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A MODERN MIRACLE. snJitfn RuoTert ol Hpetcb b? a JJmub ; ><????Fori una! < Keraii ot ft shock. Mr. Frank W. Wood was a soldier j iu the Confederate army. At the cloee i oi the war his father and himself fotiud j themselves in straitened circumstances, i an 1 the latter, in order to earn a liveli-1 hi-.od, became ajdealer in boots and shoes, ih the city of New Orleans. Too close an attention to business overtaxed bis strength and seriously impaired his health, and to add to this affliction he soon afterward received a sunstroke which entirely prostrated him. Paralysis was an immediate consequence. He soon recovered the power of locomotion, and at first the disease did cot . seem to affect very seriously the organs . of speech; but by-and-by he experienced a marked difficulty of utterance, j which gradually grew upon him. His , mental sensations, in the meantime, j while they did not betoken any weak- j ening of the brain, were far from pleas- ( ant. It WRA not till 1ft7K tt>ot Ko ly lost the power of artioulation. For some time previously his symptoms had given him warning that his calamity was near at hand. In the month of May, at the wedding of his Bister in Baltimore, he found himself unable, for the first time, to articulate. The deep anguish which the shock caused him could only be realized by one who had been similarly visited. . From that time until the return of his speech, all of his communications with those around him were made in writing. His hearing was always perfectly good, but the little voice that remained to him almost entirely disappeared. The oDly vccal sound that he could make was a sort of whistle. In all other respects his health steadily improved. A friend . named John T. Peters, a lawyer, visited ; him at a hospital in Hartford, to which he had gone, and conceived the idea that he would be greatly benefited if he were j t? come to New York and remain here ; with bis friends. He was received here at the residence of Mr. J. J. McComb. * An eminent physician, who is a special- , ist in throat and nervons diseases, made ( an examination of his oondition, and was , .w the first to give the true diagnosis of it. those members of the faculty ! who had dreated him had acknowledged : their ignoranoe. They had all predicted that he would never speak again. Dr. Ruoomer immediately declared that he would some day be able to speak, and attributed his dumbness to the paralysis rvf fho wnool in fho 1 ownv * TTa is gradually recovering," said he; " and : as soon as these oords become vitalized again, their functions will return to them. It may be suddenly, or it may be slowly." Subsequently, about twelve months ago. Dr. Ruoomer gave the strongest possible assurances that Mr. Wood would entirely reoover his speech. It was thought advisable, however, that he should return to Hartford. In last November he went to New Orleans, where bis wife and two ohildren new are. The climate of Louisiana did not prove beneficial to him, and after a sojourn of two or three weeks he started for the North. Now oomes the wonderful part of the story. When the traiD on which he was traveling approaoked Pittsburgh, it came in oollision with another train. The engine was smashed and the cars were violently shaken. The dumb man felt a now and peculiar sensation that seemed to indicate a change of some sort in his condition. Suddenly a consciousness of its significance came to him, and, springing from his seat, he rnshed to the platform of the car, where a brakeman was standing, and tried to address him. As he now relates the incident, he opened his mouth, mcved his -*? tongue and felt^hat he was speaking. The brakeman looked at him dubiously, as if he had heard his voioe but failed to understand its import. He answered by exclaiming, "What?" Too excited then to make a further attempt to speak, Mr. Wood returned to his seat. On the next day he arrived in New York, and as soon as he met his friends he eagerly related to them in writing the hopefnl experience which he had so lately had. They hoped, but scarcely believed in his bright anticipation. On Tuesday last he was engaged in discussing some personal and business matters 1 with Mr. McComb at the office of the latter. Mr. McUomb remarked to ir.m that his general health was fully restored and expressed the most cheerful J V views about his future. He urged him 1 to make the utmost efforts to regain his 1 utteranoe. Mr. Wood seemed to form ; the resolution to follow this advioe, and became excittd and enthusiastic. He 1 then seized a pencil and wrote the last communication which he made on paper, i It was as follows: 1 "Don't be surprised, but when I come < back to-day I will talk to you with my 1 tongue. I have it now." Handing this to Mr. McOomb he went I out. He afterward related that he went ' to Staten Island ferrv and took Dassaare on one of the boats." His mental feel- ] ings were peculiar, and perhaps ooulu : only be understood by a child who had i just learned to lisp her first syllables, 1 were she capable enough. He was bash- 1 ful, timid, distrustful of himself, aod yet eager to make the essay which might ' reveal for him the delightful release of ] his thoughts from their bondage of si- 1 lence. If he moved his lips he fancied I that every one was looking curiously at ; him. Fortunately there were few people on board, so he had no difficulty in finding a quiet corner on the deok. Seated on a stool near the rail he opened his month and lifted up his voioe, Its uee and inflection all came back to him in an instant. It did not even sound j strange to him. He could hardly real- j ize his own joy. He sang, spoke, shout- j el, and tried his voice in every way whioh happened to oocur to him. It i was perfect. He accosted people and i they did not stare at him, but took it as ] a matter of course. The next returning boat brought him , back to New York. Breathless and flushed, he entered the office of his brother-in-law and exclaimed: "It'sall right!" Mr. McOomb jumped up, rushed forward and joyfully embraoed him. So did everybody else who was there. The past three or four days have been spent by Mr. "Wood in visiting his friends and receiving their sinoere con r aiuiauonB on sue restoration 01 ms ! > ioe. In every respeot he is now per- I l.ctly recovered from the effects of his j sunstroke.? New York Herald. A Printer's Luck. Ten years ago John Skinner, a lad of fifteen, befriended Antoine Meroer, a dissipated native of St. Thomas, in the West Indies, who had been driven from home by a wealthy unole on account of a love affair. Meroer learned to set type, bnt took to drink and finally dis . appeared, carrying away from Skinner's i_ :? r - . LIUUtttJ ILL t/CUOrBUIJ, UVllg lOicUlUp ? suit of clothes belonging to the lad's father. Nothing was heard of him again until recently, when Skinner, who was setting type on a New Haven paper, learned that Mercer had died in St. Thomas, leaving a fortune of $750,000, inherited from an uncle, to the lad who had befriended him ten years ago. FOR THE FAIR SEX. tl/l... .#?L* ITko.lIrA it i?r? vi iur nurui*rJalia Ward Howe describes a visit to the wives of the khedive of Egypt rb follows: The dav before yesterday was the first day of feairam, a great Moslem festival, something like our New Year's day. On this day we were allowed to visit the three princesses, wives of the khedive. We had been admonished to wear our best olothee, and, if possible, to avoid black, as the Egytians are very superstitious about visits from people wearing that hue. My daughter, fortunately, had a dress of the lilac silk, which was not unsuitable to the occasion. I was obliged to appear in black velvet, modified by a white bonnet, which though hastily improvised, had a gay and festive appearance. We were also told to wear all our jewelry, which was not a very laborious thing to do. Bo we went, and a row of black eunuchs stood before the door of the palaoe. Two of them helped us to alight. Having crossed the threshold we found ourselves in a little world women, where one man only had the right to oome. Here cigarettes were bronchi ns. which etianette required us to acoept. A whiff or two quite satisfied our entertainers. We were presently introduced into the presence of the three wives, of whom the third one, also much the youngest and prettiest, spoke French tolerably, After shaking hands with each in turn we were invited to take seats, and chibouks were brought us, whose length reached from our mouth to the carpet. I wrestled with mine as well as I could, but by good fortune it was not well lighted, and I only got one good puff oi the tobacco, whioh caused mo to cough with some violence. Then we had coffee bronght in porcelain cups, the stand for each cup being richly set with diamonds. Then, with profound courtesying, we took our leave. In the great hall below several attendants brought us beautiful bowls of porcelain set with diamonds, filled with a sour-sweet f\e\A i rtV? ttto rrovo O (fniTTTO U&U1&) nuiuu no noio Mvoinniv told was sherbet These women alsc carried napkins with golden fringes, Then our oarriage was brought to the door, the eunuchs helped us to get intc it, our " daiB " or footman ran on be fore, and we drove away. News and Notes for Women. Physicians say wearing a veil is in jurious to the eyes. Indian silks that will wash like cottor are worn in England. They oost abouf sixty-two cents a yard. Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, the inventor o the dress that bears her name, is living in a small town in Iowa. Mrs. Haves is wearing a walking suit of dark garnet camel's hair oom bined with satin, and a bonnet to match, Brides wear so many flowers set close ly together on the head that they seen to have on little capotes of orange bios soma from which the veils depend. Narrow-pointed boots have producei their effect even on girls in England who are supposed to walk so much tha< they can endure everything, and thej are accused of limping sadly. At weddings the friends of the brid< should give articles of household UBe ai wedding presents, and those of th. groom should bestow things whicl would belong to the bride personally. The " balayeuse," which is now con sidered indispensable, is apt to render i dress inflammable; at a recent wedding the bride and the bridemaids had theiri soorched and nearly ign ted by standing close to an over-heated register. Victoria Woodhull is reported living in splendid style in London, near Syden ham palace, sporting coaches, liverie( servants, and all paraphernalia of i stout inoome. The wonder is whos< money she is b'ving on. Two English ladies have received th< cross of St. Elizabeth at Bucharest, foi their aid and aervipes dnrinir the lab war between Russia and Turkey. On< is Mrs. Mansfield, wife of the late consul-general, the other, Mrs. Mawer wife of the English physician, the lattei lady, aided by subscriptions, having started and maintained a small hospital. How the Money was Stolen. One would scarcely imagine, after th< infinite ingenuity that has been displayed m stealing for innumerable ages, that any new method oould be devised. But ? colored porter employed in a shop al Little Rock, Ark., appears to have appropriated money in an original manner. The tradesman had continually missed small sums from bis cash-drawer, and could not aocount for their disappear acce. Finally, he suspected the porter, and had him searched every evening before going home. But he could find nc ground for his suspicion, and was at hit wit's end to explW the mystery, whet ho fthaflfrad nno niirhf. fViftf. A famo fo. male opossum, in the habit of following the colored man everywhere, did nol accompany him. The animal seemed desirous to go, but, for some reason, could not move. The shopkeeper thinking her ill, took hold of her, and was surprised at her weight. Bevorsing hei position, the enigma was solved. A Bhower of small silver ooins descended from her pouch to the floor, and betrayed the man's thefts. He had overloaded her on that ocoasion, and she could nol follow as had been her custom wher more lightly freighted. Forests in Enrope. The nroDortion of land covered witfc forests throughout Europe is twentynine per cent., of whioh Russia and Sweden furnish the greatest part. Ir Russia, forty per cent, of the territory is oovered with woods, and of this some 200,000,000 acres are covered with pinet and other oone-bearing trees. Sweder aud Norway have thirty-four per cent., chiefly birch, maple, pine, fir and willow. Austria has twenty-nine peroent.,Ger many has twenty-six per oent and France seventeen. Far below these come< Spain, with its oork woods and evergreer oak forests, covering seven per cent, o the land, and Holland and Belgium witt the same. Portugal comes next witt five per cent., and Great Britain f llows with four per cent. The peroentuge annually decreases in all countrie! rapidly. A Mule that Can Count. There is a mule driven on one of thi First South street cars, in Salt Laki City, apparently a little more sensibli than otherB. It is generally on th< morning shift, and has to make fiv< round trips before the team is changed Every day, as soon as the mule oomei on the filth return trip from the uppe: end of the line, it begins to whinny hal a block before he reaches Second Eas street, and if the change team does no happen to be waiting, and the drive has to ran to the bank oorner and retnri before changing, it will stretoh its necl aid whinny again, loader than before about the same distance before it reach 01 the place. How that male keeps trac 1 of the fifth trip is more than i^s drive* has found out. FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. I Birthday ftbymec. (iwr Frank, Harry and Ellie and for any i other children toho hate lived juit a.1 many i years as they.) How many birthdays now have you tried ? How many boys take a base-ball'side ? How many days does a wonder last ? How many muses throve in the past ? How many tails has a navy " oat" ? How many lives the foe of the rat ? How many syllables has this line ? How many lines has this poem fine ? ' What can the answer be but f ?Katharine Hanson, in fti. Nicholas. How the Been Told. i "M"nfy>alf nn f nf thfi kitchen door one fine morning, and discovered that one of his beehives was gone. He kept a dozen swarms, or more, nicely housed in a long row of hanging hives at the back of his garden. Last night they were all there. He stood a moment, gazing at the vacant place in the row with surprise and indignation. Then he called his son: "Martin, somebody has been stealing our bees!" The family were soon out upon the veranda, all staring at the plundered apiary, and denouncing the unknown robber. Who oould he be ? Browsing forlornly about the place where their little house had been, were several stragglers from the missing swarm, and Farmer Metcalf knew very well what would calm the bewildered insects and make their intelligence serve him to good purpose. A new hive was promptly hung in the i place of the old one, and some sheets of comb put into it. xne oees very awn ' took possession, and after waiting | twenty or thirty minuteB, the farmer | and his son saw n " committee" of their number come out and fly straight to a neighboring cornfield. Of oourse they had expected some[ thing like this. Onoe make a robbed . and wandering bee feel at home again, [ and it recovers its wits, and lets yon ; know at once where its companions in misfortune are. s Farmer Metcalf and Martin followed , their little guides to the cornfield, and quiokly found the evidenoes of last night's work. The hive lay there broken to pieces, and crawling over the scattered fragments, and struggling on the . ground, and climbing the standing cornstalks, were multitudes of soiled and honey-smeared bees. l Some were rubbing their legs and wings to olean themselves, and now and then one would rise in the air to fly bach f to the house. There were other beet with legs gone, bees with wings gone, bees half-buried, pawing themselves oul of the earth, ana bees that lay quit* still?bees everywhere, and in all conditions, living and dead. Tracks of broad shoes were seen, anil signs of u hard scuffle in the soft soil and among the broken oorru Th< thief oertainly had not got his plundei without paying something for it. II looked as if the little captives had madt a gallant fight, and taken part of theii ' revenge. It remained now for their master to oomplete it?when he found out the rest of their story. The remaining testimony was soon forthcoming. Poking about in the mel low dirt with his foot, the farmer's son brought to light the paper in which the thief had carried his sulphur to smoke the bees and stupefy them, so that he could take their honey. It was the back of an old letter, with the name on it still clear and .plain?" Heman Treat." A little further search revealed a handkerchief, probably the one the unlucky honey-stealer had tried to tie over his face, and it bore the same tell-tale name 1 Such flat exposure of himself i was, no doubt, a oonsequenoe of hie } rather excited state of mind after the evident blunder in managing the bees. 3 Hem an Treat was one of Farmer Met"r calfs neighbors, and the discovery of these traces of guilt against him was s very disagreeable surprise. To go directly and aocnse him would be still more disagreeable. It was Sunday, too, ' and that faot made delay more justifl r able. ' The farmer and his sou walked bacfc to the house, carefully concealed the paper and the handkerchief, and agreec to keep still about the matter till the ! next morning. In the coarse of the day Martin walk 1 ed past Heman Treat's house, and no 1 ticed bees flying in and out at one o: 1 the attio windows. Other confirming evidence was dis covered that helped to fasten the orim< I on the man who lived there ; and whei ' Monday morning came, they callled t constable and made neighbor Treat i < visit. He was in bed sick, his wife tol< ? them, and could not see any one. Bn 1 they replied that their business witl 1 Him was urgent, ana must not do pu - off. and she was obliged to let them in They found the man siok enough, t< ' be 8ure. His hands were swollen t< I twice their natural size, and his heac > and faoe were a sight to behold?in flamed like one great blister, and bloat > ed so that he could hardly see out of hii eyes. "Got budly poisoned working in th< I swamp last Saturday," was the way h< and his wife aooounted for it. 'Twas I likely he had handled poison elder 01 k ivy ; they always affected him so. ' The visitors showed deep interest ir the sufferer's case, and one of them, re marking on the peculiar appearance oi his face, applied his thumb and finger { nail to a pimple and pulled out a bee . sting I [ '' That's the kind of poison you've been handling," said Farmer Metcalf, "and you'll make nothing bv trying to lie oul of it." Upon that he produced the papei and the kandkerohief, and the theft oi the beehive was charged home to He man Treat then and there, without the trouble of many words. The culprit saw he was oaught, an<3 confessed his orime. He begged the officer not to put him under arrest, anc promised to settle at any price the owner of the bees should demand. Farmer Metcalf did not wish to prose cute his neighbor, and he readily allow 3 ed him to Bettle the affair by pajung th< 3 value of the stolen swarm,provided tha whenever he happened to want hone] again he wonld take care to get it b] honest means. But for the clue afforded so quiokl] 9 by the little winged detectives, proba 8 bly only an aooident wonld have reveal 3 Ad fheir Hnoiler'R traces before ho ha< 9 time to obliterate them. The field o 9 tall com, left to itself,as it was then be tween cultivation and harvest,was a fin* 9 place of ooncealment. r It was years before Heman Trea ' knew that he owed his prompt oonvio t tion to the bees; but his one experi t ence with the Metoalf swann was quit* r snfilcient to make him let bees alone foi 1 the rest of his life,? Youth's Corn-pan C ion- __ I A Greenland clock is known by it t arc tic.?New York News. A sports r man's watch is known by its hontin( case.? New Haven Register, I A Plea for Vegetables. In the London Timet William Q. Ward writes to nrge a greater cultiva- 4 tion and use of vegetables, especially ? of leguminous kinds. He speaks a very 1 good word for lentils, which were of old } a favorite diBh in Egypt and Palestine, 1 but are almost entirely unknown to this I ? h aa ( generation, juenms, or ? icutun, ?o the Bible calls them, are a sort of black * tear, inclosed in a long pod and ripen- 1 ening with a thick skin. The floor is 1 very sweet and nourishing. According f t) Bonsfiinganlt's scale fifty-six parts of 1 white haricot beans, or fli!ty seven parts 8 of lentils, or sixty-seven parts of peas, * are equivalent to 100 parts of wheat I flour. This shows lentils to have ; high value as nutriment. They make 8 delicious soups and can be cooked in as 1 many attractive ways aj the common 8 bean. Mr. Ward's chielf object seems ' to be to introduce to the poor a sort of f<x>d which shall be at onoe cheap and j wholesome. On this point he sayB: "How trifling is the cost of human food if only what is necessary is Bought. 1 Eight to twelve oents per day is suffi- . oientto provide for a strong man and keep him in health and strength. . Oatmeal should not be omitted here. . Best Scotch oatmeal can be bought at j the mill for three cents per pound. ' Nearly one cent more will be required to bring it home. A pound will make the breakfast for four strong men if ] boiled for half an hour as porridge. For j child or man better food there is not on : earth. Every pound giveB more nutri- ' ment than four pounds of lean beef." He insists that rheumatism may be cured and neuralgia great ly modified by a strictly vegetable diet, and that a workingman will get as much Btrength out of vegetables as out of meat. He becomes quite enthusiastic in speaking > on this point, and thus breaks out: "This vegetarian teaching not only places human food on a scientific foun1 dation, but at onoe removes three-fourths of human diseases. It uproots drunkeni ness without leaving even a desire for i alcoholic drinks. Vegetarianism would suppress all poverty and nearly all suf1 fering. It would make excessive luxury [ on the one hand impossible and abject Dovertv on the other hand equally im i probable. All wars would cease. Man. kind would become one great brother> hood. 'The whole creation groaneth , and travaileth in pain together until I nowbut it would then be healed and harmonized. All sham kings and sham I thrones would vanish as a. vision, and He [ alone whose right it is to reign would be : king over a renewed people in a renewed i world." ( Perhaps this writer, who is a man of t considerable note in England, and a care, ful observer, remembered that He was not a vegetarian; but that fact does not appear to have dampened his ardor at all. [ Whether vegetables are an absolute [ speciflo for rheumatism and also a panj aoea for all other human w> es may be well doubted; but it is probable that the I; poor, especially the American poor, eat . too much meat for either their purses or their health. If lentils can be made popular as food it will no doubt mark an i improvement in the condition of the race. Many new and important vegetables , have been added within the last two or three hundred years. How should we , get along withdat tomatoes, radishes, , celery, Indian colp and potatoes, which i oivilized nations a comparatively little , while ago knew nothing of ? Probably there are no lentils whatever in New , York, but it is worph considering whether their introduction and cultivation is not AAMA^:nM ivn.fh inhlla Trt 1 ouiiicuuiug biiUiUUKUij nuivu nuitvi *v add an edibje tojfcioarket is to dimin. ish human ~8fnBStfgr~=r~Neio York , Graphic, i A Message 1 j the President. > The following me sago by the President to the Senate aocompan ied a letter of Secretary . Sherman, in which i lat official reiterated his ' former obarges agi nst Messrs. Arthur and Cornell, the suspenc id oilleotor and nayal of1 fleer at New York: / To the Senate: j 1 I transmit herewith a letter of the secretary of the treasury in regard to the suspension of the late oollector ana naval officer of the port of New York, with accompanying documents. In addition thereto I res peotfally submit the I following observations : > The custom house of blew York collects more I than t wo-thirds of all thB customs revenues of the government. Its administration is a mat3 ter not of local interest^ merely, but is of great importance to the people of the whole ooun try. For a long period of time it has been . used to manage and oontrol political affairs, f The offioers suspended by me are and for several years have been engaged in the active ? a .a xt _i .Kl!.. _M person&i management 01 me party puimco ui - the city and State of New York. The duties of 3 the offices held by them have been regardod as i of subordinate importance to their partisan . work. Their offices have been conducted as part of the political machineryl,under their 1 control They have made the custom house a center of partisan political management 1 The custom house should be a business t offioe. It should be conduoted on business principles. General James, the postmaster of 7 New York city, writing on this subject, says : t "The post office is a business institution, and , should be run as such. It is my deliberate 3 judgment that I and my subordinates can do 3 more for the party of our choice by giving tne j people of this city a good and efficient postal 1 service than by controlling primaries or dicta ting nominations." The New York custom - house should be plaoed on the same footing * with the New York postoffice. But under the suspended officers the custom house would be one of the prinoipal political agencies in the 3 State of New York. To change this, they 3 profess to believe, would be, in the l&ngna e l of Mr. Cornell in his response, " to surrender r their personal political rights." Oonvinoed that the people of New York, and of the ooc utry generally, wish the New York 1 custom ho nse to De administered solely with & - view to the public interest, it is my purpose to [ uu an lu my power w* iuuuuuuo iuiu two ^ic? . office the reforms which the country desires. With my information of the facts in the o^eo, and with a deep sense of the responsible obligation imposed npon me by the constitution, l to "tt.ke care that the laws be faithfully exe1 cuted." I regard it as my plain duty to suspend . the offioers in question and to make the nominations now before tho Senate, in order that this important offioe may be honestly and effl' cientlj' administered. R. B. Hates. i Execvtiye Mansion, Jan. 81, 1879. ) Surely lialf the world must be blind? they can see nothing unless it glitters. | Woman's sphere?A mouse is woman's I [ fear. ) Quicken the Circulation' Don't let the blood stagnate in your veins. Yon cnn prevent its doing so by increasing its * volume and purity, by stimilating the digestive i organs, ana encouraging assimilation, with t that matchless vitalizing agent, Hostettcr'a , Stomach Bitters. People not afflicted with any organio or inorganic disease, grow wan ' ana haggard simply because their blood is thin, vatery defioient in nourishing properties 7 and bo meager in quantity that the extremities . are very imperfectly supplied with it, and the superf cial circulation extremely feeble. Hence , the bloodless appearanoe of the countenance. * But when the Bitters are nncd to enrich.and ' quicken tbe blood, the rosy hne of health re tarns to the oheek, the frame acquires sub ??" ? - ?' ?? ? imnvavaa ^ Humoo ro won m vigur, uio uu^vivop and no digeatire qualms interfere either with . its gratification or the subsequent tranquility 6 of the stomach. Theoat Ajtectio.vs ajjd Hoarbexess.?All snffering from Irritation of the Throat and 9 Hoarseness will be agreeably snrprised at the almost immediate relief afforded by the nee or " Brown's Bronchial Troches." 26 eta. a box Some of the new styles of Masou A Hamlin B Cabinet Organs introdnoe a style of finish with embossed gold brocBe ornamentation, by * a new process ; at once the most elegant and S chaste finish yet employed on suoh Instruments. Prices are Tery low "for snob workmanship. Chinese Hnmor. An American connected with one of he consulates in China has translated tome of the Chinese poems into Eng- 1 iflh. Among them are some Terses I rhioh prove, Uasl that the " humorist" s abroad even in that far land. The iroduction is entitled "Fanning the >rave, or the Wife Tested," and tells ? iow a wife whose husband was siok unto leath promised him that she would not i narry again] until the mold on his 1 1J u? J k U.'o I [rttVO BUUULiu W uijr. oxku mo uuiuu f he conscient.ouB widow applied her ielf aeaidaotusly to hasten the drying of he grave by fanning it. This aocom- j dished, she narried one Ohuang, who, Fishing to test her, feigned sickness, < ivowed that ho was about to die, and be- ' ought her not to take unto herself mother husband. Oh, make your mind easy," (he sobbing re- ' plied. " I have said I won't wed and I won't; Jut ah! wliat gvave doubts your last words implied? Don't lay tbem again, dearest dont! rales of virtuosi women in old books I've read, < And my bosom with ardor has glowed; m emulate tbem, I have inwardly said? If I don't dc the same IH be Mowed." Dhnaug then dies contentedly and after be is en coffined makes his escape, dis mines himself as a vnnncr man and makes love to Mrs. Ohuang as together they watch over the empty coffin. "The next day the funeral-baked meats serve as the wedding dinner." The nnreoogoized Ohuang shams illness again and deolaies that nothing will oure him bnt the brains of a living man or of one who has not been dead more than three days." "Old Ohnang's will do,"says his relict a3 she vanishes, whereupon Ohnang taires off his disguise and settles himeell in the coffin again. His spouse soon appears with an axe and smashes the lid, npon which Ohnang bounds up with a "hello 1" To an invitation to explain, Mrs. Ohuang remarks : "I felt sure yon must be living, so to weloome j on ouce more. My mourning robes I tore off and my wedding j arments wore." To which answers her lord : "Your tale is plausible, bnt I think yon'd better stop; Don't fatigue yourself by telling lies ; jnetlet the matter drop. To test your f iithiossness to me I've been meiely shimming dead. I'm the youth you just now married?my widow I'vij just wed." A Nick Henator. The excessive corpulency of certain United States Senator bas long been the butt of editorial wit and spicy bcm mots from tbe pens of Washington conespondents. Few persons have suspected that lis obetity was a disease, and liablo to prove f it&L let this is the sad fact. Exoessive fatneis is not only a disease in itself, but one liable to generate other and more serious ones. Chemistry has at last revealed a safe, sure and reliable remedy for this abnormal condition of the system in Allan's Anti-Fat. Distinguished chemists have pronounced it not only harmless bat very boneda! to the system, while remedying the diseased condition. Bold by druggists. Malignant and snbtle indeed is the poison of scrofula, and terrible are its ravages in the system. They may,- however, be permanently stayed and the destructive vims expelled from tbe drcnlation urith Soovill's Blood and Liver 8irup, a potent vegetable detergent whiob eradicates all shin diseases, leaving no vestige of them behind. White swelling, salt rheum, tetter, abscessed, liver complaint and erup tions of every description are invariably conquered by it. Druggists sell it. The Mason A Hamlin Organ Co. are produo ing superb instruments at very low price*; not mnch more than prioes of poorest orga m Highest bouore nt every world's exhibition for many years, anl two highest awards at th? last and greatent at Paris, last year, tell the story of their superiority. OHEW The Celebrated " aiatchl.ehfl " Yrood Tag Ping Tobacco. The Pionkeb Tobacco Compast, New York, Boston, and Chicago. For upwards oi thirty years Airs. W INSIiOWB SOOTHING 8YE UP has been used for ohildren with never-failing soooess. It oorrecta additj of the stomaoh, relieves wind oolic, regulator the bowels, cur es dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething er other causes. A.n old and well-lried remedy. 25 ots. a bottle. Oh?w .Tacicson'a Best Swear. Naw Tnhm**i the Kidney*, bladder end Urinary Or-1 I rem. H unfit Kenedy 1* purely regeuble end I prepared expre iely fur the abort dlKtae*. It her I cured thousand*. Every liottle warranted. Send tow. I I E. Clarke, Uroridence, R.I, for illuRrated pamphlet B | If your druggiit don't hare it, he will order It for yon. | CROFU LA.?Persons afflicted with Scrofula, Hip-disease, Ulcerous Soreo, Abscesses, White Swelling, Psoriasis, Goitre, Necrosis, Eczema, Diseased Bones, will please send their address Dr. JONE1S, Chemist, New Lebanon, N. Y. FTETUUEDRY, Agt., Railway Tickets Bought, Hold or Exchanged. REDUCKD RAT1IS ON ALL TICKETS 80LD. CHOICE OF ALL ROUTES. No. 31 St. Charles Street, Under tbe St. Charles Hotel. NEW ORLBANH, LA. Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs. Demonilrnted hr,t liy HIOHESl HON<IR8?AT ALL WORLD'S EXPOS IT ONS FOR TWELVE YKAR8, Ttx- at Parts, 1867: vncnju, 1878; Santiago, 1878; Philada lphu, 187il; Paris.1878; and Grand Swedish Gold MaDaL 1878. Only American Organs erer awarded highest honors at any snob. Sold for oash or installments. Illustrated Catalogue and Circulars with news yles andprioe*. rentfree. MASON A U am LIN OR -an (VI , B-aUm. New^Vork.or Cbieacn. T"U) ii I arm of M6il acre,, near Ouotne,* I Station and Lanrol. 11 *n<J ,WVi?? H R., with dwelling bouse. Good water Situaii n j _.m ..i " ta/1 i/? /pit f and triielr if. PriM I iiHH iny, mm *011 fl,A*\ o c b- If oart, ?r.d balance in roe an.i two y>ars. Address VENA IILK ?V* PACK A Kit, An.?V, 15 Lexington St., K<.itiiaiirr, iUnr>iHD?'. Anllllifl CUKE! PAINLESS. Only ? fl f| II I li H Sncoe e ul Kemndy. Seal tor I I U) III irtll Paper on Opium Kating, its ? I Jp 111! H| Coueeqaences and (Jure. IJ I |UI|| DR. L. MKKKr.R, "w,,"u Powte. il?n. bex 47*. -f Itirril IS MIC1ITY I T>T A ATAO ?IS4rt l? MOO-ImUmj prioee^ Pi A IN h:gbeat nonors?Mathusbrk'a seal* * v w for aqnaree-vflnaet uprights in America?orer 12,000 in uae?regularly incorporated Mff Oo.? Piano* aent on trial?48-nag# catalogue free. MxjtDXiasoHNPmtoOo.. 21 K. 15th SL. New Tork. Dr. CRAIC'S KIDNEY CURE: The great Speoiiic for all Kidney Diaeases, Haa nerer failed in any disease of the Kidney* in the paat three yean. Send for pamphlet, and addreee Dr. UKAIG. 42 UNIVERSITY PLACE. NEW YORK. AGENTS* READ THIS! We will pay Agenta a Salary of 1100 per month and expense*, or allow a large oommlaaiun to sell oar new and wonderful intentions. W* mean vhal tee sop. Sample free. Addreea, 8HEKMAM A CO.. Mwrebwll. Mick. JAA 0\/% f\ Men and women out of emnioylfllfll IIIII1 mentoan make from gi to |1E a J| !Cg 9 1 n 111 day. Soma ora wiaMng li now. S IB 11 lfl if IB Strike while the lion is hot. Send * " " w w w a cna-oen t stamp for particulars. ' Her. 8. T. BUCK, jMUWgi fa. jMg^ngHMB|fiar?rtller 45TIIW4 KIDDER'S PASTiUES voiJKiC men oaoou. aumpw ... .. . (Ifl In (innn inveetod In W*l! St. Stocks make* 1U III eUlUU fortanM every month. Book Mnt free eiplslning everything, ddreii 3AXTER <k OQ.,Bsnkefi, 17 W*jf8t..JVY MWr'MNI> PARitl. Book ini Me p free. By 0. K. ft HAN AH AW, Atty., KsflTOS, MP. (2(77 ? Month and expenses ruersnteed to Agents.* <PI I Ontfltfree. Shaw A do., AOOUBTk. Matsk. (DfinAAYEAR, How toJlakeii.,v?riv?n OOOWfrwd) COEdk VONlJE, Mt. Loal?i .>Io. New England Conservatory MM lor to Piatt. Thia rwrj papalar ud rood Method he* had a tbor- 1 ngh trial at the Oooaarratorp, and haa beaa largely i*ed In other placet. J T? hnM Uaihnrfi in halm nrntMaad of 'hr*a Put* or Bocks. PABT I. (or tha Pint Grade of Utnart, ha* 79 tag**, (ho El am ante, Fireflnger aad othar Etsrwiaes, iao7 Stadia* and Tanas, and ia IB itaalf a good, ias7 la< (Taction Book. , ' ^ J . PAKTI1, forth*Seooad Grada, ha* 83 peg**,mora , iifflonJt Exercise*, Hos'e* sad Stadia*, and a namber of ' 3 i aoss from the works of groat ftastan. 1 PART HI, for th* Third Orada, has ltd pace*, 1 3 rand Soal** and Arpeggio*, with a few good Stadia* had a few difflenlt Piece*. ] Priooof each part, SI.SO. Complete, 83.23. rm Musical Rxoomo, Dexter Smith, Editor, mi Mad for 6 eta. Circnlatsa 90,000 par Month. Mnsio, Haws, Ao. 82 P*r Taar, OLIVER DITS0N & CO., Boston. C. H. DIT80N Ac CO., 711 Ac 843 Brwadw&y. New York. J. E. DITHON Ac CO., ' 022 Chestawt Street, Pklledel. I military"I and fiind TJnifornit?Offletra' KqulpmrnU, HS fH Caps, tie., tnada b/ St. C. lAllry Jc Of., EH H| Cotumbue, Ohio, Hind for trm Liill. . IB Flrewn't C>pt, BtHi( ?nd thlrtt. gg PASENTS WANTED FON THE ICTORXAL HISTORt""* WORLD H ocmtnint HI fe fin* hit tori eal er franc ft and 1 !460 larft donble- eolnmn pafea, and la the meat oomplafi Hlatory of tha World arar pnbHabtd. It aeUa at tight. Band Tor tpeclmen p?fea and extra tenna tu Agantn. Addrtat HATlOWAt. Ppbuakcto Oo.. Philadelphia, Pa Ponoinnora til pension claims heretofore admitted will b? reopened, thousand ? at meritorious claimants will b? dropped from the roll* tad groat injustice done. Hot foil partic aim Mod for eopy of Tu% NationsL Tnavm, as $-psge paper, Iwnad monthly and devoted to the inter eats of soldiers and aailon, and their heir*. Ooataina all xxw Botrrrr and rawsiox laws. Should be in the hands of every soldier. Terms, 60 oents per year. Speotal indnoements to clubs. Specimen copy free. Address at once, GEO BOB E. LEMON A CO., Washington, D. 0. Far Brsol) of l*<>ll?o^ii^lng Tl? borlTteaandii hespara^tsreaale^. MOKNK BK(K. Prnp'r , Canton, Maaa. fN UCCESSFUL FOLKS, L I Matthew Hale Smith's new book. IJXO Prominent persons?man and women analysed. Stwl Portrait of A. T. i ^qtt?htapt vabderbilt, I lOlJltWattl, BENNETT, Etc. The A I aensstion of the eeaeoc. Now U the time for ^ / sop IU TO to aeouro territory. Address for f HUtis l aaenoT ciroulars And terms. AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO., Hurt ford, ( own. THE UHOIUBST FOOD IN THE WOULD. A. B. C. Crashed While Wheat. A. B. C. Oalmenl. A. B. C. Barley Food. A. B. C. Maize. Obtained four med ils for superiority, and diploma for continued superiority. The purest food for children and adults. All htnks, cockle and imparities removed Can be prepared for table in fifteen mlnates. Fo. sa'e lyOrooera. A*k for A. P. 0. Brand. Manufactured bj THE CEREALS MANUFACTURING 00, l? Ootuiat Plack. Near Yon* ITFA CI AT.,AH^fW. . BB n f The rory best goods Lm BIB h direct from tee 1m porters at Half the usual oo?t. Beet p'an ever offered to Olnb Agents end ergs buyers ALL RXPKE8N CHARGES PAID. New terms FREE. TheGreat AmericanTea Company 31 and 33 Vesey Street, New York. r. u. do*. 4fja. STWiraS WASHES BSO'S COSSETS ".iH fjl ja^M rrcrlTnl t :.* HI.-!.# -t M> '??Ih hprecrut PARIS EXPOSITION, Wl V Ojtr al I Atnrrh .11 v-..in|~thot?. Tbtlr WKV FIJCJIHI.E HIP CORHKT (130 Bontt) MS7MV fit* wltb priori mm, aarf U wiawff /ramtbd not co hrrak do m a ororth? hi pa MWil/IUl Tbt,r HK*LTH CORSET with ill ImIII O^provtd Butt, It now > rroMCr r.vnrilo MilllllHI l!l I Thtlr NURSING CORSET It 1 W I'I/ I||th dtllrlit of trery mother. \lfl l II I Jr Fc^r ttle h, tllUiitlD; merrhanta. >IP>^ tFABNER BROS., 351 Broadway. N. TF CURED FBEE! An ' infallible and unexcelled rented/ for FlU, Epilepsy #r Fslllllf Hlrknesa wairuMd to effect s speedy end Hi A PERHIANENToore. IT "A free bottle" of m, m 9 % renowned speeiflo end 4 X Tslo&ble Treatise sent to H I M so/ snfferer sendin* me his I I V P. O. end Express address. Dm. H. O. ROOT. 183 Pear) 8treat. New York. ? "-hit *' mci. niaaaaaa. TbanT nPTIlM JndiowSd. Lo^restPrioea. Do not fall V/1 * VJ AH to write. Dr.F.KMarah.Qginoy.Mioh. A Dif to A?ents osnTeseim for the Fireside Si/ Visitor. Terma and Outfit Free. Address yfl P. O. yiOKKRV, A adnata, Main*. .... A SlOMTHl-AxaaU Wnnird 30 beat\?Kil selling article* in the world: one sample frt? V?NHJ AddroM JAY BRONSON. rietroU^MM. Maj J..IA NEW LAw, IT.wiFii'a* BACK PEHSIONSss^SiSigayg: SELL TH If rou wast to Mil ths farm adrertlM the fact, asd adrartlaamant cue week in a list of 399 weekly newsp lines two weeks in a obolce of either of font separata a four lines one weak in all four of tha small lists, ot one 1,000 papers. We also hare lists of papers by States thr for oar 100-pes* pamphlet. Address OlO. P. Rowsi Street, New York. FMIMJIii A few applications of this FRECKLES, TAN, SUNBURN ON THE FACE, AND REt CLEAR A FOE SOFTENING AND BEAUTIFYI Price, BO cent*. Sent by M Addreeu E.G. MARSH,No. f KOW IS THE TIME. **1 t t * ? .... . ? ' % \ . j. f* " . SUBSCRIBE FUK M Leslie's Pnlceflons r; - 1879 ! TV-:* - hiak Leslie's Illustrated Newepeper 84 O frank Leslie'. Chimney Oeraar. 4 00 frank Leslie's IHnstrirte Zeltnng..... - 4 OO Frank Leslie's Lady's Journal 4 OO Tba Na? York II lustra tad Times . 4 OO Frank Leal e's Boys' 4 OirU' Weekly 2 60 Frank Leslie's lady's Maxasine ? 3 60 Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine 3 OO Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly 3 00 Frank Leslie's Pleasant Honrs. 1 60 Frank Leslie's Bndxet 1 60 Frank Leslie's Chatterbox..*..... t 00 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Almanao 26c Frank Leslio's Oomio Almanac 10s * i Remit by Money Order, Draft on New York, or Recirtared Letter at our risk. Be oareful to address all ommunioat on a to Frank Leslie's Publishing Houst KO Kt Port Plan*. VUf UU AUttaVI A CM A AMWVT NKW YORK. ' Gentle Women Who want glossy, luxuriant and wavy tresses of abundant, beautiful Hair must nso L?ON'S KATHAIRON. This elegant, cheap article always mates the Hair grow freely ond fiirf Irnnna i h frnm filling uvu iuov) 9 ? w * m vm? ....Up out, arrests aad cores grayness, removes dandruff and itching, makos tho Hair strong, giving it a cnrling tendency and keeping it in any desired position. Beautiful, healthy Hair is tho snrc result of using Kathairon. ?? ? <- t: V 'r; r ? , : -r ' < s'' -ammmmmmmm*Y * v ; ' 6 IS THE BEST; ("teswjfflwujt? , qapohifiep Is Us OU Reliable CsitntrsM Lr* F0Rr FAMILY SOAP MAKING. DinsttoMMonapsarisrsssS oanfox maldn?HaFd. Ml ud Toilet Soap qaleltly. IT 11 FULL WMIOBT AND STRMNOTB. _ Tbs HuM la flood sd with (ao-oalled) QpMfatisMd fcya, whioh to adulterated with nit aad rasfii, sad Mel MMiapSA TM BO a Mr, AMD DVT TSM SaponifieR MASS BT THE Psnnfylvftnift Salt Manufg Co,, yBULADKLPHIAf the sidth orgah co. First Established ! Moat Succeeefoi: THEIR INSTRUMENTS bare a itaadard raloe la all tha LEADING MARKETS OF THE WORLD! Brerrwhere recognized m tbu FINEST IN TONE. OVER 80,000 nude nnd In nee. New Designs constantly. Best workand lowest prices. tW Send (or Catalogue. _d Tremont St,?, Mm St., Boston, Mass. 1MB Del lest* mothers wilt find Ridge's Food jait whst the? need It sires health and streogtb. In oans, SSo. and upward. WOOLRIOH <t 00, on label. Pan Rp Piirori All ohronio and supposed incurable uan De uurea diseases. Proof of it mailed free. Address Da. KOOTh^l 20 Lexington Are.. New York. T)-r-/"1 PAY ?With Stencil Outfits. What oosta A K I I-J. ots. sella rapidly for AO eta. Catalogue frn* UJ,U H. M. Spemcxb. ||2 Waah*n 8t.Buston.Hssa QQ A DAY PROFIT Agents' Sample. U oenta <PO 'THR NAH8AP DKLIGHT." Nssaaa. W. Y. IB CAD9NI Ik (Tll\a*li let it be known. For 110 ea>h we will insert e seven-line epert, or foot Unee in e different lilt of 337 paperi, or ten nd distinct liite containing from 70 to 100 papers each, or i line one week in all six lists combined, being more than oogbont the Dotted States and Canada. Send ten oente .x A Co., New.-paper Advertising Bureau, 10 Spruce TflmTni JBu# IgUllffirvlF Preparation will remove I, PIMPLES, OR BLOTCHES IDER THE COMPLEXION ND FAIR. NO THE SKIN IT HAS NO EQUAL, all, poet paid, Tor 75 cents. 10 Spruce St., New Yor!:. *