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Over the dust-world sailing; Ard back, like apUiitern Mown by fha winds, •net fall the miitailOH of siLyminda^ Ukeleaa and unavailing. Rslf's Rescue. . «» Rolf -was a collie. There was nothing remarkable ulxmt his appearance. He was a lum<lsome animal, certainly, but I have seen handsomer. Ue was Bimply * purely-bred, good-aired, well-formed, l>lack-uiid-tan shepherd dog. But, al­ though 1 have had a long aud extensive acquaintance withdogB of various breeds, it has never been my fortune to know one that oould match Roif in keenness and breadth of sagacity and in versatility of acquirements. He became my prop­ erty when we were both very young; hie, a fat, unshapely little pup, just able to lick milk on his own account; I, a boy of 14. I was proud of Rolf and soon £ot to be very food of him; and he speed­ ily attached himself to me and acknowl­ edged me as his sole master. We were inseparable; he followed me everywhere like my shadow, and we soon came thor­ oughly to understand each other. I have always been excessively fond of boating, fishing and shooting; and, in the Shet­ land archipelago--in one of the islands of which, close by the sea, we lived--I bad ample scope and freedom to indulge in such pastimes* Rolf was a present from my father. I began his education almost immediately, and he soon showed himself endowed with r«re intelligence. He speedily be­ came as fond of sport as his master. I had him under thorough command, and in a very shor^t time he came to under­ stand and obey my slightest wish. To please me was evidently his greatest Eleasure; to win my approval and caress, is greatest ambition ; and to live with me and for me he seemed to regard as a final cause of his existence. 1 encour­ aged biiii to swim, and no spaniel was evj>r a better water-dog. He was pointer, retriever, friend and companion all in oue. Ouee I had winged a duck of a rare species flying over a small lake. Rolf plunged in in pursuit; but as often as he was about to seize the prey the duck dived. Time after time this was repeated. My last percussion cap was expended, and I was, therefore, terribly mortified at my helplessness. Nothing for it but to trudge home several miles for a fresh supply; so, ordering Rolf ashore, I left hiui in charge of my gun and shot-bag till my return. I knew he would not leave tiie gun, and I was pretty sure the duck •» ould not dare to leave the protection of the water while the dog was so near. On my way, it occurred to me how much more convenient it would have been if 1 oould have sent Rolf home for the caps. It might often be useful to lie able to send him home with a mes­ sage; aud I forthwith resolved to add an­ other accomplishnu ut to the many he had already acquired. I began with short distances--only a few hundred yards---ordering him to ge "home, pome" (repeating the word "home"). In a short time he perfectlv understood my meaning; and, after a little while, I was wont to send him ^'^nv miles home with •ome indifferent message, written on a piece of paper and tied to his collar, |ust for practice; but occasionally I found it a most useful acquirement. Those at home were instructed to be sure, when he appeared with my message, to pet and praise bim, and send him back with a reply of some sort, a note or small parcel, and instruct him to go to his " master." I was amazed and de­ lighted at his quickness of comprehen­ sion and readiness to obey. Teaching bim was the easiest thing in the world. My order, conveyed in the invariable stereotyped formula, "Home, Rolf, home, quick !*' in a very short time came to t>e instantly and cheerfully obeyed; aud then the return order, "To your master, Rolf," with at least equal alacrity. I little thought that a day would come wheu I should owe my life to Rolf's faithfulness as my messenger. Our house, which was on a large island, was situated at the head of a fine bay or fiord, which ran inland some three miles. Right across the mouth of the buy there stretched a small narrow island, which formed a complete natural breakwater, "and effectually protected the bay itaelf from the fury of the ocean wavtw. Barely half a mile 8 'paruted t he two islands at the nearest poiata. The smaller inland was uninhabited, except l,v a few sheep and multitudes of rab­ bits. One fine autumn day I embarked iu my little pleasure boat, and sailed down'the bay to the little island to shoot rabbits, Rolf my only companion. Near tVe extreme point of the island, ana just before landing, I caught sight of a great Northern diver swimming along shore. It had never been my good fortune to shoot one of these magnificent birds, and I was anxious to secure a specimen ; so I at once gave chase. It is useless to fire at anv of the divers when swimming, unless they are very near, for they are eertain to "dive on the fire," as the phrase goes ; it is a trick they all have. This particular bird was an old and wary fellow, and for a long time I could not get within range. He would appear for an instant just a few yards too far off, and then dive, while I continued the pursuit in the 8ame direction. I was in this way beguiled a considerable dis­ tance round the seaward coast of the island, which is formed of steep preci­ pices, detached rocks or stacks, skerries aud sunken rooks. At last I got a fair chance, aud, to my great joy, bagged the diver. . As by th#B time I was fully half-way round the island, and the light wind, which was off shore, was slightly on the quarter, and the aea perfectly smooth, I kept sailing on with the intention of circumnavigating it. (.Hiding smoothly and silently along, And just as I was passing a small rock called Skarta Sker­ ry, I caught sight of an otter on its top busily engaged in discussing his dinner. He was within easy range, and to snatch my fowling-piece and give him the con­ tents of the right banrel was the work of an instant. He was wounded, but not killed, so I gavo him the coup de grace from the second barrel. Luffing up I ran my boat along the skerrv. Seizing the diminutive kedge attached to the end of the long rope which served as a painter, I sprang on shore, giving ttie skiff a l<ttle shove off, to prevent her rubbing against th« sharp and limpet- covered rock. With sails napping m the light breesce, she fell off to leeward. I fixed the kedge in a lit'le crevice : but, turning to see that the boat was swirl­ ing clear and safe, to my horror I ob­ served the other end of the sope running over the bows and dropping into the sea. In some way never accounted for, but most probably by some idle, meddling hand, it had been unloosed from the ring­ bolt, and in my hurry and excitement I had not observed it. My boat w as adrift, and 1 was a prisoner. In an instant I knew and felt the peril of the situation. It was low water at the time, but the tide had already turned, the flood was coming in, and at high water the low- lyiLg rocks of Skarta Skerry, I was w«al aware, would be eovercd some feet. Had I been a good swimmer, I should doubt­ less instantly have stripped and swam to and regained my boat, or at any rate oould tasily enough have reached the smaller island, or even our own larger one; but, unfortunately, at that time I could not swim at ail. The Skarta Sker­ ry was barely fifty ywrds from a steep, smooth precipice of several hundred feet in height, and the nearest landing-place, in a little crock where the shore was sloping, was at least 150 yards distant To me, in the circumstances, this was an impassable gull I sat down end tried to think. For a few terrible moments no hope of rescue or means of escape presented itself to my mind. I dare say some audible ex- prtwsioiis of despair hurst from me, for I was roused by Rolf laying his paw on my knee and looking up wistfully in my face, as if to inquire what was wrong. "Ah ! Rolf," Icried; "you can reach the shore and are safe enough; but your master will perish miserably. What will they think at home?" His quick ear caught the word home, and wss in­ stantly on the alert as if for orders, and even ran to tho water's edge with nil eager whine, which expressed, as plain­ ly as words could have done : > *' Send me." In my first excitement I lutd not thought of this before; and even now, when there really seamed a gleam of hops in it, the thought of parting with my companion raid being left alone on that terrible rock was dreadfuL But what else was there that could be done ? "You are right, Rolf," I 6aid. "It is my only chance, and you shall go." I tore a leaf from my pocketbook and wrote : " I am on the Skarta Skerry-- Voat adrift. Send help instantly, or it will be too late." Hastily, but secure­ ly, I wrapped mv missive in my hand­ kerchief, which t tied firmly to Roll's collar, all the time saying to the intelli­ gent creature: "You must go home with this, Rolf, home. Now, Roif, will you be sure to take my message home, and quick ?" He was already at the water's edge. "Come here, Rolf," I cried. He rushed back to my arms. For an instant I hesitated, and tried to think. "Yes," I said; "it must be so ; it is my only chftnpe. Rolf, Rolf, your master is in sore straits; his life de­ pends upon you. Brave dog, good dqg! Now, home, Rolf--home, and quick! Two bounds, an impatient bark, as though he meant to asstire me he knew it was a case of life and death, a plunge, and Rolf was cleaving the water toward the nearest shore. I sat still and silent on my dismal perch, and watched his rapid progress. I saw him approach and gain the rooky shore. I saw him shake himself hastily. I saw him scram­ ble up among the bowlders, up the sloping path at the liead of the creek, and reach the brow of the cliff. For an instant I saw him cknr against the sky, and thon he disappeared. He had never paused or looked back. And now I felt indeed alone and miserable beyond description. A depression of spirit weighed me down. It happened long ago, and j-et I well re­ member my thoughts and feelings and Ltucies as though it had been yesterday. They were too deep and intense to be other than graven on memory as with a pen of iron. Scarcely had Rolf passed beyond re­ call when it occurred to me that it might have been a better plan to have tied a strand of rope to his collar and my own wrist and made him tow me on shore. He could have done it, and I might have reached the rocks alive. Why did I not think of this sooner? But it was too late now, and I feared I should certainly perish miserably. Then I wished the end were come. When it did come it would be only a brief struggle. But to be doomed to sit there and think, and watch the rising tide for two or three long hours, hope and despair alternately possessing me--it would drive me mad, I said to myself. But I resolutely thrust from me the ghastly picture which fancy oonjured up, and tried, as calmly as I was able, to caloulate the chances for aud against a rescue. Everything depended upon Rolf. On all previous occasions when I had sent bim home with messages he had only at most a few miles of hill or moor to trav­ erse. But now he had to cross the smaller island, then cross the sound- nearly half a mile in width, as I have said--and still he was three miles from home. I knew there were many things that might distract, deter or detain him, and a very short detention would be cer­ tain death to me. Suppose Rolf started a rabbit on the way, might he not for­ get liis errand and pursue? Then anoth­ er terrible fear took possession of me. Rolf always rolled and rubbed himself on the grass when he came out of the water. What if my handkerchief got detached and was lost ? What if my pefi- cil scrawl, soaked with water, became unreadable? But even should none of these things happen, would Rolf be no­ ticed as soon as he reached home? It would need to be ns soon. Men, I knew, oould not be got at a moment's iy>fcice; they muBt be sent for from some little distance^ and, after manning the nearest and handiest boat, fully four miles of sea must be traversed ere help could reach me. And there was now left but the slenderest margin for possi­ ble delay. The flood-tide had been run­ ning for an hour. In three hours at most the skerry would be covered. What should I do? I well remember the lines kept recurring to me again and again: Amid hia arasea' giddy wheel, Did he not desperate impulse fael Headioug to piuiige hiuiaelf below. And meat iht. worst hia feaie foiWahowT It was not a dream with me, bnt a ter­ rible reality, and the " desperate im- fulse" became well-nigh overmastering. fought against it with all the strength I could command. Would it not be oowardice? Would it not be suicide? I would not listen to the temptation; I would not think of it, not while there was a gleam of hope, not while reason remained, not at least till the water had risen to my feet, I was no coward. I had often been in positions of utmost peril, when coolness of head, readiness of resource or prpmptitndp of action had carried me through; and I rather prided myself on my presenoe of mind in cir­ cumstances of difficulty or dauger. I had once been driven far out to sea in a storm. On another oooasion my boat had been swamped. I had lost my way in a snow-storm. I had onoe been coo- damned to spend thirty-six long hours f'of tempest and snow and sleet in the I dead of winter on an uninhabitable iul- j and, when no boat could possibly come with help. But in these other cases of emergency I had never lost ooolnesa or courage or hope, for there was always something to do, something that could be done. There was the need aud the demand for action of some sort. But here it was very different Sitting on this terrible rock, perforce bo utterly rissive and power hia, with nothing that could do, and little of promise to hope for---the thought and suspense and an­ ticipation were torturing. I well remember the horrible fascina­ tion of watching the water rising inch by inch, creeping, with a cruel, slow persistency, higher and higher every moment I remember thinking of the martvr maiden-- Margaret, virgin daughter of the Oman wav»-- bound to a stake, and left to perish by the flowing tide. This and other dismal pictures would, spite of all my efforts, force themselves upon my mind. It was the very Valley of the Shadow of Death through which I was passing. Then thoughts and memories of another kind --of the home and friends I should never see more--thoughts, too, of a more solemn kind, bearing upon the future which comes after death--reflections, retrospections, regrets, hopes, prayers, came thick and fast Anon my reverie was interrupted. As I sat there, silent aud motionless as the rock itself, a cor­ morant rose from beneath the water fclose by, aud made for the Skerry, with the evident intention of coming to rest upon it. Catching sight of me when only a few feet off, he instantly dived with a splash. How I envied him! He was at home in the water, and I--oh, fool, fool, to have neglected the art of swimming! Thus two and a half long hours slipped past; long they seemed--almost a life­ time--and yet all too short. The tide was rapidly rising. Only a small space of the topmost pomt#of the rock now re­ mained above the water, and still there was no indication of rescue. Not a sound was to be heard but the ripple and pla»h of the water, or the wild scream of the sea-gulls overhead. If all had gone well with Rolf, and he had been expedi­ tious, it was fully time--it was some­ thing more than time--that euccor should have come. Rolf had not re­ turned to me, which I was sure he would have doue if he had not carried the mes­ sage home. That was now the only slender thread to which fast-fading hope still ckmg. Aiid thus another miserable, torturing half-hour passed, amd now the water was washing my very feet, and scarce enough rock for a cormorant to perch on was left uncovered. I sprung to my feet' with a despairing groan. I looked at the cruel sea, the .black frown­ ing rocks, the bright sun, and blue sky. " Oh, horrible 1 Will no help come? Must I thu>» miserably die ?--so young and strong too! Ah, Rolf 1 you have failed me in my need !" But Rolf had not failed me. Stand­ ing there, with straiued senses and bursting breast, just then I seemed to hear a sound different from the monoto­ nous plash, plash of the waters around me. Was it the sound of oars, or was it only fancy? I held my breath and listened. Again that sound! Joy, joy! I knew it weH--the stroke of oars, reg­ ular but more rapid than usual--quick, quick, like those who pulled for very life, as indeed they did. Loudly, wild­ ly, half mad, I shouted my welcome. Another minute, and round the point, scarcely fifty yards from my perch, swept a light four-oared boat, urged on to utmost speed by four stalwart fellows, who knew too well the need there was- for it all, and bent to their work with a will; while high in the bow, like a fig­ ure-head, with paws on the gunwale, ears erect, aud trembling all over with excitement, the first sight that caught my eye was my noble, faithful Rolf! I had done him injustice when, for a moment, I tlioug t he had failed me; and my heart smote me. The instant he saw me he sprung with a joyful bark far ahead, and swam to me. I took him in my arms all dripping as he was. I was saved, and to him I owed my life I Not his tho cause of the delay which had so nearly made the rescue come too late. He had carried my message safely and swiftly home. But, notwithstanding that all haste was made, it took a con­ siderable time l>efore a crew of men could be collected. My darling Rolf lived to a good old age. He has long passed away to the " happy hunting-grounds." Since those days of my youth he has had several successors, but never one to equal liim in intelligence and fidelity, never one I loved so well, and never one that so well deserved to be loved and cherished I shall only add that, after that day's terrible experience, I lost no time in putting it beyond possibility that I should ever again encounter a like mis­ hap, tor I soon became an expert swim­ mer, and found myself ns much at home in the water as Rolf did SCRAPS OF 8CIESCE. Ekuiht oculists having pronounced the reading of German text to be inju­ rious to the eyes, the Bernese Govern­ ment has resolved to discontinue its use as much as possible, and all their official announcements will henceforth be printed exclusively in R«tMa.m characters. The report of the second geological survey of Pennsylvania contains, in a description of the coal flora by Prof. Ijco Lesquereux, one of the most remarkable geological accounts in existence of the forms and habitats of plants onoe grow­ ing in the swamps of our American coal fields, or floated out into open water and embedded ia the deposits at the bottom of the carboniferous sea. Bverr genus of ancient sea-weed, fern, bamboo-like oalamite aud cone tree whioh up to the present time lias !>een brought to light in the mining of the American coal-beds, or in surveying the surface of the cool fields, is here described Every species ' hitherto discovered is named, and as i many of them represented as seemed needful to assist the mining geologist in the identification of beds, so far as plant remains can do that, or to enlighten the scholar of nature in thin branch of learn­ ing. Thb permanent station on the Congo of the Stanley expedition is on an elevated plateau below the Yellala falls. It is now a small town containing the | dwellings of Mr. Stanley and his European j staff, workshops, warehouses and huts j for his laborers and a gardan producing vegetables of almost e\;ery description. I From the river's edge to a distance of j about thirty miles upwards along the ! hilly banks of tho Congo, where he has j established a second depot, a road about ! twelve feet wide has been constructed, 1 serviceable for carts aud wagons, which latter, together with a number of don­ keys. have recently arrived from Europe, to 1*3 employed in tho transport of stores and supplies. Mr. Stanley has with him about 125 natives. The trade on the lower Congo is very large and increasing. The highest point where traders are established is at Noki, which can be reached by vessels drawing eighteen feet of water at any season without the least difficulty. ApocBTraaia •• it may appear, there are some fishes capable of swallowing and stowiug away entire, others several times larger than themselves. This ex- /traordinary fact is rendered possible in tho first place by the great size of the mouth, which is cleft far backwards, and in the next by the excessive distensibility of the stomach aud the abdominal in­ teguments. The captor sizes the larger fish by the tail and climbs over it as it were by alternate movements of the lower and upper jaw, until finally the entire animal is stored iu the stomach. Meanwhile, the stomach and the adjoin­ ing soft parts liecome more and more distended and hang down like an enor­ mous sack. The most remarkable ex­ ample of such capacity have been found in the C/iiaswodon mg^r, a species re­ lated to the cod family, but several others are likewise prone to attack fish larger than themselves. Dr. Sanofrldt has tried a number of substances for destroying microscopic life iu drinking water, the most striking results being obtained from citric acid. When one part of the acid was added to two thousand parts of water, life oeascd in fiom one half to two minutes. Microscopic examination showed that those forms of aniuialcula having a thick scaly covering ara not affected by the dilute citric acid, but only those with thinner coatings," The greater part of these unwelcome visitor l»elong, how­ ever, to the latter class, while the former are visible to the naked eye, so that a solution of the strength mentioned will suffice as a safeguard. The dead ani- malcula immediately settle to the bottom of the vessel containing the water, and may be found iu tho sediment. The solution of citric acid spoils quickly, and it is recommended that it be freshly prepared every day. Helf-Lnminons Photographs. Self-luminous photographs are at the present moment, according to the Pho­ tographic News, attracting much public attention in Vienna. When these are examined by daylight they look like ordinary paper photographs; but in the dark they are beautifully phosphorescent in the high lights, have a more or less feeble glow in the half-tones^ and in the deep shadows possess no luminosity. The preparation of these self-luminous photographs is very simple. A silver print on albumen paper, or collotype, is rendered transparent by brushing over it a mixture of equal volumes of castor oil and oil of tuxpentine. The superflu­ ous oil is removed by means of cotton- wood or a linen rag, and the phospho­ rescent paint is then put on. The paper thus prepared Is thou dried, and after­ ward mounted with its revei de side on cardboard So soon as it has been ex­ posed to the daylight, and the light pen­ etrates through the transparent or semi- transparent^ parts, the phosphorescence of the luminous paint underneath is ex­ cited, aud in the dark the image is seen with all its gradations; brilliaut pictures, and moonlight landscapes, give espec­ ially good results. These self-luminous photographs were first introduced teethe Vienna public at a ball given by the chemical students of the Technical high school on the 3d of March last. The ladies' ball programmes were decorated with a self-luminous picture representing an alchemist at work in a laboratory. A man named Ovens runs e bakery at Buffalo, and a Mr. Beverage is a brewer at Newburgh.--Newark Register. Aifd a man named Bog keeps a hotel at Bon- dout Among the Turks. As to the character of the Turks, it has l>een said by one of tho highest con­ sular authorities that the poorer and humbler he is, the better he is. As he gets money and power, he deteriorates. In the lowest classes you may and do meet with honesty; hi the middle class­ es, seldom ; in the highest, never. The Turk, above all, is a good host. In­ deed, hospitality is enjoined by the Ko­ ran. We may well take a le«son from him, too, in politeness, especially in conversation. If you awe privileged to have an interview with a Turk, you will find him a good listener ; he never in­ terrupts, and never wastes words to make talk. When he has finished, h*' asks permission to go, and vanishes. He is not given to the odious, because abused, custom of tho "shake-hands. ' His salute, the Temerity, is most grace iul. He makes the motion as if to swt*ep tho ground with his right hand, bringing it to his lieart, lips and fore­ head, thus indicating that all he has on earth is yours, as well as showing his frktidliness and constant thouglittulness for your welfare. Listen to a true story illustrating the Turk in all his dealings, whether com­ mercially, politically, or as a diplomat­ ist A. jM asunt was summoned before the Cadi for stealing a sack of ouions. " Now we have thee on the hip, and thou shalt know what it is to incur our displeasure. Bisinillah! Choose, slave --wilt thou pay 1,0!X) piasters, receive 100 blows of the bastinado, or wilt thou eat the conteuts of the sack of onions ? Quitik ; choose !" "Gracious Lord, J have no money wherewith to satisfy thee; I fear the bastinado, and wil ohoose rather to eat my onions." He ate, and was fain to stop, and pre­ ferred the bast in ido. After Bome fifty strokes he repents, and thinks he cau find somewhere in his house 503 pias­ ters. But this money was not enough to release him from his troubles ; he ate more onions, then there was a little more bastinado. Eventually lie received eighty strokes, ate nearly all the onions," and paid the penalty of 1,000 piasters in full. OrawnlBf Men Catch at Strain, htit sensible poople when sick take Warner'* Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. It Cured Him. When I was a boy of about 9, writes a correspondent, a servant of my father's put a pipe into my mouth, assuring me that to smoke would make a man of me. I puffed away most vigorously, and per­ severed till I became sick and fell on the floor. I have never smoked since. In much the same way I was cured of hero worship. When I was a college youth I ventured one day to call on a man of some eminence^ to whom I had been introduced. He received me with smiles and compliments, and, as I left j his presence, I was ready to proclaim him the most gentlemanlv man I had ever met with; but, after I weflt out, I lingered at the door a moment to deter­ mine whethf r I should call on anothe" great man who lived hear, and I over­ heard the polite gentleman I had left oall his servant to administer to him the most terrible scolding I had ever listened to in ray life f >r lotting in that stupid, impudent stripling. This cured me of hero worship and of interviewing great men. Since that date I have at times gene to a distinguished man's house with letters of introduction and turned at tbe door for fear of what might come. CHICAGO J0TE». •TRTOta. Hierr beta tn epidemic of Mr Gee* In Chi­ cago ttm spring. F.rst, the strike of the ear driver* sod! eoudaetoni of the West Side Stteet Riulwn j Company, which wm peaceable, orderly and Ktoeemful, became their claim was jnatand wm mitteiMtl by the moral pontiment of the whole cotiunnuity. Then there have been numerous otnkee by the various trade#, which j have prneraHy revolted in an increase of from | 10 to 1& per cent, of wages. There have been strikes, too, of meroh&nt* and mana- j faeturen to raiso tho price ©f rent* a>.d good a, ' and an exet-muvo IiKTvase in the cwat of build- i ing which has discouraged baiktor* and bceu j injurious to both eaiph>y«r» ant implores, j But tho mo«t cnibarrasriug and fat-reiching strike has been the strikeef the swirchmcu who m ke np tb>- unitis and transfix frvt^ht-coraon the different railroads winch center m Chicago, oa aoi-onnt of which hundreds of thousands of tons of freight l avw been embargoed, del&ved in tran-uS, an.l delayed \n shipping ami deliv­ ery. n*aMmg in gr> at inconvenience and loss to merchant# and business men here and elsewhere. Newspa|>er olfioes bad car-loads of paper iu tho entombs which thev conld not get, and were obliged to buy and nsc inferior paper till tbe blockada was raised. There ou- bt to be mu­ tual apn-enH-in between employers and em­ ployed, but th© greed of corporat-.oiw is eo strong that th* y seldom raise tiie wages of their work­ men Ull they are compelled to by their united protest and their refusal to work at their old wages. We do not moralize oh the situation. We only stato the facts. But, notwithstanding these serious .draw­ backs, Uie tide of Chicago business rolls on, with ever-Increasing volume, and was never so groat an i imposing as now. We note a few samples of leading houses. jones a*i> ladohijn (American Iron Worts), T.ie largest mauutsctu.ers of bar iron in Amer­ ica, make most at the goods they sell--iron, nails, spikes, cold rolled shafting, T rails, bolt^ chains, etc. The Chicago branch, of which Mr. J. H. Larimer is mauager, i* a vig­ orous plant, 25 years old, which has outgrown the criginsl stock, and last year built a mammoth wsrtiiou.se on its ptvmises, 150 feet onL-tke by 23U feet on tianal street, connected by railway with the Pitts­ burgh factory, giving uniqualed facilities for handling their goods by car loads with the greatest economy and dispatch. For financial strength, extent of business and ability to meet the wasita o: tbe trade, it i* confessedly the Wading iron house of tbe Want hiiuubd, spenckb am) co., Lake and Wabash, Hardware, cutlery, tinplate, fence-wire, etc., stand at tbe head of the line, like Saul among the prophets. Hive been a land-mark in Chi­ cago twenty-five years, and sell more goods than any similar lionse in tbe West AAOE BROS AND OO., The leading Cnu-ago millinery bouse, the fam­ ous hat and bonuet-frame makers, the only Western manufacture r.< of corsets, kep white goods, notions, and all ladies' apparel except shoes. Their lorcn imitates the sjjeed of light­ ning calculator.* in doing their immense bnsinesx, working wiih a hearty good will, because this was the pioneer house in giving their em­ ployes a haif holiday during the summer season. t. A. FAT AND CO., 2!u '> LAJCK ST. Wood-workiug machinery and mselnne tools. Mr. J. A. Roche, muna^er of tbe Chicago house, a STactical machinist, has a peculiar aptitude for lie busi ne.-jj. He has made t hint lie leading bouse of its kind in the Wtst, ineteasing its trade, so thnt its Cincinnati factory, employing from 300 to 400 hauife, can not supply its cu-'o.iutk. What Hnti'.ma Said. The young woman who, with her lovex and little l .iecc, sat *n the shadow of the curtain while the company wn« in the room adjoining, had a good deal of pres­ enoe of mind when tiie niece said very loud, "Kiss me, too, Aunt Ethel." "You should Bay kiss me twice, or kiss me two times, not two," said Aunt Ethel, calmly. It is to be hoped that the well-known English "beauty lady" was equal to the occasion, also, wheu an elderly und emi­ nently respectable gentleman made an afternoon eull, and, as elderly gentlemen often do, he took the c)iild aud kissed her. "You must not do tliat,v said the child, struggling, "I am a respectable married woman!" "What do you n^au, mv dear?" asked the astonished visitor. "Oh, that's what mamma always says when the gentlemen kiss her!" replied the artless infant. Card Collectors! t«(.lfo7«eTe* Imn DOBWDW ELECTRIC SOAP of j*mr Gr*. 4ser. M. Aak Mm te glre jmm m Mil •f It. Sd. Mali as Ma Mil ui jr«ar ftall iMitd, 4tb. We will mall YOU FSEI Mm kMctlfn! card*, In six col> mm And ge*d, representing 9ktik« ipcare'iM Seven Ages of Han.** The Dasna canal, for connecting the Ganges and Agra carals, India, extends, including brandies, to 626 miles in length, the distributory channels being 3,538 miles over all, and the area to be irrigated covers up to the present 1,182,- 830 acres. This great work was com­ menced about forty years ago, and is now nearly completed Eilkrt's ExTMAcrr or Tac *^N> Wild Ghkbsi has (>eeu used for twenty yean, and during that time has saved many very valuable lives. Bo not neglect a cough or e«id until it is too late. Try tins excellent remedy, and we are sure you will be convinced of its merits. Clironic Conglis, and even Commnipt'ves, are orred by following the directions. Every bottle is war­ ranted to give sntixfaction. Prepared by tbs EmiDcrt Proprittary Co., Chicago. Sold by all fcO jd (imggista. F«n dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits and general del'i!ity in their various forms, also as a prerentive against fever and sgue and other intermittent fevers, the Febb j PiiosriicBATKi) Ki.ixib of fc'ALisAYA IJark, muds by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, nnd sold by all dniggistH, is the best tonic, aud for pa­ tients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no e^uai. Nothing IS so certain to produce torpid livar as oontii<nal dosing with Quinine. It tempor­ arily excites but finally deranges and impairs tbe'functionary powers of this important organ. The effect of Mercury and Arsenic is to induce droiis'cil teniencv. Do ?>e jh^rsnuvUil to ttop doting and drugging, and use J)r, liolman * Pad. It i$ a prtcioui boon to suffering humanity. L L CKA6IH & C8., 116 South Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. $72 AVMK, SI3 a day it himtwiljr mad*. Oortiy outfit liw. Addnw Tntn A Co.. Ancoita, M*. DK- IIlTNTFIt, 103 St te »t.,Chiaaco. traato »uo-rwtnUy Throat and Lane Di-e&MM bjr Inhalation. | <JKNTH WANTED for th. BmI and Fa*t«tf- 1 Sellinf Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices reduced I per «t. National Publishing Co., CFCICAGO, 111. WIIMfi UCM T>(«*r*phw! aara*«)»o«D»a fvumi BW.n month. Graduate. gnnrai>t«e<I nay Inc aflms. Addraa Vaukxtwik Baos- JasesTUle.Wla $350 EGGS A ttOWTPM I Ajrrnt. WMt«« I 7li BMt-SelHiw Artteto. in the world - a mi*. D!«./¥««, JAY BRIMS SON, Detroit, HUob How t® keep for wlntw market. Fall j>r n»- •D DIRECTIONS gftren, ©RAHFSCINJI BO Y^NS* Ppr«Bc« Ir.cl se postal ortfor. lieforptiro Bank of Sharon. J. IX ShHro*aWi*i •mi Wto«20!^fewtesa.'te w*»T«D OIMO* toMia* REVISES NEW TISTMBIT AMV #.ua» A > wli _ _ _ Xo_w rrndnioTAgntt. Mo*t T} AGENTS WATTED FOB DIBLB REVISION AtMnl (teaMt ttaiaM *1*4 H.«r ToMaBMmt. IfiUkMrfiilsiZm *52, «-- tt. «»-- V*-- ^Tt'is f rhiiiJilifci i FRAZER AXLE GREASE. '• W'siM- Wet UW aiHiU*. Kv. •T oitrfciLs* luui car Tr[!«le-a(KJrk aad to SMI-bed fciax.r'a. SOI.P Ef^nrwHKKK. I ) For ciaillw an* A H 3 A L L . D I * . K A « S S Canned by BInlarlul Poi.oatas of (be Bt.lfc iWAUS 'KTED CURE. I*}'" 6 5(3 1 for «a!e i>" all i'raggiatok AfiKOTR WAITED FOR QlrR CENTENNIAL lSK£? PAN. HnaaikMiwi aM after! t» do tftahont it. Prtcfloc. AW o« Dmneatte ttLVTRES . Sarfaklcr, a iw, amtLw*. ' foal. npidMi^mr SftJcfe. PrSe* S' 'c A rar* opportunity t* tm ' offered Areata to atto meom. Send forottr lihult atmTYVMter* , and our UDanaily a>>er*i DOMESTIC feCALK OO, 1M WnyhthSfc.Cf--limaH.0. Bibles Wantfi>~Bibl* A FIT#*, to (T«tl tne JBlble. Addrt^il on<M\ with STAMP. G. W. Utsd DT STATE, CHICAGO •*\f" Vnt. *AH1iNfcX CwOtvM Bftftlah S#f9 tad Wiur* viU fcr *> a*at« mm H*. M|fcV wtar tjm, a*4 teak bait, wad * coteicri ptevvftg «f *<*ir futur« Kuaband mfa, wth+togieafty' vrtfc aaae, ti<a» ud ptaa* af au« \ 4at* af marrtaM. Maat? rtfemiad «• *11 mi aadMitd. IMRNE PBIF.X, Marttots. ID Meet'jr T\. fetatw, Mm. AGENTS' GOLDEN CIIANCE Q2.GO for gl.BO 3.BO " 1.7B 1 85 M .63 No hcuae can touch oa on terms. Money made easily and quickly. A. CRAIG Ik CO., Publishers, 18% Clark Street, Ch cagfe •f\T1 1 TT1 PUCK'S, the only p, tented A®. • I l l m H T I K H ' I A I . t ) K r u n , J^MJJakJL i«w fusWoned. Ventilated, Com- PEOPLE HEAR! fortebta am! minotfwri.nnd llf*- store Hearing. Physician* highly I recommend them. For Asthma or Catarrh* send tor l>r. Sur.Ntn'B Rut© T eAt>e moiled fiee. H. P. K. PKCK, A*rt„ j Kroudway, New York. CTRIC LIGHT® TSR-NKRVOUS DEBILITY, Lost Mnnhood. rnd impaired powers cured by MATH ft WS' Imnruved Electro-Magnetic Belt and Abeoibent Pml combined; «iza of Pad, 7x10 inches -four rimes larger th >n othera. Do iMt i>urch«eeAD9 •lit style Belts when you cen tfet the lateFl •rapruved for " Kieotrle Li#ht." a SteuliuM i>M>era sent fre« nnwiM; wuiled. 6c< D. S. IX MATHKWS A, CO., CH W. Laks Street. Chicago,^ TO FARSHERiS AND TRH ESHERMEN. If yon want to buy Utrenhrr*. C7o«ar Uulltr?, llorff'Puv^rti o* ^nytrMS ("illier Portable or Traction, to uto lor threshing, sawing or for gene«U purtK^e?', buy the " btar?ea Koo* ter" goods. " The are rJb# Cheapest " Fo? Pi ieo-Liet and Ik lustrated Prunphlo s (e*nt tr«a) write to The Atltman & Tarum Company, Mansfield, O. Lay the Axe to the Root If yon would destroy the can­ kering worm. For any exteft aal pain, sore, wound or lame­ ness of mau or beast, use only MEXICAN MUSTANG LINI­MENT. It penetrates all mus­ cle and flesh to the very bono, expelling all inflammation, soreness and pain, and healing the diseased part as no other Liniment ever did or can. 80 eaith the experience of two generations of sufferers, and so will you say when you hare triod the 44 Mustang." UFFAL0 PITTS THBE8WIW MACMBmr Vibrating Threshers Endless Apron Threshert Horse Powers t Mawlad or Pom*. 7 »i Farm Enginei rWatriVuriM. ' TO* rafratattoa that ©nr MflFAlO PITTS APRON THRESHES has sustained for over 30 feartw the KING OF THRESHERS ea GTTABAXTKK thmt onr new Tlbiallag brasher and Threshing BngkMl wiU b» Better than aay others LA the market. THE P!TT8 AGRICULTURAL WORKS, CmimtU umtjtf tm aWm. BufltelO«N.Y» 4 ' J5i NlfHGuGHEPAF.L Battle Creek, Miehlgan, HAKOTAOTCSSB8 <FF TH* OKX.T BMUUH THRESHERS, Traction and Plain Engines and Hor---Powere. >wt IhmpkteTkreskwFMtaqr 1 BlttMMM ta the World. J 1848 AA ycapo m m * C M I I O m m , without cha:;pe or nsnap^ mouocemont, or location, lo "back • i brood warranty gt--m on all our good*. ' "J ^ % - ' _ ^ STEAM - POWRR 8EPARATQB6 sad Caiapiete SteaalmHa<y wirflhMfnWWaa. fin** Trnrtlon Engine and Plate Elites •ver seen in tbe American market. A multitude of tpoeial /mImw and fayrci amita for 1881, tairether with nptriar f walitU* fit fimXi uti Hon and material* not dreamed of hr other tnafcais. Four slzoa of 8eparston, flam V to IS mm Capacity, for *1*am or korM txmxr. Two atyle. of " Mounted " Howc-Ppwot. 9 fiftA nnn Feet «f Selected Iiiaktr « ,UVU,UVU (/raa Uirabticyoriair^rtaO OOnBtantly on hand, from wbNh & built ths to- oomVarablc wood-work ox our machinery. TRACTION ENGINES Stnmgnt, atori <htntbit\av.d efficient ever mad*. 8, 10, 13 Horcc Power. Farmers and Tbracdhennea are brfttad 4a ,av»wtwrnte tins ; -irchtet* Thret*hittr llAatiztOXV. OxvulMS .ive. AdOreaa * NICHOLS, 8HEPARD & CO. Battle Creak, MMi'if- O.W. u. No. M KN WRlTIWtJ TO ADVERTISERS, . wlctue »ay yt« mw tie ailvertisemeal i Iu ilii« i>u»>er. Erao a song of Lair oil, Tockel miuuft cliiuk, Four and twt uty editors Bp.uiiig priutem' iiik; Now the poii goes faster, Woutler what they moan; OoetM they uiu.it be writiiiR ads. For tlw iuiprovod Carboline. Ukcx* Sak s Conoitios Powdf.m are ree- omnieuded l>y »toek-own»:rs wl»o have nsed them as the lx»t Horse and Cattle Medicine to be had. If the animal ih Craggy, Spirit!®**, Of hao n;» appetite, tliese Powdera are an t xcel- k*iit i t liH'dv, and every owner of stock will do well to try' thi in. They are prepared by the Emniert Proprietary Co., Chicago, 111., a yery reliable firm, and sold by all good druggists. Tns best stock and the bent work in the dia­ mond Loots and nhoe#. Rosenthal Br's.,Chicago. now TO SECl'UE HEALTH. It ia itMac* iny one will tuffer from dtnipumti brought on bf impure blood, wbw SCOVILL'S SARSA* PARILLA AWU STILUXGIA, or BLOOD AND LIVKK SYRUP, will reator® UMlth to U» phj«lc«l or• sanication. It ia a atrongtbontnic a/riip, p'eaaact to tak*. end lh. BEST BLOOD PURXFIKH i-ver di^covared, cuilnc Scrofula, Sjrph'l *10 Jlsontora. WeaWne«a of th« Kidnair*. Ki7<ip. aa. Malaria, Nerrout diaoraera. D^»l- it*. B.l oos oompl ;int». and Dteaaaaa o( the Bluod, liver, Kldueya. Stuinaco, Sjt n. etc. BAKER'S PAIN PANACEA cam pain la maa and b*'>«t. ' DR. ROGER'S WORM bVilUP knaUntly ioatroyu \\'i »RM8. 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