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THE flOOB BIB lODm OaAiBMitM ltrilrwui wf AM FIWM la the ' In ttair 'latest report tlie Railroad Commissioners of the State of New Y^rk give the number of persons who were killed in the State from "walking or being" on railroad tracks as 3A1, and 222 more were injured. This revelation leads the Engineering Journal to add: As there are about ten times as many locomotives in the whole country as there are in the State of New York, we may make a rough-and-ready approxi­ mation of the whole number killed and injured by simply multiplying the above figures by ten, which would give ns 3,410 killed ar.d 2,220 injured, a total of 5 £32. The Journal sent out some inquiries m to remedies. To the questions: "Can you suggest any way of lessening the number of accidents to employes from, 'walking or being on the track?"'the following replies were received from ex­ perienced railroad officers: A number answered "Nofour said "By staying off the trackothers recommended the enforcement of trespass acts; thfee sug­ gest the use of a steam bell-ringer on locomotives; two propose a foot-walk alongside of tracks; one proposes over­ head foot-bridges, and another "a proper enforcement of rules in regard to speed through vards; a stringent rule requir­ ing a brakeman to be on the front car of every train that is being pushed, and he to be held accountable; more care in the selection of employes for yard service; tfce use of bulletins giving all employes, particularly track and maintenance of way men, full information as to move- intent of trains, and the display of sig­ nals from elevated points for all delayed or Unscheduled trains." The Railroad Commissioners of New York say: - "The danger seems to be inevitable and incident to the occupa­ tion." The Commissioners of Railroads of Michigan say: "Laws might be enacted providing a penalty for going upon a railroad track, but in most parts of this State would be a very unpopular meas­ ure, and one which there is no probabil­ ity of the Legislature enacting." The chief engineer and manager of the Canadian Government Railway said: "I have not only tried notice boards, but at certain points, where the track was especially made use of as a highway, I have stationed constables to warn off trespassers, and even to turn them off if necessary. This caused very bad feel­ ings, and- was even regarded as an in­ fringement of the liberty of the subject. If the public could only be brought to support any movement to prevent peo­ ple from endangering their lives in this manner, it would not be difficult to find a remedy. But at present it is quite the reverse." The Secretary of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania says: "The great danger of snch a habit or practice should, we think, be evident to every one." These replies show the utility of the means which have been adopted. The thing to do, then, if possible, is ft), make the danger apparent in any way that will be effectual. A notice that "a railroad track is as dangerous as a bat­ tle-field" might attract attention. As Other Worlds See Us. Throughout the long night of 354 nours, the side of the moon toward us is lighted by a magnificent reflector of the sun's rays. Always remaining m otie fixed spot in the heavens, while sun and stars go by in regular cycles of 29| terrestrial days, the earth, as the moon may see it, passes through the phases from first quarter to full and to last quarter, shining at the lunar midnight with a light fourteen times stronger than that of our full moon. To our satellite, gravitating around us at a distance of 240,000 miles, the earth then appeal's four times as broad and thir­ teen times as great in area as the moon appears to us. As daylight spreads over this part of the moon, the earth dwindle* away to a thin crescent and finally disappears at the moment of new earth. Passing to its sister planets, we find the earth has lost its imposing ap­ pearance. To Mercury, 37,000,000 miles from the sun, the earth is an external planet, having the light of a first mag­ nitude star, and analogous with Jupiter as seen by us; to "Venus, 68,000,000 miles from the sun, our, globe exceeds the stars in brilliancy, and has a per­ ceptible diameter, with the moon plainly visible near the disc. To Mars, 145,000,000 miles from the sun, our world is only a feeble star, always keep­ ing | within 12 degrees of the sun. To Saturn the earth is separated from the sun by 6 degrees, to Uranus by 3 and to Neptune by but 2. "Immersed in a luminous fascicle of solar rays," says Mons. J. Leotard, "our globe is entirely invisible to these latter planets of the system to which it belongs. The earth is unknown to these worlds, which are relatively near and are connected, like it, with the destinies of the sun; and the existence upon it of the intelli­ gent race which believes itself to l>e alone in the universe is unsuspected. To these planets neighboring our own we do not exist. Seen from the nearest of the stors^ the enormous sun that illu­ minates us is itself no more than a little point, no more than a minute star, wandering in the infinite labyrinth of the worlds."--Arkansaw Traveler. Puck's Girdle. > Telegraph Chief--All cl«tftr. Have you a cigar, Bob ? Bob--You bet; but IH keep it. Chief--You will ? Who are you work­ ing with, Tom ? Tom--Chicago. I've old Fox here. He's going to turn on the cable office, and by the mortal frost 111 speak with Valentia or bust. "Co, Co, Co, Ch," rattled off the sounds, and "I, I, I, Co," came in response. "There is the cable office," said the -Chicago operator, "go for him, old fel­ low." To Valentia--Let us have London, now, please--Tor Bay. Valentia to London--Here is San Francisco, Cal., who wants to speak with yon. Tor Bay is doing the cable transactions. London to San Francisco--Delighted to meet you by wire. It is just striking noon by St. Paul's clock, and very UsiM. U5ow is the weather there? / "This is wonderful," responded San Francisco. ^ "It is half-past 4 o'clock, standard time here, and not yet day­ light* We receive many cables from London, but never had the pleasure of meeting you before. Any Americans here? It is raining slightly. There are plenty of mushrooms on the hills and. the boys will be selling violets on the street corners to-day." London, having secured a signal from Cairo, wrote: "San Franeisco, Cal., is on her© and sends greetings. They want to connect the wonderland of the vorld with prehistoric Egypt" Cairo--Say to San Francisoo that it is a pleasure to span the globe to speak with them. "The pleasure is mutual," signaled Tom from the Westerm Union opera­ ting room. The Pacific speaking with the Nile throngh the Atlantic, the Bay of Biscay, and the Mediterranean sea is a wonderful feat--San Francisco Call. The Cluster of Stars to Which Our Son Belongs. .. "The Uranometria Nova of Arge- lander gave the position of the lucid stars to the northern sky, and it has been supplimented by the Uranometria Argentina of Dr. Gould, which covers the southern sky. With the stellar statistic) of the whole sky before |him, Dr. Gculd was in a position to draw some extremely interesting conclusions with respect to the arrangement of the brighter stars in space, and to the situa­ tion of our solar system in relation to them. The outline of his reasoning can be given here, but the numerical evi­ dence upon which his conclusions are founded must be omitted. In the first place, it is fairly proved that in general the stars that are visible to the naked eye (the lucid stars) are distributed at approximately equal distances one from another, and that on the average they are of approximately equal brilliancy. If we make a table of the number of stars of each separate magnitude in the whole sky we shall find that there are proportionately many more of the brighter ones (from first to fourth mag­ nitudes ) than of the fainter (from fourth to seventh magnitudes). That is, there is an 'unfailing and systematic excess of the observed number of brighter stars.' We cannot suppose, taking one star with another, that the difference between their apparent brightness arises simply from real difference in size, bnt we must conclude that the stars from the first to fourth magnitudes (some 500) are really nearer to us than the fainter stars. It therefore follows that these brighter stars form a system whose separation from that of those of the fainter stars is marked by the change of relative numerical frequency. "What; then, is the shape of this sys­ tem? and have we any independent proof of its existence? Sir John Herschel and Dr. Gould have pointed out that there is in the sky a belt of brighter stars which is very nearly a great circle of the sphere. This belt is plainly marked, and it is inclined about 80 degrees to the Milky Way, which it crosses near Cassiopea and the Southern Cross. Taking all the stars down to 4.0 magnitude Dr. Gould shows that they are more symmetrically arranged with reference to this belt than they are with reference to the Milky Way. In fact, the belt has 264 stars on one side of it and 203 on the other, while the corresponding numbers for the Milky Way are 245 and 282. From this and other reasons it is concluded that this belt contains brighter stars be­ cause it contains the nearest stars, and that this set of nearer and brighter stars is distinctively the cluster to which our sun belongs. Leaving out the brighter stars which may be accidentally pro­ jected among the true stars belonging to tliis cluster, Dr. Gould .concludes that our sun belongs to a cluster of about four hundred stars; that it lies in the principal plane of the cluster (since the belt of bright stars is a great, not a small circle); and that this solar cluster is independent of the vast congeries of stars which we call the Milky Way. "We know that the sun is moving in space. It becomes a question whether this motion is one common to the solar cluster and to the sun, or only the mo­ tion of the sun* in the solar cluster. The motion has been determined on the supposition that the sun is moving 'and that its motion is not systematically shared by the stars which Dr. Gould assigns to the solar cluster. But a very important research will be to investi­ gate the solar motion without employ­ ing these 400 stars as data."--Prof. Md- ward S. Holden, in the Century. Some Tropical Women. Very comely some of the women are in their close-clinging soft brief robes and tantalizing veils--a costume leav­ ing shoulders, arms, and ankles bare. The dark arm is always tapered and rounded, the silver-circled ankle always elegantly knit to the light, straight foot. Many of these slim girls, whether stand­ ing or walking or in repose, present per­ petually studies of grace; their attitude when erect always suggests lightness and suppleness, like the poise of a per­ fect dancer. A coolie mother passes, carrying at her hip a very pretty naked baby. It has exquisite delicacy of limb; its tiny ankles ara circled by thin, bright silver rings; it looks like a bronze statuette, a statuette of Kama, the Indian Eros. The mother's arms are covered from el­ bow to wrist with silver bracelets, -some fiat and decorated, others coarse, round, smooth, "with ends liammered into the form of viper heads. She has large flowers of gold in her ears, a small gold flower in her very delicate little nose. This nose ornament does not seem ab­ surd ; on these dark skins the effect is, on the contrary, pleasing, although bizarrre. All this jewelry is pure metal, it is thus the coolies carry their savings; they do not learn to trust the banks un­ til they become rich. There is a Woman going to market, a very odd little woman; is she a Cliino- blanco--a coolie or a Malay half-breed ? I do not know. She represents a type I have never seen before. She wears one loose soft white garment, leaving arms, ankles, and part of back and bosom exposed, like a low-cut sleeveless chemise, but less long. Her whole fig­ ure is rounded, compact, admirably knit, and her walk is indescribably light, sup­ ple, graceful. But her face is queer; it is an Oriental grotesque, a Chinese dream,oblique eyes and blue-black brows and hair, very high and bread cheek­ bones. Singular as it is, this face has the veritable beaute du diable; it is a very young and very fresh face, and the uncommonly long, "black, silky lashes give her gaze a very pleasing, velvety expression. Still, the most remarkaj>le peculiarity she has is her color, clear and strange, almost exactly the color of a fine ripe lemon.--Lafcadio Hmrn, in Harper's Magazine. Kot So Favorable. Deacon Williams--Brudder Jones, how did yer son come outen de trial? Brother Jones--De jedge done give 'im two munfs in de jayul. Deacon Williams--'Pears ter me like as if you oughter be pow'ful thankful. He got off mighty light, he did. Brother Jones--Twarn't s' light's you seem ter think. Dev s a-gwinter hang 'im when de two munfs is up.--Editor's Drawer, in Harper's Magazine. LOOK upon pleasures not upon that side that is next the sun, or where they look beaiiteously; that is, as they come towards you to be enjoyed; for then they paint and smile, and dress themselves up in tinsel, and glass gems, and coun­ terfeit imagery.--Jeremy Taylor. The American Corn-Gob Pipe. Smokers who are partial to the ooni- •oob pipe will be interested to lefflrn that there was until recently only one corn­ cob pipe factory in the world. It is lo­ cated at Washington, Mo. The his­ tory of the corn-cob pipe is interesting. In the year 1878 Mr. H. Tibbe secured the patent for filling the interstices of a cob with what is described in the appli­ cation for the patent as "a cement­ like ^ substance." That substance is simply plaster of Paris. The manufacture of pipes was then begun in & small way. In 1882 Upton L. Weirich, of Kansas City, had some thought of going into the same business, but with several others he took an interest in the Washington fac­ tory and organized a stock company. The operations then became more act­ ive and have so increased that Mr. Tibbe now receives $200 a month roy­ alty on his patent. Beyond this he holds one-third of the stock, the remaining two-thirds being divided between Mr. Weirich aud three others. The exact amount of the annual profits is not known to the public, but the best posted claim that each one of the five stock­ holders pulls out about $10,000 a vear. By the arrangement under whicit the pipes are made the company is relieved of the responsibility of selling the product or of investing any large sum in stock or machinery. The sole care of the .members is to buy the cobs as they are offered by farmers. They are then turned over to an outside party who contracts to make the pipes at so much a gross. The finished pipes are taken by one St. Louis wholesale house,which agree to take all the company can pro­ duce. The only annoyance experi­ enced by the company is now and then a scarcity of cobs. Neighboring farm­ ers don't seem to "catch on" to the fact that they can make more from the cobs raised than from the corn itself. The kind\knoj£n as the Collier cob is pre- ferretl^as it . is larger and the corn is not set in so<06ep as in other varieties. For good cobs one cent apiece is paid, and many a load » xknown to have real* ized $30. \ The accessories ore of the simplest kind. They are so simple that there is only wordier that so good a thing could have been kept in one company's hands so long. The cobs are delivered at the factory and are dumped under cover. They are then sorted, the good one& counted and then paid for. The desir­ able size are 1$ inches in diameter, farmers being supplied with iron rings of that size through which to try cobs. Those rejected are iu variably left by the farmer, not being worth carrying away, and are used in the factory furnaces for fuel. The good oobs are sawed by small circular saws to the right length for turning, one big cob making two pipes. The boring follows. The piece of col) is placed in a cup that holds it tightly, and an inch auger connected with a rapidly revolving shaft is brought down through the cob's center for a specified distance. This is done won­ derfully fast by boys, who have become proficient from practice. With one hand they jam the cob in the cup, bring down the auger with a movement of the lever l»y the other hand, and in a twinkling it is over. Almost as fast as they can be counted the sawed pieces of cobs are bored. The turners next take the pieces. There are two shapes to the pipes, the "pear" and "straight." The first swell in the center and are rounded at the bottom; the others are only smoothed, the natural contour of the cob being left unchanged. The turners are experts. They have no pat­ tern, but are guided by the eye and the condition of the cob. The piece already bored is placed on a spindle, the other end having a spring bearing that gives the pressure to hold it steady. With a turning-tool the cob is cut down to the firm body and the shape given, exactly as in wood-turning. The fastest turner in the factory can do 3,000 pieces in a day of ten hours, but the average for the six men engaged in this part of the work is 2,500. They are paid $1 per 1,000. There was never any accumulation of stock, as the cobs usually came in by the single load ^nd were worked up very fast. For filling the interstices of the cob the company looks upon plaster- of-paris as the best thing possible. Many oobs do not have to be filled at all, being large enough to turn down smooth. One early preparation tried was of corn-starch and gamboge, bnt this was not satisfactory. Nothing is done to the inside of the pipes, the cob being left in a natural condLfon. The new patent filling has chalk, pumice- stone and sulphate of petaasium among its ingredients.--Mechanical News. The First Book Published. In the Royal Library at Windsor there is to be seen a work of great mag­ nificence, a copy of the "Psalteneum," from the press of Faust and Scha-ffer, printed in 1457. It is the earliest book known with a date and is superbly bound in garter blue velvet, and on the sides of its covers are the royal crown and cypher in solid gold, with embossed gold cornices and loops.--Albang Ar­ gus. • The Real Motive. "Johnny, you must go to bed now." "Don't want to." "But you must. We are all going to retire very shortly." "But I don't want to." "Come, Johnny, you know the old saying, 'early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy and wealthy and wise.'" "Yes'm--and saves gas."--Merchant Traveler. He IHdu't Need It. "My friend, embrace the present op­ portunity to seek everlasting rest." said a camp-meeting exhorter to a young man in the audience. The young man shook his head. "What!" exclaimed the exhorter, in surprise. - "No, I don't need ana rest." replied the yonng man. "1 clerk in a store that don't advertise."--Areola Record. OLD TIME." * . . ; T - ' V - IT has long been known that an at­ tack of erysq>elai exerts a remarkable influence upon other diseases, and the attempt has been made to cure more serious maladies by deliberately inocu­ lating the patient with the virus of iry- sipelas. In a recent case in Norway, the growth of a cancer was greatly re­ tarded by this means, and life was prob­ ably prolonged a few weeks or even months, though no cure was effected.-- Arkansaw Traveler. IT is proposed in England to provide judges at race tracks with an instantane­ ous photographic apparatus by which to tell beyond a possibility of mistake what horse has won in a close finish. AT the Paris Exposition in 1889 there will be an immense terrestrial globe upon the scale of one-milliohth. That will make it between thirteen and four­ teen yards in diameter. Paris will cover a space of about four-tenths of an inch square. A CHIMNEY that will not fill up with soot may be made by plastering it inside with clay mixed with salt. Chimneys should be built from the cellar up in­ stead of hung to the wall. The stove­ pipe hole should be at least eighteen inches from the ceiling. IT has been discovered that a large portion of Utah is underlaid with a stratum of water, which may be reached by boring from 100 to 200 feet. The wells flow so liberally that one of them will water five or six acres thoroughly. The desert is literally "made to blos­ som as the rose." "THE idea that all microbes are inju­ rious to health," says the Sanitary News, "is a very common one, even among those who pose for well-informed persons. The fact is that they are now believed to play a not unimjjortant part in the process of digestion and the transformation of blood into assimilable form." THE military microphone is now be­ ing tried in France, not only to give warning of the passage of troops from afar, but to indicate the different branches of the army in movement, ami to furnish an approximate idea of the numbers of men and liorsds on the ad­ vance. It consists of a sounding plate buried,in the soil across and along any route, and connected by a long wire conductor to the receiving <&sk of thfe apparatus in pettifog, which lias the necessary arrangement for^making the sounds louder and more readily distin­ guishable * i PROF. JOSEPH LE CONTE declares that for every grade of culture, whether of the individual or of the race, there is a corresponding grade of handwork necessary for the best brain culture. In the child of pre-school age and in the savage and in palaeolithic man, it is the simple use of his hand, or assisted by rude implements; in the schoolIwy or girl, as also in the next higher grade of races, it is by the use of those finer instruments which we call tools; and in the university, as in the most civilized races, it is by the use of scientific instru­ ments and machines. ACCORBIKC to experiments conducted by the Health Board of New York, it appears that dry heat of even 280 de­ grees is insufficient to kill disease germs, except in cases where the fal>ric is per­ fectly dry, or SO'loosely rolled or folded that the heat can penetrate it. But by injecting live steam into the tank, Dr. Edison's assistants have been able to disinfect clothing and bedding at a tem­ perature of .100 degrees, and the goods came out of. the tank unhurt, except that the colors in some kinds* of cloth are effaced or badly mixed. The disin­ fection by steam is rapid and satisfac­ tory. Iron cages are being prepared for the collection and return of bedding and clothing. Each cage has a lock to it, and the owners of clothing can keep the key while the goods are being disin­ fected. The work is done bytheji^alth department free of charge. . f' I THE fur of seals is concealed by a coat of stiff overliair, which mnst be lalwr- iously removed before the skin is ready for use. Seals from two to four years old have skins weighing from five and a half to twelve pounds, and three of ] these skins are required lor sack.--Arkansas Traveler. • * i A Famous Bern Slayer. Many who visited Batnum's New York Museum in the years agone re­ member "Grizzly Adams, the old fel­ low who had killed so many bears and who was in turn killed by them. Not suddenly, however, for the "roof of his head," as he pleasantly expressed it, was knocked off in a hand to hand encounter with a grizzly, and he lived many years by pure force of will power, with a piece of skull as big as a man's palm gone from the top of his head. Month after month he went on exhibiting his "trained grizzlies." while the most ex­ pert physicians assured him he could not possibly live another month; nor did he die till his nerve power was ut­ terly exhausted. "Grizzly" Adams has a legitimate sucoessor in Sylvester Scott, Dry Creek, Sonoma County, Cal.; but the latter has had the good fortune to escape a wound, though he has killed more bears than any man in America-- prabably 400 in all. It is a peculiarity of ilie bear tribe that they gain in ferocity as in numbers, as one goes from the east­ ern to the western side of the Rocky Mountains. The common cinnamon bear of Eastern Utah is a comparatively harmless creature, the black or brown bear, further north and west, is much more formidable, though bis weight does not often exceed 600 pounds; but for size, strength, and courage the Cali­ fornia grizzly outdoes both of them iu one. "He attacks on sight," hunters say, while the other species do not at­ tack a man unless cornered. No matter how thick the dogs may l>e around him the grizzly disregards them when the hunter comes in sight and gdes for the man. Grizzlies ore still numerous in Northern California, especially in the narrow and wooded canyons that break out from the coast rauge. Twenty-five years ago Sylvester Scott established a stock ranch eight miles west of Cloverdale, on the high lands near the Russian River; and the bears seemed to consider his cattle and horses their special prerequisites. • At first Mr. Sc »tt fought them with common dogs; bnt they were too easily cowed. He therefore crossed his hounds and mastiffs with the big Russian ter­ rier and staghonnd, and produced an entirely new breed--dog>= with­ out fear or reproach, that will tackle anything that wears hair. Since then it has been a war of ex­ termination on both sides; about half his pack is laid up at any given time with wounds, and he has had many dogs killed, but he averaged killing forty bears a year for many years. His cham­ pion year was 1878. in which he killed sixty-four; since then Wars have rap­ idly decreased, and now he only gets one occasionally. « Many noted sportsmen from all parts of the world have been Scott's guests. In 1870 Prince Battenburg,jof Austria, and his attendants remained there some days and killed four bears. In 1879, the noted Henderson brothers, of Scot­ land, visited him and added some griz­ zly bear skins to their lion skins and other trophies gained in many parte of the world.--Exchange. * His Cry Anguish. Gus De Smith to Birdie McGinius-- Birdie, I love you. Birdie--You do, eh! And about ten minutes ago you said tfye same tiling to my sister. Gus--I know it, but she sacked me. That's why I try my lack with Birdie, lmt?u tp agr^i Siftings^ Aftrtttag Ffetmre--A Rarlval of OM-TLA* Simplicities. In one of Harper's issues is given a very line illustration of Roberts' celebrated * painting, known as "Doctoring old Time." jit represents a typical old-timer, with his bellows, blowing tho dust from an ancient clock, with its cords and weights carefully secured. One of these clocks in this gener­ ation' is appreciated only as a rare relic. Tho suggestive name, "Doctoring Old Time," brings to our mind another version of the title, used for another purpose--"Old- Time Doctoring." We learn, through a reliable source, that one of the enterprising proprietary medi­ cine firms of the country has betm for years investigating the formulas and nmdic.il preparations used in the beginning of this century, and even before, with a view of as­ certaining why people in our great-grand­ fathers' time enjoyed a health and physical 2tor so seldom found in the present gener- on. They now think they have secured the secret or secrets. They llnd that the prevailing opinion that then existed, that "Nature has a remedy for everv existing disorder," was true; and, acting "under this belief, our grand parents used the common herbs and plants. Continual trespass upon the forest domain has made these herbs less abundant, and has driven them further from civilization, until they have been dis­ carded as remedial sgents. because of the difficulty of obtaining them. H. H. Warner, proprietor of Warner's safe cure and founder of the Warner observa­ tory, Rochester, N. Y.. has been pressing investigations in this direction, into tho an­ nals of old family histories, until he has se­ cured some very valuable formulas, from which his firm is now preparing medicines, to be sold by all druggists. They will, we learn, bo known nnder the general title of "Warner's Log Cabin reme- ies." Among these medicines will be a "sarsaparilla" for the blood and liver. "Log Cabin hops and buchu remedy," for the stomach, etc., "Log Cabin cough and con­ sumption remedy," "Log Cabin hair tonic," "Log Cabin extract," for internal and ex­ ternal use, and an old valuable discovery for Catarrh, called "Log Cabin rose cream.* Among the list is also a "Log Cabin plaster" and a "Log Cabin liver pill." From the number of remedies, it will be seen that they do not propose to cure all diseases with one preparation. It is be­ lieved by many that with these remedies a new era is to dawn upon suffering human­ ity, and that the close of the nineteenth cen- tnry will see these roots and herbs, as com­ pounded under the title of Warner's Log Cabin remedies, as popular as they were at its beginning. Although they come in the form of proprietary medicines, yet they will be none the less welcome, for suffering, hu­ manity has become tired of modern doctor­ ing, and the public has great confidence in any remedies put up by the firm of which H. H. Warner is the head. The people have become suspicious of the effects of doctor­ ing with poisonous drugs. Few realize the injurious effects following tlte prescriptions of many modern physicians. These effect* of poisonous drugs, already prominent, will become more pronounced in coming gener­ ations. Therefore we can cordially wish the old-fashioned new remedies the best ut s u c o e i i , • v . - . . . • j • A Few Remarks. That virtue which is its own reward may in some instances be satisfactory, bnt the average man, and especially the active man of affairs, wants some­ thing a trifle more tangible than the consciousness of a good trait. The wisest and most virtuous of men soon become restive under a lack of appre­ ciation. The most devoted public ser­ vant may have one eye constantly fixed upon hia duty, but the other one is stealing glances at a rural constituency. In human nature there is no snch quality as absolute unselfishness. The wholly unselfish man would be so" blind tQ the requirements of life that he would be justly regarded as a fool. The example of men of science is h?ld up by dadactic, though pretended, lovers Of the world. "Look," they say; "Prof. So-and-so spent a lifetime in his lalioratory, working night and day for the good of his fellow man. The virtue of his work, he knew, could alone be its reward. The crowd knew him not and worldly fortune flew high above his head." Yes, but that same old fellow was ambitious, and ambition is the ripening fruit of selfishness. The craving for immortal fame is the most exalted form of self-love, yet after all it is nothing but self-love, and self- love is selfishness, and selfishness can­ not be a virtue. If we were called upon to define what, in our opinion, are the greatest virtues, we should say, generosity of purse, courtesy of action and liberality of opinion. But it is r; r^ that such a combination is found. A man may be generous of money and dogmatic of statement; r.nd again, he may be gentle of self-assertion and cling with miserly fondness to the string of hia purse. The man who gives up all is a crank; the man wlio gives up nothing is loathsome.--Ar­ kanaaw Traveler. tlbfrated from Their By the helpful, genial action of that most benefi­ cent of aperienta, HoatetUr's Stomach Hitters, the bowels soon throw oil the burden that par­ alyzed end weak* n?d them, an.l resume their nonnal freedom of action. The action of tho Bitters, unlike that of average purgatives, in­ volve* no griping or diancLing. If it did it would, I ke them, be valueless for ordinary use. Th< re ia nothing ungentle or luma .ural a", tend­ ing it* operation. ' t' ( on the liver, no less thnn the bowels, it* action is most benign, pro­ moting a health"ul bilious secretion, and direct­ ing out t f the w rong and into the i i 'lit channel. Conjointly with coaiiteueaB. other l.iliotis tt>uip- toins disappear wli»n if in synt< miiucally useu, and the 6t much is s.i'eu^tl'.emd as w eil us reg­ ulated bv it. Malhritil conip aims. rheu'iiajsin, debility, nervoufineert Mid kidney troubles are coinpiotcly relieved by it. Sleep ana appetite pre iuvaribb y promote J by it. * The Young.Housekeeper, Young wife--Will yon love me forever, Charles? Young husband--How long, darling? "Forever, Charles, forever." "I don't really thiuk, Clara, that I'll last that long unless you quit makiug those biscuits for supper."--Texan Sifting*. THE two sideB of the face are not alike. As a rule, says a German pro­ fessor, the want of symmetry is con­ fined to the upper part of the face. The left half of the brain overweiglis the right half; the nose leans a little to the right or to the left. The region of the right eye is usually slightly higher than that of the left eye, while the left eye is nearer the middle line of the coun­ tenance. The right ear is also higher, as a rule, than the left ear. PBOF. E. \V. STEWARD advocates flax­ seed as a medicine for pigs. It is sooth­ ing to the stomach and intestfues, and it is also rich in food for muscle and bone. Sick Headache Hnr arise from stomach troubles, biliousness, or dyspepsia, and many persons are nubieot to periodic headaches for which tlie.v can ascribe no direct or definite canue. But tlie headache is a sure indica­ tion that there is (something wnrntf isoinewliere, and whatever the cause, HooJ't. Sarsaparilla is a reliable remedy for headache, aud lor all troubles which seem to require a corrective an J regulator. It cures dyspepsia, biliousnetui, malaria, tones the stomach, createB an appetite and gives -strength to the nerves. "I have been troubled for a number of years with a sick headache accompanied by vomiting spells. My system was all out of order, and in addition to this 1 contracted a severe cold, which caused a terrible cough. I took Hood's Sarsaparilla, and it has accom­ plished so much that 1 am certain of a speedy res­ toration of perfect health. The headache has left me entirety, and my system has come to m regular work In# order* Mas. A. J. Kututsayusn. 90 Thir­ teenth Milwaukee, His. Jgj- Hood's Sarsaparilla 8old by all drnggista. ft: six for $9. Prepared only |f 0,1.HOOD*GO„Apothecaries,Lowell,' 400 Doses One Dollar A rocs® Australian near after an unusually hard day's worlc sheep shearing, went ta sleep on the sitting-room couch after stfpper. Soon he arose, walked out into the darknedk, went through four gates, which he care­ fully closed, to the woodshed, and then hung up his coat and took down his sheep shears and sharpened them. Then he caught a sheep and had. just finished shearing it when some of the household came with a lantern. Then it turned out that he had been asleep all the time, and the light of the lan­ tern awakened him. The sheep was sheared as well as though it kact"b3en done ih broad daylight. Remember ALLCOCK'S are the only genuine Po- nocs PLASTERS. They act quickly and with certainty, aud can be worn for weeks without causing pain or inconvenience. They are invaluable in cases of Spinal Weakness, Kidney and Pulmonary Diffi­ culties,' Malaria, Ague Cake, Liver Com­ plaint, Dyspepsia, Strains, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Heart, Spleen, and Stomach Troubles, and all local pains. Beware of imitations, and do not be de­ ceived by misrepresentation. Ask for AliliCOCK's, and let no explanation or solicitation induce you to accept a sub­ stitute. • Commercial Uses of Papefw * Summer Boarder--What's that yellow stuff yon are feeding the chickens? Farmer--That's corn, mister. "What is this in this bin?" "That's wheat." "Humph! What are these other things." "Bye, oats, barley--say, mister, what's your business when at home in Chicago?" "I am a grain speculator."--Omaha World. _______________ A Sand-Yielding Tree, The Brazilian pottery tree (Moquilea utilis) contains so large an amount of silica that the bark is much used for pottery-making. The ashes of the bark are mixed with clay in varying propor­ tion, producing a superior and very durable ware. The fresh bark cats like soft sandstone. I I I I TOOTH A CI 'ercpw»\jW PnmyQyttd neat*, ATBimiitiiai DR. FI<EMMINO, the principal veter­ inary surgeon in the British army, has discovered that "roaring" comes from an impediment iu the larynx that can be re­ moved by an operation. He has cured sev­ eral horses already. Some Foolish People Allow a cough to run until it nets beyond the reach of medicine. They often say, "Oh. it will wear away." but in mo8t eases it wears them ttwav. Could they be induced to try the suCceattlul nn:dieine called Kemp's Balaam. which is sold on a positive guaran­ tee to «-,nrc. they would immediately see the excellent effect after taking the first dose. Price EOe and $1.0'J. Trial she free. At all Druggists'. IT begins to look AS though the Engi­ neers'^Biothei hood had been following'up the wrong Q.--Boston Herald. OWE of the reasons why Scott'* Emubi on has such a lat'pe sale is. bccuuse it is the best. l)r. \V. II. Cameron. Halifax, N. S., says: "I have prescribed Scott's Kinulston of Cod Liver Oil, 'iriih //UP"photphtt?!), for the past two years, and found it more agree­ able to the stomach and have better reMutn from its use than any other preparation of the kind I have over used. Bold fcy aU Druggists. THE Kansas Mayoress is certainly looked upon as a city ofiice-her. llloxle has created the groatost oxelte- ment as a beverage, in two years, ever wit­ nessed. from tho fact that it brings nervous, exhausted, overworked women to good pow­ ers of endurance in a few days; cures tho appetite for liquors and tobacco at once, and hits recovered a large number of eases of, old, helpless paralysis' as a food only. WE respect our rich uncles tot their great will power. • 11 V ,• ASK your shoe and hardware dealers for: Lyon's .Heel Mtiffeners; they keep boot* and shoes straight IF afflicte I with Sore Eye*, nss Dr. IBMO Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it SOU, ti- ut Kitbct.mGpaf Diamond Vera FOR DY8PEPI AX3 AU. STOKAdt l ta<Bta*U«a, Sosr-SWaaMS, Slam. OeMttpattaM, KeHelee Msiai IB tfc» Kotttk' aaS «w*reeeMe1 !a<. Itnoisuti aa* lav-Sytrtak At Drnr<p:.<* and bca'er* or iemt by • rdpt qf cts. {5 hom fl .00) ik i ' tati on rcceipt tf'2-rent Stamp. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. UnilboMtnd mikf won money at anytfetnf *!»* mL Tcfwcricxft. Addre**, TttU «KsniDT.&£sr hand, etc. thoroughly taught free. MTin'iBniDnMCoi #|l r|/a barnlen. po«IUv* aad petnaaKut 111 PR failing manhood from M* m*«Ma 1* •"•"•••bloodpurifier known, ft bottia; ani Pi maim* totp It. Qlefc Co., HI B HalsteA-aL. I which can nmr be bought at mode rata fhe Mulatto soil latad of SOHthttM JT latitude as the famous WM Oram turj. if. daver. Blue Unit. Orchard thy do exceedingly well, while it la t an excellent fmit country. For full tuT.S. Fawrr, ciasville. llo.; " City. Mo.: I,. bTridwaY, 1«8 uso» FREE TRIBE ittMmmn w We am BOW n»U(m gtiSssi'ra wtSi all attach--wrt ranted tor 8 bend for OF BMBHAMflM ttfiott dnlrr haait t It, **ttd t* wu Ami ess? PISO S CURE FOR CONSU MF?Tf P0L6RII0 (| a-oent« tttrOoDMiinnbveN tuid AntiimaUi-K. baud nt Ktamp for it. Da. BAHTLKrr, Boulder, Colo. M f M l O N " I M I S F A I ' R K WHIM WKITINM T» OLD in Warner's Consumption "Tippecanoe,' m WFEVER LOG CABIXS were not hot-houses and the people who dwelt in them were not hot-house growths. They were a hardy,healthy generation and the rem­ edies used were simple preparations reproduced Log Cabin Cough and Remedy and Warner's ' the great stomach tonic. ELY'S CREAM BALM Price SO Cents. WILL CUBE CATARRH Applr Balm into < nostril. ELY 1JKOS.. &6 Warren St.. N. V. ADWAY PILLS The Great Liver and Stomach Remedy For the enre of all disorders of the Stomach. Liver, Bowel*. KHIUPVH, Bladder. Nervous Uiseaw*. LOHK of A]>I)« tite, lieadaclK-. Constipation. Costiv^ucdK. ludt- Kcxtioii. Biliousness. Fever. Inflaiuiiiatiou of the vowels, Pilfs, and all dcrmijremeiitK of the Internal Vii-vera. Purely vegetable, i-outaiuinK no mercury, minerals, or deleteriou* tlriuc*. PERFECT DIGESTION i'llln. By BO duinjr SICK HEADACHE Dyspepsia, Foul Stomach. UiUcusnetiH. will be avoid­ ed. ax tlie food that is eaten eontiibutes its uonriKh- )K properties tor the bupport ut the natural wu^te of le iHiay. *i" Observe the following symptoms resultinB trorn Disease of the Digestive Otjr.ms: Constipation, Inward l'iies. Fullness of The Jliood in the Head. Acidity of tlie Stomarh. Nausea, Heartburn, DiKguat of Food, Fullness ,>r Wuijtht in tlie Stomach, SSour Knictatioiis, Kinking or FlutUruii? of the Heart, cl.oktiig or Suffi'i-Ktiim Sensations when in a lying posture. Diiunesx of Vision. Dot* or Webs before the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspiration. Vellowne-K of the Skin and Kves, Pain in the Side. Chest. Limbs, and Sudden Fluahea of Heat. Burning iu the Flesh. A few doses o: IMldVAV'S I'll,I.S will free the tysU in of all the above-named disorders. Price US cent* per box. Sold bv ail druggists. Heiid a letter Ktamp to DB. KADWAY & COt, No. :t'4 Warren Street. New i'm'k. Information worth thousands will be seut to vou. TO THE Pl'HLIC: Be sure and »*k for KADW.IV3, aud see that the name "KADWAY" iu oil wh*t.vou bay. H c t l t FARMING WEST, SOBTtNfESI, For pfci K FIT? >4 THE FUEL * OV.SAJ5* •MET m.»n»w m? SEND FOR CIRCULARS. ELECTION!* Lom Primer. Pica, and Gnat OLD STYXE-Pica ind Great FttaMr.«a»«»iiK Of 5.000 alius. • NKW STYXK--Patented--LongJMawr Milt Bw> Pi inier. per box of UUIOO Blip*. 4pTSOU> ONLY IX FULL ron uiz BY TMWUU, Cures Neuralgic, Headache, Catarrh, Crow. S«ra lindL , RHEUMATISM. Lama Back, Stiff Joints. Spraiat, Burns. Wounds, Old SMM All Aches and Pa Tn» maay t*sttaioaiaia racclrcd by M pww ail w« claim for tfeia nmMt not only relieves ttat »«at Mm* H Curat Yew. That's HM I Bold by Urucotna. Meta, Sown BanKi Address WTCAftD OIL COMPANY Canals I TO i DATS. apeclflc tor of thia dtae U. 1I.XNGRAHAM. we hara anid many ye* nr«aalr tytta OttfatlOfc Ctaetnaati gnn th« action. BLJLDY si.ro. M* V C. N. U. H*. as WHEN WRITING TO « uleaw ia> voa aa« tba tion. Catalogue, terms, etc., cent FREE ... ^«... veu. Auuman. m. mjki aat m Mm.rcaarittxaCU Waneaauendtki*collcse tooorreader*. Akadaatfcteihumvw COMMON SENSE CURE IS SAT Colds, Asthma. Bronchitis, mod all diaeaam nf tlx R../I j?' * in MW TRIII I^ni^~comwSS5on Tf •w LflJ d I HIM., aenae. Continuous current©! medicated ceotiiaedair, name effect as favorable ohamrn nf oiitn.h. I. „ JTTV. *" ***"J -- change of climate, it other retnediesfail. lbulUeadacbeCarediailt««iBnteZ Yon can be cured wh ile aleepin® LTou can be cured While rei " orperfornnug any kiudef 1»W. Illu>itrat«>d bookahowfnit o strMt.aiSciiao.iiL1 y V V ® T T * 4 * The nun ivholiaasiiveMoi lrtnu three % Ave dollars in a KubU-r Coat, and •I hid first half hour's experience in a (torm finds to his borrow that it ia hardly a better protection than a moa {liito netting, not only tV-eis chagrined at being so badly taken in, hut ala* fcela ifjie does not lout exactly llfct »k t»r lUe " FISH IlKAKD*"SUCOB WET We'ifer the wfau wants Mrriaa (net «T!*) a (snueat tha* wit hia *7 to tke hardest called TOWEk'S FISH " SLICKFU. a tian Cw-tov over it*1 the only perfect Wiad awl W ©•atta*4 fow*r'» flsfe lUmtf .A .3 Madams, M l i l ' M i *