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THOSE CHRISTIE AS BILLS. ,;Those Christmas bills! those Christmas Mflgl sHow many a heart with anguish fills, When knocks, and rings, and postmen's test Mate echoing noises through the street; And passing round from door to door, I/*ve horrid notes which thus *4 implori Your kind attention; please to pay; Our books are closed on New Year's day." The wine we bought is all used out And left no trace (except the gout), , Yet port and sherry, pais and brown, In hideous columns are put down. The butcher, too I It ct n't be that So many Joints of lean and fat Were aJl consumed within this house, Which cook asserts would starve a mouse. IH not believe it, nor that tea Could such a source of ruin be; And surely this can't be the prioe Of figs and almonds, prunes and spice! We haven't lived on lard and cheese, Yet towb of figures stand for these. And here's the draper 1 Now my wife Has gone in debt, I'U bet my life. If Eve in Eden stole the fruit. At least sbe wore no silken suit, And Adam had no bills of hers For gems, or lace, or sealskin furs. Oh, happy time t oh, peaceful hours! Of making love and tending flowers; The simple biesnings Heaven grants-- Good gracious, here's a bill lor plants! I'll rea,\ no more, they'd drive me wild; IH have my own " petition filed." 'We've ridden at the " pace that kills--" I cannot pay these Christmas bills. "T'OTHER DSIR CHARMER." I was in a quandary, 119 I think you will admit when I have stated my c®se, and it was exceedingly provokiug to be conscious that I was looked upon by all my acquaintances as the luckiest man , in town, while I bore in my Ixwoin the inward conviction Jthat I was the most involved and bothered being in exist­ ence. Up to a month back, I suppose I might, with some show of reasonable­ ness, have been called lucky, for Miss Clara Aldon, the recognized belle of the season, smiled upon me, and the cur­ rent impression prevailed that, if ] would go in, I'd win. Well, I did go in. That's the mis­ chief of it. I weut in just far enough to commit myself to the contest, but, be­ fore I had sighted the winning post, something happened to give me paiwa Wo were at the skating-rink one night, a large party of u% Miss Alden being oi' the number. Her special escort was a young foreigner, who was being a good deal lionized in society just then, and Clara seemed to take a marked interest in him. It did not concern me in the least to observe this, for since I had fancied myself to be in love with Clara Alden I had had reason to congratulate myself upon the assurance that I was not of a jealous temperament. I in­ tended pretty soon to tender to Miss Alden a good-sized heart and a good- sized hand and a fairly good-sized fort­ une, and I sincerely hoped she would accept them. Until then, and indeed after then, always within the limits of good taste, she was free to receive the attentions of any man or woman whose society gave her pleasure. I thiuk Miss Alden and I understood each other per­ fectly. We wfre very old friends, and the suitability of an alliance between us had been frequently suggested to each ever since we could remember. I was quite contented with this condition of affairs, and even supposed myself to be very happy. Well, this night at the rink I had seen Clara skate off' with her Englishman, and with an uni>erturbed spirit I was skimming around the rink aioue when, just behind me, I heard a little scream and a little scramble and somebody fell. The next instant, as I turned, I met a pair of imploring and beautiful eyes, and an imploring and beautiful voice cried out: " Oh, won't you please pick me up ?" I eagerly clasped the little hands and drew the prostrate young lady t« her feet. I was just in time, for half a dozen other men had hurried to the spot, among whom she recognized an acquaintance. She made her bow to me and said her " thank you " very prettily, aud then she accepted the proffered hand of her friend and glided away from me. And do you know I did not like it ? I felt distinctly vexed, for you see she was bewitcliingly lovely and the glimpse I had of her wan merely tantalizing. I mot her alter that many times, al­ ways with the sivme man whom I was rather provoked to recognize as a stranger. I now- found myself always watching for that one little figure and following it through all the labarynthine mazes of the surging crowd upon the rink. I forgot to speak to mv ac­ quaintances as they passed, ami. al­ though there were half a score of young ' ladies who had a right to expect me to join them and convoy them tuound the rink, I skated on alone, in utter disre­ gard of every social and moral obligation to that ellect. Every now and then I chanced i^pon Miss Alden, but I felt too preoccupied to join, or even to observe lier especially, when suddenly something occurred that invested her with a lively interest. She had been stopping to speak to some friends who sat without tne railing looking on, and as she and her escort were about starting out again she suddenly came face to face with my little l>eauty. There was a gleam of recognition on both faces, and then Miss Alden exclaimed : " Why, Daisy, where have you dropped from ? Who would have thought of seeing you, of all people, here ?" There was rather a warm greeting he­ ft tween the two before Didsy explained : " I have come for the winter and have been wanting to look you up, but I only arrived yesterday. I am so glad to have met you here." After that I heard no more, for the two friends joined hands and skated ofl together. I hung about tliem a little way off, pretending to be talking to some men who were lounging about, and when I th<mght my presence would not prove an unpleasant interruption I skated toward Olara anil greeted her cordially, asking her where she had been this long time. She saw through me in a moment and showed me that she did by disregarding my question about my feeling in this matter; it was unmistakable. I smiled grimly now when I remembered the days in which I had boasted of not possessing a jealous temperament Why, I was jealous of every one who went near Daisy. ] was infuriated if she danced and skated with any one but me, and when I saw some awkward, clumsy man run against her once at the rink I felt like choking him when she smiled at his apology. To tell the truth I was positively wretched. If Daisy had never come I could have got along very well with Clara, I told myself. There had been a tacit, if not an expressed, understanding on the score of our relationship among all our friends, and 1 would have been a very cheerful and attentive spouse to Clara if I had never seen Daisy; and, on the other hand, if I had never seen Clara, I you may be sure I made the most ot She blushed \nth pleasure at my praise, aud so, both of us in a conscious flutter, we came upon Clara Alden, joyously dressed and escorted by her F.nglishmnn They stepped in front of us, Miss Aldan saying as they did so : " Have you been to the little sitting- rooms curtained off at that end ? No one seems to have discovered them yet, though they are one of the features of the evening. I think it is such a good idea, and they are beautifully decorated ; but when we looked in just now both of them were empty. However, as soon as somebody leads, they will be full enough. Suppose you two lead." She skated off then with her compan­ ion, and Daisy and I went to obey her behest. But into that little curtained apartment you are forbidden to enter. might now perhaps succeed in winning! Sufiice it for you that, when presently rv. 1 J j ' Daisy and I emerged, we encountered Miss Alden at once, and when she leaned toward me and whispered : " Am I to congratulate you ? " I bowed my head in happy assent. PACTS FOR THE (TRIOUS. Daisy's hand, and with it everlasting happiness. It was just a case of How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear chanuer away. I sometimes wondered whether Clara did not partly see through me. She had such an odd way of looking at me some times with such a shrewd smile; but she treated me better than ever. She was really a splendid creature, and, under imaginable circumstances, I might have learned' to love her very much, in a cer­ tain way. So things drifted on until Ciiristmas came. On Christmas night there was to be a grand, fancy-dress ball at the rink. Daisy was going and so was Clara, and it goes without saying that I was on hand My perplexities were at their height. I was more in love with Daisy than ever, but fully alive to the matter of my duty in an­ other quarter. It was beginning to wear on me terribly and I concluded to m tUls muuller. call in the advice of my friend Porter, a Ime» t^ireo niiles long, contains a smaller DURING the famines in India, of which there have been about one every five years for the past century, quarter of a pound of rce per day has been found sufficient to keep grown persons in fair condition when uot engaged in active la­ bor. Laborers require a pound and a half. THERE are only 15,000 real-estate holders in New York city in a popula­ tion of 1,000,000. The tenement-house system, is the only resort of the masses, and about COO,000 of the population live in this manner. The entire Fifth ave- prudent and sagacious fellow, in whose judgment I had unlimited confidence. How fondly I hoped he tnight decide that I was under no obligation to Miss Alden. And how differently he did de­ cide ! He was perfectly astounded at my confession. Miss Alden, he said, was one woman picked out of 10,000, much handsomer, much richer, much more distinguished than Miss Lyle; I must be out of my senses. In short, he wound up by saying that I was in honor bound to address Miss Alden, though, for his part, he began to doubt whether that splendid creature could consent to marry a man who was so preposterously blind as not to see that she was second to no woman in existence. This was on Christmas day. I had been to Porter's room to have a talk with him, knowing he would be at leisure, and the result was that he entirely convinced me of what I ought to do. Still it was very j pSor. hard to make up my mind to it. j The I had been invited to dine with the Al- dens that day--quite en famille, as usu- numbc-r than some of the more densely populated squares. TWINKLING of stars is generally con­ ceded to be due to moisture in the up­ per air. M. Montigny, in a paper pub­ lished in Leu Modes, holds that very pronounced twinkling of the stars indi­ cates either commotion in the upper re­ gions of the atmosphere or a sudden fall of temperature there, thus denoting the conditions of an early appearance of bad weather. Statistics show that there has been a gradual and steady increase in the aver­ age length of life s-inee the sixteenth century. Much of this increased lon­ gevity has l>een due to the improved conditions of living among all classes ; and the influence of good living, home comforts, etc., is shown at the present time by the fact that the wealthy aver­ age twelve more years of life than the greatest amount of cold ever known to be endured by white men , T, - - overtook Lieut. Scliwatka's partv in . It gave me a sneaky feeling of late • search of information about Sir John whenever I got one ot these kmd mvita- | Franklin's party. They were over eleven tions, but I had seen no way out of the i matter but to accept, and so I had ac­ cepted. When I left Porter's room I' turned my -face in the direction of the Aidens with a very heavy heart. Before months in sleds and journeyed about 3,000 miles. On Jan. 3, 1880. the ther­ mometer sunk 103 degrees below the freezing point. The highest tempera- tii * . - i ture that day was 60 degrees below dinner I had no opportunity to see Clara j {reezing point. For twenty-seven davs alone, if llnwl desired it; but I had am- the average temperature was 92 degrees pie opportunity for watching her, and I, below the freezing point, to acknowledge that I had never 1 had seen her look better. She played, too, and sang more brilliantly than any woman I had ever seen. 1 could have been very proud of such a wife, I re­ flected. if-- The other guests left early, but I lin­ gered. I knew perfectly well what I ought to do, and I had been slowly mak­ ing up my mind to do it if the opportu­ nity occurred, and the opportunity did occur. Toward nightfall every one else had withdrawn, and Clara and I were left alone. I took a seat very near her, and told her I had something of a very confidential nature- to say to lier. To my surprise she rose and walked across the room, touched the bell, waited until the servant came, and then ordered lights. This was a little disconcerting ; but when the servant had lighted the room and departed she came back to the sofa, and in the coolest and most matter- of-fact maimer asked me to go on. " Clara," I began rather timidly, "you will be perfectly prepared for what I am going to say. You have so much discernment that you must have seen that this moment would come^ I Lave always had the greatest admiration and regard for you. I value your worth most deeply. I feel--" Here I paused, confused and misera­ ble. "Never mind what you feel," said Miss Alden, coolly. "Let's come to the point. The upshot of it all is-- what ?" ' • That I want to ask you to marry me. I will do uiv l>est to make you happy, if I can. I know I don't deserve you; but, will you man y me ?" "Most certainly not." The answer came cool, calm, determined. I was startled and murmured confusedly : •' What do you mean ?" "I mean that you might have saved THE Norwegian fishermen always car­ ry with them on their expeditions a kind of telescope called a water tele­ scope. This is a jfcube three or four feet long, with an eye-piece at Ore end. Thte other end, wliich is open, is placed in the water over the edge of the boat, and a little practice easily enables the ob­ server to distinguish objects at a depth of from ten to fifteen fathoms. The fishermen are thus enabled to discover shoals which would otherwise go un­ noticed. They then give the signal, their cojnrades surround them with seines, aud they frequently make won­ derful hauls in places and under cir cumstances that would never have been suspected but for the use of the tele­ scope. THOMAS JEFFERSON and John Adams both died on the Fourth of July, 1826. John Adams died in liis 91st year, and • was eight years older than Thomas Jef­ ferson ; Thomas Jefferson was eight years older than James Monroe ; James Monroe was eight years older than John Quiney Adams. The first five of our Presidents--all Revolutionary men-- ended their terms of service in the 66th year of their age. Washington, bocn Feb. 22, 1732 ; inaugurated, 1789 ; term of service expired in the G(>th year of his age. John Adams, born Oct 19, 1735 ; inaugurated, 1797; term of service expired in the 66th year of his age. Thomas Jefferson, born April 21, 1743; inaugurated, 1801; term of service ex­ pired in the 66tli year of his age. James Madison, l>orn March 4, 1751; inaugu­ rated, 1809; term of service expired in the' 6iith year of his age. James Mon­ roe, born April 2, 1759; inaugurated, 1817; term ot service expired in the 66tli year of his age. Cause and Effect. The main cause of nervousiiohh in indigestion. No one. can have xouiid uervos and goo 1 health without using Hop Bitters to HtrengSicn the stomach, [jurifv the blood, and keeji the liver and kidneys active, to e::rry off all the poisou- ouh and waxte matter of the byuteiii. See other column.--Advance. yourself some trouble if you had asked j and thnti* canned by weakness of tho ntumaeh. me this question a goott deal sooner," she said, "and I am not conscious of feeling particularly flattered at the offer of a hand so distinctly and widely sep­ arated from the heart. However, the point is that I have refused you ; so you may make the most of that. You needn't wait now. I know you are im­ patient, as it is time to prepare for the rink. I have declined to marry you, but I feel enough interest in you to wish you success. Perhaps to-night I shall be able to offer my congratulations." She offered her hand, and I took it in a sort of daze, which lasted all the while I was walking home and dressing, and until I reached the rink. When I en­ tered the room was full. What a beau­ tiful scene it was! All those gayly-clad men and girls, floating along on the pol­ ished surface to the sound of entrancing Rare Elephants. There are now on exhibition in New York two peculiar elephants brought from the mountains of the Malay Peninsula, about 800 miles from Singapore. They are remarkable for their small size, being respectively twenty-eight and thirty-six inches tall; and for l>eing covered with a thick coat of bristly hair or wool. They are supposed to be from 5 to 7 years old. In size they resemble the extinct ele­ phants of Malta, and in covering those of Siberia. Their wooly coat is attributed to the circumstance that they live high upon the mountains where the climate is nmsfc," made" the place look like fairy" j cold. The species appear to be all but laud. It was the merriest and prettiest Christmas scene I had ever witnessed. There were evergreen garlands hanging around, with holly bushes about here and there, and many of the characters had been gotten up in dresses appropri­ ate to the season. There were four great . estion : utt' entirely and presenting me at niwy t^nKto^m-s in the corners stuck full of ean- her friend, Miss Lyle, I had seen a : dies*whicli were now l>eiug lighted, and good many masculine eyes regarding ' the band was playing such inspiring Miss Lyle with interest during the even- Christmas music. I felt intoxicated with ing, and I now perceived the owner of the beauty and brilliancy 6f the scene, one pair of these approaching Miss Al­ den with what I divined to be the same intention that h;wl brought me hither a moment before ; so while he was stop­ ping to shake hands with Clara I offered my hands to Miss Lyle and we glided oft together. A few aumit questions on my p ut elicited the fact that Mj#S Lyle and Mi-s Alden had been schoolmates, who had not met for some years, and I fur­ thermore discovered that Miss Lyle was stepping in town with relatives* who happened to be old acquaintances of mine. So, after we parted that night, Miss Lyle and I met often, and we were together so much at the rink that people had begun to remark it. And this brings me to the period of the quandary with wiuch I stalled out. Here wits I, supposed by everybody to be the favored adorer of one lovely girl, while in reality I was head over heels in love with another. For I had no doubt | and, putting on my skates, I was skim- , ming around in an aimless sort of way, , when I came lace to face with the bon­ niest little vision mortal eyes were ever permitted to see. It was Daisy, dreyed as Christmas, in a, dress which loosed as if it were made of snow and trimmed with icicles. I don't know how the very cleverest imitative art could have devised su^li a thin-jr. She had a wreath of holly leaves and 1 terries on her hair, and bunches of the same about her dress. She was skating with a young man dressed as Santa Claus, who, however, gave way when I glided up, and we skimmed away together. I was too liappy to speak, the glorious possibility of what might be awsiiting me burst Upon me with such vividness. But presently I became con­ scious that she was speaking to me. She was praising my costume, which opened up to me an opportunity which wife. At length, after a good joke had exploded among the party, John pi t his head away out. "Get in there, will you whispered his wife as she nudged him. "No!" shrieked John; "as long as I have the spirit of a man left in me, I will take a peep !" A Lady's Wiak. "Oh, how I do wish my skin*was as dear and •oft as vours," said a lady to her friend. •' You e*n easily make it no," answered the friend. "How?" inquired the first lady. "By using Hop Bitters, that makes pure, "rich blood ana blooming health. It did it for me, as you ob­ serve." ISead of it.--Cairo Bulletin. Resistance of Bricks. The resistance of bricks to a crashing force varies greatly, according to the quality of the brick. Trautwine, who has experimented considerably with' building materials, says on this point that a rather soft brick will crush under a weight of from 450 to 600 pounds per square inch, or about thirty to forty tens per square foot This hist is about the crushing limit of the best sandstone-- two-thirds as much as the best marbles or limestones, and one-half as much as the best granites or roofing slates. But masses of brickwork, he notes, will crush under much smaller loads than single bricks. In some English experiments, referred to by this author, small cubical masses only 9 inclics on each edge, laid in oement, crushed under 27 to 40 tons per square foot. Others, with piers 9 inches square and 2 feet 3 iuches high, in cement, only two days after being built, required 44 to 62 tons per square foot to crush them. Another of pressed brick, in best Portland cement, is said to have withstood 202 tons per square foot, and with common lime mortar only one-fourth as much. The same authority, however, is care­ ful to add the statement that cracking and splitting usually commence under alxHit one-half the crushing-loads. To be safe, he recommends the load should not exceed one-eighth or oue-tenth of the crushing load; and so also with Btone. Moreover, he notes these experiments were made with low masses, but the strength decreases as the proportion of the height to thickness increases. He cites the following examples: The pres­ sure at the base of a brick shot tower in Bidtimore, 246 feet high, is estimated at six and a half tens per square foot; and in a brick chimney at Glasgow, Scotland, 168 feet high, at nine tons. Prof. Rankin calculates that in heavy gales this pres­ sure is increased to fifteen tons on the leeward side. The walls of both are, of course, much thicker at the bottom than the top. With walls 160 feet high, of uniform thickness, the pressure at the base would be five ami four-tenths tons per square foot. He prudently concludes that with our present imperfect know­ ledge on the subject, it cannot be consid­ ered safe to expose even first-class pressed brick work, in cement, to more than twelve or fifteen tons per square foot, and good hand-molded bricks to more than two-thirds as much. unknown to naturalists, this pair being the first that have survived the passage through the heated low country to the coast and the subsequent journey by sea. They are described as playful and harm­ less,' and they keep their little trunks stretched out to strangers to l>e petted. They love to be scratched on the under side of the trunk close to the mouth, aud they hold their trunks curled back over their heads as long as any oue scratches them. Like elephants of large growth, they keep up a swaying motion, either sideways or forward and backward. When a visitor lets one of the little fel­ lows take his hand he delicately curls his j proboscis around it and carries it gently to his mouth. Then he trumpets his satisfaction. BAD habits are easily contracted; so are .Colds, and both are verv hard togctrid of. The Colds are qir.c.dy anil suiely cured by Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Determined to Have a Peep. A lady of rather a positive turn of min 1 once gave a tea-t aity to some lady friends in her bedroom. 'John,' sh • wid tr> her bus1 and, as she heard the co npany coming, "get under the bed !' J ihn tried to resist, but finally sue- o imbed. Every now and then he would make an effort to peep out as the ladies laughed and made merry, but lie was mercilessly driven back by his angered A Singular Asset. "I am a peaceable man," said the in­ truder, grasping his* club with both hands, "but if you don't come down with $17.50 damages for my lascerated feel­ ings the bombardment will begin at once?" The owner of the dog paid down the money, as he was afraid the other fellow might exasperate him if he hit him with a club of that size. The owner of the dog also said that he was sorry the dog liad bitten the intruder's son. "Why, he ain't my son," said the In­ truder. " Whose son is he, then ?" asked the as­ tonished owner of the dog. "He is the son of a friend of mine who owed me §17.50, but he is poor, and the only available assets ha ho&> was these dog bites on his body, wliioft he turned over to me for collection." "Well, I'll beblowcd." "Oh, you needn't complain; you are getting off dog cheap. I ought to make you pay in advance for the next time that boy is going to be bit."--Oulvcaton News. in a restaurant--A gentleman and a scrub are seated at the same table. The scrub is just finishing his dinner, the gentleman is just beginning his. Scrub lights a cigar and blows a cloud of smoke over his coffee. The gentleman rises and says in his pe>litest tone: " Excuse me, sir, will it annoy you if I eat' while you are smoking i'" MONEY IN IT. [From the St. Louis Times.] The be.-t invotuient is in that which will maintain health. Fimui a letter of Mr. C W. EjU, NO. 12 S. "itli St., St. Louis, Mo., it is learned that tlie clerk of the Moaey-Ordi r Dept. at the po«fn|]iee in Alton, 1.1, Mr. J 1». Ivnhn, suffered lbr-some time with in- liiiresiioii and all its accompanying evils-- a headache, lo.-s of npoctitc and (!c>]>on<l- eacv, and was Mirelv l»:'coming a hypochon­ driac. He commenced the nse of Ibunhurg Drops and is now well and strong again. REV. DR. Pusey says that London is, in all probability, one of the largest heathen cities in the world, and that many of its inhabitants will be judged, he supposes, by the same law as the heathen in China and Japan. An Indiana Experience. | From tlie Valparaiso (lud.) Messenger.) One of the finest kennels in this country, and the purest in the West, is owned by Mr. W. II llolaiiird--The Sportsman's Clothier of Valparaiso, Indiana. He says: "We use St. Jacobs Oil in our family in prefer­ ence to all other liniinent9; I have also tried it in my kennel with wonderful results." SOME months ago Mr. Leander Mc- Corinick, a resident of Ohicago, but a native of Virginia, gave to the Universi­ ty of Virginia $50,000 for a telescope, on condition that a suitable observator was erected for it. Mr. William Vanderbilt gave 825,000 for the observa­ tory on condition that an endowment of $50,000 was raised, and all of this sum, except about $8,000, has been secured, and an active effort is now making to se­ cure the rest. No REMEDY for kiduev diseases heretofore discovered can be held for one moment iu cooi- I<arisoii with Warner'* Safe Kidnev and Liver Cure.--C. A. Harvey, V. 1)., Washinqton, 1). C. A OAS company which has been formed for lighting Jerusalem, and a street-car company for connecting that city with the Mount of Olives, is hinted at. FOB a pamphlet on Electric Treatment of chronic di-seaw:- with Eli-ctneitv, which will he cent free, addn hh the Mclntorth Electric Beltnnd Rettery Co., 192 «k 1'j4 Jacktiou .St., Chicago, III. 1 j He EptaMMfc ! Haj again made its appearance in various parts of the country. AH prevention is better than ' cure, the attention or owners of stock is called j to USCLE SAM'S CONDITION POWDERS. : These celebrated powders stand unrivaled fqr ! their excellency as a preventive from disease. By mixing with the feed thev will keep the an­ imal in the best general health, toning up the system and keeping th^ digestive organs blood in a healthy condition. The Powders are wurranted to pive perfect satisfaction. Prepared by the Exmert Pro- pkietabt Co., Chicago, III. Put up ill 25 and 50-cent packages, and sold by all druggists. The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, TOcfc, Will send their Electro-Voltaic Belts to the af­ flicted upon thirty days* trial. 8ee their adver­ tisement in this paper, headed, "On Thirtf Days' Trial." v MALARIAL fevers can be prevented, also other .miasmatic diseases, by occasionally using Dr. Sanfords Licer InvU)orator, the oldest general Family Medicine, which is recommended aS a cure lor all diseases caused by a disordered liver. Eighty-page book sent free. Address Dr. Saufoid, 162 Broadway, Now York. VEGETINE in Powder Form is sold by all drng- gisU.and general stores. If you cannot buy it of them, inclose 50 cents in postage stamps for one package, or $1 for two packages, and I will seud it by return mail. H. R. Stevens, Boston, Mass. A THOROUGH practical education can be had at H- B. Bryant's Chicago Business College and English Training School. Write for circulars. EVEBY farmer and teamster should know that Frazcr a\le gfcaso cures sore necks and scratches on horses. CORRECT vonr habits of crooked walking by using Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stiff^ncra. VE6ETINE. The Barks, Boots and Herbs FROM WHICH VRGKT1NE IS MADB In Powder Form, SOLD FOR 50 Cents a Package. VEGETINE For Kidney Complaint and Nervous Debility. Islksboro. Me., Deo. 28,1877. MR. STEVENS: I't or sir 1 had hsd n couirh for eitrlitoen years, when I comilii nr. il takin* tliu V»gotiii«. I wna very low ; my system was il«?i ilitttUHi l.y rtis-oasw. 1 h i<1 ihe Kidney Complaint, :<n<i was Tory nervous--<-<uu;h bad, lunics When I tind t tk on one bottle 1 found it wm helping in©; it ha# het|«ed my cough, and it wtrvngthens TU«. 1 am now ub)e to do my work. Never h ive tound anything Uket'-e Vegutine. I know it is even thine it is recom­ mended to be. Mhh. A. J. PENDLETON. j Idaho's Mineral Wealth. ! Hon. John B. Neil, the Governor of Idaho Territory, has reported to the Sec- . retary of the Interior the condition and progress of that Territory, particularly with reference to its agricultural and mineral resources. The report states that there are now from twelve to fifteen million acres of land in the Territory; capable of being reclaimed by irrigation, from ten to twelve million aeres; used for pasturage and grazing lands, five million acres; timber land, ten million acres; mineral lands, eight million acres; and about five million acres arid desert and volcanic. The yield of wheat to the acre is f>ixty-five to "seventy bushels, and oats sixty to seventy bushels. Within the past year nearly*500,000 acres have been taken up under laws for the dis­ posal of public lauds. The census of 18S0 gives the population at 40,000, in­ cluding Indians. The most important mineral region is the Salmon River and Wood River districts. The mineral belt is^ fifty-two miles in length and ten in width. The ores are silver, principally native, brittle, and sulphurate of siiver aud galena ore. Shipments have been made to Salt Lake Cifv which average from $150 to $200 per ton. The galena ores cany from forty to sixty per cent lead, and from $80 to*$250 in silver. The discoveries iu the Salmon River District are immensely rich, some veins being from five to fourteen feet thick, from which are taken averages from $500 to $1,700 per ton. The annual yield of gold is very large. Free gold ore gives from $15 to $40 per ton. In the Kinni- kinnick District the mills turned out in the last year over $100,000 in bullion. Since the first discovery of gold and silver in the Territory, in 1852, its mines have contributed not less than $75,000,000. The output for the past year may not exceed $300,000. IT is said that it requires $250,000 a year to physic the Uuited States army of 25,000 men--$10 a head. ABSOLUTELY CUR ED. T Dr, W. ROSS Writes i Scrofula* I.Ivor Complaint, Dynpcpala, ltlieuuiatiMin, Weakncmi. H. R. STKvr-NR, Boston: I havt> twv.i luacticinir medlcln* for twenty-five yenrs, and '•" a rviut'ily lor Korol'ul.i. I. \or 1 ' miplain;, I)ysi>oi>- »la, lUlfinii iti,<r.i. Weakni'wi. and all dis.'.^e* of the Mood, 1 h .vo n«v«r found it-««nual. I liawsuld Veyotine for wvou yoam. and liiivw never h-id one tNittle i ft united I would heartily recommend it to t'.ioxp In reed of a Mood purifier. Dm. W. KOSS. ItruKRiat, Sept. 18,1878. Wilton, luwa. T«(rlla« In Powdrr Form ia «old t>y *11 (ln«. stota and general (tores. If you cr.nnot buy it of them. Inclose Mil y centa in postage atamps for ono package, or »<•«' tiullur for two packages, aud I will aend it by return mail. VEGETINE PREPARED BV H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. CELEBRATES SITTERS There Is no civilized nation in the Western Hemlsphen In which the utility of Hoatotter'a St imach Bitters, a* a tonic, corrective and anti-bilious medicine, is not known and appreciated. While it is a medicine for all season* and all climates. It is espocially suited to the complaint* generated by the woathor, being the purest and best vegetable stimulant in the world. tV For sale liy Druggists and Dealers, to whom appij for Hostetter's Almanac for i881. BV Tll£ USE OF DR. BQSANKO'S RHEUMATIC CUHE, THE GREAT ALKALINE REMEDY. TRY IT AND BE CURED. 3EP3El.XOJa5, 75 doixtau m TOUR DRUGGIST FOR IT. Address THE Dl. BOSANKO MEDICINE CO., _i PIQUA, O. $72 , M week. $13 a day at home easily made. Costly Outfit ire*. Addreaa TmuK 1 Co.. Augusta. Me. IIO VA6JX summer and w.lnter. Samples free. • National Copying 'Jo,800 West Madison at ..Chicago. to™ 1A3 oa OLlk, IffMnMthnm*) Mtwmbt, Iw. Im » kwr gmtk «r Mr WM We**, «rt> M] AOESTS! Here la VOl'R OOV.I* KIWIS! DIGGING GOLD My » I . «. M iticrn! Comp eta scien* tine description nf f»v*»ry \mrt of the great (old &od silver 33 fi l ls. The pTvoiou- stun ; whei lint! it.Jimv thi'j m.ms it Kxc t t liey llnd It, how thej tine a4vontar«« of wile Cuxip life. St:t>iuus tilled with riab. Forests with 0*mo. Mountains tiUod with Silver and Goid. For Circulars and fepecb:I ! xlr-» Tt rma. nJdresg HUBBARD BROS., Chicago, IU. LITERARY REVOLUTION 3 r*CTM fft «ach, formerly to «1 *6 each; V O I. Maoaul.-iy's Life of Frederick the Great. 11. Cartyle'e Lite of Knbtm Burns* III. Lam- artine'* Life of Mary Queen of Soots. IV. Ttu>«. Hujfheg' Manliness •• a a mm* ^ oach. formerly - - ri -of Cbrtst of Apia. Munchausen 7.5 CENTS; . II. Goldsmith & Vicar oj each: 1. AmoLvs taght Wakefield. HI.B&nm Travels aiM &iiri>ristnjr Adv^ntur%>®. For Tllll1* Pni 81 X i IUw,vnn'6 TiltfrmiVPnim-e. Illustrated catalogue gent freo. AMERICAN BOOK. fcXCHANGE, Jobs 11. Aid' as, Manager. Tribune Building, Sm York. Hnirl»yrist,1e SAFEST md BF.Sr:ita<'t8tn»tante o»usly,|)n>ducli.'g tlieniMl -al «hadee ot Bl««k 01 H own ; do« NUT STAIN ltONNA edits " United Irishman," N.Y«»rk. X year $1. ADD » week hi your own town. Terms and U OvMM 900 free. Address H. Hai.I ktt A Co.. Portland, He •skIn. «nd is nasily «p- f DIGTinnDAIQ;'1""! It iHastfiiHIiird prej I HlO I AUUlW O I rat inn. and :i iswtil# oa •very inted U>ti©4 for Irfidy. .rGentleniau Sol4 uy lh-UKKiats and applied by ili.'r l>:t<»-<!rti. Di'iM, Oil WiTiiiin St.. New York O. N. CRITTKXTON, Agt $5.00 PER DAY Made Selling Our New PLATFORM FAMILY SCALE. Weichs fKreurais'iy up to h miHottie ranco e«>l!g it o* a _ R e t p r i o f l . 5 0 . O t h e r F n i n i l y S c a l e s weighing 25 lbs. cost $5.00. A lt«'galar BOOM FOR AGENTS. Exclusive territory tfiven free. Terms and rapid euiep surprise old Agents. II'MI K*TI< CO., No. 188 VV. Fifth St., CincinnatiO. Its sight. PISO'SCURE for Oonsomptlon Is also • the best oouvh medicine. (R ft A I> AY mode by one agent. Address 91 # .5>W RKV 8. T. BUCK, Lewisburg. Pa. tfj C 4. £Ofli>erdny*t home. Samples worth $(free. 90 uu 9bU Address Minson A Co., t'oi liund. Me $350 JOHN B. PAGE&SON A MIIMTIl i A gent i WuM t IU Best-Selling Articles in the world; a saa- Ple/rM. JAY BRONSON. Detroit. Mich. Poultry, (lam, I'lirn. etc. luS Park Place, N.T. BED FOX. Skunk, Raccoon, Miukrat, bought for Cash ; HiL'noM l'ric»'v Ken > for Circular, full par­ticulars. K. (!. HOUGHTON. •> Howard St., New York. Y0UN6 MEN guaranteed i1 paying situation. Address VALENTINE BROS., Managers, Junesvilla, Wis. D H O H C O O . , Receivers of POVLTHY and GAME. Thirty years in Washington Market, N. Y. Storohln* Ilmhlt Cured la If to HO dure. No pay till Can4 IJB. J. MiMl'HKNU, Iiebuuon, OUi» Present mailed free to all whi send name and addiwa to C. L. MI0. Dl.KTON, FlaUinah, Kings Oo„N.Y. OPIUM BEAUTIFUL EMM.OYMEHT aim. £ ALARY t J.h. AU EXPENSES udranwd. \VA«.' s promptly paid. SLOAN <» Co. <tO0 tJcerge St. t'iorlUDali, o. BE.I U«> i.s. bo.« tii»a re..M at rM*f vear b«»ff CMr4.Har.rff frtm >Mrt-jM;<<.3.VM»r'->e.MM»pa «r•!!•>.<*. fci-ITU fcfOlC rrrnr K arrir TitiiiMaJ ft andtho UTTLK <i IA NT TK M'.SOOPK .1 re the b**t belimra In sr-l! i" r in-ii ix ; t it in Astf. nnuiy. (W. niHiod ty IIKNKY WIUTAL1.. P ill ^bur*. N. J.. ,.r J. 11. NICHOLS, Kanion, Pa. bend stamp lor circulars. llf*T| 1? 8P1P fi O Agent* wanted ererywhere • 13 •» 11 I fi Hn to sell tof.'iroiUfs, hotels and • V J. f.ifi-Kriln-ge consumers; largest stock in the country : oU'.iity and-terms the t.p^t. t '• un Id OJ 11 or wute '1'H IF TOU ARE SUFFERING From CATARRH And really want to be enr@d, just name this paper and send 10 cents to Dr. C. R. Nytes, 1®» East Madison at- Chicago, 111., for "TheTrue Theoty of Catarrh and fnL Information of a 8 ire Cure." Thousands of peiaoag have been cured In U>* last ten years by hie plan. A YEAR and ezpenaea agents Outfit FVe» Addree. . . O. VICKBRY, Augusta, Main* NCYCLOPYEDIA TIOIJETTES BUSINESS This Is the cho.ipest and on!y complete *nd reliable woik on F.;;<|iu-t(o imil Business and Social Forma. It tells how to iMTinrm all t!ie various dutiee of life, .«Ci how to appear to the l/est advent go on nil occasions. A;ren. e Wall:»*il.--Send for circulars containing a full dpscrtntion of the work nnd oxtrn tiumn to Asenta. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Chicago, UL CELLULOID EYE-GLASSES Representing the choicest-Rejected Tortoise- Shell aud Amber. The lightest, handsomest, and strongest known. S.ild bv Opticians ana Jeweler*. Made by the SPENCER OPTICAL M'F'G CO., 13 Maiden Lane, New York. $W M M 1 YEAR and expenses to £ 7 7 Outfit Kre» Addreaa P. E TASEUHE: PETROLEUM Orand Medal at Phi adrlp'la •xpesitlon Tbla wcuaeriui anbataBee I* aekaowledged hy ah(a2. •tans throughout tba world te be tne beat remedy £!&• aererad for the onre of Wnsads, Baraa. Kkeaaa. Mans, *kln Diseases. Piles. Catarrh, Chll> Walni, At-. In order that erery qm may try It, it Is 6ut np m IS and Sf eent bottles for household M ibtaln il •reiii y aur druggist, and yea will Sad U sapesias le .nythina yoa ba* ever csad. SAPONIFIER try f THK Wt.IUSTKA »rekt^»per» nhimld call or _ COMPANY, 8U) Fulton St., N. Y. P. O. kio% 4&HU. ON 3 0 TRIAL Wm will «xn i our Electro-S olialc B#1U and otiu.* Ki«etrtc Ai>v 11 nee# cpor trial for ID d fa to t>oM HlU) A«»itebility And A'l'tfM uf « fMT- m*f i atur*. Also of the K*dneyi, RboumainaMk P4rAl7ftiM, A cure -r no pay. j rtKr-- M*U i'«.« HttnkMll. MSek. AGENTS! AOK\TK! AGENTS! JO IAS ALLEN'S WIFE 3~%!.NEW BOOK. "iVJy Wayward Pardner." AGENTS W ANTKI) in ewy Town. Don* miss It.bai tend tor Circular ;it, once, ,.nd swrure tvintory. 1 llliises 11. A", li|.\t H1.C1, 1 tikciigiu, III. the "OHy^ial" Concentrated Ly@ and in M: _ BellabSs i . ..tmJy Soap A! ;ker. I>,re«tioo» aooi nipany eaoti (111 f jr making llurd, s. i"i snii Toilet ump quicjdl' It is t'ul: w» igot and strength. Ask yoor grooer (as I >«APU.\ IFI KK. and fake nr>other Peun'a Salt Haoufuct'iig Co., Phila. | Dsafness, Ear Diseases, Catarrh. IIr. I'. F. HHOFM.I K KK, (he well-known asp#* rienctMl Aural Surgeon, Author, and W.iter on th« above may consults i l>y m iJ-ur porsonalli rtt hi.* \«» Ol<» W.ilHllC Ml., »< jMilutr, Hu> small hook eent fine. His tar*** and work ot *>^•'5 piwret on D^ews of tiw Hit *m4 Tonsils, snd CUtinb, find txieir proper treatment; priot ! v miiil. NOTE.--No oxm will qooiUod Or. SboemAker1! riui in^ or skill. CEDRIVER VALLEY 2f000f000 Acres Wheat Lands bast la the World, for sale by the It. Pad, Minneapolis & Manttoli I R.B. CO. Tkrat dollar* per iUto««d tbaMttlar to fcraafe iad ttttlUvtiluti. For iMrtlcoltrs apply to D. A. MoKINLAY , asm# C^WImUmt. im tt^I CUSSIAT FO» RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backacho, Soreness of fho Chii, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swett• Olf* aed Sprains, Burns as# - Scalds? General Bodily Paim® Tooth, imp and tfmiashe, Frostet Feet mud Ears, md aJt other Pains and Aches. Sb. P*»»r*tiots oa earth eqceto Br. Jaong Qg% • • *•/<*? aurm, mttnpt* and cAecrjs Tl Isiwj Remedy. A trial entails but the comps#.rsti»<»l|P; trifling outlay of S# €«atg, and erery one with pain tea kave «Iseagt and psgltiTe piwf «f tip daima. Diraotlons la Bersa I>e&gQa««a. •OLD BY ILL DBPGOIBT8 IIP TWAtnf IH KEDICHE. ^Le JER Ac CO., JH.i V. M. A* JXSTCFA C2 BHAJTLEBOBO ̂ CENTS a Jlonth, One Dollar a Year, THE CHiriRO t.t DfiKB will be'sent to art; address, P'iid, at the prieee nnm<^d abo?e. S^JSv inyour nanK-s. Address THK LKB6KK. Chicago. IH. KIDNEY-WORT Tb« Qtwit Remedy For TKB Li VCR. THE BOWKLS, and th* KIOMKYS. Theee gisej organs are the Natural clfansmniot theSj stcm. If they work well, health «ill he per> feet, U they beeoma clogged, dreadful are ^croloped neeanse the blood la poisoned with tee humors that should hare been expel k d nutcrully. KIDM1Y-WOWT rertorethe naturnt •5a throw off |be dlaea^. Tbotwead have bean d all nay ta ForwJebyallPrngglgt^ DAN IK I. F. BEATTY'S ORGANS! 14 STOP!', SI B-BASH dr OC T. niCPLM. FOUR SET PIANOS 9123 DP. feiil on Trlel) H arnuitril. 4 HtWoKiie Fr«*. Addnw DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington. Kewiars^ NATRONA b the beat It the Werld. R la abeolntely pore. ItWttl beat for Medicinal Parpoase. It Us the best tor B<Um aad all Fussily Um. Hold by all Draggista and QmiZ MaSaltHaiifaotiiCoJiL P E N S I O N S ! Mew Law. ef •oldlsrt aad hairs ©aKil.a^ yenstons data baah to dlgsbsiga or death. •MMI H. LEHOV, P. O. Draws* (U, Waaklsftaa, 9. €1 70,006 SOLD YEARLY. Tke grewlng poi>nlarlty and nsefklaew mt CABINET or PAIILUK OKU ANN ia shawa hy the Tart that Seventy Thousand are isW yearly In the Vnited state*. The beet are tk* UMTUILR ORGANS, which have been awarded DOBrn disttnctiom ram* DEMOSbi'ZlATKD SUPKHIOBITY at KVEBY OCX of th* GKfcAT WORLD'S Industrial Kilithitoina forthlrtew years, without mt* tingl* txe*ptiom. NEW 8TYLE8 are ready this season with Important tmproeeneafe FOR LARGE CHURCHES, splendid ortrans, with greg» power and variety, at §570,9M, $3W ani leas prioaftt FOR KMAULKR CUURCtEUNL SCHOOLS, Jtc., $811» $2U0 and upwards, SUPKBB UEAWING ROOM STYLES at **» to iSMe and opwards; A GREAT VAe RIETV of SMAULKR OBOANS of ojail though lea® capacity, or i.» plain oases, at |51 to ao^l ispwwdg. Also faratetied W>» MOHTBLT or QrmuUI payments, 95 and upwards. These orgatu mr» etria'nig ta ncillsin,»M>» |A« prietf or* not awtck Mfttr Ikam Mess <• ssrg **/srimf inttrumtxt*. Before purchasing any organ send for ta/sst fHmaelsJ (33 up. 4to), eontalning fnll descriptions aaA price®. Including »ew styles, and much useful luforsn^ liun for th® |>orcbas«r oi any organ, which will bs> seal free andpmtpoid. MASON J IIAMLI.V ORGAN CO. IM Tramont 8treat, BOSTON; 46 East 14th Street KKW YORK; !• Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. HOP BITTERS. (A MsiMsii • Di,W ) BOPS, BCCHU, MANDSiUi DANDELION, Anm PtntwT AJTD Bx8TMsi»ic«xQtu>j> TIKS Off ALL OTHXB Bl lTKBA. TIIEY CURE All Diseases ot the Stomach, Bowels, Blood. LiTrr. Itidneya,and Uriuary Organs, Ner- Sleepleasnessanil especially Female Complaints. 8IOOO IN COLD. wm be paid for a ease they will Botcc; help, or for toy thing impure orUgari fouud in tlum. Ask your drug^tst for Hop Bitters and try them before )vu atevp. Take u* Mker< D I 0 Is an ab«oluteandlrre*lstlblecorefor Druaktiuiieag, use of opium, ""'I aarcotica. iUsssaiiail^B tKID TOM CltfTUl. - Alt tin «eld by Hkp BiMm M%. Co., RochesUtf. N. 1.,* Toronto, Oat. ear* FmbsaI* V the Uteros, I , t ainfeL Suppressed an An A aad i^iable psmi^let, with tieatc CA W.*kne» t'hnliK- ne:d«s(Ai Hwuiirrti.tge 11 li-.i^'jiUr M»n.; hi a). J pa sent, cnr~» s nd oej _ eates fn<ia phyatetensaad paWeots, to ItOU'AKfU BAJLLARD,U«en.R.fr Said bgali will positively ef the UWrua, IRc<*ntija of fi.n Ira!'.: usaia.t O 1*. U, WHKJ WRITUTU TO JH>VEttTt.HKK% J* trtcHtm aay y«« Mtw Ik* advert i» ui» ..rr;