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*»•$$! MAST trtAT) LETTERS. ;;:fteC H S«m SMtrojm Over 1,000 of Them - * Per Day. , Shortly before the retirement of Mr. Dallas as Chief of the Dead-letter Of­ fice in the Fostoffice Department, says A Washington correspondent, he told me that a Jew had been discovered •hipping an entire stock of goods from New York to Baltimore through the mails to save express charges, and the {;oods bad been detained at the Dead-etter Office. The Dead-letter Office lias become the most interesting, if not the most important, branch of the postal service. It -was established in f J Daring the last year there was re­ ceived at the office an average of nearly |5,000 letters daily, or a total of about 5,000,000. These have been handled liry 120 employes, mostly women. The dead letters are classified as "ordinary" and "unbailable," the latter being such as do not have a sufficient address, Or which contain prohibitory matter, flllisdireotfd letters will average 1,000 a |4ay, and letters which have no address iit all 1,000 a month. It is an astoniah- • itig fact that the greater per cent, of the la'.ter contain money. Of the do- jpestic letters opened the past year About 40,000 contained mone^, dratts, checks, and money-orders amounting to about $1,500,000. Nearly 70,000 con­ tained postage stamps. Every opened : letter containing an inclosure of value carefully recorded, and those for which no owner can be found are filed Sway, subject to reclamation within . lour years. When the writer's name is attached to a valuable letter he is in­ formed of the money being detained, §nd by satisfactory proof is able to se­ cure it. A lady has charge of the misdirected letters. If possible they are sent to the persons they are intended for. So proficient has this lady become that She is as well acquainted with the flames of citieB, villages, and streets as flie average schoolboy is acquainted urith ABC. At her desk she has rail- fray guides, directories, and books con liaininp the names of newspapers, bank­ ers, ministers, and the streets of all the large cities in the United States, to ^|id her in forwarding letters to the proper person, city or State. A letter fvas recently directed to "110 C street, ffashville, Tenn." It was returned to the Dead-letter Office. At once the |ady knew that the party addressed re .. aided in Washington, as there is but <one "C" street in the United States, And that is in that city. The letter ^ras delivered, and the party to whom ft was sent was found. In directing it lhe writer had placed the name of his Own city upon the envelope--a common •rror. Oftentimes the lady is required to guess at the address, and in no place tan a woman improve her faculty of ruessing more than right here. She j s not required to guess like the Eng- ' ishman occupying a similar position 1 n the department of Great Britain. A 1 etter was received at that office directed: "My son, up three flights of •tairs, London." To-day a letter came to the department at Washington ad­ dressed to "Wine Dock." The name Of the lown to which the letter was •ent is Wyandotte. "When it i? impossible to forward a letter without opening, it is opened and read by a young lady, and, the address jpf the writer being obtained, is re- urned. One young lady can open %bout 1,000 of these letters per day. The majority of eastern letters thus dbpened are characterized by vulgarity, •while the majority of western epistles •how the finer feelings of the writers. When there are no signatures the let­ ters are cast aside and sold as waste paper." So "your darling," "your own pet," "lovingly, Laura," and "eternally yours, George," if you do not hear from your epistles, possibly they are in some pa­ per mill, and eagerly perused by girl employes. Parcels by the thousand are also re­ ceived at the Dead-letter Office. A large proportion of the most valuable are addressed to foreign countries, and are detained because they contain duti­ able goods or exceed the limit of size or weight. In all such cases, if the ' ame of the sender does not appear, he addressee is notified that the pack- ge will be forwarded by express at is expense, or returned to the sender, if his address is furnished. The ar­ ticles received which can neither be delivered or returned to the sender, are Bold annually at action, and the pro­ ceeds are deposited in the Treasury. A Devoted Admirer. An old gentleman living in the sub­ urbs had a most singular admirer. One day he called upon a neighbor to look at some fowls lately received. To the pleasurable surprise of the visitor, a large white goose left the feeding place and came up to him, manifesting evident signs of satisfaction. The un- jjromantie bird was duly stroked, and the worthy gentleman started on his . homeward way. Soon afterward he Ibeard the dulcet tones of the descend- ent of the historio oacklers and saviors of Borne, and there was Miss Goosey- poosey following him like a dog. Touched by the creature's affection, he stroked her again./^and on reaching home gave her eome biscuit and sent her back to her owner. The next morning the faithful bird was found watching at the door by which her -friend had entered his house. As soon as she saw him she was demonstrative in her delight. At first the old gentle­ man did not attach much importance to this behavior, supposing it was a freak of the fowl. His astonishment, however, was great when he set out for the neighboring village, to find Msss Goose behind him. Ever and anon 'she would rub her head against him, as if begging a caress, which, of course, • the kindly soul could not refuse. He supposed she would go back to her flock as soon as the village was reached, but this was no part of her intention. She followed him closely, unterriHed by dogs or small boys, quietly waiting outside the stores that he entered until he appeared, and then as gracefully as she knew how, pirouetted about him for very joy. {She followed him home, and when she saw the door of the house closed, returned to her owner's place. Thereafter the affectionate goose took up her station every morning before the door of her idol, and as soon as he appeared she followed him wherever he w«nl If he remained indoors, she waited his coming till the evening shadows fell, then she went back to her pen. This strange devotion continued for several years. It was not entirely welcome, because it caused invidious remarks. Whenever the victim of this anseric alTection stopped to speak to an acquaintance, the jealous bird would fly at the person with wings out­ stretched, and sibilant expressions of wrath. The annoyance of the crea­ ture's demonstrations at length became unendurable, and the kind old gentle­ man breathed a sigh of mingled pain and relief when the poor bird finally met with an untimely end. wonder, in the light of true this, that there are, in this country believers in metempsychosis, as well as in the Ortont.--New York Commercial Advertiser. the boundary of the world to eyes, and from whose cloud- Robert Louis SteTtmoa, the Chiidren'8 Poet. The Garden of Songs is almost in­ anely childish, though some of the songs are vividly illustrated. One marked peculiarity of Mr. Stevenson's artistic nature is the faculty he has, in excess of most other artists, of return­ ing through long, dim aisles of memory to his own childhood, and of carrying with him there the poetic illumination of a maturely brilliant imagination. The present writer has heard Mr. Stevenson talk of his own childhood hours at a time. Though 35 years of age, he seems not more than 15, so near doss his imagination bring to us the days, or rather nights, when his bed was his boat, as he sings in the Garden of Songs and "good-night" the parting from the strand to sail upon the dark sea until morn should find the boat again safely moored by the land. With what artistic unction and poetic gusto he has told us of his climbing Btep by step the long stairways of his home in Ldinburg, hour after hour, with his father's cane as alpenstock, and fancying that he thus made the ascent of the dim Scotch hills that were his young I-crowned heights the mystery of earth and nil the glory thereof lay revealed. At the top of the stairs came no other mystery and glory than blank doors of tlie locked garret, and the little visionary ran down again as fast as baby legs could' run, to begin again, from the very bottom step, the. slow and toil­ some climb towards marvels that existed but in his own little brain. To this day he enters into the imitative and imaginative sports of boyhood with a keenness of sympathy few human beings give to things they have physi­ cally outgrown. He cares nothing for cricket, rackets, lawn tennis, polo; but in the tacking, veering aid scudding before a stiff breeze of a chair barque across wooden or woolen water, he enters with all hia soul. He nover walks out with the boys that are his favorite chums when the object of the expedition is not assault--stealthy or on-rushing--upon yon castle on the hill or dungeon in yon valley. Once upon a time the present writer saw him forget his writing to watch the move­ ments of two little boys cast away upon the Cruso isle of the sofa. The young Bobinsons found their supply of tools short of the legitimate stock, and one of them coolly left the island and walked away for reinforcements. The smile left Mr. Stevenson's face, a look of real disappointment and disillusion took its place. "Stop!" he cried, in a voice of thun­ der. "Stop,for heavens sake! and at least smim! swim!"--Art Age. Getting Off a Flying Train. "Practice makes perfect," observed the train boy as he folded and smoothed the newspapers he had gathered from the seats, getting them ready to be sold again. "Practice makes perfect If a railroad man jumps from a train when it is making twenty miles an hour he does pretty well if he keeps his feet, but I used to jump off the limited ex­ press on the New York Central when it was making fifty miles an hour. Did this time and again, and often with a basket of peanuts in my hands, never' spilling a peanut." "Go and tell that to some green­ horn," remarked the brakeman, as lie sneaked an orange into his overcoat pocket; "don't tell me any auch lies. 1 know better." "But it's the honest truth," insisted the train boy, "and I'll tell you how I did it. You are not too old to learn a thing or two, and now just keep your mouth shut and your ears open. I had a run on a special Chicago express. Every Saturday night I wanted to stop off at the town where my girl lived, but the special made no stop there. So I had to go up the road to Syracuse and" there take a local train back. One day it occurred tome that by a little strat egy I might get oft the limited at the station, and save all that time. I had noticed that just before we got to the station where my girl lived we always passed a local train, running in the same direction we were, and on the track next to us. Usually our train was going just a little faster than the local. So one day I locked up my box, put some candy in my pocket, and got down on the lower step. Just as we caught up with the rear end of the local I stepped across to the lower step of the last car of the other train. It was just as easy as stepping from one freight car to another in the same train, even if we were making fifty miles an hour. In five minutes the local slacked up and shopped at the station, and there I was. Think about that a minute or two, you thick-headed stove-stoker, and don't be so fresh about telling your betters that they lie. Ten cents for that orange, please."--Chicago Herald. The Quality of Wood. There are certain appearances char­ acteristic of good wood, to whatever cla-s it belongs. In the same species of wood, that will in general be the strongest and most durable which has grown the slowest, as shown by the nar­ rowness of the annular rings. The cellular tissue as seen in the medullary rays (when visible) should be hard and compact. The vascular or fibrous tissue should adhere fimly together, and should show nc wooliness at a freshly cut surface; nor should it clog the teeth of the saw with loose fibres. If the wood is colored, darkness of color is in general a sign of durability and strength. The freshly cut surface should be firm and Bhining, and should have Bomewhatof a translucent appear­ ance. In a wood of a given species the heavy specimens are generally the stronger and the more lasting. Among resinouB woods, those huving the least rosin in their pores, and among non- resinous woods those having the least sap or gum in them, are generally the best. Timber should be free from such blemishes as clefts, or cracks radiating from the center; "cupshakes," or crackB, which partially separate one layer from another; "upsets." where the fibres have been crippled by compression; "wind-galls," or wounds in a layer of wood which have been covered and concealed by the growth of subsequent lavers over them; hollow, spongy places in the center, indicating the commence­ ment of decay. Why be Was Excited. Motfier (who with her little boy is dining at -a friend's)--Johnnie, I am ashamed of you. You never behave so badly at home. ^ * Johnnie--I know it, ma. But when I have a chance at a good dinner like this I'm apt to get excited.--New lork Times. • EMULATION embalms the dead; envy. LIFE OH A tocwroim. talk With an Engineer-- Some Remarkably Fast ltuuK. "Do yon find engines. In these days easier to handle than when you first took hold of the lever?" "Oh, yes. There have been so mauy improvements of late years that a lo­ comotive is much easier to run. It is much easier to get up steam. The use of coal instead of wood tends to this result; and then the patent injector is a great improvement over the old pump. The automatic air-brake is a great help, and there are many minor improvements constantly brought for­ ward--all of more or less utility-- which lighten the labor of an engineer. Some roads use a patent bell-ringer, which is run by steam, but I never took kindly to it. It proved a source of annoyance more than anything else." "I suppose there has been a great change of style in engines in the last twenty years'?" "Yes, they are much heavier, for one thing. In the old days a locomot.ve had to pull Only throe or four cars. One with a 15-inch cylinder and 22- inch Btroke, weighing twenty-eight to thirty tons, was sufficient. Now trains are made up of fifteen to twenty cars, and the weight of the locomotives lias been increased to about forty-six tons, with 18-inch cylinder and a 24-inch stroke. An engine with the tank all loaded and ready to start on a run will weigh seventy-five tons." "Have engineers improved as much as the engines?" "Decidedly, yes. In the old days an engineer was nobody unless he was one of the boys. Ho was expected to bo 'hail fellow, well met' with everybody, and the amount of whisky a first-class engineer could consume in a night was something fearful to contemplate. Now, however, drinking is absolutely prohibited. While the 'boys' were good in their day, there are many who would not do for these times. They are a better-educated class in these days than they were formerly, for they do not spend their spare time in ca­ rousals. But still you will find them a jolly set, withal." "Is it necessary to be a practical machinist to be a first-class engineer "By no means. The very liest engin­ eers are those who are first 'wipers' at the round-house, next firemen, and are finally put in charge of the locomotive. By constantly being about an engine they become familiar with the different parts, and soon learn how to handle it, provided, of oourse, that they take an interest in the business." "What is the average time of an ex­ press train in these days ?" "Including stops, about thirty miles an hour. There have been some re­ markable bursts of speed, however, but these were on extra occasions. Phil O'Neil, who runs the Omaha ex­ press over the Northwestern, carries the horns in this regard, 1 believe. With the 'Wabash' he brought a party of directors from Clinton, Iowa, to Chicago at an average speed of a mile a minute for 138 miles. This was in 1884. Preston, another Northwestern engineer, made a reeord when he took the Jarrett and Palmer troupe from Chicago to the Bluff when they were on their way to San Francisco. He left Chicago at 10:30 p. m., arriving at Clinton, Iowa, at 1:10 a. m.; left Clin­ ton at 1:15 a. m., and reached Boone at 6:21 a. m.; left Boone at 6:40 a. m., and reached the Bluffs at 10 a. m. That means that he made the run of 488.5 at an average speed of 46.45 miles per hour. That was a great run."--Chi­ cago News. An Anecdote of Beau Bruminell. "Your dinner, sir! Why here is the bill for that, which yon see, with the wines, amounts to three pounds ten, and this yon have handed me is only a shilling!" "Yes, I see it's only a shilling," said Beau, looking curiously at the coin which the landlord held up to him be­ tween his thumb and finger, "but I can't help that. You told me I could have a dinner for my money, and I assure you, on the honor of a gentle­ man, that little coin is all the money I possess. By some unaccountable acci­ dent it happens to be only a shilling; I wish, for your sake, it was something else." A puzzled, angry look came over tho face of the landlord for a moment and * then gave placo to a broad grin. "Weill I suppose this might be called a joke, eh? One of the very good, if not very fnnny sort Your name is-- " "Brummell, sir; Beau Brummell, at your service." "1 thought so. Well, Mr. Brummell, I assure you that, while appreciating the joke, I am not so selfish as to want to monopolize the whole benefit of it, I'll tell you what I'll do," and, with a chuckle, he took Beau's arm, led him to the door and pointed aoroas the way to the house of his rivaL "Do you see that house on the corner there?" "Quite plainly," said Beau. "Well, I will give you a receipt in full for the dinner you have had and say no more about it, provided you will go to-morrow and play the pro­ prietor of that house the same trick." Beau paused a moment, as if in thought, then, drawing out his card- case and handing one to the host, said: "You're a good fellow, and I should like to oblige you. There is my card. If you will furnish me with a list of proper establishments I will attend to them in their proper order; but with this fellow across the way I might havo some difficulty! You see I was there yesterday and he sent me here." The Caterer. Some Pointers for Heavy Drinkers. Much of the popular delusion con­ cerning snakes is contradicted by Rheem, of the Smithsonian Institute. The venomous hoopsnake, which takes its tail in its mouth and rolls along like a hoop, and the blowsnake, the breath of which is deadly, exist only in the imagination. The idea that serpents sting with the tongue is erroneous An impression prevails that the number of poisonous snakes is great, but in North America thero are but three species-- the rattlesnake, the copperhead or moccasin, and the coral. Snakes do not jump; they reach suddenly forward --perhaps half the length of their bodies. Albino Indians. Several cases of natives of India, hav­ ing a white skin, have been reported. Mr. A. T. Fraser mentions the finding of a iamily in which several white per­ sons, resembling Europeans, had ap­ peared, the parents having the ordi­ nary blackness of the natives. The whiteness was not the result of lep­ rosy. The skin of the Albinos is much more sensitive to the sun's rays than that of other natives, or even of Euro­ peans. lhe contrast between wh te and dark relatives having' a striking resemblance of feature it said to bo most remarkable. at The Newspapers Fifty Years Ago. Chicago Times : There are men who collect old books, who hunt and search for them, who even buy them when found, and take a pleasure in their possession, bnt nover yet has been found the man to gather together old newspapers. And yet the newspaper prints are the more instructive of the two; and, while they do not go far back as regards date, they are the best illustratioLs of the habits and customs of the generation with which they are contemporaneous. Lying on the table in front of the writer are three copies of the Ontario Repository. The papers were printed in 1831, and have now grown yellow with time. So far as years go, they are not so very old, for Andrew Jack- Bon was President when they left the press--an old Washington one it must have been--and he is in the memory of men now living. But the very appear­ ance of the papers themselves shows the difference between that generation and this. They were printed in Canandai- gua, N. Y., and one of them, dated Feb. 16, 1831, has for a leading article the report of the Congressional Com­ mittee on Manufactures, discussing Jackson's message auent the tariff. It is a protectionist report, and reads much like a Republican speech of the last campaign, but the remarkable thing ahout it is that while Canandaigua is in New York, and was then, and the paper was issued Feb. 16, 1831, the main news item is dated Jan. 14. It took more than a month to get the in­ formation from Washington to the place of publication. A month may seem a long time to carry important information a few hundred miles, in these days of the telegraph, when thoughts are flashed instan­ taneously all over the world, but the European news was yet slower of travel. Under what would have been the head of "Cable News," had there then been any cable or any headlines -'for the news matter of these papers is put in without anything to show its character--is a clipping from the New York American of Feb. 9. Due credit is given the paper from which the news is taken, and the clipping shows that the matter is taken from London pa­ pers of Dec. 24 and Jan 5. The news covers the most of Europe, some of it, as it gets into the realms of Russia, Po­ land, and Italy, going back for its dates as far as September and August; but the paper--like one of its advertisers who says he "sells goods not much higher than down East, and as low as his neighbor"--is honest enough to duly credit all its authorities and give the correct dates, not claiming "speoial" or "special cablegrams." In fact, it is hardly worth the paper's time, as it seemed to have no rival in the neigh­ borhood ; at least, no contemporary is anywhere referred to. The most important news from abroad is the trial of the four ministers of Charles X., of France, and their con­ demnation to perpetual imprisonment, with forfeiture of title, rank, and for­ tune. The resignation, by Lafayette, of the position of Commander of the National Guards of France, is also commented on at length; in fact, any news concerning Lafayette seems to be seized upon as particularly interesting to the Amreican readers. But the advertisements are especial­ ly signs of the times. Every merchant who calls his wares is modest to an extent that would surprise the one of to-day. No one claims to sell goods less than cost; no one sells any cheaper than his rivals. He simply tells the reader that he has certain goods to dispose of, and "hopes that his friends will call upon him." Those who make patent medicines are, how­ ever, as noisy as any of this day, and their single columns, "next to reading matter," are filled with testimonials from ministers, who live at a distance, the same as any of a later date. Typographically, the papers are above criticism, being clearly and neat­ ly printed. The paper, of course, is poor, and now grown yellow, but the print is better than the average coun­ try weekly of to-day. No attention whatever is paid to local news, and the foreign matter is all taken from ex­ changes, so the cost of collecting mat­ ter was small. 1 WLHRT STMITTAG SFETY OA. When Louis B. Redmond, the South Caro­ lina moonshiner, cornered, after for eight years eluding the Government officials, was aakecl to surrender, ho exclaimed: "Never, to men who lire at toy bfcck! •• Before he was taken, live hiHlets fifd gone clear through him, but strange to" relate, he got well in the hands of a rude backwoods nurae. By the way. If Garfield had been In the hands of a backwoods nurse he might have lived. A heap of volunteer testimony against the Infallibility of the physicians has been accumulating of late, and people are encouraged to do their own doctoring more and more. It Is cheaper and quite as certain. Before Detective Curtin, of Buffalo, caught Tom liallard he " covered " him with his revolver. Tom saw the point and tumbled! Joe GOSB was "covered" a few weeks ago and he tumbled, and so did Dan Mace. Death "fetched 'em" with that dreaded weapon- kidney disease. But they should have been lively and drawn lirst. They could easily have disarmed the monster had they covered him with that dead shot--Warner's safe cure, which, drawn promptly, always takes the prey. It is doubtless true that sporting men dread this enemy more than any mishap of their profession, and presumably this ex­ plains why they as a rule are so partial to that celebrated 'Mead shot." Redmond was right. No man should Sur­ render when attacked in the back. He should "draw," face about, and proceed to the de­ fense, for such attacks, so common among all classes, will letch & man every time un­ less "covered" by that wonderfully success­ ful "dead 6hot."--SjMirtsman's Ntws, "Oh! Bat I Salivated Him!" was the actual exclamation of aa honest physician, spoken of one of his patients to whom he had given calomel for the cure " Ana he had biliousness and a dfeeasediiver. BaOv0lt<l him for oertain. of nev< r^t reoovered. sequences are avoided A Revivalist on SpIder>Legg«d Dudes. Gold doesn't save a man unless he wants to be saved. Some of you little sinners are sitting around here waiting for salvation to strike you as it did St. Paul. Snow-bird waiting to be hit with a cannon ball. |Laughter.] God adjusts His ammunition to the size of the man He is after. Mustard-seed shot will do for you. [Laughter.] God won't keep a man sober who has a quart of liquor in him all the time. God won't keep a young lady pious who has her waist encircled seven times a week bv the arms of a spider-legged dude. [Laughter.] A religious meeting that doesn't break up germans, clubs, and card-playing hasn't got the right sort of power in it. Why don't you say "Amen" to that? [Laughter.] This club in Atlanta is run bj the enemies of God. Look at them from head to foot and see. The germans of this town are run by the enemies of God. Look at them from head to foot and see. Card-play­ ing in this town is run by the enemies of God. Look at them from head to foot and see. Unless this meeting breaks up these things in Atlanta it will take you some time to convince me that God had much to do with it. ["Amen! amen!" all around.] Some fellows don't like what I say, and write cards about me. All I have to say is sign your name to what you write and by the time I get through you you'll hit the ground running. | Laugh­ ter. I I want to see the time when the good men in a community shall set its fashions and control its society. If you do your duty you can kill out the club, and the germans, and card-playing in Atlanta. [ Amens all around. | A ger- man is nothing but hugging set to music. [Laughter.) A girl who was begged not to dance the german, said all the hugging she got was in the ger­ man, and she didn't mean to give it up. That's a'l the german is. Now, if you don't like that, you just lump it. [Laughter. | Sow whisky and reap drunkards! Sow cards and reap gam- bless. Sow germans and reap spider- legs. [ Laughter. ] I made it so warm for the spider-legs in Nashville that be­ fore I left there they began to unload on the negroes. You could see little negrces going around town with tight breeches and tooth-pick shoes on. [Laughter. | Some of the spider-legs in Nashville talked about slapping my face. When they told me about it I said, with all his faults, the spider-leg has very sound judgment on one point. He knows better than anybody in the world whose jaws to slap. [Laughter.] --Rev. Sam, Jones, at Atlanta, Ga. A NEGRO who dived into a lake at Apopka, Fla., stuck his head no fast which he All these Astifsslng con- by the use of Dr. Pierce's "Pleasant Putative Pellets," a purely vegetable remedy that will not sail-' vate, but produce the most pleasing effect, inviiforate the liver, cure headache, dyspep­ sia, biliousness, constipation, and piles. Bv druggists. A SPRING Donnet springs right off to " .-IVittti'i Weekly. The Liberty Cap. The liberty cap is of Phrygian ori­ gin. The Phrygians were a people from the shores of the Euxine Sea, and they conquered and took possession of the entire eastern part of Asia Minor. To distinguish themselves from the na­ tives, the conquerors wore a close-fit­ ting cap and had it stamped on their coins. The Romans took the ^fashion of wearing caps from the Phrygians, but they were only worn by freedmen. When a slave was set free, a red cap called the pilens was put on his head and this was a token of his manumis­ sion. When Saturninus took the capi- tol in the year 2(>4, he had a cap set up on the top of a spear as a promise of liberty to all slaves who would join him. Marius used the same expedient to incite the slaves to take arms with him against Sylla. When Casarwas murdered, the conspirators carried a cap on a spear as a token of the liberty of Home, and a medal was struck with the same device on this occasion, which is Btill extant. The statue of the God­ dess of Liberty on the Aventine Hill carried in her hand a cap as an emblem of freedom. In England the same symbol was adopted, and Britannia was fiictured carrying the cap on a spear, t was first used in this country as one of the jlevices on the flag of the Phila­ delphia Light Horse Guards, a com­ pany of militia organized some time prior to the revolution. Aug. 31, 1775, the Committee of Safety, at Philadel­ phia, passed a resolution providing a seal for the use of the board, "to be en­ graved with a cap of liberty and the motto, 'This is my right, and I will de­ fend it.' " During the French revolu­ tion the Jacobins made much use of this emblem, and it is sometimes sup­ posed that this country took it from France, bjit this idea is an erroneous one. The symbol was not used in France until 1790, whereas in this country it was not only used much ear­ lier in the instances we have men­ tioned, but was also put on American coins in 1783. The Jacobin cap of France was red. The British liberty cap was blue with a white border. The American is blue with a border of gilt Btars on white.--Inter Ocean. What "Old Fritz" Said. It was an aphorism of Frederiok the Great'• that " Facts are divine things." An undis­ puted fact is that Dr. Pierce's "Golden Med­ ical Discovery" is the most powerful liver •itallzer extant, and by its characteristic and searching action will cure dyspepsia, consti­ pation, dropsy, kidney disease, sick-head­ ache, and other maladies Vhich, popuiar opinion to the contrary notwithstanding, are directly traceable to a diseased condition of the liver, by which its work as purifier of the blood is made incomplete. All .druggists. No MATTER how fond a man may be of gambling, when ho loses his money, it is a Sort ef ante-dote. tienlly DOTN 1t.--Without pain or Irri­ tation Dn. WAI.KKH'S VINRTIAII BITTKRS re­ lieve the constipated bowels; at the same time so thoroughly toning these inner mem­ branes and restoring their mechanical action, that it seems as if they bad been actually re­ organized on an improved planl Yet the re­ sult is solely due to an effort of nature, re- enforced, regulated, and sustained by the purest and best Vegetable alterative and tonic that ever passed the lips of the sick and suffering. • How TO deaden the sound ef a piano in the next hoase--explode dynamite Under the player. • Important. When you vttt or leave New Tork Qty, BITTERS, The Hon *f Mr. BlaiM. WASHINGTON, D. C.--The son of ftetm- tor Frye, of Maine, who has been suffering from a severe cold, which t-etled on his chest, was cured by a few doses of Red Star Cough Cure. He publicly indorses it as prompt, pleasant, and safe. Dr. Cox calls it the best remedy. It contains no opiates dr poisons. # ^ | * -f Slavery in New York. In the year 179<J New York adopted a gradual emancipation act. There were then about twenty thousand slaves in the State. In 1817 another act was passed declaring all slaves free on the Fourth of July, 1827. "Enquirer" will observe that there have been no Blaves, by law, in this State for fifty-eight years. There were very few in 1827; nearly all had become free under the act of gradual emancipation passed in 1799. It may be proper to remark that many of the people of the North who, previous to 186;i, were in the habit of turning up the whites of their eyes in holy horror when any one alluded to slavery in the South* were very apt to be the sons or daughters of men who held slaves in this State.--Schenectady Star. ' He Lacked the Requisites. "What did you write that article for ?" asked the city editor of the re­ porter, pointing to an offending para­ graph. "Because it was true," replied, the trembling reporter. "Is that the only reason?" "Yes, sir," "Well, go down to the counting- room and settle. Yonll never he a srto- cessful newspaper man, and we can't waste time with you."--Merchant Traveler. The Present Generation Lives at telegraphic spoed--eats too fast, retires too late, does not rise betimes, smokes, and (alas, tbat we should have to say it 11 chews too much tobacco. The consequences are dyspep­ sia, a general absence of that robust and manly vigor which characterized our ancestors, and a manifest proneness to early decay. Regular hours, a due allowance of time for meals, the disuse of excessive smoking, and altogether of chewing tobacco, in connection with a oonre: of Hoatettor's Stomach Bitter*, will in nine cases out of ten efface coii-e->ueii:o^ of the abuses of the laws of health indicated above. A want of stamina, dyspepsia, uervousness. and bilious­ ness are anions these conseQtience^, and ttiey are bodilv ills to the removal of wliich tlie Bit­ ters is specially adapted. Nor is the Bitters es t fitted to overcome and prevent fever and ague, kidney and bladder troubles, and rheumatic ailments. It is also a line appetizer and pro­ moter of conv&lesoenoe. Never Passed Through the Crucible. General agent of insurance com­ pany--As you are one of the leading merchants of this place I have called upon you to ask a few questions about Mr. Smith, who has applied for the lo­ cal agency of our company. Have yon i known Mr. Smith long? Leading merchant--About twenty years. , . . G. A. I. C.--What is his character? L. M.--I'm sure I cannot say. . H G. A. I. C.--Cannot say, and yon have known him for twenty years? L. M.--True, but I cannot tell you anything about his character, for the reason that he has never been put up for any office.--Boston Courier. The worst cases cured 'by Jhr. Safe's Catarrh Kemedy. • . , How TO raise mustaches--stir up the ash- barrel on a windy day and the mussed-ashes are sure to come out.--Texas Siftinw. CHAPPED Hands, Face, Pimples and rough Skin, cured tyusing JUNIPER TAB So AF. cost of one million dollars, reduced to $1 and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the best. Hone cabs, stage, and elevated railroad to all depots. Fami­ lies can live better for less money at the Grand Union than at any first-class hotel in the city. 'TIB a poor dress that won't turn both ways.--Cart Pretzel. HAY FEVE8. Ely*a Cream IBnlm was recotomeni- ed to tue by my druggist as a preventive to Hay Fever. Have been using it as directed since the 0th of August, and have found it a specific for that much dreaded and loathsome disease. For ten years or more 1 havo been a great sufferer each year, from August 9tn till frost, and have tried many alleged reme­ dies for its cure, but Ely's Cream Balm is the only preventive I have ever found. Hay Fever sufferers ouurht to know of its efficacy. FRANK B. A1NSWOKTH, Of F. a A1N8WOBTH & CO., Publishers, Indianapolis, lnd. I have been afflicted with Hay Fever for seven years--Ely's Cream Italia cured me entirely. H. D. CALL1HAN, Baggage Master, I. & St. L. R. R., Terre Haute, lnd. "Put up" at the Gault HTIHH The business man or tourist will find first- class accommodations at the low price of S3 and $-.50 per day at the Gault House, Chica­ go, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This far-famed hotel is located in the center of the city, only one block from the Unlou Depot. Elevator: all appointments first-class. HOTT & GATES. Proprietors. Good for Han and Beast! Read This! Army and Navy Liniment will cure your rheum:itiam, neuralgia, or oroup in less time than any other Liniment known. For sale by all druggists, [t-'ee advt. next issue.] Pints Ood-Uver Oil, made fro». selected livers on the sea shore, by OASTOU* HASARD & Co., New York. It Is absolutely puro and sweet. Patients who have Moe taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have de­ cided It superior to any of the other oils in market. GEMan REMEHY r AIN. Rheumatism, ̂ unugia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backachs, Hesdachs, Toothacht, Mn ThwmwtlHnf.»>rala«.niaaM, Burns, Scaldi, Frost Bltee. 1SD 1LI. OTHER BOD 11.V PAINS AMD AOICS. Mdt>yDrugti>t«*nitDM]ara*vti7Wh«rt. Fifty Cant* aboUtfe Biraction* In 11 LanrunCe*. THK CHA1U.ES A. VOOELES CO. A. VOOBLBSACO.) fciasiw,ai,C.S.*. SUBSCRIPTION ClS(A( in the c MOKEV handling it. J _ _ __ I,EI>(;KK, 271 Franklin street, Oaioxoo, ILL. DO HOT FORGET Perry Davis'Pain Killer i m Price, 25 cts;. SO cts. and Sl.O!) per liottle. SOLD BY ATX I>KI'«;<;ISTS. ASK YnurNcwsdealsrforTHE CHICAGO LEIX.KK. the liKsr STOBI 1'APKK in the country. Bead it. !> Did you Sup- pose Mustang Liniment only good for horses? It if for iaflamm* tion of i01 flesh! ̂ i '/t t « If you with a certain care for all Blood diseases. Nothing was ever invented that will cleanse the Blood and purifV the System equal to Hope and HALT Bitten. It t<w»ea up the System, puts new Blooa in your veins, restores your last awetlto and aleep, and brings you Krft*t hcalUi. It never falls to give relief In all cases of Kliaer or Liver Trouble*, Bili«a»M«s, Indi­ gestion, Constipation, Sick Headaches. ®y»- nepete, Nervous disorders, and all Fenaale. Conaplalnta; when properly taken it is a sure cure. Thousands have been bene*ted by Hr in this other w«eten> States. It is the beat.. Combination Vegetable ranaediee as discovered for the restoration to health of Weak and Debllltatod. Do not get and HALT Bitten ooefounded~wi rior preparations of similar name. I pi Hops & Malt Bitters regularly in my practice. Robert Turner, M. D., Fla* Bock, Mich. Tor sale by all druggists. HorciimTiimmtt.faffl.ia Lady Agents! WANTED and pays a very liberal salary, with a chance for oom-:: peting for several Premiums worth from |S to MM. finr full particulars address P. O. BOX 497, CHICAGO, ILL. WINTER WHEAT. free sample to S. A. 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As aa* i sad pcoiaMag Said for sertlaisat h C FRAZER AXLE GREASE. Beat la the Vem. Oas aba DRIPS TREATED FREE. DR. H. H. GREEN, A Specialist for Eleven Years Pad, HSR treated Dropsy and its complieattoas with, most wonderful auct-ess; usee vegetable remedlsSknF theiy harmless. Removes all symptoms of dmm • in citf'it to twenty daya. (Juvea patients pronaonced hopeless by the bast St pbjBieiaiie. from the first doee the symptoms rapid% dfi pear, and in ten days at least two-thirds of all ay toius are removed. srmp Some may cry Uu^ibttg without knowing aaythl about it. Remember, it does not cost vou " ' to realize the merits of my treatment " lu ten dayathe difficulty " - - nearly font* tut »vu aujhuh FORMNESS toryot^caea. Naipeae^hawtoeg rise. Bead qaesticnt SeadwTie free. CBvef afflicted, ho. coative, esSel for (Me \ etc. days- trastaent furnished ft** by mm. nts positively cu ed. „ 5S Jones Avenue, Atlanta. Ga»" Msetjoa this pa'e-. r trial, send t cent- in atamr H. U. c.*.0. Wo. 37--S® WHKI WRITING TO A1)TEBTISEK% ****** *** , % Clear Skill pis only a part of beauty; out it is a part Every lady may have it; at least, what looks like it Magnolia Balm both freshens and beautiAefr ja JL.*- . „, j . *.. , . . »«. ..... vf; «»