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AMERICA'S BLACK DIAMONDS. Census btatietics of the Production of the Coal Mines of the Southern States. Washington, D. C. rS[>ecial.J?The census office issued a bulletin in relation to the production of coal in the States of West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, -T Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina The total production of coal in the c Sti'cs in 1889 is reported at 11,649,268 bhort tons, valued at $10,943,089. The p. oduction for the same States in the tenth census year was 3,469,336 short tons, valued at $4,110,162. The following comparative atatemmt of the 10th and 11th censuses, by States, shows in dctiil the remarkable increase in production in 1889; West Virginia?Tenth census year, 1,829,844 short tons, valued at $2,013,761; eleventh census, 6,231,880 tons, valued at $5,086,844. Kentucky? Tenth census, 946,288 short tons, valued at $1,134,960; elev- I coin census, z,<jwu,700 tons, vaiueu ai $2,374,339. Tennessee?Tenth census, 493,131 short tons, valued at $029,724; eleventh census, 1,935,689 tons, valued at $2,838,300. Virginia?Tenth census, 43,079 tons, valued at $99,803; eleventh census, 865,804 tons valued at $804,475. Georgia and North Carolina Together ?Tenth census, 154, 904 short to-s, ^^rft^valucd at $232,005; elevepth ccnsuy226. s'horl Ions, valued at $339,382. lu West "Virginia the total capital invested in coal production during the rensus year was $10,508,050; total number of employees 9,995; total wage pay ments $3,358,712; total expenditure ol nil kinds $1,841,796. In Tennessee the total capital invested was $4,362,711; total number of employees 4,108; total wage payments $1,609,' 310; total expenditures $2,113,292. In Virginia the total capital investor* w as $1,055,516; total number of employers 1,555; total wage payments $621,265, total expenditures $082,408. In that part of the State lying north of the James River, ir. the Richmond coal tield, there exi ts an uuusual formation of natural coke, which is found to be very good dome tic fuel and strongly resembles art'licial coke. In Georgia and North Carolina, the rtatistics of wlreh are combined in the bulletin, the total capital invested was $724,500; to al number of employees 740; totnl wage payments $265,464; total expenditures of all kinds $420,065. memoir TIN TLATE MAKERS. The Resumption of "Work Only Partial American Competition. London, [Cablegram.]?-The resumption of Welsh tin plate works is only partial, and by firms fortunate enough to secure orders. The work will only continue while the orders last, by week to week contracts with the men. No appreciable reduction of stocks iu America is noticed. Prices are still unremunerative. During July the shipments from r^wnnvirm imvn iinnn ttn/ine 1 f If 141 (akk "MUWVM * V MV\.U UUV4VI J,UUV IUUO weekly, as against 40,000 to 50,000 tons in the same month in 1800, while the stocks now in hand amount to 400,24f boxes, against 1,500,000 boxes in the corresponding week in 1800. It is estimatcd that three months must elapse before the trade becomes brisk again, 1CC lUv*.. IJi threatcilcu'A.us.uv.'wyj^^tpetition causes no serious alarm to most riia'nufacturers, though some of the less sanguine thiuk that the Americans will eventually succeed in establishing a trade, especially as they will be able to adopt labor-saviDj; appliances, attempts to introduce which here have already incurred the resentineut of the men and will inevitably leni to a severe stiuggle. The Daniel Edwards Company are unable to resume, their men dccliuing to work the new flux system. The company are tlicrefon taking steps to sell the flux patents t< America. Other firms are also idle, thei' men refusing to work at reduced wages. Tlte attitude of workmen is largely tht outcome ol inquiries 01 ninciicaii ugcuij for labor. If the masters here do noi concede the demands of the men tin la'ter know they can secure employ, ment in America. The relationship he twecn capital and labor is becoming strained, and it is feared that cmployeri -jtkill ha forced to _ consider the ad vis. a' ility of transferring their business t< America. The manufacturcis offered tc reopen the works on lower wages, merely to give the men employment and without hope of profit. The Secretary of th< Tin Plate Masters' Association, in an interview to-day. confirmed these views, but added that there was nothing to feat from purely American competition. ruhlic Lauds in the United States. The public lands of the Unite 1 States still unsold and open to settlement are divided into two classes, one class being sold b}' the Government for $1.25 pei acre as the minimum price, the other at $2.50 per acre, being the alternate sections reserved by the United States in ] land grants to railroads, etc. Such tracts are sold upon application to the land register. Heads of families, or citizens over twenty-one years, who may settle upon any quarter section (or 160 acres) have the right under the nreemiit.inn laur , , ?WTTtr'th ; re 'uiai-toUs. There, is a land Teghter at Independence, at Humboldt, Los Angeles, at Sacramento, at. San Francisco, at Shasta and at Visnlia, in 4 '*% 114 twrt i ?> un.'l of mf )i/> r r\f t K<uo . - fH /><> > npplicntiojH for lnn?l in that State will l-t tiled and any questions answered.?JJa ton Culticotor. T Lost My confdence, wag nil run down and uue.ble to work-nan extreme condition of general debility, wl-en I" as told that Hood'* fiarsnparlllA waajuat what I needed. A* n drowning man graaps at a straw I decided to try this medicine, and to my great ?urprl*e. fgotn the flr.Udny I t>eg.?n to improve. Itv the lima I had finished my second bottle I hart regained my health and strength, and from that dnv I can say I have been perfectly well. I have recommended Hood's karsapartlla to my friends, whom I know have been benelltod by It. It U Indeed peculiar to Itsel', In that Hood's Sarsaparilla not only helps, but It cure*. H. C. Pidcock. Delevau Street, hambertvllle, V. J. ~ ! ufl's Pills The dyspeptic, the debilitate,1, whether "in excess of work of mm.I hod v. drink or exposure in malarwl regions. Will Hnd r.ufs Pills the most Ke,iial re torati re ever offered the Mfferliii; invalid. A I | a F 1MB ALL ylffl"' .say^i'/a:"1,^!',, ? , , , 'iOo^jraakt^ i jnae $ 1; sample. ,v^ I K t WATCHING FOR THE MOBNINO, WO pal When the shadows gather, And the night grows deep, And the weary eyelids ( Cannot cioee in sleep; 8|j| 'Mid these hours of sadness. With their solemn warning, ^ Comes that song of gladness, sec "Watching for the morning.'* ? When tho morning clouds spree I, ?ai O'er the azure sky. And the howling wild winds hit Tell the storm is nigh. Rr When the stars all vanish. Erst the heavens adorninj, ',u Hope the gloom will banish, 'Watching for the ironing." ex| When disease has stolen Strength and cheer from thee; _ |n And the careworn spirit pit W rithes in agony; , bit In the hour of sorrow, Startled by its warning; ?vh Comfort thou canst borrow, go "Watching for the morning." wc Years are gliding onward, Ah, how fast they fly! Wasting Is life's fountain, J?1 It will soon run dry. Death?be cannyt harm thee? J*"/ Tread on death with scorning; pp visinnc clinmt thna r, ev "Watching for the morning." nn Though the shadows gather, * And tho night grows deep, to And the weary eyelids. Close in death's long sleep; , Through that night of sadness, 8tj With its solemn warning. T1 Comes the song of gladness, "Wntcbing for the morning.'' ^ Watching, watching, watching! Ixird, how long, how long4 ra When shall break the shadows? | gj j When burst fortb thet jog? ^ Haste. O blessed daybreak, gc With thy bright adorning. y< Let the joyous lav wake. "Morning' Lo! The mom-ng!" ^ ? P. P. T. WrT.aughlin, m Independent. ! THE STAFF OF THE BRIGGS- ? .V1LLE "BUGLE." " ET WILLIAM EAULE BALDWIN. h Mr. Bernard BergeoU was startled. He Q jumped visibly, nnd nearly dropped a 1 _ - ^fV^'W'tlicTorm on the "imposing * stone. It was incompatible with the dig- r nity of the foreman of the mechanical department of the Briggsvillc Ilugle to lose his self control in this way, nnd he a looked around uneasily as a thilFy haired v girl at a case near by sniggered and tuade E a whispered remark to another coiuposi- t tor; then they looked at him and laughed. d What made tlic foreman jump was a ^ whistle from the speaking tube not far v from his ear. lie did not immediately ( obey the summons, and auotlier whistle ^ more nionounced an ! longer tuuu Cue h first made him glue his mouth to the tube j nnd bawl back : "Hello!" f, "Come into my room at once. Don't c vnn linrlnrefow?1 ''' J? ^ Mr. Bernard Bcrgeois thought be uu- j, derstood, and taking off his apron, went iuto the hallway. From an adjoining j, room he heard tl^g rlinM*"* ~ ' for knocking at the closed door; for when wj( the "old man" used his machine that way he it was an office maxim that he was in a pRj bad temper. for And the "old mau" was in a bai tern- r per when Mr. Bernard Bcrgeois mustered ma up enough courage to face him. His pre eyes gleamed through a pair of gold for bowed spectacles, and liis hair, which go was turning gray, was rumpled over his 4 forehead, lie gave the tardy foreman a paf reprimand for his slow ne-> , and then made Ed a remark that quite upset Mr. Bernard <jle, Bergenia. "Scud everybody home," he anc: aiid. alii "I don't thiuk I quite understand, yor sir," faltered the foreman. "It is but a her little alter 1 o'clock." rel "That makes no difference. Can't you ?1 hear.' Send every one away from here wn except my office boy. That's plain yot enough, isn't it?" it i Every now and then the "old man" j would absentlv strike a kev with his ... ?tn linger, nun men iook vip ana jerK out a few words. iej *I3ti? there are five columns to 9et?" j)rj began the bewildering fornian. w| "Conic earlier in the morning, then. pnl I don't want anybody around now. agj How can a man write with those presses mt out there making such an everlasting noise, an 1 you people in the composing- ou loom giggling and making such a a(j racket? Why don't you have better discipline out there'?'' mc Mr. Bernard Bcrgcois had no answer he ready. Ho was ipiite nonplussed. Never before in the course of his profes- ma sional < arcer had lie received such an or- 'ol der as this. "Send everybody home I" Was the "old man" going insane? Did he not know that to morrow was publi- ^ ension day? "There arc live colunu?" he began stH till orroiu ... jou, II f t. ct/1 uuiUA tu IHU UCUCti i interrupted the other, furiously. "I don't c are whether there are tivc columns or fifty, so long as every one of you pets out < f here. Send me my office-boy!" Now the ollice-hoy, who, hy-the-way, wns named Cox, hut who was known to inj his intimate friends as "S.vipescy," was foi much more pleased with tho orders he wr had received than the worthy foreman, an He went down into the lower office and rcr sat in an casy-chair, with his feet on the desk in front of him, and watched the ntn inner employes ino out with a lordly niu air. tht "Hope you have a pleasant time,"' he sec swiil. politely, to the llully-hairod com- en< positor. "We cau run this office alone wa this afternoon, we can. I write the eddytorinls and sets them up. The old Sw man he's writing important letters, and' thi can't he disturbed, Good afternoon." rig Cox made himself comfortable in the >?v easiest chair he could find, and amused cln himsell by looking over a pile of ex- ful changes on a d<'!v at h ind, rtifnitiaging about the room. It was bui seldom that he wa9 in tho lower office yU| alone, and ho amused himself by climb- |00 ing up on a high stool, and taking a |>cn y0. and iuk and scribbling on some of the 8en office paper. ] "I can do thi?, when I am one ol tho (tnf| eddy tors," he chuckled to himself. he| Just tin 11 lie heard some one coining hel| up the ttairs slutvlv n:i<l turn in at tho I loot of tho office. If.- raised his head jfoj, icd looked over the desk, and saw a man standing there, She had a very 1 to i le face, but was very handsome. She 1 I si iked at the boy wearily. a 1< "Is the editor in?'' she asked. rig "Well, that depends," taid Swipesey, yot II scribbliog vigorously, and looking ' between dabs nt the white paper be- doi ? him. "Which one do you want to all. rhe woman sighed wearily* and* then _to d, with an effort, "Mr. Griswold." "1 am very sorry," began the boy, ching his stool a little forward, and aQ abbing his enp off, and laying it care- t>u llv ''own before him, "hut he is very dil isj?very busy indeed?and gave orders at he was rot tube disturbed. If there HS] anything 1 can do?" and he paused pectantly. . "Nothing," she replied, and sat down c a chair near the window. "Will you no rase tell him a laffy is waiting to see 001 n when he is at liberty?" Now the ofHce-boy scafcely knew 1,1 lat to do. He did not exactly care to up stairs on an erraud like that; it luld ruin his dignity, after the re- a? irks he had already made. Besides, the ' itor was in a nasty temper, and might row an ink bottle at him, or something. . disturbed. The speaking-tube?there is his salvation ! He iumned from the ^h stool and yelled the message up. lere was no reply, but it. answered ?r ery purpose, and he turned to the lady d said: "Very good; ho will see you sea ho is not busy, but you m?j wait." ". This was. the first time that Swipesey a id seen the lady face to face, and he ac arted a little, and looked at her again. ? hen he put his hands behind him and ' ared at the floor for a moment. "I u' low who you arc," he said presently. r0 You are his wife." fi The woman looked up quickly and 1 iscd one of ber hands to her forehead. jc seemed a bit dazed, and asked, in a ay that convinced Swipesey that she :arcely knew what she said, "Howdid ? iu know?" " or "I knewl I guessed! I put two and so together, and I know more about f0 le old man tbau the rest of the people; ad do you know, if you will let ine say sfl , I think you haven't treated him V( * ib The woman flushed, and looked nt tho oy augrily. (c "Don't get mad about it," he advised jn er, in a fatherly way. "I mind my m wn business. What vcu two people ot pat to do ts to make up nnd stop all his. lie iwnrefl- Trtth a Judicial air. ''Hntv rli/1 vnn lrn/\ut ihio..... --??? '?*v. jvu unun v>115 i llic YVUnan asked. "Do<?s Mr. Griswold mako i confidant of an office boy?" h 8wipcsey was all dignity then. "You re mistaken there. He never said a ol rord to me about it. I don't know very tl ouch about it,only I have put two and two w ogcther. I remember about six months in go, when be bought the paper, that one lay some one was in the office and asked tt lim about you. He all to once became ct ery cool, and said, in an uneasy way, m hat you were in Califoruy for yout lealth. And one day I was cleaniug up cl lis desk, and I found a picture there? te our picture. 1 put it back where I at ound it; and one night when I had to d< ome back to the office with some copy er 0 leave for the compositors to begin on to 1 the morning, I fouud him iu the sc ark at his desk, sitting there and cry- in e. And when he's cioss aud hard will :h us people about the office, 1 know i ain't really that way, but that the use n drives him to it, and he is trying to met get about everything." wit The office bov told all this in,a grave ? uncr, aud his quietness evidently im- tiot ssed itself on the woman in his favor, tern she said nothing, aud allowed him to the on. raze 'Sometimes I would sec in the other a pi iers that 'Mrs. Griswold, wife of itor Griswold, of the llriggsville Bu- tho is in Santa Harbar.i for her health,* moi I then you would bo in Tacotna and raz? sorts of places; but lie never spoke of ? i in his paper, and you never came ffoi e. I have heard talk, too, of a quar- acti you two had. and?of course I have jo i lave surmised that something was [ sn ong. I don't know what separated rest i, or why you left him, or he you, and Lsn't any of my business; but now you ve come back to him, 1 hope you will p iv with him." ' The woman looked at Swipesey's in- ' . ligent freckled face, and saw the ightness of his small gray eyes. She a"? is impressed with his red hair and his !n? ub-nose. And she humored him by ? ring, "Is that what you would adviso 5 stodo!" P?r "Certainly," answered the boy, with- ,Nt>l t hesitation. "That's what I would vise you to do." "But suppose he wants me to come >re thau half way? Suppose, after all, y doesn't want me to stay?" \ "That's all right. I'll fix that. lean mage it. He's been waiting for you a lg time, I guess, but he's too proud to I you to come back to him, He's upiirs now, writing a letter, and"?here dpesey looked at her brightly?"I ink it is to you. Sometimes he has irted letters, which I have found in tantone 'WTf&Y Kuai*Ji n't think he has ever sent them, iwcver, that is none of my business, it to-day what do you think lie did? Mi ; sent everybody home in order to bo om >ne that he might write. It was noth- hoi f connected with the paper, l know, K01 r the copy is all in. I think he is ; rer iting to you upstairs to cosno back, j H"' d he doesn't know you are here al- i ..i- > i for , bit "If he will only say he was wrong, d n9k my forgiveness," tho woman , ittercd, looking out of the window at ; pattering rain. Then she started up, mingly unaware of the boy's ores- i :e. "But 1 mustn't ask too much. I jo( s in tho wrong as much as he." I ^ "Now I tell you what to do," said ftn( ipesey, with eagerness. "If you put s into my hands, we'll fix it up all lit." His eyes shone, and he took ? R v steps forward, with his small hands sped together and his face raised hopely toward the woman. "You lot h. "tt'notlflay wlm wants to see him, t I'll just give him a hint. And then r<ai J go up and surprise him; and if you )ct k at him and smile, and if you tell him ma i are sorry, I don't think he would ma d you away; now, do you?" to The woman looked down at the lad, f.rn I smiled sadly at him. She could not ma p being amused at bis eagerneas to p her and the lonely man upstairs. tha le seemed to divine what she was iking of, for lie said, "Oh, you : >to't think I am dipping my linger in I something that ain't my business, for hould like ttf hoar hUn laugh as he did J ong time aim; and besides, it is not ht for two ?opla to be apart the way j rhe womfl tabbed nervously. "1 n't think AyjMbattei: meddle, after . k ?he satf^^Bujmay be a vary , i/ht him angry ?h>k jbglnkm**-?k,ju "I Wvei'flWpV l>e bright/' .said 'ipescy, iDartnjutediape. , "If^was < entire stranger he migiit not like it; < t being on the staff, wnV it's entirely < fTcreot?see?" ' \ j The woman laughed again\ and then ived, "What do you propom to dof" "Well, you sit right down in that air again, and I'll run upstairs. I'll 1 t be gone hut a minute, andl then I'll me hack for you." | Jlefore sho could say a word to stop n, he had whisked out of the room, d she heard him going up kc stairs 0 steps at a time. Sho sighld again, d looked down and watched the peoB passing. ' Then Swipesey was back will a coral encouraging; "Come alorfe. I've ed it. He'll see you." j And they wont up the stairs?lip into c oSicc, which had become aultc dark >w, and was but; a cheerless jluce at id aside the Fyp^^f^^for the pen, id he kept on fer^^nnent. Tbee. he oked up in a blNRered way, threw iwn his pen, rubbe^^i^ eyes, sprang >, and with a bound was across the om. "Grace 1" waj all he said. And Swipesey smiled in u self eatissd sort of way, and closing the door, ft them alone. AdH when the editor irae down stairs into the lower office a ilf hour later, with a shining, happy ok in his eyes, he found Swipesey sitog in the chair, with bis feet high up 1 the desk and his hat tilted on the ick of his head, buried deep in the Ids of a newspaper. "Come up stain with me, Cox," he id, joyously. "I want to introduce >u to my wife. I want everybody on te paper to know her." "I suppose so," snid the boy, disconnlcdly. Hut then, he added, in his lputent way 41 You needn't interduce 0 to her. She and mc knows each ,hcv already."? MirfiT'y ~We*h!y. tlrnd (loU feus. "There, that pen is tired and will ave to rest a month or so." The speaker was the mortgage clerk r oue of the principal savings banks in lis city, and as he spoke he carofully iped a large gold pen and put it away 1 a case. A Pout reporter, who had just entered te bank to have some back dividends itcred in his book, overheard the re ark and smiled. "Oh, you needn't laugh," said the erk, "for it is the true badness I am King you. Gold pens have to rest now id then. Here 1 hare, I suppose, two jzen gold pens.. If 'wS one for serai weeks or so I findjlBwill not write i my satisfaction. it is too ift and sometimes it^^^Bhard, or the k does not seem to^^^^Bk 'aud IhSjT t be as good as ne^^^^B Is then explalnci^^^^Bie constant t of the pen had *BBBBpeffect on the c al as is the case wkj^f razor is used : h great frequency. ' ff t 'Same sort of the electro-magnetic ac fl i takes places in the raetwl, which has a v Icncy to bring into parallel Hues all v particles, and in that condition a n ir cannot be made to hold edge, and en is equally refractory. . 'If the razor is latd asido for a time j particles of metal gradually resume a r re or less confused arrangement and f >r takes on and retains a keen edge. r 'It is the same iyay with a gold pen. j v. if when one of mv nens crets to n?f bad I lay it aside for a month or t will be all right again. That's why id that pen was tired and wanted a ?San Francitco Port. k Z" xtrnordlnary Cruelty to a Hone. 'he American Humane Association's rtecnth report says that nine years > the horse pictured in the accompanycut was valued at $200, and because ran away the owner, for revenge, t him up in his barn, and has never initted him to leave his stall. Strangers *e excluded from entering the barn. Mr. D. (?. Whitehead, agent of the Iwaukce Humane 8ociety, found this cc beautiful sorrel horse, with floe ny head, large haael eyes, and intellb ace like a man, covered with bedsores, lured to nothing but skin and bones, 1 the hoofs grown long and rocker iped. When the animal wae untied the first time in nine years he bob' :d out into the sunshine to nibble the ;en grass, and showed his gratitude a low whinny. The owner of this telly treated animal was only fined 5 and coats; and again the defendant iglit revenge by suing Mr. Whitehead retaining the feet, and the Judge sided that the society should pay tl6o 1 costs, which the society did, and w own the feet. Bucli croelty is jcking, and suclt decisions are setting U'emiutn ou cruelty. f ? / 7 v ar?*%*- jm it several carrier ffceoS fii"sn. igbt near the Iltissi?^r<w ier bearing ters containing infor&atiM about Gern military nltairs, frontier fkrtresses, ps, etc. These pigoMtfmg presumed be in the service of thajjUlMian Govment. Similar disdovwts have been de on the Austro-ftaSnn frontier, order has accordingly .been given t all carrier pigeon* fotfnd crossing frontiers shall bp shi)t.-?-/;*coyaa?. 1 In PHE CROW AS A PET BIRD. < T OAK BS TAUGHT TO TALK BET- , TUB THAN THE PARROT. i I Ph? Way to Train Them While They i are Tonne?Amusing Creatures i They Got Older and Wiser. I Crows make very amusing pets tor any I >ne who cau put hp with their innate 1 spirit of devilijy, and besides that they ' san be taught to talk more distinctly than most parrots, says Nature's Realm. ' It is a common idea among the country people that they will not talk unless \ their tongues aro cut at a certain tender 1 age. Be that as it may, I have heard 1 crows talk excellently that never had 1 their tongues cut, and somo whose tongues are cut never will talk at all. I always take my chances without cutting, and out of nearly a dozen that I havo owned only two proved void of a bump of language. To be sure of haviug a good, affectionate crow, take him from the nest as , soon after batching 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 uQt that settle the question beyond dispute? Name him a3 soon as you get i hi ii ii ?gimi pwwrwunt?? ft ramliy i consultation on the subjoct, for a rechiistening 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 ho hears it utttered. Feed until half fledged on meal and water?regular "chicken dough"?and if any "chicken sickness" come3 on consult the "chicken doctor." In other words, the young crow must be raised on about the same diet as a young chicken. Feed plenty and feed often. A crow's nest is the best thing to keep him in during his infantile days. If you haven't one make a substitute. As he glows in strength and is able to travel nhnul ft liUln hn nepds innrn vnrifit.r in bis food, but be careful be doe* not swallow anything that is very salt. Dump a handful of gravel down his mouth occasionally and give him minnows and frogs once in a while. Swallowing his first live frdg seems to give a young crow a most agreeable new scusation. Do not be in a hurry-about mak ing him bathe. He will wash himself whenever it is necessary, and if taken and plunged into cold water while the pinfeathers are full of blood it may cause him to literally "catch his death o' cold." As soon as he is well on the wing his language lessons should begiu. Shut him up in a darkened room when well fed, and begin by whispering the word or phrase you wish him to learn. If he seems to listen, tepcat it a little louder, and, continue until he either grows restless or goes to sleep. It will be but a few minutes. Repeat the same lesson and nothiug else every time you visit him or pass within hearing for a week or ten duys, and if your crow doesn't talk in that time he probably never will. Generally they will begin to practice to themselves the first or second day of iiiifrjmnipiipl. Ml njifiii wirii nr i iuojpw fliirtui spneiaHioo ?>p iaM?nSi ir ,bur crow appear to answer any ques- | 4 ion. For instance, call his name t ;ently and add "What" in a loud, j mphatic tone. Soon, when his name is ? ailed, he will respond "What" with ust the same emphasis and inflection hat he has heard you give. Then, igain, if you say, "It's dinner-time" vhenever you feed him, some day he will ? valk into the house hungry and gravely innounce "It's dinner-time." As he grows in years and knowledge rour crow will develop a variety of thicvsh and amysing tricks too numerous to neution. lie will cultivate the most rieodly acquaintance with some people ind show an unaccountable animosity oward others. He will attend you part vay whenever you leave home, aud if rour hours of return are regular, will irobably meet you at tho same spot and velcome you exuberautly. Every time le fails to do bo look for hiin at once; so will cither ho in some utterly entrancng bit of mischief or else dead. Musical Fish of Ceylon. Every bay and inlet on tho coast of Ceylon abounds with musical tish. Tueir song, if it can be called a song, is not one sustained note like a bird's, but a multitude of tiny, soft, sweet sounds, each clear and distinct in itself, something like the vibrations of a wineglass when its rim is rubbed with the moistened finger. In the harbor at Bombay, India, there is a fish with a song like the sound produce.! by an /Boliau harp.? t't. IjOu'u He public. ONI5 ENJOYS " Both the method and results when Byrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Bvrun of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste ana acceptable to the stomach, prompt in Ha action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared onlv from the most a-.nl agreeable substances. lis man/ excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the moet popular remedy known. Syrup of Figa is for sale in BOo and f 1 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 aocept any substitute. CALIFORNIA F/0 SYRUP CO. 8ar franqi8c0, oal. Iomvtui, nt new york, ry. $ A Brnsh-Maklnj Machine. A simple-looking machine for bruah . irawing, knot picking, and trimming | was shown yesterday in Parlor K of the i Astor House. Hitherto brushes hare oeen made by hand, and the new machine a calculated to save much time. It will < nake brushes twice as fast as they can be j made by hand. A boy or girl fifteen fears old can run it, and it is wwiwd the , brushes can be drawn more perfectly than by hand. The machine rests on a table. A wheel containing the wire is run by a treadle. s The wire is carried over to and through a hollow needle worked by hand, which is suspended from a support in front of the viso iu which the block is placed. A I J clamp in the handW^an be used to draw I in the material when small work is to be v done. Back of the vise are adjustable shears t which can be set for any length of brush. t The block is put in the vise. It remains b there till the brush is complete. Tbo ma- ^ chine was patented last February. ?Neu> ] York Timet. j, ? ' fl Origin of the Grossbenk. } There has always beon a dispute in ^ regard to tlio pretty grossbsaks which J have visited this city in large flocks * nearly every winter for ten or twelvo r ,1-mx past. It lias bMo claimed CBSX { they originated from a numbOr of the c birds of this species brought here in o 3 ship from China and turned loose by Mr. Walter MofTet. Others claim that the birds are natives of this country, and are { identical with the evening gro33beak of j the Middle States. Among the birds t brought over on the Coloma, from Iloug Kong, to be turned loose here, are a * number of these grossbeaks, which goes I to prove that the theory th it the flocks here originated from birds brought from China by Walter MolTet is the true one. 1 Old residents say that there were no such birds here in tarly days. It is scarcely possible that they have emigiated here over the Hocky Mountains.?Portland Oregonian. Money the Year Round. Miss Smith say*: "Can I make 12ft per week Id the plating business?" Yes. f make $4 to fs per nay plating tableware and Jewelry and sell'na: platers. H. K. Delno A Co., Columbus. ()., will give you full information. A plater ousts $5. Business is light and honorabfe and makes money the year round. A Reader. Tnis President of Hayti is aald to receive an annual Balarv of 1240.000. Malaria cured and eradicated from the syntem by Rrown's Iron Bitters, which en* riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids dlge^ tlon. Acts like a charm on persons In general ill health, giving new energy and strength. Ft, P. IIUTCHtxso.v, "Old Hutch," the Chicago speeu'ntor, is going to live in Boaton. K. Cheney A- Co.. Toledo, O., Fronts, of Hall's Catarrh Cure, offer $100 reward for any cast* of catarrh that ? annul be cured bv talcing Halt's Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials. free. .Sold by Druggists, 7ftc. Preparations are being made for n series of navai mouutuvrw uu ihe Ne*v ISn pan I coast to test the value of our 9hipj in ac..i.u war. . Brown's Iron Bitters cores Dyspepsia, Malaria, Biliousness an<l General Debility. Gives Strength, aides Digodtlon, tones the nerves? creaies appetite. The beat tonlo for Nursing Mothers, weak women and children. Ex-Senator Tabor, of Colorado, conll1li;|iilr^lij(liIiiiftlwilli|]ii"Ti'rnf' IH' I ? nn, tuAL-ivani jpsd.^ Ikrvb Hsstobkr. No flu after flrst day's oae. iarrclcui cures. Treatise and tS trial bottla ree. Dr. jCllne. 9Q1 Arch 8t? PhTla.. Pa. If amieted with sore eyee use Dr.Inaao ThompiOu's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 26c.per bottle i B- ELY'S ?RKAM BALI raeengee. Allays Vain sud t he Sores, lies tores Taste j Gives Relief at once Apply into the NoetriU. 50c. Druggists or by mail. ALT 1 "German Syrup" For Coughs & Colds. John F. Jones, Kdom,Tex.,writes* I have used German Syrup for the past six years, for Sore Throat, Cough, Colds, Pains in the Chest and Lungs, and let me say to anyone wanting such a medicine? German Syrup is the best. 1 < B. W. Baldwin, Carnesville.Tenn., J writes : I have used your German \ Syrup in my family, and find it the j best medicine I ever tried for coughs and cold I recommend it to every- I one for these troubles. I R. Schmalhausen. Druesist. ot 1 Charleston, 111.,writes : After trying scores of prescriptions ami preparations I had on tny files and shelves, I without relief for a very severe cold, which had settled on my lungs, I tried your German Syrup. _ It gave mv. njiiiit.-?.?Taic itruer aim H pcTTuauent cure. *D G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer, Woodbury, A'ew Jersey, U. S. A. 1WW| FOR THE QIVB IT TO TEETHING CHILDREN. IT WILL SIVETHEIR LIVES. MN'T let year er amfeur ml* yee that MaMklaa *1** wtl! Am ' mm well, fer It WON'T. Jeeebb! LJ Beet Cough Medicine. Be |?fl Cures where all elm fail*. PI U| taste. Children take it witho> ...r' r s, Saved -the life- that is fighting against Consumption. Only ? act promptly. Put it off, and nothing can save ou. But, if taken in time, Dr. Perce's Golden Medical Discovery rill cortainly cure. It must bo done through the lood ? and the " Discovery " is ho most potent blood - cleanser, trength - restorer, and flesh-builder hat's known to medical science/ [Tie scrofulous affection of the ungs that's called Consumption, ,nd every faipi of Scrofula and ?lood-taints, all yield to it. For iVcak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, bronchitis, Asthma, and all severe, ingering Coughs, it's an unequaled eraedv. It's the ono_?hat'a ruaramcccc; TF it doesn't benefit r cure, in every case, you have rour money back. j " We promiso to euro your Ci*. arrh, perfectly and permanently, 10 matter how bad your case or >f how long standing ? or we'll lay you $500." That's what the iroprietors of Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy say to every sufferer from [Catarrh. And they mean it. 1"R)NiTY COLLECF Fall Term Begin' at DVR1IAM, S. O., Oct. 1. 1811. Six Deportment* of Instruction, raeh In charge of Specialist*. Stic Building'. Sen Isitmratortr*. Machine S/lopt^ Librarle*. Haiti.', Athletic <i rounds, (II noreo In ce? terof Hark.) Healthful /soeatlnu, tee 11 Shaded. EV/.fnMj.'-teo per term or ! month*. Including bmtd, tuition, furnlahed room, oh eli te light, beat, curl' of rooms Send for Catalogue to JOHN K. CHOWEI.L. l'ri'ililcut, Trinity^Colleae Park. Durham. N. C. AlAlf *r*t, Nam-roc*. Wnrcsis mortilant %I|.|K well and keep well. JlraUH. Helper Wlwlm tell* row. Loots. a year. BamplaooDr 1 (wa Dr. J. 11. 1J V K, Eultor, Buffalo, N.T. PENSION WASH I NtJTON, - l>. TYflMF HTUDY, Book-kekwho, ittistaaM Ebrma. H UHI6 /VnmniuMp. Arithmetic, Short-hand, etc., ' XJL Thorouoiii.y Tacoiithy M AI I., oirrolare free. llryant'w College, 407 Main St., Buffalo, W. Y. llflAl BUYERS' GUIDE. 100 rnge,. llllnl iLi.usTiiATtoJM, colored plate. IS CeraMDw) KKXVKI.H. rlementon. N.J, -ww "RED EYE" X9PAS59 a mild, Sweet CIIKW. No HEARTBURN noe HEADACHE. Send 111 cent* In stamp* for A SAMPLE, If your dealor does not KEEP IT. TA VLOR BRPlt., MmpricTOEiaii. Winston, N. C. I A THE NEW METHOD N^^^for AI.Lchronic diseases. dT.pepsda, djbUrV. Pr vrrM'Ssir !\ 7 New Method Is-orth lU.eUtht l? U I l?nt lire Dr. K? rrrt ?J. B. a Hid I'resb'n Clmreh. Cart hags, N.Y.Inflnlty Jw better than the llall Bjrrtom. AgenUwamaa. m? HEALTH IH fTLT CO.. 110 DH0A?WAV. * T. M? I EWIS' 98 % LYE Powdered and Perfomaa, 11^ ^PENNA. SALT^FfTcO., liHMl Geu- Agoatd, ThiiFa. W-CImmm Oho WualDVTWJCI 1 Iaflammatlan. HealiHOW PFjW ^ 1^1 BHOa.M Warren St, N. Y.glyV^^sOel JAak my agents for W. I,. Douglaa Shooo. f not for attic In yottr plnco nak yoar enlor to send for catalogue, aecaro too agency, autl get tlicni for you. tW TAKE NO SUnSTITL'TB.da tT\ > ajyiLv WHY IS THE W. L. DOUGLAS 33 SHOE CEN?P&IEN 1 rHE BE8T SHOE IN THE W0R10 FOR THE MONETf It Is a seam lest shoo, with Do tacks or wax thread to hurt (be (cet: in ado of (he best floe calf, stylish and easy, and because ice make mors show ?/<*< jrade. than any other ?inin<*iiW "> er. It equals hand- H owed shoes costing from $t.00 to $3.00. ? (K OOOenuIno llsud-sewril, the (Idsat eatf P9? shoe ever offered for |t.0U| equals French Imported shoes which cost front $8.0>to $12X0. CtJt 00 llan<l-Hi-wcri Welt Sbsf. One Qtlf, *P *Tm stylish, coinforlublt) and durable. The beet shoe ever offered nt this price ; samegrade as W? tout made shoes costing front $t>.U0 to $?00. MftO l'olico Shoot Farmers. Railroad Rajs and teller Carriers ell wear them; flneeau, seamless, smooth luildo. heavy three soles, extension edge. Ono pair will wear a year. _ $DO 00 One onlf; uo Itetter shoe ever offered at 9sC( this prlcot one trial will convince those who west a shoe for comfort nod service. (O *3 and fJ.OO Warkliismaa'a shosa Oat are very strong and durable. Those wha have given them a trial will wear no other make. BavoI fci.fltt and 01.79 school shoes are DOT V worn by tho boys everywhere! they sell on theTr merits, as the Increasing sales show. Ladles Caatlen.-See that W. L. Douglas' nsme mm mnt- are ttsnmil r>tt the he'tir ff imjS Aja W . * W. U DODO LAB, jtrockton, Kaaa. ?. w."u. a*~ " 3 In need of BOOK-KS>PER8, ITERO^^ QRAPHER8, or any other office help can besti polled by addressing - - ? CURES DIARRHEA. DYSENTERY* CRAMPS. The Best Thins BOWELS 0 .HI 11 T1 \,T B^ySSiH EESKsEHSeS oommtnded bjr Phmleiui. BfJ Mwnt and ipi?hl> to the fSB at obtjaotion. Br dnmlito. El - ? W4TZM Hi