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sHv . OUR CHOIR. usic's wtog •mouth to« te*t thing? r the pl»oei in tho books, s «» %lth'founy look*.; , tamer 0»c« gets -off tbe ljook®?* Our Allol ^ atnnd* in danger day by d4jjf- • Swing curried cleur. away pretty «M« ? v ell, !•*« bes*S**y Our Tenor! » . *#1k» RWeth forth a ponderons t*»ae-- •fin* which can all but •taiui.»lqgLf.^, Ob firm foundation of its owii? - *„ W " Our Basso! fj'J, touches lovingly th» keys _ _ drows forth sound* wldcfc ofcmn^Wd please-- Bora in a castle o'er tbe seas ? ' . f Our 'Coaip'uUt i. tutetet to admit*, . * . i iied by jealousy's fierce flr®-- ; engaged 1 Who wants to hin _ Our Choir? '|;-"'-^Boaton Times. THE 150 Y JSOATMAN. A large pairof heavily laden coal- or "broad-horns" as they were termed, swept cut of the Ohio, and j Pitching the current of the mighty j ^ Mississippi, began the second staye of unon a rock or snag would have \r>*r Ia Vnw ne i ^ • . * , ."7 untilitsfcta to the broad-horn, You won't get. any wetter than fou are now, and there's no danger of the eels a-nib- bling your toes." 1 "All right, Uncle Joe. Don't bother about me. I can overhaul the boats before you, now--" and the boy striking out vigorously actually did leave the stiff behind in tbe race down river. When the broad-horn was reached the littler maiden, in her dripping garments was lifted carefully and de­ posited ou a .blanket, which some thoughtful member of the crew had spread on top of the coal. ...Joe came on board, and resuming the steering-oar, ordered: "Two of you fellows take the stiff, and run a line down, and make it fast to that big tree on the Kentucky bank. We'll tie up and give Jack Williams a crtance to come back and pick up his passengers that he's scat­ tering round so careless like." It was a difficult task to lay the two heavy boats alongside the shore without sustaining any injury, for they were so frail that the least touch • '1 ;fr ; % • Pi V «'<, - , ^ - \ y X H - - • r . ' v' r <-* '}•R v i ; . 4. V " " : : ' I™ V i"' : ir -H .? ;.' j > li- S J-ty> >?#;s Vy.u'-J. journey to New Orleans. ' The lumbering, cumbrous crafts Itad come all the way from Pitts* • burg. Pa., under the command of Joe • Irick, a most skillful pilot. These Cbal-boats were peculiarly constructed Vessels, but they are now things of the past, their places being supplied large barges which are towed back Swnd forth by steamers. They were built of one inch pine tboards, carefully selected, and any piece of .lumber containing but a sin- fr|e knot was rejected. No nails were used in putting the timbers together, tout wooden pins were called for. ^ These frail vessels were loaded 4eep with coal from tne mines, then . two were lashed together, side by side, and with a crew of thirtv-five or forty men would goat serenely down {&e Ohio and Mississippi to their .destination. * ^ The day in which, oiir atopr ope#» .'Jbe Irick was standing in the stern of one of the boats, with the long «teering-oar in hand guiding his laroad-horn on its way. Beside him . "Was a lad about sixteen years of age, A handsome, intelligent-looking boy, iiho seemed to be wrapped in wonder and admiration at the sublimity of ffoe scene that stretched out before "Well, Jimmy, my srin. we're on the old Mississippi once more. Let me see, this is the third time for you. isn't it?" "Yes, uncle, you know you have taken me twice, yourself, to New Orleans." {f "That's a fact, Jim. But you see iPm getting old, and am apt to for- "ifet little things like^ a trip down river. Now, I couldn't tell within fifteen or twenty how many times I've been down stream." "That's not to be wondered at," re- ttirned the boy, respectfully, "for jrou were a pilot long before I was Imrn. But, look, yonder comes a lllgh-pressure boat up stream," and Jimmy pointed to a dense cloud of Mack smoke which was pouring out ,©f the double stacks of a large steamer tfiatwas appproaching. "Let her come, my lad, let her €*>iue. She's got to keep out of our wav. Now, what would you say," Irick, "if 1 could tell you the name of that craft; ana, what's more, the name of the man who is looking at us now out of her pilot-house, and likely enough wishing us sunk down among the cat-fish for presuming to get in his course. Yes* my son, that's tbe River Queen, and John Williams is her pilot." - j "How can you be so positive at touch a distance?" asked the boy, his {gaze still riveted on the boat. ; ^ "Listen to that exhaust," and Joe llHek turned bis head so a^ to better «atcb the peculiar sound. "There Isn't another 'hooker' betwixt Cairo and the Gulf with such a voice as that. Now you'll see when we meet Williams, he'll lay the river Queen as - <5lose to this broad-horn as he dares to. It's an old trick of his. He ^ thinks to frighten us, but here's a Hoss that don't frighten so easily. I meant instant destruction When the pilot saw* that tbe Use had been properly secured, he sent his assistants forward to the gonging- oar," while he, himself, weilded the "steerer," and his men pulled lustily at the sweeps to swing the bows of the broad-horn up stream. Then as the Inner boat began to near the land two long poles were run to fend them off from the bank. This work completed, Joe turned his attentiomto the little sufferer, by whose side his nephew had remained, endeavoring to quiet her hysterical sobbing, and to assure her that she need not fear, that all danger was past. "'Pears to me, little one, you took a mighty sudden bath," Said Irick, with a smile, as he looked down at the tear-stained face of the child. "Oh, sir, it was terrible! I was reaching over to look at your boats as as they passed, when I lost my bal­ ance and fell." "That's it," returned the pilot grimly. "If Williams hadn't been a-cutting up his capers, and kept his vessel where it belonged, you wouldn't have had to reach clear over the side in order to see a couple of heaps of coal, and a number of ragged boat­ men going by you. But here comes the River Queen after us, and you'll soon be safe and sound with your friends again, my little one." "Oh, yes; and I have you to thank for saving me," replied the maiden, looking at Jimmy in such a manner as to cause the warm blood to mantle the boy's cheek. "Papa will be very grateful to you, and I know when be comes to take toe away he will give you a handsome present" "Oh, I could not think of accepting anything in payment of a duty which plainly devolved upon me," stam­ mered the young boatman. "Nevertheless, I know he will in­ sist upon doing something .for you, He thinks so much of me I am sure he would rather give the whole of his steamer than to have me drowned. Papa owns the River Quqen, didn't you know it?" V "What's that, miss?" asked Joe in astonishment. "is Squire Carroll your father?" "That's what the people at the plantation call him. But at New Orleans or Cairo, he is known as Mr. Carroll." "Then, boy," exclaimed the bluff old pilot, slapping Jimmy on the shoulder, "you'vedone a big stroke of work for yourself this day, and we'll see you a 'Branch Pilot' within a twelvemonth. I hope you'll try and teach that Williams some sense, it's just this way, Miss," continued Joe, turning to the girl. ' 'my nephew has wanted for some time to go steam- boating, but I've never been able to get him a chance, so if you'd Just as lief ask your father to let him have a berth aboard the River Queen when we meet her at New Orleans, 'twould be doing him a great kindness." "The request is granted without the aid of a mediator!" declared a WONDERFUL •hen he serfs a m°r Ws with i al°°88lde the boat in one V. SIS? fref/ht tothe ^Unmo'hc °' the 8t"!lme"S Sk"" ln tlme to he« Jhlississipni, I'm under the impression $hat the owners will tire him ashore #n the bank, and then he'll have to .*»ke to coal-boating, himself, like the rest of us." the speech of Joe Irick. "My precious child is restored to me," clasping the little girl in his arms, then the fond father deposited her again upon the blanket and turn- By this time the garner w»» with-' ^ a few yards of our friend, when she | „Vm hp.n wi ^as seen to change her course a frac a, iffcion. , *• *-There, boy, didn't 1 tell you? Jack! 3^'Hiams has starb'--ed his helm, i thinking to raise our hair!" Then in a loud voice, which could have been JbexDd from one side of the river to the other, Joe called.-- ."HuUoa, Williams! Up to vourold pricks again4 I reckon you wouldn't iiave taken the trouble of cnanging jfour course if you'd a known, Joe Irick ; teas on board here. He don't belong *4° ^e scary breed." - "How-dy, Joe," returned the man In the steamer's pilot-house. "Oh, o. I don't wan't to crowd you in to he bank. There's room enough on the stream for two such fellows as Sou and I." As Irick was about to answer, a thrill ficreani was heard, issuing from z^jthe alter part of the steamer,and the s?-«ame instant a child was seen to fall /•tfrora the rail of the hurricane-deck to the water. In a second, Jimmy, th$ boy boat- liQraan, sprang across the coal until he reached the edge of the broad-horn, .and then plunged head foremost into the muddy current. 7 The heavy boats weredrifting fully h. five miles an hour, while the steamer ; toad been making equally as good time | up against the stream, consequently, ; when the brave lad reached the little V girl, his own craft, p|Hiver Queen were uV>away. .. . , . . Joe Irick was almost as quick to act as his nephew. Calling to the "second pilot" to take the steering- oar, he picked up the little skiff, that is always carried on top of the coal, launched it, and seating himself upon the thwart, held It in position until the rescuer and his burden ^rifted down within hte reach. ; Extending his h«Bd, Joe/seized the child and drew it into the boat* 1 ixur to Jimmy, a« Jiexlid feo,-- Yes, my brave lad. You shall be second pilot of the River Queen. And, Mr, Irick," to Joe, "as no doubt you feel that yop would be the best instructor of your nephew, you shall go first." "Oh, thank you, sir, thank you, sir." stammered the veteran boat­ man, overwhelmed with surprise and gratitude. "But, sir, you forgot Williams. He's a right good man is Jack, and I'd never be the One to do anything that would take the bread and butter out of his mouth, though he does cut up capers sometimes, and cause the broad-horn men a heap of nervousness." , "Williams shall be cared for," smilingly returned the wealthy man. "He will have a new steamer after the next trip, and it Is partially through his recommendation that I decided to place the River Queen in your hands. Now, 1 must bid you good-by. for your old friend up in the pilot-house there is anxious to be on his way to Cairo. Farewell till wo meet at New Orleans. Do not leave the city until you see me." Then taking the dimp form of his rescued child in his arms, Mr. Carroll hastened to the steamer, whose crew cast loose from the bank, a^d. in a few moments was out Of sight up river. • The coal boatmen were too much as well as the j elated to resume their Journey that some distance j day. "No, sir." said Joe Irick, as he Skipped back and forth over the shin­ ing heap, "we don't float another mile till tomorrow morning. Tne boys shall have a rest while I go ashore at Hickman and send a letter ! to Polly, my wife, and let her know that her husband has been rated Chief Pilot of one of the finest boats on the river, and it was all owing to that nephew of hers, Jim, tbe boy boatman of the Mississtopi."--Yankee Blade. Dae of the Leadinc Pretta«ts«f the -At the recent banquet of the burg Chamber of CatBkwerce, Buchanan, for years engaged in the oil industry, spoke.as follows on the "Rise of the Oil Business:" v ' The year 18-iu marked tho,discovery of gold in California and tho first real step to the petroleum develop­ ment in Pennsylvania. It is true that exactly a century before the Freueh. commander at Duquestie, writing to Montcalm, referred to oil streams where the Seneca Indians held their religious services, but it was about 1849 that Samuel W. Kier gave commercial value to what the Indians had hitherto regarded as only ot .spiritual value, charging his fel­ low citizens $336 per barrel, the high­ est price ever attained by petroleum. Now it is quoted at (50 cents per bar­ rel His half-pint bottles of "cure all" went forth with the following announcement: • . "Kier's petroleum or rock oil, cele­ brated for its Wonderful curative powers, a natural remedy. Procured from a well in Allegheny county, Pa., 400 feet below the earth's surface. Put up and sold by Samuel W. Kier, 383 Liberty street, Pittsburg, Pa. Price 50 cents." ; It is said there was a market for about three barrels per day at that time. Three years later the trade di­ minished, and this enterprising bene­ factor of the human race undertook to distill the oil to make a fluid suit­ able for bumiQw in IgmM. In 1854 all the oil territory then known in Pennsylvania was traded for a cow; now $200,000,060 would scarcely purchase it with upward Of 35,000 wells that are producing oil. The wells were originally drilled with a spring pole cut' from the adjoining forest to a depth of 60 feet to 300 feet; now the machinery developed by the business is wonderful in the width of its range and tbe ingenuity of its device, the drilling tools alone weighing upward of a ton and the wells being drilled to n, depth of 3,000 feet. In the year Drake drilled the well on Watson's flats, a couple of miles from Titusyille, the field was a limited area on Oil Creek, and the production, which in 1849 had been only three barrels per day, had grown to 2,000 barrels per annum. Now the oil field has extended northeast (and,south west over large portions of the counties of McKean, Warren, Ve­ nango, Clarion, Butler, Allegheny, Beaver, Washington And Greene in Pennsylvania, reaching into New York, West Virginia and Ohio, not to mention the Western oil fields; and the production has increased to upward of 130,000 barrels per annum, Including Northwestern Ohiot For the past twenty years 60,000 Wells have been drilled, or 3,000 wells per year. The industry has come to jive employment to at lea^t 50,000 persons directly engaged id its eon> duct, who receive for their labor ;not less than $16,000,000 per annum, and tbe oil has extended its medicical and pharmaceutical use in ways never dreamt of by Mr. Kier. The amount produced within a ra­ dius of 30 miles from Pittsburg is certainly 40,000 barrels per day, or over 15,000,0()0 barrels per year, bring­ ing to the city over $10,000,000 an-" nuallv, 90 per cent, of which is re­ turned to the laborers, mechanics, pipe works, lumber dealers, machin­ ists, and oil well supply manufacturers. It would be a very interesting calcu­ lation to estimate really how much the various manufactories in the Country, and particularly glass manu­ facturers, have profited from petro­ leum, for which at least 475,000,000 barrels have thus far bpeh produced. The home and. foreign consumption for illuminating oil probably equal each other, and can be arrived at by dividing the total shipments. Fuel demand is considered generally in ex­ cess of the supply of Trenton rock oil, which amounts to about 15,000,*000 barrels per annum. . t The highest production of Pennsyl­ vania oil was probably reached through the sudden rise of the Mc­ Donald field last November,when the average for the month was reported at 134,599 barrels per day. In April the average was d<>wn again to 92,- 214 barrels per day. There are at least 10,000 miles of all kinds of pipe in actual use receiv­ ing, transporting, and delivering crude petroleum, which is being con­ stantly added to. The capital in­ vested in the transportation bnrnch Of the business amounts to upward of $50,000,000. The stock of oil in iron tanks consists of 38,000,000 barrels, including 20,000,000 barrels of Tren­ ton rock oil. There is a refining ca­ pacity in the United States for illum­ inating oil considerably inj^escess of the production. In 1872 the people consumed 252,- 000,000 gallons ot American petroleum per annum. To-day they consume 1,260,000,000 gal Ions. The price they pay to-day for this amount is *200,- 000,000 less than would have been paid for the same amount in 1872, and one-half of this saving, or $100,- 000,000. is attributable solely to the cheapening of the manufacture and sale of the products, the other $100.- 000,000 being attributable to the de­ crease in the value of the crude ma­ terial consequent upon the increased production. •re<* aL ...... Sind hM&m amed all the food and water Inr#ach. .He knew that some- ing was Wrong, and having at- «d to the poor creatures needs, the expressman's house. The r was locked, arid a pile of daily rs were lying near it. Inside, e old man leaned over an evening Jsaper, tfead. He had died, presum­ ably, of heart disease. Within a Mock, a hundred men, some great, •some small,1 labored, ate and slept, ^unmindful of him. And tragedies of a similar nature are occurring every day in some city under the sun.x What » I'ublle Singer JNeed«* When a girl or woman arrives at the determination that she wishes to make for herself a career as a public singer, she must contemplate care­ fully the considerations which influ­ ence her to such a decision. And of all the considerations which appear, the one which she should weigh the most carefully Is whether or not she possesses a voice capable of public singing; for but few of the lovely parlor voices one hears, no matter how thoroughly they niay have been trained, possess this capability. First and foremost comes what Is known as the "carrying quality" that, placing or bringing out of the voice, with a resonance and sound, which enables it to be heard at the extremo end of tbe concert hall, no matter how softly the vocalist may be sing­ ing. Some voices possess this quality of carrying, naturally; but with a good method it caftj in other case? be acquired. Ah instructor who teaches a good method Of singing--by the proper placing of the voice--will impart the knowledge of its attainment in his first lessons to his pupil, and, after this the intelligence to. appreciate its presence or absence, and careful ef­ forts to secure and retain it by study and practice, will bring the desired quality. With it in possession, there need be no concern as to the amount of voice one has; for a small voicc ^rith this carrying power is better than a large quantity of vocal strength without it. The tones .of, the voice, too, come in for a share of consideration. Thgy must be, either naturally or as the result of training, pure, sweet and above all true. Constant study -and practice will bring these as the other qualities. That subtle power, which we in later days for lack of a more descriptive title, have called "per­ sonal magnetism," is of the most vital importance to her success in publiq singing. f : ; Sh.e must, by het personal charm, as well as by her singing - carry her audience with her. They must feel her in touch with them, just as she must feel them responsive to her; and, ,in the successful accomplishment of this, she will find new inspiration. Shrimps. , §hrimp* are caught in the Gulf of Mexico. The season lastg four months, two in tbe spring and two In the fall, and in that time a tremendous business is done m the way of catch­ ing and canning them. In New Or­ leans, which Is the headquarters of the trade, one hundred thousand cans a day.of these little fish are packed.* The shrimps run in large schools down the numerous passes leading into the TJulf olLMexico, where the fishermen catch them with their seines, fre­ quently bringing in at one haul enough to fill one of their peat boats. They are then taken to the canning factories. The shrimps are placed in large troughs. Girls who are ex­ perts in their line take them in hand. With one twist they take off their heads, and then with a pressure at the tail the shrimp is forced out. After being taken from the shells the shrimps are put in a vat of salt water, and are cooked by means of steam pipes running through the vats. Then they are put in little gauze bags, 'feach bag just big enough to fit in­ side the cans used, there being so much phosphorus in the shrimp, that unless some precaution is taken the tin would he eaten through by its ac­ tion. After the shrimps are placcd in the cans they are hermetically sealed, this work being done by ma­ chinery. The cans are then put into a large tank, and once again the shrimps are put through a steaming process, this being ten times hotter than before. After this the shrimps are thoroughly cooked, and when tlte cans cool they are labelled and put in boxes. <•! H . ; .1, - » •> time Wa* Up. s sobe't anybody sh'd ask .me who 1 caounted was th' aout-an'-aout meanest man in Bridgeby, or any- wher's raound," remarked Mr. Enos James to a select audience at the vil­ lage store, one evening, "twouldn't take me long t' set forth my mind, I ken tell ye." "Who sh'd ye say, Enos?"- inquired one of the group, who had a pretty clear idea, from former conversations on the subject, what the answer would be. "Caleb Simonds, my fust cousin-in­ law," replied Mr. James, firmly; «,he's .aout>an'-aout th' stingiest piece 't ever I see--can't help it ef he is most a blood s'lation; that don't alter his i actions, an' it don't change my feel- [ in's, nother!" What's Caleb done lately, thet's The use of petroleum in this conn- j started ve up fresh against htm?" try for fuel has only been a matter of j asked another one of the listeners. aay- yesterday. With the increase of pro-, duction the demand has arisen, and is likely to arise, and no limit can be set to the growing need of our own country as time advances for fuel and light, to say nothing of the increas­ ing demands of foreign countries. r r"' . Not MlnMd, Hen come and men got bnt the world takes little "It's all along of thet pooty little Follett gal fr'm Centreville, thet's tertChin' at Nunber Seven," said Enos, "Ye see. they portioned off her time fer board in' raound 'mongst th' dif- f'rant fam'lies in th'deestrict,same as usu'l, an' five cays an' a half, come t' Caleb Simonds's lot. "It's a large deestrict, ye know, an' most o' th' folks hev got three or Miry Jeems, thet is. Haa/I f\t iVinn*i> mvov w wi tuiiio uo* kvm when they drop out of existence they [ four b an? are missed for awhile in the family ] V h m k!6' circle; lacking that, they may not be I »h»d. allow he'd be more of a stent " iu.iiZ»rL th'n five ord'nary youngsters, but ) committee didn't reckon i 'twould appear. thet A GREJ . . DL :an^ ;E. i: A* '.-fai missed at all An old man lived alone in theedije of a city, drove a hand­ some horse and did a gribd expressing business. He took his mealsl at a' restaurant, and contentedly passed his leisure hours at his little home. He bad friends, a workingman's city friends. Thev met in their walk's, exchanged a few remarks and went on. One day the expressman and his horse were not seen as usual. "Gone ort a visit," said his acquaintances,'7 A few days more passed, and a wild ne ghing came from the stable in GIVE any man all the Liberty ht which the handsome horse was kept, wants, and he will go to the devil. J.i. Japan AUilience*. In Japan, theatrical audieftces arc said to show their appreciation of the actors by throwing picces of thei: clothing, hats, coats, sashes, etcetera, on the stage. At the close of the play they redeem these articles ai fixed prices, the proceeds going to th« fortunate actor. t»*r<t<mljuni of On* of the Mo»t Remark- (MMb Cores oa Record Desert bed by tbe M«wa~»A Stctrjr Worth a Careful fonrtMal. - «' [Detroit N'nva.] * The following paragraph. Which , ap­ peared in the News a short time ago, furnished the basis 6f this Information --a oase that was so wonderfully re- markabi'e that it demanded further ex­ planation. It is of sufficient importance to the News' readers to report it to them fully. It was so important then that itmttraoted considerable attention at the time. The following is the para­ graph in question: "C. B. Northrop, for twenty-eight years one of the best known merchants on woodward avenue, who was supposed to be dying last spring of locomotor ataxia, or creeping paralysis, has se­ cured a new lease of life and returned to work at his store. The disease has always been supposed to be Incurable, but Mr. Northrop's condition is greatly improved, and it looks uovr as if the grave would be cheated of its prey." Since that/time Mr. Northsap has steadily improved not only in looks but in condition, till he has regained his old- time strength. , it has been hinted to the writer of this article, who was acquainted with Mr. Northrop, that this miraculous change had been wrought by a very simple rem­ edy called Dr. Williams' Fink Fills for Pale People. When asked about it, Mr. Northrop fully verified tbe statement, and not only so but he had taken pains to Inform anyone who was suffering in a similar manner when he heard ot any such ease. Mr. Northrop was enthusi­ astic at the result in his own case of Dr. Williams1 Fink Fills. It was a remedy that he had heard of after he had tried everything he could hope to give him i-elim. He had bdsa in the care c! the best physicians, who did all they could to alleviate this terrible malady, but without any avail. He had given up hope, when a friend In Loekport, N. Y., wrote him of the case of a person there who had been cured in similar cir­ cumstances by Dr. Williams' Fink Pills for Pale People. The person cured at Loekport had obtained hi3 information respecting Dr. Williams' Pink . Pills from an article published in the Hamil­ ton, Ont., Times. The case was called "The Hamilton Miracle," and told the story of a man in that city who, after almost incredible suffering, was pronounced by the most emi­ nent physicians to be incurable and permanently disabled. He had spent hundred of dollars in all sorts of treat- old lis the end that there was no hope for him, and that cure was impossible. The per­ son alluded to (Mr. John Marshall, of 25 Little William street, Hamilton, Ont.,) was a member of the Boyal Templars of Temperance, and after having been pro­ nounced permanently disabled and In­ curable by. the physicians, was paid the $1,000 disability insurance provided by the order for its members in such cases. For years Mr. Marshall had been utterly helpless, and was barely able to drag* himself around his house with the aid of crutches. His agonies were almost un­ bearable and life was a burden to him, when at last relief came. Some months after he had been paid the disability claim he heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and was induced to try them. The result was miraculous; almost from the outset an improvement was noticed, and in a few months the man that medical experts had said was incurable, was going about the city healthier and stronger than before. Mr. Marshall was so well known in Hamilton tba£ all the city newspapers wrote up his won­ derful recovery in detail, and it was thus, as before stated, that Mr. Northrop came into possession of the information that led to his equally marvelous re­ covery. One could scarcely conceive a oase more hopeless than that of Mr. Northrop. His injury came about in this way: One day, nearly four years ago, he stumbled and fell the complete length of a steep flight of stairs which were at the rear of his store. Qis head and spine were severely injured. He was picked up and taken to his home. Creeping paralysis very soon developed itself, and in spite of the most strenuous efforts of friends and physicians the terrible affliction fastened itself upon him. For nearly two years he was perfectly help­ less. He could do nothing to support his strength in the least effort. He hald ta be wheeled about in an Invalid's chair. He was weak, pale, and fast sinking when this timely Information came that veritably snatched his life from the Jaws of death. Those, who at that time saw a feeble old man wheeled into his store on an invalid's chair, would not recognize the man now, so great is the change tnat Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have wrought. When Mr. Northrop learned of the remedy that had cured Mr. Marshall in Hamilton, and the person in Loekport, he procured a supply of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills through Messrs. Bassett & L'Hommedieu, 95 Woodward avenue, and from the outset found improvement. He faithfully ad­ hered to the use of the remedy until now he is completely restored. Mr. Northrop declares that there can be no doubt as to Pink Pills being the cause of his res­ toration to health, as all other remedies and medical treatment left him in a condition rapidly going from bad to worse, until at last it was declared there was no hope for him and he was pro­ nounced incurable. He wa3 in this ter­ rible condition when he began to use Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and they have restored him to health. Mr. Northrop was asked what was claimed for this wonderful remedy, and replied that he understood" the proprie­ tors claim it to be a blood builder and nerve restorer; supplying in a condensed rorm all the elements necessary to en­ rich the blood, restore shattered nerves and drive out disease. It is claimed by the proprietors that Pink Pills will cure paralysis, rheumatism, sciatica, palpita­ tion of the heart, headac he, and all dis­ eases peculiar to females, loss of appe­ tite, dizziness, sleeplessness, loss of memory, and all diseases arising from overwork, mental worry, loss of vital force, etc. "I want to eay," said Mr. Northrop, "that I den't have much faith in patent medicines, but I cannot say too much in praise of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The proprietors, however, claim that tliey are not a patent medicine in the sense In which that term is used, but a highly scientific preparation, the result of years of carelul study and experiment on the part of the proprietors, and the pilis were successfully used in private practice for years before being placed for general sale." Mr. North- M B in at ail Wli [mm to ' t pensive edies or jin is one of tiijBf jftnd mi by Co., Tlg^pee atl . sold mm* a coots* «t them otherr#&* treatment. Thi««*se i oa and as it Is oritJ fight herein Detroit and not a thousand miles sway, it be easily verified. Mr. Northrop is very well known to the .people of T troit, and he says he is only too gtwito testify of the marvelous good wrought in his case. He ways he consider* it his duty to help all who are similarly*!• flicted by any word he can say in behalf of th# wonderlul elUcacy of Dr. Wifi- iama' Pink Pills. i- -- m ... I. v.,. Cxit Stanley. Henry M. Stanley has had as lively a time in his race for Parliament as he ever had in forcing his unwelcome way across African territory against the vigorous protests of natives who naturally objected to his lawless in­ vasion of their homes. Many of the electors of North Lambeth clearly did not like him or his pretensions, and when speaking he was-often in­ terrupted with such question^ as: "How many niggers did you kill in Africa?" "Who hired you to conduct yojir marauding expeditions against innocent people, and for what pur­ pose?" "Who killed King Coffee?" "Where are you from, any way?s etc. In his political venture Stanley has all along seemed aware of the fate in store tor him. Boys daily roared after his carriage and yelled after him. The workingmen of Lambeth have shown him little consideration, and have exhibited an embarrassing familiarity with his exploits in Africa, where, according to his l^ooks, he indulged in a very large amount of promiscuous shooting of inoffensive "niggers," appropriate enough, no doubt,, to his character of traveler and explorer, but hardly in keeping with his attitude before the radical electors of Lambeth as a human- tar ian who has conferred the bless­ ings of civilization upon the dark con­ tinent. With a Bible in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other, his self-recorded piety and heroism In wiping out "niggers" and their homes have clearly not made a favorable im­ pression upon the workingmen of Lambeth. Stanley posing as an aristocrat and attempting to break into Parliament is one of the absurdities of the politi­ cal world. That he should be de- feated#is perfectly natural. , Proving HI# Identity. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a kind- hearted man as well as a great novel- erp a, young Yankee walked Into his office. The boy had left home to seek his fort- tune, but evidently hadn't found it yet, although he had crossed the sea in his search. Homesick, friendless, nearly penniless, he^wanted a passage home. . The clerk sai<| Mr. Hawthorne could ' not be seen, and intimated that the boy was no American, but was trying to steal a passage. The boy stuck to his point, and the clerk at last wont to the little room and said to Mr. Hawthorne: "Here's a boy insists upon seeing you. He says he's an American, but I lrtiow he isn't." Hawthorne came out of the room and looked keenly at the eager, ruddy face of the boy, "You want a passage to America?" "Yes^air." "And you say you're an American?">; "Yes^'slr."- -> ^ - "From what part of "United States, sir, "What State?" « * "New Hampshire, Bit*. "Town?" "Exeter, sir." ' • \ Hawthorne looked at hlot • minute before asking the next question. "Who sold the best apples in you town?" "Skim-milk Folsom, sir," said the boy with glistening eyes, as the old familiar byword brought up the deal old scenes of home. - M "It's all right," said Hawthorne to the clerk, "give him a passage." Law Against Hypnotism. Belgium is the first country to make hypnotizing an offense against the law of the land. The law recently approved by the Parliament in Brussels is as fol­ lows; 1. Whoever exhibits an individual hypnotized by him or by another shall be punished by imprisonment for from two weeks to six months, and by a-flne of $5 to $200. 2. Any person, not a physician, hav­ ing hypnotized an, individual under 21 years, or one not"1 in full possession oi his mental powers, shall be punished by a fine of $5 to $200, even when the hyp­ notized individual has not been exhib­ ited publicly. 3. With imprisonment shall be pun­ ished, moreover, every person who, with the intention of cheating, or otherwise injuring, causes a hypnotized individual to sign a paper containing a contract, disposition, obligation, release, or dec­ laration or intention. The same pun­ ishment shall be inflicted, also, upon the person deriving benefit from such a paper.. , . V; Tha Only three or four inches t* leogtk, the sea-horse is more dignified than many large fishes, and, in addition to the distinction conferred upon it by its graceful stateliness, possesses the unique power of looking two ways at once. It is a dainty, pretty creature, with head shaped much like a horse. In color it is pale gray, dotted with tiny, scarcely visible, spots of blue, and small silver spangles. The dorsal fins are bordered and fringed with gold, and the strong little prehensile tall, wound around some fixed object selected by the owner, supports him in an erect po­ sition in the most wonderful manner. Home Signs of Rain. When flies sting sharply, and ante may be seen making haste with their tiny burdens; when the donkeys bray unusually, and the cows cluster in cor­ ners of the fields before milking time; when the pigs pick up straws and carry them about with lively interest, as il they had some business with them, ot wished to learn if straws really do show tho way tho wind blows; when the dog is heavy with sleep, and the cat seems possessed to wash her face; when all or any of these signs are seen they are not in vain, for it is sure not to be a dry time and rain Is on the way. A NEW carpet fastfener oonsists of a pin woven in the under side of the car­ pet near the edge, and a hook or catch secured to the fioor. A twist of the wrist is all that is necessary to secure the carpet to the hook, thereby render­ ing the use of tacks unnecessary. >P? Ity learned it one of iu, The of the gt wtiichis In the corn is t! plant; I of the • f r . -- o f p o p = •vwm"'"orthe • fut holds the vital - eleiQe What is -it It Well, it Is about the ^a» of a pin head. Its outer ttm& is a mem-J Drane of woody insid#f" which is an oily substanosj nitrogen and Gml in thisoily substance 1st he "m The "nucleus" is th» «twie gei the essential life principle of seed. It is chiefly composed of al men, and is just big enough to seen with the naked eye. Small it is it contains a mystery which. man1 has ever solved or is ever to solve--the mighty secret of duction. However, there are, m< things of interest to be noticed injl outer structure of the popcorn gr' Gathered around the germ, granules nf starch, arranged in las ers and so regularly placed as to seuible a crystslliiic structure. li fact, like crystals, though thev ar| not such, these granules possess peculiar property of "polarlziftgf light. Seen under the microscoj they have very beautful forms. tween each two layers of them is woody membrane, and covering tl wood is the hard external envelope the corn grain, composed of matter with a large proportion mineral substances, such as lim|l sllex, potash and magnesia. Think what an amazing quantify] of nutritious food is thus packed in little space for the use of the eiL bryo plant which first absorbs th« trogen and phosphorous contained the so-called "germ" envelope, af ward consuming the starch, gild: getting ready to sprout. A popcorn grain has precisely til same structure as n gidiu wf imj corn. It is simply a variety of 1 same species of plant. Why, th< will not common corn pop? It * g do so, and you-can find out for yo self by trying; but it does not nearly so well, though now and tl a grain will do excellently. The, son is that the starch granule#' popcorn are packed more tightly the woody members between the ers are thinner and more easily : tured. Heat causes the water 1 is in the starch to expand, the ex nal envelope is burst open and, grain turns inside oUt,- beconi fifteen times its original size, more, and showing the pretty w starch outside. This is the reason why poj pops. The best popcorn Is the ligljt yel kind with small pointed grains. Ti is hardly a farm in the West does not have its patph of popi for home consumption, but near if of the popcorn raised for market produced in New England. A is tojd of a Massachusetts fai who had a barn half filled with corn newly harvested and "shuch The building caught fire* the popped, ahd anenornious wave rolled down hill, cover^pg up| farm house so that only the ohii were to be seen, and the family to be dug out by the neighbors, snow shovels. At present the ness of manufacturing butterejl corn is conducted on a vast sea Chicago and elsewhere, millio packages of It being distribute sale all over the United \Sta Washington Star. Wasted Flattery. j - The expression, ' 'as cross as a[ ter-gunner," is often employed* navy. Here is a story to shovjl the uncomplimentary adage is i| together misapplied. One partf quarter-guunec's duty is to poll guns, and especially any bra that mav be attached to them, j A company <k ladies Were ,v| a ship, and paused for a iqoml the gun-deck to examine the cq Their admiration was excited shining condition ot the blaCs sters, and one of the younger j bersof the party, standjng I gun, placed her delicately hand on the brass mountings, same time making some remarlj their beautiful polish. The quarter-gunner^did nbt j to be greatly pleased with the nine compliments, and the li no sooner moved away than h^ a cloth, sprang to the eannoi the young lady had touched a^ menced rubbing it fiercely, while casting malevolent after the retreating guests. fleer of the deck noticed his. and remarked: "Well, Smith, you don't j be so tickled as I should tbinj would be with all that flatter "Flattery!" said Smith "'Tain't enough for them pnd look at it"--rub, rul», ru they've got to go and put th old paws all over it." And on scrubbing the brasswork. j i f f f Y } : ' [ -- 11 in . ... . Jte+.u £, .Jft.. .. -V. .A IT, ... . , jfW . Jrt ,W * ,? .SL' '-J1 ~\.1 . * . . ^ To Cure a Cold* If the cold is in the head, lowing treatment promises a teaspoonfull, of powdered to a pitcher of boiling watc this place a cone made of th or pasteboard and hold the mouth over the small openi vapor arising from the charged with camphor, speedily relieve many of the ing symptoms. It should b for four or five minutes at and three such treatments iy sufficient to arrest thet, m> lious "cold in the head." of the victims of this troi b^ out and about. A snu convenient for them. A one can be made as follow thol, three grains; powd«K acid, one drachm; subttitm muth and powdered ben one and one-half drachms, size pinch may be snuffed % six times a day.--ilall'i Health. . ' So many people long to looking^ Yet many a m$ worthless because he wa^ ing. Many a woman has ( devil because she was go- .... Ml •Ms-, .;ST, ' -V. -