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FOR THE FAIR SEX. FnsHlou Notes. Almost any kind of largo bib or collar j is fashionable now. Tiny machine-made tucks arc used to ; decorate overdresses in England. The advent of elbow sleeves makes it necessary for everybody to be plump. j The new Leghorn bonnets are only i it X 1 X N X ___ . iiais neiii ami iwisictynto all shapes. Dog collars of Hreton insertion are I made to wear with low-necked dresses, j Dresses woven from bamboo fibers have appeared in Paris, worn by belles. | Panier overskirts are made with two j curves in front, one low and the other i high. A double circular cloak is preferred ' by English ladies to the lace single capes. The tassels or ribbons used on the [ handles of sun-umbrellas match the linings. Old-fashioned cashmere shawls with narrow border are preferred to all others j in Paris, lionnets of white muslin with crowns ! of cherries are shown for the hot ' weather. Printed cotton dresses often have their : front breadths arranged in groups of j shirrings. Parasols for watering-place use arc in j stripes of canary yellow, myrtle green ] mid ir.'inii't Throat hows arc now made of the material of the dress with which they are to he worn. Deep red currants and green leaves are sometimes used for garnishing bridesmaids1 dresses. Plush will, it is said, he used by the milliners through the summer; and lush strings are among the tortures for the dog-days. Unbleached cotton cloth is now made into dresses for little girls, and when the cutis, collar and sash arc bound with bright plaid, the effect is very pretty. Dresses are growing -fuller, and are L more and more puffed at the hack, hut some have no polonaise or ovcrskirt, or even the simulation of anything of the kind by trimmings. A French woman, who wishes the world to understand that she is not in mourning, fastens a small colored flower incireh'd with black feathers in the black bonnet which she wears. nnon ?r tlio thrnnt. unrl m-irlf without sleeves are to be worn this summer. The chemisettes and sleeves worn with them may be of white, or of silk ! grenadine or foulard to match the dress. Fltchwork, As this old-fashioned work is again becoming fashionable, a few remarks about its appropriateness and utility may not be amiss. There are some persons who have a perfect passion for this work; there is for them a perfect fascination in arranging and placing the various bits of color. No other kind of needle work is as suitable for teaching a little girl the use of the needle. It is pleasant to see the effect of the combinations and contrasts, and the little lingers can work more nimbly, in the short over and over seams, than they would in the long seams of either pillow-cases or sheets. It is, besides, a nice way to make disposition of the accumulation of j remnants in the scrap-bag. Old ladies, too, like to piece bed-quilts, and "grandmother's quilts " arc precious heir-looms iu many families. It is a matter of pride with these venerable ladies to be able to do something that is useful and pretty; -? -?K?-Joubt, many memories of the by-gone years are stitched into the seams, and perhaps some sad reminiscences are called forth by the sight of a long-for gotten remnant ot ;t garment, worn in the long-ago by one whose busy hands arc placed ovei the pulseless heart. To the old ladies who delight in this work, it is doubtless a solace in many a lonely hour, and it would be almost a deed of cruelty to pronounce the labor of their hands useless. And to the little ones, who ought to learn to ply the polished shaft, it is mixing pleasure with profit. If an active, mature nerson has nothing else to employ idle hands and hours, it may do cut up calico into scraps,.|ust for the sake of keeping out of mischief; but there are so many more profitable ways of employing one's time and energy, that it seeius a waste of both to spend them upon patchwork. An aged lady of my acquaintance has, within the past year, pieced together, for ijuilts, 150,000 pieces of cloth, and showed great taste and ingenuity in their construction: and it is really a deed of kindness to mnloy her to make patchwork, :is it helps support her, and enables her to purchase many comforts with which to brighten her pathway to the grave.?Rural New Yorko. The Whirligig of Fortune. A striking instance of the vicissitudes of business life is exhibited in the following story told by a Boston paper: In a large retail dry goods bouse in this city are two persons who, a lew years since, occupied very different positions. One, a man over lifty years of age, is a salesman 011 a salary of less than one thousand dollars a year; the other, a young man of six-and-twenty years of age, receives a salary of upward of twenty-five hundred dollars. Five years ago, the salesman was a partner in a wholesale concern that went into insolvency and out of existence, each partner of which was left without a dollar for the support ol his family. The younjj man had occupied a humble position in that concern, and one cold day he allowed his dinner to get scorched while warming at the furnace in the basement. Soon the smell of burnt meat went up into the counting-room, which so exasperated our salesman that he rushed down stairs, and seizing the offender by the collar, brought him up and ejected him from the store. Such severe treatment made the lad feel rather " cut up," as he was it.. z z i _ r z i*i hip principal support 01 an nivalin mother. Not long afterward, however, he attracted the attention of his present employer, who engaged him at a fair salary, which he kept increasing until his present handsome position. Thus, from the changes and depressions of trade, the young man is up and the elder one is down. Losing Her Life but Saving Her Child. II. L. Skinner, Secretary of the American Emigrant Company, and his son, a youth, were fixing a cistern pump at j)es Moines, la., and lifted the cover of the cistern, about ten inches square. Into the opening an adopted daughter, a babe, a niece of Mrs. Skinner, fell. The mother, terrorized by the cry of the child, tried to plunge <fter it in the water, eight feet deep, and was kept back by the husband; but while he went to give the alarm to the neighbors she leaped in. The son followed, and saw his mother's hands reaching out of the water. Adjusting a rope about the neck of the babe, which was drawn out and resusritated, with one arm fast to a rope, the boy grasped his mother's floating hair and drew her to the surface. She exclaimed: "I have saved her!" Tluvope was lowered again and a slipnoose fastened on his arm, disabling it from supporting his mother; and becmnimr <? y limKtfil lio wac ftwit*i\ li?t go of her, and he was drawn out and two lives were saved. A young man, an expert in water, plunged in, recovered the woman, anil adjusted a rope about her and she was drawn out, but life was gone. S Sl'ItKOl'NDKl) I5V ZULUS. A Itirte for I.ife Down ? ltocky Pas* Swnriiiins AVItIn the Merciless Snvnges ?An I-tiixlish Victory. > A letter to the Edinburgh S-oBtnan s:?vs: I have obtained from a trustworthy souree the following graphic description of the terrible encounter on tin* Ziobana mountain. South Africa. 1 one who participated in it: On March *J? we started from our camp at Ivambula Hill, in Zululand, to attack a Zulu stronghold some twenty miles away called the Ziobana mountain. We numbered about eight hundred mounted men. and were nearly all of us volunteers, under Colonel Wood nominally. but the real command was exercised by Colonel IJuller. Wc started about eight o'clock in the morning, and very cheerful and lively we all were. About live o'clock in the evening we reached the slope of the mountain." We were here fired at, but took no notice, as we wanted to get along unpercoived. When darkness set in wc bivouacked, each man holding his horse in hand while he lay down to rest?not to sleep. During the night there was a terrible thunderstorm and we got thoroughly drenched. At four a. m. we were all astir, feeling miserable enough; our saddles were nearly as soft and wet as our clothes. We ascended the hill pretty easily, but nearly at the top the Zulus hecan to make us aware of their presence. By six o'clock we were :it the top of the plateau and our native allies were setting lire to some Zulu huts and collecting the cattle, about -,0<H) in number. After a time we collected at the opposite end of the plateau, and here we found the Zulus 1 in stronger lorce than we had estimated. They commenced a heavy lire upon us and we were engaged fully half an hour with them before we succeeded in silencing them. About eleven we became aware of the serious fact that while we had been engaging a few Zulus at one side a very large number of them had come the way we ascended, and others to our right and left, and that we were be- ( ing surrounded. A very few minutes' observation was suflieient to convey the terrible impression to our minds that : once more the Zulus had cot us into a trap and that we were going to have to : light for our lives to get out of it as best we could or die. The wily savages began to appear on every side?not in twos ' or threes, hut in hundreds and thousands. Some of them had evidently climbed what to us seemed a positively perpendflblar buttress on our left. Our retreat was cut off, and there was nothing to be lone but either " tight it out to the end " or endeavor to escape down an almost perpendicular pass a few hundred yards in front of us. There had been too much " lighting it out to the end " in the two months immediately preceding Isandula. There was but one outlet for us, and toward it we had orders to gallop. I was in the rear, and when I reached the place the sight was sickening. There was an almost perpendicular pass about ten feet wide and about 300 or 100 yards down. It was tilled with rough, ragged boulders, between which were crevices where once the poor horse and rider fell he was seen no more. It seemed full of horses and men floundering one upon the other in dire and dreadful confusion, while the Zulus were pouring a murderous tire among them. IIow I got down I do not know; I have not met with a single comrade yet who docs. The chief sensation I experienced was that behind me. at about 800 yards distance, was a very strong force of Zulus yelling in a manner the most bloodthirsty and fiendish. In one or two places progress was altogether impeded by chasms six or eight feet wide, and it was only by jumping tl>em, or rather by risking the attempt (for many a poor fellow lost his footing and his life here), that further descent was possible. Nearly all the horses were killed or had to be left before we reached the bottom. All this time the Zulus were firing on us, and amid the most piteous shrieks for mercy rushing from the sides of the pass and assegaieing our poor lonows. now any of us escaped it is to me, and almost every one else, a miracle. At last, somehow" or other, I got to the neck of the pass, escaping injury from the heavy fire of the enemy, hut only to find that on the plain in front was a big Zulu army engaged with our men, who were divided into parties and fighting for dear life. Coionel Weatherly and his corps were almost cut up to a man. They were separated from the main body, and the ia<t that was seen of the gallant colonel was his commanding figure, sword in hand, killing the enemy right and left and selling his life as dearly :is possible. The retreat homo was a tight. We reached the camp in the evening by twos and threes, some with arms and clothing, otle rs almost devoid of either. Some horses were carrying two men, others three; every one was humiliated and jlispinted. l Ins is one picture of the disaster in "The Devil's Pass" on the Ziohana mountain on March 28, 1879. It was getting considerably into the forenoon of the 23th before 1 had sufiieiently recovered myself to feel exactly how and where I was. The ordinary morning duties of camp life had been going on, and now and then I had come across a companion of the previous day whose haggard face still betokened how he had been " face to face with death." Our cam;> was to all intents and purposes impregnable. It was proof against an ordinary European army without artillery. About 11 a. m. we learned that a Zulu spy had been caught and informed Colonel Wood that the Zulus were to attack us during our dinner hour. Shortly afterward it was shown plainly enough that this was so. The Zulus could be seen in a huge black mass about five miles away coming on very slowly and leisurely. Everything went on in camp just the some: even the dinner was prepared and catei.. There were 2.000 of us, and we wen1 confident and eager to he avenged. When they got within about three miles the alarm was sounded, tents struck, the forts manned and every one stood to arms. The Zulus appeared to form themselves into brittle array about three miles off, the main hotly advancing direct to the camp and the " horns," as they are termed, stretching to the right and left. When they got within about three thousand varus the cavalry were sent out and did good service by drawing them on (firing and retreating) within range of the artillery. The cavalry, being a very small force, retired within the camp, and at about a mile range the artillery opened upon the enemy. The rapidity and precision with which this branch volleyed death and destruction into the dense masses of Zulus was admirable. Ten or fifteen of them were sent to glory every shot; next day they lay in rows. But still 011 they came with the ferocity of tigers, never halting, never wavering, never flinching or liesitating for a moment. Say what people may about its being animal ferocity rather than manly bravery, no soldiers in the world could have been more daring than were the Zulus that day. When the main body got within about 800 yards the men of the Ninetieth regiment, who were opposing them, opened one of the most deadly' fusillades it is possible?to imagine. Numerous as they ivere, this galling fire stopped the progress of the enemy, and they began to break up and shelter behind stones and trees, In the meantime the forees that had attacked our right and left Hanks had been equally warmly received. And the enemy apparently saw that they must change their tactics. They did so, and scattered themselves and began to creep up through the long grass, while one portion made a desperate rush and succeeded in getting possession of a small hill commanding the cattle laager. It was necessaW to dislodge the enemy from the hill, and Major Ilaekett and two companies of the Ninetieth were sent out, and although they suffered severely they sue ceeded in doing so, firing volley after volley and at last charging the position at the point of the bayonet. In bringing hack his men Major Ilaekett was fatally wounded and Lieutenant Bright was killed. During all this time fighting had been going on all round, and a party of Zulus made a desperate rush and got III 111 U1C uattii: uuiiii^?vvvi..r...j . of the Thiiteenth out of it. They, however, gallantly reformed and gallantly drove back the enemy at the jflKnt of the bayonet. The artillery all the while had been pouring grape and canister into the Zulus with murderous precision. By about 5 o'clock the enemy evidently began to see we were not to be taken, and began to slacken their fire, ultimately retiring altogether. At 5.30 i'. m. they had fired their last shots and began to retreat, and the cavalry and horse artillery were sent after them. Terrible execution was the result, and no quarter was shown. Exeter Ilall may say what it may, but it was death to every Zulu who came within range of the carbine of a trooner or the stroke of his saber. The cavalry pursued them for about ten miles, return ing to camp at dusk. The few native allies we had left did terrible work in this pursuit, and it was difficult for our officers to recall them to return. As they cut oil' and dispatched the retreating Zulus the cry of " Isandhlwana" resounded in the eveninc air. A New Advertising Wrinkle. The recent attempted assassination of Edwin Booth recalls an incident that occurred while that tragedian was playing his last engagement in this city, and which is the real origin of the rumor that he intends never to visit the Pacific coast again. It seems that one morning while Mr. Booth was making his toilet in his room at the Palace, the door quietly opened, and a wide-awake-looking individual slid in and cheerfully bid the astonished actor good morning. "Mow's 'Hamlet' to-day?" said the stranger, blandly. "'Fraid you wouldn't see me if I sent my card up, so just dropped in informally, as it were." " bo 1 see," said the only 4 Iago.' 44 What can I do for you?" 44 The fact is, Mr. Booth," said the visitor, hurriedly, 441 am the advertising airent for the Bazcinbees' Auction house, on Market street. Cheapest clothing-house in the .civilized world. Over 50,000 ulsters at?" " Don't want any ulsters. Can't look tragic in a coat with liftcen ridiculous pockets. A vaunt! thou?"' " Hut I don't want to sell you any, my dear sir," put in the agent; " I just come to make you a regular business proposition. Coin in it, mv dear sir; coin in it." " But, zounds, sirrah, I am an actor? not an auctioneer!" "That's exactly it. You know we agents are always up to some new advertising dodge or other. I attended your performance last night, Mr. Booth, ami it ot ^rred to me if you would only introduce some mention of our establishment into your lines, we coujd afford to pay very liberally for it." "Could, ch?" said the hope of the American stage. "Yes. You see you might gracefully wedge in an allusion to us here and there, where it would seem kinder natural and appropriate like. For instance, there's ' Hamlet.' Instead of giving simply the lines 'customary suits of solemn black,' vou might add, 4 the kind they sell at Razembees' for $24.' That would Sort of nail the attention of the audience, seems to me." " I should think so," said the star, stealthily edging over toward a Roman sword in the corner. " I see you catch the idea." continued the agent. Now, there's 'Romeo and Juliet? There's dead loads of good chances in that. In the balcony scene vou might say, ' I would I wore one of Bazembees' cheap dog-skin gloves upon that hand that I might touch that cheek.'" " You'd like that, .vould you ?" grimly inquired Mr. Booth, slowly unsheathing the sword behind his back, and getting in front of the dqor. " Yes, sir; we shouldn't mind $100 a night to have that done in first-class style. Just think how it would make trade boom down at. our place to have you thunder as 'Othello?'Desmona, where is the elegant kerchief I bought for thee at Bazembces', at six bits a dozen?' Why, sir, it would fairly?" There was a funeral from the agent's house the next day, and in deference to the last wishes of the martyr to advertising, his hearse bore on each side a splendid canvas inscription: " Just arrived?50,000 more boys' suits at Bazembces'! Call early 1"?San Francisco News Letter. Fun with the Bears. Nobody who visits the Zoological Garden goes away without seeing the bears, and from looking at them the desire to see them eat is as natural as cni'iiml t-lirnifrlifr TIipvp nrp tlirpp liP.n.v pits containing altogether eight hears. In the first pit#re two cinnamon bears, noted for their laziness and their disposition for climbing the artificial trees placed there for their benefit, and falling asleep on the loftiest perch in the sun. The next pit contains two huge grizzlies, and the third four black hears. This last pit is the chief center of interest. The black bears stand on their hind legs as erect as the stump of a tree, fold their fore paws across their breasts, and opening their mouths as wide as possible, look up at the spectators, mutely appealing to "them to drop something good in them. This is the critical moment. There is a rush of men, women and children for apples, peanuts, gingercakes, sugar-cakes and bananas, and the bears' throats become a target for the -.1.: .1 ~e ~1.1 Tf fsi-o ?? r>v. aivill *.>1 KJ ill (tliu JUUIljj. 11 ir? 11 rv\_ till v-w citing game of base-ball. When a peanut or ginger-cake is dropped into a bear's mouth, the feat is hailed with universal applause. The bears are partial to ginger-cakes.?Philadelphia Times. 46 The Empire State." A Brooklyn correspondent oi the Magazine of American History says: It is known but to very few persons that the name or soubriquet of tlie State of New York, which is generally called the " Empire State," is not assumed by our citizens out of State pvide, but was given by General Washington. The proof of this may be found in his reply to the address of the Common Council of the city of New York, signed by James Duane, mayor, and dated the 2d day of December, 1784. In this letter he says: "I pray that heaven may lwic</,,tr ifc hlessinp- on vour fitv?that the devastation of war in which you found it may soon he witliout a trace. That a well regulated and beneficial commerce may enriehen your citizens?and that your State (at present the seat of the empire) may set such examples of wisdom and liberality as shall have a tendency to strengthen and give a permanency to the Union at home? and credit and respectability to it abroad." In the United States the cwnsuraption of butter is sixteen pounds per capita, while in England it is only seven and one-half pounds per capita. The Cork Tree. The cork tree is a species of the oak, found as a natural growth in the south- AV orn parts of Europe and the northern )v portions of Africa, where it is also extensively cultivated. Its product forms one of the most important articles of4x- rt port from these regions. The tree is an ?. evergreen, not large, "rowing only irom *1 twenty to forty feet liigli, and liavjng *'ll many slender and wide-spreading |c branches. It produces an acorn which *{ is much like the acorn in taste, and is gathered to some extent for use, though, 11 as is well known, the tree is ehiclly valu- J1.1 able lor its cork. J When the tree is onlv from three to " five years old, its bark lias already at- ijj taineil that peculiar teUulum or spongy 1 appearance which is so familiar as the s< special characteristic of the cork. From tlie first, the growth of the inner por- 1)1 tions of the bark is much more rapid 0 than the outer; and, as a consequence, j1 the outer covering soon begins to crack 11 from the pressure, and ultimately to peel S' of!', its place in preserving the vitality of 11 the tree being taken by the newer growth 0 next the wood. The cork bark intended . for the market is cut off a year or two ir before it would thus naturally fall away by itself. The process is simply to cut 11 it to the proper depth around the tree, and then make incisions up and down " the trunk, when, with-a sort of curved drawing-knife, it is not difficult to cut j1 away the long layers which we see com- _ ing afterward in bales to our'markets. Of course, layers of bark when taken /* ... xi. . i. .1 i!i i.1. _ i i_ irom uie uee are round, iik?: uic iruns, hut tlioy are eitsily llattoned by soaking in water anil pressing, alter which they S arc usually chaffed before being packed 8! in bales. p The trees are generally allowed to 9, stand till they are twelve or fifteen years p old before stripping the first time. This first product is usually of a poorer quality, having more of the woody fiber. It C' is used chielly for floats and buoys, and v such coarser purposes, or else burnt for lamp-black. After the first harvest a new layer, an ineli or more in thickness, w is formed every six or eight years; and t< the trees will live, affording a yield about a at this rate, for one hundred and fifty si years. The bark taken away has ceased g to luiivc vitality; therefore its removal, I1 if carefully accomplished, is never a 11 detriment to the tree. Jt rather pro- J'1 motes its health and growth, being merely the removal of an incumbrance. Most of the uses of cork have been .. long familiar, many of them being mentioned by our older historians. Of course [j its chief use, that for stoppers, has greatly u increased since the manufacture of glass t| and earthenware has been so common. r( For this purpose it is of unrivaled con- n venience, and well-nigh indispensable. 1> Hut beside tjjis, cork is put to a great t) variety of uses, afnong which are some for which its being impenetrable to water ti and a bad conductor of heat specially fit n it. The cork sole to our shoes readily V occurs to every one ; but it. is not so well 1 known that Russia is one of the best cus- A tomers for cork, and in that cold climate large sheets of this material are slit into plates and used to line the walls of their nouses. In some parts of Southern France and Spain the cork forests are deemed among their most profitable lands. The annual product isiW-the rate of about two hundred and fifty pounds to the acre. In c Algeria large tracts of cork woods are v own?d by the government, which leases a them to individuals, receiving from this 0 source a revenue of about two million i dollars per annum. Cork trees have been planted in England, but without much success. The F southern part of our own country, however, ought to he adapted, both in climate and soil, to the production of this wood.?New York Mercantile Journal. 0 _______ e n Words of Wisdom. 1 i) nil . r. r.^1 fUrt . 1 111! Ill'rr JUU JCCl JUUISI-II m tin" I) presence of another, the more free is he. n The way to Rain a good reputation is fl to endeavor to lie what you cjesire to appear. J Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as jji doing good to their fellow- i> creatures. Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful to them. . to praise, which deceives them. None are so seldom found alone and are so soon tired of their own company as those coxcombs who are on the best terms with themselves. CONDUCT. Ilnve more than thou sliowcst, .Speak less than thou knowest, j Lend less than thou owest. Tt is with antiquity as with ancestry: nations are proud of the one, and individuals of the other, but if they arc nothing in themselves, that which is their pride ought to he their humiliation. When we are young we are slavishly r employed in procuring something where- v by we may live comfortably when we , grow old; and when we are old we per- " ccive it is too late to live as we pro- i posed. t A physician is not angry at the in- c temperance of a mad patient, nor docs 1 he take it ill to ho railed at by a man in a fever. Just so should a wise man 1 treat all mankind as a physician docs his c patient, and look upon them only as a sick and extravagant. [ Ask the man of adversity how other J men act toward him; ask those others r how he acts toward them. Adversity is 1 the true touchstone of merit in both: happy if it does not produce the dis- 1 limmstv nf meanness in nnp. and that of 1 insolence and pride in the other. ( The most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness; one who loves life and understands theuseofit; obliging alike at all hours; above all, of a golden temper and steadlast as am anchor. For such an one we gladly exchange the greatest genius, the most brilliant wit, the profoundest thinker. IlEAL'TV. What is beauty? Not the show Of shapely limbs and features. No. These are hut flowers That have their dated hours To breathe their momentary sweets, then go. ' Tis the stainless soul within I That outshines the fairest skin. i Everybody is impatient for the time when lie shall be his own master; and. if coming of age were to make one so, it ; years could, indeed, "bring the philo- i sopliie mind," it would rightly he a day 1 of rejoicing to a whole household and neighborhood. But too often he who is impatient to become his own master, when the outward cheeks are removed, merely becomes his own slave. I Deal tiently with the Ntomnrh. < II it proves refractory, mild discipline is the tiling to sot it right. Not nil the nauseous draughts and lioluses ever invented can do half I as much to remedy its disorders an a few wine- ' glassluls?say, three a day?ot Hostcttcr's Stomach Hitters, which will afford it speedy relief, and eventually banish every dyspeptic and bilious symptom. Sick headache, ner vousness, sillowness ol the complexion, fur upon the tongue, vertigo nti(l these many indescribable and disagreeable sensations caused by indigestion, arc too often perpetuated by injudicious dosing. An immediate abandonment of such random and ill-adv ised experiments should be the first step in the direction ol a cure; the next step the use ot this standard tonic alterative, which hns i eceivod the highest medical sanction and won unprecedented popularity. j Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco. | Smoke Poguc'a "Sitting Bull DurlminTobacco, ' | r I (.'niiicls in Arizona. ] Some two years since a herd of camels as driven to Yuma county, Arizona, 'it h the intent to render them servicahle 11 he Territory as bc:ists of burden. As ie expectation formed of them was not , >alized, they were turned loose by their wners to roam eastward along the Gila ver at their own ruminating will. They ppear to liave enjoyed their liberty, and ' > have profited by it. Not only have icy thriven as though they had been in leir native Africa, but they have bred berally, and seem to have become do- ( Lt'dtlUlllt'U LW LUC lU^lwil. xu ja uivugiiv lat the new generation of camels will be \ loroughly acclimated, and used to the < Ikaline waters peculiar to tlfat section. ; he waterless desert of Sonora, to the i >uth and southeast of Yuma county, , mtains vast deposits of salt, sulphur, ' orax and soda, with immense mineral res in the mountains. These camels , lay yet he employed to advantage in ' unsporting those products, for they can 0 without water as neither horses nor lules can. As is well known, the inside f their second stomach and of a portion f their first stomach is lined with cells 1 which water is stored up and retained, , fiablin." them to endure long drought. t would he singular if the rejected and vnf frmrwl fn (UUiUl 111^ UVIUCIO onuum J\M ?/v V? c the best means of developing the rcjurees of Sonora and much of the eoun y roundabout. Nevertheless, it would e only one of many instances in which pparent accident has succeeded where esign has failed. 1 During the fiscal year 1878, the United tales exported to foreign countries 21,17,117 pounds of butter and 215,620,853 ounds of cheese. Of this, England took ,251,960 pounds of butter, and 107,200,520 ounds of cheese. What the weather says to the linen ollar is " Wilt thou," and it invariably rilts. I The KoreelAilntaa of People. The Oxiord prolessor who, to avoid the wind hen diking snuff, turned around, but forgo; j turn back, and walked six miles into the Duntry, was no more lorgctful than those who till use the huge, drastic, catliartic pills, loretting that Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative 'ellets, which are sugar-coated, and little irger than mustard seeds, are a positive aid Bliablc cathartic, readily correcting all irrcguirities oi the stomach, liver and bowels. Sold y druggists. -?wr? . 1 nai tenures are liuiicicu i?> 11 uisviiieicii ver! Pains in the light side and under the ight shoulder blade, headache, nausea, inctigcsbu.eostiveness, unpleasant taste in the mouth nd low spirits arc among its indicia. Besides, ic saffron tinge it imparts to the skin is the averse ot becoming. But Dr. Mott's Vegcible Liver Pills speedily dispel the symptoms y remedying the disorder which produces torn. Sold by all druggists. The Mason & Hainlin Organ Co. have taken ic highest honors at ail world's exhibitions lor lore than twelve years?viz.: at Paris, 1367; 'ienna, 1873; Santiago, 1875; Philadelphia, 876; and Paris, 1878; and they arc the only .merican makers who have taken such at any. CHEW The Celebrated "Matchless' Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneer Tobacco Comvan New York. Boston and Chicago. For throat diseases and affections of the host, "Brown's Bronchial Troches" arc of aluo. For coughs, irritation ol the throat, aused by cold or unusual exertion ot the vocal anont-inw in iMihh'e. or sintrimr. thev Vj ?" ^1? c> ? I 7 O - SMI roducc bcncllciul results. The Mendelssohn Pinno Co., No. 21 East 5th Street, N. i"., sell Pianos at Factory 'rices. Write lor a catalogue. P APE It MILL FOB SALE, For sale ut Ijjncastcr, X. II., a tlrst-clats Mill, now In peration. The plant comprises ten acres of lun<l with all power of river, with 15-foot head. Two-story frame till, -10x90,with annexes?barn, storeuonsc, <Hods, scales, c. The Mill contains one 72-inch single cylinder, llice larton A Fales' machine, complete; four 25 >-pound eating engines; two tub bleaches, cutters, calenders eels: one So horse-power boiler; anil all the appliances or running the Mill. Straw plenty at $5. Wood at *2. Excellent freight minuets go with the Mill, which Is now on wrapping, iwners have other business. The properly, which Is valuable, will be sold at a fair rice and at a bargain. All inquiries by mail promptly i.ewcred. Address HKNJIY O. KENT, Treasurer. LaNcasTEH, N. H..1H79. GEO. P. ROWELL & CO.'S {ewspaper Advertising Bureau, to Spruce St., "Jow York. GKO. P. ROWEI.I. tc CO. conduct .in agency for the ( ( pilot! of advertisements for American newspapers. Tin- most complete establishment of the kind iu the i-oriil. .\ikm newspapers nre kept regularly on llle open to the iispcctlnn of customers. Every mlvertiscincnt Is taken at the homo p"iee of the taper, without any additional charge or commission An n.lvertiser, In dealing with the Agency, is saved rouhlc and correspondence, making one contract Instead if n dozen, n hundred or a thousand. A hook of 131 pages, containing lists of host papers, argest circulations, religious, agrlcu'tural. clsss.polltical. laily and country pai>ers. and nil publications which are peeinliy vnlunhlc to advertisers, with some Information ilwiiii prices, Is scut to any address on receipt of ten ents. Persons at a distance wishing to make contracts for idvertising iu any town, city,county, State or Territory if the t'nltcd States, or any portion of the Dominion of tannila, may send a concise statement of what they vant, together with a conv of the ADVERTISEMENT hey desire inserted, and will receive information hy elurn mall which will enable them to decide whether nlnnraMn or reduce the order. For swell information there is no charge. (irilers are taken for a single paper as well as fur a -Is*: for u simile dollar as readily as for a larger sum. Geo. P. Howell A Co. also puWish the American Newspaper Directory (price live dnllarsi, a complete list of u'l Vmerknn Newspapers,and a Gazetteer of the towns in vliieh they are Issued. A man of noted health was asked how It was ic seemed to lie always well. " I am not particular In ny meals: I eat what I like; and whenever I feel umler he weather. 1 resort to my Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient, shlch 1 keep n'.wiys In the house." Wise man, and tcouotnical as well, lie does not resort to violent means for relief, lie uses Nature's remedy In the shape of his aperient. __ soi.n iiY a i.i. intnairsTS. QAPONIRER la the Old Kellable Concentrated Lye FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING. Directions accompanying each can for making Hard Soft and Toilet Soap quickly. IT IS FULL WRIGHT AND STRENGTH. The Market Is Hooded with (so-called) Con'ontrated L.ye, which U adulterated with salt and realn. ad writ ruike hottfi. says iioxr.y, axp buy tbr SaponifieR MADE BY TUB ? 1- u.u ir?it I'CnnsyiYiliUU ami minim g PntLADKI.PniA. We will pay Agents a Salary of JWu |>ur month and exponent. nt allow a Inrito commission, to roll our new anil wonderful liirentliiis. He r.irnn tr.W tee roy. Sample free. Address SltKUAiAl' .t ID., Marshall, Mich. POCH KT DK TIO^AUVrilO.tKM) Words and Itr. Koote'n Health .Monthly, out' year, 5(k diiitttiY Iliu. Pep. llo.. 120 Km Sittth St..New York. niA PAY.?With Stencil Outllts. What'cosls 4 XKi? , t. sells rapidly for 511 cts. Catalogue fre . I#f U S. M. SfC.tCKK, 112 Wash'll St., Huston. .Mass | Improve, Remit if?, Refine and Elevate. MOORE'S CORDVCVED BY D. I?. T. MOORK, Founder and (or Ticeniu-Ave vran Bliior of Moore't Rural fiew-Yurhrr), [s devoted to the Home Interests of those who delight in Kl-weis, Fruits, Shnihs, Landscape and Vegetable Hardening, Ac., Ac. Specially designed for all lovers of Suburban and Kural Life. whether located In Town or Country. ?r abiding In Cottage, Villa or Mansion. First (June) number Now Ready. Monthly-Twenty-four Large Quarto Pages. Only Sl.50 a year?Slnsle Copy. 15 Cents. Sold by all Newsdealers. Agents wanted everywhere. For Specimens, etc., address Moore's Rural Life, .14 Park Roar, IV. Y. TIE SITE IIU CO. First Established Most Successful 1 THEIR INSTRUMENTS have a Standard Value In all the Leading Markets Of the World! Everywnererecognised as the FINEST INTONE. OVER 80,000 Made and In use. New Designs constantly. Rest Work and Lowest Prices. 49* Send for a Cata.ogue. Treaionl St., opp. Waltham St.. BnstoD, Mass iainn@3 For Ticatitv of Polish, Sarrag Labor, Cleanliness, Durability and Cheapness. Uncqnalfd. AlOESE ilEUS. Proprietors, Canton. 2Iaea F01 TEN DOLLARS CiSB we will insert a seven-line advertisement one wee's In o list of iiv.t weekly newaivtpers, or four lines In a different list of .137 papers, or ten lines two weeks inncholeeol cither of four separate and distinct list* containing from 70 to UK) papers each, or four lines one week in all font of the small lists, or one line one week In all six lists combined, heimr more than 1,000 papers. We also have lists of papers by States throughout the United.States anil Canada. Senit for our ton-pace pamphlet. Address GEO. P. HOWELL t CO.. 10 Spntce Street. Kov York. mlffl Reliance may be placed lr ?i R f- ' limit's Remedy for the | || P prompt cure of Kidney, Hlsdj > <' a der and Urinary Diseases " . Hunt's Remedy eurei nMMMH a amh Diabetes, (travel, Dropsy fflmiUI fllllll General Debility, and Palm j | R SHI 3 IV I ln ^ie SMe. Hack and Loins 1 III I 111 I Hunt's Remedy Isusei V A ATA WW A hy Family Physicians. Trs- Hunt's Remedy. Send for pamphlet to WM. E. CLARKE. Providence. R. I. HOMES IN THE WEST! Excursions to Lincoln, Nebraska, lii'nvc iVew York and mew j-,?Kinii<i mi Third Tuesday in every' Month until IJe ccmher. Kxcurtlon No. 21 leaven N. Y Tuesday. June 17, '711. Fare about half reguln rates. Fast trains anil first-ciass accommodations guaran teed. For descriptive Ijind Circulars. Information alum Tickets, etc., send address on Postal Card to PLIJil MOOJtK. HIT Itroadwny, New York. i MILITARY I Kflg and Band Uniforms?Officers' Equipments, HE H Caps, etc., made by .V. f. Lilley A- Co., |H EcS Columbus, Ohio, bend for frue LuU. Ps! EH Firemon'i Caps, Belli, and Shirts. [J Soldiers-Pensioners. We publish an eight - pace paper?"The Nations Tkibone"?devoted to the Interests of Pensioners, Sol .tiers and Sailors aud their heirs; also contains Intercstin family reading. Price. Fifty cents a year?special inducements to cluht A proper blank lo collect amount due under new As rsans or Pension Rill,furnished gratuitously, to resula subscriber* only, and such claims tiled in Pension Otllc witlue.it charge. January number as specimen copy fret Send for it. tiKOKGE K. LEMON * CO., Washington. 0. C. Lock Box lIltA T^l CURED FREE. ill x n infiiiiitiiA And nnp*rf*lU?pJ Remedy fc |J J 1 FltD^piiruiiyor FniUngSlckuct warranter! to ell'ect it speedy an 51 PEUMANEKT cure, fa 1 *mn A free bottle" of m m I l|l|l> renowned specillc and a valuabl r* I .1 Treatise sent to any sutler' Sx. I I 11 sending me his P. 0. and Ka m - press address. Da. n. G. ROOT, 18.1 Pearl Street, New Tort P "agents wanted for the ICTORIAL HISTORY or the U.S. Tlie groat Interest In the thrilling history of our conr try makes this the fastest-selling book ever publishe< Prices re Inced 33 per cent. It Is the most cotnplel Iltstory of the I'. S. ever published. Semi for extra tern to Agents, and see why It sells so very fast. Address National Poblisuixo Co., Philadelphia. Pa. MOLLER S COD-LIVER Oil ; pcrfoctlv pure. Prononncod the best by the high est medical autltoritiea in the world. Given highes ? 1 >? U'nrl.l'a Frnrwitinna. and at Paris. 187F Hold by Druggist*" W.lLSchlcflcIln Oi to..NY HOMES i ss A choice from over 1,000 acres Iowa LaukIm. di west from Chicago, at from 85 to 8>j per acre, in far lots and on easy tonus. lx>\v freights and reatlv mark el No wilderness?no ague?no Indians. I,anil-explorii tickets from Chicago, free to buyers. For Maps. Pat phlotsand full inforinntlon npplv to IOWA KAILItOAI> I. VIVO COMPANY, Cedar ltaplds, Iowa, or 02 Randolph Street, Chlcai VSflF&B WARNER "PRC'S CORSET'S / /aSHw rccrivni i:ie Hl^lt'?r fttth.* r<?ceii POSITSON. W?$S^ iT.tXIKLE fii'i coitiiE' 14 k^tPfn H'iO hours Ia n aicukti > not tob.ea / ?? / down ovrr thai hip*. i'd ejl.2.f?. T rl Mi kBL IMPROVED HEALT 1 CORS'' Jfi'lfKrlI /// Willi the I'jiuiptc- Bual. wide *','//;// '// /// IiSsSS " ,0" *',(t flulM* and contaiua n , ,/j 1:11 bon.-a. Price by mall, II. 0. \i"llli IJr Por lain l>y all Ica.Idj? 1 rcbanta. 41^ WABNKB BROS., 351 Broad'.f y. N. I .Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs Demonstrated best by IIIGHKST HONORS AT AI WORLD'S KXPOSrno.VS FOR TWELVE YRARS, vl at Paris, ISS7; Vienna, t-573: Santiago. 1S75: Piiiladi cmia, PtiCi Paiiis, W. and Grand Swedish Gold .Med, ISM. Only American Organs ever awarded highest he ors at any such. Sold for cash or Installment*. Ilu tiiated Catalogues and Circulars with new styles ai prices, sent free. MASON k HAMLIN ORGAN C< It..atoii. New York or Chicago. iiimHBPn* Is used from M.iiue to San Francisco, brlnv'li k with joy to many mothers. W0GI.KIC1I t CO. on eve label. Take no other. W KEI.I.Y STEEt. dap.:; fence wire. W tf Made under pitmti of 15*5 and all be* w for* It. Send f ircircular and yrn'O lilt, W I to ffm Hei.m Co.. L'liieac*. " dl1R;->il proilts on is days' investment of 01 0 d> lu JO K.?1!(,ls pM,.|rt0. May IS $ 1 u Proportional " turns everv week on Stink Options $2?, *50, $KH>, Official lb-ports mi l Circulars tree. Address T. i'OTTKK W'H.IIT Jt CO.. Itrokers. 3.1 Wall St.. X. TRCTII IS MXCnTT! i > '*" *'*" ^ e*Uc ** *?** *** \ [" I 7+*T r?l?r? kssWsd ?r w|'?, la.M^la ?f I * .r**' ? ?. ik? tiaaa i?4 ^sn ?Wi y% nugiflRMk, . Vlim^s'rr*' m%rr "*aj AkiTCn IMMCniATFI Y ft M I bi# iivaavaiaBr r-% mm ? Seventeen Young JIfii to lfnrn TelcscTitph: Good situation? guaranteed. Kor full particulars nddrr with stump S H K HID A N k Bl'DD, Olierlin, Ohio. KIDDFR'S PA8TILLEs|'EEO o t>1 n l <M rtnrt Invested In Wall St. Stocks mak OI U TO ?> I UUU fortunes every month. Hook ?e free explaining everything. Address l'.AXTKR k CO.. Bankers. 17 Wall St.. N. VOliNG MEN Sr&TfitfA1 month. Every graduate guaranteed a paying situ tton. Address K. Valentine. Manager. Janesviiie. Wis. nnillkl Ilnblt ?fc Skill lllstasrt. Thn 8IMBI InA sands cured. Lowestprices. Dor.otfn Ul lUIffl towj-ite. I)r. P. E. .Marsh. Qulncy, M:c Anrn t XIOlVTH-AirentalVniited-tlObei adDUflllti,'articles In the world, one sample fre v Address JAY ItKOXSOX, Detroit. Mich, vr nir Prepared for business ill tl YmiTIP* IflPTl Kochester lturim>s I II X UUllg UJ.D11 varsity #,7-Circulars fre A VKAII uixlexpensi^innKems. uuim rre Si 7 4 A'Mri-ss P. O. MCKKHV. AiK-usta, Maine. ^onnnA YEAR. no*(oM?k? it ? ip? S?3oU(J^^ UOt * tOSOB, HU Looi., Mc f v - ' ^4 'i . J 'V :; For Two Generations The good and staunch old stand-by, MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT, has done more to assuage pain, relieve suffering, and save the lives of men and beasts than all other liniments put together. Why? Because the Mustang penetrates through shin and flesh to the very bone, driving out all pain and soreness and morbid secretions, and restor- . ^ ing the aiHicted part to sound nnd cnnnla haol+n wuu 0ujfjt,tv uvmivmi 3 imBWfimmpBjw N TNU-Nt 2:1 JOHNSON'S New Method of Harmony, By A. N*. Joh.nso*. (51.00.) Just Published. Tilts new book Is so simple and clear In lis explanations. Hint any music teacher or amateur can get an .excellent Idea of the science, by simply reading It through. At the same time, n most thorough course la marked out for those who wish to he composers. Including work for niHny months, without, or still better with a teacher. Thmuandt am now learn that have not hitherto been able to <lo do. The Gosoel of Joy Is received with the greatest favor by all who hsv examined It, and is. in Itself, already a great success Send for It. I'se it In Conventions. Sabbath-school , Catherines, and Congresses," Cainp, Praise and Prayer > meetings. (35cts.) . ( <Jood New*. By J. M. Mclsiosn. (S5 eta.) ShiniuK River. By II. S. k V. O. Pnxixj. (35 cts".) River of Ufe. By Pr.uxias k ISemlv. (35 eta.) I.tvlnjc Waters. By I). P. Hodges. (35 cts.) Choral Pralae. By J. II. Waterbury. (25 cts.) , Plve Sunday-school Song Books that it is hard to beat, and which contain a great deal of line music to be found nowhere else. Any hook mailed, post-free, for retail price. ! OLIVER DITSOX & CO., Boston. ; C. H. IMTSOIV <fc C<h, i a i;j uroaaway, new xorn? ; J. K. IHTSON <fc CO., 022 Chestnut Street. Phll?_. // New York,\4lfo 1 // Ticrirtcn, Ct. A M^SETH THOMAS^ \i | CLOCKS?). - V\ TOWERS, /&// Y\ OFFICES, S&F '/ V\ "IX. HOUSES, // VASELINE. a Grand Medal at the Philadelphia .Exposition' Silver Medal at the Paris Imposition. I' The most valuable family remedy known for the treatment of wounds. Imnis. soles, cuts, skin diseases, " rheumatism. chilblains, catarrh, hemorrhoids, etc. Also - " 4 .llnhtharla. ??tf. for cnllghs, colds, sure imum., _ Csed ami approved by tlie lending physician* of Europe and America. . The toilet articles made from pure Vaseline?such as f POMADE.COI.D CREAM.CAMPHOR ICE.ond TOILET SOA PS?are superior to any similar ones. Trv tiiek. COLKATE & CO., Sole Agents, iVtw York. SS and SO cent sizes of all onr goods. ? Sold by ell Druggists. ~ To the best lands, lo tno beat climate, with the best markets, and on the best terms, along tbo St. Paul, L Minneapolis A Manitoba K'y, (late St. Paul A Paclflo. I 3,000.000 ACRES >n Mainly in the Famous id RED RIVER VALLEY OFTHE WORTH. 1 On long time, low prices and easy payments. 1 Pamphlet with full Information mailed free. Apply to -* f D. A. McKINLAY, Land Com'r, Jj St. I*. JL At JL It'.v. sr. I'nul, Minn. J, . THE NEW YORK SUN. M DAILY. I pages. 155 cts. a month; S6.50 a year. JBBtSI ? Mi: IV 1>AY. S jpages. SI.UO a year. WEEKLY, ? [aei'i. SI a year. "'WOSKvjga Til 10 SI'A' nas the largest circulation and la thSV-Mpyj cheapest and most Interesting paper In the United''?U^^lAg 1 THE WEEKLY SI'IV Is emphatically the pie's family paper. (WfT* L W. KN'GL N'D.Puhllsher. X Y. CltxJfr* r v;?2j t'jSSvri^SSSa <LN'K DOTTLE WAKKAXTED A l??*TT.TrB^^Bl n.>rfect cure for all kinds lit PI1.ESJ, ^^?0 where. Send for ^'h ' . I H. V i-.VLK. Bo?tonfr| - -BACK FROM the h^u.H OF HFLL. rq/$k By one who has been there! >. "RISE and FALL of the MOUSTACHE ^ : S?nS?hW^^ ^ The three bfthtat M4fS?rXr?."W tS? you ?n Put these - 2^'AMERICAN PIT1L13HING a | ?IV6n. A'Hircw ?? : D | CO., Ilartfonl, Ct.; ChicaKO. 111. TPsT Cfc! f A11KAD j Alili TIIK TIME *" Tho very best jroo.ls illrect from the Importers at FTnl he usual cost. liest plan over oflcreil to C!:ib Acent ? m't hi rue Ituvers. Al.L EXPKKSS CIIAKOKS PAID 1 '8 New terms KIIKE. (t The Great American Ten Company e. !tl ami X'l Vwey .Street, New York. P. 0. Box -13:15. _ ? APlin TO F. tl. KU'll & ('O., I'liitlind i'- \pMII Maine, f.-r I-est Aceiuy Business in the M'urlil. Expensive Oiltnt Free. e Ql'rn a Mnnth nn.I exponas * JJp7? Outfit free. Muw k Co.. Ai r.LstA.XUr s. . a. * SK your Dmoslst'or Storoi.i^P'Jf?r OSMX ? ? , J ? A MAIIKHKA UKMhin. It ?s the b.s-_ J