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AVILI) ASltf AI.S. Horn iu tHe 1'iiiSril StatcH and the ! f ^ of KnMnt Tlwai-Tli? Value j j of Sonic InlmaU. Probably less is known of the extent,'t value and number of vnre and valuable I * boasts reared in our midst than any subject of interest to the public. It horses, i cows, coits and calves have a market j value, so have tigers, lions and their young, for of the latter many are born in the United States every year. During the past five years no loss than seventeen little lions have seen the light of day, thougn only six reached years of maturity. The details of their nursing are peculiar. The lioness is not approached until the cubs are fully three or four months old. Thev are then, by means of strategy, < separated, and weaning eotnmencedi A ] quart of milk, together with nice, hone- . h-ss, juiev cutlets and titbits are given < them daily until the seventh month, I ] which is the critical period of cubs. It i they got ovor that, they stand a fair j chance of living a l. ng tiiue, though the j period of tooth-shedding, which goner- < ally occurs at twelve months, is attended with danger. ; It ic .? L-nrnvn tli*it Uiitiu nttnrOipd i to traveling vans, under proper care, are the most healthy and lively, and thrive better than those in zoological gardens. In this country a lion has been exhibited thirty-live years, and, as far as could be judged, was fifteen years old when captured; so that he certainly was over fifty when lie died. In eight out of ten e:ises congestion of the lungs carries them off. The amount of food given a lien is less than one would suppose, thirteen pounds of beef a day, with bones ad lihertum, bea fair allowance. When fed regularly they show little disposition to glut themselves, and will rarely exceed fifteen p.?unds, even though a chance be given them. The greatest cafe is exercised in keeping their cages clean, as they are constantly shedding their hair, an accumulation of which adhering to their food, and, being swallowed, making them sick. The largest number of these animals are imported from the French province of Algeria. There is no affection in a lion; lie knows his keeper and fears him, and will obey him, but there is no affection between them. The value ol lions is varied, though a good pair will readily bring $4,000, and the demand is constant. Rare animals are Bought after constantly ?y me various zoological in- i stitu lions and menagerie owners, in } many instances they having paid fabu- t lous prices for the more rare species. ( Tigers command about the same price ( as lions, but are comparatively scarce ? :md not so popular as the lions. I Elepliants always find a ready market, two or three being imported yearly into i this country, and sell without trouble at i $6,000 to $8,000. Even a dead elephant t will find a ready buyer at from $100 to < $300. The African specimens are the t finest, being twice the size of their In- < dian brothers. _ * Giraffes arc exceedingly rare in the < United States, in nearly every case being I able onlv to make the voyage from the i Cape to England or the Continent. The j voyage to this country enfeebles them so i that many die during the trip or im- i mediately after landing here. The least i cold sensibly hurts them. They are i dainty feeders and much given to con- : suming cabbages. They are valued at. , from S8,ooo to^iu.uw ap*?. Tl,? .l.innnorni: and hlDDODOtamUS 1 market Ys always an active one, as very i fijurlMtve over reached tins country alive. 1 The hath of the latter renders his trans- | portntion almost impossible. i The South American monkey is nl- < ways in demand, while those of Africa are a <Itug on the market, they being I (iffi and lazy and easily caught. The methods of catchinirthem are numerous, i In South America the natives fill gourds I ??^ - - wiih rum, which the monkeys drink. and, becoming totally unconscious under < its offecbsare easily taken. In Africa^ wooden vessels are used, into which I they thrust their hands and cannot re move them. They range in value all the way from $1 up to $500. Africa is the great stock farm for animals. The Boers, a hundred or tw? miles above the Cape, are constants catching animals, and find a ready mar ket at Cape Town for them. His Explanation. About a year since a lady visited on of our haw jewelry establishments t. have some hair of a deceased friend made into a charm. On receiving tie charm she noticed that it was lighter ii color tlrn the hair it was supposed t< have be-. 11 made from. She called the attention of the " Artist in Hair " to tin fact, who replied, " with a smile whirl . was childlike and bland," that " in pur ting the liair through the necessary process of baking, in order to have it retail its shape, it turned a shade lighter." i This perfectly satisfied the lady at tie . time. A few days since she thought slu , would have some charms made from th . same hair, to bestow as Christmas sou- f veairs of her deceased friend. Shetlc re.f -re call'd upon the same artist who had done her previous job, and left the order. . On calling for the charms she wa> j greatly surprised to find them of h j darker color than the hair she left. She mentioned this to the artist, who replied with tl 10 same patronizing air. You sec. madam, in putting it through the : r i ' upriTiuuu oi uiiKing, in oruiT to have it retain its shape, it turns a , shade darker." j " Rut." the lady replied, " I had some i work done here about a year ago. and you told me that the hair turned a shade | lighter in baking." " Yes'm, yes'm," replied the somewhat ] bewildered artist, "ah ?sometimes J lighter and sometimes darker."?American Punch. . A Bride Who Could Xot Live on Air. The San Francisco Chronicle tells of a j city belle who married a servant under I the impression that he was assistant ' consul to Mexico. After three months | she returned to her parents, leaving her husband the following letter: 1 Mh. Frank Homf.r?I am deeply sorry that hunger and other circumstances over which I have no control compel { me to write you this note. I find that ] you are utterly unable to provide for * rue, and as I am at present unable to < provide for you, I will have to leave you and return to that happy home whence you stole me, and once mora fill it with the sunshine of love. Had I known that > you expected me to live on the morning ' breezes for breakfast, the tradt-winds < for dinner and the evening fogs for sup- < per, I would have honestly tola you that ' my constitution would not be equal to ? it, even where the atmosphere is so odor- t ous and substantial as in this hotel at * Tar Flat, and would have declined to become your wife. If you shall ever r ? :n iuai i j aiiuuin i uust juu Will remember the advice of your first wife, i and that the domestic menu will consist si of puddings made, of plums rather than 1 of the nox-th winds, xind pies of pump- ' kins rather than of zephyrs?in short, s that you will provide Her with a bill of t fare rather than a bill of air. If you I meet me on the street hereafter, pass me s by as a perfect stranger; for if you do ' not, I will be compelled to give you the i cut direct. Your wife, 1 MaKY IIOMElt. t - I A young man in Nebraska sent an offer ? of marriage to a rW in Iow.-t wl?onx lie : fancied, and in reply received this tele- : gram: ' Uoi?e on with your minister." 1 l How a Comet Struck the Earth. It was a very small comet, and just lie merest corner of the earth?but I nust tell you the whole story. About the year lb39 we went to live on he banks of Rock rivgr in the beautiful State of Illinois. * During the early part of that winter, :he tirst newspaper was printed in the little town near our settlement. It was . ailed the Star. My brother wrote some unbitious verses-=-chantihg the praises if this "Star of our country! Star of >ur banner! Bright Star ot glory that ihineth afar!"?which were printed in the first number, unci accordingly lie was chosen from among the youth of the ;own to be the printer's imp of the Star DlVu-e. iiow I admired, with just a flavor of ?nvy, his sudden elevation! I used to seep in at the windows, for I was too diy to enter by the door, and would watch the inking of the forms with the liand-rol'er of those days. And I actually came to think my brother's good looks were improved by the smutch of ink he habitually wore over his eye or jn his nose I Well, it was here, hovering about the Slar ofhcOv helping occasionally lo wash :ho forme?alter I had grown hold Jhougli to go in?and lending a hand to ?ick up the type, clear away the pi and sweep out, that I had my first dreams ot the life awaiting me in the busy world, frue, there was no fountain of inspira ion that tlowed lor me there, unie-? i> was the ink Jountain of the old Washington press, but my visions were shaped by in objeet hanging against one of the \aae-stands; and that was?the foot of m old boot! One day, exploring that dark abyss in the Star office^ I found a lot of types that were only slightly defaced; and then :ame to me the lucky thought that I :ould beg these, and pick up enough more like them to set up by-aad-bye a printing oflice of my own. No prairie sun-dower ever grew so quickly us that idea, and soon 1 walked ivithjuy head among the stars. It happened, too, just about this time, that ; very body was expecting a shower of ueteors, or " falling stars " as they were :hen called; and although 1 did not see ;hem, I was constantly thinking about hem and the Star, and trying to work >ut in my mind a plan for starting my irinting oflice, and, at length?how the ,bought thrilled me?publishing a paper ill my own! How should I print it? IVliat name should I give it? My spare jours were spent in trying to lind inswers to these questions. And all ;he time that tantalizing old Star was jomingout as regularly as any heavenly jody in its course. My paper must have i name taken in some way from the sky; jut what should it be? Meanwhile, no stamp collector ever vorked more diligently in gathering varieties than I in getting together the ;ype for my enterprise. The proprietor if the Star gave me the contents of :he old boot, and I searched daily the sweepings ol the oflice to add to my stock. I did "chores" for a friendly . arpentcr, borrowed his tools, and inally took him into my confidence. I mule a type-ease by boring in a thick 3lank as many holes as there are letters n the alphabet, with extra holes for minerals, "spaces," "quads,"*"points," louble letters, etc. I made a press by lailing to the end of a well-seasoned 'trip of two-inch oak a piece of hard sgijare and an inch thick, lilt Stlip oi oaft Was i?u ivi .. ong. and the hard-wood piece formed an jpright, the strip, smootlily planed and oir/ilru] niol'intr f lm ho/1 *h,? A iVM, *UI?(vui^ niv UVU ui IliC A " cleat," nailed alone the upright on its inner face, furnished a fulcrum, and a stick four or live feet long was the lever. You will see presently how this liome-made press was worked. "Give me the fulcrum," said Archimedes, "and I will move the world!" I liadfc, fulcrum and a lever, and with them [ hoped to lift into existence a new body >f celestial name. But I was like a young bear?ray roubles were all ahead of me. When I >egan to set up my battered type, 1 brought about me a very hornet's nest >f discouragements. Still I held bravely >n. My jack-knife was constantly on Juty straightening up the sides, 01 pending the fa?es of the crooked and >erverse little letters. When "sorts." >r particular kinds of letters failed me. I had to reconstruct them entirely, al vavs so far mindful of my "p's" and qrs" as to turn those letters upside lown when I was short of "d's" and * It's." I mrute capital "F's" with E"s,".just chopping off the lower limbs: md a " (J " learned to cry " O " after I iad cut away its tongue. The severesi train, however, was to make two " V's " iand for "W." Imagine the editorial >f a paper opening with the quotation : 'When, in the course of human events, i becomes." etc! Through these many similar diili. ulies I led my little columns of brok-n English, until they stood at last in Initio array on the bed of my press, which lad been made true with the aid of ? pint-level. Four hard-wood strips brmed the " chase," or frame, in which he colunii s were " locked up " to comdete the "form." I had two pages of wo columns each, t lie size of the page hong three inches and a-half by live inches. inked the type with printer's ink, ipnlied by a ball made of buckskin ituffed with cotton. I laid one of my lampened sheets of printing paper on the nked surface, then a square of woolen loth, then a piece of hard-wood board en inches square, planed smooth and rue, and then, on top of that, another dock half the size. Now came the supreme moment. I grasped the lever, fitted it beneath the fulcrum, and swung myself over the other end! I <eemed to sit astride the handle of the [treat Dipper, in this the proudest moment of my boy life! I tel. you, there is no satisfaction like that which . omes from hard-earned success. Now was fulfilled mv lump hvinfr upon earth, by means of my fulcrum and lever, a visitant of heavenly title. The stars, including my own village St<ir, might "hide their diminished heads!1' For I stood that moment holding in my [land the first impression of the Comet. Thus was ushered in, as we solemnly say of the fourth of July and other ^reat events, the first boys' newspaper printed in the "Far West." It made a stir where I lived, and struck with as:onishment all the boys of the village. This " comet" struck the earth about sixty-five miles west of Chicago, but I im compelled to admit that it exercised 10 disturbing influence on the old planet, [t made an impression of one kina, however. Patience, contrivance and eonfilencewere not left without reward. The ?omet made me head boy in our debating dub and president of our first juvenile ;emperance society.?Edward C. Kemblc, n St. NicJiohis. A woman in a Kansas Pacific railroad ar sat lacing a man who wifn one sye, it least, seemed to be staring fixedly at ler. She became indignant, and said: 4 Why do you look at me so, sir ? " He laid that he was not aware of having lone so; but she insisted. " I beg your jardon, madam, but it's this eye, is it wt? " lifting his finger to his left optic. 'Yes, sir; it's that eye." "Well, uadam, that eye won't do you any harm. It's a glass eye, madam?only a glass ;ye. I hope you will excuse it. But ipon my soul, I am not surpilsed that wen a glass eye should leel interested in so pretty a woman." The explanation ind the compliment combined to put the woman in a good humor. TIMELY TOPICS. lute The California Constitutional Conven- (j,L' tion was in session 157 days, and cost several hundred thousand dollars. The j,', i| session was to have been limited to UK) tjl(. days, but it was impossible to complete sjl(, the work within that time, and $150.000 more than was apportioned for the purpose wasconsumed lor tin* pay of the .1 members and the convention's running ,U lu^11M-A, o \ :ii ] *" ^ 5* <luc< When the mills blew up at Minnea- ^ * polis, Minn., there was a question as to (j)0 whether or not the insurance companies r .1 should pay the damage. They claimed nl.0( thrtt the mills Were destroyed by tlie explosion, and as the insurance was against ||u, tire they refused to pay. The owners of a,m the mills held that lire was the cause of 'n theexplosion. Ex-Governor Washburn proved that fire had been seen before tjirc theexplosion. The trial lasted a week, Djiei but the jury only took ten minutes to {ire bring in a verdict against the companies jf.,, for the full amount, with interest. jts', "1 '** part According to recent official statements, pro< the land appropriated to fruit growing sity in the United States is 4.500.000 acres, thai Upon this there flourish 112,000.000 apple nsu: trees. 28,000.000 pear trees, 113,270,000 fall peach trees and 141,200,000 grapevines, ?*oui The total value ot the fruit crop through- rise out the United States is set down at lion 8238,219,700, an amount equal to half >ion the value of the average wheat crop of odi< the country. Toward that large sum the! apples are held to contribute S50.100.000, of t pears $14,130,000, peaches $17,135,000, J. a.-> , ,0 nnr> u, i-n una _ ran gTaPCS JJX.llO.UW, StliUVin-iii'O V?,wv,000 and other fruit ?10,432,000. " eii to ( Concerning the charges of the express ^ companies the American Cultivator says: onj, " The express companies in their exorbi- js t) ant charges fail to realize, or at lent fail jf t to be governed bv the laet, that in all (|ry other Branches of business, both private prp, and corporate, profits are largely reduced. The public demand lower rates s]ia in accordance with the times. Mana- snv| gers of express companies should not de- a ' lay making a reasonable reduction in ' pu their charges, and without forcing unhealthy competition, or creating public cp_, discontent by a grasping ana selfish i* ?? !C >UI P?hc>'- rod nm; A poor Hungarian lately showed a The black pearl to a Pesth jeweler, and beg- fori ged him to value it and give him what tint he could for it. He was told that the rod pearl was of great value, and that he aroi would better take it to Biederman, of Vi- cha enna, which he did. and was naturally sho asked where he had obtained possession Is i of such a rarity. The Hungarian an- Yes swered that he had got it from the valet !?? lofo Cminf T^<ll5o Ttntt.livani. It turned out that it was one of three black c pearls which, more than 150 years ago, Jist were stolen from the English crown, and ncn which were for a long time vainly sought the for, it being at that time supposed that wh< these were the only three black pearls in jretl existence. The British Government has \r0i bought the black pearl for ?8,000. jn.( aw: The following "points" are given by "J' the Rural New Yorker to persons buying horses: " An intended purchaser should ni*j have the horse brought out before him, cy.1' and watch the animal as he stands at P. rest. If the owner is continually startingthe horse into motion, and urging P"11 him to 'show off,' something may be n?x suspected, Deeause it is wnen a Iiorse is the at perfect rest that his weak points are :*ns divulged. If the horse be sound he will stand square on his limbs, without mov- Pn.r e.r - e i _ i . in, lYllf ingany 01 inera, me ieet oeing piaoeu nai ?:e upon the ground, and all his legs plump and naturally posed. If one foot be m'" t irown forward, and the toe pointing ie to the ground, and the heel raised, or it )0(1 the foot be lifted from the, ground, and ".<1' iihe weighc taken from" it, disease or tencterness may be suspected." nex nex . . , , edit In conformity with the engagement whi entered into by France and Germany tn got 1871 to keep up the tombs of soldiers $jr> tiuried in their respective territories, the p{,r French government has taken action in jnp 1.438 communes, situated in thirty-six departments, and containing the re- t|,p mains of 87,396 victims of the war; 37,- vvjt 859 French and 21,876 German soldiers vva, have separate sepulture, while 27,661 the" bodies, whose nationality could not be y0U positively distinguished, have common j,e . graves. Municipalities and private com- _j mittees have erected 349 monuments, nlnl families eighfy-eisrht.and Germany sixty- .v?i, line. The French government has con- ^iTe structed twenty-five large ossuaries. tpUl with imnosinir ornaments, at an exuense " it of 782,477 francs. The total outlay lias telYi been 2.287,896 francs, and there will he (.],j( an annual vote for the conservation of jt b the graves and memorials. b,,n staf The "Washington Post has an account i?kt of the manner in which the new ten- afte lollar certiticatcs are printed by the or 'Utrcau of Engraving and Printing: (,an: "The certificates, like greenbacks, re- had juire two distinct plate impressions, hett >ne for the back and the other for the can fiice. As the plate printers can only average about 750 impressions per day, this is the slowest part of the work. In ^ order to prepare the sheets for the first coy impression, they have to be wet down mol and subjected to a heavy pressure for (j0(1 ten hours. The impressions are then rcni taken, and the sheets are placed in a dry roa( box and subjected to intense heat. They :et are then ready for examination, when all [riu the imperfect sheets are thrown out. W01 The edges are then trimmed by ma- (>oa ehinery. Each of these machines em- pew ploys two persons, who can complete ta:_ about 15,000 impressions per day. The sheets are then sent to the surface presses t-ljr to have the seal and the date imprinted. (,']aj These machines each turn out on an (| average 12.000 impressions per day. j.av They are then sent to the numbering ran( division, where each machine averages j ?/,/, ; ;; .1.,., 'Pl.o, ll,,J *,uw impresMuiis jin usij. jliic j are usually printed first and go through ma| a long process of wetting down and dry- g.u< inS- mo: Au Old-Fashioned Reaper. One day, iust before harvest, an Ohio fori farmer went to Cincinnati to buy a par reaper. A delighted agent collared the ma granger and dragged him into his ware- f;LS{ house. As they walked down the well- js stocked room the farmer, in a meditative plai mood, quoted the line: "There is a the reaper whose name is Death," but be- g01l fore he could start the second line the edit agent broke in: " Ah, yes, I know it, Jes sir; I know it like a book. We handled V that reaper one season, sir, and I'd thke Wa* $5,000 out of my pocket this minute if tli it would undo the damage that reaper jerl did our business in that one year. You Qrc don't want it, sir. You don't want to he ] look at it. The machinery is compli- and cated; it gets out of order easily; you ]iel have to send clear to Akron for a new the piece of gearing; it doesn't cut clean, don and it nearly kills the horses; jams their c-at< shoulders all to pieces, sir. I know that 0ne reaper, sir. It's an old, old style, sir ftn and you don't want it. Now here, sir, ]10o I can show you a reaper that?" But the astonished farmer just interrupted him to say that the reaper he mentioned san was an old 6tyle, but he was certain it sori did its work well, though, all the same; was it wasn't the kind he wanted, and lie and had no idea of buying it to work on his he farm. He bought another reaper, blood- hap thirsty as a Cossack, and red as an erjc autumn sunset, and the agent told how can nicely he sold a reaper to an old fellow a j who came in there just dead set for some rap old machine that he had never heard of in I before, of 1 r r 4* resting *(}nes1ions mid Answers. A. II. asks for an explanation of / cause of tn'C rise and fall of the Jul meter, that is. the cause of changes ha< ie air's pressure. A. The course of lie haroincter is generally in the oppo- pig direction to that of the thcrraome- mo Mint is. that when the temperature of ' the barometer fill's, and vice versa, the eh indicates that the barometric sm at ions at any given place are pro- int d by the.expansion and contraction tio lie air, aid therefore by its changes em lensity. If the temperature were eve same throughout the whole extent his ic atmosphere, no currents would be tin luced, anj at the same height atmos- roc rie pressure would be everywhere tro same. But when any portion of the hei ospliere becomes warmer tl an the mc ;liboring parts, its specitic gravity is no inished, and it rises and passes away bei >ugh the upper regions of the atmos- a s re, whence it follows that the press- jui is diminished and barometer falls. iy portion of the atmosphere retains , temperature while the neighboring , s become cooler, the same effect is ;* luced; for in this case, too, the den- i" of the first mentioned portion is less I that of the others. Ilence, also, it 2' illy happens that an extraordinary of the barometer at one place is , iitcrbalMced by an extraordinary at anotlier place. The daily varias appear to result fmm the expans and contractions which are peri ally produced in the atmosphere by . heat of the sun during the rotation * he earth. ' " . A. H. asks: 1. Is there any adtage in what lightning rod men call ' rcuit" rods ?that is, two ground rods >ne point? What do you think of V i rods put into the ground eight or ... feet, ground^tolerably dry? A. The f advantage in such an arrangement ' tat it affords a better ground surface, he ground connections terminate in earth, the lightning rod will not c? re effective. 2. Arc horse shoe mag- jr' ( better than common points, or 1 uld points be magnetized so as to lift ? II a Tlio??n So nn o/ltrnnt1 tu nccuicsr j\. lucio 10 iiv C(V in :i magnetic point. 3. What is re, r opinion of tin roofs as a protection f0] inst lightning? How should they he ol neeted with the ground? A. Tin th fs, if connected with the lightning ph having good ground connections, en f prove an additional protection. wi ! ground end of the rod should be ou ;ed and buried in earth that is conlally moist. The effectiveness of the may lie increased by filling the hole lwI und the rod with pounded coke or ta rcoal. The ground end of the rod uld be bent away from the house. 4. t safe to put a rod into a well? A. th i.?Sci'cjUific American. ae ? ae The Way One Man Got On. in< auseur has a friend, a journalist of :inction. n^w holding a very promi- co t and responsible position on one of j,i best-known papers in the country, th o had a peculiar experience once in br Ling a position on the staff of a New *k daily. He applied to the editor- y< liief, who knew him well and was i" ire of his ability and experience. hc ve nothing to offer you," he said; fh ut perhaps you had better see the ringing editor." To the managing tor, v.'ho also knew him well, the ap- 3e :ant went. "There's nothing I can pc p vnn." lie sairl. uleasantlv: " wliv !., dt you see the editor-in-chief ?" The ,v t day lie maplied to both again, and hi next, cackflune receiving the same ft wer. in on the fourtli m he noticHK vacant desk in the re- L> ters' roomrkept for any one who "F jlit use it. He called the office-boy, 1 him to clean up the desk and bring ting materials. Having " moved in. sought the city editor's assignment- tv(l k. picked nut a .job that he thought jjt oilId do, did it, laid the result on the u|, ' editors desk and went home. The all t day he did the same tiling, and tiic m t, and the next. On the fifth day the Bi ;or-ir.-chief passed through the room ar ile he was at his desk. "So you've t'i to work?" lie said, pleasantly. "Yes, v" " answerecWthe self-appointed re- ,l< ter. A dn^B two later die manngeditor caSn. " Got at it at last, '> " lie inquirqj. " Yes, sir,'' answered l.h latest addition to the stalf, going on 1(?' h liis work. Tilings went on this ; for two weeks, when one morning chief came in. "IIow do you like r position?1' he asked. " First rate," m, inswered; "there's only one trouble liaven't had any money yet." " No by ley! How's that? Perhaps the manlg editor forgot to put vour name on roll. Never mind, 1 will. How an ?h did he say you were to have?" efl e didn't say, sir," said the reporter, re ing the truth very literally. The )Ui >f tired the pay then and there, dated ack two weeks, and the " hanger-on" tlu ime a full-fledged member of the hi) f on the spot. And the best of the tu * was that it was not until two years <1. rward that either the editor-in-chie the managing editor knew how it le about, each supposing the o*.!v:r done it. Two heads certainly "ere or than one that time?for the applit.?Boston Transcript. Three Cnriosities. , , 15i ot long ago the papers gave an ae- pr nt of the bursting asunder of a ( mtain near the Tallulah Falls, .. rgia. Since that interesting occur- on . e passengers on the Air Line railI in Upper Georgia have observed a 1 of water which shoots up near the op' k to a height ol fifty feet.' This ider is about midway between Toe- kc and Mount Airy's stations, and a miles from the sink in the moun- b,1 l. The water is cool and sparkling. rc, i stream rises as from a large foun- f0i i and falls in drops and mist. It is s med that when the mountain burst coi a half of it had settled there must ov e been a procure on some subter- i ean lake, which is seeking relief Prl ough the spotiT. ani his is the season for miracles in the :ter of hens and their eggs. The _ nesville (Ga.) Gazette has found' the ? *t wonderful of wonderful eggs. It liaped like the head of a ir an. Little fk feathers, which look like hair, n the crown, and these feathers are ted in the middle, just as a young II of the dandy order would part his inating locks. The white comb-line cleariy marked. The 'forehead is -m in, the arched black brow, the eyes, S ear, the nose and chin, with a little * tpp onn venrlilv he eluised. The tor of the Gazette declares that the cription is a true one. Phile H. L. Schlorff, of New Orleans, > fishing with a hook and line at eOld Lake End he felt a fearful t upon his rod, He began to pull. | at was his astonishment to find that J liad caught an alligator /our feet long [ very active. Schlorff called for p, and, three men hastening to him, alligator was hauled ashore, having e no further damage than to masti- P 3 the foot of one of the men. This is f] of the few recorded instances where alligator has been caught with the P k and line. a! She's a darling, she's a daisy." So c] <r the voung man in a quiet, musinp n' t of way, beneath his breath. He T ; just starting down toward her house, his heart was overflowing; but as g turned the corner lie saw Smythe ? d her into a carriage and drive off to 7 >y the moonlight. A sudden hush le over his sonj-. his heart felt as if J| goneness had crept over it, and he idly walked homeward, cogitating lis mind over tile dread uncertainties He.?New Havck Register. i I r Agrassiz's Power Over Animals, iccordirig to K. P. Whipple, in the ic Harper's, the late I^ouis Agassi/, 1 a wondrous power over animals, would go up to the most obstinate of 3, and alter a few soft words and vcment of his stick over the bristles the creature in the right direc tion, > pig would lift Its head erect, its all eyes would glisten with a vague elligence, it would remain almost rhonless in a kind of pleased surprise, and P1, it a m*unt of comfort. The professor ree ;n carried serpents in his hat and in i pockets with a grand unconcern, find Go >pped them sometimes in his bed)m, so that his wife was frequently iubled by finding them coiled up in tlx r boots. And whenever he entered a _ inagerie he Wa? eagerly welcomed by ns, tigers, wolves, hyenas and other ists of prey. There is said to be not T ingle instance of his having been in- m eel by any serpent or beast. ^ Dr. E. B. Foote, in his Health, Monthly, lr*s the tenement-house reform inaugur- p ;d in New York is a good movement, t that while " well-to-do people genery are hetfoming wild over the plans delivering the poor from their illntilated apartments, their own houses, urches, lecture-rooms, places of amuse- m ;nt, etc., are choked with foul air. In A jst of our large churches, in cold I . ather, more attention is given to " irmth than to the purity of the air. > a rule, the lecture-rooms of our med- ,? il colleges, which ought to be models . this respect, are as bad or worse than N heap show-room; nor can you go into jounting-room or other business place st a January day and not find 4hat more ? tenth>n is given to heat than to venation?the thermometer often marking ? jhty degrees or over." ^ Protect the System from Malaria. g [I is possible to do this even in regions ot I v ; ; A uniry wnere unusiua m uiusb mo, aim rmoi? b penodic fevers which it causes assume eir most fonuidable types. The immense pularity ol Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is ry largely attributable to the fact of its efllcy as a remedy for chills and lover, bilious inittents, and as a preventive ol the various rms ol malarial disease. In those portions the West and South where complaints ol is nucure prevail, affi in the tropics, it is g rticuLirly esteemed lor the protective induce which it exerts; and it has been very | dely adopted as a substitute for the dungers and comparatively ineffective alkuloid, lphatn ol quinine. Physicians have not en aincng the last to concede its merits, tl d the emphatic prolessional indorsements ai aich it. has received have added to the repu- N tion it has obtained at home and abroud. 1 A Mystery Explained?" Parlor scene: Mi's. Brown, who has speut P e suit mer among the White mountains in ? arch ol health, and who seems to Dave archc-i the whole mountain side without belt able to And a pair of blooming cheeks or i inch, ol healthful skin; Mrs. White, who is remained at home because her husband 1 uld not afford to go, but whose fresh comexion and bright eyes seerh to have eaugh: jj eir b oorn and brightness from mountaiu ti eezes. ^ Mrs. B.?Dear mo, Mrs. White, how wel -j >ur are looking! If you will not think me ipertinent, let me ask how you can keep so auUiy it; tins areaatui cuy: 1 navo oeen u> e White mountains, go there every summer, fact, and 1 cuu't keep off the doctor's list at at. Mrs. W. (smiling)?I'll tell you the whole cret, Mrs. Brown. You remember how K>rly I was last spring, some days even beg confined to my bed. Dr. told Mr. bite to rend me to the mountains, but I knew ! coul In't afiord it, aud I tried Dr. Pierce's ivorite Prescription. Its effects were so , arvelouu that I also tried his Golden Medical iscovery, to cleanse my system. In tnv . linion, cne bottle of the Prescription and the iscovery is better than six weeks of the r bite mountains tor a sick womun. I have \ dy been out of tlie city a week during the * hole summer; then my husband and I weni a Bufftlo and stopped at Dr. Pierce's Inva- | Is' and 'J'ou iste' Hotel, 'l'he baths and ranemicnl apparatus tor treatiug patients were* [>ue worth going to see. Besides, our accotn- ^ oda'ions were better than we had at Long \ ranch la?i year, and the drives and scener> N e Bupcrb. Let me advise you to use Dr. erc.'.> Favonte Prescription, and try the InJid .* and Tourists' Hotel next summer inaid I ll.e White mountains. j A 4 < i dy quietus is given to a hacking cough ' thai inestimable specillc l'or pulmonary, roat i nd bronchial complaints, Hall's Balsam r the Lungs, which cures consumption, bronitis, pneumonia, pleurisy, labored breathing i?l other disorders of the respiratory organs, i iicn a cough manilests itself, the early use e tl i- b Ui iiccu. iii'sl'sine is earnestly recom- J isnUed, ss the difficulty is more easily over- n.i in its incipient stago than later on. Sold | all druggists. Brow n's Bronchial Troches, lor pulmonary ' d asthmatic disorders, have proved their Icacv by a test ol many years, and have ceived testimonials lrom eminent men who ve used them. Twenty-five cerite a box. j; A cable dispatch to the Associated Press sar? at jluson & Hamlin lutve been awarded < " ;hest gold medal at the Paris Exposition for eir Cabinet Organs. Thirty best makers ol e world were competitors. CHEW The Celebrated " Matchlksb " Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneer Tobacco Company, New York, Boston, and Chicago. I'he Mendelssohn Piano Co., No. 21 East th Street, N. Y., sell Pianos at Factory ices. Write 101 a cutnlopuv. Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco. I nokePogne's "Sittiim Bull DurhnmTobacco." ,t PAPEBitfILL FORTSAliK. 'or sale at Lancaster, N". ii., a Qrst-class Mill, now In [ >ration. The plant comprises ten acres of Intnl w'th V 1 power of river, with 15-foot head. Two-story fiaine ^ 11,40x90, with annexes?barn, storehouse, shells, scales t . The Mill contains one 72-lnch single cylinder. lllce " rton k Kales' machine, complete; four 23>-;> uni l ,, itlng engints; two tub bleaches, cutters, calen i ts ' :ls; one 30 horse-power bolter; and all the appliances - running the Mill. truw plenty at $5. Wood at $2. Excellent freight l tracts go with the Mill, which is now on wiapplng. mers have other business. Ihe property, which Is valuable, will be sold at a fal ce and at a bargain. All Inquiries by mail promptly Bwered. Address HENRY 0. KENT, Treasurer. a.xcaster, X. H., 1879. < 1 Upham's \ freckle, Tan I and Pimple | 3ANISHER.' t A few applications of this reparation will remove ( eCKJes, tan, sunuuru, pimles cr blotches on the face, { nd render the complexion * Lear and fair. For softening | nd beautifying the skin it j as no equal. Price 60 cts. * ent by mail, postpaid, for ( 5 cts. Address 5 3HH F. HENRY, CURRAN & CO., J J> College Place, N, Y. * < / ri>? U'tir Ken of the Lund, the Divine, thf ystcl.ui. tliu JikIku, Use daily. In their own bomesi am omniend to all invalids and sufferers from Dyspepsia k Headache, Sour Stomach, Costlveness, Tlearthurn llgestlon, Plica, Bilious Attacks, Liver Complaints lit and Kheumatic A flections, Nature's own great and )d itemed y trrnnt's Effervescent Seltzer Aperient. the best and most reliable medicine ever ottered t< : people for the above c'nsa of diseases. SOI.D BY ALL DRt'QQlSTS. EXODU S 0 the best lands, In tne best climate, with the best arketa, and on iho beat terms, along the St. Paul, inneapolis A MaoltobaTVy, (Into St. Paul A Paclflc. 3,000,000 ACRES Mainly in the Famous !ED RIVER VALLEY OFTHE HORTH, On Song time, low prices and easy payment*, imphlet with full Information mailed free. Apply to D. A. McKINLAY, Land Com'r, at. P. M. A M. K'y. St. Pan!, Minn. jEO.ff ||0WELL^(o. 10 SPRUCE ST., IVEIV YORK. 'rinting House Square, opDosite the Tribune Building lewspaper Advertising Bureau New York Agents for all Newspapers In the Unite ates and Canada Advertisements forwarded dally (i reived) to every section, from Newfoundland I was, and from Plurida to British Columbia. Also I 1 New Yora city dailies and weeklies. Eight ThousaE cwspapcrs kept regulerly on tl e for Inspection t Ivertisers. Including all the great dalles from Bcstc San Fr.in--lseo. trom Montreal to (ialveston. : r I luty of I'ol h, Sav1 < durability and cheapness. l'nrqunl< d. A1URSK UliUS., Proprlutoio, Cat. ton, ...a* TPAQT a,iead ? & 1^/ | AT'Li THE TIM The very best goods direct from the Impellers at II' le usual cost. Best plan ever ortered ti Club Azer lid large Buyers. ALL EXPRESS CIIAIGKS PAI lew terms FREE. 'he Great. American Tea Compan; 31 an 33 Vcsey Street, Ifew York . 0. Bnx_-I233. ?* AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ulctorial i history oftheu.s. The great interest hi tiie thrilling hlstorv of our cou t makes tills the fastest-selling book ever publish! rices reduced 33 per cent. It Is the most complete II >ry <>T the l". S. ever publlsheil. Sen-1 for extra terms .gents, ami see why It sells so very fast. Address N'atioxai. Pohmsiiixc Co.. Philadelphia. Pa WARNER BRO'S CORSlTi m .w hi jfiSM recrlvrd the Highest Medal a', the rrct alJ$sa PARIS EXPOSITION, TBtttrfemZSSF over ml Amerb.in omnetltura. Tie ?S^W FLEXIBLE HIP CORSE hjfif,- ifif ii:uI?jiic?i la w aoiastkd not tohm fjTt ? down over the l>lp>. PrlreJI.tS. Tie JEfM^ IMPROVED HEALTH UtiRSI Mwlf // I'i ' '* u?atfe Willi the 'iuiupuo Bun. will Mill II/ '// l' ''1883?** *n<* and coutalne : f I Pilce by mall, $1.50. Villi I /Jr Kor M,e b* ' 1 ,'IU,,D * merchant*. Wjp T7ARNBB ??')?- '!; Rr.a#?f27; N. 1 AtiEftTS WANTED FOH 3ACK FrtOM ihe MOUTH OF HELL By one who has been there 1 RISE snd FALL. r,f the M0USTACH? By the Burlington ITawkeye humorist. Samantha as a P. A. and P. I . By Josluh Allen' wife. ' he three brightest and best-selling books out. Agen ou can put these books In everywhere. Best ten iven. Addiess for Agency, AMERICAN' Pl'MLlSfllN 0.. Hartford, Ot.; Chicago, III. IV A ?*?#l MCAC mm ? west A choice from over l.ono acres Iowa Landi, di est from Chicago, at from S5 to SH per acre, lo far >ts ami on easy terms. I.ow freights ami ready niarkc lo wilderness?no acne?no Indians. I .a nd-exp'.nrti ckets from Chleaco. free to t.uyerg. For Maps, Pai hletsand full information apply to IOWA ItAILltOAI) LAiVR COMPANY, ettin Kaplls. Iowa, or 112 llm i'ilpti Street. Chita VTOLLER S TO* COD-LIVER Oil s perfectly pure. Pronounced the beat by the h'gl at medical authorities in the world. Given hlgbe ward at Hi World's Expositions, and at Paris, 187 loid by Druggists. W.n.Schlcfl'elin Si (1 Hf\ TTnm uint'K Kemedj d UBIVI" Hunt's Hemedy a El 111\ I Cures Dropsy. Kidney. Hlndd XL Ly X ar.?l Urinary Complaints, Itrlch Disease. Diabetes and Grav __ _ Hunt's Remedy cures Pn lil fl In the Sldp. Hac* or Loins, and i III Dseases of the Kidneys, ISIadd I - ami Urinary Organs Hunt W Hemedy encourages and ci tes an appetite, braces up the system; and cood heal ; the result of using Hunt's Remedy. Send 1 ainphlet to WAI. K. CI.A1UCE, Providence, R. I. TH1 CUFETFREX" & J 1 An Infallible and unex:el,ed Remedy 1 9 I 1 Fits,Epilepsy or FallinftSickne wnrruiiteii to eflect a speedy a: rl PEItJfASrEJfT cure. 9 I Vfflrt '* A free bottle? of i fj I B111U renowned specific and a valual JS | | A Treatise sent to any gullbi 5a f JS Lj sendlnjr me his P. 0. and 1" press address. Dr. n. G. ROOT. 18:! Pearl Street.N ew York t care fully put up in tin cans. Sold at 3Sc.. tiAe.,41. I..Vi. Take no other. In use for to yea's. WOOLRIC ; CO. on every label. Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs lemonstrated best by IIIGREST 1I0X0RS AT A J WORLD'S EXPOSITIONS FOR TWBLVE YEARS, v! t Partis._ 1.867: Vikxxa, 1SJ3; Saxtjago, 1875; Philad HIA IX.fi. t'AKtS. I"7s. HIM IxRA.XD SWEDISH UOLD il*D 878. Only American Organs ever awarded highest b< rs at any such. SoM for cash or Installments. Illi rated Catalogues and Circulars with new styles a rices, scut free. MASON' k HAMLIN* ORGAN C loston, N'ew York or Chicago. \4e Kill l.Yt TKKL I!Alt ' I'KNCK V.'IRE. IB ^ V..!-r:-.i-r.t?ofI i a.vl all tic- \J TRCTII la MIGHTTt I \ viiik M** r?w *r tj?? iU ( V|g I *' 'l4'r' '* l " " ^Tj^j ygnGML rui |H? (fin* a~1 place ?k?re r*? Pf'flts en 15 days' Investment of eif J IU ju ,n Knns-ls Paclflr. May IS. * 1 * 'roportlonal returns everv week In Stock Options $30, -MOO, taOO. )tllcial Reports atnl Circulars free. Address ' POTTRK.WIGHT .t CO.. B Hikers. urt Wil' St.. S. We will pay Agents a Salary of flUO per month at expenses, or allow a large commission, to sell " ?r ne and wonder." >1 inventions. B' ? m :t ac plo free. Address SHERMAN' & CO., .'".rthftll, Mich \ I ARfiP CF1KCKKR-I10ARD, set of Checker-M lul-,.rent $5 Prize Puxxle,and sample packs 'ancy Colored Writing Ink. all for two.lc.atamt Address FORXKKKTTE k CO.. Baltimore. Md I orl/ Qhnn SfwIiigMaclilneCnHti Ol lUC Entirely new. Best thing he market for Agents. Illustrated Catalogue free. A .1.1... ... ? 1J If 11 ITnnPII I. f.V Pln..lnn.<il Cl YOUNG MEN :;r?Ii>'7?'SS^ month. Kvery graduate guaranteed a paving s!ti ion. Aihltrss It. Valentine, Manager, Janesville. Wis. SB9BBBHHHDBMHB>nrc relict ? pttim KIDDER'S PASTIlLES.ga.Tra," ten, Haas. Mn, n<nnn Invested In Wall St. Stocks mat SI U TO OI UUIJ fortunes every month. Hook e free explaining everything. Address ItAXTKK ? CO., itankers, IT wall St.. %OI>A FOIiVTAl.VS-m *!. >. $Hdnmf#SO. k Shipped ready fcruse. Kurcatalogue,Ac.,address t w Clinpmnn & Co.tMadison.Ind.arHI VXllOt t|A PAY.?With Stencil Outtlts. What costs c I l_ ets. sells rapidly tor no cts. Catalogue fi< IIUs.M. SeE.scr.K, 112 Wasli'n St., ltnston. Mass POCKET OICTIorVA 11Y,<10,000Wordi'ai Dr. Eoote'n Health Monthly, one year. ."HJ [i'iiiuy ii11.l Hub. Co., ISO E. lINtli St.. New Vork. inilBII Ilahlt& Skin Iliatue*. l'lio It'll I DM sniilscurod. lamest Prices. Do not fi #1 BUB?l t? write. I)r. H.K.Marsh. Quincv,Ml< , r, p*\ A MOA'TII?Aire lit? Wanted 1110 bei t*|se!ilii^articles In the world; one sample frt 'v,uwAddress JAY HKON'SON. Detroit. Mieti._ ?77 a Month aim e.xpe ses guaranteed to Ageii n 1 tiatllt free. Siuw \ Co..august*. M*in* VSK your Driiatlst or Storekeeperfor OSMI'iV OIAKKIIIA KEMKDY. It Is the iient. UQQfifiAYEAR. How to Make It. Jjm DOOUU??*< *A)ii Jc kvNGE, St. Iwaia, Mi H B If yon aro ip i Interested IK In tho inquiry?Which is the* best Linim.Mit for Mini ami , Jtteast??this is the answer, ::t-a 1 tested bv two generations: t!io" iIL MEXICAN MUSi'ANU MM- Wt MENT. Tho reason is sim- i pie. i t penetrates every sore, 1 wound, Oi' liUUt'lieSS, 10 Lilt? very bono, anil drives out all i inflammatory and morbid matter. It44 goes to the root" of the trouble,-and never fails to cure fn double quick time. .s . > TheCospelof Joy. 1 ~ 2 The Gospel of Joy f" Is a new Singing Hook of unusual beauty for Gospel j Meetings, Camp Meetings, Devotional Meetings anfi " Suniiay-sehoois. in By Rev. Samuel At mas and S. H. Srncx. It contains a Urge number of new ami very superior Hymns and iTutiea. Th? general style Is very cheerful and blight, *a befits a collection that lias so much to say and sing abou ' Glad Tiding* of Great Joy." Both words and music arc of an elevated character: c. "amending themselves to persons of refined taste, and the " dancing measure " so prevalent In many recent compositions has been carefully avoided. Price 3ft ct*. for which specimen copies will be mailed to any address. # Se Decoration Day Music In the Mcsical Hacoan, 6 cts GOOD NEWS! 1 (3ft cts.) the genial Sunday-school Song Book, has thousands of friends. Do not fall to examine and try ItThere arc 270 Songs, In the composition or selection of which great t?s?e and ability has been displayed. KxK amine also "Shining River" and the "River of Lilt, ilf two standard books of great beauty. OL1YER DITSON & CO., Boston. p C. H. DITSON CO., " 843 Broadway, N?w York. J. E. DITSON <fc CO., ? 933 fhtrtnnt (Wreet.Phll*. to 1 ? J till li Ml [iTTT1'? t mvv^-^s^BLVJBVmm i^ROLEUWT" JfcJULY VASELINE. . I. b Grand Medal at the Philadelphia} - pjrpottition. Silver Mednl at the Paris Exposition. ' The most valuable family remedy known for the treatment of w. unds, burns. .- re*, int.-, -kin diseases, rheumatism,.cbiiblaiti.i, catarrli. i.cnjenholds. etc. Also * * for roughs, colds, sore throat, croup .tod diphtheria, etc. -v^B Ut Uaed and approved by the leading phyi-dctuns of Europe 11 and America. V t>. The toilet articles made from pure Vaseline?such as m us POMADE.COI.D OKEAM. UAMPlfOK ICE. I'Ud TOILET t>- SOAPS?arc superior to any similar onts. TbVJMKM. COLU ATE & CO., Sole Aeents, Slew Tork, 25 and 50 cent sizes of all our goods, r Sold by all Drugylsta. S5?2SHESR I la tlte Old llell&ble Concentrated Lye , FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING. u at Directions accompanylne each can for ma 8. Soft and Toilet Soap quickly. 1 IT 13 FULL WEIGHT USD STRRSOIB ' The Market is flooded with (so-calied) Concentrate Lye, which is adulterated with salt und resin, and woe' er make toap. ?* SA VE M0SF.7. ASD BUT TUB ga?K ?!! ' Jill I s SaponifieR ? MADE by tfe or Pennsylvania Salt Ha?nPg Co., prrrr.t nri pwa. 0., Ftrat Established I Most Successful J THEIR INSTRUMENTS have a Stanaara ?mur the 2 Leading Markets Of the World ? Everywhere recognized as the FINEST IN TONE. \ OVER 80,000 lj .tfnde anil In use. New Designs constantly. Best f Work and Lowest Prices. t&- Send to a Catalogue. [1 Tremanl St.. opp. Mm St.. Bflslon. Mass. ? Soldiers-Pensioners. We publish an eight - page paper?"The Natiokai | Tribose"-devoted to the interests of Pensioners,SoW * dlers and Sudors and their heirs; also contains Interesting family reading. ia Price. Fifty cents a year?special Inducements to clnhg; " A proper blank to collect amount due under new Anq" rears or Pes mo.s ltii.l, furnished gratuitously, to regular subscribers only, and sucli claims lUeu in Pension Office an Without charge. January number as specimen copy free. iec Send for it. GEORGE E. LEMON A CO.. Ia. Washington. f>. C. Lock It* x 112ft. r.XKTtnlTLK WARRANTED A r. perfect cure for all kinds ot PILES, in Two to four bottles in the worst MHRU eases of l> PKOSV. SCROFULA, nsMsUM mi.r RltKI'M. RHEUMATISM, KIDNKYS.DYSPEPSH.CANChR, D<l KJfTAjAl CATAKKII. anil all illseasic "f the ? K&JmMN SKIN" and Bl.OOD. Kntlre.y \ ece14' tal>le. Tntcnial ami cst'-rnai use. faft., V** n.?Mli M?nov retimed In all caaes of fallV" ' nr.-: none fori'P vears. Sold e veryit, wlure. Send for pamphlet SI a bottle. & II. O. FOYVLE, ItnMon^ J? Hflissiel railSwsyand Coiusn.. I urttl by M. J.il!rtt A- Co., (.Uum- I 4 bits, O. Semi for Pi Ire Lints. ; 'c? 0?*Knlghts temple Uniform; n Specialty. I -j Military. Societv. and Firemen's Goods. * THE NEW YORK SUN. h n > IT V .* ...... K9C..t. ? n...n(h. Cilm > v..?r Hi svndavism Res. 81.20 a year.' e. WKEKLV.Spaces. 51 a year. TTIK SIX lias the [argot circulation ami Is the r Jieapest and most InterestinK paper In the United States. - TIIE WEEKLY SI X Is <nij.!iatloa!!y the po? pie's family paper. _ _ E.N'til.A N't). ruiiUshcr. V. V. City. in A YEAKau-l c>i?- soti.au. nt?. t ?IM lie a. $4 4 4 Address J*. O. YICKEJU', AUfcUsta, Jlapp