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A, . 5 ' *?* ; ' ' f r vW : * SMI AN ENGLISH .'WANNER! THE SWAN PARADISE IN TH LAGOON AT ABBOT0BU&Y. An Ancient Haunt for Thousands t the Graceful Birds ? Fiercentu of .Nesting Swans. " '.OyUCIi (tuo opecta ; / \ tor) gyis the Fleet, thestrpigl ! lag son which runs for nit (?~ miles from the Isle of Portlsn to Abbotsburj, behind the barrier o Obesil Beach, "the swan paradise," am ?"" ' nflie straight miles of water be low is onlj the piajground of the birds but lo spring this is forsaken, except bj a few pairs that nest on the inner sidi of Chesil Beach; and the rich anr tiallniwd mimH which frinirna Ahhnfi. bury Brook is white with the graceful forms of a thousand nesting a want. In this their ancient haunt, so ancient that although the hills behind are crowned with the ruins of votive chapels and ancient monasteries, the swans may claitr for their established home an equal if not greater antiquity?all the favorite sites were last week already occupied by the jealous and watchful birds, each keenly resentful of intrusion on its territory, yet in such close proximity to its neighbors that a space of ten or twelve feet at most divided it from ground in "separate uud hostilo occupation." Near the mouth of a small stream which enters the Fleet bolow a closo and extensive oed of reeds, now cut down and stored for the use of the birds when building, lies the grouud most coveted by the swans. There, botwoen two hundred and threo hundred nests, oj sites for nests, wero occupied or a space of two acres at most. Ho anxioiu are the birds to secure n place on this favorite spot that they remain sitting constantly on tho place wlicn occupied, in order to maintain their right* again.it intruders, and there collect with thoii long tucks every morsel of reed an<] grass within reach to form a platform for the eggs. At this timo tho swanhend visits them constantly, and scatters bundles of dried reod from the stacks, which are eagerly gathered in by the swans nn?i piled round and beneath them as they sit. These additions to tho uost go oc continually; and as the cock-swan takci his share,or even more than his share,ol the duties of sitting upon tho oggs, oni of the pair is always at liberty to collectfresh material. This is mainly piled ii a kind of wall round the nest, the terinr being already finished, and oftiea partly felted with a lining of swansdowe from the birds' breasts. To the visitor who, under the guidance of the Hwauherd, walks 011 tho war row grasspaths which wind amid tlx labyrinth of nest*, the colony recall? visions of visit- t-> the island homes oI the great petrels or giant aloatrosses in distant oceans. Many of the swans have built their nests so that they even en creach upon the paths, and each of the great birds as he passes throws back its finuke lH iul, and with r vise I crest hisses fiercely and rustles the pinions <>1 its wings, or even leaves tlu* nest, mi l with every font her ?pnvering with excite mcnt, makes as though it would driv< the inttudei from the Hanetuury. Hit the presence of the swanhcrd gonerullj reassures the birds, though the hissing rises ami falls as if from the throats of s thousand angry snakes. In view of the natural jealously and tien eiuns of swam in the bleeding sea-on, the comparative gentKm s ot tlie Ahhotshury lurds, is ' ? ^^Komewhat nnuu kahle. On the river.) "m*4~4jroad- of Norfolk each pair claim tlieii soTt?^i?^u?;e stretch of water foi times fatal tights'dimastnnt ntid some served lortiloty is invadeifiajt therepun. There, also, the swans will orcll eionally attack not only strangers but the awauheds theiuselvos, who owing to the extent of th stream and dykes along which th swans nest, are, of course, less wel kuowu to the birds than are the keeper ftt Ahbotshuiy. -Mr. Stcvcrisou was toll l?y John Trett, a marshman of Hurling ham, that ho was "attacked by an of male swan as he was examining the egg in u ne-t, to which, being a boggy place he hud crawicd on his hands and knees The swan, coming up behind him uu perceived, struck him ro violently o tbo back llut be bud difficulty in rogaiu ing bis boat, where ho laid for som time in gieat pain, and though ho nun aged at leugth to pull home, ho wii cou mien to iih bed for more than week." Another marahmun was etruc t.ii the 111imh in the same manner, aiv dc?ciibed the force of the blow am! th pain occasioned by it as something in credible. The Abhotsbury swans though not pinioned like the Norfoll biids, an I leading a life ot freedom <v ttiu vcigt of tin-sen, see.n to know l> ilistiliet that, tin? protection and safet which they obtain at Abbotsbury ar uiore than enough to compensate thei for tho loss of the free loin and imh pctuleiuo which an isolated not in place might give; and with the execp tion of about twenty pairs, they emigre gate as has been described, abandomn not only their natural instinct fot isola turn, but also much of thecombativenes with which this instinct is ncconipnnic I Fights between the cock-swans do occur Hut the swan herd soon restores peace One line old bird which had ?juarrelle< with both of its neighbors was ma ) happy by a semicircle of tamarisk boa ?h stuck in the earth aroun 1 its nest, an 80 clearly deiiiiiiig its territory. \ Hal's Ouecr Caper. O . ' - - *' / - 4 i-xMiu i.iinifs arc snail 'cr inno union Mow l- t following: III a III in:-**: a Mai ill 11 i A, Holier son's slables ?? loll flown i ii hus liven up its abode wilo i littir o? kittens about its own s|/x> everything goes \yrll until the mother o t no kittens i- iiiie- ou the teone; (hen i is time lor ?iisu,ipe iritig for the ra' A ie-ist Itttt people have visi ye I this Mta .1 rpei taele to-'lav. The rat ?Cfins *o 111 joy the notoriety.?.Maishu1! (Mo.) 1'iu I .test. Scrofula In the Nock. W (IH The following is Iron ty M rs. .1. \V. TilltiMHik.\\ jiW of the Mayor ot .MrKro' "rs _/ port, !>nn.: '/f ^a^inowK vcnri old, ?. veai a hum uf. 11 ia Tiiiii.AAii under one ear vvhii li it Willie Tillhrook. doctor lani rd and it de 1 harced t?tr some time. We I lien began ukin him Mond'a Sarsapa rilla ami 1 tie -ore heili 011. Ili-< ore js flue t<> HOOD'S SARSA TARILLA. lie has never lieen verv rutins hill now seems healthy and dailv tfrowini stronger." HOOD'S PILLS do not weaken, hut ai dlgeeiion and tone the etomach. Try them. ?a lUjA ' J LOVE'S FLITTIHO. When Love In -oming, romlnr. j Meet him with songa and Joy, Hid hltn alight and outer. Flatter and feast the boy: Crown bim with goms and rosea, ' Charm him with winning wiles. Bind him with lovely gnrlauds, And kl??? ?nil ???'t?^ ^ When Love la going, going, M Leaving you all alone. , Craving, the tickle tyrant, ^ Borne newer alave and throna, j Hinder hiro not, but quickly. Even though your heart may bleed, Bnddle a horse for hla Journey, And bid biin Qod spoedt | ? Elfzabotli Akera. in the Century. i i "HEN HAWK"*" ROMANCE. I uy it. l. KBtcnrv. W WEN HAWK was , Hen, having joined liberally ill the )i smiles that foliowed thin rotnark, went t on: ? "I c.vt Hi' incinerations hark intuth lh' teeth o' th* red-nosed gent. \vi' th' fragrant name. No, sir. 'Taint neither i one n'v '"other. Melihe lore 1 go I'll ^ tell ye?an' mehhe I won't." t Ami Mi Hawkins again smiled, know- i t ing that the hoy- wotihl svillei ini- > tneasurahly until they knew whenrc tame I the " stake" on which he was going I lome. 1 Next <lay, immediately aftn breakfast, Hun I ale oil III tile <llli rtit.il of KlOWIISville, the neat'-I town on the west, ahout thirty miles im iv, ami we saw nothing o|" him until 1'iidsy, when he leturned, I whistling i hen fully. The hoys were very keen to know what his errand had ' hern, for they were sure lie had not gone ' ineiely to i t a lew things fiom the grocer's and harm sinahorV, hut Hen <li<i not enlighten them. That night, however, in the boss's room, he told tie story to a select an dienee, ? oii.si.st ing ol thn hoss and the scribe. 1 "I h'en kinder holdin' oil, ye see, I 'cause a fellei no wayseert'n 'hout savin' I 'is milk t'll In- uits the nail out I'm iiim I der the ? aow hut now, brill's I've got * i 'iioAV i> - 1 ?? >* ' xv*" " > ' "" y 1 Ye in .'Vw!tv:?r ? yea. ago. ha. k ... ManV\u\ . J*:'"'. (( i'iviii1 en' hyni a t' mow ii|? wi' tin ken J , try a hull lot. I'wan't 'eau-e I waiite.l 1 t.' dew it. hut vo see, I suit o' hed tub." j "\l>, \?'S, ollSt'lVed flu* 111-:-, ?11 v IV* "I In lieve llit' late Mr. Stites lirpan his j hrillimit career in somewhat tinwhv. Was your ililliiiiltv ahout a hor.se, |8 too?" Ilt-n's luiii'li over, lie proceeded, some what hhisliin^ly. "No, 'twan'l that, hardly. lint tiioy I ? , , , , I wan t no chance tnar lor a poor cuss,an i '* so I pulled oof. Yo see, me'n Molly Hopkins lied Inait n ade up aour nun's t' git split c<1, an' ey'rythin' was ^oin' on smooth's smooth, w'rn in steps ol' (tcor^o ^ Hopkins sti' lake) a han* hisselt. Ol' , Ho,. was a hi'^h toneil 01' dark, an put 011 heaps o' ail's, cause lie was tli best j u lined man in tao>vu an' I ! hc'n S'lert- ; infill an' tni'MiI'M <>t tli* le-ei-later, w 11?> ' I w as on', :t r.irpentei an' h.i In t at y red. j 'I'll' ol' i ?I .nmhl've - r.v 1. e.v things j was Lfoin' tm ? I ret kon he th i foil In' \ y y never let on t*11 one niuht In* e>. indsmnc , t? t'in liinwn in' heeie I nte'n Molly t <!?in' n in tli' set tin*-room. " I'lit n he jes* w.ided i<i hra-h. tloshl | how lie did etl fet- me? Weill <111 '"eive ! e mo ill' <I tokens f< r my Ma-ity in per- I !- j snomiii t' tli li.'i'i" o' liis, (h or^e Hop | o ; kins', tlaiter. ' I'h' Idee? 1 want ye t' , i nnderstan', youriif man,' says lie, 'th't I a | liev better plans ier linr th'n lot tin* 'or . . j marry a pennilt-s carpenter!' 'N* he . 1 went on an' tore aroun' (>' awhile thet i . j tyle; hut I stood my grot.-;', t'll lln'lly i : tie sa?s: ' Vi?un<? inn, w'nm yon c'n i ! show a I tank i mint <>' ten th'iinisnii' ilol- 1 i !ars( she's join'11, i.n' not h'loro.* Tlmn I ' Im j^iins n hull lot, tiiinki'i' h:v?w I'?l , l ev t' bustle .1 consiil'biu i-jcil 'fore I yot : it. "Wn ?'. tne'n ^I nv talked it over a . | l"t, it finally ^ oticlifh I tli't IM hev t' t I vt<? summers i 1m , ef I over got f'nrot'.iU'lni; so, one liny, tvc sats flood-bye, a I now ii in the imst'ler lot, an' I pulled ; i. ' out f"r ('aliforny . f 'S-nci then I've hc'u kmc kin' 'rourul t -ill ovet the 111' ki ii'rv, tryin* one tiling t 'n 'nother. I'orly haul hick, must o" tli' 1 ' time, t? w?hut j? s' 'fore I come hyar, I I ha'ife'i a claim, no n 'nother feller, over I ::i t'o!or?<lo, an' worked it some. It . i le'ii't |.hii out none, so we lied t' try i , onftf c.M', an' h\ar I eonie, Icavin' 1'itu- t' > op u|? work onth' claim, him 1 | bavin'a job elus by. Wa-al, tit' other , -hit. Peters ho sold aont tetv a I lost on ! ln':iv ler (went v.tlv?? tlniniuun' ? ?.?* i>nir':nvha'. 1 wvnt t'MraowusviUc fcr. I! V's ?? .?? f, II"1 li-l'-il his |?jpe, wiiil ? ? Junil nipht," fl'ul UTIlt Hit. whlSt I i?| *_r M??ft | v. 11 -J. V. "" -.1!. I t - ?? I WWS, hr.i.r 't ; 'i " in '!::?I < t-v w,i v < f his. with the .-owhny 1int;o rtn>) tiio occasional V.uikeo t vi>ii''I tli'nk it i wiy " in'odii pin'? jiiihii i 1?mi i know ^ von think of it, imt I think i' !< r| ' ?H?r ron tnf ir, an I I'm I*i' 1 i' t:iri. iii? yu' >u ivvili li'.nj ? .iii'jj.ii chir;, , Kre?! s!'iri,i- < ^ t)\! Ig U IK' IIIKl fuel) fail- | ^flttwwwie huhh!i?K 'jyrr , Iff^y/Jh , 11^ ^ I cheerfulness. t -^mY -A. Only IfII days I f'tnr.; tv more and then \ lor "tho Stales." I We, ol the "I, bar," who had known i him for two year-, almost, itoroataloAS I to uccouut for this sudden rise in Hon'a v meuta! temperature, ami probably v showed i'. Indeed, there were several h of the boys who hinted that nn explana- a tioii Irom him would be orate-fully re- tl reived by liia t in io?itj- beset en laborers; h but lien would merely j;iiii a broad, p broad Klin, and niv imthiiiK* lint inst h ten days before 'I haiik-soiviUK lie let tho |< were' out. ti "Hoys," said lie, mi a inullled voire, ti eaused by the pieseiier ol a knife-load b ol potatoes in bis month. "I'm nnhi' ? buck t' tli" Stales'" |i Open eyed astonishmentfill around tho hi breakfast lal.lt'. r. "That's what, laiys. I'm ?i 11 * ri^ht c after Thaiiks'^ivia', tew." "The iIiiiicb, ye nay! Must'vo lost a I rich r'latioa 'r h'eu <lt?ln' a little rustlin' t on th' sitle. Now I think ?? 't, they ( was some talk 'iiout thar hein' some in- ): side 'sistanre t' th' I'aldy Stites ^an# \ w'en they honored this hyar vicinity wi' J thr Mentions last year." volunteered v "Ited" I'o ey. n dcservos nil the luck In the world. The girl must be a plucky one, too. Mum' hum I" Aod the boas looked at the ceiliug ami blew smoke rings in a jxiisivc way he sometimes hid. There wasn't a man on the ranch who didu't hate to SvC Hon go, and who wasn't honestly glad at his good fortune. xu ii?v ^.1?..i-uiopie rosey evinced not a little regret as he said good by to him, when, the morning after Thanksgiving, Hen sat ou his bronco all ready to start for Jersey, the railroad town to the east of us. It was m beautiful morning, slmotf like spring, and Hen couldu't hart wished lor a better day to start on. Tbs laat good-by said, be straightened up, sniffed the cool breeze, looked to see that everything waas all right, and with an "Adlos, boys," was off. waving bis hand In acknowledgment of the rousing cheer we gave him as he reached the top of the hill across the creek. Jersey was only twenty odd miles sway, and Hen expected to arrive there #t noon, in time to get his dinner, dispose of his bronco and make the 2 i?'clock train F.ast. There was plenty of time, so ho let his horse take its own {ait, and gave himself up to his houghts. Ooiuir home! Home! How sweet he word sounded! Five years?only ive, but they seemed twice aa many. He vondered how he had ever managed to ive through them. The tirst two had lot hecu so hard. He had hecu full of lopo and vigor and had told himself it fas only a little while?only a little fhllo. Thou when the reward for nil is toil seemed to he no less distant than t tlrst, it was hard. Sometimes he had bought he would give it up and go ome to confess himself beaten; then tho ieturc of the little brown eyed girl who ad cried so bard thatday in the meadow )t?the little girl who, through her uirs, had told him to bo brave i.nd pitcut and nil would be well?would come efore him and he would set his teeth nrd and "pitch" in again. Maybe it ad soured him a bit. lie wondored if uinetiines he had not been rather unsoia'ile, ami rather poor company for his ompanions, and concluded he hod. His thoughts turned again to Molly, low pretty and sad she had looked with he tears on her pink cheeks that day for somehow he couldn't f ir the life of lint think of her except as she looked vlien he saw her last). He remembered low conscious he had been that she was Hatching him as he went flown the road, nd how ho dared not look hack for fear lis courage would give out. And just to hink! Only a few flays more, and ? 'Hullo! Wa al, I'll bo tectotally dog[fined!" The wind had shiftc 1 around into tho mrth; dull gray clouds hid the blue and ?1? 1 that, had made tho early flay so fair; wo or three flakes of snow were visible low and then. It was one of those striking Hen on the cheek that caused him to rein up hi * horse so suddenly and make the above inelegant remark. Not n living creature wis in sight on all the broad plain. lieu and his horse were as mueh alone as if they had been on the open sea. Human habitation, lie tween the "I, bar" and Jersey, tlmre were none. lien dismounted ami laid hi* ear to the ^rouml. Hint listened intoutly for ii few seconds. Yes?there it whs?that dull, whispering, indistinct roar, which the plainsman knows nud fears?the voice or the coming blizzard. The horse heard it, or folt it, and turned his head toward his master, whinnying soft ly. "Yes, ol' boy, it's coinin' all right, 'trough." said Hen, as he rose from the ground, "an' ine'n you's got t." hustle a hull lot, Mister l'okoy, let 'er slide, ol' chap! I reckon we c'n make it." Only twelve miles or so, and yet. Hen knew that the blizzard might overtake him before he had traveled four. lie urgt d his horse faster, knowing the faithlul animal eould easily stand the work. crowing rapidly eolder, and the few (lakes>?? ?,lnw were being followed by countless thou?ujs. The wind was increasing in velocity, and Hen, bending low owcr his horse's neck, couhl hear t he vicious "swish ? swish!" of the snow as it was hurled through the grass and along the ground. Very soon it was impossible to see more than a hundred yards or so ahead, hut I Ten knew the general direction, and for safety's was heading for the stngo road loading into Jersey from Iho southwest. On and on they wont, Pokey, alive to the situation, pounding along at his top traveling speed, steady as a clock. On and on i :\iih' the st??rm, covering horse and rider with snow as line as flour, until they looked like ghosts. Hen, leaning hack to get his overcoat, lost the direction, hut lie had full faith in Pokev, and knew that the iittio aniniai would do better without any piloting. I low cold it was! Hen's hands and toes were like lumps of iee?worse, they ha l hardly any feeling left in them. His ear and cheek on the side exposed to the storm, were getting nipped. Well, he would soon strike the stage road, and then, if lie had not miscalculated, there would ho only live or six miles?" (Jreat Seott!" For Pokey had given a sudden high leap and stood still, panting. Almost under his feet lay a sooiv-coverod object, with a strange look about it. Hen leaned down from the saddle and turned it over. It was a dead man, holding tiglit, in t! -ti'T ri gilt huM*I, a ?>hip such is siigo drivers use. " Stage-driver, den ler'n Tom Jefferson. Drunk, likely, an* fell off; poor uss!" Itm there was no time to stop k iv, 1 ioiro^t i.rutii i ii n u tl liur UOOAM. I I'okey was turned t > tin* loft an 1 p >un Iing along up the stage road. A dark object looaie 1 tip suddenly as they shot past, a i l a su Idea chill rent tin- sluggish bloo I coursing through Hen's veins. lie halte I nn<l turne I I'okey's tmvilling hci<r on the back course. Sure enough, it was the stage; hut there were no horses attached, lien felt around and reached the do >r handle. A cry?a child's cry?came from within, lieu tied I'okey lii'iuly to a wheel, found tiie door again, a i I e itere I. " Thank < !o I! ' It wa- a woman's v >ica, and Hen al most faulted to think tuat its owner should he in such a terrible predicament. "Oil, sir, have you come to take us away f The driver fell off, I think, and tiie hois?>8 look'' loose, somehow, and we're aouost iro< n I fen could see now. It was a young, good ' ><inwoman, and she held, tight elaspe 1 to her breast,a child ah hi three years old. Neither was clad lor such awful weather. II' lTs lieirt stood still for a moment. If tliat woman and child remained here it wm alfc*t certain dcsth. It might be day*. bmore help couUl reach him,end eren if ekioofcld come to them to-morrow, tbeyyroulci have frOeeu, men' while. On the other hand? "Oan jO&ride, miaaiaf" "Yea, faJeed." ?zz, qiir In aaotbfminute? "Ride atLddle?so. Nsow, hold th' kid 'n let tw hoes take *ia own rood. Min', naowm "But wbtmare you going to?" Hen wae fmteaiag the driver's robe I about her. fv1 "I'm ell wffet. Naow, hang on an i keep holt kid* Go on Pokey Oood.br. roiw^|" He waa ah>n<W0n the prairie la a de sorted stage catch, with the atorm bowling about binw and his thoughts were of otber things for a loug time before he remembered wiat all his money was in his saddle-bam. "Wa al, cblnces is purty nigh agin my orer oeedift' it," be muttered, Jo bis quaint way. f*'Taint like I bed a store an' a hull lot 4' grub. She'll save it fur mi> lilo-lv aniliiiMW. ' * I ? ? It was two Cap later that tho stage, coining downCrom Jersey with several Samaritans almard, found him. It was two wccks anal more before ho came to liiinself in tlfc hot'1' where ho had had every possiblj attention. He was, as he himself reiuflrked, "(Jlad to bo alive, an' fin* I hedn't\lo?' no hao'a n'r feet." Rut the woman and child had gone-they had left Jersey the very day that Ileu s halt dead form was brought in by the relief party?and with them went lion's money; for the saddlebags had been taken to the woman's room by tho hostler, and no oih ?lse had bad possession of thorn, besides which, much to the laiidlhrd's surprise, sho had paid her bill with a #100 greenback when sho !? ft. Hen's money had beou mostly in bills of that denomination Hen "kept a still upper lip" and said little, when ho got back to tho ranch, which lie did in a shoit tune much to our surprise. " ' Pwas all on 'caount o' thorn blame saddlebag," said he. "Ef I'd let nowTangled notions alone, an' carried tli ?fulT an' other things in my clo'cs, I'd ben all right."?San Francisco Examiner, SELECT siptinum. A horso wns killed by bees at Leslie, (la., recently. The membership of tho British House of Commons is 670. There are said to be 2.800.000 bes liivon in tli<* United States. The deepest perpendicular shaft is it the Kottenberg mine in Bohemia, 377H feet deep. The capacity of tho largest flourinjj mill in Minneapolis, Minn., is 15,30J barrels a day. The largest Masonic library buildins and the only Masonic library in the worh are at Cedar Itapids, Iowa. .bipan is said to have apple trees onb four inches in height which product ftui? about the size of currants. Tho Friends' School of Providence 11. !., is now over a century old. Thi school hold e. reunion oa Juno 29. The public park In Han Francisco Cel., recently received a cocoanut tro< weighing six tons, from Honolulu. The tirst regular passenger railroad built in tho world was the southern portion of the Baltimore and Ohio, built in 1*27. Tho Italian Prime Minister, lliolotti, dresses in rusty, old-fashioned clothes, with an utter disregard of tho demand? of dress. The canal system of New York is not a century old. A convention of cana men will celebrate the event some tiin? in the fall. , Franco lias an organization known a? the "Society of tho Friends of Trees," i tho object of which is to restore the abandoned forests. I A company has boon erganizod in Nor Jersey for making cranberries into jao and canning them. It is likely to built i up a successful business. Presidential candidates were first nonii nated by Congressional caucuses, aoi later by State Legislatures. The era o conventions began in 1832. James Richard Cocko, just graduate* from the Ronton Univorsity School o Medicine, has been blind from infancy and is thu first person thus afilicted ti receive the degree of medical doctor. An English i urpet firm, said to b* over two hundred years old, has bough an acre of ground in Elizabeth, N. ,J. and proposes building a factory for thfl manufacture ot Axniinster and Wiltoi carpets and rug*. Tho original "kicker," in a mcta phorical sense, is mentioned in the tirs book of Samuel, second chapter, twentyninth verse, when- a man of God said unto Eli, "Wherefore kick ye at 1113 sacrifico and at mine offering?" On one of the islunds off the coast o Maine lives a man, now fifty years old who was born there, and has never boei off the island. lb' has aooumulated t fortune in the grocery business, and 11 content to live ami die 011 tho few seagirt acres. The longest canal in the world is tho one which extends from the frontier oi China to St. Petersburg, it measures in all 1172 miles. There is another canal running from Astrachan to St. Peters burg which is 1 131 miles lon^. Roth of these were beguu by Peter tlu Great. The old Danish Vikings had the pleas ing custom ot stabbing an enemy in tin throat when ho was drinking his inead From this arose the custom of a man' inviting ait tlie mcmners oi a cotnpan; to "drink hi?, health," as, while tbu occupied, they could ': >*> uso kuj. weapon?. Fish of KikIloss Variety. Pliny, thn great naturalist, who liver about the time of Christ, reckoned the whole nuinhei of known species of tisl at ninety-four. Linnieus, the grea Swedish invc-tigatoi ??i iiio cighteentt century, eouhl classify 478, and he i known to have heen the greatest ichthy ologist of the age in which ho lived The progress made in that particuia branch since the time of Ihnmcus seomi ill the inrue wonderful, tor now, sine* tin expeditions of the Challenger anrl oilier-, Id,nmi ic. show up in th< catalogue.a ol the lish specialists.?Man Chester I nion. ftiiii- and !<iv.e!< :;r - imlttciry colors c China. lied is an ausptcioua color. i I ii A DETROIT MIRACLE. A Oi?AT TRIUMPH FOR CANAD1A1 WK01CAL BilKKCK. pabticvlabk or orw or tub most wkm a be ABLJC CDUU OK BKCOBD DBSCBIBVD BT TBK DBTBOIT trgw*?A. BTOBT A CAJMCrUL ratCSAX. ' (Detroit If ewe.) The following paragraph, which ippunii la the News abort time qo, furnished th# he ale of this tnfocmatlop?a oern that ?m o woederfully remarheble thet It demeoded further explanation It fat of mftlnlcnt lei I partenoe to the News' reader* to report it to them folly. It waa ao importantTheo thai 1 It attracted considerable attention at the time. The following la the paragraph In queetlon: ? "C. B. Northrop, for 38 rears one of the beat known merchant# on Woodward arenue, who was supposed to be dying last spring of locomotor ataxia, or rroepini paralysis, has secured a new lease of life and returned to work at his store. The disease has always been supposed to be incurable, but Mr. Northrop's condition is greatly improved. and it looks now as if the grave would be cheated of ita prey." Since that time Mr. Northrop has steadily Improved, not only in looks, but in condition, till he has regained his old-time strengthIt had been hinted to the writer of this article, who w?n acquainted with Mr. Nortbrcp, that this miraculous change had been wrought by a very simple remedy called Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. When asked aliout It Mr. Northrop fully verified the statement, and net only so, but lie bad taken pains to inform any ono who was suffering In a similar manner when he heard of any such case. Mr. Northrop was enthusiastic at the result in his own case of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. It was a remedy that he had heard of after he had tried everything he could hope to give him relief. He had been in the care of the best physicians who did all they could to alleviate this terrible malady, but without any avail. He had given up hope, when a friend in I,ockporfc, N. Y., wrote him of the case of a person there who had been cured In similar circumstance by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. The person cured nt Ijockporfc nad obtained his information respecting Dr. Williami' Pink Pills from an artiole published in the Hamilton, Out, Times. The case wnscalled "The Hamilton Miracle?' and tohl the storj* of a man in that city who, after almost Incredible suffering, was pronounced by the most eminent physicians to 1 be incurable and permanently disabled. He had s|ient hundreds of dollars In all sorts of treatment and appliances only to be told In the end that thero was no hope fur him, and that cure was impossible. The person alluded to (Mr. John Marshall, of 25 Little William Ht., Hamilton, Ont.,) was a mem1.^. -.f 4 1. .v 1) 1 T?^l ? ? wvi ui IIIW uujui i?Hii|jiuin ui luiupt'iauufi . and after having been pronounced penna1 nently disabled and Incurable by the physicians, was paid the *1000disability insurance provided by the order for its member* In such cases. For years Mr. Marshall had been utterly helpless, and was barely able to drag himself around his house with the aid of crutches. His agonies were almost unbearable and life was a burden to him. when at last relief came. Home montns after he h&d been paid the disability claim he heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and was induced to try them. The result was miraculous; almost from the outeet an improvement was noticed, and in a few months the man whom medical experts had said was incurable, was going about the city healthier and stronger than before. Mr. Marshall was so well known in Hamilton that all the city newspapers wrote up bis : wonderful recovery in detail, and it w#i thus, as before stated, that Mr. Northrof came into possession of the information that led to his equally marvelous recovery. On* ? could scarcely conceive a case more hopeless than that ot Mr. Northrop. His injur] came nltout in this way; One day, near)] four years ago, ho stumbled and fell tin complete length of a steep flight of stair ' which were e?. the rear of his store. Hii " head and spins jsere severely injured. H w as picked tip and taken to his home. Creep ing paralysis very soon developed itself, am in spite of the most strenuous effort * of friends and physicians the tei rible affliction fastened iiaeif upon him For nearly two years he was perfectly i helpless. He could do nothing to sup 0 port his strength in the least effort. He hat to be wheeled about in an invalid's chair. Ho was weak, pale and fast sinking whet his timely information came that veritably 1 snatched his life from tho jaws of death. Those who at that time saw a feeble old mai wheeled into his store on an invalid's chaii w ould not recognize the man now so great is the change that I>r. Williams' Fink Pill have wrought- When Mr. Northrop learne ol the remedy that had cured Mr. Marshal * in Hamilton, and the person in Ijockport, h procured a supply ol Dr. Williams' Pin Fills through Messrs. Hassett fc IVHomme " dieu, K.'i Woodward avenue, and from tb 1 outset lound an improvement. He faithful! . adhered to the use of the remedy until no' he is completely restored. Mr. Northro declares ttint there can be no doubt as 1 i Fink Fills being the cause of his restoratic to health, as all other remedies and medio treatment left hiin in a condition rapidly g< ' ing froui had lo worse, until at last it wi declared there was no hope for him and 1 w as pronounced incurable- He was in th ' terrible condition when he begun to use D t William)!' Pink Fills, and they have restart 1 him to health. Mr. Northrop was asked what wasciaitm for this wonderful remedy, uud replied ttn be understood that the proprietors claim J to lie a blood builder and nerve restore f -supplying in a condensed form all the el ments necessary to enrich tho blood, restoi shattered nerves and drivo out disease, \ 1" claimed by tho proprietors that Pink Pil will cure paralysis, rheumatism, sciatic ' palpitation of tho heart, headache, and a , diseases peculiar to females, loss of appetit i) dizziness, sleeplessness, loss of memory, ac nil diseases nrisinrr from worry, lo-s of vital force, etc. 5 "I want to say," said Sir. Northrop, "thi ' I don't have much faith in patent medicine 1 but I cannot -ay too much in favor of Di , Williams' i'ink Pills. The proprietor?,how i ever, claim that they are not a patent me< ieine in the sense in which that term is use but a highly scientific preparation, the r Milt of years of careful study and oxooi incut on the part of the proprietors, ami tl pills were successfully used in prival ^ practice for years before being place for general sale. Mr. Northro declares that lie is a living ej ample that there is nothing to equal the; pills as a cure for nerve diseases. On iriquir the writer loniid that these pills were mat e ufnetured by Dr. Williams' Medicine Co Schenectady, N. Y\, ami Hrockville, Ont i and the pills are sold in boxes (never in bul i by the hundred), at SO cents a l>ox, and ma; ( be had of all druggist < or direct by mai from l>r. Williams' MedicineCo.,fromoithe 4 above addresses. The price at which thes pills are sold makes a course of treatinen with them comparatively inexpensive a compared with oth?r remedies or medica treatment. This case is one of the most re mnrkablo on record, and as it is one righ herein Detroit, and not a thousan 1 mile , away, it e in be easily verill 'd, Mr. North ' rii|> is very well known to the people o Detroit, and he says ho is only too glad t , testify of the marvelous good wrought in hi case. He says he considers it his duty t help all who are similarly afflicted by an word he can say in behalf of tho wonderfu efticncv of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. \ Musical Wulc'i. s A music.il watch about the vi.ro nv *r y c^o is now exhibited in Si. P'-letsb rg } which perfotm* a religion* ? limit, vttl 1 Bconir acco-iipauimeuls. Within j* t representation of Christ with the Koiii.k sentinels. On pressing a spriii:> the stone rolls from the tonib, the sontineln ' fall ilown, the anyels appear nn?l the holy women tiler the sepulchre, ninl sh< I' same chant which is sumo in the Greek * Church on Kii?tov rvf is actually pert funned. The wa'eh w i- uuule by an irt< s jietiiotis Ko sian | casaut lunnij the fi^o ?f <'athariae of Jitiish*.- I'hilu'leljthia l<e<l^er. i s Hcvon-eitthth'-. of the bread used 1 I Loudon i r.avle of \u?eri< hi wheat. 3 A'i'n't.il1 c ro? 111 li oi' a'leu led tl at tf?. >ii oo|iti_ ii the *"iiis. sail th has ie i to i i" I made i?y tli ? {"habitant)1 i" eher iniliou* the dci ei u r * He Fin* Flew ike Man ul Stripe* f The flag* used by the Colonial trocri daring the first two yean of the RerolV tiooary War wero of Tmrious deaigod TTo Now York force* uaed the orange, white and blue of thMr TT"r-"-~ ujj Connecticut regimenta the tlue grape Tinea; tome of the other New Sag land troop* the rattleaoake flag, and ye I othen, the pine tree flag, a modifies tla * of which bad been ucjd at Banker Hill [ The first flag need in aaral warfare bor a black rattlesnake on a yellow groand and waa thrown to the breeze by Commo | dore Hopkina early In 1776. On Juo 14, 1777, a committee, of which Jobi Adams was the beat known member, sub ' mitted to the Congreas of the country i report for a National flag, which wai unanimously accepted without discussion and our present flag was then adopted, with the exception, of course, of th< numbei of stars. On September 3d o the same year formal announcement ol its adoption was made to the country. The first public display of this flag wa> made by John Paul Jones, who ran it uj to the masthead of the Ranger at Ports mn.ltk ..... k./ - *? 1 uvuvu juov uciui c jfiiuiu^ ifj mtn. i uij lie Opinion. Tfc? Oil? fat Ivar Print* oak tod nild thi word? Thee# tial Inch dliplar adver'tiement la thla paptr, this week, which baa no two wordl like except one word. The annie la true ol each new one appearing each week, from 1 ha Dr. Herter Medicine Co. Thla house piece* "Creecent" on everything they raakeand publish. Look for It. eend tnem the name or tba word end they will return you book, bkautirOL L1TROORAPIU OrlAKPLU THIL Praibib wolva* are creating baroc among took near Klkhorn, Wis. Ladirh needing a Ionic, or children who want building up, should take Brown's Iron BIMers. II is pleasant Intake, cures Malaria. IndiKeslion. Riliousness ?n-l Liver Complaints, make* the Blood rich and pure. M aohinkrt makers are daily gaining li activity. Mr. Darius Waterhnnse, Chattanooga. Tenn.. ?aya: It cost hut little to try Bradvcrotine, and a trial Is all that is necessary to convince the doubting thousands thai it will cure headache.' All druggists, fifty cents. New Oblkaitr, La., la to have a new ecurthouse and jail to cost 9950,000. Ip dropsy after a good night's sleep there I Indigestion and stomach disorder whlel Beecham's Pills will cure. CHiirAMBtr bare been Imported Into Bel glum to replace striking Iron workers. Hall's t'atnrrh Cure Is a liquid and Is taker Infernally, and acts directly niton the blomi and mucous surfaces of the system. Send foi testimonials, free. Bold bv Druggists. 75c. F. J. Chkney <fr Co., Proprs., Toledo, O. Btkbl will soon be down to one cent i pound. Many persons sre broken down from overwork or household cares. Brown's Iron Bitters rehui'ds the system, aids digestion, rc moves excess of bile, and cures malaria. A i ependid tonic for women and children. i Iowa htis forwarded to the Baatern nan board fr.J.Ot'O tons of corn and flour for tta< J I relief of starving Russians Tilt arlielf1," A Detroit Miracle," taken from a Patrol) ii- unit" interesting ren?liny It tells how one of the liest-known merchant-* of that city siirhlenl> appeared at, his husinea. with Hpt?arently h nr? lease of life, when it was biip|?'se<l that he was a verv sick man. a 8nt Edwii* Abjiold hat returned to b Japan. ! ||j| J ONI$ KNJOYS m Both tlic method and results whei j|J Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasau > and itfrcehing to the taste, and act f gently yet promptly on the Kidneys J? Liver and Rowels, clcMuses the eys r. tcm effectually, dispels colds, head 9(1 aches and fevers and cures habitun ^ constipation. Syrup of Figs ia the at only remedy of its hind ever pro J.1, duced, pleasing to the taste and ac [*. ceptable to the stomach, prompt it ra its action and truly beneficial in it M effects, prepared onlv from the mo3l healthy ana agreeable substances, iti ill many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most ai popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60o ^fc and 81 bottlea hy oil leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist whe ? may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one whe p- wishes to try it. Do not accept auj j1* substitute. * CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. ? S/4V FRANCISCO. CAl, _ 10UI8VIUE, RV. NEW FORK. N.V. ?0 _ / j \ ror Ladles ar ^ PneumHtlcC W """" ,0?ue' 0f "?n" t \ JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO. : o ??????? 0 mPTPPUAPUV We teach either y 1 JBibfiUilAlil I Largest 8 hool i NENOIA, new ('afnloifU". IT IH A DUTY yon owe your. II elf and family to art the bent U 1 talir for jroar money. Kcotio* M Ike In roar footwear by pur* VI thailOl W. L> Douglas Hhors, . whirl repreaeal tbe beat value M for price* ualted, as thoasands s( t will testify. J , HP TAKE NO SliBSTITUf*. M Mnoiftli In. mmus* say other o costing froi flnelmi'Tl ^yt?AV V* Tory afC ii l^^non ,b'? *ho?"< i ASK*nm w t douglas- shoes, fio. If not lor rulr In your place send dit wntiiril. Postage free. Will give e*el shaots where I bare as npogto. wrilt foi For the ,/" Aibury H?Wj Kolea >. jjfe ,*11 AauoKT, Augnxt 1?? liter tL ^vdVNnn mcr of ' Tt-rml *?rjr l ot day* wo ii^i B| jp-.- tlic reCrruhibg abowers wb V' Tb-y wrra b?ni fiuta' to (tii iBBB* "*""^|IICI1|1 WllA wVwTj puiCSM9< & "GemjjEAD I LSytud' * Just a bad cold, an^a hacking , j cough. We all suffer that way some. times. How to get rid of them , ; the study. Listen?" I am a Ranch* , man and Stock Raiser. My life is . ! rough and exposed. I meet all . ! weathers in the Colorado mountains, i I sometimes take colds. Often they are severe. I have used German i Syrup five years for these. A few ! doses will cu/e them at any stage, i The last one I had was stopped in ! 24 hours. It is infallible." James ? A. Lee, Jefferson, Col. ? "mothers' Friend" makes child birth east. Colvin. Ijh., Doc. 2. 1886.??5 7 wifo used MOTHER'S FRIEND bcforo her third 1 confinement. ?nd env* sho would uot be Without it for hundreds of dollar*. W , DOCK MIIjLIS. 1 Sent bv express on receipt of price. J1.W per bottle. book "To Mothers" mailed free. BRA DPI ELD REGULATOR CO., roe Mil av *11 MUituri. ATATM. OA. U.MPel II; 1 *jf .TilMMM ICouaapllTM and peopleHi who bar* weak lane* or A nth- H raa, should usa Plso'seure for 1 Consumption. It ha* caret I hnnanml 11 hn- not InJnr- I ed one. It la not bad to take. i It Is the best cough srrnp. Bold everywhere. *Sc. Hj "fH "If1" It 111 I aiT m Krprenentatlve in ?*rh inM <eilM ?* C I Ukl II M I one-. t?nnni<irtii. Rt.-.mp A KrfercaMS. I VlHIli A. T. tlORRIH, Srd A Sicnm-r*. ?i?olaa?ll. P ATENTS'v^K-: J w.|?? !????> l reo , \//"\ I in CflFT< ol<NS- bunions t Y VZVIFk 9Ur I and /. nrf.-.-FKh'TcMi b? | ~. enroll with n few applications oj FnOTIXK." .VV. bv druggtals or mall. Send for teaJ tlmonlala. B. V. LtfDLUM x CO., Swastox. Ohio. KILLER. Ihltcher'a Fly Killer I* Aiir>' deAlll. V.to/t *h**l wttf kill a quart of flies, and soonro prnr.i -rlille >011 eat. unlet when yon road and llio comfort* "f a nap la ? , we morning. Got PutohcrV am. ini-iiro I .' a* t?.*?lt? FBEP'K DOTCHKK DRUOCO., sr. ai.hanh, vy. _ f ' ?"jVw,L*?s'K:^[ a nitrify Uie blood, are aafe and era a fectual The t?- r.t general family! /&} f medlotn" kifirrn for Bltlouanaei.p / ^MStLnCV Oooetlpn f lo n . I >r ape pal*. Foul* Hreith, Headache, fTeerflmrn, Lokj* of Appetite. Menial Prprrrelon.* Painful Digestion. Plmpler, Hallow* Complexion. Tliert Keeling, and* fetery eymclo.0 or dleeaae resulting from Impure* ?b'ood, 01 a failure by the tomacb. Urcr or lubettnceT Z le perform their proper fnnetlone. Hereon* jrlyen to J a orer-faflng are benefltedby tab lag a TAB 1'CE after J aeailimoal Price, bymal), J groealB 1 1 bottle Hie. Ad-J edrrsa THE RlPANflWHlffCALCO .lOSpniceBt.jTT.S I Agents Wanted! KltlHTV per rent profit. Z | aa i JjRSKTO YOTJJ1 yOa fe.l I IT Prir.a IJ Kit man PltTIIINtHY ? f i' I'od.attbe iciparkuhlr low i'il? /mf'^T % ' pi Mh f I.Ut>, postpaid Till. Hook mn f By, '/TJfc 1) 1 taie? ' t tlnelv piloted pau"j. of rleur I Kf tile mi excellent paper ar.l I. haul 1'W rune!i yet sei vleoaiily lioiiii I In eloth. v^^Fa*I'i\w' It give* English word, with ili < 1 leimin equivalent* and proniiuri'.tlon, on I ) German wonl* with English ilellnltlon*. \ wF . It la Invaluable to Oerinans who ..re not * V a I thoroughly familiar with English, or to a a American, who wish to learn u mi van V... .1? t Adilroae. with 11.00, ^WlDlir BOOK rf II. IIOl'S, 111 l^aairj Si . Kan (ark City. Oliver i El! PILLS . l MM DO HOT ORIPK NOB KimjT. 8or? rur* for rtJCK IlKAD" t Acme, impaired d<Ko?tii'?.eonjU. patlon, torpid (jlnti<ln. Tlicy aroma vital orcan*. remove nautca, dli?, tinea*. piae-cal effect on Kitt I .j \J 1f|jw ne*?tandl??m!'.!i-~. <onaoec ;~i XJTJ?t (tilioti* netvttna tlla' I ; f\ oidorp. Kttobliah natj lm w \J utal Daily Action. Brant If r romploxlon l?y imrlfyinK v t Miiml. I'rtRrt.r Vhoktaiii.k , The dn.o i? nicely ariiuated to auit r<\", a' one pill ran ' severbrlno much. Karli vivt contain" 12, carrtiu in vcat t po-k-i like frail pencil. Illinium* iiiitii'H great convenience Taken cnai'r than mi; nr. Soldetarj" I where. All penutna good* hear "Crcect nt." band 2-cent atarup. You ;et 22 pace book withatunpla. OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO., St. Louis. M*. KM' : I MONO CYCLES <1 ft r~j^t id Cents, Bis styles _Tk M W uahlon and Solid Tiros. BJ| El ? I \ >, Stee' Drop Forg.ngt, Steel tg, liJtk hla Ball Beating? to all running '??.?. imA < Siiiycanen Saddle. IGB (tRADR in Kvory /'rirfwti/,ir n atainp? for our 100-pace llln>tr?trd cata-1 jflg , HI flea, IliT.ilt era. Sport inc linoda, tfr. i ,Mfrs., 11/ Washington St .ROSTON M*S8 ^ a nil plaoo vimi nt w >rk. CJUflDfPU A WTl n the south. S o l ?. , OIlLIn l IlAllU Cot rn & T.tvi" voi t i, (J 1*0H4aT A. f. L DOUGLAS > CUAF FOR ) aruriPUBH ? ? ? ?- ? vas.ll | LCIflBVVa IT SHOE IN THE ISP-fOli THE MONEY. n.Mwe4 shoe, that?>Tnn& ftp, calf, seainlVL . ujt . I?1?, flexible, moracomfortable,styltah out iliinbltMi - J*'?"' Iioo^cvf-r *o!'l At tho ptfpa. tu^l-on n.e.-'.o xttoee PoMcV1 Hh ne?IrtStjlifrmm pml -It others Ikfcie ut ft good heavy off, three aotcd, w*fr:i i?m edge wn, .v. ik In, an'l will knap the feet dry m l \ r.rn. Fine- ('Alf, fi.95 km] 94 WcfMwiifD'ii I *l?enwife w?rFo?th! iTwucy i " *? my o;tn r make. i<?Ue tor service. The Increasing f..f < flum that vvorfc* re found this out. * S? S'i and Ynntha' tt-T-'i h*< iieol Shore are worn lor the boya everywhere. i h" most service, old at th< ?e prliva ^ I C C? Hiind'Heweil, ,x " * ? . ISl.Tl I > ' shoes for M leeea ore i 1 t?' t I>on* a or One Ca'f, a* desired. Tin v . > I .-h.com* table and d'n-aMe. The 0.1 shoo * i n-m made >e? ecstlnv fr--tn $1 tn $*. I.iolir , > .-.i i-tccon#* re Id their footwear nra finding 'In !AI TION. flewareof dr alere . >o ii.n with* W. I.. DoiiuIm' liaino and the j??. 1 n-: <1 on bottom. >h aubatltut. >na ere fraudulent t i i*-?-t to proserinl by l.t w for ohtatnlnir money tin r i pretences. eel to Fnctory, aiming hi m. : nnil width nilw ante ' jkof denier- tint gciii-i'iil mer. r Cwialeiat) W? 1m Ueuglu ttrocktou, IIUm