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r;i wise or svmaim. Wt 4-i H UI M IRMW. » : « fc'l Th®ton totsW the smith has mllad, *»^4, Tho shades of autumn follow, v.; J The but'«rnut, lifc'e burnished g»ML BUlueft in the shaded hollow. ' Th« stately pinmt, the forest's pfMi _btand sentry-lika^n manner. The uitple on the mountain sidC'>??*" irT*'1'^ Hangs out itc scarlet banner. ' <>> Upon the walls the ivy shows JIZ" *•<* A net of crimson tangles, jtf) L Along th« tc«h<< th» flrsweed gJewi "^*7? HitbinUis fence*' angle*. . jf ^ The snmnch with Its flaming leant A blazing hush Is burning, The plowman where late stood the ihMTes The lueiluw mold is turning. | The hawk, that lit the early spring ,u 8wo- ped fiotn tho sky's blue chamber, I / f Now hangs aloft oil pulseless wiug, * 's« 1 A tpjck within the amber. j With lacy wing hi* way on high 1 A cawing crow is Sapping, A silhouette against the sky In sombre culor mapping. The qnail'8 queer call is faintly heart From out ilio hrowniD£ slu'.ble, A brwee the thistledown has mined-- The too v flake's ghosuy double. Thorabbite, in their ho^den-gray. Life t*> the lan<lse;ij>e lending, L'fce moviug shadows s ;.'iu to pl*y With sward of autumn blending. Where gleams the ambient aiituftin light * Athwart the opt ning reaches, The purple pigeon a fl«shing flight Is seen among the bbeciica. ' , Wlthio the deeper cliade is heaid The beeciinut's rain-like puttot, Ti e song of aotue belated bira,- Tne squirrel'* laughing ch&ttor. Between the leaves the lambent light I's way to earth is threading. Where forest shadow* hint of night, " A golden patchwork spreading. I see through the sliiui'ritig an town h^cc Q'er all a mellow nl'aming. And find in ludinn-sumiuur days A time fur day-ligut dreawijij. Too indolent to eveu think. All thoughts unwelcome comers, As in a walking dream I drink v The wine of ripened summers. --frid'unapolu Journal. THE ORDEAL OF LOVE. A-dolphe and Celeste were lovers--the •ourse of true love never did rim smooth, and it was interrupted in theirs by ci*uel parents, who hud different views for their children. Adolphe, in despair, takes , . . poison, but the invention of stomach- j ciau, and if he can cure your deformity, pumps prevented his desperate purpose, i so much the lietter for you. [ore we were married, " thought Ce­ leste; "it is very unpleasant--it makes one so fidgety to be stared at by a person who sees two wavs--and Adolphe lias un­ fortunately a habit of staring. I think I might venture to hint, delicately and kindly, that the habit can't yet be in­ curable." AB wives are always first in the emula­ tion of fanlt-firtding, Celeste resolved to hazard the hint on tine first favorable opportunity. "Well, my Celeste, I have brought my dog to see you," said Adolphe, one morning. "He! down, down! Pray turn him out; see the mark of his paws. I can't bear dogs, Adolphe." "Poor thing!" said Adolphe, caressing his insulted favorite. " Was that to me, or the dog?" asked Celeste. "Oh! to him, to be sure." "I beg your pardon, my dear, but I thought you looked at me. Indeed, Adolphe, if truth may l»e said, you have lately contracted a bad habit--you are getting quite a cast in your eye." "Madame!" said Adolphe, prodigiously offended, and hurrying to the glass. "Don't be angry, my love; 1 would not have mentioned it if it did not get worse every day; it is yet time to be cured, I am sure; just put a wafer on the top of your nose, and you will soon see straight." "A wafer on the top of my nose! Muoh better put one at the top of your chin, Celeste." " My chin ?" cried Celeste, running in turn to the glass. " What do you mean, sir?" "Only that, you have a very large wart there, which is would be mora agreeable to conceal." .. "Sir?" "Madame!" "A wart on my cjiin. monster !" "A cast in my eye, fool!" "¥es! How could I ever love a man who squinted!" "Or I a woman with a wart on her ohin !" "Sir, I shall not condescend to notice your insults. No wonder--you can't see ! I pity your infirmity." " Madum, I despise your insinuations; but since you deny the evidence of your owii gliiss, suffer me to send for a physi- and he recovers. Celeste had tlie jK)ison in her hand, and was in the act of raising it to her lips when her mother discovers her. The story thus proceeds: Whatever the exaggerations of our lovers, they loved fervently, disinterest­ edly, and with all their hearts. Not one in ten thousand loves is so strong, or promises to be so lasting. Adolphe did not die--antidotes were given in time--he recovered The ill­ ness of Celeste was more dangerous. She suffered, poor child, a delirious fever, and it was several weeks before her life and reason were restored. No parents could stand all this; ordi- "Yes, send for a physician; he will say whether you squint or not Poor Adolphe! I am not. angry; no, I pity so melancholy a defect." The doctor could not very well see whether Adolphe' squinted, for he had his hat over his eyes; besides, he pru­ dently thought it best to attend to one alady at a time. "As for the wart, sir," said he, "it is not difficult to cure." " But if my wife don't confess that site has it, she will never consent to be cured. I would not mind if she would but own to it. Oh, the vanity of women !" " It must have beeu after some absence Strange Practices. _ Among the strange practices of olden times nothing can be conceived more truly absurd than the tritjJ, by legal proceedings, of animals accused of high crimes and misdemeanors, which pre­ vailed more or less from the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries, and present a curious picture of the habits ol thought during those periods. The trials in question were conducted with nil the solemnity of the law. In every in­ stance advocates were assigned to de­ fend the animals. Domestic animalR were tried in the ordinary criminal courts. Wild animals of a noxious des­ cription, such as rats, locusts, caterpil­ lars and the like, were subjected to the ecclesiastical courts. From the thirteenth to the sixteenth century there are numerous examples of proceeding in the criminal court in the ease of pigs and sows, more particular­ ly one which had devoured children. As one may see at present in certain locali­ ties, these animals ran about the streets of the villages, and were, it would seem, more addicted to a liking for human flesh than happily--thanks to the re­ finements of time--they are now. In 1467 a sow was condemned to be beaten to death for having eaten the chin of a child belonging to the village of Charonne. The sentence declared that the flesh of the sow should be thrown to the dogs, and that the owner of the animal and his wife should make a pilgrimage to Notre Dame de Pon- toise, where, lieing the day of Pente­ cost, they should cry "Mercy!" after which they were to bring back a certifi­ cate. The execution of these animals was public and solemn ; sometimes they were clothed like men. In 13S6 the Judge at Falaise con­ demned a sow to be mutilated in the leg and head, and afterward to be hung, for having torn the face and arm, and then killed a child. This was a Draco­ nian method of punishment. This sow was executed in the public square, clothed in a man's dress. The execu­ tion cost 10 sous, 6 deniers tournois, be­ sides a new glove for the executioner. Bulls shared with swine the same mode of trial and punishment; horses also, guilty of homicide, had a similar ordeal. The registers of Dijon record that in 1386 one was condemned to death for having killed a man. Charms and exorcism for the disper­ sion or destruction of noxious animals prevailed from a remote period, and some of the superstitions in a modified sense still exist in our own couutrv, and especially abroad. In the middle ages history makes frequent mention of the calamities caused by plagues of insect. Recourse was had to the a^sii tance of the clergy, who listened to the com­ plaint, iuterposed with prayers, and an­ athematized those enemies of mankind as the work of Satan. and was so liglit one man could easily carry it over his shoulder. So careful j were the precautions of Lord March I that the wheel-boxes of this extraordi­ nary conveyance were provided with reservoirs of oil calculated to drop at a given rate and to last for a day. The j same Lord March was the one who j wagered that he would send a message ] the distance of a quarter of a mile, and I without the aid of a horse, faster than j any horse could carry it. He won his | bet by inclosing the message in a crictet- A Mixed Telephone. The telephone, the wouderful offspring of Edison's great mind, is an instrument > which is now looked upon as indispensa- J ble to the world's good, but it, like a great many other things, will sometimes ! get out of humor andact in a very crooked | manner. i Mr. Charles Augustus Fitzmont is an enterprising but bashful young cotton clerk, wluis;' plaoo of business is on Car- oudelet street, and he is most warmly at- p taehed to a fair maiden who lives in an $5to$20^s*^mrn4' Samples worth f&fcea. Stinson & Go- Portland, Mm. A *3C] i&g fsffi&t ffiT' 5" k'iMSj " -» Smt International Bibliopole. Bronaon, ai» HUG. Bronaon, Mica. HAT8, CAPS AND FUR8 reaaniudiU) ^ntSomk Send for dozen or half down of the " Antnmn Hat." i ii i • * .? _ • iiti-iivAt iv ii laii luuiutii »iiu in mi *7". «•»•<»*{. K5ide„ce »i.h a telephone in it hand by relays eters. nary caprices it is very well to resist, but i ^ ^ e defect was perceived by when young people take to poison and I y°u~ delirious fevers--it faut ceder. Besides, such events derange one's comforts. One is always glad to come to terms when one begins to l>e annoyed with one's self. The old people then made it up, and the young people married. As the bridegroom and Celeste were •onvinced that the sole object of life wits each other's company, they hastened at •nee to the sweet solitudes of the coun­ try. They had a charming villa and beautiful garden; they were both accom- Elished, clever, amiable, young, and in # >ve. How was it possible they should be susceptible to ennui i They could never bear to loose sight of each other. "Ah, Adolphe--traitor -- where hast |hou been?" "Merely shooting in the woods, my angeL" "What, and without me? Fie! Promise this shall not happen again." "Ah, dearest, too gladly I promise." Another time: "What, Celeste! three hours have I been seekiug for you! Where have you hid yourself ? " Don't look so angry, my Adolphe; I was only directing the gardener to build * little arbor for you to read in. I meant it as a surprise." ** My own Celeste ! three hours--it is an eternity without you! Promise not to leave me again, without telling me where to find you." "My own dearest Adolphe! how I love you--may my company be ever as dear to you." . This mode of life is very rhsumminnr with many for a few days. Adolphe and Celeste loved each other so entirely that it lasted several months. What at first was passion had grown habit, and each blamed the other lor want of affection, if he or she ever indulged in the novelty •f different pursuits. As they had nothing to do but to look at those faces they had thought so hand­ some, so it was now and then difficult not to yawn; and of late there had been little speeches like the following: "Adolphe, my love, you never talk to me--put down that odious book you are always reading." "After abscnce--we have not been a day separated since we married." Celeste burst into tears. Adolphe, in a rage, seized his hat, mounted lus horse and went himself to the doctor. The doctor was a philosopher as well as a physiciau. He took his pony and ambled back with Adolphe. On his way he extracted from Adolphe his whole his­ tory, for men in a passion are easily made garrulous. "The perfidious women!" said Adolphe. " Would you believe it? --we braved everything for each other-- never were two persons so much in love --nay, we attempted suicide rather than endure ajon^er separation. I renounced the most brilliant marriage for her sake --too happy that she was mine without a dowry--and now she declares I squint And, oh, she has such a wart on her chin !" "O-ho," thought the doctor, sinking into a revery--I have said he was a phil­ osopher--but it did not ^require much philosophy to know that persons who would have died for each other only a few months ago were not alienated only by a wart or a cast in the eye. They arrived at Adolphe's villa--they entered the saloon. Celeste no longer wept; she had put on her most becoming cap, and had the air of an insulted but uncomplaining wife. " Coufess to the wart, Celeste, and I'll forgive all," said Adolphe. " Nay, why so obstinate as to the caste of the eye; I shall not admire yon less (though others may), if you wiil not be so vain as to disown it." "Enough, madam; doctor, regard that lady, is not the wart monstrous ?--can it be cured?" " Nay," cried Celeste, sobbing, "look rather at my poor husband's squint. His eyes were so fine before we married." The doctor put on his spectacles; lie regarded the first one and t hen the other. "Sir," said he deliberately, " tliis lady has certainly a pimple on the left of her chin considerably smaller than a pin's head. And. madam, the pupil of your husband's right eye is like that of nine pei-sous in ten, the hundredth part of an inch nearer the nose than the pupil of "Celeste, my angel, you dont hear | jc{^ This is the case, as it appears me. I am telling yoii about my travels, and you gape in my face." "My dear Adolphe, I am so exceed­ ingly sleepy." One morning, as Adolphe woke and turned in his lied, his eyes rested on his wife, who was still asleep--"Bless me," thought he, "I never saw this before-- let me look again--yes, certainly she has --« wart on her chili!" Adolphe rose and dressed himself-- Adolphe was grave and meditative. They met at breakfast--the bride and bride­ groom. Celeste was in high spirits; Adolphe was sombre and dejected. "Let us ride to-day," said Celeste. ' My dear, I have a headache." "Poor child! well, then let us read the new poem." ' "My dear, you talk so loud." "I!" and Celeste gazing reproachfully •Q Adolphe, perceived for the first time something hi his eye that surprised her. She looked again--"Good heavens!" she said to herself, "Adolphe squints!" It is impossible to say what an effect fiiis fatal discovery had on Adolphe. He thought of it incessantly. He had nothing else to complain of--but then warts on •he chin are certainly not becomiu to me, seeing you both for the first time. But I do not wonder that you, sir, think the pimple so enormous; andyou, madam, the eye so distorted, since you see each other every day !" The pair were struck by a secret con­ viction; when an express arrived breath­ less to summon Adolphe to his father, who was taken ill. At the end of three months Adolphe returned. Celeste's wart had entirely disappeared, and Ce­ leste found her husband's eye as beauti­ ful as ever. Taught by experience, they learned then, that warts rapidly grow on chins, and squints rapidly settle upou eyes, that are too constantly Been. And that it is sasy for two persons to die joyfully to­ gether when lovers, but prodigiously dif­ ficult without economizing the presence, to live comfortably together when mar- ried. * How to Return a Favor. An old Scotchman was taking his grist to the mill in sacks thrown across the back of his horse, when the horse stum­ bled and the grain fell to the ground. He had not strength to raise it, being an aged man, but he saw a man riding Stephen A. Douglas. Gen. Jackson had been enlisted in the annexation of Texas, and, »s an ac­ knowledgment of his services, the friends of the measure in Congress passed a law refunding a fine of $1,000, which had been imposed ou him by Judge Hall, at New Orleans, twenty- five years before. It was for contempt . of court, in refusing to produce, in obe dience to a writ of hal>eas corpus, a citi­ zen arrested by his orders under the martial law which he had proclaimed. Stephen A. Douglas, who had just en­ tered Congress as one of the seven Rep­ resentatives from Illinois, was promi­ nent in securing the passage of the bill refunding the fine, and, when he after-, ward visited tlie Hermitage, ho received Gen. Jackson's earnest thank-. "I felt certain in my own mind,*' said the General, " that I was not guilty of vio­ lating the constitution. But I could never make out a legal justification of my course, nor has it ever been done, sir, until you, on the floor of Congress, established it beyond tlie possibility of d iubt. I thank you, sir, for that speech." This was tho first move made by Mr. Douglas in his canvass for the Presi­ dency, but ho was soon prominent in that class of candidates of whom Senator William Allen, of Ohio, said, "Sir! they are going about the country like dry- goods drummers, exhibiting samples of their wares." Always on the alert to make new friends and to retain old ones, he was not only a vigorous hand-shaker, but he would throw his arms fondly around a man, as if he possessed the first placc in hi» heart. No statement was too chary of truth in its composition, no partisan maneuver was too openly dishonest, no political pathway was too dangerous, if an opportunity was afforded for making a point for Douglas. He was industrious and sagacious, clothing his brilliant ideas in energetic and empliatic language, and standing like a lion at bay when opposed. Mr. Douglas had a herculean frame with the exception of the lower limbs, which were short and small, dwarfing what otherwise would have, been a con­ spicuous figure, and he was popularly known as " the Little Giant." His large, round head surmounted a massive neck, ! and his features were symmetrical, al­ though his small nose deprived them of dignity. His dark eyes, peering from beneath projecting brows, gleamed with energy, mixed with an expression of sa- j gaeitv, and his full lips were generally stained at the corners of his mouth with tobacco-juice. His voice was neither musical nor soft, and his gestures were not graceful. But ho would speak for hours in clear, well-enunciated toneu, and the sharp Illinois attorney soon de­ veloped into the statesman at Washing­ ton.--The Atlantic. Tyranny of Appetite. | .A young patient was brought to Super- j intendent Coles in the first stages of de- ; lirium tremens, with the warning that he J was a " bad case," and must be sharply , looked aft.'r. As soo:i as he was couvides- j cent, he began to beg for liquor, which | was, of course, denied him I Mr. Coles gathered up the young man's ; clothes in his arms, including his boots' i and shoes, and carried them down stairs. ! "There, my boy," said Mr. Coles to i himself, "when you want to get out of • this establishment, you've got to sum- ! mon me," and perfectly satisfied that the ! young man could not get out without his I assistance, Mr. Coles applied liia thoughts j to other subjects. j The patient was determined to procure ! some spirits. His room was two stories J from the street, but there was a pipe I that ran from the roof to the ground--a !' water-spout. j "I can descend by that," he said, j He looked around for his clothes. Thev j were gone. He found nothing but a pair ! of old slippers. The money he had in { his pockets when he was brought to the asylum, was iu the bnroau-drawer of his ' room. Mr. Coles had not thought to j take that away. The young man tore I the sheets of liis bed into strips, and ! wound the strips around his legs, making | a pair of pantaloons, then he took a com- I forter from liis bed, made holes in it for I his arms, and thus made a tolerably nice | dressing-gown. With the dressing-gown made from the j comforter, the pantaloons made from the I strips of liis sheets and the pair of slijj- pers, he thought himself well dressed. Only one thing was wanting--a hat. Go­ ing into tlie bath-room, he found a large sponge. He cut a slit in this with his razor, and putting his head into the slit, he had a fur cap at once. Then, raising his window, he stepped outsiiV and slid down the water-spout with th" money he had in his possession whei. h • came into the institution in the crown of his sponge hat. Half an hour later, Mt. Coles went up stairs to converse with his patient, but behold, the bird had flown. "Well," said Mr. Coles, "he must have gone out naked, and of course would be immediately arrested, I will find him at the police station." But Mr. Coles, in passing a bar-room i on his way to the station, heard a noise 1 of great hilarity, aud thiuking that he recognized the voice of his patient, drop­ ped in. There he was, with his dressing- gown, sponge-hat, and his skin-tight pantaloons, the centre of an admiring cir­ cle, drinking whisky punches, and rat­ tling off jokes.--Hhiffhanipton Paper. g. Celeste's beauty had improved greatly | ̂ hethoughthe would ask him since her marriage. Everybody else saw ' - - • -- * - i -- the improvement. Adolphe saw nothing but the wart upon her chin. Her coin- piexion was more brilliant, her form more perfect, her walk more majestic; but what is all this, when one has a wart ou the chin? The wart seemed to errow bigger and bigger every day--U) Adolphe's ™ JS.;* <1 : the horses back. for help. The horseman proved to be a nobleman, who lived in a castle hard by and the farmer could not muster courage to ask a favor of him. But the noble­ man was a gentleman, also, and not waiting to be asked, he dismounted, and between them they lifted the grain to John--for he was eye it threatened Speedily to absorb the „ , whole face! Nay, he expected in due i gentiemau, too-lifted his cap and said: time to see his beautiful Celeste all wart! ! - M>* lord-.how ^ 1 ever thank you He smothered his pain as well as he «ould, because he was naturally well- bred and delicate; and no woman likes to be told of the few little blemishes she as blind to herself. He smothered his pain, but he began to think it would be just as well to have separate rooms. Meanwhile, strange to say, Adolphe's tjw daily more decided and pro*- He-certainly did not squint for your kindness?' " Very easily, John," replied the no- bieman ; " whenever you see another man in the same plight as you were in just now, help him, and that- will be thanking me." squint grev aoiuioecL,. gleet your newt if you only, uiie Dr. Bull's Oongh Syrup at once; the most reliable rexnedy ui world for Coughs, Colds, etc. A Tennesseean Abroad. A correspondent of the Boston Journal says that the blind man, Mr. F. J. Camp­ bell, who lately made the ascent of Mount Blauc, is not an Englishman but a native of Tennessee. -He lost his sight when about tliree years old, was educated hi his native State, and for a number of years was at the head musical depart­ ment in the Perkins Institution for the Blind at South Boston. Eleven years ago he went to Germany to perfect him­ self in music, where he remained two ! years. On his way home he stopi>ed in England to visit the schools for the blind, and found them much inferior to ! our own. He was fortunate in making ! tlie acquaintance of influential people | who were interested in the higher educa- 5 tion of the blind, and who cordially aided him in opening a school according to his plans. This institution, the Royal | Normal College and Academy of Music i for the Blind, is at Upper Norwood, near Sydenham aud the Crystal Palace, in . London. ! Remarkable Bets. A very remarkable bet was made in 1 England 130 years ago between the Earl of March, subsequently fourth Duke of Queensbury, and one Mr. Theobald Taate. The bet was that the Earl of March should find a four-wheeled car­ riage with four horses to be driven by a man nineteen miles within the hour. Lord March won his bet, for the car­ riage performed the distance in 53 min­ utes 27 seconds. It wad a vehicle es­ pecially constructed for the purpose, lvh : m highly indorsed by Urn, Judges, pbytuciaud, surgeons, by of literary and scholarly distinction, and Kidney and Liver Cure men by individuals in all the walks of life. Oft the telephone has been used as a Pi medium through which he has breathed : words of heart-pounding love in the ears j of the one he so fondly worshipped, aud ; never did he know it to fail in the per­ formance of its duty until yesterday, when it caused him to moan--yea, to tremble like an aspen leaf and smite one knee against the other. At the time mentioned Charles had, seen' liis affinity for over forty-e! hours, and he determined to inform of whom lie was fondly dreaming that he would be up to the house that night and sit out on tlie front porch with her and sigh at the moon. Seeking the telephone while no one was in the office, he said: "Put me on with Mr. B.'a residence." " All right, go ahead." , i • " IS Miss Minnie at home ?'* j " Yes." . ~ ^ t "Tell her to step to the 'phone, i please." "• > . " fs that yoTi, Charlie ?" inquired a cooing voice skimming along the wire. : " Yes, dearest, it's your own Charles." "Oh, Charlie, what mode you stay away so long ? You must come up to- i night because--" " The babv was born an hovvr ago." 1 " Wh at baby ?" j " Your own baby." " My 1 wiby !" shrieked the young wo­ man; "why, I'm--I'm surprised that you--you would say such a tiling. I--I ilidu't expect it--;--" " Neither did I; I just heard it a mo­ ment ago." " You don't believe this--this fearful report? Say--say you don't. You know I haven't got a baby. I never did have a baby in my life," howled the young woman, in a freuzv. " Hn ! Ha ! old fellow you feel so proud and happy that .you have to indulge in a joke, do you. Allow me to congratulate you. It's a boy, and weighs twelve p.m mis. Good-by." " Miss Bunter--I say, Miss Btmter." "Oh ! Charlie, what is the matter?" "Matter enough. I want to know tlie man's name who told y m that scandalous falsehood. I'll have liis gore before rise. I'll follow him over sixteen differ­ ent States to kill liim. I'll crush him. I'll mutilate him. Tell me, was it that squint-eyed Bangs who brought that hellish lie to your ears ?" "What lie, Charlie? What do you mean ?" " I want to know who told you that-- that I had a baby l»orn to me an hour ago that weighed twelve pounds. Who is the villain ?" A piercing shriek was the onlv reply that came over the wire, and then Charles realized for the first time that there was some dreadful mistake, that the tele­ phone had become mixed, aud he fainted.--New Ortean* Times. KEYSTOH m BAMUL 9. BMA9Tt"*B ORGANS! i« STOP*, SHJUBAM * O«T~C<K;J Fjjgu^ggr -- ^ ~ PIANOS , •• 839fta; jkddren OANti AGENTS SS2HLZ**** A/ZiittRSiw* andotiMr ~ " - -- RHEUMATISM : AB SQLU f ELY ,GURED. nv TUE CUE OP DR. BOSANKO'S RHEUMATIC CURE. THE GREAT ALKALINE REMEDY. 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ENCYCLOPEDIA TIOUETTES BUSINESS This t* tho cheapest and adi mhM* • work on KtiqwWand Bwtmm mot BmU tolls how to perform ail Um nrioM datfca i how to apD«&r to tb« b«« uNaataMc Atrnla Wnnlrit. " " full deserip 4ddr it.* Wrenl<Prt.--8«odfc*circulars ^ription nf the work and astn tanaa to iarih, > NATIONAL FVBL18HIKO OO. - T NATRONA'SM? ON 30 DAYS' TRIAL We will spn'! »ur Klectro-Voltalc Belts and otb« | ̂ Family Cita Bon by all DitggMa lalOMHa Kleetrlo Appliances opon trial for Ml d ;• to thoaa | n t m i> m tffltotttd W'tl) Atrn'if Hebilittr and DOMI Q vQlt SlMllfQ flu! MT IVk Ufclla ! oBIID a Mil laSHMUK U.. W The Last of the Tespncel. A decided sensation was created at Washington during the Van Buren ad­ ministration by the appearance there of a handsome and well-educated Italian lady who called herself America Ves­ pucci, and claimed descent from the nav­ igator who gave his name to this conti­ nent Ex-Presidtast Atlanta aud Daniel Webster became her special friends, and she was soon a welcome gueat in the beat society. In a few weeks after her arrival she presented a petition to Congress ask­ ing, first, to be admitted to the rights of citizenship, and secondly, to lxi given " a corner of land " out of the public do­ main of the country which bore the name of her ancestor. An adverse report, which was soon made, is one of the cu­ riosities of Congressional literature. It eulogized the petitioner as "a young, dignified, and graceful lady, with a mind of the highest intellectual culture, and a heart beating with all our own enthusi­ asm in the cause of America and hu­ man liberty." The reasons why the prayer of the petitioner could not be granted were given, but she was recom­ mended to the generosity of the Amer­ ican people. " The name of America-- our country's name--should be honored, respected aud cherished iu the person of the interesting exiie from whose ancestor we derive the great and glorious title." A subscription was immediately opened by Mr. Haight, the Sergeant-at-Arms of tlie Senate, and Judges, Congressmen and citizens vied with one another in their contributions, .lust then it was whispered that Mad. Vespucci had borne an unenviable reputation at Florence aud at Paris, and had beeu induced by a pe­ cuniary consideration to break off" an in­ timacy with the Duke of Orleans, Louis Phillippe's oldest son, aud come to Wash­ ington. Soon afterward the Duke's younger brother, the Prince de Joinville, came to this country and refused to rec­ ognize her, which virtually excluded her from reputable society. For some years subsequently she resided in luxurious seclusion with a wealthy citizen of New York, iu the interior of that State, and after his death she returned to Paris. -- --A ttan tic Monthly. Spontaneous Combustion of Charcoal. Among the substances subject to spon­ taneous combustion, according to the Fn cman'K Journal, pulverized charcoal is said to be one of the most remarkable. Incidental to this phenomenon a story is told that a load of charcoal was delivered in an outhouse of a clergynian in Leip- sic, anil showed no signs of burning un­ til the door by accident blew open, when the wind blew sprinklings of snow on the charcoal. The rapid absorption of oxygen from the melting snow caused the charcoal to ignite, and as the day was windy the whole range of buildings was burned to ashes. In this connection a fruitful and unsuspected source of tire suggests itself to those of our Americau housekeepers who burn wood aa fuel, and who store tho allies in boxes or bar­ rels. The accidental disturbing of sueli ashes, even after years, will cause them to ignite, provided the air is damp or foggy. The phosphuret of potash from decayed wood renders wood ashes highly inflammable, and mysterious cellar-fires in the rural districts are, no doubt, in some cases, caused by this form of spon­ taneous combustion. Evert Prince of the Royal family in Germany is taught when young some useful trade for the purpose of sobering the mind and bringing it face to face with the material world and the realities of life, aud among the profusion of curi­ osities and artistic relics which crowd the Emperor William's private cabinet may lie seen specimens of l>ook-l>i«ding, carving, carpentering and other handi­ work performed by his sons and grand­ sons. Voltate Belt Co., Hanhall, Ml«k. SO YEAR'8 USE burror«4«ar Celebrated No. SftTiaptai Strings to b# the »no.*fc durable, produce the finest quality of tone nod *re the whlteat,wott benutiful and transparent strings io the world. Ben fdarcr* atid ptfvu artist* use thom exclusivity. For InmxtoetlAB «nlt, Atrlne 25 et»« Full »etJbr Violin Ba&jo 90 cU. for (kiUf St.sfl, mulled pre j* id. Money refQMM if unsatisfactory, LYON A UKA1.V. 1*2 Sute Street, Chicago, m, IF TOUllE SOFFEK From CATARRH And renlly want to b« cured, just niuno this pap«r and •end Ulcfhta to Or R. Syki«», liX» Kn«t Mndisoit «t_ riiieajio, 111., for " The Trut Tiieuty uf t'iitarrh anil fall information of a Sure I'titi!." TIioumixIh of ponona have twon oared in th« last »pn v«jua by bit) ;iUn. JXSTEY & CS BRATTLEBSIRS VX, 70,000 SOLD YEARLY, <r mnlif popularity aid aMfeto 1881. FREE. 1881k The ILLUSTRATED "OOLDEN riiIZE" for 1881 is now ready. This elegant book contain* •bout 2(10 flue engravings. A spe million copy will be sent free to any one in tho United States on receipt of ft three-^eent stamp to prepay postage on the book. Agents wanU it. Addi csn F. GLEASON A CO., 46 ftmimpv Shv< t, Ronton, Mnnfl, The Cologne Cathedral. Sintv 1821 the public and ja-ivate eon- tributions to the building fund of Co­ logne Cathedral have amounted to $4,- 500,000. Adding the contributions of past eeuturies, notably tho money ex­ pended on the colosHal foundations, a Gentian paper find that as it now atands I Kt'n,fs , «>!»«*«. i v. tim». Hocta); tho eathedrid represents about $10,000,- i ofThnVt! 5 C EJM T S t. a>" ufA u,tht i ©f Aula. II. Vicar «>t ^akolieM. UI.Hanm LITERARY REVOLUTION 3f*% ** flta Y 1 Ca toriiirily $LOUo $1^5 each . wCni 1 ® I. Mjunul. yV Lil'i' ol Frtniericlt' (hHltreat. 11. Carl>U»'« LitVot Uoli^rt Hnrns. lUUun Thf mnlM poptlarll} and nMralacM *t (-AKOKT or PARUIR OB(JA>S ta «kMn >y the fact tkat s«Tratj Tbonani aht mM rem l.v la Ike VnlttAWalc*. The beat are t)M| WSOII i BilLH , '1 ORGANS, whlcb hava b«an awardod hiubfrt DtHTrrrcTlosa Ra I)KM«N8JRATED SVPeKlOtUTS at KVKIIV OHS Of OKKAT WORLD'S IndustHal KabiblUuna for tbiitaaa F«ar», without tm* ••*#(« utttftim. NEW 8TYi.ES tra ictdr thia aeaaoniwltti teH»rtaat ImpeowmeeHk FOR LAKOK OHUROHKS,oplendid oTgsne.wliieSS power Hiid at $:tHu and lai pdaaa* FOR KUALI.KR CUUH« 'HKS, SCHOOLS, and 'ipwarria. SIIPF.RB DKAWUU-ROM STYLES at to «d)U. an4 upward*, A ORKAT TA- R1K.TY of SMAI.1.KR OIUJANN of xqoal eicolleioat i UMNicity, or iu plain taaaa, at f&l to gaiUMA 000. Educational. We would call the attention of School Boards and all interested in educational matters to the advertisement in this number of " Swinton's Supplementary Headers," designed to connect with any of the regular mrien of readerB. The books are pure, elevating aud instructive, while in typographical appearance and an specimens of the lnKik-inakcr'H art they are far in ad\ance of anything we have seen in the nchool-book line. Th'e fact that the aerie* la published by Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor A Go. is a snfficient guaranty of their excellence. _ i'he Voltaic Kelt Co.. Tlimliall, nirh., Will send their Electro-Yoltnic Belts to the af­ flicted ii[;on thirty dayn' trial. See their adver­ tisement in tin* paper, headed, "Ou Thirty Days' 1 rial." Impure Bi.ood.--In morbid conditions of the blood arc many diHuason, such as salt rheum, ringworm, Itoils, carbuncles, sores, ulcers and pimple?. In this condition of the blood try the Veoetink. aud cure these affections. As a blood puritier it lias 110 equal. Its effects are wonderful. Mai.auiai. fevers can be prevented, also other miasma'lc diseases, by occasionally using Dr. SiiiiJ'ord f Liwr Incujorator, the oldest general Family Medicine, which is recommcndeu as a curt! for all diseases caused by a disordered liver. . Eighty-page book sent free. Address Dr. Hauford, 1(!2 Broadway, New York. Theooork Tii.ton is back from Europe. His new lecture is entitled, " The World's To-Mor- row." He is under tlie management of Mr. Charles Mum ford, late of Coojier Institute, now of lied Bank, N. J. What bm-iness college shall I attend ? H. B. Brj-an.'s great school of commerce, Chicago, is where the facilities are furnished^ and where the young men ;uv going. Git Lyon's Patent Heel fltiffenera applied to those new boots before you run them over. - _ . Munchausen's Tmvel* and Adventure*. Knr Hi\ i KNT^t HunynnVHIgnmN Prngr*-». IUiiMtratod oatitlMue^nl AMK.KIOAN H(K)K John li. Aldim, Manager, Tritium* New York. BULL-DOZBR 'i<t hi style #IX*SHOT New antl inn and ll n ha Sainpv»tofffivi!. H-mv v plitetl: iaiH'.v tt: AtfeQtv' naleM niv elu»i lioyti, now IN your chance lo own a Hv)en<ll<l R"\«lv»'i\ Si»k« Ofkhh. To IntiiMhiec our rapidly wt* wiJl cnpivhm m uiljiIi 0OctH. cach: 2 for *1; Thm »{tr> wMitt. '4 Wonderfully cheap. " Tribune. 2 000 Hold in ("hleittfo. .Inly 4<h. an«l ft OW in York. Airentn wantt^l. PrhiH.wlll Im» r.iiseil m:».4 dayv. Orttr ut om*, if. KNTo\ it)., i.u- porten Kire-Amis, A8 LaSiUieSt.. Ciil^ntfo, III. BAND IW8TRTJKEKT OATALOOVS. Our cattiiotfiir of liamt ltt^truiticut:*, SnitH, Ht-It*p i»om-.he., Pom- puu». Drum St nil. aud HUH, rnsulcin. Ck|I- Lamps, and Out* i.'* ctiDtahii* 85 of in formation for J free. Address wi'OK i. HliALY, Uui State .it., Chicago, Ihiingh le | ipwurds. Alio fnrtiUlitHt «>1 MONTHLY or QCjittTSBU l »avmknxh, Q&aud opwurtla. | There organ* art certminlg tmrimltdln metHmn, n>Hi ̂ | priett arc not mteh hiflUr (to thmu *«ry ,i | IMtWWHW. , " "**' •' S Botoro pnrohMtne any "Hmwid tm latm IWImwii# i:xyiAN*JE, I fsuaiut/tir (;6> pp. 4to), .MisiUlnlBd fall rtci il|iUnw wh) price*, tocluding nt»w stylo, ima muoh mmftU hhw> tinn tor t.'ie ptirclia»t>r of any nrina, whlcb will b* aont fret amJpo,tpaid. MASON * HAMLIN ORGA3* GO, IM Trwiw.it Straat, BOSTON; «t Kwt 14th NKW YORK : !«• W«twah A«mtw. OHtOAtiO. PETROLEUM Grand Medal It Pbl itdrip'ta Exposition, mil $5 Outnt $66 a iveei-i m your own iowj Imnd. Me. fr&e. Addr«-:^b H. HALJjLTJi & Please wrm PHc« Ual, smI free ta aiy address. Cm* tains prices a ad de­ scriptions of all goods in general ass, sal- bracing Dry 6oods, CloltUai, Qosts, Shoes, Harness, Saddles Sewiay ioes, riasicaf meats, Jewelry, 6rs- VASELINE bamples lELLT. SU*er : Part* KEiiiiaitioa ceries, etc. of aay clan et <r) goods farsislied .Wo cb- loations to b«v. Sat-gallons to bay isfaction ooaranteed. Mostaoaierv Ward L CMcago, Tbl* wonderful aalwtiioee Is aokDowlfctsafi l$;phni. •Una throughout tlia worfd to ba the best rernnd; al» aarared for the oura of Wuunita, Bar**, Kli I tlam, Milu llltraH!!. I'llea. t'Httirri:, Chll. klnlaa, Ac . In ordar tbat ararj one ins^. try St, It l» I put up in IB and 36 cant bottlea tor buumhold mol ' Obtain it from yourdra«(lat, and jbuwtil find It. sapodaf : to •inrtbin« ;ou ha*a anr aaad. SORE EARS, GATARRE Many people ara afllcfi-ri with these loattaaome dla- ! aaaa , hut »•>.>• fow e»er get wrll from tlima; tbla la owlna i to imp •»*.<•» ti*ac.tiua»t thpsraro ttuiljr oora " ; If pr»i>i>r.y treatad. This i» no idle bos^t. bat a i h'lTB piovori o»«nr and o»er by my tr>'at>nant. i for my little Bu«k t,> all; It wiil tell jon till ' tbaaa tnntt«ra and wtui I am. My large Book, 876 i ootaro; price, $2. <>j mail. Adiirew | BA.C. K. HI1MEMAKKK, AarallwMa. tttadlus, Pa. S A P O N I F I E R b tba •,Ori«ln^'* Conveatrstad Lya aad Reliable Family Soap Mittesr. Diraotiona ae«omp»nf sssso Oaa for making Hin-d, Hit ft and Toilet qalekly. It la fall weijiit and Mrensth. Alk row gtmtmr tot &APOX f FIK1I«, and taka no otbor. Peiiiis caul mamwicriiK Co., raila. A atf trnt? rptrw GorrnptM Store Pipe Elliov TAKE NO OTHER. You haavc rend tkla Mtlc« i tines Mors. Hut did you act .Munair: To aak i ^ itfi aad i deiler fiiT ix^tVwlth dinlrlfk't >*'»«. lion @o often msde,! nrr llUfl Pralfrtfjl f Ommimmlm* tc ;:utv;u^.r ar;y SVST SmuS. u jrv» utr* -- the very neit time yots want boote or »hnw that will wear like iwn od nt« i«pali% «Bd donH M hm any other. My rcferenoa* are m Smtims Company or thair a«enU ^ IS €huvcb St.4 Worcartar, aid 40 Chicago. 111. K MUSICAL WONDII Without*llonbt the Best Elbow Ever Made BIG WA6KM, fammer and winter. bamplMfim. National Cupylnc Oo^8UUWeat Madiaon tt^Ciiieaco. Ml ^IIDCfor Consumption in nlno O ¥% Kb the bent cou^h ni^dieint*. YOUNG MEN earnT'>*«» u> >» 1 «<0 a n mortb. Evory graduate guaranteed a paying situa­ tion. Addreaa li. VaL1.miink. Matiatcer. Jane»Tiile,\Vla. X'MAS PRKSEXTS free. Send addrr*s for rticulara. F. TKlfKT, <1 Kch>N>l treet, Boitton, Moaa. n wfek. $12 a day at home aaoiljr made. Cntl; Outfit tree. Addrvta TBL'K & Co., Augutta. Me. HAXTKD IMMEDIATELY. Aganta to exhibit Bruce A Co.'a celebrated Portrait*. We make you a great offi-r. Write immediately to i BRV;' I. & VO., 114 Geneve St., Autinrti, N. V. ' iiriOYMENT-^^^ ! A1..8ALARY^r»o«tl.. All EXPENSE8 ndvgncMl. WAtK^ promptly paid* SLOAN A Co. aoo ideormrn Ml* C4»cln«aul la E $350 £ *•(»>< li : > • t.-i K.'St-Sel'ing Artir'M in t i» wo.Id . » lileyr«. JAY BRONSO.V. I^«.n. TEAR •speoaca to acanta. Outfit Free. Addreaa P. O! VIC'KEKY. Aucuat«, Maine $2,-000 . Ccmnnlcd Elbow baa iniwiml from time to time, nni! inacknnwlt'djcedby all w df-awake <l**nl**r* to be tlie Klbow /).!< wllrnr-r for durability an<l ility. Circular elbowa. matle of four it tire piei-es.after a fair trial h ve proved wiirth'oaa. Any prai't'i1 il JM'tN 'r; *.-«!» swe ..f four piecea in not as at:on* aa an Tii t 'OKRu«.'^KOet>NE PIKf;K F.LBOWU tote- mand 1> ill u '>'• il' -i"* »n uuqoeatk.nably good artfal* at a ra»» 'liable I'RIOE. CORRUGATED ELBOW CO., IIS and -iir I .like Mre«-f, ('liirafA, III. K t'. SHAYS, 8CPKR1NTKNKKST. ttti I>oy<<u want a perfect Maaical laatramant, (Mkg , the piano and ornan, apon which at sijrht Jhiu eaM |<|> j fofti aa »«*rfectl> as any profi-.-vor tiinm the inatnMMMlB . n >'iitn'i»eil? 'Tiiecinanil for our tllust rated oatelBMVW j t!u» grv»te>t umsital luvontv.n ot t- e a#<», ; chiin vtil »t> n which »n> raa*. MM* <>r t-hild can ulay nn all tho iwyular. claarie, ' atic. s.u-red, dame and other moaie. Am use foil- t.imily and T tir friends Pri. i*: 0 U441, " C.'tO.iH). «tt&3.O0. LYON k HKAI.Y, Ktat* aM i tli nroe Si* , t 'h cago. for oarticul.im. inr. .iirjwr.iv » (tKR," Luw-aburgh, Union Co., Pa. LJin ICQ I I'tJT THIS OIJT! AlflCo • Goodi. Shoulder Brae* Coraeta, Uoio- tiukk iW hmawm Bnm Am*, caatateteg stmtay Uonc» biitto a® &?K'*ufcalk>o» #tc^ cla fe W btwl mnaamer̂ m will p.-11'lToly cura alaWiafc--»i. of the t/'t< ru». iMMuRbM, Vtmatkt <>f Um I'teru#. Incidautal : o.r.fui. Suppnaca I a»i An old and reliable n ... .. b \M.\Kl>. Uttea,M. T. per Vl. el >tl t". tint'. Ju. uu» iwa S5*i O I* 0. r tlm, quality and atyl* af iwlnHiwath tempUt. . In and )i«rMi for ail la.tnua*at>, Artlnai) a aii»lral u»im, M>z« ti«? wt.l' u itfctmnaM* rolw aad lafcwaatten far •JSL, •. m -1- b k. kl-Wd iKiW. Jkmm U*m\ batta. UT11KN WJUVXM) VS>Bf |WMteaaya4lM(i«l*aaM» n lHMWMQ)|M|Mll>ad LYON a HEALY. State mi •••>•! Ihk. "