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1 11 DON T CARRY TOO MUCH SAIL. Don't carry too much sail, my friend, The morn is fresh and fair, The salt wiud? blow?the small waves go And on thv vessel bear; But 'neath the calm sea lurks the swell, And 'neath the cloud the storm, And ships go down?and brave souls drown In sight of the harbor warm. Boreef your flaunting sail, my friend, And ne'er despise the oar, But bravely stand, with steady hand, And make for the welcome shore: Don't carry too much sail, my friend, The winds fall; don't you know? The world looks ou and laughs in scorn Saying: "I told you sol" When many a proud heart's hopes go down Biting the bitter dust. When plaus of years are lost in tears, And true hearts learn distrust. Bo lower your widespread sail, good friend, Wear bravely your homespun suit, To-morrow must p*ay the debts of to-day And swallow their bitter fruit. Tis better to own the clothes you wear, And a cottage, ne'er so small. Than stagger beneath the iron wreath Of debt in a nabob's hall; Tis better to carry an honest heart Than satins, and plumes and lace, If the glitter of gold o'er a heart as cold Would only bring disgrace Be proud of the sphere of life you fill, And honor it all you can; But never forget more noble yet It is to be called a man. The best of all the gifts of heaven Is to know how not to fail; But next to this right truthful is: ' Don't carry too much sail." ?E. Alice Kin-iey, ii Detroit Free Press. A NIGHT OX THE ROOF. ^ 7 BY GEORGE E. WALSII. I was bom, and have always managed to maintniiMmy reputation as a bashful man: but wh?tr emergeucy demands it, I can rouse myself to acts of considerable boldness aud bravery, and facc.thc most dangerous risks. SV hen a youth fhP' ways preferred the society of my male companions, and shrank from encountering those of the opposite sex, with ns much fear as if they were so many bloodthirsty Amazous. But as I increased in i .i~ ?i._:a ttgc i |jcu ti v u?awiuc um ouimaiii^ uioposition, and in time 1 fell desperately in love. As Cupid would have it, the fair one to whom I gave uiy heart returned ray feelings, and iu time we were duly married. iMy prospects in life then looked bright. I pictured to myself the solid com:ort that I would enjoy in my quiet home, and. I believe, very foolishfy took an oath that I would not go out to the clubs, or into society, for the next ten years. How faithfully I kept this resolution it is not neees.-ary to say here: but I soon became a very domestic man, attending to ray busiuess in the day t:mc, and remaining home at night with my family. *>17 wife was a home body her elf, and she looked upon my dclcrmination to help her in the evenings to take ^ care of the children, and to talk with _ hetjas_a pj^st seifrgj i^^w~fessit"was uot; I aid it because"! enjoyed it, and was too bashful to go out much and mingle with my companions. In this way we became more endeared to each other, and strove to lighten the burdens of life as much as possible by mutually confiding in each other. As my business was somewhat exhausting. I always retired early, in order to get up with renewed Aigor and health. My wife, likewise, had considerable work to do, as we*kej>t but one servant, and she usually adopted my early hour rule, and erot the children to slecn as soon as it was dark. But one eventful night my wife and I had the first serious rupture of our life, and for a time it threatened to estrange our aiiections for each other. I hud retired at my usual hour?nine o'clock? aud feeling somewhat tired I soon fell into a deep slumber. I was suddenly awakened by a nrst unaccountable noise. It seemed to come from the adjoining room, and sounded like the acraping of some one's feet on the bare floor. I lay awake for a moment listening. It came again, only more distinct, and accompanied by a groan or growl. There was but one th ught that entered my mind; burglars were in the house. The idea did not seem to be especially terrifying to me,although 1 had always entertniued a horror for such desperadoes. I rai-ed myself on my elbow and listened again. .My wife was clonninrr nalmlv Kv mr iltPfitnintr i.f anything but robbers. I would not I awaken her. a* the fright would probably make her ill, and so I resolutely dc-| tcrmined to meet the robbeis alo:;c, and t trust the rest to a wi.-er hand. My presence of mind was remarkable I forme; and when I leaped out of mvj bed 1 drew on a portion of my clothes as j deliberately as if I was going down to j my breakfast. When this work was ] finished I gently put my hand under the ! pillow, aud drew forth my pistol, which I 1 always kept in readiness for just such emergencies. My wife moved uneasily as I touched the bed, but she did not open her eyes. At last I was prepared to encounter my adversary or adversaries, and I walked across the room to the hall door. I opened the dcor and peered forth into the darkness. Everything was quiet. Then I heard a noise in the small closet that opened on the roof of the house. It was somebody ascending the wooden Judder to the skylight above. Quick as thought I liurried to the place, hoping to get a pop at the man before he i could escape through the opening. As ! I pulled the door back on its hinges the ccKcr of the roof gave a jump and a bang, and then all was still. My burglar had escaped; but I still hoped to rca h him before he could jump off the roof, or slide down some ^ i.. _ *. ir: a I. ?l ! i_ e _ _ _ A w&'.er spout. v? jiu me ugiiuy ui a eai | ?at least, it seemed to me so?1 leaped up the ladder, making a terrible rattling ! noise as I did so. Then out on the roof j I hurried, revolve;- in hand, ready to tire i at the fin-t black object that should present it-elf. I could sec nothing; but to make doubly sure I walked across the roofs of several other houses, and surveyed my whole surroundings. The discovery which I made caused an angry exclamation to rise to my lips. A number of cats were quarreling and fighting on the tin roofs, making the night hideous with their wild growls and screams. They were undoubtedly the only burglar that I had heard, I mentally concluded, and the chagrin that I felt was di.licult to express in words. But I soon expressed it in another way. I I rai cd the pistol, and tired two quick j shot-; at the animals, and had the pleasure of seeing them both scamper away i as fast as their legs could carry them. I j then turned to.my house again, 'with the j intention of returning to bed without i letting inv wife know anything about my adventure. I was within twenty feet of the skylight, when I suddenly heard a scries of ; screams issuing from the lips of my ! faithful better half. The next instant I ! ! -- i 1 _..j ?t 5?ilW liur ilUWU ailU Ul Illd pi Vll UUltl^ UVIU I the hole in the roof. "Aw.iy thief, away," she shrieked, with such a powerful voice that I was in j doubt as to whether it could really be . her. Then before I could explain my j situation she jerked the covering over : the opening and fastened it. I cried i after her, and pounded on the heavy j piece of wood: but the more I pounded the more she shrieked. I could hear her call my name all over the house, and finally her cries died away in the lower part of the basement. It may be imagined that by this time : the whole neighborhood was alarmed. ; Two pistol shots right over the heads of ! those on our block had startled many j from their sound slumbers, and the shrieks of my wife hud only served to confirm their .suspicions about robbers. I felt my position a unique and even dangerous one. I was only half-dressed, i with a pistol in one hand, and a stick in the other. What could they take me for but a burglar, if a policeman or two j was sent on the roof. A9 I thought of : all the calamities that might result from ! my little adventure, I ground my teeth \ with rage, and wondered why women j were not endowed with a little more reason and common sense. It was the j fi:st time that I had ever questioned my I wife's good judgment and equauimity of j temper and nerves; but for that brief j moment I felt in lined to think her no j better man ine resw vi nuwcu. My bitter reflections were cut short by , a sudden nojsc^upou, my right. It ' was the skyngW*^)f*thc second house j from ours moving. It rose gradually in the air. and then dropped down again. It was followed immediately by a mumbling of voices. Then tin covering began to move once more, and i started toward it with the intention of explaining my situation to niy neighbor Before I had taken a dozen steps a flash of light burs', forth from the small opening, and ! the loud report of a pistol broke on the j stillness of the night. I heard a bullet ! fly close by my ear, and I knew that I j was being made the target for one of my j neighbors. 1 did not fancy such danger- | ous work, and I hurriedly retreated in j the other direction. But I was surrounded on every side, j My retreat brought me clo-c to another ; skylight, from which the flash of another , pistol suddenly gleamed forth. I yelled with fright at this second exhibition of ! marksmanship, and I implored my neigh- f bors to stop firing, as I was an innocent;j n miller Hut thev i man, ?..v* ~ ? ? ?? no liced to my word?. A third h<uprwas suddenly poked up from anotlufr skyand, JJTad thtee^hKoWTfoin ted. njt me. My linir begun to stand on end, as the novelists say, by this time, and I j pounded away with all my might on the skylight of my own house. '1'hc firiug now became general, but ; fortunately for me mv neighbors were [ all poor marksmen, or their nerves were ! so worked up that they could not aim i straight. The bullets flew dangerously 1 close to my head, however, and I dreaded j le-t one of them by accident would hit | me. Finding that my words had no ef- j feet on the determined men, who were ' too cowardly to expose anything but the j tips of their heads above the opening, I j felt that I must protect myself in some I way. So throwing myself down on my back, T waited patiently fnr further de- { velopsients. My enemies could not sec j me iu this position, and for a time at 1 least I was safe. I had not been in this position long J before I heard a noise in my house as if j onnw. nn.. wnc asrondintr to the skvlisht. J VMV "Mv o " . ?J j I watrh-d the covering eagerly, and j when it began to move, my courage rose j again. lJut when two policemen stepped i out on the roof, I felt all my bashfulness | returning. The predicament in which I found myself ma 1c mc dumb, and I re- I mained in the same attitude until they saw u e. "Here's the man now. lie's shot, too, by gracious! well, it serves him right," i said the foremost oflicer, as he punched | mc in the side with his club. I groaned j aloud as the stick rubbed against my j rib<. "No. he's not dead: he's only playing 'possum." said policeman number two. j "Get up here, and march off with us " I ro<e to my feet without a word, j knowing that it would be useless to ex- ! l-i- ?S.I. ..... pUMUiaiL* Willi mjr tii|HVi9. As soon as ve reached the room bclo^v , I asked the oiiccr if they knew where j my wife wa?. Alice, who licard my j voice recognized it, and instantly threw ! herself into my arras, crying bitterly, j She lind gone to the police station to get help, and had supposed that I was ' murdered, or some other unreasonable | thing. It was some time before the whole . affair could be explained to the two olli- | cers: but when they finally comprehended j the whole oke they joined me in a good j laugh. I treated them to a drink of something that made their eyes dance with pleamre, and then dismissed them j lor iho nignt. I'or the rest of that night I conducted myself coldly toward my wife, who had uuwittingly caused me so much pain and fright. I reasoned with her about her hasty actions in the whole matter, and tried trt get her to confess that she was in the wrong. But she would not, and I have long since ceased mentioning the fact to her: we arc still living happilj ! together. ? Tid-Bits. Couldn't Guess It. "What are you going to do with that overcoat?1' inquired the policeman of a tramp who was walking out of a clothing store. "Give it up," replied the tramp as lie handed it to the olliccr and slid round the corner.?Merchant Traveler. The mountains on the upper San Joa( uin river, California, are covered with , deer, bears and lions. THE CAPITAL OF COREA SIGHTS IN SEOUL, CHIEF CITY OI THE HERMIT KINGDOM. Corean Houses All Face One WarScours Fine Site?Signal Fires and Curfew Ilinging. The Corean houses all face south, says a letter from Seoul, the capital of that country, to the San Francisco Chronicle. No matter if the entrance gate is on the . *.u o -rx*rr ftrnnnd flip. 11U1UJ, tuuu mil U? ? ??IV reception rooms, which will invariably open toward the south. The cities are so laid out that, if possible, there shall be a rugged mountain on the north and a green, wooded hill or mountain on the south. This is in accordance with their ideas of harmony. Certain it is that it makes a very picturesque effect. The capital, Seoul, is laid out in the same way, and they succeeded in finding a site that exactly suited. Behind the palace, inside the city walls, rises a rugged pcuk some 3,000 feet in height. Further on still a whole range of mountains pierce the clouds with their crags and exert an influence upon the city. On the east and west sides of the city there are also mountains, but the gem of the whole collection is the Nam t?h.in (south mountain), which meets the gaze of every householder as he sits in his parlor facing southward. This mounlain is green the year round, being covered with a heavy growth of pine, on the top, where the tre.'s have been ru moved to make place f-r signal fires, Iu the absence of telegraph lines the Corcans, from ancient times, have been in the habit 'of signaling from the border. in live directions, whether all is peaceful or otherwise. There are certain high mountain peak0 happily situated at appropriate intervals in each direction. Upon the tops ol these mountains quarters have been built for signal o.'Hcers, whose duty it is tc have the tire all ready to .kindle into a full, blaze immediately on seeing the lights from the mountains nearest to ward the border. The next station passes the signal along, and so in less than an hour 1,000 ri (.350 miles) are gone ovei and it is known at the capital that quiet reigns along the border. When the five lights have been seen by the station on the south mountain of fcfeoul, the watch quickly lights his five fires in little ovenlike structures open at the top, andsc placed as to be easily seen from the pal ace. Every night a body of venerable gray-bearded officers of high rank go in before his majesty and announce "all is tranquil and quiet; the five fires seen "on Nam Shan this evening/j^-Eht il one fire should not be seen,' then they must report that section to^jeat war, and hard is their task, forjili one must tell tc the king any but"p<d news, lie stands before them theindea of human perfection. He :ip*S*also as a high priest and sacrifices^ heaven for the good of h"s people/it is not right, then, in theii opinion, that he should be informed con CfXung any disagreeable or unpleasant ^hing. But wars will force themselves upon the recognition of the most caie fully guarded monarch, ana many nav< been the times when the poor old gray beards have had to report jyfire miss ing and trouble on the boarder In the center of the canital of Corel standfe a smaH. pngbdu-lik#tiuil(^ngfc$ir rounded by wooden palings and contain ing only a huge bell some twelve fc'et ii height, which is made to give forth it! music by means of a log suspended by i chain, so that on being drawn back by ?i man and then let go it strikes the outei surface of the bell, which gives forth a rich, mellow and far-resounding music, This bell is struck in the evening, varying, as to the hour, from seven to nine, according to the seasons. Upon hear ing its rich tones all men hasten oil the streets un'css they be otlicers or otficial messengers, for the woman's hour has arrived and the men must stay indoors, nmnv littlp lanterns bc<rin to flit along the narrow streets, each one held by the fair hand of a timid female, who, even in the darkness and quiet of th< night, go well inu tiled up in tlieii queer green and red tunics. These robes, which .strike a stranger as being very singular, are a part of every decent woman's wardrobe, be she ever so poor. No lady, or wife of even a well-to-do ar tisan, will appear on the street unve:led or unaccompanied by an elderly duenua, and if they can afford it they only go out in the daytime in aclosed chair: but nftei the curfew has sounded and the men have disappeared they go about freely. Even then, however, they are veiled ir this long gown, which, supported by the bead, hides the face and the most of th( body, leaving only an eye to spy out th( way and steal sly glaucei at the strange foreigner who muses on the loveliness thus concealed Green is the color belonging peculiarly to the Queeo; hence the womer choose it for th'irveil like garment. The red sleeves arc also a symbol of nationa' loyalty, for these garments are meant in time of war to be hastily placed upor their brave husbands, brothers and sons, to be used as their outer garment, and the sleeves are made of red that thi brave defenders of their homes may wipe their bloody swords upon them without making the gory traces too noticeable. Though the curfew's call clears the streets and leaves their darkness to the women alone, yet they seem to be in great fear lest they should be seen ol men, and on the approach of one of these much-feared creatures the promenaders run together like hens, and try to hide their heads beneath each other's clothes, or gaze intently on the blank wall of the nearest house, und.r whose eaves they run as though to get as far out of the reach ot danger as is possioie. come 01 these women arc richly dressed, and it is therefore a great temptation to the lawless to waylay and rob them, notwithstanding the fact that, in addition to violating the law in not obeying the curfew call, the punishment for theft is decapitation. Atacallfromoneof these distressed women all of the adjoining householders must rush out and lend their assistance. But for two reasons the woman will not call if she be a person of wisdom and forerrV?a fircf rnnenn tc flint thf?c* LllUUgUU 1UW UIOU .w ..VM% robbers arc known to carry long, sharp swords, which they wield with unerring skill and the strength of desperation, knowing as they do that capture means death, and murder is their only escape. The second reason is more powerful than the tirst, in that it touches what is more dear to woman than life, be she of whatever nation. Society with her is so constituted that to be detected in companj with a strange man, be he even a robbei > in the act of stealing' her jewels, is adis- ' ' grace worse than the loss of her much- [ prized ornaments; so that rather than call ' ' a crowd of witnesses to her disgrace, sha will part with her valuables and keep quiet, excusing their loss to her husband , . or master as best she may. There are ! , certain festival occasions when the cur- ' few regulations are set aside,and then all i miegle freely hi the festivities under the I r\( *1, /? rrrinn Vvt<n bflWCVOr. I ' the women who appear remain securely veiled. Capture of a Great Salmon. Mr. Arthur Pryor sends to the London Pott, the following account of the capture of a 574-pound Tweed salmon: (In Wednesday last my host, the Duke of Koxburghe, allotted to me for the day the upper water at Floors. I had a very fine day's sport, having up to 4 o'clock lauded fourteen lish weighing from eight pounds to thirty pounds. The last fish ' broke my favorite fly. and I replaced it with one of Forrest's tying called the "Wilkinson." I then hooked what I felt to be a heavy fish, which took all my strength to hold him (with one of the j best eighteen feet six inches rods Forrest ever made). Aftea trying all he knew to get rid of the hook up and down the "shott" stream, he went down through the rocks in safety. Here he stopped behind the big stones, and no power 1 was master of could move him till I got a pull at him down stream. I then hud had hold of him for half an hour, and my arms ached painfully. The dish then went down stream. I had to jump out of the boat, when the Duke, 1 the Duchess and my daughter appeared. "You raust get to the lop of the bank," were the orders of my attendant. "How 1 can I, and hold on both hands to the " 1 ? ' mt._ ? T ,,-oc in DSn; 111C i/iikc aan uis ua a nim a.., . 1 nnd came and partly lifted me up; all | safe for the present. Down stream went J the fish into the -'slap," and there lay j ' up again. We nil now thought it was a | 1 big fish "foul hooked." and the Duke i 1 advised a steady pull down stream, 1 which, being resorted to. the fish came' through the "slap." and for the first 1 time rushed up to the surface and made the water boil. lie then slowly came ' toward my side of the river, nnd the fish[ erman slipped into the water below, mo, ; and the magnificent fish fioated tail first ' into the landing net, alto: an hour's hard 1 struggle. He was fai^y hooked. ' y**" Phil. 1 PhD-rJ" only five and just into trousers. 1 Hp>.i<d begged for them so pitcou-ly that . his mother expected some ebullition of | ecstasy when he got into them. But he was absolutely s.lent while he was going ' through the process of shedding his 1 dress nnd donning his new honors. > When he was fairlv rigged she looked at ! him fondly and said iuquiiringly: "Well, Phil?" I "Now I feel >omc better," responded 1 he, gravely. lie had to speak at a Sunday-school conceit r.ot long ago, and the poor little ' soul was taken vitn stagc-irignt asaowu j 5 as he had made his bow before the cccle' siastical footlights. His lips trembled, ; ! his hands shook, his voice would not j come. He had to give it up, and he i trotted down the aisle to his mother's side again, overcome with shame. After J1 a few minutes the superintendent called i ' "ftivnamc at second Mime, Phil pulled |{ himself together ana marched bravely tf 1 the front. But on facing all the people 5 his courage forsook him again. He ruade 1 a mighty effort to speak his little piece. 1 but his mouth and chin quivered so that r the words could uot be suid. Phil was 1 surprised, but beaten. He retreated to his mother once more. "Why, darling," she whispered, put- j ting her arm around him, "why didn't! you say your verses?" 1 "Mamma." he replied, tragically, un- j ' conscious of any slang, "I just couldn't. ! I had to give my chin a rest."?Bo<ton i iiccord. First Appearance of Rats. It is but little over a century ago? i *l.o> i-Un firet tirnron rflf. (tllfi fjl'di- 1 nary house rat) made his appearance in 1 I America. He came as a stowaway on i ' shipboard, either from India or Persia, I ' or possibly from some Mediterranean j port. Pats were unknown in Europe j until the middle of the eighteenth cen tury. In every town, village and ham; let in the I'nited States, now, the rat is [ almost as well known as the dog or the cat, and the rodmt population must be ' far larger thau either of the others. So rapid is the increase of the species that j 1 n sinrrlfi vmir. if unmolested for a year, { [ wHl have aa offspring of hundreds in j | that time. In dwellings and city sewers j 5 the house rat is the ruler, and his black j ; brother is driven to the.wall. In the j ' fields, and along the marshes bordering J ? the sea const, the musk rat and the cot- | J ton rat hold sway. Hats of many species ; are now to be lound wherever human j habitation exist'. It is easier to render | a building fire-proof than rat-proof. A Mother's Pathetic Devotion. . Speaking of funerals, a pastor of a rus- j ? tic parish once tald the Historian of a i ; queer scene at a ceremony which he con- j du' ted. it was a child who was buried, j . and the mother was too ill to go to the | . grave. She was also miserably poor, and j i could afford no mourning. And in or- j f der that things might be as nearly fitting i . as possible the poor mother remained in j i bed in the room in which the last prayers i were offered, and had a black shawl which was among her belongings spread . wide upon the bed, to serve as a symbol | of grief. She was ''dressed in mourning," after | ! a fashion, and those who saw her cni deavor were touched both by her be, reavement and by her pathetic devotion to conventionality. A Strange Bed. A recent issue of the London Pall .Vail | I Gazette says: The police at Budapest on ' i Thursday night dispersed an encamp- j ment of sixteen persons who had been j ; driven from their homes by the cholera, j and who, having no shelter, had cstab- | ! lishe 1 themselves under canvas near the j Danube. In the course ot their re- | searches after other vagrants the police | made the a-tonishing discovery that ! i ihirty persons were lying undressed in a [ dirty but warm stream of water that . flowed out of a mill. The water was s shallow, and the poor creatures had got into it for warmth. They had taken stones for pillows, and had prepared ' themselves to spend the night comfort ably in this strange bed. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Professors Fischer and Penzoldt, of Erlangen, have established the fact that the sense of smell is by far the most delicate of the senses. The cuttle-fish makes use of its breathing apparatus for locomotion. By fore* *'" *-^r% Allf S\f ifa fTl 1 1Q if JU^ bUC rv UbUi WWW VI ganw ? ?? ? along as if propelled by a hydraulic en gine. The passage of the Suez Canal is ordinarily made in thirty-six to forty hours, but vessels fitted with the electric light apparatus can go through in sixteen hours. A catalogue of the birds of Italy has been prepared for the government by Professor Giglioli, of .Florence. It embraces 443 species. Of these, 207 art classed as permanent residents, G9 at summer visitants, 3U as winter visitants, 9 as of regular passage, 8 as of irregular passage, 28 as of irregular appearance, 80 as stragglers, and 0 as doubtful. In Holland they are said to have discovered a process for preserving flour,by which, with the use of water-tight packages, it may be kept fresh for years, with no liability whatever to deterioration. The flour is placed in a great vat oi chest,which is heated by steam pipes tc a certain temperature, when the flour is subjected to a hydraulic pressure and reduced to brick form. It is unnecessary to state that development of this process is not looked upoi^?with approval by IU111CI9 111 W UV at v huaiuu 3 i/v see their product go into consumption as fast as they turn it out, providing prices arc satisfactory. The Alpine Journal contains a statement of the results obtained by Dr. Mnrcct from many experiments on breathing while climbing at high altitudes. He first shows by experiments at ordinary altitudes and in a state of rest that some persons make much better use than others of the air they inhale, ina& much as their exhalation is very ricjy.it] carbonic acids. Dr. Marcct himsglffcffl to breathe 15.5 litres of air, while, .two younger men needed only 13.7 and 10iS litres respectively; the latter had a T&markable power of keeping his breaei under water, and was little troubled yiri mountain ascents. Further experiments, conducted at various altitudes up to 1^GOO feet, show that, as a person ascends, he breathes 15 to 25 per cent, less air fc produce a given weight of carbonic acid; the action of air on the blood in tH'e lungs seems, therefore, to be facilitated with decreasing density. The World's Largest Cities. In order to furnish, for reference, in formation on a subject often inquired about, the JS'ew York Journaf of Commerce has compiled the annexed table ol the largest cities of the world, witi their populations, as stated bv the latest - * mt _ x-1 1_ 1 i. _ publications, x nc xaoie nas a luut-uuitr, which says: "Many of the Chinese cities were cnon mously over-estimated a few ycars^&B "We have given the latest cstimfflmSj the best authorities, but in the of the orhcial census the figures nflnfrfrt accepted only as an approximate tion. It will be seen* that thereon thirtM cities in the world audited with ^opulationab^abojfchaJf ^^soojo'l Brooklyn. N. Y........777..... Berlin, Prussia 1,122,381 Calcutta, India 7CG.2 i Canton, China 1,500,001 Changchoofoo, China 1,000,001 Chicago, 111 715,001 Constantinople, Turkey. 700,001 Foo-choo, China 020,C0< Glasgow, Scotland 514,011 HaDg-chow-fee, China 600,001 Hang-tcheon, China 800,01! Hankau, China 5600,001 King-te-chiang, China 500,011 Liverpool, England 572,001 London, England 3,058,81! Madrid, Spain 500,901 Moscow. Russia 611,97r v? ir?i, -v v i anu mil mitt, *i, A wv,w. Fan's, France 2,209,02: Pekalongau, Java 505,20 Pekin. Ccina 800,00: Philadalphia, Penn 8.50,001 St. Petersburg. Russia 708,96. Sartama, Japan 962,71' Sian, China 1,000,00) St. Louis. Mo 500,001 Tat-seen-loy. China 500,00) Tien-tsin, China 950,00) Tokio, Japan 987,88' Tschautchaufu, China 1,000,0(1 Ts hingtu-fu, China 800,Oti Vienna, Austria 720,10 Woo cnang, China 800,00 Mr. Jacob Froehlicb, a well-known tailor ol Cincinnati, O., after suffering for years wit! rheumatism, was cured In a short time by th< use of St Jacobs Oil. A diamond found in South Africa,and callec the Victoria, has been cut in London, and ir weight and quality surpasses all other diamonds. Before its cutting it was nearly foui times as large as the Kohinoor; in its rr-senl perfect shape it weighs 180 carats. A piece 01 pinctecn carals sliced off from it was at once sold for about 830,000. Mrs. C. Kellogg, Edgwood, Cal., says: Red Star Cough Cure is the best medicine she haj ever used for colds for the children. The Hydrographic Office at Washington re ccivcd last n ontn about a dozen letters from officers of vessels who had used oil durinfi storms at 4sea, all of whom agreed tkat it almost instantly spread over the surface and reduced the threatening billows to long and heavy, but harmless swells. "The play's the thing. Wherein I'll roach the conscience of tho icing.' And equally true is it that Dr. Pierce's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets" (the original Little Liver Pills) are the most effectual means thnf onn >,? r cnrl tn rnarh the seat of disease, cleansing the bowels and system, and assisting nature in her recuperative work. Bv druggists. "The Native (renins of Tennessee, as illustrated by her inventors," is the heading a Memphis paper put over the announcement that a patent for a gate had.been granted to a gifted son of that State. Any Small Boy, with a Stick, can kill a tiger, if the tiger happens to be found when only a little tab. So consumption, that deadliest and most feared of diseases, in this country, can assuredly be conquered and destroyed if Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" be employed early. Whilr clearing the ground fcr enlarging the buildings of the National Bank in Rome, the workmen discovered the remains of a Bo man house in agood state of preservation,with paintings on the walls, which is pronounced a* having been built in the third century. The "Favorite Prescription" of Dr. Pierce cures "female weakness" and kindred atlections. By druggists. It is estimated that between 3.000 and 4,00( horses are annually killed in Spanish bullfights, W. H. Worthington, editor of "Patrons ol Husbandry," published at Columbus, Mass., writes Feb. 25,18K3: "Your great remedy, Allen's Lung Ba.'sam, I have used in my family for iif teen years for coughs and co ds.and know it to be the best." 25c., 50c-, and $1.00 a bottle, Baroness Bcrdett-Coctts has given away in charity about twenty millions of dollars. More Spectacle Wearers Than Ever. The increase in the number of persona usini? glasses is fully 33$ per cent, over previous periods. I speak, says a St. Louis dealer to a GIoIm Democrat reporter, from an experience of over thirty years. I attribute this increase partly to the practice people have of -buying spectaploa from tionlora whn orp tinskillpd in i fitting them properly to the eyes of those I who buy them, and partly to the false. economy employed by many in using I spectacles whose only recommendation | is their cheapness. Here in St. Louis fifI teen years ago there were only three men | engaged in the business of making and , selling optical instiuments, and these r barely made a living out of it. Is'ow there are fifteen in that line, and ten of them , have all they can do. i Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers is eaa ily applied, and colors brown or black. I The prompt use of Ayor's Cherry Pectoral 1 will often p: event serious lung troubles. We Appeal to Experience. For a long time we steadily refused to pub' lish testimonials, believing that, In the opinion """s of the public generally, the great/\pjorlty i wore manufactured to ordor by ujtflncipled parties as a means of disposing of meit worth less preparations. , That this view of the case Is to a certain exI tent trne, there can be no doubt. At last, several years ago, we'came to the , conclusion that every intelligent^ersoh cjn readily discriminate betwwiMMjdnjMrfSnd j bona fide testimonials, and ! asadvertlsementsafewof th^HH^^HRcdsn^H i of unsolicited certlflcak|^Bi^y, SsS8' sion. M,-T.. VXSaKy1 In doiDg *a . possible in cor. respondents. pdto prlia.^oic^Z''. in some ir.to a smaller py, but g stroying . 1 ^Vear^J^TOlftM^mal: rmi?fini! conclusion thepeoflH . our ^a!ci"? Au.wp-iotiua, ot v^ tJv^^oJ/Vnr? ioaM? *nd ??S?,iv? ^?S3| ^KHPP^?l&st I Mgrot taciropponuniuea. mine irnu wnn $ to'Hollett & Co., Portland, Maine, wliwbe infyl-med, free, bow they can make froSfr $5 to . day and upwards. Some hare male over ' 850 In a day. Yon can do tlio work and-tyve at I home, wherever.you are located. Both aexcs; i silages. All Is new. Yon are startedTree. Capital not needed, Now Is tlie time- dJfcttcr not delay. Every worker can secure ? antifc. j . little fortnne. s f w. W. Qllee/of Ogcmms, Virginia, ' I am runnmg.'to"feil Home-seekers that tnil ) beautiful part of Virginia Is more like th< ) "ProinlseLand" than any place lever saw. The land is rich and cheap ($2 to $5per aero,) long summers, short winters, and%Jt ls*to health) that I have settled here for lifirond WantmoM 1 neighbors. Don't go so far West till you set ; this place. The farm 1 left, near Seracusoj N. : Y., is for salo cheap. I would rather give it ' away than go back to It. ! If you have Cutting, Scalding or Stlngint sensations in the parts when voiding urinej Swamp-Koot will quickly relieve and cure. I If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp j son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottli I The best cough medicine Is Piso's Cure foi i Consumption, Sold every where. 25c. I ^[OPthatOP^GH IT AN HOYS a. \ 7 I C\ rr D\Z"OAnV Wr3 i [_vtn |(yvj/i W* -3 j ? ? * jn\ ' i /aw. * l A bottle of ' ( |n^> . | s /\LLEri'5lyriG pALSA|vf a\ covy drugstore t ^ take it faith""* ji fully, *nd vgk yoo>y?^^^ | convn^ed ; Jr1^' that THEnfTi t BUT OHE f(EV\EPY FOR^ COUGHS & COLDS 1 I m AND THAT IS ' fljlenS ^im&olsaii) ; l to 8y /W druggists .X: i >ir ?5^o^|l0-0^ % JA tyRRISiCo(wft?P SCm.O ; "DON'T MY A BIG PRICE!" Ct C Onnfr Ptt.vs 'or a Yenr'a anbscrlp. OO UClllb Hon to the weekly American II urn I Home, Rochester, N. Y? without premium?^"the Cheapest and Best Weeklv In the World." 1 8 pose*. 48 columns, 16 years old. For <lne Dollar ' you nave ouechuiee from over 150 different Cloth, Round Dollar Volumes, 3U) to 9jo pp.. and paper one year, postpaid, lioolc postage. 15c. Extra. Sh.OOO books g:vcn a way. 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