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FOR THE FAIR SEX. Kem anil ."Votes for Women. A woman in London has paid 200 linos i for drunkenness. English children wear pinafores oi 1 pink, blue ami white washing silk. Women's underclothes are cheaper in New York than anywhere in Europe. j One hundred and seventy-four of the <>32 students of Boston University are women. A grand ecumenical council of women who believe in woman's rights is to be j held in St. Louis in May. Mr. Gladstone's constant assistant is j his daughter, who knows every book in ; his library and the contents of it. Young women are almost universally ' employed as typesetters in the printing I establishments of San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Ann Simpson, of Yorkshire, , England, has been appointed surveyor of j roads for the parish of Kirby Grindalyth. Twenty ladies have been authorized to write M. 1). after their names by the J Women's Medical College in Philadelphia. There are real walking hats for those who like them this season?hats totally unlike the bonnets, and intended to droop over the eyes. Miss llovey, of Boston, has offered $10,000 at once and more in the future to Harvard University, on condition that it onortc; tlu? linnr of its moilii-nl ci-linnl to women. The Princess Louise has taken the trouble to deny in emphatic terms the report of a London society journal that she was being greatly bored by her Canadian experience. It is related of the late Mnic. Bonaparte that she never adopted the new-fangled notion of gas. but always used eam.les, and she would not allow a carpet to be laid on her bedroom floor. The first women employed in the National Treasury were appointed in 18o2. There are now 1.300 in the departments of Washington, who receive salaries varying from $000 to $1,800 yearly. The chapel belonging to Grace church. New York, tfcas the gift of Miss Catharine Woolf, and cost $35,000. U was occupied for the first time at the cclebra- j tion feast of the conversion of St. Paul. ' A Minnesota man found a beautiful young squaw almost frozen to death, lie took her to his camp-fire and tried to thaw her out. When she had melted a little he proposed marriage and was accepted. It is said that Queen Victoria, in her favorite books, uses paper-marks upon which are inscribed in Latin these words of Holy Writ: "Their hope is full of immortality, and he lives even though he be dead." The eldest daughter of Hishon Hunting ton not only writes newspaper articles and provides for charities, but walks frequently twenty miles a day, taking an umbrella in her hand, a la Dr. Franklin, for storm or sunshine. An intelligent schoolgirl, by name Eva Schelemmer, of Memphis, Tenn., has received a gold medal from the Howard Association for meritorious services performed in the midst of the pestilence which raged last summer, and which were unremitting from the beginning to the close. Some of the insurance companies ol New York have written letters of congratulation to an up-town lady on her bravery when she discovered that a room in the third story of her magnificent house was on lire. Calmly wrapping a rug about her shoulders, she entered. ana closing an open window and the doors kept the flames from spreading, and then telegraphing to the nearest statiofi for aid. the flames were quickly put out, hut uot until every article in the room was reduced to a cinder. Fashion Notes. Lengthwise buttonholes are worked around the waist-line of wrappers and 1.^1 4. : 4.1 . 4 1 inu ufit i2> run 11111114:11 iiurm. Tlic Parisian papers speak of a very choice new shade of blue produced by socio chemical process with alizarine. Organdy evening dresses are made up with an imitation of old point lace and a profusion of Persian ribbons arranged in loops. A gilt lattice, with a wild rose.vine running over it, formed the apron of an evening dress recently worn in New York. Black silk, black eamolVhair and black cashmere are still the favorite materials for street wear with American women. Nearly : "1 of the daily and weekly press of New York city have lady associates in the editorial department, and the same may be said of Boston. Cords with a clasp attached for catching up the demi-train of a dress, that it may be short enough for walking, are now shown in colors to match costumes: price, $2. Black cords are $1.50. The pkpillon how is the pretty headdress for the house. It is made of full puffed loons of India muslin, with Breton lace mixed with it, and is more compact in shape than the long-looped Alsatian bows. A smaller butterfly bow is shown as a cravat bow. Another fancy is the scarf of India muslin, to he worn in the street as lace scarfs formerly were. It is outside the wrap, tied closely around the neck, with a how in front; the ends hang down, have plaited Breton lace across them, and are tied with narrow ribbon to give them the appearance of a tassel. New pocket-handkerchiefs of sheer linen cambric have Breton insertion forming a cross through the middle of the kerchief, then passing around it as a border, with an edge of Breton lace. Plainer ht.ndkerchiefs have a shield done in colorec embroidery in one' corner, while the edge is merely scalloped with red or blue. Fichus of white silk muslin, or else of lisse, are squares doubled in three-cornered shape. and all the edge bordered with insertion in which the Breton design is done with colors. A fine knifeplaiting of Breton lace edges the insertion, and the ends are caught together at thp waist by a bouquet of rosebuds or of yellow buttercups, a moss-rose or some favorite flower. New mask veils are of Breton lace, and may be either black or white. The net covering the face has tiny dots wrought in it, usually two or three in a group, and the edge is finished with Breton lace two inches wide. Longer veils, to be crossed behind the head and tied under the chin, are made of black net, dotted with gold thread. The newest grenadine scarf veils are of tan-color or light blue, with a gay Roman striped border on ea< h selvedge. The royal plate at Windsor is reported to be worth ?1.800.000. it includes a gold service ordered by ueorge IV., which will dine 110 persons, and the same monarch added to the collection one of the finest wine coolers in the world, a shield formed of small boxes, worth ?0.000. and thirty dozen plates, worth ?10.000. There are also a variety of pieces brought from abroad and from India. The latter include a peacock of precious stones of every kind, worth ?30.000, and Tippoo's footstool, a tiger's head, with crystal teeth andasolid ingot of gold for his tongue. " Teaspoon Corners " is a locality in Ingham county, Michigan. It must be a stirring place. HOW WHEAT IS ShoAvluv the I*nrt that Hallway*, Crtlial?, MiIoh, {'levators, Telegraph*, Xctrtpapevs, TtulN mid Kenrs Take in tinTrnnxuct ion. The wheat crop of lite United States for 1878 was 400.000,000 bushels. It is | easy enough to write the figures, hut 0hard matter for the mind tb4gra?p the idea of so enormous a quantity. It is enough to til' tb overflowing a granary a mil'* long, a thousand feet wide and one hundred feet high. To transport it ac ross the Atlantic would require 6,'.M)0 of the largest ships that tail on the seas; or, loaded into freight ears, it would fill 1,'250,000 of them, which would make a train long enough to reach from New York to San Francisco and back again. What becomes of this enormous crop3 Well, a general answer to this question is not difficult. We retain about 230,000,000 bushels for our own use, to be ground into llour and used for seed, tihd the balance of 175,000,000 bushels is sent abroad, chiefly to feed the over-crowded population of Great Britain. It is this exported balance that is chiefly interesting to the American farmer. If it brings a good price?if the wheat crops of Europe are scanty, so that people must supply themselves front the United States or j go without?then the American farmer gets well paid for his whole crop, both j for what is used here and what goes ; abroad. But if, on the other hand, the I Liu'opean crops arc plentiful, so that a I very small extra supply is needed, then | the American farmer finds prices low ! and his crop for that year unprofitable. I In theory this is absolutely true, hut j in practice the statement needs some ! mollification. The farmer has to bear : the full burden of low prices, but most of the advantage of a rise in value is often reaped by merchants, speculators and other middlemen, who stand between I the farmer and the foreign consumer, and who, foreseeing the advance in price, buy cheap from the former and-sell dear to the latter. To a certain extent, this condition of affairs is unavoidable; and, indeed, the farmer should be the last man to wish it utterly abolished. The machinery by which the distribution of the bulky products of the earth is accomplished, is not only one of the wonders ot modern civilization, but it is civilization itself. The railways that span the continent, that bridge the vast rivers, and bore their way through impassable mountains; the canals that bear hundreds of thousands of tons of freight slow moving from the midland country to the sea; the giant elevators that do the work of transhipment so safely and so speedily; the ships that cros^s the ocean; the telegraph lines and cables that flash intelligence from events, and tell the people of one place what is wanted by those of another; the merchants who meet on 'Change to buy and sell; the postoflice; the insurance companies that guarantee the merchant against the loss of his cargo; all those are necessary agents in the work of distribution, and are entitled to compensation for their labor. Every one of them is paid, and justly paid out of the labors of producers, of farmers, miners and manufacturers. The trouble is, that j they often get more pay than they are entitled to, and, growing wealthy by degrees, become'the masters of the producers, instead of their faithful and eflicient servants. To appreciate these truths, it is only necessary for the farmer to suppose himself deprived of the services of any of these distributing agents, and see to what a crippled condition he would be reduced'. Without our canals and railways, the grain crops of the West might rot upon the land, or be consumed as fuel; without elevators the annual labor of transferring grain from one conveyance to another would be largely increased: without the telegraph and the postotliee to carry intelligence, and newspapers to make it cheaply available for everybody, no merchant could foresee what lie was likely to realize on his shipments, nor what price he could afford to pay the producer: without mer ciianis, tno larmer woum do compelled to accompany his produce to the very door of the consumer, to carry with'him sufficient money to defray all the expenses of transportation and transhipment. and to spend the months that should he occupied in the production of a second crop in endeavoring to dispose of the first. Let us suppose that we have, in Chicago, a lot of wheat, graded as No. 2 Chicago Spring, which is sold at the mling price of the day, eighty-six cents 1 e bushel. Now, what determines the price of this wheat? Boforc the days of ocean telegraphy, prices depended largely upon' guesswork. A merchant who bought grain in March to send to England, might not know until midsummer whether lie had realized a profit or loss. lie made the best calculation he could about the price grain would ho likely to hear in the English market at t_e time his shipment should arrive there, and raised or lowered his prices accordingly, en1 - *. 1? - i 1 * yr* u encoring always 10 leave nimseii a fair margin of profit. But nowadays the Atlantic cable lias changed all that. A merchant in London finds that he can make a contract to deliver a certain quantity of grain, in London, six weeks hence, at a certain price. lie telegraphs to a broker in Chicago, offering to pay so much a bushel for Xo. 2 Chicago Spring wheat, delivered in London on a certain date. The Chicago broker at once ascertains the lowest rate at which lie can contract with the railway and steamship companies for transporting such a quantity of wheat from the elevator in Chicago to the docks in London. Next lie goes upon 'Change to learn at what price he can purchase the grain. If the cost of the grain in Oliioa ;o, added to thi' expense of trmsporiing to London, he less than tin1 price offered by the London merchant, the broker concludes the purchase, and pockets the difference as a remuneration for his trouble. But if the cost of the wheat in Chicago, added to the cost of transportation, amounts to more than the London merchant is willing to pay, then one of several things happens. The price of wheat may rise in London, the English merchant making a higher offer, or it may fall in Chicago, or the railway and steamship companies reduce their rates of transportation, until it becomes possible for the broker to effect sale at a profit; or, if all parties remain firm in their demands, no sale takes place, and the wheat market is said to be inactive. On the other hand, if the marsrin of Drofit left to the broker is very largo, t ho Chicago merchants advance their prices, and wheat is said to be active and rising. These lluetuations in prices are anti< ipated and largely speculated upon by dealers. Our lot of wheat, for instance, is only worth eighty-six cents per bushel to-day; but there arc plenty of people ' who "will agree to give us eighty-seven cents for it. delivered at the end of a ' month, or eighty-eight cents :it the end of three months. How do these speculators make their calculations, and foretell a rise or fall? In the first place, by a careful study of statistics. They i know, very nearly, what is the stock of i wheat'remaining in the entire world, and where it is. They know how much wheat will he required for consumption in different parts of the earth within a : given time. Combining this infornm- : tion, they foretell eitherjn scarcity, or an i excessive'supply, jand Tforesee a rise or fall. A changejinlthe.ratesof transportation. loo, is a. freouent'subject of prevision; if west want bound" freights arc likely to balance those eastward bound, so that steamer lines and railways will not be compelled to run empty iti on? direction, then freights may he expected to fall, and the price of wheat will rise at the point of shipment. The abundance or scarcity of money, also, is to he taken into consideration: if money. becomes scarce wheat will fall, while if plenty, it will rise. And lastly, the present price Of wheat may have been artificially forced down, or driven up, by speculators pure and simple, who buy with one hand and sell with the cither, till flicy bring the market to a figure to suit themselves. From among these various causes which govern the present and future price of wheat, it is not diflicult. to select those that it is possible for the farmer to comprehend and modify. lie cannot rooeive daily and-hourly advices from tlm foreign and domestic markets; or bar gain with railway and steamship companies for special l'attfs of transportation; or meet Ids fellow wheat growers upon 'Change to learn how far they are inclined to augment or lower prices. All this is properly the work of the merchants and brokers in the great commercial centers, and the profits which they make by doing it are justly earned and should be allowed them uncomplainingly. But when it comes to calculating the future course of the market, and even, to some extent, to governing it, the farmer stands on equal grounds with the merchant, and, in some respects, has even the advantage. The statistics from which the merchant makes his calculations are equally at his service, enabling him to foresee the fluctuations of demand and supply, as well as to judge whether present prices are abnormally high or low. An intelligent study of the course of trade will teach him when the great transportation companies will be likely to lower their rates, and when they will be compelled to raise them. And a careful survey of the financial situation at different periods will instruct him as to the ebb and flow of the supply of money. Moreover, he will learn that the financial policy of the country, and the regulation of its immense railway system, are mut ?i.:?u i.? i..,? t Via III UI1IU1 liv: il.io lllvylv' I 11?I i 1 ?111 j WIIM l man a vital and abiding interest, which, as a mle, is but poorly defended by his legislative representatives. Now that our farmers have discovered the advantages of organization, and are associating themselves into granges, farmers' clubs and other societies, we may hope that the questions suggested may receive intelligent consideration at their hands.?El/rich's Quarterly. Words of Wisdom. Never be cast down by trifles. If a spider breaks his web twenty times, twenty times will he mend it. Make*up your mind to do a thing, and you will do it. Fear not if trouble comes upon you. Keep up your spirits, though the day may be a dark one. Troubles never Inst forever, 'Die darkest day will pass away. If the sun is going down look up to the stars; if the earth is dark keep your eyes on heaven. With God's presence and God's promise a man or child may be cheerful. Never despair when a log's in the uir, ing. Mind what you run after. Never he content with a bubble that will buret, or a firewood that will end in smoke and darkness; but that which you can keep, and which is worth keeping. Something sterling, thatfwill stay When g'dd unci silver lly away. Fight haid against a hasty temper. Anger will come, but resist it strongly. A spark may seta house on fire. A fit of passion may give you cause to mourn all the days of your life. Never revenge an injury. He that revengeth knows no rest; Tin* meek possess arpeacef*d breast. If you have an enemy net kindly to him and make him your friend. You may not win him over at once, but try again. Let one kindness be followed bv another, till you have compassed your end. Hy little and by little great things ar? completed. Water, falling day by day, Wears the hardest rock away. And so repeated kindnesses will soften a heart of stone. Whatever you do, do it willingly. A boy that is whipped at school nevgr learns his lessons well. A man that is compelled to work cares not how badly it is'j performed. He who pulls off liis coat cheerfully, strips up his sleeves in earnest and sings while he works is man for me. A cheerful spirit gets on quick; A grumbler in the mud will stick. Kvil thoughts are our worst enemies. Keep your heads and hearts' full of good thoughts, that bad thoughts may not lind room. Be on your guard, and strive and pray To drive ull evil thoughts away. A Gold Mine Swindle. Boston capitalists have recently been swindled out of about $100,000 in eon neetion with the purchase of a Brazilian gold mine, known jis the San Cyriaeo. The capitalists bought the mine on the strength of samples of "washings" furnished by an old colored man whose apparent innocence and ignorance would disarm suspicion. It was not until the money was paid over to the Brazilian owners of the mine that the discovery was made that it was not a veritable bonanza. The expert who had been j sen: to investigate, and who had previously reported that the mine was very i valuable, closely observed the operations of the colored " washer." lie saw that the "washings," instead of being rich in each successive yield, tapered oft", until there was hardly any return whatever. Then it was seen that there was fraud somewhere. It appears that the washer had been in the habit, of tilling his mouth with gold-dust. He was an incessant chewer of tobacco, and he expectorated gold-dust with the tobacco juice. The water carried away the latter, and left the particles of golddust, thus indicating a large yield. When the washer was not closely watched, he could replenish the stock of with which he " watered " the gUlU-UU'O earth, hut when watched, his supply soon ran out, and his game was exposed, when he confessed the fraud. "Salting" mines is not a new thing; hut the shrewd Boston capitalists did not expect that this product of civilization was highly developed in Brazil. They have learned, however, at an expense of $100,000. not to put their trust in Brazilian mines, " washings " from which are exhibited by expectorating individuals, and that 1,000 per cent, profit in a short time from mining operations cannot always be absolutely depended upon in advance. "Business is picking up, and no mistake!" began Woollenburger the other night; "why. I nut a thousand pairs of " ""1- mnrntnir?nnlv tills ^im ra in oDuvn tmo iuw. ^ morning, gents?and, would you believe it, when I locked up this evening there were only live hundred pairs left; yes. sir, only tive hundred paii-s." Of course nil felt encouraged, arpl of course all congratulated Woollenburger warmly. But you should' have seen the mob go for him as lie hurriedly shot through the "door after*remarking, "The other live hundred pairs were rights, you know.Boston Transcript. . tfllpnrrtlloled Human Ferocity. Tlie Rangoon (India-) correspondent if the l/mdon News writes to his paper an account of the inhuman slaughter of nhout ninety menibers of the. royal Burmese family nt Mandela v. The massacre was ofclered by the King of Burmah, and the persons .butchered were ail related to him. The correspondent says: At first .he massacre was carried on accordinglo th_ old Burmese use and wont. The victims were led out of their cells in twos r.nd threes, brought to shcklo to the king, and then disposed of in ordinary Buddhist fashion. The head of the victim was tied down to his ankles, and a blow on the back of the neck from a heavy club put him out of pain. But this soon proved too mild a spectacle for the fiendish mania of Theebau. The Thongzai prince, whose insolent bearing English visitors to Mandelay will re member, on being brought to uo reverence! to his young brother?the king is just twenty-one?professed an utter sconi for what could be done to him, and was flogged to death. The late king's oldest son, the txmculent Mekhaya Prince, who used to look on all foreigners as so much dirt under his feet, turned craven, and was taunted and driven to madness before receiving the blow, which only half stunned him, when Ins writhing body was thrown into the gigantic trench dug to receive the victims. The massacre was carried on in j a leisurely fashion, extending over several days, fiendish ingenuity being taxed to the utmost to devise fresh horrors. Moung Oke, the Governor of Rangoon when It was captured by the British in 1856, had his nose and mouth filled with gunpowder, a light was applied, and lie was then flune into the trench to be stifled by the bodies of succeeding victims. The daughter of the Nyoung Yan, a young girl oi sixteen, w;ls nanaea over to eight soldiers of the Royal Guard, to he pitched insensible into the same heaving grave. After some days of this sort of thing, the executioners got weary, and hurried through their task. Little children were put in blankets and swung against the palace walls; women were battered over the head, as taking less trouble than tying them up so as tofget a blow at the neck. Altogether about ninety persons are believed to have been put to death in this way. No one was allowed to leave the palace while the massacre was going on, but it seems certain that Mr. Shaw, our Resident, was inside the palace walls within a very short time of its commencement. He had been to a concert given by one of the ministers. One object of this jnvai was to drown the cries of the victims. The remonstrance which Mr. Shaw, at the instance of our government, addressed to the king was received with the utmost contempt, and he was told in as many words to mind his own business; that Burmese domestic affairs had nothing whatever to do with the British government. American Fiddles. When Wilhelmj, the violinist, was in Washington recently, he was tin? guest of Secretary Schurz, who is, as is well known, a musical amateur of note and skill. Mr. Schurz regards Wilhelmj as one of the greatest masters of the violin the world has seen. Wilhelmj told him the curious fact that the best violins now made anywhere are made in this country; and it seems that the masters of this noble instrument will send to New York or Brooklyn when they need a first-class violin. Three men, it appears, have by their skill mastered this branch of art; two of them arc Germans?the brothers Sehmunde; the third is an American, Walter C'olton, himself a musician of decided skill, and from his eighth year an amateur of the violin. Mr. Colton is the son of the Rev. Walter Colton, a wellknown author, chaptain in the navy, and the first Alcalde ofMbnterey, in California, after the Americans took possession. The elder Colton died many years ago. and young Colton was educated under tlir care his mother, now the wife of Representative Chittenden, of the Brooklyn district. lie was graduated from Columbia College, studied for the medical profession, married Miss Litchfield, r i_l. 1 1? J v,, or nrooKiyii, nun uiot-icn umt'inr, where his fondness for the violin ileveloped into a passion. He hunted up the most celebrated old violins, and on his return began to make instruments, at first only for amusement, and to give away to his friends; but presently there arose a demand which has of late kept him busy. Olc Bull, Renienyi, Wilhelnij, and all the noted professional players come to his house, and sen:! him their instruments when they need repairing. lie employs no workmen, but makes all parts of the instrument himself, having contrived many of the tools he uses, and he aims to make but a small number of violins in the year. Many valuable violins are sent him from different parts of the country to be repaired; not long since one was received which was insured during transmission from a Western city to New York for $800, and the owner presented Mr. Colton with a bow valued at $100 for repairing the instrument. It is certainly cud that America should lie Cum/mio 4Vvi* Hint tlio nlfiv launnid jv/.i uvuno uu?i v..v r-**j ers of the world acknowledge the superior merits of American instruments.?Harper's Weekly. The Way to Do It. There is nothing like tact to help one over the rough places of life. In a steamboat cabin the man who persistently stands before the light is around. 1 'arty vith newspaper, after trying long and usnueoessfully to read in the other's shade, finally gives his sorrow words: but he does it in such a cioss-gruined manner that he gets "sasscd " back, besides being laughed at by all present. Which is not pleasant. Now, mark the man of tact. Sweetly smiling, he says, with an obsequious bending of the head: "My dear sir, I beg your pardon for mentioning it; hut your silhouette as it falls athwart my paper, though eminently pleasing to "contemplate, nevertheless, interferes just a trille with my nerusal of the contents of the sliect."_ Say something like this, or refer politely to the absence of windows in his head, and not only will he not be offended, but he will love you with a love surpassing that of woman.?Boston Transcript. A good story is told of fiener.11 um ford, Lord Chelmsford's second in com mnnd in South Africa. One day in British CaflVaria, during the Cafl're war of 1810-8, he was in the act of sitting down on the ground, placing one liana beneath him for that purpose. He felt something clammy to the touch, and found to his horror it was a pull-adder, a most venomous reptile. Another nan with less self-possession would have removed his hand, probably to be stung in the act. Not so Clillbrd. With great presence of mind he held the snake down firmly with one hand, with the other drew his clasp-knife from his pocket, opened it with his teeth, and then coolly severed the reptile's head from his body. A nervous woman should not he made the victim of a practical joke. An English woman living in Birmingham received a registered letter for which she had to pay ten-pence, and when she opened it she found a blank sheet of paper and a farthing. The trick made Iter melancholy and morbid, her mind lost its balance, and she put an end to her existence by cutting her throat with a razor. Not at one, two or three only, bui at the tlvo grout world's expositions held during the la twelve years, the Mason A Hamlin Organ Co. have received highest honors. This i {nothing ess than demonstration that their orgaas tiro ho best. * 4 Eyeslfrht. T1ii> l.itp Dr. W. II. Hall, in 1111 artu-lo about taking carp of the eyes, saitl: Milton's blindness was the result of overwork and dyspepsia. One of the most eminent American divihos (the kite Albert IWnes) having for some time bceh compelled to fni'egn the pleasure of reading, spent thousands of dollars in value, and lost years of time in consequence of "jetting up several hours "before day and studying by artificial light. His eyes never got well. Multitudes of men and women have made their eyes weak for life by the too free use of the eyesight, reading small print and fine sewing. In view of these things, it is well to observe the following rules in the use of the eyes: Avoid all sudden change between light and darkness. Never begin to read or write or sew for several minutes after coming from darkness to a hrfght light. Never read by twilight or moonlight, or of a cloudy day. Never rend or sew directly in front of the light, window or door. It is best to have the light fall from above, obliquely over the left shoulder. Never sleep so that on the first waking the eyes shall open on the light of it window. Do not use the eyesight by light so scant that it requires an effort to discriminate. Too much light creates a glare, and pains and confuses the sight. The moment you are sensible of an effort to distinguish, that moment cease, and take a walk or ride. As the sky is blue and the earth green, it would seem that the ceiling should be a blueish tinge, and the carpet green, and the walls of some mellow tint. The moment you are prompted to rub the eyes, that moment cease using them. The of Strong IVerven Ib recoverable, not. by the use of mineral sedatives, but by a recourse to effectual tonic treutmont. Opiates and the like should ouly be used as auxiliaries, and then as sparingly as possible. Vigorous nerves are quiet ones, and the most direct way to render them so is to reinforce the vital energies. That sterling invigorant Hostettor's Stomach Bitters, v. ill be nil.finfTlripnt for this nurnose. since it entirely removes impediments to thorough digestion and assimilation of the lood, so that the Ifody is insured its due amount ot nourishment, and consequently of stamina. Rheumatic tendencies and affections of the kidneys aqd bladder arc also counteracted by tlio Bitters, which is besides a pleasant medicinal stimulant, infinitely purer than the raw excitants of commerce, which react injuriously upon the nervous system. California. A California Colony Is being formed at Buffalo, N. Y., to settle a tract ol seven thousand acres in California. Those wishing to know all about it and California colonies, can learn by inclosing six cents in stamps to California Colony, 14 W. Swan Street, Buffalo, X. Y., or to Wendell Enston, 22 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California. How to lie BeantlAil. Many hundred thousand dollars are annually expended by ladies for "artificial" appliances to hide the shrunken and wasted form, or the sallow skin, blotches, or liver spots, which are due to female weakness, dyspepsia, torpid liver and constipation. If a small per cent, of this sum were invested in Dr. I'iercc's Favorite Prescription, ladies would soon really bo what they now seem to be. It readily corrects those weaknesses and diseases upon which debility and emaciation depend. It cures dyspepsiu by toning up the system, and when used in conwitli hi- Pinvoo'a T'iottuont PSircrntivA Pellets, speedily overcomes nil irregularities ot the liver and bowels. No "bloom of youth," 110 " bcautifler of the complexion," can impart such permanent beauty of lace and form as Dr. Pierce's health-giving Favorite Prescription. To be of permanent benefit a medicine must reach the source of the disease. The reason why Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup is so successful in overcoming scrofulous, syphilitic and eruptive complaints is that it entiroly roots out those impurities which give rise to tliein. The cause of the evil being thus removed and the normal purity of the circulation restored, the skin resumes its original clearness, and sores and pimples disappear. Sold by all druggists. As Established Kkjibdy. ? "Brown's Bronchial Troches " arc widely known as an established remedy lor coughs, colds, bronchitis, hoarseness and other troubles ol the throat and lungs. Twenty-live cents. "CHEW Tin* (Y'Dimti'd "Matchups" Wood Tog Plug Tobacco. . The Pioneer Tobacco Compant, New York. Boston and Chicago. Ti c Mendelssohn Piano Co., No. 21 East 15th Street, N. Y., sell Pianos at Factory Prices Write for a catalogue. no's "SittiapBnU DnrhamTobaoeo.' **w Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco Tlmolil. First .Established! Most Successful! rnnn tvstuiwrvts have a Standard Value In a! the Leading Markets Of the World! Everywhere recognized as the FIN'EST IX TOXK. OVER 80,000 Hndi: and in use. Xew Designs constantly. P.' ?l \Vork tind Lowest Prices. Send for a Catalogue. Tremont St., op. ffaltham SI, Bistro, Mass. HOW TO QEY them ia ths belt part of the state. 4.000,000 acrei for sale. For free enpr of " Kanans I'uclfla Home. -a A rt - td?.. U _f d-11 f-anH f Kalina. ICinut I A BOOX FOR EVERY HORSE-OWNER. THE HORSE'S FOOT And How to Shoe It. By J. K. Cole. With -12 Illustraslons, 12mo, cloth. N"<> Horse-owner or Farmer can afford ti> lie without this hook. Sent liy mail to any address for 81. Agents Wanted. Address PKTEB G.THOMSON, Cincinnati, O. Thousands of Infants arc slowly starving hccau.se of the inability of mothers to furnish proper nourishment. Do not fall to use Ridge's Food. Agents, Read This! lOO per cent. Is made. Agents are making 820 to S."H) per woek. Address for Circular. Phoenix Photo Copying Establishment, 182 Fulton street, N'ew York. ItTrkXTTT V ? MONEY It MONEY XII IfJLvJlN Jilt JL I Farmers. Agents and others wishing to make Money honorably and very fast, must write Immediately. Nearly every farm coutains an article considered worthless by fanners, but now In great demand. Yon can make Hundreds of Dollars by being prompt. BLOOMIN'tr VEG. CO., Blooming vaney, ra. a a f^iTTr ^ 1. W P*4 tnm\^jui!/nkX,*m* *** * ,m* ?-3 V V~*>? / ?< paamtWifijir? l*tH??k.-?.M4l7*p?K?<4 t?4r?niii k X' V i ^V^/^.rt,.pNt.MWlWlb'.'Cw. LU8MITB ?2 AOO.SeUXf'K rslwle^UL AlleiWe??*e?terMi HIlltPVPIfi AgentsWauterteverywhere MIIkP It A\ t0 M" to families, hotels I Walk I kffwl and large consumers; largest stock In the country; quality and terms the best. Oonntrv storekeepers should call or wTlte THF. WEI.l.S TEA COMPANY. 201 Fulton St.. N. Y. P. 0. Box 4.VJ0 DADV'C ITrtOrt Cheap, easily made. OAHT O r 17UL# equafs mothers'mtlk. lte. eipt, si. JOUN ML'XBO. Bathurst Ylllage.Canadtt. SODA rOUNTAI NS-tW ??. *? ?<>?? Stopped resdr for u?e. For c.Uleguc, dee., addreo gm t'hoyrauu A Co.. tUdl.au. lad.-Bia ViMOW * SK vour Dructlst or Storekeeper for ONJIli^V'.N J\. Itl.tltltHKA HKMF.nY. It Is the Pest t'nni i>lc\tou .^nuvihinq mtirffy ue.T. Send 3>*. stamp <fc IMiyslquMer rlr. nl.tr. Itnj t'.ras'ier Knl'-.V.V. CQOnn* YBAR7HoVt?Maki ltTjr? igma I ^OOUU^ 001 * I0N6B, Bb IiHlblU ?*Wi???? COMMON-SENSE *l|f Chairs and Rockers Jt3w With or without Reading Table. \ No Otllre, Library, public or prtYastexr' vate. Sitting-room or Piazza should ?fafwSOifij he witliout some of my Rockln-C&E&Sei'l Chairs, 10 roomy, so easy and dur?EgBH&,?f ablel Try my Puritan Rocker, or , Old Point Comfort, and youw 111 . MfjjftMiEjgJreii?* find Kcsr. Send stamp for lllusW trated Price List to ^JSgaajg-i^fleatf F. A.SIXCLAIR, Motttilh, y. r T P A ^ f AHi^ t n V AXJL TIXE TI 91E The very best goods direct from the Importers at Half the usual cost. Rest plan ever oflered to Club Agents and large Ituyers. ALL EXPRESS CHARGES PAID. New terms FREE. The Great American Tea Company, 31 and 33 Vesey Street, New York. P^O. Box 4335. W WARNER BRO'S CORSETS received the lilchrat Medal nt the recent PARIS EXPOSITION, over all American competitors. Their FLEXIBLE HIP CORSET t ISO (mors) In wabeantjcd not to hrrtK JSf'i'lIll.VHk ?v?r i:i?iilp?. riire?i.w. mcr IMPROVED HEALTH CORSET ? / , i / i rlpL '? nia?ie wltli th* Tainpieo Pu?i. wtikn ff! lit III 11 III not and ffexlbl* and coolalut uci vWlllll ILP*" bono. Prlra by matl.ll.fcO. Villi ILr For Pale by allltadlBK mtrchaat*. WARNER BROS., 351 BPO?dw*j,?'.T AGESTS WANTED FOR "BACK from the MOUTH of HELL. By one who has been there! "nine ami fall of the MOUSTACHE." By the Burlington Ilawkeye humorist. " 8amantha an a P. A. and P. I." By Joslah Allen's wire. The three brightest and best-selling books out Agents, you can put these books In everywhere. Best tenns given. Address for Agency, AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.. Hartford, Ct.; Chicago, UK P~ agents wanted for the ICTORIAL HISTORY of the U.s. The great Interest In the thrilling history of our country makes this the fastest-selling book ever published. Prices ieduced 33 per cent. It Is the most complete History of the U. 3. ever published. Send for extra terms to Agents, and see why ft sells so vciy fast. Address, Natio.hil Pcbushiso Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. I Bed Men, Druids, and all other Societies msdo to order hv 33. C. I.IJley A Co., Columbia, Ohio. Send for Price IAntn. Military and Firemen's Qoods, Banners A; Flags THE NEW YORK SUN. DAILT.4 pages. 55 rts. a mouth; .90.50 a yoar St'IVlSA *, 9 pages. SI.SO a year. WEEKLY, 8 pages. SI a year. TXIE SEAT has the largest circulation and Is the cheapest and most Interesting paper lu the United States. THE WEEKLY Sl'X Is emphatically the people's family paper. I. W. ENGLAND. Publisher. .V. T.*Cltr_ Soldiers?Pensioners. We publish an eight-pace paper ?"Tin National Tribcne"?devoted to ttie interests of Pensioner*. Soldiers and Sailors and their heirs; also contains Interestlug family reading. Price. Fifty cents a year?special Inducements to clubs. A proper blauk to collect amount due under new Arrears or Pension Hill, furnished gratuitously, to regular, subscribers only, and such claims tiled In Pension (Hike without charge. January number as specimen copy free. Send for It. GEOltGE K. LEMON A CO.. Washington, J). C. Lock Rox 325. ROLLER'S jgE COD-LIVER OH .-p* Ih perfectly pure. Pronounced the best by the h'ghcat medical authorities in llio world. Given highest award at 12 World's Expositions, and at Paris, 1ST8. Sold by Druggists. W.H.ScbieU'elln A Co.,N.Y. Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs Demonstrated best by HIGHEST HONORS AT A I.I WORLD S EXPOSITIONS FOR TWELVE YEARS, vis. at Paris. 1S67; Vienna, 1S73: Santiago, i-75; Philadelphia. IHT6; 1'aiiis. 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