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Water Funeral in Norway.
One of the chief men of Christiansund
had died, and was about to be buried.
His body was to be conveyed across the
waters of the bay to the church, where
the funeral ceremony would take place.
The day was intensely hot; the sun
poured down his rays from a cloudless
sky; not a breath of air stirred in this
landlocked, hill-sheltered bay. All na
ture seemed to rejoice in sunshine and
prosperity. The houses on the slopes,
one above another, looked white and
tranquil. Nothing could be less in har
mony with the ceremony about to take
place. In the distance, on the oppo
site side of the bay, a crowd of people
could bo discerned, quiet, motionloss.
A landing-stage was decked with green
boughs and garlands, terminating at the
water’s edge in an arch of green loaves.
At the foot of the landing-stage some
eight or ten boats were waiting. Sud
denly there was a slight stir in the
crowd. The coffin was being borne on
men’s shoulders down to its appointed
boat. A few minutes more and the
cortege set out. Tuc first boat con
tained the musicians, and anything
more sad, solemn, and mournful than
the dirge they played could not be
imagined. It was distressing in wail
ing gloom and misery- A certain occa
sional discord mingled with the har
mony, the very embodiment of dcspnii
and heartbroken sorrow. Immediately
following the musicia is was a boat
richly decorated with garlands of leaves
and flowers in the form of a canopy,
that might rather have decked a brido
than the dead. Below this gorgeous
and beautiful canopy, covered by no
pall, cumbered by no trappings, reposed
the coffin. The boat had all tho ap
pearance of a triumphal bnrge. The
sight wa3 one of the strangest, most in
teresting, most impressive I had ever
seen—perhaps partly from its very
novelty—this qunint mode of burying
tho dead. For a quarter of an hour wo
watched tho procession in its slow,
stately, and solemn march. The oars
were muffled, and not a sound marked
its progress savo the wail of the music,
which never ceased in molanclioly
strains. Every time the discord came
it jarred the feelings and shot a shiver
through the frame that no self-control
could resist. On and on they went,
boat nfter boat, that one containing tho
coffin nlwnys the most conspicuous, the
eye ever reverting to it with a mourn
ful fascination. The procession passed
onward until it entered a narrow oanai
between the islands, and was lost to
view. Less nnd less < istinct, slowor
and slowor grew tho wailing sounds of
tho music, until they ceased altogether.
Then we knew that tho procession was
landing, nnd Wns about to make its way
on foot to the church. A state funeral
in Westminster Abbey, with all the
glitter of pomp and ceremony, tho stir
ring strains of tho “ Dead March,” hnd
never impressed mo ns did tnis simple
procession. This water funeral re
mains among tho most vivid and dis
tinct, most interesting m d most solemn
recollections I have ke| t of Norway.—
The Argosy.
me rnniK aND HOUSEHOLD.
The Buoyancy cl Wafer.
Speaking of the Soawanhnka disaster
the Trenton (N. J-.) Gazette says: Pres
ence of mind, and a slight knowledge of
the specific gravity of tho human body,
would have saved much of this frightful
loss of life. There was loose wood
enough about the boat to have floated
ten times tho number of passengers on
tho ill-fated vessel, if it hnd been used
with judgment. Tho human body
weighs about n pound in the water, and
a single chair will carry two grown per
sons. That is, it would koop their heads
above water, which is nil that is neces
sary when it is a question of life and
death. The burning vessel was close to
shore, the water was calm and warm,
and all these passengers might easily
have jumped overboard and paddled
laughing ashore, if they had only
possessed nnd used the simple know!
edge that one linger placed upon a stool,
or a chair, or n small box, or a piece of
board, would easily keep the head above
water, while the two feet and the other
hand might be used as paddles to pvopel
toward the shore. It is not at all neces
sary to know to swim to be able to keep
from drowning in this way. A litll
experience of the buoyant power of
matter, and faith in it, is all that is re
quired. We have seen a small boy who
could not swim a stroke propel himself
himself back and forth across a deep,
wide pond, by means of a board that
would not sustain five pounds weight.
In fact, that sometime small boy is now
writing this. Children and all others
should have practice in the sustaining
power of water. In nine cases outo
tec, the knowledge that what will bus
tain a pound weight is all that is neces
sary to keep one’s head above water,
will serve better in emergencies than
the greatest expertness as n swimmer.
A person unfamiliar with the buoyant
power of water will naturally try
to climb on top of the floating object <
which he tries to savo himself. If it
large enough, that is all right. But it
generally not large enough, and hnlf
a struggling group is often drowned
the desperate scramble of a life-and-
death struggle to climb on top of apiece
of wreck or other floating object, not
large enough to keep them all entirely
above water. This often happens when
pleasure boats capsize. All immedi
ately want to get out of the water on
top of the overturned or half-filled boat,
and all are drowned except those whom
the wrecked craft will wholly bear up.
If they would simply trust the water to
sustain ninety-nine hundredths of the
weight of their bodies, and the disabled
boat the other hundredth, they might
all be saved under most circumstances.
An overturned or water-filled wooden
boat will sustain more people in this
way than it will carry. It would keep
the heads above water of as many peo
ple as could get their hands on the gun
wale. These are simple facts, easily
learned, and may some day save your
life.
There are now three Hebrews in the
United States Congress—Messrs. Jonas,
Morse and Einstein. In the House
there are six German Representatives,
among whom are Heilman, of Indiana;
Poehler, of Minnesota; Muller, of New
York, and Deuster, of Wisconsin.
A Sound Agricultural Creed.
The agriculturists of Canada, in con
vention assembled, lately adopted a
creed good enough to be subscribed to
by their brethren all over the continent.
Listen: IVe believe in small farms and
thorough cultivation; we believe that
the soil lives to eat, as well ns the
owner, nnd ought therefore to be well
manured; we believe in going to the
bottom of things, and therefore deep
plowing, and enough of it, all the better
if it be a subsoil plow; we believe in
large crops which leave the land better
than they found it, making both the
farm and the farmer rich at once; we
believe that every farm should own a
good farmer; we believe that the fer
tilizer of any soil is a spirit of industry,
enterprise and intelligence; without
these, lime, gypsum and guano would
be of little use; we believe in good
fences, good farmhouses, good orchards,
and good ohildron enough to gather the
fruit; we believe in n clean kitchen, a
neat wife in it, a clean cupbonrd, a clean
dairy, and a clear conscience; we believe
that to ask n man’s advice is not stoop
ing, but of much benefit; we believe
that to keep a placo for everything, and
everything in its place, saves many a
step, nnd is pretty sure to lead to good
tools and to keeping them in order; we
believe that kindness to stock, like good
shelter, is snvingof fodder; we believe
that it is a good thing to keep an eye on
experiments, and note all, good and
bad; we believe that it is a good rule to
sell grain when it is ready; wo believe
in producing the best butter and cheese,
and marketing it when it is ready.
Carbolic Acid In the Garden.
The general employment of carbolic
acid for sanitary purposes induced a
correspondent, who relates his experi
ences, to try whether it might not bo
applied with equal advantage in some
of the many diseases to which vegeta
bles, as woll as flesh, nro heirs. II
first experimented with a solution of
one part of tho acid in twenty parts of
water, which was allowed to stand for
twenty-four hours before being used.
By that tirno a Inyor of fat or oil had
appeared on tho surfnee, the contact of
which with plants speedily destroyed
them. This was subsequently with
drawn by means of a pipette, and the
olear fluid bolow alone used. This
proved au equally dangerous applica
tion, for some beds of savoys and rad
ishes, which were watered with it in
order to free them from ground fleas
with which they wore infested, were
totally destroyed by it. A weaker solu
tion, consisting of one part of ncid in
fifty of water, proved scarcely less in
jurious to vegetation. Tho application
was now tried in the still more diluted
form of one part in a hundred, the
supernatant oil being carefully removed
before use. In these proportions it
answered admirably ns an insecticide,
without onusing tho slightest injury to
even the tendcrest plants. A single ap
plication effectually freed the beds from
ground lice and similar destructive ver
min. A very small quantity introduced
into an ant hill so disturbed its busy
occupants that, contrary to all the
habits of these insects, they abandoned
their pup» in their hurried flight. A
cherry tree, whoso ripo fruit afforded a
favorite hunting ground for these ants,
was at once proteoted from their visits
by a slight application of the solution
to its stem, though they returned to tho
attack in four or five days when the
pungent smo.l of the acid was lost.
Their further depredations were onco
for all checked, however, by a girdle of
cottonwood impregnated with the
strong acid being bound round the
trunk. Many other varieties of insects
wore kept at bay or driven from their
haunts by the same means, which also
formed a most valuab’e protection
against mildew, with which tho rose
and poach treos in the garden were
sadly troubled. In ono Instance, a rose
tree which had borno no flowers for five
provious years in consequence of mil
dew attacking tho young stems of the
buds immediately they were formed
was observed to bear a magnificent crop
the first season that a tim. ly appli
cation of the solution was made.—The
Farmer.
Make Friends.
Lifo is very critical. Any word may
be our last. Any farewell, even amid
glee and merriment, may be forever.
If this truth wero but burned into our
consciousness, nnd if it ruled a9 a deep
conviction and real power in our lives,
would it not give a new meaning Lo our
human relationshipsP Would it not
make us far more tender than we some
times areP Would it not oftentimes put
a rein upon our rash and impetuous
speech P Would we carry in our hearts
the miserable suspicions and jealousies
that now so often embitter the fountains
ofourlivesP Would we beso impatient
of the fault of othersP Would we allow
trivial misunderstandings to build up a
wall between us and those who ought
to stand very close to usP Would we
keep alive petty quarrels, year after
year, which a manly word any day
would composeP Would we pass old
friends or neighbors on the street with
out recognition, because of some real
or fancied slight, some wounding of
pride, or some ancient grudgeP Or
would we be so chary of the kind words
our commendations, our sympathy, our
comfort, when weary hearts all about
us are breaking for just such expres
sions of interest or appreciation as we
have in our power to give?—Christian at
Work.
The empire of Austria is composed to
day of the following countries, all of
which have at some time enjoyed cor
porate existence: Archduchy of Aus
tria, duchy of Salzburg, duchy of Styria,
principality of the Tyrol, Trent and the
Trentine, kingdom of Bohemia, Mar-
gravate of .Moravia, duchy of Silesia,
kingdom of Gallicia and Lodomeria
kingdom of Illyria, kingdom of Dalma
tia, republic of Ragusa, Bocche di Cat-
taro and the Primorie, kingdom of
Grotia and Slavonia, the Military Con
fines, the Voivodinaand Banat, kingdom
of Hungary proper, principality of
Transylvania, Sandjaks of Bosnia, Her
zegovina and Novi-Bazar (Raachia).
Hunting Wild Hogs in Tennessee.
A letter from Tennessee appears in
the Cincinnati Commercial as follows:
The early settlers brought hogs with
them into Tennessee, nnd having little
or no food for them, suffered them to
stray off among tho hills to root for
their own living. The mast, which is
very abuniant in these hills, consists
of hickory, beech and chestnut, as well
as acorns, so that ho;>s, deer and
turkeys grow fat on it in the fall and
winter. Hogs stray ofl miles away
from their owners and become wild as
deer, and it requires as much skill and
cunning to capturo the one os the other,
and in course of time their whole nature
is entirely changed. Instead of the fat,
lazy lubbers as wo see them on the
farms,*, or as a house-pet in an Irish
shanty, they become ferocious wild
bensts. They grow tall and slab-sided.
Their cars stnnd up s! might, their hair
grows long nnd wiry, and, in short, the
arc a different animal in naturo, habits
and appearance.
Mountain wolves nro plenty in these
hills, but they seldom attempt to cap
ture a hog from the drove, knowing
they are likely to be capturod them
selves.
The people who live in the hills de
pend almost entirely on game and wild
hogs for their supply of meat- The wild
hog is not fit for food in tho summer,
bnt grows fnt in the late fall and enrly
winter on the great abundance of mast
in these grent forests. The wild hog
here is not considered the property of
any one settler, but is looked upon as
common stock property for all who may
chooso to pursue and capture him.
After a hard night’s rest on a blanket
before a big log fire, we aro up by day
light to find about three inches of snow
on the ground, just what we wanted.
Even tho long Kentucky rifle is left
hanging in tho rack in the cabin. Our
utfit consists of n stout hickory club
and a butcher knife, tho latter tightly
belted around tho waist in a leather
scabbard. These are tho only sporling
tools used for hunting wild hogs in
these hills, and they nre very effective,
as we shall presently see.
Some seven or eight of us, with ns
many stout dogs, set out that morning,
and after a tramp of three miles or more
we begin to discover signs of gnmo. Wo
now halt and hold a council of war.
Our old bushwocker, Jack Nuwland, is
chosen captain of the party, and the
plans of the hunt chalked out by him.
“You see, boys,” said Captain Jack,
* here is the rango of a drove, and you
see by the signs and fresh beds, ns well
as the tracks in the snow, that there is
about twenty hogs in tho drove, big and
little. Most on’em is big fellows, and
will give a hard fight. Now, Jim nnd
Nod, take two of the dogs nnd go round
that pint of hill over thar. Sam, you
and Rob just kinder crawl around over
that ar' nob, nnd lay low. The rest on
us will follow on the track. When l
see the hogs I’ll hollor liko an owl.
Then you answer, hoo* hool hoot samo
as aie, case 1 see the hogs rootin’. Then
pitch in nnd head ’em off till the dogs
come up.”
Tho snow gave us a good ohnneo to
see the hogs n good away off, and we
had not proceeded far before we sighted
them a few hundred yards nway, busily
turning up the leaves in search of food.
Hero we halted behind trees, nnd Cap
tain Jock gave the call in imitation of
the big-horned owl, which was an
swered by tho other two parties. This
was the signal for attack. Wc started
in on n run to surprise the game, nnd
soon the dogs had brought tho hogs to
bay. The rest of the hunters now nr
rived with all the dogs, and the fight
commenced, each one urging his dog to
seize a hog by the ear, and, wntohing
his chance, would jump astride of him,
and holding on with ono hand, would
put his deadly blows over the head with
his club, aud as soon as down, out with
Ilia butoher knife and plunge it up to the
hilt in the hog’s throat—then off for
another. Tho chose and slaughter aro
thus kept up for a mile or m. re, or un
til tho dogs and men aro tired out or all
the licgs killed, when wo rctrnco our
s^cps and mako arrangements for gath
ing up our game.
We have seen a stout hog bound off
through the woods with his rider while
tho dog was fast to his ear, and carry
both a considerable distance before
being killed. The sport is ludicrous in
tho extreme, as well as being attended
with considerable danger; and unless
one is familiar with it lie is pretty apt to
get severely hurt by the side wipes of
the hog’s longtusks. When we engaged
this drove the fight was exciting nnd
iurious. As for ourselves, though not a
coward, we must confess that we often
preferred to take refuge up a sapling and
watch tho fight than to participate in it.
The day was far advanced when the
sport ended. We all assembled pnd
built a large fire, aud proceeded to drag
the slaughtered hogs into camp, which
proved a very laborious job. When all
the killed had been brought in we
counted eleven large fat porkers. It
was now near dark, and we concluded
to camp there for the night, returning
to where wo had left our provisions in
the morning. Oa first discovering the
game and bringing it into camp we
hung up the hogs to have them ready
for transportation. We cut out tender
loins and broiled them on the live coals,
and enjoyed a hearty supper and break
fast. During the night we were
awakened by a pack of wolves which
had assembled on a neighboring hill to
give us a {fraud serenade. We could
not see them, but should judge, from the
great noise they made, there were fifty
at least, and had we not eight or ten
stout dogs and a large fire they would
doubtless have made an attempt to cap
ture and carry off our game.
Fennty’vania Farm*.
The road ran southeast for a few
miles through rich bottom-lands. Hero
and there a small, snug farmhouse was
sot in a space absolutely bar 1 of trees;
an enormous red-roofed barn, corn-
cribs, patent bee-hives, smoke-houses
and cider-presses huddled about it in a
bare clayey yard. Outside were great
orchards, dusky nnd cool in the hot
moonlight, the gnarled trees soon to red
den with old-fashioned Baldwins and
Rambos and knotty golden quinces;
beyond these tho fields of Indian corn
rolled over the low hills, the blades
shining dark and green in the glare; or
fields of oats, the wind sending gray
ripples over them, or nn ashy, feathory
stretch of buckwheat, mounting up tho
hillside. The farmer’s wife, in her
calico gown, her hair knotted in a little
knob back from her sallow face, was
usually in sight somowhere, and always
at work. She was picking peas in tho
garden, o: she was making soap in a
huge smoking caldron hung over a fire
near tho woll, or she was drawing great
loaves of flaky bread from nn oven,
while innumerable r- ns of gingerbread,
or cherry-pies waited their turn. There
was the sluggish oalm ot physical lux
ury everywhere. The air was full of
the odor of pigpens and drying meat,
mixed with new-mown hay and honey
suckles. Roses, which were delicate
nurslings with town florists, ran riot in
feverish crimson over the barns and
henneries; the endless lines of hills
which walled in every landscape were
fawn-colored with tho early chestnut
blossoms.
" Tons of these nuts rot every year in
this State alone,” boasted tho doctor.
"There are enough chestnuts wasted in
our mountain ranges from the lakes to
Georgia to feed all famishing India.
This is the best fed country in the
world, and old Pennsylvania is the best
fed State in it.”
Our travelers were offered boarding
in the hill farmhouses at from three to
five dollars per week. They found
shelter in an old houso which lay di
rectly in a gorge between two moun
tains; the creek, which rnn brawling
down tho gnp,swept past on either side
ot it, and met again, leaving iton a little
island, r.ocessible only by stepping-
stones, which were always cove; ed by
high water. In all tho seventy years in
which the owner had lived in the house
it had not occurred to him to make a
bridge of a couple of planks.
“ It is a place for a murder,’’ deolnvod
Mrs. Mulock. The house was gray and
tho fences gnawed with age. Old Nit-
tany, a raggod, stern mountain, inacces
sible except to bears and rattlesnakes,
frowned hoavily down upon it; the
stream was full of whispering voices;
a cold wind blew perpetually down tho
gorge. But the doctor and Sarah found
as much delight nnd beauty in this cut
of the hills as if it had been the Vale of
Cashmere. They fished for trout, or
went on law-defying hunts for wood
cock; they rode up nearly perpend icu
lar wagon-trails left by the charcoal
burners; they made friends on the fow
half-tilled patches grouped about the
yellow store and postoffice, in which
tho feeble gossip of these lonely hill-
farms found universal tongue and ears,
and where the proprietor dispensed let
tors, boots, calicoes, sugar nnd spirit
ualistic doctrines to all comors.—Har
per’s Magazine.
Florida Oranges.
A letter from Florida to the Boston
Herald says: Nino years ngo a man nnd
his wife came down here in the winter
season. He was in bad health, nnd his
physician told him he would have to
roside every winter in Florida. His
financial condition was very weak, nnd
lie calculated that it would be oheaper
to estnbHsh a homo and cultivate Ills
eatables than to live at a hotel. He
came up to Falatka, and purchased nnd
laid out a home. On three or four acres
of this land ho sowed orango seed. An
orange grove is ono of the prettiest
sights in the world, and gentlomen
originally set out groves for their beauty
aud adornmont rather than witli any
pecuniary result in mind. Such was
this gentleman’s design. They told him
t hat in eight years he would have a
bearing grove worth thousands of dol
lars. He smiled, and said ho had no in
tention of remaining in Florida half that
lime. Circumstances, however, have
kept him here, and to-day, instend of
his Florida residence being a heavy drag
on his business resources, his Florida
estate pays him over $4,000 a year.
Those men who, investing no capital,
receive from tho ground such an in
come as $5,000 to $10,000 are singularly
fortunate. With other orange grow
ers there is less romance and cause
for wonder at their success, since they
buy a grove for from $15,000 to $50,000;
but even then the income on the invest
ment is unequaled in business annals.
Orange groves are, however, beginning
to be appraised at their true commercial
value, and bargains are getting scarcer
and more difficult on the part of the
purchaser to consummate.
The World’s Sea-Going Vesse
According to some tables published in
an Austrian nautical periodical, tho total
number of sca-going vessels of all na
tions lost last year was greater than in
1878, owing piesumably to the excep
tionally unfavorable weather which
prevailed in the early part of 1879. In
cluding 97 sailing ships and 19 steamers
reported “missing,” of which no vestige
has been found, 1,523 sailing ships and
125 steam vessels were lost in 1879,while
in 1878 the total losses amounted to only
362 sailing ships and 130 steam vessels.
Classified according to the flag under
which they were sailing, it appears that
504 of the lost sailing Bhips and 79 of
the steamers belonged to England; 218
sailing and 8 steam vessels to America;
124 sailing and 3 steam ships to France;
117 sailing ships and 5 steamers to Ger
many ; 112 sniling vessels and 1 stenmer
toNorway; 64 sailing ships to Italy; 61
sailing vessels and 2 steamers to Hol
land ; 54 sailing vessels to Sweden; 41
to Denmark; 40 to Greece; 28 sailing
vessels nnd 1 steamer to Austria; 18
sailing vessels and 1 steamer to Portugal;
17 sailing nnd no less than 8 steam ves
sels to Spain; 12 sailing vessels to Rus
sia; 5 to Nicaragua; 3 to Chili, and 1
each to Bolivia,B ilgium, Liberia,Guate
mala, New Granada and Costa Rica.
Teachers.
Senator Bayard, in an addicss to the
Wilmington high school, said: There
is not a nobler or more useful profes
sion than that of instructing young
minds and educating their faculties. I
should be gtnd to see an higher encour
agement and recognition given these
men and women in our midst who de
vote themselves to this lofty ^calling.
Were it in my power l would make the
names of schoolmaster and schoolmis
tress terms of public ns well ns privato
honor, aud I would affix such just and
proportionate compensation to their
services as would mako their positions
not only those of honor in society, bu
profit, so that every inducement should
bo offered to erabnrk in the profession
of induction of the jouig.
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ita mudich.es are Malt Bitters.
Veg-etine
Purifies th* Blood, Renovate* and
Invigorates tha Whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL t KOPKETIH ABI
Alterative, Tonic, Solvent
and Dluretlo.
V scans* h mod, nchaksty iron tto Jakes ot ears-
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centrated that a will eSsctusBy eradicate from the system
•very Utat of ■erofnla, lerofslome ttlumor,
Tumors, Cancer, Caaeoroos llumor, En -
slpolas, Mall Bho«a» Urphtlltlo DUoasoo,
Canker, raininess a* tho Itanseh. sat ill
dlaeeaes Hal arks from topur* blood. Sciatica,
Inflammatory and CSkronlo Rheumatism,
Neuralflta, Gout tnd Spinel Complaints, ran
only be eflbctoaUy eared Uuoafb the blood.
For Fleers sad Eruptive Diseases ot toe
■kin, Pnstnles, Pimples, Blotches, Bolls,
Tetter, Scaldhoad eod lit ns worm, Tsoinrs
has sever failed to eltect a immanent corn.
For Pains In ths Dock, Kidney Com
plaints, Dropsy, Facial* Weakness, Leu-
oorrhaa, sriring from Internal ulceration, and
ntertna dtaeaaee and General Debility, Tsnitiaa
acts directly npon toe eearns at toeta oonplalnta. It In
vigorates and atrenythtni tot whole ayatem, acta npon tot
accretive organa, allaya tutornastloa. enrea ulceraUon anil
regulate* th* bowel*
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual Cos-
11 veuesa, Palpltatlom of ths Heart, Head-
ache. Piles, Barvdrusneas, ant General
Prostration of the nervous System, no
medicine has trar given cash perfect satisfaction as toe
Vcostisa. It purities Ms blood, cleanses all at the
organa, and poeaaaaea a coaPtUlng power aver to* narvoui
system.
The remarkable enrea hheted bp Visarnu have
Induced many physicians nod apothecaries whom we
know to prescribe and me ■ to their own families.
In tact, Vie,tins la tot lMl remedy yet discovered foi
the above diseases, and ■ ho only reliable BLOOD
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all oilier looile and
A miner was accidently thrown out of
a bucket at the top of a California shaft.
He clutched wildly at the jagged rock
and by chance his wrist caught in a
crack. During ten minutes he was thus
precariously suspended at a height of
200 feet.
The army worm perchance is very
ubtle, but there have been things con
nected with the army that were sutler.
—Marathon Independent.
The recent steamboat disasters in the
vicinity of New York have directed at
tention to the want of some simple port
able life-belt, which, occupying little
room, will bn always handy when
wanted. It is thought that the Japan
ese al“ cushions may bo utilized in this
dir ctioq. These cushions nre made of
paper of extraordinary strength, nnd
oan he packed into a very small oorn-
pass They nro used by tho Japanete
for pillows and cushions, nnd nro so
strong that a man cf twelve-stono can
stand on one without bursting it; while
being ftce from odor, they uro preferred
to the india rubber goods. The paper
is of so peculiar a nature that it is
waterproof—or is, at least, capable of
resisting tho influence of water for some
time.
Equally adopted to the feeble or robast,
male or femalo, are Malt Bitters.
When Jones’ boy sought to avoid go
ing lo school on account of n stone
bruise on his foot, his mother regarded
it as a lame excuso.—Quincy Modern
Aryo.
Mmlo.—They had been lo the opera and
heard iho flnosl music by Ihu trading lalent.
Tiiny went homo to hear tho Baby's wild
solo until it was quieted wlih a tluso of Dr.
Uiill’s Baby Syrup, whioh at ouco removed
the flatulence.
There arc 2 000 hives of hoes in the
United Staff s, and tho estimated annual
roven uefrom them is $14 000,000.
Great Pralst.
Albert Q. Muun, ot Coltngo Homo, 111.,says:
“I have boon proatinted for throe or more
yenra will) Kidney Drnonao, at tirnoa I waa not
ablo lo put ou my bools, my wife baa olten
pulled thum on 1 >r mo. I wna not ao bad oa
that n'l tho time, but I nover know what it
waa to bo without pain in my bnuk until I
commenced ubinir Hunt's H' niody. Since I
commenced to take Hunt’s liornedy I have
boon tree Iroin nil pain, nnd tnko pleasure in
saying that it is ll-.o bost medicine that I evor
know for Kidney and Liver Diseases.” Trial
size, 75 ociris.
You cun got an elegant lithographic map in
six coiois, descriptive ot tho groat trip across
the American Continent, free, by sending vour
address lo J. It. Wood, (ionoral l’ussongur
Agent O., U. & Q. It. li , Chicago, 111.
Are Fou .>ot ilk Good Health I
II tho Liver it. tile source ol your trouble,
von can find an'absolute remedy in I)b. Sas-
soaii's Livkk l.\vioortATOR, the only yegota
bio cathartic which nets directly on tho Liver.
Corns nil Bilious di-rases. For Book nddroat
Du. Sanford, 1(12 Broadwnv, New York.
Tlie Voltaic licit Co., Marsliull.lNIch..
Will Head their Kleetro-Voltuio llolts to the
afflicted upon 30 days’ trial. See their adver
tisement in this paper headed, “ Ou 30 Days'
Trial.”
Veoetink is not a stimulating bitters which
creates a fictitious appotite, but a gentle tonic
which atsisld nature to restore the stomach
to a healthy notion.
25o. buys a pair ol Lyon’s Heol Stiffeners
aud make a boot or shoe last twice as long.
Curious Intermittent Spring in Guatemala.
M. De Thiersant, charge d’affaires of
France in Guatemala, gives, in La
Nature, the following account of a phe
nomenon witnessed by him in the last-
named country. At about ten miles
from the capital, near a town called Ne-
jnpn, on the lowest declivities of tho
volcano of San Salvador, there is a
spring known in the country under the
name of Rio Huido (fleeting river),
which, for a period of seven consecutive
years, furnishes enough water to form a
true river. The waters of this spring
are crystalline and wholesome, and, it
is said, are excellent for certain diseases
like leprosy, and for strengthening the
system when debilitated by the climate.
As soon as the seven years are com
pleted, these same waters disappear at a
certain definite hour, the spring ceases
to flow, and the river bed, becoming
completely dried, exhibits thereafter
nothing but sand and dust. The inter
mittent periods have been as follows:
From 1866 to 1873 the water flowed;
from 1873 to 1880 the spring ceased; and
in the month of January of the present
year, the spring began to flow again.
Buenos Ayres, South Amerioa,
54,000,000 sheep.
has
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PANY, a* it fne from tho objections urged Against tmtH
iquors. I n ler tio-P energetic Influence the stomach Is
■live, the liver i.ctlve.the kidneys hen thy, the bowels
regultr, and the brain atrtti. wlmt more Is • eslred to
K iptcrve health nnd cheerfulness! So!tl everywhere.
I ALT R1TTKR8 COMPANY, Boston. >U a.
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hy the Cutilm/iu Heukdiu,
which liavo performed miracle*
of henl'na imp tinlU led In m “
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testimonial* from every put of the Union. Prepared by
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gist*.
REMEDY rOR CURINC
Coils, Colls, taciitis, Asitaa
CONSUMPTION,
TRY XT.
YOUlt WUfEDY IS
ALLI'S m BALM
Bold liy all Mltlnc Dealers.
RED RIVER VALLEY
2,000,000 Acres
Wheat Lands
bsct Is tot Walt tor sals by to*
St. Panl, Minneapolii & Hanitolia R.B. CO.
Three .toilers por son atoiwsd tbo settlor tor bmk
to* sad outtivawo*. Farvsrtloulsn apply u
D. i\. McKINLAY,
land Cammlatf »n*r. at, l*a«tl. Bits.
bTcmi
SODA
I* to. best to to* World. ■ It absotolely pw*. Mto
best (or MMIctnal Forpotto. It Is to. bosl fra Btklw M
tfl FsaUy Uses, lota by <#. Drantoto sat Uncart
FENN’A SALT ■ANUTACTHSIM C*„ FUb
T.1K GKBA.T ENGLISH REMEDY, enni
nr*, (or whites,) Ptinful lttaoctrastion.moerat
win l)iaos*Q8, Absent MonsSrustion, til dlsottt
,* fcn.tle wotknes*. Thor how boon used in r,
'nr rears s* s periodical and roRulating pill. Roid
' IriKirist* orerywhem. Prtso #1.110 par box or six kL“
for $4.00, tent tg mail free to! noatuis, KHmrolr ***12?"
'lli iSJrt ®3k
/he Mica of theao Root* ,0d Shoe* ore inode with Ur.
•h'ritncsaeo of belt sole I rather, with a cootinr of lubliei
— hi in. The .niter sole lo protect .1 from wrtr b.
It's I’nicnt Eexeintr Sle.l nivtt,
and they aro punrnnfeerf 1* rtofiomr flop othrr to't midi
Impure ror them of nay Or it and Shoe dealer, an] ut.
no oilier,
HALF SOI.KG may tra Ltd of II. O. Goodmc*. la
Ohu ch 8lrect, tVoi eerier, *»an., or 40 Iloyne Aveim,
Ohleapo, III*. Semi paper pattern of aloe wanted, win
no cent* In etampe for mari a alia, or 40 cent* foi buy',
nk'\ ami a pair wll. be aent by mall.
Ify refer, nee»-Ali Sawlaf M-chlna Oompanlea In th*
tllilteil Slates.
B. W. PAYNE * Sim, COR1IINQ, N,Y,
■S rasiuiaMKo i*«o,
rntv.it Spark-Arrestlni Ea
pin**),mounted and or. sklai,
Vortr’cal Englno* with wro'l
bolte r*. Eu t-elta 8afotr pow
er* With Sectional boiltnu
c.to't be etnludrri. AU
wlt& Automatic Cut-OSa
Ertsy $160 lo $2,000.
Sent for Circular. lUtll
wlMM you mw thli.
SAPONIFIER
It to* - Original" ConeetriMtod Ly* sod Reliable FtmlU
n tori.t... ittu.ti,..,. agskn an for miV nt
it for
■■writ, Soft and
weight and atrength. Aaktonr
FI l ilt i tod take no othaM
BAPOlt!'
PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., PMIa
*LESTEY&C9ffnAxrLEBORoVl
Hi
rrrnoLEu*
ttrtad Medal
at Pfellsdetphto
fkto wstotorftl mtwtoaaa to tekwwtodgsd to tor*
stow throwsboM to* world U So the Seri ntotdrto
stTtrsd for to* car* to Wounds Boras «hra*tsBa>
'oaads Baras . ,
. h, GhllbltlBt, It. IlM
t .vwy oa* tosy try It, It I* ant as lalB th* Mari
‘ Mhold use. Ohuta H fr
Bkto Diseases Flies Catarrh,
to tost for SOUttmo.. wee. vru*i. e nn*. - .. i
sad yori wM Bad II sapertor to aaylhtol yaahsre **•
DAN IK I. t. UK ATT VS
ORGANS
17-STOP ORGANS
an A Oct. Coupler, bexa IA shipped only ;
Plan >• Sltf.k tu aijF'O. before you I
eot la tore tu *ee mjf I l.l-ammr.or offer i
•lib-ban A Oct. Coupler,
New .
•Irunteot l>* .lire tu lee my ltd-immr.er offer iffmrr.det
Yet. Addrew UAMKLf. KBATTY. Weahini.loD. X i
The ICoran.
A onrltHtfy f o one, anil a iiec***!!)'
to nil mmlfa of fvUftiry or lirllgloin
THK KORAN OK MOUaAIMKDj translated turn th*
Arabic by George Sale. f>Vt»erly pnbl shed at $175; l
lew, beautiful Type, lie tit cloth-bound edition; pf»*
15 and ft rent* fa*, pontage. Catalogue uf many
standard work*, remarkablf »w In price, with extra tenrt
to club*, free. Say whora >ou *uw thtSvfdvertbeujent
America* Boo* hxciuiiiA Tribune Building, N. V.
JWAMPS3
will positively ouro Fern lo WtinknoF.i.tut
SluiblS’l
lllorin*
CATBOUSK
i.auchna Fall
Aro anld by all Hardwaro nnd Ilsrneu Dcalera. There
la no ono owning a horso nr mule but what will find In
thlnltno of goods, something of great valuo. and ea-
nectallv sdsptod to their want*. COVERT M’F’G CO.,
wgarTnoy.N. Y„ Sole Manufacturers.
YOUNG MAN OR OLD,
If |*« total i laiarisa* Meant*As, flaw-
A^vV'Vbat sdod only BIX WaU hr ike
th Distorter that hot triatf
A44rats, DE. UONXALCI,
R8AfO,*A5. l L^ijSes
COPY PAD.
tnramsll. Addrtss H. BLKDBQB. P. M, Atrarido, Tsns
IIBOEIPT (with full
directions to Tasks tn*
for one-thtrd to* money)
GOOD AGENTS WANTED *>r?neortho». t
article* ever patented.
HARRISON, No.
Balablo kitchen
-JSS _ 11 in, pay-, AUdre-a CUAS.
B?a Broad Street. Newark. N. J.
wANTEB-MEN of Integrity and ability to sell
Vr Trees, Vines and Blirnbs. Permanent
Employment to good Salesmen. Address D. II. PATTY
t CO.. Nurserymen, T-* Vr °ad Street, Newark, N. J.
OPIUM
Wl fl win Dn. J. Btici'iibnb. Lebanon, Ohio.
$72 tSSL %S3 Wt'SETSSkfiS
Box 3482. Bt. Lout*. Mo.
A WKKK In your 00* Iowa. Term* and $5 Outfit
fr**. Ad dr— H. Hourr* A Oo., PortlanaVlialna*
Kloodimc, Painful, Supgtt rind nml Irregular
truatlon, An. An old ai»A Eltnbm rnniudy. Send pot
tnl card for a pninnhUitt Bill treatment, curt*ana
sert'lfscateo from nliyylc*- no and patlnnt*. to Borr
irth Ballard, Utloa N. *?, Sold by all Druggist*-
|M«r l>d.tlo-
SORE EARS, CATARRH.
Many peopie are a 111 ic tod with these loathaom* dlMMR
but very few w.*.’ t well from them; till* Is owing If
tmprrper tmMUisenl only, as they nre rea-llly curst)flit
piopeny treated. TUI* Is no Idle boast but a fact I
proven over and ov<v again by my treatment 8*n«IW
my llttl* Book .fret to all. it will tell you n'l about then
matters anti who 1 am. My large Book, 3,'5 pages, ocUW
price, lift, by mall. Addr-**
DM. O. £ MlOfel»IAIU£ll, Aural Burgeon.
Heading. F*J
This Clslm-noase KataMlahed IMF.
PENSIONS.
.Tew Law, Thousand* of Soldiers and helru entity
Pension* d«te back to discharge or death. ThW
Address, with stamp,
BCOitUE 13. LKIWON,
P. O. Drawer 525, WaMllliMflOila P«$?
ON 30 DATS TRIAL
toe wfl nnd eur Dectro-Voltslc Belts sad rik*
fflectric Appliances upon trad for 3U days to too*, affikw
with /feraem DetrtHtu tnd diuxua to s pera«Ml atom
Also of the Liver, Kidneys, ilheumatism, ParalysM'
A eon can saaratoiaf «r w nan.
Address VoltaAa Balt l o.. Marshall. Bitch;
Fits, Spasms and Convulsions
\ Cured by the use of
WILLIAM B. PEHICS’S EPILEPSY NEB7IHJ.
: Send for free copy o t Epii.kphy Journal to Wm. B.
) 1’kmok, WIioUmhIo Druggist, bt. Joseph, Mo^
voung mm
■ month. Evcy jundar to guaranteed a iwytogoj 0.
ation. Address
i‘ntte9. Manager, Jancsvil]
II »11,1.ION Plnntst Will pack to reach r«J
CAB UAGE A4-
loguefi ce. I. F. Tllllnghaat, La Plume. Uck’a
A YEA R and expense* to
Outfit Free. Andres*
P. O- V1UICKRY, August*,**”*
$777
S350
A MONTH I AGENTS WANTS’*
75 Best Selling Article* In the worgljl 1
Bample/h*. Jay Brokson, Detroit, mwa-
« YIURItAH I Hurrah! From Mexico to JWjjh
JY the Great Campaign Song. Price, fjB/riJPiL
by mnalo dealers, or the Ohicago Music Co., Puhllan*.
CK (n $90 Per day at home. Samples worth |5 kj*
$0 lOvPriU Address Bnasoa A Co!, Portland, HCm
Q E T TH
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AWARDED
iIHighestHonors
AT ALL THE GREAT
Worlds Exhibitions
% roR
I ThirteenYearb.
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