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f japing the Marten. pipping requires groat skill ?ico. Tho( favorito haunts robber aro the pine fornlJy where dead or burnt buds. Its food consists of 'can cr.teh by craft or oun}ig birds and eggs, squirrels, rodents and rabbits. The *vjst froquontly used is.a^all " ..p. Tho fall trap is of Indian indention and a vory ingenious oontrivnnce. A hall oirole is first built of largo stones to tho height of about three foot. Thon a heavy tree is laid across tho entrance, ono ond being raised and supported on a contrivance very like the liguro-of-four tro > used by boys for catching small b .Is, a daintv bit of rabbit, m aumwu ^iVUDO ? skinned is hung on a projecting stick built into tho back ofthe semicircle of stonos. Tho littlo poacher can only got at tho bait by creoping under the tree, thon seizing it, and finding himself unablo to pull it down ho books [jut, tugging tho string to which the pait is attached along tho stiok, on prhioh rests tho figure four supporting tho troe. Just as tho oonter of his back conies under tho fall or tree he loosens tho support by tugging the ' meat off tho stick, thon down it. falls on hiiu, killing him instantly but doing no damage to tho fur. Tho wihlor fur is by far tho most valuable, and ?4J *? aiaiiH is<?y the first shower of _ ...tier tho snow disappears spoils marten. A good marten skin is worth in the trndo from $2.50 to $3. Very flno ones come from tho western Blopos of the Cascade and coast rango of mountains; tho farther north tho darker and better nre tho skins.?Chicago Times. '* | Persian Tear Hollies. ^ Tho custom of bottling tours is peculinr to tho people of Persia. Tlu-re it 1 constitutes an important part of the ' m obsequies of tlie dead. As the mourners are sitting round and weeping the ' jnastor of ceremonies presents each ono ! trith a piece of cotton wool or spougo vnli v,!11. i, to wipe away tho tears. ^ aftervrr.nl squee/.ed into a bottle, and tho 1 tears are preserved as a powerful and ' cllicaeious restorative for those whom 1 every other medicine has failed to re- 1 II ' vivo. It is to this custom that allu- ( /ijv pion is made in Psalms lvi., H, "Put e thou tliy- ieurs into thy bottle."?Chi- 1 ,^cugo Herald. f ? c Ti:a Tree as a compass. "Tho points of tho compass can be t told Trom trees by the following simpla c ibservatiens: The side of tho trees c t>n which the most of the moss is found Js the north. If tho troo is exposed r to tho sun the heaviest and loiigcs* limbs will bo oil tho south aid?. t t Deafness ('nnnol be Cured g by lcca! application), as thoy cannot roach the ? diseased imrtlon of I lie oar. There is only ono Way to eiire Deafness, arid that is by constitu- a tionnl remedies. Deafnors is caused by an inflamed c.mdiilon of the inueous liniiiR of tho _ Knstiichhm Tuho. When this tube Rets in- -1 fhimed yon liavo a, rumolina souiul or inipcr- t feet henrleir, and when It is entirely closest Deafness is the result, ami nnlM* '??? n inuiion i-.in bi taken ?mt- and this tube ro- i ? stored to its.normal condition, hearing will lie I ,, < estr,ijed forever; nino coses out ten oro I ? ] S eon sod iiv ciiiitrrii, wiiicli Is nothing but on inr ItO'iicd condition of the mucous surfaces, t We w:l; give (Jo llundru 1 DiL'ara for any w <ns<> of 1). oimss (caused by cntnrrii) tlmtcan- t] >t bo cur.-1 by Hall's l.'aturrh Cure. Send for ? rculurs, free. CI - - ,, , ,v- J- f,IK"KY & Co- Toledo, O. ei i ' Sold by UrUkfiris.'.x, 73o. Z: . Si Cuba's latest revolution was quickly ol quelled. . it - ? jt A Child Enjoys The pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing d effects of Syrup of Figs, when in need (l , a Atlvc, and if tlio father n"'k bilious^^^i. (UC cliiet' prr " mother be costive or Osc^d^ 'o'!ftBtW?;ost gratifying results follow its I ' l'10 ^mily remedy known 1 - end every family should have a bottlo. ? (Irorok Siiaw, u prospector, was found fioxen to death at Telluride, Col. Brown's Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsta, Malaria, Biliousness and Uonerni Debility. uives ftrriigtb. aids Digestion, tones the rj**rv0? creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing Mothers, weak women and children. Thp.iie aro 23.13t> locomotlvos in uso on the railways ol tho United States. Bcecham's Pills with a drink of water momlags. Beech* m's?no others. 20 cents * box. Ovn.n snn Irnchlnird Imvn fnl/nn nlndn Ir? thn South durinK tho present year. Corona AMD Cor,r>?. Those who ara suffering from Coughs, Cold*, Sore Throat, etc., should try Huoiv.v'h Buo.nciiiai. Tuociiks. Hold only in boxtn. Many persons nre broken down from overwork or household cares, llrown's Iron Hit ters rebuilds the system, aids digestion, removes excess of bile, and cures malaria. A splendid tonio for women an(l children. T)hn veu unions will try co-operative houso keeping. Ir attllcted with sore eyoe use Dr.Iwuvc Thompson's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 2f>c.per bottle Hood's Permanently Cures Hceauso it roaches the sent of disease in tin; blood. By purifying, vitalizing and enriching tho blood, It expels every taint of Scrofula, Catarrh, Malaria, etc., and so renovates and strengthens tho vital fluid, and through it tho whole system, as to onabld it to throw oir future attacks of disease. Bo sure to get Hood's, and only Hood's, beeauso HOOD'S Sarsaparilla CURES IIoimI'h I'ills euro all T.lvcr Ills, 8lek Ilcadocha, Jaundice, Indigestion. Try s 1km. 25 cent*. THE JUDCESa" WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION llavo made tho HIGHEST AWARDS (Modal* and Diploma*) to WALTER BAKER & CO. * On oaoh of tho following named Article*: BREAKFAST COCOA, ... J Premium Ko. I, Chocolate, . Vanilla Chocolate, ..... German Sweet Chocolate, . . Cocoa Butter For "purity of material," "excellont flavor,* and "uniform even composition." WALTER BAKER ft CO., D0RCHE8TER, MA88. SUN AND FLOWER, No sun shall ever fling P His beams, bat worlds shall glisten; No poot voloe shall ovor sing, But worlds shall wnko ahd listen I O, suns, shine on tho worlds that seo I O, swoot-volood poets! sing to mo 1 No flower shall ever nod In winds from swoct lands blowing. Bat that tho hidden lips of God 8hall kiss It Into growing, * O, flower! a-bloom by land and soa, T06S ono of your white leaves to mo! ?r. L, Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. THE BRhSTOLMAN'S TRAP, : I BY W. (.'LAUK RVSSELL. V' T was in tho days ^ ?f tlrt black flag, and of tho nimble V ""N keel coppered to " B the bends, and of 'xT7 H f J that square of -r-SX yiW blood-red bunting 1 which, whon run aloft to the ranintaPt-'T* topmast-head, sigStEirL?^ nirted "No quar^^05* ter!" A roundA*" bowod Bristol trador, a bark of about four hundred and sixty tons, three months out from tho Avon and bound to Bavanna la Mar, lay helpless off that Jamaican port in what is known to sailors as a "sheet calm." Tho water floatod like a breast of liquid glass, and a solemn, long-drawn hoavo of swell ran through it. The Bristol trador, in strict correspondence with hor proportions, rolled vory uncomfortably indeed from side to side, bringing hor wide spaces of oanvas into the mast with many savage sound- * ing whacks, until the atniosphero all about scorned filled with the noiso of nxnlildilur ttrt iilu-v ' , o " """J v Tlio heat was intense; tho hour about two in tho Afternoon. Tho dftrk p blue land about Blewfleld's Bay swam (. in the steamy liazo, and writhed as n though it livod. u Seaward the junction of heaven and I vater was scarcely distinguishable in ii ho pnrched and brassy air. The land h vent sloping into more films, and lothing showed upon the face of tho ci )conn save a largo cntter-rigged ves- o iel, .lifting and sinking upon tho swell ft it the distance of about two miles tl iway from the Bristol trader in tho si lirection of Blewfiold's Bay. u "Mr. JeukiiiH," said the master of he Bristol ship, "drop the hand-lead i>i >vcr tho side and observe the vessel's Irift." M This was done, and the rato of drift si eported. sc "Sir," said Mr. Rogers, the CAptain, bi o his mate, "it is not my intention at o founder upon a bottom of coral or m ;o to piecos 011 St. John's Point. Clew ip and haul down everything light, R nd let go the anchor." Ri These orders were duly oxecnted. I'1 'he seamen made tho decks busy with aI heir figures in active motion, and the hi bain cable roared hoarsely as the cn roight of the big anchor swept it m hrougli the hawsopipo. tl) Some half-dozen male passengers? yt omen there were none?lounged upon h* ie little poop in the sultry shadow ? ?st by the awning. It was disheart- Rf rcing to seo tho narrow entrance to R ' avannn la Mar almost within reach 1?' f a twenty-four pounder's throw of s ball, and be as little able to enter he as to walk to it. Hi "How long is this {joimf to last," ox- He aimed a plan to" ? i.Vx ..****.' y?iv. --- -- - "Perhaps a week, sir," answered Captain Rogers, a large, short, purplofaced man who hated to be asked questions. Tho planter rolled tho yollow "whites" of his eyos to tho heavons and tossed his hands, with a malediction betwixt his teeth. "What's that yonder, comiug round that corner of laud?" exclaimed another passenger, pointing to the lino of coasl which the rolling outtor lay becalmed abreast of. Captain Rogers went to tho cotupanion-way, picked up tho ship's telescope and levelled it. "A piccaroou !" he exclaimed ; and the roar of his voice went in thunder along the decks as he bawled to his liveliest to tumble up and load the carronades, and to see all ready with the small arms, and to stand by to sink the scoundrels should they daro atte the ship. Rut it was speedily ev; A that the pirate's quarry avhs V Gutter, and not tho Bristol mer/ dtntnian. The piccaroou was a long, black schooner, setting very low on the water, heavily nggeil, showing not an inch of canvas as she stealthily crawled over the burnished blue heave to the impulse of her long oars, or "sweeps," as though she were some gigantic ma- 1 rino reptile forging her way through it with movements of her unteniuo. The cutter rolled helpless, with an occasional blazing Hash sunward as she lifted her wet, sparkling copper out of the water. On a sudden, however, and as though the men aboard her had but just waked from Bleop, down dropped her swinging, big mainsail, oars were thrown over, anil she m .de in the direction of the Bristol trttdnr. alirminc her nAbln n.o ?ih? rounded, without stopping to buoy her anchor. "But the piccaroon buzzed fast in hor wake. A puff of white cloud occasionally broke from her bow, and tho black ball, ill-aimed, went skimming ahead of the cutter in the direction of the Briatol merchantman like a parched pea along a table. Before the cutter had menttured half a mile the pirate wan alongside and lushing tho vessels together for boarding, as a spider revolves a fly in its web before trotting aloft to dine oil it in its hole. Thero was some small crackling of blunderbusses ami pistols, shouts faint in the distance, a little lifting of white smoke. The business was then ended, and with true pirate celerity the schooner was making for the blue heap of coast with the unhappy cutter towing and rolling and flashing in her wake. This thievish piece of work had been watched with helpless wrath by Captain Rogers aud his ship's company, and with no small/alarm by the passengers. The captain said- he oould. swear 16 the schooner * she was the wickedest of alV the piccaroon pets of those waters. / He pronounced her and his face was foil of C&thoaded to ? I the Bristol trader wm steered I6t' t the narrow passage to receive a pilot < for Savanna la Mar. 1 Si "1 By sundown the ship wad moored ia < harbor, and everything was made snug for tho night. A considerable nhm- r bor of vcssols happened to bo assom- c bled in the port, and tho picture was \ ono of beauty and color when, oh tho i sinking of tho sun and to the blast bf [ a heavy pioco of ordnancet some score or two of radiant streaks Of buntinrr " lesCended fluttering to the deck from c leak and masthead. At 8 o'clock Captaiii Rogors wont ? islioro to smoke a pipo in a hotel that f van much frequontod in thoso days by ' ion faring gontlemcn. Ho entered a liot, long room in which already a number of captains, mates and rucU r folk wero assembled. The atmosphere t tvus thick with tobacco smoke. Much was made of RogerB, as a man r newly arrived from England. One ;hiug leading to another, our captain t [iresontly referred to tho piccaroou y nonlont he had witueased outside the 11 i>ort. ^ "That schooner was undoubtedly the Santa Margarita," oxclaimod a ibipmaster. ? "The cutter was from Kingston," laid another! "All tho owner has in ho wido world was in her. He is a uinod man, I fear," and ho fetched he table a mighty thwack- with his J freat Jist as bo heaped a variety of sea dessings upon tho pirate schooner. } "Tho impudence of that Santa Marrarita," exclaimed a mate, a quiet, .j, obor-faoed man, "goes beyond"all inention! She walks off with tho ^ Iroglicrs as a boy with apples out of . Held, and stoops to such filthy mean ^ irork as plundering the poor John Janoes." B1 "Sho was playing just tho same (j< iranks when I was last here," said 'aptain lingers. "Has thero been othing with a pennant at itB masthead ^ t.: i ? * * ' uniting a?oui uiese waters of late? tow is it that the epaulets are allowtig this little cruiser to havo it all cr own way ?" Rr "The Firelly was down hero on n rniso three or four weeks ago," said ^ no of tho captains, "and aliased the [argarita for six hours. I'd havo rp lought she would have loitered till le'd snugged the gang of cutthroats uder her own hatches." 88 "She was called away to carry.des- w< itches," said some one. "Tho Firefly's not a patch on the 'argarita in sailing," cxclaimod a lipmaster. "I'm junked if she didn't andali/.o her mainsail out of sheer ravado when the Firofly was winking ^i< lior with a bow-ohaser a couple of 811 iles astern dead in her wake!" "That's wlioro it is!" cried Captain ogers. "If it was not for the he eased lightning of tho beggar's keel (1 offer my ship to chaso hor with, TI id tako my oliauco of a shindy at rn >me for detention if 1 was long in V? .tolling hor. But bless me, gentleen ! There's nothing in this port, mi ore's nothing commanded by any of aK m, that's going to look at her in a l>n cezo of wind; whilst in a dead calm why, sho came buzzing out this ?'< teruoon from round the corner like ton-oared galloy to tho thrnst of her hii ag swoops! "Yet wooughtto nab her,.Jw^hLfc-T .rr concluded, "wo auprfsbc? C existed .^u, - \^\to nfb h?rm tog"'*H R standing dogradat Y . .? the rod llag of our country. A '.nought occurred to mo thin afternoon whilst I was watching her walking off with tho outtor. Aro wo all true men hero ?" He rotso an ho spoko the words/and took a critical Hurvey of the people around about him. Indeed, ho had need to bo wary; for often it huppened that tho picoaroonH of thoso dayo were secrotly ownod or employed by persons who were osteemod of good standing and credit in tho West Indian colonies. But all tho people iu tho long room this night were Englishmen and sailors; every man could have named tho ship ho belonged to. Beting satisfled on this head, Captain Bogers communicated his scheme. It was very warmly reoeived. The offers of assistance wore far in excess of tho requirements of the little conspiracy. For an hour or so the matter was debated, and tho company then dispersed, with the understanding that all was to be in readiness by sunset next evening. At the hour when the sun sank noxt day, a large sloop, hoisting her mainsail and stay-foresail, iloatod quietly out of the harbor through tho narrow passage before a weak offshore breeze. The vessel was about flve-and-twonty tons burthen, rigged with ono maet, and had been lately employed in carrying Hugar along the coast. Bho was unarmed ; her flush deck swept clear from the taflfrail to the "eyes." The night that followed Rundown was ono of rich tropic beauty, The moon whh at her full. Her wake flowed in a river of greenish splendor acroHH tho black surface of the water ; but the night beam was so elear and piercing that tho eye easily followed the hard, firm sweep of the line of tho horizon. , When the sloop had gained an offing of about two miles the weak breeze scanted, then fell dead, and the hush of the night, solemn with its beauty, came down upon the sea. The sloop let go her anchor, but kept her sails hoisted ; and the whiteness of the cloths in the light of the moon was like a beacon of white Are delicately burning a long way oflf on the ocean. It was remarkable that though about midnight a light breeze sprang up, tho sloop showed no dis position t<> get her anchor and make a second start for her domination, wherever that might he. Her sails trembled in the wind. They were useless, yet she kept them loft. Heemingly her notion was to be under command ho aa to get away at any moment by slipping, an the cutter had done boforo the piccaroon walked off with her. Bometiines a singlo figure stumped the deck; sometimes three or four. Timo after time one or another of, those figures would carofully swoop* the sea line, more particularly fh the'l direction of the land, with a binocu- J iar glass. lint ail remained tfileflt aiMM motionless out upon the sea. Nothing! stirred but a few shreds of steam white J vapor sailing athwart the stars, and| wftniH Kder the delidate ?*s passed J^Pat The dawn broke in a viol<4B|H^ ^oag the eaatflHRlj np rose the of ooean and T**?*wae flaehed out WJja #?a WilHanK^ the ride, tropic n the stout, ired-faoed _ i, ? a wide straw hat and in old mo^M jaokei oeMdd in ^ VII O amlff0 on the sloop, and pickjointed it down and ino'toU^i/' be ex0^m?d, addressing t u? ^4^ *ed-raoedmatt aidngeiae ?f him, ch%e(| in ft uili 8l#eved mmtcoat andXn oW pai'r of Welling. on oots ^fhero tliey are, Perren! >nd about turf: too, A pretty long ob of waiting this has been, ceramly !" Che othetjmoil took the glass, di* octed it, spd stared long and keenly hrough JBK lenses. "xos,i^?>iid he, "there they ere, ight enJBfth." The o^Bt at which he pointed tho oloscopdflBis a merej blaok Bpock ae ct in tl^^Viiu bine hhzo upon tho sea nder tgyfand. Batsho dovoloped ior btjBKF apace as ske oamo along, rged number oUong oars which >se and W1 at her ai&s like hairs of She was ji low, IohL black-hulled thooner, dmquestion^By the in den till piooai^fion whioh^Bkd excited the rM-V.'l 4'aptsin Rocflk She showed SSTiSI L and her saijKere furled, for io wean draft of wi^^Uhat now blew as right in her tej^B as she oamo ending direct for th^Hfoop. The two stout, red-f^Kd men walked ie deck together, andW^onied to give ) heed to the apj^Koaching craft, hey wero the only ^Kersons visible, id might, for the Shatter of that, ive formed the entKTe crew of the ttle vessel. The sohoJhner drew alongde, and when shcKWB within a halfizen cables' length S^ome twenty or lirty men came tumllfding up out of ?r main hatch, andff jn a trice her ?cks were full of P^ljple. Beauties they were Never had the '0 rested upon a ch<{ Licer assemblage scoundrels. Tbsy i. arero black,white id yellow; chocolate ds, renegade EnglUjltpen tawny with ;rco usago of the sffifo, draped in as any costumes as therj?.e wero men?in d and blue and whil?e shirts, in colod breeches, in hats, with shes round their f f waists, deadly sapons strapped tgtj^^r hips and the itt-end of pistols gfymaining on theii In perfeot silence,! Vfi^jjknBHKpr& ninary courtesy of e schooner approafSH^^flPSR >ns of the rowers 7 vjEdir ected by jrffb*'by a tall, boo] cgm^eu^eraac 10 stood near the m Th( g sweeps were ton?^J^jBE^Sst th< lm put down and 4Tf|ls/? tiZsflfr fn trnfrlJ illness, ranged aloq#Kgsids the sloop, ion the hush was bi*5kim by the tall fflan shouting orde/jEtt the twe ssels togother. (fl At this instant thflSN -Mjfiii,' red-facet in, who was iudetaW ntfjttas a person' n than our ^rie&4So|ffiiin Rogers, t a whistle to liisliB^^^blsw ahril r a couple of oatlfJp^e^wioealed be ^,*-Kr-^i8it8r in response *0 the sum mons of the whistle, a wholo mass o powerful men came pouring out of thi hatch of the sloop. They were armec to the tooth, and as they rushed uj they delivered one of those wast, hur rioane "hurrahs" which, as delivered by British throats, ha?e been knowi again and again to paralyze the enemy, "Now, my friends," roared Captaii Roarers, "now wo K??r I TV?k? submission or no q natter!" The fine old ftUla#,. gpraug for th( rail and was folio v?| bythe mass o men, all of them oij^ains and matei of merchantmen, exoept some half dozen able soamao..T? ?- ' Never was therema deadlier, mori heroic boarding rnsh. It yaa an affaii of about Ave minutes only. Howli and yolls, cute and thrusts, the glean of braudishod steel, the crackling o: pistols, followed Ijy some dozen of tht miscreants jumping overboard, whih the rest wore driven, bleeding ant shrieking for mercy, down the hatch There are aged men who still tall of this momorable capture. By thro* o'clock in the afternoon the littl< sloop and her prize the sohooner hat floated safoly through the narrow pas sago and entered tiie harbor of Savanni la Mar where, flUfer arrival being con fldently expected and eagerly awaited, tlioy were received by thunderou salvos from the guns of the numerou merchantmen. tteven of tho oaptured pirates, th most desperate cutthroats of the gang were gibbeted elong the coast ant dangled in ohain* for many a Ion) month afterward. The rest were vari ously disposed of, ?Youth's Compan ion. ii ..iii - i>? jwi iuaiB| *?? ruin* The system of trading at all thi posts of tho Hudson Bay Company ii entirely one of barter. The standarc of value throughout all the territorial of the company is still--as for oen turies past?the skin of the beaver, bj whieh the priee of all other furs L regulated. Any service rendered bi the Indian is paid for in skins, th< beaver skin being the unit of compu tation. To explain this system, let i1 be assumed that four beavers ar< equivalent in value to a silver foi skin, two martens to a beaver, twentj rauskrats to a marten, and so on. Ai Indian wishing to purohase a blanket or gun from the company would giv< say three silver foxes or twenty beavei skins, or 2(KS musk rats, or other furs, according to ftheir proper relative positions of wdtth in the tariff. For a very evident reason the trapper price paid for furs is not fixed u strict accordance with their intrinsie value; if tbfg were so ell tl.e valuable fur-hcaringUnimal* would soon become extinct, u? ho Indian would botber t< trap a cheip far while a high-pricee one remained uncaught. He may pos sibly havelo pay Ave silver fox skint for blank# s worth about $16, the values skins paid representing The iui of * Professional Duelist. "I vu standing hero yesterday afternoon," said Do Vinne Nicklin, down in the Bowery, "wondering how many tons of swords and pistols and the like I had staokod np in the back of -my shop* when ? slender figuro, robed in blaek and thiokly veiled, on* tored the door and laid npontho show* oaso in front of mo an ebony caso containing tho finest pair of flint'lock dueling pistols I eve* saw. Convulsed with sobsj the lady in blaok* who drew aside her Veil to lot mo see that sho was bf trariscendant beauty managed to inforni mo that the pistols which I Saw before me were tbe last and most sacred rolio of a once princely fortune that had beloncred to her husband. He was 'professional duelist,' she said, but bad been out of uork for a long time and was utterly unablo to find employment on Manhattan / Island. One by one his black coats and beautiful gray trousers?implements of his art?had been pawned, and now there was nothing left but tho baby and tho pistols. They had prayed for heavenly direction in their decision as to which of those they Bhould hypothecate, and although her heart misgave her sorely as to the result, her good husband had finally decided that tho pistols should bo 'spouted.' Thoy were something in tho nature of a family Bible to her, sho said, because the birthday of her infant boy, tho date of her mariiAgo and other interesting domestic events had been neatly nicked with a bowie-knife in the ivory handles of their beautiful weapons. In the little silver-clasped cavities, always provided in tho butt of dueling pistols for caps and tho like, she had instead been accustomed to keep a lock of hers and her husband's hair, neatly intertwined. I bought the pistols from her, of course, being much moved by her suffering, and sho left mo with a bright smile upon her face, promising, when these funds ran out, that sho would bring 'round the baby."?New York Recorder. Perfumed Hirsts. On oertain parts of tho coast ol France, including tho ohannol, mists occasionally appear which aro generally called "perfumed mists." They oome in tho morning, especially during the spring, and, Btrangely enough, only when the wind is in tho north, east. Sometimes they only last for n few minutes, at others thoy hang abont all day. Thoy havo a characteristic smell, similar to that of a lime kiln. The origin of these mists is a mys' tery. In one district the inhabitant* thought tho smell camo from some lime kilns some miles to tho northeast, k and they may have been right; bui fj that was not an explanation of tin fa phenomenon, becauso the smell fron 9 those lime kilns could not havo beer ' carried by a northeast wind to all the ' other places where tho mists were seoi 5 and the smell notiood. ' In one of theso places tho northcasl wind comes from tho soa, in anothei it comes from overland; tho smol 1 does not, therefore, necessarily com* from the ground. During tho pas ' few weeks the northeast wind has beei very prevalent auuino mists froqueni The best explanation given is tha the blustering northeast and east wind r sweep up the dust, gases and gorms*o [ the ground over whioh they pass an< drivo them toward tho sea. "Whci this wind has continued for some tira | it contains suoh a.quantity of thos tkinmi iui to nUTnnt all nnr nrirnnR : t.hn j is the cause of tlio complaints whio appear when the east wind blows, an it may be the cause of those "poi j fumed mists."?Faris Petit Revue. i Sixty Miles of Locusts. The African Steamship Company*! | steamer Winnebah has had a most un I usual experience when steaming be tween the latitudes of Capo Verd ant 3 St. Louis, Senegal. For sixty mi lei ' the vessel steamed through locusts, 8 which were so thickly pocked to gether on top of the water that the] completely covered tho surface foi 3 miles around ; indeed, they appeared r to bo lying on tho sea as far as the ey< 3 could reach. The locusts had, n< | doubt, been blown from the Morocc< ' coast into tho sea. They resemblet 3 gigantic grasshoppers, and one wbicl 3 was secured was five inches in length 8 Of course, all tho locusts had beet drowned, but those on board tin 1 Winnebah did not see any on thi 3 wing. ] Hints For the Vain. "Hero is something that you Itav * heard before, doubtless," said a stroll cr, "but I am reminded of it again n , I look in the showcases of the photof s raphors along the public thoroug) s fares?that it is even tuoro importer to wear fresh apparel when one 9 photographed than it in to woarclotlu , of the colors that tako bost, for tb 1 camera reproduces with uncompr< ? mining fidelity every creane or fol that betokens ago or wear."?Ne - York Hun. For Severe, Lingering Coughs, Wen 9 Lungs, Bleeding from Lungs, Bronchitii Asthma, and Consumption, in its earl, Stages, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dlscov cry is a sovereign remedy. It not onl cures the cough but also builds up tb' strength and flesh of those reduced Delo\ a healthy standard by "Wasting Diseases. Will not make fat folks more corpulent. ?B. F. Wii.kt, of Ba EUUr, Convene Co Wyo., writes: "I ha bronchitis for twont' years and over, and could not work with out coughing so hard a to take all my strengtl away. I took Ave bot ties of Dr. Pleroo' Golden Medical Disoov cry, and give you m; word and honor tha I can do any work tha thoro is to do on m; 'ranch' without oough ing. I have not takei any of the 'Goldci Mr. Wixjst. Dtooovery ' j iBmiHSgMFW Fees (Ton RE' nmG^Sl , U> ?W *4MfOUT WkaJ.'. 3 " VA M? * >- <**?prmportkmmt* ?*j " TUT# ?wrmJ?iirfcnjrTf?w?o< a*f? TK* * ' issT" v* . - * ^ . .* fcja * I Take no Sul I Royal Bakii I It is Absoli I AH others contain i SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. It Is boltevod that tho fly can mako BOO strokes a second with its wings. So rapid is tho production of ship rivets that ono train of rolls foeds fonr hinntiinna whinh turns ont sixtoon tons of rivete in throe shifts of eight hours eaoh. Owing to tho recent coal strike in England, tho Groat Eastern Railway is fitting up twenty-five locomotives with a liquid fuel apparatus to burn orude oil or tar. Babios and young children dressod iu white aro thought by modical mon to be more susceptible to colds and infectious diseases than thoso clad in dark, warm colors. Tho idea of an anoient tropical continent at the south pole uniting South America, Madagascar and Australia is arousing considerable interest and discussion in scientific circles. It has just boon ascertained that the working of the electric railway in London can positively bo felt as far away as tho north of Norfolk, tho motion boing conveyed by tho telograph wires along tho whole distanco?about 120 miles. Machino-oil in Franco is supposed to be tho finest purified olivo oil. At Bolford tho othor day a number of soldiers were made violently ill by using some of this "olive oil" on salad. 1 It was found to bo a mineral oil, mado of petroleum. GlaronoeKing, tho well-known geologist, has computed tho age of tho earth, taking for his basis tho effect, as shown by careful experiments, of heat and pressure on certain rocks. Ho con; eludes from tlioso data that tko world ( has existed as a planot 24,000,000 years. This will stand for a good enough guess nntil some ono guesses bettor. , The observatory method of deierm5 ining time is very simple in principle. Tho observer turns to his catalogue of t stars, and chooses one for his observa, tion, tho catalogno giving him the t time (to the hundredth of a second) at L which that star will bo on his meri} dian ; ho then turns to the toleseope, j and at tho instant the star crosses the meridian rcoords tho timo indicated k by the clock. Tho catalogue gives the r true time of passage, and unless tho 1 elock gives the same it is in error, a Polygonum sakhalioe is the name of t a forest plant from the island of Sakhaa lion, Japan, of which flattering aow uuuiilri are ^ivi*n by M. Doumct Adant son, who has cultivated a few stools of h it in France. He got it as an ornaf mental plant, and it is really very 3 very handsomo. It grows to be about a six feet high in thrco weoks; produces e a considerable foilage of which cattle e aro fond; and yields a good second .t croo after the first cutting. A section h of root plantod will produoo a stool d covering a square meter of surfsco. Ii > takes caro of itself; Tiy the forco ot a wavo at Bisliop'p , Rock lighthouse, the boll was torn from its fastenings, although situated 100 feet abovo high water mark. I ?. i ; fWE CANNOT i SPARE 3 ? htalthy flesh ? nature never j burdens the body with too I much sound flesh. Loss of i flesh usually indicates poor assimilation, which causes the 1 loss of the best that's in food, the fat-forming element. Scott's Emulsion 0 1 of pure cod liver oil with hypois phosphites contains the very V essence of all foods. In no other form can so much nutrition De taken and assimilated, its i range of usefulness has no limita- J tion where weakness exists. f A Prepared bj Reott A Rowne. OhemtaU. (] Hew York. Sold by all drug:;iat*. niTCUTS?THOMAS I'. SIMPSON I#A I tn I W Waahlngtou, 1>. O. No a<ty's fe. ? I Until Patent obtained. Write for Inventor'* Clulili i ARABIAN OINTTlKNTeurea PIl.CSi won M eaiM cured or m?an raturaad; b/aalllaHa k |1 boaei; rlroulnra. a. B. Bmxtm, Alderaon, W. Yi y I0ENTS WANTED ON SALARY II or oonunlaalon to hitudlo toe New Patent Client _ Hctl Ink Rraalna Pencil. AgenU making |fio pe ? week. Uonre Eroaer Mfg.Co.,X 701, La^Croaee,Wli r IJI'A'f JATWO IhlufWiMtla heir PHOTO ? KPN I ORAPH FAlilLY KfeOORDS, other PU I tare# end Frame* Addreaa, Dept. It C. P. Perr dc Ca., 41 te 49 Jeffereon St, Cblcagr I QhEPPARD*s I -<?trangES TnA Rftflt for "Rithor TTaataw nAAlnn/y y ? ? W. MVWVlUg U1 WVUiU^I t Excel in Style, Oomfort and Durability 1 KIND! AND aiZKS. EVERY ON r * - warranted mumt DErtcri ; ASK TOUR STOYE DEALER , To show ron SHBPFARD'S LATEST CATALOQU1 f Km4nmt (Ml jrou writ* to [ ISAAC A. 8HEPPARD A CO., | LAMOM8T M^Vf^CTVKtHS SOttTt )NT I olis am tt> roiT Brali-Bi I*R ht a e What many poMMut, po / Dtan Utvwi orator*. ud otter* mm *n-l ?l kilftUII |S3<|?f>t?- _J h* ifAnli * #r..8 j #i MU MAM *1 , *'V*. *r'wWVw0?w> 4 TVotro HIV MAM ** font of nbowy M4te> ofVen V, low??h in PES aprnrt loo mock rrnory.i MttcteH' 2**n. yowth or J_ 1 ' V.71* Jte I BirUt**TM? ~TIW Mnk .IM? to ... m? I iwmi 1 * >c ' 'on!-Start || wk HM *Sn Alb ? * ' "HI .rrtf -.ru ?**? II ** few lltm i mm rM * rtnte ate liMH A ' ''"*?? " jwimcAM pusnsHiNQ co.nwcL MORa ^=>V - T*MI If bstitute for I tig Powder. I utely Pure. I alum or ammonia. I. Blind Horses Smell Tlielr TT?jr. Tho way in which blind horses can go nbont without getting into more difficulties than thoy ordinarily do is very roniarkable. Thoy rarely, if over, hit their heads against a fence or stone woTl. They will sidle off when thoy come near one. It appears from careful observations, that it is neither sliado nor shelter which warns them of tho danger. On an absolutely sunless and windless day thoir behavior is tho same. Their olfactory nerves doubt less become very sensitive, for, when driving thorn, they will poko their heads downward is search of water fifty yards before they come to a stream crossing the roadway. It cannot be an abnormally developed sense of hearing which leads thom to do this, for thoy will act aliko though the water be a stagnant pool. Men who havo been blind for any great length of time develop somewhat similar instincts to blind horses.?Ohioago Herald. Complete List of His Disabilites. A blind old English soldier soliciting alms at a church door, has a board hnng round his neck with the following notice: BLIND THROUGH AN ACCIDENT. Engagements 7 Wounds 9 Children 6 Total.. 23 "German Syrup" Judgr J. B. Hiix, ofthe Superior Court, Walker county, Georgia, thinks enough of German Syrup to send us voluntarily a strong letter i endorsing it. When men of rank J and education thus use and recom- M mend 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 Throat and Lungs. I can recommend it for them as a first-class medicine."-? Take no substitute. fb A Miss Delia Stevens, ufirOllim of Bo"ton? VUlUlUia writeS! I have al-, | ways suffered from heieditary Scrofulr, n for which I tried various remedies, and ^ i many reliable physicians,but none relieved | me. After taking six bottles of KJJsJ ] I am now well. I am very grate-B1 rw <vn i ful to you as I feel that it saved me from , a life of untold agony tnd tfkaaMSaal shall take pleasure in Hnll|Q|1 | < speaking only words of w w , praise for the wonderful medicine, and ?. in recommending it to all. ' 1 Treatite on niood and Skin Diieasc* mailed free. 9 ? ! i SWIFT BrKCIFIO CO., Atlanta, GaJ $ 2 w'sokly ft board wanted; *tronByoen?mechanle wl'h tool*; r^ft'iviicM. 2-2S K. Sth Kt., New Yuk. rt 11 M llnr lltifK-V Pole to ?hafta In a nilnuti I H A N 11 r willi my i ouplliiK. lly mat, &V. pair. UllrUIUL A<;KNTH. HIUNK, Bloomvmr.O. pTw'TPBV" ^mTO-MTO10?WKfcg,,.. IKcadaokr, Con?llpaU?9? l*nu life CoimpIciIom. OITei??UoKr?all?. and all disorder# of the Btouoch, ** Liver and Bowel* _ AjX**?ft .?J dtftestIon follow* their use. Bold I 11 or '?;ira'%|KoAUO.,J?T!^ ' XM AS MONEY FOR | Boysi^Girls: ' in photos?x"mirf?u^NA^ /II" Klnlcy. IIU1, Reed Li /1 I_ Hhcrman, lilalne, Dopow Russell, a I II Itutlur, ConKling, Wlittelaw ReM, III Horace Ureely, Daniel Webster, Bis I S I marok, Gladstone, Ures- ? mm J ham, Carlisle. They aro I f| the boet and aro mounted in a fl I A b now and taking style. Above /1 l?|| (Kroup complete for 10 cents, I In coin or stamps. AGK T8, |. ||| itOYH AND OIKI.H are selling I IIII a r thousands and coining money. w" 1 HOU8H * CO.. MM Exchange Bulldtoj, l We have I'oota, Preacher* Aotraaaea a J Prcaldenta at aaine price. 8. N U - 99 '^4, It'onanmptl-rea and people M ' V vbo have weak lun?a or Aatbroa, ahould uae Plso'aCnra for Conaamptlon. It bu eared H tkoataadi. ft haa not Injur od one. It la not bad to taka. It lathe'beat oonaharrnp. Bold cTarywhare. ?a. jg L I I UlUI i- . i J ujllp-JUL i \nUUni. | a.ty r i~m btm for all Honm. ?'"T? I in mi .1 Too mnot wyiM to/ I a a^_ *r ?< moiwy with ynwMHv^MH JB U | I **?-n roturn punt*** on >bo A?m4M? r l i"TL*L OoonMUor-* ??*iari ro^ort lo jo?- I rl In llxit* " hual ?? |?? ?b?l Kunpty wrttroot whM, T* 1 r jnytNoUOnrtn-H I ??? cnrrtol Murty row N?IH mV I DtiooaaidoWtio j *J5 nrmtn m|?M to otn. mgft I I drm I fltrrorl thai If your uinotfill I ?????? I only nartlallv rtrhl you wM tfOrwta I I *M| Wtnw.1 I J"?l proportion of I he full Ifhio - +? - * ?? 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