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TOPICS OF THE DAY. By some curious blunder the reports U of the United States land office are foand to show three thousand five hun dred square miles less land m Louisiana than is shown by the county surveys, carefully made. An area larger thanthe combined surface of Rhode Island and Delaware has thus been dropped out of q United States staliatics. The Chinese imitate their Caucasian brethren in more ways than one. There his existed in San Francisco for some time a Chinese religious society called the Sing Tong. Dissensions arose among the brethren, and one faction seceded and started an organization under the name Hop Sing Tong, whereupon the Sing Tongs raided the joss-house of the seceders, smashed their idols, and de stroyed things generally. The report of Census Agent Engene W. Hilgard, recently submitted, shows the acreage and production of cotton by States for the year 1879, as fcllows: States Acres. Bales. Mississippi.......... 2,093,330 955,.0S Georgia ............... 2,G17,133 S14,441 Texas............-.. - 2,173,632 803,642 Alabama ........... 2,330,OS 699,654 Arkansas ........... 1,042,976 GOS,256 : South Carolina........ I,64,249 522,544 Louisiana.............. SGI,787 508,569 North Carolina........ 893,153 389,593 Tennesseo............ 722,569 330,644 Florda..........- 245,595 54,997 isouri .............. 32,711 19,733 Indian Territory....... 35,000 17,000 Virginia.............. 24,900 11,000 Kentucky .............. 2,677 1,367 It is estimated that there are 240,000 commeraial travelers in the United States, who cost their employers on an average S10 each or $2,400,000 a day or a total of $876,000,000 a year. One-half of this amount goes for traveling and hotel expenses. Each is supposed to go over his route five times a year, and to carry during that time a ton of bag gage. This baggage being generally bulky, it would require 24,000 ten-ton cars to transport the trunks and outfits of these mobilized gentlemen. The commercial traveler is, therefore, a fac tor in the transportation problem as well as the strictly commercial transac tions of the country. The total emigration in the United States for the third quarter of 1880 was 155,233, but the number for thq same quarter this year is 17,000 greater. VThe totals for the quarters of the two years are: First quarter, 1880, 66,613, and4fo 1881, 72,024; second quarter, 188U$ (242647, and for 1881, 311,954, .thid q'uarter, 1880, 155,233, and for 1881, 171,803. The gain this year is * 92,188, 4CAnada sent the most in 1880, vid4,42,ginst '66,731~ thisr year. Germany'sent 98,309-in* 1889, and 195, 743 4m18S1, three times as mauch as any othM nation-Canada being second; 509,000 emigrants re supposed to re sent again to the,.ountry of $500 000, 000, -~- t in this co try, but the busi ness ha now become an important in dustry, more than 35,000,000 pounds o honey being annually produced and sold. The trade is principally carried on. by-large capitalists, who often have from 2,500 to 5,000 swarms of bees. In California the bees are farmed out, that is, apia-ies of 100 swarms or so are placed in the grounds of farmers, gene rally from three to four miles apart. The farmers receive a fixed rent or a share of the honey for their compensa tion, as may he agreed upon. On an average, one acre of ground is estimated to support twenty-five swarms of bees and the yield of a swarm is generally about fifty pounds of honey a year. ifirper's Weekly urges that action be taken at the next session of the New York legislature for the purchase of the grounds on the American side around Niagara Falls for an interna tional park. The project, which was first broached some years ago, has been twice..before the New York legislature. Oupe the measure passed the House, bu't did not reacth a vote in the Senate.1 The other time, ahihough introduced, no action was taken upon it in either house. It is estimated that the amount require& for the purchase of the prop erty would be about $1,000,000. The Journal of the Societe des Agri culteurs de France publishes som3 in teresting particulars with regard to the forests of Europe and the rapid con sumption of the timber which they ~ contained. Sweden and Norway, which still do a large export trade in pine, are now compelled to bay their oak in Pa land; and in Russia, the forests along the shores of the Bailtic, in Finland, f and in the Southern provinces, are so rapidly thinning that the forest acre age of the empire is now only one in ten. There are about 34,000,000 acres of forest in Germany (of which 20,000,-C 000 are in Prussia), bringing in an in comwof $50,000,000 per annum. The sta'te forests are taken great care of in all parts of Ger..?any, in Prussia alone $500,000 being spent every year in re 0 planting. The imports of timber ex ceed the exports by over two million ' tons.. Austria and Hungary have up-s ward-of 13,000,000 acres of forest; but in Austria proper the state does not* possess more than seven per cent. of r the wood area, and Austria is now obliged~to buy most of her timber in C Bosnia and Montenegro. Servia and a Roumania have some very fine forests, i but Italy, though her forest area extends c] over nearly 14,000,000 acres, does not h do much in the way of a timber trade, b as the roads leading to the forests are al so bad that it is almost impossible to move the timber when cut. Much the ai same is the case with Spain, which has 8,500,000 acres of forest; while Portu- s ~gai, which has only a million acres,h finds a ready market for her timsber. Bobert Bloskie, who died recently in" Wabsh, Ind., has for nine years lived h' chiefly on dog meat, which he declared" to bewholesomeand palatable. His fain- m ily relished theamie food, and propose as to continue itsuseh, ta A PC rURE FRAUD. r ti ow They Manufacture Oil Paintings in li New York for the Western Art Trade. A writer in a recent issue of the Art mateur has an article upon the bogus cture trade in New York city. He Tys: " In Levy's place the pictures are I ot hung upon the wall. It would re nire a large house to furnish wall space nough to hang all Levy's pictures. In- I d -ead of this they are arranged in huge iles about the commodious storerooms nframed. The would-be purchaser is t bown whole sets of these at a time in a t tanding frame. Pictures are sold here ccording to their size, ar.d not accord ag to merit. as they are all believed to *ossess an equal amount of that.' Levy egards pictuies with a commercial eye olely, and if you inquire of him the 7 >rice of his goods he will at once ask you rhat size you want, and this makes you eel as if he was about to produce tape line and take your measure. 'We have them," he will say, "from ixty-five cents up to .32.25." "Does his include the frames also ?" you ask n your innocence, and you are rather iurprised when he answers that the rames cost more than the pictures, for hen you find that the pictures are nade by the yard you feel as iE the rames should be made by the cord. cenes on the Hudson with str6ng ?alisades and impossible clouds, pic ures of sheep and cows feeding near )rooks that start in the clouds and ome vertically down the middle of the anvas, are the favorites just now. " There is a great demand for these pictures out West," you will be told, "where the taste for art is rapidly im proving." Levy's establishment is gen erally full of customers, and the hands of its proprietor, to say nothing of his pockets, are full also. It is said that some years ago Levy used to be a mild, modest individual, who worked: side by side with his men. Now, however, since " the taste for ait has increased in the West," Levy is a changed man. He has a sharp, resonant voice and a swaggering, brazen air, as if he himself were the bassoon of the hu man orchestra. "Tell Carlo to put some more trees on them valisades!" he shouts to one of his men, and at the same time points to a stack of three feet by two pictures representing the palisades about to topple over into the Hudson. A customer, who came in while the writer was there, wanted the names of eminent artists attached to the pictures he had purchased. " That'll be extra," said Levy, with an insinua ting smile. "Oh, that's all right," said the customer,+"only put on the r ames of them Eyetalian fellers." tip a rickety flight of stairs is the. attic, and here are the rooms where the pictures are made. Do you remember the gaudy paintings you have seen in restaurants adjoining railway stations? The flocks of shaggy sheep and- the obese cows rambling beneath incredible trees- and over brooks flowing above their sources? :They were painted in this attie or if not then in some place of like character. Here ther is no three small rooms in the front oftthe grret and work like beavers. They have the knack.'of the brush and the maul-stick, and they keep the "pot boiling," so to speak. Here is a marine picture on the easel of the nearest man as you enter. The ship in the back ground seems to have partaken of the vim and energy of the artist and skims the waves with no laggard prow. But the pennant at the fore is streaming ce way and yet her sails are boomed :ut ini just the other direction. [t is unfortunate that the artist in his haste to complete the picture has verlooked the fact that the wind never blows from opposite points of the com pass at the same time. " Is that so ?" 2e says, when his attention is called to1 he fact; "oh, they don't mind little hings like that out West !" On the road beach in the foreground are trewn surprising kinds of seaweed, and limbing over the rocks here and there wre red lobsters. But what of that ?2 :a they don't object .out West to thei vind~ being represented as blowingt ron opposite directions in the back ~round, surely they will not object to oiled lobsters eraw " ver the rocks n the fore ..~ ufhotable thing bout th ..~ .commerceal " artists is heir prefe'rence for large brushes, such en as are used by hsuse-painters. heir rapidity is not less noteworthy. hey literally "sling", the paint on. C One would think that Levy, with his. nmense business, grown from the mallest beginnings, would be a happy an. Such, however, it seems, is not C C he case. He has a rival who has an stablished business in. " bogus" pic res that bids fair to exceed in magni-. ude that of the ambitious Levy. But his is not all. This rival played a riik on Levy some years ago, by which he latter was induced to pay a good rice for what he terms very inferior ictures'. In other words the rival sue eeded in " out-bogusing" the clever F levy, to coin an expression for this articular case. It, seems that Levy, F 1' hile sitting in his little front office one ornng, was accosted by a stranger, ho told him that he had bought a lot 40 fpictures on speculation, but was a need of money, and de- a: red, therefore, to get rid of g em. Levy looked searchingly at the i ranger, who seemed to be of a timid, e: ~tiring disposition. His clothing, no b o articles of which were of the same lor, appeared to have been purchased I id put on but a few hours before, ab ,et more directly established by the othes dealer's ticket which still ad- ir bred to his coat collar. He seemed to ai simplicity personified, and Levy, d* ter telling him that the market was iry dull and pictures sold very slowly i only at small figures, asked him a hat he wanted for his goods. The ranger slowly undid the cords that w ld together a bundle that he carried ider his arm, and displayed a great riety of pictures. " These," said he, are only samples. I have several be mdred of .them which I wish to sell." fl( What do you want for them ?" de anded Levy. "What'll you give ?" h< ked the stranger. " What'll you th he "returned Levy. After they had yc '4. peated these questions several times, Le stranger admitted that he knew but tle about pictures, but, as he must sell tem, he would let them go at a dollar id a half apiece. They were the ime size for which Levy asked $2. I'll give you a dollar apiece for them,' Lid Levy. "It's very little," said the ranger, "but I'll take it." That after oon a truck arrived with several hun red pictures, in all respects similar to ie samples shown by the stranger, and 2e money was paid over. It was some me afterward that Levy discovered iat the pictures he had purchased rom the stranger had been made with tencils and then touched up with a rush ! In reality they were worth bout ten cents apiece. Then Levy iscovered that this same man was un erselling him in the market with his wn pictures. These stencil pictures re now made in great quantities and ent West, where there is a iarge de and for them on account of their heapness. it is only by a careful ex. mination that they can be distinguished rom the ordinary, cheap-painted pic- i ures, and if the parts where the sev ral different stencils join have been a arefully painted over with a brush it i s said to be impossible to tell one kind rom another. Origin of Some Social Cnstomism. In primitive states, the conquered man urrenders himself, his weapons and :hatever of his clothing is worth hav ng; hence, stripping becomes a mark >f submission. Cook, for instance, re ates of some Tahitians: "They took off I i great part of their clothes, and pu hem on us." In another tribe this eremony is abridged to the presenta tion of the girdle only. In Abyssinia inferiors strip to the girdle before supe riors. A farther abridgment is found among the natives of the Gold coast, who salute Europeans by slightly re moving their robe from the lef t shoulder; but even there special respect is shown by completely uncovering the shoulder. In other tribes they also doff the cap. Hence, it seems that "the removal of the hat among European people, often reduced among ourselves to touching the hat, is a remnant of that process of unclothing himself by which in early times the captive expressed the yielding up of all he had." Not less interesting is the explanation of the origin of shaking hands. From kissing as a natural sign of affection, to kissing the hand as a compliment the transition is easy and requires no further explanation; for a simulation of affec tion, no less than submission, is an es sential part of propitiatory ceremony. " if, of two persons, each wishes to make an obeisance to the other by kiss ig his hand, and each out of compli ment refuses to have his own hand kissed, what will happen ? .Jast as when leaving a room each of two persons, pro posing to* give the other precedence, will refuse to go first, and there will re suit at the doorway a conflict of move-. ments preventing either from advanc ing; so, if si'eh of two tries to kiss the other's hand and refuses to have his of the hand of each by 'the other toward his own lips; and by the other, a draw ing of it down -again; and so on alter ately. Clearly, the difference between he simple squeeze, to which this salute s now often abridged, and the old ~ashioned hearty shake exceeds the dif ~erence between the hearty shake and :he movement that would result from he effort of each to kiss the hand of he other." Kissing, we have said, is a natural ~xpression of affection; and it is curious) o note the analogous manifestations ~mong animals and some of the lower ribes of men. A dog displays lisa af 'ection for his master by licking his and. A ewe distinguishes her lamb >y the olfactory sense, and apparently 1 erives pleasure from its exercise. The ame sense is used among men not only o distinguish, as in the case of Jacob ud Isaac, but also as a mark of affec ion. Among the Mongols, for instance, t is found as " a mark of paternal af- 1 ection, instead of embracing;" while I he Burmese " do not kiss each other o a the Western fashion, but apply the v ip and nose to the cheek and make a I trong inhalation."-Chambers' Journal. ti A Cuirious Beetle. 1 A recent issue of the New York n Times says: The golden cucuyo which o las been at Tiffany's for some time is c ead. It was one of four or five speci- s. ens of this rare South American beetle h a this city. They are regarded with b uperstitins reverence by the women a South America, and the few that are n aught,. for the beetle is rare in its na- fi ive country, are fastened in tiny fet-'u ers of gold and worn as an ornament. g gold or gold and jeweled hand is p assed around the thorax to which is at- it ihed a slender gold chain about four li iches long which ends in a long pin. e: his pin is thrust into a bouquet of" owers on the shoulder or on the hat, si ad the heetle is left to ramble the A ngth of the chain. It is an uncanny- el ioking black thing about two inches re ng. The true South American cucuyo di a fire beetle, a single specimen giving B at light enough in a dark room to en yle one to read a newspaper. They -e capable of liting without food for a ls eat length of time. There is one in te city which is not known to have Lten anything in two years. The yetle at Tiffany's probably died of p erfeeding. Its appetite was tempted ith sweetened water and rotten weed, t the creature paid no attention toa .e food. A piece of banana was placed the box which served for its cage,w Ld it eagerly began eating it and clung t it for three days, when it was found ti ad. It should be mentioned in con-t ction with the use of the living beetlem si an ornament to the ear or dress thata ey have powerful jaws, and gnaw their L through anything except metal in a w hours. Too Late. Tl " Can you let me have some elab- of r " asked a traveler at av farmhouse in it far from Austin. .v " You can't have any," replied the net farmer; " i've just given it to e iogs. First come, first served, ou ~ u,'jecs jlnsO XORA.L AND RJ GU The Clerryman. A man whom all may criticise, 'he old, the young, the foolish, Who always must be keen and brigh , Though dealing with the old and tri Who ne'er must show the least displ Or grumble in the slightest measure, If, after working all the week, On Sunday when he comes to speak The handful that his preacbing draws Only respond by nods and snores; Who daily mast his visits make, Though many a precious hour it take; Must visit sick and visit well, Where live the rich, where paupers dwell; Must wed his flock, their young baptize, And say some nice things when one dies; A man in whose unwilling ear Are poured all scandals, far and near; To whom all come with cark and care; Who must his people's burdens bear; A man whom men folk patronize And whom the women idolize; A man we laugh at when we can Such, reader, is the clergyman. Reliaious News and Notes. Thirty-four missionary societies oc upy India. The city of St. Paul, Minn., is build ag its ninth Catholic church. The Episcopalian churches of Penn ylvania have 37,183 communing maem ers. Six women missionaries sailed for .ndia by the steamer Persian Monarch or London recently. In Cleveland 22,745 children attend ?rotestant Sunday-schools, and 7,468 ttend Roman Catholic. King Kalakaua has subscribed $2,000 o the Episcopal cathedral now in course >f erection at Honolulu. One hundred years ago the Methodist ersuasion numbered 55,000 membis. o-day it aggregates nearly 5,000,000. What is known in Methodist clreles is Antioch circuit in Middle Tennessee, aovering an area of about fifteen square miles, contains nearly 700 Methodists, no other denomination being repre sented in the district. The report of the American board ill show an increase of seventeen nis sionaries, 100 preaching places, 2,500 common school and 300 high school scholars, and more than 2,000 additions to the mission churches. It is not only among the natives of the Sandwich Islands that the revival of religion is in progress, but also among the Chinese. The Rev. Sit Moon, who is pastcr of the Chinese churdi in Honolulu, reports that about 250 d his countrymen are Christians, and that the number is co)atinually on the incretse. The British " Salvation Army" re cently held a "council of war," yhen " General" Booth said :that the organi zation now had 245 stations, 'with 470 officers, 7,000 soldiers, 4G;Q:people attending its meetings every weekNb an income of $250,000 a year. I great " salvation" .emple is talked of, to cost $500,000 and hold 10,000 people. A Night Attack. E It is kind of queer how "ill make a fool of himself. Tb ght it was intensely d overcast with a '. r. Mr. Ragba ~essed him tota >ff its hinges and s ~her's bedroom win t dark inthe morninga a deep late. He did so and ..i~ ng the night Gallagher got a 4 hat he heard a noise outside n ot up, and without lighting h ight went to the window and rie1i o look out. As he thrust his ~ad 'orward it came - ig io vith the barn doo;Q anW'ocked& Cal agher backward gipon the. floor. Ee ~rose, amazed, e:4cited and bruisid. :is conclusion wepis that somebody oit ide had laid for .him and hit him, so te yelled definee,' to hiin and begau to 4t on his clothe>s. Having dresed te tore outside and ft.Egxed round trying o find somebody, but it'uled, and in the arkness didn't discover 'the barn door. o he went into th'e house and to led. oon he heard another noide outside. Lgain he sprang up and x :ushed to ook out, and again he was', wiolentl it upon the head. That timg& ohe was rild. He got his sht? '' ' without aiting to dress ran ou BE~thought e saw the figure of a ma. le dis mce away and fired at if dida't l andi he fired the other bau e tore into the house and go~t is am mnition. He tried once more to look at the 'window, and a fearfu ca~ whack nvinced him that the villains a red him. Out he went. Hs. iring ad aroused one or two of his A 1eigh' ors. As they drew near he t ~lazec way at 'em, but fortu 51'ately issed, and they fied. He kepi ring at anything he couWd~Ir as a man until the ammunitiTn wa one. Then the aroused neighb Torhooi unced on him. They thought he wae sane. He was nearly so. ~pa~inall; nterns were brought and the matte plaind, and it was found t ethat th man " first fired at was Gallv agher' ersucker suit on the clotlnheslmne d he had aimed to hit. Matte~lunrs hemn eared up Galiagher was perst taded t tire. But if he finds out whorea put thl or there gnigwill be re 'umed. oston Post. Sponge Undecothingo Sponge underclothing is tlthe ver test, some German genins I . 'aving r ntly invented and patented mc a line< iderwear manufactured fi co th >rous substance. It is cl'ain 'aed for .at it cin be cleansed more e asily tha >olen goods, and being mog -e flexibl es not chafe the skin so mi -ach. It bad conductor, and tends t. o keep tl race temperature uniform. . new aars this underclothing isr not liab take cold, for it absorbs ti ~e perspir mn without checking it. After ti ineral and vegetable impu A( dities in t. onges have been sufficient-i.J iy beatenl heay hammer to admi ,4t of bei adily washed out, the e ponges ~ ied and prepared with a .'l harP ki iese parings are then sew W ~ied togeth' ie fabric is prepared witi Out the n poisonous dyes which, as y cro cloth underelothing,somi ~timnespral ry deleterious to thre ays . housands of faihies have' - occsion ' the never-failing qualities of Dr. Bn ugh Syrup, and they all un mt the pr thsapeuzpin PEARLS OF THOUGHT. True greatness cannot exist apart rom high moral excellence. He who waits to do a great deal of ood at once will never do any. It is to live twice to be able to enjoy he introspect of your past life. Have patience with all things, but hiefly have patience with yourself. Many preserve themselves by hum ling themselves; the bullet flies over dm that stoops. Hope is like the sun, which, as we ourney toward it, casts the shadow of >ur burden behind us.% Glory not in thyself, but rather in thy teighbor. Be lowly in thy heart, that bou mayest be lowly in thy actions. Do not begin to quarrel with the world too soon ; for, bad as it may be, it is the best we have to live in-here. He who easily forgets benefits done boward him is probably possessed of a ahallow brain as well as a callous heart. Neither a man nor a woman is entirely afe until he or she can endure blame and receive praise without excitement. The chief properties of wisdom are, to be mindful of things past, careful of things present and provided of things to come. It is a very curious fact that the lapse of years, while it lessens our enjoyment of life, but increases the natural desire of living. How many hopes may have quivered for us in past years-have flashed like harmless lightning in summer nights, and died forever. When people undertake to restrain themselves without knowing how, they are often worse off than if they had left themselves alone. He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own. One forgives everything to him whc forgives himself nothing. Unclaimed Money Orders. "Is it true," inquired a New Yorl reporter of Postmaster Pearson, " tha1 there are nearly $2,000,000 in the United States sub-treasury, representing accu mulations from unpaid money-orden for several years back ?" " Yes," replied the postmaster. " ] suppose that in round numbers the; old about that amount belonging t< careless persons whom it is impossiblb for us to find." "What do you propose to do witl this money, Mr. Pearson?" "Congress will probably be asked a its next session to make some dispositioi " Why was not this done heretofore? ~~o ell, there is no legal limitation t< the time when funds of this characte: may be.accounted for. The postmaste: cannot tell when the parties to a mone: Sorder may correct fatal mistakes in th< order and demand their morney. Yol Iknow we must always be prepared ti pay on legal demand." "an you give me a general idea c ~which such a large, un io of money comne is due to a lack oi *oncerning the operations oi *wunder which the money-orde: system is organized. Then a grea many people who understand the pro visions of this law are habitually care less and overlook some of the necessara details in making out the order. Fo: iistance, they may get the name of th< payee wrong, or they may neglect t< otify him by mail. Then, again, the person to whom the mone-y is sent ma; be a traveling man, who has left the town where the order is payable, an< m ay never return there again. N legal provision has been made for ad vertising for these people. The indi vidual amounts which go to make u: the large sum of unpaid money-order in this office are, generally speaking small, and have no doubt long been foi gotten by the persons who sent then as well as by the persons who were t rceive them. All postoffices which d a reasonably fair share of money-ord< business have the same trouble to coi tnd 'with, but some day or other Col gress may definitely settle postal r sponsibility in the matter." M~iraIculous Escape. rIt. Pleasant (Iowa) Journal.] It is an experience vouchsafed to ye: few, to tread along the border land dath and yet come back to lire,preserve aifby amiracle. Yet such was the e perience of Professor Tice, of St. Lon th today following the conclusion of b course of lectures at Bnrlington. low lately, as we learned from Mr. Sam11l P Ple, the well-known druggist of lN' Pleasant, in relation to the case. P ffssor Tice gives the strongest indors ment of the efficacy of St. Jacobs (. which it is possible to .give. It pr duced immediate relief in an attack neuralgia of the chest, where the pnl rd gone down to thirty-five per m: 1e, and scarcely perceptible. In h anan hour his pulse was restored to normal beat of eighty. Four appoil mnts of lectures bad to be canceled consequence. Professor Tice cred the St. Jacobs Oil with havang say > his life. Mr. Gee. P. W- Willey, t wdely-known teacher here, in respoz totoan" inquiry concerning the remet d. With great pleasure I bear t e~ mmny to the peculiar healing propert of St. Jacobs Oil, in rheumatic pai HHving been a sufferer with this tessing malady for years I do say 11 th curative effects of the St. Jact Ol in my case surpassed those of ss oher rheumatic remedy, many of wh it:Iad been forced to use. .1\r. E. Re spoke from personal experience in si in that he had suffered a great a from rheumatism, and been troubled is different times with sore throat. eepuchaed a bottle of St. Jacobs frm Mr. Pyle, and after three or f oeaplications was relieved of his ailme e appking Mr. W. A. Rouse what he ki ea-abobut the article he said : After g: e ssuffering with pain in the lefta side, tended wih severe colic, I was rec< e mended to use St. Jacobs Oil. I 1 7 chased a bottle, took two doses and g plied some externally. I was rehi re immediately and have not experien e.y fohichc I hasuffered feri r. than one year having left me. . see experiences as these. carry, convic aewit wth em to all fair-mmnded asestthoghtful people,; and more fir esstblish the merit of that fan reeedy which, too, has our indo The area of the State of Californ 15 :j yj~jo acres. SCIENTLFIC SCBAPS. A new variety of coloring matter is extracted from a wood called Beth-a barra, from the west coast of Africa. During the last three years Germany consumed 2,657,530 tons of rails. Near ly all the rails were made of steel. Spent hops are rich in fertilizing qualities, and valuable for applying on a light soil, where they keep it moist. A variety of coal said to be the most highly carbonized member of the coal series known has been found near Lake Onega. Vaccination has recently been suc cessfully used in France for securing sheep and caltle against carbonaceous diseases. A brain preserved and metallized by the galvanoplastic method hits been lately presented to the French Academy of Medicine. If a freshly cut tuberose or any other white flower be placed in diluted scar let ink, the liquid will be drawn up into it, coloring the veins. The specific gravity of a fresh-laid egg is between 1.0784 and 1. 0942. When exposed to the air it loses water, and its gravity becomes less. Coal dust is an important factor in colliery explosions. A mixture of coal dust and air is non-explosive, but if fire damp is present a highly explosive com pound is produced. The Baddhist God of Wealth. One of the commonest idols in Japan is that of Daikoku, the Buddhist god of wealth. "lHe is jolly and roguish looking usually," says Miss Bird, in her recent work on Japan, " as indeed the god may be who leads all men and fools mos'. He is short and stout, wears a cap like the cap of liberty, is seated on rice-bags, holds a mallet in his right hand, and with the left graps tightly a large sack which he carries over his shoulder. The moral taught by this figure has long since been forgotten. It teaches humility by its low stature. Its bag represents wealth, requiring to be firmly held when attained. The cap parly shades the eyes, to keep them bent down on the realities of life. The mallet represents manual labor, and the rice-bags the riches to be acquired by following the rules which raise the lowly. Traders, farmers, and all who have their living to make, propitiate Daikoku, and he is never without offer ingsand incense." Fir tree oil, used in the destruction of insects, mixes freely with water, as other oils do not. The production of opium has greatly increased in Persia within the last two L~years. _______ The idea of the kaleidoscope first occurred to David Brewster in 1814. The Louisville Commercial eites the case of Captain Charles N. Corri, of that city, fwho was cured by St. Jacobs Oil, after suf -fering for years' with rhenmatismaork2 (Yeb.) Repuiean. New York is: the greatest bay-pro of its hay in 1S79 was $60,627,240. The Philadelphia Pay Hor minntob Mr JT. A. Walton,ot1245 North Twelfth. street, that city, as an ~enthusisstic indorrer of St. Jacobs Oil for the relief and cure of diseases of horses. It is stated that there is anew method of storing up electricity by means of metal piles. Bogus cerIficates. It is no vile dragged 5tniY pretendinlg to be made of wonderful foreign roots, barks, etc., a~d pviffed up b~y long hogus certificates of pre jtendel(d mairaculous cemes, but a simple, pure, effective medicine, mado of well-known valma ble remedies, that furnishaes -'.s own certincates -liv its caires. We refer to Hlop Bitters, the ijirest and best of medicines. see "Truths" a " Proverbs," in another column. ?IR.LND has 3,000,00O aeres of drainable Sland. _____________ II0W TO SECURE HIEALTHl. It t an:;e any e-:e w~ll suffer it.-m dieranemenlt: 1trc.~ht on by imptie,. l:00, when SCoVILL's sAJRs A PARILLA AND sTILLiINGIA.or BLOOD AS D LIVEli SY U P will restore health to the physical orgzanl7zath-n. It is-a strengthe ding~ syruP. pleasant to taske. and the lI Esl 0BLOOD PIFIER~ ever discovered,. curing~ scrofuta Syphilitic disorders, weakne.ss at the Kluineys, Erystpetas 3talria, Nervous disorders. Debility, Ihilious compaaint: .and Diseases of the Blood. Liver, Etdneys, stormch skin etc. ________ ____ - Eey's Carbolic Troehe., preventt an cornta . gious diseabes. such as Diphtherda, Scarlet Fever ~woopilg Cough. and cure Coughs and Ceod Elcsnt t o the taste and a good disinfe-ctant. Vogotino THlE DOCTOR'Si ERTJFICATE. READ IT. n.I.AtrtE. washingtonl Co., Ill., Jan. 14. 1878. {rJ.'Slbi5 tto cerifythastlIhad been suffer igrona lOs. C~ancr 0:, mye rmht breast. whi" -r ver:. ry i.1hy, aial all my frm'nds hadpgven in u, to die~. whl. I he-ird or ournmenicne. EGErrT* Lrcomendedt for Catrer andl Cancerous Humors. o~.iuencd to take it. and soon found myself begin ni to feeIl better ; my: health and spirits b~oth fel of.'r-ign intenee which it exerted, and a foi noth traml the time 1commlenred the use of th sIcrs the ancrcm C iIE 1oltit.T I etf htI am p~ersonally ac,iuainted wth Mr ..rrsand I consider her orne tf ,,r ~ -AL DiSEASmts oF 'rE BLooD.--f VEoETrrINE reii~ticet~ i s for yars, mit i at prool. if yo ar a ;e~ Bledj Jirr. Th great source of diea -e uites in the 1-leea: an-i no miedicinie that (I no at dir.ely iipan it. t a purify and renovate., alig hst clipo pulic attntion. Vegetine. s-I regard it as a Valuable FAMILY MEDICINE J. 1, 1878 n.Ii t 1 plaure'in' sang tht I h us d te Xeg.tin- t in~ my faily w;th good resul g a ag kniowni er severail cae of remiarkai at-enres ciccd hv it. regard it as a valuable lam ea dicie. Trulyyu Y. WM. McDoNALEt at, The RteY. Win. Mclonald is wyell known throit He the United states zas a niste r in the M. E. Chur Vegetine. at..PREPARED BY Le H. R. Stevens, Boston, Mas eatat at- egetinle is~ s'om bygf prucggisti 1~s W. F. Cody, known to fame as "Buf ialo Bill," was shot at three times'by a :rank at Council Bluffs, Iowa. One of Lhe bullets grazed his cheek, and was iattened considerably. At Baltimore, a man who was being shaved heard a runaway, and, thinking it was his team, jumped up and had his ose nearly cut off. Nullifying a Grave ia.k. Residents and sojourners in fever and ague locations, who are wise enough te test by ex perience the genuinenesa of the claims of Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters to public confidence, nullify a grave risk, which without the protect ing aid of this fortifying agent could not safely be encountered. Both air and water are the ve hicles for the dissemination of the disease, and irregularities of the system which this fine al ternative is peculiarly adapted to correct, and that want of tone which is specially favorable to the contraction of malarial fevers, are con ditions which must undergo a radical change ere positive immunity from the scourge can be hoped for. Quinine has no continuous effect. is a; dangerous drug, and works incalculable after mischief to the system. The Bitters, on the other hand, is not only safe, but the good ef fects which it speedily produces do not wear out as the medicine is persisted in. It rega lates and tone i tne stomach, liver, bowels and kidneys with certainty and promptitude. Tat wisest man may be wiser to-day than he was yesterday, and to-morrow than he is to-day Ladles, Delicate and Feeble. Those languid, tiresome sensations, causing you to feel scarcely able to be on your feet; that constant drain that is taking from your system all its former elasticity, driving the bloom from your cheeks; that continual strain upon your vital forces, rendering you irritable and fretful, can easily be removed by the use of that mar velous remedy, Hop Bitters. Irregularities and obstructions of your system are relieved at once, while the specal causes of periodical - are permanently removed. Will you heed this? See Truths" WA3T we charitablyforqire will be recom pensed as well as what we charitably give. Restored from a Decline. Nor.rn GR.oZ, N. Y, April 25, 1880. Pr. Rl. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y.: Dear Sir I feel it my dn to write and thank you for what your "Go.den Medical Discovery" and . Favorite Prescription" have done for my daughter. It is now five weeks since she began t hior use. She is more fleshy, has more color in her face, no headache, anf is in other ways greatly improved. Yours truly, S ~Ms. 3MARcEIA MYE=s. THE reproaches of enemies should quicken us to duty, and not keep us from it. - Unlike other cathartics Dr. Pierce's "Pel lets" do not render the bowels costive after operation. but, on the contrary, establish a permanently healthy action. Being entiarey regetable no particular care is required while using them. By druggists. IT is not death that m akes the martyr, bu the cause. "Gonr.-sv MEDc.LDiscoflnT" (Trade-mar registere -) is not only a sovereign remedy for consuI tion, but also for consumptive night sats, bronchitis, coughs, spitting of blood, weak lungs, shortness of breath and kindred aged ins of the throat and chest. By drug Aorr fifty per cent. of the area of Ken tacky is in primitive forests. Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. A. international fish exhibition is to be held at Pensacola, Florida, in 1882. Bed-Bugs, Roaches, Rats, eats, mice, ants, flies, insects, cleared out by "Rough on Rats." 15c., druggists. INIroNo, Dis2EksIA, nervous prostration and all forms of general debility relieved by taking MEsxs's PEProNizED BEEF ToNIrC, the only preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious propertes. It contains blood-making, force-generating and life-sustaining properties; is invaluable in all enfeebledeconditions, whether the rcsult of exhaustion, nervous prostration, overwork, or 'acute disease, .atcual if reslting from pulmonarycopait-Caswell, Haad & Co., proprietors, ewYork. SrE as Lnr.rr.-There is no diseaeof he hknisa system for which the VnstrzN can notbe sed with perreec safety as it does nod contain anymetallie oompoun~A Are you baldCa.nE a doodorized ex-a .tractof petroleiimyithe Qlycure for baldni s, ~aeein p o stbisnotheimO edelghfk sI f 1e~oI.-s sl a au at u tery onalc- n clso othr'ig redieents tohthe yu n or bealte. S XETN TANASNOREQUAL! IN CMNANY O lMES.AYFOM J. N. HARR'S, C &d Co., ror~iersad .ihrafc~so h CINCIN AT, an L. Si I~FORILE1YLLTY DRUASTS. A( R uLt. -Ar unat scwaned for Life ofn-ed den't atrtld .0 A~ cle e -th fuler ist crm 4 anr oter br.ona te o one t. Aget nevr ld. necsa AlEPETOAe ImnT prSOts.L fee. GoE HARS& oNC., Popritr I FO SAE B ALL DRUGISTSE.Y rep.gC~ aefor Lpe of1Pre 1 Guidetog.~.byt e by~'n mi.5da mpr CoC wel nur- ai red: rdc L.W. t T e la, tl B'wa he Tereate st Inverste nts d"in LibealWtrm ~en cta. oraers for the 2 t Star opgledanerm< .sother butn o oe. Agent e. --ec.say Al ae cimm :.,se troeet. l'riue.ten iree t at fre . A sW TnO & Co. Portland. M strm. ETTA'S HEADA - hot im b toC pand PNER thce ne"rvo u yem, anLQ-se the I reauesr Inetentctin ofthe Wol use u PaetRle A fun siz e box ofantese aluat WEATHERm-U ROT We admire the of the unfbrtUS~tS nan who, when ev hadbeen wepbe way,said," Well, there'll be weather and tax eft, atany rate." Alas! weather I the Yellow dog" of all subjects; everyone tinks ith spea right to try to better the weather,_and hurla his ainthemas gaislt "Old Probabilltel," and all who endeavor to assist hmre 4 the weather. The following cmulctolI from prof. Tice of St. Louis, 3[o- the eond meeoologist mad weather prophet Of thke West. It does not discus the weather butsoehg more import tohose who sfer with that painful iled he speaks of: 'The day after concluding my e at r t Iowa, onthe 21stof Dcemberlast Iassed with a sudden attach of neuralgia in the chest, vielg mc hxcrc atr.g pain and almost revent Ig breathing. My Pulse, usually 60, feR to 5 intense nauseaof the stomach succeeded, cold, clammy sWeat - The attendin hysicar-coiid do nothing lieve me. suffering for three hours I thought-as I hid been using ST. JAcOBS OIL with 1ooc 'ect for;-heumatic - iL& I saturated a piece of flannel, lre enoug to cover my chest, with the Oil, and appliedit, M relief was almost instantaneous. Inone -hourI was entirely free from pain, and would bav* taken the train to fill an Itment that night in a, nei-ghboring town h my friends not dis suaded me. As it was. I took the night train formy home, in St. Louis, and have not been toubled since. 4 _ ]KINlFACT OT Id islaenie Req , 465 FULTON ST., SMBROOKLYN. IM Ortalt to tlle Ilis oi AmieGicL The MOST lARVELOUS INTENTION in the WORLD is the "1WILSONIA" MAGNETIC GA U31ENTS They cure EVERY FORM OF DISEASE known to man, without wedifle. chwnges of diet, or tof. woL,UO& PERSONS, once HELPLESSMM LlUA. are now rejoicing in the blessings of RE STORED HEAULTH. 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Aco of Hops, Buchu, Marow dalt and Dandelion aine& aand most C urative propertieso an oher Vte es theg Blood Purifier, Liver . eg u I ater 9and MeO and Heiaov Agent on n diseas e an long.eM where H opragvS! t vgtmg To all whose e ploymencuse ire .lr ty ofthebowelsOl rinl lans, o wod e Icating. - No matter whatyour t.e dings or- symaptones re what the discaoor all i s e Hopi ters. Don't waituntilyonase *o11k but ifyou only feel bad or miserable, usethemi, Ata It ma ave yourlite.It1e% ~ inr curorhep. Do not suffer orietyonrmd s.... -aue..ruehm.- tO.e o memher.BopRBitesfs'o i1 drknnostrmbatthesUrst nsaovermade:.the erusn BoX 7 5,000tin theints ois norean li e and dn taa te.~aUX Su gace dahferal bsui, t. -h etcaOa y ? ie to mkoney deware cfh)n lntae ieo orriartedesidentrm. Adine s orrit Eta te..ms to me is C ton.laas e. - urace .il eGo e Sod vrweeor sui Bvra, fr catterlotams.n GES ~uNSY6 'TS. Bn , as. A; cSME N jodE~oomonr. 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