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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Pari? has a steam phaeton, y paper bottle factory is to be started at Ghissboro, N. J. Electric soldering irons are being used with success in some of the great-Eastern tanneries. Nearly all the winter and summer re sort hotels of first-class pretensions are appointed with steam heating appara tus. When cast and malleable iron are used in the same structure a galvanic action is set up between them and the malleable iron is corroded. The English estimate that in establish ing an arc lighting plant the first fifty lights cost $250,000, with a very small fraction added for an increased capacity. The materials used in the manufacture of the different substances used on ceil ings and walls for decorative purposes consist of the residuum of candle distill ing, wood, flour and common paraffine oils. I Black being a color which absorbs fceat rays, some tank-steamers are being painted gray, the idea being to minimize the risk of explosion on board these ships through the oil becoming heated by the sun's rays. , The best idea of the value of the Bes semer invention may be formed from the simple tact that when Bessemer began experimenting steel sold in England at from $250 to $300 a gross ton. He soon made a better steel at $30 a ton. For stopping the freezing of exhaust jpipes of engines or pumps a pump-boy in Miehigau suggested the introduction of a small jet of cold water to play into ithe exhaust. The plan was acted upon, 'and it is said to work admirably. It is proposed to substitute locust for oak in the manufacture of insular pins. The first named wood possesses many superior charaeteristics, not the least ol which is durability. It will last from fifteen to twenty-five times longer than oak. Many explosions in flouring mills are said to have been caused by electricity generated by belts. Even ordinary belts are found to generate sufficiently strong currents to perform the commou experiments for which electric machines are used. A new centrifugal machine recently invented is called the htumatokrit, and it is employed for determining the volume of corpuscles present in blood. Its use fulness lies in the ability which the doc tors will now have of comparing the blood of different individuals. At Sydney, New South Wales, naval works, comprising naval and victualling stores, engines and ship-repairing fac tory, deep water wharf, with shears to lilt the heaviest guns and extensive magazines for naval ordnance stores, are being carried out at the expeuse of thf Colonial Government. An ingenious electrical balance was recently exhibited in Paris. The object to be weighed was placed in the pan, by which act an electrical circuit was closed and a motor put in operation which moved the weight out on the beam o the balance. When the equipoise was established the circuit was broken. Upon emptying the pan the weight re turned. To Lubricate a Watch. The lubrication of a watch is a nice point. Some oil a watch to death, sayt the Eorological Rnieve. According t« this authority it is always best to put t little oil in the centre pinion hole before putting together, and on the barrel arbor i oil tho mainspring by oiling a tissue paper and slipping it around the coils. Do not straighten the spring out in this process, as it will be more apt to break ’after such a treatment. When properly loiled it is an improvement. If the oil ii .poor and too much of it is used it will 'soon gum up and be worse thau no oil. !ln regard to oiling the train pivots, i correspondent uses an oiler of his own in- Ivention, which is as follows: i Get a good quill; take a sharp knife land split it like a steel pen and stick its point into your oil cup, then oil yom pivots. You can put on as little or as much as you please by the pressure, with no danger of cracking or scratching any thing. Then put on the balance and bridge, see that everything is screwed down firmly and that the balance has a good free swing. Never oil. the lever pallets or ruby pin they will soon get gummy and spoil the whole job. Tattoo Marks Won’t Come Out. It has often been claimed that tattoo marks may be removed by pricking over them goat's milk. This is a mistaken idea. Chemists and others have for years experimented with various prepa rations in the hope of discovering some agent to wholly remove India ink marks from the human skin. Nothing, how ever, has as yet been found that will re move u portion even of the objectionable marks, unless, possibly, tho attempt be made immediately following the tattoo ing process.—.Boston Bulletin. Hanging seems fo lie a very profitable business in China. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank made $1,800,000 profit during the last half year. SELECT SITTINGS. Chicago Lis Chinese bakeries, i Ithaca, Wis., breeds St. Bernard dogs. Herbert Bruce, of Columbus, Ind., is thirteen years old, but weighs 216 pounds. Indian elephants cannot live in Central Africa, the home of a larger and more hardy species. The past has been, it is said, with one exception, tho foggyist winter for twenty years in London. Mrs. Stanley, wife of the explorer, is a direct descendant—tho seventh in line —from Oliver Cromwell, A man at A thens, Ga., owns an antiq uity in the form of a water bucket, hewn out of the solid rock. The Japanese administer the oath by cutting the witness's finger and taking blood to seal the swear. Dr. Elliott Cones, late of the Smith- , sonian Institution, estimates that 1000 legitimate words are coined annually. The most watery county in the United States is Monroe County, Fla. It is chiefly composed of small islands, or keys. The new war ship of the English navy, the Royal Sovereign, was constructed in seventeen months, which is said to be the best time on record for such work. The poundmaster of Oakland, Cal., sold for $12 at an estray auction an un claimed horse. The animal was subse quently identified as a $4000 thorough bred trotter. A Missouri man recently went before the Legislature of that State advocating the introduction and passage of a bill compelling the keepers of railroad res taurants to date their pies. In certain parts of Africa crickets are said to constitute an artitle of commerce. People rear them, feed them in confine ment and sell them. The natives are very fond of their music, thinking that it induces sleep. Superstitions regard ing the cricket’s chirp are very varied. ,8ome believe that it is omiuous of sorrow and evil, while others consider it to be a harbinger of joy. The fate of Lizzie Bond, of Auderson, lad., shows that a woman is not safe even after she has stepped on one side of the track and permitted a train of cars to pass her. Miss Bond stepped off the track, but the sucticn of the train that thundered past her drew her dress undei the rear car, which, catching upon an irou bar, dragged her fifty yards or more, dashing her brains out upon the cross ties. Grotesque Flight of Kangaroos. Describing a kangaroo hunt in Scril 'ner, Birge Harrison says: The rest of the herd immediately made off in our di rection; but instead of scatteriug pell ,mell as other wild animals would have done under like circumstancs, these queer denizens of a queer country fell into line 1 jand departed in regular Indian file, tho big old doe leading the way, and the smallest diminutive pickaninuies bring ing up the rear. The doe covered the I ground with tremendous leisurely hops, holding her forepaws before her in a ,mincing way that was very comical. The .smaller animals—each an exact, though : diminutive, counterpart of the leader— j followed in gradually diminishing per spective, every little beggar hopping : just a little more rapidly than the one be fore him, until the fast-flying legs of the last puny fellow at the end of the line ;were blurred like the spokes of a wheel dn rapid motion. The effect of this ex traordinary procession was to my unac customed eyes, so altogether ludicrous and absurd, that I nearly lost my shot in an uncontrolable burst of laughter. As it was, I might just as well have had my laugh to the end, for although I let the .old doe have both barrels fall in the flank as she passed me at twenty yards’ [distance, she never even faltered in her ;course, and had quite disappeared in the iscrub, with all her numerous progeny at her heels, before I hafl time to replace the empty cartridges. The No. 3 shot, in all probability, had little more effect upon her tough hide than so many grains of sand. Nevertheless, it might perhaps ihave brought her down if I had aimed at the head, for one pellet penetrating |the brain through the eye would have been sufficient. But the motion was so 'eccentric and perplexing that this would have been a very risky shot, and I pre ferred the chance of stunning her by a direct double charge full in the body, to the almost absolute certainty of miss ing her altogether by attempting the more difficult shot. REV. DR. TALMAGE The Brooklyn Divine’s Sunday Sermon. Refined i'uiiishment. In the valise of an English tourist to Greenland was a big red apple, and the Custom House men, having never seen one before, and being unable to find any one who had, took it for a bomb and made the Englishman sit down and cat it. They were quite put out when he didn’t explode and shatter things.—Bos ton Globe. Tippoo Tib, the great Congo slave dealer, is on his way to visit his With ' place, Arabia. He is the son of a half- casle Atab, and his mother was a full- blooded African slave. When So Many People Are taking and praising Hood’s Sarsaparilla a:< their Spring Medicine, having become convinced that it is by far the best, the question arises Why Don’t Yoy Take It yourself. Possessing just those blood- purifying, building-up, appetite-giving qualitie.i which are so important in A Spring Medicine It is certainly worthy a trial. A single bottle taken according to directions will convince you of the merit in, and make you a warm friend of, this popular medicine. Be sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla Hold by all dragfUts. $1; iU ror fl. Preparedonl/ i koldbjaUdniggMt |1; eleforju. Preiiarn l o;ily lyC. mOODACO. ZpoUieculee, Lowell, Uesa Oj C. L HOOD * OO. Apothecerlen, Lowell, l! 111 IOO Poae» One Dollar ] IOO Doses One Dollar CURES DIARRHEA. DYSENTERY, CRAMPS. FOR THE GIVE IT TO TEETHING CHILDREN, IT WILL SHE THEIR LIVES. DON'T !•( veer draggle! or merchant per- fttiade you that something else will de us well, for It WON’T. The Best Thing BOWELS Tkxt: “What mean ye by these stones?" —Joshua iv.. 6. The Jordan, like the Mississippi, has bluffs on the one side aud flats on the other. Here and there a sycamore shadows it. Here snd there a willow dips into it. It was only a 'ittle over waist aeep in December as I waded through it, but in the months of April and May tue snows on Mount Lebanon thaw and flow down into tho valley, and then the Jor dan overflows its banks. Then it is wide, deep, raging and impetuous. At this season of the year I hear the tramp of forty thou sand armed men coming down to cross the river. You say, why do they not go up nearer tho rise of the river at the old camel lord? Ah! my friends, it is because it is not safe to go around when the Lord tells us to go ahead. Tho Israelites had been going around forty years, aud they had enough of it. I-do not know how it is with you, my brethren, but I have always got into trouble when I went around, but always got into safety when I went ahead. There spreads out the Jordan, a raging torrent, much of it snow water just come down from the mountain top. and I see some, of the Israelites shivering at the idea of plunging in, and one soldier says to his com rade. “Joseph, can you swim?' And another .ays; “If we get across the stream we will get there with wet clothes and with damaged armor, and the Canaanites will slash us to pieces with their swords before we get up the other bank.'' But it is no time to halt. The great host marches on. The priests carrying the ark go ahead, the people follow. I hear the tramp of the great multitude. The priests have now come with 'n a stone's throw of the water. Yet still there is no abatement of the flood. Now they have come within four or five feet of ths stream; but there is no abatement of the flood Bad prospect! It seems as if these Israelites that crossed the desert are now go ing to be drowned in sight of Canaan. But “Forward ’” is the cry The command rings all along the line of the host "Forward!" Now the priests have come within one step of the river. This time they lift their feet from the solid ground and put them down into the raging stream. No sooner are their feet there than Jordac flies. On the right hand God piles up a great mountain of floods, on the left the water flows off toward the sea. The great river for hour;, halts and rears. The back waters, not being able to flow over the passing Is raelites. pile wave on wave until perhaps a sea bird would find some difliculty in scaling the water cliff. Now the priests and all the people have gone over on dry land. The water on the left hand side by this time has • eached the sea, and now that the miracu lous passage has been made, stand back and see this stu|>endous pile of waters leap. God takes His hand from that walls of floods,and like a hundred cataracts they plunge and roar in thunderous triumph to tho sea How are they to celebrate this passage? Shall it be with music 1 I suppose the trum pets and cymbals were all worn out. before this Shall it be with banners waving? Ob. oo; they are all faded and torn. Joshua cries om, "I will tell you how to celebrate this—build a monument here to commemo rate tho event," aud every priest puts a jeavy stone on bis shoulder and marches out and (hops that stone in the divinely ap- .ointed place I see the pile growing in oeight, in breadth, in signineance, and, in ifter years, men went by that spot and saw ‘hi- monument, aud cried out one to another, in fulfillment of the prophecy of the text. “What meant ye by these stones?” Blessed be God, He did not leave our church in the wilderness! We have been wandering about for a year and a half worshiping in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn and the Academy of Music, New York And some thought we would never reach the promised land. Some said we had better take this route and ot hers that. Some said we had better go back, and some said there were ions of Anak in the way that would eat us up, aud before the smoke bad cleared away •rom the sky alter our tabernacle had been consumed, people stool on the very site of the place and said: This church will never again be built." We came down tothe bank ■ t Jordan; we looked ofi’ upon the waters Some of the sympathy that was expressed turned out to be snow’ water molted from the lop of Lebanon. Some said “You badbet ter not go in: you will get your feet wet.’’ But we uadediu, pastor and people, farther and farther, aud in some way, the Lord only knows bow. we got through; and to-night 1 go all around about this great bouse, erected by your prayers and sympathies and sacri fices, aud cry out in the words of my text: “What mean ye by these stones?” It is an outrage to build a house like this, so vast and so magnificent, unless there be some tremendous reasons for doing it, and so, my friends, I pursue you to-night with the question of my text, and I demand of these trustees and of these elders and of all who have contributed in the building of this structure, “What mean ye by these stones?" But before I get your answer to my question you interrupt me aud point to the memorial wail at the side of this pulpit, aud saj r , “Ex plain that unusual group of memorials, What mean you by those stones’’ ’ By per mission of the people of my beloved charge I recently visited the Holy Lauds, and having in mind by day aud night during my ab sence this rising houseof prayer, I bethought mystdf, “What can I do to make that place significant and glorious On the mormug of December the 3d we were at the toot ot the most sacred mount ain of all tbeeartb, Mount Calvary. There is no more doubt of the locality than of Mount Washington or Mount Blanc. On the bluff of this mountain, which is the shape of the human skull, and s.o called in the Bible, “The place of the skull.” there is room for three crosses. There 1 saw a stone so sug gestive I rolled it down the hill and trans ported it. It is at the top of this wall, a white stone, with crimson veins running through it—the white typical of purity the crimson suggestive of the blood that paid the price of our redemption. We place it at the top of the memorial wall, for above all in this church for all lime, m sermon end song and prayer, shall be the saeratlceof Mount Cavalry. Look at it. That stone was one of therocks rental the crucifixion. That heard (he cry, “It is finished.” Was ever any church on cartli honored with such • memorial? Beneath it are two tables of stone which I had brought from Mount Sinai where the law was given Three camels were three weeks crossing the desert to fetch them When at Cairo. Egypt, 1 proposed to the Christian Arab that ho bring one stono from Mount Sinai, he said, “We can easier bring two rocks than one, for one must balance them on the back of the camel, " and I dH not think until the day of their arrival how much more suggestive would bo the two, be cause the law was wrilten on two tablets of stone. Those stones marked with the words t “Mount fciinoi”felttheearHiquakethat shook ' the mountains when the law was given. The | lower -tone of the wall is from Mars Hill, the place where Paul stood when he preached that famous sermon on the brotherhood of I the human race, declaring ‘God hath made i of one blood all nations." Since Lord Elgin took the famous statuary from the Acropolis, the hill adjoining Mars Hill, the Greek Government makes it impos- ! sible to transport to other lands any antiq i uities, and armed soldiers guard not only ' the Acropolis, but Mars Hill. That stone I obtained by special iiermissiou from the Queen of Greece, a most gracious and bril liant woman, who received us as though we lad been old acquaintances, aud through Mr. Tricoupis, the Prime Minister of Greece, • and Mr Snowden, our American Minister Plenipotentiary, and Dr. Manatt, our Amer ; ican Consul, that suggestive tablet was : sawed from the pidpit of rock on whioh Paul preached Now you understand why we have marked it “The Gospel." Lung af ter my lips shall utter in this church their last message, these lips of stone will tell of i he Law, and the Sacrifice, and the Gospel ' This day I present them to the church and ‘ to all who shall gaze upon them Thus you have my answer to the question, "What mean you by these stones''" But you cannot divert me from the ques tion of the text as I first put it; I have in I terpreted these four memorials on my right band, but there are hundreds of stones in these surrounding walls and underneath us, in the foundations, and rising above us in t be towers. The quarries of this and trans- atlautic countries at the call of crowbar and chisel bavocontributed tow ard this structure. I “What mean ye by these stones?” You mean amour other things that they shall bo an earthly residence for Christ. ; Christ did not have much of a home when I He was here. Who and where is that child j crying' It is Jit us, born in an outhouse. Where is that hard breathing? It is Jesus, ! asleep on a rock. Who is that in the back part of a Ashing smack, with a sailor’s ! lough overcoat thrown over Him? It is Jesus, the worn out voyager. O, Jesus! is it not time that Thou hadst a house? We give Thee this. Thou didst give it to us Hi st, but we give it back to Thee. It is too good for us. but not half good enough for Thee. Ob! come in and take the best see. here Walk up and down all these aisles. Speak through these organ pipes Throw thine arm over us in these arches. In the flaming of these brackets ot fire speak to us, saving, “I am the light of the worlfl." O King! make this thine audience chamber. Here proclaim righteousness and make treaties. We clap our bands, we uncover our heads, we lift our ensigns, we cry with multitudinous acclamation until the place rings and the heavens listen, “O King 1 live forever!” Is It not time that He who was born in a stranger’s house and buried in a stranger’s grave should have an earthly bouse? Come in, O Jesus! not the corpse of a buried Christ, but a radiant and trumphant Jesus, con queror of earth and heaven and hell. He lives, all glory to His name. He lives, my Jem*, still the same, oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives— I know that my Bedeemer lives. Blessed be His glorious name forever! Again, if any one aides the question of the text, “What mean ye by these stones?’ tho reply Is we mean the communion of saints. Do you know that there is not a single de nomination of Christians in Brooklyn that has not contributed something toward the building of this house? And if ever, stand ing in this place, there shall be a man who shall try by anything he says to stir up bit terness between different denominations of Christians, may his tongue falter, and his cheek blanch, and his heart stop’ My friends, if there is any church on earth where there is a mingling of all denomina tions it is our church. 1 just wish that John Calvin and Arminius, if they were not too busy, would come out on the battlements and see us. Sometimes in our prayer meetings I have heard brethren use the phrases of a beautiful liturgy, and weknow where they come from, and in the same prayer meetings I have heard brethren made audible ejaculation. Amen”’ “Praiseye the Lord! ” and we did not have to guess twice where they came from. When a man knocks at our church door, if he comes from a sect where they will not give him a certificate, we say; “Come in by confession of faith." While Adoniram Judson, the Baptist, and John Wedey, the Methodist, and John Knox, the glorious old Scotch Presbyterian, are shak ing hands in heaven, all churches on earth can afford to come into close communica tion; “One Lord, one faith, one baptism." Oh, my brethren, we have had enough of Big Bethel fights—the Fourteenth New York regiment fighting the Fifteenth Massachu setts regiment. Now, let all those who are for Christ and stand on the same side go shoulder to shoulder,and this church, instead of having a sprinkling of the divine blessing, go clear under the wave in one glorious im- mertion in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Hblv Ghost. 1 saw a little child once, in its dying hour, i ut one arm around its father's neck and the • ther arm around its mother's neck ami <ring them close down to its dying lips and give a last kiss. Oh, I said, those two per- ons will stand very near to each other al ways after such an interlocking. The dying Ohrist puts one arm around this denomina- tion of Christians, and the other arm around i hat denomination of Christians, and He brings them down to His dying lips while He gives them this parting kiss; “My peace 1 Icnve with von Mv njace l eive unto von How swift the heavenly course they run, Whose hearts and faith and hopes are one. I heard a Baptist minister once say that be thought in the milleunium it would he all one great Baptist church, and 1 heard a Methodist minister say that he thought in the great millennial day it would be all one great Methodist church; and I have known a Presbyterian minister who '.bought that in the millennial day it would oe all one great i’resbyterian church. Now 1 think they are all mistaken. I think the millennial church will he a composite church; and just as you may take the best parts of five or six tunes, and under the skil- lul hands of Handel, Mozart or Beethoven entwine them intoone grand and overpower- :ng symphony, so, I suppose, in the latter .lays of the world, God will take the best parts of all denominations of Christians,and weave them into one great ecclesiastical harmony, broad as the earth and high as the ueavens, and that will be the church of the future. Or, as mosaic is made of jasper and ngate and many precious stones‘cementei together—mosaic a thousand feet square in St. Mark’s, or mosaic hoisted in colossal seraphim in 8t. Sophia’s—sol suppose God will make, after a while, one great blending of all creeds, and all faiths, aud all Christian sentiments, the amythest and the jasper.and the chalcedony of all different experiences and belief, cemeted side by side in the great mosaic of the ages, and while the nations look upon the columns and architraves of the stupendous church of the future, and cry out, “What mean ye by these stones!” there shall be innumerable voices to re spond, “We mean the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.” Still further, you mean by these stones the salvation of the people. We did not build this church for mere worldly reforms, or for an educational institution, or as a platform on which to -ead essays and philosophical disquisitions, but a place for the tremendous work of soul saving On, I had rather be the means in this church of having one soul prepared for a joyful eternity than five thousand souls prepare! 1 for mere worldly success. All churches are in two classes, all communities in two classes, ail the race in two classes—believers aud unbelievers. To augment the number ot the one and subtract from the number of the other we built this church, and toward that supreme and eter nal idea we dedicate all our sermons, all our songs, all our prayers, all our Sabbath hand shakings. We want to throw defection into the enemy’s rank-. We want to make them either surrender unconditionally to Christ or else fly in front, scattering the way with canteens, blankets an 1 knapsacks. We want to popularize Christ. We would like to tell the story of His love here until men would feel that they had rather die than live another hour without His sympathy and love and mercy. We want to rouse up an enthusiasm for Him greater than was felt for Nathaniel Lyon when he rode along the ranks; greater than was exhibited for Well ington when he came back from Waterloo; greater than was expressed for Napoleon whan ha ttanned ashore from Elba. Waraallv oniTO--s iu '/iii— nlucb Cnrm win r-ntiv, too same scene* that were enacted by Him when He landed in the orient, aud there will bo such an opening of blind eyes and unstop ping of deaf ears aud casting out of unclean spirits—such silencing bestormod Oeimesa- rets as shall make this house memorable five hundred years after you aud I ere dead and forgotten. Oh, my friends, we want hut one revival in this church, tha* beginning now anil running on to the day when the chisel of time, that brings down even St. I’aid s and the Pyramids, snail bring this bouse into the dust. Ob, that this day of dedication might be the day of emancipation of all imprisoned souls. My friends, do not make Hie blunder of the ship carpenters in Noah’s time, who helped to build the ark, but did not get into it. God forbid that you who liave been so generous in building this ehurch should not get under its influences. “Come thou and all thy house into the ark." Do you think a man is safe out of Christ? Notone day, not one hour, not one minute, not one second. Three or four years ago, you remember, a rail train broke down a bridge on the way to Albany, and after the catastrophe they were looking around among the timbers of the 'rushed bridge and the fallen train andfound the conductor. He was dying, and had only strength to say one thing, and that was, "Hoist the flag for the next train.” So there come to us to night, from the eternal word, voices of God, voices of angels, voices of de parted spirits, crying “Lift the warning Blow the trumpet Give the alarm. Hoist the flag for the next train ’’ Oh, that to-night my Lord Jesus would sweep His arm around the great audience and take you all to His holy heart You trill never see no good a time for persona] conse cration as now. “What mean ye by these stones?” We mean your redemption from sin and death and hell by the power of an omnipotent gospel. Well, the Brooklyn Tabernacle is erected again We came here to-night not to dedi cate it. That was done this morning. To- night we dedicate ourselvee. In the Epis copal and Methodist churches they have a railing around the altar, and the people come and kneel down at that railing and gat the sacramental blessing. Well, my friends, it. would take more than a night to gather you in circles sround this altar. Then just bow where you are for the blessing. Aged men, tbis is the last church that you will ever dedicate May the God who comforted Jacob the Patriarch, and Paul tha aged, make this house to you the gate of heaven, and when, in your old days, you put on your spectacles to read the hymn or the Scripture lesson, may you get preparation for that land where you shall no more see through a glass darkly. May the warm sunshina of heaven thaw the snow off your foreheads! Men in middle life,do you know that this is the place where you are going to get your fatiguea rested and your sorrows appeased and your souls saved? Do you know that at this altar your sons and daughters will take upon themsalvee the vows of the Christian, aud from this place you will carryout, some of you, your precious dead? Between this baptismal font and this communion table yon will have someof the tenderest of life’s ex periences. God bless you. old and young and middle aged. The money you have given to this church to-day will be, I hope, the best financial investment you have ever made. Your worldly Investments may depend upon the whims of the money market, or the hon esty of bu linens associates, but the money you have given to the bouse of the Lord shall yield you large percentage, and declare eter nal dividends long after the noonday sun shall hava gone out like a spark from a "mi'ten anvil and nil the stars are dead. CHILEAN NITRATE MINES GREATEST NATURAL CURIOSITY ON THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT Interesting Fuels Concerning This Very Valuable Comiuoilitity—The Supply Inexhaustible. When wc first saw Iquique (pronounced E-kce-kee), little more than half a year ago. writes Fannie B. Ward, it was oue of the most peaceful aud prosperous cities of Chile—a seaport second only to Valpraiso in population and commercial importance, iu wide contrast to tbe burned and battered ruin the rebels made of it on their recent raid. It has long been the great shipping point of the world for nitrate of soda—a vast busi ness, practically controlled by English capital; and therefore in the eyes of Englishmen Iquique is of more conse quence than all the rest of Chile put to gether. For more than a year past the nitrate people have been doing little profitable business, principally on account of the Government troubles and consequent sttikes among the laborers, anil also be cause the English market is overstocked with the commodity, and therefore its price is correspondingly low. From this nitrate industry alone the Chilean Gov ernment has been collecting a revenue of about $30,000,000 per annum in ex port duties. Perhaps the greatest natural curiosity oa the Southern Continent is this inex haustible deposit of nitrate of soda. Beds of it are strewn along the western coast for five hundred miles; and throughout all that distance the physical aspect of Ithe country is the same—everywhere an arid range of hills from four to six thou sand feet high, rising abruptly outof tho [Pacific, backed by a desert pampa (plain) from fifty to one hundred miles wide, which gradually ascends to the foot of [the snowy Cordillera. Nowhere else in the worldcxcept in this particular pampa are nitrates found in quantities worth 'mentioning. The pampa above Iquiqui derives its name from the tatnarugal bushes with which it is sparsely covered. Further north, above Tarapaca, the bold features of the Cordillera and some beauty to the landscape; while inside from Antofo- gasta, in tbe great desert of Atacama, there is not even a distant mountain to be seen—nothing but brown sand as fat as the eye can reach. There is no cloud on the burnished sky to temper the rave of the vertical sun; the hot air distinct ly vibrates, and blue mirage lakes tan talize the thirsty traveler. One can scarcely bear to touch tbe scorching sand, at 130 degrees, and u light south wind continually raises whii (winds of dust in every direction. Neither bird, beast not plant of the lowest type can live in these barren wastes; and yet their hidden wealth has led to the creation of several villages, whose every necessary of life if brought from a long distance. A few years ago water sold on the Ata cama desert fur $20 the airoba, or about $2.50 per gallon, and a drink for a mule cost fifteen shillings, or $3.75. Finally, at a place in the desert called Carmen Alto, a sun condenser with 50,000 square feet of glass was employed to distil tresh water from that of the sea. This was afterward wrecked by a whirlwind, but a smallei apparatus on the same principle is now being worked at Sierra Gordo, and re alizes a handsome profit, though the water sells for only thirty cents the arroba. Most of the coast towns and in land factories are now supplied by mean! of condensed steam, some of the con densers producing no less than twenty- five tons of good water fot every ton ol coal burned in the boilers. More recent schemes have been started for supplying the coast towns with water by means ol pipes running across the desert iron) springs at the foot ol the mountains. Iquiqui, Tattal, Antofogasta and Mol- lendo are supplied in this manner, and other similar aqueducts are being con structed. The portion of the ptrapa in which English-speaking people are most inter ested is that lying between Iquiqui and Pisagua—the celebrated “Tamaruga' Pampa,” where lie tbe Tarapaca beds and where a colony of Northern “Nitrate Kings” have accumulated their millions. A high, chillv upland, about twenty miles across, separates the outer Sierra ot Huatacondo from the higher range of the Cordillera; aud then the Andes slope sharply down to the plateau of Bolivia, 12,000 feet above the sea. The surface of the desert is not sharp sand, but dry earth mixed with a certain proportion of sandy particles, and irri gation would turn every rod of it into a fertile plain. Wherever wells hav« been sunk, alternate layers of gravel, sand and mud arc disclosed, each seriet of layers representing the sequence of a single flood in former ages; hence it fol lows thut in times long past tbe pampa must have been subject to periodical in undations. Water may be found almost anywhere, at the depth of from fifty to 150 feet; but no place has yet been dis covered where the conditions necessary for artesian wells are fulfilled.—Phila delphia Record. Glimpses of a Syrian Seaport Town But it is iu the streets of Syrian citiea that we are most interested. Boyrout, where the Turkish jargon gives place to Arabic, is our first point of approach, and sailing down tho coast in the after noon light, the setting of the city ii truly superb. From the rock; harbor the graceful beach of St. George’s Bay sweeps around to the northeast, remind ing one of the Bay of Naples. Tho houses, rising on terraces as they recode from the sea, are of various architecture, presenting colonnades of slender pillars cut from Italian marble, tall minarets, or little equate dwellings with flat roofs. East of the city rises to a height of more than eight thousand feet the majestic range ot Lebanon capped with enow in winter, aud to tha rugged slopes cling a score of pretty villages, like swallows’ nests under the rocky caves. We can be quite resigned to tbe treelessness of the mountain-sides. What delicately tinted crags, what alternations of light and shade us tho deep chasms till with evening shadows, what gorgeousness on clouds and peaks us the am plunges finally into the blue waves of the Medi terranean! We find Beyrout a city of nearly a hundred thousand inhabitants, many of whom are Europeans, and have brought with them European houses and streets aud shops and costumes. But within the old city, inside the dingy walls that at tho beginning of this century inclosed all there was of Beyrout, we can find the same queer, narrow, crooked streets and miniature shops as in Damas cus or Hamah. Landing nt the wooden pier by a small boat from the steamer, wo meet our frieuds, the hawkers, iu lull cry. Among tbe jostling crowd of travelers, soldiers, porters, and beggars, they sell and thrive. —Bt. Nicholas. More light colored clothes will be worn as the season advances for evening visit ing. Copyright, iSSG. Fashion's favorite fad, centers in that famous, fascina ting game—lawn tennis. But there are women v 'Lo cannot engage in any pastime. They are delicate, feeble and (■.wily exhausted. They are sufferers irotu weaknesses and disorders peculiar to females, which are accompanied by sallow complexions, expressionless eyes and haggard looks. For overworked, “ worn - out,” “ run - down,” debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, “ shop-girls,” housekeepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women gen erally, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre scription is the greatest earthly boon, being uneqnaled as an appe tizing cordial and restorative tonic. It’s the only medicine for women, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the makers, of sat isfaction in every ease, or money re funded. This guarantee has been faithfully carried out for years. Dirt Makes Italy Charming! “There is a good deal to be said In favor of cleanness,” said the artist, “but there is also something to be said iu favor of dirt. It is its dirt that makes Italy so coaming. And if you go into the lower back streets of the city and watch tbe swarms of children at play, you will u-zree that their dirt is a positive charm. A grimy face with a pair of big eyes and a laughing mouth, a soiled aud tattered slip, a pair of stout, brown legs with streaks of mother earth upon them, have made up many a picture of hearty enjoy ment that long and effective application af the best brand of soap could not begin to make.’’—Netc York S’an. “August T II El KING OF ALL COUGH CURES; DOCTOR REMEi SOLD IN ENGLANDj for Is. 1%<L, and in AMERICA I for 85 cents a bottle. IT TASTES GOOD. It is not always easy to start a fruit far cover. Instead of wrenching your hands and bringing on blisters, simply invert the jar and place the top in hot watei for a minute. Then try it and you will find it turns quite easily. Fnettmonia caused a temporary ad journment of the South Dakota Legisla ture. There are now 28,711 university students iu Germany. 1 otarfli Can't be Cured With local applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh a blood or • oustitional disease, and in order to cure it you have to take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken interaally.and acts directly on the Mood and mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is no ouack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and i* a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics krown, combined with the best blood puriliers, actingdifectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful result.-' in « uring catarrh. Hend for testimonials free. K. J.« <Y < o . Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, ju ice T*»c. Sunday is the favorite wedding day in id England. Brown’k Iron liitters cures Dyspepsia, Ma laria, Biliousness and General Debuity. Gives Strength, aides Digestion, tones the nerves— creates appetite. Tho best tonic for Nursing Mothers, weak women and children. To change tbe unme and not the letter Is • bang© for worse and not for bolter. Commendable. All claims not consistent with the highchar- acter of Syrup of Figs are purposely avoided by the California Fig Syrup Company. It arts gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels,cleans ing the system effectually, but it is not a cure- all and makes no pretensions that every bottla will not substantiate. Bridle the appetite with reason and save t be stomach. Light Hearts and Plenty Money. I have completed my first week with my Plater, and have f24.&> clear money. I am charmed with the bu^inehs. I bought mv Plater from tho Lake Electric Co., Fuglewood, 111., lor 53, and feel confident if people knew how cheap thev could get a Plater, and how much money they could make, we would see many more happy homes. It is surprising the amount of tableware and .jewelry there is to plate; aud if persons now idle would get a Plater, they would scon have light hearts and plenty money. " I cave been afflict- Biliousness, “ etl with biliousness “aud constipation Constipation,.. f or fifteen years; “first one and then Stomach „ anol - uer prepara- Pai ns ' ‘ tion was suggested “ tome and tried but “to no purpose. At last a “recommended August Flower. Js “ took it according to directions and “its effects were wonderful, rehey* “ ing me of those disagreeable “stomach pains which I had been “troubled with so long. Words “ cannot describe the admiration “in which I hold your August " Flower—it has given me a new “lease of life, which before was a "burden. Such a medicine is a ben- “ efaction to humanity, aud its good “ qu alities and “wonderful met-Jesse Barker, “ its should be ‘' made known to ' “everyone suffer- Humboldt, ; ‘ ‘ ing with dyspep- “siaor biliousness Kaysas. # G. G. GREEN, Sole ManTr,Woodbury,N.J. IMIT7 C0LLE52^T?b^ , ^ ,, ‘ *" I, 18 01. 4. College of Phl!o»ophy andi A rts; A Coll*** of Co»> K erce: A Cdlleio of «1 i Ioimosi A DlTtafttf ihool; A Reboot cf Twhuo! jgy; !A l rw Rohook * lebool of I’olPicHl Noiuucc; A ivieafeal School onid jor cutaloaue (o JOHN K UKUWLLL, A.B., Trinity Colt eye P. G., N. G, Trinity High Htvvol (Preparatory) In county,opnu Augur* 1. patents iisss: SICK free. Weak, Nervous, Wretc/ted mortals gsfj well nut! keep well. !{• tilth Helped tells Lott .-‘i •.’is. a year. .Sjwjplo copT' Dr. J. II. D\ r. Etluor. Buffalo, N. V. 1 ?\ It n KU v » M I y '• I K <Jold-PD<« d Badg**, 1 hlRhlt *’t; UK' I i iii 1 -h i each; ;? for $1; 1 dozen, ?■', y>. % a-h u alt <n l. v. Address all orders I ".I. r,. Ii I I! . • •. 1 . I Mk’tou, N. C. F! LORI DA NFWS PAPERS FREE :il brlu?: yra bnad- in > • . sad if y<n» w rod b.w and jour .rcc ;u reds of Mtople cc.pt <; i I'l r; i •ant to vhut oi l<- *t iu 11. ;’ there. Addrew UbMi.', E! 1’ti BIGGT Adopted hr fitudentfi >* iB.rva And erst, and otb«f Collides, also, b? p -''cstl •i.-J an 1 Lceiueij mm everp* IriMr*. if not n r «•<'<' . nr town c 2*ie. to I!. J. OBFKBY, 7l£ Wash!nylon Street. Boston. \ £&£££ rOOITirBLT RMMEDIBRL msCXO Gi.eJy Bant Htretcher* PENSIONS Great PENSION Bill is Passed. COTTON MILL SUPERINTENDENT Of •billty, with best references, desires (lie mon agement of LARGE COTTON >1 ILL in the South, salary not less than $5,0UU per year. Address MILL SUPERINTENDENT, Box 07. Woonsocket, h I Ahan PaaAal* 4 ' 000 MeI18 ’ Flnea11 W ° o1 Cut AuCUOtt UQUQOi a wav and Prince Albeit Sum 96. .•>0, sent c. o. I), for examination, if .to ci nt-, is sent to pay freight which is deducted 1 rom prh cf suit when taken, t in ilii--«tui. K«ertuu Cloililng Co.* Macon. N. (' Live leisurely unless you are anxious to he iu u hui ry. Malaria cured and eradicated from tho system by Brown's Iron Bitters, TUhich en riches the blood, tones tho nerves, aids diges tion. Acts like a charm on persons in general ill health, giving new energy and strength. He deserves not the sweet who will not f the sour. FITS stopped free by Da. Kldti’s Great NBRYB Kkstouer. No t its after first day's UMa Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottle freos_ Dr, Kline. U31 Arch St^ Phiia.. Pa. Beecham’s Pills cure Bilious and Nervous ills. ith-.i «o $ in ti .hWm fit ■». Jf-SKD! il. t‘!’»TK! «n and Fathura are etfr :0 wben you your money. auj. wacsfaetes, n. r. In the Spring. Nature should be assisted, when the system is changing from the full habit of the winter months, to the lighter diet of the warm season. Swift’s Specific (S. S. S.,) stimu lates the sluggish blood and rid you of that feeling of heaviness and languor. S. S. S., teautlfies the skin and makes the complexion to.<y aud healthy. S. 8 8., gives elasticity to the step and buoyant spiilts. S. S X. m;ik s the feeble and delicate strong and robust. S. S. S., Is a tonic to the whole body and increases vitality. S. S. S., is a simple \ogetablc mediciu*. If there is poison iu the blood, it generally shows itself In the spring, an I this is the season to help nature to drive it out and be cured. Nothing does this as well as S. S. S. It is harmless to the most delicate, yet so powerful as to cleanse the system of all impurities. lOOKi ON BLOOD AND SKIN D’SEASES FREE. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. QA. PROF. L.GSSETTE’8 NEW MEMORY BOOKS. Criticisms on two rocuot Memory bystema Ready about April 1st. Lull Tables of Contents forward*! only to thotio who Bond BUimpud directed envelope Also Prospectus Rod r FKKE of tue i nlsottlaa A*l el Never ForKOtUng. Addrc** Protl/JINLTTE, ui Elf til Ava, New ****•__ » TIT W wwa ajs^xog ureog^ 09$ snvos noi , 9 WANT YOU to pend for particu lars of a Big Tiling. Not Ineur- fii.ee or l)ook£. Only one reure- M-iit.Hlive in same county. You i ci ?'. not liolher to send fov reply. Imt nddregf* ar onti' bA M L JiOSKNDORi. Dott. Manager. RICHMOND, VA. ONE FREE. "THE SCSi«l VISITOR." Those who want n \\ 111', ill > B A N1) or COH<- HESPON I) I. NT . -.id J r . nruph* copy of the leadine marrhic I’.i;-: r i i idlshed To every fifth answer receivt’d ii n. tld . ’.dverUsemeut and tneloeiug ! opy, " *u» ftww one year's sub.-.- njdion tit-. ••Tin: mh !ai. \ (- iron.” PluinfiHd, N. J. <0 ' f 1 PATISTT.' Kfc'GUfRu’j Addition or Aft £ODAL H. <nTOFO!!.rf.4 JEESuTsa m 7343 PAPERS HBRJi W1 HAVKNO ' - ' • WILLARRAXOS EITH AN? ACriVK MERCHANT. -L. A M.—If. Y. ; Every FariMMsesitRoofei CHEAPER than Shinrj'fcs, jin or Slate. Ilcduces Sour JNSUti A NCI:’, and Perfect!/ Fire, Water and Wind Proof. ^^^TEELMOPINr ' corrugated yv tv/ cm a: n u Our Hoofing ia ready turmed for the Duttding. and « an be applied liy any one. Do not bur anv Roofing *.iii i write »o hh fur our Descrir* live Catalogue. St ruj Ii. A<*i:XTM TV A NT Kir. Differeut classes of substances have been found to affect the organs of taste in the following order Bitters, acids, saline substances, sweets and alkalies. The taste nerves are nearly 2000 times as ■ensitive to quinine us to sugar. The total population of Louisiana It 1,118,587. Remember last winter’s siege. Recall how ttying to health were the frequent changes of the weather. What was it that helped you win the fight with disease, warded off pneumonia and possibly consumption ? Did you give due credit to SCOTT’S EMULSION of pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda ? Did you proclaim the victory t* Have you recommended ibis wonderful ally ot health to your friends? And what will you do this winter ? Use Scott’s Emulsion as a preventive this time. It will fortify the system against Ccvg'm, Colds, Consumption, Scrofula, General Debility, and all Aruetnic and IVast’iig Diseases (specially iu Children). Palatable as Milk. SPFnAI - ScoM's Fnv.il.)-.?) : t V n-scctet. and is prtscribi d bv the Medical P'o- fessien i’ll r t v ii r •p.;ro«ii«nt.i’are scientifi'j.!ly ■ iu Dined in such a manne r ast 'L V! *-’ ? > -■ ' 1 ’’i ir ivinodia! vuiue. CAUTION’ -L L-nuLL-i put up in salmon-cofoml wrapper? Be Pure end get fie genu in \ -• •.«byovtl& Bowue, Manulacturutg Che New York Bold by all Druggt N U FOR A ONl>l»OLLA\t BJ EL *catus by i we will deliver, ir»\j ji i*.U sdiar^w, ! > any ueraon la the United SUWj, -di j( Uir5 luiiumttf gjrU ueii fully paoko i: ( One two^juno© bottle of Pure Vuaelia^ • Wain One twoouiioe boule of Y.*fiellut> Foeiade, M 1 ' Oneiarof Vft»eUu» Cold Uretio, * • - ■ • li” One Uake of VahuUa*? C.’.ni,’. or loo, - --W’ One Cake of Vaseline - eap, • • W OneCnkeof Vaseline Scrip. iislwit. &o«ntod*3i Onetwo-ouuca boiuoof \vuiu» VeseJ'JA • • ^ tuT Or for jxtftrvje hUvhm t v/ ’iKMa at tins Drill nasnBd. On no ooc juiU be >-‘i s’nd&i fr> auoept fron ffo%rdfua\jia( any Vasfdina orimparotion therefrom labelled with our na».>wt, you will aw** tminlynMc .r a .i imUtuian tchuiX nos : ittlo or no vaht0 Ulit**hrnugU AlfjR. t 1 *.* Nt*»e St.. If# v 0 JL*250 YOUNG WIVES! We Offer You a Remedy which Insures Safety to Life of Mother and Child. “Mother’s Friend” Robs Confinement of Its FAIN, IlOBBOR and RISE, as Thousands Testify. hAiaowB, N. 0., January, 1S80. Too much can t bo said In praise of 'Mothers Friend." My wife used only wo bottles before confinement, and was n labor only twenty minutes. She Is doing t jlcndidly. Tbanke to ' Mother's Friend. JNO. 8 HORTON. Lems. Mo Jin. IB, 189!. After using one bottle of “ Mother ■ Friend," before confinement, 1 Buffered but little pain, and did not experience that weakness afterward, usual in eucb cases. My recovery wan rapid. MRS ANNIE OAGE. £2it m Eipress, (Targes pre-pald, on Receipt or Ptici, »1.M pn MU. " Bool to loueis," latw Free BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, GA btet siwe-araxvriB. Easiest to use. A cine is certain. For PIHO'8 REMEDY FOR CATAKKll.-Uest. ■I Cheapest. Relief Is immediate. Cold In tiro Head It has no equal. QATAR R H it U an Ointment, of whlcb a small particle Is applied to tbe nostrils. Prios^Boftty dru^p^or^seEtby ^U. W. L. DOUGLAS 83 SHOE oufOlmt. •E.00 Ceuulue lloml-iroi d. an etanot and w atl’liUl dll J Shoe whU h >'.imini’iuls Itself. M .Oil Hauil-acwod W i ll. A Hue i*» ■» equalled for style a*ut durability. 84..10 llooilri'ur Well U Usr staria O Shoo at a popular price. tQ. TO Pollrromn’o Shor* IhfcApocUDy w for railroad men, farmers, *:U\ AH made iu Congress, Hutton and Laoo. $<2.00 for l.udirs is tho oufy Imud-«awe4 BOM w Mold at tldh popular j.rica $0.50 Dongola hboe lor Ladle* la anew de» A parturo aud promt:.? to bot uiuo very popular. $<1.00 Shoo lor Lildirn, aud forSliasM £ still rutulu their excellence for style, etc. tl with All goods warranted and clamped — _ bottom. If odvtrtlaod 1»k’a1 agent cannot «agp>f you, fiend direct i" factory, '-ucloflluf advernMi price or a poHtnl f"r order blanks. W. L. IMinil.A-*, It rock tan* Maaa. _ WANTKII-Slioe dculcr iu every city aa4 fawn nol occupied fo tnkt> exclusive ajraiMp. All aranta advertised In lacal papaf* BMHM Cat Mlwruf**'-! caudMBfe