a I'lIN ffin must K?*iiinl rn< Otorat i ve over oflVrril flu; tittering invalid. All Trnnpa?.f', KINK A I I wi',?JiAr5 l"'1 (,"K*T Hkkoi HI rs It MLL ?KNTtNM.: <l?llv I irio.. l^yo^i, y|, ,^a watchino for thc mornino. I Whan the shadows gather. And the night grown deep, And the wear/ e/elids Cannot cloae in sleep; ?i<i Miess nonrs of sadneaa. With their solemn warning. Comae that song o/ gladnesa, "Watching for tl?e morning.1' When tho morning cloude apreai, O'er the arure sky. And the howling wild winds Tell (hestorm is nigh, ? When tho stars all vanish, I Krst thc heavens adorn in?, Hope the gloom will banish, I "Watching for the morning." When disease has stolen Htrengthand cheer from thee, And tho rare worn spirit Writhes in agony; In tho hour of sorrow, Startled by its warning; Comfort thou canst borrow. "Watching for tha morning." Years are gliding onward. Ah, how fast they fly! Wasting Is life's fountain. It will soon run dry. Death- he canny* harm thee ? Tread on death with scorning, Brightest visions charm thee, "Watching for the morning." Though the shadows gather, And the night, grows deep. And the weary eyelids, Close in death's long sleep, , Through that night of sadness. With Its solemn warning. Comes the song of gladness, "Watching for the morning." Watching, watching, watching! l?ord, how long, how long'' When shall break the shadows? When Burnt forth the ? ov;'' Haste, (I hlevsed daybreak. With thy bright adorning. Bet the jnj'ous lav wake. "Morning' Ic?' The morn ng!" It l> I Hff.otiffhlin, 'it fiiifs/xiirf'iit. THE STAFF OF THE BlilfiGSVILEE "IHMiLE." t'T WILLIAM LAKl.t. IIAI.IIAIV. Mr. Bernard Bcr^coii was startled. lie iumped visibly, and nearly dropped a l wir?*L f inun R pWYcy to tiro form 011 the imposing stone. It was incompatible witli the dignity of the .'oreinan of the mechanical department of the IIIigg'sville Huyl* to lose his self control in this way, nn<l he looKi'd nrouixl uneasily us a fluffy haired girl at a case ix-at by sniggered and made a whispe red remark to anothei compositor; then they looked at him nnd laughed. \\ hat maeln I lie foreman jump was a whistle from the speaking tube not far from his ear. lie <1x1 not immediately obey the summons, and another whistle more ptououneed and longer than the first made him glue his mouth to the tube and haw I back ; "Hello!" "Come into my room at once. Don't you understand?*' Mr. iiermird llcrgeois thought he understood, and taking off his apron, went , iuto the hallway. From an adjoining j room he heard the clickiuu . , I j1 Jl nit) T1 (? bpsit?*#r;ll 1?yi^n^ym^.i^uhtless, dlsiimjUr. Wff" -JSYYnre c- knocking at the rinsed door; for when qc the "old man" used his niaehine that way ly it was an oilier! maxim that he was in a ly had temper. tip And the "oh! man" was in a bnl trmcij per when Mr. ih rnard Jiergeois mustered ! up enough courage to face him. His I eyes gleamed through a pail of gold , howeil speetaides, and his hair, widen 'j was tinning gray, was rumpled over his forehead. lie gave the tardy foreman a I^ reprimand for his slow uess, and then made j. a remark that <piitc upset Mr. Bernard s Itergeois, "Send everybody home," ho U Slid. <1 "| don't think 1 ipiite understand, in ?ir," faltered the foreman. "It is but a u little adcr I o'clock." S' " Th.it makes no dilTercnce. Can't you c- hear.' Si ml every one away from hert fi except my office boy. That's plain " enough, isn't it I'' V'.vciy now nnil then the "old man" / would absently triko a kev with his t< lj lin^ei, and then look up and jerk out a h. | fen womN. Ik "Hu? there are live i oluinns to set?" n began the bewii lering lorman. ?, "Come eatliei in the morning, then, ai I don't want anybody around now. j How ean a man wiitn with those presses j out tlieie making such an everlasting 1 noise, an I you people in the eomposinglooin giggling ami making sueh a racket.' Why don't you have better discipline out there .* Mr. IVrnaid llorgcois had no answer r ready. lie was unite nonplussed. < Ni mi before in the course of Ids protests sionnl i.unci had he received such an or> | del as tin*. "Send everybody home!" d Was the "old man'' going inline? Did is he not kn ?w thai to morrow was publile i as inn day .' s) " There an live colli wx?" he began vx unuiu - \ tritiums 111 | itC'U'UCC . id interrupted the other, furiously. "I b j don t < ire whether there air tive columns in or titty, *o long as en i v one ot vou i*ctl ?nt ?l here. Send me mv nllicc-bov!" V I. .t! . - " .-.t.n iin- noy, who. I?v-thc way, was named t'o\, i>iif h ii" imih known to <9 his intimate friends :t> "S \ i|nwv," was inueli more |?linsccl with the orders ho had rec eived than the worthy foreman. He w tut don St oito the lo\ti office and j sat in ft easy-; ! tir. with Itis feet on the I ilok in trout of him. md watched the ? other employes lit" out with a lordly \ I air. lt ! flojie you haven plea-ant time.'' he - oil. p >litely, to t'.ie ffu.ly haired com! po-itoi "We i an run this office alone I ttils alternoon. wi i in. I wiito the t ! eddytoii.als ami ect< the n up. The old ' ; man lie's w i it in i; uup'M taut letters, and ' l can't 1 e disturbed. (food afternoon." Co.\ made him-e'.t c nnloitnhle in the | ia-u-t (haii In- cniiM lind, and amused ! louiseil hy look in.; over a pile of cxi i haiuu" on a d?'-k at h tnd. I'rescijtd^ \ rhinriinoing about lie room. It was J seldom that he was in t k* lower office alone, and ho .nmr-ci him-clf f?y j inj; no on a hitfli -tool. I t. . J ? H pen and ink and sciihbiin^ mi some of tIjc office paper. ' I rail i!n rI i-. ah< n I a n oiip nt the il?l\??irs" lie <-l. :? *?!I l > 1;iti? Ir lu-t thiii he !n i s hi < inie inning up tin >tan? -lowly n:ul 1'ini in a' the loot of tie h' If i ii-?. J In. 11' ad HC'I looked o.i-i ih< ncsi., no.I ?aw a woman landing there. She had a very I I pale face, but wm very handsome. She I looked at the boy wearily. "Is the editor in?'' she asked. "Well, that depends," (aid Swipeeey, "i" mltwuuy vigorously, ana looking up between dabs at the white paper be* fore him. "Which one do you want to eef" The woman sighed wear^y, anaT9Uns , aid, with an effort, "Mr. Onswold." "I am very sorry," began the boy, hitching his stool a little forward, and grabbing his cap off, and laying it carefully ?*own before liim, "but he is very busy? rcry bu?y indeed?and gave orders that lie was not to be disturbed. If there is anything 1 can do?" and he jmused expectantly. ?? -i is? i 1 J " iiuviuu^, rue n.-jiin-'i, !tn<i ?ni uown in a chnir near the window. "Will you please tell him a lady in waiting to see him when he is at liberty?" Now the oflicc-boy scarcely knew what to do. He did not exactly care to go up stairs on an errand like that; it would ruin his dignity, after the remarks he had already made. Besides, the editor was in a nasty temper, and might throw an ink bottle at him, or something, if disturbed. The speaking-tube ? there was his salvation ! ib- jumped from the high stool ami yelled trie message up. There was no reply, but it answered every purpose, and he turned to the lady and said: "Very good; he will see you when he is not busy, but you u?u.y ho.*.?, to wait." This war the lirst time that S*>Mpcsey had seen th?* lady fac:e to (ace, and he ; started a little, and looked at her again. Then he put his hands behind him and stared st the floor for a moment. "I know who you are," he said presently. "You uro his wife." The woman looked up quickly and raised one of her hands to her forehead. She seemed a bit dazed, and asked, in a way that convinced Hwipesey that she scarcely knew what, she said, "Howdid you know?" "I knew I I guessed! I put two and two together, and I know more about the old man than the rest of the people; and do you know, if you will let ine say it, I think you haven't treated him right." The woman Hushed, and looked at tho boy angrily. "Don't get mad about it," he advised her, in a fatherly way. "I mind my own business. What yc u two people w?nt?to do Is to innke up and stop all this." He paused, with s judicial air. "How did you know this?" the woman asked. "Dot?s Mr. (iriswold muko u confidant of an office boy?" Hwipesey was all dignity then. "You are mistaken then*. He never said a i word to me about it. I don't know very ' much about it,only 1 have put two and two | together. I remember about >ix mouths j i ii^u, mini lit; nougiu uit' |in|that one 1 flay some one was in the ollie" and asked t him about you. lie nil to onrc became t very cof>l, and said, in an uneasy wnj', t that you were in t'aliforuy for voiii hcaltli. And one day 1 was cleaning up c his desk, nn?l I found a picture there? t your picture. I put it back where I a found it; and one night when I had to d como back to tlic ollicc with some copy e to leave for the compositors to begin on t In tho morning. I found him in the a ilnrk at his desk, sitting there and cry- ti fore. Ami when he's cioss anil hard with us people about the otliee, 1 know be ain't really that way, but that tho pain drives him to it, and lie is trying to forget about everything.'' TI ??i.? I "ll 1-- - i uu uuiiu i'uv iwim ;ui tm?* in ra jjnivc mnnner, and It is quietness evidently impressed itself on the woman in his favor, for she said nothing, and allowed him to go on. "Sometimes I would see in the other papers that 4 Mrs. (Jriswold, wife of Kdilor (Jriswold. of the liriggsvillo Ifu<jfc, is in Santa Barbara for her health,* and then you would l>o in Tacoma and all sorts of places; hut he never spoke of you in his paper, and you never came here. I have heard talk, too, of a quarrcl you two had. and?of course I havo ?have surmised that .something was wrong. I don't know what separated you, or why you left him, or he you, and it isn't any of my business; hut now you have come hack to him, 1 hope you will stay with him." The woman looked at Swipesey's intelligent ireckied lace, ami saw the brightness of his small gray eyes. She was impressed with his red hair and his snub-nose. Ami she humored him by asking, "Is that what you would ndviso me to do!" "Certainly," answered the boy, without. hesitation. "That's what 1 would advise you to do." 44But suppose he wants me to come more than half way? Suppose, after all, he doesn't want me to stay?" "That's all right. I'll fix that. lean manage it. He's been waiting for you a long time, T guess, hut he's too proud to tell you to come hack to him lie's upstairs now, writing a letter, and"?hero Swipcscy looked at her brightly ? "I think it is to you. Sometimes he has started letters, which I have found in I wrtk'l'HTVl~'l I don t think lie has ever sent them, i ilowcver, that is none of my business. | lhit to-day what do you think lie did? | Me sent everybody home in order to ho alone that he might write. It was nothing connected with the paper, i know, for the copy i. all in. I think lie is writing to you up<t iin t.? c >: > hack, and he doesn't know you ate here already. ' "If he will only say he was wrong, I mi11 119k my forgiveness, the w >,n-.in J muttered, looking out ?f the win I < v at | the pattering rain. Then she start, i up, seemingly unaware <>! tiie I my a picsfine. * * I Jut i mustn't a-k too much. I was in the wrong as mue'i as lie." "Now i tell you what to ilo, said Swipesey, with e igcrne?s "If you put this into my hands, we'll tiv it up all | right." Ills eye* shone, ami he took a >?w steps forwanl, with his small hands clasped together ami his ta'C raised hope- [ fully toward the woman. "You lot j M ,t? IIIMt.Ir. ?nl ' * i iiYrn. i ff not say who wants to sec him, luit I'll just give him i hint. And then ' you go up and surprise him; an 1 if yo i ' look at him and smile, and if you tell htm I you are sorry, I don't think he would , send jou away , now, do von!" . I he woman looked down at the lad, ; I and smiled sadly at him. Sue could not j | help h"ing amused a* his eagerness to j help her and the lonely man upstairs. Ife seemed to divine what she was ' thinking ot, I ?r he said, "Oh, you mustn't think 1 am dipping mv linger in PPjg K I eboii^ikf tS^v'him laugh m he did a long time i^m; esd bcridea, it l? not right for twaSbpie to be apart the way - Vflfhe taubed nervouely. "I doo't think It i*?f?tiec noddle, after alV'ahe tlHn|i may be a vary fa vpiiw .1 ^ aNb Bwipeecy,- ittaffbjured^toe. ^ ?!( Vwae an entire etr?tfl$er he miglh not like Hi but being on the stall, wh\ it'e entirely diff<-reot??eel" ^ 'i'he woman laughed again\ and then asked, 4,Wbat do you propo* to dot" 'Well, jou sit right dowi in that I chair again, und I'll ran upet^irs. I'll not be gone hut a minute, and) then I'll come back for you." before aho could any a worA to atop him, he had whisked out of fce room, and she heard him going up tic ataira two steps at a time. She alghiri again, and looked down and watched the people passing. ' Then 8wi pesey snu back will a cordial encouraging; "Come atom. I've fixed if. He'll see you." T And they wont up the atairs?Lp into the office, which had become aule dark now, nnd was hut a cheerless yiace at Swipeaey threuwjHj^^domshving, ^he old had laid aside'the fypfc'JjlFfor the pen, and ho kept on for^,**ment. Ther, he looked up in a bo|r?ered way, threw down his pen, mbbednN eyes, sprang Up, and with a bound waa across the room. "Gracel" wai all he said. And Swipeaey smiled in u selfratistied sort of way, and closing the door, left them alone. And when the editor rame down stairs into the lower office a half hour later, with a shining, happy look in his eyes, he found Swipesey sitting in the chair, with his feet high up on the desk and his fiat tilted on the hack of his head, buried deep in the folds of a newspaper. "Come up stairs with me, Cox," he said, joyously. "I want to introduce roil to my wife. I want everybody on the paper to know her." "I suppose so," said the boy, discontentedly. Hut then, In* added, in his imputent way 41 You needn't interduce mo to her. She and iiyr knows each other already."?H<irftIt* WetHy. Tlrotl Cold Pens. "There, that pen is tlicd nid will have to rest a month or so." The speaker was the mortgage clerk of one of the principal savings banks in this city, and as he spoke he carefully wiped a large gold pen and put it away in a case. A I*osi reporter, who had just entered ho bank to have some back dividends ntcred in his book, overheard the renark and smiled. "Oh, you needn't laugh," said the :lerk, "for it is the true badness I am oiling you. Gobi pens have to rest now ad then. Here I hare, I suppose, two lozeu gold pens. If ^use ono for sev ral weeks or so I find jjivill not write o my satisfaction. S^Hfincs it is too oft and sometimes it^^HKhard, or the nk does not and they will ho as good as noj^HfM. lie then explainedMpfeMhe constant use of the pen bad toWH^effect on the metal as is the case whfiu-w^ razor is used with great frequency. P "Some sort of the electro-magnetic ac tion takes places in the mcd^l, which has e tendency to bring iuto parallel lines all tho particles, and in that ^condition n razor cannot bo made to hoVd edge, and a pen is equally refractory. "If the razor is laid asido for a time tho particles of metal gradually resume n more or less confused arrangement and razor takes on and retains a keen edge. "It is the same way with a gold pon. Now, if when one of my pens gets to acting bad I lay it aside for a month or so It will be all right again. That's why I said that pen was tired and wanted a rest.*'?San Francisco Post. Extraordinary Cruelty to a Horse. j 'l'he American Humane Association's .vCmii ic|iui i onjcj ni.iv jiiuo jcaiQ ago the horse pictured io tho accompanying cut was valued at $200, and because he ran away the owner, for revenge, shut hiin up in his barn, and has never permitted him to leave his stall. Ptrangcri were excluded from entering the barn. Mr. I). G. Whitehead, agent of the Milwaukee Humane Society, found this once beautiful sorrel horse, with tine I bony head, large hazel eyc3, and intelli! grncc like a man, covered with bedsores, reduced to nothing but skin and bones, i and tlie hoofs grown long and roekoi shaped. When the animal was untied I for the first time in nine years he bob; bled out into the sunshine to nibble tht | green grass, and showed his gratitude i by >i low whinuy. The owner of this ciuclly treated animal was only fined *25 and costs; and again tho defendant sought revenge by suing Mr. Whitehead for retaining the feet, and the judgi decided that the society should pay lOC and costs, which the society did, and I now own the feet. Such cruelty i? shocking, and such decisions ure sotting a premium on cruelty. 'hat several carrier ^jeon? ? caught near the Russian frontier bearing letters containing information about German military affairs, frontier fortresses, maps, etc. Those pigeons arc presumed to bo in tho service of the Russian Government. Similar discoveries have been mado on the Austro-Russian frontier. An order Ins accordingly been given that all carrier pigeon* found crossing the frontiers ?|,a|| shit. ? I'lcnytnr 1 THE CROW AS A PET BIRD. XT OAW B1 TAUGHT TO TALK SIT. MMtjm ittAn ArtK J?ABBOT. The W?jr to Train Them While Thejr are Tonnff?Amusing Creatures as They Get Older and Wiser. Crfews make eery mm using pets tor any one who can put up with their innate spirit of deriljj, and besides that they can be taught to talk more distinctly than most parrots, says Nature"i Realm. It is a common idea among the country people that they will not talk unless their tongues are cut at a certain tender age. Be that as it msy, 1 hare heard crows talk excellently that never had their tongues cut, and some whose tongues are cut never will talk at all. I always take my chances without cutting, and out of nearly a dozen that I have owned only two proved voir! of a bump of language. To be sure of having a good, affectionate crow, take him from the nest as soon after hatching as you can find him. If he is the first of the brood hatched,all the better. How are you to tell that? Why, if you find one baby crow and lour eggs in the nest, does not mat 6ettic the question beyond dispute? Name him as soon as von get .1 km m (MMrwariTi! a family I consultation on the subject, for a rechiisteuing is fatal to the proper education of your callow charge. Always call him by name when you feed him. He will learn his name, before he knows what feathers are, and respond to it whenever he hears it utttered. Feed until half fledged on meal and water?regular "chicken dough"?and if any "chickeu sickness" comes on consult the "chicken doctor." In other words, the young crow must be raised on about the same diet as a young chickon. Feed plenty and feed often. A crow's nest is the best thing to keen him in during his infantile days. If you haven't one make a substitute. As he glows in strength and is able to travel about a little he needs more variety in bis food, but be careful he does not swallow anything that is very salt. Dump a handful of gravel down his mouth occasionally and give him minnows and frogs once iu a while. Swallowing his first live frog seems to give a young crow a most agreeable new sensation. Do not be in a hurry about making him bathe. He will wash himself whenever it is necessary, and if taken and plunged into cold water while the pin feat hers are full of blood it may cause, liirn to literally "catch his death o' cold." As soou as he is well on the wing his language lessons should begin. Shut him up in a darkened room when well fed, ami begiu by whispering the word or phrase you wish him to learn. If he seems to listen, lepeat it a little louder, and continue until he either grows restless or goes to sleep. It will be but a few minutes. Repent the same lesson and nothing else every time you visit him or pass with- i in hearing for a week or ten days, and if ' your crow doesn't, talk in that time lie probably never will. \ Generally they will begin to practice to themselves the first or second day of JumiDv filtllUl KJUIVldlUOO o>[I JOMSIll! CV| y^bur crow nppenr to answer any qucs tion. For instance, call his nana gently and add "What" in a loud emphatic tone. Soou, when his name ii 1 called, he will respond "What" with just the same emphasis and inllectior that he has heard you give. Then again, if you say, "It's dinner time' 1 whenever you feed him, some day lie will walk into the house hungry and gravely f announce "It's dinner-time." As he grows in years and ktiowlcdgi your crow will develop a variety of thievish and aniysing tricks too numerous tr 1 mention. lie will cultivate the niosi friendly acquaintance with sonic people and show an unaccountable animosity toward others, lie will attend you pari way whenever you leave home, and i your hours of return are regular, wil probably meet you at tho same spot and welcome you exuberantly. Every time ho fails to do so look for him at once; ho will cither be in some utterly entrancing bit of mischief or else dead. Musical Eisli of Ceylon. Eviry >/.iy .inn niivi. mi i in; coast o | Ceylon abounds with musical fish. Tiiei song, if it can be called a song, is no one sustained note like a bird's, but multitude of tiny, soft, siveet sound: . each clear and distiuet in itself, souk thin** like the vibrations of a wineghu when its rim is rubbed with the inoisl enc?l finger. In the harbor at lbiiubaj India, there is a fbh with a -ong like tli sound produce I by an .ly.diau haiji.k-f. Ia>>/is ll'pubH:. .8? OIVIS ENJOYS , Both the method and results when i Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant i and refreshing to the taste, and arts fcntlyyet promptly on the Kidneys, <iver and Bowels, cleanses thesys1 tern effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual ' constipation, 8yrun of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable to the stomach, prompt in jL its action and truly beneficial in its K effects, prepared onlv from the most and agreeablo substances, its many excellent qualities com? mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup or Figs is for sale in ftOo ftnd ll bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CAUFORNH FIO SYRUP CO. sa? fftahclsco cal. touisviiu. ay. vt w rem u y. " :?? A Braih Xaklii KaellM A simple-looking machine for brush drawing, knot picking, and trimming "" "b-~ jiiU. J?jr in rarior n. 01 tne Aator House. Hitherto brushes hare been made by hand, and the new machine is calculated to Hare much time. It wilt make brushes twice as fast as they can be made by hand. A boy or girl fifteen years old can run it, and it is asserted the brushes can be drawn more perfectly than by hand. The machine rents on a table. A wheel containing the wire is run by a treadle. The wire is carried orer to and through a hollow needle worked by hand, which is suspended from a support in front of the vi?c in which the block is placed. A clamp in the handle can be used to draw in the material when small work is to be done. Back of the rise arc adjustable shears which can be set for any length of brush. The block is put in the vise. It remains there till the brush is complete. The machine was patented last February. ?y?u> I York Timet. Origin or the Urossbenk. There has always been a dispute in regard to tho pretty grotsbaaks which have visited this city in large flocks nearly every winter for ten or twelve ,inr? pan. 11 luu Umo claimeH that they originated from a numb* of the birds of this species brought here in a ship from China and turned loose by Mr. Walter Moflet. Others claim that the birds are natives of this country, and are identical with the evening grosbeak of the Middle States. Among the birds brought over on the Coloma, from Hong Kong, to be turned loose here, are a number of these grossheaks, which goes to prove that the theory th it the flocks here originated from birds brought from China by Walter MolTet is the true one. Old residents s.iv that there were no such birds here in tarly days. It is scarcely possible that they have cmigiated here over the Rocky Mountains.?Portland Oregon inn. >loncjr the Year Hound. Miss Smith says: "Can I make $25 per week in tho plating business'/" Yes. I make $4 to M por day platlna tableware and jewelry and ( oil'na platers, it. K. Delno & Co.. Columbus, O., will Rive you full information. A plater costs f.r?. Business is light and honorabfe and makes money tho year round. A Itr.Anr.it. The President of Haytl Is said to receive an annual salarv of >'.240,000. Malaria cured and eradicated from the BVHteni tlV Brown's Irnn Hlltn wK 1?K ?? tichoa (hp blood, tonee the nerves, aids digestion. Acts like a churui on persons in general 111 b< alth, giving ucw energy and strongih. It P. Hcrr nivso.v, "Old Hutch," tho C'hh ngo sj-ecu'ator, is going to live in 1303ton. K. Cheney A- Co., Toiedn, O., Proprs. <>i II it IIV t 'iilarrh ('i.re, offer SI'*' reward for any case <>f catarrh that i innot he cured hv taking Hall's Catarrh ('nre. Send for testimonial"'. tree. Sold by Druggists, i"? . Preparations are being made for a series of naval manoeuvres off tho New tin r an t coast to test the value of our ship* in 11> war. Brown's Iron Bitters cares Dyspepsia, Malaria. Biliousness and General Debility. Gives Strength, nhles lligodtion, tones the norvea? creA'es appetite. The best tonio for Nursing Mothers, weak, women and children. Ex-Sknator Tabor, of Colorado, con1m."'AUl' 'ViiLiWUi'1 vtfwI Nrtiv* Restorer. No fits after llrat day's us M&rvelona cures. Treatise and $2 trial bott 3 free. Dr. Kline, WU Arch St., Phila., I'a. > If afUlcted witii sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thom 5 son's Eyo-watcr.Druggists sell at 25c.per bott ramncrH. Allays 1'aii 'WllmSorin, Itestoree 1 WW1 rifcirnlfflWW ^rp'.V info the NottriU BKeESEmBSnI 50c- Druggists or by mail. ; "German 1 Syrup" For Coughs & Colds. John F. Jones, Kdom,Tex. .write: T have used German Syrup forth ' past six years, for Sore Throa ' Coiiftb. Colds, Pains in the Che: and I.ungs, and let me say to aip ,l one wanting such a medicineGerman Syrup is the best. r> u* r>..i,1<"* :n~ U. \\ . Dill'inui, V. rll IIOV I 1 1*.", 1 Clin ] writes : I have used your Gerina it Svrup iu my family, and find it tli _ best medicine I ever tried for cougl and col 1 ?. I mouend it to even _ one for these troubles. R. Schmnlhaiison, Druggist. < Charleston. 111.,writes: After tryin scores of prescriptions and prepnr; tions ' had on uiv files and shelve; without relief for a very severe role which had settled on my lungs, tried vour German Svrup. It gav ..... i 1111 ii.i.v icnci aiio. a perm: nent cure. G. G CKKFW S<dc Manufacturer. Womitmry. Xcw Jersey, t'. S. I FOR THI OIVE IT TO TEETHING CHILDREN IT WILL SAVE THEIR LIVES. DON'T Irt Tour dru(|ln ar aertkur *a atiarfe ?ou that nmriklai alaa will 4 a wall, lar It WON'T. ' """ Citrfs nlirri' all clao fails. I _.Sx iffk ; ******* % . Saved ~the life that is fighting against V/VUBUUip tlUII^V , B|. Only?act promptly. Put it off, and nothing can pave l you. But, if taken in time, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will certainly cure. It must be done through the blood ? and the " Discovery " i? tho most potent blood - cleanser, strength - restorer, and flesh-builder that's known to medical science/ The scrofulous affection of the lungs that's called Consumption, and every form of Scrofula and blood-taints, all yield to it. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Bronchitis, Asthma, and all severe, lingering Coughs, it's an unequaled remedy. It's the oulu one ?mm guarantees. It it doesn t benefit or cure, in every case, you have your money back. < "We promise to cure your Ca?. tarrh, perfectly and permanently, no matter how bad your case or of bow long standing ? or we'll pay you $500." That's what the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh fKemedy say to every sufferer from .f Catarrh. And* they mean it. , 1"R1NITY COLLEGE. Foil Term Br gin* at DURHAM. K. a.. Ott. 1. 1851. Six Tvpnrinirnti of Instruction, cadi in charge ot Specialist*. Seic Building*. ?in I ahoratoi trs. Machine S/iOf.% Ribrmeies. Baths. Athletic Urounds, lUacrea In ce? tcr of Hark.) Healthful Lot at ion, well Shaded. Fr/ie$'<> |x'r term of ; month*, Including bsaid. tuition, furnished r.inm. electric light, beat, car,' of rooms Send toe 1'atotogne to JOIIS* K. < ItOWEI.I* rr-sMeiit, Trinity.College I'ark. Durham. N. COinii Wra?. Nkhtoim, \c??r?Ti5 mortal* gat *?," J""1 ?c"3' Health. Help* Dr. J. it. u vK, Editor, Buffalo, N.Sr. PFNSIHN No Ppnsion. No Fob. I JullOlUil JOSEPH H. HUNTER. WASH I Ml ION. - I). M. IfOMF ?Tt'I>Y, lionnKEEmo, PtMt'nw fbrnut, f| IVnmanrhi)), Arithmetic, Shori-harul, etc.. f* Tiiorouohi.y Tacoiituv MA 11.. Circulars free. Ai Hryam'w ( ollfnc, .|.37 Main HI., Buffalo, N. Y. nnnim'YKXv HUIOE. 100rope... jan UUIll 'i-H'stuation--, <'olnrcil plate. 1.3 certs. " K UN N K I.S?, Clement on. N.J. -1-1. "RED EYE" ba??C> a HI lid. Swori CIIEW. No HEARTBURN nor HEADACHE. Send 10 ceutN 111 Stamps for A SAMPLE, IT your dealer docs not KEEP IT. T A V l,OK BKOs., MAm'KACTCKKiui. Winniou, N. C. II* THE NEW METHOD AI.Lchronlc dlsraaep, djanepala, debility, umr catarrh. Ac No patent medicine*. Sena for I, 1 pamphlet, free. Iluiulrcdaof teatlrapnjnla. II I '"Hie New Method i* v. orth it* weight In Bold. UJ I^inr lire Pr. K< r?*<t J. B. Slil'HTa, ' ajj' 0B Klr.-l Preib'n Oliurrh, Carthage, N.Y. Infinitely Jl better Himi tlie Hull Syrlcm. Atcenta wanted. 4 lirtLTII Sl'PFLY to., 710 nltOtPWAT. W. T. 1 m ~ a EWIS' S8 % LYE ?j Powdered and Porfomea, KB (PATENTED.) Strongest and purest Lyeraade. S ^ jpgjW" . lno^Io^itiod.' t ji'tf.Tb is7?iul>cstfor softening * wutor, cleansing waste pipes. 10 disinfect ing sinks, rlosot*,wAshO ing bottles, paints, trees, etc. 1L PENNA. SALT MFG. CO., lo (Ton. Agents, T'ni Fa. _ BALM Clean? tfco Wasnl n and Inflammation, r.?07 I wAX;"/"""." tior w' *' !? ???>* Shoea. ir not lor unlo I11 your place nalt yoar dealer to HCltd Tor rnl:ilnrni<. aepnr. ih. | I agency, nuil i:et them for von. ^ S3T TAH K NO SU R^STITI TE. J l> WHV IS THE ;! W. L. DOUGLAS - $3 SHOE crN^EN . THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY f It Is a seamless shoe, with u<> tjeks or wax thread to hurt tin* fool; made of 1 lie bo!,t line calf, stylish and easy, anil brcttim n< mntr riorr nhor.v of thi? ? grn<1r. than nay other maim'tielmsr. It equals band- t \ ?y sowed shoes postIni; from il."0 to $3.00. -v C C (MMieniitne llniid-se*veil. the finest calf 1C ?P shoo ever olTcred for #.VOu; ei|unls French Imported shoes which cost from $?.!>>to $12.00. IS C d (HI llund-Srived \Velt Shoe, Ann calf. ?P*Ts styllsti, eomfori.ihh' nnd durable. The ben f- shoo ever offered lit this price ; sumo grade as cuatoin mode shoes coaling from to$xuo. CO fill I'olire Short Farmers. ltallroad Hn 9vi nnd U't lrr(' >i re i ell wenrthem: tine calf, oatulesM, smooth hi dde, heavy three soles, extendi slon edge. one pair will wear n.vear. " Ci O ?0 line cull i no hotter shoo ever offered at rr wai this prleo; one trial will convince those " who want n shoe for comfort and service. 1- Ch i.1 nnil ?.!.h0 \\ iiililiiLinnn's shoes ije nro very strong nml durable. Those who 5 have given them n trlul w ill wear no other make. , Dnvo* 8'JhOrt nnd *I.7.Y school shoes are 1, DUJfO worn by the boys everywhere; theyeell r on theTr merits, us tbo Increasing sales show. ' I orliac ^ l<('(( lliind-erwnl shoe, beet . ~ leCXU ICS liougol.i. very stylish; cqualsFrenoh L \ frinrvrlg ' i'- - - '????* * ti > A?.l??. ; hksJta' 3:.iiii nnd 81.7fl shoe fov Misses are the best flnoDongola. stylish and durabla Caution. See thnf W. I,. Douglas' name and price are stamped on the bottom of each shoe. *- * \V. I? DOUGLAS. Iirockton, Maes. \ &. if. U. ;ii. SWTlIn need of BOOK-KEEPERS. 8TENOPU|^|QRARHER8, or any other office heln if can De .applied by addressing * I CURES DIARRHEA. DYSENTERY, CRAMPS. The Best Thins Recommended by Physicians. I2VI Pleasant and agreeable to the Kflj Ithout objection. By dni^ista. ffjlp uaaaas^mm mm