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'TV. • *• fV%5».' & tl?1 *Mahaduek Weeds mrtar the bask. «m «p » [»Mnd piper, ibiriao nipolcdtlut fll «u nothing ; et aalMol• that it lived. One w ittoly wflmi to perform its - jMSce, hn>>f evidently been broken it ^0P9 nbenMer; on* leg had alao been apparently shattered; tbe creature's leathers <twd out. every way, and alto- Jpther, m ason miserable and pitiful fowl was never aeen. It squeaked f |rildly aa it hobbled out from under iuy feet, and fluttered and staggered ̂away before me. It tumbled and roll­ ed about in a fashion calculated at onoe "to excite all of a man's sympathy, and t full determination to run and catch • **.\|t. Animated by these emotions and .'̂ barticularly the latter, I set out at onoe in pursuit, dropping my cap, however Ml did so, for the reason that will * 'hereafter appear. After a step or two * jthe bird lay as if wholly exhausted, * : J>ut, as I put oat my hand to take it, ^ flt gathered a little strength and feebly f varied my grasp. I followed and ; aia essayed to capture it, but again InLssed it by a foot or two, and this op- " "7^ration, with a like result, was repeat- w,j;#d a dozen times, until at last, when I phased the sand piper about a dozen Jfods, it pulled itself together, ejaculat- s 3|;l "poet-week," in a mocking tone, a ^ Humber of times and flew away, mirac- v^OTlsly recovered, as sound and lusty a •' frircl as ever was Known. I drew a bead £'fyifrpon it with my gun to show it how i jwaeily I eouid have paid it for its cheat Jf I had a doJre to do so, and then ^ .went back to pick up my cap. This • i&one, I looked carefully about the Jground, and.os I expected, found a nest cooped out in the sand, with five olive- ^Jolored, mottled eggs in it. So I com- , promised by taking the eggs, knowing |hat as many more would be laid with- a week, and went away, pluming iy»elf that this old trick had grown so threadbare to take me in at this site day. Nearly all onr earth building birds Are acquainted with this artifice, and I Jave had them all attempt to play it on 4t»e--sand pipers, sparrows and golden- irowned thrush or oven-bird. This letter species, however acts with more *Higntty in the matter. He is above re­ porting to the deceit of stimulated lame­ ness. and will not flutter and tl rash tbout on the ground as his less scrupu-3us cousins do. When he sees you •oming through the woods he crawls ^ wimbiy out of his nest and skulks along • $>ehiud the bu hes and leaves until he Sets some distance awaj from his treas-res; then he appears in a conspicuous - $lace and sedately and quietly walks '(along before you, looking over his ;i ihouider, and inviting you to come up ,. And take him, as being a bird who '"•ot»ehow never found use for his wings, * f|jnd to whom the science of flying is llnknown. When yon see this bird iBins condwtiag himself, all you have #r> do is to note carehillv the direction t» which be is traveling, then walk ack in a stai^lit line, and, if you look you will find the nest some **"«Wn8fce within three or four rods of •here the bwd appeared. If you have liny respect for gentlemanly* deport- < jMjnt, however, you will not take more wan half the eggs of this quiet, com-, v «osed and dignified oven bird.--JTeut f .work Hun. ^ Women in Mexico. This is ti«« fir«t year the ladies, even . .^jnericanfi, could walk through the Jgtreets of Mexico alone in the daytime without being grossly insulted. They .look her straight in the eye and say whatever they please. As to their own f *?ives, they are prisoners always. They re never permitted to walk or ride out or a moii ont without their husbands, unless the need is very imperative. One call from any gentleman will com­ promise any married woman in Mexico. /^At is not believed to be possible that a *•' woman ©an innocently appear alone f5pon the street without her husband, n American lady, who boards at the otel lturbide, tells me of a Spanish-merioitn wife there who, though as •ell as imprisonment will permit, has »ot been out of her room once in seven weeks, except to go to church (con­ fessional perhaps) once on Sunday. • Jler meals are sent to her. To see American ladies out shopping seems to Ihese tyrants and victims a degrading lipectacla y I wouldn't like to be a young girl in * ^Mayhoeo," aa they call this land--or a voting fellow, either. It is considered , indecent for them to speak to each Other till they have virtually become Engaged, or to see each other till they *re married. To behold a Mexican fouth at first courtship gazing laoka-ausically up at a brown girl a hundred feet distant on an upper balcony, whom he has never been permitted to speak ft>, holding his steed immovable and gazing up, on his head a collossal hat brave with great ropes and arabesques of gold, on his legs breeches of some 4ne stuff gorgeous with silver buttons - or coins down the legs in double rows, Itolding his place with unwinking eye *•& hour at a time, and coating there day after day, week after week, rain or •ahme, especially rain, drenched to the akin, persistent and passionate--well, I know few more edifying spectacles! In two months, if he is lucky, he will - be able to get into the honse* and sit in the "front room" with the old folks. And in two months more lie will marry her and 1 ck her up.--Letter from Mexicc. Shrewdness Versus Nharpuem. Shrewdness ia an exoellent quality is • business man. It carries him through difficulties that would swamp others, Mid enables him to avoid dangers into which less shrewd men would be cer­ tain to stumble. But when shrewdness Regenerates into mere sharpness-- Which may be defined as shrewdness devoid of conscientiousness--it beoomea as dangerous as a two-edged sword in the hands of a child. It cuts both its possessor and all with whom he has dealings. Shrewdness is honest,taking advantage of circumstances in an hon­ est manner, and only for legitimate purposes. Sharpness frequently de­ scends to trckery to accomplish its object, and is so closely allied to down­ right dishonesty oftentimes that the difference bet ween them is not appar­ ent to the ordinary observer. The ahreu d merchant is re^peoted and suc­ cessful, while the mere sharper--equal­ ly shrewd l»nt less honest--is avoided, despised, and at constant w«r with the world. He is rarely successful, and success never brings him respect. Most frequently he may be Jound at the bot­ tom of the ladder of fortune, sore from the tumbles he La< received, tor he sometimes climlts part wav up by hang­ ing to the skirts of more energetic plimbers. only to fall when shaken off and left to his own exertions. Ho hopes . to reach the top at the expense of otheip; sad wastes mora brain and •roacl® ia the endeavor to asoend, bf trickery than would snffioe to qtzw lum triumphantly the highfsl sou*! ty JMM* Mdearoc. To «Mhf5* shrewdness, instead of being a bless- ™g, u a curse.--Sewing Machine Journal i 'Money is Power." About fifty years ago, a young man whom we shall hero call Jones was graduated at one o< the leadftig col­ leges in the country. He had much in- tclloctual force, and his comrades sup­ posed would study a profession. "No," was his answer. "Money is power. I am going to be rich!" . His means were limited. Ho went into business, and worked by day and night to achieve success. He had been fond of history and of literature, but he never opened a book now, unless it concerned his trade. He had strong religious feelings, but as time passed, he ceased to consider his relation to God or to his fellow-men, except as a vender of goods which they should buy. Ho succeeded in his purpose. By the time he had reached middle- agehe was at the head of an immensO bu iness, and was one of the solid wealthy men of his city. Outside of his busi nets h^f had no in­ terest or influence, ana sought for none. Other wealthy men tried to work re­ forms, to better the world; or they widened their lives by travel or study, by the love of art, or of books, or they became faithful servants of God. But Jones lived only for his business; he was penurious in his household and a hard, grinding employer. His wife and children leared him, and his work­ people hated him. "AJoney is power" he quoted as his motto throughout Lis life. He had two sons, neither of whom he educated, although they were heirs to a vast fortune. They were put into "the house" as soon as they understood arithmetic, and worked their way up to the higher positions. " VVhat do they want with college training, or society, or religion ?" their father was wont to say. "Let them learn the business. That is to be their life." Our story has a brief ending. At sixty, still in the prime of life, Jones was struck down with a nervous disease, the result of overwork. He fled to Europe; to the Nile; turned his back in terror to his work, but to no purpose. He died after months of ag- onv. The enormous responsibility of the business devolved on his eldest son, a man weak in body and mind. He suc­ cumbed in less than a year, with soften­ ing of the brain, and lived an idiot The other boy threw up the business and plunged into wild dissipation. He had been given neither education nor principles to restrain him. It was not long until the whole accumulation of years was scattered. The story is true anl needs no moral. A is not often that the claims of the body, the brain, and the soul, when neglected, vindicate themselves by so swift and terrible results. But sooner or later they avenge themselves inex­ orably, and no money has power to avert a single p an which they inflift.-- Youths' Companion. \ Life iu a Flat. Have you ever been in a New York flat? It is like playing keep house. There are seven or eight rooms, all on one floor. They are all small, and the only difference between them is that some are smaller than the others. Some of them are lighted by windows to the outer world. Some of the rest are more or less lighted by windows opening into air shafts, so that you can very conven­ iently smell what all your neighbors are having for dinner. Some of them have no windows at all.. Now and then you flnd a fiat with closets in it, where yon can hang your clothes. When you do catch a thing of this kind, it is your duty to gather it in right away, because the chances are that you won't see an­ other if you live to be 1,100 years old. A few flats have private hallways run­ ning through them. More of them can only be promenaded by going through the various rooms. It is nice, if you have a guest, to go roaming through his bed-room in the morning, or to have him came through yours, if he wants to reach the dining-room. All your cook­ ing must be done in a little bit of a place no bigger than a yacht's gallery, and all your coal, groceries, and other things come up on a dumb-waiter that makes a noise liko a ten-cylinder print­ ing press. The janitor invariably amuses himself by starting this machine about 6 in the morning and keeping it going until 10. Then he couldn't be hired to touch it again before bed-time. There is a speaking-tube running from your flat down to the front door. They tell you it is put there so that when your bell rings you can whistle down and find out who it is before you open the door. It isn't there for anything of the sort. It is simply so that the street arabs can pull your bell and then whis­ tle up to tell you to go and soak your head, or something equally nice and reassuriHg. There are two doors at the foot of the stairs. The outside door is left open daytimes, and closed at night after a certain hour. You haven't any key to it, and all 4he bell- handles but one are inside, between the doors. That handle is supposed to lead to the janitor's room. But he goes out into the back yard, or up on the roof to sleep, so that when you come home late and xing, he will be sure not to hear you. Under these circumstances the only chance you have to get in lies in breaking down the door, in whioh case you will probably be arrested for bnrglarly. For all these reasons, liv ing in a flat is hardly the poetic,i«lea of sweet and ssveoo happiaass. ~^New York Letter. Mow Hawtiwrne was taken. While Hawthorne was ever ready to sit for his portrait, he objected strenu­ ously to having his photograph taken. J. Lothrop Motley, who well knew Haw­ thorne's aversion, set a trap for his frimd in this wise: He invited him to w^k one day in London, and, as they w##o passing the room of a well-known photographer, Motley asked Hawthorne to step in and make a selection from some pictures of himself which were read?, he supposed, for examination. They entered, chatted pleasantly to­ gether. Hawthorne being in the best of spirits. Dropping into a chair which Motley placed for him, he looked after his friend disappearing behind the screen in que~t of the proofs. At this moment, and with this look of anima­ tion upon his face, his photograph was taken, the artist having made all the necessary preparations. Motley's proofs were produced and examined, and Haw­ thorne was never told that he had been "taken." THE game laws do not protect bache­ lors in leap year. SIX EJMfiS OF SHOES A MINUTE. XarhtiMW Hhkh tun n»i> Out m it Tk«y W«« BMNI Sim*** tr -C/ « HA* * A cobbler takes half a day to sole and heel a pair of shoo. In Crow Hill penitentiary a fojr hundred of men and women start with the raw material and turn ont 3,800 pair of shoes in teh hours, or more than six pair of shoes a minute. The men and women have little to *!o with it. Machines do the wor^, and only need to be fed, started, and stopped; all the fine and ingenious work of building a beautiful shoe they do, one part at a time and one machine to each part. For instance the first machine cuts the soles out of the leather. It is nothing but a punch fitted with a knife the shape of the shoe sole. Different sized knives cut out any thing, from a baby's to a plan­ tation darky's size. Cutting out the soles leaves the sheets of leather in tat­ ters. The biggest tatters are used for heels; the Smallest make fuel. Leather scraps make as good a furnace fire as coal does. The next machine splits the thin slice of the upper surfaoe of the sole a little way from the edge all around, so that it looks as if a thin sheet had been pasted on to the sole, leaving the edge unpasted. Under this loose edge a machine presses a little gutter or channel in which the nailing or sewing is done, and afterward hid­ den by pasting the loose edgo over it when the upper is att»ehed. At the same moment other convicts are dotting uppers out of sheets of dressed calfskin. They lay patterns on the skins and thus cut the needed sizes. This is done by hand, but the linings are sewed to the uppers, and the but­ tonholes are put through both leather and lining by machinery. The button­ holes are stitched by automatic ma­ chines, consisting of a sewing machine having under the needle a little plate which turns exactly in accordance with the outlines of the buttonhole, and stops when the buttonhole is finished. One man feeds several machines; starts them, and does not touch them while they are at work. After this the soles and uppers come into the hands of one set of convicts, the lasters and tackers on, who put the two together with very few small tacks. These people all work like lightning, but are slow beside the machinery. The soles and uppers are firmly joined in several ways. One maehine puts in brass screws and bites them off exactly at the right distance between the upper and the under surface of the leather; another drives in on iron screw with the same nicety; another screws the parts together with wax thread, the thread passes through a heated metal horn, which keeps it soft and warm; yet another imitates hand sewing with yellow thread, leaving an extended sole, which is afterward beveled to look pretty. The merit of this machine is that the shoes it sews are pliable and easy to the foot, and brings a good prices Shis does its work in eleven seconds. The heels, are made separately, and when finished have all tho nails pro­ jecting half an inch below the bottom of the lower sheet of leather. A con- viot puts one of these heels into a metal cup in a press of great power, and over that he rests a shoe in the right position. Then down comes a great bar and squeezes the heel and toe together, driving every other nail all the w.ty in and leaving every other nail sticking a little way out. He takes the shoe out, puts a pretty heel tap to it, puts the shoe back, submits it to tho pressure, and then withdraws it, and finds the tap firmly nailed, with the nails not quite through tin tap, which presents a smooth, unbroken under surface. The heel shaving machines present to the heel a set of rapidly revolving knives, shaped to make a straight heel or a guttered one, or even a lady's French heel. Another machine cuts the front of the heel square, and another trims and smooths the ed^e of the sole. The edge of the sole and sides of tlie heel are blackened and the edge is put un­ der a hot iron about the size of a fat ch-stnut. Tins iron moves to and fro with incredible rapidity, in imitation of the motions of the cobblers who used to do tho work by hand. A feirgo iron,' also heated by a gas jet, does the saiqo thing for the heel, and does it under- such pressure that cracks and uneven- nesses in the heel are smoothed over, filled up, and concealed.--N. I. 8un. f- The Paris of America. Sidi Francisco is the Paris bf Amer­ ica. The fondness of the people for amusements, their "fastness," love of display, disregard of the Sabbath, wild, reckless habits of speculation, all tend to justify the comparison with the French Capital. Like l'aris, this city is decidedly cosmopolitan in its character. Through its broad "golden gate" and over its continental highway people of fell nations, creeds and language have thronged, with one idea in common, the thirst for gold. There are probably more rioh men in San Francisoo, in proportion to itsr population, than in any city in the world. There are many good and righteous people who are fight­ ing faithfully against evil; but there are many more with whom morality has probably lost all "its significance, In proportion to ttie population, there are probably more vile, criminal, and abandoned creatures here than in anv city except Paris. Divoroes and sui­ cides are matters of little or no account here. It is an admitted fact that Cali­ fornia buries more suicides in propor­ tion to the population than any state in the union. The prolific causes are dissipation, financial embarassment, and domestic troublik. Nowhere is the marriage bond, that should be the guarantee of peace and oaatentment, so lightly regarded; nowhere is for­ tune so fickle; nowhere do so many fall in a day fr.»m a position of wealth to want Such transitions disturb the mental balance, and destroy the power of self-control. -Hep. Dr. Ecxleston. The Wltd West. A traveler wont to Bed one night at a tavern in a town out wodt. During the small hours of the morning lie heard considerable commotion below, but supposing it the custom of the country, returned to his riwnhers. In Uie c orning he arpse early nod going d?* n fou d the landlord sweeping out what he supposed to be unusually big grapes. 'Why." said he, "you have large grapes in this cquntry." "Grapes!" said the landlord with evident pride, "them's the eyes wo gouged out last nkhtl"-- lit.*; Eye. - • r HeHtnfetr thsFlr. The editor Of th* Qarmantown TWo- grttph has these words to say for tho porkers: Tho question is again raised as to whether pork is wholesome or other- wife, some people declaiming against it nranaly as an article of food, eto., though they offer no solid reasons for their opinion or belief. Now, so far as our information and experience go, we oan regard audi views as without the shadow of a foundation. Pork* eaters, who comprise nine-tenths of the population of the civilized world, will soout at such nonsense. For all per­ sons of active habits pork is just as wholesome as anything else, and far more sustaining. It is true that if too much of it is eaten at a time--in other words, if people will make "hogs" of themselves--they will have to suffer for it, as for an over-mess of almost any other food. To discard pork would be to discard one of the main items going into our "vital statistics." What would become of the armgr and navy, of our merchant marine, of, in a word, the great mass of our population, if pork were to be thrown overboard? The idea is supremely absured--the aboli­ tion of this flesh as a prime article of food, would be just oause for a sump­ tuary revolution. No, go on, ye pork eaters, among whom we number our­ selves, with a craving stomach; boil or broil your hams, pickle your sides, cab­ bage and kraut your ehines, souse your pigs' feet, and enjoy yourselves upon swine's meat to your hearts' and pock­ ets' content. Fling not dirt at the grave, patient, thankful grunter, who anticipates his fate with a pleasure which he cannot express in words, but which he squeals to meet with the best possible grace. He may not laugh, it w true, but he grows fat without laugh­ ing, so much more to his own credit and to the profit of his friends, who liberally bestow upon him the where­ with to fare sumptuously every day. We shall stand by the pig. He is the patron of man. If he is generously treated it is because he is expected to return four-fold. If he is lazy it is be­ cause we give him nothing to do but to eat, grunt, and sleep, having in view not the good of the animal a tithe as much as the hope of an affluent recipro­ cation for all our kindness. Pork un­ wholesome! Nobody except a lean, cadaverous, sedentary biped, who is obliged to live, probably on account of early dissipation, on Graham bread and weak tea, would be guilty of such a slander. Faces Not Indicative of Occupation. Experience and observation convince me that judgments based on physiog­ nomy, especially, are quite as apt to be wrong as right. I shall never forget an illustration that is in my own expe­ rience. I used to meet on the Fulton ferry-boat two or three times a week a tall, handsome man in a glazed cap, pea-jacket, and generally rough attire. His face was weather-beaten; he never entered the oabin, and almost invaria­ bly took his post in the forward end of the boat, whence, with an apparently critical eye, he regarded the clouds, the tides, and the harbor aspect in general. In spite of the rough lines and a bronzed skin, he had one of the most intelligent faces, I think, I ever saw, and his profile was purely Greek. How many stories I imagined about him! In my mind's eye I saw him as a cabin- boy, a seaman, a second mate, a cap­ tain. 1 s&w him oat tie with winds and defeat storms. I thought of him in shipwreck, and pictured him among the isles of the ocean. I saw him return to his home laden with the results of his manly endeavor, and congratulated him, mentally, that the sunset of his life was to be spent in a cRmer atmosphere and in a true sailor's snug harbor. I really Attached myself to the old fellow, and would have resented an insult to him quickly. Imagine my intense disgust, surprise, and mortification when I learned one day that he was a steward in a second-class hotel in Brooklyn, in the interest of which he made a daily trip to Fnlton and Washington Markets in New York City.--Philadelphia Times. An Embarrassment of H "Happy? Do you ask mo if I'm hap- • >y?" inquired a young convert to Mor­ mon ism who married into a prominent saint's family; "I'm enjoying a perfect embarrassment of happiness. Why, I lavo eight mother-in-laws." -- Hew York JburnaL COUBAGK of the wesk, gentleness of the strong--both worth/ of adoration.-- UaricEnchenbach. Where Unemployed Literary Talent Aboonds. Speaking of the death of prominent literary men, the "Hermit" of the Troy Times says: The question is sometimes asked, how arc euch important vacan­ cies filled on so short a notice ? To this it may be replied that there is such an excess in the supply of literary tal­ ent that no difficulty occurs. There are so many able wi iters hanging round journals and periodicals that selections can be made on a day's notice. Liter­ ary people generally prefer the metrop­ olis, even if they starve. This is noth­ ing new. More than a century and a half ago Johnson went to London to try the chances of a literary life, and he suffered twenty years of painful struggle before he reached a sufficient degree of success to give him a decent living. Thomson, the author of "The Seasons," went to London about the same time, and published "Winter," for which he received only three guineas. It was only his good fortune which gave him a tutorship that saved him from the same fate which Johnson endured. New York never contained so much unemployed talent as at the present time, and this tendency must continue to increase.--New Fork Com­ mercial Advertiser. ' Spool-Makingo Spools are made in immense num­ bers. One factory turns out 100,000 gross a day, and consumes 2,500 cords of birch wood annually. The wood is first sawed into sticks four or five feet long, and from seven-eighths of an inch to three inches square, according to the size of the spool to be produced. These sticks, after being thoroughly seasoned, are sawed into short blocks, and the blocks are dried in a hot-air kiln. At the time they are sawed a hole is bored through them. The spool machine is managed by a boy, who throws out the knotty or defective pieces. The spools polish themselves by their motion and contact in revolving drums. Some of the spools are dyed yellow, red, or black; others are ready for use when they leave the drums. The number ef yards of cotton on a spool is determined by the size of the spool. The cotton is never measured, but the spool is gauged to contain 100, 200, or 600 yards, as the case may be. Silk and linen firms al­ ways send to their spool-makers pat­ terns giving the size and shape of the barrel and of the head and bevel, which determine the amount of silk or thread that the spool will hold.--Pittsburgh Dispatch. The Original ef J. Heraer. Little Jack Horner is so indelibly associated in the Anglo-Saxon mind with the popular pie of this period of the year that it is interesting to hear that he is believed to have been a mem­ ber of the family of his name last --tod at |§lB4 near From©, in Somer- setshire. A will dated 1540, contains ' L "John HorneT the [jWi in the previous year, at -- ---motion of the great abbey of Glastonbury, so eloquently alluded to bj Froudo, the Horners clawed up a things going, so much so that an old distich runs: •Horner, Pop ham, Wyndham, and Thynne. When the Abbot came out they went in." The plum which littl* Jaok pulled ont is surmised to have been a handsome share of the monastic estate, satirically alluded to by a wag, who certainly never dreamed that nearly 400 years later every child on this continent would be familiar with his rhyme. Tho Horners are still living at Mells. Ceiunbla liver Cannery. Mr. Oeorg© Home, one of the largest cannero of fish on Columbia River, Oregon, says that he suffered with rheumatism for seven years, having spent six months at Arkansas Hot Springs and at Paso Robles 8prings, Cal., fdur months in every year, without benefit. Finally he tried St Jacobs Oil, the great pain cure, and in a short time all stiffness and soreness of the joints dis­ appeared. ^ KMlgioa. Onoe in a while we still hear tie old croak that religion has lost its hold on the general public; that the church and its pulpit are no longer a power in the world, and that religious reading given place to the daily newspaper. To this venerable fiction there is no better answer than that given by the annual statistics of the number of books, in the several classes of literature, pub­ lished in America and England, from the figures ot the English book trade of last year, it appears that "as usual, theology heads the list with 945 works; educational and classical publi­ cations are second, with 682," etc. Publishers issue books to sell, and they are not accustomed to put forth, year by year, that which nobody buys; so that the regular publication and sale of religious books is a perfectly fair test of the general demand. That little coterie of readers which no longer cares for religious books makes the ostrich's mistake of measuring the capacities of other heads by the situation of its own. --Sunday School Times. Huniliatien for the Learaed. f If you think you are a prodigy of orthographic potentiality go to a Chi­ nese laundry and learn humility of. On Hang, who spells two shirts, an under­ shirt, and three pairs of socks witha K wrong side up, and all the rest of y&nr washing with half a button-hook and two or three fragments of a shattered blizzard. --Pretzel's Weekly. "ROUGH on rats"--tomcats. This style of joke twelve for a dozen. THE honeymoon lasts as long as you are "sweet" on your wife. A Hadwt CoHpclcMf In the way of health ia more commonly our share than an exuberaaoe of that desirable ar­ ticle. Let it be oar aim to keep what we have Sot, not to waate the blessed endowment bv Im­ prudent living and working. It may be safely medicated of Methuselah that he was not a dys­ peptic. The rapid rate at which this modern generation lives, premature'v exhausts the phys­ ical energies of many. A safe rooan* of their re­ newal may be found In liost»:ter'a Stomach Bit­ ter*. a genuine auxiliary of digestion and secre­ tion. and a irlme acurc * of vigor. When a no­ tice to quit ia served with it on the troublesome tenant, dyspepsia, he speedily evacuates the premise#, a»d it ia no let** potent in brincing a nbcllions lrver into subjection. Conatii>atiou yields to it, and rheumatism cannot successfully opi ose it« demtratin* action. It la a fine regu­ lator of the iodaeya and bladder, and tranquil - izes and tones tbe nervea. It lays a foundation of health njwn which prudence may raise a last­ ing superstructure. Lastly, though not least, it is commended by the meriical fraternity. Corn AGE is the strength that enables us to coinbat evil; fortitude is the armor that re­ sists evil after tho combat is decided against us.--Newman Ituiependmt. Insurance. Insurance is a good thing, whether applied co life «r property. No less a blessing is any* thing thut insures good health. Ij^dney- Wort does this. It is nature's great remedy. It is a mild, efficient cathartic, und acting at tbe same time on the Liver, Kidneys, and Bowels, it relieves all those organs and ena­ bles them to perform their duties perfectly. It has wonderful powor. See advt. Wmr ought poultry-keeping- to be a most profltaiile business? Because for every grain you give a fowl it gives a peck. Dairymen Getting Rich. Progressive dairymen, who are only fatte­ ned with the best result*, are ad llag to their wealth and conferring a benefit on society by tho rapid improvements they are making In the art of butter making'. This class use Wells, Kichardson & Oo.'s Improved Butter Color, and know by actual test that it ttfis every claim made for it. A HORRiBi.E but humorous paragraph 1st suggests t hat the Boston crematory is only a new way of baking beings. Yon Will lie Happy. Make your old things look new by using the Diamond Dyes, and you will be happy. Any of the fashionable colors for 10c. at the druggists'. Wells, Richardson St Co., Burlinf- toe, Vt. i GRAIN* merchants seldom indulge in short stories; they prefer cereals.--lionton Courier. MonteAtaiaolMiverbeen knownao effect­ ual in the curs of all those diseases arising from an impure condition of tits blood as Scovill's Sarsaparflla, or Keod and Liver 8yrap, tbe universal remedy for the cure of scrofula, white swellings, rheumatism, pim­ ples, blotches eruptions, venereal aores aad diseases, ooasumption, goitre, holla, canoera, and all .kindred dlaeaaaa. Uhere U no better means of scouring a beautiful complexion than by using Pcorill's Sarsap.n-illa, or Blood and Liver Byrup. whioh cieaisea tha bloodl and give; permanent beauty to tho skin. No WOMAN can live without soine share of physical suffering-; but many accept as inev­ itable a great amount of pai s which can be avoided. Lydia E. Pinkbain's Vegetable Compound was invented by one who under­ stood its need, and had the rare skill to pro­ vide a simple, yet admirably effective, remedy. LOST his GRIP--the man who twisted a mule's tall. Horford'* Acid Phosphate, VERV SATISFACTORY IN ritOSTHATlON, Dr. P. P. Gilmartln, Detroit, Mich., says: •I have found it *ery satisfactory In itsef- | feet*, notably in the prostration attendant upon alcoholism." THE close of tbe late war--tbe Blue aad the Gray.~-re.WM Sifting*. HA*-FKVM i« a type.of catarrh having pe­ culiar symntams. It is attended by an in flamed condition of tbe lining membrane of the nostrils, tear-ducte an 1 throat, affectJug the lungs. An acrid mucus is secreted, the discharge to accompanied with a burning sen­ sation. There are severe spasms of sneering, frequent attacks of headache, watery and iaCamed eyes. Ely »~Oeam llalm is a remedy founded on a correct diagnosis of this disease and can be depended upon. 60 cts. at drug>- glst*; 60 cts. by mail. Sample bottle by mall t« ots. Ely HKML. Drugxlsts, Owego, N. Y. Rheumatism, ° tf«iralgia,_ Sciatica, Umksfs. Backseh*. ll-SaBis. Tsslhscat. in iu svass sesur MIH ASS USS. SMfef ur<uiw *•< WiMlaMltll IMIUIM. m CIASUN A. vvueucK •MMiawA, VaUBJSaoa) "Pat up" at tbe Gaolt Tbe business man or tourist will find first- class aooommodatlons St tbe low price of t> and Si-&0 per day at the Gault House, Chios- go, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This far-famed hotel is located in the oenter of the city, only one block from the Union Depot, •levator; all appointments first-class. H. W. HOTT, Proprietor. Waste ef Food. The flesh Of domestic animals fit for food is almost a wnBte substance in many countries, since it cannot be lo­ cally consumed nor profitably pre­ served. In the River Plate republics alone there are 80,000,000 sheep and 25,000,000 cattle to a population of 2,600,000. For years sheep were only valued there for their wool, and when flayed, carcasses were left to rot, or, when dried in tbe sun, piled up in stacks for fuel, while later on they were boiled down for their tallow. Sheep got very fat in the province of Buenos Ayers, and those of three or four years will give frequently from eighteen to twenty-five pounds of tal­ low. Countless numbers of sheep are boiled down every year in the so-called greaseries only for the tallow, which forms one of the staple articles of ex­ port. The mutton is thrown away, or used in a dry state as fuel. In five years, more tnan 1,500,000 sheep and 200,000 horned cattle were boiled down simply for their tallow in the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria.-- Popular Science. Yonng Men, Read Tlila. Tn* VOLTAIC Bsi/r Co., of Marshall, Mlelk, offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO- Vofc# TAIO BELT and other EI.KCTKIC APPLIANCES on trial for thirty days, to men (young- or old* afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vitality and manbocd, and all kindred trou­ bles. Also for rheumatism, neuralg-ia, pa- ralysis. and many other diseases. Complete le-toration to health, vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk is incurred, aa thirty days' trial is allowed. Write them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free. Marvelous Restorations. The cures which are being made by Drs. Etarkey & Palen, 1109 Girard street, Philadel­ phia, in Consumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchitis, Rheumatism, and all chronic dis­ eases, by Compound Oxygen, are indeed marvelous. If you are a sufferer from any disease which your physician has' failed to cure, write for information about this Treat­ ment. A POOR man in Philadelphia, who had suf­ fered terribly from rheumatism, borrowed a dollar with which be purchased a bottle of Athlophoros. He took his first dose on Tues­ day afternoon and on Wednesday, after bat seven doses, he had not an ache nor a puin left. Price |1 per boitift. Athlophoros Ce* 112 Wall Street, N. Y. PURR Ood-Liver oil, made from selected livers on the seashore, byCASWKM,, HAZARD & Co., New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken It prefer it to all others. Physicians have de­ cided it superior to any of tbe other oils in market. THE penetrating qualities of petroleum arc well known to those who have any knowledge of its properties at all, and that is what makes It ro valuable as a liair producer. Ctrtoline Is crude oil deprived of its odor and color. CHAPPED Hands, Face. Pimples and rough Skin, cured by using JUNIPBK TVHSOAP, made by CASWIU.1., HAZAKD 4 Co., New York. Skinny Men. "Wells' Health Renewer" restores hsalth and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence, tl. Ir afflicted with Sore Byes, use Dr. Isaae Thompson's Bye Water. Druggists sell it. t5o. "Rough on Tooth Ache." Ask for it. In­ stant relief, quick cure. Ifio. Druggists. PuBiar speakers and singers use Piso's Cure for hoarseness and weak lutws. "Rou?h on Pain." Porous Plastrr, for Back- ache, pains in the Chest, Ithc umatism. 3S& Piso's Cure for Consumption is not only pleasant to take, but it is sure to cure. "Rongh on Dentist" Tooth Powder. Fine, Smooth, Cleansing, Refreshing, Preservative. 15c. DR. JOHN BILL'S SnifsTiicSni FOR THE CORE OP FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER, M0 ALL iUARlU 0ISEASES The proprietor of this oelebrstsd medi­ etas jutly slaias fur it a superiority ovsr all roBisdiss ever offered to the pnhlio Cnr the SAFE, CSBTAOT, SPEEDY aad PEE- KAVEHToue of Afiie and Fever, or Chills aad favor, whether of short or long stand­ ing. He refers to the entire Western and Southern oeantry to boar him testimony te tho truth of the sssertion that in no ease whatsvsr will it fell to ears if the dirse* tione are strtotly fallowed and carried out. In & gnat many oases a single dess has bsen snffioisnt for a ours, aad whole bai­ lies have bean oursd by a siagle bottle, with a perfeot restoration of tho gensral health. It is, however, prndsat, ana in every ease more oertain to oure, if its nss is eontinosd in smallsr doses for a week or two after the diseass has bsea ehsohsd, more especially in diffloult aad long-standing oasss. Vsa* ally this medicine will not require any ail to keep the bowels in good order. Should tho patient, howsvsr, require a cathartic medisins, after having taken three er fear doses of the Tonie, a single dose of BULL'S •EOSTABLE FAIOLTJPILLS will he sal* fleisnt. BULL'S MBSAPAUTT.T.A is the old aad Tollable remedy tor impurities ofthe bleed aad Serofbloos aftettooe--the Xing ef Blood Poitiers. DB. JOHM BULL'S YEOBTABLE W0BX DBSTBOYEB is prsvared ia the fena ef oandy drops, attrasttve te the sight aad plsasant to the ***** DR. JOHN 8X7X.VI! swnrt TONIC SYRUP, ' lUU-'S 8ARSAPAMLLA, ?i ^ BOLL'S WORM DCSTMWtfc lOfthsOsf. FrlaeftelOOec, Ml Main St., LOCimiXK,!;!. PATENTS Igffffc. _ __r ̂for patent ontfl obtained, write for InTentore'Guii Afflicted wHh ' liltoi She, Ufco Mt--,1 fejr Him VSe mi Bv* Bern*-, BwsriieBesisir <sf i Mr.S.W.meh*. of Heaaaat Valley, 1 jr.T.tbe em of Mr. K. g. Hicks, J haeevpoeied in tfcia article similar to thia,wae, like lie : in Uie madder, oaly that Us i than hia father's. The father sllhli»s||y ' to write to Dr. David Kennedy, at Bondoat be aaid, would tell him what to do. Or.KmiipiMi**' plied, suggesting the Bae of • v REMEDY, which had worked en IslM Mher'a case. Mr. Hicka, Whe bad the local phyaidaoa that I tor him. tried FAVOHTEBSiaDT., nee of it he passed a stone X of aa incfc lM* sa*fr the thickneaa of apipe-etem. Since *anhefeaelAi no irmptoma of the return of thi sick man healed. What better been expected? What greater benefit eould nssdttS adenoe confer? The end waa sained; that ui 4SM '̂ enough. Dr.KennedyaaanieathepuUie.br aie^eS»- tion which he cannot afford to forfeit or imperii. NkH ̂ the FAVORITE REMEDY doea invigorate fee MBOfc.-,' cure* liver, kidney snd bladder complaints, *e Witt ate* an those d!ncaae« md weafcn r»ef poraltT to ftMsnflSa 1 . .LYOIA i. PIHKllAMPt,. VEIETABU COMMM ***18AP0SmVB0DUKXt*** An theeenalaM OMptstafli •and WSSBMSMS«• esanasn* *****»te ear test ****** • It maanMfWntmasJIeMeaeV. dHtaa tor aUnralaatLaad reUeraaWeakaMsaf If "hiniif. tTnatafieno. SefNalj Ms to supposed to be the M of i Inevitable as death, aad liahle at Z aponn*. Themore it i* im ente should at hand to be wed we are made to feel tbe pain, or the PKMtY DAVIS9 It was the lint and Is the emif •ent Pain Believer. ITS MERITS ABE UXBUBPAUDL There is nothing to equal it. In a tsw memaats A > curea > - Colle, Cramps, Spams, Hearthnra, Dl» frrhca, Dysentery, Fta* HMUCtfc ; t • Itlefonadte > When all «OMT WHT&i u8ED KXTEWUIXY. AS nothing glToa ouicker It mines, Sprain*. Ntinjra " It removes the us. _ ary aorei. Thoae auffi leia, if not Hkeordki. ttam. Uout, or Nam And the 1JAIN-K" other remedy FEVER AND ACIIC Reraile there is no FeraoiiN traveling MMTIN TUB Wi IWPet the genuine. amaWi iii iitsSfc EDUCATIONAL IMaTtTtmoKT Boresnt. Humui. Ptnuaane m. 0Msa«e. Ill . or Short-Hand and' •re. Situatlona BROFK. Janaarille. Wla. ttsmr NEWSPAPERS Mm*. L. LANCE'S UDYZ 704 Broadww, W.Y.Ctty. AGENX* iWAMXIIV Furnished upon short uotka. at lowest J essy terms. Also SI kiads of pap-- --• envelope stock required in aprlnUa Send for Monthly Price-lCt ef . TjereuntiisMay •r to *SMS «M*; I ttsbMkssS I ||'l iiiVitor ssssr*- * ARE YOU BILIOUS? If you feel dull, drowsy;, have frequent headaclfc^< mouth tastes badt poor app6-!; tite, tongue coated, yatr l&ef: troubled with torpid liver or 1 44 biliousness." Why *9 yey, suffer, when a few bottles ef i Hops aid Bait Btttars Jkl cure you? Do not be per­ suaded to try something else said to be just as good. **-- sale by all dealers. HOPS dt BITTER3 DETROIT, aiCM. THE TIFFIN MACHHMIIY! For Horse or 8teem Fowl RELIABLE! MHMILE! SBtfliff f ... " f , ' V i 1 1 * V " -s if 4