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SJgL tr wg ouukd know. o ? I f we ocold know how aooa tho msBow oed Wotfld cow from our right the lorri ? Bow rarely would wo smooth tho wmy to Ood? , If wo could know, a How maay ?tondor kiw, a goatlor word. c Hrtwr mauw m w? j'yw WWUMI |" gir* ' n Could wo but ooo tho rilouood boort-pulw stirred, 11 Could wo but kaowf}. D If wo could mo bow noor tho rlror rido ? i That door one stands, whoso Ioto wo lightly hnlH (] How gladly would we cheering words con- I v. fide? 1 If we oould know, j tow many a loving look, endearment fond, Or thrilling touch of bnman sympathy Would wo extend ere life bad pamed beyond, If we could know. If we could know to-day that never more That voice would call us on life's weary way, Uow gently would we heed, its peaoe implore, If we could know. If we could know, as Him who knoweth all. How many an achin; heart is ours to heal, How much of gla lness would our love recall. If we could know! ?Efel Sea, In Courier-Journal. n vmuun.ni injoLi/r* nr vr. Thomson. fOIl many years I rcsidod in the Tillage of Chippewa, situated at the mouth of Welland Hirer (commonly called Cbippewny Creek), which into the Niagara about one ajda hal f miles above tbo ? * mirj- Falls, and perhaps three-fourths of a mile aboro the first rough water of tbo terrible Rapids. Notwithstanding the dangerous proximity of the Falls, people aro continually crossing and recrossing the river here, botwoeu the American and Canadinu shores. Giest caution is generally exercised by boatmen, and tbo loss of lifo on this stretch of water is less than on any body of equal width?constantly travsrsod by small open boats?that I know of. Deplorable fatalities have occurred from time to tiiue, but these have alwuys been the result of ignoronco, or gross carelessness. Three cases of this kind have come under my own observation and I was un ltafipy enough to see the victims drawn down to tlio first leap of the Ripids, after which not a trace of any one of them was ever seen. linn ?r I ...U ?u..4 _ farmer, who drove his horses and wagon into the edge of the rivir, at n siio.il place about a milo abovo Chippewa, to let tho animals drink?that particular spot being the only one for many indet which was adapted for tho purpose. The man, though perlectly familiar with tie locality, carelcusly drove in too far, and, upon attempting to turn ohnuf, nv? ot tho vuinq iftugKl un lor llw> neck yoke, the horses floundero I fnto deep water, the running gear rank, dragged the poor brutes dowu and drowiel them," whilo tho light pine wagon box floated otf with tho man! Tho uufortunate fellow was known to be a good swimmer, and if ho had instantly jumped out and mndo for shore, all would have been well. Hut bo was frightened out of his wits an i did nothing but scream for help. Now comes the strangest part of the story. The accident was w.tnesred by another farmer, plowing in a held closo at hand. As he well knew, there was not a boat, of anv kind nearer than Chippewa, and ye", instead of springing on oue of his horses and riding loi life, he actually walked down along the bank, keeping abreast of and talking to bis imperilled ueighbor and cheering him by the asturanoo that he would get a boat and take him off n>'.?n lw. 1.1 ' * ' -< ' nu ?c aiiuimi uwiuu tu lrum ui mo village! Gradually?for such is the trend of the current there?a? the box floated down btreatu, it was oorue further aud further from land, aud when it did arrive opposite the mouth of Welland River was fully 400 yards out. Only then did the sympathizing friend tush into the village and give the alarm. From tiic edge of the Niagara to Chip pewn llridge, where the nearest boat lay, was at least 300 yards. Tnis distance he had to ruu, aud tind some one to uulojk, equip with oars and man the boat. TLe consequence inevitably was that tho loomed I aimer was far beyoud human help even before it started?started only aud tlieu turue I back from the hopeless chase. That awful cry, ''A man going ovei the falls!" rcsouuded through the village itrcets, aud a crowd of people quickly gathered. The hapless castaway was now shooting ?ayfAijifciUie c-vidently given up all hope of rescue, i lud was Uuecliug on the bottom of his I frail rait, with outstretched, c)asicd I hands, apparently in prayer. i Faster and I aster he was hurried along, and in another inomeot we saw the box I lifted high uu the crest of the Rapi?ls' I fir.'l ttl 1jiii11lloiw ridifo ahulri.il like a puck of cur Is aud floated iu fragments u'vay amidst the seething hell of waters, while its lute occupant disappeared foicver from human view. The second person whom I saw thus i done 10 cieuth was one of a party of duck hunters, who had been shooting in the weedy passage between Grand and Buck- I horn Islands. In spite of his companions' i advice to the contrary, this mau deter- i mined to remuiu out all night, in the r hope of making a good bag in the early ( morning. s The last thing his comrades saw of him s ?so they told us?he had drawn the bow c of his boat a little way up on a saud bar at the lower end of Buckhorn Island, s and laid himself down to sleep in her. c It is supposed that, while he slept, a change of wind caused the water to rise ( sufficiently to set the boat free?a moderate down stream breeze would do it. , At all events, shortly after daybreak next fl morning, some one of the Chippewa's , early risers callei out that an empty boat was goiiiij over the falls. A knot of s i're-ted spectators soon flocked down c !'e liver's edge to see the exciting f ty -,t ?opinions being about equally > <1 iled as to whether the light skiff \? < .J.I live to reach the cataract itself, r. r would go to pioo? on touching the ? tapid*. I At wo tbut opoeuUtod, our Idlo talk I u tuddonlj replaced by i goaorol cry i f horror, for, from the bottom of what i re had thought an empty thell, the bead I nd abouldera cf e man all at ooee be?mc visible, and the nest moment ha < ose to ma feet. Beyond all doubt the < jckless being bad only that instant wakened. Cau human imagination conctire or aortal pen describe what- that awakeu- , ng must hare beeof A few short hours before be bad lain lown to rest in fancied security and with >rigbt anticipations of coining sport. , Vow he opens bis eyes and looks around i to tind bimnclf?where!-?on the very i brink of that wildly.tossing, awful flood from which all the wealth, all the united powers of the world cannot saro hitn! The boat was almost in the exact centre of the river. Those of us w.io had Hcld-gla^scs could see that a group much lar ger than our owu had congregated on i... a mA.in.il aliorn to n!lni>u the final utu nuivnv.nu ??" " - ? ? catiiltoplie. Jt wai not long delayed. In leas than a minute after ttie poor man had become awaro of hit situation, ho took off hia hat, waved it frantically toward either bauk, and an instant later, was a one \or did any part of the boat again appear. return to something brighter. Two half-intoxicated young men, residents of Chippewa, one morning tnado sumo disturbance in one of the hotels. To get out of the way for the present, they thou crossed the river to Port Day. There they drank, we were told, im>rc liquor and became sery quarrelsome. Toward evening they act out to return, but instead of making a atart from awny up-stream, they rashly pushed directly into the curroct, and attemped to mako the passage in a straight iiue. It is barely possiblo that they might have succeeded in landing on the Canada side away dowu by the head of Street's Island, had not a great crowd of people, noticing their dangerous position, assembled on the bank to watch their progress. Tbo poor fellows, each pulllog a pair of sculls, had co ne more than half way across, and were now, as nearly as wc could judge, only a fow hundred yards abovo the edgo of the rapids, when, to our infinite dismay, they suddenly turned hack toward the Americau shore! Why, will never be known, but it was supposed that, seeing the crowd on tlin bank, tho young men, in their n audliu condition, conceived the idea (hat it hnd gathero 1 for the purpose of ana-Uing them for the morning's fracv. Whatever th" reason for their mad move, it proved a fatal one. They had lost some distance in turning, and had not gone lifty yards on the return course when we co"l I "or- that, they w-c hnin.r topallod tad were aotoptlled to womms wfeMAl wwlwl AwtatdMiMMMlK ^li furm 1>fl!|iVi'ilUi|il' ttTshrh nrt'^slgftV up-stream,nwfuittnt hop??? gaining on tho ndgb^ tvn5f Both wore skilled oarsman, ?sd so' rapid and powerful were their strokes that, for the spaoe of five seconds, they' actually held the light boot motionless, as we oouldseo by aligning it with landmarks on the further shore. But the unequal strife oould not last. Of what avail was human musole hare! Foot by foot, stsrn foremost, but still bravely pulling, they were borne dowu the smooth shute, nearer and nearer to thr.t first awful cascade, whioh sends its spray heavenward almost in the centre of tho Rapid's undor edge. Among the watching crowd on shore were several women, and these broke into anguished cries as thoy saw the lost men heroically bnttliug for lifo up to the last hopeless moment. Passionately, for the time bereft of reason, they appealed to us to save then, but wo could only groan in our impotence and await the end. Tho poor boys did not eoaso to row until their little craft was on tho curling b.'iu I of t..e dread plunge. Then hot i r tiiupiished their oars, dropped to their knees an l covered their faces with t'uc.r lot ids. ltrief space had they iu which In orav; tor now tlu boat was cau ;h' ! by tin; writhing wall of water, tos?e I I logo in air, while the meu still clung t > ' the cross seats, ami then ? oh, the horror of it! all were whirled over ami over ami swallowed up in those cruel depthfrom which no huiuan creature has ever escaped alive. Now for a less painful sceneOn a certain sum nor day, a young woman, half crazed by terror, rushed along the lower street of Chippewa, screaming "O'.i, hoi pi help! help! My little Jimmy's away out on the big river, and he'll go over the f ills!" Instead of jumping at ouce for boats, a number of men, as if doubting Mrs. Armstrong's word, rat? down to whore a v,?v w* i fro t#tf iiniUIUCM, and there afloat on i's surface iu an old boat, saw Jimmy appareutlv enjoying bis ride, but being gradually eatrie 1 iutwar-1 and down strea m It seems tliat the little, live-voar old fellow had been playing in as.ni l sci.v, lie bow of which re-teil lightly on t!icicii, and had rocked it free of i's I, to his great delight an! floate 1 .. ulv away. On the west bank of Wei land River, ill nit 250 yards nbovc its junction with lie Niagara, stood the house anl shop >f Joel Lyons, a stout, muscular shoe inker and a practised oarsman. On ictiriiig uie niarm given, thin inn i wasted no time in iiWcexolH u i ions, l>n' an at once to wiiere several boats wer j poored further up stream Selecting >ne already provide I with sculU, hprang into it and was away at full ' peed before most of the onlookers ha 1 ollected their senses. Just at this moment I arrived upon the ^ com; and witnessci all that afterwar I iccurred. ( Now there arc two entrances and exit* ( o and from the ^Vclland, one. known as I'ne Cut," being on the upper or we-' j ide of an isolate 1 bluil, called Hog Id- , md, and the other?the original chan j lei?on the lower or <>??t side. It was from out tins last name 1 pisaye that the child had floated, and, O nequeutly, he was inoci neaier t ie e alls to hi if lie hal emerged into the ? ii i .ara Iroin the Cut. t I, otis, o! co ir-e, to ik t'.ie east chan- ; e , Out he had quite 40J yards of slack t * rater to row orer before striking the r^sr rirer, and wbeo be reached It the Ittle scow with its precious freight was it least that distaore from shors and nuch closer to the rapids than even the >oldest oarsman would eren dare to go. 80 utterly desperate appeared the 4%f easatra^ ? Z h* Z.. ? Jbippewa Creek, the shuddering epeotaore, among whom was Mrs. Lyons, with >ne accord called out to the gallant boat* tnan not to throw away his own life in so mad an attempt. But the bra re Fellow paid no heed to their criee. - Out to the broad bosom of the Niagara he pushed, and waa preaeotiy flying obliquely down and acroes stream with (he speed of a ractog-snell. IIu wife screamed aloud in an agony of apprehen* 1100. and to eveo the coolest atnoa^ us it soemed all too horribly certain that we should witness a double trege<|y* Moro and more earnestly. Without a break or a skip, and with neeor<?ctaxin.( itrengtb, the eapcrience 1 scalier bent to bit work, glancing now and again orer his shoulder at the precious prise he had determined to win?or die in losing. To u?, who, hardly daring 10 spea* or breathe, watched the fearful venture, its succeaa appeared well nigh impossible. The child could perhaps, be snatched from the boat before reaching the rapids, nut what then? Neither he nor bis rescuer, wo felt convinced, could ever regain the shore. i um f*.or women, Lyons'* wife and Jimmy's mother, sobbed pitifully as wo all hurried down the edge of tho river so as to keep abreast of the skiff. None of us dared to cncourago them by a hopeful word, for not oue of us he licved that either would ever again be clasped in the &rm.i of husband or son. Tho tiny scow was now quite GOO yards from shore, and, with gradually accelerated motion, was drawing fright fully near the rapids. But the pursuing boat wont four feel to its one nnd wai swiftly closing the gap between them. The innocent babe had at last bccoim alarmed, and as Lyons drew nonr, lit stretched his little arins imploringly to ward him, n sight which drove the women nearly frantic nnd cause I tho tears to roll down more than one manly cheek. "Oh, hush! hush! not a word not cheer yet," snmo one said in a choking whisper, as the two boats came together. "Tho fight is still to win!" As he ranged alongside, Lyons pullel in oie oar, leaned over the gunwale, nought up the child and lifted hiru into his own boat. "Too late! Oh. too lute!" ilirickod his agonized wife. And, indeed, it so seemed to each oue of us. But then the noble fellow, cool as if there was no danger within a thousand miles, reahipped his oar and did the only one thiug which could offer a possible cbauco for life. He did not vnuilv attempt to stem tho current by rowing upstream, nor even directly toward tho shore, but turned his bow quirtcring io.vn, anil, palling with nerves of steel .... I ...ui.l i.lr..niilli cl.nl luilll ... . c-t.u....... ?pe?u diagonally nt'i.v.irt the rivers coui.-e, ami, in less than tivo minutes, Inula I sa.el / at the he* I of toe c'rirriet ruin in i lie: ween Street's Island an I t uj mainland! Tneii?'>ut why not goon? N? lingua .e, much leas my poor peu, can adequately describe the scene which fol<iA e<l. Tnis incident is a matter of history, I presume, but I may inform those woo now read of it for the first time, that t 10 '.loyal Humane Society of England soon after sent to Mr. Lvona its gold medal, in recognition of his daring deed?ho.v daring no oue unacquainted with ita scouo can realize.?Romance. Indian t'nnnls u'??l Reservoirs. Canals in India arc of two classes; tidal rannls, which are for navigation only, and the larger perennial canals, which serve for navigntum with irrigation. I'ercnnial canals are, as a rule, provided with head works and weirs to raise the water level in the river, and atlord a supply at all seasons. They may he sub* divided into deltaic and non-deltaic. In delta c tracts the bed of the river ishttle below the level of the surrounding country, and water can he distributed by gravitation without the intervention of any great length of leading canal. The principal examples of this class of canal in India are the Uodavari, Krishna, Cauvery, l'cnuer and Srivaikuntham systems in the Madras Presidency, and the Orissa system in Bengal. Considerable lengths of embankments are necessary in conjunction with these canals, as a piolectiou against Hooding froiu the liver. Non-deltaic canals tap the river high up in its couise, where the bed is far below the ground surface, and they require to be cairied considerable distauce* lietore ttie watei can bo distributed by gravitation, 01 even by moderate lift. The best examples of these are the Sirhind, (Jheuab and Western Jumna canals in the Punjab, and the Ganges, the Agra and Eastern Jumua canals in the Northwest Provinces. An inundation canal consists of a channel with an open head, in some cases provided with a regulator, and it irririver. Its supply of water diminishes rapidly as the river falls, so that it sometimes happens there is insufficient supply to bring the irrigated crops to maturity. The Sutlpj, Chenab, MozalTurgarh and Indus canals in the Punjab, and the Indus canals in Sind, Hie the best examples of inundation canals The most important tanks nud reservoirs are in Madias and Bombay, and in I Hajputanu. In the .Madras Presidency alone there are inorc than 3d,000 irrigation tanks, many of these b.ung valle- 1 closed l?y large masonry dan; t.?Engineering. Why Ostrich Karnn Pay. In ea"h wing of an ostrich twenty-six ong, white plume? g'row to maturity in nglit months. In the male these are >uro white, while those of the female hade to ecru or gray. The short feather? are plucked tor tips, and each ring furnishes seventy-five of these. P e tail feathers are of a deep old ivory :olor, and sixty-five of these have a coinuercial value. In a recent plucking at he Corounuo vCat.) ostrich farm nearly 5 i > feathers were obtained from one ?ird, which, when curled and dressed, vi!l be worth sixty live dollars. The eniale ostrich lays seventy eggs a year. ?Chicago Herald. Without opening a single additional earn, there i< enough c >.?i in view in <ew South Wales to enable 10,000,000 cn* to h? | u' out annuaky lor some j rar-. to eome. This amount is more ! ban double the vresent nroduction lovmmu imiu There to ?l^'Jfiwrity of slmpM city ia interior d3Maoraiion thet to totj weloome, for wpf t LmHj most potion have looked ;t>r, ?u0 mm ornameota, Iffcl moV ao misapply tiu term, torrbMC mally at for tto rabbUl bee p. l^mjjRpod Woo npr housekeeper-! | to atopeew^Ss all bat moot nsoesssrj rurolebingBaVu they can giro beauty comfort mJ quality ft ret consideration, and thia reroark\ j. equally true when i U applied to WltlM iotooded solely foi decoration. Pjpfturea, books and palmi oraament a 1>4bs? more than anything else, but pbovographs ana family portraits should bl relegated to the liring rooms, for whatever may bo or might (fare been the toauty of the minds and characters ot o|,r kinsfolk and fiends, their p'nysiognmmiM are frequently auch o to strike terror to the heart of the casual caller.?Lgrooklyn Citizen. HOW TV) CLBAN BRASS. Brass, to ben ir*nt in should be eleaii^d *t least once a week, while it ie the jQ households with well-trained domestics to have braw nod irons, feodeim other flre-plao< furniture given flight rubbing every day. In cleaarafi*,rfua ik muit tint be relieved of all cayBc, an(j 0ther spots to which thejj^p^a pubject, from contact with acids, cxposurf to water or other causes. An application of alcohol, spirits of turpentine, benzine or kerosene will generally remove all ordinary spots on brass, unless veiy old spots, the metal in some cases seeming so perfectly to absorb foreign substances that the removing of them amounts almost to an impossibility. 8pota removed, there is no raoro certain cleansing and polishing application for brass than rotten stone aud?oil. Rotten stone usually comes in iuiupa. Before using for polishing brass it must be reduced to powder, and in this state it quickly dissolves to a smooth consistency when raized with olive oil. A thin paste of the preparation should be rubbod lightly on the motal, a"nd whoa perfectly dry it should he rubbed off vigorously with a flannel clotb, the finishing polish being given with the powder, dry, and subsequent rubbing With a clean flannel cloth or chamois skin.?New York World. ONE WAY or PRESERVING CHINA. In a certain primly kept house in an oia-iasnioneu couniry town it 19 a tamiiy boast that not ono bit of chiua has been brokcu, cracked or "nicked" in twentyseven years. The last time such a disaster occurred wa9 when some soldiers visited the place about the close of the war. It is almost unnecessary to remark that no male creature is a member of this noteworthy household. Three maiden ladies, who wore young when the china-breaking troops came, compose U10 family, and this is the way the rite of dish washing is conducted: All the edibles are removed, and the pretty, creamy china with its purple and gilt baud is carefully scraped with a scrap of bread. To scrape with a knife would be held'a crime. Then it is piled neal iy 011 a low table about the size of a sewing table. Too cut glass and oldfashioned silver are also piled there. Then one of the sisters takes her place on a chair before it and another hers on the side. A nig bowl of water just hot enough for the bauds to woik in comfortably and soft cloths are brought. The articles are washed piece by piece, I by 0110 sister, the silver and glass first, then the china. Then the second sister dries them 011 soft linen cloths, and places them on the ether tabic. No inopo, no boiling water, no piling of dishe9 md pouring of wator over them is ever allowed. And that is why the dishes are not cracked or nicked, though they are worn thin. Besides, tho process invests dishwashing wito a certain sort of poetry.?St. Louis Republic. RKCIPBS. Oioger Snaps?Jne cup molasses, ens cup mi :ar, six tablespoons fresh lard, four tablespoons cold water, ono ta blespoon ginger, ono tablespoon cinnamon, one tablnspifam soda; fiour to mix hard. Roll thin, c-4 small and bake in hot even. Lemon and Vanilla Wafers?On? tea* cup of granulated sugar, one-ball cup butter, rubbed together; one beaten egg, two tablespoous sour cream, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon of extract | of vauilla or lciuou; roll lliiu, cut small. Cocoanut Maroons?Half a pound of desiccate dcocouuu .half a pound of pow itcred sugar, the whites of three eggs, n teaspoon!ul of extrnct of hitter almonds or orange (lower water and a cupful of dried and aifted cracker crumbs. Drop on buttered paper in small rounds no larger than a half dollar, and bake in a moderate oven. Applo Porcupine?Pare and core n dozen apples, rilllug the cavities with sugar and spice. Cover and bake. Arrange them in a dish for serving. Put pi'uce jelly among them. Cover with a meringuo made ?' the whites of four egg? arid half a cupful of sugar. Stick blanched almonds in the meringue. Lemon Custard Pudding?One cup and a half of milk, volks of three eggs, ttie juice and grated rind of one lemon, !>a I a cup of sugai; add the lemon last. Ilake iu a pudding dish. Heat tho u nites of the three eggs, and add three o.i.ins of sugar and spread over the top w'l-n baked: return to the oven and let it -lightly brown. Panned Chickens?Split ten ler chickens iu for broiling, and skewer throu ;h ilie wings to keep iu shape; put tnem in i dripping |tau, sprinkle with salt and ?ep cr, put in a few tablespoonfuls of I>rc>i11owater and a quarter of a pound of hotter. Cover closely and bake. B iste occasionally, and turn the chicscUiS. Orange Jelly?Allow nine oranges and three lemons, cut in halves and with a lemon squeeze* extract the juice. I'ut four ounces 01 gelatine to soak in one pint of water. Add one pound of sugar to tliroc piuts of water, c >ok together and skim; add the gelatine when dis solved and the orange and lemon juice; wit the whites of three ejgs ao i stir in. Skim and boil ten minutes rapidly, then !< >? with a skimmer; when thick enough strain through cheese cloth and put in jeily tumblers. The cultivation of the plneappTe lb the Bahamas is a very profitable under > -inty. At twopence each an acre of eapples returns $200 to $225. \ tl FAMOUS TREA8URE FINDS | KOVIT, JWWW1M AMD 11T.TI? OF PMIOSL1SS VALUX UIUBTHSS. u# tiw ihootwt ?t Wrecked 8p?nlih Galleon?The TreaMre ol iUldeeheim. ^ i | HE recovery of the Spanish g*lI Icon wrecked oil Ilispaniola, of I which the bullion waa secured ~?~ bj some English peculators in 1687, baa coat later generations dearly. The Duke of Albemarle, Governor of Jamaica, received $490,000, the royal I share waa 950,000, gentlemen who had adventured 9500 took 9*0,000 to 960,* 000. Innumerable have been the disastrous enterprises which thia success pro raoted. Within the lest few year* we ( saw a company formed to recovery Nai poleon'e army chest, sunk with too vessel i that contained it at Abukir. Perhaps the most interesting find, saving those wondrous tombs in South Russia, was the "Treasure of Guarrazar," discovered in 1858. Some peasants traveling near Toledo noticed objects of gold and jewol work washed partly out of the ground by heavy rains. They broke them to pieces and divided them. J Happily an intelligent man heard the story in time, bought up every fragment, fieced them all together and fled to aria, where he sold the lot to the Musee Cluny. The objects proved to be eleven crowns?mostly "votive"?of Gothic monarchs who ruled Spain during the Seventh Century. Of the owner in two cases there is no doubt at all, for 1 they bear his name in letters of gold hanging by gold chains from the circlet, with a jewel pendant from each letter. One bearing the simple inscription, J "Buinthila," who reigned from 621-631 A. D.; the other, "Reccesvinthua rex ofleret." His date whs 649-671 A. D. ' Two, if not more, arc queens' crowns. One, the largest, has thirty big sap1 phfros and thirty pearls of great size; below it hangs a cross set with large sapphires and pearls, which, again, has jeweled pendants. But we must not describe minutely objects which arc, perhaps, better known, to antiquarians at least, than any pieces of goldsmiths' work existing. The "Treasure of Hildesheim" also is priceless. It was found by soldiers digging a trench for siege practice near the town of that name in 1860. We cannot doubt that this glorious trouvaille was the "camp" cquippage of some very rich traveler, probably a Roman general ?though conjecture has boundless field for speculating how it could find its way to Hildesheim, which the Roman armies never reached. There are stewpans, pots, plates, a battcrie docuisinu complete, all of silver, exquisite in form and in ornamont; the legs, so to call them, of a table, stands for lamps, and other things indefinable, all silver and all lovely; a complete dinner service, plates, dishes, cups, goblets, of beautiful Greek work, id silver, with gold wreaths and attachments. Ouo might say iu truth that the goldsmith's art could not go beyond the grace and richness of t'ac-e articles i ?many of which are ascribe I to the first century A. I). ?had not the Hessian find surpassed them. The Hildesheim Treasure is at Berlin; the Boasiun at the Winter Palace. That, in truth, is glorious beyond imaginiug. Of one piece, M. Thiers declared, in rapture, that a Natiou would be justified in making war on tbo Czar tor possession of it. This is the "Nikopol Vase." Volumes have been written aud libraries will be written on these marvels. Therefore wo do not dwell upon them. They have been recovered from tumult iu the neighborhood of the anciont Greek colonies ou the Black Sor..?Loudon Standard. llafs and Vanrt>iro<. At sunset, in the forests o( Guiana, the bats alsQ flit from their hiding places, some taking the place of the parrots and flocking round the fruit trees, while the horrid vampires wander far and near in search of some sleeping animal, or even man, in order to obtain a meal. Cows, goats, hog*, fowls, as well as game birds and quadrupeds, all suffer from their attacks if not secured in well latticed pens, while the traveler must not be surprised, when awaking, to find blood oozing from a wound iu his foot or temple. In some places domestic animals cannot bo kept at all, as they aro so weakened by repeated attacks as to ultimately dio of exhaustion. Fortunately, however, the vampires are not very common, and with proper care may be excluded from dwelling houses aud stock pens. When the West luuies were first discovered hogs were put 011 some of the islands; theso in time increased wonderfully, so as to become vast herds, affording a supply of fresh meat to the mariner sick of the scurvy. In Guiana, however, those animals never became common, but, on the coutrary, required t.ie greatest cure to preserve them from t.ie vampires. Domestic animals, like man, sleep at night, und here the bats iiavc the advantage of them, while the wild quadrupeds of the forest rauge and feed at the same time as their sanguinary ene.uy. Hence it has followed that peccaries roam securely aud aro quite free Irom the vampires, while their domestic cousins must be housed auu caged.?Longman's M igazinc. The first cast iron plow was made Ii Mr. Joneph Item mertrh An old roldler. came r?t?: of the War greatly enfeebled by Typhoid Krvfr. and after being In various hospltalr. f hedoctorsdischarged him ?.? incurable with Coii?ntnptlon. He has been In poor health ai nrc, until he begnn to take Hood's Sarsaparilla ! Immediately his rough grew looaar, night went* censed, and he regained good general health. lie cordially recommends Hond'a Sarlaparllla, especially to comrades in the O.A. K. i llood'a Pill* cure Habitual Constipation byreJ itorlng peristaltic action of the alimentary canal. B*V'i Btth la Central AlHn. These Africans an a very hardy race, and 1 think it ia, no doabt, owing, to a very great extent, to the introduction they receive at a very early age to the .:..U6lvMiuK eucct or trie cold-water bathing. Every morning, as soon ai thrv leave their huts, the women file down to the river's edge to give their babies a bath. The mother walks kneedeep into the stream; then catching the half-awakened infant by the wrist, she dips bim into the chilly water, and holdi him firmly as be wriggles beneath the surface. It always happens that several women are so occupied at the same time, and they naturally engage in converse tiou, when the discussion is often so Interesting a character that the infant in the water is almost forgotten, till his frantic struggles aud tugging warn thu dusky parent that he la not amphibious. The child is then hauled out, but, before he has time to recover, his violent choking and spluttering aro again lost in the depths of the muddy stream. Aftci repeating this operation four or five times, the mother carries the bewildered little niece of ebonized humanity back to the Tillage, and spreads him out 011 s mat in the sua to gradually recover from the shock. This seems to me to b( rather a rough and uncomfortable moans of providing for the survival of tht fittest.?Harper's Young People. A new safety device for window eleauers consists of a strap fasteue 1 t each side of the window frame and nis? to a hook in the be't cf the cleaner. A Mnmniotk Competition >8500 in prizes for the best seven glories wn what The Ynuih'x < <>munn.'oii offered: $5000 foi the best Serials and Sl-VO for the bo-it Folk-ion tales. Xo less than '5WJ stories competed to: these prizes. Tho successful stories are justan nounced to appear in I he Comounfou during IW By sendimc >1.75 at once you will obtain thi paper fkkr to dan. an I for a full year,to Jan.'M AudressTH e y. outb's Com p anion,Boston, Maa Elk and deer arc said to be so plenti ful along tho Norwood River in Wyom ing that no hunter need go without i Suuulv of fresh meat. One a n glit lor a work will euro any ease ol Constipation, tjmall Bile Means. Every man hates bis own sin when he sees it in uuother. Pains from indigestion quickly relieved with one dose of Bile Peons Sm ill. It is the cowardly Joir who is ulwavs showing Ins teeth. dJnmple Package .Hulled Free. Address Small Mile Means, New York. No matter where luiili walks it always steps oa a rock. liar* YAattiiKA-r Dr. R. Prhiffmann, Pt. Paul, Minn., will mar a trial pnekage of Schiffmann's Astnma Can fTrf. to any sufferer. Gives instant relief ii worst cases and cures where others fail Name this paper and send address. A contrivance for removing the hail by machinery has been invented by i Frenchman. is YOt'n blood poor? Take Meecham'i Pills. Is V'.'ur liver out of order? Usi Meechnin's Pills. &i cents a box. A man will get fat quicker on paid-foi board. Oi'r Old nti.tAnr.K Err nrtrrn cure* we?k 01 Inilao.cd eyes, or Krat'.u'.aUii lids without pain i"> rents. Jolts It. DicKKV Drug Co., Crtstol, V?. Eight million eight tiunarel an< thice thousand bale? of cotton were usee by the world last year. 02VE& EIVJOYs' Both the method and results wliei Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasan and refreshing to tho taste, and act ?ently yet promptly on the Kidneys iiver and Bowels, cleanses the syj tera effectually, dispels colds, head aches ana fevers and cures habitua constipation. Syrup of Figs is th only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac eoptablo to the stomach, prompt ii its action auu truly beneficial in it effects, prepared only from the mos healthy and agreeable substances, it many excellent qualities commend i to all and have made it the moE popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist wh may not have it on hand will pre c:;ie ft promptly for any one win v, u-hes to try it. Do not accept an; ? hstitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. j LOUISVILLE, AY. NEW YORK. N.Y, | flPlllli >lorpll<lnri llablt Cartel In 1; VI Vlfl Dr7.T. 8 T fe P H E N tf. *L e b a no n "6 h ic HAVING INVENTED ^ NAVIGABLE BALLOC 1 wish to And sonic- party with CAPITAL to <1 velop It. For partleulars address II. (JI.A/.I IlttOOK. 'il.i Jnrvla Hi..Toronto, ramnl Nervous & Chronic Disease Treated by mall by the Latimer Medicine Conipani ronstiltlnK physician. IMS North Tenth St , Phtladi Pa All letters confidential. Advice Free. lnrPei tOe. In stamps for sample of |)H. LATIHEIC HEADACHE A N F.I 11 A !.<? IA TA H LET LUXURIES?LEAKSVILLE BLiHKfTS Housekeepers lb . SA. Carolina's Pride. II Sti per pair. Leaksvllle Honest .leans Gray. Itrov ami lilaok lie., I?c. and (iOr. per vnrd. Kcim (Iray. Jl'2 l-'^e. Ilrown, 40e. a yard: very go.. Wool Yarn, all colors. Ac. a hank If your din' does not keep these (food* order of J. \\. ht'tlT ?V CO., Special Selling Agts.. Qrccntbarti N. I Cttrea Consumption, CongNs, Cronp, Sor Throat. Sold by a(l Druggists on a Guaran'ei 5 | 4 Consumptives and people I who have weak lungs or Asthma. should use Plso's Cure for H| Consumption. It has eared H| l hnussnds. It has not Injured one It Is not bad to lake. It Is the best cough syrup. V Bold everrwhere. ?e. n-iiU'i'ignaaJwi *i.vvs*?4yf^*- y ^^aai S5*i w'V?'* M* ?*'h* "fiointK'S .FRIEND"/ is a scientifically prepared Ionian apt and harmless; every ingredient is of > recognized valuo and in constant uso <. by tho medical profession. It short- v ens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to lifo of Mother and Child. Book 'To Mothers" mailed free, containing valuable information and voluntary testimonials. Bent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt I of price, $1.50 per bottle. MAOFIELD REGULATOR CO., Attuta, 8a. Bold by all druggists. , 1 ? a aaiaBmiaaja w T. HiuimU ; KAitwi5 4 0*?a ?"*! ? i."r -o I m BIA ? p% No charft<? until cured;?S) ? tk IllCtlr ??o(.t palnlcM; BO kBlf? S|""? ^ * or caustic. Send for ctrW caltr. Mr. H. W. Hwtnt, New Oxford, Ft. r HARRISON'SSIWmWiKSMS '' . lounncfw. Torpid Liver. Constipation, etc. Price Mr. KNOX CIIEIIICAL COMPANY, ToledoTOi. SKW ' ..rfllr ntACSIU ggk jMh rwk p^MSSSaawiis: J3 a 9 M?ln Ofllcr: Dr. 0. W. F. SMDKR, llrVlrkrr'a Tfcrifir, Olc^Or r EatUrni Dr. I. F. BOOTH. ?t W. Silk M., Haw Yarfc t"s ? OflcM i ( Dr. H. rLYIIPro>, 201 llaUrjr 61., BrMklyo I "German ? Syrup" f Judge J. B. Hill, of the Superior Court, Walker county, Georgia, thinks enough of German Syrup to send us voluntarily a strong letter , endorsing it. When men of rank and education thus use and recommend an article, what they say Is worth the attention of the public. It is above suspicion. " I have used your German Syrup," he says, "for my Coughs and Colds on the Throaty and Lungs. I can recommend it foi^Jr A them as a first-class medicine."? Jjjk i Take no substitute. v"-p^ : Unlike tiis Dutch Process r rrp, No Alkalies 1 Other Chemicals 4 preparation of W. llAKEIl & CO.'S f3 *n i r. /A. I lypeaKiasuiocoa fu J kWIi which is absolutely ' M.I Vrrr'V f"r< and solubleEMi i I fctr Pvii It bsa more than three time* raj , I lfij.1 P. the strength of Cocoa uiLxed ! PL Willi Htarcli, Arrowroot or Sugar, nod Is far utoro economicai, cosilr.tf less than one cent a eup. It is delicious, nourishing, aud kvsilT DJOESTKD. Sold bx G-orer? etcrjwhsrs. W BAKED & CO., Dorchester*, Mm* A WOMAN HAS ory little ileslre to enjoy the pleasures of life, and Is entirely uuflt'ed for the earns of housekeeping or any ordinary duties, it afflicted with SICK HEADACfi V | DAY AFTER DAY J and yet there are few diseases that yield mora promptly to proper medical treatment. It Is therefore of the utmost importance tlust u reliable remedy should always be at hand. During a period of more than SIXTY YEARS there has been no Instance reported where such cases have not been permanently and ; PROMPTLY CURED BY ' the use at a single box of the genuine and Justly |- celebrated . DR. C. McLANE'S ? LIVER PILLS, !* which may be procured at any Drug Store, or will bo . matted to any address on 'he receipt of ?5 centa in postage stamps, a Purchasers of theso Pills should be careful to pro ~ cure the genuine article. There are several eountert felts on tn? market, well calculated to deceive. The genuine Dr. C. Mewnf's Celebrated Liver rills lie , 3 manufactured only by '* ?' t FLEMING BROTHERS CO., Pittsburgh. P?. it S N U 45# IF YOU OWN CHICKENS 70T7 WAWTTZ> A V T H E I B o THEM TOJL X WAY sren If you merely keep them as a diversion. In onder to handle Fowls judiciously, you must know N~ something about them. To meet Ihls want we are selling a book giving the experience / Anlu 4Km of a practical poultry ralrer for I Ufliy ZOOs |? twenty-Are years. It was written by aman who puS K* all his mind. and time, and money to making a suoeessof Cblcaenxalsing?not as a pastime, but as m _ business?and If you will profit by bis twenty-Ava 8 years' work, you can save many Chicks annually, ' Railing Chickens." ^ And mtkft vour Fowls earn dollars for yon. The point Is. that you must be sblo to detect trouble In the Poultry Verd as eoon an II i.pix- r.-, iukI know tow to remedy It. I tils l oolt will t< ?oh you It tells how to detect and i ure dlrrare; to feed for eggs and elso for fattening; which fowl* 'O rave for breeding purposes; end everything, Indeed, yon should know on (hi* subject to make It prod'able. Sent postpnl I for twenty five cents in Ic 01 to, gtempr. Book Publishing House, ' >J S*? N. V. t lt/^